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While Page was shockingly forthcoming, he still pleaded ignorance to some questions.
Page's testimony also revealed that there could be problems for Corey Lewandowski, Trump's former campaign manager.
The bombshell testimony more or less gave credence to the legitimacy of the Russia investigation, as Page confirmed that he had several contacts with Russia, which he told the Trump campaign about. Page also divulged in the hearing that Trump allies such as Steve Bannon have tried to silence him, advising him not to do...
April 20, 2008: Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy Car race.
Patrick got her shot to win after the leaders had to pit for fuel toward the end of the race. She beat Helio Castroneves by more than five seconds to pick up the victory.
She joined Shirley Muldowney, who raced in the NHRA Top Fuel Championships, as the only women to win in top flight American motorsports.
Actress, screenwriter, producer, singer and playwright Zoe Lister Jones has done it all — including working with Angelina Jolie — and she’s only 27 years old! Zoe’s new film might be titled Breaking Upwards, premiering today, but she tells OK! that she’d never be breaking up in any way with some of the attractive co-st...
Zoe might be young but has already written a movie, wrote and performed in the one-woman, 10-character show (Co-dependence is a Four Letter Word), released an album, produced a documentary and acted in dozens of movies and TV shows.
Along the way Zoe’s had her fair share of attractive co-stars in the past couple years and she isn’t too shy to admit it to OK!.
So who is her dream co-star? Ryan Gosling, hands-down!
“I told my agents that if we are setting goals for this year, it’s to have a love scene with Ryan Gosling,” she confessed to OK!.
While she may be the more obsessed with Ryan, many people are jealous of acting work on the upcoming film Salt starring Angelina.
Zoe says Angelina is also a daredevil and takes on the dangerous stunts herself!
Salt isn’t out until in May, but Zoe’s other film Breaking Upwards is out April 2!
“I co-wrote it with my co-star Daryl Wein and also directed it with him and he also happens to be my real-life boyfriend and the story started out about us,” Zoe explained of how the film came about.
The update introduces a new family Play Time Management feature, the ability to upload custom wallpapers via USB, enhancements to notifications and the Quick Menu, and more.
Heads up, PlayStation gamers: Sony just announced details of its next major PS4 system software update, version 5.5.
The update introduces a new family Play Time Management feature, the ability to upload custom wallpapers via USB, enhancements to notifications and the Quick Menu, and more. Those who signed up and were selected for the beta program should receive an email today with instruction on how to download it and get started.
The new Play Time Management feature will let family managers and others set as guardians keep tabs on their child's playtime each day.
"If needed, the family manager/guardians can apply playtime restrictions to make sure that the child is only playing for a set amount of time or within set playable hours," Mary Yee, vice president of PS marketing, wrote in a blog post. "Notifications on PS4 will be sent to the child during gameplay so that he or she k...
With this feature, parents and guardians will also have the option to automatically log the child out of their PS4 once their allocated gaming time is over. To access this feature, go to Settings > Family Management on your PS4. Or, if your kid begs for another hour on the PS4 while you're stuck at work, you can add th...
Version 5.5 also adds several new tabs to Library, including "This PS4," which lists all the apps that are installed on your system, and a tab with your name and avatar, which lists all the apps you've purchased with your PSN ID. A new PS Plus tab will show all the games you've received for free as a member.
Meanwhile, updates to the Quick Menu promise to help you more quickly access specific friends and control your music. Speaking of music, you'll be able to listen to tunes in the background while streaming games on PS Now.
Plus, organization enthusiasts will be able to delete old notifications as well as hide apps under the Purchased tab. The latter feature should come in handy if you have a bunch of content you don't plan to revisit. You'll also be able to import custom wallpapers from a USB stick to use as your Home Screen, as well as ...
Finally, PS4 Pro users are getting a new "supersampling mode," which offers an "enhanced visual experience when playing some PS4 games" on your HDTV.
"With supersampling mode, games that render to a higher resolution when connected to a 4K TV will downscale to match the HDTV – allowing PS4 Pro owners to leverage the benefits of an image clarity boost even if they don't own a 4K TV," Yee explained.
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Why Does Horse Racing Survive?
The sport's less popular and more controversial than ever. But this weekend's Breeders' Cup World Championships still attract people who love fashion, betting, and, oh yeah, the sport itself.
ARCADIA, California—She was a refugee from Hurricane Sandy.
And when Royal Delta's hooves came down the stretch, you could hear the thumping, and within that sound you could hear the surging chorus of the crowd. The people in the infield, clutching their betting slips, took another swig on their Coors Lights and sucked down some more Dippin' Dots while Mike Smith, the brilliant...
The excitement was for Friday's Breeders' Cup $2-million Ladies' Classic, one of the signature events of the thoroughbred racing year. In case you don't follow thoroughbred racing—and who really does anymore?—the race was part of the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships, which culminates today with the $5-million ...
It was a good day at the track because no horse was destroyed. Because that is what has come to define the sport, along with a controversial doping ban of a drug to restrict pulmonary bleeding and stories of faded champion thoroughbreds being dumped at slaughterhouses. The very venue—the gorgeous Santa Anita Park—broug...
What isn't OK? The future of the sport. The Breeders' Cup is the Super Bowl of horse racing, which means it offers good opportunity to get an update on the sport's status. There were 34,618 people at Santa Anita on Friday (and there will probably be more than 55,000 today), and they look to be trending old. Other than ...
Other than aging fanatics, I am told the only people keeping this sport alive in the United States are women with an interest in fashion. That's one of the reasons why NBC continues to broadcast the sport with occasional verve. During the Kentucky Derby there were so many segments on exotic hats and interviewers asking...
Down among the horse players, the people who scream at the jockeys as they leave the paddock and go home a little poorer, it is more about the sport—and gambling addiction—rather than fashion. But these are a rare breed. Not a lot of Americans really understand horses anymore.
Then again, it's easy to write obituaries of various traditions—it's a lazy columnist's staple to write about the demise of boxing, for example. But these marginal sports do go on. When you get down to it, it's the beauty of speed, the athleticism, that makes it compelling. A top thoroughbred horse is beautiful to witn...
As twilight approached, not long after Royal Delta won on Friday, Bill Mott, the trainer of the Ladies Classic winner, said he was relieved to have escaped from the torrential weather of the East Coast with his horse and to do something so "spectacular." She "ran them off their feet," he said.
Chicago playwright Spenser Davis, a company member of Broken Nose Theatre, is the winner of the American Theatre Critics Association's 2019 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an emerging playwright, the organization announced Monday.
Davis won the national award for his play "Plainclothes," which premiered by Broken Nose at the Den Theatre in Wicker Park in late 2018. "Plainclothes" is a comedy set in the loss-prevention office at a Chicago department store, in the wake of a shoplifting incident that left half the team fired or hospitalized.
The Osborn Award, described by the San Francisco-based ATCA as a recognition of the work of an author who has not yet achieved national stature, will be presented at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville on April 6. It was established in 1993 and includes a $1,000 cash prize.
Davis is also an ensemble member of Chicago's Factory Theater and co-creator of the short-form comedy series "SQUID."
In our news wrap Thursday, the U.N. blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for delays in getting humanitarian aid into his country despite the cease-fire. The U.N. wants to deliver convoys into Aleppo, but says Syria is not providing permits. Also, a self-described hit man in the Philippines says that President Rodrig...
In the day's other news: The United Nations blamed Syria's President Bashar al-Assad for delays in getting humanitarian aid into the country, despite the new cease- fire. U.N. officials want to send convoys into Aleppo from Turkey, but they say Syria isn't providing permits.
In Geneva today, U.N. special envoy Staffan De Mistura complained that valuable time is being wasted.
STAFFAN DE MISTURA, UN Special Envoy to Syria: These are days which we should have used for convoys to move with the permit to go because there is no fighting. The Russian Federation is agreeing with us about this. This is something that requires to take place immediately.
Meanwhile, in Syria, amateur video purported to show government airstrikes on rebel groups in Homs and Idlib, in violation of the cease-fire. Syria's main ally, Russia, reported 45 rebel violations in the last 24 hours.
A self-described hit man in the Philippines now says President Rodrigo Duterte personally ordered killings by death squads. Edgar Matobato says it happened when Duterte was mayor of the southern city of Davao. He testified today at a senate investigation. It's looking into killings of 3,000 drug suspects since Duterte ...
Back in this country, President Obama today created the first national sanctuary in the Atlantic Ocean. The Marine Monument encompasses 5,000 square miles off New England and includes underwater canyons and mountains. The designation means a ban on commercial fishing, mining and drilling.
The head of the IRS will avoid a congressional impeachment vote for now. Instead, John Koskinen has agreed to testify at a House hearing next week. Republican conservatives accused him of impeding an investigation into tax treatment of Tea Party groups. Koskinen has denied it.
And Wall Street headed back up, with tech companies leading the way. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 177 points today to close at 18212. The Nasdaq rose nearly 76 points, and the S&P 500 added 21.
TALLINN - Wind power has fallen out of Estonia's favor in recent months, with the Economy Ministry deciding to limit support to wind-power producers and Parliament adopting amendments to the energy law that will give preference to other forms of renewable energy.
Einari Kisel, head of the Ministry of Economy and Communications' energy department, puts it bluntly: "We do not want to have too many wind mills," he says. "The price of wind energy is expensive. The unstable production causes additional costs to other producers."
On the other side is Hannu Lamp, managing director of Tuulepargid, which developed the Pakri wind park, Estonia's largest. He finds the recent decision short-sighted and discriminating.
"So far we had no limitations. It took us five years for preparations and the state is turning its back now," says Lamp.
"There is a good opportunity to gain additional financing through the Kyoto joint implementation scheme from countries with high level of CO2 emissions. These funds last only until 2012. We would not be able to utilize this financing to reduce the cost of green power if the state sets limits on production," says Lamp.
With its long coastline, Estonia has a comparative advantage for generating wind power and can do it at a favorable cost compared to many European countries, argues Lamp. The average payoff period of a windmill investment depends on the site wind conditions, wind power purchase tariff, the cost of capital and share of ...
Currently Tuulepargid has contracts with the governments of the Netherlands, Finland and Denmark, which are ready to support green power projects in Estonia in exchange for greenhouse gas emission reductions generated by these projects.
It has been estimated that Estonia's possible revenues from selling emission quotas to renewable energy producers could amount to 7 's 17 million euros annually. Most of this revenue would go to the state utility Eesti Energia, which has obtained the highest share of emission allowances under the European emission trad...
Kisel says that limits are set in the current regulation as well. Network companies are obliged to buy renewable energy in the amount that does not exceed their network losses. "The establishment of risk-free wind energy projects has come to an end today. However, those mills already established should not worry," says...
Currently 91 percent of Estonia's energy is based on oil shale. The rest is natural gas, and about 1.5 percent is renewable energy. State owned energy producer and distributor Estonian Energy would continue to have a monopoly on the market until 2013, as agreed with the European Union.
Still, by 2010 Estonia has promised to boost its share of renewable energy to 5.1 percent of total electricity consumption. But for the Economy Ministry, that doesn't translate into favoritism for wind.
"It does not mean that wind energy should have the privilege," says Kisel.
With the recent changes to the law, the ministry wants to facilitate the development of other renewable energy such as landfill gas and wood.
In the future, the ministry wants to limit the amount of wind energy purchased to 200 GW. This can be produced by wind farms with an aggregate capacity of roughly 75 MW. But as of February this year, the subsidiary of Eesti Energia has contracts to the amount of 185 MW, and there is a request to produce a total of 400 ...
Kisel says that many of the companies with contracts have not taken financial obligations and have not started work. Mills currently established can produce a total of 35 MW.
According to some calculations, every additional percentage of market share that wind energy acquires will increase the price of energy for customers by 0.01 kroon/kW (0.064 euro).
Kisel said that the market share of wind energy could increase 10 - 15 percent, and the subsequent 0.15 kroon price rise would be significant.
Wind energy producers counter this by saying that the true cost of oil shale energy, with all environmental and social expenses included, would be several times more expensive.
Lamp says there are few locations in Estonia to set up new windmills, only if they are placed near the sea. This ultimately means that there is little reason to fear the arrival of many newcomers. Windmills will also have to predict the exact amount of energy they produce, which according to the producers is not possib...
Under the current agreements, Estonian Energy will buy electricity from wind parks at a price of 81 kroons/kWh, which is double the 0.41 kroons/kWh that Narva Power Plants sells. The price would be valid for 12 years for 200 GW of wind-power in each year.
At the same time, it will be possible to sell electricity directly to eligible customers at the market price and to get a premium of 0.5 kroon/kW, the ministry announced.
"[Windmill producers] will have to learn to predict. They were given a lead-time. Electricity can't be stored in warehouses," says Kisel.
Lamp prefers to use the Danish analogy. "On windy days Danish mills produce 100 percent of energy demand in western Denmark, and in Estonia we're talking about a possible problem if the share should exceed 2 's 3 percent," he says. "Energy can be exported if there is a surplus, and wind turbines could also be shut down...
Wind producers require that inflation be added to the fixed price annually and that limitations should not be set on the amount of energy produced by wind mills.
Kisel, however, says that there are several price models offered in the amendment, some with inflation included.
"The problem with wind mill projects is that they take it as a financial investment. They build the mill and wait for the money to come. They should start marketing the electricity themselves. There is an opportunity to sell the electricity on the market for a higher price. Our aim is to direct them to the market and n...
Rami Malek Took ‘Many Things’ Home From the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Set — Will He Sell Them?
Not just a fantasy! Rami Malek will always look back fondly on his time filming Bohemian Rhapsody.
The Golden Globe winner, 37, exclusively told Us Weekly that he has several cherished items to remember the movie by and took “many, many things” home from set.
Once a text-heavy app focused on daily deals, it now gives Groupon Now, Groupon Goods, and Groupon Getaways equal play. Here’s the likely reason why.
The latest version of Groupon’s app–released quietly on Android and iPhone over the last month—reflects the company’s shifting focus.
Once a text-heavy app focused on daily deals, it now sports a carousal navigation that makes flipping between Groupon services like Groupon Now!, Groupon Goods, and Groupon Getaways easier. It’s a sign that Groupon’s greatest opportunities have less to do with coupons and more to do with those other services–and mobile...
Groupon’s revenue is still growing, but newer services such as Groupon Goods, a retail deals site launched last September, hit a $200 million annualized revenue in less than a year. The company does not break down revenue from Groupon Now, it’s real-time, location-based deals service, but it passed 1.5 million deals so...
Both of these products make happy companions for mobile. Unlike companies such as Facebook and Google, which are also shifting users to mobile phones at breakneck speeds, Groupon is in the business of selling goods and services. Advertising ROI on mobile and advertising ROI on the web aren’t commensurate, but buying st...
Mobile apps accounted for one-third of Groupon’s North America transactions this July, up 35% from the same month last year, and a June Nielsen survey found them to be the third most popular shopping apps, behind eBay Mobile and Amazon Mobile apps. Groupon’s mobile penetration isn’t nearly as high internationally, but ...
Increasing reliance on its fast-growing, non-daily deals businesses hasn’t necessarily pleased Groupon’s investors. As AllThingsD points out, retail businesses have lower profit margins than daily deals. Meanwhile, Groupon doesn’t break down its mobile transactions by category, so it’s impossible to know for sure wheth...
No matter how you spin it, however, Groupon’s successful transition to mobile is a bright spot in the company’s stock-price-plunging storm. Groupon CEO Andrew Mason told investors in May that mobile users spend about twice as much as their desktop counterparts.
The new app design encourages them to do so across multiple products.
Unhealthy lifestyles start at a young age in the Gulf and people reap the consequences early in life. Diabetes is a major risk factor.
Dr Soofi’s study investigated the prevalence of risk factors for heart disease in more than 4,900 Saudis living in urban areas who were over 20 years old and had no history of heart disease. Their 10 year risk of a heart attack or death from a heart attack was calculated using the Framingham Risk Score.
Most people in the study (85%) were less than 40 years old and 55% were women. The researchers found that 25% had diabetes, 34% had hypertension, 25% were smokers, 27% were obese, 86% were not involved in any physical exercise and 19% had dyslipidemia. As a result of the high level of risk factors, 26% of participants ...
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) represents more than 80 000 cardiology professionals across Europe and the Mediterranean. Its mission is to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.

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