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Cruise, 53, hasn’t been seen with Suri since September 2013, according to Inquistr. |
Now Tom allegedly wants to reconnect with Suri so he can perform an exorcism on her, reports to Radar Online. Although Tom’s rep denies the allegations, his former head of security, Gary Morehead, said Scientology leader, David Miscagive, was responsible for planting the idea in Tom’s head. |
Former Scientologist Jon Atack told Radar Online that Tom may have felt guilty about neglecting Suri after the divorce, but was ordered to cut her off by the church. |
“It’s likely Tom reported feeling upset, and that’s when I think he may have been told to drop any connection to his daughter,” Atack said. |
Nearly a month ago, on April 18, Holmes planned an entire weekend of celebration for Suri’s 10th birthday party, but Tom did not show up, according to Inquistr. |
James Caan, a popular leading man for decades, has sold his home in Beverly Hills for $3.8 million to Doug Ellin, the creator of "Entourage," The Times has confirmed. |
The updated Traditional, built in 1948, retains its classic styling. A sprawling 5,146 square feet of interior space includes a living room, a family room with a fireplace, a den with a fireplace and an eat-in kitchen. |
The master suite features vaulted beamed ceilings and dual closets for a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms. |
Set behind gates on a nearly half-acre lot in Benedict Hills, the property is obscured from the street by lush landscaping. French doors at the back of the house open to a covered lanai, lawn, a swimming pool and a spa. |
Caan, 74, is recognized for his roles in "A Bridge Too Far," "Brian's Song" and "The Godfather," for which he received an Oscar nomination. He was in the 2013-14 television series "Back in the Game." His 2015 films will include "The Throwaways," "Wuthering High" and "Minkow." |
The property was purchased in 2003 for $2.25 million, public records show, and came on the market in mid-March at $3.995 million. |
David Friedman of Keller Williams and Paul Czako of Gussman Czako Estates were the listing agents. Ginger Glass of Coldwell Banker represented the Ellin. |
Since at least 2008, the National Security Agency has installed software on about 100,000 computers worldwide to allow the agency to spy on computers even if they aren’t connected to the Internet. |
Who has been targeted? The program, code-named Quantum, has mostly been used on the Chinese army, reports The New York Times, which acquired NSA documents that reveal details of the program through Edward Snowden. |
The technology has also been used to monitor the Russian military and Mexican police groups. While it has been used against the governments of U.S. allies such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and India, there’s no evidence that suggests it’s been used inside the U.S. |
What are they looking for? When the NSA targeted the Chinese army, they tried to see cyber attacks being prepared against the U.S. |
Tiny transceivers are built into USB plugs and inserted into computers. In most cases, a spy or the manufacturer must physically insert the transceiver, the Times explains. |
Those transceivers can transmit information to a briefcase-sized NSA station up to 8 miles away, and the station delivers the information back to an NSA operations center. |
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A residents' association has condemned plans for Bishop's Stortford South as 'unworkable' but the developer has said it is working to make sure suitable infrastructure is in place. |
During a public exhibition of the plans at Thorley Scout Hall on Monday (November 5), hundreds of residents from around Whittington Way and Thorley came to see the plans. |
Countryside is looking to build 750 homes, a care home, four hectares of employment land, a primary school, as well as a secondary school in the area known as Bishop's Stortford South. |
The area is included in the East Herts District Plan, which was approved last month, with the developer submitting the plans early in October. |
One residents' group in the area, the Old Thorley and Twyford Residents' Association, sent out a flyer to houses close to the proposed development site, asking them to visit the exhibition and to give their views on the plans to East Herts District Council (EHDC). |
Their biggest complaint was to do with the infrastructure and road network that will come from the development, along with access only onto Whittington Way. |
Sylvia McDonald, of the OTTRA, said: "The submitted Whittington Way roadway design, with new roundabout, multiple junction points and emphasis on 'cycle route entry only' for town children attending the new schools, is in one word simply unworkable. |
"All residents whose sole access to home is via Pynchbek or Bishop's Avenue will be trapped, and the severe difficulties existing already with ease of vehicular movement along the two main roads approaching Whittington Way traffic lights will be exacerbated to the point of totally unacceptable standstill and even ... |
"Unquestionably, the overriding justification in the best interests of all Bishop's Stortford citizens for refusing Thorley BSS development is the road traffic issue and planners' failure so far to recognise and act on this. |
"The articulate opinion expressed by as many as 115 local people yesterday at such short notice is evidence of the urgent need for the council to refuse this hybrid planning application and for planners to think again." |
A spokeswoman for Countryside said: "The district plan has identified the need for 750 new houses in this area by 2033. |
"This site has been allocated by East Herts District Council in the district plan, and the proposals have been drawn up following a series of public consultations with local residents and the parish and town councils. |
"We are working closely with the district council and county council on their infrastructure strategy, including two new roundabouts on St James Way and Whittington Way, and additional public transport routes. |
To find out more information about the plans, or to comment on them, visit the EHDC planning website and search for application 3/18/2253/OUT. |
Over the past decade, History San Jose has used its Valley of Heart’s Delight fundraiser to honor individuals and families who have been key players in the preservation — or creation — of local history. This year, they’ve decided to honor you. Sort of. |
The 10th annual dinner at History Park on June 27 will celebrate the diversity and the Santa Clara Valley, which History San Jose CEO Alida Bray points out covers pretty much everyone who’s ever lived here. |
“From Juan Bautista de Anza’s sixty-six pobladores, or settlers, who founded California’s first city, El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, to becoming the 10th largest city in the nation with more than 100 languages spoken daily–San José has a history of diversity,” Bray said. |
Without an individual to honor, this year looks like it’ll be more about food and entertainment. Performers include Fiddle Road, Khamsin Belly Dancers, Vinh Son Liem Lion Dance, the Akoma Drummers, Los Lupeños de San Jose and the Millennium Sounds Orchestra. And Catered Too!, which manages the cafe at the San Jose Muse... |
Tickets are $175 a person and are available, along with more details, at www.hsjvalleyofheartsdelight.org. |
POWER DINNER: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute had a board retreat in the Bay Area last weekend and that included a dinner Saturday night at the Saratoga home of philanthropists Carmen and Al Castellano. Among the 60 guests were CHCI President and CEO Esther Aguilera and U.S. Reps. Loretta Sanchez, Linda T. ... |
GESCHKE’S JOURNEY: School may be out at Bellarmine College Prep, but Adobe co-founder Chuck Geschke will be on campus June 23 sharing some lessons he’s learned during a wildly successful career. “An Evening with Chuck Geschke” starts at 6 p.m. and will feature the tech pioneer talking about his journey from attending a... |
Get more information and register at www.bcp.org. |
HISTORY ON DISPLAY: The 50 finalists from this year’s Visual San Jose historic photograph contest are on display through June 16 at Southern Lumber, a San Jose business that itself will be consigned to history when owner Jeff Pohle closes the Monterey Road store at the end of the month after 110 years. |
Local photographers submitted their images of historic structures and resources for the competition, presented by the Preservation Action Council and San Jose’s Historic Landmarks Commission, with a total of $5,000 in prizes on the line. Winners in three categories will be announced June 16. |
Contact Sal Pizarro at spizarro@mercurynews.com or 408-920-5473. Follow him at Facebook.com/mercurynews.aroundtown and Twitter.com/spizarro. |
New law revealing how far top officials will go to protect their rogue officers. |
Letter: Will civil society devolve to ‘might makes right’? |
Letter-writer says Trump, allies must be reprimanded for their government actions. |
Letter: How many more lives could AB 1713 save? |
Approving AB 1713 would not only decrease the number of drunken-driving fatalities but make communities safer. |
Graeme Murty says he will not lose his cool at Hampden today – no matter what happens – because he insists there are certain standards a Rangers manager must keep. |
Murty was in the South Stand watching Pedro Caixinha lose the plot in the Betfred Cup semi-final last October and then suffer the ignominy of being sent from the technical area as Rangers went on to lose to Motherwell. |
It hastened the departure of the Portuguese coach and now Murty finds himself in a situation where a semi-final can determine his fate. |
If he wins against Celtic today and goes on to win the Scottish Cup, the Ibrox board may feel compelled to give him the job permanently. |
He said: “I was at Hampden for the Betfred Cup semi-final when Pedro was sent to the stand. It’s okay saying you need to control yourself, but it’s easier said than done. |
“I had an incident last week where everything in me wanted to throw a proper strop and walk on to the pitch and tell the referee how wrong he was. |
“But I believe you have to conduct yourself in a certain way to work for this football club, I really do. |
“You have to act in a certain manner that is becoming of the station but it’s hard – let’s make no bones about it. |
If Rangers don’t win the cup this season it will be the longest they have gone without winning a major trophy, although they had to come back through the divisions after the financial meltdown of 2012. |
Murty said: “It’s not something I want but it’s not something I can control. There has been a lot of time where we haven’t been in a situation where we can challenge. |
“We’re getting closer to that situation. We are progressing. The things we’re doing behind the scenes and on the football pitch have shown demonstrably that we are closing the gap but the next step is to go and win a trophy. |
“And this group of players, as far as I can see, are desperate to be the first to bring major silverware back to Ibrox. |
“If we are going to continue our progression in closing the gap and getting back to where we want to be, then the next step is to win a game against Celtic and then go and win a trophy. |
Murty has had to endure the distractions of chairman Dave King’s letter to shareholders and David Bates’ pre-contract with Hamburg in the build-up to today’s encounter. He has also been handed very public advice from all quarters, but he is only concentrating on what he can affect. |
The returns of Ross McCrorie and Graham Dorrans have been timely and he is in a situation in which he has real options in terms of selection. |
He said: “Ross is a very balanced young man. He doesn’t get too high or too low. He has been a positive influence in the changing room albeit he’s a young guy. |
“He is a positive person to have around and I believe he made a difference when he came back last week. He’s a good one to have in the group, but he’s not the only one. |
“There are lots of guys who have had a positive influence on the psyche of the group this week. |
“I have decisions to make all over the pitch. Apart from David Bates and Ryan Jack, I have a fully fit squad. So I have decisions to make in terms of personnel and structure but those will be fully communicated to the players. |
“I like to name the team the night before mainly because I want the guys that are not involved to get over their disappointment and bring positive energy to the changing room. |
“I have been in the situation where the team is named an hour before kick-off and I have not been in it. |
“Then, through no fault of your own, you’re in a bad place, you’re in a bad mood and you can’t bring anything positive to the group. |
“I want to make sure when we go into the changing room everything is focused positively on getting the right result. |
“I just want to say to the players, concentrate on what we do well and don’t worry about anything else that’s out of our control. |
BOSTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A former senior managing director of a firm that advises companies on shareholder votes was convicted on Tuesday of participating in a scheme to bribe a proxy adviser's employee with sports and concert tickets to learn how its investor clients were voting. |
She was among five ex-employees of Computershare Ltd's Georgeson unit to face charges in a case that prosecutors say shows how a black market for secret corporate information exists for purposes other than insider trading. |
Michael Kendall, Ackerly's lawyer, said she would appeal. In his closing argument on Monday, he argued prosecutors lacked evidence showing she knowingly participated in a bribery scheme. |
Proxy solicitation firms like Georgeson help publicly traded companies on matters that require shareholder approval by trying to gather information about institutional investors' holdings and how they are voting. |
Bennett in exchange told Georgeson employee Michael Sedlak secret details about how ISS's clients were voting, which Sedlak relayed to Ackerly and three other Georgeson employees, Charles Garske, Richard Gottcent and Keith Haynes, prosecutors said. |
They said Ackerly and Garske also arranged to have the bribes billed to clients using invoices that included false descriptions, such as "courier services." |
Bennett and Haynes have pleaded guilty. Prosecutors are appealing Stearns's decision to dismiss charges against Sedlak, Garske and Gottcent after the first trial. |
It happened again. Last winter, driving the Audi A8 on a snowy day, a bus unexpectedly came rumbling up a dirt road. Most cars would have fish-tailed like a dog sled in the Iditarod, but the A8 responded to a sudden nudge to the steering by almost magically swerving smoothly to the side, sweeping with a brush of silver... |
With the A6, we were in a parking lot. Checking every mirror, of course – tightening seat belts, glancing around. No problems. Then, a biker appeared out of nowhere and the bleeps from behind started. We shot a glance at the back-up camera and, sure enough, the image of a biker flashed for a brief second. On the A6, no... |
And get this: You can even control the volume of the chimes. Let’s say you really want to hear a beep when you are backing up at a parking lot, but the sensors near the front seem more obvious. You can raise the rear volume for sensors and lower the front – or side beeps. |
The A6 offers these luxury features as standard, and it’s what sets the vehicle apart. We made no secret about favoring the A7 and A8 in recent tests compared to other sporty models. The A8 still lingers on as one of the best drives we’ve had in the luxury sedan segment. The A6 fit just beneath those vehicles as you’d ... |
For styling, there’s the atypical sleek bow shape of an Audi: no frills, just elegant and refined. In many ways, the A6 looks much closer to the A8 in terms of its bland-on-purpose design. No bubble shapes here like you get on an Infiniti, no sharp angles like a Cadillac or Mercedes, no chunky front like a Volvo. Fans ... |
This is a sporty drive, although the A6 is no racing sedan, ala the Cadillac CTS-V. That said, the 3.0-liter turbocharged engine, a V6 delivering 310 horsepower with 325 lb-ft. of torque, is spritely if not exactly race track ready. Audi says the 3.0 is supercharged to act like a V8. Well, that may be true, depending o... |
In terms of handling, the A6 is small enough to feel nimble on the road, big enough to stretch out in front and back. Our passengers on a 200-mile drive never complained about the leg room. Frankly, the trunk is almost too big. We stuffed suitcases for four people and had plenty of room leftover. |
The stereo system is powerful, bass-driven, and quite enveloping, but not nearly as memorable as the A8 and even pales a bit compared to recent favorites like the Jeep Cherokee. |
The A6 we tested goes for $49,900 with all-wheel drive and the 3.0-liter engine, but the base package costs $41,700. Audi dropped the V8 this year, so that means the BMW 5-Series we tested in Las Vegas about nine months ago, which felt noticeably faster on the open highway, is a smarter choice if you really need that p... |
The Audi faithful know that the A6 is all about practical refinement – the design is understated. The handling and acceleration are not best in class, but they are definitely noteworthy. In our tests, flying through the gears at all speed levels, there’s a humming sound that is distinctly Audi. True this is no A8 – the... |
Yet, there are subtleties to the A6. In the stereo, when you adjust the sub for your radio, you’ll find that you can set a different level for a connected iPod player, and the A6 remembers these settings. Like many Audi cars, you can push a button to fold the side mirrors in. And, there’s a blind spot detection that bl... |
In the nav system, you can find your waypoint easily, but you can also turn on Google Earth and see 3D representations of buildings and photos from other drivers (using the Panoramio service). You can perform a Google Search for local business, eateries, and the closest gas station. There’s 3G service in the car, and y... |
Overall, the A6 is easily one of the best cars we’ve driven this year. It’s not as expensive as the E-Class or the BMW 5-Series, since many models start above $50,000. We’re fans because of the refined styling, the extra tech features, and even the reasonable fuel economy (for a turbocharged V6). We still want to get o... |
Cookie Monster and Elmo explore the forest with Marco, a new character designed for Kinect game Once Upon A Monster. |
The upcoming Kinect game based on Sesame Street isn't your typical kiddie fare. |
Unlike many games for toddlers, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster doesn't drill numbers and letters into young players' heads using fuzzy animals. Instead, it's all about "emotional entertainment," according to project lead Nathan Martz, who works for San Francisco studio Double Fine Productions. |
The game uses Kinect's hands-free controls to teach lessons about "real human themes like shyness, friendship, bravery, sensitivity, empathy," said Martz, adding that though videogames often capture human emotions, they rarely teach sensitivity. How often are gamers really asked to think about the impact of their actio... |
As an example, Martz pointed to Once Upon a Monster's opening scene, in which players meet a monster named Marco who looks absolutely miserable. It's his birthday, and nobody's shown up to celebrate with him. Using Kinect's camera-based motion controller, players interact with onscreen visual cues and strike poses in r... |
"As the game progresses, you do sillier and sillier poses together, until at the end you've made a new friend," Martz said. |
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