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PhD, Harvard, 1994. American politics, political development, legislatures, parties, and state and local politics. Current research on Congress, state
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legislatures, and urban politics. Books include The Making of New Deal Democrats (University of Chicago Press, 1989), Urban Exodus: Why the Jews Left Boston and the Catholics Stayed (Harvard University Press, 1999), and a forthcoming book (with Steven S. Smith) on the development of Senate party leadership in the 19th and 20th centuries. Articles include No Strength in Numbers: The Failure of Big-City Bills in American State Legislatures, 1880-2000 (with Thad Kousser), American Political Science Review (2013); "The Dynamics of Party Government in Congress" (with Steven S. Smith) in Congress Reconsidered, 10th ed. (CQ Press, 2013); “Broad Bills or Particularistic Policy? Historical Patterns in American State Legislatures” (with Thad Kousser), American Political Science Review (2010); "Pockets of Expertise: Institutional Capacity in Twentieth-Century State Legislatures" (with Nancy Burns
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The votes are in for the 13th annual Couch Potato Awards.
Once again the Guide's indefatigable critics waded through the year
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's programs, searching for gems among the dross and delivering the odd well-aimed kick. The consensus was that it's been a good, not great, year. All the winners were deserving and some were among the best shows of the past decade but in some categories there was not a lot of depth. As in previous years, we asked readers to vote online and those results are included below.
While the winners in many categories were hotly debated, in this category even the shortlist prompted passionate discussion.
In a very good year for the genre (Glee's continued decline aside), there were many honourable mentions: American Horror Story (Eleven) succeeded in the difficult art of delivering horror on TV; Breaking Bad (ABC, Showcase) continued to attract new fans despite its grim subject matter; The Hour (ABC) and This is England '86 (SBS) for fantastic (and diverse) English insight; True Blood (Showcase) for its continued fanged soap
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JUST A MONTH AGO, the U.S. House of Representatives was trumpeting its vote to increase the minimum wage, hailing it
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as a symbol of new leadership in Congress.
But the bill has stalled in the Senate, and Republicans vow it's not going to happen. They've attached to the bill $8 billion in tax breaks for businesses.
This is disappointing. Especially since one of the biggest arguments against raising the minimum wage - that it reduces the number of jobs available to entry-level workers -is collapsing under the weight of increasing evidence that this no longer is true.
But even more disappointing than the Senate's failure to increase the wage that hasn't been touched in a decade is the suggestion by some Republicans that rather than raise the wage, Congress should instead increase the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Raising the tax credit for the working poor is a fine idea, but doing it instead of a minimum-wage hike is unfair; not all workers are eligible for the EITC.
Fortunately, we live in a city where it's not only easy for workers to find out if they're eligible,
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Bloomberg has an exciting opportunity for a motivated Senior Network Security Engineer within the newly formed (NSRE) Network System Reliability Engineering team in London.
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The team is responsible for the solution engineering, implementation, stability and support of Bloomberg's global multi-vendor network, which is one of the world's largest private networks spanning over 100 node sites and connecting clients globally to over 1,500 exchanges, market data, and order entry venues.
You will be responsible for supporting Bloomberg’s network security infrastructure. You will handle these systems effectively in order to maintain and safeguard access to Bloomberg’s data across all aspects of the company including our financial products and news & media businesses, data centres, and internal IT infrastructure, on a global scale.
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at this: https://www.techatbloomberg.com.
Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour
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What's the latest scoop? Ice cream, in ROLLS.
"The ice cream gets rolled up right before your eyes," explained Jacob
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Billig.
It is VERY cool. In fact, it's downright freezing. After all, it's anywhere between -15° and -20°.
Twenty-two-year-old Jacob Billig and his 20-year-old brother Kyle opened Sweet Charlie's about a year-and-a-half ago. (Charlie is their dog.) They were convinced that Philadelphia would melt over Rolled Ice Cream.
"I mean, the flavors that you can make are endless," Jacob said.
Endless and creative, like Monkey See, Monkey Do (fresh banana and Nutella). There's Smore Please, (with roasted marshmallows and graham crackers); or if you're a morning person, Off Duty (glazed donut and ground coffee).
The perfect rolls are just the end of the show. It starts with elaborate chopping and mixing … blending … spreading it all out like plaster, and at exactly the right moment, rolling it up.
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Scottish Parliament economists calculate how much a local income tax would cost after the First Minister tells a radio phone-in that he would introduce the levy
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in an independent Scotland.
Families with two earners face a £550 hike in their bills for council services under Alex Salmond’s plans to introduce a local income tax in an independent Scotland, the Telegraph can disclose today.
Impartial economists in the Scottish Parliament’s Information Centre (SPICe) calculated the levy would have to be set at 5.4p in the pound to replace the revenue raised by council tax – almost double the rate the SNP originally proposed.
A worker earning the average Scottish salary of £25,729 would pay £849.37 per year, according to the calculations, meaning a family with two average breadwinners would face a bill of £1,698.74.
This is £549.74 more than the average Band D council tax bill of £1,149 for the same financial year. If council tax benefit was used to supplement revenue from a local income tax, the family would still have to pay £
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Khawar Farid Maneka is a Customs officer who has recently come into the eye of the public as his ex-wife Bushra R
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iaz Wattoo was linked with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. Media reports claimed that the two have recently tied the knot. Although there hasn’t been a confirmation as yet from any of the sides, Imran Khan has officially told that he has only proposed Bushra for a marriage and she hasn’t yet given her approval.
So who is Khawar Farid Maneka and how did he and his wife get so close with Imran Khan?
In a recent column, renowned analyst and anchorperson Javed Chaudhry shared some details about the family.
According to him, Maneka is a senior official of Customs department, belonging to Pakpattan and is a spiritual devotee of the 13th century mystic Baba Farid Ganj Shakkar. Khawar’s father Ghulam Muhammad Maneka was a politician and also served as a federal minister under Benazir Bhutto. Ghul
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Scoring: 1, WVC, Katie Mitchkiosky, 51:00. 2, CBC, Bethany Forst (Bri
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anna Turley), 78:00. Saves: CBC, Stephanie Gibson 10; WVC, AdriAnna Simmons 10.
WALLA WALLA MEN 1, NORTH IDAHO 1: Brenden Kenley scored a goal in the 55th minute, and the Warriors hung on to tie visiting North Idaho in NWAC East play.
Scoring: Brenden Kenley (Jose Vasquez), 55:00; 2, NI, Hamidou Kante (Max Mularski), 82:00. Saves: NI, Tanner Horton 4, Mitchell Markovetz 3; WW, Francisco Flores 4.
Richland 6, Kennewick 1: Samantha Heilman recorded her first three goals of the year for the Bombers in an MCC win over the visiting Lions, who scored first in the fifth minute.
“We started a little rockier than we’d like, but we made a few adjustments and the girls responded well
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Already know where you want to buy a home? Have a specific budget in mind? Just want to nose around some pretty properties? Browse our hand
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-picked selections of properties for sale around the world.
Cyprus has always been an obvious choice for holiday lets and resort-based property investment. However, a new spate of new-build developments are bringing in international investors in increasing numbers.
With Portugal now offering Golden Visas to foreign investors owning properties worth around 500,000 euros, it's a good idea to look outside of the Algarve. Why not Porto? Thanks to re-vitalised tourist interest, Porto has seen a resurgence as desirable area for investors and second home owners.
With the recent up-turn in property sales, Cyprus may be set to return as a top destination for holiday and second homes.
Often seen by investors as the gateway location to the Algarve, this week's property selection comes from Albufeira. This is a fantastic area of Portugal's south coast located just off the countries main E1 motorway, so it's easily accessible.
With the clocks going
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Craven Concerts, which has been providing artistic excellence to Craven and surrounding counties for 30 years, has announced its lineup for the 2013-
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14 season, which begins in October.
The first of two 2013 concerts is Oct. 16, featuring Sixth Floor Trio. According to their web page, The Sixth Floor Trio is a chamber group dedicated to the creation and performance of music that connects different musical styles, communities and artistic disciplines.
Formed by graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2008, the Trio has performed extensively throughout the United States in venues ranging from traditional concert halls to grunge bars and experimental spaces.
They are members of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and the Doo-Wop Hall of Fame.
The 2014 scheduled includes Jesse Lynch�s Jazz 101 on Feb. 27 and Emile Pandolfi on March 30.
All performances are in the Grover C. Fields Performing Arts Center. Seating is 45 minutes before each 7:30 p.m.performance, with the exception of the last performance of Pandolfi. Seating begins at 2:15 p.
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Global Hair Gel Market is expected to rise from its initial estimated value of USD 1.79 billion in 2018 to an estimated value of USD 2.
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49 million by 2026, registering a CAGR of 4.20% during the forecast period of 2019-2026. This rise in market value can be attributed to the growing demand of natural hair gel and rising need for hair styling among younger population.
In January 2018, L'Oréal Paris launched a new hair care brand line Elvive which helps in reviving all kinds of hair damage. This strategy has helped in expansion of the product portfolio of the company.
In December 2017, Kao USA Inc. signed an agreement for acquiring Oribe Hair Care, LLC to its impressive stable & luxury brand range. This strategy would help in the expansion of company and also would enhance its customer base.
Global hair gel market is highly fragmented and the major players have used various strategies such as new product launches, expansions, agreements, joint ventures, partnerships, acquisitions, and others to increase their footprints in this market. The report includes market shares of hair gel market for global,
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"From Technology to Cash" was the multiyear marketing campaign undertaken by Concurrent Computer Corp. to help Time Warner Cable in Oahu, Hawaii
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, design, build and launch video-on-demand services. Started in April 1999, the system is now one of the largest deployments in the U.S., covering 352,000 VOD-enabled basic homes and 85,000 digital subscribers.
The process began in April 1999, when Concurrent was chosen by Time Warner to be its server vendor. Servers and quadrature amplitude modulators were installed in July 1999. After a trial among friendlies, VOD service to paying subscribers was launched in January 2000.
Time Warner wanted to use as much pre-existing headend equipment as possible in its VOD launch to optimize the existing hub and network architecture. Time Warner also needed to seamlessly integrate VOD into its ordering, billing and royalty payment system.
The system used Scientific-Atlanta Inc.'s digital network control system and QAM system, along with the Explorer 2000 box. Prasara Technologies' software was used for royalty management and
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Former Ardmoreite, Sandra “Sandy” Sparks Wilson, 84, passed away Dec. 20, 2018, at her Denver,
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Colo., residence. Sandra was born May 29, 1934, in Ardmore, the daughter of the late Bill and Mayme Lee Bailey Sparks.
Sandra and Lloyd “Lou” Rolland Wilson, a fellow public school teacher and coach, were married June 30, 1961, and they had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 2011, a month before Lou passed away.
Sandra was a graduate of Ardmore High School, class of 1952, and received a bachelor of education from Oklahoma A & M (OSU) in 1956. She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority.
They carried that enduring youthful spirit into retirement, staying active with volunteer work and learning the harmonica. Sandra cherished her family and all of her friends from Ardmore, OSU, her Pi Phi Sisters, Denver tennis club and all her fellow teachers. Her exuberance and good spirits prompted some of her students to proclaim her as their favorite teacher. She remained a Denver resident,
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(CNN) - Special counsel Robert Mueller's office disputed an explosive story from BuzzFeed News as "not accurate" Friday night, after the news outlet
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reported the President had directed his personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, for which Cohen was later prosecuted.
"BuzzFeed's description of specific statements to the Special Counsel's Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen's Congressional testimony are not accurate," said Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller's office, in a statement.
Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief at Buzzfeed, echoed similar sentiments.
"We stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the Special Counsel to make clear what he's disputing," he tweeted.
But following the story's publication late Thursday night, Democratic members of Congress began pointing to the report as grounds for the President's impeachment. The clamor grew throughout the day and into Friday night.
The BuzzFeed story, by reporters Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier, asserted that Cohen had told special counsel investigators that "after the election, the president personally instructed him to
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The questions hit the two of them early in their NFL lives, week after week, game after game, repeated often enough so that Will Allen and
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Will Peterson quickly understood the drill.
Inquiring minds wanted to know: What do you think of [fill in the blank with name of opponents’ top receiver] and how, with so little experience, can you possibly hope to stop him?
The past few days, as the Giants ready themselves to open their season Sunday against the usually high-flying Rams at Giants Stadium, the cornerback duo was asked to comment about Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt, the St. Louis receivers who form one of the league’s best tandems. The bombardment, though, wasn’t as intense and certainly not as skeptical.
Both Allen and Peterson would prefer a change of focus to the questions, in keeping with what they believe is an upgrade in their standing on the team and in the respect they’ve gained among their peers.
They’ll find out soon enough. It appears this edition of Rams coach Mike Martz’ flying circus, unlike previous outfits
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The left hook JAMES TONEY used last year to dethrone MICHAEL NUNN as the International Boxing Federation middleweight champion shocked more
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than the previously undefeated Nunn and his hometown fans in Davenport, Iowa. It also stunned the nation's boxing writers, who had somehow missed the promise Toney had shown in knocking out JOSE LUIS ESTEVEN a year earlier and his continued development under his manager, JACKIE KALLEN.
Caught unaware, the writers covering the fight had to ask Toney to hold a special interview session so they could catch up on biographical details of the fighter from Ann Arbor, Mich.
Since that victory, ever after referred to as "the shocking upset," Toney has defeated challengers REGGIE JOHNSON and FRANCESCO DELL'AQUILLA and survived a disputed draw with MIKE McCALLUM, bringing his record to 30-0-2 with 20 knockouts.
On Friday, amid evidence that the boxing writers are still reeling from that title-claiming left hook, Toney won another victory, this time over such boxing not
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Ivory poachers may have finally met their match: forensic science. A study just published by PNAS describes a carbon-dating technique making it
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possible to determine the age of elephant tusks—and thus whether a particular piece of ivory has been acquired illegally.
As Uno explained, new tissue forms every day in the elephant’s tusk as it eats, with the base containing the newest tissue. Because the carbon absorbed by plants contains radiocarbon from the atmosphere, researchers can match the radiocarbon level in the tissue. But the key to the technique is something that scientists call the “bomb curve,” the period between 1952 to 1962 during which radiocarbon nearly doubled because of nuclear weapons testing. After the test ban treaty went into effect in 1963, the concentration of radiocarbon in the atmosphere has been diluted at a steady rate. Researchers used samples from primate hair, hippopotamus canines, elephant tusks, and an oryx horn to test their technique.
Demand for ivory in China has increased dramatically because of the country’s economic boom.
As the study explains
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When Carolyn Porco started exploring the outer solar system, it was all about the rings. Her 1983 doctoral thesis at Caltech focused on shifting spokes
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in Saturn's rings discovered by the Voyager spacecraft. As Voyager sailed past Uranus and Neptune, Porco led a group dedicated to their rings, too. So when she became the head of the imaging team for the Cassini satellite mission to Saturn, the gas giant's majestic rings were expected to be the highlight.
But in Cassini's seven years orbiting the great ringed planet, a new part of the system turned Porco's head. One of Saturn's icy moons, Enceladus, is spurting salty water full of compounds like propane, benzene, hydrogen sulfide and formaldehyde. The discovery vaulted Enceladus to the top of many astrobiologists' wish lists for the next place to look for life in the solar system.
Wired.com caught up with Porco to talk about microbe-filled snow and bringing pictures to the public.
Wired.com: What's coming up next for Cassini?
Carolyn
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It is hard not to enjoy beer marketing. Even if you are not a marketer, this industry always offers creative advertising (particularly on TV)
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that is fun to watch and spends lots of money doing it. Every year at the Super Bowl, a good number of the Top 10 ads come from beer companies. In other venues beyond sports, beer advertising often promises good times, great parties and generally being able to escape from your daily life into a world of fun, travel and festivities.
If you have ever had a Red Stripe beer from Jamaica, you know that it has a very unique bottle shape, shorter and stubbier than most others. The bottle sets the beer apart more than anything else, and this fact is brilliantly parodied in this ad featuring their central spokesperson – the Jamaican guy who loves nothing more than celebrating what beer can do with his trademark expression of Jamaican joy: "Hooray Beer!"
The ad for Bud Light below follows the model this beer company has focused on for nearly every Super Bowl and football season – forget about your product features and focus on the simple message that guys will do almost anything for
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A child in Florida has become the first person to die of the flu this season, according to state health officials. State epidemiologists say the
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child had not been vaccinated and was otherwise healthy before getting sick with the flu.
The child, who tested positive for influenza B, died sometime during the week of Sept. 30, although privacy concerns prevent officials from saying exactly where, CBS affiliate WTSP-TV reports.
Last flu season, 183 children in the U.S. died from flu or flu-related causes. That's the most since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began keeping these records in 2004. Overall, an estimated 80,000 Americans died from flu last season.
CBS News medical contributor Dr. Tara Narula says this latest news should be a wake-up call to parents to get their children vaccinated.
"What this is a strong clear message to parents about the importance of vaccination," she told "CBS This Morning." "This vaccine is safe. It is the most effective tool we have. And we know of the pediatric deaths last year, 80 percent were in kids who were unvacc
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BERLIN (AFP) - Berlin on Wednesday commemorates Adolf Hitler's rise to power 80 years ago, with exhibitions exploring what Chancellor Angela Merkel has
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called Germany's "everlasting responsibility" for crimes committed by the Nazis.
In a black-and-white photo, visitors can make out the Fuehrer saluting the crowd from the chancellery window on the evening of Jan 30, 1933, after earlier having been made chancellor and been charged by president Paul von Hindenburg with forming a new government.
The picture is on display at "Berlin 1933. On the Path to Dictatorship", due to be opened by Dr Merkel in the German capital on Wednesday, on a site charged with history as the former headquarters of the Gestapo, the secret police of the Nazi regime.
It now houses The Topography of Terror, an open-air documentation centre whose exhibition will trace Hitler's first months in power through photos, newspapers and posters.
"The hour has come! We are at Wilhelmstrasse (the site of the chancellery at the time). Hitler is chancellor of the Reich. Like in a
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⇑ back to "Evangelism & Missions"
Music, not message, reverberates through the Meow Meow in Portland, Ore.,
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on Thursday through Saturday nights. The punk-rock club is the primary outreach of The Bridge, a church for the city's street kids.
"This is an all ages music venue in the same building as the church, but separate from it," explains Angie Fadel, who runs the club with her husband, Todd. "Many of these people have been so burned by the traditional church, they wouldn't come if they knew we were connected to it."
The Fadels, members of The Bridge, are "trying to make a safe place for young people, especially those under 21, to hang out," they say.
"It's not a stealth evangelism type of thing," Todd Fadel says. "We're making a connection with the punk culture in Portland through arts and music. We found that people respond so much more to us because we're Christians, though. It breaks through their stereotypes."
The Fadels and other Bridge members who help out from
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Boston-area Allstate agency owners recently joined with others from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to secure a $253,000 Allstate Foundation
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Helping Hands grant to benefit 15 domestic violence nonprofits in nine states and the District of Columbia, including RESPOND, Inc. of Somerville.
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), which represents the organizations’ local efforts, accepted the grant and distributed the funding to the local domestic violence nonprofits.
Casa Myrna will receive $5,000 and RESPOND, Inc. will receive $4,000. The organizations will use the grants to support their missions to provide shelter and supportive services to domestic violence survivors and their families.
Allstate volunteers earned the $253,000 grant for their local domestic violence organizations by collecting much-needed items during a supply drive held in November and December, coinciding with the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The supply drive was part of a multi-state Allstate Foundation Purple Purse effort that benefitted nonprofits supporting survivors of domestic violence throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
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He's still committed to taking on big issues.
When Kendrick Lamar joined forces with Reebok towards the end of 2014, the artist recognized
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it was a unique platform for him to tackle issues that are largely overlooked in the industry. Footwear and fashion might not be go-to platforms for public conversations about issues beyond trends and popular style, but the world of sneakers offers an opportunity to talk to a particular range of people. Fans and collectors from disparate communities all come together in the passion of collecting footwear (like a rainbow Venn diagram), and that includes communities with contemporary tensions or violent histories.
For his first few pairs of Reebok Classic Leathers, Kendrick focused on the strife between gangs in his hometown of Compton, Los Angeles. The two colors of the Bloods and Crips, red and blue, coexisted on each pair of shoes, with different variations for successive releases–ending with a pair of green sneakers because "mixing Red and Blue makes Green," a popular Compton saying that means when everyone comes together, everyone grows. As a part of those releases, Kendrick and Reebok even produced a video
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Angry Sir Alex Ferguson condemned Cristiano Ronaldo for allowing himself to be provoked into getting sent off in Manchester United's 1-1 draw at Portsmouth
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.
The Portugual international head-butted Richard Hughes who had pushed him during a goalmouth melee.
Referee Steve Bennett, a yard away from the incident, had no option but to issue a red card, earning the winger a three match-ban.
It means United go into Sunday's Manchester derby without Ronaldo, who also sits out games against Sunderland and Tottenham, Wayne Rooney - out for two months with a broken foot - and four points behind title rivals Chelsea.
Ferguson said: "Cristiano was provoked but he fell into a trap of intimidation and he has to learn from it.
"It is another big blow to lose but it has happened with him a few times. I've looked at the replay, which is inconclusive, but my take on it was that he responded to something. He should know that this is what other players do and he's got to tell himself that they are inferior to him and this is why they do it."
Ron
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Development Tour Event 12 winner Ted Evetts.
Ted Evetts once again tasted success on the PDC Unicorn Development Tour as he was
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victorious at Event 12 in Wigan on Sunday.
With the victory, Evetts returned to the top of the PDC Development Tour order of merit.
The Stockton thrower had been knocked off the top spot by German Martin Schindler who won both events on Saturday.
Evetts reached the semi-finals of Event 11 courtesy of victories over Jack Neary (4-2), Adam Paxton (4-0), Matt Sharpe (4-0), Martin Schindler (4-2), Dawson Murschell (4-2) and Tommy Wilson (5-3) before being whitewashed by eventual winner Ryan Meikle.
However, he bounced back to win the afternoon’s event courtesy of a 5-2 victory over Belgian Dimitri van den Bergh.
Evetts reached the final thanks to wins over Seppe Giebens (4-0), Brad Ellis (4-1), Brian Raman (
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In response to Anastasia Render Flores letter of “Sad future for Gaylord” (Aug. 8 Herald Times), I am one
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of those tourists who Gaylord is catering to. I love Gaylord and have been coming to the area since 1963.
Three years ago I was truly fortunate enough to be able to buy a summer home in Michawyé. If it wasn’t for tourism, Gaylord would be in serious trouble. Gaylord needs tourism in order to supplement its tax dollars.
As for the gas prices, I do not understand why gas prices are so high in Gaylord. Perhaps the governor’s office could do an investigation. Oh that’s right, she doesn’t have the money. But with the state sales tax on gas, she probably would like the prices to go even higher to offset her budget crisis.
As for the traffic, perhaps Ms. Flores would like to drive on eastbound M-59, in Oakland and Macomb counties, anywhere between 3:30 and 6 in the afternoon. It’s like a parking lot. And if
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First-person shooters are great and all. But they're no where near the size of real-world military conflicts.
In reality, they
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play more like isolated firefights than all-out war, according to CJ Heine, lead designer at Zipper Interactive.
"The scale has always been missing," he says.
For example, when you see tracer fire and hear gunshots in other games, it's usually simulated by the computer "to make the player feel like they're in a larger battle than they really are," says Heine.
So he and his team have built what they believe to be a better mousetrap; one that places a human command behind every bullet, air strike, and commotion taking place on screen.
"It's actual combat between real players," Heine explains, speaking of MAG, the upcoming multiplayer-only shooter for PlayStation 3. But not only are the game's actions authentic, the number of simultaneous players it accommodates is staggering: 256 to be exact, a figure that dwarfs the size of previous console shooters.
But my Modern Warfare 2 plays just fine.
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Fitz and the Tantrums find contentment in the soft, sleek, and simple on their infectious but frivolous third album.
The slight revisions
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in sound between Fitz and the Tantrums’ first two albums (especially their 2013 commercial breakthrough More Than Just a Dream) and their new self-titled third record are almost intangible, so much so that any criticism one could levy at their latest effort could also easily be a condemnation of its subtly superior predecessors. The songs on Fitz and the Tantrums adhere to the cold designs of musical formula, for example, but the band has always relied on conventional songwriting structure to better channel their energies elsewhere; their lyrics boil down to generic pop platitudes, but the Tantrums have always stuck to bizarre imitations of classic soul lyrics and that has never been their appeal anyway. The music is soft, sleek, and simple, infectious but ultimately frivolous, and yet that perfectly describes their solidly pleasurable 2010 debut Pickin’ Up the Pieces. What exactly makes Fitz and the Tantrums’ third album a decidedly weaker collection is difficult to identify because the record hits most of the same notes that we
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JUDGE Rinder and his dance partner Oksana Platero were the eleventh couple to leave Strictly Come Dancing tonight.
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The popular duo were up against Ore Oduba and his dance partner Joanne Clifton in the dreaded dance-off after failing to secure enough votes from the public and points from the judges.
The dancers had to perform their Musical Week routines again, with Rinder and Oksana performing a Samba to Jersey Boys' Oh! What a Night! while Ore and Joanne danced their Foxtrot to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Pure Imagination.
However, Rinder failed to impress the four judges with his dance recital and they all voted to save Ore and Joanne.
Craig Revel Horwood said on his decision: "I would like to save the couple that had the better technique and that couple is Ore and Joanne."
Darcey Bussell added: "I just have to say you both did wonderful performances tonight and it was such a pleasure to watch you both, I know how much hard work goes into it.
"But the couple I
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Heart disease represents a heterogenous group of diseases involving the heart and blood vessels. Diseases of the heart have been broadly categorized into congenital heart diseases
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) or acquired heart disease.
The recent wave of increasing diagnosis of heart disease among prominent Ugandans has caused a lot of anxiety among members of the public. In this series, “Heart Disease in Uganda: Past, Present, and Future”, I attempt to add historical context, describe our current situation, and highlight directions for future improvements.
Congenital heart disease is typically a problem with how the heart is put together – a hole or a tightness limiting blood flow. People are born with congenital heart disease, though they may not know about it right at birth. Acquired heart diseases on the other hand develop as one grows and interacts with the environment. Most have a genetic component – meaning that the diseases are more likely to affect members of a families or lineage.
Notably, these diseases also have a strong environmental aspect with infection, diet and/or lifestyle also impacting if an individual gets the disease. Examples include rheumatic heart disease, high blood pressure
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“Mozart and Me Too,” an event featuring music from the opera “Don Giovanni” and presentations on how it
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relates to contemporary themes, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Pablo Center at the Confluence, 128 Graham Ave.
The event is part of Progressive Performance, a series of collaborations by faculty from across UW-Eau Claire’s music and theater arts department in multiple spaces throughout Pablo Center.
The event will feature arias from the composer’s “Don Giovanni,” with short presentations on the ideas of gender, power and seduction in relation to the music. There will be performances of contemporary music that address these themes in a modern context. The audience will be moving between rooms in Pablo Center for each of the experiences.
UW-Eau Claire’s music and theater arts department will present “Don Giovanni” May 9 through 12 in Pablo Center’s RCU Theatre.
Tickets to Progressive Performance cost $3.50 for students and $5 for adults and are available by calling 715-
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Okaloosa County commissioners have postponed approval of a zoning change that would have prohibited private and residential airports from operating on the waterfront.
The policy
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change also would have restricted private airports to one of three zoning areas: agricultural, institutional or airport industrial park.
Commissioners voted earlier this week to table the proposal indefinitely after hearing concerns from a loosely organized group representing the private aviation community. Its members told commissioners they feared the zoning change would have unintended consequences for their lifestyles and businesses.
�This is one of the more complex regulatory and jurisdictional issues that we will ever attempt to tackle, so if we�re going to do that, I think it behooves us to do that cautiously,� Commissioner Nathan Boyles said.
County officials will restart their review of the regulations by getting input from the local aviators and resubmitting any proposed changes to the county�s Planning Commission.
Many people in the aviation group are private pilots who use residential airparks and say the proposed changes could restrict their activity. Two others are a local aircraft manufacturer and a marina owner who claim the zoning change would eliminate their sea
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PERSIMMON Homes, would-be developer of Bootham Crescent, has acquired a ten per cent stake in the company which owns the ground
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, the Evening Press can reveal today.
Documents filed with Companies House show the York-based housebuilders have bought 20,000 shares in Bootham Crescent Holdings from current and former York City directors Douglas Craig, Barry Swallow, John Quickfall and Colin Webb.
The annual returns do not show how much Persimmon - which lodged an application with the City of York Council in August to build 93 homes on Bootham Crescent - paid for the shares.
Former club chairman Douglas Craig was unwilling today to divulge how much he received. However, he dismissed as "totally wrong" speculation that approximately £450,000 may have been handed over, with the majority going to him.
The figure of £450,000 would arise if the shares were bought on the basis of the estimated £4.5 million price tag posted in the original sales document issued by Bootham Crescent Holdings in January. Mr Craig said no more shares had been bought since the annual returns were filed, and nor
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Reggae gospel artiste Chozenn is preparing to release his sophomore album and also to hit the road for an entire year, as he
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carries out his mandate to spread the gospel globally.
The new album, Culture Invasion, will be ready for a summer release.
Although the name may suggest otherwise, the artiste answered in the affirmative when asked if the album was full gospel.
For this project, Chozenn has collaborated with producer Rohan 'Patexx' Rankine, who has credits on Shaggy and Sting's Grammy award-winning album 44/876.
Rankine's Journey Music Production made its debut with the Rum and Boom rhythm project that features Dovey Magnum's Bawl Out, the same song of which Chozenn did a controversial remake.
Culture Invasion represents the first time that Rankine is producing a gospel album.
For Chozenn, this album comes two years after his 2017 critically acclaimed debut, Unashamed; it was comprised of 12 tracks.
Chozenn, whose single Bawl Out For Jesus was recently nominated in the Gospel Song of
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FILE - Bilal Mohammad, initially identified as Adem Karadag, is one of the two men indicted.
A Bangkok military court has
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indicted two men accused of carrying out the August 17 bombing at a popular shrine that killed 20 people.
The court on Tuesday indicted Bilal Mohammed and Mieraili Yusufu on 10 counts connected to the blast, including conspiracy to explode bombs and commit premeditated murder.
Thailand authorities have not officially named the bombing of Erawan Shrine an act of terror, and accordingly neither suspect was charged specifically with terrorism.
Police issued 17 arrest warrants following the bombing but only Bilal and Mieraili have been detained. They are described as ethnic Uighurs, a minority group based in China's Xinjiang region. They have been held in custody since their arrests in late August and early September.
Thai officials have said the blast was carried out by a people-smuggling gang seeking revenge on Thai authorities for cracking down on their operation.
The August 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine - a popular tourist destination - was one of the most deadly acts
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Refeeding syndrome can develop when someone who is malnourished begins to eat again. The syndrome occurs because of the reintroduction of glucose
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, or sugar. As the body digests and metabolizes food again, this can cause sudden shifts in the balance of electrolytes and fluids. These shifts can cause severe complications, and the syndrome can be fatal.
It can take as few as 5 successive days of malnourishment for a person to be at risk of refeeding syndrome. The condition can be managed, and if doctors detect warning signs early, they may be able to prevent it.
Symptoms of the syndrome usually become apparent within several days of treatment for malnourishment.
What are the causes of refeeding syndrome?
Refeeding syndrome can occur when food is reintroduced to a person who is malnourished.
If a person does not eat enough, the body can quickly go into starvation mode and become malnourished.
After an extended period of starvation, the ability to process food is severely compromised.
A malnourished body produces less insulin, and this
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MAYOR Paul Antonio still hasn't commented on a local government panel finding he engaged in misconduct, despite taking time in a meeting yesterday to address
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his colleagues.
Ordered to apologise by the review panel for acts of misconduct relating to commissioning an alternative route for the upcoming Inland Rail, Cr Antonio stood up before the meeting with a prepared speech.
"As you know Mr Chairman, recently -," Cr Antonio began.
Cr Bill Cahill, who was one of two people to make a complaint to the Crime and Corruption Commission about issues they had with the mayor's conduct during a September 2017 ABC television interview, stood up to ask the contents of the speech.
"Point of order Mr Chair, if I may, if this is in relation to the Mayor's apology -," he said.
READ MORE HERE: "LONG READ: Toowoomba mayor fined $14,300 for misconduct"
"No, it's actually not," Cr Antonio replied.
Cr Cahill apologised and returned to his seat, before the mayor moved into a long speech about some recent performance management training completed by councillors.
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Before that award-winning story appears on The National, that heart-breaking report is on the World at Six or that important exposé appears
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on your smartphone, CBC journalists have discussed, deliberated and debated the best way to tell our stories to Canadians.
There may be ethical considerations at play. Or maybe we have to think twice before putting a reporter in harm's way. How do we get behind the hype? And of course, Canada's a very big country, so how much should we invest in a story that may or may not pan out?
In journalism, the answers are rarely clear-cut and it's not an easy process. But it is always a fascinating one, and we want to share it with you.
That's the motivation behind the event being held on Friday, Sept. 30: CBC Asks: Getting The Real Story - How do we do it?
CBC's Chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge will lead the conversation with five of Canada's finest journalists. They have travelled to some of the world's most dangerous hotspots including the heart of the Ebola outbreak. They have made politicians sweat and revealed
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Hawaii brought back its nuclear warning system….
Hawaii is preparing for a North Korean nuclear attack. Should the Bay Area follow suit?
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HONOLULU — For the first time in more than three decades, an ominous warning siren blared across Hawaii earlier this month — an alarm that one day could mean a nuclear missile is about to hit.
The siren, a Cold War relic brought back in the wake of new threats from North Korea, is the centerpiece of the most wide-ranging campaign in the U.S. to prepare for a nuclear strike. Over the last few months, state officials have aired TV ads warning Hawaiians to “get inside, stay inside” if an attack is imminent. They’ve also held meetings across the islands to educate residents on the danger.
Especially after North Korea’s latest missile test, some experts believe California and the Bay Area — one of the closest U.S. metro areas to Pyongyang after Honolulu — should follow Hawaii’s example. But so far the Golden State’s reaction has been starkly different.
Indeed, Hawaii
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After handing over close to 16,000 housing units since setting up PA Properties almost 23 years ago, company president and CEO Romarico Alvarez is
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convinced that if the country were to get rid of social and economic ills, there is one thing that will make a huge difference: building more houses.
And it’s not just any type of house.
“We must make sure that the houses built are both of the right quality and would meet the financial capacity of ‘first-time buyers’ as well as ‘last-time buyers,’” he explained.
For Alvarez, houses falling under socialized (priced no more than P400,000) and economic category (valued at around P1 million) have the right attributes that majority of Filipino families seek: one big reason why the bulk of the communities his company built serve these two categories.
He related that among the projects that best describe the efforts of PA Properties include St. Joseph Homes Calamba in Laguna; NuVista Lipa in Batangas; NuVista San Jose in Bulacan; and St. Joseph
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One by one, 3 utility workers descended into a manhole. One by one, they died.
When a utility worker in Key Largo
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, Florida, noticed that a section of a paved street was not settling properly, he decided to remove a manhole cover and descend into the earth.
Moments later on Monday morning, the 15-foot-deep hole went silent. Sensing the man was trapped, a fellow utility worker climbed into the drainage hole to rescue him. When he, too, stopped responding, a third worker entered the same hole.
All three men died, overcome by poisonous fumes underground, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. A Key Largo firefighter who made a desperate attempt to save the men also became unconscious within seconds. The firefighter, Leonardo Moreno, an eight-year veteran of the department, was flown to a hospital and was in critical condition Tuesday.
The hole, just wide enough to fit a body, was filled with hydrogen sulfide and methane gas created from years of rotted vegetation, the Miami Herald reported. None of the four men wore masks or carried the
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WASHINGTON, Jul 19 2013 (IPS) - Proponents of a proposed higher “living wage” requirement for workers at large retailers here in
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Washington are stepping up their campaign, urging the city’s mayor to sign pending legislation into law.
Dozens of other U.S. cities have enacted similar laws, which increase minimum wages at those businesses covered by the legislation by around 50 percent. Yet the legal battle here has garnered national attention because it appears to be aimed at one company in particular – Walmart.
“We will give the mayor our support if he has the backbone to sign the bill,” Reverend Graylan Hagler, president of Faith Strategies, a religious group here that has led demonstrations in support of the living wage bill this week, told IPS.
Walmart, which has been criticised for years for paying its employees and suppliers notably low rates, had previously announced plans to build six stores in the Washington area, its first stores in the city. But it also warned that it would halt those plans on at least three stores (three others are under construction) if the living wage legislation were passed.
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Since last week, there have been rumors—first reported by tech blog Engadget—that Huawei, the world's largest telecom equipment maker,
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would be open to supply 5G modems to Apple for next year's iPhone 5G.
On Saturday, in an exclusive interview with CNBC, Huawei CEO and founder Zhengfei Ren confirmed that the Shenzhen, China-based company is open to selling 5G modems to Apple if the Silicon Valley company makes such a request, marking a strategic shift in the telecom giant's chip strategy.
So far, Huawei has mostly restricted its homegrown chips for its own products including carrier and enterprise-level equipment, smartphones, consumer connected accessories (wireless earbuds, smart eyewear), and smart home devices (WiFi router, smart speaker).
However, the Chinese technology company does supply for specific applications some of its chips to third parties, which a Huawei spokesperson confirmed to me. "But it's not mainstream," he added. "And in the particular case of supplying 5G modems, we will only do this for Apple and not on a mainstream basis."
In addition
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Guess it IS about time we updated our black, white and beige workweek wardrobe.
Guess what? Tonight you can actually party
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hop on Wisconsin -- without hitting those college frat-boy hotspots. Instead, stop by chic boutiques for a special celebration and then a grand opening.
Washingtonian readers selected Urban Chic as the store with the "Best Trendy Clothes," according to this month's issue. So to celebrate this top shop honor, Urban Chic (1626 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.) is throwing a party tonight from 5-8 p.m. Head out to enjoy free champagne and 10 percent off all new merch. All attendees will also receive an exclusive code for $10-off tickets to Washingtonian's Best of Washington Party next Wednesday, July 15.
Meanwhile, a new sunglass boutique, Ilori (5330 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.), will celebrate its first D.C. outpost with a grand opening celebration at 7 p.m. The shop features designer brands like Dior, Chanel and Prada, as well as more moderately priced Ray-Bans
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Meek Mill has confessed he wants Nicki Minaj to have his baby “sooner or later” but the ‘Starships
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’ hitmaker insists she won’t get pregnant before she’s married.
The 28-year-old rapper dismissed speculation the 32-year-old singer is carrying his baby but admits he wants to have children “sooner or later” with the ‘Starships’ hitmaker.
When Nicki heard from fans what Meek had said in his interview, however, she quickly took to Twitter to insist she isn’t going to have a child before she’s married, and also revealed the ‘Amen’ hitmaker had omitted that part of the story when he told her how the interview went.
The ‘Anaconda’ rapper – whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj – shared: “He always hit me after the interview n give me the run down. He ain’t mention that part tho.
“No matter wut he, or anyone else says,
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Michele Bachmann may have crashed and burned in her bid to win the GOP nomination last year, but the Minnesota congresswoman isn’
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t quite ready to leave the national spotlight.
Though she is still battling allegations of election finance fraud and allegations that her campaign tried to bribe a GOP official in Iowa, Bachmann is trying to keep her status as the leader of the GOP charge against Barack Obama.
This week Michele Bachmann sponsored a bill that would repeal ObamaCare. She also provided a forum for tea party groups to air grievances against the Internal Revenue Service, which was found to have added undue scrutiny to these conservative organizations.
The scandal that erupted after the IRS allegations came to light is right in the political sweet spot for Bachmann, a tea party darling and leader of the House Tea Party Caucus.
Despite near-constant scorn from the left, Bachmann has handled the opposition deftly and been able to maintain her important part in the GOP.
Democrats are also happy that Michele Bachmann is remaining on the national stage. Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist, said her views are “so far out of the
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The word usually conjures up an image of an animal tearing apart another animal of the same species.
But it's a word that can be
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used in other ways, and in an analysis issued almost exactly a year ago, it was how the credit rating agency Moody's Investors Services described the impact the opening of two upstate casinos -- Rivers Casino & Resort, in Schenectady, and Del Lago Resort Casino, near Seneca Falls -- was having on gambling revenues.
"Del Lago and Rivers have taken a big chunk of gaming revenue from their closest competitors," the report observed. "This trend, where newcomers are stealing share from incumbents, is consistent with what has been occurring throughout the U.S. gaming markets, particularly in the Northeastern portion of the U.S."
One year later, the cannibalization of gambling revenues appears to be continuing apace.
On Tuesday Monticello Raceway, in Sullivan County, announced that it would shutter its gambling parlor and consolidate operations with nearby Resorts World Catskills.
Resorts World has struggled since opening a year ago, but so has the
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The Minister for Disabilities resigned over Brexit and a new one won’t be appointed until after its dealt with. So who in the UK
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Government will fix the writes Christine Jardine.
There was a moment this week that made me worry for what we cherish as our caring society.
I have never been in any doubt that we, as a community, are driven to ensure that everyone, wherever they come from, or whatever obstacles are placed in their way, is entitled to the same and the best opportunities in life.
It is not a party political commitment, but one that I believe is ingrained in our society.
So this week I was disappointed and frustrated that suddenly a gaping hole has appeared in our ability to fulfil that commitment. Even more frustrating is the fact that it could be quickly and easily filled – except for one astonishing statement.
It wasn’t when a National Audit Office (NAO) report said the UK Government had failed to develop detailed proposals for their goal of getting one million more disabled people into work. Nor was it when the latest figures showed that demand on food banks in Scotland had doubled in
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The rupee gained by 56 paise at 73.56 on dollar sales, capital inflows and the sharp fall in crude oil prices. Brent
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crude, which registered a four-year high of $86.74 a barrel last week, has now corrected sharply to a level just above $80.
After the severe hammering on Thursday, equity benchmarks on Friday reversed almost all of those losses sending the Sensex vaulting by 732 points higher and the Nifty Index above the 10,450 mark. The rupee also staged a smart comeback and closed higher at 73.56 against the dollar.
Aided by gains in shares of auto, energy and metal stocks, the Sensex rose by 2.15 per cent at 34,733.58, while the Nifty closed higher by 237.80 points or 2.32 per cent at 10472.50. On Friday, the Sensex had plunged by 760 points in the wake of a global sell-off in stocks.
According to analysts, the smart rally in stocks and the subdued crude oil prices boosted the forex market sentiment. The rupee gained by 56 pa
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Which city in the UK has seen the greatest property price growth over the past decade? It isn’t the hotspots of the south,
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such as London or Oxford. The answer, surprisingly, is Aberdeen, where house prices have more than doubled over the past decade, according to various studies, including a report published late last year by the Nationwide Building Society.
Why? In a word: energy. Oil and gas– as well as a growing focus on renewables and the kind of logistical support and research investment that has transformed the so-called Granite City into one of the world’s leading centres of energy expertise – has propped up the Aberdeen economy in recent years, helping it to weather the recession well. Average house prices are now over 5 per cent higher than just a year ago, according to Rettie & Co, a Scottish estate agent – and 120 per cent higher than 10 years ago, which is, albeit from a low base, the biggest regional percentage rise in the UK.
Some London boroughs have seen similar price rises, such as Westminster in the heart of the capital and the western pocket of Ham
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in
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-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count Indictment against CHENG LE for attempting to acquire and distribute ricin and committing postal fraud. LE was arrested in Manhattan on December 23, 2014, by the FBI. He was presented before the U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV on December 24, 2014, and has been detained since his arrest. He is expected to be arraigned on Friday, January 23, 2015, before the United States District Judge Alison J. Nathan.
Ricin is a highly potent and potentially fatal toxin with no known antidote. The “Dark Web” is a colloquial name for a number of extensive, sophisticated, and widely used online criminal marketplaces, which allow participants to buy and sell illegal items, including ricin.
In early December 2014, an individual (the “Ricin Buy
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Oct. 19, 2016, 8:34 p.m.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump respond to a question about a "grand bargain"
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on entitlements.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both sidestepped a question in Wednesday’s debate about how to stabilize Social Security to avert benefit cuts as funding dwindles in the decades ahead.
Both have vowed to oppose benefit cuts. But as moderator Chris Wallace pointed out, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan fiscal monitor, has concluded that neither candidate has a viable plan to shore up Social Security.
Wallace asked whether either of them would accept a “grand bargain” of tax hikes and benefit cuts to sustain Social Security and Medicare.
Oct. 20, 2016, 1:11 a.m.
The headline of Wednesday night’s debate was when Donald Trump refused to say he would accept the election’s outcome. Critics of the GOP nominee, including members of his own party, said it was further evidence Trump was upending a bedrock of American democracy: the peaceful transfer of power.
But Trump’s supporters hit
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Earlier this summer, TJ Miller shocked the HBO-watching, comedy-loving world by announcing his departure from Silicon Valley, the show on which he
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made his name as tech-industry blowhard Erlich Bachman. And while many of the trickled-out bits of news since then would imply that ballooning egos were at play, he’s also said that the exit was “super friendly.” In the midst of all of this, he debuted an HBO comedy special in which he showed audiences the full range of his talents, coming across as a comedian at home with both traditional, storytelling stand-up and a much more unhinged, performance-art style.
The Hong Kong pork bun, and the fried pork buns are incredibly delicious and very soft... if they are warm when they come to the table push them against your eyes and your face... You’ll thank me later!, or it’ll feel weird and you won’t thank me when you see me later on.
There was some sort of truffle business going on with oyster sauce in some dumplings
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Cyber Monday broke all sales records this year, generating $7.9 billion. And the holiday shopping season is far from over.
But
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it’s no time for brands using email marketing to be complacent. SendGrid, which handled 2.9 billion emails on Cyber Monday, has some takeaways from this November activity about what to do next.
Take subject lines. Those featuring terms such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday performed significantly worse than other lines.
“One of most prevalent things is not saying the obvious,” says Len Shneyder, VP of industry relations at SendGrid.
Brands must be following this advice because only 13% of emails featured holiday references -- down from 18% in 2017.
The best practice is to highlight specific interests of the recipients.
Then there’s discounting. Use of discounts in subject lines fell to 6% this year compared with 15% in 2017, mostly because of a drop in engagement.
Some engagement falloff may be due to high frequency. Firms that increased from one to two emails in a week pulled 25% more engagement,
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We are looking to recruit a motivated and dedicated Project Worker to join our team based within our accommodation services in Thurrock. Your role will involve supporting
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both young people (aged 16-21) and adults to develop independent living skills and skills to support resettlement back in to the community after a period of homelessness. You will also be responsible for hosting a range of activities within the hostel that benefits the clients.
To succeed in this highly rewarding role you will have an excellent understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people – you may have had personal experience of homelessness yourself. You will have experience of helping vulnerable people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change. You will also have a sound understanding of the support needs of people with low incomes, including rent payments/arrears and professional boundary issues. Above all we are looking for inspirational, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives.
Flexibility is required as you will be expected to work shifts as part of a 24/7 rota, which will include some evenings and weekends. The role will also require overnight sleep ins
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Kevin Moore stormed to victory in the 200m to become the first Maltese athlete to win an event at the Euro Team Championships.
Malt
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a placed 10th out of a total of 15 European federations at the European Team Championships 3rd League, held in Tbilisi last week.
The 3rd League was won by Cyprus who withstood a strong challenge from Iceland to preserve their status. Both nations secured promotion to the 2nd League.
Malta was at one point vying for eighth place but dropped below Bosnia and Montenegro in the final classification.
“Although the target of the MAAA team was ninth place, there were a number of outstanding performances by some of the Maltese athletes,” the MAAA said in a statement.
The best performance was undoubtedly that of Kevin Moore. He became the first Maltese to win an event at the European Team Championship when he stormed to victory in the 200m.
Despite seemingly making a laboured start, Moore gained ground in the straight to emerge clear winner.
Moore said he was happy to have bagged full points for Malta in the 200m
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Stormy Daniels: Did Donald Trump pay Stormy Daniels $130K hush money?
Pictured, adult movie star, Stormy Daniels
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aka Stephanie Clifford, alleged to have been paid $130K hush money over an alleged tryst with President Donald Trump.
Did Donald Trump lawyers pay off adult actress Stormy Daniels aka Stephanie Clifford, $130, 000 to keep quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual indiscretion?
Also trending this afternoon apart from whether living in the US is a shxthole (it is for many) or whether we ought to have less applicants from shxthole countries applying to live here (they do cause they are often finding their national interests exploited by US interests and are left with few alternatives) is the claim that Donald Trump paid a former adult actress star a cool $130K to keep quiet about a purported affair the two had, a year after our hero in chief married his third wife- Melania (‘don’t forget to pay me off too’) Trump.
According to the wallstjournal, a longtime lawyer for the Trump Organization, Michael Cohen, made arrangements
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SILVIS, Ill. -- A year after his opening-round 59 at the 2010 John Deere Classic, Paul Goydos was asked
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what he learned from that round. "I know I need to practice," he deadpanned.
Not surprisingly, the bulk of Goydos' pre-tournament presser at TPC Deere Run Tuesday revolved around his iconic round -- one of just five 59s shot during competition on the PGA Tour. "I thought it was a big deal individually for me; wow, cool thing I did," said Goydos. "I was not ready for the national story that it became quite frankly. I really didn't think it would be that big of a deal. I was wrong."
Indeed. Goydos' achievement had him on a steady stream of radio, television and magazine interviews, including one from GQ. It was, he said, his most memorable round.
"I look back at my final round of Bay Hill when I won, and the final round at Sony when I won, and [those are] starting to dissipate," said G
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Citing an undocumented immigrant’s arrest for the July 1 murder of Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco, congressmen repeatedly questioned Department of Homeland
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Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about its policy to give state and local law offices discretion in enforcing immigration laws.
Referring to Lopez-Sanchez as a “career criminal,” Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., asked Johnson why Homeland Security lets local and state law enforcement ignore federal detainers that would allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take custody of certain people in the country illegally.
For Johnson, however, a blanket policy of making states and cities enforce federal detainers represents “a huge setback” in DHS relations with local law enforcement.
With the secretary insisting that individuals like Lopez-Sanchez with extensive criminal backgrounds are high priority targets for the department, a heated exchange erupted with Gowdy demanding that the government compel cities to honor federal detainers.
“When I hear the phrase sanctuary city, as benign sounding as it is, it might have been a sanctuary for that defendant but it sure as hell was not a sanctuary for a young
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LearningRx provides cognitive skills training to all ages; whether it be preschoolers or school-age children struggling in school, students and adults looking
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for a competitive edge, the older adult dealing with dementia or memory loss, or the athlete or military veteran who is coping with a traumatic brain injury. LearningRx creates a brain training program that is customized by an expert trainer, with one-on-one guidance and feedback throughout the program.
“LearningRx is not about tutoring, it’s about helping our clients change the way they receive, process, store and retrieve information,” said Maureen Loftus, executive director of LearningRx of Reston, Va. and Vienna, Va. “We all prefer to learn information differently, whether it be visual or auditory or tactile, and LearningRx’s programs evaluate, measure and then re-train the brain to process details more effectively,” said Loftus.
SemperMax Support Fund was established in 2009 as a continuation of the legacy of team healing initiated by Lt.Col. Tim Maxwell. The SemperMax Support Fund
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Yoshitomo Nara wants to Confuse you.
Home Visual Arts Yoshitomo Nara wants to Confuse you.
Just
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ine Chausson: About author bio at bottom of article.
Inspired by Japanese Manga and Anime culture, Nara is part of a new style of Japanese art which is giving the comic strip subculture global attention. Even though Roy Lichtenstein was one of the first to negate a similar gap between pop-culture and high art, there persisted a mentality, perhaps fueled by old aristocratic money, which still undermined such artists until the mid 1990s. Murakami, also previously represented by the Marianne Boesky Gallery, was one of the first to have popped through this brainwashed bubble with a bang, to give way to a new appreciation for Japanese new-age culture, a trend which Yoshimoto Nara is now perpetuating.
Each of his Tamagotchi meets Madeline meets Coraline Pixar-like creatures are maintained within their 2-D hazy, dreamlike atmosphere by a simple construction of flat fields of colors. Two beady eyes plus two delicate
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Riley Morrison, 9, and Warriors star Steph Curry share a moment.
The Curry 6 “United We Win” sneakers.
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The Bay Area girl who moved Stephen Curry to change the way he sells sneakers appeared with the Warriors’ superstar on national television Friday to discuss their extraordinary creative collaboration.
Curry marked International Women’s Day by releasing his newest namesake sneaker, which he co-designed with 9-year-old Riley Morrison.
Morrison, a Napa resident, earned widespread attention last November when she wrote Curry a letter explaining that she had tried to buy his Under Armour sneakers online, only to discover that they weren’t available in girls’ sizes.
Curry responded to Morrison with a handwritten letter saying he was working with the company to change things. They took things a step further by inviting Morrison to design the artwork on the inside of a new version of the shoe.
Curry said he couldn’t believe a 9-year-old wrote such a poignant letter.
The timing of Riley getting her shoes is no coincidence. Tonight, she’ll wear
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Featuring KYB "SSS" forks and a fully adjustable KYB rear shock, the FX uses the same
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Does it bother you that Vice-President Mike Pence proudly shares that he talks with God? I have to admit it bothered me a bit – but
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not for the same reasons many other people became uncomfortable with Pence’s revelation.
I understand why some people are dismayed by the vice-president’s faith in open display in the public square. In fact, a “faith standard” is a pretty high bar to meet in terms of public service. For instance, how credible is the faith of a man who thinks Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio is a shining example of the rule of law, a man to be honored? If Pence’s faith-based political judgment whispers that Arpaio is an honorable man, what are we to think about Pence’s judgment on a wide array of other political topics?
In this light, I understand the concern displayed by many people about religion in politics. I see it too, I get it and I agree in large part. But what I do not get is the wholesale dismissal of the idea of God and what a real, tangible God means for people of faith in public service
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We are a group of non-governmental organizations that advocate for human rights, civil rights, and government accountability. We are writing to share our serious
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concerns about PresidentTrump’s nomination of Marshall Billingslea to be Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights at the Department of State, given Mr. Billingslea’s well- documented history of advocating for the use of torture and other unlawful interrogation practices.
The Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is the senior-most executive branch official directly responsible for forming and implementing U.S. government policy on promoting universal human rights, preventing mass atrocities, aiding refugees and victims of conflict, fighting corruption, combatting human trafficking, and countering terrorism, among other tasks. He or she routinely and directly engages with foreign governments, civil society, media, and victims of human rights violations on these topics and is expected to explain to these audiences why the U.S. government rejects torture and other forms of ill-treatment as a matter of law and policy. He or she also maintains oversight of many hundreds of millions ofdollars
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Don't Get Dizzy While You're Busy Every answer today is a rhyming two-word phrase in which each word has two syllables
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and the first word ends with a doubled consonant plus the letter Y.
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. And no, Kim Kardashian's back side did not break the Internet, but what's about to happen now is likely to blow up your radio. It's time to puzzle. Joining me now is Will Shortz. He is the puzzle editor of The New York Times and WEEKEND EDITION's puzzle master. Good morning, Will.
WILL SHORTZ, BYLINE: Good morning, Rachel.
MARTIN: So what was last week's challenge?
SHORTZ: Yes. It came from listener Steve Baggish of Arlington, Massachusetts. I said name a well-known clothing company, move each of its letters three spaces earlier in the alphabet and rearrange the result. You'll name something you don't want in an article of clothing. What is it? Well, the clothing company is Izod - I-
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Held at Headquarters, New York, on Monday, 29 October 2001, at 10 a.m.
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Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)), introducing his report for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 (A/56/13 and Add.1), said that the tragic events of 11 September in the United States had shocked people all over the Middle East and that the staff of UNRWA were at one with the Secretary-General of the United Nations in condemning terrorist acts and supporting the United Nations in its efforts to counter them.
2. The past year had been a time of great tension in the occupied Palestinian territory, which had seriously affected the Palestinian economy. The majority of Palestinian households and refugee families were living below the poverty line. Although the political developments in the region were beyond UNRWA’s mandate, the Agency could not escape their impact, since they affected its day-to-day operations. For decades, UNRWA had been considered a force for stability in the refugee
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Shannon Wyatt (left) and MaryJo Taira were two of 438 living organ donors who gathered April 21 at Millennium Park in Chicago
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Oak Parker Shannon Wyatt, 36, and River Forest resident MaryJo Taira, 52, were two of 438 living organ donors who gathered April 21 at Millennium Park in Chicago for the Guinness World Record Attempt: Living Donor Rally. Both women spoke to the Oak Leaves on April 27 about their experience.
Q: What was the event like?
MJT: The event was amazing. Just being there with so many people for the same amazing topic. It was mostly kidney donors. There were over 400 donors, and they had us all go to The Bean. There were so many people pulled together for this one purpose. I’ve never been part of a Guinness record of any sort.
SW: There were so many different people of all different walks of life, and they did the same thing I did. I was pretty blown away by the amount of people who came from different places; some people came from Canada or came from Texas. It was cool to hear
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The fundamentals of robotic process automation combined with machine learning capabilities to robotize the mundane tasks, plus learning to do a job even better, is what
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intelligent process automation all about.
We have evolved from room-sized mainframes to laptops, from using stick shifts to autonomous vehicles, from personal assistants to virtual assistants, and to so much more in just the blink of an eye. The fast-paced technology-driven world has made our lives extremely convenient now. We see breakthroughs happening in our lives with technological applications doing the heavy lifting most of the time. This level of sophistication and ease is only possible because of industries becoming digitized. The ultimate aim - to have increased efficiency, enhanced accuracy, improved customer satisfaction and optimized workflows - has engaged organizations to invest in automation and operating tools. One such automation tool that is widely used today is robotic process automation.
Designed to take up low-quality jobs, robotic process automation has helped organizations reduce human errors significantly. Low to no manual errors have led to increased productivity, ultimately profiting the industries in business and revenue growth. Hence, organizations across the world are largely deploying robotic process automation
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PERFECTLY BALANCED Expect an even spread of ingredients with every pizza.
Despite the dozens of pizza orders it handles a day,
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Matchbox is not a pizzeria. Rather, the restaurant considers itself a bistro that just so happens to have a brick oven perfect for baking up blistered and crispy pizzas with fresh ingredients.
Located not far from Verizon Center on H Street, the original Matchbox is housed on three floors of a former Chinese grocery store. There are also sites in the Capitol Hill neighborhood and in Rockville, Md. All three restaurants offer the same menu, which combines elegant bistro fare with more down-home, simple dishes.
In the Chinatown restaurant, diners can sit at the bar and choose from a wide beer selection, ranging from local to Belgian drafts, or they can elect to eat at one of the tables. The smell from the burning oven permeates the restaurant, luring patrons’ eyes towards the pizza section almost immediately after receiving the menu.
Though tempted on a recent visit to ask for a vegetarian version of the prosciutto and Mission Black fig pizza
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Many online advertising firms are struggling in the wake of falling stock prices, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, even though global spending on online ads
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is expected to climb 25 percent this year, according to eMarketer, and will represent 39 percent of total ad spending in the U.S.
Some of the young, publicly traded companies that are not reaping the benefits of that growth are Rocket Fuel, down 73 percent since January; YuMe, down 38 percent; Tremor Video, 46 percent; and Millennial Media, 66 percent, the Journal reported. Even Rubicon Project, a company in which Journal owner News Corp. owns a 13.7 percent stake, is down 27 percent from its $15 initial-public-offering price in April.
Some of the companies attribute the loss to the significant expense for automated solutions, among other investments. "Research-and-development [costs] increased 65 percent year over year as we accelerated our investments in existing product and emerging programmatic initiatives," according to YuMe CEO Jayant Kadambi.
Some industry experts have suggested that the investors funding these companies don't
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday, describing the Illinois senator as a "transformational figure."
Powell said
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both Obama and Republican John McCain are qualified to be commander in chief. But he said Obama is better suited to handle the nation's economic problems as well as help improve its standing in the world.
It was an endorsement which also included a blistering critique of the Republican campaign tactics and specifically John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds. And in his statement, Powell said Obama presented a more positive choice for the country.
"It isn't easy for me to disappoint Sen. McCain in the way that I have this morning, and I regret that," Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"But I firmly believe that at this point in America's history, we need a president that will not just continue, even with a new face and with the changes and with some maverick aspects, who will not just continue basically the policies that we have been following in recent years," Powell said.
"I think we need a
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The 2018-2019 High School Basketball season is officially upon us!
And with a new season at the Jersey Shore, the Asbury Park Press
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has revealed its girls and boys basketball previews for the season.
What you'll find below is the very convenient list of all the links to our preseason high school basketball coverage.
Remember to follow girls basketball beat reporter Danny LoGiudice on Twitter (@danny_logiudice) and boys basketball beat reporter Sherlon Christie on Twitter (@sherlonapp) as they chronicle the high school basketball scene this season.
Without further ado, enjoy the links!
TEAM-BY-TEAM CAPSULES: Need to know how your team is shaping up? Here's a look at what each team is bringing to the floor.
PRESEASON TOP 10: Who's ranked ahead of who in the Shore Conference? Find out here.
TEN PLAYERS TO WATCH: With a wealth of talent at the Shore, here's a few players that will impress.
FEATURE STORY: Manchester is poised for greatness this season with a superstar transfer.
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Mr Macron (second from left) welcoming Mr Juncker, Mrs Merkel and Mr Xi before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday
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CHINESE President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China and Europe were "advancing together" but that the two trading blocs needed to overcome "suspicions".
"Of course there are differences and competition, but it's positive competition," Mr Xi told a press conference in Paris with the leaders of France, Germany and the European Commission. "We are advancing together. We shouldn't let suspicions lead us to be constantly looking backwards."
Mr Xi was speaking on the third day of a France visit dominated by concerns over China's massive investments on the continent, which are being built up through a series of bilateral deals.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged his Chinese counterpart to "respect the unity of the European Union (EU)" and called for an "exemplary relationship" between Europe and China during the joint press conference.
"No one is naive but we respect China," Mr Macron said, while adding that EU leaders "naturally expect our major partners to respect the
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Intel investors were a bit "spooked" by the company's lower-than-expected data center numbers, which dragged its stock down 3%
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Wednesday afternoon.
Intel's betting its future on the growth of its data center business, but it only saw 5% growth year-over-year in the second quarter, well below its 15% growth forecast for the full year.
But Intel CEO Brian Krzanich downplayed any concerns about the slowdown during a call with investors, saying that all signs point to a bounce back during the second half of the year.
Krzanich said the enterprise market is "stabilizing," while the price point for server chips will go up in the second half of the year. He also pointed out that customer signals are indicating the "seasonal buying pattern" kicking back in during the rest of the year.
But more than anything, Krzanich circled back to the staggering amount of data that will be created by all the internet users and connected devices in the long term, which will have to be stored and processed in data centers mostly powered by Intel chips. Intel currently owns over 90
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Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday told lawmakers that he was among the 87 million or so Facebook Inc users whose data was improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge
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Analytica.
But he pushed back on Congress members' suggestions that users do not have enough control of their data on Facebook in the wake of the privacy scandal at the world's largest social media network.
"Every time that someone chooses to share something on Facebook... there is a control. Right there. Not buried in the settings somewhere but right there," the 33-year-old internet magnate told the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.
Zuckerberg faced questions and concerns from members of Congress about what it was doing to give users more flexibility to opt in to sharing their personal data with Facebook or third parties.
"How can consumers have control over their data when Facebook does not have control over the data?" asked Representative Frank Pallone of New Jersey, the ranking Democrat on the Energy and Commerce committee, at the beginning of the hearing.
Zuckerberg repeatedly defended the company's privacy practices, saying that users have control over their own data and decide what to
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Measure 66, raising the tax on income above $125,000 for individuals and $250,000 for households, passed 54 percent to 46 percent
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statewide.
Measure 67, establishing a $150 minimum tax for most businesses, passed 53 percent to 47 percent.
The measures failed in rural Umatilla County, where Measure 66 received 7,977 yes votes, or 48 percent, and 8,677 no votes, or 52 percent. Measure 67 had 7,739 yes votes, or 46 percent, and 8,927 no votes, or 54 percent.
There has been speculation Washington lawmakers -- faced with a $2.6 billion budget shortfall through June 2011 -- were looking to Oregon to gauge what kind of mood Northwest voters are in when it comes to taxes.
But with the tax measures having passed, they're still uncertain those results will translate to Washington.
"It is not changing our direction," said Washington's House Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle. "It is heartening to know other people have gone through it."
But while Oregon and Washington as neighboring states hold many similarities, Chopp noted
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Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington, former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon startled Israel by declaring publicly: 'The IDF has the military
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capability to destroy Iran's nuclear installations and setting back Tehran's quest to acquire the bomb for years'. The subject of the lecture was Halting Iran's Nuclear Program, Is there any Israeli Option? Reacting in Jerusalem, Israeli officials severely reprimanded the general for just about detailing how it could be done. However, speaking shortly before Yaalon's briefing, Acting PM Ehud Olmert also declared that 'Israel will not tolerate Iran's acquiring nuclear weapons'.
'Israel has the military capability to deal a severe blow to Iran's nuclear installations and set back its nuclear weapons program for several years' - that revelation comes from none other than the IDF's former Chief of Staff General Moshe Yaalon.
General Yaalon noted that an Israeli air strike on Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981 had succeeded, preventing Saddam Hussein from acquiring nuclear weapons. But Israel's former top soldier also stressed two points: Iranian nuclear weapons were a headache for the entire West and not just Israel; secondly, the current diplomatic
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As the game begins, you have to choose what kind of creatures you want composing your unit. Six portraits are lined up, you can click on
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one, and then click on another to swap places, or click on the "?" icon to randomize that creature's type. Mousing over each portrait shows a list of stats, and directional arrows show the way that creature can attack. Some creatures can only attack from two spaces away, while some can attack multiple times and some can smash against enemies in multiple directions. The assortment you choose goes a long way toward the ease of combat. In battle, simply by clicking on one of your animals causes it to attack. Each turn that passes fills up your magic meter, which allows you to perform a few special moves during your turn. You can also order creatures who haven't yet attacked to swap places. Every battle you win levels up your surviving units, but they also lose a level every time they are knocked out. Between battles, you'll be able to heal and revive units, and then move around a overworld map containing shops and special treasures. The goal is to conquer all 7 castles on
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Car-sharing networks like Zipcar — the largest in the U.S. — often earn environmental points for helping to reduce the number of vehicles
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on the road. And as we’ve written on GigaOM Pro (subscription only) and on Earth2Tech, these services — hooked up to communications networks and often used by eco-minded and urban consumers — may offer a prime testing ground for early generations of plug-in vehicles. Already, many car-sharing networks have hybrids in their fleets (it makes sense, given that the companies and nonprofits running the networks generally pay for fuel). But not all networks are created equal when it comes to deploying ultra-efficient, hybrid and plug-in models. We’ve put together a cheat sheet showing how they compare on green cars, price and scale.
Ulm, German and Austin, TX. 200 vehicles in Ulm, 200 planned for Austin, starting with city employees. Launch: October 2008, Ulm. Fall 2009, Austin. Smart Fortwo micro-hybrid (automatic start-stop) in Austin; Fortwo cdi (diesel) in
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Talks between the ousted and interim governments of Honduras have ended, with no solution in sight.
Representatives of toppled President Manuel Zelaya and
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interim President Roberto Micheletti failed to reach an agreement Friday during their second day of talks in Costa Rica.
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is mediating the negotiations. He said the two sides have agreed to meet again.
Friday's talks took place one day after President Arias met separately at his home with Mr. Zelaya and Mr. Micheletti, who have refused to talk together.
The Costa Rican leader has been quoted as saying that resolving the crisis "could possibly take longer than one might have imagined." After the talks Thursday, the two rivals continued to maintain their unconditional right to lead Honduras.
The United States supports Mr. Zelaya and has refused to recognize the interim government, but is supporting the Costa Rica negotiations.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has criticized the talks and the Costa Rican president's decision to meet with Mr. Micheletti, referring to him as a "usurper."
Mr. Chavez' close socialist ally, former Cuban
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LONDON — The BBC’s director general Mark Thompson is expected to leave at the end of the year or early 2013 at the latest.
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Authoritative sources suggest that Thompson has told friends that he is “psychologically ready” to exit.
On Monday, BBC chairman Chris Patten announced that headhunters had been hired to find a successor to Thompson, who was appointed in 2004 (Daily Variety, Jan. 24).
At the Oxford Media Conference on Wednesday, Patten spoke publicly about his strategy for finding the BBC’s next director general.
He explained that he and Thompson had agreed before Christmas to appoint headhunters because he wanted the transition between Thompson and whoever is selected to take over to be as smooth as possible.
He will leave the BBC in good health following upheaval as he oversaw a hefty cost saving program leading to the loss of some 2,000 jobs.
Speculation over his successor is already intense.
Many believe that Patten will want to bolster his legacy by appointing the first female director general.
The leading femme contenders are the BBC’s chief operating office Caroline
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Failure to construct a maternity hospital alongside the new €1.7bn children's hospital on the St James's Hospital (SJH) campus
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in Dublin would “be a financial and medical catastrophe”.
The warning from the former Master of the Coombe, Prof Chris Fitzpatrick, will be made at the Public Accounts Committee tomorrow along with calls to reconsider the location for the national children's hospital.
He expressed concerns for critically-ill newborns in the new children's hospital without plans for a maternity hospital on the same site.
The obstetrician and gynaecologist said there is still uncertainty about co-location for a maternity hospital on the same site. This was based on recent government and project statements about the children's hospital.
“It’s fair to say that there is widespread scepticism that maternity co-location will or even can happen,” adds Prof Fitzpatrick.
With costs for the children's hospital now at over €1.7bn and a completion date of 2023 with no sign of a co-located maternity hospital, there was a need to assess the situation
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HOUSTON - A "stubborn" fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a hospital over Christmas has gotten worse,
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and doctors have put him on a liquids-only diet, his spokesman said Wednesday.Jim McGrath, Bush's spokesman in Houston, had said earlier in the day that the fever had gone away, but he later corrected himself."It's an elevated fever, so it's actually gone up in the last day or two," McGrath told The Associated Press. "It's a stubborn fever that won't go away."Doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston have run tests and are treating the fever with Tylenol, but they still haven't nailed down a cause, McGrath said. Doctors also have put Bush on a liquid diet, though McGrath could not say why.The bronchitis-like cough that initially brought Bush to the hospital on Nov. 23 has improved, McGrath said. The 88-year-old is now coughing about once a day, he said.Bush was visited on Christmas by his wife, Barbara, his son, Neil, and Neil's wife, Maria
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Can green tea boost your brainpower and treat disease?
The images that come to mind when thiking of green tea are likely associated with calm
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ness, purity and relaxation.
The ancient beverage has been used for centuries in Chinese medicine as a means to relieve people from various ailments, but more recently the tea — and its extracts — have caught the attention of scientists. Teams across the world have been trialling green tea extracts and specific compounds within them for their potential to lower the risk of various conditions: cancer, blood pressure, cholesterol and even Alzheimer’s disease.
Evidence for these benefits is limited, however, and often inconclusive, but recent studies have found that one particular compound inside green tea, known as ECGC, could improve the functioning of one particular part of the body: the brain.
“Many people consume green tea extracts in some form, so we were interested in the effects [on the brain],” said Stefan Borgwadt, Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the University of Basel.
In 2014 study, Borgwadt’s team gave green tea extracts to 12
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"Put down the weights. I'd rather see a guy jump fifty times than squat three hundred pounds three times."
Reporter, CNET
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TV; cohost, tech podcast "Buzz Out Loud"
"Never buy a Mac product in early June, before the Apple conference, in early September, when they launch their Christmas line, or in January, before Macworld."
"Stop trying to hit the ball so hard. Tiger Woods once told me that he has never, ever swung at a ball with 100 percent of his power."
"Two words: shelled walnuts. Use them to fill gouges in wood floors or cabinets. The meat and oil from the nut create a natural wood filler when rubbed across the surface."
"If you're selling your house, take a little paint and put it near the front door so that when you walk in, you smell fresh paint. People love the smell of fresh paint."
"There's still an opportunity cost to owning a home. If you can rent for much less, put your money elsewhere for the next few years, keeping it liquid."
"Paint only
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HOUSTON (CN) – A self-styled pastor and real estate investor surrendered to federal authorities on charges that he conned $650,
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000 from a woman, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Samuel Ray Palasota, 52, of Houston, turned himself in following the return of a 24-count indictment, including 21 counts of mail fraud and three counts of wire fraud, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
Palasota “claimed to manage a real estate investment program, doing business under the name ‘The Maker’s Resources,’ and “allegedly convinced a Mississippi woman to invest her money with him in an alleged real estate investment,” but stole her money, prosecutors said, citing the indictment.
“The woman divorced in 2007 and looked to Palasota for spiritual guidance and emotional support, according to the indictment. During the time she was seeking guidance from him, she received approximately $1 million in her divorce settlement,” prosecutors said in the statement.
“Palasota allegedly claimed to have a real estate investment
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DURHAM >> Jessica Drop, Samantha Drop, Allie Alsup and Megan Decker arrived at the New Balance Track and Field Center at The Armory
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in New York City with the same hopes and All-American dreams that all the competitors harbored at this year’s National Championship Indoor meet.
“It was in the back of our minds that we could get All-American because we looked at the results from last year and our times could definitely get us there,” Jessica Drop said.
Reality had set in. The girls from Durham were going to have to run the fastest times of their lives. Only the top six teams are awarded All-America honors.
The girls watched Jessica Drop run, counted other runners, and watched the leaderboard. Most of all, they wondered. When the race was over there was a short, excruciating wait for the results.
Then. In a flash. 11:55.36. Sixth place. Pandemonium.
Jessica Drop, Samantha Drop, Allie Alsup and Megan Decker became the first Coginchaug track and field athletes to earn All-American honors
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Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil album, Avan Ivan. Post YOUR reviews here!
Rasathi begins on an
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angsty note, as Haricharan picks up the vocal reigns, and there are faint strains of the classic Munpaniyaa -- but the song shifts direction soon. The lyrics are standard, colloquial fare but again, the score takes precedence here. The instrumental score is fascinating. An appealing number.
Dia Dia Dole, rendered by Suchithra, reminds you of Om Sivoham from Naan Kadavul. Impressive beats follow, to the accompaniment of a melodious nadhaswaram. An enthusiastic number.
and Baby Nithyashree. The first interlude, in fact, sounds a lot like the classic Mohanam varnam; a neat flute piece leads to the charanam. The lyrics are as soothing as the song itself. A gentle number.
There's an ominous feel as Mudhal Murai begins, dripping sorrow and desolation with every note. Vijay Prakash renders the
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Days after Zimbabwe's central bank increased daily withdrawal limits, the lines outside Zimbabwe's banks are still as long as ever. As Tendai Maph
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osa reports from Harare this is seriously affecting productivity for those with jobs.
Starting this week, Zimbabweans can withdraw, on a daily basis, 20,000 Zimbabwean dollars (equal to about $5) from their bank accounts up from the previous daily limit of 1,000 Zimbabwean dollars. But this has failed to reduce the lines that sometimes spill off the sidewalk onto the streets as people wait to withdraw their money. Most of them still say it is not enough to meet their daily needs in the country with the world's highest inflation rate.
In addition to the frustration this causes, president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Lovemore Matombo tells VOA it is disrupting productivity in the work place.
"Some people have suggested that they can only work for eight hours for the whole week suggesting that four-fifths of production is lost per week," he said.
Matombo adds that this worsens the economic situation since the country's manufacturing
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Democratic Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff has announced his panel will launch a broad new investigation into President Donald Trump's tax returns, business and
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ties to Russia.
The announcement comes after the president criticized "partisan investigations" in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
"An economic miracle is taking place in the United States — and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigations," Trump said. "If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation."
Following the speech, Schiff told reporters, "We are not going to be intimidated or threatened by the president to withhold any legislative advancement if we do our proper oversight — we're going to do our proper oversight."
The following day, the Democratic leader made the announcement that House panel would be broadening the parameters of its investigation of President Trump and his believed Russian affiliates. House lawmakers will examine "whether any foreign actor has sought to compromise or holds leverage, financial or otherwise, over Donald Trump, his family, his business, or his associates."
President Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to criticize Schiff's efforts
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A consignment of ice was delivered to the award-winning park after a generous donation from The Ice Co, the nation’s biggest producer
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of ice.
YWP’s Carnivore Team Leader Kim Wilkins said: “Our polar bears absolutely loved playing around in the ice. They were in their element. It was a real Half Term treat."
She added: “It’s such an amazing idea and great for our animals to be able to play with the ice now the snow days seem to be over.
Kim said: “We offloaded the ice cubes mostly by hand and created three mountains of fresh water ice cubes, the largest was almost 4ft high."
The Ice Co learnt that animals adore playing with the different textures so donated ice to the park, at Branton, near Doncaster.
The company, based at South Kirkby, delivered the ice to the park which is 20 miles from their base.
“We sometimes have additional ice and a member of the team put forward the idea of sending ice to the park for the animals to play with,”
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I would like to respond to the spirited defense of Sen. Stiles mounted in a Saturday, March 19, letter from the prime sponsor of the
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voucher bill, former Sen. Jim Forsythe.
Last year's very unusual Republican supermajority passed Mr. Forsythe's bill over the governor's veto. He used all the tools at his disposal — letters, editorials and even a fake opinion poll — to marshal opinion for his bill. But voters last November did not agree that government should leave public education behind and fund private education. So it is the task of this year's Legislature to correct last year's excesses. Mr. Forsythe's poorly conceived bill is Exhibit A on that agenda.
Mr. Forsythe features all the usual tropes from voucher advocates. He tells us that a vote to repeal vouchers would have to be "ideological," the debate is a "rehash," and that, unlike Sen. Stiles, voucher opponents don't actually care about children.
But the voucher debate at this stage is definitely not an ideological rehash. There is a lot of new information that Sen.St
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You don't get a more hardened hack than Jimi Matthews, who as cameraman and journalist for international media organisations during South Africa's
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violent transition saw more bodies than is probably good for anyone.
So what does the respected Matthews, who is now acting group executive of news and current affairs responsible for 18 radio stations and four television news channels, with the recent addition of the SABC's 24-hour channel, think about the drive by his boss, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, to see a 70% positive news quota written into the broadcaster's new editorial code?
"I look forward to someone explaining to me how they are going to define that," says Matthews.
"Someone has to define what good news is to me. Someone has to define how you make that measure. At the end of the day, the basic tenets of journalism are balance and fairness."
People in his newsroom are joking about positive news quotas, he admits.
"I understand, because they have to go out there into the field.
I have a constant thing with one of the
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The list of candidates for the Nov. 6 election in San Mateo County has been settled. With the exception of write-in candidates – their
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window opens on Sept. 10 and closes Oct. 23 – the filing deadlines have passed for people seeking seats on the city and town councils in Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside.
Contested elections are ahead for all three seats open on the Menlo Park City Council. In Woodside, four council seats are open, one is contested, and no incumbents are running for re-election.
Just one candidate is running for each of the three open council seats in Atherton and Portola Valley, and for three of four seats open in Woodside.
When races are uncontested, councils have the option of appointing candidates to office and forgoing elections. The Woodside council has authorized elections for all four seats. The Atherton and Portola Valley councils are scheduled to take up the matter next week.
This is the first election in Menlo Park since the council changed the election system from at-large voting, in which every voter
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - International tourist arrivals in Thailand rose 15 percent in January from a year earlier, government data showed, as the
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industry continued to expand in a sluggish domestic economy.
Tourism accounts for about 10 percent of Thailand’s gross domestic product.
The growing number of visitors has been one of the few bright spots for Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, which has struggled to find a firm footing since prolonged street protests took the country to the brink of recession in 2014.
Thailand grew 2.8 percent in 2015, up from 0.8 percent in 2014, but slower than the growth rate of its neighbors.
The number of visitors recorded in January 2016 alone was 3 million; travelers from China topped the list, with over 800,000 Chinese arrivals in January. That was up over 250,000 on the year.
Malaysia and South Korea are the second- and third-largest source countries for tourists to Thailand.
The government has forecast a record 32 million arrivals this year, up 7.1 percent from last year’s 29.88 million.
It
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The World Wide Web as we know it was first sketched out a quarter-century ago this week by Tim Berners-Lee, a contractor
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at the European physics lab CERN. Berners-Lee didn’t actually build out the Web until late 1990, and not until August 1991 did it become publicly available outside CERN.
Since then, of course, the Web has rapidly become so ubiquitous that it’s hard for many to remember how they bought things, did research, watched video or kept up with friends and family before it. If it seems like the Web has gone from “the World Wide What?” to necessity of modern life in record time — well, it has, as the chart above illustrates.
Not everyone, of course, will go as far as Kurzweil, either conceptually or into the future. But when the Pew Research Center asked hundreds of experts about their predictions for digital life in the year 2025, they foresaw the Web — and the internet more broadly — evolving into “a global, immersive, invisible, ambient networked computing environment.” Tapping
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Hotel and motel owners are opposing a hike in the local hotel tax to help pay for a new downtown El Paso ballpark housing a Pacific Coast League
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team, but it’s not clear whether they have the political muscle to kill the proposal.
Taxing visitors via hotel and car taxes is always a popular way to pay for sporting facilities, because locals don’t bear the brunt of the costs. Hotel owners, of course, hate the idea of raising the cost of a stay in the city; while very few folks factor in the cost of the tax when they’re pricing hotel rooms, a high tax could leave a bad taste in the mouths of departing guests.
So the El Paso Hotel/Motel Association is against raising the local hotel tax two percentage points to 17.5 percent. That would be the highest tax rate in the state. Whether or not the association will organize to oppose a fall referendum on the tax hike is another matter: it’s one thing to raise concerns in the hope of a concession or two, and it’s another to actively campaign against the ballot measure that’s
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