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Elements of zoology : or, Natural history of animals.
Kew Gardens : a sketch ; St. Mark's Eve in Yorkshire ; and other tales selected from Chamber's miscellany.
Who's Watching Netflix, Amazon, Hulu's Shows? And Which Shows?
Last month, in partnership with ReelGood, a platform that serves as a hub for all Internet entertainment titles, VideoInk began looking at viewership across streaming platforms, pulling data from over 300 video sources, and hundreds of thousands of users on ReelGood. You can find a list of the services that ReelGood tracks here, but among them are big streamers like Amazon, HBO, Hulu and Netflix and emerging streamers like AcornTV, Crunchyroll, Fandor and Vrv.
Will Virtual Reality Need Story Tellers?
Jasmine Guy (A Different World) has been cast in The Vampire Diaries as the grandmother of Bonnie (Katerina Graham).
It turns out that Bonnie comes from a long family line of witches.
Having never heard of The Vampire Diaries, believe it or not, did we see witches coming down the story pipeline? Why I didn't, I don't know. Why not!?
When it comes to choosing a cell service provider, there are things to consider such as the rates of calls, texts, how much data is given, are there any perks, and more importantly, coverage. For those living in the city this isn’t much of an issue, but for those living out in the more rural parts of the country, reception is important.
Unfortunately for T-Mobile it seems that the carrier has been hit with a $40 million fine by the FCC over false ringtones in rural areas. For those unfamiliar with the case, basically instead of improving the delivery of calls made to rural areas, the FCC claims that T-Mobile instead used fake ringtones to give the caller the impression that his/her calls were going through. However these ringtones was merely a soundclip and the reality was that the call’s connection was never made.
This resulted in the caller thinking that no one was available to answer the call, and also prevented customers from blaming T-Mobile for not connecting the call, in which the reality told a very different story. As the FCC points out, this can be critical as it means that it could prevent doctors from getting to their patients as well as hurting local businesses, and could potentially delay public safety communications.
T-Mobile has since admitted to wrongdoing and will be paying the fine as well as starting a compliance plan.
Filed in Cellphones. Read more about Legal and T-Mobile.
Hello from Amsterdam, where we’re at IBC, a vast technology show focused on the technology that powers TV.
Over the next five days we’ll be exploring all the ways that the Internet is transforming the television industry, from the way shows are made to the way we watch them.
As we revealed last week, thanks to LiveU, we’ll be streaming live video interviews with the people who matter, as well as bringing you reports from the show floor and panel debates about the future of TV.
We went live for the first time a short while ago on our IBC livestream page, interviewing Gracenote President Stephen White, who talked about how the music data company is embracing television. Look our for a recording of that interview online soon.
Today, you can expect interviews with the likes of Avid, Applicaster and Ruwido. We’ll be tweeting from our main Twitter account — @thenextweb — each time an interview starts, but you can also drop into the live feed whenever you like. We’ll also be showing the interviews you may have missed and reports from the show as the days go by.
Believe it or not, Facebook turned 10 - just 10 - years old last week. For people who have got used to the feeling that Facebook, or FB as it is affectionately called, has been part of their lives for decades (except for teenagers who have practically grown up with FB), it may be difficult to believe that the social networking site is not yet into its teens.
FB, the brainchild of Mark Zuckerberg (now one of the world's youngest billionaires) and a few of his friends was formally born in 2004 though the groundwork was laid in 2003 in the Harvard University - if you want to know the entire back story, watch David Fincher's excellent film The Social Network, paying particular attention to Aaron Sorkin's acclaimed screenplay and dialogue.
Facebook is essentially a place where you can connect with your friends (and relatives) online and get to know their latest exploits through text, photos, graphics, video, weblinks and audio. Apart from that, almost every commercial entity on Earth has a FB page, where you can ‘Like’ their products and services. You can also give your comments on any posts that you see on FB. Facebook has given us a number of new words and phrases (or existing words which now have another meaning) such as Wall, Timeline, Like and Unfriend.
Facebook has more than 1.23 billion users worldwide. Its revenues jumped 55 percent to US$ 7.87 billion in 2013 while profits grew sevenfold. Although it is not the most widely accessed site in the world (Google is) this is a substantial number which FB is keen to take advantage of in terms of attracting advertising revenue.
It is a model which it has still not perfected yet. Facebook is now not alone in the social networking space - its biggest competitor is Twitter, where you have to say everything in less than 140 words (plus pictures, videos etc) and Google's own Google Plus site is catching up. Sites such as Pinterest, WhatsApp, SnapChat (which FB tried to buy and failed), Instragram and LinkedIn are growing.
As FB heads into its 11th year, doubts have been expressed about the long-term viability of the site. After all, there's only so much social networking that you can do online before the real world intervenes. FB has given rise to a phenomenon called Facebook Envy whereby posts about exotic holidays abroad, newly acquired vehicles, workplace promotions etc can generate envy and even jealousy among even the best of online friends. Many people are also irked by the endless photo montages of babies, families and parties that adorn Facebook. There are some things that we don't want to see repeatedly online and some things that are best kept private from 2.4 billion eyes.
Many social analysts also blame the site for a perceived lack of real (physical) social integration. We do not chat physically but we chat online on Facebook, Gmail etc. We get to know the holiday plans of our relatives and friends from FB, not personally from them. If four persons meet physically, at least three of them are online on their smartphones, getting the latest updates from Facebook and Twitter. This is not a very healthy situation at all.
But all good things must come to an end some day. Will FB face the same fate ? If a glut of recent studies are to be believed, its days are definitely numbered. Various reports suggest it is haemorrhaging users, that teenagers find it boring - one survey even comparing it to an infectious disease.
An EU-sponsored Global Social Media Impact study concluded that teenagers felt embarrassed to be associated with Facebook and that it was “basically dead and buried”.
In November the Pew Research Centre reported that teenagers were growing weary of having to sustain relationships with their parents on Facebook. Several Princeton University Researchers have used Google data to predict Facebook's imminent demise, describing it as an infectious disease. Meanwhile, iStrategyLabs has reported that the number of teenage Facebook users was declining while the number of those aged above 55 was booming. That last statistic is interesting - elderly persons could be tuning into FB as their real-life contacts fade away.
However, Facebook's defenders have dismissed these theories. “One of Facebook's greatest strengths is its practice of regularly adding new features and functionality to its site; this both ensures it infects new users and also makes sure existing users don't become immune to its charms,” said one commentator.
Indeed, Facebook still claims far more young users than any other social network. Nevertheless, Digital agency iStrategylabs used Facebook's own social advertising data to extrapolate that three million US teenagers had left Facebook in the past three years. While everybody who is anybody is still on Facebook, it is still struggling to find a way to target its advertising to selected groups. Companies such as Amazon also have arrangements for cross-advertising with Facebook. But Facebook could not afford to be complacent about its younger members because if they could be persuaded to stick with the social network, they would become the spenders of tomorrow.
It is very difficult to predict what tomorrow's tech will look like, but one thing is certain: Tablets and smartphones will rule. In this context, Facebook needs to keep innovating with new offerings like mobile video apps and mobile commerce. These will be essential if FB wants to get to 20 in good shape.
But it is still a mystery as to why people use FB at all when there are plenty of other methods through which we can communicate in real time. In a recent status update, Facebook's communication manager and former BBC tech desk editor Iain Mackenzie summed up why he thought it endures.
As he says, its appeal could boil down to the fact that it taps into that most basic of human characteristics - curiosity. However, only time will tell whether that curiosity will last.
MOSCOW—Russian authoritarianism rose to levels unprecedented in recent history in 2012, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, assessing what it called the harshest crackdown on political freedoms in the country since the Soviet era.
Russia introduced restrictive laws, harassed activists and interfered with non-governmental organizations during the year, which saw Vladimir Putin return to the Kremlin and former President Dmitry Medvedev appointed prime minister, the New York-based rights group said.
“Since Putin’s return ... not only has the tentative shift towards liberalization of the Medvedev era been totally reversed, but also authoritarianism in Russia has reached a level unknown in recent history,” said Rachel Denber, deputy director of HRW’s Europe and Central Asia Division.
Speaking at a news conference in Moscow coinciding with the publication of its annual report on human rights worldwide, Denber also criticized the government’s stance toward the West.
Since Putin started a six-year term in May, he has signed laws restricting protests, demanding foreign-funded NGOs register as “foreign agents” and setting new rules on treason that critics say could place almost anyone who associates with foreigners at risk of prosecution.
Several opposition leaders and activists face potential prison terms if convicted on charges Putin’s critics say are trumped up, though Putin’s spokesman has denied the Kremlin uses courts and police to pressure critics.
“Pressure and reprisals against activists and non-governmental organizations need to stop,” he said.
The second Tathra Vintage Market will be held this weekend. The market is part of Rockabilly Week and will be a day out for all the family. Stalls will include food, sweets, as well as vintage clothing and jewellery. There will be a show and shine featuring vintage cars, caravans and even a boat, as well as hot rods. The market will run on Saturday, September 8 from 9am-2pm at the Tathra Country Club fields. Buskers are welcome and last minute markets stalls will be accepted.
The second Tathra Vintage Market will be held this weekend.
The market is part of Rockabilly Week and will be a day out for all the family. Stalls will include food, sweets, as well as vintage clothing and jewellery.
There will be a show and shine featuring vintage cars, caravans and even a boat, as well as hot rods.
The market will run on Saturday, September 8 from 9am-2pm at the Tathra Country Club fields.
Buskers are welcome and last minute markets stalls will be accepted.
Discuss "Vintage market in Tathra"
Following an increase in the number of foreigners visiting Japan, operators of bathing facilities throughout the country are facing difficult decisions as to whether they should accept foreign customers who have tattoos.
For many foreigners, a tattoo is considered part of their personal style, but in Japan, many people associate tattoos with yakuza crime syndicates.
At many bathing facilities in Japan, people with tattoos are not permitted to enter, although some traditional sento public bathhouses do welcome people with tattoos. There is an English website providing information for foreign visitors regarding tattoos, and some facilities are frequented by many tourists from abroad.
A public bathhouse, Funaoka Onsen, in Kyoto, is introduced as "tattoo friendly," in a popular review site for world travellers.
The bathhouse was founded 70 years ago. The manager said, "We have not been distinguishing any particular types of customers since way back."
Partly due to the retro atmosphere of its building, the number of foreign visitors has been increasing gradually since a few years ago. The bathhouse said that it has received inquiries from hotels concerning tattoos. According to the bathhouse, one caller asked, "One of our customers told us, 'I want to go there because its OK with tattoos.' Is it true?"
The bathhouse said that as many as 50 foreigners visit the facility a day.
Julian Parker, 26, from Australia is one of the foreigners who enjoyed the Funaoka Onsen. He was not permitted to enter a different bathing facility because he has a tattoo on his left hand. He said that he was glad to have experienced a sento in Japan.
A website was established in May this year to provide relevant information to foreign visitors. The site lists bathing facilities both in English and Japanese. The manager of the site made phone calls and confirmed that they accept people with tattoos. Currently, the site lists a total of about 400 such facilities.
Another website established last year provides information in Chinese and Korean. Based on reviews from users, bathing facilities that accept people with tattoos are identified by a particular color.
A user of the site stated, "The information is valuable because it would be a big problem if I was not allowed to enter after arriving at that facility." The site is frequently visited by people outside of Japan.
Many bathing facilities that accept people with tattoos are ordinary public bathhouses.
The Public Bath Houses Law, implemented in 1948, defined public bathhouses as places that are necessary in terms of health and sanitation for the daily lives of local people. Because of this, more than a few public bathhouse operators have traditionally accepted people with tattoos.
Meanwhile, Onyoku Shinko Kyokai, a nationwide association of multi-service bathhouse operators and other leisure facilities based in Yokohama, conducted a survey of about 120 member facilities in 2015. More than 90 per cent said they refused customers with tattoos.
Many of the facilities were built from 1990 onward amid growing desire to exclude customers tied to organised crime syndicates. They also depend on business from families. As a result, restrictions on tattooed customers have spread.
In a questionnaire of customers of such facilities conducted the same year, 49 per cent said they felt uncomfortable around customers with tattoos while 24 per cent said they feared such people.
"I think it's necessary to gradually relax the restrictions, but considering the reactions of ordinary customers, it'll be difficult to do so," said Toshihiro Moroboshi, the head of Onyoku Shinko Kyokai.
Thirty percent of customers to Naniwa no Yu, a multi-service bathhouse in Kita Ward, Osaka, are foreigners. The bathhouse nevertheless displays a sign in English, Chinese and Korean that says tattooed customers cannot enter. Customers in the changing room and baths found to have tattoos are asked to leave.
It is possible that admitting tattooed customers could increase business among foreigners. However, the head of Naniwa no Yu said, "We place importance on our regular customers."
The law regulating public bathhouses requires operators to refuse customers with contagious illnesses or who pose sanitary risks. However, customers with tattoos are not mentioned.
In February of last year, the government adopted a written document at a Cabinet meeting stating that under its interpretation of the law, tattoos were not a valid reason to deny entry to customers. However, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said the document was not legally binding and that facilities had discretion to accept or refuse tattooed customers.
According to a 2015 Japan Tourism Agency questionnaire of hotels and ryokan traditional inns near hot springs, 56 per cent said they refuse customers with tattoos.
World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby, has asked foreign players who will participate in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan to conceal their tattoos at sports gyms, pools and other facilities out of consideration for Japanese people averse to tattoos.
Not to keep beating a dead horse (or elephant), but Go Daddy continues to screw up with its latest PR effort is to let you know that it was just kidding, and that it doesn’t really support SOPA.
When the Internet decided to let the company know that they’d rather have their domain names be kept by a company who doesn’t support the Stop Online Piracy Act, the company flip-flopped on its stance.
They’re not stopping there though, they want to keep you as a customer, because they care about you. Or something like that. One person has reported getting a phone call from a Go Daddy customer support representative, basically begging him to keep his domains put.
I just got a call from #GoDaddy. The rep said he noticed that I’d transferred my 60+ domains away (I’ve still got a few there that I’m working on transferring, but am being conservative with, since I can’t afford any downtime at all with them), and wanted to know if I’d tell them why. I got to tell them that it was because of their #SOPA support, and that I couldn’t in good conscience give my money to a tech company that would support legislation like that. I told him I was aware that they had reversed their position, but that their explicit support of it in the first place had cost them my confidence in them, as it is at the best viciously ignorant, and at worst, malicious.
The rep was quite sincere in his apology to me, asked if there was anything they could do to win me back. He had a “We support IP protections, and now realize that support of SOPA is too broad” song-and-dance routine that probably came in from a PR memo today. I told him “no thanks”, and that was that. I’m impressed by the customer service hustle, but it shows that this little incident really spooked them.
While it’s nice that Go Daddy customer support reps are apologizing to customers, it’s sad that they have to do this in the first place. It’s been a complete PR shitstorm for the company the past few days, and it’s not getting any better.
Go Daddy failed by supporting a half-baked act that would affect a lot of people’s lives and careers. You can’t back it one day, only to back down the next. The damage is done. No amount of phone calls will change that.
Just over 27 miles northeast of Houston, Texas, the Woodlands has the distinction of being one of the earliest master-planned communities in the United States. Since the first home went on the market in 1974, the Woodlands has been committed to making its 28,000-acre area not only sustainable by maintaining thousands of acres of dedicated green space, but also as agreeable as possible by providing everything a resident could want or need within its confines. In addition to the many parks and community's children museum, parents can take the kids on a quick drive north or south to find a variety of nearby kid-friendly activities.
Just less than an eight-mile drive down Interstate 45 lies the answer for parents looking to escape the summer heat — SplashTown (splashtownpark.com). This 40-acre park in Spring boasts over 2 million gallons of water flowing through attractions of varying intensities, from a leisurely tube ride on the Guadalupe River Adventure to plummeting down the Texas Freefall's five-story slides. Eateries throughout the park serve up such kid-friendly fare as pizza, hamburgers and hot dogs, with one in particular, Margarita's Bar and Grill, also featuring adult-friendly fare and alcohol. SplashTown is a seasonal affair, with weekday or weekend hours that vary depending on the time of year.
Actually clocking in at 7.5 acres, 7 Acre Wood (7acrewood.org) provides your children with plenty of opportunities for outdoor fun and adventure. This sprawling, country-themed family fun park just north of Conroe, Texas, is just over 18 miles from the Woodlands. It features childhood favorites such as a petting zoo and pony rides. The family can also enjoy a round of miniature golf or a personal historical re-enactment at the park's Western Fort and Play Town. The park offers a variety of birthday party packages, and reduced admission for field trips if you are thinking about bringing an army. Hours vary throughout the week and are dependent on time of year, with shortened hours for the winter and summer seasons, and the park is always closed on Mondays.
TGR Exotics Wildlife Park (tgrexotics.com), another Spring attraction, allows you and your children to visit a host of animals not native to the Lone Star State. Founded by Troy and Gwen Scott in 1992, TGR Exotics Wildlife Park boasts 10 acres of exotic animals, from aardvarks to wallaroos, less than 10 miles from the Woodlands. Other star attractions include Bengal tigers, camels and binturongs, which are also called bearcats and look like a cross of just that — a bear and a cat. The park offers guided 45-minute walking tours at various times throughout the week, and both indoor and outdoor birthday packages. During times that coincide with school vacations, the park also hosts day camps and classes.
Begun in 1985, the Heritage Museum of Montgomery County (heritagemuseum.us) provides a fount of local historical information for those with inquisitive tykes. Another kid-friendly attraction in Conroe less than 15 miles north of the Woodlands, the Heritage Museum has three permanent galleries showcasing the important places and people of the area, including a replica of the office of Dr. C.B. Stewart, the first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas and designer of the state flag and seal. Every July, the museum hosts Pioneer Days, in which children ages 8 to 11 get to relive the past with activities such as churning butter, writing with quill pens and square dancing. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and is closed on holidays.
E., Chance. "Kids' Attractions Near Woodlands, Texas." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/kids-attractions-near-woodlands-texas-102385.html. 21 March 2018.
The latest effort to eliminate mosquito breeding grounds, and thus prevent the spread of dengue, has been under way since June 25, according to the Health Ministry, the Health Ministry, the Education Ministry and the Social Security System (Caja) are taking actions to make educational and health centers throughout Costa Rica safe from the risk of dengue.
With support from the Pan American Health Organization, a monthlong social mobilization called “Dengue-Free Costa Rica” will encourage public and private efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.
Costa Rican authorities have recently reported a significant increase in dengue cases. From Jan. 1 to June 22, 8,307 cases were reported, a 452 percent increase over the same period last year. There has been one death due to dengue this year, according to the Health Ministry statement.
Avila warned that the chances of outbreaks of hemorrhagic dengue – a more serious and sometimes lethal manifestation of the disease – are higher now that three of the four types of dengue are present in the country, raising the risk of death from the disease.
A North Fort Myers man on probation for wildlife violations is facing more than a dozen charges, including allegedly catching eight sharks over the state limit and using nets for those catches after wildlife officers saw him try to toss other fish into Jug Creek.
Bryan David Becker, 34, remains in Lee County Jail on no bond. He has been appointed a public defender and waived a March 29 arraignment.
Two plainclothes Florida Fish and Wildlife officers watched Becker at 4 a.m. on Feb. 15 as he violated a marked slow speed zone in a commercial fishing "Mullet Skiff" on approach to a dock at Jug Creek Marina in Bokeelia.
A FWC report said that Becker's boat was running at full speed without navigational lights through a clearly marked manatee zone.
When the two agents approached Becker, the report said, he was standing outside the boat in shallow water. When he saw them, he began tossing fish over the side of the boat until ordered to stop.
The FWC agents also saw a large pile of fish and sharks on the boat deck in the open air without ice and three mullet floating away from his vessel.
A report from the FWC said Becker had a large amount of ladyfish under ice in a fish box. On the deck were eight bonnethead sharks, one blacktip shark, and numerous shad and catfish. The officers also noted two large spotted seatrouts floating in the water where Becker had been standing.
"I think it sounds kinda cut-and-dried," said Ron Garlit, who was fishing in a canal off the Michael G. Rippe Parkway in south Lee County on Sunday. "The rules are in place for a reason."
The New Jersey-transplant and current Estero resident said he's a sport fisherman and only fishes catch-and-release. He added that he only keeps his catch, for food, if he's wilderness camping.
"Was he trying to catch them to sell them?" Garlit said. "That makes sense only if he didn't have a job or wasn't making much."
No other fishing equipment was found in Becker's boat except for two seine nets. Harvesting sharks with nets is an unlawful method of taking and the legal recreational limit for sharks is one per person per day. Becker was eight sharks over his bag limit.
Furthermore, registration and title of the boat were listed to someone else, the FWC report said.
The officers were familiar with Becker because he had recently been convicted of the use of monofilament gill nets in state waters and was on probation.