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The software giant is exiting the music streaming business and forges a partnership with Spotify to help users keep listening to their favorite tracks.
Microsoft on Dec. 31 is pulling the plug on Groove Music Pass, the software maker's entry into a music streaming market dominated by the likes of Pandora and Spotify. To help users cope with the impending shutdown, the company inked a deal with a rival service.
The exit follows a similar move made by Samsung last year. On Aug. 19, 2016, the South Korean electronics maker announced it was shutting down its Milk streaming service, powered by Slacker Radio, a month later.
Microsoft is expanding its "partnership with Spotify to bring the world's largest music streaming service to our Groove Music Pass customers," Jerry Johnson, general manager of Microsoft Groove, said in an Oct. 2 announcement. "Beginning this week, Groove Music Pass customers can easily move all their curated playlists...
Members of the Windows Insider program get first crack at migrating their music collections and playlists to Spotify by downloading the latest version of the Groove app for Windows or Xbox One (the Spotify app arrived on the game console on Aug. 8). Windows Insider is an early-access program used by Microsoft to test u...
After subscribers launch the Groove app and log in, a pop-up window walks them through the mostly automatic process, including setting up a Spotify account, if necessary. A few clicks and a handful of minutes later, users will be able to access their old playlists on their new Spotify apps.
Microsoft plans to roll out the capability to all Groove Music Pass subscribers the week of Oct. 9. The company also pledged that Groove Music Pass users will be able to move their content until at least Jan. 31, 2018. According to a related FAQ, the company will issue prorated refunds to those who prepaid for their su...
Microsoft also recommends that users download and back up their purchased tracks, since the download feature, like the streaming service, will also be discontinued on Dec. 31.
Although Microsoft's music streaming and buying service won't live to see 2018, its ghost will linger as a music player. "We will continue to invest in and update the Groove Music app on all Windows devices to support playback and management of owned music," said Johnson.
Microsoft and Spotify aren't the only ones making noise in the music streaming scene.
The new Apple Watch Series 3 smartwatch will soon support built-in music streaming. Users will be able to stream Apple Music's 40 million tracks without requiring that they keep their iPhones nearby.
The Cupertino, Calif., device maker also recently revealed that Apple Music now has over 30 million paid subscribers, boosting the company's music revenues. For comparison's sake, Spotify has over 60 million subscribers and a 30-million song library.
American swimmer Simone Manuel, center, holds up her gold medal after winning the women's 100-meter freestyle Aug. 12, 2016, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Simone Manuel wasn't expected to win the gold. In fact, the TV commentators barely mentioned her name as the swimmers lined up for the 100-meter freestyle.
They were preoccupied with prospect of two siblings from Australia — Cate Campbell and her little sister, Bronte — standing on the podium together accepting medals for first and second place.
But Manuel had something to prove, not just to herself but also to America: that black women can be serious contenders in the sport of competitive swimming.
Manuel tied with Penny Oleksiak of Canada on Thursday night to become the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in an individual swimming event. In doing so, she joined the ranks of other blacks who were the first to win gold medals at the Olympics, including Wilma Rudolph, Gabby Douglas, Alice Coachman, Zin...
Manuel's is a quintessential American story, yet it was not the one the commentators chose to tell. Perhaps for Manuel, the lack of media attention was a blessing.
It made sense that the focus would be on Cate Campbell, who had set a world record last month in the Swimming Australia Grand Prix. And a day after the opening ceremony in Rio, she led her Australian team to a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay, also in world record time.
After her disappointing sixth-place finish, she acknowledged that mantle of being the favorite to take home the gold medal had overwhelmed her. Her nerves got in the way, and she succumbed to the personal pressure.
"I think I just spent too much emotional energy in the lead-up," she said after the event. "Even in that race I let my head get ahead of me, and that's not something that I should do, and it is something that I've been working on hard to not do."
Simone Manuel leaned her head into her hands and cried when she recognized her historic achievement.
It would be wrong to condemn Campbell for being human. And at age 24, she certainly has achieved a lot and there are a lot more competitions ahead where she can make up for the loss. I bet that she will.
But Thursday night belonged to Manuel. No one understood better than she the pressure that rested on her 20-year-old shoulders. The tears that rolled down her cheeks as she stood on the podium with the American national anthem being played showed the depth of her twofold victory.
"This medal is not just for me," Manuel said afterward. "It's for some of the African-Americans that ... came before me and have been inspirations and mentors to me. I hope that I can be an inspiration for others."
Manuel was determined to make years of hard work, sacrifice and determination pay off for her. And whether intended, she did more to dispel racial stereotypes about African-Americans and swimming than anyone ever has been able to do.
"I would like there to be a day where there are more of us and it's not 'Simone, the black swimmer,'" she said, "because the title 'black swimmer' makes it seem like I'm not supposed to be able to win a gold medal or I'm not supposed to be able to break records and that's not true because I work just as hard as anybody...
But it is never as simple as that when you break through barriers.
The fact that Manuel hails from the Houston area makes her victory even more significant. In Texas, like many Southern states, swimming pools once were a pinnacle of racial segregation. Before Manuel was born, African-Americans had little or no access to public swimming pools because they were open to whites only. In s...
USA's Simone Manuel reacts as she wins a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle Aug. 11, 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
With so many African-Americans unable to swim, there has been a widely held misconception that blacks lack the buoyancy to stay afloat, a myth that has contributed to the low number of blacks on swim teams and other water competitions.
In addition, black women have had a long, contentious relationship with swimming pools. As children, many of us learned that chlorine doesn't mix with processed hair.
Even Malia Obama knows what I'm talking about. When she and Sasha arrived in Denver with their mother for the Democratic National Convention in 2008, the young daughter of Colorado's governor greeted them at the airport and asked if they were looking forward to taking a dip in the hotel's swimming pool.
Malia, 10 at the time, quipped: "No, we just got our hair done."
Every black girl knows that water is her worst enemy after a morning at the hairdresser. But Manuel never allowed it to become an issue.
"I've always felt like, it's hair. It will grow back," she said in a recent interview with The Huffington Post. "I just wash it and condition it as best as I can. Swimming tops hair in my case."
We are lucky that Manuel doesn't spend a lot of time worrying about her hair. And we should be proud that, even at a young age, she understands the scope of her achievement and the subsequent responsibility as an African-American woman.
Just as others paved the way for her to jump into a pool anywhere in America, Manuel has opened the door for other African-American girls to dream. Swimming no longer has to be a sport that black girls shy away from.
"That's something I definitely struggled with a lot," she said, referring to her role as an African-American trailblazer. "Just coming into this race I kind of tried to take the weight of the black community off my shoulders, which is something I carry with me just being in this position. I do hope that kind of goes aw...
What Manuel apparently didn't realize is that, with her historic victory in the pool Thursday night, the weight has been removed from those who follow her course.
J.C. Hutchinson, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, says the Government and a private investor are far advanced in discussions over the opening of an agro-economic zone in Hanover.
Addressing the handover ceremony for a new state-of-the-art honey extraction and bottling facility to the Hanover Bee Farmers Co-operative Society in Lucea last Thursday, Hutchinson said that, when established, the facility would serve as a regional one.
"What is that agro-economic zone?" Hutchinson asked rhetorically. "It is one where it will be a complex, where you have grading, packaging, processing, cold storage facility, drying facility, where the farmers of Hanover, Westmoreland and St James will have a ready market for their produce."
Hutchinson stressed that, in such a situation, there would be no left-overs from agricultural production, as every product, irrespective of grade, will be fully utilised, either for direct food sale or for processing.
"Everything that the farmer grows, it will be marketed, it will be taken off to the agro-economic zone, where there it will be graded. Grade A goes to the hotel and export market, grade B goes to the local market, and the grade C, which is usually left in the field, is then processed," said Hutchinson.
The minister added that some of the processed products would be directed into the Government's school-feeding programme, which should be fully functioning at some time in 2018 in all primary and secondary schools.
"And so this proposed facility in Hanover is one where it is already on stream... the gentleman (private investor) is moving very fast, making sure that the facility will be up and going to a certain extent by next year," stated Hutchinson, without naming the investor.
Burns are one of the most painful injuries you can be subjected to, and in the absence of proper medical care – they can be even harder to handle. These heat-caused injuries are a likely wound when you’re working around a campfire. So when a pot of boiling water spills down your boot or you place your hand on something...
1. Cool It Down: When burns aren’t too severe, applying cool water or a cool wet dressing can bring immediate relief to the burn victim. If the skin isn’t broken, this compress could be made from raw creek water and a bandana (or whatever else you have available). If the burn wound is open, use sterile water and dressi...
2. Keep It Covered: The tender skin of a burn should be protected. A dry non-stick dressing is the most recommended covering for burns, if you have some in your first aid supplies. If not, use ordinary dressings and bind them lightly in place with gauze. Should they stick to an oozing burn, moisten them with disinfecte...
3. Treat For Pain: Over-the-counter pain medication is a great thing to carry in your kit, and it can ease the pain of a burn. Ibuprofen or other pain relievers should be taken as soon as possible to take the edge off your patient’s discomfort.
4. Stay Hydrated: Any burn will steal moisture from the body, and large burns can cause dehydration. Drink plenty of fluids (with electrolytes added) in the event of a burn. This will replace lost water and promote healing.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he would back either of the immigration bills making their way through the House of Representatives, as the outcry grew over his administration’s separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In the meeting, Trump said separating families was “certainly not an attractive thing and does look bad,” added Representative Tom Cole.
Congressional Republicans have been scrambling to craft legislation as videos of youngsters in cages and an audiotape of wailing children have sparked anger at home from groups ranging from clergy to influential business leaders, as well as condemnation abroad.
A Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll released on Tuesday showed fewer than one in three American adults supporting the policy. The June 16-19 poll found that 28 percent of people polled supported the policy, while 57 percent opposed it and the remaining 15 percent said they did not know.
Trump, who has made a tough stance on immigration a centerpiece of his presidency, has staunchly defended his administration’s actions. He has cast blame for the family separations on Democrats, although his fellow Republicans control both chambers in Congress and his own administration implemented the current policy o...
The president has sought to link an end to the family separations to passage of a wider bill on immigration, which would include funding for his long-sought border wall with Mexico, prompting Democrats to accuse him of using children as hostages.
“In his remarks, he endorsed both House immigration bills that build the wall, close legal loopholes, cancel the visa lottery, curb chain migration, and solve the border crisis and family separation issue by allowing for family detention and removal,” White House spokesman Raj Shah said of Trump.
An unidentified person yelled an obscenity at the president before he entered the meeting.
Earlier on Tuesday, the president tried again to blame Democrats for what he called “loopholes” in the law that require families detained for entering the country illegally either to be separated or released.
“These are crippling loopholes that cause family separation, which we don’t want,” he said in remarks to the National Federation of Independent Business, adding he wanted Congress to give him the legal authority to detain and deport families together.
House Republicans were working on a revised draft of one version of an immigration overhaul that would prevent family separations in some cases for those attempting an illegal border crossing for the first time, according to a House Republican aide.
The draft bill was seen just days ago as unlikely to pass, but has gained support in the House, and it was unclear whether the new language about preventing family separations would improve its chances for passage.
The more conservative bill from Representative Bob Goodlatte would also deny “Dreamers,” immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children, the chance of future citizenship.
In Washington, activists stood next to a table occupied by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjien Nielsen in a Mexican restaurant, voicing criticism of the administration’s policy, according to video obtained by Reuters.
Two top U.S. business groups, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, decried the separation policy on Tuesday and called for its immediate cessation.
“My heart goes out to the impacted families,” said JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon, who chairs the Business Roundtable, in a memo to the bank’s employees. “Fixing these issues will clearly boost the economy,” he added.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook described the separation of children from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border as “inhumane” and promised to be a “constructive voice” in seeking to end the issue, the Irish Times newspaper reported.
Microsoft Corp CEO Satya Nadella called the policy cruel and abusive in an email to employees that was posted on Linkedin.com. He also said the company is not working on any projects with the U.S. government related to separating children from their families at the border.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Tuesday that 2,342 children had been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border between May 5 and June 9.
The separations began after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in April that all immigrants apprehended while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally should be criminally prosecuted.
Parents who are referred by border agents for prosecution are held in federal jails, while their children are moved into border shelter facilities under the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a Department of Health and Human Services agency.
A number of Republican senators called on Trump on Tuesday to allow families to stay together if they had crossed the border illegally, and Senate leaders said their chamber could have legislation to address the family separations matter in a matter of days.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said: “We hope to reach out to the Democrats and see if we can get a result, which means making a law and not just get into some kind of sparring back and forth that leads to no conclusion,” he said.
Top Democrats contended that Trump could change the policy with the stroke of a pen.
Decrying “internment camps,” Democrats and their supporters disrupted a U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday about an FBI probe.
After ten days of lying injured in a cave, an explorer is slowly approaching daylight and is now around 400 metres from the surface.
The 52-year-old suffered a head injury last Sunday in a rock fall in the Riesending cave in the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden and is being transported on a stretcher attached to rope and pulleys.
Rescuers hope to reach the last stage before the exit to the cave on Wednesday. From there they will be 400 metres from the surface and could be out by the end of the week.
Westhauser, who works at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, is being treated by a paramedic and two doctors from Austria and Italy. “They will carry out any medical checks to prepare the patient for the final stage,” the mountain rescue spokesman said.
The rescue team has made better than expected progress but the spokesman warned against early euphoria. “The rescuers have stopped and are going extremely slowly in this section of the passage to avoid rock falls,” he said.
Cary Elwes recently sat down to talk about The Princess Bride and his forthcoming book, As You Wish, which tells the epic tale of the making of another epic tale. Elwes's book goes behind-the-scenes of one of the most cherished films of all time—Rob Reiner's take on William Golding's story of a swashbuck...
Turns out Andre the Giant could drink Gerard Depardieu under the table. "I went drinking with him after our first screening in New York, and I was sipping a beer all night—which he thought was very funny," Elwes said in an interview with The Daily Beast. "There was no way I was going to compete with that, because I kne...
Elwes, Andre and their The Princess Bride co-star Mandy Patinkin drank together quite a bit and at the end of the shoot, Andre reportedly had a $40,000 bar tab at his hotel. Elwes revealed that while Andre drank a lot, it wasn’t because he was an alcoholic. André the Giant, who died of heart failure in 1993, weighed mo...
Elwes is by no means the first person to relate a crazy drinking tale about Andre the Giant. The internet is full of the giant's legendary drinking. In the interview, Elwes confirmed that the New York Police Department assigned a cop to follow Andre around when he was on a bender, lest he fall and crush a bar patr...
Former Scotland defender Kevin McNaughton could be set to forge a new career path – as an artist.
The Inverness Caley Thistle player has come under the wing of esteemed artist Darren Baker – who has painted The Queen, Pope John Paul II and Sir Alex Ferguson among others – to develop a talent which first flourished at school. The 34-year-old put away the brushes to focus on a football career which has seen him make ...
But McNaughton’s passion for art has resurfaced to such an extent that he could now make a living from it when he finally hangs up his boots.
“I did a bit of painting at Cardiff, but it was when I was stuck in a hotel at Bolton for three months [while on loan in 2013] that I thought I was going to get into it a lot more,” said McNaughton, who will have a testimonal in March for his years of service with Cardiff.
“I went on YouTube and picked up bits and pieces from tutorials, started sketching and it snowballed from there.
Baker has himself painted a portrait of McNaughton being chaired off the pitch by jubilant supporters as Cardiff celebrated promotion to the Premier League in 2013.
And Huddersfield-born Baker has no doubt that McNaughton has a promising future. “I’ve been blown away with Kevin’s drawing ability and painting, we’ve got Damien Hirst in my gallery in London and they’re not a patch on some of these,” said Baker.
Former Pink Floyd man Roger Waters has stated that he’s writing his autobiography and plans to tour again.
Waters recently made his first live performance since 2013 at Newport Folk Festival in America last month (July 24). Now, he’s told Israeli newspaper Haaretz that he will embark on a world tour in 2016.
During the same interview, it is stated that Waters is “in the process of writing an autobiography”.
Headlining at Newport, his first live performance since the end of his Wall tour in 2013, Waters played an entirely acoustic set that featured Pink Floyd tracks as well as new and old solo material. New song ‘Crystal Clear’ was among the surprises in the set, as too were covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Levon Helm and Bud...
My Morning Jacket were a last-minute addition the line-up of the US festival and joined Waters onstage after having played their own set earlier in the day. Waters and My Morning Jacket performed Pink Floyd classic ‘Wish You Were Here’ together.
As well as previously unseen concert footage, the film follows Waters’ personal experience on the road and the events that led to his own strong anti-war sentiments. Waters co-directed the film along with Sean Evans, shooting the film in ultra-high definition.

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