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In between, Kajol also had a role to play in the recently released Hindi version of Incredibles 2 - she voiced the character of Helen Parr aka Elastigirl. Kajol, who has not yet announced new projects yet, revealed in an interview to IANS that she would not mind working in Hollywood. "I would love to do a Hollywood film. There is no particular genre in mind, and it depends whether the script appeals to me or not. I would ask the same questions that I would ask for a Hindi film before picking the project," she said.
Kajol's Helicopter Eela is all set to hit screens on September 14.
Published: Sep 09, 2018 at 10:28 p.m.
HALIFAX — The Sydney Sooners will exercise their home field advantage when they resume their opening round playoff series against the Halifax Pelham Canadians next weekend.
The Sooners dropped a 5-1 decision to the mainland side on Saturday after taking the first game of the series by a 6-2 score after pushing across four runs in the top of the 10th inning on Friday evening at the Mainland Common Field.
Chris Farrow had two hits to lead the Sooners batting on Saturday, while Halifax’s Jake Pelham had a homer and two runs batted in. Justin Brewer suffered the loss while Craig Field picked up the win.
On Friday, Phil Brown and Mike Tobin each had a pair of hits for Sydney, while Jordon Shepherd had a single and added four stolen bases. Sheldon MacDonald picked up win for the Sooners.
Game 3 of the best-of-five series is set for this coming Friday at 7 p.m. at the Susan McEachern Memorial Ball Field, while Game 4 is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. If a fifth and deciding game is needed, it will be played at 5 p.m. as the second part of a Saturday doubleheader.
Dartmouth and Kentville are playing in the other NSSBL semifinal.
February 29, 2012 The Americans include Sam LaHood, son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The younger man runs the U.S. government-sponsored International Republican Institute in Egypt.
February 8, 2012 Authorities have shut some foreign groups, including ones run by Americans, because of what they say may be the organizations' support of protesters. Among those prevented from leaving is the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
February 6, 2012 "These Americans have done absolutely nothing wrong," U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice says. Nineteen U.S. citizens are being prevented from leaving Egypt, which says it will charge them with aiding opposition groups.
February 3, 2012 NBC News and al-Jazeera are reporting that police in Egypt say two American women and an Egyptian tour guide have been released by gunmen who kidnapped them earlier today near the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
February 3, 2012 Many Egyptians are angry about authorities' failure to prevent a riot after a soccer game earlier this week. Meanwhile, gunmen in the Sinai peninsula are reportedly demanding ransom for two American women.
February 2, 2012 The tragic riot following a soccer game Wednesday in Port Said, Egypt, which left more than 70 people dead and at least 1,000 wounded, highlights the problems with security in the country.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrote a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley Thursday expressing his desire for a prompt hearing respecting allegations of sexual assault brought against him by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Kavanaugh, who has not spoken at length about the allegations other than to vigorously deny them, expressed his eagerness to appear before the committee, while his accuser’s lawyers are still negotiating the terms under which their client would give testimony.
It’s not yet clear whether or when a hearing will take place. Though committee Republicans appear prepared to take up the allegations Monday, Blasey Ford’s lawyers sent an email to the committee Thursday indicating that the hearing should not take place as scheduled.
Blasey Ford’s attorneys reiterated their preference is for federal investigators to pursue the matter before the Senate hears testimony.
Committee Republicans are said to be hiring outside counsel to lead the hearing. Kavanaugh has retained attorney Beth Wilkinson to represent him, an Army veteran turned federal prosecutor who founded a boutique practice specializing in “winning high-stakes trials,” according to its website.
Since Blasey Ford’s allegations appeared Sunday in The Washington Post, a deluge of violent rhetoric has descended on both parties. The Ford family has left their California home for an undisclosed location in view of continued concerns about their safety, while Mrs. Ashley Kavanaugh received death threats at her work email address.
Ken Simmons, another adult and two dogs were aboard the plane headed to the Bahamas from the Lantana airport, authorities said.
WEST PALM BEACH — The Coast Guard searched the Atlantic about 20 miles east of Palm Beach for a Piper PA 32 aircraft with two adults and two dogs aboard that crashed into the water Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Aviation Administration.
One passenger aboard was a longtime Palm Beach County veterinarian who ran an animal hospital and pet daycare center in Greenacres for several years.
The plane is believed to have gone down at about 1 p.m., the FAA said. It said air-traffic controllers alerted it to the crash.
The plane was heading to the Bahamas from the Lantana airport, Jonathan Miller, CEO of Galaxy Aviation, confirmed Friday. Galaxy is Palm Beach County Park Airport's private fixed-base operator.
The National Weather Service's Miami office said a cluster of showers and thunderstorms was over the area at the time the plane disappeared, and that part of the Atlantic was under a marine-weather advisory.
Roy Ellington, hospital manager at VCA Simmons Animal Hospital in Greenacres, confirmed that 30-year veterinarian Ken Simmons was on the plane but did not know who flew with him. He said Simmons had sold his animal hospital and pet daycare center at Lake Worth Road near Military Trail but continues to private veterinary work.
Simmons, a Lake Worth native who studied veterinary medicine at the University of Florida, has often piloted his own plane to pick up pet patients in the Bahamas. In 2012 he treated Drake, the retired Florida Highway Patrol K-9 dog who was shot four times during a robbery. Simmons flew the dog in his own plane to the University of Florida School of Veterinary Medicine, and he and its owner made the difficult decision that the dog was beyond saving.
The Coast Guard said it sent a helicopter, a cutter and a 45-foot response boat to search for the plane. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office also provided a marine unit.
The Coast Guard said in Twitter postings that the plane was a Piper and provided a tail number that showed it was registered to Simmons Pet Properties of Lantana. Databases show the plane is a single-engine Piper Lance II, built in 1979 in Vero Beach. Aircraft sales postings for similar models say the plane is a 28-foot six-seater.
According to the Flight Aware tracking site, the trip was the fourth by that plane in the past two weeks, all to Marsh Harbour, an island about 180 miles east of Palm Beach and about 100 miles north of the Bahamas' capital of Nassau.
Flight aware said the plane left at 1 p.m.
Is it partisan politics or a public service? Congressman Paul Kanjorski, D-11, says his recent "telephone town meetings" are a means for constituents to share their views and concerns with him. Republican challenger Lou Barletta says it's a taxpayer-funded way for Kanjorski to promote himself in advance of this fall's election.
Is it partisan politics or a public service?
Congressman Paul Kanjorski, D-11, says his recent "telephone town meetings" are a means for constituents to share their views and concerns with him. Republican challenger Lou Barletta says it's a taxpayer-funded way for Kanjorski to promote himself in advance of this fall's election.
"I think it's great that after 24 years in Washington, Mr. Kanjorski wants to reconnect with his constituents," said Barletta, the mayor of Hazleton. "My concern is that the taxpayers are paying for this entire operation."
Kanjorski held the third in a series of telephone constituent forums — this one focused on health care issues — Tuesday night. Similar forums earlier this month focused on energy and the economy.
"Telephone town meetings provide a unique and convenient forum to hear the concerns of my constituents and answer their questions live over the phone," Kanjorski said. "These are not political calls. I will not stop being a member of Congress just because there is an election in November."
District residents who want to participate are hooked into a conference call. Kanjorski typically takes a few minutes to explain his own views on the issue of the night, before taking questions from callers who signal to be recognized by pushing a button on the key pad.
The forum is moderated by a member of Kanjorski's staff. There is a limited opportunity for a questioner to ask a followup question or seek clarification. Sometimes callers are asked to take part in a one-question multiple-choice poll.
Barletta says it is unfair that Kanjorski is letting taxpayers fund the forums and a series of "robo-calls" and e-mails to constituents promoting them.
"Mr. Kanjorski likes to brag about all of the money he has raised for his campaign," said Barletta. "Why doesn't he use it to pay for these calls instead of having the taxpayers pay for them?"
Kanjorski said he held a telephone town meeting in January, before the campaign began in earnest. He said the telephone format is an evolution of the personal "town meetings" he has held during his political career at communities throughout the 11th Congressional District.
"With gas prices now surpassing $4 per gallon, I want to save my constituents as much money as possible," Kanjorski said. "Rather than spending money driving to a town meeting they can listen at home, free of charge."
Korean players excel at StarCraft, putting enormous effort into improving their game. We see the results of those efforts in game replays, but rarely do we get to peek over the shoulder of one of the world's top players as their supernatural hands do horrible things to their opposition.
This is Korean pro gamer StarTale_Sound, playing StarCraft II at the WCS Challenger League Qualifiers as Terran against a Zerg opponent.
StarCraft II caster Khaldor was lucky to be able to capture the screen and the hands of Sound. Generally this is not allowed when it comes to Korean pro gamers. People might see certain secret strategies, key bindings and whatnot. I'm just seeing awesome.
Brent crude and WTI: Low oil prices aren’t a death knell for the global economy \| City A.M.
Michael Stanes is an investment director at Heartwood Investment Management.
At times like these it is easy to caught up in the rhetoric, particularly as there seems to be a race to go to press with the most unnerving and doom-laden headline.
We acknowledge that downside economic risks have risen: There's generally weak data, fears of a destabilising Chinese currency devaluation and speculation that the continuing disruption across commodity and energy markets will cause a 2008-like panic within financial markets.
That said, while lower oil prices clearly create significant problems for certain economies and companies, it's not unequivocally bad news.
It's worth highlighting that an oil price spike, which is inflationary and negative for consumption, has preceded all of the recessions of the last fifty years. During times when the oil price has halved, global growth actually expanded.
We expect systemic risk to be limited and don't consider the energy fallout to be the equivalent of the sub-prime-initiated banking crisis in 2008.
In aggregate, US banks are not highly exposed to energy. The sector comprises about two per cent of the total loan book, although some smaller, regional banks may be more directly exposed.
The majority of banks have conservatively managed their energy exposure and are already actively provisioning for potential loan losses - a point which was recently noted in JP Morgan's quarterly report.
Lower energy prices are also considered a boon for consumption. Input costs to companies are lower, while consumers benefit from real disposable income gains. This argument was widely held by investors in 2015, but has largely been ignored this year, as consumers have been reluctant to spend the windfall.
Instead, the focus has shifted towards the cost to the real economy. Commodity-producing companies and countries are adjusting to lower oil prices by slashing expenditure and unwinding excess capacity.
While these developments are painful in the near-term, we believe they'll be positive over the longer-term by helping to restore corporate profitability of commodity-related sectors.
Meanwhile, stronger jobs growth, low inflation and lower levels of household debt should help to underpin consumers in developed markets, especially the US and UK.
Clearly there are risks. However, the downward pressure that China's slowdown places on demand for commodities shouldn't be confused as a proxy for overall activity across the Chinese economy, and by extension the global economy.
Firefighters continued struggling today against the massive Thomas Fire, now the third-largest in California history.
Nearly 8,500 firefighters continue to battle the blaze, which has destroyed more than 1,000 structures and burned 269,500 acres so far. That’s an area larger than New York City.
The fires are concentrated near the celebrity havens of Montecito and Santa Barbara, with more than 100,000 people evacuated and damages to date estimated at $116 million. The fire is only 40 percent contained and may not be out until next month, according to reports. At least two deaths, including one firefighter, have been attributed to the Thomas Fire.
Celebrities and civilians alike are threatened by the blaze, as are the animals at the Santa Barbara Zoo, where officials prepared to move their charges if conditions bring the fires closer. Wind conditions have eased some, but continued dry weather isn’t helping firefighters get a strong handle on the fire.
So in awe of all the firefighters for the Thomas Fire in Santa Barbara. These men and women are brave, committed and caring. Thank you.
Evacuated 10 days ago. Smoke was so bad for breathing. Dogs are in Palo Alto.
Astronomers think they have solved the mystery of an extraordinary flash spied in a faraway galaxy, saying it came from a massive black hole that devoured a star after it wandered too close.
The awesome energy released by the feeding frenzy was first detected by NASA's Swift satellite on March 28 and was later confirmed by a fleet of space and ground telescopes.
Some scientists initially thought the bright flash was a gamma-ray burst from a star collapsing, but flaring from such an event typically lasts only a few hours.
Instead of fading, the cosmic outburst continued to burn bright and emit high-energy radiation that could be observed even today.
Two separate teams pored through data and concluded that an unsuspecting star the size of our sun likely got sucked in by the powerful tug of a giant black hole. Until then, the black hole had been relatively inactive. The findings were published online Thursday in the journal Science.
As the black hole gobbled up the star, it streamed a beam of energy straight at Earth that was recorded by telescopes. The stellar feast occurred in the heart of a galaxy 3.8 billion light years from Earth. A light year is about 6 trillion miles.
"This was clearly different than anything we've ever seen before," said one of the team leaders, Joshua Bloom, an astronomer at the University of California, Berkeley who classified the event as extremely rare.
Black holes are swirling, super-dense cores of galaxies that vacuum up nearly everything in sight. How they grow so huge remains a mystery. Scientists think the latest observation could help them better understand how galaxies form.
Could what happened in the distant galaxy occur in our Milky Way? In theory yes, say scientists, but the chances are low.
"It's not something worth losing sleep over," said researcher Andrew Levan of University of Warwick in England, who led the other team.
A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the unmanned Progress 62 cargo ship toward the International Space Station on Dec. 21, 2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
A robotic Russian cargo ship packed with tons of food, equipment - and just maybe some holiday treats - launched into orbit today (Dec. 21) in a special delivery to the International Space Station, just in time for Christmas.
The unmanned Progress 62 spacecraft launched into orbit on a Soyuz rocket at 3:44 a.m. EST (0844 GMT), though it was 2:44 p.m. local time at its Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site in Kazakhstan. Progress 62 is carrying more than 2.8 tons of supplies for the space station's six-man crew. it should arrive on Wednesday (Dec. 23) and park itself at an Earth-facing docking port on the station's Pirs module by 5:31 a.m. EST (1031 GMT).
Today's Progress 62 launch comes during a busy day for the space station, where two American astronauts will take an unscheduled spacewalk to fix a stalled railcar used by the station's robotic arm. You can watch that spacewalk live here. It begins at 8:10 a.m. EST (1210 GMT).
Russia's Progress spacecraft are workhorse cargo ships designed to fly autonomously to the International Space Station to deliver supplies. At the end of their mission, the disposable Progress vehicles are filled with trash and unneeded items, and ultimately burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
The launch of Progress 62 marks the second cargo delivery flight to the space station this month. On Dec. 6, a Cygnus spacecraft built by the U.S. company Orbital ATK launched to the station. The Cygnus (also unmanned) arrived on Dec. 9, delivering more than 7,000 lbs. (3,175 kilograms) of supplies to the station.
Six pumps and an aerial platform ladder are in attendance according to West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service.
Residents living nearby have been advised to keep their doors and windows closed.
Posting on social media, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: "We are currently dealing with a large fire at Stane Street, #Chichester. 6 pumps and the aerial ladder platform are in attendance. Please avoid the area and if you live nearby, remember to keep your doors and windows closed."
The fire is at Chichester's amenity tip, it has been reported.
Earlier this month, Massachusetts’s highest court rejected a challenge to the Commonwealth’s longtime ban on corporate campaign contributions. First enacted in 1907, G. L. c. 55, § 8 prohibits corporations, partnerships, and LLCs from contributing directly to political campaigns or political action committees. At the same time, unions, non-profit organizations, and trade associations may directly contribute up to $15,000 to political campaigns in the commonwealth, while individuals may contribute up to $1,000. Corporations may still contribute to Super PAC’s, which do not coordinate with political campaigns, as well as make independent political expenditures of their own.
Although many states prohibit corporate campaign contributions, Massachusetts is one of only six to prohibit corporate contributions while permitting contributions from unions. Critics have called the system a ‘union loophole’ and argued that the different rules for corporate and union interests give union-backed candidates an unfair advantage in elections. Supporters of the law view it as a critical limitation on the influence of money in politics.
In response to plaintiff’s viewpoint discrimination claim, Chief Justice Gatts stated that § 8 cannot be under-inclusive unless it is shown that the law is a “mere pretext” to silence corporate political speech and pointed out that “[t]here is nothing in the record suggesting that the Legislature acted with this impermissible intent.” He concluded that § 8 is not discriminatory toward a particular viewpoint simply because it did not cover every instance of corruption or the appearance of corruption.
Justice Kafker noted that the primary Supreme Court precedent addressing the differential treatment of corporations in campaign finance, Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, was overturned by the Court’s subsequent, controversial opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In Austin, the Court held that “significant state-conferred advantages of the corporate structure” justified treating corporations differently than other organizations in the campaign finance context, at least for independent expenditures. However, after Citizens United, which rejected such a distinction for laws regulating independent expenditures, it remains unclear whether differential treatment can be justified on those grounds in the context of direct campaign contributions. Justice Kafker ultimately concluded that restrictions on direct contributions remain constitutional given the Supreme Court’s silence on the matter and concurred in the judgement.
The Attorney representing the plaintiffs in the case, Jim Manley of the Goldwater Institute stated that he expects his clients will request the Supreme Court to hear the case. If they decide to go forward, they will file a cert petition for the beginning of December 2018.
The high court on Wednesday quashed the FIR registered against National Public School (NPS) for forging the minority status certificates.
Justice Anand Byrareddy quashed the FIR on the grounds that the official whose signature was said to be forged had not raised any dispute so far. The FIR against NPS was filed on the basis of a complaint filed by Vivekananda, Block Education Officer, Mysuru, who accused the school of forging the signature of Sandeep Jain, deputy secretary, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions. NPS moved the court for quashing of the FIR and challenging the disaffiliation of its school from the CBSE.
Justice Byrareddy quashed the criminal proceedings on the grounds that the signatory (Jain) had not raised any dispute about the forgery of the signature. Secondly, the judge observed, NPS has not taken any benefit from the certificate that was allegedly issued to it.
The numbers don't add up for Small Biz Saturday, but does it matter?
Depending on who you believe, Small Business Saturday was a booming success or fell flat of expectations. As I mentioned last week regardless of how much money was spent, how many mentions were made in social media or how many politicians decided to trumpet the day as some kind of American holiday, awareness for small businesses as a group is never a bad thing. It is important to keep in mind however, that this was first and foremost and without question a marketing campaign for American Express. Friend Gene Marks makes a very compelling and well thought out case for this in his Huffington Post story this week.
Knowing that however, can we realistically look at the numbers provided and suggest that it actually drove money (ultimately the most important thing) into small business owners' pockets?
Consumer awareness of Small Business Saturday jumped to 67 percent from 34 percent just two weeks ago. Of those aware, nearly half (47%) shopped on Small Business Saturday.

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