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RELATED: The new Miss America is from North Dakota?!
What isn't so lovely is that Momoko Abe was denied the Miss Universe crown in November. In fact, she wasn't even one of the 16 finalists, despite winning for best national costume (Yes, I spent way too much time looking into this).
But then, I realized the problem when reading a breakdown of the contest (Again, I spent way too much time looking into this). Unlike the Miss America pageant, Miss Universe does NOT have a talent portion so she wasn't able to show off her picturesque swing. It now made sense that this beautiful, intelligent (she has a degree in philosophy) woman who is capable of shooting in the freaking 60s didn't come away with the crown. But it doesn't make it right.
In any event, we salute you Miss Universe Japan. And we hope to see you out there playing dominating the pro-am circuit.
On The New Republic website today, the distinguished sociologist Alan Wolfe pens a defense of a left-wing academic, William I. Robinson.The Anti-Defamation League and others are attacking Robinson for recent actions he took in conjunction with a course he teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on the "Sociology of Globalization."
Robinson did the following. Last January, he sent an e-mail to students in his course accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza, said that the occupation of Gaza by Israel was the equivalent of the Nazi occupation of the Warsaw Ghetto, and sent photographs which he argued showed that what Israel was doing to the Palestinians was the same as what the Nazis had done to the Jews. In protest, the Anti-Defamation League has called for an investigation of Professor Robinson.
Wolfe comes to Robinson's defense by making the following argument. He does not agree with his beliefs as expressed in the e-mail. Indeed, Wolfe acknowledges that "neither Robinson's leftist kind of sociology nor his activist kind of politics are mine." Yet he finds the idea of investigating Robinson "appalling" and writes that "the ADL should be ashamed of itself." As Wolfe sees it, censoring Robinson would set harmful precedents that could have ramifications for anyone teaching at public universities.
Robinson's defenders say his academic freedom is in danger of being abridged, especially since the University has said it will investigate his actions. Wolfe does not buy Robinson's critics contention that propagandistic e-mails have nothing to do with the subject he is teaching. Wolfe maintains that professors at our universities who teach controversial subjects should "provoke, and even outrage, their students." This certainly is what Robinson has done, especially to the school's Jewish students. Wolfe worries about "academic apathy;' he thinks it is a good thing when a professor cares so much about issues of the day that he e-mails students about them. Even if his actions caused damage or hurt to some, Wolfe says, the "arguments and discussion" they provoke outweigh the damage he might have done.
THE “NBC Nightly News” is going to get funnier.
Brian Williams, the new face of the network newcast, will never be mistaken for Jerrry Seinfeld – but he is among the most naturally funny people in that business.
And the network would like to see some of that humor seep into newscast.
For decades, the evening news anchors have taken their cues from the Walter Cronkite play-book. The evening news was a serious place – no time for fooling around or levity. The best viewers might hope for was a light-touch reporter – think of Heywood Hale Broun with his walrus mustache and loud sportscoats – for comic reflief.
But what if it was the anchorman himself (there is no herself in nightly news yet) doing a little schtick?
Levinson says that the growing popularity of cable news “personalities” like Bill O’Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews and even Jon Stewart (who likes to note that “The Daily Show” is just comedy), may eventually force the networks to inject more personality into the evening news.
“Most people are surprised to learn how funny Brian is,” says one of Williams’ former CNBC colleagues.
A trip down memory lane! Angelina Jolie showed her support for the new Tomb Raider movie by taking some of her children to a screening on Sunday, March 18.
The Maleficent actress, 42, and her four youngest children, Zahara, 13, Shiloh, 11, Knox and Vivienne, 9, headed out to see an afternoon screening of the film at a movie theater in North Hollywood, California.
Jolie played the role of Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001, and reprised the role for the movie’s sequel, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, in 2003. The Oscar winner arrived at the theater with her kids in tow, while wearing a long black peacoat tied at the waist and paired with black sunglasses and black boots. Her other two sons, Maddox, 16, and Pax, 14 — whom she also shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt — were not spotted during the family outing.
Tomb Raider is in theaters now.
NORTH FAYETTE TWP. — One of the area's biggest benefit shows returns Saturday for a fifth year, bringing with it a top-flight musical lineup.
Beaver Valley acts the Granati Brothers and Billy the Kid & the Regulators will join Pittsburgh artists Norm Nardini, Bill Toms and Hard Rain, Katie Simone with Three Car Garage, Nikki Mo and the Mamalukes, the Tina Daniels Band, Nathan King and Desperado at the Rockin' for Amy's Angels V concert at MJ's Steel City saloon in North Fayette Township.
A motorcycle run is part of the fun, with signups at 10 a.m. The ride begins at noon.
The event benefits three sisters who lost their parents in a murder-suicide in Crafton.
"It generates a thousand people generally, with weather cooperating," spokesman Jerome Brouker said.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A rebound in technology stocks gave Wall Street a solid gain Tuesday, lifting the Dow Jones industrials more than 250 points and above 10,000. But analysts remained cautious, noting that the market remains vulnerable to more declines as first-quarter earnings reports begin.
At the bell, the Dow was up 257.59 at 10,102.74, a 2.5 percent increase, according to preliminary figures. The Dow had fallen below 10,000 in mid-March amid investors' deepening pessimism about the economy and its effect on earnings.
The Nasdaq was up 106.32 to 1,852.03, a 6 percent gain. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 30.79.
Enthusiasm for technology stocks led the rally. Microsoft rose $2.59 to $59.74, while Intel, which was downgraded by two investment firms Monday, jumped $1.40 to $24.60, recovering from the previous session's 43-cent loss.
Non-technology issues were also strong. J.P. Morgan rose $2.57 to $42.99, a 6 percent gain.
The market has alternately rallied and then fallen back in recent days, and analysts remain cautious about the significance of any upturns. With first-quarter earnings reports just starting and mixed signals about the health of consumer confidence and corporate profits, many say it's too soon to tell if stocks are recovering or merely staging bear market rallies.
They say investors who have sustained heavy losses remain a source of pressure on the market.
"The bear market is still in force. This rally is a good and an important sign that maybe we're starting to bottom, but there's no evidence we've bottomed yet," said Bob Streed, portfolio manager of Northern Select Equity Fund.
"There are lots of people who would love to sell some of their stocks at higher prices, which is why these rallies have failed in the past," Streed said.
Aetna plunged $6.37 to $29.78, an 18 percent loss, in morning trading after the health insurance provider warned its results would fall below expectations because of increasing costs.
Advancing issues led decliners more than 5 to 2 on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was 603.68 million, compared with 424.51 million at the same point Monday.
The Russell 2000 index was up 10.10 at 451.77.
Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average slid 1.7 percent. In afternoon trading, Germany's DAX index was up 2.2 percent, Britain's FT-SE 100 was gained 2.3 percent, and France's CAC-40 was up 2.8 percent.
Just when we are beginning to see the regional, or at least Saudi stock markets, settle down to a tighter trading range without erratic excesses, the oil markets seem to have been bitten by the bug of irrational exuberance.
It is unprecedented to see oil prices move up and down by more than $5 a barrel in the space of a few hours, without any basis in terms of supply and demand fundamentals. This is causing frustration from both suppliers and consumers. The former, mostly targeting OPEC producers are claiming rightly that their output and world supply is more than enough to meet world demand. The latter, represented by various governments with an eye on national elections and rising consumer anger, are demanding more output from producers.
The blame game and frustration from both sides is mounting, and all kinds of explanations are put forward to explain oil price rises. Each one has a certain grain of truth, but each does not explain the whole story of why oil prices have risen by more than a third in little more than a month.
The various explanatory causes range from the economic boom in the world’s largest developing economies, particularly China and India, or the unwillingness of OPEC to pump more crude (they have already stated that they will not do so in their forthcoming September meeting), or that the world has reached the dreaded “peak oil” stage, whereby the rate of oil depletion is not being matched by new finds.
And yet technology — and current high oil prices — are seemingly pushing back the date for “peak oil”, as the recent massive 33 billion barrel of new Brazilian offshore oil reserves has shown.
The upward march of oil prices is the result of a speculative frenzy of the sort that we only witnessed in the local stock market during 2006 and is symptomatic of the dotcom mania of the late 1990’s. Just like these two earlier markets, the current oil market is a massive exuberant bubble waiting to be popped. We might not be there yet, but it is certain as all bubbles have common characteristics. The first is that prices tend to move extremely rapidly. Who could forget those 10 percent plus daily movements in the fantasy trading world of the Saudi stock market, not so long ago? The second is that prices rise on the flimsiest of evidence or rumors to be more precise. The third is that any so-called evidence — or rumors — is justification for rushing into the oil market.
What next? Has the oil market forgotten past market bubbles and bursts? The anemic performance of the US dollar has contributed in part for the financial markets to hedge their returns by switching to oil futures. There is now irrefutable evidence to support the conclusion that a large amount of speculation in the current oil price markets has significantly added to prices. When conservative global pension funds join the fray, it just makes one think twice about another subprime market fiasco in the making.
As such, as far as the oil markets are concerned, the basic fundamentals no longer seem to matter. The fundamental equation for higher oil prices such as a stronger Asian market demand and a short run production and supply response are known and had been factored in by the markets. Rational markets — or efficient market hypothesis — would suggest that such factors have already been factored into oil prices.
The current irrational oil prices are extremely frustrating for leading OPEC price moderates. Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al Naemi publicly stated that the benchmark for oil should be around the $60 — $70 a barrel and that the Kingdom had done all it could to meet “real demand”, from “real customers.” This has fallen on deaf ears.
Politicians around the world are now waking up to this irrational price movement. In the UK, the Labor government is being urged not to implement the recent budgetary decision to increase petrol taxes by another 2 pence in October. In the USA, lawmakers unveiled a new energy package that would rescind $17 billion in oil company tax breaks and slap a 25 percent profit tax on firms that do not invest in new energy sources. Few are turning their attention to regulating speculative oil traders. The only way speculators can be tamed is by history to repeat itself, until the next exuberance bubble appears. Oil market speculators should take on board the recent 40 percent drop in wheat prices, which was the center of a frenzied speculative commodity market a few months ago.
A new study from independent testing lab AV-Comparatives reveals that of over 200 Android security apps tested the majority are dubious, unsafe or ineffective.
The company downloaded 204 apps from the Google Play store in January this year and found 84 of the apps detected over 30 percent of malicious samples, and had zero false alarms. 79 detected under 30 percent of malware samples and/or had a high false alarm rate.
The remaining 41 apps have since been removed from the store. These are described by the report as very buggy, unsafe and ineffective apps that appear to have been developed either by amateur programmers or by software manufacturers that are not focused on the security business.
Tests were run using an automated process against 2,000 known malicious apps and 50 known good apps. The test was performed on Nexus 5 devices running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
As you might expect some big names -- including Avast, AVG, BullGuard, ESET, Kaspersky, McAfee and Norton -- are included in the 28 apps that achieved 100 percent detection scores. Interestingly, most of the apps tested had a review score of four or more on the Play store, underlining that user ratings may not be a reliable guide to choosing a security app.
"This year's test once again shows that user ratings are no indicator of how effective a security app is," says AV-Comparatives' founder and CEO Andreas Clementi. "Many of the apps that failed to provide effective protection against malware nonetheless had very good user ratings in the Google Play Store. Users should be aware that such ratings can at best only relate to the user experience, and at worst will mean that an app has deceived the user into thinking it's good -- e.g. by detecting a harmless app as malicious. Good results in an independent lab test are the best indicator that a program will really protect you. Our annual in-depth review and test of Android security programs provides users with a feature list and user-interface report, letting them pick the best app for their needs."
You can download the full report, with a list of all the apps and details of the test methodology, from the AV-Comparatives website.
Scramble To Redraw Congressional Maps In PA, Avert Another Shutdown In DC The stock market had another volatile day Tuesday, but recovered some after its record 1,175 point drop on Monday. Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have until the end of the week to completely redraw the state's congressional districts, after the state Supreme Court ruled that the current map violates the state's Constitution. And there are just two days left before the federal government runs out of money - again. This episode, host/congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith and congressional correspondent Susan Davis. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.
The stock market had another volatile day Tuesday, but recovered some after its record 1,175 point drop on Monday. Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have until the end of the week to completely redraw the state's congressional districts, after the state Supreme Court ruled that the current map violates the state's Constitution. And there are just two days left before the federal government runs out of money - again. This episode, host/congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith and congressional correspondent Susan Davis. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.
After a campaign of quite determined avoidance, I finally caved and watched an episode or two of the much equally beloved and maligned ‘Love Island’.
I was reluctant to board this particular train, the thought of potentially watching vacuous strangers get intimate live on TV in a desperate bid for fame, did not appeal - it could almost be said I would rather watch England v Timbuktoo in the World Cup (though indeed, if such a clash existed, I might).
But after almost incessant bombarding on social media, via newsdesk press releases, and every other overheard conversation down the street, I decided to see what the fuss was about.
I was admittedly distracted in my mission (I started to watch series one of Victoria and binge-watched four episodes) before turning back to Love Island with trepidation.
At first I scoffed at the premise of making a bunch of overly attractive women stand semi-naked and ankle deep in a Mallorcan pool to be picked by a man (yes long dead suffragettes, this is what we have been reduced to) but I agree it does make strangely addictive watching in the manner of stalker-ish voyeurism.
But yes it is entirely possible to become invested in the ups and down of Big Brother-style life in a world where everyone is drop dead gorgeous if not as generously blessed in the brains department (one or two excepted, who cleverly using the show for their own means).
What this show - love or hate it - does do is showcase what can be horribly wrong in relationships.
It seems so obvious in other couples - control, pressure, manipulation - or when they are simply not suited or when they so obviously are.
NEWCASTLE goalkeeper Tim Krul produced a man-of-the-match display to keep the Magpies riding high in the Barclays Premier League.
Krul conjured a handful of stunning saves as Wolves slumped to a fourth consecutive defeat, despite Steven Fletcher setting up a frantic finish with a diving header in the 88th minute.
Inside the first 13 minutes it was evident as to why Newcastle can proudly boast the stingiest defence in the top flight, the Magpies conceding just four goals now in their first seven matches.
With less than two minutes on the clock, Dutchman Krul underlined his growing reputation, in particular as the bedrock of United's back five.
With Jamie O'Hara's 22-yard curling free-kick dipping towards the bottom right-hand corner after evading a number of heads, an alert Krul averted the danger with a full-stretch save.
Eleven minutes later Krul showed remarkable versatility, and kept his wits about him as he used his face to block an attempted lob from Kevin Doyle on the edge of the area after the striker had been played in by a knock-on to a goal-kick from Wayne Hennessey.
But for those two saves the outcome could have been very different as the visitors had showed no threat in the opening exchanges.
After Gutierrez then stroked a low, right-foot curler a couple of yards wide in the 14th minute, three minutes later Ba caught Wolves defence, and goalkeeper Hennessey, fast asleep.
From a Yohan Cabaye corner looped into the near post, nobody picked up Ba's run, and as Hennessey came to collect, the striker stole in for a simple nod down from two yards for his fourth goal in two games following his match-winning hat-trick against Blackburn last Saturday.
Wolves could have drawn level immediately, but again Krul was the difference, this time displaying his speed and agility.
Diving to his left to another Doyle strike, Krul was forced to use his outstretched right foot to make the all-important save with the effort deflecting off Steven Taylor.
From the rebound it was the other Taylor in Newcastle's defence, Ryan, who then bravely threw himself in the way of Matt Jarvis' follow up.
Again it proved crucial because after Hennessey denied Cheik Tiote from 25 yards and Gutierrez scuffed a Danny Simpson cross at the near post when it appeared easier to score, the Argentine at least made amends soon after.
With Wolves struggling to escape their own half, Gutierrez picked up a stray pass from Karl Henry, who was later ironically cheered by the home fans when he was substituted on the hour due to his recent poor performances.
Gutierrez first evaded three tackles before cutting inside skipper Roger Johnson, prior to applying a cool incisive finish with a left-foot shot beyond Hennessey from 12 yards.
Wolves then went into the dressing room at the break knowing it was not going to be their day when referee Mark Halsey turned away two penalty appeals in a matter of minutes.
The first was obvious as Steven Taylor's challenge on O'Hara was inside the area, only for Halsey to award a free-kick outside, to the frustration of all within the Wolves' camp.
A neat free-kick between Jarvis and O'Hara resulted in a looping shot from the latter that forced Krul into an uncomfortable, but necessary tip over.
The boos at the half-time whistle from the home faithful signalled the dejection at their side's continuing slide following a positive start to the campaign when they began with two victories.
After the break Wolves were the better side, more aggressive and purposeful, although they should have been 3-0 down in the 65th minute, only for Ba to curl inches wide a low shot.
With Wolves in desperate need of a lifeline, they then found Krul at his best in pulling off a double save in a matter of seconds to thwart Fletcher and 58th-minute substitute Adam Hammill.
It was not until three minutes from time Krul was finally beaten, with Fletcher making it eight goals in his last 12 league games with a diving header onto a Hammill cross.
Then in the first of five minutes added time, Wolves thought they had grabbed a dramatic equaliser.
However, Doyle's close-range stab was ruled out as the cross in the build up was adjudged to have gone over the dead-ball line.
The once openly gay artist opposes gay marriage at her San Francisco concert.
She was right. Not only did the owner of Yoshi’s, an openly gay man, stop the show mid-set and ask Michelle Shocked to leave the stage, the audience also verbally retaliated and later took to Twitter. Many of the tweets posted were in favor of gay marriage and accusing Michelle Shocked of being a hypocrite.
Fans who attended the San Francisco show say they are still fans of Michelle Shocked, but her hate speech was unacceptable and unfair to the audience who paid to see her perform her 80s and 90s hits, not to support prop 8, California’s legal definition of marriage being between a man and a woman.
George Mason University, Information Technology Services (ITS) – located on the Fairfax, Va., campus—invites applications for a Communications & Marketing Coordinator position within the Enterprise Service Delivery group. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment.
Responsibilities: The Communication and Marketing Coordinator (CMC) supports ITS by providing advanced-level responsibilities including conceptualizing, developing, and implementing strategic and integrated communications about ITS and its services to internal and external stakeholders consistent with the goals, objectives, priorities, processes, procedures, and activities of ITS. The CMC supports project teams in the strategic planning process and manages coordination of marketing activities. In addition, the CMC designs and distributes messages and information and implements tools using creative approaches that involve graphic design, multi-media, social media, web design, and other media to support the strategic goals and objectives of ITS and the Mason community.
Experience working with content management tools.
Special Instructions : For full consideration, applicants must apply for position 02883z at https://jobs.gmu.edu; complete and submit the online application; and upload a cover letter, resume, and a list of three (3) professional references. References must include name, email address and phone number.
OTHER DOC - Writing Sample Examples of acceptable writing samples include press releases, professional blog posts, news articles, email announcements, or marketing/promotional materials that do not exceed 500 words.
After negotiations in Sochi on Monday, Russia and Turkey agreed to create a demilitarised zone around the opposition bastion.
The death toll is expected to increase as some of the 60 injured in the strikes were in a critical condition, he said.
Nearly 3 million people are believed to be in the Idlib region, their numbers swelled by fighters and civilians who fled Syrian army advances elsewhere in Syria.
Turkey sent a convoy of about 30 military vehicles into rebel-held northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing in Idlib, rebels and a witness said.