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In early 2016, with no discernible anniversary pegs or explanations, two excellent big-deal shows about O.J. Simpson appeared on TV. |
One was a five-part documentary from ESPN called “O.J.: Made in America.” And the other was a drama on FX called “The People versus O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.” Sarah Paulson won an Emmy playing the lead prosecutor in the case, Marcia Clark. It was not a moment the real Marcia Clark cared to revisit. |
“It was the most horrible experience of my life,” Clark says. |
Clark was already a successful prosecutor, but she became famous for losing a case that seemed like a slam-dunk. And in the process she was slagged by the media — mocked for her clothing and hair, called shrill, strident, emotional — classic sexism. But the 2016 O.J. Simpson resurgence had an unexpected effect on Clark... |
Kurt Andersen talks with Marcia Clark about her new TV show, “The Fix,” which is about an LA prosecutor who loses the trial of the century, but is brought back into the case when it’s suspected the man has killed again. Revenge fantasy? Maybe. |
In honor of her new TV-lawyer show, Clark walks us through a playlist of her favorite TV lawyers. |
“The Fix” airs Monday nights on ABC. |
Former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman has said there is no alternative to progressive taxation in order to reduce inequality. |
“Progressive taxation is a must for alleviation of inequality,” he told a dialogue organised in Dhaka on Sunday by Sushasoner Jonyo Procharabhijan or SUPRO (Campaign for Good Governance). |
He also emphasised participation of the civil society organisations to create a fair taxation culture and involvement of young people for building a digital taxation culture, SUPRO said in a media release. |
“Digitalisation can make a huge difference,” he said, according to the release. |
SM Monjur Rashid, policy advocacy campaign and communications manager at OXFAM in Bangladesh, and writer-researcher Shahjahan Siddiqui, among others, spoke at the dialogue chaired by SUPRO Chairperson SM Harun OR Rashid Lal. |
SUPRO General Secretary MA Quader delivered the welcome speech while National Committee Member Ahmed Swapon Mahmud moderated the event. |
Members and representatives of several civil society organisations, donors and development organisations, and anti-tobacco alliances were also present at the dialogue. |
SUPRO says it has been conducting advocacy for a progressive tax system with its 45 district campaign areas since 2010. |
The business-to-business software maker names company President Greg Brady to the chief executive post, replacing Chairman Sanjiv Sidhu. |
Business-to-business software maker i2 Technologies on Wednesday promoted Greg Brady to CEO, taking over from Chairman Sanjiv Sidhu. |
The Dallas-based company, which recently warned of weaker sales to come, said Sidhu will continue in his role as chairman, advising the company on its long-term vision and strategy. Brady, who has served as i2's president since 1994, helped build the company's global sales and operations, and its aggressive acquisition... |
Brady has his eyes set on fueling i2's growth, the company said. But like many of its competitors challenged by the softening in technology spending, i2 has suffered from lackluster sales and has had to cut its work force to trim costs. |
Just last month, i2, which makes software that helps companies better manage their suppliers and inventory cycles, laid off approximately 10 percent of its work force and warned that it would miss earnings estimates for its first quarter. |
The company, which competes against players including Oracle, SAP, Ariba and Commerce One, cited delayed customer purchases for the miss in the quarter. It also recently said it expects total revenue growth for 2001 to be lower, in the range of 15 percent to 20 percent. |
Earlier this week, rival Ariba named a new CEO to replace co-founder and chairman Keith Krach. Larry Mueller, formerly president and COO of Ariba, has taken over the top spot and focused on expanding Ariba's reach into specific industries and gearing its sales force, consultants and product-development efforts toward t... |
At i2, Sidhu will dedicate most of his time to working with customers, employees and partners. Brady, who has also worked for Oracle and J.D. Edwards, is credited with growing i2's sales and market share in several industries including high tech, automotive, consumer goods and retail. |
Brady is also expected to become a member of i2's board, the company said. |
Once a Wall Street darling, i2 has seen its stock plummet nearly 70 percent for the year to trade recently at around $17 per share. Shares have hit a 52-week high of $99.43 and a low of $12.56. |
If you can find the time to duck into your local Kmart, or perhaps even walk into it, you'll be in an excellent position to pick up one or more of these licensed vinyl Super Mario Bros. figurines. |
According to the press release that Nick over at Gizmodo AU sent through, each figurine will set you back $6.99, or you can pick up the limited edition collector tins for $14.99 each. |
The tins come in three combinations: Mario and Bob-omb (a photo of which is available after the jump); Luigi and Paragoomba; and Yoshi and Bullet Bill. |
Apparently production is "strictly limited" so there's only so many of these figurines to go round. If you're a big fan, you'd best get a move on. |
goddammit, I just got back from K-Mart a few minutes ago, and the one place i DIDN'T go was the toy section. |
No Koopatrooper = no love from me. Well, maybe the Luigi one. Maybe. |
i cant find these anywhere. |
When is series 2 set to be released in Aus? Im so keen on these. |
I just got series 1 and 2 from www.toy-store.com.au cant wait till they arive! |
Rwanda’s Uhiriwe Byiza Renus and Eritrea’s Danait Tsegay were today’s winners as the junior road races took place at the African Continental Cycling Championships in Bahir Dar in Ethiopa. |
Renus clocked a time of 2 hours 30min 23sec in the 104.4 kilometres men’s event. |
He edged out Eritrea’s Yoel Asmerom and Yowhannes Gebrihiwet, who posted the same time to take the silver and bronze medals respectively. |
In the 46.4km women’s event, Tsegay triumphed in 1:22:03. |
Coming home in the same time, Rwanda’s Diane Ingabire finished second and Yordanos Russom came third. |
Action in Bahir Dar is due to conclude tomorrow. |
The elite men’s and women’s and under-23 road races will take centre stage. |
This year’s edition of the African Continental Cycling Championships is the 14th in history. |
GENEVA, June 22 (Reuters) - Antigua and Barbuda is “losing all hope” of a financial settlement in a long-running dispute with the United States and it may ask the head of the World Trade Organization to mediate, Antiguan ambassador Ronald Sanders told the WTO on Friday. |
The United States responded by accusing Antigua and Barbuda of playing politics. |
The tiny archipelago built up an Internet gambling industry to replace declining tourism revenues, only to find itself shut out of the world’s biggest gambling market. |
It took its case to the WTO in 2003 and eventually won the right to compensation of $21 million annually, after the WTO judges upheld its complaint that U.S. laws were discriminatory. |
Washington has not paid out, and Sanders said his country had lost $315 million so far, equivalent to more than a quarter of its annual GDP and less than 0.1 percent of the U.S. economy. |
Although the WTO awarded Antigua the right to use trade sanctions to recoup its losses, it opted for a settlement. |
“We continued to hope that a sense of justice and fairness would prevail. But, we are now losing all hope,” Sanders told the WTO’s dispute settlement body, according to a copy of his remarks provided to Reuters. |
Trade experts say the case highlights a weakness in the WTO system, because small nations have little leverage to enforce rulings against the world’s big powers. |
Antigua does not have a permanent representation in Geneva but it has repeatedly sent envoys to the WTO to plead for a U.S. payout, most recently last September when the island of Barbuda was severely damaged by Hurricane Irma. |
“All of Antigua and Barbuda’s attempts, in a spirit of good faith, have failed,” Sanders said. |
U.S. Ambassador Dennis Shea told the WTO meeting that Antigua had made “extreme demands”, and monetary payments were not provided for under the rules. The United States had made repeated offers to settle the row, to no avail, he said. |
The current U.S. administration had had no reply to a formal offer of further discussions, Shea said, according to a prepared copy of his remarks. |
Sanders said none of the U.S. offers amounted to even 1 percent of the damage caused. |
Beholder - The Short Film is out on YouTube! |
Kursk Is Now Available on Mac! |
Record sales: BLAST Pro Series Sao Paulo sold out on opening day! |
Don't you find strange that the knight conquers the princess just by saving her? |
Physical Edition: Guacamelee! One-Two Punch Collection is available for pre-order today! |
Ghost Giant will warm your heart this Spring! |
TERA x PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Collaboration! |
The world's first judicial friendship simulator takes to Kickstarter in Supreme Courtship! |
Zombie-Veggie Shooter, The Walking Vegetables Radical! Edition Coming Soon to PS4! |
Explore a World of Ancient Chinese Mythology! |
Overwatch Paris map now available! |
Touhou Luna Nights Update & End of Early Access Coming February 26th! |
Star Trek: Alien Domain Incursion Now LIVE! |
Rise of Industry Gets May 2nd Release Date! |
HumaNature Announces Macaulay Culkin as Executive Producer of ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! |
Ghost Giant releasing April 16th! |
Some guy thinks he sees a regular ol' lizard on Mars and, well, seeing these creatures on Mars would impress us more. |
Click through to see our list of creatures we'd be impressed to see on the Red Planet. |
The picture (possibly enhanced?) that started it all. In the center of the image is what one blogger says is creature on Mars. Some say lizard and some say rat ... we smell a rat for sure. Nevertheless, it got us thinking about the truly remarkable creatures on Earth and what we'd be thinking if we saw one of them on M... |
The next cutest and strange creature on Earth is the Treehopper. They come in all shapes and sizes (up to tiny), apparently, and there's a couple more in our gallery. |
This thing would be hard to make out with the naked eye, but the Mars rovers have zoom lenses! This is a colourised SEM image of a Tardigrade or water bear (phylum Tardigrada); a highly resistant extremophilic animal, capable of inhabiting a vast range of altitudes, depths, salinities and temperature ranges, commonly f... |
Another look at that sucker. |
Treehopper. Every planet should have its own variety! |
A stick insect crawling up the tire of the Mars rover Curiosity would cause some world-wide eyebrow raising. |
Every planet should have a variety of geckos, too. |
A Long-eared Jerboa bouncing around nibbling at the wires on Curiosity would be a unique challenge. Wonder if NASA put mouse traps on the rover? |
The Hercules would make a nice impression. |
This immature Thornbug would be a nice addition. |
A Brazilian Three banded armadillo would fit right in, seems to us. |
And you could use it for in your desert bowling league. |
Sure there isn't any water that we can yet see on the surface of the planet, but maybe in some deep dark cavern this thing could find a home. |
Seeing one of these blob fishes tossed out of a hole in the ground would be interesting. |
A giant coconut crab (Birgus Latro), our world's largest terrestrial crab, wouldn't have coconuts ... but, hey, no world is perfect. |
We've had one stick bug, yes, but we'll throw in another just for an excuse to watch the mesmerizing video in the next slide of this thing being born. |
Another of our favorite: the treehopper. |
A honey pot ant with engorged gasters. These things live in underground colonies that protect them from harsh desert conditions and that might work for Mars. |
The star-nosed moles ... crawling to a space vehicle near you. |
Monk fish with sharp teeth for that deep underground fish tank ... maybe the rover slips into a deep hole and the last images we see is this thing. |
Remarks: Allah is being sought for a robbery in the Windsor Forest Community Center parking lot area. A small, palm-sized black pistol was used during the robbery. Anyone with information about Allah is asked to call Detective Overstreet at 912-667-1832 or CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020. |
To view more photos and information for suspects wanted in the Coastal Empire, go to savannahnow.com/news. |
The Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council has partnered with Orion Health to move forward on the Chatham County Health Information Exchange project. |
The HIE program will provide a secure, integrated health information infrastructure that will connect Safety Net providers, consumers, and others involved in supporting health care delivery. |
The partnership is expected to lay the groundwork for a community-wide health information exchange for Chatham County beginning this fall with a pilot project between J. C. Lewis Health Center and Memorial University Medical Center's Emergency Department. |
The information exchange project is expected to improve efficiencies by enabling health information to follow the patient and enhance quality of care by making information available for clinical decision support. |
For more information on Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council, visit www.chathamsafetynet.org. |
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