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More from L. Ian MacDonald available here.
Ed Broadbent on the left, as Preston Manning has on the right, has not only re
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-invented himself as a thought leader, he too has created a think tank that is a valuable source of ideas and public discourse.
The annual Broadbent Institute and Manning Centre conferences have become two of the most important events on the Ottawa calendar, tents where political soulmates can gather. Both conferences are notable for networking in the hallways, training sessions for young political activists, and partying well into the night.
“The idea is to have a good conversation,” Broadbent was saying Saturday afternoon as he sat in on a lively debate on Spending vs. Austerity. On the left were author and columnist Linda McQuaig, running for the NDP in Toronto Centre, and economist Armine Yalnizyan of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. On the right were former Conservative cabinet minister Monte Solberg and former StatsCan chief economist Philip Cross.
The boys in their blue suits were definitely the visiting team, while the ‘girls’ rocked the
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HireRight has announced the appointment of Marcellus Solomon to General Manager of India, effective immediately. Marcellus is a business leader with
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a proven track record in charting strategic business growth and delivering customer success. Having spent more than two decades in various leadership roles, Marcellus’ strong understanding and knowledge of the local market will play a crucial role mapping out HireRight’s development and growth across India.
Marcellus has more than 6 years of experience in the background screening industry under his belt. In his previous role, he was instrumental in developing product and service enhancements for candidates and optimising the hiring lifecycle for employees and HR professionals by establishing innovative solutions that allowed for faster onboarding and processing. Prior to this, Marcellus held a variety of leadership and sales positions in companies including Kelly Services and ManpowerGroup.
A leading innovator in the HR industry, HireRight recently announced the launch of HireRight Global, the industry’s first truly global background screening solution. Centred around an enhanced, unified technology platform, HireRight Global provides a screening programme that has a
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Carly Howe scored off an assist from Ashlyn Nelson early in overtime on Saturday to lift the Douglas girls lacrosse team to a dramatic 13-
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12 win at home against Spanish Springs.
Douglas surged to a 10-7 halftime lead and then wrapped up its High Sierra Lacrosse League win 1 minute, 35 seconds into the sudden death overtime at Gardnerville Elementary School. Nelson, an eighth grader, received a pass and then relayed the ball to Howe for the game-winning shot.
The Tigers were coming off a closely contested 8-5 loss on Friday on the Gardnerville Elementary field. Peri Buck scored a goal in the final 15 seconds before halftime to tie the score at 5-all going to the intermission.
The first-year Douglas club team is now 3-9 for its season with a home game Friday at 5 p.m. against Truckee and Saturday at 10 a.m. against Coyote (McQueen).
Note: Douglas also will be hosting a fundraiser at Yogurt Beach, located on Waterloo Lane next to Lampe Park, from 10:30 a.m.
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SUMMIT, N.J., June 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Specialty Program Group, a leading holding company for
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specialty insurance underwriting facilities, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Paul Hanson Partners (PHP) and its affiliate, PHP International. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Established in 1993 and based in Napa, California, PHP is a national program administrator specializing in providing risk management and insurance solutions to the transportation industry, specifically the moving and storage and last mile delivery segments. PHP operates under the Movers Choice and Biz Choice brands. Since its inception, PHP has created value added solutions for its customers including onboarding of employees, independent contractors, and contract carriers. These solutions are well received by the transportation industry, across the entire US supply chain. PHP has been a leader in the use of technology and strategic outsourcing.
"At Paul Hanson Partners we have always focused on providing new and innovative solutions for our customers. The acquisition by Specialty Program Group allows us to access a wider group of insurance carriers that will serve our customers better and fully utilize our technology and business
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As trade gap with China widens, Trump's strategy is isolating the U.S.
The Trump administration remains determined to double down on
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its China trade strategy by escalating tariffs from 10% to as much as 25% on consumer goods, electronics and automobiles by the end of the year. The strategy aims to further reduce America's $500 billion in annual imports from China.
The big picture: While this may cost China as many as 2 to 3 million jobs, it's not clear that it will reduce China’s overall exports. In fact, Trump’s trade war is exacerbating the trade deficit. Perhaps most troublingly for long-term U.S. economic growth, it's steering Asian countries — and their billions of consumers — toward non–U.S. trading partners.
Where it stands: As its economy and consumer confidence grow, the U.S. continues to buy more equipment and finished products from China and others, even as higher import costs have been passed on to American consumers. Meanwhile, a weaker renminbi has contributed to China's recording a much-larger-than-expected
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'Travel Guy' Jim Gordon interviewing Caroline Wilson from Belfast Food Tour during filming in St George's Market, Belfast.
One of Canada’
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s top TV travel shows will showcase the superb food and drink scene in Northern Ireland to more than 2,000,000 viewers next year.
This week, The Travel Guys, Jim Gordon and Darren Parkman, have been visiting Northern Ireland, filming in Belfast and along the Causeway Coastal Route for their programme, which airs on two networks in British Columbia.
Their visit was arranged by Tourism Ireland and supported by Tourism NI.
In the episode filmed here, viewers will see The Travel Guys explore some of the traditions and tastes unique to Northern Ireland. Their culinary road-trip included a visit to St George’s Market, where they interviewed Caroline Wilson from Belfast Food Tour and Alan Coffey from Something Fishy. They also took part in the Belfast Gin Map tour and visited ABV Beer Fest, Curated Kitchen and Co Couture.
The following day, the Canadian broadcasters headed North along the Causeway Coastal Route to Ballygally Castle, taking in some of the Game of Thrones
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Turnovers, and the lack thereof: that, Lobos football coach Bob Davie said on Tuesday, is the factor that most explains why his
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2013 team has three victories through nine games and his 2012 squad had four at the same juncture.
“I think we’re a better team right now (than last year at this time),” Davie said at UNM’s weekly fall-sports luncheon. “In fact, I know we’re a better team than we were a year ago, even on defense.
Last year after nine games, the Lobos (4-5) had 20 turnovers to their credit: 13 defensive fumble recoveries (of 20 fumbles), seven interceptions.
This year, UNM (3-6) has 10: six fumble recoveries (of 13 possible), four interceptions.
As for the deficit in interceptions and fumble-recovery opportunities, perhaps the explanation is youth.
Strong safety Matt Raymer, last season’s leader in forced fumbles with four, is gone. Also departed is cornerback Destry Berry, last
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City centre workers parking in Holbeck are causing stress for residents in the area, it has been claimed.
A group of residents, with support
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from Holbeck councillor Gohar Almass launched a campaign on Friday to encourage non-residents to park elsewhere.
Following the introduction of a residents permit-only area to the east of Domestic Street in 2018, cars parking in the streets to the west and on Domestic Street itself have dramatically increased according to a residents' group.
People in the area have begun a campaign encouraging non-residents to use the Elland Road park and ride by leaving posters on offending vehicles.
A civil enforcement officer from Leeds Council attended a walkabout with Coun Almass and the residents' group on Friday morning.
Coun Almass said: "At the moment this area is not a residents permit only area so people are taking advantage of that loophole.
"I just want to encourage people to be considerate and empathetic.
"I would ask people, how would you feel if people used your street like a car park and blocked your access?"
Holbeck resident Christine Davies, 75
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Last Sunday, I attended the wake for Archie R. Brown Jr., who was gunned down after tragically hitting and killing 2-year-old Dam
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ani Terry. Later in the week, I attended the wake for Terry, his 15-year-old brother, Rasheed Chiles, and their uncle Ricky Chiles Jr. I saw two families who were absolutely devastated by a horrible accident and senseless violence.
As a community, we must do more to reduce the epidemic of gun violence. We are all affected and it's going to take all of us to make real and lasting change.
I will continue to advocate for common sense modifications to our state's laws to make it harder for criminals to carry and use guns. Opponents to any changes in state gun laws like to say," the problem isn't guns; it's the criminals who use them." If they really believe that, then why aren't we making it harder for criminals to access firearms?
In 2013, Milwaukee police seized and traced 195 handguns that had a time of purchase to crime committed of less than six months; in 2014, that number was 237, an increase of
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Demi Lovato sent out a body-positive message to fans on Sunday, when the 22-year-old singer showed off a whole lot
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of leg in an Instagram post encouraging fans to embrace their curves.
And it also wouldn't be Demi if she somehow didn't find a way to shout out her love, 35-year-old Wilmer Valderrama.
"Learn to lurrrrrvveee yerrrrr currrrrvveees," she wrote. "I actually used to hate them... But then a special someone helped me learn how to love them... And he sure loves them.... #squats."
Demi certainly hasn't been shy about showing off her fit body while promoting her new single, "Cool For the Summer."
Obviously, Demi's banging body requires some dedication. The former Disney stars also makes it no secret that she works our regularly and eats healthy.
Demi, who's been open about struggling with bulimia in the past, toldFitness magazine earlier this year that exercise has been important for her recovery, both physically and mentally. She also dis
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Shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, multiple Japanese Twitter users sent out tweets saying there was a naked woman running through Tokyo�
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�s Shibuya Station, a major rail hub that connects several train and subway lines and serves as the gateway to the Shibuya neighborhood, one of the city’s most popular entertainment districts.
At about the same time as the tweets were being sent, someone also thought to call the police. Officers arrived on the scene and quickly spotted the woman, who no doubt stuck out like a sore/naked thumb, and took her into custody.
However, something they didn’t do was arrest her. The woman was not in possession of any weapons or dangerous items, and didn’t seem to have any intent of harming anyone. Apparently she simply wanted to run, and to be naked while doing it. “The woman had no criminal intent, so please put your minds at ease,” said a spokesperson for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Shibuya precinct.
The lack of criminal charges rubbed a few online commenters the wrong way, with
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Typical customer would pay $132 more by 2018.
Electric bills of Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota are going up — again.
The
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state’s largest power company on Monday requested a 9.8 percent electric rate hike phased in over three years. By 2018, a typical electric customer’s annual electric charges would be $132 higher if state regulators approve the increase.
Xcel’s 1.2 million Minnesota electric customers face an almost-certain interim rate hike of 5.5 percent in January, or about $60 per year, plus a smaller bump in 2017, bringing the total to 7 percent. Interim rate hikes are almost always approved but are subject to refund if the final authorized increase is less.
The next increase will follow five consecutive years of rate hikes by the Minneapolis-based utility, and consumer advocates said it is too much for people with stagnant incomes.
Xcel is proposing to increase the residential basic charge, which all customers pay regardless of power usage, from $8 to $10 per month. Xcel said that increase would bring the basic charge in line with the cost of service
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THEY were imposters, all of them. Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, John Terry, Ashley Cole – the core
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of the England national team for years and world-class players allegedly.
They were imposters wearing England football shirts on Friday night in Cape Town, pretending to be committed, controlled and clever international sportsmen at the World Cup finals.
They were nothing of the kind.
Vast multi-million-pound salaries should mean these are superstar footballers to rely on. Yet they played like paupers against Algeria, the poverty of their football astonishing to neutrals and enraging to supporters who had paid thousands of pounds to travel halfway across the world to watch them.
There was a poverty of spirit, a poverty of passing, a poverty of imagination and a poverty of technique.
Lampard played a wayward pass within two seconds of the kick-off to give the ball away, a simple 15-yard pass carelessly misdirected. Gareth Barry did the same with his first touch half a minute later. It would have been embarrassing on a Sunday morning parks pitch.
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The Bethlehem Township Board of Education (BTBOE) is pleased to announce that collective negotiations have successfully concluded and an agreement has been reached with the
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Bethlehem Township Education Association (BTEA) for the period July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020.
On June 7th, the agreement was signed by both parties. The agreement will be retroactive to July 1, 2017.
The Bethlehem Township School District has the benefit of highly qualified, dedicated and experienced educators always willing to challenge our students to maximize their individual potential. The BTBOE would like to continue to attract such educators to maintain this high standard.
A change in healthcare providers from the School Employees Health Benefits Plan (SHBP) to the School Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), will provide cost savings to both the BTBOE and its employees and benefits equal to or better than the previous coverage. Also, the parties agreed that one instructional day will be added to the school calendar. Extracurricular stipends and other cost items will remain unchanged.
The three year aggregate salary increase is 9.50% over three years. Including changes in employee health benefit contributions
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JOE Swash shared footage of the critter being removed from his ear.
Joe Swash revealed he has finally had the cockroach removed
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from his ear two days after it got stuck.
The I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! Extra Camp presenter left fans concerned on Saturday as one of the critters got stuck in his ear during a Bushtucker Trial – and doctors were unable to remove it.
However, he updated fans with a series of videos on Tuesday as a doctor tried for the second time to dig it out.
Walking to the hospital, Joe told his 435,000 Instagram followers: "Hopefully today's the day I get rid of my little squatter who's been in my ear for two days.
"Let's keep our fingers crossed because my ear is starting to stink."
The host then looked at a screen which showed the cockroach deep within his eardrum.
Visibly grossed out by what he saw, he gasped: "Oh my God look at the size of him...ugh get him out of my ear as quick as possible."
Stacey Solomon
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling on Republicans to revive the effort to quash the Affordable Care Act, handing Democrats an opportunity to
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unite in defence of the law as they try to move past the Russia investigation and win the White House in 2020.
Save The Children said a missile struck a petrol station near the entrance to Kitaf rural hospital, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the city of Saada at 9:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday.
“The missile was said to have landed within 50 metres of the facility’s main building,” it said.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice-President Joe Biden condemned “a white man’s culture” Tuesday night as he lashed out at violence against women and, more specifically, lamented his role in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings that undermined Anita Hill’s credibility nearly three decades ago.
A Nike spokesman declined to answer questions about Avenatti’s tweets. The company released a statement Monday saying it will “not be extorted or hide information that is relevant to a government investigation.
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After posting a shocking new photoshoot along with a message denouncing her critics on Facebook, "Human Barbie" model Valeria Lukyanova has
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confirmed that her recent pictures were Photoshopped.
However the 29-year-old tells Cosmopolitan.com it was mostly "color correction."
"The pictures are Photoshopped to achieve smoothness and color correction," writes Valeria. "They were not high quality. I had to edit them in order to correct the defects of the phone picture."
That's right -- according to Valeria, the photos were taken by a friend with a camera phone!
"Beautiful people are often envied," says Valeria in response to the negative feedback she has received. "That's why negativity does not surprise me. Instead, it touches me."
"To have an ideal body is important to every self-respecting girl."
In the message posted Thursday, Valeria claimed she had been attacked, and that her new workout regimen was in order to make her stronger to ward off any potential future attackers.
"I was inspired by the Queen of the Amazons
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Finance Mongolia 2013, the first financial exhibition and conference of its kind in Mongolia, took place at the Misheel Expo Centre over the weekend
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. At the event, several financial sector organizations provided the public with information about the financial sector and stock market.
The organizations displaying their services at the event were eager to explain the benefits of the financial market to the participants at the event. The information they provided gave visitors a general understanding of what stocks and shares are and how the equity market works. Most of the participants were brokers and dealers.
Mongolia’s top banks, including Khan Bank, the Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia, Khas, and Khadaglamj, along with insurance savings companies such as Mongol Daatgal, MIG Insurance, and Soyombo Insurance, exhibited their services and products at the weekend event.
Brokers at the conference said at the conference that since the distribution of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi stock to the public, interest in the stock market has grown and many people are now seeking to learn more about the sector. They noted, however, that the number of accounts being
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As Verizon Communications gets closer to introducing its FiOS TV video product in New York City, two potential competitors offered their take on how to battle the
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telephone giant at an industry conference last week.
At the Deutsche Bank Media & Telecommunications conference June 9, Time Warner Cable chief operating officer Landel Hobbs said that the No. 2 cable operator will counter the telco TV threat with advanced services and innovative pricing plans.
New York is Time Warner's second-largest system with about 1.4 million subscribers (Los Angeles is No. 1 with 1.7 million customers).
Verizon hopes to start offering FiOS later this year in all five boroughs of New York, including four controlled by Time Warner Cable: Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. Cablevision Systems is the incumbent cable operator in the Bronx.
Hobbs said that Time Warner Cable is prepared, readying its plant — it is already all-digital in Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens and will be all-digital in Manhattan by the end of the year — for additional HDTV channels and its Start Over service. Hobbs said Time
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Senior members of Elite, BCS's leading membership group for IT professionals, have resigned after voicing frustration that the group has not received support from B
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CS headquarters.
The disclosure comes as members of BCS, now known as BCS, the chartered institute of IT, are demanding an emergency general meeting to debate their concerns that the society is becoming more business-focused at the expense of its members.
Members of the group have complained that BCS staff failed to provide the group with the support it needed to run high-profile events, after leading figures from the IT industry offered to attend. Two resigning members are volunteers and say that running the group is no longer fun.
BCS told Computer Weekly that Elite is now back on track following a series of new elections, and expects to appoint new officers in the next few weeks.
David Tidey, head of IT at Wandsworth borough council and vice-chair of Elite, said, "As a member group of BCS, the chartered institute for IT, Elite has recently held elections for positions on the committee and will be electing a new chair and secretary in line
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 20, 2019 ) A timeshare is a type of vacation ownership in which multiple individuals share rights to
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use the property, each with his or her own allotted time frame (in its most common form, this is a fixed week each year).
The vacation ownership industry (also known as the timeshare industry) enables customers to share ownership and use of fully-furnished vacation accommodations. Typically, a purchaser acquires an interest (known as a “vacation ownership interest”) that is either a real estate ownership interest (known as a “timeshare estate”) or contractual right-to-use interest (known as a “timeshare license”) in a single resort or a collection of resort properties.
As for the global Vacation Ownership industry, the industry structure is relatively concentrated in USA. The top three manufacturers have 44.57% revenue market share in 2017. Wyndham, which has 17.40% market share in 2017, is the leader in the Vacation Ownership industry. The manufacturers following Wyndham are Marriott
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Why pay more for medical equipment and supplies? Shop Best Value Medical Equipment! With lower overhead and the power of a volume buyer, Best Value Medical
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Equipment can offer the lowest price on home medical equipment and back it with friendly, local service.Best Value Medical Equipment saves you money on medical equipment in three important ways:1. Best Value is not an insurance or Medicare provider - that translates into lower overhead, with the savings passed on to you2. Best Value shops around to get the best price3. Best Value buys in volume to save you moneyOn average, customers can save 30 to 50 percent on select items at Best Value Medical Equipment. Anyone in need of medical equipment or supplies is encouraged to shop Best Value Medical Equipment to compare prices.But lower prices don't mean a sacrifice in customer service! At Best Value Medical Equipment, a Respiratory Therapist is available to answer your questions, and the highly professional staff can help you choose the right equipment and mobility aids for your needs. Plus, working face-to-face with the staff you have the advantage of being able to "test drive" equipment before you purchase. That's
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Duck Down Records co-founder, Drew “Dru Ha” Friedman, is set to attempt to run the ING: New
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York City Marathon this November … all in memory of his late father.
Friedman’s father, Harvey L. Friedman, passed away this past January, following a nine-year battle with Alzheimer. In preparation, Dru Ha has been training all summer, getting ready for the 26.2-mile race.
It will definitely be a run to remember.
“I wanted to do something extremely challenging in memory of my father and to raise awareness about this compassionless disease,” said Dru Ha. “Fans of Duck Down may not realize how instrumental my father was in assisting with incorporating and founding Duck Down. While he was a respected real estate attorney, he had little legal entertainment background, yet found the time to learn enough about the business to help negotiate our early contracts and offered unconditional guidance for Buckshot and myself.
Dru will be running and raising donations with the NYC Alzheimer’s Chapter Team: “Run 2 Remember.” People can
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UT-Austin and Columbia University researchers have invented a millimeter-wave circulator that could enable tetherless virtual reality and self-driving cars.
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Circulators transmit microwave and radio signals from port to port in various devices such as radars.
“Circulators are essential components in radars and in wireless communications, yet, to date, they are realized exclusively with magnets, which make them heavy, costly and bulky,” said Andrea Alu, electrical and computer engineering professor.
Working with Columbia University researchers led by electrical engineering associate professor Harish Krishnaswamy, Alu developed a magnet-free circulator integrated on a chip — like the ones in cell phones — that operates at 25 gigahertz, or 25 billion wave cycles per second. The frequencies used today for cellular service and WiFi are all below 6GHz.
Millimeter-wave frequencies are frequencies higher than 30 GHz, which has more bandwidth available, according to Krishnaswamy. This increased bandwidth is useful for applications that require large data rates, such as tetherless, or wireless, virtual reality and self-driving cars.
According to
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Dave Dobbyn's 'Slice of Heaven' as you've never seen it before.
Ad agency DDB has emerged with a new
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look.
Kiwi tech company Ossis is using 3D tech to change lives.
The WFA is standing in solidarity with New Zealand advertisers.
What will it take to change Facebook? Two experts weigh in.
New Zealand's advertisers are escalating their pull back on Facebook advertising.
Comment: Bad actors, mainstream media and users provide nice scapegoats.
The appointment of an ad agency has coincided with job cuts at the retailer.
Major telcos band together to suggest big fines.
Corporate New Zealand is flexing its financial muscle.
Comment: Big-money firms need big-money fines.
This from a company that reported a tax bill of only $392,000 last year.
Change of direction in store with the appointment of a new ad agency.
What you see isn't always what you get in digital advertising.
The Warehouse Stationery wants Kiwis' thoughts writ large.
COMMENT: Slashing prices - whether for pizza,
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AstraZeneca is working with a Cambridge college to try and encourage more women into science and business leadership.
The pharmaceutical firm, which is
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in the process of moving its global headquarters to Cambridge, has agreed a strategic collaboration with Lucy Cavendish College. It is the latest partnership in AstraZeneca’s programme of inspiring and supporting careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) through volunteering out-reach initiatives and mentoring across the Cambridge community.
As part of the agreement, AZ employees will mentor students from Lucy Cavendish, supporting their scientific projects as well as career and personal development. The mentors will provide advice and insights on career and work placement opportunities in the life sciences sector generally and in the biopharmaceutical industry specifically, including at AstraZeneca’s global hub in Cambridge.
Shaun Grady, vice president of global business development at AstraZeneca, said: “Mentoring is not only a fantastic way to support talented individuals who benefit from the shared expertise and experience, but it is also a great way for mentors to ‘give back’ while developing
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Move follows criticism from industry analysts on Oracle's interpretation of licensing and pricing policies.
Oracle Corp. on Tuesday will release a promised pricing and licensing
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guide that company officials hope will help clear up customer confusion of its policies.
The guide, called the Oracle Software Investment Guide, offers about 40 pages of details on licensing and pricing policies and scenarios for Oracles database, application server, development tools and enterprise application software. The scope of the guide, originally intended to fit in about 15 pages, increased since Oracle officials first discussed it in June, said Jacqueline Woods, vice president of global licensing and pricing strategy, in Redwood Shores, Calif.
"We wanted to make sure we put out a comprehensive posting of what our pricing guidelines are and what the rules are for formulating pricing models to let customers make better software purchasing decisions," Woods said.
Oracle has faced criticism in the past from industry analysts for its interpretation of licensing and pricing policies. Earlier this summer the company was embroiled in a controversy over a state of California enterprise license for database software that ended in the termination of the $95 million deal.
The guide was originally supposed
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And they all beat out James Bond! How do the rankings line up with your film favorites?
Empire, a British magazine that covers the
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world of film, has recently come out with its list of the top 100 movie characters of all time, and CNET readers will be happy to know that some of their favorites made it into the top 10.
Even though Tyler Durden from the film "Fight Club" punched his way to the No. 1. spot, Darth Vader was hot on his heels in the No. 2 position (and I'd totally put my money on the Dark Lord in a pugilistic showdown, wouldn't you?).
"Darth Vader is, to every child of 'Star Wars,' the supreme badass in the galaxy," says the Empire review of Mr. Number Two (no doubt trying to protect themselves from Vader's wrath when he gets the news about losing the top spot). "He is everything that scares you as a child, cutting a huge, imposing figure, wearing doom-laden black, and breathing through some kind of ominous respirator -- surely enough to give any person in their formative
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June 10, 2014 — Completed precinct committee write-in affidavit forms must be received by the Maricopa County Recorder's Office by no later
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than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11 (postmarked does not count).
After the county elections' May 28 deadline for individuals to submit their precinct committee affidavit and signature petition forms passed, county elections departments removed the precinct committee affidavit and signature petition forms from their websites, replacing them with the precinct committee affidavit for write-ins.
The form must be notarized and no signatures are required. The precinct committee write-in candidate must receive one vote during the primary election and that can be their own vote. This works in precincts that are not filled, otherwise, the write-in candidate would require more votes than the other candidates in the precinct in order to be elected.
The write-in candidate nomination form can be downloaded at http://recorder.maricopa.gov/pdf/2014%20PC%20WRITE%20IN%20Nomination%20Paper.pdf.
The Maricopa County precinct committee website is http://recorder.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun its latest review of US policy on the use of nuclear weapons, which could see the US posture returning to an emphasis
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on competing with countries like Russia.
The review, which typically occurs every eight years, will establish US nuclear policy, strategy and force posture regarding the use of nuclear weapons under the Trump administration.
Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced Monday that the Department of Defense has begun its Nuclear Posture Review, a process President Donald Trump directed Mattis to undertake in a presidential memorandum signed durincg his January visit to the Pentagon.
A final report will be presented to Trump “by the end of the year,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White said in a statement.
There have been three reviews since the end of the Cold War, the most recent one conducted in 2010 under President Barack Obama.
“If you look back not just to the 2010 nuclear posture review, but if you look back 20 years … you see a fundamental de-emphasis of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy,” said Gen. John Hyten, commander of US Strategic Command, which oversees America’
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The festival that installs outdoor pianos throughout the boroughs for anyone to play is returning to the city this summer.
Sing for Hope Pian
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os will take 88 rehabbed pianos, ask artists and school children to customize each with crazy colors and designs and then plant them throughout New York City's streets and parks and let anyone — and everyone — plink their ivory keys.
It's making a comeback through a major donation from the New York-based Greek yogurt company Chobani.
The festival is part of an outreach program by Sing for Hope, a grassroots group of over 1,000 artists who volunteer to make art broadly accessible to everyone.
The pianos, mostly donated uprights but also some grands, will be placed in some of the most iconic New York City spots this summer such as Times Square and Central Park and in more remote places like the Far Rockaways, Staten Island and areas underserved by the arts.
"We're sort of an artists' Peace Corp," said Sing for Hope co-founder Camille Zamora. "The idea is that some people don't get a chance necessarily to have
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Metrorail line aims to connect Washington, D.C. with Dulles Airport by 2018.
Fairfax County When the first
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trains of Metro’s Silver Line start carrying passengers, around February 2014, it will mark a new era for Northern Virginia, particularly the northern part of Fairfax County. By 2018, riders from Ashburn, Sterling, Herndon, Reston and McLean will have access to Dulles Airport and Washington, D.C. via the Silver Line.
In June 1996, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation conducted a study that concluded that a rail located in the median of the Dulles International Airport Access Highway would provide the best opportunity to move people along the corridor and decrease traffic congestion.
The Dulles Transit Partners, a group of companies that would eventually serve as the design and build contractors for Phase One, was formed in October 2000. In June 2004, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation signed the first comprehensive agreement with Dulles Transit Partners and construction broke ground in March 2009.
The Silver Line is being rolled out in two phases, the first of which is expected to
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Families clung to trees and rooftops in Mozambique yesterday, trapped by rapidly rising flood water in the wake of what could prove
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the deadliest cyclone ever to hit southern Africa.
With entire villages wholly submerged and one of the country's principal cities all but wrecked, aid workers said they were in a race against time to rescue thousands from an expanding "inland ocean" created by Cyclone Idai.
Filipe Nyusi, Mozambique's president, made an emotional appeal for emergency assistance from the international community, saying he had witnessed "bodies floating" in the flood water when he had flown over the worst affected areas. "It's a real humanitarian disaster of large proportions," he said, adding that he had seen several villages wiped out after two rivers had burst their banks.
Although the official death toll in Mozambique stands at 84, Mr Nyusi said the final figure could surpass 1,000. More than 100 people are also feared dead in Zimbabwe and Malawi.
The United Nations and western aid agencies attempted to coordinate a rescue operation from the airport in Beira, a
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The El Paso Chihuahuas will host the Fresno Grizzlies at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday in the first game of a best-
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of-five Pacific Coast League playoff series.
One more time, the Boys of Summer soared and sent El Paso's baseball season into September.
The El Paso Chihuahuas will host the Fresno Grizzlies at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the first two games of a best-of-five Pacific Coast League playoff series.
This September baseball has become almost commonplace for Chihuahua fans. Their Boys of Summer have won the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern Division title four straight seasons.
The Chihuahuas, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, will host these first two games. The Fresno Grizzlies, the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, will host games three, four and five — if the final two games are necessary.
Chihuahua fans are ready and excited.
"I will be there behind home plate — as always," said Brenda Yeager, a Chihuahua season ticket holder for all five
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The changes being long-awaited will now translate into higher benefits to the insured. Here are the five ways in which the new insurance rules will benefit
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people.
Recently, the Government has raised the cap on foreign direct investment in the insurance sector from 26% to 49%, alongside other amendments in the law. The changes being long-awaited will now translate into higher benefits to the insured. Here are the five ways in which the new insurance rules will benefit people.
Claim Rejection Period: Under the prior rules, an insurance company was given a period of two years to reject a claim on the ground of fraud or misstatement. After the lapse of such period, the insurance companies retained the power of rejecting claims. Now under new rules though the claim rejection period given to the insurance companies is raised to three years, but it no more allows a company to reject a claim beyond this time.
Fraud Penalty: In order to curb fraudulent activities by the insured’s, the amended Insurance Act imposes a penalty of up to Rs. 1 crore on those committing the fraud. It is believed that the clause will help bring down the number of
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When did Doctor Who's time machine get so easy to control?
After watching the latest Doctor Who Christmas special, one thought kept sticking in our
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brains: When did the Doctor become so good at controlling his time machine, the TARDIS? He used to be unable to steer it at all.
Throughout the 1960s, companions poke fun at the Doctor's inability to land the TARDIS where, or when, he wants to, and it's a running joke that the machine has a mind of its own. (Something that it's since been hinted is more literally true.) And whenever the TARDIS lands somewhere at the start of an adventure, it generally stays there until the end, because if the Doctor tries to use it to get from point A to point B in the story, he'll probably wind up at point Z instead.
So when did this change?
After mulling this over for a bit, I'd have to say it started changing in the 1970s. First off, the Doctor gets trapped on Earth by the Time Lords, as a very dubious punishment for interfering in the affairs of lesser species. ("We'll
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Across western Oakland County and beyond, new stores are opening, tents are appearing in parking lots and on corners and the fireworks business is booming.
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“We get the moms that come in with their kids, teenagers who just turned 18 and adults with good jobs who buy a lot of stuff,” said Jeff Cunmulaj who opened Jeff’s Fireworks in Howell after the Michigan Fireworks Safety Act was signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in 2011 and this past March opened a second location in Highland Township.
While the store still sells low impact fireworks like fountains and sparklers, Cunmulaj says a full 90 percent of the products lining his shelves are those that fall under the new consumer law.
In other words, the formerly-prohibited type of fireworks capable of flying high in the air and exploding with a loud bang: bottle rockets, reloadable shell devices, missile-type rockets, roman candles, firecrackers, single tube devices with report and more.
He also carries smaller sizes of the cake-shaped fireworks that shoot effects, colors, and often loud reports, into
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GOP establishment wonders: Is it time to abandon Thad Cochran?
Realistically, Cochran’s got maybe a 10 percent chance
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of winning the runoff. McDaniel’s base is excited to knock off the incumbent and outside groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund are prepared to keep pumping in money to send a conservative to the Senate. Cochran’s base, which includes lots of casual voters who favor him for name-recognition reasons alone, probably can’t be bothered to trudge to the polls for the second time in three weeks. That’s why insurgent candidates almost always pull the upset once they make it to a runoff. The only way to get Cochran voters back out there on June 24th is for his allies to spend boatloads more money tearing down McDaniel and promoting Cochran. And if it doesn’t work and McDaniel wins the runoff anyway, then you’ve spent three more weeks tearing your party’s new nominee apart for no reason.
The NRSC insists it’s “all in” for Cochran, but don�
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Like it has all season, the Jim Ned girls basketball team hung its hat on its defense Thursday against Childress.
POST — Like it has
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all season, the Jim Ned girls basketball team hung its hat on its defense Thursday against Childress.
After building a double-digit lead, the Lady Indians clamped down in the fourth quarter to top the Lady Bobcats 52-39 in an area playoff at Antelope Arena. The win sends sixth-ranked Jim Ned into the region quarterfinals.
"I thought our defense was really good," Jim Ned coach Hunter Cooley said. "And for the most part, our patience was good on offense. We were able to work the ball and make a few shots. We made a few, and they didn't. That was the difference. They're a really good ballclub."
The Lady Indians (30-5) led 40-28 when Grace Foster hit a shot to pull Childress within 10 with 6:08 remaining. The Lady Bobcats then went more than four minutes without scoring. Foster, who finished with a game-high 20 points, ended the drought with a
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Facebook clearly doesn’t think it’s doing all it can to control your life already, as it seems that the social network is
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rolling out a new ‘Events For You’ tab, with parties you’re not even invited to appearing down the side of your news feed.
Rather than just being a calendar of your invites and a few suggestions based on what friends are doing, Facebook is now applying everything it knows about you (so that’s your entire life story then) to get you out of the house to a party where you can take photos and post them to Facebook.
According to TechCrunch, Facebook is testing the new feature out on some users globally before a mid-paced rollout to everyone in the coming weeks, and a similar design for Events will be coming to Android and iOS later this year too.
It feels like every time Facebook launches a new feature, it shows us how much the website actually knows about us, and it’s pretty scary, to be fair. However, we do quite like the fact that ‘Events For You’ will give us ideas for
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(Parenting.com) -- After my wife had given birth to our second child, my editor at BabyTalk called me with an assignment:
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See what it's like to be pregnant by wearing an "empathy belly" -- a sort of pregnancy suit for men (expectant dads try them on briefly during childbirth class) -- for one day.
One man straps on a fake pregnancy belly and has a rough time.
Having just gone through nine months of backaches, nausea, and sore feet herself, my wife, Susan, was all too thrilled for me to have a taste of her discomfort, if only for a day.
Full of bravado, I insisted that I would also wear the belly at night, so that I'd have it on a full 24 hours.
I borrowed my 33-pound empathy belly from the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati. It's not just a belly though: The contraption consists of two foam breasts; a rib belt designed to constrict the lungs and make it harder to breathe; two seven-pound lead balls inside the belly; a two-pound suspended weight that
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GRAPEVINE, Texas -- At Computerworld's Storage Networking World conference here yesterday, Frank Abagnale gave a keynote presentation on his
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life as an imposter and fraudster, a story that was told in the book and subsequent Steven Spielberg movie, Catch Me If You Can. Prior to his presentation, Abagnale -- now a lecturer and consultant who works extensively with the FBI and other clients -- spoke with Computerworld about ethics, computer crime and security risks faced by IT professionals.
Suppose you'd been born in 1990. How much of what you got away with 40 years ago do you think you'd be able to get away with as a 17-year-old today? It would be 4,000 times easier to do today, what I did 40 years ago, and I probably wouldn't go to prison for it. Technology breeds crime -- it always has, it always will. When I forged checks 40 years ago, it required a $1 million printing press that required three journeymen printers to operate. I had to build scaffolding on the side of it so I could operate it by myself. There were color
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Oct. 3, 2014 10:45 a.m.
Note that the author of the article was a mission president in Phoenix. He follows
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journalistic style by not involving himself in the story. I'd be interested to know if he had a hand in arranging the surprise wegkend visit for Madeline. @Wif55. It woukd appear this girl had parental sanctioning for contact with the missionaries because her mother had taken her to church (she may be a "child of record") and her father arranged for her to fly across the Atlantic in a private jet for a weekend in SLC.
Oct. 1, 2014 3:42 p.m.
Great story, but triggers some questions. What happened to her mother, a former Mormon missionary? The topic is passed over in the story, but one wonders. More important: how does the church handle parental permission when a minor starts chatting with missionaries? According to Preach My Gospel, minors need to be taught with their parents or at least with explicit parental agreement. Is that rule being ignored in online missionary work?
Oct. 1, 2014 11:
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UPDATE with full list: This year’s The Black List, the annual rundown of Hollywood’s best screenplays that haven’
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t been produced, dropped today. It’s interesting timing to release such a usually hot-button, water-cooler list on a big news day already with the Golden Globes, but the 73 scripts were unveiled via Twitter regardless. The complete Black List list, with rankings and agency and management stats, will be revealed at noon PT.
Among the notables this year, though: Mindy Kaling is on the list with her late-night TV movie she is toplining with Emma Thompson; The Imitation Game Oscar winner Graham Moore has cracked the list with The Last Days of Night, one of two Thomas Edison-George Westinghouse rivalry movies, with this one already starring Eddie Redmayne; and Adrift, the screenplay portion of a hot package now before buyers from scribes Aaron & Jordan Kandell, which has Shailene Woodley attached to star with Baltasar Kormakur looking to make it his next directorial outing.
Another project on
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Imagine. It is cold and dark and snowy in the middle of the winter woods. The full moon is out and there's no wind. Despite
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the deep drifts of snow, you have the power to walk freely and explore, padding softly through the still, moonlit silence.
The frozen Colorado Rockies are drenched in snow. You are competing with a hundred superbly conditioned athletes in a grueling race running up and down 3,000-meter mountainsides. For 4 hours.
In both cases, you are wearing snowshoes.
Because snowshoes provide access to otherwise inaccessible backcountry areas, Hodgden travels around the country training members of the National Ski Patrol in snowshoe techniques for emergency rescue operations.
``In rough wilderness terrain, where there is 10 feet of snow, traveling in boots is like trying to swim through stormy seas; you are worn out in 10 minutes,'' he explains.
Kahkoska also used his pair to climb all 20,000 vertical feet of Mount McKinley in Alaska. ``Snowshoes are pretty much standard issue in modern professional climbing,'' he says.
But
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Holi 2018 Special: 7 Interesting Ways To Make Gujiyas Healthy This Holi!
It is that time of the year when you
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can be guilty of loading up on lots of gujiyas and delicious savouries; it's the time to celebrate Holi that is slated to be celebrated on 2nd March, 2018.
It is that time of the year when you can be guilty of loading up on lots of gujiyas and delicious savouries along with thandai; it's the time to celebrate Holi that is slated to be celebrated on 2nd March, 2018. Holi is synonymous to indulging in sweets, especially gujiya, which is a fried dessert, made of all-purpose flour and filled with khoya, sugar and dry fruits inside. There comes a time when you cannot binge on gujiyas anymore considering they are rich and heavy on the tummy. This Holi, give your gujiyas a healthy twist and binge on more than just one.
Do not fret as we have got you covered; here are amazing ways to make some healthy gu
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If you think the Jack Tar was the only big hotel in downtown Orange, you would be wrong. Before the Jack Tar, the city had the
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Holland Hotel, which was on the corner of Division and Fifth streets, across from where the Jack Tar was later built.
The Holland Hotel opened on Nov.1, 1902. It burned about 1955 and was then demolished. The lot has stayed empty, though it served as the parking lot for the Jack Tar for many years. The City of Orange now has plans to build a new Senior Citizen Center/Meals on Wheels building on the site of the old Holland Hotel. The development is part of the downtown master plan.
Orange had other hotels when the Holland was built, but the other inns weren’t fancy enough for the wealthy people in the lumber industry who lived in Orange and were contributing to culture. So some leading citizens invested in the venture to get a first-class hotel for visitors and for gatherings.
The Orange Opera House was at the northwest corner of Division and Sixth streets. It was built by Frances Ann Lutcher, the wife of Henry Jacob Lutcher
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TWIRLING in front of the mirror, Heather Jackson admired the latest addition to her collection of fancy footwear – a pair of beautiful golden sand
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als covered in glitter.
Chosen specially for a friend’s wedding, she planned to wear them with a beautiful chiffon maxi dress, metallic pearl accessories and a floral vintage headband.
When the big day finally arrived, she couldn’t wait to step into her glitzy new shoes – not letting the fact she wore a dress size 24 knock her confidence.
But when she leant forward to do up the buckle, she struggled to reach her ankles – horrified to realise she had put on so much weight she could no longer fasten her shoes.
The former baker, from Alsager, Cheshire, recalls: “I felt utterly humiliated. I tried with all my might, but it was no use.
"It made me so breathless that my friend had to help, and in that moment, I knew I needed to make a change.
“It was deeply upsetting, but it was the reality check I needed.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A first-of-its-kind partnership, with Purdue University bringing Amazon to campus as
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its preferred textbook provider in 2014, quietly has been scaled back in recent weeks.
The West Lafayette campus and Amazon are still partners, Purdue’s top purchasing official told the J&C Friday. But as professors found in the past week, unable to upload the fall 2018 semester’s titles and course materials into an Amazon textbook portal that has been standard fare for the past four school years, the online giant no longer will be Purdue’s favored seller of textbooks.
The move will not affect the two Amazon@Purdue ordering and pick-up stores in the Purdue Memorial Union and the Krach Leadership Center on Third Street, which will remain open.
Rob Wynkoop, Purdue’s managing director of service enterprises, said Amazon initiated the change as it negotiated an extension of the relationship with the university through July 2023. He said Amazon will continue to sell textbooks – offering more than 90 percent of the adopted titles on campus each semester – and keep its campus stores
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President Obama's $3.77 trillion budget proposal for 2014 also calls for long-term changes to Medicare and Social Security.
President Obama on
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Wednesday proposed a $3.77 trillion budget for 2014 that would cut deficits by $1.8 trillion over the next decade.
Obama's budget blueprint -- which has already drawn criticism from the left and the right -- offers changes to Medicare and Social Security. It also includes tax increases that would primarily hit high-income households and corporations.
The plan calls for greater spending on infrastructure, early childhood education and nondefense research. Those investments would be paid for by other measures so that they don't add to deficits, Obama said.
"[D]ebate in this town has raged between reducing our deficits at all costs and making the investments necessary to grow our economy. And this budget answers that argument. We can grow our economy, and shrink our deficits," he said.
The president's budget is late this year, coming after the Senate and House have each passed separate and very different 2014 budget frameworks.
While it's not expected to fly on Capitol Hill, Obama's budget nonetheless
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The 2015 Women in ICT Awards Judges' Breakfast was held at the Zeta Bar in the Hilton Hotel, Sydney, on November 6,
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with a strong roll-up from this year's judges, all of whom are industry leaders and figureheads. The event was hosted by ARN publisher and president, Susan Searle. Photos by ARN Editorial Director, Mike Gee.
It wasn't all work and no play at Huawei's recent Network Congress 2015 in Beijing, China. The company took its Australian partners on a trip to the Forbidden City, where they learnt of the history behind the Chinese imperial palace. Of course, appreciating the beauty of the architecture and its surroundings was also part of the tour. Here are some pictures from the outing.
Employees from Schneider Electric Australia recently took a break from their day jobs to pack show bags with educational material for the Julian Burton Burns Trust BurnSafe Schools Program. According to Clipsal by Schneider Electric director of marketing, Chris Quinn, packing 7000 bags in one day saves around 200 resource hours (about five weeks). Primary school kids and their families will be receiving these bags over the
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STAMp duty will be abolished for thousands of first time buyers, Labour will today pledge.
Ed Miliband will set out Labour support for first
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time buyers today with a promise to reduce to zero stamp duty on homes worth up to £300,000, handing some people a saving of up to £5,000.
The duty pledge is part of a three-pronged approach to housing.
Labour started the week with a repeat of a pledge to introduce rent caps and force through three-year contracts, a move some warned would actually increase rents with landlords opting for sudden long term rent increases to get around the ban.
Alongside the stamp duty and rent announcements, Labour will also announce plans to give first time buyers that have lived in an area for more than three years “first call” on up to half of homes built in their area.
In a speech in Stockton Mr Miliband is expected to say: “There’s nothing more British than the dream of home ownership, starting out in a place of your own.
“But for so many young people today that dream is fading with
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Apple's App Store has had, by all accounts, explosive success. Thanks to more than 35,000 apps, however, it can be difficult
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to separate the wheat from the chaff. According to a new report from BusinessWeek, Apple may be considering ways to "share" apps with friends in an effort to increase app discovery and spur wider distribution.
The App Store allows users to leave ratings and reviews, which can give potential users some idea if an app is good or not. But those ratings can be skewed by the fact that the iPhone asks for a rating of an app when it is deleted—chances are if you're deleting an app, it's because you don't like it. The App Store also maintains lists of top downloaded paid and free apps, both overall and in several categories.
But discovery still remains an issue. "As every day passes, it gets harder to rise above all that noise," Michael Boland, a program director for consultant The Kelsey Group, told BusinessWeek. "It's difficult to be found in the app store."
One way to address the issue is to have a way for
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Will Prince Harry be Absent from Royal Duties After the Baby is Born?
The whole of the United Kingdom is overexcited these days.
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It was announced that Meghan Markle will give birth to a new member of the Royal Family and that her due date is in early spring. That means that we are only weeks away from that date. When they are not busy will their royal duties, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are preparing themselves to become parents for the first time in their life.
Will Prince Harry take paternity leave after the baby Sussex is born? That is what we will investigate in this article. If we take a look at the tradition of the Royal Family, only mothers are allowed to take paternity leave. This is also the case in the normal world. Some companies started to move away from the traditional maternity leave and stated that the father should be offered with paternity leave.
What Do We Know About Paternity Leave in The United Kingdom?
According to the online media, in the United Kingdom, fathers can choose to use the paternity leave under some conditions. It can be used for one or two weeks of paid
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Prince George's new nanny is "married to the job" and will accompany the British royal and his parents on a trip to Australia and New
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Zealand next month.
Prince George's new nanny is "married to the job". The eight-month-old son of Britain's Prince William and Duchess Catherine will soon be looked after by the child-minder who is said to be dedicated to the role. A source told HELLO! magazine: "She has worked for other high-profile families and it was from there that the Cambridges heard of her and hired her."
The friend added: "She is not married and doesn't have a boyfriend, as her life is totally dedicated to the family she is working with. She is known for being totally professional - married to the job."
The new nanny, who is reportedly in her 30s, is not caring for George this week, as he's staying with his grandparents, Carole and Michael Middleton, while William (31) and Catherine (32) enjoy a romantic break in the Maldives.
The new nanny will accompany the family during their
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FRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- New Jersey company FJS Energy LLC signed a $7 million deal with
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India's Abhijeet Group to purchase coal from Kentucky and West Virginia, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced.
Under the deal, Kentucky coal companies will export about 9 million tons of coal annually for 25 years to India's Abhijeet Group.
"It's no secret that the coal industry is in a state of flux in America, what with erratic market conditions, the uncertain regulatory atmosphere and the ever-changing energy picture," Beshear said in a statement.
"But international markets need coal and this private partnership is a great example of a new market for Kentucky resources," he said. "My administration has worked hard to strengthen ties with India and we're looking forward to a long and successful partnership with many more economic opportunities."
The deal comes on the heels of a massive power failure across India July 30-31 when some 600 million people lost electricity, which was attributed to the collapse of three regional grids.
About 70 percent of India's electricity
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Two new TV trailers were released today, and coincidentally, both are for US adaptations of British TV series. The first is Shameless, Showtime
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’s remake of the ongoing UK show (now in its eighth season) about an alcoholic single-father and his many children that he barely takes care of. Whereas the original series dealt with British underclass and working class culture, the American update has William H. Macy as the patriarch of a working-class Chicago family contending with the recession. Emmy Rossum plays the eldest daughter, who’s tasked with holding the family together.
Developing the hour-long drama is The Company Men writer/director John Wells, who also wrote the pilot. In typical Showtime fashion, it seems like show has a touch of sleaziness to it, but that half is thankfully balanced out by what looks to be more dramatic, heartfelt character work at the center of it. It certainly has a lot of potential, and is probably a show worth keeping an eye on.
Watch the trailer for Shameless, as well as the spot for MTV’s Skins, after the break
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The Farm Bill Expired—Now What?
Republicans and Democrats in the House couldn’t agree on what the bill should include.
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On Sunday night, a monthslong battle over the farm bill culminated in a dead end when lawmakers in the House and Senate were unable to come to an agreement on what the bill should look like. As a result, the bill under consideration expired.
Congress has been battling over the farm bill, a crucial piece of legislation that covers the country’s agricultural funding on top of conservation efforts and food aid, since early this year. The bill, which comes up for consideration twice a decade, is traditionally hailed as a point of bipartisanship between Republicans and Democrats. But this year, lawmakers in the House have been split along party lines on what should be included in the bill.
The Senate’s version of the measure was uncontroversial and passed in June with 86-11 vote, reflecting much of the bipartisan collaboration traditional to the farm bill. But reconciling that version with the overwhelmingly partisan House bill has proved difficult. In particular, lawmakers have clashed over language in the House bill
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If you're traveling to AC during the summer (or on fall weekends), you might want to spend a few hours at the Steel Pier amusement park
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. Opening nearly a century ago, Steel Pier used to attract thousands of visitors each day; even big-name performers like Frank Sinatra came to entertain. Its popularity slowed to a halt in the late 1970s, but – like many things in the AC – the Steel Pier is making a comeback.
Rides like the Rock-n-Roll, the Ferris wheel and the Drop and the Slingshot provide thrills and offer excellent views of the AC shoreline. But if you want an even higher flying view of the beach, you might take one of the helicopter rides offered here. To enjoy the rides, you will need to purchase tickets, offered by the single or by a book; special attractions, including helicopter rides, cost extra. Single tickets cost $1 and ticket books range in cost from $40 to $60, depending on how many you'd like to buy.
Hours vary by the season and the weather; visit the park's website before you go for additional information
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A hurricane may have swept through Northampton on Saturday afternoon but even that wasn’t enough to prevent the Cobblers from inching three points
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closer to promotion and in doing so they made their own bit of League Two history.
With this win over lowly York City, Northampton became only the second team this century – and the first since England’s fourth tier changed it’s name from the old Third Division in 2004 – to reach 60 points or more at the 28-game stage of the season.
The last team to achieve that feat were Chesterfield way back in 2001 and, encouragingly for Cobblers fans, the Spireites subsequently won promotion.
Not only that, but for the first time since May 2000, the Cobblers clocked a sixth successive league win – and 11 in 12 in all – as they comfortably overwhelmed a beleaguered York side despite the horrific weather conditions.
Gale-force winds and heavy rain could have acted as a leveller as the rock-bottom Minstermen came to town, and for large spells of this game there was not a great deal between the sides
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The Delray String Quartet at the Colony Hotel, from left, Tao Lin, Tomas Cotik, Mei Mei Luo, Richard Fleischman
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and Claudio Jaffeé.
The Delray String Quartet puts on its last local show March 15 at the Colony Hotel, but the troupe won't be slowing down.
In April, the group makes its New York debut at the Bargemusic Festival. At the eminent event, the quartet will play Kenneth Fuchs' String Quartet No. 5, "American," a work that it commissioned.
Then in Miami in May, the quartet premieres its seventh original, commissioned work by Richard Danielpour, Quartet No. 7 for soprano and string quartet. It will be recorded on the ensemble's upcoming fourth CD with Grammy Award-wining soprano Hila Plitmann.
"For us this means a lot. We've been lucky enough to commission new works for the group," said cellist Claudio Jaffeé. "Danielpour makes us feel part of the narrative. To play and to encourage composers to compose
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Analysts at Argus upgraded Jabil Inc (NYSE: JBL) from Hold to Buy. Jabil shares rose 1.42 percent to
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close at $27.87 on Friday.
Goldman Sachs upgraded Phillips 66 Partners LP (NYSE: PSXP) from Neutral to Buy. Phillips 66 Partners shares gained 2.27 percent to $51.00 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at Raymond James upgraded NetGear, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR) from Market Perform to Outperform. Netgear shares rose 2.41 percent to close at $55.35 on Friday.
Analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Neutral to Outperform. Akamai shares climbed 13.57 percent to $65.60 in pre-market trading.
JP Morgan upgraded Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) from Neutral to Overweight. Twitter shares rose 4.81 percent to $23.30 in pre-market trading.
Berenberg upgraded Boston Beer Company Inc (NYSE: SAM) from Sell to Hold. Boston Beer
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UK-based Stratajet launched its charter booking platform and accompanying app on Friday, having spent the past five years to build the software, algorithms
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and data it needs to perform near-real-time quoting. To do this, the platform links into operators’ own electronic systems and collects an enormous amount of data on everything from airport and airspace charges to runway characteristics, weather and Notams.
Its booking engine, combined with a belief that the industry has been very inefficient—empty legs represent almost 40 percent of all flights in business aviation and aircraft utilization is low—attracted investment from seed funds and venture capitalists, so the company has grown rapidly over the past 15 months. It now has 50 employees, many of whom collect and analyze data and to set up operators on its system.
Stratajet founder Jonny Nicol said the complexity of the problem had been “insane” and that the company almost folded in 2014. The Stratajet system can now trawl 500 operators for availability and prices, and check all the associated airport/airway charges and constraints to give a concrete quote in less than 10 seconds.
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A report published Thursday by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said the income commercial farmers earn is continually declining, their position in the food industry has worsened
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and the possibility for increasing farmers’ profits is weak.
The overall scenario of farmers in Finland does not look good, according to the ministry’s report, which was written by advisor Reijo Karhinen, the former executive chair of OP, Finland’s biggest financial group.
Karhinen said that Finland’s farming sector is in crisis and that the challenges it faces are not temporary, but structural ones.
The report was requested by Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä, both from the historically agrarian Centre Party. They aimed to examine the possibilities of raising the incomes of commercial farming industry by half a billion euros. The industry has seen earnings drop since the beginning of the millennium.
Karhinen wrote that in order to boost earnings in the farming sector, the entire food industry would need to undergo major changes and reforms.
The main reason behind the industry’s weak profitability
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Ed Lee claimed victory Wednesday as San Francisco's first elected Chinese American mayor, finishing ahead of Supervisor John Avalos, the progressive standard bearer, and
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City Attorney Dennis Herrera when the ranked-choice votes were tallied.
Appointed District Attorney George Gascón won a full four-year term in office, while Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi is on his way to becoming San Francisco's new sheriff.
While the preliminary ranked-choice count is unofficial, the results have typically held up in the past. About 32,000 late-arriving ballots remain to be counted, said John Arntz, the city's election director. He said he expects final results in 10 days to two weeks.
But the candidates aren't waiting for the final figures.
Lee told reporters outside the mayor's office that while he avoided using the term "victory" Tuesday night out of respect for ranked-choice voting, "this latest report shows that the voters of San Francisco want four more years of what we have been doing."
Flanked by his wife and one of his daughters, Lee pledged to bring more jobs to the city and pull the
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Florida-based ENG-vehicle manufacturers Frontline Communications and BAF Communications will spend the next few months getting to know each other. Prime Medical
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Services, a custom-vehicle manufacturer and parent company of BAF, purchased Frontline from C.P. Foster for $10.8 million.
Frontline International Sales Manager Bob King says the sale came about after Prime Medical Services asked Frontline if it wanted to purchase BAF. Frontline passed, and Prime Medical then made an offer for Frontline. The result will be an operation that eventually will fold BAF's 60 employees into Frontline's 100.
Frontline, besides being larger, is also stronger in the communications-vehicle business, with most of its energies focused on the ENG and satellite market.
BAF has a few ENG vehicles as well but is also heavily involved in construction of medical vehicles and of vehicles for FEMA. Frontline General Manager Jonathan Sherr will head up the new Frontline/BAF endeavor.
"Frontline is the stronger of the two by far, and we're
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The revive-conscription movement has history against it.
Cries like Rangel’s have arisen in every war and quite often in
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peace as well. In 1940, inaugurating the first-ever peacetime draft, Franklin Roosevelt argued that the new policy “broadened and enriched our basic concepts of citizenship.” A quarter century later, Lyndon Johnson called the draft “a part of America, a part of the process of our democracy.” Indeed, appeals to patriotism and democracy have often accompanied the imposition of mandatory sacrifice.
Despite these fine words, though, conscription has always been—and probably will always be—a tough sell. The reason isn’t that Americans crave an unjust system, although they haven’t shown too much regret over the draft’s inequities. Rather, the draft’s perennial unpopularity stems from an abiding national regard for freedom from state coercion. For all Rangel’s rhetorical bows to the “citizen soldier” and “shared sacrifice,” his proposal addresses America’s historic concern for equality but skirts
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GOOD Samaritans and wildlife carers have been run off their feet during Townsville's catastrophic floods trying to save as many animals as physically possible
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Bushland Beach resident Ashley D'Silva, along with her partner DJ and some friends, dropped everything to rescue more than a dozen pets after owners in the Idalia and Fairfield areas were rapidly evacuated.
Ms D'Silva said her impromptu rescue team saved about 15 dogs, three cats and ten humans in the space of about six hours.
She said she was helping a friend try and make contact with her mother but was cut off near Fairfield Central shopping centre, and spoke to people who had been evacuated and weren't allowed to bring their pets who were distressed about leaving their animals.
She then used social media to put the call out to see where the animals were that needed rescuing.
"I got an influx of messages from all these people that had abandoned their animals," she said.
"We literally went around breaking into people's houses and taking animals.
"A couple of people met us at Fairfield and gave me keys to their houses,
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The 2012 Flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP) says President Mahama has failed Ghanaians, hence does not deserve a second
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term in office.
She’s charged Ghanaians to take advantage of the dispensation of the multi-party democracy by considering the NDP, and vote Mahama out since under Mahama’s four years of government there are no better policies to improve the lot of people in the country.
She made the call over the weekend at a ceremony to welcome some 500 supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Afigya Kwabre South constituency of the Ashanti Region who reportedly switched allegiance to the opposition National Democratic Party (NDP).
She said although the government claimed to be working for the people, there is a huge development gap in the system left unresolved.
“In the wake of the many challenges we face as a country, government should be seen working tirelessly to improve the lives of all Ghanaians rather than amassing wealth to benefit a select few in government.
“As a leader of this country, he’s supposed to
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Family traditions can take many forms. It can be the handing down of recipes or gatherings for graduations or weddings.
For some, the tradition
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can be teaching the next generation how to create needle arts. Many local residents learned from a family member how to create decorative quilts, blankets or wearable items.
Esther Newell of Howland SCOPE’s Ohio Star Quilters guild also learned quilting from an older relative.
“My grandma taught me when I was 14. I made my first quilt when I was 15 years old,” she said.
The use of needles, hooks or a sewing machine to create decorative textile handicrafts is called needle arts. Needles or hooks are used in crocheting, knitting, quilting, embroidery and needlepoint.
Quilting is the process of sewing layers of material usually in a square shape with a layer of batting in the middle as an insulation layer. The squares are sewn together to create what can be used as a bed comfort or blanket. Originally, the material was acquired from scraps left over from sewing projects
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Nineteen-year-old Alex Gonzalez, an Alisal alum, scored Sunday in a game against Guadalajara's Liga TDP squad
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The sun beat down on Club San Rafael Sunday in Guadalajara, Jalisco during a match between Guadalajara's Liga TDP team, Escuela de Fútbol Chivas, and the visiting Catedráticos Elite.
A gusting wind up to 20 miles per hour punctuated the heat, making for exhausting conditions for a game. The game stayed gridlocked in a 0-0 tie for 70 minutes until host Chivas scored to take a 1-0 lead.
Looking for some fresh players to improve their chances, the 77th minute saw Alisal alum Alex Gonzalez substituted in at forward. This was a crucial game for Catedráticos Elite against the fourth-best team in Liga TDP.
Sixteen minutes later, he rose up between two defenders and headed the ball to the back right corner of the net for the tying score in extra time, his first of the season.
After finishing the rest of
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I am looking out the airplane window. The thickness of the window and the wall of the airplane seem too slight for our height and the space beyond
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. I can see rivers and lakes as they catch the glint of early evening's summer sun through gaps in the plowed up clouds. Long thin lines of light and shadow fall from the cloud edges and disappear into milky grey. The headphones I am wearing transmit Aaron Copland's music, which seems appropriate to the open and uniquely American landscape below.
The woman across the aisle is eating Lifesavers and doing crossword puzzles. Does she know how astonishing it is to be in this moment of time? Mathematical equations, dreams recorded in hierogliphics, are taking us from Pittsburgh to Dallas. That woman, and all the others on the plane, with their digital watches and electronic games, all of us who have been lifted up by a poem and will be placed safely down again by a poem, are one on the edge of a new vision, of seeing arrangements of thoughts having power to lift and move, rather than arrangements of things. Will we see this in Dallas, or
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The start of tax filing season means the start of tax scam season, and this year the scams are expected to be worse than ever, despite new
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anti-fraud measures enacted by the IRS.
So the agency is warning about the top 3 tax scams to watch for in 2016.
Last year Kathy Laumann fell victim to tax scam number one: Someone else filed under her Social Security Number, claiming her tax refund before she could.
The IRS then rejected her return, and she then had to prove who she was.
"It's very definitely not, 'oh we trust you,' rather it's someone with your Social Security Number has already filed," she said.
That led to a four month nightmare to finally get her correct refund.
IRS spokesperson Jennifer Jenkins tells us the agency has instituted new safeguards this year, that should raise red flags if someone files in your name from a different address, or with a different employer.
But she says the best thing you can do is file early, before a scammer (who may have your Social from a recent data breach) tries filing under your name.
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Orlando defensive end Ryan Davis Sr. (95) celebrates earning a sack by pretending to take a selfie with teammates. Everything went the Apoll
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os' way in Week 1 and they are pushing to build on the success in Week 2 at San Antonio.
As opening nights go, the Orlando Apollos came away both a commercial and critical success.
The Apollos finished Week 1 as the Alliance of American Football’s highest-scoring team, ranked second in total defense and No. 3 in total offense. A rainy night might have kept some fans away, but the Apollos still drew the second-biggest attendance of the weekend.
After any opening success, though, come the follow-up questions. Can they sustain the energy? And how will it play on the road?
The Apollos will get a strong indication Sunday when they visit the San Antonio Commanders in the weekend’s only clash of 1-0 teams. CBS Sports Network will broadcast the game slated to begin at 4 p.m.
The Commanders dismantled the San Diego Fleet 15-6 in their opener, which
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2000 -- Lifetime Hoan Corp. is voluntarily recalling about 132,000 fondue sets to replace their burners.
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Some sets have alcohol burners that can produce high flames beyond the intended cooking surface of the fondue pot. Another set, which uses chafing fuel, is being recalled because the chafing fuel holder could tip as it burns down. Both problems present potential fire and burn hazards to consumers.
CPSC and Lifetime Hoan Corp. have received eight reports of burners producing high flames. No injuries or property damage has been reported.
The fondue sets were sold under the brand names Farberware® (model nos. 86600 (two styles), 86700, 86702 and 76743) and Roshco® (model no. 58903). The model number is on the box, not on the fondue set. The brand name is found on the box. The fondue sets are stainless steel and include various components, including a fondue pot, burner, and fondue forks. Only the burners sold with these fondue sets are
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marked petroleum. And so. The entire traffic slowed down to below the speed limit and stayed be all three lines. All four lines at that point
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stayed below the speed limit behind the cops are there is like a parade. Erica out and not everyone else's got to plot along behind them being so good and no one was willing to break. Line and in past the police officer. Would probably just head home more now even when he got into in New Orleans. No one Bassam and so it this was one of those frustrating les. Cone. It's indoors and out but Yang yesterday I was talking about it so you organized. Push it it was meant to be it and Nowak couldn't even divide one your card Mike butcher because there was people lined up in front of me. Preventing me from getting around the officers. It was came and worked under the speed but today for the first time along to talk to us. Speaking of traps I mentioned that yesterday after I admitted that I tend to speed on the interstate. On my way into work this morning I got caught behind eight Condrey of cars that were following a police officer and
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Special to the DailyGlenwood Springs High School's Daniel Trejo advances on Battle Mountain's Gustavo Bronfield (12) during Tuesday night
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's game at Stubler Memorial Field in Glenwood.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A bad bounce or a good break? It all depends on who you rooted for at Tuesday’s 4A Slope soccer game between Glenwood Springs and Battle Mountain.Demons coach Craig Plizga, whose team finished on the down side of a 4-2 outcome, called after the 73rd minute due to lightning, said it was a series of unlucky bounces.”The game was well-played both ways. We got some lucky bounces in the first half. They got some in the second half.” David Cope, whose Huskies pinned the season’s first loss on previously unbeaten Glenwood and moved into sole position of first place in the Western Slope League, said it was a matter of the team staying calm.
The Huskies didn’t stay behind long once the second half began.”We created enough chances in the first half,�
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As the crackdown on religious congregations in Beijing and other Chinese provinces intensifies, the country’s government is burning bibles, closing churches
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and forcing Christian to renounce their faith, according to a latest report by the Associated Press.
“The international community should be alarmed and outraged for this blatant violation of freedom of religion and belief,” Bob Fu, president of legal aid organization China Aid, told the AP.
Fu also provided video evidence of piles of bibles that had been set on fire as well as forms handed out to people for the renunciation of their Christian faith.
The report further said the government’s active resolve to drive people from Christianity and other faiths to the atheist ideology of the Communist Party was part of its efforts to “Sinicize” religion.
Though a government official disputed the claims, reiterating that the Chinese authorities have great respect for religious freedom, a pastor, who wished to remain anonymous, said that immediately after his church had opened its doors in the morning, several people entered and began removing religious items.
Although Trump has been quick to chastise China over
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Police in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa Thursday arrested a man released from jail last month for killing one man and severely injuring another
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Luong Van An, 20, of Thuong Xuan District, allegedly attacked two local men Wednesday night after he and his brother had gone to Cam Ba Bien's house for a drink.
Le Huu Duyen and two other men also participated in the drinking.
An boasted that he had just been released and was not scared of anyone. The others called him a "braggart" and asked him to leave.
He returned and stabbed Bien and Duyen several times with a knife borrowed from an acquaintance as the two men slept on the ground. He then and fled to the forest.
Duyen died on the spot due to a ruptured tendon and artery in his right leg; Bien remains at Thuong Xuan General Hospital, where he is being treated for severe injuries.
After a five-hour search, police caught An the next morning in the mountains.
The media on Thursday and Friday had reported that An was one of
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A UN source was quoted as saying Ban's trip could serve as a breakthrough in standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
UN Secretary-
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General Ban Ki-moon will visit Pyongyang this week for a possible meeting with leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean news report said.
Yonhap news agency cited an unidentified source in the UN when it reported Sunday about Ban's Pyongyang trip. It gave no details on the purpose of the trip or the day it would take place.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric and Seoul's Unification Ministry said they had no comment.
If the trip does take place, Ban would be the first UN head to visit North Korea since Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1993.
Yonhap, quoting another unidentified UN source, said Ban is expected to meet Kim because it's unlikely for the secretary general to visit a UN member state without meeting the country's leader.
That source was quoted as saying Ban's trip could serve as a breakthrough in the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program and strained ties between the two Koreas. Ban was South Korea's foreign minister before taking
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All property developments with over 100 premises set to get free fibre optic infrastructure from NBN Co.
The company responsible for the rollout of the National Broad
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band Network, NBN Co, has released key details of its plan to pay for the fibre of all new developments with over 100 premises. The changes begin on January 1, 2011.
Quigley made the announcement in Sydney during his first press conference of 2011. He said more than 70 online applications from developers for fibre had already been received, of which 40 were made on New Year’s Day.
According to NBN Co, just over half of all new developments have over 100 premises.
“We don’t yet have a network out there so this is not an easy job to do, so that’s why we’re going out on tender to see if we can get some Australian companies to help us,” he said. “We have a tender that closes…on Friday January 14, which we expect to evaluate within about a month.
But any new development with less than 100 premises will not be able to apply for the scheme.
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Robert Karr's 13F portfolio value increased from $414M to $446M.
Joho Capital increased Floor & Décor Holdings
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and added Farfetch Ltd.
The top three positions are Floor & Décor Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding, and Cognex Corporation. They add up to ~81% of the portfolio.
This article is part of a series that provides an ongoing analysis of the changes made to Robert Karr’s 13F stock portfolio on a quarterly basis. It is based on Karr’s regulatory 13F Form filed on 02/12/2019. Please visit our Tracking Robert Karr’s Joho Capital Portfolio article for an idea on his investment philosophy and our last update for the fund’s moves during Q3 2018.
This quarter, Karr’s 13F stock portfolio value increased ~8% from $414M to $446M. The number of holdings increased from 6 to 7. The top three positions represent ~81% of the 13F assets: Floor & Décor Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding, and Cognex
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“We’re always looking at our benefits program,” said Huffman, who is based in Charlotte.
The announcement comes
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after rival JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest U.S. bank by assets, in January announced a similar increase in parental paid leave to 16 weeks, from 12. That amount is available to “primary caregivers” only, defined by JPMorgan as the parent who has primary responsibility for a child after birth or adoption. The bank also increased paid leave for non-primary caregivers from one week to two.
There is no differentiation between primary and nonprimary caregivers in Bank of America’s policy, which allows mothers and fathers to both take 16 weeks. The second-largest bank by assets employs roughly 15,000 in its headquarters city.
Huffman said Bank of America’s move was not in reaction to JPMorgan.
Wells Fargo said it does not specifically provide paid family leave but offers options parents can use to take time off from work and still receive 100 percent of their pay.
Wells noted that new fathers can use the regular paid time off the company awards
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Did P2P lending cause a Chinese bubble, and is it bursting?
Another high-profile P2P lending scam should give pause to
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Chinese domain investors.
Remember those videos of the Chinese super bus making the rounds on social media a few months ago? The bus was designed to travel above car traffic on the street below.
Well, it turns out it might have been just one big peer-to-peer (P2P) lending scam.
According to a Bloomberg article published this week, the promoters of the bus borrowed money on a P2P lending platform and promised a 12% return to investors. The article goes on to explain the rise of P2P lending in China, much of which has essentially been a ponzi scheme.
I have concerns about the Chinese market for domain names also being underpinned by P2P lending.
Not everyone thinks it’s a house of cards, and it sounds like some platforms are lending money in a smart way. Simon Cousins and Raymond Li of Allegravita discussed P2P lending and its role in the Chinese domain name market on DNW Podcast
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That day, in other words, women lived their unique lives. And Fox “News” sent O’Reilly packing for allegedly behaving
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as if they exist solely for his gratification.
O’Reilly, a pugnacious conservative who was the mightiest oak in the forest of cable news blowhards, was felled by a report in The New York Times three weeks ago that detailed how Fox paid out about $13 million over the years to make multiple accusations of sexual harassment go away. An uproar ensued, and advertisers deserted his top-rated program by the dozens.
Small wonder. The accusations, which O’Reilly denies, read like a manual on how not to behave in a 21st-century workplace. O’Reilly is said to have made unwanted advances, tried to plant an unwanted kiss and backed up his demand for sexual favors by making threats or even taking action to blunt women’s careers. One woman said he called her and described sexual fantasies involving her. She said it sounded as if he was masturbating.
This comes at a bad time for Fox. It’s
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The campaign of Democratic newcomer Dave Cole unveiled its newest attack ad against longtime congressman Frank Lobiondo. Cole, who is trailing badly according to a
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recent Stockton University poll, has been unrelenting in his criticisms of LoBiondo for accepting donations from Donald Trump throughout his long tenure in the House, but the new ad takes aim at Lobiondo’s longevity itself.
The ad uses 1997 footage of LoBiondo making a speech about the importance of strict term limits, the same year he signed a pledge saying he would only serve six terms. LoBiondo is now likely on the verge of his 12th.
That Stockton poll found LoBiondo in the lead by 26 percentage points, 59 percent to 33.5 percent.
Despite Trump’s unpopularity among New Jersey Republicans in Trenton, Cole’s efforts to tie LoBiondo to the real estate magnate and his checkered business record in Atlantic City have largely fallen flat due to a lack of both name recognition and the kind of fundraising bonanza that is fueling Democrat Josh Gottheimer’s bid
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Dumpty the gnome in his new home.
A giant gnome which was looking for a home has finally found himself a new owner
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, helping to raise money in memory of a little boy who died last year in the process.
Colourful character Dumpty has been bought for £40 by an 87-year-old woman from a north Northumberland village, who wants to remain anonymous.
The pensioner is said to have a number of weird and wonderful objects in her garden, so the gnome is sure to fit in perfectly.
Dumpty, who stands at more than 11 feet tall, was made by Alnwick-based stonemason and builder Ivan Laidler.
His creation has become something of a celebrity after making a number of surprise public appearances throughout north Northumberland last year.
Dumpty’s visits to various locations, coupled with the sale itself, has helped to raise £250 in honour of Aidan Jackowiak Smith. The four-year-old, from Alnwick, had the complex genetic disorder Cloves Syndrome, suffering swelling to
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(Reuters) - Canadian Corey Conners clinched an astonishing two-shot victory over American Charley Hoffman at the Texas Open on Sunday to punch
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the final ticket to the Masters.
He followed four early birdies with four consecutive bogeys on the front nine before storming home with six birdies and three pars to claim his first PGA Tour title.
“It just doesn’t seem real,” Conners told reporters after finishing at 20-under 268 to secure his second shot at the Masters after playing as an amateur in 2015.
Hoffman birdied the par-five 18th to shoot 67 and claim second place, a shot ahead of fellow American Ryan Moore (64).
South Korean overnight leader Kim Si-woo (72) faded to equal fourth with American Brian Stuard (66) on 15-under.
“I’ve been close a few times and feel like I’ve learned a lot in those situations and that really helped today,” said Conners, the 15th Canadian to win on Tour.
The 27-year-old
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Maxwell’s in Surfside is remaining open during October, so go by and enjoy some good food and fellowship with your neighbors. A
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Halloween party with prizes, food and drink specials and live music by the Banana Kings is set for Oct 31, 8-11 p.m.
David Smith, head chef at Flamingo Beach Resort, is returning to the U.S. to be with his son and to take care of a rare blood disease that has become more severe in recent months. As an expression of gratitude, the community is gathering together for a bingo fundraising event to help David with moving expenses and to give him a warm send-off. The event is set for Saturday, Oct. 22, at 6 p.m. at the resort’s Salón Las Palmas. The ₡5,000 ($10) admission includes one bingo card, appetizers and natural juices. Extra cards and raffle tickets cost ₡2,000 ($4) each. Some really nice prizes are being offered. For information about the event or how you can help David, call Van at 26
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More than six-in-ten Hispanics in the U.S. self-identify as being of Mexican origin. Nine of the other 10
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largest Hispanic origin groups — Puerto Rican, Cuban, Salvadoran, Dominican, Guatemalan, Colombian, Honduran, Ecuadorian and Peruvian — account for about a third of the U.S. Hispanic population. There are differences across these 10 population groups in the share of each that is foreign born, citizen (by birth or naturalization), and proficient in English. They are also of varying age, tend to live in different areas within the U.S, and have varying levels of education, homeownership rates, and poverty rates.
These profiles of the 10 largest Hispanic populations in the U.S. describe the employment and income characteristics of each group. Characteristics of each group are also contrasted with the characteristics of all Hispanics and with the U.S. population overall. The profiles are based on the Center’s tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2007 American Community Survey (ACS).
Guatemalan-Americans This statistical profile describes the demographic, employment and income
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Pope Francis meets with participants in the Jubilee for Socially Excluded People at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, Nov. 11, 2016.
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Credit: Lucia Ballester/CNA.
Vatican City, Nov 11, 2016 / 10:29 am ().- After hearing testimonies from two homeless men Friday, Pope Francis spoke off-the-cuff about the dignity and solidarity that can be found in poverty, but which is often lacking in situations of wealth.
“We must always look for those poorer than I” and seek to increase solidarity by “giving the hand to the one suffering more than me,” the Pope said.
Pope Francis spoke to a group of around 3,600 people in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall Nov. 11. Of those present, most were from precarious situations such as extreme poverty and homelessness who traveled to Rome as part of the European Festival of Joy and Mercy being held Nov. 11-13 in the context of the Jubilee of Mercy.
Organized by the French organization Fratello, the event brought in groups of pilgrims from 22 different countries, including
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When Yahoo announced last year that it would allow user names that had been inactive to be claimed by new users, how did Facebook ensure that accounts on
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the social network that were tied to recycled Yahoo email addresses remained secure? Software engineer Murray Kucherawy detailed the process in a note on the Protect the Graph page.
Our priority when working with partners and other companies is to ensure that Facebook accounts — which are connected to various email services, and can be extended via Facebook Login to other sites — are not only kept safe and secure, but also work together seamlessly. The Facebook ecosystem is large, and keeping your information safe is core to everything we do.
For example, last year, Yahoo announced that it was going to begin making long-dormant logins available for new registrations. This was a shift we knew we wanted to study closely to make sure we understood the impact to Facebook. If a Facebook account were connected to a recycled Yahoo email address, then that account could be taken over by the new Yahoo account owner via a password-change request if no additional protections were in place.
This new method for handling recycled email
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(CBS) Do the diagnostic tests doctors use to detect breast cancer actually cause cancer?
That's the shocking finding of a new study of some
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of the newest, most sophisticated imaging techniques, including breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) and positron emission tomography (PEM).
While the new techniques can be very helpful in diagnosing some tricky cases of breast cancer, they involve the injection of radioactive material, which increase the risk of developing cancer.
Just how risky are the new procedures?
"A single breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) or positron emission mammography (PEM) examination carries a lifetime risk of inducing fatal cancer greater than or comparable to a lifetime of annual screening mammography starting at age 40," the study's author, Dr. R. Edward Hendrick, clinical professor of radiology at the University of Colorado-Denver, School of Medicine in Aurora, said in a written statement.
Dr. Hendrick reviewed recent studies on radiation doses from procedures that involve radioactive material to estimate the lifetime risk of radiation-induced cancer and death.
It's no secret that digital mammography,
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The City Municipal Council has a “tradition” of replacing the presidents at least once in every six months. Raveesh had
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become the president following swift political development (Operation Kamala), ten months ago. He ditched Congress for BJP and captured power with the support of “like-minded” members.
The previous incumbents, Aslam Pasha of Congress and Ole Chandraiah of JD(S) were unseated as president and vice-president respectively, also by a no confidence motion. In fact, Raveesh was rewarded with the president’s post by BJP, JD(S) and Congress members for his role in the entire exercise. Surprisingly, he has been dethroned without allowing even one year in power.
A total of 28 members (12 of Congress, six each from BJP and JDS, and four Independents) in the 35-member body had decided to move no confidence motion and accordingly, a meeting was called on Monday. Seven councillors and the legislator who didn’t subscribe to the motion stayed away from the meeting.
On the other hand
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walter Isaacson’s biography of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs leapt to the top of bestseller lists
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in its first week in book stores, flying off shelves to the tune of 379,000 copies, according to Nielsen’s BookScan.
In its first week alone the book became one of the year’s 20 bestsellers.
It has been a year since any book has sold more copies in its first week. Both former President George W. Bush’s autobiography, “Decision Points,” and Jeff Kinney’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth,” sold more than 400,000 copies in their first week last November.
Jobs died on October 5 of pancreatic cancer, age 56. The publication of Isaacson’ book, which was written with Jobs’ cooperation, was moved up from the original 2012 date.
The 571-page volume was released on Apple’s iBooks online store and Amazon’s Kindle the day before it hit stores. Amazon
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Prior to the uprising of March 2011, school students all over Syria had to study Ba’ath secular ideology as a core module of the broader
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subject of qaumiyya (‘nationalism’). Before starting a typical school day, students would gather in their schoolyard to salute the Syrian and Ba’ath flags while chanting ‘long live Assad, long live Ba’ath’. Since the uprising, there have been some radical changes made to this practice. Children in the so-called ‘liberated areas’ (areas that are under the control of the opposition) now start the school day by saluting Salafi and Salafi-Jihadi flags and chanting in praise of the Islamic Caliphate and the prophet Mohamed.
This situation is a prime example of the on-going debate between various theorists of identity and nationalism concerning the role of materialist and symbolic elements in crafting identity and in excluding or including members of a particular community. Materialists, like Ernest Gellner, emphasise the significance of factors such as education and the media in constructing identities. On the other hand
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Alta Jacko is the mother of eight children. She is also an ordained priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Jacko, 81, who
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earned her master's degree in pastoral studies from Loyola University, a Jesuit Catholic school, says being a priest is what she was called to do.
Officially, of course, the Catholic Church's Canon Law 1024 says that only baptized men can receive holy orders. But there is a movement against the no-women rule; it began eight years ago when a cluster of renegade male clerics (including a European bishop whose identity the female priests won't reveal in order not to risk his excommunication) ordained the first women. Now, in Jacko's hometown of Chicago, three women have entered the priesthood.
Like many other priests, Jacko trained in various parishes before becoming ordained. Unlike many other priests, however, she was not always easily received by her elders. In spring 2009, Jacko approached Father Bob Bossie, who preaches at St. Harold's Catholic Community in Uptown, for help. "She asked me if I would mentor her," recalls Boss
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On Thursday, Orange City Council threw a morning tea to thank the city’s army of selfless volunteers for their service. Those volunteers had
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put in various amounts of time at their respective organisations: some had been there a year or two, some had been there longer. However, two faces in the crowd were into their sixth decade of volunteering with Meals on Wheels in Orange, having been at the very first meeting in 1967 at the Canobolas Hotel. Betty McDonald and Edna Sharp have been part of Meals on Wheels in Orange for its entire operation, and say the demand for the program now is as strong as it ever was. “The need was there in 1967 … people still need the help and the contact with somebody [now] too, that’s very important,” Mrs McDonald said. “The need was taking meals to people who weren’t eating properly, especially on their own.” Originally operating out of Orange Base Hospital and Bloomfield, the pair said the operation ran hot meals around Orange for years before council took over the program and began providing frozen meals. Mrs McDonald explained
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova on Friday claimed yet another crown by winning the world title,
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overcoming an uneven season by soaring to a commanding win with an ambitious program that left the Russian in tears.
Second-place finisher Elizabet Tursynbaeva of Kazakhstan also made history by being the first woman to successfully land a quad jump in senior international competition and the first woman from her nation to claim a world championship medal.
Zagitova, who finished fifth at last year’s edition after a disastrous free skate and then endured a difficult season, struggled to hang onto a few of her jumps in an otherwise dynamic routine that included seven triple jumps.
In first place after the short program, Zagitova wept in the arms of her coaches after coming off the ice from her free skate but was smiling by the time her score was posted, 155.42 for a total of 237.50.
“There were many hard times, but I’d like to thank the audience and everyone else who supported me,” she said at
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According to Rackspace CTO John Engates, the dedicated VMware VCenter Servers will allow customers to migrate VMware workloads from their data centers
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to Rackspace facilities.
Rackspace on Tuesday rolled out plans to add VMware vCenter Servers to its managed virtualization services. The move, which will allow Rackspace to support single-tenant VMware vCenter Servers, Rackspace adds a key building block for its hybrid cloud push.
The company is aiming to be in position to be the leading hybrid cloud provider. Hybrid clouds are a mix of hosted, public and private flavors in enterprise infrastructure. The reality is most businesses will mix and match cloud varieties.
According to Rackspace CTO John Engates, the dedicated VMware VCenter Servers will allow customers to migrate VMware workloads from their data centers to Rackspace facilities. Tools such as VMware's console will be available with the exception of vCloud Director.
"Previously we could use VMware to create virtual servers, but couldn't expose the VMware environment and console directly," explained Engates. "This will be one of the key pillars for the hybrid cloud."
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