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The other thing that Facebook is getting rid of has to do with its messaging service.
The ‘other’ folder, which was only accessible through Facebook’s site, is where all the messages sent from people you’re not friends with end up. It’s easily missable and it’s why Facebook is deciding to get rid of it entirely.
In its place will be Message Requests for Messenger. Its VP of messaging products David Marcus said the feature would allow you to “talk to virtually anyone in the world” with you only needing to know their name if you want to message them.
If someone sends you a message and they’re not friends, you will get a message request. You can either accept or ignore it and those sending the message won’t know if you’re read it or not.
New Canaan's Alexander LaPolice escapes a tackle on his way to a touchdown during the Class L state championship game against Darien on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 at Boyle Stadium in Stamford, Conn.
When New Canaan's Alex LaPolice went back to receive the opening kickoff at a snowy Boyle Stadium in the Class L championship game he was thinking about cake.
Not eating a cake, mind you, but mixing the batter for one.
It may seem like an odd thing to think about and, to tell you the truth, LaPolice is not even sure what it means, but it's what his coaches call the kick return, and that is all that matters to the junior WR/DB.
"We practice that all week. We call it cake mix on kick returns," LaPolice said. "To be honest (the coaches) don't tell us. Coach (Dante) Correnty and coach (Chris) Silvestri came up with it and they don't feel like telling us but we are just making some cake."
LaPolice made the cake on the opening kick extra sweet for the Rams, returning it 61 yards, inside the 10-yard line, setting up the Rams first score.
The senior was not done and with the Rams up 17-6 LaPolice struck again.
Leaping to win the ball from the defender on a sideline pass from quarterback Nick Cascione, LaPolice landed, kept his balance in the snow and ran the last 25 yards to the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown grab.
"It was a broken play," said LaPolice, who finished with four catches for 86 yards and a TD. "Nick rolled out, he threw the ball, I caught it. Kyle Smith had an unbelievable block to take out the guy on my back and I found my way to the end zone."
Not that it needed it, but LaPolice added icing to his cake, scooping up a bouncing punt and rambling 43 yards, making it 31-6 and starting the celebration on the Rams sideline.
LaPolice said he would have let it go but got a "good hop" on the snowy turf.
Winning state championships is nothing new to LaPolice.
As a sophomore outfielder, he helped lead the New Canaan baseball team to its first state title since 1950, giving him possession of two crowns in the same calendar year and in back-to-back scholastic seasons.
"It's incredible," LaPolice said. "After 63 years we pulled it off in baseball last year and now we got football. Hopefully we can get another baseball one but right now I'm living in the moment with football. It's unbelievable."
There were so many elements that made Saturday morning one of LaPolice's best days.
From living every kid's dream of playing football in the snow, to avenging a loss to his rivals from Darien and winning a state championship to boot, Saturday was pretty special.
"It's absolutely unbelievable," LaPolice said. "To do it in these conditions. Snow, Darien, it's unthinkable. And to avenge our one loss in the Turkey Bowl, there are no words to describe it. It's probably the greatest feeling in my life."
And while the 44-12 win was a team effort, the spark from LaPolice on the opening kick propelled the Rams to victory.
LaPolice played so well, someone should make him a cake.
About 25 years ago, I was an ophthalmology resident, training at Bellevue Hospital. My patients were a mix of poor people: recent immigrants, the homeless, mentally ill, drug- and alcohol-addicted.
My new, very elegant mother-in-law came into New York to take me, her somewhat scruffy, newly married daughter-in-law, out for a one-on-one brunch. M-I-L was dressed in North Shore finery, from high heels and stockings to door-knocker gold earrings, every hair in place.
I think the August humidity and the stress of medical training and call had gotten to me; frizzy-haired, overweight, tired and rumpled. Not sure if I had small talk enough for two hours of brunching. I can’t remember what I was wearing but I know it felt wrong.
My neighborhood, near the entrance of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, was noisy, hot, dirty, and smelly. A neighbor building was being used as a temporary men’s homeless shelter, and the men were made to leave at 9 every morning, and not allowed to return until 4, so they congregated around my building during daylight hours...
Walking down First Avenue we saw what looked like a huge pile of garbage bags on the sidewalk. Bad enough. One little “Tsk” from my very neat mother-in-law.
As we got closer, the (formerly identified as a bag of garbage) man roused himself, said, “Why, hey there, Dr. Sumers!” and gave me a jaunty wave.
I thought my mother-in-law would faint!
A version of this article appears in print on 06/18/2012, on page A21 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Awaking to a Masked Visitor, and Other Reader Tales.
— Was the object made or used in northeastern North Carolina?
— What is the object's historical significance?
— Can documentation (written or oral) on the object be found?
— Does the object need conservation work?
— What is the object's exhibit potential?
— What impact would the object have on available storage space?
If the object meets enough criteria, the curator will present it to the Acquisitions Committee at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. After examining the object, the committee will vote on its acceptance, and the curator will notify you of the committee's decision. If the object is accepted, a registrar fr...
You can use the signed deed of gift as an acknowledgment of your donation to the North Carolina Museum of History as tax deductible. The museum does not provide appraisals, however, or provide estimated values.
Wanda Lassiter is curator for Museum of the Albemarle.
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here are some of the top stories from ICIS Asia and the Middle East for the week ended 17 August 2018.
The near-term outlook for spot polypropylene (PP) prices in India firmed up on the back of the recent recovery in the Chinese domestic market but a weak rupee to the US dollar generally hampered sentiment.
Ethylene dichloride (EDC) prices in northeast Asia are at their highest in 16 months amid short spot supply and uncertainty caused by the US-China trade tensions.
Asia’s methyl methacrylate (MMA) import prices have remained at historical highs for 10 consecutive weeks, with upside likely limited in the near term.
Chinese purified terephthalic acid (PTA) domestic prices are on a four year high and may fluctuate at a high level in September and October supported by heathy demand, tight supply and firm feedstock paraxylene (PX) prices.
Asia's melamine prices rose by 4% since the beginning of August amid limited supply, but the uptrend in price will likely be limited due to upcoming new capacities in China.
Asia’s monoethylene glycol (MEG) prices are likely to remain weighed down by continued weakness in the Chinese yuan and softer crude oil prices.
China’s appetite for petrochemical imports is waning on rising costs stemming from the continued depreciation of the Chinese yuan, while the consequent surge in domestic demand was fueling price spikes in the local markets.
Freight rates on shipping routes in Asia are under pressure due to abundant tonnage space available as trades are slowing down amid the typhoon season in the region.
Asia’s polycarbonate (PC) prices dropped to a six-month low as growing supply overshadows demand, a bearish situation that could linger in the near term, according to market sources.
Acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) producers from Japan and South Korea are diverting their cargoes to the price-sensitive Indian market following the anti-dumping duties imposed on their product by the Chinese government.
Turkey’s currency crisis has further raised contagion worries as Asian currencies continue to plunge against the US dollar, dampening sentiment across multiple petrochemical markets in the region.
China’s domestic benzene prices continued to rally, bolstering the Asian markets in August, amid the country’s ongoing trade war with the US.
China’s 25% tariff on US goods from 23 August will have a limited impact on imports of acetone as local buyers were already cutting down purchases from the US.
Asia’s butadiene (BD) market is not expected to take a significant hit even as the key China market will start imposing an additional 25% tariff on US material from 23 August.
China’s gasoline prices, at two-year highs in early August on the back of persistently tight supply and stricter consumption tax supervision on refined oil products, are likely to maintain the uptrend in the short term.
Foxx has been nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Ray LaHood. He seemed determined to avoid the trouble that LaHood got into early in his tenure, earning a public White House rebuke for endorsing consideration of a new vehicle mileage tax.
Fixing the Highway Trust Fund, which is projected to run dry in fiscal 2015 because of slumping motor fuels tax receipts, will be just one of the major challenges facing Foxx if he wins confirmation. Foxx faced mostly polite questioning by senators in his official Capitol Hill debut and so far no opposition to his conf...
In his testimony, Foxx embraced the White House’s main transportation and infrastructure objectives. He spoke about working with Amtrak to boost passenger rail service in Charlotte, N.C., endorsed Obama’s proposal to create an infrastructure bank and touted the competitive grant program known as TIGER. Foxx said TIGER ...
“We have good experience with TIGER,” Foxx said. The program, which is slated to award almost $474 million in fiscal 2013, is popular with many state and local transportation departments, though some congressional Republicans have chafed at its size and at the general policy of ceding spending decisions to the executiv...
Likewise, Foxx endorsed the proposed infrastructure bank, which has been stalled by Republican opposition, though he stressed that it would not solve the shortfalls in highway funding. The current surface transportation authorization (PL 112-141) expires next fall.
Foxx faced questions from John Thune of South Dakota, the panel’s ranking Republican, about handling the budget cuts mandated by the sequester. Earlier this year, the Federal Aviation Administration infuriated lawmakers by furloughing air traffic controllers and threatening to shut down 149 privately managed control to...
Eventually, Congress enacted legislation (PL 113-9) that ended the furloughs and avoided the shutdowns by allowing the Transportation Department to transfer up to $253 million in unspent airport improvement grant funds, though Republicans insisted the department had the authority to adjust its spending without the new ...
Foxx said he has experience making do with less, noting that in his first year as mayor, the recession caused tax revenue to fall by $200 million.
“We had to work within our resources, Foxx said, noting that he didn’t ask to raise taxes to cover the shortfall.
The Orange County restaurant chain has increased its options for health-conscious diners building their own pizzas.
On its website, Pieology encourages customers to “let out your inner carnivore” when choosing toppings for its pizzas, but now its customers can let out their inner herbivore as well.
The Rancho Santa Margarita-based company has joined the rush of fast food chains to add plant-based meat alternatives to their menus.
Its three new meatless toppings are “Spicy Italian Sausage Rounds,” “Beef Meatball” and “Diced Chicken,” according to a news release. According to a news release, they are vegan, non-GMO verified and contain no cholesterol.
The toppings are from Gardein, a Canadian company. They are premium toppings, and cost $1 extra.
They are currently available at 24 locations in Southern California and Las Vegas. On Feb. 12, all continental locations will offer them.
This is not Pieology’s only menu change for health-conscious diners. Last summer, it added cauliflower to its lineup of six premium crusts.
Lawmakers squabble after Democrat demand for Trump tax returns: Oversight or presidential harassment?
Lawmakers squabble after Democrat demand for Trump's tax returns.
In the wake of a Democratic request to the IRS to obtain copies of six years of President Trump’s personal and business tax returns, Republicans are charging that Democrats are taking presidential harassment to a new level in a move that amounts to sour grapes after Attorney General William Barr reached anticlimactic c...
Throughout the day Thursday, the president's supporters rallied to the defense of the president.
“The Democrat agenda is still strictly focused on harassing the president and trying to make political statements, as opposed to trying to solve real problems,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters Thursday.
Across the aisle, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi contended that “the law is very clear” that the president’s returns are subject to congressional review, reading the text of the law from U.S. code to reporters at her news conference.
(J. Scott Applewhite/AP) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Feb. 28, 2019.
One other lawmaker empowered to request Trump’s tax returns, Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley, asserted that Democrats are seeking Trump’s tax returns, not to reform any tax-related law, but to take down the president.
The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee forcefully pushed back on Democrats' request, warning the move weaponizes the tax code.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, called on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to have no involvement in responding to Neal’s request, arguing it would amount to "blatant political interference" of the request sent to the IRS commissioner.
The statute Democrats are relying on, however, specifies that "the Secretary…shall furnish" returns to the relevant congressional committees.
Considering Trump is not bound by law to release his tax returns himself, Scalise stressed that Trump has complied with current law through financial disclosures.
Rep. Dan Kildee, a Democratic member of the Ways and Means committee, stressed he expects the IRS commissioner to follow the law and fulfil the chairman’s request.
Neal has set a deadline for the IRS commissioner to respond by April 10, which Kildee said shouldn’t be a heavy lift because “these are returns that have long since been filed.” If the IRS does not comply, Neal could escalate the showdown with a subpoena.
House Democrats haven’t stopped at Trump’s business filings. On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee formally requested six years of Trump’s personal and business tax returns, amid a monthslong pressure campaign from progressives.
WATERBURY — A longtime local radio show host, known as a pioneer for women in a male-dominated field, will be inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.
WATR-1320’s General Manager Tom Chute announced Monday morning that Barbara Davitt, host of “Coffee Break,” is one of four inductees this year. A ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 11.
Davitt, 84, has been working for WATR for 55 years. When she joined the station, she was “the weather girl.” She went on to become one of the first women to host her own show.
Trish Torello, a WATR sales manager who worked with Davitt for 49 years, said Davitt used her wit and tenacity to defy the norms of a male-centered industry.
“It was a time when women really had to assert themselves, more so than normal, because it wasn’t the climate we have today,” Torello said.
As a talk show host, she’s “always ready with a quip or a comeback,” Torello explained.
Davitt’s first day on the job was especially memorable: Nov. 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. WATR provided live coverage all day.
Davitt, who previously worked for a radio station in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., moved to Waterbury due to her husband’s job transfer. She became acquainted with the local stations and decided she wanted to work for WATR.
“When I came here, I listened to all three stations in town and WATR was the best one,” Davitt said.
She became a fixture of local talk radio, interviewing celebrities including Joe DiMaggio, Barbara Bush, Dolores Hart, Jerry Lewis and Raquel Welch.
In addition to hosting “Coffee Break,” Davitt worked for many years as a sales manager for WATR. She says her favorite part of the job is making friends.
Listeners learned of Davitt’s Hall of Fame induction early Monday. Initially, Chute told listeners he had a special announcement, without saying what it was.
Before he revealed the news at about 7 a.m., Davitt said she received a call from a fan who was worried.

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