text stringlengths 12 37.3k |
|---|
Federer is 17-0 in his career against the 35-year-old Ferrer, who was ranked third in the world in 2013 but is now at No.33. |
Bautista Agut fought off a match point to force a tiebreaker, which the tired-looking Monfils opened with a double fault and never challenged again. |
The unseeded Monfils played his third straight three-set match, including an upset win over fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori in the second round. |
Schwartzman saved four match points to upset third-seeded Dominic Thiem in the second round. The win over Donaldson put him in a quarterfinal for the sixth time this year. Schwartzman's only ATP win was on clay in Istanbul last year. |
Donaldson, 20, was seeking a first career quarterfinal in a Masters Series tournament, where he is 0-13 in round of 16 matches. |
Later Thursday, Canadian Denis Shapovalov faced top seed Rafael Nadal. |
Wicker Park’s Public I (1923 W. division St.; 773-772-9088) is closing and offering 50 percent off all merchandise. Find discounts on men’s and designers’ apparel and luggage, from Language LA, Hobo International, Agave, Takumi, Robert Graham, and luggage from International Traveler and bags from Belle Hop and Tucano. ... |
Club Monaco (1731 N. Damen Ave.; clubmonaco.com) in Bucktown is scheduled to open July 18th. On opening day, customers who spend $500 or more receive a black limited-edition Club Monaco iPod Nano, pre-loaded with the store’s playlist. |
And the Bucktown growth continues. The yoga-inspired apparel shop Lululemon (1627 N. Damen Ave.; 773-227-1869) opens on July 18th with two in-store yoga classes. The first is July 18th at 9 a.m., the second on July 20th at 10 a.m., both followed by a brunch. The grand opening is July 24th from 7 to 10 p.m. with live mu... |
Jake (939 N. Rush St.; 312-665-5553, 312-664-5253) hosts an accessories event on July 16th from 5 to 8 p.m. with Champagne, snacks, and a showing of accessories, including: Dana Levy’s one-of-a-kind jewelry, Laura White’s vintage jewelry, Vanessa Penna’s vintage kimono housewares, Lisa Kingsley’s exotic skin handbags, ... |
Wicker Park, dress-only boutique le Dress (1741 W. Division St.; 773-697-9899) holds a grand opening event with drinks, desserts, and shopping on July 18th from 3 to 9 p.m. Enter to win a card that entitles the holder to 30 percent off purchases for a year; attendees who buy receive gift bags (while supplies last) with... |
Nordstrom (55 E. Grand Ave., 312-464-1515; Oakbrook Center; 630-571-2121, Old Orchard Center, 847-677-2121; Woodfield Shopping Center, 847-605-2121) holds its storewide anniversary sale from July 18th through August 3rd, with pre-season discounts on fall merchandise. |
Leslie Hindman (1338 W. Lake St.; 312-280-1212) holds its Marketplace Auction, a mix of affordable furniture, accents, and artwork, starting at noon on July 15th and 16th. |
Shop discounts of 20 to 50 percent on furniture, accessories, jewelry, and home décor at the semi-annual sale at both locations of Material Possessions (704 N. Wabash Ave., 312-280-4885; 954 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka, 847-446-8840) through July 26th. |
The Akira stores along North Avenue (1814 to 1910 West North Avenue) host a sixth year anniversary, called Carnivale, on July 17th from 5 to 10 p.m. with live entertainment and complimentary cocktails and food. A $10 suggested donation; ten percent of the proceeds benefit Chicago Gateway Green. |
The annual Armitage/Halsted/Webster Sidewalk sale runs July 19th and 20th runs in conjunction with the Sheffield Garden Walk. Save up to 75 percent off spring merchandise and final clearance items; visit LincolnParkShopping.com for a list of stores. |
The Oak Street location of Madison and Friends (43 E. Oak St., 312-642-6403; 720 Waukegan Rd., Deerfield, 847-236-4131) holds an indoor sidewalk sale on July 17th through 19th, with up to 80 percent off. At the Deerfield location, browse $5, $10, $15, and $20 sale bins from July 17th through 20th. |
Enaz (444 Central Ave., Highland Park; 847-433-6466) celebrates the release of the movie Mama Mia! July 18th from 4 to 9 p.m. with Greek appetizers, drinks, shopping, and goody bags. Also earn a raffle ticket with purchase for prizes such as movie tickets and tea for two at The Peninsula Chicago. RSVP to rsvp@JLynnePR.... |
Take 20 percent off all spring and summer merchandise and an additional 20 percent off sale merchandise at Gray (821 Chestnut Ct., Winnetka, 847-446-5650; 1361 N. Wells St., 312-573-0750), while merchandise lasts. |
Louis Vuitton has opened a department within Nordstrom (55 E. Grand Ave.; 312-527-3896), with leather goods, luggage, shoes, sunglasses, ties, and accessories. |
Enter to win three-day passes to Lollapalooza or a pair of tickets to Galapalooza, a dinner, concert, and sneak peek of the music fest, at Bloomingdale’s (900 N. Michigan Ave., 312-440-4460; 600 N. Wabash Ave., 312-324-7500) through July 28. |
Makeup artists from organic makeup company Nvey Eco host a summer makeup event at the Silken Tent (2300 Chestnut Ave., Glenview; 847-510-1240) on July 19th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call to reserve a spot; the $35 fee is redeemable in products at the event. |
Urban Spa Chic (1401 W. Hubbard St.; 312-492-8050) offers 15 percent off retail products through July 31st, featuring brands such as i.d. bareMinerals, SkinCeuticals, DERMAdoctor, and others. |
Take 50 to 70 percent off clothing and gifts at the sidewalk sale at Randoons (962 ½ Green Bay Rd., Winnetka; 847-784-1890) on July 18th and 19th. |
City Park Shops in Lincolnshire hosts a sidewalk sale from July 18th through 20th at stores such as K-Haus (255B Parkway Dr., Lincolnshire; 847-279-1800), Lori’s Shoes (275 Parkway Dr., Suite 613, Lincolnshire; 847-947-4851), and Illusions by Jill (275 Parkway Dr., Lincolnshire; 847-537-9732). |
The Elmhurst City Centre sidewalk sale runs July 18th and 19th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. See a full listing of stores at elmhurstcitycentre.com. |
For most of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is in a rush to grow up. After a taste of what it's like to hang with the big boys during Captain America: Civil War, the desire to become an Avenger - and ostensibly to become an adult - consumes Peter. In the end, Peter learns that he has a lot more to le... |
"We are looking at a five-movie storyline — Civil War, Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, untitled Avengers, Homecoming 2 — as an amazing five-story journey for Peter Parker. In the way that the events of Civil War directly inform the opening of Homecoming and his state of mind as he goes back to high school, so too w... |
For many Spider-Man fans however, no matter how much they enjoyed Peter's youthful exploits in Homecoming, there's also an impatience to see him grow up. After all, Spider-Man: Homecoming is the third cinematic iteration of the character since 2002, and every single movie version of Spider-Man begins with him in high s... |
When Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created Spider-Man in 1962, they were aware that they were creating a revolutionary character. Prior to Spider-Man, youthful characters in superhero comics were kid sidekicks to adult superheroes, with Robin the Boy Wonder as the prototype for the trope. Lee and Ditko's innovation was to m... |
Whether it's through the movies, cartoons, or the thousands of Marvel comic books about him, most people become Spider-Man fans when they are still young. Indeed, Spider-Man carries a special resonance for young people. His values, summed up by his core beliefs gifted to him by his late Uncle Ben - "with great power co... |
There is an argument to be made that Spider-Man, who has been continuously published by Marvel Comics since 1962, only spent the first few years of his adventures in high school, and the bulk of Spider-Man comics are about him as adult. Peter Parker has gone on to graduate college and has long since settled into the "m... |
It's not hard to understand the desire to see movies about Spider-Man as an adult, which is relatively uncharted movie territory. The Sam Raimi films starring Tobey Maguire only took Peter as far as his early twenties. Maguire's Peter was still in college, but had a job at the Daily Bugle, and at one point wanted to pr... |
There's a Marvel youth movement happening across film and TV, with more and more projects centering around younger Marvel characters. Freeform is soon to launch two series aimed at YA audiences: Cloak and Dagger, a romance centering on two teenagers from different backgrounds who discover superpowers and a mysterious b... |
Pianist Clifford Borg will be taking the stage for the first time on the 7th December to perform in Tunis at the prestigious cultural centre "Ennejma Ezzahra" at the Boui Said region. The name of the event is "Les Classiques" and is being organised by the Centre of Arab and Mediterranean Music. There will be other musi... |
Clifford has just performed in Malta for a lunchtime concert organized by Barocco Malta at St. Augustine Monastery on the 27th November 2018. He performed a blend of his own compositions and a number of piano works by classical composers. In October he also performed his piano composition "Complete" from the album "Ori... |
In Tunis, Clifford will be performing vibrant excerpts from his albums "Origin" and "Drifted", namely Emergence, Wings, Simplicity, Secret Energy and Afrindian Summer. Moreover, he will be performing new compositions from his upcoming album. |
Clifford Borg has released two piano based albums so far "Drifted" in 2000 and "Origin" in 2008. He has also worked on two world albums which are "Cross- Origin" in 2014 and his latest release "Eco- Harmony" in 2018 which was nominated for the Enlightened Piano Awards in Berlin. Apart from performing concerts at his ho... |
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six months after hurricanes devastated the Southeast, Washington infighting has shelved a widely backed disaster aid package that President Donald Trump's allies in Florida and Georgia are desperately seeking. |
Trump's opposition to aid to Puerto Rico - slammed by back-to-back hurricanes in 2017 - has sparked a standoff with Democrats demanding more aid for the island U.S. territory. Trump is feuding with the island's Democratic officials and railed against aid to Puerto Rico at a closed-door lunch with Senate Republicans las... |
Senate Republicans have stuck with the president so far, refusing to add more funding to help Puerto Rico rebuild its water systems or help its impoverished government with more generous disaster aid terms. Democrats in turn filibustered a $14 billion aid package over the issue last week, and the measure has languished... |
"Typically, when these kinds of things happen we figure out how to help as much as possible and do it on an overwhelming bipartisan basis and that's what needs to be done now," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters on Thursday. "I think we'll get there but it's been a little too political in my ... |
Now, both House and Senate are heading off for a two-week Easter recess, leaving struggling cotton farmers in the South in limbo at a crucial time for spring planting and failing to ease food stamp cuts in Puerto Rico. The funding would also help Alaska recover from a powerful earthquake last November, fund rebuilding ... |
"It's an absolute travesty that this chamber is recessing without a compromise on much-needed funding for disaster relief," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "From the start, Democrats have supported an all-of-the-above approach, help every part of America that's struggling from natural disasters. We ne... |
North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis shot back that "Chuck Schumer needs to stop the partisan political posturing so we can reach a deal. North Carolinians have already waited long enough for the federal resources they need to recover and rebuild." |
The cross-party finger pointing has been predictable, but Republicans are also upset with the White House. |
"Never before have we seen American communities that were wrecked with catastrophes neglected like this," said Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., usually a Trump loyalist, in a floor speech this week. "To this day, OMB has not even submitted a request for disaster assistance, calls to White House staff have gone unheeded, and b... |
Frustration is also bubbling in the Senate, where Trump allies such as David Perdue of Georgia and Rick Scott of Florida - a state that's crucial to Trump's re-election - are pressuring the president to deal. Scott visited with Trump Thursday at the White House, along with Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richa... |
"We're going to discuss where we are and where we think we might be able to go," Shelby said, telling reporters he was hoping to be able to make Democrats another offer afterward. Scott said he had a "good meeting" and said he would keep pushing for a deal. |
"I'm working with Republicans and Democrats to get this done," he said. "The people of Florida and Puerto Rico can't wait any longer." |
Disaster aid bills have traditionally been nonpartisan, but hard feelings still linger from the 2012-2013 Superstorm Sandy experience, in which most Republicans voted against a huge aid package that went chiefly to Democratic New York and New Jersey. At the time Schumer was especially upset. |
Schumer led last week's move to block the Senate measure but Democrats haven't faced much political heat for the maneuver, and Schumer appears confident that Republicans will have to yield and give more aid to Puerto Rico. |
The House passed a $14 billion measure in January but the measure got tangled up during the partial government shutdown. Earlier this week, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., unveiled a new bill with $3 billion more to respond to flooding in Midwestern states such as Iowa and Nebraska. |
Trump has been slow to release already appropriated funding for Puerto Rico and critics say he has shown little urgency in helping the island. Trump attacked the island's government at a recent meeting with Senate Republicans, telling them that Puerto Rico has gotten too much disaster help compared with states such as ... |
Chinese powerhouse Huawei, which detailed its planned global growth to the media at CES over the last couple of years, has moved into second place, according to International Data Corporation. |
Mobile payments have yet to become the favored way to pay. About a quarter of U.S. smartphone users pay with a mobile phone at a physical point of sale at least once every six months this year, according to eMarketer. |
The award-winning social robot Kuri is hanging it up. Kuri was launched at CES 2017. The idea was to make robots that were useful, joyful and inspiring. |
The Apple Watch is hot. Global smartwatch shipments reached 10 million units, as Fitbit and Garmin also were strong, according to the latest estimates. |
Some of the innovation in the Internet of Things can be small, but useful. One example of this is the use of near-field communication by banks. |
In yet another new metric, the online mega-retailer takes first place as the go-to place to get a smart speaker. |
Many consumers have the capability to use Internet of Things technology while they sleep and can use the tech specifically to get information about their sleeping habits. |
There are reasons to move to voice, since 32% of companies believe voice will prove to be their biggest differentiator from competitors this year. |
As prices of headsets start to gradually come down, virtual reality finally is getting a chance at some daylight in terms of higher revenue. VR has been in chicken-and-egg mode for some time, with not enough content being created since there weren't enough people with VR headsets to make it worthwhile. |
The smart home race is getting into high gear and no single leader has yet emerged. At the moment, it looks like there are four major leaders in the smart home space, all household tech names. |
In the world of art, if you’ve met with success by wielding a paintbrush or a camera or a microphone or a sculpting knife, it’s easy to hang onto that tool and become best known in its genre. Sure you may have liaisons and flirtations with other art forms — and may even become pretty good at them — but real success in ... |
But don’t try to neatly categorize artist Wayne White. You will not succeed. Few artists have stepped so adroitly and successfully from genre to genre as he has. |
During his lifelong career as an artist, White has skillfully dived into whatever art form has caught his fancy (or helped pay the bills): art director, cartoonist, set designer, animator, fine arts painter, illustrator, voice-over actor, puppeteer, sculptor, and first-rate raconteur. |
White, the subject of the upcoming Independent Lens documentary Beauty is Embarrassing (10 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21; check local listings), delights in not being boxed in and defined. So in homage to his cavalcade of talents, we bring you a peek at some of his fun, off-the-wall work for TV. Tune in Monday to delight in the... |
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse — White was the art director, set designer, puppet designer, puppeteer, and voice for several of the characters. He designed and voiced characters such as Randy, Dirty Dog, Mr. Kite, and Roger the Monster. Bring back any memories (or flashbacks)? |
Big Time — White was one of the designers and art directors for the video. He won a Billboard Award for his work. |
She’s Got Issues — White was a one-man animation team on this music video. He illustrated and animated all of the animated elements. |
_Tonight, Tonight — Wayne was co-art director on the Smashing Pumpkins seminal music video. He designed the sets and props, and won an MTV Music Video award for his work. |
Old Spice — For this spot, White painted what he calls “the world’s longest clipper ship painting.” It measures two feet tall by 60 feet long, and was made but rolling out an insanely long sheet of canvas. The painting is believed to be hanging at the Old Spice offices these days. |
Snapple — Wayne lent his creativity to this Snapple commercial series in a big way. These have Wayne’s signature all over them. Which do you like best? |
Electronic Data Systems Australia (EDS) has revealed it plans to join the throng of service providers introducing business process outsourcing (BPO) services locally. |
Initially, EDS's BPO offerings in Australia are likely to be focused around back-end processing, such as cheque and card processing, for banks and insurance companies, said Craig Dower, marketing director, EDS. |
The company will also investigate local market opportunities for other BPO offerings, including human resources services and financial services. |
The introduction of BPO services locally will leverage EDS's relationship with the Commonwealth Bank, Dower said. He added that EDS will also draw on its association with management consultancy AT Kearney to add value to its BPO offerings. |
EDS will focus on selling BPO into its existing customer base, as well as to new prospects, Dower said. |
The company already offers BPO to Compaq in Australia as part of a global deal worth $US500 million over eight years. |
Originally signed with Digital in 1997, before Compaq bought the company, the deal gives EDS responsibility for handling customer administration for Compaq's customer services business unit. |
EDS is currently establishing a global solution, in conjunction with AT Kearney, for Compaq to provide its customers with quoting services, contract administration, the registration of service obligations and the creation of invoices. |
Fifty Compaq customer administration employees have moved to EDS in Australia as part of the agreement. |
EDS has also won BPO deals with the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Bank of Scotland and First National Bank in South Africa. Some 10 per cent of EDS worldwide revenues in 1997 came from BPO, Dower said. |
A US federal judge ordered an injunction to halt President Barack Obama's controversial plans to exert executive authority and allow millions of undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States. |
US District Judge Andrew Hanen, ruling in favor of a lawsuit brought by Texas Governor Tony Abbott, and 25 other states, paved the way for what promises to be a lengthy court battle to determine whether Obama overstepped his authority by announcing his amnesty plans. |
Just 12 states have declared their support for Obama’s immigration initiative. |
Speaking with reporters, President Obama said he believes that courts will ultimately rule in favor of the White House. |
"With respect to the ruling ... I disagree with it," he said, according to Reuters. "I think the law is on our side and history is on our side." |
The White House also issued a statement maintaining that Obama's executive actions "are well within his legal authority" and that they are "consistent with the laws passed by Congress and decisions of the Supreme Court, as well as five decades of precedent by presidents of both parties." |
Last November, the Democratic leader declared that as many as five million undocumented arrivals who are parents of US citizens or permanent residents will not be deported. He also said they will enjoy the opportunity to work in the United States, thus triggering a political firestorm as many Republicans argued the und... |
Another Obama initiative halted in its tracks by the court injunction was an expanded version of the so-called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which granted deportation relief to individuals brought illegally to the US as children. |
The program, which would have allowed an additional 270,000 people to remain in the country, was supposed to start on Wednesday. |
The White House said the Department of Justice would appeal the decision, and the Dept. of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it will not accept requests for the expansion of DACA as originally planned, shutting out requests it expected to receive concerning deferrals for people brought illegally to the US. |
On the other side of the political aisle, Republicans say Obama's plan essentially rewards people who have broken the law and entered the country, without following the proper protocol required by all civilized nations. |
“Today’s ruling reinforces what I and many others have been saying for a long time: that President Obama acted outside the law when he went around Congress to unilaterally change our nation’s immigration laws,” US Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said in a statement. |
However, many immigrant advocates support the initiative to grant relief to the some 11 million undocumented individuals. |
"We firmly believe that these programs will be implemented, and whether it's now or several months from now, we have no question that the president was well within the bounds of his executive authority," Melissa Crow, Legal Director of the American Immigration Council group, told Reuters. |
"We really feel that this case is more about politics than law," she said. |
Clearly, fixing what many critics are calling a broken immigration system will be a major issue in the 2016 presidential elections. |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.