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Garner has been busy this summer, promoting her movie about a vigilante mother who gets revenge on a drug cartel that killed her family and attending her Walk of Fame ceremony.
During the Hollywood Boulevard ceremony, Garner brought her three children (Violet, 12, Seraphina, 9, and Samuel, 6) for a rare sighting. Other attendees were Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Judy Greer.
Amarillo, TX - An award winning filmmaker is using one of Amarillo's biggest attractions as the basis for his newest project.
John Holod is cruising down Route 66, documenting the unique attractions each city has to offer.
After two weeks on the road, he has made it to Amarillo.
"I have traveled the country a lot on the interstates. The interstates take you from point A to point B, which I've always done. You don't see too much, you don't learn too much on the interstate. But if you go the back roads then you learn stuff, meet people, you see things you wouldn't see otherwise. So I wanted to see what it was like off the beaten path," says John Holod, award-winning filmmaker, RV Adventure Videos.
Within Texas there are nearly 180 miles, every single one right here in the Panhandle.
90 percent of the original highway remains.
This road holds special meaning to many people in our area.
"Route 66 was the foundation, it set up everything from the west to the east and the east to the west, that was the 'Cats Meow' and then everything changed and went into interstate systems. Right here in Amarillo they have finally done something with sixth street, Route 66, and we've got some ambiance, we've got some character," Lindell Churchwell.
At the end of John Holods' travels he will turn his adventure into a DVD, which he hopes will bring more people to the road that started it all.
"Maps, campgrounds, restaurants, The Big Texan...all of the stuff people might want to see, the Cadillac Ranch and things like that. So that way they can bring it with them on the trip and know where to go. Hopefully when they see the video they will go out in the world and travel as well," says John Holod, award-winning filmmaker, RV Adventure Videos.
Abu Dhabi International Airport has been named the fastest growing airport in hub connectivity in the world over the past decade.
The annual Airport Industry Connectivity Report 2017 by Airports Council International (ACI) said that Abu Dhabi has registered growth in hub connectivity of 1,479 percent between 2007 and 2017, exceeding the growth rate of major international hubs in Europe and North America.
The report also highlighted that Gulf and Asian hubs, though not yet in the top 20 global hubs, have been driving a change in hub airport dynamics.
Three of the top 20 fastest growing hubs are from the Gulf, with Abu Dhabi in first palace, and Dubai close behind.
Abdul Majeed Al Khoori, acting CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports, said: “The ACI report comes at a crucial time when Abu Dhabi International Airport is embarking on a mega expansion move, which adds to our conviction that the MTB will further support Abu Dhabi’s position as a global hub for air transport.
“In 2007 Abu Dhabi International Airport saw 3,237,011 transfer and transit passengers, a number that grew to 15,853,770 in 2016. Such significant change has largely been as a result of the growth in the national Carrier, Etihad Airways and its expanded network and increased connectivity,” he added.
Hub connectivity, as defined in the ACI report, measures the number of connecting flights, direct and indirect, that can be facilitated through an airport taking into account minimum and maximum connecting times and weighting the quality of the connections by the detour involved and connecting times.
It should have been Rami Malek’s big moment on stage, but it quickly went south. WARNING: Incredibly painful viewing.
Hollywood came together for the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards in a night celebrating diversity with a few surprises along the way.
It was all going so well for Rami Malek at this year’s Golden Globes.
During the ceremony on Monday, the Bohemian Rhapsody star, 37, was still basking in the glow of his win over the likes of Bradley Cooper in the Best Actor in a Drama category when the coveted final award of the night was called.
Presenter Nicole Kidman came out on stage to announce that the Malek-led Freddie Mercury biopic had managed to beat favourites A Star Is Born and Black Panther to be named Best Picture (Drama) in a stunning upset.
But the euphoric high of the win was followed by a brutal blow for Malek, who headed up onstage with his co-stars, director and producers to accept the honour.
This was Malek’s moment — he’d just become one of the night’s big winners. With all eyes on him, it was time to cement his friendship with Hollywood heavyweight Kidman, who he was photographed hanging out with at the AACTA International Awards just last week.
But this time … it did not go well.
Look, it’s likely that Kidman just didn’t realise he was trying to get her attention, but it doesn’t make the exchange — he tries to talk to her twice — any less uncomfortable to witness.
Fortunately, the awkward moment didn’t appear to ruin the actor’s night.
He quickly brushed off the snub and delivered a heartfelt acceptance speech, thanking his family, colleagues and everyone else who made the film possible, including the band Queen and its late lead singer.
“Thank you to Freddie Mercury, for giving me the joy of a lifetime,” Malek said.
Using the WisdomTree India Earnings ETF (NYSE:EPI) as the measuring stick, India has been the top performer among the BRIC quartet in 2012. Even with a 2.3 percent tumble on Friday, EPI's 20.8 percent year-to-date gain is nearly twice as good as the comparable Russia ETF. EPI has also delivered about 870 basis points more alpha than the largest China ETF. Forget Brazil, because the iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NSYE: EWZ) is down on the year.
The bullish performance of EPI and its counterparts belies the fact that 2012 has been a tumultuous one for Indian stocks. Amid slowing growth, major infrastructure problems and a government accused of not caring much about either issue, India was at risk of losing its tenuous investment-grade credit rating. That prompted significant slides in India ETFs during the second quarter.
Fortunately for investors, India's government moved to bolster the economy in the third quarter with policy measures including reduced diesel subsidies and looser rules on foreign ownership in the retail sector.
Indeed, it has been an up-and-down year for Indian equities and some of the corresponding U.S.-listed ETFs. Now, a new issue has entered the picture. That being the slack performance of Indian information technology firm Infosys (NASDAQ:INFY).
Shares of Infosys have plunged 13.5 percent in the past three months, with much of those declines attributable to the company's plan to shift to more of a consulting outfit away from outsourcing, as Barron's recently reported. That would put Infosys in direct competition with the likes of Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM).
The problem for India ETFs is that information technology is usually a significant sector weight in the large-cap funds and Infosys is often a top-10 holdings in these ETFs. Infosys is EPI's third-largest holding with a weight of 5.42 percent. The PowerShares India Portfolio (NYSE:PIN) devotes 9.4 percent to the stock.
Infosys represents almost six percent of the iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund's (NASDAQ:INDY) weight and more than seven percent of the iShares MSCI India Index Fund (BATS: INDA). Those weights are not large enough to completely wreck these ETFs (EPI and INDY are slightly higher over the past 90 days), but the Infosys allocations are just enough to be near-term problematic.
The solution for investors looking to stay in the Indian ETF game while dodging Infosys for the time being is easy to spot. That objective can be accomplished with small-cap ETFs. There are three ETFs devoted exclusively to Indian small-caps: The EGShares India Small ETF (NYSE:SCIN), the Market Vectors India Small-Cap ETF (NYSE:SCIF) and the new iShares MSCI India Small Cap Index Fund (BATS: SMIN).
Over the past 90 days, SMIN has surged 7.4 percent while the average returns offered by SCIF and SCIN are about 4.5 percent. None of these ETFs are heavily exposed to tech stocks and since Infosys is a large-cap, it is barred from entry to these fund.
All are heavy on financials with SMIN devoting almost 28 percent of its weight to the sector. SCIN checks in with an almost 24 percent weight to bank stocks. The real story with India small-cap ETFs, beyond the obvious advantage of not being home to Infosys, is the exposure to the consumer these ETFs offer.
To this point in 2012, the EGShares India Consumer ETF (NYSE:INCO) is far and away the top-performing India ETF with a gain of 51 percent. That performance indicates some investors are feeling good about the potential of the Indian consumer, but others have a tendency to overlook INCO because of its size and low trading volume.
The aforementioned India small-cap ETFs stand as suitable alternatives because all are highly levered to the Indian consumer. Over 21 percent of SCIN's sector allocations are direct plays on the consumer. SCIF is in the area of 20 percent while a combined 23.7 percent of SMIN's weight goes to discretionary and staples names.
The bottom line is that if the Indian consumer proves resilient in 2013, Infosys will have little or no bearing on SCIF, SCIN and SMIN. And that could be a good thing.
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Nolan Bushnell, considered by some the father of the vidgame biz, is returning to his roots.
The co-founder of Atari (and founder of the Chuck E Cheese restaurant chain), who hasn’t been directly involved with traditional videogame development for 30 years, is back with a new company and game.
His firm, Reality Gap, is exploring a new economic model in games: developing a portable currency that can be used to buy in-game items such as weapons, armor and other upgrades in different titles.
Bushnell says the originality of the currency system was a large part of what drew him back into game development.
Reality Gap’s currency, called MetaTIX, can be used in two games. The bigger of the two is the recently launched “Battleswarm: Field of Honor,” a free-to-play PC title that blends elements of first-person shooters and real-time strategy games. More titles are forthcoming.
After leaving Atari in 1979 following a dispute with Warner Communications (which bought the company in 1976), Bushnell served on the boards of several vidgame publishers but stayed away from hands-on work. Instead, he focused on ventures such as Chuck E Cheese and, more recently, uWink, a restaurant chain that centers on touchscreen ordering, games and video.
And though he hasn’t had his name tied to a vidgame or game system for three decades, Bushnell balks at any suggestion that he walked away from the biz. He simply explored it from a non-traditional direction, he says.
While he focused on food venues, games began to evolve in a more violent and complex direction, alienating a significant part of their initial audience. But Bushnell’s standing in the industry never faded.
Today, as the Wii lures lapsed gamers back to the medium and casual-themed online gaming portals (such as Pogo.com and Yahoo! Games) continue to grow, Bushnell believes the time is right to re-enter the fray.
And though “Battleswarm” is more a full course than a snack, it’s immaterial whether the masses embrace that particular title. As long as they find a Reality Gap game that appeals to them, Bushnell notes, it benefits his company.
Bushnell, it’s clear, still knows how to play the game.
A catalyst being developed by researchers could overcome one of the key obstacles still preventing automobile engines from running more cleanly and efficiently.
An international team of researchers announced today in Science the observation of a dynamic Mott transition in a superconductor. The discovery experimentally connects the worlds of classical and quantum mechanics and illuminates the mysterious nature of the Mott transition. It also could shed light on non-equilibrium physics, which is poorly understood but governs most of what occurs in our world. The finding may also represent a step towards more efficient electronics based on the Mott transition.
Using metallic osmium (Os) in experimentation, an international group of researchers have demonstrated that ultra-high pressures cause core electrons to interplay, which results in experimentally observed anomalies in the compression behavior of the material.
The list of potential mechanisms that underlie an unusual metal-insulator transition has been narrowed by a team of scientists using a combination of X-ray techniques. This transition has ramifications for material design for electronics and sensors.
Today, the international Daya Bay Collaboration announces new findings on the measurements of neutrinos, paving the way forward for further neutrino research, and confirming that the Daya Bay neutrino experiment continues to be one to watch.
New research led by scientists from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University shows how individual atoms move in trillionths of a second to form wrinkles on a three-atom-thick material. Revealed by a brand new "electron camera," one of the world's speediest, this unprecedented level of detail could guide researchers in the development of efficient solar cells, fast and flexible electronics and high-performance chemical catalysts.
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have for the first time seen a spin current - an inherent magnetic property common to all electrons - as it travels across materials. The result, which revealed a surprising loss of current along the way, is an important step toward realizing a next-generation breed of electronics known as "spintronics."
Refined by nature over a billion years, photosynthesis has given life to the planet, providing an environment suitable for the smallest, most primitive organism all the way to our own species. While scientists have been studying and mimicking the natural phenomenon in the laboratory for years, understanding how to replicate the chemical process behind it has largely remained a mystery -- until now.
New data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider confirm that small nuclei can create tiny droplets of a perfect liquid primordial soup when they collide with larger nuclei.
At extremely high intensities, X-rays stop behaving like the ones in your doctor's office and begin interacting with matter in very different ways. This "nonlinear" X-ray behavior can only be seen at X-ray free-electron lasers. Recent experiments at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have revealed a new, unexpected twist in that behavior that may be one for the textbooks and could change the way these powerful lasers probe matter.
Time-lapse imaging can make complicated processes easier to grasp. Berkeley Lab scientists are using a similar approach to study how cells repair DNA damage. Microscopy images are acquired about every thirty minutes over a span of up to two days, and the resulting sequence of images shows ever-changing hotspots inside cells where DNA is under repair.
Berkeley Lab researchers have incorporated molecules of porphyrin CO2 catalysts into the sponge-like crystals of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) to create a molecular system that not only absorbs carbon dioxide, but also selectively reduces it to CO, a primary building block for a wide range of chemical products.
In mere seconds, a system can identify and characterize a solid or liquid sample.
A study led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los Angeles has demonstrated a new, efficient way to accelerate positrons, the antimatter opposites of electrons. The method may help boost the energy and shrink the size of future linear particle colliders - powerful accelerators that could be used to unravel the properties of nature's fundamental building blocks.
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have reported a major advance in understanding the biological chemistry of radioactive metals, opening up new avenues of research into strategies for remedial action in the event of possible human exposure to nuclear contaminants.
Berkeley Lab researchers using a bioinorganic hybrid approach to artificial photosynthesis have combined semiconducting nanowires with select microbes to create a system that produces renewable molecular hydrogen and uses it to synthesize carbon dioxide into methane, the primary constituent of natural gas.
In the most comprehensive analysis of electricity reliability trends in the United States, researchers at Berkeley Lab and Stanford University have found that, while, on average, the frequency of power outages has not changed in recent years, the total number of minutes customers are without power each year has been increasing over time.
A team led by James Vary of Iowa State University simulated clusters of neutrons called "neutron drops" to understand their properties better. The ab initio calculations, or calculations based on fundamental forces and principles, were performed on the Titan supercomputer at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Titan is the flagship machine of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Leveraging Titan's massive memory and computing power, the team was able to determine the ground-state energies and other properties of systems of up to 40 neutrons. The results were published in the December 2014 issue of Physics Letters B.
Scientists have revealed never-before-seen details of how our brain sends rapid-fire messages between its cells. They mapped the 3-D atomic structure of a two-part protein complex that controls the release of signaling chemicals, called neurotransmitters, from brain cells. Understanding how cells release those signals in less than one-thousandth of a second could help launch a new wave of research on drugs for treating brain disorders.
Using physical chemistry methods to look at biology at the nanoscale, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researcher has invented a new technology to image single molecules with unprecedented spectral and spatial resolution, thus leading to the first "true-color" super-resolution microscope.
Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey, using one of the world's most powerful digital cameras, have discovered eight more faint celestial objects hovering near our Milky Way galaxy. If these new discoveries are representative of the entire sky, there could be many more galaxies hiding in our cosmic neighborhood.
Working at the Molecular Foundry, Berkeley Lab researchers used their "Campanile" nano-optical probe to make some surprising discoveries about molybdenum disulfide, a member of the "transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) semiconductor family whose optoelectronic properties hold great promise for future nanoelectronic and photonic devices.
Another barrier to commercially viable biofuels from sources other than corn has fallen with the engineering of a microbe that improves isobutanol yields by a factor of 10.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Sept. 29, 2017. Two scientists recently left the department, citing questionable ethical practices on Zinke's part.
Two senior U.S. Geological Survey officials have stepped down after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke demanded that they provide his office with confidential data on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska before it was released to the general public.
Murray Hitzman and Larry Meinert — who had served as the agency's associate director for energy and minerals and acting deputy associate director for energy and minerals mission area, respectively — charge that the request violated the USGS's scientific integrity policy because such commercially valuable data should not be shared in advance. Section 3c of the policy states, "Particularly sensitive results, however, such as energy and mineral resource assessments and mineral commodity reports that typically have significant economic implications are not disclosed or shared in advance of public release because pre-release in these cases could result in unfair advantage or the perception of unfair advantage."
Interior spokeswoman Heather Swift, however, said Wednesday that the solicitor's department had determined that Zinke and his deputy, David Bernhardt, have to right to "review data, draft reports, or other information as it deems necessary" under the department's 1950 reorganization plan.
Hitzman offered his resignation letter on Dec. 17, saying that he objected to the idea of providing the results of an assessment of the energy reserve's potential "several days in advance of the information's public release, in contradiction of my interpretation of U.S.G.S. fundamental science policy."
Meinert, who retired on Jan. 31, said in a phone interview that he had planned to retire anyway, but the incident "certainly increased my desire to step out the door." He emphasized that there was no indication that either Zinke or any of his deputies intended to use the information for personal gain. But he cited a long-standing practice of withholding the information until it is made widely available because when it is released, "that directly affects markets and who's interested in investing in a geographical area."
"This is the first time we've had anyone insist we want that number," said Meinert, who joined USGS in 2012. "This is simply a matter of them wanting to control information."
USGS Deputy Director William Werkheiser, who serves as Interior's scientific integrity officer, said in a statement that this principle is violated "when there is a significant departure from the accepted standards, professional values, and practices of the relevant scientific community," which he said did not happen in this case.
"I do not believe that current or proposed practices for the notification of DOI leadership constitute a loss of scientific integrity," Werkheiser said. "In fact, at no time was USGS asked to change or alter any of the findings for the assessment."
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and House Republicans have escalated their feud with Patagonia after the outdoor retailer told Americans that President Trump “stole your land” in his move to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments.
Zinke, who signed orders in March 2017 aimed at jump-starting energy exploration on federal and tribal lands, hailed the USGS assessment when it was released on Dec. 22 as proof that more leasing could take place there. Recalling an earlier visit that year to Alaska's North Slope, Zinke said that when he asked Alaskans what they were seeking in terms of energy policy, "The response was overwhelmingly positive and the message was clear: the path to American Energy Dominance starts in Alaska," according to an Interior press release.
"Today's updated assessment is a big step toward that goal," Zinke added.
Zinke noted in his statement that USGS estimated Alaska's federal reserves onshore offer a mean of 8.7 billion barrels of oil and 25 trillion cubic feet of gas. "This is a significant increase from the 2010 resource assessment which estimated a mean of 1.5 billion barrels of oil," the statement added.
In December, Interior's Bureau of Land Management auctioned off 900 tracts in the reserve spanning a total of 10.3 million acres, but the sale attracted few bidders.
Verse 1-7 — If Jehoiakim had served the Lord, he had not been servant to Nebuchadnezzar. If he had been content with his servitude, and true to his word, his condition had been no worse; but, rebelling against Babylon, he plunged himself into more trouble. See what need nations have to lament the sins of their fathers, lest they smart for them. Threatenings will be fulfilled as certainly as promises, if the sinner's repentance prevent not.
Verse 8-20 — Jehoiachin reigned but three months, yet long enough to show that he justly smarted for his fathers' sins, for he trod in their steps. His uncle was intrusted with the government. This Zedekiah was the last of the kings of Judah. Though the judgments of God upon the three kings before him might have warned him, he did that which was evil, like them. When those intrusted with the counsels of a nation act unwisely, and against their true interest, we ought to notice the displeasure of God in it. It is for the sins of a people that God hides from them the things that belong to the public peace. And in fulfilling the secret purposes of his justice, the Lord needs only leave men to the blindness of their own minds, or to the lusts of their own hearts. The gradual approach of Divine judgments affords sinners space for repentance, and believers leisure to prepare for meeting the calamity, while it shows the obstinacy of those who will not forsake their sins.

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