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Thanks to touches of Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera and Beyoncé, Lovato will certainly win over a whole new fanbase. The album touts production and songwriting credits from A-listers like Timbaland, Ryan Tedder and Toby Gad, and while Demi got some assistance from artists like Missy Elliott, Iyaz, Dev and Jason Derül... |
Her big voice and sassy-yet-vulnerable attitude play up the album's flirty tracks and moving ballads. The Missy and Timbaland collabo "All Night Long" puts Demi's signature big voice over a pumping beat, Tim's signature beatbox vocals and Missy's always on-point rhymes. |
The banger serves as the perfect setup up for "Who's That Boy," an equally party-friendly track that opens with a swirling, pumping beat. Lovato sings, "I've been staring at ya/ And I could do it all night/ You're looking like an angel/ With the kind of body that needs a spotlight." |
The title track is an empowering disco song about being saved by love. "Give Your Heart a Break" and "Hold Up" are fun, smart dance songs about cute boys. "Give Your Heart a Break" features strings playing behind Lovato's voice as she sings, "The day I first met you/ You told me you never fall in love/ But now that I g... |
Given Demi's personal life over the past 12 months, the ballads could have easily been heavy-handed; instead, they are specific to her yet relatable. Also, they show Demi's growth as an artist — lyrically and personally. On the sweeping doo-wop-inspired "Lightweight," Demi sings about the struggle one feels when she is... |
"Fix a Heart," another standout slow jam, is a piano-driven ballad on which Demi belts lines like "You must be a miracle worker/ Swearing up and down you can fix what's broken/ Please don't get my hopes up, baby/ How can you be so cruel?/ It's like you're pouring salt on my cuts." |
The album closes out with a remix of lead single "Skyscraper," a perfect close to an album that balances feel-good party jams with deeply personal tracks about struggling with identity and love. |
LOS ANGELES — The anatomy lessons continue. |
This time, it is the right hip of Kenta Maeda to be studied. Maeda left his start in the second inning Tuesday night with the latest Dodger injury – a strain of that hip. |
The right-hander was ineffective before he left and Scott Alexander, the first of a parade of Dodgers relievers, contributed to the mess as the Philadelphia Phillies scored three times in the inning on their way to handing the Dodgers a 6-1 defeat. |
Roberts really should expect it by now. |
Maeda will undergo an MRI on his hip Wednesday and almost certainly go to the DL, missing one start if not more. He will be the fourth member of the Dodgers’ season-opening starting rotation there, joining Clayton Kershaw (biceps tendinitis), Rich Hill (blister) and Hyun-Jin Ryu (groin injury). From the season-opening ... |
Maeda said the hip began bothering him at the end of his previous start, last Wednesday against the Rockies. |
Maeda’s eagerness is understandable. He was coming off the best back-to-back starts of his MLB career. In his two starts before Tuesday, Maeda threw 14-2/3 scoreless innings, striking out 20 while allowing only four hits. |
There was no sign of that Maeda before he left the game Tuesday. |
He got through a scoreless first inning but gave up a double and a walk, throwing 24 pitches to five batters. In the second, he gave up a leadoff home run to Nick Williams and a double to Jorge Alfaro, drawing two visits from Roberts, Maeda’s interpreter and trainer Neil Rampe. The second ended Maeda’s night after just... |
A conga line of relievers followed – six of the eight on the active roster pitched in the game – and couldn’t match the five scoreless innings of relief that made Monday’s comeback win possible. |
It didn’t matter. The Dodgers managed little offensively against Phillies starter Jake Arrieta who shut them out through seven innings. |
They had the leadoff man on base in five of six innings but couldn’t score him until Max Muncy doubled off Phillies reliever Hector Neris in the eighth and scored on an RBI single by Justin Turner. They left eight baserunners on in the game, going 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. |
The Dodgers’ starters have held up well during Kershaw’s absence – until now. Their ace returns Thursday but the Dodgers’ bullpen has had to cover 12-1/3 innings the past two games and Roberts acknowledged “an arm … maybe two” will be arriving from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. |
Barring a remarkable recovery by Maeda, another starting pitcher will be needed this weekend in Colorado. Brock Stewart went four innings in a spot start Monday and cannot be recalled for 10 days unless it is to replace a player placed on the DL – a move the Dodgers will likely make with Maeda on Wednesday in order to ... |
“It’s not ideal,” Roberts said of the latest stress test on his pitching staff. |
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- RobotLAB Inc., the award winning Educational Robotics company, announces today that Engage! K12, its leading online learning platform for STEM and robotics, is now supporting the 6th version of the popular NAO Robot by SoftBank Robotics. This platform brings hundreds of lesso... |
RobotLAB is focused on providing comprehensive, interactive, standard-aligned content for STEM and coding classes on its Engage! K12 platform. On the platform, teachers can find a wide range of digital courses and hands-on activities that bring abstract concepts to life using robots. Teachers can also create their own ... |
"Engage! K12 focuses on developing 21st-century skills and global competencies through the purposeful use of technology, project-based, and blended learning" Said Elad Inbar, CEO of RobotLAB. "In and out of the classroom, students develop critical thinking, problem-solving, computational-thinking, creativity, communica... |
The online platform supports a variety of robots that can be used in order to teach standards-aligned lessons (Common Core, NGSS, TEKS). One of the main robots is the NAO Robot, its latest version, V6, is now available with a variety of lessons on Engage! K12. |
"As a teacher, we are constantly feeling overwhelmed by the amount of lesson planning we have to do, we focus a lot on how to engage our students and how to represent their skills", said Diane Francis, a teacher at Albany High School. "But Engage! K12 sets everything up for me. It gave me activities for my students to ... |
Teachers can create their account for free on the platform, and get access to lessons, courses, and can invite students for free. Full access to all content and reporting is available through a paid subscription. |
Founded more than a decade ago, RobotLAB is the premier educational-robotics company. The company's innovative use of robots in the classroom was recognized by prominent organizations and won the company multiple awards such as the Best EdTech Company (SxSWEdu), the Gold in education category (Edison Awards), a Game Ch... |
In accordance with Police Regulations, Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Richard Rhodes has undertaken the four weekly review of the suspension of Temporary Chief Constable Stuart Hyde. |
Whilst South Wales Police are still investigating the allegations he has decided that Mr Hyde will remain suspended. |
Temporary Chief Constable Lawson will continue in his temporary role. |
“South Wales Police are investigating allegations made about the standards of Stuart Hyde's professional behaviour in his activities whilst at Cumbria Constabulary. |
"Wide ranging enquiries have been necessary, which have included interviewing a number of witnesses as well as collating and analysing a considerable volume of documentary evidence. |
"It is for this reason that the external investigation remains ongoing. |
“As Commissioner, I take all allegations against any police officer seriously. The allegations against Temporary Chief Constable Hyde must be addressed in an appropriate manner." |
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ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish government has commissioned the country’s largest defense company, Aselsan, to develop, produce and deliver a total of 699 identification, friend or foe NATO Mode 5/S systems for the military. |
Turkey’s defense procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM in its Turkish acronym), recently signed two contracts with the government-controlled military electronics specialist. |
Ismail Demir, head of SSM, said both contracts were of critical importance for the Turkish military. He said the contracts amounted to 1.5 billion Turkish liras (U.S. $332.8 million). |
One of the contracts will add to the military’s communications capabilities by delivering a numerical communications network. The second contract will upgrade the Turkish military’s IFF system from NATO Mode 4 to NATO Mode 5/S. |
The alliance has urged member states to upgrade their systems to Mode 5/S by 2020, Demir said. |
Aselsan’s Mode 5/S system would also be used by other NATO allies, he added. |
The chief procurement official said the Aselsan program will put Turkey into the group of five countries in the world that has the capabilities to develop and produce their own NATO-standard IFF systems. |
The system to be developed by Aselsan will have a range of 450 kilometers. |
Sunday (17th April) was World Malbec Day. Also known as côt in its French homeland, malbec crossed the Atlantic over 150 years ago, in particular to Argentina (which accounts for 75 per cent of the world’s output). There it proved to be perfectly attuned to the lofty Mendoza region and the consistent warm, dry climate ... |
Done well, malbec’s wines are soft, smooth, juicy, perfumed and spicy with ripe damson and raspberry fruit. With ageing, black-fruit characteristics tend to emerge – as they do in examples from the variety’s surviving French stronghold, Cahors. Wines from thereabouts are normally more textured, meaty and even rustic. |
To sample the grape’s benchmark style at a bargain price, try South Africa’s 2015 Southern Point Reserve Malbec (£5 at Asda) with its light, red cherry and red plum fruit, minimal tannin, a touch of acidity supplemented by vanilla, all-spice and a mildly sweet finish. |
Moving up from everyday drinking, Argentina’s dark and dense 2013 Angulo Innocenti Malbec (£14.95 at Drinkmonger, Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh and in Pitlochry) is a good option. It has classic soft loganberry, cocoa and liquorice components, but turbo-charges them with intense elderberry and prune flavours and sharp a... |
Drinkmonger also provides an enjoyable French version from winemaker Sebastien Dauliac. Smooth, rich and dark 2012 Domaine Capelanel La Rangée du Curé Cahors (£14.95 at Drinkmonger) has more savoury texture and chewier tannins than the Mendoza example but also has floral touches and gentle spiciness beneath its oaky, b... |
Predictably, given its name, 2014 Te Awa Left Field Hawkes Bay Malbec (£16.50 at www.thenewzealandcellar.co.uk but Scotland’s Luvians and Vino have earlier vintages) is different. Its acidity is sharper, its texture and tannin is lighter while its fruit is bright redcurrant and red plum – albeit with a savoury, almost ... |
black-cherry fruit. Similarly, its tannin is slightly firmer than the current vogue but everything is lightened by vanilla, cinnamon and acidic freshness. |
Ed Miliband has began to nudge his party in a new direction—a left populism that just might challenge Britain’s real rulers, in corporate boardrooms and in Parliament. |
These days the Labour Party is also a shadow of its former self, with membership falling from a high of 407,000 in 1997 to less than half that figure. Most fled after Tony Blair took the country into war in Iraq, but Miliband’s attempts to reverse the decline have so far been uncoordinated and unconvincing. Although Br... |
On many issues, from university tuition to nuclear power to nuclear weapons, Britain’s governing coalition can seem little more than a marriage of convenience. But when it comes to austerity, both parties are true believers, more likely to cling together than to part company as the economy continues to sputter. Unemplo... |
Last year, when Labour met in Manchester, wishful thinking said that the coalition would soon collapse, and with the Lib Dems discredited by their dalliance with the Tories, voters would return to Labour. It was a recipe for passivity, and playing it safe, and for quite a while it looked like Labour policy. Listening t... |
But there were also signs that for all his youth and diffidence, Ed Miliband is beginning to gently nudge his party in a new direction. Though his keynote speech promising to put Labour on the side of “the producers” rather than “the predators” was slammed by the right-wing papers as a lurch to the left, “all parties m... |
Admitting that “as a country we have been neutral” in the battle between “wealth creators” and “asset strippers,” he called for government to put its weight behind manufacturers and responsible businesses. “We shouldn’t have given Sir Fred Goodwin [the disgraced former head of RBS] that knighthood, either,” he added. |
The temptation to blame the poor, or immigrants, for society’s ills will always be with us. But this was not a speech Tony Blair could have made. Indeed, Miliband himself seemed stunned by the applause that greeted his declaration, “I’m not Tony Blair,” even as he went on to say that Margaret Thatcher had been “right t... |
But when he took on Rupert Murdoch over the summer, Miliband did more than break what he called “rule number one of British politics.” In finding his voice, and his courage, Miliband, and Labour MP Tom Watson, whose cool cross-examination caused both Murdochs so much discomfort, showed that sometimes politicians really... |
It’s been one year since WBLS/107.5 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The result of which led to YMF Media taking majority control from original owner, Inner City Broadcasting. |
However, a confluence of events has resulted in WBLS scoring its best achievement since debuting almost 40 years ago. |
In April, Disney acquired the FM signal from KISS FM/WRKS, meaning black music for listeners wedged between hip-hop and Jazz was down to just one station. At the same time, ‘BLS was struggling to keep its playlist fresh and revenue streaming. |
With ESPN moving to 98.7 FM, WBLS smartly took advantage of the situation. Within days, WBLS had become a de facto merger with KISS. Air personality Shaila Scott resumed middays, while popular Kissing After Dark host Lenny Green was back in his familiar daypart as well. |
WBLS had Scott and Green in place, along with several former KISS part-timers and weekend specialty shows. Now the payoff is being proven correctly for Dillard. The station immediately shot up in the ratings. As we reported last week, WBLS reached its high-water mark in the monthly Arbitron figures at number two. |
“We were very excited about August, given listening levels tend to be lower in the summer months,” Dillard admits. |
Not only did ‘BLS skyrocket among overall audiences, Dillard says male listenership jumped and increased daytime share for key demographics, 18 to 49 and 25 to 54. |
But he says, eclipsing behemoth WLTW as the city’s top-rated station is a different matter. |
But as WBLS is enjoying a radio renaissance, Dillard says there’s a bigger picture to explore. |
Whether WBLS ultimately gets to number one, Dillard says his loyal fans are always first. |
Motorists who use their mobile phones while driving are to be shamed by a pioneering new roadside detection system being trialled in a UK city for the first time. |
The first of three, £6,000 electronic signs are being introduced on the roads of Norwich, Norfolk, today. |
The signs can can detect when signals are being transmitted by a handset inside a car. |
It then flashes a symbol of a mobile phone with a line through it to remind drivers not to touch their handsets while behind the wheel. |
Although the signs cannot tell whether a driver or passenger is using a handset it is hope they will help remind people of the dangers of using phones while driving. |
Norfolk County Council’s Road Safety team have developed the technology in partnership with vehicle sign technology local company Westcotec. |
The technology cannot record cars’ registration or issue fines, but the data it collects will be shared with Norfolk police to set up potential future crackdowns. |
The new sign in Norwich, Norfolk that detects when people are using their phones on the road. |
Chris Spinks, of Westcotec’s Sales and Marketing team, said he hoped it could provide police with a general view of where illegal use is most prevalent. |
Westcotec, who are based in Dereham, Norfolk, are working with authorities across the world – including those in Argentina, Slovenia and New Zealand – to implement the mobile phone warning technology. |
Those caught using their mobile phones at the wheel by the police face a £200 fine and six points on their licence, following the introduction of tougher laws last year. |
Norfolk police have been particularly eager to crackdown on phone use at the wheel, with more than 120 people caught committing the offence during Operation Ringtone – which ran in the county in January. |
Jonathan Chapman, inspector of the Norfolk Roads Policing Unit said: “We will be using the information to help us target drivers in the future but the message is simple – leave your phone alone whilst you’re behind the wheel. |
Margaret Dewsbury, chairman of Norfolk County Council’s communities committee, said: “Using a mobile phone whilst driving is an enormous distraction and apart from being illegal puts the lives of the driver, passengers and pedestrians at risk. |
Iain Temperton, team manager for road safety at the county council, described the technology as ‘cutting-edge’ and said it would be used an ‘educational tool’ throughout Norfolk to tackle the problem. |
Mr Spinks said: “Being a local company we’re delighted to be able to trial this technology first in Norfolk. |
After its launch on Holt Road, Norwich, the equipment will then move on to Cromer Road in Holt, Shipdham Road in Toftwood and Norwich Road in Attleborough. |
Twitter Erupts After Breitbart Editor Picks Feud With AMERICAN Vogue‘s Statue Of Liberty Cover! |
Home › Annie Leibovitz › Twitter Erupts After Breitbart Editor Picks Feud With AMERICAN Vogue‘s Statue Of Liberty Cover! |
This dude SERIOUSLY has no chill! |
As we reported, Vogue released four covers of its highly-anticipated September issue, where one features Jennifer Lawrence standing in front of the Statue of Liberty. |
Unfortunately, not everyone is a fan of the Annie Leibovitz-shot portrait. |
Related: Chelsea Manning Makes A Splash In Vogue! |
When asked for clarification, the editor asserts the picture is an “allusion” against Donald Trump‘s recent plan to limit legal immigration. |
Tired of the BS, Vogue director of communications Zara Rahim responded saying the cover was shot in June, before the recent immigration debate even happened. Sadly, Carney wasn’t satisfied with the explanation. |
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