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Shortly after hanging up my phone call, I believe Mike got the alert first on his phone with an usual sound. As he is reading the ballistic inbound missile threat, my phone receives the alert seconds later.
At first, I thought it was a joke and kind of chuckled. Then a very quiet reality hit me like in the movies. All sound for a few seconds was washed out by the sound of my heartbeat. My friend, who I was just talking to, immediately calls back. When I answered the call, he says to me, “what the f--k?” about 3-4 times over and over.
In that moment, I realized that it was not a joke... at least for now.
I then sent a screenshot of the alert to my wife, letting her know what was going on. She’s the Google-type and immediately looked it up. I don’t remember exactly what she found because this was all only minutes after the alert, but she called me and relayed her findings.
It was something along the lines of, “this is not a mistake and to take the proper precautions.” I began discussing this with my roommate and we shortly determined that if we were in fact going to perish by a missile, then we were at least in good company.
My wife called me back a few minutes later after texting this to a friend of hers that is from Honolulu but now lives in Phoenix. The friend then contacted her dad, who is a retired police officer in Oahu, and he investigated the alert.
I guess after a quick phone call by him, he found out that it was just a mistake and that there was nothing to be alarmed about. Once this got relayed back to me, an unsettling sigh of relief came over me. I then relayed the news to my roommate and friend I had been talking with earlier.
That friend, of course, was also on the island of Oahu. It seemed to diffuse the tension only minimally because we didn’t know officially that we were in the clear. I don’t remember how long until we got the official message that this was just a mistake by the Hawaiian government, but it was very nerve-racking until that point.
In the back of my mind, I thought about this on the course the whole day as did everybody, I’m sure. It was a very scary day to say the least, but we seemed to manage our emotions – well, at least on the surface we did. I’d been skydiving twice before that day, but I’ve never been that nervous in my life.
It made me think of all the people living on the other side of the world where this is a daily occurrence. It’s a frightening feeling thinking that you are going to die, if only for 30 minutes.
It makes a person put things in perspective real quick.
The singer unveils the lead track from her new album Halcyon.
Ellie Goulding has premiered her new single.
The singer will release 'Anything Could Happen' as the lead single from her second studio album Halcyon.
"I've been with this song a long time and I've had to listen to it a lot to get it just how I wanted it," Goulding told Fearne Cotton on Radio 1 following the track's debut play.
'Anything Could Happen' will be available to download in the UK on September 30, while new album Halcyon follows on October 8.
"This album for me is a journey from dark into light, from confusion to understanding. I didn't set out to write a break-up record but I think it became one," Goulding said of the record.
The star recently unveiled a trailer for her upcoming album, which includes previews of a handful of new tracks.
Meanwhile, Goulding continues to climb the US Hot 100 chart with 'Lights', which has reached a new peak of number two on the list.
In an always-connected world where brand success is driven by user experience, the opportunities for improvement in digital banking—particularly the corporate market— are enormous.
This White Paper discusses end-to-end application performance management in the context of the impact to the business. It then highlights CA’s application quality and performance management solutions for both Web and mainframe applications, with particular focus on the integration of CA Wily with AQM Solutions’ TRILOGexpert APCTM for TriTuneTM with Performance Desktop. It concludes with the Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) perspective on the market in general, and on the CA solution in particular.
Like it or not, your products will appear on online marketplaces. The question is whether your company can assert the control over your online sales necessary—particularly on marketplaces— to win in this dynamic market environment. Read on to learn more about these challenges— and what your company can do to be positioned to win.
This Technology Spotlight examines the evolving primary flash array market with a particular emphasis on what next-generation flash-driven enterprise storage architectures will look like. It also looks at the role Pure Storage, with its FlashArray//X, plays in this strategically important market.
Digital transformation (DX) is the driving force behind new worldwide initiatives in financial services. However, a recent IDC survey discovered that fewer than 5% of institutions have started or completed a digital transformation strategy. Historically, financial institutions focused on the use of mobility to directly drive improved customer experiences to their customers' devices. However, as consumer sophistication with mobility increases — particularly among younger generations —so too does the need to enable mobility for the enterprise worker. This Market Spotlight explores these issues in the larger DX context.
The Storm will play Sehome next at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at home.
Anacortes: Monica Downs 3, Brooke Riordan 12, Hope Hurtado 6, Brooke Geffe 9, Stella Gillman 4, Alexandra Aldridge Jr. 1, Justine Boydston 0, Taylor Phillips 2, Clara Martin 0. Totals: 13-47 10-23 37.
Squalicum: Shefka Williams 3, Sarah Hulbert 2, Chalae Wolters 28, Hope Jorgenson 0, Hailey Linville 0, Hannah Kohr 0, Bailey Molnar 0, Sydney Arndorfer 2, Maddie Grimstead 2, Ciera Gossage 1, Lissette Meza 0. Totals: 11-45 12-23 40.
3-point field goals — Anacortes: 1 (Hurtado 1); Squalicum: 6 (Wolters 6). Rebounds — Anacortes: 43 (Geffe 11); Squalicum: 42 (Wolters 10). Assists — Anacortes: 7 (Geffe 5); Squalicum: 8 (Hulbert 3). Fouls — Anacortes: 23 (Aldridge Jr.); Squalicum: 20. Turnovers — Anacortes: 21; Squalicum: 19.
Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour will invite parties to defeat the government and vote for Labour’s manifesto in a “substantial amendment” to the Queen’s speech, as well as suggesting the party would also kill off the “great repeal bill”.
“We are ready and able to put forward a serious programme which has great support in this country,” he said, though the Labour leader conceded his party “didn’t win the election”.
“We are going to put down a substantial amendment to the Queen’s speech which will be the main points of our manifesto, so we will invite the House to consider all the issues we’ve put forward – jobs-first Brexit, policies for young people and on austerity,” he said.
Corbyn said the great repeal bill, designed to transfer EU law into British law to enable changes to regulations, “has now become history” and said Labour would offer something different. “We will put forward a position in which we negotiate tariff-free access to the European market and legislate after that,” he said.
Labour has not yet begun reaching out to other parties for support in either defeating the government or gathering support for policies in its own manifesto.
Both the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, suggested before the election that they would be prepared to lend support to legislation, but said it would be done on merit, rather than as a result of any confidence-and-supply arrangement similar to what Theresa May is seeking with the Democratic Unionist party.
A senior Labour source said the party needed to wait and respond to the arrangement May came to with the DUP. “If they are able to get as far as a Queen’s speech we will amend it to take into account as much of our manifesto programme as possible, deleting, removing the absolute worst aspects of theirs,” the source said.
Passing Labour amendments to any Queen’s speech is fraught with difficulty and would likely require support from some rebel Conservative MPs. The source said those conversations had not started and would hinge on how upset some Conservative MPs might be with the DUP deal.
Another Labour source close to the leadership said they felt the party was still fighting to form a government. “We’re in extra time at the moment. We haven’t lost,” the source said. “Now it’s about who is the party that can put an agenda to parliament that will gain the most support.
The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, also said he believed there was a majority in parliament to maintain the winter fuel allowance and triple-lock pension, two issues the Conservatives proposed changing in their manifesto.
McDonnell said the party planned to keep up its campaigning momentum across the country, which saw scores of young people turn out to rallies, both in preparation for a potential snap election and as a way of galvanising opposition to unpopular Tory policies.
“As soon as the prime minister said there wouldn’t be a snap election, we thought there would be,” he said. “And so we, we will continue on campaigning all throughout the country.
The shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, said Labour was seriously preparing for an opportunity to form a minority government if May’s Queen’s speech should fail.
“We’ve got Theresa May squatting in Downing Street. We’ve got a full rebellion going on in the Conservative party. We’ve got no idea as to what’s going to be in this Queen’s speech. They have a manifesto that’s been completely repudiated by the public and indeed by Tory MPs themselves, and no idea what the DUP will agree to or not,” she told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday.
Corbyn said he expected there would be another election before the end of the year. A new Survation poll for the Mail on Sunday put Labour ahead on 45% and the Tories on just 39%. It also put May and Corbyn neck-and-neck on who would make the best prime minister, with both leaders on 39%, showing a surge in personal support for Corbyn.
MADRID (REUTERS) - Real Madrid president Florentino Perez on Thursday (June 14) defended the appointment of Julen Lopetegui as coach of the 13-times European champions on the eve of the World Cup, which led to the coach being sacked by the Spanish national team.
Instead of helping Spain prepare for Friday's highly-anticipated Group B game against Portugal in Sochi, Lopetegui was in Madrid on Thursday being presented as Zinedine Zidane's successor.
An emotional Lopetegui took to the stage in the presidential box at the Santiago Bernabeu, barely 24 hours after returning home following his humiliating dismissal by Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales.
Rubiales said he dismissed Lopetegui because he had been informed about the 51-year-old's future plans only five minutes before the news was made public. However, Perez said his club had acted correctly.
"Real Madrid and Julen reached an agreement freely. Our objective was to show transparency and normality to avoid rumours," Perez said. "We were surprised by the suggestion this deal could affect a dressing room of top-level footballers, players who do not let anything affect their performances as sportsmen. There's not a single argument that justifies why Julen Lopetegui will not be sitting in the Spain dugout tomorrow."
Lopetegui remained unbeaten in 20 games in charge of Spain, who were considered one of the favourites to win the World Cup until his sacking rocked their preparations. Former Real defender Fernando Hierro was named stand-in coach for the tournament.
"Yesterday was the worst day of my life since my mother died," said Lopetegui as he fought back tears. "But today is the happiest day of my life."
The coach echoed Perez's words as he tried to explain the decision which ultimately cost him the chance to lead Spain out on football's biggest stage.
"We had to close the deal before and not during the World Cup. We wanted to be transparent, I didn't want to hide anything as a coach. The players knew about it, there was no problem and they trained magnificently that day," he added. "Without any doubt when I watch the game (against Portugal), I'll cheer the team on just like any other Spaniard.
"I feel part of this team and I'm sure we'll have a great World Cup despite everything."
A former goalkeeper, Lopetegui came through Real's youth system and played one game for their first team. He later went on to coach Real's reserve side for one season.
His only experience in charge of a top club was a trophyless 18-month spell with FC Porto which led to him being sacked.
He now faces the daunting task in succeeding Zidane, who quit Real after winning three successive Champions League titles and a La Liga crown in 21/2 years.
Separately, at the May 2 meeting, FAS members adopted changes to the Harvard College Handbook for Students for the 2017-2018 academic year—an annual routine. “In keeping with the University’s articulation of belonging and inclusion,” gendered pronouns will be rendered gender-neutral. Other passages concerned Expos, advanced standing, email accounts and email privacy, and the new gen-ed requirements (with a caveat: “Until the new Quantitative Facility requirement is finalized and takes effect, students must complete the current Empirical Mathematical Reasoning requirement”). Separate language addressed marijuana (given the Massachusetts law permitting recreational use for adults); smoking (of tobacco, including vaping); and final examinations in absentia.
But the Handbook remains silent about the controversial new policy on student membership in unrecognized single-gender social organizations (USGSOs, such as final clubs, fraternities, and sororities), the subject of divisive FAS debate for most of the year (see “Social-Club Saga,” May-June, page 18). It denies members of USGSOs the required College recommendations for prestigious scholarships and fellowships, and prohibits leadership positions in recognized clubs and athletic teams. Students who seek such recommendations or leadership positions must affirm that they do not belong to such groups. Alleged untruthfulness would be subject to review by the Honor Council, created by the faculty to hear cases of academic misconduct (cheating on examinations, plagiarism, and so on).
Both the policy and its implementation are under review, but for now, it remains in effect for freshmen arriving this August. They would not join USGSOs during their first months on campus, in any event—but they would still be affected by the rule because the affirmation requires that students attest that they have not been a member of a USGSO for a year prior to assuming a leadership role or accepting a scholarship, and that they will not join a USGSO in the year following. Pending the outcome of the policy review, these matters may come before FAS again in the fall—an outcome most faculty members would probably like to avoid.
How well do you know your history?
America’s students are slowly improving their history scores, according to a new report. Could you describe the advantages the American forces had over the British during the Revolutionary War? Or give two reasons why Abraham Lincoln was important? Take this quiz to see how well you know your history.
• How well do you know your revolutionary history?
• Did Thomas Jeffeson say this quote?
A straight-to-video nightmare is all that’s on offer here. Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Bruce Willis star in a cheap-and-cheerless action thriller that contrives to be unexciting, unfunny and crass. Gosselaar is Jack, a supercool tough guy and heist specialist with a heart of gold, in love with a veterinarian he’s cutely trying to impress by showing up at her clinic with a dog borrowed from one of his fellow criminals. Jack is lured into stealing diamonds by his ex, played by the haughty and leonine Claire Forlani, who in turn wishes ill on a certain Mr Big, in which role Bruce Willis smirkingly phones in his standard-issue performance. The production budget has been spent on a series of big, loud and very, very boring explosions, and there is a mind-blowingly uninteresting speedboat chase scene that culminates in a bad guy getting knocked off his jet ski by a gun thrown by the adorable vet. But implausibility is the least of this film’s problems.
In Cre8asite fashion, the New Years logo is live now. We should have ours up in the next couple hours as well, but it won't be animated. Outstanding job.
The US jobs report disappointed with an increase of only 155K. Wages are up 0.2% MoM, weaker than expected. Year over year, they are up 3.1%. The unemployment rate is stable at 3.7% as expected. Participation stands at 62.9%. The average workweek is down to 34.4. The "real unemployment rate", U-6, is up to 7.6% but remains at encouraging levels. Net revisions for October and September stand at -12K, a minor change all in all.
The US Dollar is down across the board. EUR/USD is climbing above 1.1400. GBP/USD is trading around 1.2800 and USD/JPY fell to 112.60. Commodity currencies are rising as well. The Canadian Dollar is doing exceptionally well thanks to a leap of 94.1K in Canadian jobs and a drop in the unemployment rate to 5.6%.
The downfall in the US Dollar is petering out as time goes by, but the greenback remains below pre-release levels.
The US was expected to report an increase of 200,000 positions in November after a robust rise of 250,000 in October (before revisions). Average Hourly Earnings carried expectations for rising by 0.3% MoM after 0.2% beforehand. Year over Year, wages were forecast to increase by 3.1%. The Unemployment Rate was projected to remain at a low level of 3.7%.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell spoke on Thursday and expressed satisfaction with the economy and the labor market in particular. He said that it is doing well be "many measures." This NFP is the last jobs report before the Federal Reserve convenes to makes its final rate decision for the year.
Senator Joni Ernst in her Iowa National Guard Uniform.
First-term Republican Senator Joni Ernst is pondering retirement — from the Iowa National Guard.
“This will be breaking news, probably, to my chain of command,” Ernst said late this morning during taping of the “Iowa Press” program that airs tonight on Iowa Public Television.
Ernst said it’s been “very hard” to balance her work as a senator, her obligation to the Guard and her desire to spend time with her husband and teenage daughter.
Ernst enlisted in the Iowa National Guard in 1993. After her election last November, Guard leaders moved Ernst from command of a unit to a position at Iowa Guard headquarters in Johnston. She’s likely to retire within the next year and coordinate her exit with superiors, to ensure there is someone in place to take over her duties.
There is no prohibition against members of the Guard serving in the U.S. Senate. Half a dozen Guard members are currently serving in the House and the freshman Senator from Alaska is in the Marine Reserve.
Nothing is going to quickly bring peace and prosperity to Syria. But continuing to do what we know makes matters worse has to end.
Statement by David Swanson as Director of World Beyond War at DC press conference August 8, 2017.
I won’t have time to list all the reasons I want U.S. military planes and drones out of Syrian skies much less all the reasons people have noted in comments on our petition, but there’s no question what my first reason is, although it’s not a reason always given much weight here in Washington.
These planes kill a lot of people. The U.S. military’s casualty figures have such a record of error that I would trust them about as far as I could throw a Pentagon contract. Airwars identifies thousands of civilian deaths from U.S. and allied planes (4,734 to 7,337 in Syria and Iraq). And such counts generally turn out to be many times under the counts that comprehensive post-war studies arrive at. On top of which we have the problem of all the people killed who are not counted by virtue of not being labeled civilian — always an empirically and morally iffy labeling process. Then there are the injuries that almost always outnumber the deaths, the homelessness, the extremely longterm effects of the U.S. use of depleted uranium fired from some of those planes we want removed, the starvation that could have been prevented for a fraction of the cost of the planes, and of course the top killer of U.S. troops: suicide.
The primary reason that what would otherwise be considered mass murder is given little heed is that it is understood to serve some higher purpose in both the moral and legal senses. But what purpose is served by U.S. planes over Syria? If longer than most major wars of the past isn’t long enough to figure that out, how about a purpose served by bombing Afghanistan or Iraq or Pakistan or Libya or Yemen? Apart from selling weapons and creating more enemies for the next war, what has been accomplished? Former CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief Michael Scheuer says the more the U.S. fights terrorism the more it creates terrorism. The CIA’s own July 7, 2009, report “Best Practices in Counterinsurgency,” says drone killing is counterproductive. Admiral Dennis Blair, a former director of National Intelligence, says the same. Gen. James E. Cartwright, a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says drone strikes could be undermining long-term efforts: “We’re seeing that blowback. If you’re trying to kill your way to a solution, no matter how precise you are, you’re going to upset people even if they’re not targeted.” That’s true whether or not the plane has a pilot.
This endless war for war’s sake may be done in the name of democracy. And you may be able to get television viewers to cheer momentarily for missiles launched from a ship — which have almost all the same problems as those launched from the air — but people in the very same polls that cheer for those missiles say the U.S. should get out of the war. Public pressure was key to preventing the start of a U.S. air war in Syria in 2013. Never has the public or the Congress advocated for or authorized this war. It is a war destructive of the rule of law. Nowhere does the UN Charter or the Kellogg-Briand Pact permit this action, from air, ground, or water. Special Operations Command chief Army General Raymond Thomas two weeks ago admitted it was illegal. Claiming to defend U.S. troops in Syria against aggression by Syria is not a legal argument for defensiveness but a declaration of imperial lawlessness.
President Obama’s decision to arm and train proxies was against the law, dramatically against public opinion, and against the report he had commissioned from the CIA on whether such efforts had ever succeeded in the past. President Trump’s announcement that he will cease those efforts and henceforth fight on only one side of this war is a nod to reality, law, and possibly decency — given the account of his decision having followed his viewing a video of CIA-backed fighters killing a child. But the war continues to kill children.
This is all before mentioning the risk of apocalyptic nuclear confrontation with Russia as a result of Russia also fighting an immoral, illegal, and counterproductive war in Syria. That alone is reason to remove every U.S. plane or drone.
This is also without considering the environmental damage done to Syria and to our atmosphere. You can drive your car all year and not pollute the sky like one flight of one military plane.
And then there’s the financial cost. National Priorities Project puts the cost of war on ISIS at $16 billion and counting — more than the UN says would be needed annually to have clean drinking water everywhere on earth, and more than half what the UN says it would take to end hunger, not just in Syria, but globally. And this war serves as the top public justification for military spending that adds up to about $1 trillion a year in the U.S. That choice of how to spend our resources kills more people than all current wars put together because of where that money is not spent.
A fraction of that spending could be invested in diplomacy, aid, disarmament, and unarmed peacekeeping to far better effect. These alternatives have been available since day one and still are. The United States spent years sabotaging UN attempts at peace in Syria. According to Former Finnish president and Nobel peace prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari, the United States dismissed out of hand a Russian peace proposal for Syria in 2012. The U.S. ruined last year’s ceasefire by firing on Syrian troops.
Nothing is going to quickly bring peace and prosperity to Syria. But continuing to do what we know makes matters worse has to end. We have to give peace a chance.
It's a good thing I paid attention in Spanish class all those years ago, because now I can appreciate Marc Anthony's new album, "Libre." Although considered a part of the late-'90s Latin music invasion, Anthony has talent that far outshines many of his contemporaries (his single, "I Need To Know," is one of the genre's best). Unlike his rivals who try to hide their heritage behind the blandest of musical trappings, Anthony is the real deal. His intense, passionate vocals match the liveliness of the music. At times, he almost oversings, as on "Libre's" opening track, "Celos." But elsewhere, the intensity melds with the heat of the music. If you like your salsa hot, this is it.
Clarksville-Montgomery County's Florim USA ceramic tile manufacturing plant in the industrial park appears to be in an expansion mindset.
The large, and longtime tenant of the park, located along International Boulevard, is seeking rezoning in April for some agricultural property it holds.
Don Haynes, environmental engineer for Florim, told the Regional Planning Commission Wednesday afternoon that, provided the Montgomery County Commission approves the rezoning and all other stipulations are met, Florim plans to set in motion a physical plant expansion that will initially feature the addition of a 420,000-square-foot warehouse.
The company's request is for additional property it holds south of Guthrie Highway, west of International Boulevard and north of Corporate Parkway Boulevard to be rezoned from AG Agricultural District to M-2 General Industrial District.
The RPC sent the County Commission its recommendation of approval for the rezoning.
Italian-owned Florim makes high-end ceramic tile products.
• Recommended approval of the request of Maynard Family Company, with Jimmy Bagwell as agent, for a zone change from R-2 Single Family Residential District to R-4 Multiple Family Residential District, for property south of Tobacco Road, 430 feet southwest of the Tobacco Road and Sandburg Drive intersection.
The area requested for rezoning would become an addition to an existing R-4 tract. The Clarksville City Council has final authority on this request.
• Recommended approval of the request of Ronnie Seay, with Wade Hadley as agent, for a zone change from R-1 Single Family Residential District to R-2A Single Family Residential District, for property south of the 101st Airborne Division Parkway (state Highway 374), north of Tracy Lane, west of Pea Ridge Road and at the end of Button Drive.
The request is for an extension of surrounding zoning for single-family residential development. The City Council is the final authority on this zone change.
• Recommended approval of the request of Reda Homes LLC, for a zone change from R-1 District to R-4 District, for property east of Fort Campbell Boulevard and north of Idlewild Street. The City Council is the final authority on this zone change.

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