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Adams has no previous convictions but was cautioned for an offence of false representation to make personal gains by Metropolitan Police in June 2016.
Gareth Driscoll, defending, said that his client had made “a lot of people do a lot of work” in recovering the vehicle but had expressed “deep remorse”.
He said: “This is a man who is 41, whose marriage had fallen apart for whatever reason. His job had crumbled, he was struggling and he felt he was a failure.
Chief magistrate Alan David Gwyn handed Adams a 26-week sentence suspended for a year and ordered him to complete 200 hours of unpaid work.
The mystery man known as D.B. Cooper, who parachuted from a plane in 1971 with $200,000 in ransom money, probably died during his jump, according to FBI agents on the case, Ronald Kessler of Newsmax reports.
FBI agent Ralph Himmelsbach was the case agent on the case, reported Kessler, who just authored the book “The Secrets of the FBI.” The case gained renewed interest when a woman claiming to be Cooper’s niece recently came forward, claiming she had heard her uncle talk about the heist. She has reportedly passed a polygra...
Posted: 8/8/11 at 10:52 AM under FBI, News Story.
¡Ay, caramba! Dwarfing Matt Groening's recent $500,000 donation to UCLA's School of Film, Theater and Television, L.A. County's top public health doctor Dr. Jonathan Fielding, and his wife, Karin Fielding, are giving the California university $50 million to fund the School of Public Health. Worst. Upstage. Ever.
"I am humbled by the exceptional generosity of Jonathan and Karin Fielding," UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said in a statement. "This investment from longtime champions of public health reflects our shared confidence in the UCLA School of Public Health as a resource not only for greater Los Angeles but the entire world."
Called an "extraordinary gift" by Linda Rosenstock, the school's dean, it is the largest single donation the Public Health school has received in its 50 years.
As such, the school -- which has about 85 full-time faculty members and 700 students -- will get a new name: the UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health.
The money comes from Fielding's stock in a Texas-based private investment firm, Dimensional Fund Advisors, which manages assets worldwide. The school will receive the income from the stock and all profit from it if it is sold.
The massive funding puts "an exclamation mark on his dedication to the future of public health," said California Department of Public Health director Dr. Ron Chapman.
In addition to scholarships, research enhancements, faculty recruiting, and infrastructure upgrades, the gift will also "endow a chair in population health to look at the roles that housing, education and transportation play in people's health," notes the Times.
Fielding, 69, has been a UCLA faculty member for more than 30 years.
Ellen DeGeneres is known for a lot of things, but perhaps the most classic Ellen move is inviting deserving teachers onto her show to surprise them with an ungodly amount of money. This time, the surprise came for three teachers from Como Elementary School in Fort Worth, TX: Thomas Mayfield, a math teacher who helps hi...
After speaking with all three educators, Ellen shared a video with them featuring several of their students, who each praised their teachers for all they do. "Because of my teachers, I believe I can graduate from Harvard and become a NASA rocket scientist," one said. Another added, through tears, "Because of my teacher...
And then, of course, because Ellen is Ellen, she worked with Cheerios, which donated $20,000 to the school's food pantry, and, through its Box Tops For Education program, another $30,000 to help equip the students with laptops. Watch the emotional video in its entirety above — you'll need to reapply your mascara afterw...
More than two dozen people were charged with corruption in an alleged kickback scheme linked to Venezuela's state-run oil company.
Venezuela's ambassador to the U.N. has denied U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's comments that there is a humanitarian crisis in the country.
The U.N. Security Council is considering sanctions against North Korea, but China and Russia are treading carefully on embargoes that could hurt the economy.
Venezuela's president ordered a review of ties with Washington after uncovering allegations the United States was spying on employees at the state oil company.
United States prosecutors want to know whether officials for Venezuela's state-owned oil company embezzled billions and laundered drug money.
Venezuela to raise domestic gas prices?
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signaled that he wants to raise gasoline prices, which are considered among the cheapest in the world at around 5 cents a gallon.
Venezuelan officials and Italian energy company Eni inaugurated the first pipeline designated to take oil from the offshore Junin 5 field in Venezuela.
Investments between Russian energy company Rosneft and its Venezuelan partner envision at least $5 billion in one area alone, Venezuela's oil minister said.
Late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lavished gifts of cheap oil on neighbors sympathetic to either his populism or strident anti-American rhetoric. With Chavez gone, many recipients of that largesse are wondering if successor President Nicolas Maduro will continue the aid in kind worth millions of dollars.
Italian energy company Eni said it was coordinating with Venezuelan officials on the progress at one of the largest offshore oil fields in the world.
A $2 billion investment in onshore oil developments in Venezuela will help a recovery in production levels, Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said.
State energy company Petroleos de Venezuela and Russian energy company Rosneft signed an agreement for a joint venture for Venezuelan operations.
Senior aides of ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reassured citizens of business as usual in the oil-rich Latin American country as they staged a Cabinet reshuffle and denied allegations their actions flouted the constitution.
The outcome of Venezuela's presidential election could influence what happens with the country's oil resources, observers say.
The Venezuelan government said a fire broke out at units at the El Palito refinery after lightning struck a seal on a naphtha tank.
Rafael Emilio Ramírez Peguero (born February 18, 1958 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic), is a former professional baseball player who played in the major leagues primarily as a shortstop from 1980-1992. Ramirez made his major league debut on August 4, 1980 for the Atlanta Braves and played his final game on ...
One of a handful of ML players from the town of San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, Ramirez was the Braves' speedy, smooth-fielding shortstop from 1981 to 1986, leading NL shortstops in double plays four straight years while hitting quite well for his position. He made the NL All-Star team in 1984 with a .3...
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Many golf courses have plaques on their property, commemorating holes-in-one, donations, or the passing of a regular at the club. (And, in some cases, events that never happened.) Saddleback G.C. in Firestone, Colo. took this ritual to another level.
The course, about 30 miles outside of Denver, installed a marker to pay tribute to quite the rarity: a man winning a marital dispute. According to 9 News, Josh Clay, the facilities manages at Saddleback, said a wife recently joined her husband for his usual game during "Old Turd Tuesday." Despite his objections, she de...
The woman proceeded to put the golf cart into a pond.
Luckily, no one was hurt. And given the nature of the accident, the club decided to have some fun.
"Wouldn’t it be nice to commemorate that time that that husband told his wife something and he was actually right about it?” Clay said. Thus, the marker was born.
So take solace, men. Somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, there's a sign, nodding to your astute observations that fall on deaf ears.
STEVE Bruce has been named as new manager of Sunderland.
The 48-year-old, who leaves Wigan after guiding them to 11th in the Premier League last season, signs a three-year deal at the Stadium of Light.
The club have agreed to pay Wigan a little less than £3million in compensation.
Sunderland Chairman Niall Quinn said: “Steve will bring a professionalism and strength of character to this club that will really help to bring us forward to where we all want to be.
Sunderland have been targeting Bruce since Ricky Sbragia resigned last month and Ellis Short completed his buy-out of the club.
And with the promise of £60million to spend on transfers, Bruce will be keen to start building a side capable of challenging for a top-10 finish next season and taking the club to the next level.
Sunderland have been linked with a series of transfer targets, including Tottenham striker Darren Bent and Wigan trio Antonio Valencia, Paul Scharner and Titus Bramble.
Many of us have trouble sleeping in an unfamiliar place, like a hotel, or a friend’s house for the first time. When we finally do get to sleep, it’s often fidgety and disturbed. New research shows that one hemisphere of our brain stays more active during the first night of sleep—and it does so to keep us ready for trou...
It’s a phenomenon scientists refer to as the “first-night-effect.” A neuroimaging study by Brown University researchers reveals that, under these “first night” conditions, one hemisphere of the brain stays alert. “This half-asleep, half-awake state may work as a way to monitor unfamiliar surroundings,” study co-author ...
Some marine mammals and birds exhibit a more pronounced form of this “unihemispheric” sleep. In dolphins and whales, one hemisphere shuts down during sleep while the other remains partially active. This allows the dolphins to sleep, and still surface to take a gulp of air. Birds do this on long migrations, so they can ...
Sleep scientists are all too familiar with the first-night-effect. When conducting sleep tests, they often disregard the data collected during the first night. They’ve even got a name for it: “adaptation night.” In an effort to better understand the neurological factors behind this sleep disturbance, the Brown research...
They found that, during the first night of sleep, a particular network in the left hemisphere remained more active than the right hemisphere, and this tended to occur during “slow-wave” sleep—the deepest stage of non-REM sleep.
The hemisphere that experiences lighter sleep also showed greater sensitivity to sounds. When the researchers played irregular beeping sounds into the right ear (thereby stimulating the left hemisphere, and not vice-versa), this increased the chances of the participants waking up. What’s more, they awoke more quickly a...
These observations make a lot of sense, particularly from an evolutionary perspective. The first-night-effect is very likely a vestigial trait that once protected our ancestors, and it’s something that has stuck with us ever since. The act of sleeping can be quite perilous (well, at least out there in the wild), but it...
The first-night-effect may be something we have to live with, but the researchers say there are ways to counter it. “You can bring something that makes you feel comfortable with a new place, like your pillow,” Tamaki said. And try not to worry too much, since worrying wakes the brain. “Also, it’s good to arrive in a pl...
Moving forward, the researchers would like to know if the default-mode is the only night watchman, and if other parts of the brain remain on alert. They’d also like to know why the left hemisphere plays such an active role in the process, and if the left and right hemispheres alternate during sleep.
HaikuJAM is a mobile app through which three people can connect to create poetic expressions together. With words and photos, folks can “jam” with friends or strangers, anywhere in the world. The framework is inspired by the ancient Japanese art of haiku, a very short form of poetry.
The collaborative process involves three “jammers” and each contributes a line or photograph, turn-by-turn-by-turn. Jammers can then share the created content through social media and also earn “karma” points for doing good in the app community. These deeds include loving jams or writing positive comments. Each day our...
The design of HaikuJAM is often described as “zen” and “elegant” – which makes sense as I practice meditation daily and I’m very much inspired by the concepts of stillness and channeling energy around the body. Such ideas have definitely played a role in the evolution of HaikuJAM’s aesthetic and user experience: the pr...
Before officially launching the app in March 2015, our hypothesis was that HaikuJAM would be a space for time-poor, creatively inclined people to engage in creative activities. Since launch, however, fascinating uses have emerged: a few people shared with us in confidence that they were suffering from clinical depressi...
Some jammers have been using the app to improve their written English and vocabulary, and a significant number of our working professional users, from investment bankers to doctors, view the app as a tool for stress relief, escapism and reflection.
Each day, the average active user opens the app 15 times and spends between 30 and 35 minutes in the app overall. Close to 50% of our active users are also creating content. This year we graduated from the Oxygen Accelerator programme at Google Campus London and raised seed funding from the lead investors of JustGiving...
We’re off to a good start, but the road ahead is long and we have a lot to learn. For instance, a few weeks ago, in the process of ramping up our servers, we accidentally erased a portion of the database. We lost 14-days worth of content created in the app. This was a disaster. Determined to make the best out of an oth...
HaikuJAM is a free app through which three people connect and create artistic expressions together.
Other than the typical startup struggles around things such as fundraising, one of our biggest challenges is how we focus the value proposition considering such various uses. Can they simply coexist without detracting from the product’s core appeal? Reading Nick Bilton’s Hatching Twitter, it seemed that Twitter’s found...
This year we’re going to further contextualise the creative experience through campaigns for brands, charities and around trending news events. We also want to curate the app’s fantastic creative content in the form of monthly book subscriptions and artistic merchandise. We also aim to introduce new mediums into the ap...
Our vision is deeply rooted in collaborative creativity, ie the “jam” in HaikuJAM. We care deeply about connecting humans to make beauty happen.
Wing King’s sweet deal crispy fried and grilled wings served with sweet balls and fries.
The reggae salad from Wing King is ready and waiting to satisfy your healthy cravings.
Chef Denham Johnson proudly displays his creative dish of crispy fried and grilled chicken wings with sweet balls and fries.
Mouth-watering sauces from Wing King which include sweet and sour, buffalo wild, strawberry hot, strawberry mild, bacon Cheddar ranch, guava jerk and sweet sensation Dragon Stout.
Looking to ignite your taste buds with a burst of authentic rich flavours? Well, Wing King has the right gastronomic delights just for you.
Food recently sat down with Christopher Morgan, managing director and CEO of Wing King, to find out about the newly implemented lunch specials, as well as their daily delivery service.
Morgan told Food, "Because we wanted a well-rounded menu, and a lot of people are now going the healthy route, we have decided to join the team and push that lifestyle while supplying other options. You can call it the best of both worlds."
On the menu so far are grilled barbecue chicken or crispy fried chicken served with sweet balls or fries. This is their sweet deal. Teriyaki bake, jerked chicken and sweet and sour chicken, are usually served as quarters or wings, with fries or reggae rice, with a side of vegetables, or a salad, alongside your choice o...
Morgan, also highlighted their new reggae salad, consisting of chicken breast, red peas, corn and carrots. He guarantees that the vibrant colours and the taste will dance on your palate with every bite.
But the highlight of the salads and the other dishes would definitely be the sauce. "People will come and eat our gourmet sauces on their salads and meat, so that gives our dishes a distinctly unique and great flavour."
The tasty sauces to choose from include sweet and sour, buffalo wild, strawberry hot, strawberry mild, bacon Cheddar ranch, guava jerk and their famous Dragon Stout.
And as an added bonus, they have decided to incorporate delivery on to their list of services. Why delivery?
According to Morgan, because people want their food taken to them. "Delivery is the answer to one of our biggest questions: What are we going to eat today, or tonight? We deliver from the moment we open at 11 a.m until we close at 9 p.m. People want hot, fresh and delicious food at their fingertips, and delivery provid...
Chef Denham Johnson confirms that their combination of Jamaican herbs and spices, with natural fruit flavours, is sure to please food lovers. And the best part? The prices are very reasonable.
Still having doubts? Well, taste it for yourself and indulge in the sweeter side of Wing King.
The Wing King is located at 114 Constant Spring Road. You can contact them at 620-9464 or 620-9465.
EVERY 10 weeks, the number of computers providing information to the World-Wide Web doubles. This extraordinary growth rate comes less than five years after the Web was developed by researchers at CERN near Geneva, as a way to publish and retrieve information on the Internet.
The latest figures were collected last month by automated systems that “surf” the Internet, seeking out the sites that supply information. They show that the Web is growing at roughly 1 per cent a day – a doubling period of less than 10 weeks. If this rate of growth continued, everyone on Earth would have their own per...
Equally amazing, he says, is the growth in the volume of World-Wide Web traffic carried over the Internet. The Web was set up in 1990. In the whole of 1992, the Web carried 500 megabytes of data. Between January and March 1993, it generated 5 gigabytes, and in just six hours during September 1994 it generated 10 gigaby...
This growth is starting to create problems for the people who run the Internet computer sites that store Web pages for others to access. Several people have written programs that seek out Web sites because the task is too time-consuming for a person. But these “crawlers” can overload Web servers when they access them i...
U.K. Divers have uncovered cannons, anchor from a shipwreck of the coast of Cornwall. The wreck is estimated to have carried millions of dollars worth of jewels.
Divers in the U.K. have uncovered more fascinating artifacts from a treasure-laden ship that sank in the late 17th century.
Initial remains of the ship, which sank within sight of land off the Cornwall coast, were discovered in 1988 and 1989 when 17 cannons and an anchor were found.
Divers have now discovered 7 more of the ship’s cannons and another anchor, helping them piece together more details of the ship’s final moments. The President had a total of 36 cannons.
None of the 23 cannons that have been found have been raised from the seabed.
The area where the ship sank is a notorious shingle bar called Loe Bar. SNWS reports that recent storms likely shifted the sands of Loe Bar, revealing the artifacts to Milburn and Cornwall Maritime Archaeology co-founder David Gibbins.
So, is it likely that treasure will be found?
Milburn, who estimates that the ship was carrying cargo worth 8 million U.K. pounds in modern money, ($10.7 million) says that finding the jewels will not be easy. “It really is a needle in a haystack – it’s a shingle bar, it’s a fluid environment,” he explained.
Even spotting the treasure would present a major challenge to divers. “Diamonds in water are transparent, pearls would look like shingle, we have billions of tons of shingle that are moving all the time,” Milburn explained.
However, there is a chance that other items may be near the ship’s cannons. “When we find cannons, we’re quite excited because, if we’re allowed to excavate around them, there will be ‘concretions’ of items near the cannon from when the ship sank,” he said.

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