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In addition to news stories, the categories include images, recent Twitter posts, real-time stats such as sports scores, and videos. The videos in the EvriThing apps are the one element that Evri doesn’t discover or aggregate on its own—instead, they’re provided by San Francisco-based Blinkx, a video search startup tha... |
At a dinner for journalists hosted by Blinkx last night, Evri CEO Will Hunsinger showed me the iPhone versions of the EvriThing apps, which have clean interfaces dominated by news stories from sources that Evri’s discovery engine judges to be both popular and reputable. In the baseball app, for example, news about the ... |
Hunsinger told me part of the goal of the Evri apps is to make conducting a specialized news search as simple as opening a specific app on your smartphone. “EvriThings are our first step in eliminating the need for tedious searching, instead enabling content to intuitively find us wherever we are,” Hunsinger says in an... |
The baseball, gossip, and rock apps are already available from iTunes App Store, but Evri is still awaiting Apple’s approval of the technology and football apps. All of the apps will be available from the Android Marketplace starting Thursday. |
First versions of the apps were not very impressive. Stop using them after few days. These ones should be better with new features and new design. Been using Gossip Stalker for the last 2 months. Much simpler and love the possibility to “stalk” one celebrity and get all the news about her. |
Filthy traitor or silly duffer? |
May 1940, popular British humourist P. G. Wodehouse (Plum) - the creator of Jeeves and Wooster - is captured by the Germans whilst trying to flee France and sent to an internment camp. |
Aided by his American friends, Wodehouse is later released into the comparative luxury of a Berlin hotel. There he meets a 'Hollywood friend' - a Nazi propagandist - who persuades him to record a series of radio broadcasts aimed at America, who the Germans want to keep out of the war. |
When the broadcasts reach British ears there is outrage. The English press brand Wodehouse a traitor; his books are taken off the shelves in public libraries; and parliament calls for his head on a stick. |
From the funniest author of his time, to one of the most hated men in Britain, Wodehouse finds himself at the centre of a WWII scandal entirely of his own making. |
Facing imminent interrogation from the British Secret Service M.I.5, he turns to an impish muse and sardonic butler for support… with surprising and witty results. |
In his fourth play written for The Court Theatre, Roy Smiles mimics the comic genius of P. G. Wodehouse in a romp through Plum's paranoia. |
"Isn't it the damnedest thing, how Fate lurks to sock you with the stuffed eel skin?" |
Smoking is bad for you, but quitting could be worse. |
A report by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices showed on Wednesday that Pfizer 's blockbuster smoking cessation drug Chantix could have a variety of highly undesirable side effects that might make quitting cold-turkey a much better option. |
The study showed that Chantix is suspected to have caused adverse affects ranging from diabetes, to skin irritation, to seizures, psychosis, and even serious falls. The non-profit organization started investigating the drug after it became clear that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was receiving an overwhelming v... |
Pfizer's response to the report said: "It is important to understand the limitations of spontaneous adverse event reporting. Often these reports lack sufficient medical information and/or have confounding factors that prevent a meaningful assessment of causality." |
The company adamantly defended the drug and its current labeling, and said: "Based on Pfizer and the FDAs continuous review of all available safety information, including adverse event reports received to date, the current Chantix label accurately reflects the products efficacy and safety profile." |
Earlier this year, the FDA issued a public safety advisory about the drug causing psychiatric symptoms including suicidal thoughts and suicidal tendencies. Since Chantix's approval in May 2006 until the end of December 2007, the FDA had received 227 domestic reports of suicidal acts, thoughts or behaviors, 397 cases of... |
"We have immediate safety concerns about the use of [Chantix] among persons operating aircraft, trains, buses and other vehicles, or in other settings where a lapse in alertness or motor control could lead to massive, serious injury," said the ISMP in the study. |
The Federal Aviation Administration banned the use of the drug for pilots and air traffic controllers after the report was issued. The FAA determined on Wednesday that they no longer consider the drug safe. They are notifying pilots and air traffic controllers by letter. The agency identified 150 pilots and 30 air traf... |
The ISMP is urging the FDA and Pfizer to look further into the side effects of Chantix through further testing and to issue more severe warnings to consumers on the risks that the drug posses to their well-being. |
A monthly supply of Chantix costs $130.0 and the drug is prescribed for three to six weeks to help quit smoking. More than 3.5 million people in the U.S. have used Chantix. |
Shares of Pfizer fell 1.3%, or 25 cents, to $19.76, in after hours trading. |
Three boats that will form part of a flotilla hoping to break the siege of Gaza are due to leave a port in southern Turkey. They are to link up with six other vessels off the coast of Cyprus, before heading to the Gaza Strip. But Israel says it will stop the flotilla before it reaches its destination - and arrest all o... |
BKIA.MC on Madrid SE C.A.T.S. |
Mr. Jose Sevilla Alvarez serves as the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Bankia S.A. since June 25, 2014. He also acts as Chairman of Executive Committee of the company. Prior to this, he served as General Director of Chairman's Office and Executive Member of the Board of Directors of the company. He joine... |
Members were set to vote Thursday for one of three candidates for speaker, the favorite of which was Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. But the California Republican stunned colleagues by announcing — with zero warning — he would not be seeking the nomination after all, throwing the conference into turmoil as they had all... |
The HFC had decided the day before to vote as a bloc for another candidate, Florida Rep. Daniel Webster, and it wasn't clear McCarthy had the votes to win — either in conference or on the floor. He told members he wasn't "the one" to lead the group and privately shared with colleagues he would never have been... |
"I spent thirty years as a leader in the private sector," Ribble said in his statement Thursday night, "and I have a clear idea of the qualities that a leader will need to unite our Conference." |
Ribble's resignation comes on the heels of Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., who left the group in mid-September over disagreements on the HFC strategy to vote against any continuing resolution that funded Planned Parenthood. |
He has always been somewhat of an outlier in the HFC — a conservative who enjoys working with Democrats and isn't afraid to tell his colleagues when he thinks they're wrong. |
The day before Boehner announced he would resign at the end of October, Ribble was among a handful of founding HFC members summoned to the speaker's office to discuss what the caucus would and wouldn't be willing to accept in a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown on Sept. 30. |
The morning of Boehner's resignation announcement, Ribble said he was disappointed. |
"I told the speaker yesterday he had my support and I hoped he would continue on," Ribble told reporters. "I told him that in front of my colleagues in the Freedom Caucus." |
Members of the Freedom Caucus and conservative allies in the GOP conference were, of course, at that time mulling options for taking a vote to oust Boehner on the House floor — a contributing factor to his decision to leave. |
Related: Why Did Kevin McCarthy Step Aside? McCarthy Shocks Conference by Dropping Speaker Bid (Video) With No Plan, Republicans Sputter Over What’s Next HFC Looks for Leverage in Speaker’s Race Boehner Throws Leadership Races a Curveball McCarthy Courts House Freedom Caucus, but Will It Matter? |
(MoneyWatch) Carley Roney says the process of planning her own wedding in 1993 was excruciating. At the time, there were few resources for DIY wedding planning, nowhere on the web where people could look at vendor reviews and advice from those who'd already been there, done that. The whole ordeal gave Roney and her new... |
Since then, The Knot's grown into the most trafficked wedding website with 3.4 million unique visitors a month and Roney and Liu have expanded the business to include additional life stages like parenting, pregnancy, and buying your first home with TheBump.com and TheNest.com. Plus, they've rebranded and gone public. T... |
David Liu: During the nine years before starting up the The Knot, I was involved in the production and management of digitized industry. In 1993, I had set up RunTime, a company which specialized on the development and production of CD-ROM. The Smithsonian Institution, Intel, AT&T and many other well known institutions... |
Carley Roney: Before starting The Knot, I served as president of RunTime Co., Ltd., and before that, I was a creative director and editor. My clients included the National Museum of American History, The McGraw-Hill Companies, and Simon & Schuster. |
DL & CR: It took 5 months to launch the initial AOL content area, a year to launch the website and 7 years to get to cash flow positive. |
DL: Keep your focus and determination. And, hire other entrepreneurs. We had the benefit of having the entire executive team -- my head of sales, head of technology and my creative director -- all come in from running their own business. Purely by chance were they at points in their careers where the opportunity to rol... |
CR: Be willing to make sacrifices. It will come in the form of free time, money, your social life and friends. Once you have your feet on solid ground, you can regain some. Also, make sure to enjoy what you do. It's challenging but also a pleasure to work for yourself, not everyone is so fortunate. Take pride in it. |
DL: Warren Buffet. Where should we invest our company's cash right now? |
CR: The founder of Nike. How have you sustained such a passionate relationship with your brand for so long around the world...even though you are so big? |
RJ: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background and what makes you tick! |
DL: Born and raised in New York, immigrant parents from rural China. Brought up with the belief that if you set your mind to it just about anything is possible. |
RJ: Tell me about The Knot Dream Wedding - that sounds fun. |
CR: It is! We are so excited about this...it's the first EVER live-streamed wedding, all happening straight from Citi Pond at Bryant Park on Valentine's Day. It doesn't get much more digitally romantic than that. You know, these days everything is going digital -- we're seeing couples hashtag their wedding, have live u... |
DL & CR: Yes -- we love fresh talent! How do you get hired by us? We look for innovative thinkers with a great ATTITUDE. I don't care if you're an expert in your field or if you've been in the business for two minutes -- if you have bright ideas and you're willing to work hard, you have definitely caught my attention a... |
One suspect is shot and in unknown condition after Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputies returned fire while responding to an alleged domestic violence situation. |
A man was killed in a shootout Saturday with Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputies who were responding to a domestic violence call Saturday morning, officials said. |
None of the four responding deputies was struck, according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Julie Brooks. |
The suspect, who has not been named, was taken to a hospital, Brooks said. He died at the hospital, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. |
The shooting happened just before 10:30 a.m. in a residential neighborhood at East Caley Avenue and South Olive Street. The deputies were responding to a 911 call alleging domestic violence at a home. When they arrived, a suspect leaving the home in a vehicle shot at them. |
Deputies returned fire, according to the news release. Brooks didn’t know how many shots were fired. |
The names of the deputies were not released. All have been with the agency for more than 10 years, two for more than 20 years. |
Brooks said witnesses were being questioned. |
Neighbor Rebecca Hodgkins was in her bedroom with the windows open when she heard about a dozen shots, she said. |
Hodgkins and other neighbors attended a news briefing to learn what had happened. |
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Thursday as investors brushed off worries about the U.S. political uncertainty while waiting for the upcoming speeches by the world’s top central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. |
KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.1 per cent to 19,408.80 but South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.4 per cent to 2,375.74. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 0.5 per cent to 27,538.84 and Shanghai Composite Index was flat at 3,288.24. Australia’s S&P ASX 200 added 0.3 per cent to 5,751.80. |
FED WATCH: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and other central bankers will assess the global economy at this week’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Yellen and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi are due to speak on Friday. Analysts foresee no major policy changes but a surprise announcement canno... |
US POLITICS WATCH: In a speech late Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that “if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall” that he wants on the border between Mexico and the United States. He also said that he thinks the U.S. government will “end up probably terminating” the North American Free T... |
WALL STREET: U.S. stock markets finished lower on Wednesday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.3 per cent to 2,444.04. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.4 per cent to 21,812.09 and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.3 per cent to 6,278.41. The Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks fell 0.1 per cent to 1,369.74. |
OIL: Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell 6 cents to $48.35 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 58 cents to settle at $48.41 per barrel on Wednesday. Brent crude, the international standard, lost 2 cents to 52.55 per barrel in London. On Wednesday, it rose 70 cents to $52.57... |
CURRENCIES: The dollar fell to 109.22 Japanese yen from 109.04 yen. The euro slipped to $1.1801 from $1.1810. |
Outdoor bars have become popular in recent years, as the concept of the beer garden has taken hold. |
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's annual pop-up beer gardens are big draws. This year, the South Street location (near 15th Street) is operated by Cantina Los Caballitos. New this year is a second pop-up location at UCity Square, on a vacant lot at 36th and Filbert Streets in University City. PHS is going for an... |
The season's big newcomer will be Tria Wine Garden, set up on a new patio outside the United Plaza (31 S. 18th St.). It will be a partnership between the popular Tria and Four Corners Management, which oversees several local bars, including the outdoor destination Morgan's Pier. |
The other major undertaking is a second season for Parks on Tap, the traveling beer garden -- sponsored by the Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, and FCM Hospitality -- that spends a few days in various verdant locations. |
The 51st-story views from Three Logan Square really jazz up this indoor/outdoor beer garden. New this year: a slushy machine for frozen cocktails and pagers that buzz when patrons' food orders are ready. |
Chefs Michael Griffiths and Kevin D'Egidio of Helm and South Helm are at the stove this summer at this massive playground under the Ben Franklin Bridge. Menu includes puffy, pizza-like "fatbreads" by baker Alex Bois. |
The hot venue along the Delaware at Penn's Landing will have 25 more reasons to chill this year -- as in, 25 new hammocks, bringing the total to 50. The park also will add eight draft lines to the beer garden -- two of which will be dedicated to a selection of rotating draft cocktails. The restaurant lineup includes Ch... |
Michael Schulson of Sampan and Double Knot operates this massive setup across from the Liberty Bell. |
The pop-up bar on the roof of the former Bok High School in South Philadelphia will operate Wednesday to Sunday. |
The Fishtown brewpub's outdoor setup springs to life. |
The pop-up outside BNY Mellon adds a fourth bar this season. |
The floating restaurant at Penn's Landing, whose decks offer incredible views of the river, the city skyline, and Ben Franklin Bridge, opens its bars from 3 to 10 p.m. weekdays, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for Sunday brunch, followed by 3 to 11 p.m. for dinner. |
Outside City Hall, there's beer, wine, and cocktails after 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. |
On the third Thursday of the month (in the parking lot between In Riva and the Trolley Car Diner), a collection of food trucks and vendors pops up from 6 to 11 p.m. |
And of course, there's Center City Sips, a Wednesday after-work discount promotion among bars and restaurants. It wraps Aug. 30 this year. |
RULE — It wouldn't be a surprise for a two-time defending state champion to be focused on repeating his success. But that's not Chase Thompson. |
RULE — It wouldn't be a surprise for a two-time defending state champion to be focused on repeating his success. |
But that's not Chase Thompson. |
The Rule track star, with four gold medals to his name, has more on his mind these days. |
"If I had one goal," Thompson said, "I want us to get our relay team to state." |
That's not to say the senior isn't trying to add to his individual success, of which he's seen plenty. |
Thompson has taken first place in the past two 100- and 400-meter dashes. Last season, Thompson even tied a Class 1A record with his 10.88-second finish in the 100, edging Blanket's Logan Wheeler by one hundredth of a second. |
He also earned silver in the 200 behind Wheeler. |
Now, Thompson is trading in his shot at another medal in the event for a chance to have his teammates join him in Austin. |
And who can blame him? When Thompson began high school, the Bobcats didn't even have enough participants to form a relay team. |
"Up until my junior year, there was like two or three guys in track, (maybe) not even that many," Thompson said Wednesday, just ahead of Rule's district meet. "Not just seniors, just two or three guys in general. It's different this year because I feel like we are an actual track team. Other times it was just three or ... |
The decision to pass up the 200 — athletes are allowed up to three running events — for a relay initially surprised Rule coach Kade Kittley, but he understood Thompson's reasoning. After all, the senior was exhibiting one of Kittley's mantras this year, F.A.M.I.L.Y.: Forget about me, I love you. |
"That is our program. And these kids have really bought in," Kittley said. "Chase came up to me and said, 'Coach, I want to do a relay.' He knows that he medaled in three events and yet he still wants to run a relay. That's selfless. |
"He’s giving up one of his events. He did medal in it, so there's a good chance he could medal in it again, and he wants to give it up because he wants to do a relay, just for the team. We've preached 'family, family, family,' and he's not just saying it, he's living it." |
That's just the kind of kid Thompson is, said Kittley, a 2007 Rule grad finishing his first year coaching at his alma mater. Thompson's leadership, along with seniors Ethan Jones and Del Fritzler, has been instrumental in bringing some excitement back to an athletics program that recently has cycled through coaches. |
"Chase and those guys have definitely helped," Kittley said. "As a senior, me coming in as the fourth guy, they could've very easily said, 'You know what, Coach, to heck with it. You're the fourth (coach) in my four years of high school. I'd rather just not do athletics.' They very easily could've done that, and they d... |
"And I've been proud of every one of those seniors. They've shown up and did whatever's asked of them. They gave me effort and gave me a chance when they necessarily didn't have to." |
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