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Look at these goofballs at the “Bates Motel” last year.
Tony Visconti, Bowie’s friend and producer, keynoting at SXSW Music this year.
PSA: Watch out for pay-to-play scams during SXSW, musical artists! Don’t do it!
Do you think “The Life of Pablo” is G.O.O.D? Pitchfork does.
Louis C.K.’s “Horace and Pete.” Specifically that third episode.
Thank you to our loves at MindCanvis for partnering with us on the “Spirit Animals” giveaway!
Tolly, Omar, producer Alyssa Vidales, Deborah Sengupta Stith and Joe Gross are all on Twitter.
Damen’s Galati, Romania, shipyard has launched two 81 m road ferries for Canada’s BC Ferries. They are currently being fitted out and are set to enter service next year. Once operational they will be capable of carrying up to 300 passengers and crew, and 47 vehicles.
The ferries have been built to Damen’s Road Ferry 8117E3 design and the order was secured following an extensive, multi-phased, international tender process.
There was a buzz at Lancing Manor park earlier today as a swarm of bees took over a park bench.
According to pensioner Keith Stainer, who took pictures, there were more than 20,000 honey bees in the swarm.
He said that a woman sitting on the bench called Adur District Council this morning and the area was cordoned off as a result, with beekeepers called to the area to rehome the bees.
“Apparently you can only have one queen bee per swarm, so if the queen lays another queen, they have to leave to start their own colony,” said Keith, from Sompting.
In a tweet, Adur District Council said: “As the swarm was only four feet from the ground, and in a park that is busy with children and dogs, we took the decision that it had to be moved.
“The bees were not too co-operative as they followed the queen onto the picnic bench instead of into their transit box.
Rain emergency teams in various municipalities across the country continued to work round the clock to remove rainwater that had accumulated in different places in order to maintain safe and smooth traffic circulation.
Safar Mubarak al-Shafi, director of the General Cleanliness Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) and head of the rain emergency committee, said more than 12.9mn gallons of rainwater had been drained out in different municipalities from Saturday dawn until evening.
He said the water was removed in 2,693 batches through the use of 251 tankers and 30 water pumps.
Also, 527 field teams were deployed to respond to all the reports received at the operations centre, numbering around 186.
Operations to remove rainwater were still continuing, the MME said in a statement.
Efforts exerted by the ministry in co-ordination with all parties concerned in the State helped ensure smooth traffic flow around the country, it was observed.
Thunderstorms and rain of varied intensity were recorded from Doha and other parts of the country on Saturday, especially in the morning hours.
The skies started clearing later.
The Qatar Met department highlighted rainfall figures in a post on social media on Saturday morning, noting that Batna had received around 19.6mm of rain until then, Abu Hamour and Ghuwairiya 10.8mm each, Ras Laffan 10.2mm, Ruwais 7.9mm, Doha International Airport area 7.6mm and Mesaieed 7.1mm.
Different places in Qatar had received showers the previous night and early hours of Saturday as well.
The Met department had earlier said unsettled weather and thunderstorms were expected during the weekend, with the chances of rain peaking until Saturday evening.
While there is no warning for inshore areas on Sunday, the Met department has said thundery rain is expected in offshore areas in the early hours of the day, followed by strong winds and high seas by the afternoon.
The wind speed may go up to 34 knots offshore, with the sea level rising to 9ft.
Fine conditions will prevail offshore later in the day following a chance of scattered rain at first, which may be thundery.
Today's forecast also says it will be partly cloudy inshore and there is a chance of light rain in some places in the early hours, followed by relatively a hot day and mild conditions by night.
The minimum temperature is expected to be 21C in Doha, Wakrah and other places on Sunday, while the maximum will range from 28C in Ruwais to 30C in Abu Samra, with Doha expected to see a high of 29C.
Saturday, the minimum temperature was 19C in Batna and 21C in Doha.
The maximum, on the other hand, was 27C in the Qatar University area and 26C in Doha and other places.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. delivered a fun, fast-paced episode whose plot can be boiled down to chasing a MacGuffin. In this case, it’s a mystical book. This week’s episode begins with a flashback where we finally see what the ghostly figures have been after since the second episode. Non-ghost Lucy and a Dr. Bauer find it in a basement. When opened, the book appears blank at first, but fills in with writing in the native language of whoever reads it.
S.H.I.E.L.D. has found Dr. Bauer and the team tries to talk to him, but his encounter with the ghostly Lucy makes him see the agents like demons. As he dies, we see that Lucy has found the book. Unfortunately for her, someone who’s incorporeal can’t make the writing appear.
Back on the plane, Coulson formulates a plan to get Robbie’s uncle, Elias out of prison and track down Lucy. Simmons is frustrated with all the secrets she has to keep from S.H.I.E.L.D. Not only Aida but now Daisy and Robbie’s presence on board the plane are going to make her lie detector test a real challenge. On top of that, she’s mad at Fitz for keeping secrets from her in the first place.
It turns out Simmons had good reason to be nervous because the test doesn’t go so well. The test is interrupted when Director Jeffrey Mace asks her to come with him. Mace asks if he can trust her, but it turns out he just needs her help during a debate with the anti-inhuman senator, Rota Nadeer. He handles it well, and Simmons’s data helps him back up his politician-style answers. When the senator says Jeffrey Mace isn’t the man for the job, Simmons urges him to stick to facts. He turns off his earpiece and publicly reveals himself to be an Inhuman.
Afterward, Simmons confronts Mace about lying about a heroic military operation during the debate and uses her newfound leverage to get out of any future lie-detector tests.
May and Coulson arrive at the prison and speak to the warden about taking custody of Elias. May notices things at the prison aren’t quite right. When the warden attacks them, calling them demons, they reason that Lucy Bauer is there and probably after Elias. With ghosts running around the prison, Robbie convinces Mack to let him and Daisy go with him. Fitz also arrives with an antidote that cures the psychosis caused by the ghosts.
Lucy appears in front of them, but before they can catch her, she opens the cells, and the imprisoned Watch Dogs are loose. They’re able to escape, but Daisy is trapped in the cafeteria with a hoard of angry Watch Dogs. She’s able to fight them off without using her powers in what is actually a pretty badass action scene. One of the men is able to overpower her, but she is rescued by May and Coulson.
Mack and Robbie meanwhile are trapped in a room with ghosts. Robbie grabs a chain (yes!), surrounds it in fire and kills one of them. Another walks through Mack who tries in vain to fight it off. Robbie burns it, but Mack is infected. Fortunately, he’s smart enough to realize what’s going on and jams the antidote into the back of his own neck.
They’re able to break out Elias and head for the exit. Robbie sees the gang member he confronted on his way in and can’t let it go. He tells Elias to head for the yard and heads back to confront the man as Ghost Rider. It turns out he has some history with the gang. They shot Robbie and his brother and lit their car on fire. They’re the reason Robbie is Ghost Rider, and his brother is paralyzed. Robbie also learns it was an intentional hit.
Robbie’s revenge didn’t work out so well for his uncle. Elias has been captured by Lucy. She orders him onto an ambulance, threatening to tear his mind apart if he doesn’t comply. She takes him to their old lab and forces him to read the book for her. She says that after she and the other figures are fixed, they’ll finish what they started. As the episode ends, Mace meets with Senator Nadeer, who threatens to reveal that S.H.I.E.L.D. is working with Ghost Rider, a murderer. Mace asks what she wants.
Now that the team is all together, the show is starting to feel like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. again. The fact that Ghost Rider is working with them now makes it even better. This was a fun, action-packed episode that managed to go into why Daisy insists on running away from S.H.I.E.L.D. She’s uncomfortable with people risking their lives for her and doesn’t want anyone else to die because of her.
Hopefully, May’s talk with her about how Coulson will always keep trying to reach out will eventually convince her to stay, if only for the fight scenes. We’ve already seen how cool it is when Quake and Ghost Rider team up. What does it look like when they have May, Mack, and Coulson backing them up?
WASHINGTON -- A final deal to provide Department of Veterans Affairs benefits to thousands of veterans who served off the coast during the Vietnam War failed in the Senate on Monday night with only days remaining in the 115th Congress.
The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act would extend eligibility for disability compensation and health care to "Blue Water" Navy veterans -- service members who were aboard aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and other ships, some of whom have fought for years to prove they were exposed to Agent Orange. The dioxin-laden herbicide has been found to cause respiratory cancers, Parkinson's disease and heart disease, as well as other conditions.
The House voted 382-0 in favor of the legislation in June. Since then, it's been stuck in the Senate. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie voiced his opposition to the bill in September, citing cost concerns and insufficient scientific evidence. He urged lawmakers to hold off until a new study is released in 2019.
On Monday night, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, went to the Senate floor and asked for unanimous consent to pass the bill. Unanimous consent expedites approval but can be stopped if one senator objects.
Citing cost concerns, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, objected.
Enzi said he wanted more details about how many veterans would be made eligible for benefits under the legislation and how much it would cost.
According to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, the bill would cost $1.1 billion for the next 10 years. VA officials have argued the true total would be billions more. To offset costs, the bill proposed a new fee for VA home loans, a measure some lawmakers oppose.
"There's clearly more work to do just on figuring out the spending and administration of this and the deficit impacts this bill will have," Enzi said on the Senate floor.
Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, later criticized Enzi's objection, arguing the same senator voted in favor of the GOP tax cuts estimated to increase the national deficit.
"I must say that it is a bit disheartening to see a bill that was passed unanimously by the House blocked by just a handful of senators over supposed fiscal concerns when those same senators voted to add trillions of dollars to the deficit last year to score a political win on the back of American taxpayers," Walz said in a statement.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars also issued a scathing criticism of Enzi on Monday night, describing his objection as "obstruction," and adding, "the VFW nor its members will forget this."
Enzi's opposition came after Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., pressured senators to approve the bill. Isakson, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, has worked for months to address concerns from some of his fellow Republicans.
Enzi wasn't the only senator with concerns. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, opposed the bill because he wanted to wait for the scientific study that the VA promised in 2019, according to a Military Update report.
Isakson rebuked requests Monday to wait for the study, saying, "This thing has been studied as long as it needs to be studied. We've got the best information we need to get."
"I would just ask every member before they consider casting a 'no' vote, think about what you're doing," Isakson said. "I would ask each of you to search your heart ... think about the veterans in your state and cast a vote for doing the right thing for the right people at the right time and not object to the motion."
Following the Enzi's objection, Gillibrand and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, scheduled a news conference for Tuesday morning to request the Senate try again to pass the bill.
Senate leadership could still bring the issue up under regular order in its remaining days. If the Senate fails to approve the bill before the end of the 115th Congress, advocates will have to start from the beginning again next year.
"We have just days before this Congress is finished and our Blue Water Navy veterans are waiting for us," Gillibrand said. "Their families are waiting for us. Some of them are dying waiting for us."
Like Isakson and Gillibrand, Tester and Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, also spoke Monday on the Senate floor urging unanimous consent.
"I know there are some in the administration that don't want to see us do this, but the truth is this is a cost of war," Tester said. "It is our obligation to meet the needs of the folks who have sacrificed for this country. It's time to step up today, folks."
Jose Mourinho asked Sir Alex Ferguson about how he can get the best out of Michael Carrick, according to reports.
The 35-year-old, whose contract at Old Trafford expires next summer, was used only sporadically by Mourinho at the start of the season.
But the midfielder has started in nine of United’s last 12 games, with Mourinho’s side recording wins in all but two of those matches.
And The Sun claims that Ferguson held talks with Mourinho as he wanted to give his former rival a boost following an inconsistent start to the campaign.
United are currently 13 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea but have registered wins in all of their last four games.
And the consistent use of Carrick in United’s midfield has enabled Mourinho to get the best out of Ander Herrera and £89 million summer signing Paul Pogba, according to former Chelsea assistant Ray Wilkins.
‘Carrick is allowing Herrera and Pogba to play 30 yards forward,’ he told talkSPORT.
‘Michael Carrick is a wonderful footballer.
‘When he first came in the United side you had the dominance of Scholes and Keane (before him) and Michael thought inferior to them.
America's most controversial pop princess is on the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone. What began as the stuff that dreams are made of has slowly devolved into a tabloid-friendly nightmare for Spears. To read an excerpt from the cover story, click here. For a complete look at the history of Britney's music video canon, click here. For a comprehensive Britney Spears photo gallery, click here.
Photos by Nadin and Tom Abbott.
October 8, 2012 (San Diego)--Occupy San Diego reached an important milestone this weekend. Occupy San Diego is now one year old, and like all children, it has learned a lot this year, but also achieved quite a bit.
The weekend saw a series of events, some low key, some going back to it's roots in the streets, celebrating the fact that OSD is still here. The first event was at Balboa Park on Saturday afternoon.
When I reached the Park I was no longer surprised to see San Diego Police coming in to talk to an Occupier. Well, so what is new? Same old, same old right? This time, the officers had cause. No, not the usual we saw over the course of last year. They had a call, from another occupier, reporting what can best be described as a domestic dispute. Given the Occupier in question wore a Guy Fawkes costume with knives (which I could not tell at distance were plastic either), the cops showed up in force. This is standard.
Moreover, while the Police kept an eye on Occupy, like they do on every demonstration that happens in this town, they also kept their actual contact to a minimum, and kept their distance.
Later in the weekend I did learn that while Occupiers are right to be weary of the police, the police feels they went overboard early on. This came from an unnamed source, and I must add, it was a tad surprising. Just like Occupy, San Diego Police has learned some lessons. The truth is, the people who witnessed the behavior of the Police will not trust the Police ever again, so that is a loss for the Department in their community relations. We can all hope that this becomes part of the institutional memory, and next time, there will be one, when faced with people in the streets, SDPD will show a lot more restraint.
That said, there were a couple incidents that could be seen as intimidation. For example a Park Ranger asked an Occupier about putting his cigarette off on the park, and the Ranger did not understand it was a medical Nebulizer, and the two officers with her were a little aggressive. But that is life in the streets in some ways. There was another incident on Sunday morning where Officers wanted to make sure a model drone did not have anything hard in it's core, and the Occupier got a little aggressive with the officers. Per usual, Occupiers are now filming all interactions with the police.
Writer, blogger, journalist, based in San Diego. Started doing this with Occupy and has grown from there. As a trained historian I was struck by Occupy, which will be considered an important moment in US History, at leaset in my opinion.
Workers March to Demand Better Conditions from Walmart.
San Diego Nine go on Hunger Strike.
Hundreds March on Mayday in San Diego.
On one hand, the Modi government is seeking to privatise Air India and on the other hand they are buying a bankrupt private airline with public money, Randeep Surjewala claimed.
Surjewala said the government is planning a bailout package for Jet Airways even as investigation into financial irregularities and siphoning of funds is currently underway.
The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using public money to bailout Jet Airways by converting its debt into equity.
“India’s leading public sector bank SBI and others banks like Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank and Allahabad Bank are now being used by Prime Minister Modi to bail out Jet Airways … Public money of ONGC was earlier used to buy out Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation for Rs 7,700 crore. Hard earned savings of 38 crore LIC policy holders worth Rs 9,000 crore was used to save IDBI Bank,” Congress communication department head Randeep Surjewala claimed.
With Etihad Airways refusing to play ball and declining to put more funds in the struggling Jet Airways, The Indian Express reported Wednesday that lenders led by State Bank of India and the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) may end up acquiring the 24 per cent stake of Etihad Airways and inject more funds.
Surjewala further said the government is planning a bailout package for Jet Airways even as investigation into financial irregularities and siphoning of funds is currently underway.
“Reports in public domain now reflect that Prime Minister Modi wants to give a bailout package to Jet Airways. By directing SBI and other PSU Banks to convert Rs 8,500 crore debt for equity shares of Jet Airways valued at Re 1, SBI and other banks will thus become owner of 50 per cent of a bankrupt private airline,” Surjewala said.
He also said the government has directed NIIF to buy Etihad Airways 24 per cent stake at a value of Rs 150/share.
“This is being done without any independent financial valuation of Jet Airways or any due diligence. The Modi government is in such a hurry that they are not even willing to await the result of their own investigations,” he said.
Several large Bible ministry groups are calling for the first International Day of the Bible and are encouraging groups of any size to read or articulate Scripture in creative ways publicly or online without any commentary at noon local time on November 24.
"This is a very simple act of faithfulness and honor to God about His word," Richard Glickstein, president of the National Bible Association, told The Christian Post. "God's word is meant to encourage us and bring us personal hope, but it is also meant to bring us together to realize that this is such a great gift ... and trust that He can change our world through it. The words of God changed my life and continues to. It's not our event, we hope it's an event for the body of Christ and those who love God, come together and thank Him."
Organizers ask in their announcement: "Have a favorite Psalm? Or, a special passage that has helped you through tough times? Want to share with the world how much the Bible means in your life? Or ask Him to bless your nation?" People of all ages are being invited to participate in International Day of the Bible by taking pause for a few minutes to read or even sing Scripture or otherwise creatively express their love of The Good Book.
Glickstein said there are many different ways to stop and recognize God's word. He emphasized that no commentary is suggested and to "just read the Bible."
"Our commentary up front is what offends each other. We just want God's word to speak and we know that God's word, as it says in the Bible, is like silver purified seven times in the furnace. So, I know God's word is pure," he said. "This is a book that should bring us together, not tear us apart. That's our hope."