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But Shepard Davidson, an attorney for WRKO, said the statute doesn’t apply to this case and the “right-to-match” provision in Carr’s contract is enforceable. The provision purports to give WRKO the right to meeting a competing salary offer within 180 days from any radio or TV station within WRKO’s coverage area. |
In July, the Greater Media-owned WTKK (96.9 FM) offered Carr a five-year deal worth $7 million to host the morning drive slot left open by Don Imus. WRKO, owned by Entercom Communications, matched the offer the next day. |
Carr’s contract with WRKO expires today. Barring a court order, he plans to debut at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow on WTKK. Judge Allan van Gestel, who presides over the court’s Business Litigation Session, will issue the written decision. Carr declined comment. |
Jessica Heslam joined the Herald in 2000 and was an award-winning reporter who covered some of the region’s biggest news stories before being named columnist in 2011. She writes about media, breaking news, politics and human interest, excelling at getting the tough interviews and giving readers some of Boston's most em... |
Saturday’s birthday: You’ll be up against stiff competition and win this month. |
Aries (March 21-April 19): It’s been said that a friend helps you move and a real friend helps you move the body. While the situation you’ll clean up today isn’t exactly a change of location or a murderous cleanup, it will show you whom you can trust. |
Taurus (April 20-May 20): The potential for humor maybe something people are born with, but it takes cultivation as well. You’ll cross foils with a rapier wit and sharpen yours in the process. |
Gemini (May 21-June 21): It takes heart to stand by your neighbors or your home team but it takes a bigger heart to consider the world to be your country and behave accordingly, taking a stand for mankind. |
Cancer (June 22-July 22): Sometimes adventure happens when you seek it, but today it happens because you didn’t. Where the plan fails, the adventure will start. Take along a Sagittarius for luck. |
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Your emotional landscape will have beautiful colors; just don’t be afraid of going through those feelings. Gentleness is strong. Tenderness is wild. Whatever feeling you are having, it will pass like weather. |
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your environment will stream endless information at you, but it’s the answers that come from your own mind that organize it. You are the one who creates a purpose out of all this. |
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): You can’t tend to everything at once, but you can juggle. Handle the business and lob the personal into the air. Handle the personal and bounce up that business. If you drop those balls, just pick them back up and try again. |
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Do the simple thing perfectly because it leads you down the path of self-discipline. With great self-discipline you will eventually be able to do difficult things easily. |
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You might be unaware of your emotional weaponry even as you use it. This stuff is engrained at such an early age. It will occur to you to examine your arsenal in the light of your current maturity. |
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Audition new hobbies like you would potential dates or job applicants. Come up with your criterion and make sure the endeavor matches up on a few levels before you pursue – because once you’re in, you’re really in. |
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You can support another without agreeing with that person. If it’s rubbing against your grain, say so. Your input doesn’t have to concur with the others to be valuable. |
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): You have the freedom to do what you want, but sometimes you feel even freer in a structured context. Maybe it’s what someone else wants, but there will still be room to find yourself. |
Saturday’s birthday: You’ll be up against stiff competition and win this month. In September your income depends on expansion and outreach. A small jest or personable moment will connect you profoundly with someone dear in October. Love will carry your heart with wings into 2015. You’ll outgrow an old habit in January. |
Former Doctor Who actor Noel Clarke signs up for a role in the Star Trek sequel. |
Noel Clarke has signed up to appear in the sequel to Star Trek. |
The Doctor Who actor has joined fellow series newcomers Alice Eve and Peter Weller for the sci-fi sequel from JJ Abrams, reports Variety. |
Clarke's role in the film has yet to be revealed, but he is set to play a "family man with a wife and young daughter". |
The British star wrote and starred in 2006 drama Kidulthood, and directed its sequel Adulthood. He later starred, produced, wrote and directed 2010 heist film 4.3.2.1. |
Star Trek's sequel is expected to hit cinemas on May 17, 2013. JJ Abrams recently revealed that it would receive a 3D post-conversion at theatres. |
> Carlos star Edgar Ramirez to play Star Trek 2 villain? |
Benedict Cumberbatch for 'Star Trek 2'? |
It doesn't matter if it happens cyberspace, in school, or in both. Bullying is bullying. It's about behavior, not technology. |
We don't call it "pencil bullying" when someone uses a wooden stick with lead inside to write someone a threatening note. When a person shakes her fist in front of someone's face, we don't call it "fist bullying." And when kids don't let other kids sit at their lunch table, we don't call it "table bullying." |
Yet when someone uses a cell phone or the Web to harass, demean, defame, or annoy another person, we give it the special name "cyberbullying." |
I was reminded of this when I read a news story about two teens from North Carolina who are facing cyberbullying charges for threatening a classmate. "According to arrest warrants," according to the News & Observer story, "one of the teens posted comments on the (Facebook) page about running over the victim with his pi... |
Those are very serious charges and, if true, are worthy of legal intervention. But are they cyberbullying or plain, old threats and intimidation? If they were scrawled on a bathroom wall, we wouldn't call this "toilet bullying." Take away the Facebook angle and this story could have been written 50 years ago. It's not ... |
The same can be said for less extreme cases of harassment that happen to occur online. There are countless incidents at schools where kids tease, ridicule, intimidate, or otherwise harass classmates. In past years, these incidents might start on campus and haunt the victim even when away from school. I remember being h... |
The same is true today on our digital sidewalks. A very high percentage of youth who are bullied say that the same people who bother them online or via text messages are also threatening them at school or other "real world" locations. In a 2008 study of middle-schoolers, 82 percent said that the person who bullied them... |
The bullying rarely happens only in "cyberspace." And even if it does, it's a symptom of something happening in the real lives of both the bullies and victims. Besides, if that young man from North Carolina were to run over his victim with a truck, it wouldn't be a digitized truck from a video game. It would be a real ... |
Fortunately, most cases of bullying--whether they play out on a playground, on a Web site, on a cell phone, or (likely) all three--are far less threatening than the case in North Carolina. In most cases, the threats are more emotional and less physical, though not necessarily any less harmful emotionally. Whether it's ... |
The good news is that most kids don't bully. Statistics on bullying are all over the map, but the general consensus among researchers is that about 15 to 20 percent of teens have been bullied. |
And, despite all the recent media attention to bullying, there is no evidence that it's getting worse. In fact, a 2010 study (PDF) published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine found that the percentage of youth (ages 2 to 17) reporting physical bullying in the past year went down from 22 percent to 15... |
While it's not an epidemic, bullying or just plain meanness is a problem among youth--and adults. I suggest a national campaign to help stamp it out, just as we've tried to do with smoking, blatant racism, and sexism with at least a modicum of success. I don't care whether it's online or offline, the impact is the same... |
Although they may be misnamed, Tips to Stop Cyberbullying are found on ConnectSafely.org, a site I help operate. |
Texas Instruments Wednesday unveiled its first single-stage wireless charging integrated chip (IC). TI said the new IC is 60% smaller than its predecessors. |
The company today also added a power controller chip that it said increases the charging area of a pad by 400%. |
TI's new bq51050B chip is said to be the industry's first Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) 1.1 Qi-compliant (pronounced "chee") wireless power receiver with an integrated direct battery charger. In the past, multi-stage chips were required to perform the same power-receiving function. |
In addition to the receiver chip, built to be embedded in mobile devices such as smartphones, TI also announced the bq500410A -- its first Qi-qualified wireless power transfer controller. |
The controller allows a Qi-compliant smartphone or other portable devices to charge in a surface area of at least 70 mm by 20 mm, 400% larger compared to today's 18-mm by 18-mm "bull's-eye" charge space. |
The 20V receiver chip combines rectification, voltage conditioning, communication control and Li-Ion charging capability in a single, tiny integrated circuit (IC), - eliminating the need for a separate battery charger circuit as past multi-stage chips have had. |
TI's new chip is already embedded in smartphones and charging pads that will eventually show up in everything from airport terminals and coffee shop tables to the center console of your car. |
Patrick Heyer, TI's product line manager for battery charge management and wireless power, said the chipset is based on "closely coupled" magnetic inductive versus "tightly-coupled" charging technology. |
The "closely-coupled" technology allows more freedom of movement in relationship to where something like a smartphone can be placed on a charging pad. |
"As long as the device is flat on the charging surface, you basically have more degrees of freedom in XY-axis direction than previously released receiver type chips," Heyer said. |
By comparison, tightly-coupled magnetic inductive technology requires mobile devices to be placed in an strict charging pad area and moved no more than 1mm in any direction, Heyer said. |
TI's new receiver and transmitter ICs are already shipping in the new Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 smartphones. It is also being used in wireless charging accessories, such as the Nokia BH-220 Bluetooth headset and DT-38 cradle, JBL PowerUp Wireless Charging Speaker docking station with built-in NFC, and the Nok... |
Products from from about 120 companies are certified as compliant with the Qi standard, but most are not shipping today. |
The certified products run the gamut from the LG Optimus LTE2 and Panasonic Eluga smartphones, to charging pads, gaming controllers, Blu-ray Disc recorders, smartphone docking speakers, automobile phone chargers, alarm clocks, battery packs and charging modules that can be installed in tabletops and furniture. |
The WPC is already working to extend its Qi specification to allow 10-watt power charging, said Menno Treffers, chairman of WPC. |
"In the U.S., you're seeing smartphones [with wireless charging] taking off this quarter," Treffers said. "Europe will be a little later than the U.S." |
"There will be a bunch more products this year and Q1 next year with this chip in it," Heyer said. "We've worked with a lot of phone [manufacturers] over last 12 to 18 months to bring this technology forward." |
TI's new bq51050B chip comes in a 1.9-mm by 3.0-mm WCSP (Wireless Communications and Signal Processing) package or 4.5-mm by 3.5-mm QFN (quad-flat no-leads) form factor, and is priced at $2.75 in 1,000-unit quantities. A bq51051B version with 4.35-V charge voltage is also available. The bq500410A charging chip comes in... |
TI said the new charging chipset is just the tip of the iceberg as it plans to roll out technology over the next five to 10 years for HOV lanes with wireless power-enabled roads as well as charging technology for everything from televisions to kitchen appliances. |
Blackface or baby-killing -- which is worse? |
Not surprisingly, there are tortured displays of feigned indignation. There are calls for resignation from both political parties and so-called leaders of every description. Al Sharpton abbreviated his winter hibernation and slithered to the cameras to demand the attorney general of Virginia resign immediately. |
In the immortal words of my late mother and grandmother, the rehearsed insult is tantamount to “grunting at a gnat and swallowing a camel.” Why do I say that, you ask? |
Growing up I heard both my mother and my grandmother say: “Grunt at a gnat and swallow a camel.” With the exception of the word “grunt,” they were quoting the scripture verse Matthew 23:24 (KJV). And while these words from the mouth of Jesus are spot on, it is His words at the very beginning of the verse that I find de... |
Matthew 23:24 begins with Jesus saying: “Ye blind guides …” Trust me, that was not a compliment, and those who spew the heresy of “Christ was a hippy kinda’ guy who strode around in sandals preaching love” might take note of that. But I digress. |
Having someone do something silly and stupid doesn’t injure me, even if, as in the case of those exposed thus far, said behavior was done with bigoted racist intent. Give me one good reason why I should be upset because loathsome individuals paint their faces black or put on KKK attire. |
Here’s what needs to be addressed: Where’s the outrage that for every minute spent wasting time talking about racist progressives wearing blackface, babies are murdered by abortion, specifically black babies? Why aren’t there demands that politicians who support murdering unborn children, specifically black unborn chil... |
Which is more harmful to America – the murder of unborn children or a trust-fund baby painting his face black? |
Where is the outrage that prepubescent children are being counseled into believing they are in the wrong body? What is more harmful to America and specifically to an individual – someone wearing KKK attire at a party or seeing men dressed like a woman and/or women pretending to be a man? Why is blackface worse than peo... |
I don’t care about someone with his face painted black any more than I care about the Confederate flag. And for those who are spitting and sputtering in disbelief that I would say that, I inform you that Southern slaves fought and died defending the Confederate flag. |
It’s time We the People, especially those who claim to be Christians and/or conservatives, get our priorities right and stop letting the minions of Satan manipulate our moral outrage. |
In 1 Corinthians 15:58, the Apostle Paul instructs us: “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” (KJV) Nowhere in this verse does it tell us to involve ourselves in senseless, useless idiocy th... |
I care that over 53 million innocent babies have been murdered for absolutely no justifiable reason. I don’t give a rat’s tail that some progressive trust-fund brat exhibits his bigotry by painting his face black. But, I tell you this: I care when I see so-called black clergy and so-called black faith leaders in Columb... |
I accuse these so-called faith leaders of practicing a form of “Obeah.” I care that people have been persuaded by evil progressives to invoke the blessings of God on death clinics where unborn children are murdered and sacrificed to their goddess Planned Parenthood. |
I wouldn’t waste a moment of my time apart from pointing out the Erebusic duplicity of those who paint their faces black and dress up in KKK attire at the same time they are calling President Trump a racist, and those such as myself Uncle Toms, sellouts, house niggers and worse. But, I will fight to my last breath to s... |
A magistrates' court was criticised this morning for barring a reporter from taking notes in his first week. |
Michael Cox, who started at the Yellow Advertiser on Monday, was not given journalistic access to the court for nearly an hour this morning. |
He was not allowed into the press area of the court and was told he could not take notes from the public gallery. |
After arriving at the court at around 9.50am, the court only allowed him full access at around 10.45am – after an intervention from HM Courts and Tribunals Service, an executive agency sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. |
An HMCTS press officer contacted the court after being called by Advertiser news editor Steve Neale. |
Neale said he had tried to contact the court yesterday and sent Cox in with a note explaining that, despite not having press ID in his first week, Cox was working for the Advertiser. |
The news editor told Press Gazette that, after Cox was denied journalistic access this morning, he called the court only to be told this was the "policy of the court". |
The press officer who said the court should allow Cox access told Press Gazette it was a "genuine mistake" that was corrected after it was sent a copy of the HMCTS media guidance package. |
This document has previously been obtained by Press Gazette through the Freedom of Information Act. |
The court was directed to page 22, "Note taking in the public gallery of criminal courts". |
It says: "It is accepted that justice is administered in open court where anyone present may listen to and report what is said. There can be no objection to note taking in the public gallery unless it is for an improper purpose; for example, to brief a witness who is not in court on what has already happened. This may ... |
"Court staff need to be alert, but it is not for them to prohibit the practice. Courts should not place notices in the court building forbidding note taking. If any member of the court staff sees a member of the public taking notes and there is some reason to suspect it might be for an improper purpose, he or she shoul... |
"It is the responsibility of the clerk to ensure that enquiries are made politely, and without implying that the member of the public is necessarily doing anything wrong." |
Neale told Press Gazette this morning: “The magistrates’ courts and the crown courts are becoming increasingly difficult to cover for a variety of reasons. |
“We’ve not come across this particular problem before where a reporter’s been stopped for taking notes. |
Co-owners of Verbena Holistic Center, Julie Wallace (center) and her two daughters Bethany (left) and Morgan Wallace, all of Southington. |
The soft glow of salt lamps and the soothing sounds of music, create a calm ambience where guests can relax in the salt room. |
In addition to spa treatments, guests can purchase holistic goods such as teas and salt lamps. |
SOUTHINGTON – Salt can be a source of healing and rejuvenation through therapy that involves sitting in a room and breathing in particles. |
With salt therapy becoming a more popular way to help detoxify the body, here are 5 things to know about a session from Verbena Holistic Center owners Julie Wallace and her daughters Morgan and Bethany Wallace. |
The salt room at Verbena contains about one ton of total salt. The salt blocks on the wall were imported from Pakistan and weigh seven pounds each. All the blocks are backlit and are mostly for aesthetic purposes, while salt pumped into the air provides guests with health benefits. |
A Halogenerator, a machine that holds the salt, is located outside the room and grinds and distributes pharmaceutical-grade salt particles through a vent in the wall. |
Guests relax on chaise lounges, which also have support pillows for the back and knees, in the salt room in 35-minute sessions. Loose fitting comfortable clothing is recommended. |
Participants can physically feel and taste the salt, and Wallace said she encourages guests to take deep breaths as salt filters into the room. |
Soft music plays to encourage relaxation. Participants can enjoy available reading materials or bring their own. |
Guests are also encouraged to stay in the room during the entire session. At the end of the therapy, a fan removes salt from the air. |
Wallace said it is not uncommon to experience a runny nose or start coughing after initially being exposed to the salt in the room, which works to thin the mucus in the sinus cavity. |
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