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Riggs is native to Michigan and is a graduate of Albion College. He lives with his wife and son in the greater Detroit area.
The Judge Group's Michigan office is located at 2601 Cambridge Court, Suite 425, Auburn Hills, MI 48326 and the phone number is (248) 253-9500.
The Judge Group is a leading professional services firm specializing in technology, talent and learning solutions. Our services are successfully delivered through a network of more than 30 offices in the United States, Canada and China. The Judge Group serves more than 30 Fortune 100 companies. It is responsible for the placement of more than 4,500 professionals annually across a wide range of industries.
Earnings season continues, with Darden and Kroger captivating the minds of investors on Thursday.
Earnings season continues with two blowout reports Thursday.
Action Alerts PLUS holding Darden (DRI - Get Report) served up a strong quarter, powered by solid sales at Olive Garden. Sales were up at all divisions, save for its newest outfit Cheddar Scratch Kitchen. The results are no small feat in the competitive restaurant industry.
Despite threats from Amazon (AMZN - Get Report) , Walmart (WMT - Get Report) and Target (TGT - Get Report) , Kroger (KR - Get Report) reported a solid quarter on Thursday as well. Digital sales surged 66% and the company lifted the bottom end of its profit outlook. Here is what Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen just told TheStreet.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – A Lebanese-born Swede wanted on suspicion of plotting to set up a terrorist camp in Oregon was extradited to the United States on Tuesday, officials said.
Czech Justice minister Jiri Pospisil ruled on Sept 18 there was no reason to refuse a U.S. extradition request for Oussama Kassir, spokeswoman Zuzana Kuncova said.
Kassir was arrested on Dec. 11, 2005, at Prague's Ruzyne international airport while flying from Stockholm, Sweden, to Beirut, Lebanon. The United States requested his extradition in February 2006.
The U.S. complaint alleges that Kassir and others conspired to establish a training camp for holy war, or jihad, in Bly, Ore. According to the complaint, Kassir and others wanted to set up the camp to teach military-style methods so a community of Muslims could move to Afghanistan to fight or receive further training there.
Authorities in Oregon have said the camp never materialized beyond a dozen people taking target practice and was abandoned for unknown reasons.
The complaint refers to a letter faxed from one alleged conspirator to another saying that the Bly property was in a "pro-militia and firearms state" that "looks just like Afghanistan" and that the group was "stockpiling weapons and ammunition."
The complaint said that on Nov. 26, 1999, Kassir and another conspirator traveled from London to New York and then to Seattle and Bly to help with the training camp. Bly is an unincorporated town of a few hundred residents, 50 miles east of Klamath Falls.
Kassir was born in Lebanon and moved to Sweden in 1984. He became a citizen five years later. He spent several months in prison in 1998 for assaulting a police officer and drug possession.
A Swedish court jailed Kassir for 10 months two years ago for illegal weapons possession.
Kumar Malavalli knows a thing or two about data networking. He spent 25 years working in the electrical engineering field here in Canada. In 1995 he slipped south of the border to co-found Brocade Communications Systems Inc., a network storage firm in San Jose. He helped develop the fibre channel protocol, which connects storage area network (SAN) elements together. He’s also an advisory board member with Kasten Chase Applied Research Ltd., a data security firm in Mississauga, Ont.
Malavalli returned to Toronto recently and sat down with Network World Canada Senior Writer Stefan Dubowski, along with Kasten Chase’s senior vice-president Hari Venkatacharya. The trio talked about SAN security, the future of the SAN market, the nature of competition and a ghost bearing Cisco Systems Inc.’s logo in Brocade’s wiring closet.
NW: In 2000 Brocade had a deal with Cisco. Brocade was supposed to develop a fibre channel/IP blade server for Cisco’s Catalyst switches, but the deal fell apart. What happened?
NW: According to a Network World(U.S.) article, Brocade’s blade server worked only with Brocade devices and that’s why Cisco walked away.
NW: What does the E-port do?
NW: Cisco recently announced plans to tackle the SAN market with Andiamo, a company it incubated and purchased. What do you think of Cisco’s SAN move?
NW: Aren’t you worried that Cisco will take over this space?
NW: What are some of the issues surrounding SAN security?
NW: What do you mean?
NW: How did SAN builders tackle the problem?
NW: Like a virtual local area network, but with storage?
NW: Is this the sort of thing Kasten Chase does?
NW: Hari, talk about your role in Kasten Chase.
NW: Kumar, how did you become a Kasten Chase advisory board member?
Malavalli: “After the successful IPO of Brocade (1999), I was responsible for the products, the solutions for the network. But I wanted to move on to the next level, the ‘ecosystem.’ It goes beyond the solution; it’s a dynamic that keeps evolving. When I looked at the SAN ecosystem, I saw a lot of holes. Security was one of them.…I turned my attention to creating the SAN ecosystem by mentoring and investing in new start-ups.
“I happened to meet Hari and Dr. Kumar (Murty, founder of Karthika).…After several conversations, I told them they have to go beyond the tools. You have to look for solutions and a killer application. What is the killer application in storage? SAN.…I told them if they became part of the solution, as opposed to just a security tool, I would become a part of that.
NW: Where is the SAN market headed?
NW: Cable and telephone companies will become storage service providers?
Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet’s assault?
Jaden Smith's resemblance to his mom, Jada Pinkett Smith, is uncanny!
Earlier this week, the 45-year-old actress shared a side-by-side pic of her 19-year-old son and photo of her from A Different World, which proved that Jaden is the spitting image of his mother! Jada chatted with ET's Kevin Frazier on the red carpet for the Girls Trip premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday, where she was still laughing about the resemblance.
"Isn't that crazy?," she told Frazier. "When I saw that picture -- Will took that picture -- He was like, 'Yeah, look at this.' Yep it's crazy... my child does look like me!"
The Smiths undoubtedly have great genes -- and so does Jada's mom, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, who, at 64, looks better than ever. A while back, a rockin' snap of Banfield-Jones showing off her six-pack in a bikini circulated the internet.
"I have good genes, don’t I?" Jada said of her mom's bikini pic. "Yeah, she rocks one better than me. When your own mother can put you to shame, I’m like, I don’t [know] if I gotta get back in the gym. I don't know what I gotta do. I just told her, I said, 'All that right there, just make sure you passing all those good genes down here.'"
Jada took her mom and brother, Caleeb Pinkett, to the premiere, but didn't dare bring her 16-year-old daughter, Willow, to the racy R-rated comedy -- even though she wanted to go.
"Jaden's working in New York and Will's working. And Willow is too young," Jada said with a laugh. "Now, she can see this with her friends. But, I was like, I don’t want to sit with her through the grapefruit scene. No, not that part. She was like, 'Mom, I want to go see this.' Not tonight. Not tonight. I was like, 'You better go to the movies and sneak in like you supposed to. This is so sneaking movie stuff for your age.'"
RELATED: Jada Pinkett Smith and Daughter Willow Document Beach Clean-Up in Greece -- See the Pics!
Last month, ET also spoke with Jada on the BET Awards red carpet, where she set the record straight about her empty nest, saying that only Jaden and his old half-brother, Trey, have moved out of the family's house. "Willow hasn't left yet," she clarified. "Now, she will be 18 soon and I'm sure as soon as she turns 18, she's out. But I have two that are gone."
For more on what the Smith kids are up to, watch below.
Girls Trip hits theaters July 21.
Whatacoop! The beloved chicken coop is the talk of Trisha Ruiz's Fort Worth neighborhood. "You can see it from the street, and everyone stops, gets out, and takes pictures," she says. "Everyone says, 'We love your Whatacoop!' "
Trisha Ruiz has loved Whataburger for as long as she can remember. When her husband asked her to move out to the country near Fort Worth, Trisha made her conditions clear in her interview with Whataburger.com stories: "I'm not moving unless I can drive to Whataburger in 10 minutes or less."
She also told her husband, "I want some chickens."
Trisha got her wish. She even calls herself the "Krazy Funky Chicken Lady," and definitely wants to live up to that name. Trisha's now a "mom" to more than a dozen chickens, giving them all a new home with her cool new Whataburger chicken coop.
Trisha Ruiz has loved Whataburger for as long as she can remember. When her husband asked her to move out to the country, she told her husband, "I want some chickens."
Trisha even decided to name them all: Daffodil, Greasy Grizz, Mashed Potato, Meatloaf, Moo, Tater Tot, Bluebell, Frankie, Fiona, Chewbacca, Snoop, The Boss, Kirby, Petunia and Daisy.
Trisha's husband developed the A-Frame plan and tailored it to the couple's needs, creating warm spots below for the chickens to perch, hide away, or socialize with one another, and an area for the chickens to lay eggs.
Whataburger.com stories contributed to this story.
Wireless hotspots are springing up in buildings and homes all over the world but one New York artist has literally taken the idea onto the streets, turning his bicycle into a wi-fi hub.
Yury Gitman describes himself as a wireless and emerging-media artist and for his latest project has turned to cycle power to create the wireless bike.
It has been capturing the imagination of New York's trendiest urbanites and has been described by one New York paper as one of the hippest hotspots in the city.
"As well as being cool and stylish, it is also mobile," said Mr Gitman.
The wireless bike, or Magicbike as Mr Gitman prefers to call it, is not just a trendy alternative to the wi-fi cafe or office.
It can fulfil an important function in bringing internet connectivity to areas ignored by the traditional telecommunications industry.
"A grassroots bottom-up wireless infrastructure can be formed and pedalled to any place accessible by bicycle," said Mr Gitman.
In a wired city such as New York, he envisages it being used at art and cultural events, public demonstrations and for emergency access.
In communities at the fringe of internet connectivity it could become a more permanent lifeline.
The wireless bike has wi-fi antennas which mounted on the bike's frame and feed into a laptop hidden in the saddle-bag.
The connection is received either from the cellular network or from nearby hotspots.
Mr Gitman admits that borrowing bandwidth from nearby open networks is something of a legal grey area.
"There is not a one world legal answer but it is arguable that it is sometimes illegal," he said.
There is however plenty of bandwidth to go around and Mr Gitman believes that hotspot owners will not be aware of the bike sharing the signal unless large video files were being downloaded.
The idea has proved popular and Mr Gitman receives hundreds of e-mails to his Magicbike website from people interested in setting up similar ideas.
Mr Gitman is considering setting up a community based website for wireless bikes as they spring up in other cities and countries.
The closest he thinks the idea has come to being commercially available is a similar idea used on bike taxis in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
Board Chairman of Hearts of Oak Togbe Afede XIV has advocated for a total restructuring of the Ghana Football Association during the meeting between the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) and the FIFA/CAF Liaison team on Monday.
The meeting, which was held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra on Monday, was aimed at discussing the return of football in the country.
Following Anas’ exposé which captured several members of the Football Association (FA) and referees taking bribes to influence the outcome of games, government took the decision to halt football activities in the country.
Togbe Afede XIV believes that total restructuring will restore confidence in the game in the wake of Anas's documentary.
He also commended government initiative to form the liaison team which has been mandated to ensure normalcy in Ghana football.
According to a statement signed by Oti Akenteng, a Member of the liaison team, Togbe Afede said: "the initiative taken by FIFA and the Government of Ghana was in the right direction."
The National House of Chiefs President, also called for total restructuring, while taking advantage of the situation to restore confidence.
The tourism sector is estimated to have contributed over Dh150 billion ($40.8 billion) to the Dubai's GDP (4.6 per cent of GDP) in 2017, providing almost 570,000 jobs (4.8 per cent of total employment), said a report.
The sector’s direct contribution to GDP has increased by 138 per cent in the 10 years to 2017 with employment in the sector growing by 119 per cent over the same period, according to industry expert Knight Frank.
This trend has been driven by the increasing level of connectivity on offer from Dubai International Airport (DXB). DXB, the world’s largest airport by international traffic, recorded 83.7 million passengers in 2016, up 26 per cent from 2014. In 2017 this has increased further to over 88 million passengers.
A prime facilitator of this is the home-grown Emirates Airline – which demonstrates how improving transport options can help bring a city into the global spotlight. From humble beginnings in 1985 with just two leased planes, Emirates now serves over 150 destinations on six continents with a modern fleet of 259 wide-body aircraft, with orders of 76 additional aircraft placed in 2017 alone. Assuming this historic growth rate continues, we expect that the DXB will reach its target of 100 million passengers by 2020.
Whilst Dubai’s appeal is broad, the Emirate has established itself as one of the most luxurious destinations in the world. Currently, it is home to 104 five star-hotels as per Dubai Corporation of Tourism & Commerce Marketing and forecasts indicate that there are 53 hotels five-star hotels in planning or construction with opening dates before 2020.
In addition to this, Dubai’s average spend per overnight visitor is estimated to be over $2,000 in 2017, the highest amongst our global hub cities.
Delving deeper into Dubai’s hotel sector, the total number of hotel keys per resident is highest amongst our global hub cities at 29.9 per 1,000 in Dubai. Although this is not a surprise given the disparity in populations between Dubai and these cities, what is surprising is the speed at which the number of keys has grown, up 150 per cent in the 10 years to 2017.
Alabama running back Damien Harris (34) dives over the pile for a first down in the second half against Clemson in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans Jan. 1.
Not too long ago, one of the top two college football programs was associated with abject disappointment and failure on the biggest of stages.
The term, “Clemsoning,” was coined by snarky fans to characterize the act of suffering a monumental upset defeat — an event the ACC school had a nasty habit of experiencing. Now, the definition is something else entirely, evolving into a description synonymous with becoming the ultimate foil to Alabama during the Crimson Tide’s decade-long run as college football’s most celebrated program.
“It’s a dynasty over there,” Alabama left tackle Jonah Williams said.
Not quite. But the Tigers have transformed into the Tide’s most worthy challenger over the last four seasons. During that period, Clemson and Alabama have met each year in the College Football Playoff and are scheduled to face each other yet again in the national championship game on Monday. It’s the third time since the start of the 2015 season that two programs separated by 330 miles have been the last ones standing, as each of the last three CFP trophies have either gone back to the 205 or the 864.
In a metaphorical sense, that is certainly true. Alabama and Clemson have separated themselves from the rest of the other 128 other teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision by mirroring each other in recruiting, talent development and the process of institutionalizing winning.
Since the start of 2015, Alabama is 55-3 while Clemson is 54-4.
He’s built Alabama into a powerhouse, claiming five national championships in the previous nine years and would have had six in that span if not for a last-second defeat to those pesky Tigers in 2016. Clemson’s comeback victory that night showed everyone it had staying power and could persist as a threat to Alabama.
Was 2016 Alabama one second from being the greatest ever?
The 2016 Alabama appeared destined to go down as one of the best of all time. But then it ran into Clemson and Deshaun Watson.
That perception was reinforced again in August when the preseason poll was released. Alabama was ranked No. 1 and Clemson No. 2.
Since then, Williams has kept an eye on the Tigers, monitoring their progress throughout the season.
What Williams saw over the course of the season was an undefeated run by the Tigers that featured a couple of close calls against Texas A&M and Syracuse but also plenty of blowout victories. As Alabama marauded through its competition and produced at least 50 points in eight of its wins, Clemson continued along its path toward Santa Clara with little resistance in the final stages of its journey there.
Perhaps not since the 1940s, when Army and Notre Dame battled for supremacy in the sport, have two teams — to the exclusion of everyone else — been locked in an ongoing struggle for the national title.
Whereas there have been perennial champs throughout the modern era, they rarely have been faced with a consistent challenger during their golden years. This current era of the sport, however, has been defined by Alabama vs. Clemson. The two programs are college football’s version of the Hatfields and McCoys, the Montagues and Capulets.

Riggs is native to Michigan and is a graduate of Albion College. He lives with his wife and son in the greater Detroit area.

The Judge Group's Michigan office is located at 2601 Cambridge Court, Suite 425, Auburn Hills, MI 48326 and the phone number is (248) 253-9500.

The Judge Group is a leading professional services firm specializing in technology, talent and learning solutions. Our services are successfully delivered through a network of more than 30 offices in the United States, Canada and China. The Judge Group serves more than 30 Fortune 100 companies. It is responsible for the placement of more than 4,500 professionals annually across a wide range of industries.

Earnings season continues, with Darden and Kroger captivating the minds of investors on Thursday.

Earnings season continues with two blowout reports Thursday.

Action Alerts PLUS holding Darden (DRI - Get Report) served up a strong quarter, powered by solid sales at Olive Garden. Sales were up at all divisions, save for its newest outfit Cheddar Scratch Kitchen. The results are no small feat in the competitive restaurant industry.

Despite threats from Amazon (AMZN - Get Report) , Walmart (WMT - Get Report) and Target (TGT - Get Report) , Kroger (KR - Get Report) reported a solid quarter on Thursday as well. Digital sales surged 66% and the company lifted the bottom end of its profit outlook. Here is what Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen just told TheStreet.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – A Lebanese-born Swede wanted on suspicion of plotting to set up a terrorist camp in Oregon was extradited to the United States on Tuesday, officials said.

Czech Justice minister Jiri Pospisil ruled on Sept 18 there was no reason to refuse a U.S. extradition request for Oussama Kassir, spokeswoman Zuzana Kuncova said.

Kassir was arrested on Dec. 11, 2005, at Prague's Ruzyne international airport while flying from Stockholm, Sweden, to Beirut, Lebanon. The United States requested his extradition in February 2006.

The U.S. complaint alleges that Kassir and others conspired to establish a training camp for holy war, or jihad, in Bly, Ore. According to the complaint, Kassir and others wanted to set up the camp to teach military-style methods so a community of Muslims could move to Afghanistan to fight or receive further training there.

Authorities in Oregon have said the camp never materialized beyond a dozen people taking target practice and was abandoned for unknown reasons.

The complaint refers to a letter faxed from one alleged conspirator to another saying that the Bly property was in a "pro-militia and firearms state" that "looks just like Afghanistan" and that the group was "stockpiling weapons and ammunition."

The complaint said that on Nov. 26, 1999, Kassir and another conspirator traveled from London to New York and then to Seattle and Bly to help with the training camp. Bly is an unincorporated town of a few hundred residents, 50 miles east of Klamath Falls.

Kassir was born in Lebanon and moved to Sweden in 1984. He became a citizen five years later. He spent several months in prison in 1998 for assaulting a police officer and drug possession.

A Swedish court jailed Kassir for 10 months two years ago for illegal weapons possession.

Kumar Malavalli knows a thing or two about data networking. He spent 25 years working in the electrical engineering field here in Canada. In 1995 he slipped south of the border to co-found Brocade Communications Systems Inc., a network storage firm in San Jose. He helped develop the fibre channel protocol, which connects storage area network (SAN) elements together. He’s also an advisory board member with Kasten Chase Applied Research Ltd., a data security firm in Mississauga, Ont.

Malavalli returned to Toronto recently and sat down with Network World Canada Senior Writer Stefan Dubowski, along with Kasten Chase’s senior vice-president Hari Venkatacharya. The trio talked about SAN security, the future of the SAN market, the nature of competition and a ghost bearing Cisco Systems Inc.’s logo in Brocade’s wiring closet.

NW: In 2000 Brocade had a deal with Cisco. Brocade was supposed to develop a fibre channel/IP blade server for Cisco’s Catalyst switches, but the deal fell apart. What happened?

NW: According to a Network World(U.S.) article, Brocade’s blade server worked only with Brocade devices and that’s why Cisco walked away.

NW: What does the E-port do?

NW: Cisco recently announced plans to tackle the SAN market with Andiamo, a company it incubated and purchased. What do you think of Cisco’s SAN move?

NW: Aren’t you worried that Cisco will take over this space?

NW: What are some of the issues surrounding SAN security?

NW: What do you mean?

NW: How did SAN builders tackle the problem?

NW: Like a virtual local area network, but with storage?

NW: Is this the sort of thing Kasten Chase does?

NW: Hari, talk about your role in Kasten Chase.

NW: Kumar, how did you become a Kasten Chase advisory board member?

Malavalli: “After the successful IPO of Brocade (1999), I was responsible for the products, the solutions for the network. But I wanted to move on to the next level, the ‘ecosystem.’ It goes beyond the solution; it’s a dynamic that keeps evolving. When I looked at the SAN ecosystem, I saw a lot of holes. Security was one of them.…I turned my attention to creating the SAN ecosystem by mentoring and investing in new start-ups.

“I happened to meet Hari and Dr. Kumar (Murty, founder of Karthika).…After several conversations, I told them they have to go beyond the tools. You have to look for solutions and a killer application. What is the killer application in storage? SAN.…I told them if they became part of the solution, as opposed to just a security tool, I would become a part of that.

NW: Where is the SAN market headed?

NW: Cable and telephone companies will become storage service providers?

Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet’s assault?

Jaden Smith's resemblance to his mom, Jada Pinkett Smith, is uncanny!

Earlier this week, the 45-year-old actress shared a side-by-side pic of her 19-year-old son and photo of her from A Different World, which proved that Jaden is the spitting image of his mother! Jada chatted with ET's Kevin Frazier on the red carpet for the Girls Trip premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday, where she was still laughing about the resemblance.

"Isn't that crazy?," she told Frazier. "When I saw that picture -- Will took that picture -- He was like, 'Yeah, look at this.' Yep it's crazy... my child does look like me!"

The Smiths undoubtedly have great genes -- and so does Jada's mom, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, who, at 64, looks better than ever. A while back, a rockin' snap of Banfield-Jones showing off her six-pack in a bikini circulated the internet.

"I have good genes, don’t I?" Jada said of her mom's bikini pic. "Yeah, she rocks one better than me. When your own mother can put you to shame, I’m like, I don’t [know] if I gotta get back in the gym. I don't know what I gotta do. I just told her, I said, 'All that right there, just make sure you passing all those good genes down here.'"

Jada took her mom and brother, Caleeb Pinkett, to the premiere, but didn't dare bring her 16-year-old daughter, Willow, to the racy R-rated comedy -- even though she wanted to go.

"Jaden's working in New York and Will's working. And Willow is too young," Jada said with a laugh. "Now, she can see this with her friends. But, I was like, I don’t want to sit with her through the grapefruit scene. No, not that part. She was like, 'Mom, I want to go see this.' Not tonight. Not tonight. I was like, 'You better go to the movies and sneak in like you supposed to. This is so sneaking movie stuff for your age.'"

RELATED: Jada Pinkett Smith and Daughter Willow Document Beach Clean-Up in Greece -- See the Pics!

Last month, ET also spoke with Jada on the BET Awards red carpet, where she set the record straight about her empty nest, saying that only Jaden and his old half-brother, Trey, have moved out of the family's house. "Willow hasn't left yet," she clarified. "Now, she will be 18 soon and I'm sure as soon as she turns 18, she's out. But I have two that are gone."

For more on what the Smith kids are up to, watch below.

Girls Trip hits theaters July 21.

Whatacoop! The beloved chicken coop is the talk of Trisha Ruiz's Fort Worth neighborhood. "You can see it from the street, and everyone stops, gets out, and takes pictures," she says. "Everyone says, 'We love your Whatacoop!' "

Trisha Ruiz has loved Whataburger for as long as she can remember. When her husband asked her to move out to the country near Fort Worth, Trisha made her conditions clear in her interview with Whataburger.com stories: "I'm not moving unless I can drive to Whataburger in 10 minutes or less."

She also told her husband, "I want some chickens."

Trisha got her wish. She even calls herself the "Krazy Funky Chicken Lady," and definitely wants to live up to that name. Trisha's now a "mom" to more than a dozen chickens, giving them all a new home with her cool new Whataburger chicken coop.

Trisha Ruiz has loved Whataburger for as long as she can remember. When her husband asked her to move out to the country, she told her husband, "I want some chickens."

Trisha even decided to name them all: Daffodil, Greasy Grizz, Mashed Potato, Meatloaf, Moo, Tater Tot, Bluebell, Frankie, Fiona, Chewbacca, Snoop, The Boss, Kirby, Petunia and Daisy.

Trisha's husband developed the A-Frame plan and tailored it to the couple's needs, creating warm spots below for the chickens to perch, hide away, or socialize with one another, and an area for the chickens to lay eggs.

Whataburger.com stories contributed to this story.

Wireless hotspots are springing up in buildings and homes all over the world but one New York artist has literally taken the idea onto the streets, turning his bicycle into a wi-fi hub.

Yury Gitman describes himself as a wireless and emerging-media artist and for his latest project has turned to cycle power to create the wireless bike.

It has been capturing the imagination of New York's trendiest urbanites and has been described by one New York paper as one of the hippest hotspots in the city.

"As well as being cool and stylish, it is also mobile," said Mr Gitman.

The wireless bike, or Magicbike as Mr Gitman prefers to call it, is not just a trendy alternative to the wi-fi cafe or office.

It can fulfil an important function in bringing internet connectivity to areas ignored by the traditional telecommunications industry.

"A grassroots bottom-up wireless infrastructure can be formed and pedalled to any place accessible by bicycle," said Mr Gitman.

In a wired city such as New York, he envisages it being used at art and cultural events, public demonstrations and for emergency access.

In communities at the fringe of internet connectivity it could become a more permanent lifeline.

The wireless bike has wi-fi antennas which mounted on the bike's frame and feed into a laptop hidden in the saddle-bag.

The connection is received either from the cellular network or from nearby hotspots.

Mr Gitman admits that borrowing bandwidth from nearby open networks is something of a legal grey area.

"There is not a one world legal answer but it is arguable that it is sometimes illegal," he said.

There is however plenty of bandwidth to go around and Mr Gitman believes that hotspot owners will not be aware of the bike sharing the signal unless large video files were being downloaded.

The idea has proved popular and Mr Gitman receives hundreds of e-mails to his Magicbike website from people interested in setting up similar ideas.

Mr Gitman is considering setting up a community based website for wireless bikes as they spring up in other cities and countries.

The closest he thinks the idea has come to being commercially available is a similar idea used on bike taxis in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.

Board Chairman of Hearts of Oak Togbe Afede XIV has advocated for a total restructuring of the Ghana Football Association during the meeting between the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) and the FIFA/CAF Liaison team on Monday.

The meeting, which was held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra on Monday, was aimed at discussing the return of football in the country.

Following Anas’ exposé which captured several members of the Football Association (FA) and referees taking bribes to influence the outcome of games, government took the decision to halt football activities in the country.

Togbe Afede XIV believes that total restructuring will restore confidence in the game in the wake of Anas's documentary.

He also commended government initiative to form the liaison team which has been mandated to ensure normalcy in Ghana football.

According to a statement signed by Oti Akenteng, a Member of the liaison team, Togbe Afede said: "the initiative taken by FIFA and the Government of Ghana was in the right direction."

The National House of Chiefs President, also called for total restructuring, while taking advantage of the situation to restore confidence.

The tourism sector is estimated to have contributed over Dh150 billion ($40.8 billion) to the Dubai's GDP (4.6 per cent of GDP) in 2017, providing almost 570,000 jobs (4.8 per cent of total employment), said a report.

The sector’s direct contribution to GDP has increased by 138 per cent in the 10 years to 2017 with employment in the sector growing by 119 per cent over the same period, according to industry expert Knight Frank.

This trend has been driven by the increasing level of connectivity on offer from Dubai International Airport (DXB). DXB, the world’s largest airport by international traffic, recorded 83.7 million passengers in 2016, up 26 per cent from 2014. In 2017 this has increased further to over 88 million passengers.

A prime facilitator of this is the home-grown Emirates Airline – which demonstrates how improving transport options can help bring a city into the global spotlight. From humble beginnings in 1985 with just two leased planes, Emirates now serves over 150 destinations on six continents with a modern fleet of 259 wide-body aircraft, with orders of 76 additional aircraft placed in 2017 alone. Assuming this historic growth rate continues, we expect that the DXB will reach its target of 100 million passengers by 2020.

Whilst Dubai’s appeal is broad, the Emirate has established itself as one of the most luxurious destinations in the world. Currently, it is home to 104 five star-hotels as per Dubai Corporation of Tourism & Commerce Marketing and forecasts indicate that there are 53 hotels five-star hotels in planning or construction with opening dates before 2020.

In addition to this, Dubai’s average spend per overnight visitor is estimated to be over $2,000 in 2017, the highest amongst our global hub cities.

Delving deeper into Dubai’s hotel sector, the total number of hotel keys per resident is highest amongst our global hub cities at 29.9 per 1,000 in Dubai. Although this is not a surprise given the disparity in populations between Dubai and these cities, what is surprising is the speed at which the number of keys has grown, up 150 per cent in the 10 years to 2017.

Alabama running back Damien Harris (34) dives over the pile for a first down in the second half against Clemson in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans Jan. 1.

Not too long ago, one of the top two college football programs was associated with abject disappointment and failure on the biggest of stages.

The term, “Clemsoning,” was coined by snarky fans to characterize the act of suffering a monumental upset defeat — an event the ACC school had a nasty habit of experiencing. Now, the definition is something else entirely, evolving into a description synonymous with becoming the ultimate foil to Alabama during the Crimson Tide’s decade-long run as college football’s most celebrated program.

“It’s a dynasty over there,” Alabama left tackle Jonah Williams said.

Not quite. But the Tigers have transformed into the Tide’s most worthy challenger over the last four seasons. During that period, Clemson and Alabama have met each year in the College Football Playoff and are scheduled to face each other yet again in the national championship game on Monday. It’s the third time since the start of the 2015 season that two programs separated by 330 miles have been the last ones standing, as each of the last three CFP trophies have either gone back to the 205 or the 864.

In a metaphorical sense, that is certainly true. Alabama and Clemson have separated themselves from the rest of the other 128 other teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision by mirroring each other in recruiting, talent development and the process of institutionalizing winning.

Since the start of 2015, Alabama is 55-3 while Clemson is 54-4.

He’s built Alabama into a powerhouse, claiming five national championships in the previous nine years and would have had six in that span if not for a last-second defeat to those pesky Tigers in 2016. Clemson’s comeback victory that night showed everyone it had staying power and could persist as a threat to Alabama.

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The 2016 Alabama appeared destined to go down as one of the best of all time. But then it ran into Clemson and Deshaun Watson.

That perception was reinforced again in August when the preseason poll was released. Alabama was ranked No. 1 and Clemson No. 2.

Since then, Williams has kept an eye on the Tigers, monitoring their progress throughout the season.

What Williams saw over the course of the season was an undefeated run by the Tigers that featured a couple of close calls against Texas A&M and Syracuse but also plenty of blowout victories. As Alabama marauded through its competition and produced at least 50 points in eight of its wins, Clemson continued along its path toward Santa Clara with little resistance in the final stages of its journey there.

Perhaps not since the 1940s, when Army and Notre Dame battled for supremacy in the sport, have two teams — to the exclusion of everyone else — been locked in an ongoing struggle for the national title.

Whereas there have been perennial champs throughout the modern era, they rarely have been faced with a consistent challenger during their golden years. This current era of the sport, however, has been defined by Alabama vs. Clemson. The two programs are college football’s version of the Hatfields and McCoys, the Montagues and Capulets.