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In the Gobi Desert, even the roads disappeared, and the stress of a hostile environment was exacerbated by a driver who plowed recklessly through the wheel ruts that marked the routes and a navigator whose compass, a recent upgrade from a Kentucky Fried Chicken giveaway, seemed wayward, at best. Although Hart and Odelb...
Hart describes one such evening: “After we got lost in the desert, we crossed a little road and met some shepherds in a yurt,” he recalls. “The shepherds said if you travel down the road about eight kilometers, there’s a little truck stop. We did. At the truck stop, they had a gas canister to cook the food, but no elec...
The trip into the desert, of course, was only part of the research. In China’s cities, Hart had a chance to gauge the people and, in many respects, envision China’s potential.
“One of the things I came away with was a better understanding of a different culture on the other side of the world—a culture that is taking off right now,” he says. He talks easily about the challenges China will pose in the future as its economy mushrooms: the fact that it had a growth rate of nearly 10 percent a ye...
Needless to say, the ideas with which Hart left China will be woven into both the scenes and the characters in his forthcoming book, which he hopes will be published within the year. So, too, will his change in perspective. Already it has led him to reflect on his own past, in which he grew up on a little farm on a dir...
Now, turning toward the task of refining a manuscript into a finished novel, he embraces his own new challenge. Perhaps it contains the same risks of failure and success that confronted his great-grandfather as he went from missionary to duke to horse trader to spy.
DC Comics Universe & Justice League Odyssey #3 Spoilers: Superman Villain Brainiac Skull As A Base & Darkseid As An Ally? WTF Is Going On?! Preview!
Superman Villain Brainiac Skull As A Base and Darkseid As An Ally? WTF Is Going On?!
Now, onto the interior pages.
-I'm Dan Ackerman and we are here taking a look at the Sony Vaio Flip 15. This is yet another PC that attempts to enter the age-old question released a year or so, "How do you perfectly merge a clamshell laptop with a tablet?" We've seen a lot of hybrid attempts at this. This is another one. I'll just show you right no...
President Barack Obama is returning to the Bay Area next week for a Democratic fundraiser in San Francisco.
Obama will attend a Democratic National Committee fundraiser on Monday at the new SFJAZZ Center in the city’s Hayes Valley neighborhood, according to an invitation posted on the DNC’s website.
The president last came to the Bay Area in June, when he attended Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraisers in Palo Alto and Portola Valley.
Tickets for next week’s event start at $500. The SFJAZZ Center, which opened in January, is located at 201 Franklin St.
As with Obama’s other visits, Monday’s will be accompanied by demonstrations. Code Pink and other groups plan to gather outside the event to protest the administration’s use of drone strikes against overseas targets.
Off-Budget financing to rescue Modi government once again?
Top sources indicate that the government could very well be staring at a revenue shortfall of close to Rs 1.5 lakh crore rupees on account of shortfall in GST collections.
Arun Jaitley will present the government's interim Budget on February 1. Here's a look at what the salaried class can possibly expect from it.
ONGC- HPCL deal: A spanner in the works?
ONGC's former chairman and managing director said that the deal should take place around the currently market price of HPCL as it is an extremely well-traded company.
Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank are said to be discussing synergies and the boards of both banks are discussing pros and cons of such a move.
On Wednesday, FM Arun Jaitley said the government was looking for ways to lift economic growth, which slipped to a three-year low of 5.7 percent in the quarter to end-June.
Petrol price hike: OMCs to bear the brunt?
The government may ask the fuel retailers to absorb any such increases if global crude price edges higher, the government official, who did not want to be named, said.
Air India had net debt of 520 billion rupees as of end-March 2017. The figure includes working capital and other debt of 320 billion rupees and aircraft debt of 200 billion rupees.
While small-business optimism is holding steady by a variety of indicators, that increased outlook hasn't translated to more borrowing on Main Street. And if small businesses aren't interested in loans when rates are low, will they change their tune with a rate hike on the horizon?
The answer is mixed. Historically low interest rates haven't pushed small businesses to borrow from banks, as noted by Fed Chair Janet Yellen during her congressional testimony in February. Experts cite a disconnect between the Fed and Main Street, as borrowing is often driven by cash flow and opportunities to derive r...
The timing of a rate hike is also uncertain, giving Main Street an unclear message. Yellen said in March that a rate hike may be warranted "later this year," but then at the same speech she seemingly struck a dovish tone, saying an increase was "likely to be gradual."
On Monday, New York Fed President William Dudley, the first to comment publicly after a weak jobs report for March with 126,000 jobs added, missing estimates of 245,000, said the Fed would monitor future reports to see if the jobs data were a sign of greater economic weakness. The market read this as a signal that the ...
"I suspect if the Fed were to move aggressively to raise rates, that might prompt small business owners to move faster," says Stuart Hoffman, chief economist of PNC Bank's Financial Services Group, whose own small-business optimism survey finds small business owners are as optimistic as they were in 2007. "But we still...
The same optimism levels that are holding strong are also driven from better cash flows, which are part of the low-loan-demand puzzle. According to Dun + Bradstreet Credibility Corp.'s Q1 2015 Pepperdine Private Capital Index, 65 percent of small businesses surveyed said they have enough cash flow, and 33 percent said ...
This is echoed in the National Federation of Independent Business' latest report on optimism for February, demand for credit remained historically low, with optimism holding fairly steady. Only 3 percent said their reported credit needs were not met, while 33 percent said their needs were met and 53 percent said explic...
Despite the fact that optimism has held steady, and plans to hire and spend in the past four months have increased, a trigger in borrowing has not been noted in the report, the NFIB says. The latest reading is due out next week.
The upside of a rate hike, which could potentially drive lending, is the fact that the status quo is changing, signaling a stronger economy, said Jeff Stibel, CEO of Dun + Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
"For small businesses, there is a weird paradox where an increase in interest rates can actually fuel lending," Stibel said. "We've been living in a time of historic uncertainty, and a lot of small businesses don't fear bad times, they fear not knowing. If the Fed doesn't raise rates, things are bad, and if they do rai...
Foreign ministry says Arab League chief's condemnation of military strikes in Iraq was issued without consultation.
The Qatari foreign ministry has expressed its reservations about the statement issued by the secretary-general of the Arab League regarding the condemnation of Turkish bombardment of areas in northern Iraq.
In a statement published by the Qatar state news agency on Tuesday, the foreign ministry clarified that the Arab League's statement on Turkey's strikes in Iraq was issued without consultation with the regional bloc's members.
Qatar stands by Turkey's right to defend its borders and interests against any threats, the statement said.
Turkish warplanes have for over a week carried out hundreds of sorties over northern Iraq, with official media claiming that that they have caused significant damage to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) infrastructure and killed about 260 fighters.
Turkey is waging what it calls a two-pronged cross-border "anti-terror" bombing campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Syria and PKK fighters in northern Iraq.
On Sunday, two Turkish soldiers were killed and 31 wounded in a suicide bombing by a PKK fighter in the east of the country, the first time the Kurdish group has used the tactic in the current escalation.
As Halloween approaches and candy lands in the hands of youngsters by the bagful, there’s the slimmest of possibilities that some Hollywood producer will look at a Kit-Kat or a bag of Sour Patch Kids and think, “Hey, this should be a movie!” Think I’m crazy? Well it’s happened already and it actually worked out pretty ...
Today’s installment of “Hollywood! Adapt This” will be a project skewed toward kids and candy; quite appropriate for the upcoming holiday, I think. The animated Gummi Bears series that originally ran from 1985 to 1991 is certainly a fan-favorite and boasts possibly the most recognizable theme song in cartoons of that e...
Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears centered on the eponymous critters, six anthropomorphic bears that lived beneath a hollow tree in a subterranean warren in Gummi Glen, set in the medieval kingdom of Dunwyn. They were the last remnants of a once great Gummi civilization that had been driven out of their homeland b...
Other than the internal bickering of the Gummi Glen family, series conflicts arise from outside threats. Most notable of these threats is Duke Igthorn, once a great knight of Dunwyn now exiled for conspiring against King Gregor. He lords over Castle Drekmore with an army of ogres and schemes to steal the Gummis’ magic ...
A synopsis of Gummi Bears is not complete without a discussion of Gummibeary Juice. Although this convention tends to overshadow the solid sword-and-sorcery plots of the series, it’s an essential ingredient to each episode as Igthorn seeks to obtain it for his own schemes and the Gummis use it to escape or fight back. ...
On the marketing side of things, this one is a no-brainer. Gummi Bears was an incredibly successful show when it originally aired, even landing theatrical releases in the UK for the episodes episodes A New Beginning and Faster Than a Speeding Tummi. The human characters gained enough popularity to be turned into greete...
Much like Sony and Columbia Pictures’ The Smurfs (which netted over half-a-billion dollars globally), Gummi Bears could easily be re-imagined as a blend of CG animation and live-action on screen. In fact, the storyline actually calls for this organically rather than shoehorning live-action characters into the mix like ...
But rather than just push sugary sweets on kids, a rebooted series and/or movie adaptation could reinforce the good old-fashioned morals that the original used to live by. Gummi Bears hit on a number of themes that are essential in forming young minds on their way to becoming respectful members of society. The show fea...
Get caught up on our previous suggestions for “Hollywood! Adapt This” and be sure to tune in again next week for another installment. We’ll continue our Halloween theme by gathering around the campfire at the witching hour to submit a tale for approval by the Midnight Society.
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The wicked weather couldn't dampen the sugary spirits of doughnut lovers who gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate their favorite fried confection.
Nearly 400 people packed Verboten, a Williamsburg nightclub, for Donut Fest NYC Saturday afternoon to taste and rate some creative ring-shaped offerings.
As snow spun and whirled in the lashing winds outside, bakers and restaurateurs whipped up crullers, rings and long-johns with the hopes of walking away with the coveted title of Best Donut.
Foodies Heather Dixon, 21, and Abigail Kerns, 23, took a two-hour trek to check out the pastries.
"I'm more of a croissant girl, but these ones are the bomb!" Dixon said as she sampled the goods.
The pastry party was in full swing as a DJ spun '90s hip-hop, '70s soul, and plenty of David Bowie for the sweet-roll-obsessed masses.
Starasia Wright, 19, who made the trip from Queens to take part in the fest, said she and a friend were undeterred by the weather.
"I asked him if he wanted to go and he said 'Yes, of course!' " Wright said. "Wherever there's food, that's where I like to be."
Proceeds from ticket sales went to the Food Bank of New York City and many of the attendees got into the spirit of the event with doughnut-themed apparel.
Troy Neal, 38, an owner of the The Doughnut Project, a recently opened West Village shop, offered a ricotta-stuffed take on the pastry glazed with hot pink icing made from beets, dubbed "These Beets are Dope."
"I'm a bartender, so we have some cocktail-themed doughnuts. Amaro Jelly has black mission figs and toasted almonds, and our Old Fashioned will have bourbon butter whipped cream, orange glaze with bitters, and a cherry compote," Neal said of his creamy creations.
Christopher Hallowell, 31, and Dan Dunbar, 32, of Williamsburg's Dun-Well Doughnuts presented the event's only vegan options, which were also possibly the most decadent — raspberry mocha doughnuts filled with chocolate coffee Bavarian cream, topped with a chocolate cake doughnut and garnished with espresso bark.
But it was Glaze Donuts, based in New Milford, N.J., that took home first prize for their Cannoli Donut.
They also displayed an Italian Rainbow Donut, evoking the iconic cookies.
Owner Jule Hazou, 53, was inspired by the fresh doughnuts he ate as a kid while visiting farms with his family in his native New Jersey.
"I love doughnuts, I really do. . . you don't see a lot of these places anymore," he said. "The farms are closing."
Asked if any of his creations were inspired by the doughnuts he enjoyed as a child, Hazou said they were.
"Traditional, cinnamon sugar, Jersey cream. I don't call it Boston Cream. I have everyone calling them Jersey cream," he added.
Florida is known for many kinds of attractions, particularly for its beaches and theme parks. But the insect-savvy know that it's also a great place to wander among butterflies. That's thanks to its extended period of hot, humid weather – something that doesn't always receive a lot of thanks – but which is, nonetheless...
Fans of flutterers who find themselves in North Florida should head to Gainesville, where the Florida Museum of Natural History features a beautiful exhibit called "Butterfly Rainforest." As might be deduced by its name, it's designed to resemble a rain forest. The 6,400-square-foot, lush tropical setting hosts around ...
The museum, operated by the University of Florida, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Be there at 2 p.m. on a weekday or 2 p.m., 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. on a weekend day to watch a live butterfly release. General museum admission is free, but it costs a little over $...
Lukas Nursery in Oviedo, Florida, has one of the biggest and best butterfly gardens in the state. Its Butterfly Encounter is within a 4,000-square-foot conservatory filled with more native butterfly species than any similar experience in Florida. Visitors also get to feed butterflies directly and check out the facility...
There's no shortage of attractions in Central Florida. Along with more than 12,000 plants and the historic Leu House Museum, Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida, also has a Butterfly Garden exhibit. It's filled with a wide variety of butterfly-attracting flora and lots of native butterfly species and hummingbirds....
Over on the state's Gulf Coast in Fort Myers, Florida, just about 40 miles north of popular vacation destination Naples, the Butterfly Estates awaits to enchant butterfly enthusiasts. It's operated by the nonprofit Florida Native Butterfly Society, which is dedicated to the preservation of indigenous butterflies. Visit...
The Butterfly Estates is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day except Mondays, when it's closed. But try to get there for the daily butterfly release at 10:30. It's only about $10 per person to get in, and the money goes to the good cause of protecting the population of these delicate creatures. Don't miss the Nature I...
And then there's Butterfly World, the largest butterfly park in the world. It's located in Coconut Creek, Florida, near the state's east coast between Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale. The tropical flower gardens are home to some 20,000 butterflies from all around the globe, as well as six aviaries with many hundreds of ...
And since it's considerably bigger and higher profile than a typical butterfly garden, it costs more, too, at about $30 per adult and a little over $20 per kid. For those who live in the area, annual passes are available for around the price of two visits. Butterfly World is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and S...
Mohrman, Eric. "Florida Butterfly Gardens." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/florida-butterfly-gardens-4149.html. 15 March 2018.
Landau, who directed the city of Doral’s soccer programs for 17 years, said the idea for an academy for the blind arose from a motivational speech he delivered to young people some years back at Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, which helps people with visual disabilities.
Landau suffered a stroke on the left optical nerve seven years ago, and another on his right eye last April. Doctors at the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Hospital, which specializes in ophthalmology, said there was no cure. Accompanied by his son, he traveled to Moscow that summer, as the World Cup was being play...
With the support of his partner, María Eugenia Quevedo, Landau started working on the school, which he called Warriors. After much work, the school opened on Southwest Eighth Street on the border between Little Havana and Brickell. It now has about 20 students from different parts of Miami-Dade County and plans to expa...
Emely Bajarano, a 15-year-old on Cuba’s western Pinar del Rio province who is visually challenged, is training at the Miami academy. She arrived from Cuba eight years ago and was diagnosed with Wolfram Syndrome, a degeneration of the optical nerve.
Another player at the school is Marnel Jean, 18 and a Miami resident.
“I feel terrific playing soccer,” said Jean, who hopes to go to law school. “It’s a lot of fun.” Landau said he was thankful for the support by Kevin Brousard and the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes for supplying the special soccer balls. They have bells inside that orient the players.
Landau also thanked Castillo, whose District 5 covers Doral, Miami Springs, part of Hialeah and Sweetwater. Castillo in turn praised Landau for organizing the soccer academy for the blind.
Landau also noted the support from Juventus Academy, which has made available its soccer courts in Miami and Doral to the blind players. The fields have synthetic turf and are ringed by metal fencing with wooden boards whose sounds allow the players to orient themselves.
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that a Labour-led government would return to the practice of convening Cabinet meetings weekly.
In March, the Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley, changed the Cabinet timetable to fortnightly meetings. That change was criticised in a report released on Friday by the Gvernment Aministration Select Committee, which said the Cabinet was not meeting often enough to do its job properly.
Helen Clark said that the select committee report released last week supported the criticisms she made in March of Mrs Shipley's decision to halve the number of Cabinet meetings.
"It was wrong to halve the frequency of Cabinet meetings. For the sake of good and efficient government, Cabinet should meet weekly.
"National's appalling performance over then past six months can, in part, be traced back to Mrs Shipley's decision. The ongoing shambles might have been less serious if Mrs Shipley had been heeding the advice of her ministers on a more regular basis.
"It is customary in Westminster-style Parliaments for Cabinets to meet weekly. That is the case in Australia and Britain.
"Labour will return to weekly Cabinet meetings. We have an extensive work programme mapped out for the incoming Labour-led government and the new ministers will be working hard to put those policies in place," Helen Clark said.
Matt, CTO at ClearDATA, is a leading influencer and speaker on cloud computing, health care security, compliance, and automation.
Today, as regulatory concerns are increasingly addressed for health care, CIOs can use the public cloud in several key ways to improve the care their patients receive -- especially as facilities grow and scale. From backing up their system to saving confidential patient data, the cloud offers cost savings, convenience,...
In years past, some health care CIOs shied away from cloud storage in favor of on-premise options because of the sensitive nature of health care data and protected health information (PHI). Today, most have discovered that on-premise limits the speed and quality of care that doctors can provide.
Encryption is especially vital for health care organizations, specifically in doctors’ offices where data may be located on-premise in server rooms where physical security is a challenge.
HIPAA security and privacy rules require that all contractors working with health care organizations have a business associates agreement (BAA). Encryption is a basic requirement for maintaining HIPAA compliance, and public cloud providers are driving adherence by releasing services that already ensure encryption.

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