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Trump calling into various shows has been a source of some criticism in media circles. Fox’s Chris Wallace had refused to let Trump call in, as many other Sunday show hosts have done, and only said he would interview the GOP frontrunner in person. |
And yes, this is official, because minutes later, the Late Show Twitter account retweeted The Donald. So stay tuned for Mediaite’s coverage of Trump’s Colbert call-in. |
This modest little stand is a welcome oasis in Central Park. Run by Michael O'Neal, who owns O'Neals' Restaurant near Lincoln Center and has done such a good job with the 79th Street Boat Basin Cafe in Riverside Park, the stand sells hot dogs, hamburgers, pleasant sandwiches, salads and refreshing lemonade that is not ... |
Barocco to Go, one of three locations in Manhattan, offers an enticing selection of salads, pastas, sandwiches and main courses. Beet and carrot salad with parsley, for one, is excellent, the carrots stained red by the juice from the sweet beets. Roast chicken, New York's takeout staple, is wonderful. The meaty bird is... |
Everything runs smoothly at Cafe Centro, a lavish brasserie that is a landscape of polished marble, buffed brass and gleaming glass. Service is quick and polite, and the food is equally efficient. Since the restaurant was reviewed in 1996, Stephane Becht has taken over from Philippe Feret as chef, but the menu is uncha... |
People have always remarked about the high prices at E.A.T., Eli Zabar's bright, crowded Upper East Side restaurant, but they've never argued about the quality of the food. A brownie may cost $3, but it's fabulous. A jelly doughnut is a relative bargain at $1.25. Yes, it's small, but it's superb and remarkably light, a... |
Much of the food at Josie's is billed as organically raised. Many dishes are dairy-free, napkins are unbleached brown paper, and according to the menu, ''water used for drinking, cooking and ice is Multi-Pure filtered.'' The surprise is that so much of the food is so good, with highlights like light potato dumplings se... |
This classic luncheonette on the Upper East Side has been justly celebrated for its lemonade, and if you need firsthand evidence of a lemonade's authenticity, you'll find it here. The counterman selects his lemons right in front of you, feeds them to a stainless-steel juicer, spritzes the juicer to get the last pulpy r... |
With its dim lights, wall-length mirrors and neon signs, this pleasant Vietnamese restaurant fits well with its TriBeCa neighborhood. Nam Phuong serves delicious soups like pho tai, a traditional northern Vietnamese recipe with a rich, almost velvety cilantro-scented beef stock filled with paper-thin slices of tender s... |
With red-oak strips that wrap around the facade of this corner shop, Picnic almost looks like a picnic hamper. Its specialties include the kind of wonderful, straightforward sandwiches, simply prepared main courses and baked goods that you would want to spread out over a blanket and eat outdoors. A whole roast chicken ... |
Pyramida, an Egyptian takeout storefront on the Upper East Side, serves perhaps the most unusual lemonade in New York. It is made with whole lemons, zest and all, which are churned to froth and served cold and sweet. With the lemonade, try the first-rate falafel, a crisp, savory, deep-fried sphere of ground chickpeas, ... |
Every neighborhood should have a restaurant like Taco Taco, where the atmosphere is casual and pleasant but the food is serious. Tacos, naturally, are a mainstay of the menu, with fillings like pork with sauteed cabbage, tongue and crumbled chorizo. More ambitious specialties include strips of tender pork marinated wit... |
The specialties of this venerable Ukrainian cafe include classic blintzes, filled with cheese, meat, apricot compote, even chocolate and chestnut paste. The nearly flat, triangular blintzes are surprisingly delicate and soft. Veselka, which is open around the clock, also serves a fabulous borscht. The lemonade is very ... |
Liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission, the shuttle's 32nd and final planned mission to space since it began flying in 1985. Launch was on time at 2:20 p.m. EDT. Full Story. |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis launchedmajestically into space Friday on its final planned orbital trek before NASAretires the reusable space plane and its two sister ships for good. |
Atlantissoared into clear skies from Launch Pad 39A here at Kennedy Space Center at2:20 p.m. EDT (1820 GMT). |
Commander Kenneth Ham is leading Atlantis' crew of sixveteran astronauts on a 12-day sojourn to the International Space Station. |
"On behalf of all the manufacturing, processing, flightand launch teams that have worked on Atlantis since March of 1980, I'd like towish you all good luck, godspeed, and have a little fun up there," shuttlelaunch director Mike Leinbach radioed to the crew shortly before launch. |
"Thanks Mike," Ham replied. "Those are greatwords, and like you said, there's a thousand folks out there that have takencare of this bird for a long time. Right now a special thanks to orbiter for gettingus off the pad today. And we're going to take her on a 32nd flight, and if youdon't mind, we'll take her out of the ... |
After this flight there are only two space shuttle missionsleft before the orbiters are retired and sent to museums around the country.This is Atlantis'32nd journey to space, and the 132nd space shuttle mission since the fleetbegan flying in April 1981. |
"It truly is an amazing part of our spacehistory," STS-132 mission specialist Stephen Bowen said in a preflightinterview. "It's a shame to be seeing it going away but after 30 yearsit's probably time to move on." |
On a lark, the finalcrew of Atlantis took a break to pose for a photo in matching tuxedos withbow-ties before suiting up in their orange launch-and-entry suits Fridaymorning. |
There was some last-minute drama over a tiny ball bearingfound in Atlantis' cargo bay earlier this week. Mission managers wanted to makesure the metal BB wasn't a sign of loose hardware in the shuttle's cargo bay.In the end, it was no concern and Atlantis blasted off as planned. |
Television host David Letterman, moonwalking astronaut BuzzAldrin, and former NASA administrator Mike Griffin were among the famous guestspresent for the historic launch. More than 39,000 guests were at Kennedy SpaceCenter for the launch, plus more than 150 NASA fans at a "tweetup,"or meeting for NASA Twitter followers... |
Skywatchers on Earth will have one last chance to seeAtlantis in space with their own eyes during this mission. The shuttlecan be seen before its Sunday docking at the space station and after itsdeparture later this month. |
Flying with Ham and Bowen are pilot Dominic "Tony"Antonelli and mission specialists Michael Good, Garrett Reisman, and PiersSellers. |
Atlantis is delivering a new $200 million Russian room ?called the Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1), or "Rassvet"("Dawn" in Russian) ? to the space station, along with a load ofspare supplies, including a space-to-ground antenna and a set of new batteries.In exchange for transporting the module aboard a space shuttle, th... |
The astronauts plan three spacewalks during their dockedmission at the space station to install the new hardware. |
The crew will be doing "a whole lot of servicing tasks tobasically set up the station ? sort of brand-spanking-new condition for thepost-shuttle period ? changing out some batteries, putting in some newcommunication stuff, basically little upgrades across the station so it's ingood shape for the long haul," Sellers sai... |
Atlantis is scheduled to dock with the orbiting laboratoryon Sunday at 10:27 a.m. EDT (1427 GMT). |
Today's launch is occurring amidst a transition period for America'sspace program. With the shuttle fleet retiring, NASA and lawmakers must decidehow to move forward. |
U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed relying oncommercial companies to build spacecraft to take people to low-Earth orbit andthe space station. Meanwhile, NASA would focus on designing a heavy-liftvehicle to carry astronauts to a nearby asteroid and on to Mars. |
This plan has met with resistance from some lawmakers andformer astronauts, such as NeilArmstrong, first man to walk on the moon, who argued that the plan was toohastily assembled and that private industry is not yet ready to transportastronauts to space. Armstrong's Apollo 11 moon mission crewmate Buzz Aldrinhas spoke... |
Regardless of how the new era shapes up, the current era inU.S. space exploration is coming to a close. |
Atlantis flew on her first flight in October 1985. Theshuttle was named after the RV Atlantis, a two-masted sailing ship that servedas a research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole,Mass. |
"She started production 30 years ago, so it's been agood long run for Atlantis," NASA test director Mike Leinbach said of thespace shuttle. |
During her previous 31 missions, Atlantis has played aninstrumental role in helping to build the space station and repair the HubbleSpace Telescope. The shuttle is slated to end its final mission on May 26 witha landing here at the Kennedy Space Center. |
"The legacy itself is unbelievable," Ham said in apreflight interview. Among Atlantis' accomplishments are delivering the HubbleSpace Telescope, the Magellan and Galileo spacecraft, as well as numerous tripsto the former Russian space station Mir and the International Space Station."This incredible machine has done so ... |
SPACE.com is providing complete coverage of Atlantis'STS-132 mission to the International Space Station with Senior Writer ClaraMoskowitz in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Managing Editor Tariq Malik based in NewYork. Click herefor shuttle mission updates and a link to NASA TV. |
Telstra is moving to combat congestion on its mobile network in city areas through the trial of small cell networks known as heterogeneous networks. |
Telstra is moving to combat increasing congestion on its mobile network in metropolitan Australia by testing out small cell, or heterogeneous networks (HetNets). |
HetNets bring in smaller cells, such as femto or picocells, into a mobile network allowing a mobile telecommunications provider to reduce capacity issues by having more cells in total, meaning fewer users per cell. |
Telstra announced this morning that the trial would see small cell networks installed in busy city locations or sporting stadiums where congestion is high as it is difficult to build additional large scale base stations. |
Telstra's director of networks Mike Wright told journalists this morning that the company will be working with network vendor giant Ericsson to trial and then roll out HetNets in Australia's capital cities. |
"We will be rolling it out as it makes sense to manage demand for our customers," he said. |
The focus would be on 4G, but Wright said that the company would continue to invest in its 3G network and would install HetNets for 3G where it made sense. |
Telstra is seeing traffic grow on its 4G network at a rate of 20 percent per month, while 3G traffic growth is much slower. The company's focus is to get more existing customers off the 3G network and onto the 4G network. As of the end of last year, Telstra had sold 1.5 million 4G devices and has over 14 million mobile... |
In addition to HetNets, Telstra will also roll out long term evolution (LTE) networks in a 5MHz slice of the 900MHz spectrum, which it had been trialling since last year, for use in regional areas. |
"We've got some sites up and running, and they're performing the way we expect," Wright said. |
"We will leverage our LTE use in 900MHz where it makes sense to provide range and depth of coverage." |
The company has some sites up and running in North Brisbane, and Wright said it would be likely that the network would be rolled out in regional areas like Kalgoorlie or Alice Springs. |
There is only one 900MHz device in the market today, the Nokia Lumia 920, and Telstra said that compatible BlackBerry and Sony devices would be available later this year. The company would also implement a software upgrade to the Sierra Wireless 4G mobile broadband device by the middle of the year to ensure 900MHz comp... |
Telstra said that it was also trialling LTE-Advanced, which combines the 1800MHz and 900MHz spectrum bands, with a view to roll it out for consumer use later this year. |
Wright said that the LTE-A trial would allow Telstra to group together spectrum from different bands to get a more efficient channel that is able to cover greater distances in the lower band, but have higher capacity in the higher band. |
Telstra would also trial LTE-Broadcast, which delivers identical content from multiple cell towers, and would allow Telstra to deliver 4G video broadcast capability. |
"LTE-B is about the fact that we're going to see an increase in that video load, so in a lot of ways, mobile networks are going to have to be broadcast networks," Telstra's chief operations officer Brendon Riley said. |
Married Dan Osborne forced to defend himself amid claims he kissed Love Island's Alexandra Cane | HELLO! |
Dan Osborne has been forced to defend himself after reports claimed he cheated on his wife Jacqueline Jossa. The former TOWIE star is said to have kissed Love Island's Alexandra Cane during a night out in Manchester last week, but taking to Instagram, Dan clarified: "Hi guys. A lot of you may have seen the story that's... |
"Yes, I was out in Manchester having a laugh. Yes, I was having a drink. Yes, I was having a little dance with friends. But no I did not kiss absolutely anyone. Things just get sold and you can't do anything about it sometimes even though we've both denied it. It's out there. There's nothing I can do. All I can tell yo... |
The rumoured kiss reportedly took place at Neighbourhood bar when Dan and Alexandra, both 27, were attending an app launch event. Alexandra's spokesperson released a statement, saying: "Absolutely nothing happened with Alex. Dan has been friends with her for a while after working together. They all met up with friends ... |
Dan's wife Jacqueline has reportedly dumped her husband and kicked him out of the house, although the soap star has made no direct comment on social media. On Friday, she broke her Instagram silence by sharing an adorable video of her and Dan's two daughters Ella and Mia. The tots were pictured watching and singing alo... |
When the reports first came out, the former EastEnders actress seemed to allude to the reports as she uploaded and selfie and wrote: "I need a holiday. A long holiday. I have major brain ache." |
Dan and Jacqueline tied the knot in 2017 but split less than a year after their wedding. They reconciled following Dan's stint on Celebrity Big Brother and their marriage appeared to be firmly back on track a few months later. Speaking on her YouTube channel, Jacqueline has also previously admitted: "The past year has ... |
Obviously Twilight is a true story. |
1. This "teen non-fiction" section, which included such crucial historical tales as Twilight and Twilight 2. |
2. And this "teen fiction" section, which actually seems pretty accurate. |
3. Every Nicholas Sparks cover, a study in face-grabbing. |
4. The tragic placement of these two books together. |
5. When Sylvia Plath was placed next to fellow esteemed poet Snooki. |
6. This "religion and spirituality" section, which is a scary proposition. |
7. This slightly awkward book spine design. |
8. The placement of this sale sticker, which probably scared the crap out of poor Fido. |
9. This book, a guide to your Nook. Oh, the irony. |
10. This post-Fifty Shades recommendation, which makes sense. Both filled with exclamations of "Oh, God!" |
11. This bizarre paper accident. How does this even happen? |
12. This placement of Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies, which is probably offensive enough to cause a mass boycott of Barnes & Noble by role players. |
13. The unfortunate placement of this discount sticker. |
15. The page of this children's book, which definitely can't be misconstrued. |
17. This Hardy Boys book, which starts on page five. The injustice. |
18. The odd placement of these two artist biographies. |
19. And the placement of this sticker, which might turn this into a very interesting bucket list book. |
DFS, the UK's biggest sofa retailer and manufacturer, has appointed Havas PR to run its regional press office. |
The agency already handled PR for DFS' store openings. The extended brief will see the Manchester office cover local marketing, as well as supporting DFS’ chosen charities: the British Heart Foundation, Children in Need and the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. |
Havas PR is the first agency to hold this extended brief. |
It comes amid a period of growth for DFS, which reached the 100-store milestone in 2014. It plans to open between three and five per year in the UK. |
Havas PR’s other retail clients include Asda, Greggs, Pets at Home, Maplin Electronics, Debenhams, Hobbycraft and The Original Factory Shop. |
DFS head of comms Claire Rushton said: "Havas’ unrivalled experience and expertise in retail PR means it is the perfect partner for us at such an exciting time in our history." |
Havas PR MD Brian Beech said: "We’ll be offering on-the-ground support to stores as well as working closely with DFS’ charity partners." |
Last week the agency’s parent company Havas Worldwide announced that it had hired Chris Hirst, CEO of ad agency Grey London, to lead its 'greater Europe' business, which will include the UK for the first time, as it reported a 5.1 per cent rise in organic sales in 2014. |
“As hunting season opens on Saturday, we ask that hunters report anything suspicious such as clothing, weapons or anything you think it just not right on your property,” the Barron County Sheriff’s Department said this week in a statement. |
The bodies of Jayme’s parents, James and Denise Closs, were discovered October 15 after a mysterious 911 call led deputies to their home in northwestern Wisconsin. No one spoke during the call, but the dispatcher heard yelling in the background. |
When the dispatcher called back, the call went to Denise Closs’ voicemail. Police arrived to find the door kicked in, but Jayme was nowhere to be found, and investigators believe she was abducted and may be in danger. |
“There is still hope in this department on this case, and the community support and prayers that we have been given continues to fuel our drive and determination to bring Jayme home,” the sheriff’s office statement said. |
A man was charged last month with breaking into Jayme’s home and stealing her underwear and other clothing, but he has been cleared of involvement in her disappearance, police said. |
The man conceded he had broken into the home and stolen items, the complaint says. In his coat pocket, a sergeant found items, including a small pink tank top and girl’s underwear, according to the complaint. |
The man faces charges of burglary and felony bail jumping. He’d been released on bond August 11 on another burglary charge, and a condition of the bond was that he commit no other crimes, according to the complaint. |
Maurice Rouillard is still not getting a good night’s sleep due to noise from the trucks at a container company near his Ile Bizard home. |
And now he’s got company. |
While Rouillard was the sole voice to complain about the noise earlier this year, since then he and 17 other neighbours have put together a petition which was presented to the borough at the October council meeting. |
“All we are asking is that the bylaw against noise, which includes heavy equipment and vehicles, before 7 a.m. be respected,” Rouillard said. |
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