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In January, the Violence Policy Center, an organization that advocates for gun controls, released a study showing that the five states with the highest per capita gun death rates in 2013 had extremely lax gun violence prevention laws. North Carolina ranked 21st on the list. |
In addition to nine other North Carolina cases on the site, Hicks is mentioned among the homicides and suicides. |
Becky Caertas, the director of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence, said her organization plans to spend a lot of time this session fighting the North Carolina proposals. |
The all-access permit, Caertas said, “creates a class of people that presents themselves above the law. |
August was the deadliest month since the Syrian rebellion began a year-and a-half ago — and more deadly for civilians than the bloodiest months in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as the recent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Bahrain. |
More than 5,400 people, a significant majority of them civilians, were killed during the month, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a widely cited London-based opposition group that tracks the violence*. The group puts the total number of both civilian and military deaths since the uprising began at 2... |
But these numbers, as stark as they are, cannot fully illustrate the escalating war playing out on the ground. In The Battle for Syria, airing on Tuesday, FRONTLINE journeys into the heart of the rebellion in Aleppo for an up-close, unflinching look at how the insurgency is operating, why the rebels are fighting and wh... |
Guardian correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, reporting for FRONTLINE, accompanies rebel commanders who are waging a full-scale assault on President Bashar al-Assad’s army while trying to overcome internal rivalries between secular and Islamist fighters. |
The conflict has spilled into the region, with an estimated 200,000 refugees fleeing to neighboring states, including Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is on his first mission to Syria today, where he will be meeting with the embattled president. |
Determining an accurate death count amidst conflict is fraught with challenges. There are several groups tracking the violence in Syria, including the Center for the Documentation of Violations in Syria and the Local Coordination Committees, which put civilian deaths in August in a similar range as the Syrian Observato... |
Joseph Parker takes the controls of a plane at the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy. |
It was first stints as a student and then as the teacher for Joseph Parker on his second day in Whanganui. |
The champion boxer got some lessons at a local shooting range before getting in the cockpit of a plane at Whanganui's International Commercial Pilot Academy for a lesson in flying. |
Parker then spent the evening at the Awa Kings boxing club giving a talk before leading a training session. |
He and his entourage then traveled to a lodge last night before two days of hunting in the bush. |
Parker spent the morning at Te Manu Atatu's Māori Business Breakfast at Parnell's Cafe. |
A security camera hangs from the roof of the Secretariat Building at the United Nations headquarters with the East River and Queensboro Bridge in the background in New York City September 17, 2015. |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Wikimedia and other groups challenging one of the U.S. National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs, the Baltimore Sun reported. |
The newspaper said Judge T.S. Ellis III on Friday dismissed the suit filed in March over what is often called "upstream" collection because it happens along the so-called backbone of the Internet and away from individual users. |
The case is one of a number of challenges made by privacy advocates against U.S. spying programs since 2013, when documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed the long reach of secret government surveillance. |
The judge "concluded that the plaintiffs had to speculate about key elements of the spy system. So under a 2013 Supreme Court ruling on a similar challenge, he wrote, their case could not go forward," the Sun said. |
"Plaintiffs provide no factual basis to support the allegation that the NSA is using its surveillance equipment at full throttle," Ellis wrote, according to the newspaper. |
The plaintiffs include the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the online encyclopedia Wikipedia; the conservative Rutherford Institute; Amnesty International USA and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, among other groups. |
The groups said in the lawsuit that upstream surveillance "reduces the likelihood" that clients, journalists, foreign government officials, victims of human rights abuses and other individuals will share sensitive information with them. |
The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented the plaintiffs, said it is considering an appeal, the paper said. |
"The decision turns a blind eye to the fact that the government is tapping into the Internet's backbone to spy on millions of Americans," it quoted ACLU lawyer Patrick Toomey as saying in a statement. "The dismissal of the lawsuit's claims as 'speculative' is at odds with an overwhelming public record of warrantless su... |
A spokesperson with the popular Wisconsin-based casual fast food restaurant said a franchisee plans to break ground on construction in September. |
A casual fast-food restaurant staple of the Midwest is coming to Pensacola. |
The Wisconsin-based Culver's, popular for its ButterBurger's and frozen custard, will be built at 4400 Bayou Boulevard, replacing a now-demolished SunTrust Bank. |
A Culver's spokesperson said their franchisee is hoping to break ground later this month with the hopes of opening the restaurant in early 2019. |
The ButterBurger is named not because the Midwest-raised beef is dunked, fried or drizzled with butter, but because the buns themselves are lightly coated in butter before being toasted. |
The fresh frozen custard at Culver's is made daily, and the menu also includes chicken sandwiches, fish, steak and pot roast dinners, sides, salads, milkshakes, malts, floats and more. |
The nearest Culver's location to the Pensacola area is at 8792 Navarre Parkway. |
The growing maturity and ubiquity of the mobile channel is shaking up ‘traditional media’ to the extent that many existing approaches and preconceptions need updating. Despite efforts from Facebook to displace traditional email from its lofty perch, and because of desktop decline and resistance to text messaging as a m... |
It is time to look again at the best practice rules of email marketing, and see what works best for the smartphone. To ensure that email continues to be effective, businesses must change their approach. Marketers should consider the following to enhance their mobile email success. |
For many business brands, the tipping point between desktop and mobile email use amongst target audiences may have already arrived; this realisation should seriously shake up a marketing strategy and approach. However, if you don’t know which of your audiences use mobile, you are never going to keep up with your custom... |
Brands should invest in solid primary research to establish who they are targeting, via which media, the timing of their messages and what to say. Once email campaigns are underway, further data can be captured about the different devices being used to better inform content and design choices. It can, for example, help... |
Research will also tell you that people on the move check their email almost habitually and that catching up with emails in transit is now commonplace. But attention is limited and spare time is precious – the modus operandi of mobile email users is much more active and decisions to delete unwanted emails are often rut... |
Short, sharp emails that get to the point quickly and offer value work best. Consistent application of this insight will increase your chances of being read – and marked as a trusted source by email providers. |
Remember, it is not just ‘Generation Y’ that has embraced mobile. Business audiences are even more religious at rifling through emails on the move. Know your audience and then consider the messaging trinity of content, timing and targeting, before moving on to design. |
Although wireless network speeds are improving, users still value their time and skip messages that take too long to download. Likewise, a message that doesn’t spark any interest right away will inevitably get trashed. The iPhone only has room for 5 or 6 short words in an email subject line before the ellipsis kicks in... |
The first line of text is also important. Don’t squander its impact by opening with ‘Can’t read this? Click here…’ The user translates it as ‘Won’t read this, next!’ Put your mirror links at the foot of the email and optimise any linked content for mobile. |
The old rules of email marketing still stand for mobile. You may be competing with hundreds of other emails in someone’s inbox so keep the design clear and simple to increase the likelihood of being read. Your message should be text focused; not overburdened with images and logos. Apart from one key picture, optimised ... |
The proliferation of computer viruses has cultivated in an aversion to email attachments. They add a barrier of inconvenience to your message and rejection rates are high. Avoid attachments to increase the chances of a mobile email getting through. |
We now know that mobile is a pertinent issue in email marketing. Anyone using this channel must invest in their understanding of mobile to truly master it and reap the benefits. |
Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-Mass.) has introduced a resolution in the U.S. House rejecting President Trump’s transgender military ban as a discriminatory policy based on junk science, the Washington Blade has learned exclusively. |
Kennedy, chair of the Congressional Transgender Task Force, introduced the non-binding resolution against the policy in the U.S. House on Monday. A Kennedy aide said 114 co-sponsors have signed on to the legislation, but that list is expected to grow. |
The resolution cites Trump’s 2017 tweet pledging to ban transgender people from military service “in any capacity” as well as the implementation plan from former Defense Secretary James Mattis, which critics say relies on junk science in its justification for Trump’s policy. |
A Kennedy aide said he isn’t sure about timing for a potential House floor vote on the resolution but is hopeful it’ll be soon. |
Kennedy’s resolution isn’t the only congressional action against the ban. New legislation introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) in the House and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in the Senate seeks to codify openly transgender military service. The legislation would thwart Trump’s ban by ensuring transgender serv... |
Editor’s Note: An initial version of this article reported Kennedy was simply poised to introduce the resolution. This article has been updated to reflect Kennedy’s actual introduction of the measure. |
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August retail sales increased 0.1 percent seasonally adjusted over July and 5 percent year-over-year as the economy continued to grow despite concerns about the growing trade war, the National Retail Federation said today. The numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants. |
The three-month moving average was also up 4.9 percent over the same period a year ago. The August results build on improvement seen in July, which was up 0.4 percent monthly from June and 4.9 percent year-over-year. |
NRF’s numbers are based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which released overall August sales – including automobiles, gasoline and restaurants – were down 0.1 percent seasonally adjusted from July but up 6.6 percent year-over-year. |
Online and other non-store sales were up 9.3 percent year-over-year and up .7 percent over August seasonally adjusted. |
Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 6.2 percent year-over-year but down 1.7 percent from August seasonally adjusted. |
Health and personal care stores were up 5.4 percent year-over-year and up 0.5 percent from August seasonally adjusted. |
Food and beverage stores were up 4.9 percent year-over-year and zero change from August seasonally adjusted. |
General merchandise stores were up 4.6 percent year-over-year and up 0.1 percent from August seasonally adjusted. |
Electronics and appliance stores were up 4.1 percent year-over-year and up 0.4 percent from August seasonally adjusted. |
Furniture and home furnishings stores were up 3.9 percent year-over-year but down 0.3 percent from August seasonally adjusted. |
Building materials and garden supply stores were up 2.6 percent year-over-year and zero change from August seasonally adjusted. |
Sporting goods stores were down 4.0 percent year-over-year and up 0.2 percent from August seasonally adjusted. |
ATLANTA (WKYT) -- Future Kentucky Wildcat Tyrese Maxey buried a game-high three triples and scored 13 points for the West squad in Wednesday's McDonald's All-American Game. |
Kentucky commit Kahlil Whitney finished 1-5 from the floor and scored two points. Maxey finished 5-10 from the floor and also had two steals. |
The East team beat the West team 115-100. |
Kentucky target Matthew Hurt scored five points in the game. |
The Lagunitas Brewery Tour is a huge operation, and is clearly becoming a major attraction. |
Lagunitas Brewing Co., known for beers like Lagunitas IPA and Lil Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale, has major plans in store for its Chicago brewery, such as creating a small concert venue, opening a rooftop bar and tripling its brewing output. |
To accomplish those plans, which are still pending regulatory approval, Lagunitas is trying to change its zoning — from that of the more restrictive planned manufacturing district in the Pilsen industrial corridor to an industrial-commercial planned development that would allow for special event use, such as concerts. |
The proposal next will be considered by the Chicago Plan Commission; no hearing date has been set. |
The zoning change would allow Lagunitas to move forward with its plan of creating a small venue for occasional concerts within its existing 300,000-square-foot facility at 2607 W. 17th St., similar in spirit to the amphitheater at its Petaluma, Calif., brewery. Lagunitas also intends to expand its existing taproom and ... |
"We've been tied and connected to music in the 24 years we've been around," Hamilton said of the possible music venue. "It's what we do." |
If approved by the city, most of the proposed changes would happen within the existing facility and could come to fruition next year, Hamilton said, though building the rooftop bar likely wouldn't happen until 2018. Another 8,000-square-foot addition is planned for shipping and receiving docks. |
The music venue, which could have capacity for between 400 and 650 people, could build up to about 15 concerts per year, like the Petaluma amphitheater, she said. |
Brewery operations are seen in progress during an Aug. 11, 2015, tour of Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Chicago's Douglas Park neighborhood. The brewery seeks to expand and add a rooftop bar and small concert venue, but it needs zoning approval. |
Alex Esparza, executive director of Eighteenth Street Development Corp., a Pilsen economic development group, said he worried that Lagunitas opting out the planned manufacturing district could encourage other businesses in the industrial corridor to follow suit. |
Many consider such districts to be important for retaining manufacturing and attracting new business. While Lagunitas is staying within the defined area of the district, it's essentially asking the city for a carve-out with different zoning that would allow greater freedom for concerts and other events. |
But Esparza also said the plan made sense for Lagunitas, which brings many paying customers to the Douglas Park neighborhood and neighboring Pilsen. |
"I don't want to say you have to keep (Lagunitas) happy, but you sort of have to keep them happy," Esparza said. |
The Chicago brewery produces about 405,000 barrels per year, beer that's distributed east of the Rocky Mountains and overseas in Europe, Hamilton said. The second bottling line and additional fermenters would enable the facility to max out at 1.2 million barrels a year. |
Last year, Lagunitas sold a 50 percent stake in the company to Heineken for $1 billion, an unusual arrangement compared with other craft breweries selling a majority stake or the entire business to large beer companies such as Anheuser-Busch InBev or MillerCoors. |
But in an affidavit provided to the city for the proposed zoning change, Heineken's stake was listed at about 52 percent. |
Explaining the discrepancy Wednesday, Magee said he dismissed a senior executive a few months ago and Heineken bought the executive's shares — with the caveat that the stock would be held within a voting trust in Magee's name. |
As a result, voting power and governance of Lagunitas remain a 50-50 split with Heineken, he said. |
Game of Thrones wine is coming, details sketchy. Could be from Highgarden? |
People watch operations in progress after a tour Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 at the Lagunitas Brewery. |
Kyle Cooney leads a tour Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 at the Lagunitas Brewery. |
Richard H. Nolte's Oct. 5 Op. Ed. article deserves comment in view of its erroneous and dangerous analysis of the Palestine situation. |
Those who supported the re‐estab lishment of Israel as a state—and who are concerned for its survival today— have never denied self‐determination to the Arabs. Actually there are at least two Palestinian states today; one named Jordan, the other Israel. |
The only reason an additional Arab state by the name of “Palestine” does not exist today is simply that the Arabs rejected the Partition Resolution of November 1947 which created an additional Palestine entity, and went to war. In the ensuing hostilities, Jordan grabbed most of what would have been “Palestine,” and Egy... |
Israel's leaders have asserted their readiness to negotiate directly with any responsible Arab leaders who would come forward to discuss the future of the administered territories. But self‐determination works two ways: it is as valid for the Jews as it is for the Arabs. |
Mr. Nolte makes it appear that the Arabs are the only “Palestinians,” and that Jews drove them away from land that is rightfully theirs. This is a notion that should have been put to rest long ago when the League of Na tions recognized the legitimate national aspirations of both peoples, with Israel finally ending up w... |
Mr. Nolte's recital of the twentieth century history of Palestine bears no resemblance to the truth. He writes of a burgeoning Jewish population after World War I “at the expense of the Arab population.” It should be pointed out that Jews purchased the land they settled on, most of it swamp and desert. |
As for the population statistics, according to the 1922 census of the British Mandatory Government, only 184,000 non‐Jews lived in the area that later became Israel. As a result of Jewish development, Arab immigra tion was attracted to Palestine. By 1949 their number increased to some 750,000, drawn by the opportunitie... |
Mr. Nolte, who terms the Jews of Palestine (a number of whose an cestors date back to the Biblical era) “an alien population mainly from out side,” fails to point out — what he surely knows—that most of the Arabs are relatively recent immigrants to Palestine. Why then, are they any more indigenous to Palestine than the... |
The cause of peace is not advanced by people such as Mr. Nolte who are ready to risk additional bloodshed for the sake of the “self‐respect” of Arab extremists. |
I would like to place a strong vote with you for Vice President Spiro Agnew, and his fight against per missiveness. |
To my mind this word describes, as very few others could, what is wrong in great measure with this country today. |
Your Sept. 25 editorial “Luna 16” proposes a plan for lunar exploration by concurrent use of astronauts and of automated spacecraft, such as Luna 16, with astronauts making compre hensive surveys and the automated spacecraft sampling soils at specific points. |
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