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Also worth noting is the fact that Pokémon Go has managed to tap into a user base that historically hasn’t spent money in mobile games — at least, not in 2016. The report found that over 40 percent of those who spent in Pokémon Go hadn’t made even one other purchase in a mobile game all year. |
Slice’s report didn’t speak much as to why Pokémon Go may have reached its plateau, in terms of paying players, besides noting that it’s common for games to do so after launch. |
However, unlike other games to have hit the market, Pokémon Go saw a significant number of more casual players join, thanks to its viral spread. Some of these players may have checked out the game and played actively for several days, including spending money, before dropping off to less obsessive levels of engagement.... |
Another factor that could have come into play is that the game has suffered from its popularity, with overwhelmed servers, crashes and freezing, leading to delayed launches in other regions. That could have impacted users’ ability to spend in the app, if not their desire. |
The national directory of water quality coordinators includes the NIFA Committee for Shared Leadership, National Water Resource Project coordinators, Water Quality coordinators and contacts, and Regional Coordination Project associates). |
The Northern Plains and Mountains Regional Water Program is a partnership of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and land grant colleges and universities. The region comprises Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Its purpose is to integrate... |
July 10 - Michael Hewson of CMC Markets believes oil prices have further to fall as the global economy slows, reducing demand for crude. |
Eight could slow up by an -- strike in no way I'm economic -- up from China. This is today's market pulse. So Norway's government steps in to hold on oil sector strike which hot race fears of a sharp reduction in units crude supplies. And growth in Chinese imports slowed sharply in June. Let's -- -- from Michael Hewson... |
Mahabharata is an upcoming Bengali movie. The movie is directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and will feature Prasenjit Chatterjee, Roy Choudhury, Kaushik Sen and Anjan Dutta as lead characters. Other popular actors who were roped in for Mahabharata are Arpita Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Dev and Sankar Chakraborty. |
Would you let bats hang out in your fridge? |
You might expect to find milk in your fridge... but what about bats? |
Animal experts in Belarus, Eastern Europe are rescuing bats and letting them hang out in a special fridge to help them survive. |
They’ve defended the likes of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. |
Next up for the heavy hitters of Washington’s legal community: embattled Internal Revenue Service workers. |
Even as the tea party-targeting scandal dies down, the staffers at the center of the mess are turning to some of the city’s top lawyers to defend themselves against ongoing investigations and congressional inquiries. |
Lois Lerner, who became the public face of the scandal as the former head of the IRS tax-exempt unit, turned to William Taylor. He’s a founding partner of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, where he has represented, among others, Strauss-Kahn and Kenneth Langone, who successfully fought prosecution in a high-profile executive comp... |
Holly Paz, a former senior-level IRS director, hired Roel Campos, a partner at Locke Lord LLP. He served on President Barack Obama’s Presidential Intelligence Advisory Board and spent two terms as a commissioner of the SEC. |
And Joseph Grant, a senior IRS official who retired in the early days of the scandal, hired Barry Pollack, who previously represented Assange and Kevin Howard, Enron’s former broadband finance chief. |
The moves are an indication of how seriously the IRS workers are taking the battles that lie ahead even as the intensity of the scandal fades. |
“Anybody who has held high-level positions in the government and knows Washington understands that you want to take congressional inquiries seriously and you want to make sure that you have somebody who is experienced to guide you,” Pollack said. |
Republicans said the emails were proof that political motives were behind the targeting, something that the IRS has denied and an independent inspector general has said hasn’t been proved. |
Lerner also remains under subpoena from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the panel’s chairman, called her to testify in May but she asserted her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination after giving a statement contending that she is innocent of any wrongdoing. |
Republicans on the committee voted that her statement voided her Fifth Amendment rights and said she will be called back to testify. Issa has not set a date for that hearing yet. |
Issa and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter to Paz in August pointing out four inconsistencies between her May testimony and later interviews and evidence uncovered by the committee. |
Meanwhile, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.), chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee that oversees the IRS, also has a standing request for email from Grant. |
Lauren Greenfield's documentary follows a billionaire couple dealing with the harsh realities of the economic crisis. |
PARK CITY — A particularly lurid look at pathological excess, Lauren Greenfield's The Queen of Versailles will prompt loathing not only among the so-called 99 Percent, but among those in the top 1 percent who would like someone more sane to represent them on camera. Timely but too closely related to much of today's rea... |
When George W. Bush joked that his people were "the haves -- and the have-mores," the latter label applied to David Siegel, a Florida time-share mogul who brags of his (illegal, he hints) string-pulling in the 2000 election, "I personally got him elected." We meet Siegel and wife Jackie -- an aging trophy wife with out... |
Quickly, the conversation turns to "Versailles," a mansion the pair are building because, as Jackie says, "he deserves it": At 90,000 square feet, it will be America's largest single residence, boasting ten kitchens, a private ice-skating rink, and enough tacky antiques to make Michael Jackson blush. It's telling that ... |
Then the 2008 crash comes, the time-share industry takes a dive, and things get tough for the Siegels. The outlook is so bad, in fact, that Jackie tells her eight pampered kids they might actually have to go to college to earn a living. (Somewhere in the darkness, a horde of student-loan-beset youths is gathering pitch... |
To a certain extent, Greenfield gives her subjects enough rope to hang themselves as they moan over their diminished economic clout: David paints a picture of callous bankers who, having made him addicted to cheap credit, are now yanking the rug out; Jackie whines that she thought the federal bank bailout was supposed ... |
The film offers a rare look at extreme wealth and its fragility (fragility, at least, for those who save nothing for the future), and it contains a few moments of affecting pathos -- particularly those involving the couple's domestic employees and the adult son David has from a previous marriage. But its cloudy perspec... |
Berlin Township trustees have approved sending a petition containing 343 signatures to the Delaware County Board of Elections requesting a referendum to be placed on the May 2018 ballot. |
However, having the petition approved turned out to be more than a “formality” and “turned into a very long night,” reported Graeme Quinn in an email to The Gazette Thursday. Quinn is one of the residents who initiated the referendum. |
The referendum gives voters a chance to overturn the trustees’ Oct. 9 approval of rezoning 24 acres of property from Farm Residential to Planned Industrial Development. |
The request for rezoning came from the owner of the property, Savko Brothers Properties X LLC, which plans to develop the land located along U.S. 36 and State Route 37. The company’s proposal for Savko Commerce Park includes plans to build a concrete batching facility. |
Quinn said attendees included Trustees Ron Bullard and Adam Fleischer, Fiscal Officer Claudia Smith, and Attorney Mark Fowler from the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office Civil Division, which is representing the township. |
In attendance for Savko Brothers Properties X LLC were “Marty Savko, his son, (the company’s attorney) Mike Shade, and two new attorneys representing Savko,” Quinn said. |
Quinn said when one of Savko’s attorneys tried to give a presentation, Bullard directed him and Fowler to a room to continue the discussion in private. He said it lasted a couple of hours and once returning to the public meeting, attorneys for Savko were given an opportunity for comment. |
“I’m not surprised they don’t want to let this get to the voters, but choosing the trustee meeting to attack the petition based on the legal (details) definitely raised a few eyebrows,” he said. |
Quinn hand-delivered the petition to Fiscal Officer Claudia Smith Nov. 6. |
Karla Herron, Delaware County Board of Elections director, confirmed that the petition was filed with the board Nov. 14. |
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- The Bartow History Museum is planning a special lunch and learn in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga. |
Georgia Backroads magazine editor Dan Roper will speak at the event, which will be held Wednesday, Sept. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. |
Roper's talk, "Thunder at Chickamauga," will highlight one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles, which took place Sept. 19-20, 1863. More than 35,000 men were killed, wounded or captured during those two days. |
The lunch and learn is free for Bartow History Museum members and include in admission price for non-members. Attendees are welcome to bring their own food beginning at 11:45 a.m. |
Bartow History Museum is located at 4 East Church Street in downtown Cartersville. Learn more at bartowhistorymuseum.org. |
WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- Music legend Ricky Skaggs is coming to FoxTale Book Shoppe on his Kentucky Traveler book tour on Tuesday, August 27 at 7 p.m. |
In Kentucky Traveler, Ricky Skaggs, the music legend who revived modern bluegrass music, gives a warm, honest, one-of-a-kind memoir of forty years in music—along with the Ten Commandments of Bluegrass, as handed down by Ricky’s mentor Bill Monroe; the Essential Guide to Bedrock Country Songs, a lovingly compiled walk t... |
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Tellus Science Museum is now selling tickets for this year's Night at the Museum event. |
Night at the Museum, much like the popular movies of the same name, opens up a world of science fiction fun for attendees. |
Children can meet and receive autographs from more than 30 of their favorite fictional and historical characters, including Amelia Earhart, Sherlock Holmes and Darth Vader. Kids are also invited to dress up as their favorite characters and participate in a costume parade. |
This year's event will be held Saturday, Aug. 10 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are $10 for Tellus members and $20 for non-members. |
For more information, visit tellusmuseum.org. Tickets can be purchased by calling 770-606-5700 ext. 431. |
Tellus Science Museum is located at 100 Tellus Drive in Cartersville. |
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Celebrate all things Western with a special event at Booth Western Art Museum later this month. |
Bullets and Ballads, a dedication to Hollywood cowboys, will be held Thursday, July 18 at 7 p.m. |
Entertainment includes film-style gun tricks from Jim Dunham and a concert of classic Western movie songs from Jim Dorsett. There will also be a dinner of BBQ chicken and pork, potato salad, squash and zucchini medley, garlic bread and strawberry shortcake. |
Tickets for Bullets and Ballads are $25 for Booth members and $30 for non-members. Call 770-387-1300 to reserve a spot. |
Booth Western Art Museum is located at 501 Museum Drive in Cartersville. |
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Country music star John Anderson is the featured entertainer for Booth Western Art Museum's Southeastern Cowboy Festival & Symposium. |
The Grammy winner will perform Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale for $25 for Booth members this Monday, July 1. They will be on sale for non-members for $30 beginning Aug. 1. |
Anderson has recorded 22 albums and had five singles reach No. on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. His Booth performance will be an intimate acoustic concert of some of his biggest hits, including "Seminole Wind" and "Swingin'." |
To learn more or buy tickets, call the museum at 770-387-1300. |
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- An award-winning costume designer for TV and film will speak at Booth Western Art Museum later this month. |
Cathy Smith has created the authentic costumes for such productions as Dances with Wolves and Geronimo. She won an Emmy Award for Excellence in Costume Design for Son of the Morning Star. |
Her talk, "An Evening with Cathy Smith: Artist, Costume Designer and Historian" will be held Thursday, June 20 at 7 p.m. |
Smith grew up near two Sioux reservations and developed her interest in Native American art and design early in life. She has been a sought-after consultant on Western genre films for more than 20 years. |
Tickets to "An Evening with Cathy Smith" are $25 for Booth members and $30 for non-members. The price includes a dinner of pot roast with potatoes and carrots, black-eyed peas, turnip greens, cornbread and rolls, and lemon meringue pie. |
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- A display of student artwork will be on display at Booth Western Art Museum through May 12. |
More than 50 pieces created by students in Bartow County and Cartersville City schools are currently hanging in the museum's Borderlands Gallery. |
Learn more about the exhibit at boothmuseum.org. |
The museum is located at 501 Museum Drive in Cartersville. |
Increase your Scripture IQ with Bible Brain Builders. Word games, crossword puzzles, and mazes are an entertaining way to pass the time on trips and learn more about the stories, people, and places of the Bible. Turn off the television and turn yourself on to God's Word from Genesis to Revelation. Mazes illustrate symb... |
Last year MotorTrend's video host Jessi Lang flew to Germany to test an extremely powerful tuned Abt Audi R8. She opened the car up on a local highway, and then her life nearly ended. |
A slow-moving car pulled into her lane while she and an Abt tuner riding in the passenger seat screamed down one of the country's well-surfaced arterial roads. Thanks to the car's big brakes, tough construction, and additional rollcage, Lang and her passenger survived. Her leg was so shattered bones broke through the s... |
Lang describes the whole episode in this short film her crash, hospitalization, and physical therapy. |
It's rare to have a documentary account of a near-death car crash, from the lead-up and all the way through the recovery. That this all happened to a video host for one of YouTube's most popular channels gives us the full account. It's a clearer sense of how brutally car crashes can tear up our bodies, and how difficul... |
Lang was in what would have been one of the safest cars possible for that kind of crash, and she was equipped better than most for her recuperation, with an athlete's training in martial arts. That she had what was almost a best-case scenario makes the pain and work she went through all the more harrowing. |
UPDATE: I originally reported that Lang was driving on the Autobahn. This is not the case. As this local news report states, she was driving on a local highway, divided, with two lanes in either direction. You can see pictures of the road right here and you can see where she was on Google Maps here, on the 2 between th... |
Reggie Lewis, the Dunbar High School sixth man who became a National Basketball Association All-Star with the Boston Celtics, has a cardiomyopathy, a potentially "life-threatening" heart ailment that likely will end his career, according to Celtics' team doctor Arnold Scheller. |
"This is a serious problem," Dr. Scheller said last night in Charlotte, N.C. "We want to think and figure it out. You have to understand, Reggie is dealing with being told that he has a major medical problem and the potential loss of his career. What happens when you learn of a loss is you go through denial, anger, and... |
Mr. Lewis, 27, collapsed in the first quarter of last Thursday's playoff game between the Celtics and Charlotte Hornets. Dr. Scheller said the collapse was caused by a ventricular tachycardia -- a fast, ineffective heart rate -- and "that's a dangerous condition." |
A team of 12 cardiologists and electrophysiologists examined Mr. Lewis at New England Baptist Hospital, and their final diagnosis was "uniform," according to Dr. Scheller. |
Mr. Lewis checked out of New England Baptist Hospital late Sunday night and continued another series of tests yesterday at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. |
But the worst fears of the Celtics were realized when it was disclosed that Mr. Lewis has a cardiomyopathy. That's the same ailment that Loyola Marymount basketball star Hank Gathers had when he collapsed during a game and died less than two hours later, March 4, 1990. Many of those who examined Mr. Lewis were familiar... |
"It's similar to Gathers," Dr. Scheller said. "It's the same kind of problem. That's the ultimate severity." |
Asked if Mr. Lewis could resume his career, Dr. Scheller said, "We've only gotten to the stage where we've figured out what it is." |
Dr. Stephen Gottlieb, director of the University of Maryland's Cardiac Care Unit, said a cardiomyopathy can strike a patient in two forms. |
"One is dilated cardiomyopathy in which the heart is enlarged and doesn't pump as well," he said. "The other is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. That is when the heart is thickened. In the history of sports, most of the cases are hypertrophic." |
Dr. Gottlieb said patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can faint because of either a rapid heart rate or thickening in the heart muscle at the point where the blood leaves the heart and passes into the aorta. |
Dr. Gottlieb said the condition can be regulated with medication. |
He cautioned that "even if you give medicine it is difficult to know if the medicine is working if you're giving it based on one episode of symptoms." |
Terry Cummings of the San Antonio Spurs has played 11 NBA seasons despite an irregularity in the rhythm of his heart, which he controls with medication. It's a condition far less severe than cardiomyopathy. |
"I have a feeling I know what Reggie is going through," Mr. Cummings said in a statement released by the Spurs. "The good thing about it is that he is young and if he takes care of himself he'll get over it and hopefully continue his career. A lot of it is stress related. You're under a lot of pressure and sometimes yo... |
From a playground at Collington Square in East Baltimore to the Boston Garden, Mr. Lewis has fashioned a game built on a fine shooting touch and relentless defense. |
He couldn't crack the starting lineup during his senior year at Dunbar in 1982-1983, filling the role as sixth man as the school won a national championship. But in four years at Northeastern University in Boston, he became a feared scorer and was selected 22nd by the Celtics in the first round of the 1987 draft. |
This year, he earned the team's ultimate honor when he succeeded Larry Bird as the Celtics' captain. |
"Reggie has come a long way," said Mr. Lewis' high school basketball coach, Bob Wade. "If his career is over, it would hurt. But he has made his mark in a short period of time. He still has a lot to look forward to in the future." |
His friends and teammates were shocked by the news. |
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