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In 2007, the Los Angeles Times estimated that citywide Wi-Fi would cost more than $62 million to cover L.A.'s 498 square miles. Currently there's (often very spotty) free Wi-Fi in the city's libraries and at LAX airport. |
The city council is expected to revisit the issue again next month when the technology agency comes back with its research. |
Britain’s Channel 4 has taken UK premiere broadcast rights to fall comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The series from Dan Goor and Michael Schur is being handled internationally by NBCUniversal International Television Distribution. Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher star. It debuts on Channel 4’s E4 in January in the UK. The sho... |
The Voice UK has lined up Ricky Wilson as the fourth coach to sit in a red chair for the upcoming third seaon. Lead singer of Britsh band Kaiser Chiefs, Wilson has worked with the BBC before, hosting Never Mind The Buzzcocks and T In The Park. As previously announced, Kylie Minogue is joining the competition series and... |
BBC children’s channel CBBC has commissioned a new comedy/drama series to feature Henry Winkler. Hank Zipzer, from DHX Media and Walker Productions, will be produced by Kindle Entertainment. The 13-episode show will air on CBBC in 2014. It’s inspired by the book series Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever, w... |
World leaders will travel to Israel to attend the funeral on Friday of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres. |
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said those expected to attend include President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, former president Bill Clinton, Britain’s Prince Charles, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President François Hollande. |
The White House has not confirmed Obama's attendance. |
Peres died early Wednesday at age 93 after having a major stroke on Sept. 13. He was taken to a hospital near Tel Aviv where he was in a serious condition until his death. |
“A light has gone out, but the hope he gave us will burn forever,” Obama said in a statement. |
“Shimon Peres was a soldier for Israel, for the Jewish people, for justice, for peace, and for the belief that we can be true to our best selves — to the very end of our time on Earth, and in the legacy that we leave to others,” he added. |
Pope Francis sent a telegram to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin conveying his "heartfelt condolences" to Rivlin and the Israeli people. |
"I fondly recall my time with Mr. Peres at the Vatican and renew my great appreciation for the late president's tireless efforts in favor of peace," the telegram said, according to the Vatican. |
“My thoughts go out to the Israeli people and the family of Shimon Peres as they mourn the loss of a beloved father and compatriot — a great man who epitomized optimism and a belief that by working together we can build a brighter future for generations to come,” she added. |
Peres’ body will lie in state Thursday at Israel's Parliament, or Knesset, to allow the public to pay respects. The funeral will be Friday at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem — the national cemetery. |
Peres, a former soldier who fought for Israel's war of independence, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 jointly with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for forging a peace deal with the Palestinians — the Oslo Accords. |
Peres held nearly every high political office in Israel over a 55-year political career, including three terms as prime minister and posts as foreign minister, finance minister and deputy defense minister. He served as president from 2007 to 2014. |
▪ Jason Denzel of Elk Grove has connected with Tor Books, the foremost publisher of fantasy and sci-fi. His debut novel, “Mystic,” is the first of a planned trilogy ($26, 320 pages). It follows teenager Pomella AnDone as she undertakes three trials to prove her worthiness as an apprentice to a secret society of mages. |
As part of his book tour, Denzel will appear at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Barnes & Noble, 3561 N. Freeway Blvd, Natomas, 916-285-0387; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Trent’s Bookshelf, 8139 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, 916-683-2665; and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at the Avid Reader in Davis, 617 Second St., 530-758-404... |
▪ Eileen Rendahl, the Davis-based author of the award-winning “Messenger” urban fantasy series, has a story in the anthology “Tinsel and Temptation,” titled “Fire and Fruitcake” (Ho-Ho-Holiday Press, $10, 220 pages). It joins other holiday-themed tales by five more Northern California authors. Their book-release party ... |
▪ Sacramento’s Cindy Sample continues her five-title “Dying” humorous mystery series with “Dying For a Donut,” set in Apple Hill (CreateSpace, $15, 286 pages). Sample’s launch party is 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Face in a Book, 4359 Town Square Blvd., El Dorado Hills, 916-941-9401. |
LSB Industries of Oklahoma City said yesterday that it intended to spin off its automotive products business to its shareholders as a dividend. The shares in the automotive business would be listed on the American Stock Exchange and would be distributed to LSB shareholders on a pro rata basis, with the exact number of ... |
Bachelor villain Corinne might soon be without a nanny -- at least if one viewer gets his way. |
The 24-year-old Miami native has concerned Bachelor contestants and fans alike this season after boasting about her nanny -- prompting viewer Mark Chandley to create a GoFundMe page to raise money to "#FreeRaquel." |
Chandley created the page on Monday, following an episode of the ABC dating show in which Corinne tells the other girls about her nanny. "She makes sure my bed is made, makes my cucumber for lunch," she revealed, also confirming that she doesn't know how to do her own laundry, or how to make "cheese pasta" because Raqu... |
The GoFundMe page has raised $160 of its $100,000 goal. If the goal is raised, it will be released to Raquel, and if not, the money will be returned to those who donated. While many have found the fundraiser amusing, Corinne isn't laughing. |
"This is not a joke anymore someone took this way too far and is trying to make money for themselves," the Bachelor standout wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. "Raquel is not a slave and my family and I treat her like part of the family. Leave it alone already it's getting old. Grow up. #raquelisfree #celebnanny." |
While #Nannygate began at the end of Monday's episode of The Bachelor, when the girls approached Nick Viall with their concerns about Corinne, former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky thinks Corinne is playing up the nanny card for fun. |
"This woman is her family's housekeeper. She probably was Corinne's nanny growing up but now she's not her nanny. Corinne still lives with her parents, the housekeeper is still there and still doing things for her, so there's a big distinction there," Fedotowsky, now a mother of one, told ET during a Facebook Live inte... |
I had a surprisingly candid lunch conversation last week with a big music label executive, and a good part of our talk focused on the future of music. I asked the usual question: Why are you guys so damned clueless? Your business is disintegrating before your eyes, and all you do is go for short term cash gains (lawsui... |
His response: It’s all part of a master plan. The labels fully understand that recorded music, streamed or downloaded, is going to be free in the future (we’ve argued this relentlessly). CD sales continue to decline by 20% per year, and the only thing that’ll stop that trend is when those sales reach zero. Nothing will... |
They also understand that recorded music will largely be little more than marketing collateral, meaning that the Internet services being sued today for copyright infringement will be embraced in the future as ways to get the word out on hot new music. These services pay for the privilege today (either through high stre... |
By 2013 (maybe as early as 2011) it’ll make sense for the labels to finally reorganize their business models around the reality created by the Internet and person to person file sharing services. No longer will the labels be tied to revenue limited to sales of master recordings – by then most or all artists will be und... |
But until then, he says, the spreadsheets and financial models dictate that suing customers and partners just makes too much sense. Venture capitalists have directed hundreds of millions of dollars, via their litigation-mired startups, into the label coffers. To some extent those payments will continue, although the bi... |
For most industries, embracing old revenue streams until they are completely petered out is a great way to open the door wide open to competitors with more innovative business models. But the Innovator’s Dilemma problem doesn’t necessarily apply to the music industry. The big labels have a lock on talent, and there’s n... |
What this means for us music consumers – don’t expect much to change for the next few years. But sometime in the next decade we’ll see a real renaissance in how music is distributed and consumed. And who knows, a decade after that we may have all forgiven the music labels. |
BRANFORD, Conn. (AP) A Connecticut woman says she found a black widow spider in a package of grapes from the grocery store. |
The woman says she bought the organic grapes from a Stop & Shop in Branford on Monday morning, and she and her 11-year-old son were eating the grapes together when they found the spider. |
The woman says the venomous spider didn”t bite, and the store offered her a full refund. She declined to give her name. |
There’s something magical about blowing a perfect bubble. Whether it’s with soap or gum, the creation of a perfectly round sphere is somehow very exciting. If you have trouble, a team of experts has now developed what they call a formula for blowing the perfect bubble. |
Arstechnica reports that a group of mathematicians has created the best recipe yet for blowing a perfect bubble. The secret? Honestly, it’s very scientific. The results could impact a lot of improvements in the manufacturing of commercial sprays or foams. In layman’s terms, these experts and their perfect bubble recipe... |
Bubbles have been studied by scientists for decades, starting in the 1800s at least. Then, a Belgian physicist named Joseph Plateau discovered the four basic laws of surface tension that define the soap bubbles we are familiar with today. |
Bubbles are round because of surface tension, as it’s the easiest shape to maintain because it requires the least volume. American botanist Edwin Matzke also plunged his hands into the study of bubbles. He would create his own foams by hand in the 1940s, one bubble at a time, so he could study their structure. |
More recently in Ireland in 1994, Irish mathematicians used computers to figure out the best shape for bubbles used in geometric packing. They created various computer models to investigate. In 2006, researchers at Harvard University learned that they could create a sort of armor for bubbles by adding colloidal particl... |
The bubble studies don’t end there. In 2016, a team of French physicists modeled how bubbles form when air hits a soapy film. They rigged up their model using Dawn dish soap, tap water, and a weighted fishing line. They created a thin film, then shot jets of gas to see which speed of air created bubbles. |
The latest innovation comes from New York University’s Applied Math Lab, where a team has published their findings in the Physical Review Letters. |
The perfect bubble, per the paper, can be created with a circular wand with a 1.5 inch perimeter. Blow gently at a consistent rate of 6.9 centimeters per second. Now you know! |
Lafayette Police and Acadian Ambulance are investigating reports of a body found floating in the Vermilion River on Saturday morning near Winthorpe Row in Lafayette. |
Lafayette Police are investigating a body found in the Vermilion River on Saturday morning near Winthorpe Row in Lafayette. |
The body of a male was discovered by boaters near Rue Chavaniac at 9:30 a.m, according to a Lafayette Police spokesman. |
The identity, race, and age of the subject are yet to be determined. The cause of death is under investigation. |
Explore Wildwood Park's treasured wetlands with a day of free, fun, and educational activities. Special guess include musicians Tom Jolin and Steven Courtney. Throughout the day, enjoy wildlife exhibits, displays, walks, talks, as well as a great representation of local and regional environmental organizations. There i... |
Celebrate spring! Visitors can browse through plant sales and craft tents, choosing among over forty vendors. Enjoy the Needle Arts Exhibit at the Mansion - admission charged. for the public's pleasure, tasty food is available at the Cafe'; an art show and sale are also offered. mid-1800s dancing, exhibits on Victorian... |
As springtime temperatures warm, many migratory birds return to Wildwood to spend the summer or to pass through on their way farther north. During this program, we will explore the lives of these migrants, make a craft, and then go on a walk along the lake to look for birds using binoculars. Ages 5-10 and parents can a... |
Walk off the stress of the work day with a self-guided hike at Wildwood Park. The 3-mile walk on easy trails with short climbs will be at your own pace. Meet at the Olewine Nature Center. Bring water and wear comfortable walking shoes. Check www.wildwoodlake.org for cancellation information in case of inclement weather... |
Take this opportunity to work outside and help Wildwood's continued park and habitat enhancement projects. Tools and work gloves provided. Registration is required for groups of six or more. Go to www.wildwoodlake.org. Assume the work day is cancelled if it is raining. |
Search for warblers, phoebes, wrens, orioles, and other songbirds on the North Boardwalk with volunteers Rick and Peg Price. You never can tell what you might see at this time of year. Meet at the nature center parking lot. |
Walking is a great way to get in shape. Enjoy a self-guided 3-mile walk at Wildwood Park on level trails. This walk starts at the Nature Center, heads up the Towpath Trail, and returns by the same route, avoiding the hills on the east side of the park. Meet at the Olewine Nature Center. Bring water and wear comfortable... |
Come on a Saturday morning walk with volunteer Audrey Zajac to learn about the birds that can be found at Wildwood. The walk will be along the North Boardwalk. Meet at the Nature Center. Beginners welcome and binoculars will be available for use. |
During this Wildwood adventure, scouts will learn about hiking safety and take a hike to explore the park. Then they will learn about trail symbols and create their own trail for others to follow. Please bring a drink, snack and lunch. Dress for indoor and outdoor activities and wear sneakers or other closed-toed shoes... |
Join volunteer Cara Martinez-Williams to search for Jack in the Pulpits. Learn interesting facts about the Jack in the Pulpit and why it could also be know as "Jill in the Pulpit". |
Identifying trees by the bark is a possibility but sometimes difficult. On this walk we will be aided in the identification by flowers and leaves also. |
Only in a neighborhood like Sunset Park can you find such diametrically opposite cultures living harmoniously together. To the west of Fifth Avenue, Mexicans, Ecuadorians, Peruvians and all manner of Latin Americans have made their homes, spreading the gospel of tacos and tortas. On the eastern side, Chinese, Vietnames... |
Today, these lines are more blended than ever as the population grows and communities expand. Fortunately for foodies, that translates to a unique medley of cuisines, all within walking distance of each other. |
Hop on the D-N-R to 36th Street and let’s get eating. |
Remember those Subway ads that promised you could stack your sandwiches with "everything you like and nothing you don't"? Think of Mister Hotpot like Subway on steroids. Choosing the broth here is simple: There is only spicy and non-spicy. Beyond that, the options are endless. The menu offers nine versions of beef, six... |
Few restaurants in New York City do Malaysian food; even fewer do it as well as Sunset Park's Nyonya. Thai, Indian and Vietnamese influences come together splendidly at this heavily wooded franchise establishment to create a menu fit for any adventurous foodie looking to get away from pad thai and tandoori chicken. |
At Nyonya, it's best to head straight for the roti canai (pictured), crispy pancakes with a side of curry dipping sauce that's practically Malaysia's national dish. The achat, pickled vegetables sprinkled with nuts, and the sarang burong, a unique-looking meal made with fried taro and stuffed with shrimp, chicken and v... |
Though Ines Bakery boasts an extensive variety of delectable pastries, cakes and cookies, it is always the tres leches cake that is on the cusp of being sold out. During lunch hour and after school, the little Mexican bakery on Fourth Avenue -- at the northern edge of Sunset Park at 36th Street -- fills up quickly with... |
Come for the coffee and bagels, stay for the Caffè Latte alla Nocciola and Bello Ragazzo sandwiches. Green Fig Cafe and Bakery is deli fare taken to the next level. Tourists love this cute little bakery for its proximity to the 36th Street express subway station. Locals love it for its plentiful vegetarian and vegan op... |
What this cash-only Vietnamese shop lacks in ambience, it more than makes up for in flavor. Ba Xuyên is famous for its banh mi, savory Vietnamese sandwiches packed with mouthwatering combinations of meat and the restaurant's signature mix of pickled carrots, daikon radish, cucumbers and cilantro. If made incorrectly, b... |
Brooklyn's best pizza, from slice joints to high-end piesFrom quick-slice joints to sit-down restaurants and everything in between. A guide to dining and drinking in Cobble HillExplore a variety of cuisines, from Ethiopian to Middle Eastern to Spanish. Where to eat in Sheepshead BayHop on the Q train to this family-fri... |
Beverly “Bev” Andolsek, 94, of Greeley, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2019. |
Bev was born in Jamestown, N.D. to Ferdinand and Crystal (Ford) Koch on April 10, 1924. After graduating from Business College in Nebraska, she moved to Roswell N.M., where she met and married John Andolsek on July 14, 1944. |
Bev enjoyed traveling and after retirement, she and John spent several years touring the United States, Canada, and Mexico. She loved finding treasures on the “back roads”. After John’s death in 1997, Bev settled in Greeley. She found delight tutoring students of all ages and nationalities, especially foreign exchange ... |
Bev was a “people person” and spent her entire life volunteering for several youth groups, clubs, and organizations. She was a life member of the American Legion Auxiliary. |
All those whose lives she enhanced will sorely miss Bev. |
Bev is survived by her children, Betty (Vern) Schmier of LaSalle, Peg (Larry) Bell of Glendale, Ariz., and Bob of Greeley; grandchildren, James (Tracy) Bell, and Desera (Late John) Bell; great-grandchildren, Taylor, Jordan, Ally, Austin, and Ciera Bell; sister, Judy; special nieces and nephews, JoAnn, Kathi, Linda, Sus... |
She is preceded in death by her husband; grandson, John Bell; parents; and siblings. |
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, April 8, 2019, at the Eaton Cemetery, Christensen Ave., Eaton. |
To leave condolences with Bev’s family visit NCCcremation.com. |
Partly cloudy. High near 70F. Winds light and variable.. |
Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 49F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. |
If you’re looking for some of the best-tasting smoked meats, look no further. |
The death of Morgan Barnard is the second St Patrick's Day tragedy to hit his family. |
His great-uncle Patrick Barnard was just 13 when a UVF car bomb exploded outside the Hillcrest Bar in Dungannon on March 17, 1976, killing him, his 13-year-old best friend James McCaughey and two others instantly. |
SDLP councillor Denise Mullan said a dark cloud is again hanging over the family and the close-knit community in Dungannon. |
"It's the 17th of March again and it's hit that poor family once again, and the town as well," she said. |
"Morgan lost an uncle in a terrible atrocity in Dungannon back in 1976 when the UVF blew up the Hillcrest Bar. My heart goes out to them and the community's heart goes out to them. |
"I want to let the family know that as a community we are all here for them." |
Morgan's grandmother Betsy Martin put out a call on social media for anyone who saw anything of the incident on Sunday evening to get in touch with the family as they "wanted answers". |
"Can anyone that was with Morgan last night please message me," she wrote. |
"We need to know who he was with and who took him over to the Greenvale. This is for the family to get questions answered." |
Shocked friends last night paid emotional tributes to the popular teenager, who alongside Connor Currie, was a student at St Patrick's Academy in Dungannon. |
Eliot Barnard said: "I love you so much lad. You're always gonna be my best friend no matter where you are. Do me proud up there kid. Missing you already." |
Another friend wrote: "He was such a great lad, great manners and always had a smile for everyone." |
Another school pal said: "School will never be the same without you." |
A friend wrote: "Doesn't seem real that you're gone, always brightened up our classroom with your humour and smile." |
A family friend wrote that Morgan was a 'lovely young boy' and a 'bright lad'. |
Another said: "No one deserves to not come home from anywhere, especially a night of fun." |
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