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A question about what are the similarities between the two RoboCop movies, and what will tempt a new audience to see the 2014 version - to which SLJ replied "The trailer you just saw."
RoboCop opens in U.S. theaters on February 7th, 2014.
India's decision to increase FDI in defence is seen as a long-awaited positive move in the US, but major American defence industry players noted that there is unlikely to be a rush towards the country unless New Delhi is ready with fairly applied regulations.
"The announcement on FDI in defence reflects positive movement and we welcome that," a Boeing spokesperson told PTI.
"However, we await the final details to understand the meaningful changes this would bring to the defence sector and local industry," the spokesperson said.
Opening the doors to shore up foreign investments, India on Tuesday liberalised FDI limits in a dozen sectors, including allowing higher limits in 'state-of-the-art' defence manufacturing, to boost the sagging economy.
The Pentagon noted this as a positive development.
"DoD (Department of Defense) views this change as a positive indicator that India is considering reform in its defence sector," Pentagon spokesman Lt Col Jeff Pool said.
While there was no other on the record reaction from the government or from defence sector companies, private industry players said the increasing FDI in defence to 49 per cent would change the dynamics and would attract a huge amount of investment not only from American companies but others also.
"Forty-nine per cent is a positive step forward, but it does not undercut indigenisation. It is going to allow for further indigenisation, because more companies would be wanting to invest in the production and manufacturing capabilities of Indian companies," said a private defence sector player.
feeling in the US defence sector that in taking such a decision the strong views of Defense Minister A K Antony has been overruled by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The increase in FDI to 49 per cent in the defence sector, a private industry player argued, would result in more indigenisation of defence products.
"Forty-nine per cent means, more companies would be interested in going to India," he said, but cautioned that Indians should not expect an immediate impact on its FDI.
"This is not going to happen overnight, even by FY-2017 or 2018. Companies would have to do their evaluative process and until the regulations are very clear and fairly applied, as to what company is given what FDI percentage, only then we will see foreign companies be interested in actually taking the next step forward," he said.
Referring to the provision of dealing with FDI in the defence sector above 26 per cent on a case by case basis, US sources emphasised that there has to be a clear rational on the approvals made by the Indian government in this regard.
"There is going to be no rush from anywhere in the world. This policy has to be worked out first, meaning they have to have a very clear guideline on what the Indian Government is looking for to allow for 49 per cent," another defence industry source told PTI.
It is a positive step forward, but also keep in mind that the Indian Government has done this not because they see that this as a move forward for the Indian industry. They have done this as part of their effort to close the fiscal gap, he said.
With the sequestration - automatic budgetary cuts - badly hitting the US defence sector, another source said there is very little capital among US industries to invest abroad.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is considering applying 25 percent tariffs on around $3.5 billion of imports from the United States if President Donald Trump carries out his plan to apply global duties to steel and aluminum, EU sources say.
The European Commission has said it would respond “firmly” to proposed U.S. import duties of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum.
It has spelt out it would join others in a challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and consider safeguard measures, last deployed in 2002, to guard against steel and aluminum being diverted to Europe from elsewhere if U.S. tariffs come in.
A further counter-measure under consideration would specifically target the United States to “rebalance” trade between the two, EU sources say.
The U.S. tariffs would be officially brought in on grounds of national security, but the European Union says U.S. military requirements represent no more than 3 percent of U.S. production and that the measures are really a form of protectionism for U.S. manufacturers.
EU exports of steel to the United States in 2017 were worth 5.3 billion euros ($6.53 billion) and of aluminum 1.1 billion euros.
For certain grades of steel, the United States cannot show there was any increase of imports last year, the EU sources say, meaning it would not be allowed to apply safeguard measures to them. For the EU, exports of those grades amounted to 2.8 billion euros ($3.5 billion).
Assuming U.S. tariffs fully covered EU steel, the European Union would put forward 25 percent tariffs on 2.8 billion euros worth of goods from the United States.
About a third would be steel grades, another third other industrial products and a final third agricultural products.
The list of products is set to be presented next week to EU countries, whose approval would be needed.
The “rebalancing” would have to take place within three months.
Many a new human mother has complained about a lack of sleep. But in comparison to dolphins and whales that have just given birth, they have it pretty easy. Scientists have discovered that newborn whales and dolphins do not sleep at all during their first month of life and keep their mothers awake as well.
Adult killer whales in captivity sleep between five and eight hours a day, floating on the bottom of their pool or near the water's surface, with periodic breaks for air. But when Jerome Siegel of the University of California at Los Angeles and his colleagues studied two adult female whales and their calves at SeaWorld San Diego, they discovered that the new moms gave up shut-eye completely as they cared for their offspring, who swam continuously and surfaced for air every three to 30 seconds. After about a month, the calves began to introduce periods of rest into their routines, and they and their mothers slowly approached a sleeping pattern similar to that seen in other adult cetaceans. Observations of four dolphins and their calves housed in Russia produced similar findings, the team reports in the current issue of the journal Nature.
Although all other mammals that have been studied sleep the most right after birth, being constantly on the move could have some benefits for the cetaceans, the team writes. For example, the activity would reduce the risk of predation and help maintain body temperatures while their weight increases and their blubber develops. According to Siegel, the mammals have somehow found a way to manage sleep deprivation and use it to facilitate, rather than hinder, a crucial phase of development for their offspring. "Their bodies have found a way to cope," he says, "offering evidence that sleep isn't necessary for development and raising the question of whether humans and other mammals have untapped physiological potential for coping without sleep."
Hedley performs during the half time show at the 101st Grey Cup last year in Regina.
This article was published 1/4/2014 (1844 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Due to weather conditions and road closures, Hedley has been forced to reschedule tonight’s concert at the MTS Centre.
The new date is Tuesday, April 15.
Support act Classified will not be able to perform on the new date in Winnipeg due to scheduling conflicts.
According to Live Nation, previously purchased tickets will be honoured on the new date. Ticket holders unable to attend the rescheduled date may return to point of purchase for a refund.
The federal judge presiding over former Gov. Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco's corruption case has thrown out one of the counts against him.
Manhattan Federal Judge Valerie Caproni decided Monday to dismiss a count alleging that Percoco used his official power to get bribes from Syracuse developers Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, in exchange for favors.
Percoco, who has been on trial in Manhattan Federal Court since Jan. 22, still faces six counts.
Prosecutors have charged that Percoco pocketed some $35,000 from Aiello and Gerardi, who are on trial with Percoco.
Percoco, Aiello and Gerardi's lawyers have contended that Percoco wasn't working in Cuomo's office but rather, on his 2014 reelection campaign.
In their view, Percoco couldn't have committed extortion because he wasn't in a position of power.
Caproni previously voiced concern about the viability of this extortion count.
Percoco also stands accused of pocketing some $270,000 from co-defendant Peter Galbraith Kelly in the form of a low-show job for his wife.
Closing arguments in the case are expected to begin Tuesday morning.
Russia's special envoy to the Balkans has played down the prospect of a breakthrough in his attempts to resolve the Kosovo crisis.
"It will be difficult to settle all political issues, but there is a chance," former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin told reporters.
"It's not a big chance, but a chance. I think we can't let this pass by."
Mr Chernomyrdin briefed President Yeltsin on Saturday about the five hours of talks he held with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
Earlier, Mr Chernomyrdin was quoted as saying a solution was "close", but the recent comments suggest he is less optimistic than he originally appeared.
He insisted that a stop to air strikes was one of the main conditions of its political settlement.
Before leaving Belgrade, he said the talks had made "some progress" and that he had discussed sending some kind of international force into Kosovo under the control of the United Nations.
But he declined to say whether the force under discussion would be armed, or whether it would include Nato troops.
Jacky Rowland in Belgrade: "International presence in Kosovo is proving a major sticking point"
Nato has already rejected earlier Yugoslav proposals that any force should consist of unarmed observers.
BBC Correspondent Jackie Rowland described the Russian envoy as optimistic before his meeting and terse on departure.
A statement released by President Milosevic's office said the two men had agreed that the talks should continue.
The meeting took place after Nato's heaviest raids on Serbia so far - Mr Chernomyrdin's plane was held on the runway for more than an hour before taking off as air raid sirens sounded again.
Mr Chernomyrdin said he would spend two days in Moscow before visiting London and Paris.
He said he hoped the Nato countries would take seriously the progress he had made.
Western leaders rejected a seven-point peace plan said to have been agreed in the Belgrade talks this afternoon saying it fell far short of Western demands because it would not allow an armed peacekeeping force.
The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry spokesman reiterated that only unarmed observers under UN auspices would be allowed into Kosovo.
"It's a UN mission ... so, no force, no occupying soldiers on our soil," Foreign Ministry spokesman Nebojsa Vujovic said.
Earlier Mr Vujovic had appeared to suggest Belgrade might consider an international armed force in Kosovo.
Nato spokesman Jamie Shea said the proposals "do not come close to meeting the demands of the international community".
"They are not worthy of serious consideration," he said.
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said the proposals were "not anywhere near serious".
Serbia's main opposition party has urged more flexibilty in the search for peace.
In a statement the Democratic Party said Yugoslavia needed to compromise on the make-up of a Kosovo peace force if the bombing is to be stopped.
And the party's Vice-President, Ljiljana Lucic, referring to Mr Chernomyrdin's mission, said: "We need concrete results from the talks, so that they can be put before the UN Security Council."
There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity this week, most of it centring on Russia and its envoy.
Mr Chernomyrdin has met the senior American envoy, Strobe Talbott, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Moscow, and travelled to see German and Italian politicians.
Offered the chance to see skating performed by dedicated professionals, most of Britain would rather see it done badly by someone who used to be in Westlife.
The presenter Philip Schofield likes to call it “the greatest show on ice”, and we can argue about that. But what’s not open to dispute is that Dancing on Ice is now Britain’s leading platform for the exposure of celebrities to gratuitous peril on a frozen surface.
How dangerous is dancing on ice? It’s certainly more dangerous than dancing not on ice – or, as we prefer to call it, Strictly Come Dancing, to which Dancing on Ice forms a kind of frozen companion piece. Ice dance, as practised in ITV’s day-glo rink, feels breathtakingly reckless in the context of 21st-century attitudes to health and safety, and in many ways the 11-series history of Dancing on Ice is an extended study in flirting with disaster.
Veteran viewers still recall with horror the night in 2006 when Bonnie Langford, while being whirled around by the ankles, almost had her brains dashed out live and in prime-time. Then there was Keith Chegwin’s broken shoulder, and Vanilla Ice’s traumatised eye socket, not to mention that time Jorgie Porter from Hollyoaks skated across her professional partner’s forehead, or when Jennifer Ellison managed to plough the top of her own head with her skate and left the ice newly mohawked.
But The Jump is history, leaving only the fast-receding memories of Jason Robinson, the England rugby international, landing a widely admired ski jump of 14.95 metres. Just to put that feat in perspective, the current world record in that event, held by Stefan Kraft of Austria, is 253.5 metres.
Best not to speak too loudly about actual sport, though. As usual, the current season of Dancing on Ice will coincide for a while with the annual European Figure Skating Championships – this year from Minsk – the UK television audience for which will barely register. By contrast, 6.5 million people watched the Dancing on Ice launch show this year, wherein a deeply uneasy Brian McFadden was to be found sliding across the ice in the way a filing cabinet slides across an office during an earthquake.
One was forced to draw a dismaying conclusion: offered the chance to see figure skating performed to the most exacting standards by dedicated professionals, the vast majority of the British population would rather see it done badly by someone who used to be in Westlife. Talk about Michael Gove and his “had enough of experts”. When people ask, “Could Trump happen here?”, I often think about Dancing on Ice.
We’re some way, clearly, from the cosiness of Strictly, where the room glows warmly, where heat and emotions are generated and where celebrities and pros are forever copping off with each other. OK, the former Arsenal and England goalkeeper David Seaman found love with the professional dancer Frankie Poultney during series nine of Dancing on Ice in 2014 – almost certainly to the disappointment of his wife. But what chiefly comes home to us in the sitting room is frigid, municipal, icy. And anyway, at the point we see them, most of the contestants are far too busy concentrating on not gliding uncontrollably out of the studio, crossing the corridor and ending up on another programme altogether.
Incidentally, people always complain that they have never heard of the “so-called celebrities” on these shows, the assumption being that it would be so much better if the producers managed to land someone we’ve all heard of: Prince Charles, say, or Beyoncé, or Angela Merkel. But is that automatically true? Being slightly less than comfortably famous and slightly less than reliably employed is, surely, a good part of the engine that drives a celebrity ice dancing contest. Yes, Prince Charles would bring something to the rink, but it is neediness bordering on desperation that’s the chief requirement here, and you’ll get that even more reliably from resting soap stars and the shards of long-crushed boy bands.
What’s going through the minds of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, though, the show’s head judges and guiding lights? Their gold-winning Bolero routine at the Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984 remains, in terms of audience share, the third biggest sporting event in British history after the 1966 World Cup final and the replay of the 1970 FA Cup final between Chelsea and Leeds. And now here they are, watching Gemma Collins from The Only Way is Essex barge her way around the ice and then shout down the judge charged with critiquing her performance.
Likely as not, Torvill and Dean conceive of their role as ambassadorial, and would argue that on some level the sport benefits. That was certainly Tom Daley’s argument when he was criticised for his involvement in the celebrity diving contest Splash! – that the show might interest a new generation in diving. As it turned out, Splash! briefly interested a new generation in the sight of Penny Mordaunt MP belly-flopping off the five-metre platform, and, shortly after that, ITV cancelled it. It’s a thin line, clearly – and an altogether risky business.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in a rare statement that he met with President-elect Donald Trump to express “profound dismay” at the recent leak of intelligence documents.
At the heart of the matter is a document first published by BuzzFeed on Tuesday, which Clapper stressed was “not a US Intelligence Community product” in his press release Wednesday evening.
Clapper also said the allegations had come from a "private security company," and that US spy agencies had "not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable."
He went on to state, however, that "part of our obligations is to ensure that policymakers are provided with the fullest possible picture of any matters that might affect national security."
Clapper's statement that the dossier came from a private security company aligns with a report from the Wall Street Journal, which stated that Christopher Steele, a director of the London-based Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd., compiled the report, citing "people familiar with the matter." Steele's business partner, Christopher Burrows, said he would not "confirm or deny" that claim.
However, users of the website 4chan – the largely anonymous message board known for launching memes – claims the story involving Trump, prostitutes, urination and a Moscow hotel room previously occupied by the Obamas originated on the site as a gag.
Calling the documents “fanfiction,” a user says that he sent the document to “anti-Trump pundit” Rick Wilson, who gave it to the CIA, which then classified the document in its official intelligence reports on the election. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) also copped to his own role in spreading the disinformation to the FBI.
While there is still confusion as to the exact source of the story, the documents were nonetheless published by BuzzFeed on Tuesday, prompting to the hashtag #GoldenShowers to trend on Twitter.
In his press conference Wednesday morning, Trump called BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage” for publishing the unverified accusations.
He also lashed out at CNN reporter Jim Acosta when he tried to ask a question, after accusing the network of "going out of their way to build it [the report] up," referring to the outlet mentioning the report in an article.
"Your organization is terrible, I'm not going to give you a question," Trump said to Acosta, telling the reporter that he and his channel are "fake news."
Following the exchange, Acosta said live on-air that he felt it was "only fair" that CNN would have the chance to ask a follow-up question since the network was being "attacked."
However, Acosta said that Trump had "indicated that he was not going to call on me or call on CNN, he sort of pointed at me at one point and then waved his hand as if 'you're not going to get a question...'"
Following the event, Trump tweeted that the press conference was "great," stating that "a couple of fake news organizations were there but the people truly get what's going on."
Trump also vented his general frustration about the report on Twitter ahead of the press conference, comparing the actions of the IC to Nazi Germany.

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