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Researchers at Elon University and the Pew Internet, Science & Technology Project canvassed technology innovators, entrepreneurs, analysts, digital professionals, and the highly engaged public, asking them to assess today's trends and imagine what may evolve. They share thousands of predictions in these reports, illumi... |
Scroll down the page to find details on FIVE reports being released early in 2017 based on a survey fielded from July 1 to August 12, 2016. |
Will connectivity extend despite issues? 1,201 respondents replied to the question: As billions more everyday objects are connected in the Internet of Things they are sending and receiving data that enhances local, national and global systems as well as individuals’ lives. But such connectedness also creates exploitabl... |
Will new training prepare workers who are fit for the future and what should they know? 1,408 respondents replied to the question: In the next ten years, do you think we will see the emergence of new educational and training programs that can successfully train large numbers of workers in the skills they will need to p... |
Will uncivil and manipulative social discourse stay the same or worsen? 1,537 respondents replied to the following question about the course of discourse: In the next decade, will public discourse online become more or less shaped by bad actors, harassment, trolls, and an overall tone of griping, distrust, and disgust?... |
Will the future impact of algorithms be positive, negative or about 50-50? 1,302 respondents replied to the following Algorithms question: Algorithms will continue to have increasing influence over the next decade, shaping people’s work and personal lives and the ways they interact with information, institutions, and e... |
Will trust in global interactions strengthen? 1,233 respondents replied to the question: Billions of people use cell phones and the internet now and hundreds of millions more are expected to come online in the next decade. At the same time, more than half of those who use the internet and cell phones still do not use t... |
ISLMABAD: With the winter season at its peak and the temperatures going below freezing point in many parts of the country Petroleum Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan has termed the geysers as luxury. |
The minister was talking to Geo News anchorperson Shahzad Iqbal in Naya Pakistan on Saturday. |
When the anchor questioned the minister over rising gas bills of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), he was quick to point out that the gas consumption has increased significantly and the consumers in the lower slabs have now jumped to the higher ones costing them more than before. |
Due to prolonged winter season and freezing temperatures in the parts of the country, the consumption has massively increased, he added. |
The anchor then again asked the petroleum minister what he think the people should do, stop using geysers it is a luxury, Sarwar responded. |
The consumers should use stoves instead of geysers, he suggested. |
Most Americans hope that the national tragedy that resulted from the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri will generate a renewed focus on justice and fair play throughout every genre of the national experience. Of course history has shown that these lofty principles can be provided by those in power and must ... |
The black community in Ferguson and in other black communities throughout the nation will have a sea change opportunity during the next few months of political elections. The right to vote is a tool that can correct injustice for those who perceive themselves as devoid of power. |
Also, communities must begin to coalesce around issues of concern and then be heard by those in positions of influence. While awaiting the arrival of the few outspoken national voices that appear when crisis arise, black communities must reject those matters that have driven us apart and join voices for the common good... |
Ours must be a long term strategy that considers every aspect of the black existence. Those matters over which we have the greatest control must be high on the agenda. No longer can we remain silent when we have information that discloses the culprit of crime in our community. While we must always challenge the killing... |
Absolute intolerance for any injustice in any form must be our rallying cry. Communities must take a critical look at their policies and practices that should enable all citizens to participate in the core benefits provided by a community. Artificial language restrictions on jobs, for example, are unjust and foster dis... |
Police officers who take pride in protecting our citizens must be equipped with options to the use of deadly force. Moreover, police officers should be equipped with body cameras at all times. Every community has a vested interest in ensuring that true justice is achieved through an accurate depiction of an occurrence.... |
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Delaware County Commissioners Thursday approved the abolishment of several positions and the layoff of employees within the Department of Job and Family Services (JFS). |
“My staff are hardworking people who come to work every day and do a an excellent job for the people of Delaware County,” said David Dombrosky, Delaware County JFS director. |
Dombrosky said the areas affected by the decline are work programs associated with Ohio Workers First cash assistance program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. |
Since 2013 the local caseload for Ohio Workers First has declined by 40 percent and the SNAP program by 18 percent. |
Dombrosky said the economy tends to have an inverse effect on public assistance. |
Dombrosky said the elimination of the positions and the layoffs are scheduled for Friday, May 12. |
However, those who are to be laid off are eligible to apply for the open positions within JFS by Wednesday, April 26. |
Dombrosky said they would have go through the evaluation process and if found to be qualified for the position they could be rehired. |
Dombrosky said he has 82 positions currently on the work chart for 60-70 different programs provided through JFS. |
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How are the holidays going for ya so far? We’re in the home stretch, creeping up on the changing of the year, for all it’s worth. Hope springs eternal, even if it’s on a Monday night. So, with the clock due to keep up its relentless ticking into 2019, what are your plans to ring in the New Year? Here’s the rundown for ... |
Where would we be without First Night Monterey? It’s become a classic event for families and those who appreciate a multi-faceted artistic experience to ring in the New Year. Twenty-six years strong now, even though the sprawling downtown centered event has been winnowed down to a more manageable size than the original... |
A return to staging events in the sparkling new Monterey Conference Center is just one of the highlights. Entertainment continues to be the drawing force though, whether it’s music, parades, art making or any form of DIY merry making. |
They say no alcohol, but let’s get real. There are bars everywhere around town, so enjoy if the spirits move you. If you must hoist a glass of champagne at midnight, jump into Cibo’s or head over to London Bridge Pub where parties with music are. |
Besides the celebratory aspect, First Night is an event that brings together the community in a variety of ways. Volunteers have their own mini party going on as they help guide folks around the maze of venues that host performances. Most are indoors, and those are the ones that require a First Night Monterey button. V... |
Starting from the top down of the music lineup, the two finale headliners are The California Cowboys at the Serra Ballroom in the Conference Center, or Jonah and the WhaleWatchers at the Golden State Theatre. They both do two sets leading up to the midnight hurrah. The California Cowboys are just what they sound like, ... |
Jonah and the WhaleWatchers are a beloved local reggae band led by soulful Jamaican bassist and singer Alex Shirley. Around since 1990, this groove loving band of merry men continue to spread their message of peace and love driven by the rhythms of the Caribbean and Africa fused with American jazz, blues and soul music... |
More music includes singer/songwriter Keith Greeninger, a Santa Cruz institution with songwriting awards earned at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival, The Kerrville Folk Festival and the Napa Valley Folk Festival. Local sweetheart musician and promoter Kiki Wow fronts Fields of Eden, a classic rock band gaini... |
Black Irish Band perform Irish, Scottish and American folk music with an assortment of original songs and traditional western ballads. Amy Warren is a singer/songwriter with deep folk influences to include Celtic, bluegrass and gypsy jazz. Samba Legal is a percussion group that is often accompanied by exotic Brazilian-... |
One of our area’s great jazz ensembles, Along Came Betty, performs mostly original music in post bebop style mixed with modern sensibilities. Monterey Bay Belles is a women’s barbershop chorus. Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen have a broad set of influences, combining guitar and violin in artful arrangements to complimen... |
For something a little more traditional, there are two big blowout events at hotels in our area. The Spanish Bay Masquerade Ball is an upscale eat, drink and be merry event that is really something else. You wouldn’t expect anything less from Pebble Beach Resorts. Dress to the nines, don a Venetian mask and mix and min... |
Live music is provided by Notorious in the Grand Ballroom, DJ Daryl performs at Traps, and a Jazz Trio is in the Spanish Bay Lobby. There’s a gambling casino, psychics, caricature artists, face painters and fun photo ops. All this opulence costs $395 per person, 21 and over only, plus there are ticket and accommodation... |
At Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay you can wade into a crush of like-minded funksters at the Boogie & Groove into 2019 NYE Party, a ’70s themed celebration with live music by The Money Band. Starting at 7:30 p.m., there is a reception with drinks and passed hors d’oeuvres. A buffet dinner follows with assorted sala... |
There is a suggested dress code to fit the theme. Wide-legged or flared jeans, platform shoes, disco fashion and polyester will set the stage. This is flash back city to the days of Saturday Night Live, with high-waisted satin trousers, halter tops, velvet dresses and leather fitted blazers. It’s not about formal attir... |
Happy New Year to all and to all good luck in 2019. |
Pacific Repertory Theatre’s Legends of Rock ’n’ Roll Tribute Concert: Saturday through Jan. 6, featuring NYE Party Monday, 8:30 p.m. at Golden Bough Playhouse, Monte Verde between 8th & 9th, Carmel, $75. Known to have audiences dancing in the aisles of the Golden Bough Playhouse, PacRep’s infamous rock impersonators do... |
White Album Ensemble with guests the Beggar Kings: “Players Choice,” Sunday, 8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m., Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, The White Album Ensemble has performed Beatles music that the Beatles never performed for 13 years of sold-out performances. They have reproduced “live” the albums Rubber Soul, Re... |
New Year’s Eve at Cibo: 301 Alvarado St., Monterey, Monday, 9 p.m-1:30 a.m., no cover. |
Ring in 2019 with pasta and Prosecco! Cibo Ristorante Italiano is throwing a New Year’s Eve Party, featuring their full bar with drink specials, party favors, dancing, a countdown, merrymaking, and glee. Hosted by Joe Apodaca with entertainment by FAWK DJ (a.k.a. Temo Medina). The bar opens at 4 p.m. and dinner is serv... |
Dave Holodiloff Band: Monday, 9 p.m. at London Bridge Pub, 256 Figueroa St., Monterey, (Wharf #2), no cover. Once again the band will be returning to the pub for a high energy acoustic night of song and dance as we celebrate the last night of 2018 together. Holodiloff’s band includes some of the finest and most versati... |
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The owner of several Wendy's restaurants in Maine has agreed to pay more than $17,000 to settle claims that managers at one of its restaurants refused to hire people who weren't U.S. citizens. |
The U.S. Justice Department found that since 2009 a Wendy's owned by Restwend LLC instituted a policy of hiring only U.S. citizens and rejecting those were believed to be non-U.S. citizens. The Immigration and Nationality Act generally prohibits discrimination in hiring against authorized workers on the basis of citize... |
Under the terms of the settlement, Restwend has agreed to pay $14,500 in back pay, plus interest, to a victim of its policy, as well as $3,200 in civil penalties. A Restwend official in Augusta, Maine, wasn't immediately available. |
An astronaut's last-minute request for a smaller suit forced the move. |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has nixed the first all-female spacewalk over a spacesuit sizing issue. |
Astronaut Anne McClain was supposed to float out of the International Space Station this Friday with newly arrived Christina Koch, to replace old batteries. But McClain pulled herself from the lineup because there’s not enough time to get two medium suits ready for them. Koch will go out with a male crewmate, Nick Hagu... |
NASA spokeswoman Brandi Dean said Tuesday that McClain trained before flight in both medium and large spacesuits. She wore a medium when she went out on her first spacewalk last Friday and was supposed to switch to a large this week. But after last week’s spacewalk, she decided that a large would be too big. |
In 54 years of spacewalking, women have only gone outside with men. That’s because men have always outnumbered women in space. As women continue to make up a greater percentage of the astronaut corps, more gender records will be set and not just in spacewalking, Dean noted. |
McClain, Koch and Hague are part of NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2013, the only time there have been the same number of women accepted as men. NASA chose four women and four men that year. |
Minnesota’s Kirk Cousins completed 36 of 50 passes for 422 yards and three TDs as the Vikings (1-2-1) lost for the second consecutive week. Wide receiver Stefon Diggs caught 11 passes for 123 yards, and Adam Thielen caught eight passes for 135 yards and a touchdown. |
The Rams had three wideouts with 100-plus yards receiving. In addition to Kupp, Brandin Cooks caught seven passes for 116 yards and a touchdown and Robert Woods caught five for 101 yards and a TD. |
The Vikings took a 17-14 lead with 8:04 remaining in the second quarter when Cousins connected with Aldrick Robinson for 17-yard touchdown. It was Robinson’s second score of the half. |
Goff then led the Rams to two touchdowns in less than a three-minute stretch, hitting Kupp on a 19-yard score and Cooks for a 47-yard TD for a 28-17 lead. Los Angeles never trailed again. |
After Sam Ficken missed a 28-yard field goal attempt that would have given the Rams a 13-point lead with 8:21 to play, Vikings kicker Dan Bailey made a 40-yarder with 3:50 remaining to cut the lead to 38-31. |
The Vikings got the ball back with 2:20 remaining and a chance to tie the game, but Cousins was stripped by Rams rookie defensive end John Franklin-Myers. Ndamukong Suh recovered the fumble with 1:18 to go, and Los Angeles ran out the clock. |
The ICRC leader has to tread carefully in what he calls a ‘very complex’ situation on the ground. |
The two countries fail to make progress in meeting 'minimum standards' to combat the trade, the State Department says. |
A journalist advocacy group urges Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to improve relations between the military and reporters. |
Process using biometric data could take five to six months, UNHCR says. |
Amnesty International says military commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and 12 others should face justice for their roles in Rakhine atrocities. |
But they say the move may not be enough to satisfy international calls for justice for the persecuted ethnic minority group. |
Seven are targeted for their roles in a crackdown on the Muslim minority group in Rakhine state. |
Myanmar is ignoring the request and denies atrocities seen by much of the outside world as ethnic cleansing. |
The four were reported missing on June 18 and had not been in contact with their parents. |
Police will conduct an investigation in the Indawgyi-Hpakant area where the children were spotted. |
She tells a U.N. special envoy that the stories have driven religious and ethnically diverse communities further apart in Rakhine state. |
Lawmakers question General Myint Nwe about holdings taken from farmers and villagers. |
U.N. and World Bank chiefs will visit refugee camps on July 1, foreign ministry official says. |
Aung Ko Htway now faces charges for allegedly desecrating the country’s seal. |
The 95 internally displaced families can live in the homes permanently but cannot sell them or the land they are on. |
The court will hear arguments from both sides on July 2 in case of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. |
Christine Schraner Burgener visits a repatriation center and processing camp for Rohingya refugees who will return to the country. |
The military threatens to take legal action against the Kachin Baptist Convention under the Unlawful Association Act. |
Five people die in a landslide in Mandalay region, while others in Rakhine and Shan states lose their homes to floodwaters. |
The refugees will be sent back to their former places of residence in Rakhine state after verification. |
Up to 200,000 refugees could be at risk of landslides and floods, UNHCR warns. |
Christine Schraner Burgener will meet Aung San Suu Kyi, the military commander-in-chief, ethnic armies, NGOs, and religious groups. |
The jailed woman's sister said they were trying to find work in Yangon to support younger brothers in a family stuck in a camp since 2012. |
Opposition lawmakers say putting an international representative on the new panel will compromise Myanmar’s sovereignty. |
The move bans the accounts of the ultranationalist Buddhist Ma Ba Tha group and of two 'extremist' monks. |
Analysts welcome the dialogue as a stepping stone to greater cooperation between the two power bases. |
Aung San Suu Kyi’s office hopes UN involvement will speed up the returns, but the UN is calling the pact a first step. |
The lawsuit comes two days after MP Than Maung Oo posted negative comments about the state on Facebook. |
Win Myint’s office says the visit was not in accordance with certain procedures, though others were allowed to go. |
Over the weekend, Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy said he would seek to formally sanction the first two Muslim congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, because their criticism of Israel’s occupation of Palestine was even more reprehensible than Congressman Steve King’s defense of white supremacy. Wh... |
By Monday morning, AIPAC had mobilized its allies to condemn Omar’s comment for playing into centuries-old anti-Semitic tropes that wealthy Jews control the world. Even the Democratic leadership put out a statement condemning her. All because she dared to point out that the emperor has no clothes. |
As a Jew, an Israeli citizen, and a professional lobbyist (ahem, activist), I speak from personal experience when I say that AIPAC is tremendously effective, and the lubricant that makes its operation hum is dollar, dollar bills. |
In 2006, fresh out of college, I landed a job as the first real staffer on a long-shot Democratic congressional race in deep-red Ohio. My boss, Victoria Wulsin, was a charming hippie doctor with a lefty perspective on international affairs. She was skeptical of military force and opposed to the Israeli occupation of Pa... |
I’m Dying. Here Is What I Refuse to Accept With Serenity. |
About a month after winning the Democratic primary, we were struggling to gain attention or money. Nobody gave us a chance to win. One political-action organization, however, did reach out to us. It wasn’t Emily’s List, although Vic was fiercely pro-choice. It wasn’t a labor union or even a doctors’ association. It was... |
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