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The boat was carrying about 60 people capsized, when they were on their way to perform a river worship ritual on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, official added. |
Rescue operations are still going on. |
Police said, it appeared that the incident occurred as the boat was carrying more number of people than its capacity. |
Martha Marsh says the annual Hudson Memorial Day Parade is a family affair -- her own immediate family�and those of�a larger one, the Hudson-area�members�of the�American Legion. |
Her tenure as parade chair began in the early 1970s, when her uncle Elwin Kingsley retired and left the area. |
He told her that she should continue the family tradition and take over the responsibility. |
Now in her 80s, Marsh has turned over the parade portion to her daughter, Cindy Suchan-Rothgery, but still organizes the events at Markillie Cemetery, where the parade route ends. |
Marsh has seen the parade change and grow during her tenure. She says it originally was not much more than a procession of veterans through downtown and up to the cemetery. |
Today it has grown to up to 70 participants, with floats and vintage cars, and a performance by the high school marching band. |
Parade preparation begins in earnest around February of each year and several activities accompany the event. |
This year, local boy scouts from Troop 777 in Hudson were involved in the parade in honor of one of their fallen members. |
U.S. Army Second Lt. David Edward Rylander, 23, was killed in Afghanistan on May 2. |
His mother was present at the ceremony, and the sacrifice her son made was the topic of�a speech given by State Rep. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson). |
Roegner described Rylander "as one of Hudson's own" though he lived in Stow, because he was very involved in�church and scouting in the city. She said she knew his committment to serving his country was strong. |
Marsh, her daughter and the extended family of the American Legion feel their own strong committment to serve. Their goal is to continue the parade tradition and honor the memory of the fallen, whether past or present. |
The recently renovated Holiday Inn Executive Center Columbia is the premier business hotel in Columbia, boasting 36,000 square feet of meeting space including the adjoining 19,000-square-foot Columbia Expo Center. The hotel has 300 guest rooms and 10 suites, all of which have complimentary Wi-Fi access, a Keurig coffee... |
A hotel's guest rating is calculated using data provided under license by TripAdvisor. A total of 327 have reviewed the Holiday Inn Executive Center Columbia, giving it a rating of 3.5, on a scale of 1-5. |
The new prime minister came to power promising to release the country's political prisoners, but one such prisoner said he's not following through. |
The son of a prominent Armenian political prisoner has called on his father to be released and has threatened to disrupt the upcoming Francophone summit to be held in Yerevan. The controversy is the latest episode of an ongoing political challenge to new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who came to office on a promise t... |
The prisoner in question, Shant Harutyunyan, was convicted in 2014 for calling for the overthrow of the Armenian government, then led by President Serzh Sargsyan. He was given a six-year prison sentence. |
On August 26, Harutyunyan's son Shahen released a video calling on Pashinyan to release his father. "I was one of the first people to stand by Pashinyan when the revolution started,” he said. “It didn't even cross my mind to have a private talk with Pashinyan and convince him to release my father because I had no doubt... |
A Pashinyan spokesman, Arman Yeghoyan, said that the government has offered to change Shant Harutyunyan's sentence to an “open regime,” under which Harutyunyan would only have to spend between 8 pm and 8 am every day in prison. |
But Harutyunyan has rejected that offer, demanding a full acquittal. “The open regime is still a detention method. That does not mean getting rid of the sentence. This simply means the mitigation of the sentence,” Shahen Harutyunyan said. |
Shahen Harutyunyan has a knack for calling attention to his father's plight: he made international headlines in 2015 when he invaded the pitch during an Armenia-Portugal soccer match with a banner supporting his father. “Super-fast pitch invader disrupts Portugal vs. Armenia Euro qualifier to protest dad's imprisonment... |
On September 3, Pashinyan himself addressed the situation. “I won't give instructions to the judiciary and I cannot call and order Shant Harutyunyan to be acquitted. If we take that direction we will end up in a wrong place,” he said in a Facebook video address. |
Shant Harutyunyan responded via his son's Facebook page, complaining that he has no means of speaking with journalists to get his point of view out. “If Nikol Pashinyan doesn't want to act like Serzh Sargsyan, he should give me the opportunity to meet with journalists. That would be fair and moral,” he said. |
But the issue has proven difficult for Pashinyan. An Armenian court released several of the country's most prominent political prisoners in June, including hardline Armenian opposition leader Jirayr Sefilian, with the help of several of Pashinyan's political allies. But it didn't happen as immediately as Pashinyan had ... |
Harutyunyan should be released and acquitted, but he should be addressing his pleas to Armenia's general prosecutor instead of the prime minister, said Arthur Sakunts, chair of the human rights group Helsinki Citizens' Assembly-Vanadzor. “What he is asking of Pashinyan is completely illegal,” Sakunts told Eurasianet. “... |
Sakunts had previously appealed on Facebook for the general prosecutor to release Harutyunyan. |
“Mr General Prosecutor, be courageous and mediate in the court for the recognition of Shant Harutyunyan and his friends as innocent. Shant Harutyunyan is a political prisoner, and in our current Armenia there should not be even one political prisoner. That's not populism, but a restoration of justice." |
The good: The compact design of the G-Form Extreme Sleeve provides serious extra protection for your 13-inch laptop without taking up too much extra room. |
The bad: While padded with high-tech materials, this is still a soft case, and may not be too effective against sharp objects or corner drops. |
The bottom line: Trusting the life of your laptop to a rubberized sleeve is a serious commitment, but the high-tech materials behind the Extreme Sleeve will at least make your MacBook checked-luggage-friendly. |
The good: The standard air suspension in the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550 delivers a very comfortable ride, and the Harman Kardon audio system reproduces music with excellent fidelity. Adaptive cruise control, blind-spot detection, and lane departure systems all work very well. |
The bad: The engine creates uneven acceleration in certain power bands. |
The bottom line: Mercedes-Benz bolsters its reputation for luxury with the 2012 CLS550. A powerful and efficient engine propels this sleek ride, and there are a number of advanced driver-assistance features. |
The good: You can control the Sonos Play:3 single-speaker streaming-audio system from any iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or Android smartphone using a free app. It offers good sound, its compact, elegant design cuts down on cord clutter, and it can stream Internet-based radio and audio services, plus your own digital music ... |
The bad: The Play:3 has almost no stereo separation and doesn't offer the detail and clarity of the step-up Play:5. Also, while it can wirelessly interact with other Sonos products, you'll need a hard-wired connection or the $49 wireless Sonos Bridge accessory if it's your only Sonos component. |
The bottom line: While it doesn't sound quite as good as the larger Play:5, the Sonos Play:3 delivers a superior streaming-audio experience that you can control from any iOS device or Android smartphone. |
The good: The Acer Revo 100 RL100-U1002 boasts a living-room-ready design, a unique touch-pad input device, and capable media features, including a Blu-ray drive, for a fair price. |
The bad: This Nettop is not meant for gaming or general productivity due to a low-power CPU, and we'd feel better about its value if it had a 1TB hard drive. |
The bottom line: Not everyone wants a living-room computer, but the Acer Revo 100 is one of the better low-cost HTPCs we've seen thanks to a wisely chosen feature set, its attractive design, and a mostly well-conceived input device. |
The good: The Canon ImageClass MF3010 is a competent imaging device with quick output, simple controls, and a wallet-friendly price tag for budget-minded students and small offices. |
The bad: The printer lacks common features like wireless networking and an auto-document feeder. |
The bottom line: Though it's lacking Wi-Fi and an auto-document feeder, the Canon ImageClass MF3010 laser printer's strong performance and versatile features has appeal for students and home offices on a budget. |
The good: The HTC Wildfire S offers a decent set of features for a wallet-friendly price. The Android Gingerbread device has good build quality and call quality. |
The bad: The smartphone's compact size won't suit everyone. The smaller display makes it a bit hard on the eyes when viewing Web sites and video, and the camera's picture quality could be better. |
The bottom line: Its small size won't please everyone, but the HTC Wildfire S is a decent, entry-level Android smartphone for a very affordable price. |
The good: The Olympus XZ-1 is nicely designed with a solid user interface and very good performance for its cohort. |
The bad: The XZ-1's image quality is good, but even shooting raw it's not quite up to the level of its better competitors. |
The bottom line: Enjoyable to shoot and relatively fast, the Olympus XZ-1 only stumbles when it comes to photo quality, which is very good, but not uniformly excellent as one would expect from this class of camera. |
The good: The Thunderbolt-enabled Promise Pegasus R6 offers superb throughput speed and a large amount of storage, and supports multiple RAID configurations. You can also daisy-chain the drive with up to five other Thunderbolt devices without decreasing the throughput. |
The bad: The Promise Pegasus R6 only works with Thunderbolt-equipped Macs for now, it's expensive and relatively noisy, and it doesn't include the necessary Thunderbolt cable or any other peripheral connections. |
The bottom line: If you have a Thunderbolt-enabled computer, the Promise Pegasus R6's storage capacity, its features, and especially its performance are worth the hefty investment for those who demand fast external storage. |
The good: The Samsung Nexus S offers a brilliant display, decent call quality, and enough features to keep you busy. The Gingerbread OS offers usability improvements, and the stock Android is a welcome change for AT&T. |
The bad: The Samsung Nexus S feels rather fragile, and it lacks a memory card slot and LED notifications. AT&T added no new features, and data speeds were slow. |
The bottom line: The Samsung Nexus S brings Gingerbread OS a much-needed stock Android to AT&T. But eight months after its original debut, the handset feels underpowered and behind the smartphone curve. |
The good: The Samsung HMX-W200 produces very good video, has solid sharing and editing software, and has a couple of handy features including a pause button. |
The bad: Some of the W200's shooting options and durability features aren't very useful. |
The bottom line: The Samsung HMX-W200 might be a little less impressive than its specs, but it's still a very good rugged minicamcorder for the money. |
Kelly Russell knows younger sister Laura is never too far behind her on the rugby pitch. And that’s good news for Canada. |
Kelly, who plays No. 8 at the back of the scrum, is captain of the Canadian women’s team. Younger sister Laura is a prop, plying her trade at the forwards’ coal face. |
Kelly Russell has 24 more women behind her as Canada gears up for Friday’s Women’s Rugby World Cup opener against Spain in France. |
A quiet leader, Russell has the respect of her Canadian crew. |
“Kelly’s amazing,” said veteran centre Mandy Marchak. “She’s very focused, very strong-minded. She understand what it is to be a part of such a big team and she leads by example. She’s quiet but when she speaks, it speaks volumes. She backs everything she says by how she plays. |
Marchak and Russell share a moment before each game. |
“Something I feel I personally have shared with Kelly throughout the years has been the final minutes before running onto the pitch, I turn to Kelly and she gives me this nod,” Marchak wrote in a 2012 blog. “I know this nod very well. It’s a nod saying we’re ready, we know what we need to do, let’s just go out and do i... |
Russell, who also played in the 2010 World Cup as well as two sevens World Cups, sees good things ahead for this Canadian team which she describes as a mix of experience with “want-to-impress” new blood. |
Originally from Bolton, Ont., Russell is one of about 20 women, all tied into the sevens program, who are centralized in the Victoria area. Other players have moved west to train with them. |
Part of their regimen involves working with UFC bantamweight Sarah Kaufman at the ZUMA gym in Victoria. Kaufman helps them with condition and grappling — wrestling takedowns are similar to tackling to rugby. |
“A real help,” said Russell. |
Canada, which finished fourth in 1998, 2002 and 2006 and a disappointing sixth in 2010, is in a pool with England, Samoa and Spain. The three pool winners and the runner-up with the best record advance to the semifinals. |
New Zealand has won the last four tournaments, defeating England in the last three finals. |
The Russell sisters — including an older sibling — followed their father’s footsteps into rugby with the Toronto Nomads. |
Kelly was 14 or 15 when she took up the sport. Now she leads Canada out on rugby’s biggest stage. |
She got her first cap in 2007 and has 35 going into the World Cup — no small feat considering women’s rugby internationals are few and far between. |
Named to the 2010 World Cup all-star squad, Russell was named Rugby Canada’s Women’s Fifteens Player of the Year for 2013. |
Canada last faced Spain at the 1991 and 2006 World Cups, winning 79-0 and 19-4. |
“We’re expecting Spain to play a lot of rugby (Friday) with a lot of ball in play, fast pace and a lot of running, similar to the style we play and they play with no fear,” Canadian coach Francois Ratier said in a statement. |
Kelly Russell (capt.), Toronto Nomads, Bolton, Ont.; Stephanie Bernier, Club de Rugby Quebec, Quebec City; Emily Belchos, Markham Irish RFC, Barrie, Ont.; Julianne Zussman, Town of Mount Royal RFC, Montreal; Andrea Burk, Capilano RFC, North Vancouver; Mandy Marchak, Capilano RFC, Winnipeg; Magali Harvey, Club de Rugby ... |
Marie-Pier Pinault-Reid, Club de Rugby Quebec, Quebec City; Olivia DeMerchant, Woodstock Wildmen; Mapledale, N.B.; Kayla Mack, Wild Oats RFC, Saskatoon; Jacey Murphy, Aurora Barbarians, Alliston, Ont.; Julia Sugawara, Burnaby Lake RFC, Surrey, B.C.; Brittany Benn, Guelph Redcoats, Napanee, Ont.; Jessica Dovanne, Velox ... |
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $8.2 million to the University of Rochester to support its Fusion Science Center for Extreme States of Matter for another five years. The funding represents a 50 percent increase over the previous $5.5 million grant, which founded the center in 2004. |
Riccardo Betti, Chuang Ren and David Meyerhofer, professors of mechanical engineering and physics and astronomy, oversee the project, which makes use of the lasers at the University's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), including the new ultra-high-intensity laser beam lines of the Omega EP. |
"In conjunction with the newly enhanced Omega laser, this fusion center has allowed us to make important strides in performing cutting-edge physics research in advanced fusion concepts," says Betti, the center's director. "We've been able to develop new fusion schemes and learn more about relativistic laser-matter inte... |
"... This fusion center has allowed us to make important strides in performing cutting-edge physics research in advanced fusion concepts." |
The fusion center helps physicists develop an understanding of extreme states of matter using new methods to achieve fusion. The University's Omega laser produces fusion by striking a small pellet of hydrogen with laser beams that use 10 times as much power in a billionth of a second as the entire nation's power grid. ... |
In addition to astrophysics and energy research, the LLE also allows scientists to conduct experiments that are important to increase understanding of U.S. nuclear weapons without the need to conduct underground testing. The high-energy physics experiments at the core of fusion research provide a way for scientists to ... |
The Rochester-led center involves the participation of MIT, General Atomics, the University of California at San Diego, Ohio State University, UCLA, University of Nevada at Reno and the University of Texas at Austin, and it includes collaboration with the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration ... |
Is Covisint's plunge meaningful? Or just another movement? |
What: Shares of Covisint Corp. (NASDAQ:COVS) dropped more than 20% Friday after the company turned in disappointing fiscal third-quarter results. |
So what: Quarterly revenue increased 1% year over year to $24.1 million -- a result driven by a 21% increase in subscription revenue to $17.6 million, but offset by a 30% decrease in services revenue to just $6.5 million. That translated to a non-GAAP loss of $0.10 per share, compared to a $0.09 per share loss in the s... |
In addition, Covisint projected total revenue growth this fiscal year should be around 10% to 12%, putting it in the range of $99.8 to $101.6 million. By comparison, analysts were modeling fiscal 2014 revenue of $105.09 million. |
Now what: The recently IPO'd company has around $55 million in cash remaining on its balance sheet to hold it over for now, but investors are right to be discouraged considering Covisint's growth is coming in below expectations. As a result, and until the company can show more progress toward achieving sustained long-t... |
Johnson & Johnson shares rose more than 2% Tuesday morning after the company released first-quarter results that beat Wall Street's expectations for both earnings and revenue. |
The pharmaceutical giant's net earnings and earnings per share, however, dropped 14.2% and 13.1% compared to the same time last year. |
Watch Johnson & Johnson trade live. |
Shares of Johnson & Johnson rose more than 2% Tuesday morning after the pharmaceutical giant reported first-quarter results that topped analysts' expectations on both the top- and bottom-lines. |
The strong showing comes as the company faces 13,000 lawsuits related to the safety of its signature baby powder and Shower to Shower, a brand the company sold off in 2012. |
Adjusted earnings per share (EPS): $2.10 versus $2.04. |
Revenue: $20.02 billion versus $19.61 billion. |
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