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Even so, not all people who sign up for paid programs remain loyal over the long term, with some joining just to take advantage of one purchase. Mr. Sojka of Rewards Canada said he recently paid the $125 fee to become an RH loyalty program member because he wanted to buy a dining room set. He spent $6,100 on one, savin... |
“It was definitely worth it,” he said. |
China: A former US attorney, Christie appeared to take the Chinese government’s hack of a massive database of federal employees personally. “If the Chinese commit cyber warfare against us, they are gonna see cyber warfare like they’ve never seen before,” he promised. Christie explained that his administration would the... |
Black Lives Matter: Christie has won praise for his campaign-trail compassion on substance abuse. That empathy doesn’t apply to victims of police violence. He ripped into Democratic politicians for, he alleged, turning their backs on police officers. “They’re not standing behind our police officers across the country, ... |
The only people Christie didn’t beef with were his fellow also-ran candidates on stage. The New Jersey governor explicitly refused to respond to a challenge from Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. And in that respect, he won by default, as the only candidate who seemed to remember that the point of the smaller stage was to g... |
An Israeli helicopter fired a missile which damaged a building in the northern Gaza Strip early on Tuesday, witnesses and the Israeli military said. |
There were no reported casualties from the attack an Israeli army spokeswoman described as against a weapons manufacturing plant used by Hamas resistance fighters to produce rockets fired at Israel. |
Palestinian sources described the building damaged in the blast as a metal foundry. |
The attack followed continued rocket fire on the Jewish state by Gaza fighters on Monday. |
Israel has stepped up air raids against Palestinian fighters in response to increased rocket fire recently that has mainly targetted the southern Israeli town of Sderot. |
Sderot is the hometown of Amir Peretz, the Israeli defence minister. |
An 18-year-old (Kelly Hutchinson) in therapy recalls being sexually abused by her father (Brian Kerwin) and presses charges against him. Rebecca Ramsey: Amy Irving. Dr. Wharton: Shirley Knight. Charles Southerland: George Hearn. Jodie: Blythe Affarth. Lily: Sarah Hyland. Cabot: Stephanie March. Benson: Mariska Hargitay... |
Cinderella and entrepreneurs have a lot in common. Both work too hard, possess big dreams, and often need benevolent fairy godmothers to help them achieve their goals. |
Today, Astia announced the formation of Astia Angels, an angel investor network that invests in women-led high-growth businesses. |
Astia is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to getting female entrepreneurs to the metaphorical ball. Its network is comprised of 4,000 members around the world, including investors, entrepreneurs, and executives. It also has programs that encourage women’s full participation in the startup ecosystem by providin... |
As a journalist who writes extensively about startups and venture capital, I notice that absence of female subjects every day. The technology industry is dominated by men, and yet research shows that companies with female executives out perform companies with male executives. |
The Dow Jones report “Women at the Wheel: Do female executives drive start-up success?” examined the current state of women in U.S. venture-backed companies and how women in leadership roles affect the success of a startup. The study looked at 15 years of company data in the VentureSource database and found that the pr... |
Many things could be behind these correlations. Diverse teams generally perform better, and in a country where women are primarily responsible the allocation of “home capital,” an intimate understanding of their needs and user behavior is an advantage for any business. |
Angel investors are often entrepreneurs who met with success and choose to put their dollars and expertise back into the ecosystem. It is a cycle where you need successful entrepreneurs to create angel investors and angel investors to create successful entrepreneurs. Astia is waving its wand in both directions, but lik... |
Earlier tonight, a legislator with sons who’ve served eight combat missions in the Middle East publicly voiced his frustration with the opening day prayer in the Iowa House. Representative Gary Worthan, a Republican from Storm Lake, told his colleagues in the House that he was offended when the Muslim Imam prayed for "... |
"The line has to be drawn and when that one phrase, victory over the unbelievers, was uttered here — we all know that to be the battle cry, the call to arms of the jihadists of the world," Worthan said. "And that struck me right in the heart that morning…I didn’t know how to react so I did not. I sat on my feelings." |
Worthan’s sons have served a total of 48 months in combat in the Middle East and according to Worthan both were "angered" when they heard about the Imam’s prayer. |
Worthan’s comments came after Representative Ako Abdul-Samad, a Democrat from Des Moines who invited the Imam to the statehouse, stood on the House floor to defend the Imam’s reference to "those who disbelieve." |
"That was not said toward Christians. When we talk about disbelievers, we talk about the Sadam Husseins. We talk about the bin Ladens. We talk about the Timothy McVeighs. We talk about those who take life or do things that are against one another, that they don’t have that belief," Abul-Samad said. "…We are each other’... |
Abdul-Samad appealed for tolerance and offered to answer any questions about the Muslim faith that may have been raised by the prayer. "Do you think as your colleague I would allow someone at the time to disrespect you?" Abdul-Samad asked. "I would not allow that. I would have stopped it on the spot because that is the... |
Worthan told Abdul-Samad that tolerance "was a two-way street." "Representative Adbul-Samad you and I have never had a conversation, I don’t believe. We don’t serve on any of the same committees," Worthan said. "…I’ll reiterate what you said: everything’s about perception. It’s about perception." |
It was Imam Muhammad Khan of the Islamic Center of Des Moines who delivered the opening day prayer in the Iowa House which has spawned the controversy. "I seek refuge in God against the accursed Satan in the name of God, most gracious, most merciful," Khan said in English at the beginning of his prayer. Khan called God... |
Each day the Iowa House and Senate open with a prayer, often delivered by a cleric who is the guest of a legislator. House Republican Leader Christopher Rants says there’s no move afoot to end the long-standing practice of praying to start the day. Rants says having watched the legislative process up close, "We are all... |
Coming this year: Season Two of "Axios on HBO" |
"Axios on HBO” — a news-oriented, documentary series — is renewed for a second season with eight half-hour episodes: four this spring and four this fall. |
Additionally, HBO will air four shorter, interview-driven Axios specials, designed to move with the news and drive the conversation in prime-time. This is the first-time HBO will feature shorter-length, interview-based specials. |
Why it matters: Directed and produced by Emmy winner Matthew O’Neill (HBO’s "Baghdad ER") and Perri Peltz (HBO’s "Remembering the Artist Robert De Niro, Sr."), "Axios on HBO“ season two will include a unique mix of breaking news content, exclusive interviews and short profiles, all delivered in Smart Brevity. |
At first glance you'd think Ashley Judd had it all: Beautiful, smart, talented; the daughter and younger sister of country-music stars Naomi and Wynonna Judd; a thriving Hollywood career, playing gutsy characters in films like 'Kiss The Girls' and 'Double Jeopardy'; and, since 2001, she's been married to professional r... |
But, there was another side to Ashley's story. Last year, she released her memoir: 'All That Is Bitter & Sweet.' She wrote about the abuse she suffered as a child, the downside of coming from a famous family, and her lifelong struggle with depression. |
In 2006, Ashley checked herself into a treatment facility seeking a way out of her depression and anger. She got the help she needed, and today finds spiritual balance by helping others. By her own count, she's worked with grassroots empowerment programs in 13 countries, focusing on AIDS, human trafficking, poverty, an... |
Through it all, she's never strayed too far from acting. Ashley starred in the serial drama, 'Missing,' playing a retired CIA agent and devoted mother desperately searching for her lost son, and she is currently filming a feature called 'Olympus Has Fallen' opposite Gerard Butler. |
An unemployed Des Moines man with a criminal record has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 60-year-old woman whose body was found in a Jasper County park this weekend. An autopsy found Linda McQuerrey was killed with a sharp object. Jasper County Sheriff Mike Balmer says after more than 100 interviews with ... |
The UIDAI has said that the Supreme Court order restricting the use of Aadhaar will have no bearing on enrolment and update services being carried out at banks, post offices and government premises. The move comes as service providers may still use offline verification tools that leverage the unique ID without authenti... |
The apex court has ruled that Aadhaar is not mandatory for opening bank accounts, but the norms set for banks and post offices to undertake Aadhaar enrolment and updation activity will stay as these are different from authentication services, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO, Ajay Bhushan Pandey tol... |
"As Aadhaar is going to be used in the offline mode, for opening bank accounts and other services, and because the use of Aadhaar in Direct Benefit Transfer, Pan-ITR has also been held constitutional, the role of banks is going to be vital in the entire Aadhaar ecosystem. So, Aadhaar enrolment and update activity, unde... |
Working on enrolment and update requests for Aadhaar is independent of authentication services, Pandey said, while responding to a specific question on whether the UIDAI will review its plans for these centres now that bank accounts cannot use Aadhaar authentication. |
Similarly, for now, there is no change or review in the norms put by the UIDAI for banks to carry out enrolment and updation activities, he said. |
Flamboyant barrister Cleaver Greene, played by Richard Roxburgh, has cut a rough swath through clients, girlfriends and court cases for the past four years on Australian television. |
The producers of the US remake of Rake are hoping his US counterpart, Keegan Joye - played by Greg Kinnear - can do the same. |
Law and disorder: Greg Kinnear in the US version of the show (left), and Richard Roxburgh in Rake. |
But US culture loves its heroes, and one of the biggest challenges, says Peter Duncan, who produced the Australian series and is working on the US remake, is keeping the main character's personality flaws intact. |
That is no small task in the US TV scene, which looks to find Superman in every mild-mannered man. |
Rake producer Peter Duncan with Greg Kinnear. |
In US trade media, Rake has drawn some comparison with the hit Fox drama House, which starred British actor Hugh Laurie as a cantankerous medico. |
But Duncan swiftly, and accurately, points out that doctors and lawyers are very different people. |
''The thing about House is he can be as curmudgeonly and hideous as he likes, but at the end of the episode he saves a life and he is forgiven,'' Duncan says. |
The US set of Rake. |
The character of Rake was loosely based on Sydney barrister Charles Waterstreet, who was one of the show's co-creators. |
Rake producer Peter Duncan on set in the US. |
The US version of the series goes to air on Fox in the US this month, and in Australia on the Universal Channel shortly after. |
It is one of a slate of Australian productions making noises overseas, including the sale to the US of Please Like Me, US remakes of the ABC comedies The Strange Calls and Lowdown and the German remake of Foxtel's Prisoner reboot, Wentworth. |
In fact, the value of Australia's content on the global television market has never been higher, says Ian Collie, a co-executive producer of both versions of Rake. |
So far Netflix has had a pretty good track record when it comes to their original programming, whether it’s dramas like House of Cards, comedies like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, or animated series like BoJack Horseman. But just like Pixar stumbled after a long series of fantastic programming, Netflix seems to have final... |
In addition to the nostalgic cash grab of Fuller House, Netflix is getting a little old-fashioned with a new multi-camera comedy series called The Ranch starring Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson, and it has one of those annoying laugh tracks to let you know when it’s time to laugh at the terrible jokes. But the only ... |
And if that doesn’t sound bad enough, Michael Ausiello reports that Elisha Cuthbert has signed on to reprise her role as Jack Bauer’s incredibly stupid and annoying daughter. |
A few months ago we posted an unreleased Captivity (poster) movie trailer and no one cared. Then that whole billboard controversy happened and all of a sudden Elisha Cuthbert’s shameless SAW rip-off is the talk of the internet. Check out the new theatrical movie trailer (this one has all the marking sparkle that the un... |
What happened to Elisha Cuthbert’s career? She had a good part in one of the best series on television (24, at least in the first season – cougars aside). She left to pursue a movie career and has since starred in nothing but crap. We have a glimpse at the poster for her new movie Captivity. |
A man and a woman awaken to find themselves captured in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them psychologically mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed. |
Still don’t believe me? Check out the unreleased Captivity trailer below. |
Not only is it a rip-off, but it’s a bad rip-off. Although, I must admit that the poster is really cool. But not enough to make me want to watch the film. As always, left click for a higher res version. |
Captivity gets a limited from AfterDarkFilms on May 18th 2007. |
On any given day, you really never know what you're going to see on a golf course. Or in the parking lot. |
According to the Florida State Golf Association, its Mid-Amateur ended on May 13 when Jeff Golden conceded the championship match to Marc Dull after sustaining an "unfortunate injury" during a weather delay. But apparently, there's a much more bizarre reason for the tournament's sudden conclusion. GolfChannel.com repor... |
Golden and Dull were all square through 16 holes when play was halted due to inclement weather. During the lengthy delay, Golden says he went to his car to get some dry clothes when the alleged incident happened. |
Hibbs had removed himself from the match following a different run-in on the ninth hole when Golden told officials Hibbs had given him advice by indicating he would need to putt around loose debris on the edge of the cup. Dull was assessed a loss-of-hole penalty for his caddie's comment. |
Hibbs denied the parking lot altercation to the police. In the official report, police said Hibbs' knuckles showed "no scrapes or abrasions," while Golden had "no swelling or abrasions to the face," but did did display "some redness" on the inside of his lip. There were no witnesses and Golden is not pressing charges. |
Golden eventually conceded the match -- and the title of Florida Mid-Amateur champ -- after Dull declined to concede himself. And thus, the golf tournament that may find its way into an episode of Cops ended. Good luck finding a stranger finish in any sport this year. |
In yet more Danny Trejo-related news, the Machete star has been confirmed for a recurring role on the fourth season of FX’s motorcycle melodrama Sons Of Anarchy, debuting this September. Trejo will play the shy, affable owner of a struggling bakery who’s also raising his two rambunctious daughters, who threaten to turn... |
Columbus Police said they were called to the Midtown Medical Center after the victim arrived at the hospital with second- and third-degree burns on both hands and bruises on her mouth, torso, buttocks and private area. |
She was flown to a burn center for further treatment. Doctors say that the child will not have full use of her hands “over the years” because of the seriousness of the burns, Knight testified. |
Police later conducted a search warrant at the 200 20th Ave. apartment and tested the water in the hot water heater. |
“It came back 50 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 122 degree Celsius, for the temperature of that water,” Knight testified. |
Police said they also determined that the child was too short to reach the faucet handle by herself. |
“She stated that her mom had hit her in the mouth during that process, and also hit her in the private,” Knight told the court. |
Peterson was arrested on outstanding warrants at 8:40 a.m. Monday at her apartment. |
The mother of four admitted in court to striking the girl as a form of punishment. |
Peterson’s charges were bound over to Superior Court, and she was given bonds totalling $11,000. |
Why do you think members of the public allow themselves to be used by politicians to cause mayhem? |
I don’t think any right thinking person, who has a job, food to eat and a future, would allow themselves to be so cheaply used in causing mayhem. I strongly believe these paid hands are hungry and jobless miscreants – ironically stymied by same politicians – whose only avenue of making money is by presenting themselves... |
Again this takes us to why I strongly believe gainful employment and economic progress aren’t adequately supported in Akwa Ibom state because certain people in certain quarters believe when youths are kept unemployed and hungry, they’ll do any bidding of theirs. Such myopic and self-destructive pattern have existed ove... |
We need to take back our state and develop our communities. Our women and mothers are dying as a result of lack of access to adequate childbirth services. Our healthcare sector is in a coma, so is our educational sector and the rest of the sectors that are supposed to provide gainful employment for our people. We are s... |
If politicians love the people, why do they mastermind destruction of lives and property? |
Our politicians don’t love our people. They love themselves and use our people to achieve their aims. And even at that, I strongly doubt they love themselves at all when I look at the actions they stand behind. No one has monopoly over violence. History can tell us events that start big wars and even the Arab spring we... |
Our present crop of politicians only care about their pockets. They only care about their bank accounts. They only care about their greed. They don’t care about anybody, everyone else is dispensable. |
My candidacy is geared towards putting this to an end. Akwa Ibom indigenes deserve better. What we are doing today is work towards ending this modern day slavery of our people, where the collective purse of our state in controlled by a cultic few who have been sharing state dividends among themselves while the rest of ... |
We are beginning to see states like Akwa Ibom that were once generally acknowledged as peaceful, showing signs of becoming a flash point in the 2019 elections, what is responsible for this? |
These are signs of chickens coming home to roost. This stage was set many years ago when a government came to power and setup up a reward system where political thugs and minions were rewarded with power. The thugs bred more thugs and upcoming youths saw thuggery as a way to political relevance and prosperity, and thus... |
Pockets of discontents in several areas as we see today – in and outside of government – are now consolidating into core fronts and exhibiting themselves in ways we see today. Bottomline; thugs aligning to take power by all means necessary. |
Unless people like us succeed with our stepping in to offer a viable alternative, the 2019 elections in Akwa Ibom state may likely see the prophesied ‘War in Warsaw’ because the two ruling parties have readied for the electioneering war. Through their myopic prism of graft and impunity, they see power as a zero sum gam... |
What can be done to turn our youths away from violence? |
Employment. Job security. Access to world-class education and healthcare. Our youths are like youths everywhere else in the world and I have travelled the world and seen things, I am yet to see any meaningfully progressive world economy that is not driven by its youths. When youths are at the forefront of research and ... |
When youths are not engaged by the system, they engage themselves. What is happening in Akwa Ibom state today is what is happening in any state or country without an adequate youth engagement strategy. Our present crop of politicians have totally rejected our men and women, young and old. They treat us as lazy youths b... |
The reason I am running for office of governor of Akwa Ibom is to address these fundamental issues and many more. I strongly believe our youths lead in the areas of ICT and ICT is the new oil. My strategy is to create one million jobs for our youths by investing in areas including tech and its ecosystem; providing infr... |
With 173km of coastline that cuts across six local government areas in Akwa Ibom state; this is our Florida. I will invest in this area, turning around the tourism potentials of Akwa Ibom state and positioning us a destination of choice in Africa. Soon we will also be known as the Hollywood of Africa because we will al... |
Do you think there is sufficient sanction and/or punishment to deter potential trouble makers? |
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