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Organizers from the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians were among Native-American and environmental activists who took to the waters under the Mackinac Bridge over Labor Day weekend. |
The activists were protesting Enbridge Inc.’s two 62-year-old oil pipelines running under the Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Huron and Lake Michigan meet and the state is divided into the Lower and Upper Peninsulas. Connecting the peninsulas over the Straits is the Mackinac Bridge, a five-mile-long suspension bridge. |
Flotilla protesters set out under the Mackinac Bridge, Sept. 6. |
The LTBB of Odawa Indians are a federally recognized tribe under Public Law 103-324 and, according to the Treaty of Washington of 1836 (7 Stat. 491) and the Treaty of Detroit of 1855 (11 Stat. 621), are ceded as protectors of our Lakehead Systems and the surrounding bodies of fresh water where Enbridge’s Line 5 is bein... |
Line 5 is an environmental threat to Michigan’s Great Lakes when used to transport crude oil of any kind. Enbridge is responsible for spilling over 6.8 million gallons of oil into our environment. This includes the Line 6B catastrophe in 2010 that devastated the Kalamazoo River — with diluted bitumen being one of the m... |
Enbridge jeopardizes not only the LTBB’s lifeline to freshwater, but the rest of Michigan’s Great Lakes community is endangered as well. Our freshwater is a shared resource, according to the easement and agreements made under Act 10, P.A. 1953 — Great Lakes Submerged Lands Act and public trust law. Therefore, any entit... |
This lack of accountability and public oversight into corporations that exploit our shared commons is not a surprise considering today’s neoliberal capitalist environment. Corporations are allowed to undermine both state and federal laws to maximize their profits. And it is because of corporate entities like Enbridge t... |
Jeremy Royer is a Blackfoot Indigenous-Aboriginal activist who took part in the action in the Straits of Mackinac. He is a Detroit resident and member of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs. |
LAS VEGAS—Philips is a technology manufacturer in the truest sense. With hands in several sectors of the tech world, the company always has a pretty sizable presence at CES, displaying its new wares from lighting to entertainment. This year Philips is making announcements about the latter, a suite of audio gadgets that... |
Philips first major announcements concern portable bluetooth speakers, which have increased in popularity the last few years thanks in part to Jawbone's Jambox and Ultimate Ears (UE) Boom series of speakers. First, is Philips' ruggedized DOT speaker (pictured above). With a splash-proof and ruggedized case, the DOT can... |
Philips also offers other ruggedized options like the BR-1X with a form factor and color scheme more akin to Jawbone and UE. The BR-1X has dual two-inch drivers and can be daisy chained together with multiple units. With a hard rubber exterior and a reinforced grille, these speakers won't be easily damaged. The BR-1X p... |
The last three speakers are a little bit too big to be considered portable. The S5X and the S3X are cousin systems with four connection options: high-fidelity, coaxial, optical, and stereo aux-in. Each also come equipped with a 15mm silk dome tweeter and USB outlets also turn the speakers into a charging station. |
In the bass end, the specs begin to diverge. The S5X has a 5.25-inch woofer and comes in at $250. The S3X packs a little less power with a 4-inch woofer at $180. Both speakers are available in May. |
Lastly, the SHOQBOX XL is a large speaker but technically portable (it even comes with a strap). The device has three-inch full range woofers and offers indoor and outdoor modes with a price of $200. |
Philips mission to cut the cord in 2014 continues as they displayed the M1BT headphones, a bluetooth option in its M1 line of high-end headphones. The headphones comes with 40mm drivers and the headset itself has a nice weight and comfort (complete with memory foam ear-pads and leather headband.) There's also media pla... |
Next, Philips turns its attention to fashion with the Foldie and Fixie headphones, designed with classic Vespas and popular Fixie bikes in mind, respectively. The Foldies, which will also have a bluetooth option, are a little more high-end of the two models at $80 compared to the Fixie's $50 price tag. |
Philips Strada collection is cheap option for the fashion conscious. With 32-mm drivers and an assortment of color combos (black, white, yellow, blue, and blue/pink), these will debut in April at $30. |
Although cheap 4K televisions have been a huge trend at CES 2014, Philips has decided to focus more on high-end audio rather than video when it comes to home entertainment. It's biggest reveal is the E5 surround sound system. The audio system is essentially three main speakers—a sub woofer and two 16-inch tall pillars.... |
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PrescribeWellness, the cloud-based services company that inspires collaboration for better health, today announced a five-year partnership with McKesson Corporation that will provide mutual members with expanded access to VaccineComplete and Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPA). The ... |
Improper immunization is a significant public health concern. The CDC estimates that during the 2016-2017 flu season, the flu shot alone prevented more than five million illnesses, two million medical visits and 84,700 hospitalizations, underscoring the benefits and improvements needed in the current vaccination progra... |
PrescribeWellness is the only platform to offer a solution for these missed opportunities. With VaccineComplete, pharmacists can see that a patient is due for vaccination so that immunization can be offered during a pick-up visit or proactively invite eligible patients to be immunized with a pre-recorded message. A pha... |
“Using VaccineComplete, pharmacies can launch and maintain a year-round vaccination offering, which will result in more revenue for the pharmacy and enable them to become a healthcare destination for a wider patient base,” Babbington added. |
PrescribeWellness inspires collaboration for better health across America by connecting patients to locally owned community pharmacies. Its proprietary cloud-based platform empowers pharmacists to provide more effective preventive healthcare services, which improve medication adherence, chronic disease management, tran... |
The pop princess will perform at the SSE Hydro in August. |
Britney Spears is set to perform in Scotland this year. |
The pop princess will bring her Britney: Piece of Me tour to the SSE Hydro on August 22. |
Spears ended her award-winning residency in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve after a four-year stint at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. |
Her musical career boasts countless awards and accolades, including six Billboard Music Awards and Billboard’s Millennium Award, which recognizes outstanding career achievements and influence in the music industry as well as an American Music Award and the 2011 MTV Video Vanguard Award. |
So far, Spears has earned a total of six No.1-debuting albums on the Billboard 200 chart and 22 top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 — four of which went to No. 1. Spears has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards and won for Best Dance Recording in 2005. |
Her 2018 Scottish appearance will see her return to the UK for the first time in six years. |
Ticket details for the one night only show, on presale from January 24, can be found here . |
We swore we were going to stop passing along this nonsense, but it seems like this time "The Hobbit" is ready to roll. No, really. |
Peter Jackson has agreed to write, direct and produce the two-part saga (didn't we all assume this from the beginning?), and now a deal brokered between MGM and Warner Bros. has given the film a green-light to start shooting in February, reported The Wrap. |
And on top of that comes word that Martin Freeman has finally found time in his busy schedule to star in the lead role, reported Deadline. Freeman's a great choice and it comes as no surprise he was able to make to make for this around his obligations to a second season as Dr. Watson on BBC's "Sherlock." |
Also being courted for the cast are Michael Fassbender, David Tennant and James Nesbitt, who's been offered "'Bofur,' whoever that is," tweeted Pajiba. |
But not all the news is good, as Jackson has still not yet forged a peace with the New Zealand labor unions that have called on their members to boycott the project. Of course there's too much money at stake--on both sides--for this not to get resolved, and a resolution is expected sooner rather than later.. |
The first "Hobbit" is due December 2012, and both will be in 3D. Hopefully "The Hobbit" will generate enough money for MGM to somehow save James Bond from limbo. |
DEADLINE’s Nikki Finke: You had the most Oscar nominations this year. |
BRAD GREY: So every year for the last five years we have been very fortunate in that we have had a Best Picture nominee at Paramount. I certainly didn’t imagine that we would have two this year, and I’m thrilled that we do. But we were certainly hoping that we’d be in the race again. We’ve been supporting these picture... |
DEADLINE: But how do you explain the most nominations of all studios? |
GREY: I don’t know how you account for that, other than the fact that we are in business with great artists, great filmmakers, and really try to greenlight pictures that will have great emotion as well as great storytelling and great entertainment value. And what we look to do is to make pictures that will be commercia... |
DEADLINE: Let’s talk about True Grit first. There already was a classic movie and John Wayne won an Oscar for it from a 42-year-old novel. How do you say yes to a remake of that? And to a western? |
GREY: Well, it’s my responsibility to decide what gets greenlit at our company. And for me it’s a very easy call when the economics are right to back Joel and Ethan in anything. There is very little that Joel and Ethan could come to me with that I wouldn’t support at the right price point because I am a huge admirer of... |
GREY: She’s amazing. And they found her after looking at so many different actresses. And Jeff Bridges was extraordinary as Rooster Cogburn. So you take these two characters and you surround them with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and everybody else, and I would bet on the Coen brothers every day. So that’s the show part. Th... |
DEADLINE: The budget was under $40 million, really? |
GREY: Yes, we’re going to do very well, and they deserve it, and they will do very well. And we made a deal with them, as we have with so many others, where we kind of recalibrated how we make these talent deals so that once we recoup our money, everybody gets to share and everybody deserves to share. So the Coens will... |
DEADLINE: Were you worried that Rudin would have divided loyalties because he also had The Social Network in the hunt for Oscars? |
GREY: I just don’t think you can think that way. In the words of my dear friend and my hero Ron Meyer, he once told me when he was an agent that he had a conflict of interest the day he signed his second client. Scott is a producer who is prolific and making pictures at the same time at other studios and Scott happens ... |
DEADLINE: Many people were surprised True Grit became a Christmas family film. |
GREY: I went to New York to sit with Joel and Ethan in October, and they were just cutting and very very nervous. And we had a Christmas date to hit because we saw it as a big family movie. And obviously that’s a different mindset than they are used to. Joel was saying, ‘Well, I know we can get this done, I know we can... |
DEADLINE: Now on The Fighter, Paramount was developing it and then pulled out. Relativity comes in and cuts the budget by half. Why didn’t Paramount just cut the budget? |
GREY: I think that is somewhat inaccurate. We supported Mark Wahlberg and tried to develop it for years with him. But it wasn’t coming together, and certainly wasn’t coming together at the price point that it was finally made at. And so we talked to Mark specifically about lowering the budget. But for any number of rea... |
DEADLINE: What do you think about this awards season and this Oscar race generally? |
GREY: God bless him, Harvey Weinstein made a picture that is deserving of all the attention it’s getting, I think. And I think those performances are extraordinary. But I think they are all really great pictures in their own way. With 10 pictures, that’s a big number. But all of those pictures have earned a slot this y... |
DEADLINE: Talk to me about Oscar campaigning. |
GREY: We were marketing our movies to make money, we weren’t marketing our movies to get nominations. We’ve been very measured frankly. We were selling our movies because they were current in theaters, and that was good timing and we were fortunate with that. I’m sure that the Academy voters knew that. But in terms of ... |
DEADLINE: You used to care about the Emmy, and now it’s the Oscar. What’s the difference? |
GREY: Well, the Oscar seems like it’s easier to hold. You don’t have that ball and there’s nothing sharp on it… You know I love television having spent so many years in it. I think the Emmy obviously is very prestigious and is the gold standard obviously in terms of television. But the Oscars go beyond that. I believe ... |
DEADLINE: What about some of the bad behavior that goes on like badmouthing others’ pictures. |
GREY: I hope you take my word here: we don’t do it and we won’t do it and that’s it. |
DEADLINE: So why do people do it? Because there is so much money and prestige on the line? |
GREY: Well, any time there is a lot of money or ego involved, people tend to behave badly. So I suppose that would be a reason. But you’re not going to see it coming out of Paramount. And I only have admiration for all the other folks in the Oscar race this year. They all deserve it. |
How come the mental health workers don't know what I have? |
Self-diagnosed ASD- are there decent online/self-help resources? |
Is it unreasonable to use someone else's diagnosis for financial gain? |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:00 AM. |
Oh, and gameplay. Don't forget the gameplay. |
The trailers, each clocking in at a bit over a minute, show the chibi-fied characters of Persona Q engaging in banter, running around, and beating up a few select baddies. Here's hoping the game comes to the West—at the moment, Q is only announced for Japan, where it arrives on June 5. Watch the two trailers below. |
Global continued its impressive run of form since the year began after beating Kaya, 3-0, on Sunday to extend its lead in the United Football League at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. |
The UFL Cup champions drew goals from Ivorian midfielder Serge Kaole and Japanese winger Hikaru Minegishi before an own goal by Kaya’s Japanese defender Masa Omura completed their fifth win in as many matches in the league competition. |
Global improved to 15 points to jump five clear of second-running JP Voltes, which was held to a scoreless draw by Stallion in an earlier match. |
The squad of Scottish coach Leigh Manson has been on tear this year, having won 13 of 14 matches in all competitions, including its successful conquest of the UFL Cup last April and a victory over Nagaworld in the preliminary round of the Singapore Cup. |
Kaya, playing its first match since being knocked off by Malaysian powerhouse Johor Darul Ta’zim in the AFC Cup round of 16, absorbed its second loss of the season. |
On-ear vs. over-the-ear headphones, what's the difference? |
I get a lot of reader emails seeking recommendations for headphones, and sometimes they'll ask about two very different types of designs. For example, "What should I buy, Sennheiser's on-ear Momentum or the AKG K 712 'phones?" In that case there's no obvious "better" headphone, because they are two radically different ... |
There are many types of headphones, and if you understand the pros and cons of each before you go shopping you'll make a more informed buying decision. Closed- vs. open-back headphones for example, serve different needs. To get a handle on how they differ I spoke with two engineers, Sennheiser's Axel Grell and AKG's Ph... |
On-ear 'phones' ear pads rest on the outer ear; over-the-ear models' have larger ear pads that encircle the ears. Grell said that over-the-ear headphones produce more spacious and natural imaging than on-ear models. That's because over-the-ear headphones have larger ear cups which position the drivers further away from... |
When it comes to bass power Grell and Schuster saw no clear cut advantage for either design type. Bass oomph depends on the specifics of each design, and how effectively the headphones' ear pads seal. If you wear glasses their side temples may adversely affect over-the-ear headphones' seal, and bass response will suffe... |
Most on-ears are optimized for on-the-go users, so their designers focus on making smaller headphones, and that sometimes requires the use of smaller drivers. That approach will limit the amount of bass the headphone can produce. So with headphones size does matter, and a preference for smaller size trumps comfort and ... |
Over-the-ear headphones are more comfortable to wear for extended periods of time, because instead of having ear pads pressing directly on the outer ears, over-the-ears' pads surround the outer ear. On-ears' "clamping" against the ears' pressure tends to be higher, and they will probably make your ears hotter and sweat... |
Over-the-ears' biggest drawback is size, they're larger than on-ear headphones. I like the larger soundstage over-the-ear headphones produce, but some listeners prefer the more immediate/present sound of on-ears. Schuster recommends over-the-ears for sound quality and comfort, but over-the-ears are less portable. |
Most on-ear headphones are closed-back designs, but over-the-ear models can be either open- or closed-back. I'll cover their pros and cons on tomorrow's blog. I wrote about how ear buds and in-ear headphones differ on a previous blog. |
Search in Windows 8.1, now in preview, will use Bing to deliver targeted ads, even when you're just searching local drives. |
All about Prism, Internet privacy and -- wait! -- squirrel! |
Some people are deeply upset about the latest incursions into our privacy. But as a society, we don't seem to care all that much. |
Some people are having fits about Google Glass. True, it will change how we think about privacy in public places, but such rethinking started years ago. |
Get this: The CIA sees the Cloud as being more secure than conventional IT. |
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: You want me in the office? How 20th century of you. |
Not every job is suitable for telecommuting. But for those that are, there are multiple benefits. |
Microsoft needs to make up its mind whether it wants to stay a software company or if it's really serious about being a hardware power as well. |
We're heading to a new era of platform lock-in that extends to vendors' Internet services. |
The problem is that far too many people have forgotten User Interface 101: Make it easy. |
Too many of us of a 'certain age' are facing an IT work environment that is hostile to older workers. |
Intel, as in Wintel, says Windows 8 won't be ready when it ships. But since when did anyone believe Windows 8 would ever be ready to ship? |
Pretty much every tech company -- Apple, Microsoft, Google and more -- wants your data and your programs under their control and running on their machines, not yours. |
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Are Android tablets ready to take on the iPad? |
The Nexus 7 seems to be taking off among consumers, but the real game-changer is Android 4.1, known as Jelly Bean. |
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