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Two of the airports serving New York City, Newark Liberty and Kennedy, had hours-long delays Saturday, as did Philadelphia's airport. Amtrak suspended service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., and commuter trains in Connecticut and New York were delayed or suspended because of downed trees and signal problems. |
Philadelphia saw mostly rain, but the snow that did fall coated downtown roofs in white. |
And a 20-year-old man in Springfield, Mass., stopped when he saw police and firefighters examining downed wires and stepped in the wrong place and was electrocuted, Capt. William Collins said. |
Nottingham boxer Leigh Wood says he is now ready to face the best fighters in the British featherweight division. |
The 27-year-old sealed a points victory over Josh Wale on Saturday and now has a shot at a British title. |
"I might have to do another eliminator, I'm not sure really how it works but I'm ready now," Wood told BBC Radio Nottingham. |
"I have not got to do any more learning fights. Just chuck me in. There's other titles as well, like the Commonwealth." |
World number one Roger Federer crashed out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Wednesday, while Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal continued his remarkable run. |
Top seed Federer won the opening set against Gilles Simon but the unseeded Frenchman turned things around to record a 2-6 7-5 6-4 success. |
Nadal, meanwhile, claimed a comfortable 6-4 6-2 victory over American qualifier Jesse Levine. |
Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko defeated Tommy Haas 6-3 7-6 (8/6), while fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer moved into the third round with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Robby Ginepri. |
James Blake overcame a slow start to clinch a 1-6 6-1 6-2 triumph over Jonas Bjorkman, but 12th seed Tommy Robredo suffered a 6-3 6-4 defeat against Marin Cilic. |
Stanislas Wawrinka, the world number 10, was a 6-3 6-4 second-round winner against Russia’s former world number one Marat Safin. |
Richard Gasquet, Igor Andreev, Robin Soderling, Dimitry Tursunov, Jose Acasuso and Nicolas Kiefer also progressed on Wednesday. |
This document provides the text of an oral briefing by Amnesty International to the Chief Medical Panel supporting a US Justice Department inquiry into deaths in custody following electro-muscular disruption. The study is examining the impact of Taser stun guns and similar electrical weapons known as "conducted energy ... |
Medicine is entering the age of the microbe. We are just beginning to find out how incredibly important our tiny symbiotic friends are to the health of mammals. Your well-being is regulated in large part by the food you eat because your microbial chemical reactions define your health. There is no better way to foster a... |
Water is wonderful, and chances are, you should be drinking more of it. Let’s take it one step further, though. Cranberries reduce inflammation and keep our kidneys running at peak performance. Lemon juice is said to help clean the liver, and lemons are known to help with digestion and PH balance. Try making cranberry ... |
The toxins you breathe in are not inconsequential. Cleaning products may do as much damage as a pack-a-day habit. Perfumes, air fresheners, that new car smell, and fragrances in body care have been proven to be highly toxic to the body. Open your windows whenever possible, don’t trap yourself in areas that do not have ... |
In many parts of the world, squatting is common while cooking, eating, birthing, and relieving oneself. We used to squat all the time. We are designed to squat. We would squat constantly in the wild. In nature, to navigate life and stay alive, we foraged all day. We would squat down, pick a leafy green, and eat it, lik... |
Us humans were meant to walk and jog and sprint on a daily basis. We should be walking, squatting, and running sporadically all day. Jogging can be particularly hard on a body with a heavy toxic load, but it has tremendous benefits too. If you suffer from knee pain, read this. If running or jogging isn’t something you ... |
Have you read the studies about this yet? Nature is really important to our health. We need it and we do not get enough of it! If you are near the woods, take a daily walk. Breathe in the nature around you. Do some grounding by walking barefoot or sit on a rock and meditate. Whatever you do, just get out there and get ... |
Speaking of breathing, this is not a small thing. One can radically improve their health and their mental well being immediately by eliminating shallow breathing and learning to naturally take deep, full breaths. If you lie down on the floor and breathe in, does your stomach rise or fall? If it’s sinking in as you take... |
Michael Edwards is the editor-in-chief of OrganicLifestyleMagazine.com, where this article was originally published. |
The U.N. said the five refugees have frozen to death already this year. |
Freezing temperatures across Eastern Europe are imperiling the lives of thousands of refugees, many of whom are sheltered in makeshift tents with no heat, the U.N. said on Friday. |
The harsh weather conditions have claimed the lives of five refugees in Europe so far this year, according to the U.N. |
"We are deeply worried at the situation of refugees and migrants," Cécile Pouilly, spokesperson for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, said at a press briefing in Geneva. |
"As a life saving measure, we continue to provide heaters, blankets and winter clothes to residents of informal sites who have not yet agreed to move to government centers," Pouilly added. |
Some of the most vulnerable groups include about 1,000 people, among them families with young children, on the Greek island of Samos, and 1,200 males -- up to a quarter of whom are unaccompanied or separated boys -- living in tents in Belgrade, Serbia, the U.N. said. |
The U.N. is calling for humanitarian measures to be taken in light of the life-threatening cold facing the refugees and migrants. |
Calling the situation in Greece "dire," Sarah Crowe, a spokeswoman for UNICEF, urged government officials in to take the extreme weather into consideration. "It's about saving lives, not about red tape and keeping to bureaucratic arrangements," she said. |
Last year, a record of more than 5,000 refugees and migrants died or went missing attempting to reach Europe by the Mediterranean Sea, while some 360,000 arrived on Europe's shores, according to figures from the U.N. Many of the refugees hail from countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan that have been mired in confl... |
A lot of you read Giz using Google Chrome — which means a good percentage of you should be interested in the news that Chrome will soon have plug-and-play gamepad support added. It'll work on any computer (or Chromebook) running the Chrome browser, and according to Google, will be a seamless experience. |
That means in theory you should be able to plug in a joystick or gamepad and start controlling the browser straight away, without having to install software. Alongside gamepads, webcams and microphones will have similar plug-and-play support, which will open up the door for some nice HTML5 web apps fun. |
Washington – People are saving at the lowest level since the Great Depression, and that could be a problem for the millions of baby boomers getting ready to retire. |
In fact, the Commerce Department reported Thursday that the nation’s personal savings rate for all of 2006 was a negative 1 percent, the worst showing in 73 years. |
The negative rate means people are spending all of the money they have left after paying taxes – and then some. They are dipping into savings or increasing their borrowing to finance current spending. |
It’s no surprise to Nancy Harvin, 44, of Washington. |
Surveys indicate the nation’s spendthrift ways are not likely to change anytime soon. More than a third of 2,000 adults questioned recently by the Pew Research Center said they often or sometimes spend more than they can afford. |
The young and the poor have the most trouble saving. Some 42 percent of people 18 to 49 said they are likely to spend more than they can afford. Among those with household incomes below $30,000, some 45 percent said the same. |
The 1 percent negative savings rate in 2006 followed a 0.4 percent negative rate in 2005. There have been only four years in history that the savings rate has fallen into negative territory. |
The other two were 1932 and 1933 during the Great Depression. |
Back then, when as many as one in four people were out of work, households were exhausting savings in order to pay the rent and buy food. |
Last year’s negative rate was attributed not to a lack of jobs but to good economic developments – including low interest rates that made it attractive to borrow and to refinance home loans. |
Another factor at work is the rising income inequality in the country. The rich, who traditionally save the most, don’t feel the need to save as much any more because their net worth has been soaring with fatter paychecks. |
The savings rate is computed by taking the amount of personal income left after taxes are paid, an amount known as disposable income, and subtracting the amount of people’s spending. |
The near-record low savings rate is occurring at a time when 78 million baby boomers are preparing to retire. The oldest of the boomers will turn 62 next year, the first year they will be eligible to collect Social Security. |
As the nation’s largest generation retires, that will further depress savings because typically retirees are drawing down their accumulated savings. |
IT automation house Puppet Labs has bought fellow traveler Cloudsmith and the two concerns are reportedly already functioning as single company. |
It’s the first time Puppet has swallowed a whole company even if Cloudsmith and its seven people are more like just a tasty little morsel. |
Terms were not disclosed but Puppet got a $30 million D round from VMware in January so no check should bounce. |
Puppet wanted Cloudsmith’s development tools for rapidly building and testing infrastructure automation like its aptly named open source Geppetto IDE for building and publishing Puppet modules that’s aimed primarily at Java developers. Geppetto will be tightly integrated with its own flagship product, Puppet Enterprise... |
Cloudsmith also had an SaaS application called Stack Hammer for integrating, testing and deploying collections of Puppet modules as complete “stacks” through integrations with GitHub and then moving them on to Amazon EC2. |
Puppet apparently intends to get Geppetto and Stack Hammer working together better but the exact plans for Stack Hammer aren’t being disclosed just yet. It should have more to say next month at PuppetConf. |
Puppet figures Cloudsmith will make it easier to automate the management of IT resources through intuitive GUIs and SaaS applications. |
It’s aware that automation is one of the top initiatives for enterprise IT these days because of the productivity gains involved and its mission is to accelerate that adoption. |
Puppet describes the Cloudsmith folks, all of whom are coming on board, as “influential and heavily involved in both the Puppet and Eclipse communities” and it’s hoping to leverage that expertise to attract a larger user segment. The Geppetto community is said to be 10,000 strong but could be bigger. |
Puppet’s widgetry is used by Citrix, eBay, NYSE, Match.com, Shopzilla, Bank of America and PayPal. |
One day after a crucial 8-6 win over University, the Cardinals spread their wings in a Saturday doubleheader, winning matchups with Preston and Fairmont Senior by a combined score of 47-5. |
The Cardinals’ matchup with Preston was over in the opening minutes. Luke Campbell scored Spring Mills’ first goal 47 seconds in, and two more goals followed in the next 30 seconds. By midway through the first quarter, the score was 8-0 Spring Mills. |
Spring Mills ran the score up to 14-0 at the end of the first quarter before easing off the gas pedal for the rest of the game. The two teams went to a running clock in the second half, and Campbell finished with a game-high six goals as the Cardinals took home a 28-0 win. |
Key to the Cardinals’ dominance was an excellent performance on faceoffs. The Cardinals controlled possession throughout, not letting Preston to even get a shot on goal until midway through the second quarter. |
In the second game against Fairmont Senior, the fresher Polar Bears initially came out and gave Spring Mills some trouble. The two teams were tied at 4 after one quarter, and it looked like the Cardinals were going to be in for a fight. |
Then, the floodgates opened up. With Beard and Torres manning faceoffs, Spring Mills made the final 36 minutes look like the Preston game, quickly establishing possession and using sharp offensive-zone passing to create goal after goal. |
Led by eight goals from Campbell, Spring Mills outscored Fairmont Senior 15-1 in the remaining three quarters, finishing their weekend with a 19-4 win. Campbell finished the day with 14 goals combined over the two games; Garrett Grimes added nine, while Noah DeArmitt had six. |
Spring Mills (6-4) will enter spring break on a high before finishing the final weeks of the regular season. The Cardinals will next be in action on April 22, when they host Saint James (Hagerstown, Md.) at 7 p.m. |
Party workers from Delhi BJP’s social media cell are planning to send a fresh set of complaints to the Election Commission on Friday seeking a ban on Helo. |
In a previous complaint, BJP party workers had said action should be initiated against ByteDance and people behind Helo and TikTok. |
Trouble is mounting for Beijing headquartered ByteDance, which runs apps like Tik Tok and Helo in India. After the Madras High Court directed the centre to ban the use of the Tik Tok mobile app on Wednesday, the BJP is planning to escalate the matter concerning its sister app Helo with the Election Commission alleging ... |
Party workers from Delhi BJP's social media cell are planning to send a fresh set of complaints to the Election Commission on Friday seeking a ban on Helo as they are yet to hear from the Commission on a previous letter. |
“We had cited Facebook’s pulling down of 11,000 advertisements of Helo as an example to the election commission previously. If this is happening on Facebook, which is an outsourced platform, then what could be the case on the Helo app itself. It is generating a lot of divisive negative campaigns. We are filing another ... |
The election commission did not respond to ET’s queries seeking comments. |
In a previous complaint, BJP’s party workers had said action should be initiated against ByteDance and people behind Helo, Tik Tok, for violation of the Election Commission’s communication in respect of the pre certification of political advertisements released on social media sites like Facebook. |
The party's previous letter to the EC said many ads on Helo have been seemingly against the BJP and cited ads that used ‘derogatory imagery for former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. “In one ad, the text used seems to suggest that the Chinese platform would like the CPIM to win and calls for an ouster of the BJP. ... |
According to Facebook’s ad library it removed apps by Helo because they referred to political figures, politics, and nationally-important issues, but did not specify who paid for the ad. |
A Helo spokesperson said out of the 11,000 ads pulled down by Facebook, about 770 were original while the remaining comprised of multi language versions of the original ads and that the total percentage of ads with political mentions are less than .1% of the total ads served. |
Helo did not specify if it had received any communication from BJP or ECI on the matter. |
The Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the centre for a ban on Helo’s sister company Tik Tok citing availability of inappropriate content and exposure of children to such content. |
Tik Tok has an estimated 39% of its 500 million global users in India while Helo has over 25 million monthly active users. |
“The user base is largely millennial. A lot of influencers are gradually moving from Instagram to Tik Tok. With Tik Tok’s user base growing month on month and year on year, it is becoming a significant influencer marketing platform for brands to invest in,” said Prashant Puri, co founder and CEO of digital marketing fi... |
PASADENA >> The State Water Quality Control Board and even pop superstar Lady Gaga laid down the law for water conservation in California this week, but now it’s up to local utilities to determine how to implement and enforce it. |
For Pasadena Water and Power, the board’s conservation ruling — which imposes fines for water wasters — is in line with existing policy and won’t change much for customers. The city passed a conservation ordinance in 2009 that limits outdoor watering to between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m., requires customers to fix leaks in a ti... |
“This is really nothing new for us,” PWP spokeswoman Wendy De Leon said. “What the state board voted on was requiring the water agencies to have a plan in place.” PWP relies on neighbor complaints to find water wasters, and De Leon said the agency has never issued a citation. “We work very closely with our community an... |
De Leon said PWP will request that the council declare a Level One water supply shortage at its July 28 meeting, which will limit outdoor watering to three days per week and require customers to fix leaks within 72 hours. She said the utility has seen a slight increase in water usage this summer, in line with the state... |
Like Pasadena, the city of Azusa already has measures in place to encourage conservation. George Morrow, director of utilities for Azusa Light and Water, said the city’s water fines have been in place since May 2013, where a mandatory restriction now “almost identical to the state’s” was imposed. |
The utility has issued 1,500 warnings and 75 citations since the policy was implemented. |
“We’re all in this together and we all need to do our part,” Morrow said. |
For other cities, however, the state ruling poses potential problems. |
If the city had to provide the manpower, it would be a challenge. |
For California Water Services, which serves 20,000 customers in a portion of Montebello, a large area of East Los Angeles and all of the city of Commerce, fining users is not the answer. |
Staff writers Sandra Molina and Jordan Gass-Poore contributed to this story. |
HP has overtaken Dell as the world’s number one in PC shipments, according to analyst Gartner. |
Gartner said HP had pipped Dell to the number one slot for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2003. |
For the third quarter of 2006, said Gartner, HP shipped 110,000 more units than Dell. |
Worldwide PC shipments, including desktops, laptops and x86 servers, totalled 59.1 million units in the quarter, which was a 6.7% increase on the same period last year. |
The US PC market experienced a year-over-year shipment decline of 2%. The last time the US PC market suffered a decline in PC shipments was the second quarter of 2002. |
Gartner said HP performed well across all regions, as its worldwide PC shipments in the third quarter of 2006 increased 15.4% year-over-year, and its market share reached 16.3%. |
Dell experienced its lowest year-over-year growth in the company’s history, as worldwide PC shipments increased 3.6% in the third quarter, and its worldwide PC market share slipped to 16.1%. |
Dell’s shipment growth rates were below the industry averages in the US and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. |
Lenovo, Acer and Toshiba made up the top five PC vendors in that order. |
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