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The Sunday Times of Malta report that they've reached out to the family who have revealed that they have not been "formally informed" of the identification of these suspects. |
Daphne Caruana Galizia's sister Corinne Vella told the Times of Malta that the police had not reached out to the family to let them know of these new developments. |
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FALL RIVER — For the past nine months, a privately contracted housing study has been commissioned of Fall River and its related problems and challenges. |
While that approximately $50,000 study completed by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Public Policy Center has been publicly outlined during the past year, Tuesday night will be an opportunity to learn about the data gathered, goals identified and recommendations made. |
The public forum will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council chambers at Government Center. |
“I am looking forward to revealing this presentation, along with the stakeholders, to the residents of Fall River,” said state Rep. Carole Fiola, D-Fall River, the initiator of this effort of more than a year with approximately 20 stakeholders from different sectors. |
• Provide safe and affordable housing for all residents. |
• Recognize the need to attract new public- and private-sector investments capital to enhance neighborhoods. |
• Reposition the large existing housing stock of older units for complementary subsidized and non-subsidized occupation. |
The state university’s PPC is a non-partisan, self-sufficient research center. Under Michael Goodman, the executive director, its projects include the benefits and costs of the state’s housing production. |
Their focus would be to answer what options are available to close gaps between exiting housing and the demand, he had said. |
According to Fiola, data on Fall River housing the PPC has collected and will share include the variety of housing, relationships between the housing market and population, demographics and the economic changes, all to address the identified gaps. |
She said Friday night the completed study and report of more than 100 pages resulted in the stakeholders identifying and synthesizing “eight glaring facts” and the stakeholders’ recommendations were based on those facts. |
They presented that information to Mayor Jasiel Correia II a week prior to the forum, Fiola said. |
Fiola had told a Herald News editorial board in February that five city banks, along with the Greater Fall River Development Corp. and Fall River Development Authority, which contracts with the Fall River Office of Economic Development, had partnered to fund the $46,750 contract with the UMD Public Policy Center. The p... |
“It is crucial that we take the recommendations developed from this plan and work together to implement the recommendations set forth and facilitate the development of a housing plan that meets the needs of our stated goal,” Fiola said in a press release. |
Curiosity, in Murakami’s supremely enjoyable, philosophical and pitch-perfect new collection of short stories – his first for more than a decade – is what motivates many of his characters. Their curiosity becomes ours and propels each narrative onwards. But curiosity is shown to be complicated. Is it healthy, necessary... |
Kafuku uses his time in the car to run through his lines en route to the theatre until his almost wordless chauffeur starts, in due course, to be curious. She wants to know why he appears to have no friends. He confesses to her that he manufactured a friendship with one of his late wife’s lovers – a pleasant, fortysome... |
“If you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s not easy to look for it,” says a young man to a friend in another wonderful moment of across-a-restaurant-table philosophising. An apparently simple thought but complicated in the living. Yesterday (a second salute to the Beatles) is also about the need to know and the a... |
The mix of humour and melancholy in Murakami’s writing is extraordinary. One never wrong-foots the other and the stories have been outstandingly translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen with fluent, colloquial grace. Murakami has a marvellous understanding of youth and age – and the failings of each. Youthful Kitar... |
Not all the stories are about “men without women”. Scheherazade – a powerful, eccentric tale – centres on a middle-aged woman, who has earned the titular nickname. A superb storyteller, she tells tales to Habara, the man for whom she is housekeeping and also sleeping with. Many of Murakami’s stories hinge on a relation... |
As the collection progresses, the stories become darker and more existential. In An Independent Organ, we meet Dr Tokai – confirmed bachelor, nifty cook and cosmetic plastic surgeon who runs the Tokai beauty clinic. This story is at once a quiet entertainment and a tragedy. Dr Tokai never married but is in the habit of... |
When Dr Tokai falls unexpectedly in love it is a nuisance that turns into a calamity. Murakami is measured in describing love as beyond us and as the making and unmaking of us. There are double-takes in his stories – he relishes the tragicomic. He at once feels for Dr Tokai and mocks his plight. He is dispassionate, un... |
Can the Web force the release of bin Laden photos? |
The online search for photos of Osama bin Laden’s body has grown to enormous and sometimes comical proportions, which might eventually cause the Obama administration to rethink its decision not to release them. |
Bin Laden was killed May 1 in a lightning raid by Navy SEALs at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The administration confirmed the terrorist leader's identity through facial recognition, DNA and a positive identification from one of bin Laden’s wives. |
That proof, officials have contended, has made the release of the photos unnecessary. They’ve said the photos were gruesome, which could upset some people who saw them and might prompt retaliation from bin Laden supporters. |
But can sound reasoning stand up against the power of the Web? |
Psst, want to see photos of bin Laden’s body? |
Despite the FBI's warnings that any photos purported to be of bin Laden — touted in e-mails and other links — are fake and likely attached to scams and malware operations, people are still searching for them relentlessly. |
News organizations have posted supposed photos of the terrorist leader, then withdrawn them after they were confirmed as fakes — although the fakes are still around on YouTube and plenty of other sites. |
Three U.S. senators themselves were fooled by fake photos. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), all members of the House Armed Services Committee, said they had seen a photo of bin Laden’s body, then were chagrined when it turned out to be phony, MSNBC reported. |
Now, members of four congressional committees — the House and Senate intelligence committees and the House and Senate armed services committees (the three faked-out senators will finally get to see the real thing) — will get to view the photos, the Washington Post reports. |
But will it end there? Will the privileged few be the only ones to see them, or might other, envious members of Congress devise ways to get to see them, too? From there, it could only spread. |
Meanwhile, people on the Web are taking risks with their phones, tablets and PCs in search of photos that, to date, do not exist on the Web. |
So the administration might have to devise a practical method and timetable for releasing the photos, even if it’s against its better judgment. |
Andrew Cohen at The Atlantic suggests an entrepreneurial approach, charging people to see the photos, and donating the proceeds to funding the war on terror or setting up a scholarship for the families of 9/11 victims. |
Maybe they could be released to the National Archives or Library of Congress. |
At any rate, the drumbeat for releasing the photos seems to be growing, and allowing select members of Congress to view them could just start the ball rolling. |
The argument that releasing the photos will prove bin Laden’s death might not hold up, since most people seem to be satisfied with the evidence already and conspiracy theorists — being called “deathers” in some corners — might only give the administration credit for mastering Photoshop. After all, some people still thi... |
But others, including Judicial Watch, have made an argument for transparency, which has been a stated goal of the Obama administration. And the demand is there, whether the interest is driven mostly by curiosity or something darker. If Donald Trump could force the release of a long-form birth certificate — when the off... |
In the end, the administration might not be able to hold back the tide. And the best reason for releasing the photos could be to protect Internet users from themselves, to keep them from chasing malicious links in e-mails, websites and social media platforms in search of the photos. |
MoviePass, the $9.95-a-month movie theater subscription service, kicked 10 big AMC theaters off its app. |
It's likely because AMC has refused to give MoviePass discounted tickets or other preferential treatment. |
Whether or not AMC caves will have big implications for MoviePass' long-term financial viability. |
This week, the cold war between MoviePass and AMC saw actual direct conflict, with the movie-subscription app removing 10 big AMC locations from its service. |
The CEO of MoviePass' majority shareholder, Ted Farnsworth (of Helios and Matheson), pointed out that this represented "less than 2% of theaters" (AMC has 380 total locations). But it still raises concerns for users and investors, and is worth examining. |
So why is MoviePass kicking some AMC theaters off its platform? |
The most likely explanation is that AMC still refuses to give MoviePass discounted tickets, and MoviePass is trying to play hardball in negotiations. |
The looming critique of MoviePass is that by charging a monthly subscription of $9.95, and paying movie theaters full price for tickets, it is essentially selling you $1 for $0.50. The thinking goes like this: Of course it's signed up 1.5 million people, but eventually it will collapse under its own weight because it's... |
This is a view that's been expressed, publicly and privately, by some movie-theater execs and industry analysts. They think that if MoviePass can't negotiate discounted tickets and a cut of concessions, it is doomed to failure. |
MoviePass has a plan for this. When I talked to MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe last year, he said the company was heavily focused on getting theaters on its side and into its system. The idea was that in exchange for promotion in the MoviePass app and other perks, theaters would give MoviePass a discount on tickets. The figu... |
But AMC has never been interested. |
On a earnings call in November, AMC CEO Adam Aron said: "AMC has absolutely no intention, I repeat no intention, of sharing any - I repeat, any - of our admissions revenue or our concessions revenue with MoviePass." |
Farnsworth expressed this stance in another way in a statement Friday: "Since the get-go, AMC has not been interested in collaborating with MoviePass." |
So AMC doesn't want to give MoviePass any special treatment (though it will still accept the full-price ticket sales from MoviePass members). |
Now by booting 10 AMC theaters from its app, MoviePass seems to be flexing its muscles, likely trying to prove that its 1.5 million subscriber base can do some real damage to the bottom line of the top US theater chain. |
"We already know in past testing that MoviePass subscribers are not theater-loyal," Farnsworth said. "They're happy to drive by a theater that may be closer to a theater that will accept MoviePass - because of the MoviePass value." |
It's probably no accident that the theaters getting thrown out of MoviePass are in major markets - New York, Boston, Los Angeles - places where people have a choice of whether to go to AMC or somewhere else. |
Will AMC feel that pain and cave? The answer to that question will have huge implications for the long-term financial viability of MoviePass. |
Watford captain Troy Deeney fired a foul-mouthed rant at referee Craig Pawson, Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira and manager Unai Emery after being sent off in their Premier League clash. |
Deeney was dismissed in the 11th minute on Monday night after catching Torreira with his elbow, seconds after Watford had gone behind in their 1-0 defeat. |
The striker was shocked to have been sent off, with the red card given after Pawson was informed by his assistant referee, and he made his displeasure very vocal. |
With the game broadcast live on Sky, Deeney was captured by the television asking Pawson 'what for?' after being given the red card. |
After being told it was the assistant who made the call, Deeney can be seen asking the official 'how?', before being told to leave the field again by Pawson. |
Deeney then told Pawson the decision is 'f****** embarrassing' before walking off. The former Walsall man pulled off his shirt in disgust and flung his captain's armband towards a team-mate before making his way towards the dugout. |
As he left the field, he got involved in a heated discussion with Torreira. Although Deeney's back is to the camera during his exchange with the Uruguayan, as he turns to leave the striker clearly calls Torreira a 'f****** p***y'. |
Deeney repeats that insult to Arsenal manager Emery as he exits the field, before having words with the players and staff in the away dugout. |
Deeney points to his forearm, indicating that he clipped Torreira with that rather than catching him with a deliberate and forceful elbow. |
However Deeney had no choice but to leave the field of play, and he was spotted later in the first half in his Watford tracksuit, watching the game from the tunnel. |
Arsenal won the game thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's goal seconds before Deeney's red card, scored after he charged down Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster as he dallied over a clearance. |
Hornets striker Deeney infamously claimed Arsenal 'lacked cojones' last season after Watford beat Arsenal 2-1, adding to the amusement of the away fans when the 30-year-old was given his marching orders. |
'There's a reason why they lost and it wasn't because of one penalty,' Deeney said. 'I'll have to watch what I say. It's (having) a bit of cojones, a bit of nuts. Whenever I play Arsenal, I'll go up and think, "Let me whack the first one and see who wants it"'. |
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville suggested referee Pawson was aware of the ill-feeling between Deeney and Arsenal before the match began. |
He said: 'The linesman has got a great view of it. I think 15 years ago, he's not done a lot wrong. Now, he's got nowhere to go. |
Hornets boss Javi Gracia felt Deeney should have been booked: 'I respect the referee's decision, but I don't agree. In my opinion it is a yellow card but never a red. |
Palaeontologist Jon Tennant has a call to action for researchers: It’s time to take back control over who publishes your work. |
It’s not anti-Americanism that’s driving the EU’s fight against Google and Facebook. |
Ambulances crash most often in intersections. What if they didn’t have to run the red? |
More details have emerged on plans to stop European cell phone firms ripping off consumers with roaming charges, and they may change the industry. |
British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to reject the EU divorce deal struck between London and Brussels, in a historic vote that leaves Brexit hanging in the balance. |
MPs in parliament's lower House of Commons voted by 432 to 202 to reject Prime Minister Theresa May's agreement with the EU. |
At least 70 of her Conservative Party, as well as sometime allies in the Democratic Unionist Party, had publicly pledged to join opposition Members of Parliament in voting against her agreement on Tuesday. That would translate into a defeat by a margin of 150 or more, the largest in more than a century. Even with abste... |
We don’t think the Brexit deal is in the interests of the country overall... It is time for a general election, it is time for a new government. |
The British parliament has been the arbiter on some of the government’s most important decisions from approving closer trade and political ties with Europe to debates about war and peace during the last seven decades. But many historians, political analysts and lawmakers said last night’s vote was the most important in... |
The outcome affects the lives of most of the United Kingdom’s 67 million people and will shape the future of the European project of forging greater unity. “We have known many worse times in this country, and some more dangerous times, but... not since the war have this house and this parliament faced a more important ... |
Earlier, as May appealed to her party in a closed-door meeting in Parliament, the prime minister’s opponents were eager for the next phase of battle. Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson welcomed the imminent demise of the deal and said he would support a no-deal divorce “with zeal and enthusiasm”. |
Former minister Nick Boles, meanwhile, set out a plan by which senior MPs would take control of the Brexit process. And he said that if they couldn’t agree, Britain’s departure from the EU, currently set for March 29, should be delayed. |
In October government ministers had talked about winning a large majority for the deal, but by December, when May postponed the vote hoping time to think would change MPs’ minds, it was clear she was looking down the barrel of a heavy defeat. |
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