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FILE - Conservative blogger Pamela Geller speaks during an interview at Associated Press offices in New York, May 7, 2015. David Wright was convicted in
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October 2017 of plotting to behead Geller and kill other Americans on behalf of the Islamic State group; on Dec. 19, 2017, he was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison.
A U.S. judge sentenced a Massachusetts man to 28 years in federal prison Tuesday for conspiring to support Islamic State militants in a 2015 plot to attack police and behead a blogger who organized a "Draw Muhammad" contest.
David Wright, 28, was found guilty in October of five criminal charges for planning with his uncle and a friend to travel to New York to attempt to behead conservative blogger Pamela Geller.
The group never made the trip. Wright's uncle, Usamaah Rahim, lost patience and told his co-conspirators that he wanted to kill law enforcement officers in Massachusetts. Agents overheard that conversation, and when police approached Rahim in a supermarket parking lot to question him, authorities said he lunged at them with a knife and was shot dead.
Wright
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Nightstop volunteers surveyed in a recent piece of research said that they gave young homeless people a bed for the night because of their Christian faith, with
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one respondent stating they were “responding to God’s generosity”.
Supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery (PPL), Nightstop is a same-night emergency accommodation service that links young people in crisis with trained volunteer hosts who accommodate them in their own home.
Sarah, who hosts with her husband Greg in Nottingham, said: “When we started Nightstop we wanted to play our part in changing outcomes for young people. We have a love for the young people that God has given us. That love is real. It is not a burden to us. We enjoy hosting.
Many of the volunteer hosts who took part in the research found that hosting through Nightstop had made them more open-minded and given them a greater understanding of the challenges facing young people.
Nightstop also surveyed young people who had been taken in by volunteers. More than a third (36%) said that if it weren’t for Nightstop they
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With few legal rights and no local IDs, people who came from distant lands struggle to fulfil their spiritual quest.
Rastafarians around the
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world see Ethiopia as their spiritual home. Many of them believe the country's last king, Haile Selassie, was a descendent of King Solomon and the messiah.
Many of the men travelled thousands of kilometres to live in what they say is their promised land. The town of Shashamane in southern Ethiopia is a place of pilgrimage for Rastafarians around the world.
The Rastafarians say they smoke marijuana because it is their sacrament - the equivalent of bread and wine given during Christian communions.
The nearly 800 Rastafarians who live in the area say they are fulfilling a prophecy that descendants of slaves will return to Africa.
However, they also face considerable challenges, having left their lives in countries including the UK, the US and Jamaica. They have few legal rights, their passports having expired a long time ago.
They have no Ethiopian IDs, which means they cannot work legally. Local development has shrunk the land they currently live on to
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With homes in Finland, the U.S., and the Bahamas already, “we were looking at places in Canada and interested in something that
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would be similar to New York, and walkable,” Pursglove said.
They fell in love with Toronto, which had direct flights to their other homes, and “happened to be at the right place at the right time,” she said. The couple locked in a penthouse condominium on top of the 55-storey Four Seasons Private Residences tower, which was still under construction.
The penthouse took less than two years to complete; soon after, the couple, who have two daughters, began divorce negotiations.
Now, Pursglove has placed the four-bedroom apartment on the market for $36 million. Although she can’t disclose the marital settlement, she did confirm that she’s now the sole owner of the penthouse.
Sarah Pursglove is fighting with her estranged husband, Robert Oesterlund, for custody of their children and half of their net family worth, which she says is about $400
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EELS co-captain Jarryd Hayne admits winning the wooden spoon for a second-straight season was like undergoing torture.
But
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he is ready to put that behind him and stake his claim for a Kangaroos jersey when he runs out for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea next Sunday.
Hayne could only take the field 15 times for Parramatta, after a hamstring injury saw him miss eight games, but was a shining light in his team's dismal season, scoring eight tries.
He said he was now recharged after spending a week in New Zealand watching some rugby union, leading into his PM's XIII preparations.
And despite the widespread criticism outgoing Eels coach Ricky Stuart received for walking out on the club to return home and coach Canberra, Hayne praised the under-fire mentor.
"It was a torturous year for the team, but being co-captain at Parramatta has helped my game, and Ricky Stuart was a big part of that," Hayne told APN.
He also said he was looking forward to the challenge PNG is expected to put up.
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Some of the most powerful leaders in the American Jewish community have stepped forward in recent days to acknowledge the 1915 Armenian Genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turkey
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On the surface, this would seem unremarkable. As victims of the Holocaust, Jews might be expected to stand beside the Armenians and their tragedy. After all, the massacres and death marches across Anatolia during the fog of World War I became a model for Hitler himself.
But this sudden embrace of the Armenian Genocide actually marks a shameless turnaround for the major American Jewish organizations. For decades, they have helped Turkey cover up its murderous past. Each year, the Israel lobby in the U.S. has played a quiet but pivotal role in pressuring Congress, the State Department and successive presidents to defeat simple congressional resolutions commemorating the 1.5 million Armenian victims.
Genocide denial is not a pretty thing, they now concede, but they did it for Israel. They did it out of gratitude for Turkey being Israel’s one and only Muslim ally.
Now the game has changed. Israel and Turkey are locked in a feud over the Palestine-bound flotilla that was
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An Alliance councillor who went missing has thanked people from across the political divide who united in a search to find him.
David Armitage said
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he was overwhelmed by the positive response on social media to his mental ill health, which had "developed into a very serious situation".
The east Belfast councillor was found by a couple who had seen appeals online for his whereabouts.
In a Facebook post yesterday, he said: "I am still very ill, but in a lot better shape than I was last week.
"It has been said that I have managed to unite loyalists, republicans, unionists, nationalists, liberals, Christians, Muslims, Jews, atheists, LGBT, straight, members of the Orange Order, as well as people from north, south, east and west Belfast.
"Maybe when we put people before political ideology we will get results.
"Maybe we have started to create a more united community."
Alliance leader Naomi Long and her husband Michael, who is the leader of the Alliance group at Belfast City Hall, had appealed on social media for help to find Mr Armitage when he went missing
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Sir Ivan Rogers was not a Foreign Office smoothie, the kind of charming brilliant diplomat who used to live in the Rue Ducale and out-
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negotiate the Eurocrats with effortless ease, writes Denis MacShane, reflecting on the sudden departure of the UK’s envoy to the EU.
Denis MacShane is the former UK Minister of Europe whose book on Brexit published in 2015 predicted how it would happen. He is a senior Advisor at Avisa Partners, Brussels.
Rogers is a hard-nosed free market Treasury wallah who was the highest of high-flyers in the Treasury, the most Eurosceptic of all Whitehall departments prior to Brexit. He has also done stints in the private sector in the City but was brought back to be point man for David Cameron in Brussels in 2012.
He was one of the rare “Yes Minister” Whitehall knights who was ready to tell truth to power. Daniel Korski, a Cameron aide, wrote the most revealing insider account of why Cameron failed to win his referendum and said of Rogers: “If there
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MONROVIA >> In the Rio Hondo League, the fortunes of a team can be changed on one pitch or one hit. In the
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case of Temple City, it was one player — Nicco Day.
The senior played a starring role in Temple City’s 6-2 win over host Monrovia on Friday. The win solidified the Rams’ position in second place in the league standings, one game behind La Canada.
It was a huge performance for Day. He went 3 for 4, including a two-run home run in the third inning and a double to right-center in the seventh inning. Day also pitched three innings in relief, allowed two hits and struck out six to preserve the win for starter Nathan Lee.
Day was brought in the fifth inning and struck out Nathan Thompson and Dominic Teneriello and picked off Logan Barnier at second base.
The Rams (9-6, 4-1), who only scored one run on six hits in their 4-1 loss to La Canada last week, came out of their offensive shell early by scoring two runs in the second inning
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When was the last time that films involving Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts all went into the big night as underdogs?
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The oceanic upheaval that rocked Robert Redford's world in last year's "All Is Lost" is just a pond ripple, compared to the turbulent sea change that is in the offing this Oscar evening.
Why is this? In 2013, there was, simply, a superabundance of brilliant pictures and sterling performances. It was a more overcrowded field than, well, the chaotic gridiron sung about by Don McLean in "American Pie."
And, as usual, there were some questionable calls. The gripping "Fruitvale Station" received not one nomination, while the utterly boring Animal-House-on-the-Hudson parable "Wolf of Wall Street" — an uninvolving retread of a 1929 movie of the same title — somehow grabbed five.
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
Yes, in "American Hustle," Jennifer Lawrence deftly tapped into the cunning but vulnerable mind of
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BUBBLINE LIVES! Well, sort of.
... that at some point in time Princess Bubblegum and Marceline T
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OTALLY WERE A COUPLE.
Olson answered a fan's question (cut off in the video) concerning Bubbline, referencing a conversation she had with creator Pendleton Ward.
"And he said, 'Oh, you know they dated right?'"
Here's another video of Olsen answering the question with one fan yelling, "YES, YES!" as she spills the beans.
WE HAVE REACHED CANON. I repeat: We have REACHED CANON.
In the video you can see Olsen also made a point to ask Ward if the couple would be visible on the show or in the upcoming book. Unfortunately, not so much.
And I said, 'Are they going to do it on the show at all, or can we say anything about it in the book?" And he's like, 'I don't know about the book, but in some countries where the show airs, it's sort of illegal.' So that's why they
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Dr. Frank Longo isn’t the kind of guy who chokes up easily. The pre-eminent neurologist is better known
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for his professional stoicism and scholarly approach to the devastation he sees weekly in his Alzheimer’s patients–the people who come into his office at the Stanford University School of Medicine, their memory just a little bit worse than the last time he saw them. But today, even though he’s trying to keep it together, his throat tightens.
He’s in a small exam room outside Kansas City, Kans., watching a young man do something people do every day. He’s swallowing a pill with a big gulp of water. But it’s not just any pill–it’s a new drug that Longo hopes will prove to be an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s–and when the man swallows, tears pool in the deep furrows around Longo’s eyes.
As chairman of the department of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford, Longo knows how destructive Alzheimer’s can be. He specializes
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Azza Elmostehi’s complaint prompted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to file a civil-rights suit yesterday in
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Manhattan federal court against her former employer, Poggenpohl U.S. Inc., a kitchen-furniture maker.
Michael Gorelick, a lawyer for Poggenpohl, said the company denies violating equal-opportunity laws, called Elmostehi a “disgruntled former employee, and added that “she was fired because of her performance,” not because of her complaint to management.
Elmostehi’s lawyer, Saul Zabell, said the harasser was fired only after his Farmingdale, L.I., firm notified Poggenpohl last year that Elmostehi planned to sue the company following her own dismissal. Zabell said other co-workers heard the harassment and had complained to management.
A Princeton Junction, N.J., resident, the 40ish Elmostehi is a single mother of three sons and had worked for Poggenpohl’s parent company in Persian
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A drawing provided by Blueseed Co. shows their ferry docking next their cruise ship outside of San Francisco. California startup Blueseed Co. wants to
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dock a vessel off the coast to house foreign entrepreneurs who have dreams of creating the next Google but can't get visas to work in the United States. The ship aims to provide a remedy by giving foreign entrepreneurs a place to build their companies only a short boat ride from high tech's hub.
As the U.S. continues to grapple with high unemployment, there is one place in the country where the jobless rate remains low: Silicon Valley. In fact, big U.S. tech companies like Google, Apple and Facebook are currently waging a war for top talent. Tech executives often talk about a shortage of highly-skilled workers, and the need to make it easier for immigrants with such skills to come to the U.S. But this year, the cap on H-1B visas — which allow educated foreign workers to get a job in the U.S. — has already been reached. The disconnect between our immigration system and the needs of Silicon Valley has become so acute that plans
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LOS ANGELES -- A jurisdictional issue delayed Monday's scheduled start of a trial focusing on whether Donald Sterling's estranged wife had the authority under terms
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of a family trust to unilaterally negotiate a $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Lawyers for Donald Sterling moved late last week to shift the case to federal court due to alleged medical privacy violations.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas delayed the start of the trial while Donald Sterling's lawyers sought a decision from a federal judge on whether to take the case.
The motion was assigned to a U.S. District Court judge to consider and Levanas ordered parties to return to his court at 2:30 p.m. PDT. "It may very well be this is not going to be in my hands," Levanas said.
Shelly Sterling was present for the day's initial court session but her husband was not.
"Unfortunately the case is in procedural limbo," said her attorney, Pierce O'Donnell.
Shelly Sterling struck the deal to sell the Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer after Donald Sterling's racist remarks to a girlfriend
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Woods now has won the PGA of America's award eight times in his 10 full years on the US PGA Tour.
Along with
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his fifth straight victory, Tiger Woods captured another prize at the Deutsche Bank Championship. His seventh victory of the year was enough for him to mathematically clinch US PGA Player of the Year. Woods now has won the PGA of America's award eight times in his 10 full years on the US PGA Tour. The only two times he did not win the points-based award was in 1998 when Mark O'Meara won two majors, and in 2004 when Vijay Singh won nine times. Players receive 30 points for winning a major, 20 points for The Players Championship and 10 points for every other PGA Tour victory, with a 50-point bonus for winning two majors. As many as 20 points are awarded on a sliding scale for the scoring average and money list.
With only nine tournaments left in the season, no one can catch Woods.
Woods also has a commanding lead in competition for the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average at 68.30. Jim Furyk
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When President Donald Trump’s administration argued last August that they were going to save 1,000 lives a year by axing gas mileage rules
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, you pretty much knew it was BS. Now the same expert the administration relied on to make the claim has helped dismantle the argument in hilarious detail.
Let’s be honest here: Everything below will only confirm your initial impression that the administration’s arguments were hollow. Still, it’s satisfying to see what happened when experts took the time to scrutinize them.
The lead author of this critique — just published in Science — is the economist the EPA cited most frequently in making the case for rolling back the fuel standards, Antonio Bento, a professor at the University of Southern California. Bento and ten other researchers found that the administration’s justification “has fundamental flaws and inconsistencies,” and “is misleading.” For instance, they found that the EPA simply wished away 6 million cars, which made the regulatory rollback look at least $90 billion cheaper for Americans.
To grasp how nutty this is, you have to understand that
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One of Australia’s richest men has unveiled plans to launch a Titanic replica in 2016 and promised the ship won’t repeat the fate
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of her predecessor. Clive Palmer is not obsessed with prejudices but will he find passengers free from superstitions?
Just weeks after the centenary of the sinking of the ill-fated Titanic, mining magnate Clive Palmer announced he would build a new one. The replica liner will be as close to the original as possible.
It will have the same dimensions, with 840 rooms and nine decks.
The billionaire aims to reconstruct the ship in design and specifications, but equip it with modern technology.
The liner would run on diesel rather than coal power.
"It will be every bit as luxurious as the original Titanic but of course it will have state-of-the-art 21st Century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems," Mr Palmer announced.
The original ship that sunk in 1912 killing more than 1,500 passengers and crew was the world's largest liner of the time.
The giant vessel measured nearly 270 meters long, 53 meters high and weighed approximately 40,000
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John Tyler was born on March 29, 1790, in Charles City County, Virginia. Like his father, Tyler served as governor of Virginia.
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Representing the Whig Party, he was the first vice president to become president due the death of his predecessor (President William Henry Harrison). Tyler was sworn in as the 10th president of the United States in 1841. He died after suffering a stroke on January 18, 1862, in Richmond, Virginia.
John Tyler was born on March 29, 1790, in Charles City County, Virginia, to a prominent family. Raised by parents John and Mary Armistead Tyler, he grew up with eight siblings, and they all received the best education available.
He studied law at the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1807, at the age of 17. After his admittance to the bar in 1809, Tyler worked for a prominent law firm in Richmond. His father became governor of Virginia that year, and at age 21, Tyler used his father's contacts to gain a position in the Virginia House of Delegates. After his father&apos
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Microsoft and Google both recently added to their in-the-clouds application offerings. Microsoft, in particular, highlighted its Software Plus Services strategy with
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two announcements this week.
First, Microsoft rolled out betas of its Exchange Online and SharePoint Online Web services, which are part of the Microsoft Online Services offering. Organizations of all sizes will now be able to access these services. Prior to this announcement, Microsoft had just provided them to organizations with 5,000 users plus. Now, the company is signaling its interest in supporting hosted services for the small-to-medium business (SMB) market.
The second announcement was the full beta rollout of Microsoft Office Live Workspace (OLW), an online suite of tools enabling collaboration.
Microsoft OLW is frequently cast as a competitor to Google Apps, since both solutions offer online e-mail and workspace storage, plus collaboration using less-than-full-featured word processors and spreadsheets. Competition at the level of the cloud-based productivity suite is still in its early stages, and other players, such as ThinkFree and Zoho, offer alternative hosted solutions, but Microsoft and
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Fox Television Stations has renewed Dish Nation for two years, through 2019. The daily half-hour entertainment news program features radio-show teams from
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around the country offering their perspectives on breaking celebrity and pop culture news.
Averaging 4.1 million weekly viewers this season, Dish Nation is the youngest-skewing magazine show, with 49.8 as its median age. The show ranks No. 2 in adults 18-34 and women 18-34 among magazines with African-American viewers, according to FTS.
The weeknight program also has grown in households in key time slots, year over year: WWOR New York (+13%), KTTV Los Angeles (+17%), KSAZ Phoenix (+50%), KCPQ Seattle (+67%), KTBC Austin (+20%), KOKH Oklahoma City (+14%) and WNAC Providence (+43%). Ratings reflect the November 2016 sweep vs. November 2015 sweep.
Dish Nation’s radio teams include Atlanta’s Rickey Smiley Morning Show, heard locally on Atlanta’s WHTA and syndicated in over 60 markets nationwide, and Heidi &
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Published: August 15, 2014 12:00 am Updated: Aug. 15, 2014 2:34 p.m.
With community members watching
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from the background, New York State Police crime scene investigators work the scene of an abduction near a roadside vegetable stand in Oswegatchie, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. They were searching for clues in the disappearance of sisters, Delila, 6 and Fannie Miller, 12, who were reported taken from the stand around 7:30 on Wednesday evening.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Residents of a peaceful rural community are reluctant to let their children play outdoors unattended and some took down their farm stands after two young Amish sisters were kidnapped from their family's roadside stand, officials said Friday.
The sisters were kidnapped from their family farm stand and police are seeking more than one person responsible, St. Lawrence County Sheriff Kevin Wells said Friday. The two are now safe at home, and Wells said they provided information that is helping investigators.
Authorities weren't releasing any details about what happened to the girls during their daylong disappearance. They said
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From Google Picasa to Cloud, these photo managers will help clear space on your device.
By now, you’ve probably amassed a
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truckload worth of digital photographs. It will eat up the storage space on your devices and you’ll never find the photo you’re looking for.
Apple’s own Photos app has seen a lot of useful updates in the past couple of years and is now our favorite photo manager for Mac. It automatically sorts all your photos into different albums and even has built-in face recognition (it sorts photos by identifying people — and works remarkably well).
By default, all your photos are placed in a single album along with a separate album for last imported photos, videos and panoramas. You can easily create a custom album and move photos to it in batches, view photos sorted on basis of date/time or location. There is also an option to add tags/keywords to search for photos easily.
Google Picasa was our choice of app for photo organization and management on Windows platform but Google has since discontinued it. You can now opt for the built-in
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The Chicago Bulls will be without second-year forward Lauri Markkanen for six to eight weeks as the result of a high-grade lateral
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elbow sprain.
Markkanen, 21, suffered the injury during practice on Thursday. The No. 7 overall pick in last year’s draft, Markkanen averaged 15.2 points and 7.5 rebounds in 68 games as a rookie.
The Bulls also announced Friday that guard Denzel Valentine has a mild left ankle sprain and will sit out until he can be re-evaluated in a week or two. The injury, which occurred during practice Tuesday, leaves Valentine in doubt of being ready to start the season opener against the Philadelphia 76ers on Oct. 18.
Drafted 14th overall by the Bulls in 2016, Valentine averaged 10.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 27.2 minutes across 77 games (37 starts) last season.
—The Los Angeles Lakers brought in two big men in the offseason, but they could be counting on 6-foot-9 forward Kyle Kuzma to play center in some situations
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In a recent episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls sat down with host Brian Hiatt for a no-
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holds-barred, unforgettable interview. Smalls – who is about to release his first solo album, Smalls Change, and is embarking on a tour backed by various orchestras – told all about going solo, his band’s drummer curse, that airport incident, and much, much more. Click play below to hear the entire interview, recorded in glorious hi-fi “Dobly,” or download and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.
On Spinal Tap’s drummer problem: “It was a curse, and a curses are not to be sneezed at, or even burped at, for that matter. But the interesting thing to me is we had half a dozen or more drummers on Smalls Change. And all of them are fine! For me, I guess it’s almost a reverse curse, because a couple of drummers said they’d never felt better. But they all wanted a nice insurance policy
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CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ra Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: RMED) today announced the schedule
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of key DABRA Excimer Laser Atherectomy events at the upcoming Charing Cross International Symposium in London April 16–18. These events include case and podium presentations and hands-on workshops with Charles Bailey, MD, interventional cardiologist at Heart Endovascular and Rhythm of Texas in San Antonio, USA, and Max Amor, MD, interventional cardiologist at Clinique Louis Pasteur in Nancy, France.
DABRA (Destruction of Arteriosclerotic Blockages by laser Radiation Ablation) is a novel, minimally invasive excimer laser atherectomy system that non-thermally, photochemically ablates channels in vascular blockages. Unlike many mechanical, acoustic, or thermal treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD) that may damage the arterial wall, DABRA treats blockages with minimal vascular trauma.
Additional information can be obtained on site at Ra Medical Systems’ Booth #509.
The Charing Cross
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Healthy snacking is an important part of a weight loss program.
Popular Bollywood celebrity who makes it a point to eat all kinds
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of food and still maintains her weight is Shilpa Shetty Kundra. Fitness diva and a foodie herself (take a look at her famous series of Sunday binges), the actress always encourages her fans to eat healthy and delicious foods. For this, she always shares a nutritious diet for her fans to stay fit and shape. Shilpa is a celebrity who knows how to maintain a balance and believes that you don't have to starve in order to lose weight. Yes! There is always a way out to eat your favourite foods without worrying about those extra calories. Don't believe us? See what she has in store for you this week!
Healthy snacking seems to help meet your daily energy needs and even helps incorporate more nutrients into their diet. The ideal snack should contain three key nutrients: fiber, protein and healthy fat.
Being a South Indian I just love idlis, I love them even more because they are steamed and super healthy. Today, we will
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Google Search turns 20, but will we every fully trust it?
Google Search is 20 years old today. Judging by the Google Doodle and recent
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feature upgrades, Google would like the day to be a celebration of how the company's algorithms have evolved over the years, cementing its position as the dominant player in the space.
But, more than ever, tech doesn't exist in a vacuum. Google Search is turning 20 in a time where the public is questioning both our relationship with technology and the fundamental principles and motivations of the companies building it. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter have borne most of the criticism, but Google has been a target as well.
Criticisms of Google Search usually go like this: someone sees what they deem as unfair results in either search or tools like autocomplete, with the suggestion being that Google is skewing the "pure" results to show bad things about one side of a group or issue and good things about the other.
Lately such speculative criticism has come mostly from conservatives, but liberals have hammered Google over it as well. In particular, in the lead-up to the 2016 election
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Smartphone users, regardless of their mobile preference, consider Apple the ‘coolest brand’ for wearable technology, followed by industry rivals Samsung
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, Google, LG and Sony.
Findings from Juniper Research also claims that only one in five consumers would be willing to pay more than $US175 for a wearable of any sort with tech brands still considered the best for wearables, with fashion and sports brands lagging behind.
As a result, Juniper predicts that the smartwatch market is moving towards a duopoly of Apple-Samsung - with over 75 percent of respondents preferring either Apple or Samsung.
“As well as a more definite use, fitness devices also win on value,” adds James Moar, Research Analyst, Juniper Research.
Despite the prevailing opinion that wearable devices need to be more fashion oriented, Moar claims that it is “apparent that non-technology brands were not popular” - with no fashion or sports brand supported by more than three percent of respondents.
The Juniper Research Consumer Wearables Market Survey asked over 2,000 smartphone users (1,003 in the
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Harold Tucker, a longtime area resident, died Thursday, August 23, 2007 at his home. He was 84 years old.
The son
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of the late John and Ada Nixon Tucker, he was born on December 12, 1922 in Queens, N.Y.
Harold will be remembered for his remarkable personality. He was the guy that everyone liked and he never had a bad word to say about anyone.
He is survived by his wife of Eleanor at home; one son, Robert Tucker of Brooklyn, niece Gail of Albany; sister-in-law Doreen and loving nephew, John; as well as his grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins, and a host of friends.
Visitation will be held Sunday, August 26 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Applebee McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc., 130 Highland Ave., Middletown.
Burial with military honors will take place at 2 p.m. on Monday, August 27 in Orange County Veterans Cemetery, Goshen.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Harold's name may be made to
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If you’ve heard of anyone in the cast, it’s Jackie Hoffman, the Emmy-nominated comedian (for Feud
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) whose Broadway credits have included scene-stealing in everything from Hairspray to Xanadu to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She is also extremely, very, super Jewish. She has performed musical parodies of pretty much every Jewish holiday you can think of— including Shavuot. Hoffman will be playing Yenta the matchmaker, because of course she will.
Your Tevya is Steven Skybell, who has been on Broadway several times, including in the last revival of Fiddler (he was a replacement Lazar Wolf). He grew up Jewish in Lubbock Texas, which would make shtetl-dwellers’ heads spin.
Jill Abramovitz will play Golda, and, yes, her Broadway credits too include the last run of Fiddler (she replaced Grandma Tzeitel, and understudied both Golda and Yenta). She’s also a songwriter, including contributing lyrics for Broadway inter
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Come closer. I want to tell you a secret: That championship the Yankees won last year was for George Steinbrenner, but it was
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by Hal Steinbrenner.
It means that in all significant ways when it comes to running the Yankees, George Steinbrenner was already gone. He was, at best, Vito Corleone after handing the family business over to Michael. Maybe there was some counseling or some explaining of history by the old man.
But if are you are wondering what the post-George Yankees are going to look like, here is my advice: Look at these Yankees. They have the highest payroll, a stacked rotation and last week they were on the doorstep of obtaining Cliff Lee. It was a George move, but approved by his youngest son.
It might not be business as usual if by usual you are referring to how George ran the Yankees in his prime. But it will be business like the past few years when the understated Hal ran it — and apparently how it will run for years with a Steinbrenner remaining atop the masthead.
Hank Steinbrenner
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PANAMA CITY � There will come a day when the phrase �it�s still early� will be moot.
That would be just
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fine for the Gulf Coast baseball team, which stayed unbeaten in the Panhandle Conference following Monday�s 5-0 shutout of visiting Northwest Florida State. Conversely, the Raiders hope time doesn�t run out for them after falling to 0-4 in the conference.
It is indeed early with 16 games to go for both teams. But the importance of playing well this soon can�t be underscored. GC (25-9, 4-0) surged behind Brendan Leach�s five-hitter, while the Raiders dropped another game to a top team in the conference.
�The thing is, it is early, but every win counts,� GC coach Mike Kandler said. �A win today will be just as important as a win on April 13.
That�s easy for Kandler to say, as he watched Kevin Husum score three times and Trevin Hall account for two RBIs in the Commodores� second conference shutout. NWF
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Environmental groups took legal action this week, stating that water users along the Sacramento River misused water that should have gone to endangered winter-run salmon
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The complaint will be added onto existing litigation the groups have filed against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Sacramento River settlement contractors. That previous lawsuit is about water use that allegedly fails to protect the delta smelt, also an endangered species.
Under the Endangered Species Act, species on the ESA list cannot be killed or harmed without a permit, said Doug Obegi, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, which is joined in the lawsuit by Earthjustice, San Francisco Baykeeper, The Bay Institute, the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, and Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Association/Institute for Fisheries Resources.
This year the amount of cold water in Lake Shasta ran out, Obegi said. Cold water is critical for the survival of salmon eggs in the Sacramento River, as well as survival of the juvenile salmon later in the season.
This year and last, the Bureau of Reclamation was not able to keep the
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Heather Mills to compete in Paralympics?
Heather Mills is to compete in the 2014 Winter Paralympics, according to reports.
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Heather Mills has revealed that she wants to compete in the 2014 Winter Paralympics.
Mills, ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, lost a leg in a motorcycle accident in 1993. She recently took part in the last series of Dancing on Ice.
Speaking to the Sunday Express, she said: "I’ve been skiing for many years and I’m much better at that than ice skating, so I’m training hard to try to get on the British Paralympic downhill team.
"That would be so great. You know when you set in your head things that you want to do and achieve? Well, I’ve ticked about 90 percent of all the boxes, and this is one of the major ones remaining for me.
"If I manage to compete it would be phenomenal - very inspiring for all the kids that I counsel. They didn’t believe they could do anything and they are
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Midshipman Dominic Waters. Picture: Craig Keating.
A 23-year-old man from Milton Keynes took part in a formal
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parade before a Crown Prince to celebrate his officer status.
Midshipman Dominic Waters, from Grange Farm, celebrated his formal commissioning as a Royal Navy officer during a parade attended by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister from the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Dominic was one of 152 officer cadets taking part in Lord High Admiral’s Divisions at Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) in Dartmouth. Around 800 families, friends and distinguished guests, watched as HRH inspected the parade.
Dominic has completed an intensive 29-week training course at the college which also included being assigned for six weeks to the amphibious assault ship HMS Albion, operating in the Mediterranean.
The highlights of the training so far for Dominic have been completing the Basic Sea Survival Course (BSSC): firefighting and damage control.
Dominic graduated from the University of Hull in 2016 with a B
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WASHINGTON (July 25, 2014) -- Vietnam era members of the Chaplain Corps were honored during the 239th Chaplain Corps Anniversary celebration at Arlington
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National Cemetery, Virginia, and Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia.
"Today we gather on the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery to reinforce historical linkages from the past with the goal of bringing them to the present," said Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Mitch Butterworth, U.S. Army Military District of Washington deputy command chaplain. "May we remember today their example and sacrifice as we stand amongst these rows of headstones and monuments."
The Chaplain Corps was born on July 29, 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized pay for one chaplain for each regiment of the Army. Since the regiments' creation, nearly 25,000 Army Chaplains have served as religious and spiritual leads for 25 million Soldiers and their families. Army Chaplains have served in more than 270 major wars and combat engagements.
"As we reflect on the service of our Vietnam-era chaplains and chaplain assistants, one conclusion becomes very clear
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H1 revenue expected to be similar to that in 2016 at approximately £2.5bn.
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   H1 operating profit lower than expectations primarily due to phasing of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) equity disposals, which are now expected to be in H2.
·      Strong work-winning performance, with £2.6bn of new work secured in H1 - £2.1bn in support services.
·      Progress made against strategic objectives set at full year results, with cost reduction underway and disposal of 50 per cent of the economic interest in the Group's business in Oman, Carillion Alawi, for an immediate cash consideration of £12.8m.
·      Deterioration in cash flows on a select number of construction contracts led the Board to undertake an enhanced review of all of the Group's material contracts, with the
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There’s some bad news today for Netflix subscribers in the United States. The streaming service is raising prices for subscribers in the country across all
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tiers. There isn’t going to be a cooling off period here as well. The price hike goes in effect immediately which means subscribers will be charged the higher rate when their next billing cycle begins.
Netflix last raised prices for subscribers in the United States back in 2017. CEO Reed Hastings said at that time that the company will have to raise prices incrementally as it pours more money into original programming. And pour it does, Netflix spends billions of dollars annually on creating original content.
The company also spends a decent chunk of money on licensing some of the most popular content. While it never confirmed the figure, reports suggested that it paid over $100 million to secure streaming rights to Friends, which happens to be one of the most popular series on the service.
The basic Netflix plan which doesn’t offer access to HD content will now cost $9 per month instead of $8. The HD streaming plan, which happens to be the most popular, is going up to $
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What time VIKRAMSHILA EXP depart from आनंद विहार ट
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र्मिनस Railway Station?
VIKRAMSHILA EXP (12368) departs from आनंद विहार टर्मिनस Railway Station at 14:40.
How much time VIKRAMSHILA EXP take to reach भागलपुर Railway Station?
VIKRAMSHILA EXP reach on day 3 to भागलपुर Railway Station. The arrival time of VIKRAMSHILA EXP at भागलपुर Railway Station is 12:25.
VIKRAMSHILA EXP covers 1205 km to reach भागलपुर Railway Station at average speed of 56 km/hr. VIKRAMSHILA EXP passes through
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NowLive operates as a media network and technology platform for live interactive shows. The company's innovative Social Broadcasting platform eliminates the cost and complexity of creating
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and distributing live broadcasts that have kept "big" media companies in control of the $180b a year market. The platform's elegant integration of social networking elements allows these live broadcasts to become highly interactive social events for the audience and hosts. Since launching http://www.nowlive.com/ in March 2007, the company has proved user demand, scalability and integration of the platform and has now clarified its business model.
The company will generate the majority of its revenue through a "branded" solution where prospective customers, such as TV networks, terrestrial radio stations, branded websites and Internet stars can easily deploy live, interactive shows. These customers will benefit from the platform through greater utilization of content assets and by creating new and deeper levels of engagement with their audiences (more impressions, greater attention, stronger brand loyalty and ultimately increased enterprise value). The partners can choose to deploy these highly engaging shows immediately at no cost by sharing in ad revenue or they can eliminate the ads by paying a monthly licensing fee.
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More and more, you’re beginning to suspect your nickname might be pejorative.
You’ll continue playing dress-up
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this week, despite being almost 30, and feeling kind of silly every time you put on that professional-looking suit.
Remember: God means something different to everyone, but only you, and those who agree with you, are right.
The presence of Saturn in your sign this week indicates strength, determination, and you getting repeatedly struck by a Model SL1 Series.
The human mind is a thing of startling beauty. Unfortunately yours is mostly filled with old phone numbers and minor celebrity trivia.
Nobody knows the troubles you’ve seen. Remind them of this fact at every possible opportunity.
A tall, dark stranger stops by, lucky numbers 7 and 29 are in the studio, and musical guest Vampire Weekend—all that and much, much more, tonight on Later With Libra.
After weeks of setbacks, false-alarms, and outright obstructionism, Congress will finally pass a massive, 3.4 ounce kidney stone this Friday.
Any hope you once had
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Q: Is there a Shrine to Our Lady of Penrhys in Wales?
A: The Legend of Penrhys, is lost in
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obscurity and mystery, but there definitely was great devotion to Our Blessed Lady here, and a nearby spring or well had come to be known as miraculous.
At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, Latimer wrote to Cromwell suggesting the destruction of five of the most renowned Shrines of Our Lady, including Penrhys. The image was sent to Cromwell's own house in Chelsea on the September 14, 1538. There it was burned publicly together with the statues of Walsingham, Ipswich and other images on September 26, 1538.
In spite of everything, the faithful continued to visit Penrhys and pray to Our Lady for four-hundred years. There is record of such devotion up until 1842, although barely a trace of the original shrine or buildings remained. But, in the early years of this century, little groups of pilgrims again wound their way up the mountainside to the well. In 1912, excavations were carried out which
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THERE will be two very good reasons for Colchester United fans to keep an eye on Friday's Sky Bet League Two monthly awards for December.
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The U's have boss John McGreal included in the list of nominees for the Manager-of-the-Month award, while Sammie Szmodics is in the list of nominations for Player-of-the-Month.
December was successful for Colchester as they went through the final month of 2017 unbeaten, with wins against Exeter City, Swindon Town and Crawley and draws against Chesterfield and Port Vale giving them 11 points from a possible 15.
McGreal has won his place on the shortlist after extracting mature performances from a side with an average age of just 23 as he led them into contention for the League Two promotion race in the second half of the season.
Also in line for the monthly managerial award are Neil Aspin of Port Vale, Luton Town's Nathan Jones and former Braintree Town and now Lincoln City boss Danny Cowley.
But McGreal's nomination is not the only interest for the U's as Szmodics'
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Gloria’s favorite Flat Rock Pudding.
Editor’s note: Gloria will return in her regular format next week.
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This week, Gloria and her mother wanted to share two favorite recipes from their Flat Rock community.
This dessert originated when a woman in church used chocolate chip cookies instead of the graham crackers in the recipe she had gotten. It really became a hit in our church, everyone just loves it.
Heat 4½ cups of the milk in a large saucepan over medium heat until the milk is scalded (180 degrees Fahrenheit). Whisk in the flour, sugar, salt, vanilla, egg yolks, and the remaining 1½ cups of cold milk. Heat the milk mixture until thick, stirring continuously. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
Fold in the whipped topping. Spread some peanut butter between two chocolate chip cookies to form cookie sandwiches. Repeat until all four dozen cookies have been used. Cut or crumble the cookie sandwiches into the pudding mixture, and stir until well-combined.
Illinois is corn country and during the height of summer, fields are
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DENVER (April 1, 2019) – Major League Fishing (MLF), the premier professional bass fishing league, has named Jeff Clachko
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, Senior Vice President, Sponsorship and Media Sales. The announcement was made today by Major League Fishing President and CEO, Jim Wilburn.
Clachko joins MLF from NBC Sports where he served as Sr. Vice President, Advertising Sales for the portfolio's sports properties. In this role, he was responsible for linear and digital ad sales for Sunday Night Football, NASCAR, NHL, EPL and Horse Racing. He worked closely with production to help create custom content and marketing solutions that helped his clients achieve their marketing objectives.
“Major League Fishing has taken professional bass fishing by storm with their newly launched Bass Pro Tour,” Clachko said. “MLF's ability to integrate sponsors into league IP, MLF Now! digital live stream, and linear tv, has me super excited. I look forward to joining their amazing sales and marketing team and helping them expand their client base in this rapidly growing sport."
Clachko
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You wear different sunblock depending on the intensity of the climate, so why shouldn't the sort of solar technology vary depending on the part of the
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country where you live. That is exactly what is happening, of course, which is why you will start hearing more about the adoption of concentrating photovoltaic technology in the weeks and months to come.
This was the theme of a conference call that I attended last week, hosted by the Solar Energy Industries Association. More on that in a moment, but first I want to point to an entirely separate report recently released by GTM Research.
That report notes that concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology remains a small fraction of the installed solar technology capacity today: only 28 megawatts of the estimated 33,000 megawatts that are installed worldwide. But the pipeline of CPV projects has begun to grow, because of the potential for lower cost per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated. We're not talking about wild growth, but CPV capacity should reach 1,000 megawatts by 2015, if anticipated cost reduction and technology performance targets are met.
There are three companies
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ACTON, Mass., June 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SeaChange International, Inc. (Nasdaq:
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SEAC), a leading global multi-screen video software innovator, today reported first quarter fiscal 2015 revenue of $24.3 million and a non-GAAP operating loss of $7.2 million, or $0.22 per basic share, from continuing operations. In comparison, first quarter fiscal 2014 revenue was $35.6 million and non-GAAP operating income was $1.2 million, or $0.04 per fully diluted share, from continuing operations. The Company posted U.S. GAAP operating loss of $10.1 million, or $0.31 per basic share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2015, compared to a U.S. GAAP operating loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 of $1.8 million, or $0.05 per basic share. The Company's U.S. GAAP first quarter fiscal 2015 results include charges of $3.0 million that are excluded from its non-GAAP results, which
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A retired British Secret Service agent is interrogated about his past and former colleague George Smiley.
Set in 1558 England, two lovers find themselves
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on opposite sides of a conflict between Catholics and Protestants.
Chief Superintendent Gamache regrets not acting on a hunch when a body is discovered in Three Pines.
Lisbeth Salander is back, teaming with a journalist to uncover the secrets of her childhood.
An Army veteran turned charter boat captain is hired to find $60 million stashed somewhere in Cuba.
An elderly billionaire moves into Greenwich Village with his three sons and gets entangled with a sleek Russian expat.
A self-sufficient 14-year-old girl fights to save herself from her abusive, survivalist father.
Agent Mitch Rapp quits the C.I.A to hunt down the nephew of a Saudi King funding a terrorist group.
The NBC News correspondent writes about covering Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign.
Cultivating the power of belonging in an era of disconnection.
A memoir from the Grand Slam tennis champion chronicling her wins and challenges.
How the politics
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Across the country Canadian Forces Army reserve units are opening their doors to the public on Saturday as part of a major recruiting effort.
7 Intelligence Company
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, the reserve intelligence element for the National Capital Region, is looking for recruits to become military intelligence professionals.
One of the company’s vehicles is in downtown Ottawa on Saturday at Cartier Square Drill Hall, 2 Queen Elizabeth Street as part of the Canadian Army’s reserve cross-country open house that day. Recruiters will also be at the DND Blueprint 2020 Career Fair, at the Diefenbaker Centre, 111 Sussex Drive, on Wednesday, Oct. 17. Company personnel will be on hand at both events to talk to area residents interested in the military intelligence profession about part-time and future full-time opportunities.
Company commander Major Bruce Rolston says his 80-strong army company are mostly reservists who hold intelligence analyst positions across the government, including many parts of the Department of National Defence, and also choose to work part-time to select and train the next generation of army intelligence operators. “Our training and reputation gives our part-time
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Sending money to friends and family abroad can be inefficient and expensive. Seattle-based startup Remitly has created a tool that aims to fix
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this problem — given the company’s growth and its most recent investment round, it’s certainly finding success doing so.
Remitly today announced a $12.5 million Series B round led by DFJ, with participation from DN Capital and existing investors QED Investors and Trilogy Equity Partners. The company will use the fresh funds to further develop its product and expand service to more countries. Total funding is now at $22.5 million.
Remitly currently allows users to make instant direct deposits within its network of banks in 45 U.S. states, India, and the Philippines. Last year, Remitly grew its customer base by 400 percent and helped transfer more than $100 million.
Remitly co-founder and CEO Matt Oppenheimer said that on average, competitors charge customers a 7.9 percent fee to send money internationally. Remitly, meanwhile, only charges an average of 2 percent as it eliminates the need for forms, codes
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Obamacare has put millions of people on the health insurance rolls, but it has yet to rein in soaring prescription drug costs for patients.
A
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diagnosis of cancer, asthma, diabetes -- any of hundreds of chronic conditions -- can leave insured patients on the hook for thousands of dollars a year in co-payments and deductibles, all at a time when income may already be strained due to treatment. While the Affordable Care Act limits out-of-pocket costs to $6,350 for individuals and $12,700 for families, those costs come on top of the monthly insurance premiums.
"A major illness becomes a huge financial burden very quickly," says Erin Moaratty, chief of mission delivery for the Patient Advocate Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose Co-Pay Relief Program helps reimburse patients for their drug costs.
"A doctor writes you a prescription, and you have no idea what you're going to pay until you show up at the pharmacy," she says. "That's one of the biggest shockers."
Prescription drugs cost more in this country than anywhere in the developed world.
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DBC told to hand in draft letter by next week.
iiNet and several other internet service providers have been ordered to pay most of the
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court costs for the owners of the Dallas Buyers Club film for being "adversarial" in the proceedings.
Justice Perram today ruled that by putting "nearly everything in issue", iiNet, Internode, Dodo, Amnet, Adam Internet and Wideband Networks had adopted an adversarial stance and therefore should be required to pay a significant portion of DBC LLC's costs.
Normally, a respondent to a preliminary discovery application "who does not take an adversarial position" can be awarded costs, Justice Perram said.
The ISPs were also told to reimburse DBC LLC for the travel and accommodation costs associated with flying out a purported technical expert - Daniel Macek of piracy tracking firm Maverickeye - to Australia from Germany to provide testimony that was ultimately worthless.
"I do not think the ISPs took any step which they were not entitled to take," Perram ruled.
"Nevertheless, it cost money to get Mr Macek here and it was ultimately fruit
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The National Health Insurance Green Paper was published in August 2011. A White Paper followed in December 2015, and the national Department of Health (NDOH
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) published draft legislation for comment in June 2018, with a closing date for comments in September. The legislation is not before Parliament yet, and it seems unlikely that it will be passed before the election next year. Since National Health Insurance has implications for medical schemes, a draft Medical Schemes Amendment Bill (MSAB) was published at the same time as the National Health Insurance Bill (NHIB).
The release of the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill was not accompanied by an explanatory memorandum, so it is difficult to see what the government is intending to achieve by its provisions. There are some useful provisions in it. Strengthening the governance of medical schemes, an improved complaints procedure, and strengthening the position of children are all measures the HSF supports. On the other hand, there are grounds for concern. The provision for reduced contributions for young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 flies in the face of the principle that healthy people should subsidize those needing more medical assistance. Moreover,
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Sinclair Tells News Anchors To Denounce 'Fake News' Sinclair Broadcast Group executives are pushing news anchors at local stations to read statements denouncing
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"fake news" at other outlets. Many employees are not happy about it.
Sinclair Broadcast Group executives are pushing news anchors at local stations to read statements denouncing "fake news" at other outlets. Many employees are not happy about it.
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is one of the most important and least-known TV news players in the country. Sinclair owns more local stations than any media company in the U.S. In its political commentary, the company's pro-President Trump. Well, now Sinclair is under fire for directing its anchors to chide other journalists for their perceived bias. Here's NPR's David Folkenflik.
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: The development was first reported by CNN. Last week, Sinclair news anchors were told they would need to tape segments voicing their concerns about, quote, "the troubling trend of irresponsible and one-sided news stories plaguing our country." The script continued like this.
SCOTT LIVING
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The Daily Beast has hired former Wired editor Noah Shachtman as executive editor, TheWrap has learned. Shachtman will start Feb.
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Acting interim executive editor John Avlon has been promoted to editor in chief, filling the role vacated by Tina Brown shortly after the site split from Newsweek in August 2013, according to an internal memo.
Shachtman most recently ran Foreign Policy’s newsroom as executive editor, but earned his digital stripes as co-founder and editor of Wired’s “Danger Room” blog, which focuses on national security. The blog won a National Magazine Award for reporting in digital media in 2012 and an Online Journalism Award for beat reporting in 2007.
The memo also touts new hires including columnists and contributors like Kelly Williams Brown, Dean Obidallah, and P.J. O’Rourke.
I am pleased to announce that Noah Shachtman is joining The Daily Beast as Executive Editor, effective February 1st.
Noah is an accomplished digital-first journalist and joins us after working at Foreign Policy as Executive Editor for News,
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Sterilizing hedge shears after every use helps keep plants healthy.
1 Can I Use WD-40 on Hedge Cutters?
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A must-have tool for most gardens, a good pair of hedge shears can be used to keep trees, shrubs and hedges healthy and looking good. Hedge shears have a tough job and often end up with plant residue such as sap gumming the blades, making trimming nearly impossible. Keeping the blades clean and clear of sticky goop makes the tool more productive and helps prevent rust, which shortens the shears' life. Additionally, plant residue may harbor harmful bacteria that passes easily to other plants.
Rinse manually operated hedge shears thoroughly or soak the tool in water to remove surface soil.
Scrape the hedge shears' blades carefully with a putty knife or stiff-bristled brush, removing stubborn plant residue. Don't use coarse steel wool or sandpaper, which may scratch the blades' metal and attract rust.
Wear a long-sleeved shirt and rubber or neoprene gloves, and take the hedge shears outdoors.
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A subsidiary of CIC Holdings PLC, CIC Grains Ltd., sold its assets to one of the leading players in the poultry industry which
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was facilitated by MTI’s Corporate Finance arm.
This sale was made to two joint ventures of Bairaha Group, Fortune Agro Industries Ltd., and Windsor Real Estate Ltd which includes the land, building, plant and machinery located in Moneragala which was previously owned by CIC Grains Ltd.
CIC Holdings PLC is one of Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerates since 1964 with ventures in businesses ranging from agriculture to chemicals and from medicine to household products. Guided by strong ethics and a culture of growth, CIC has become a household name with every Sri Lankan.
CIC continues to conduct their business in a structured, pragmatic and empathatic manner and to build mutually rewarding and lasting relationships with the principals and the customers by being attuned to their needs. This is underpinned by excelling in all that CIC does.
MTI Consulting is an internationally-networked boutique management consultancy, which is based in Bahrain, offering advisory services
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Alan Webb finally has found his groove.
As a result, he soon may set the American records in the 1,500 meters and the mile
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In his biggest career victory Friday at the Meeting Gaz de France in Paris, Webb showed the tenacity and confidence that this country has been hoping to see from him since he burst onto the running scene as a prep star at South Lakes High School seven years ago.
The reigning USA Outdoor 1,500 champion ran a huge personal best 3:30.54 — slightly less than two seconds faster than his previous best of 3:32.52 in 2005 — and posted the fastest 1,500 time in the world this outdoor season.
Webb ran just a second and a quarter slower than the U.S. record 3:29.30 set in 2005 by Bernard Lagat, who was seventh in Paris in 3:35.09.
Only Lagat (from Kenya) and Sydney Maree (3:29.77 in 1985, from South Africa) have run faster as Americans than Webb, making Webb the fastest American-born 1,500-meter runner ever.
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Wednesday's tragic death at Notre Dame is now prompting other schools across the country to take another look at their policies regarding hydraulic lifts.
Officials at
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Notre Dame say they are looking into why Declan Sullivan was allowed on top of a scissor lift when winds were gusting over 50 miles per hour.
It happened Wednesday afternoon when he was videotaping football practice. Colleges and universities across the country use lifts to videotape practice.
Minutes before his death, Sullivan tweeted about being on top of a scissor lift during football practice Wednesday.
"Holy [expletive], holy [expletive], this is terrifying," his post read.
At 4:51 his lift fell over, and Sullivan died shortly after.
The coroner ruled the death was an accident caused by blunt force trauma to the head, chest and abdomen.
Notre Dame officials said they will review their rules for using lifts.
"With regard to the specific protocols that are in place, that is what we are going to make sure we understand. What were they, how were they implemented, who was involved in decision making and that is
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The spin is believed to have been about four times faster early in Earth history, such that days were only six hours long. Eventually, if the
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solar system lasts long enough, Earth’s rotation will become tidally locked to the moon, so that the length of one day will equal that of one lunar month.
Without the moon, Earth would spin faster, the day would be shorter, and the Coriolis force (which causes moving objects to be deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, due to Earth’s spin) would be much stronger. This would lead to air circulations in the atmosphere that might look more like Jupiter than what we see on Earth today – multiple east-west jet streams and likely more than one big gyre in the oceans. For example, the Gulf Stream would leave our coast far south of Cape Hatteras.
Those circulations might be less effective at moving heat from the tropics to high latitudes, leading to warmer tropics and colder polar regions.
Second, the moon is responsible for most – but not all – of
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LuxMark is a OpenCL cross-platform benchmark tool that has been around since 2009. It was intended as a promotional tool for LuxCore
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Render and remains a popular benchmark for those interested in OpenCL performance. LuxMark is now based on LuxCore, the LuxRender v2.x API available under Apache Licence 2.0 and freely usable in open source and commercial applications.
Benchmark Results: The GeForce RTX 2060 FE shows that raw OpenCL performance is impressive on yet another Turing GPU based card. We saw almost a 77% performance improvement over the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC Gaming in the hotel scene!
We fired up SiSoftware Sandra Titanium 2018 SP2b (version 28.31) to look at GPGPU performance on the new NVIDIA Turing GPU performs. This benchmark isn’t really aimed at gamers, but some will likely find the results interesting.
We ran the Sandra General-Purpose (GPGPU) Processing, Scientific and Memory bandwidth tests on our group of test cards and the results are found below.
AMD says that the Radeon VII has 1TB of memory bandwidth and
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Reporting a bullying incident will soon be almost as simple as sending a text message for students in Toronto’s Catholic school board.
Starting Wednesday
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, about 30,000 teenagers at the board’s 32 high schools can use a smartphone app to report bullying, cyberbullying, threats, concerns about a classmate’s self-harming behaviour or other safety issues. And they don’t have to identify themselves.
The Anonymous Alerts app “is another tool for students in those situations where people don’t feel comfortable reporting in person,” says Nadia Adragna, a high school principal and member of the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s safe schools department.
The app, to be unveiled Tuesday at a safe schools symposium, can also be used by parents who discover unsafe incidents and want to alert the school principal and ensure prompt action, she said.
It’s a solution welcomed by students like Jahiem Henry, a safe schools ambassador and Grade 10 student at St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School, one of three high schools that piloted the app last fall
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Published: April 25, 2014 at 05:00 p.m.
Updated: April 25, 2014 at 05:16 p.m.
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Never let it be said that Bill Belichick isn't a good multi-tasker.
The New England Patriots coach is in Nashville to run the Rock & Roll Half Marathon, and made time to oversee a private workout from Vanderbilt offensive lineman Wesley Johnson. It not only speaks to Belichick's time management, but of his organization's thoroughness in evaluating draft prospects, as well. After all, it's not as though Johnson is being considered in the same breath as the draft's elite tackle prospects. He is a slightly undersized but exceptionally athletic tackle who excels in the open field with his ability to pull and lead stretch plays, and figures to be a third-day pick.
And one of the NFL's top head coaches is checking him out personally. The workout was Friday; the half-marathon on Saturday.
Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reported Belichick's plan via Twitter.
Alabama coach Nick Saban, who coached as an NFL assistant under Belichick, has noted Belichick's
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Recently at the Athens Farmers Market, the topic of cooking with cherries arose twice in conversations with customers. Our restaurant was selling mini cherry pies that
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morning. In the already shimmering damp heat, what we discussed, wistfully, was iced cherry soup.
I hadn’t thought about that old favorite in years. Now I could taste it in my memory.
When I was a student in the 1960s (please don’t do the math), a family who had fled from Hungary during the brief freedom of 1956, a moment quickly crushed by the Soviet army, opened what became my favorite eatery in New Haven, Conn. The Budapest Restaurant served food as luscious as it was unpronounceable. No matter what main dish I ordered, I could not resist beginning dinner with their exciting cold cherry soup, fragrant with cinnamon and lemon and topped with sour cream. I often finished dinner with coffee and yet more cherries, in a crispy strudel or tender crêpe.
The restaurant used canned sour cherries, which would have been the only cooking cherries available for most of the
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The Galaxy Note range is being put under pressure to deliver or disappear. Leaked information suggest that an under-performing Galaxy Note 9 could be the
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last of the Note handsets to reach the market. If Samsung wants to be radical and disrupt the market, then it should commit to cancelling the Note 9 after this month’s launch of the phablet.
After all, the Note 9’s replacements are already in production.
I doubt Samsung will say anything publicly about this now (because everyone knows about The Osborne Effect, right?) but even if the Note 9 is a success, I would argue that the correct decision is to cancel the Note family and move on with something new.
When it started the Galaxy Note family was seen as trailblazing hardware, with a new form factor (the large almost tablet like screen), a new peripheral (in the S-Pen), and a new focus (on enterprise). Back in 2011 the iPhone was sporting a 3.5 inch screen, and the Note’s 5.3 inch screen was seen as ‘gigantic. How times have changed. Large
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In a decision scaling back the Kansas City, Mo., district's elaborate remedial plan for school desegregation, the U.S. Supreme
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Court last week placed new limits on federal judges' powers in such cases.
The High Court ruled 5 to 4 that a federal judge exceeded his powers by requiring a plan designed to attract white suburban students into the Kansas City district through capital and educational improvements. The Court further held that substandard achievement by the district's black students on national tests was not, by itself, a proper basis for requiring the state of Missouri to continue to pay for costly desegregation programs in the city schools.
"Insistence upon academic goals unrelated to the effects of legal segregation unwarrantably postpones the day when the [Kansas City district] will be able to operate on its own," Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the majority in Missouri v. Jenkins (Case No. 93-1823).
The Court stopped short of requiring a dismantling of the desegregation program, which has cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion over the last decade. The immediate effect of the June
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One of the best aspects of the early NFL offseason is the sense of hope it brings to fans. Did your favorite team miss the playoffs in 2018
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? No worries, because everyone is 0-0 right now, and your favorite team can get better through free agency and the draft.
While free agency gets plenty of hype—and it is first up on the schedule—the draft is the real centerpiece of the offseason. Not only can it add missing pieces, provide franchise building blocks and supply quality roster depth, it can do all of it on the cheap thanks to the rookie wage scale.
The rookie wage scale also makes it financially feasible for teams to take risks, which can lead to some intriguing and unexpected early draft selections.
It's early in the draft process—and a lot will change between now and April 25—but here is an early look at how the first round might unfold along with a close look at some top pairings.
The Arizona Cardinals aren't completely starting their rebuild from scratch. They drafted quarterback Josh Rosen last offseason, so at least one key piece is in place. However, they are beginning the Kliff
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SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) — Google is releasing a sanitized YouTube app just for kids.
Called YouTube Kids, the
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Android app only plays age-appropriate videos and has a simplified design that even young children who can’t read will be able to navigate. The app, which will carry ads, will be available in the U.S. from Feb. 23.
As its popularity with children has increased, so have concerns from parents. The site bans explicit sexual content, but there are dark corners of YouTube where kids can accidentally end up. There is a “Safety mode” on the regular site and apps, but it’s still easy for kids to stumble onto inappropriate videos, or worse, read the comments.
“Parents have been asking us to make YouTube friendlier for kids and for families,” said Shimrit Ben-Yair, the group product manager for YouTube Kids.
The app only plays a heavily edited selection of videos. Since there is such a huge amount of new kids’ content being posted daily, the app will also rely on the community to
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All games are not created equal. That goes against the Patriots' official mantra, but with 15 wins in the bank and history at hand, it
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's apparently time to come clean.
Asked if he expected the blood to be pumping a little harder before kickoff on Saturday night when the Patriots visit the New York Giants, linebacker Tedy Bruschi said, yes, it would be.
The Pats never would have admitted that about the Week 6 trip to Dallas, even though it was billed as a potential Super Bowl preview. They never would have admitted that about the Week 9 tilt in Indy, even though it was hyped as the "Game of the Century."
But with a first-round playoff bye on the horizon and the rest of the schedule a fill-in-the-blank, it's been OK this week - finally - to talk about the 16-0 elephant in the room.
"As focused as we've been (on the next game) in terms of answering all these (perfect-season) questions in here (the locker room), it is in the back of our minds what we can achieve," Bruschi said
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With automation deem to be increasingly important among businesses and across industries, 45 percent of respondents in Asia believe robotics will be the sector most ready for disruption
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in the startup scene.
Robotics and consumer banking are expected to take centrestage in Asia's startup scene next year, ahead of healthcare and real estate.
Asked which sectors would be emerging startup trends in 2017, 45 percent of respondents pointed to robotics while 20 percent said likewise for consumer banking, revealed a survey conducted by Telenor Group. The study polled 215 respondents on Facebook and LinkedIn from various Asian economies including India, Singapore, and Thailand.
According to to Telenor, the findings were in line with market projections that 2.6 million industrial robots would be deployed worldwide by 2019, and amid increasing importance of automation across industries and among businesses.
Another 14 percent of respondents in the region believed healthcare would see the most disruption next year, 12 percent pointed to real estate, and 9 percent cited air travel.
Looking back at 2016, 40 percent named autonomous vehicles as the most disruptive technology while 23 percent believed this to be fintech. Some 20 percent highlighted augmented reality
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Country artists, producers and record labels are joining together with music industry members from other genres to expand the opportunities for women in music. Keith Urban,
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Kelsea Ballerini and more have signed the new Producer & Engineer Inclusion Initiative from the Recording Academy's Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion.
The Producer & Engineer Inclusion Initiative, according to a press release, asks those hiring producers and engineers to include at least two female candidates in their selection process, and to think about gender diversity as they work with younger producers and engineers who are just coming into the field. By doing so, the Recording Academy's task force hopes to both expand the opportunities available to women currently in those fields, and inspire younger women to pursue production and engineering as a career path.
"The music industry is at a crossroads, and progress won’t happen on its own. There is no magic bullet to shift a status quo that has existed for centuries, but we see this initiative as an important step," says Tina Tchen, chair of the Recording Academy’s Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion. "We know that change requires real commitment
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LANSING, Mich. — State election officials expect turnout in Tuesday's primary election will be below 25 percent, and some candidates say it might
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be even lower.
About 1.7 million voters will go to the polls, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land forecast in a Wednesday release. She based her estimate on past turnout in primary elections, absentee voter activity and local officials' estimates. While her name won't be on the ballot, Land is the running mate of Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, one of five Republicans running for governor.
Turnout in the 2008 primary election was 19 percent, but Land expects it to hit 23 percent this year because of hotly contested primary races for governor and some congressional seats.
Many gubernatorial candidates aren't sure that many voters are interested. Republican Mike Cox said during a Lansing news conference that at one point he thought turnout in the GOP primary might get close to the nearly 870,000 who voted in the January 2008 GOP presidential primary. Now he thinks Republican turnout may be below 800,000, but said he isn't worried that will affect his chances.
"We've identified enough
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An ancient piece of papyrus that contains a mention of Jesus' wife is not a forgery, according to a scientific analysis of the controversial text
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, US researchers said Thursday.
The fragment is believed to have come from Egypt and contains writing in the Coptic language that says, "Jesus said to them, 'My wife...'"
Another part reads: "She will be able to be my disciple."
Its discovery in 2012 caused a stir.
Since Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, it renewed long-running debates over celibacy and the role of women in the church.
The Vatican's newspaper declared it a fake, along with other scholars who doubted its authenticity based on its poor grammar, blurred text and uncertain origin.
Never before has a gospel referred to Jesus being married, or having women as disciples.
But a new scientific analysis of the papyrus and the ink, as well as the handwriting and grammar, show that the document is ancient.
"No evidence of modern fabrication ('forgery') was found," the Harvard Divinity School said in a statement.
The palm-sized fragment
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KOLKATA: Once a formidable force in West Bengal politics, the CPM-led Left Front will be fighting one of its toughest political
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battles in this Lok Sabha polls to prove its political and electoral existence in the state.
"This election indeed will be one of our toughest political battles in Bengal. We had never thought that we would be in such a position in state politics. We hope things will change in the days to come once people realise that only the Left, and not the BJP, can provide an alternative to the TMC," CPM politburo member Hannan Mollah told PTI.
"It is a fight to prove our political and electoral existence and hold ground against the BJP. It's true that you can't wipe out the Left, but at the same time you need to be electorally significant to make your voice heard in parliamentary politics," another senior CPM leader said.
Besides the CPM, the 10-party Left Front has All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and Communist Party of India (CPI) as its key constituents which contest
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Bob Ziegelbauer and Eric Sitkiewitz continue their campaigns to be the next Manitowoc County executive with a third candidate forum this
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week.
Correction: The start time of the Manitowoc County executive candidate forum Thursday at Manitowoc County Office Complex has been corrected from an earlier version.
MANITOWOC - Bob Ziegelbauer and Eric Sitkiewitz continue their campaigns to be the next Manitowoc County executive with a third candidate forum this week.
Additionally, the dog kennel in Mishicot is on the agenda for the Board of Adjustment meeting Monday.
The two candidates for Manitowoc County executive will meet in a candidate forum to discuss the future of Manitowoc County.
The forum will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Manitowoc County Office Complex on Expo Drive and is hosted by the Manitowoc County Lakes Association.
Bob Ziegelbauer and Eric Sitkiewitz will be on the ballot for the county executive seat for the general election April 3.
For more about what is on the ballot or to find polling
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Runners sporting festive Turkey Day costumes will take to the trails to help kids toward adoption this Thanksgiving.
There's no better time to shop local
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than during Small Business Saturday, a Downtown Boise Association-sponsored event that highlights local businesses and the fabulous gifts (and discounts) they have to offer.
The Boise/Ada Homeless Coalition is hosting Walk A Mile in My Shoes, a one-mile walk to acknowledge the plight of the homeless population.
Dance for Parkinson's Idaho is partnering with The Flicks for a fundraising event that includes a DPI performance, a Q&A and a screening of Capturing Grace.
ABU Games will host an all-ages, 24-hour tabletop gaming event at their Colonial St. store to raise money for the St. Luke’s Children’s Miracle Network.
If you’re inspired to get on the Energize bandwagon, the event will also walk attendees through ways they can use the new Neighborhood Toolbox developed by the Energize Our Neighborhoods team.
The New York Times columnist will speak on "character and the common good."
The state
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OUTBREAKS of disease can spread rapidly and kill thousands but what is the difference between an endemic, epidemic and pandemic?
When more
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cases of a disease than expected are recorded in one area an outbreak is declared.
The area could be a small community or extend to several countries.
An outbreak could even be a single case of a contagious disease new to a community or not seen for a long time.
Outbreaks can last for a few days, weeks or even several years.
There are three types of outbreak an endemic, an epidemic or a pandemic.
A endemic is an outbreak that occurs at a predictable rate in a certain area or among a set population.
Chickenpox is classed as an endemic as it occurs at a high but predictable rate amongst youngsters.
Endemics remain at a steady state, but do not disappear from a population.
An epidemic will see a disease rapidly spread amongst a large number of people in a given population.
During an epidemic the disease will normally spread in two weeks or less.
There have been 14 epidemics since 2010, including the Ebola epidemic in West
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has asked five agencies to explain why they are allowing WorldCom Inc. to bid on new projects
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.
After media reports that WorldCom Inc. has received more than $100 million in federal orders since it was suspended almost three months ago, a senator is demanding that agencies explain why they granted waivers to the company.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, has asked five agencies to provide written justification for awarding business to the company or allowing it to bid on new opportunities.
Collins has been one of Congress' most vocal critics of the General Services Administration's handling of the investigation of WorldCom's activities.
The five agencies -- GSA, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Social Security Administration and the Justice and Defense departments -- all had until Nov. 7 to respond.
WorldCom was suspended, and its status referred to the GSA suspension and debarment official after growing criticism from Capitol Hill and the company's competitors that it was allowed to pursue business as usual, despite filing one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S.
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"We are answering everything and whatever is required. We are cooperating with CBI, unlike many political leaders who don't," Kanimozhi,
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who was questioned along with Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu at the DMK headquarters here, told reporters.
This showed their intention to "come out clean" on the issue, she said.
Kanimozhi said she was "asked to substantiate" on the statement issued by Kalaignar TV Managing Director Sharad Kumar on certain financial dealings.
Kanimozhi, who along with Dayalu collectively holds 80 per cent stake in the DMK-backed channel, said DMK never pressured the (Central) government on dealing with the case and added that the Supreme Court was monitoring the probe.
"Do you want me toe the BJP line," she shot back when asked if the Congress-led UPA was trying to use CBI against political parties.
Kalaignar TV had recently denied CBI's allegations that there was a connection between scam accused Shahid Balwa-promoted Swan Telecom and the channel, with the agency telling a court that
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Erik Holladay | Kalamazoo GazetteCentral Michigan's Vince Agnew, left, looks to tackle Western Michigan's Brian Fields last fall.
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When Vince Agnew was a three-sport standout at Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids, his first love was basketball.
But when a hoped-for growth spurt never happened, he turned his focus to the track team and a possible scholarship as a sprinter.
Finally, he arrived at Central Michigan University and turned his focus to football.
It turned out to be the right decision.
He acknowledged that he never saw it coming, but Agnew developed into a standout cornerback for the Chippewas and now is looking to take that trade to the NFL, where he hopes to follow in the footsteps of fellow CMU standout Antonio Brown, who helped the Pittsburgh Steelers reach the Super Bowl last season.
The Press recently caught up with Agnew, who has spent the past several months training in Atlanta with the NFL draft approaching this week.
Q: How many teams have you met with?
I met with Jacksonville recently, and Chicago and Buffalo.
Q
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The automatic admission policy carries a stigma with it that causes some prospective students to have low confidence about their applications, Stojcic said.
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The University follows Senate Bill 175, which requires 75 percent of the University’s in-state admits be automatic acceptances, according to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost website.
Miguel Wasielewski, executive director of admissions, said the annual decision on whether to revise the auto-admit threshold is based on application data.
“The University of Texas at Austin annually assesses historical application and enrollment rates to determine the automatic admit percentage that will result in 75 percent of the University’s Texas resident population being automatically admitted,” Wasielewski said in an email.
Wasielewski said the University is expecting a similar number of Texas resident applications. Last year, a total of 51,033 freshman applied, according to the Texas Admissions website.
“The University is anticipating a similar number of Texas resident freshmen admission applications, and this contributed to our decision to maintain the same automatic admission criteria,�
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THE plan was to witness the 6th Bugsay Mindanao Paddle for Peace in Cortes, Surigao del Sur on March 17
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along with people from Rare, a marine conservation group based in the Philippines.
But to maximize resources it was also decided to include a quick trip to Ayoke.
Ayoke is an island that sits at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. From the Cantilan port, it’s almost an hour boat ride which the Ayoke residents navigate on a daily basis.
While we were nervously tugging the edges of our life vests and swayed with each swell with half-breaths, our guide’s daughter munched on turon and slept afterwards.
When we arrived at its shoreline, Ayoke was pitch dark and it was only then that I remembered that the island had no electricity and relied on solar power and vehicle batteries for power.
Home to around 100 households and almost 600 people, Ayoke Island heavily relies on coconut farming and of course, fishing, in its 2,022 hectares of the almost 42,000 hectares of municipal waters.
Because of
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Most investors will look back fondly at 2014 thanks to the stock market's 12% riseon the year. Energy investors,
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on the other hand, will remember 2014 as the year the price of oil plunged by nearly 50%, taking most oil stocks down with it. That rapid, unexpected fall ruined what had looked to bean exceptional year for oil-field services companyHalliburton, as this chart shows.
Halliburton's stock handily outperformed the S&P 500 through midsummer. At one point it was up nearly 50% on the year. However, as oil prices began to roll over, so did Halliburton's stock price. While the announcement of a merger agreement with Baker Hugheshalted the stock's slide for a little while, the enthusiasm quickly evaporated as oil prices continued an unrelenting sell-off.
Why oil prices squeezed Halliburton's stockHalliburton makes its money by helping oil and gas companies drill new oil wells. With the price of oil now in the $50 per barrel range
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In the daily outpourings of radio and TV, we all have our own pet annoyances - the faces, voices, mannerisms or ad
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verts that make us lunge for the 'off' button or shout back in fury.
1 Fiona Bruce. For reading BBC main news bulletins in the patronising tones of an ‘auntie’ on old-fashioned Children’s Hour. And persistently wearing those naff blazers with piped lapels.
2 The British Gas TV commercial this past winter that said: ‘We understand how having your gas cut off can turn your world upside-down.’ How wonderful that what we thought of as a faceless, avaracious utility can be so understanding. Such a pity they don’t understand that constantly raising their prices also might turn people’s worlds upside-down.
4 Jeremy Clarkson and his fellow Top Gear presenters, for plumbing ever-lower depths of crude blokeishness. No one exemplifies better than Clarkson our modern mania for celebrating ignorance and prejudice. Recently, huge advertising hoardings quoted a pearl
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During Xi Jinping's three-day visit to Hong Kong he has taken over two entire luxury hotels Grand Hyatt and Renaissance with more than 1,
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300 rooms.
More than 1300 rooms have been bocked between Grand Hyatt and Renaissance for Xi Jinping's visit.
Hong Kong, China: China's President Xi Jinping will want for nothing during his three-day visit to Hong Kong after taking over two entire luxury hotels with more than 1,300 rooms between them.The glitzy harbourfront Grand Hyatt and Renaissance, in the business and commercial district of Wan Chai, are usually bustling with guests as well as visitors to their popular bars and restaurants.
But now all entrances are blocked by metal barricades or guarded by security as the politically turbulent city remains in lockdown for Xi's landmark trip to mark 20 years since it was handed back to China by Britain.
Xi checked in on Thursday and will leave on Saturday, with it unclear who is footing the extensive room bill.
Local media said he would stay in the lower-profile four-star Renaissance for security reasons, with the five-star Hyatt for his entourage
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Business News›Opinion›ET View›ET View: Rate hike deferred, aiming for compression of the Current Account Deficit
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via a weaker rupee?
ET View: Rate hike deferred, aiming for compression of the Current Account Deficit via a weaker rupee?
The MPC’s mandate is to target inflation, all other macroeconomic variables being taken into account only through their impact on inflation.
By deciding to hold its policy rates for the time being, even while changing the stance of monetary policy from neutral to hawkish, the Monetary Policy Committee has signalled that it is okay with the rupee declining further. The forex market has fulfilled its wishes immediately, the rupee sliding past the Rs 74 to the dollar mark soon after the MPC decision to hold the repo rate unchanged at 6.5% was announced.
The MPC’s mandate is to target inflation, all other macroeconomic variables being taken into account only through their impact on inflation. The MPC expects inflation to be more moderate than its estimate the last time it met in August. The cut in excise duty on
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Multiple world kayaking champion Aimee Fisher was inspirational as Hawke's Bay's Manuz & Jeminaz produced the upset of the national
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waka ama championships at Lake Karapiro on Saturday.
The Haeata Ocean Sports club crew of Roni Nuku, Te Waia Nuku, Fisher, Geni Walters, Annie Cairns and Kaye Ross won the premier women's W6 1500m turning race. Among the teams they beat in the final was Horouta's Kaiarahi Toa from Gisborne, the 2018 world champions who were aiming for a 10th consecutive title in this event.
"Aimee brings more than her muscle. She is a powerhouse who was doing a turning race for the first time after paddling for us in the straight races last year and she loved the turning race. She was great when we had our fine tune talks after each race and focused on the fixables," the oldest of the MJ'z, Ross, explained yesterday.
"Aimee loves the waka scene... it's her happy place. She loves the Maori environment as
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Saskia Lewis made history for Wakefield Trinity Ladies on Sunday. PIC: Mike Robey Photography.
Saskia Lewis made history
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on Sunday as she became the first player to score for Wakefield Trinity Ladies in Women's Super League.
Wakefield were beaten 58-4 by last year's league leaders Leeds Rhinos in their first-ever top-flight game on Sunday afternoon.
Lewis crossed for Trinity's only try of the game in the first half as Leeds led 34-4 at the break.
The Challenge Cup holders built on their lead in the second half but head coach Wayne Hirst felt there were plenty of positives for his side.
"It was a frustrating game but one we needed to get out of the way," said Hirst.
"Leeds are a good side and a lot of the stuff we did today was really good. But there are just little things we need to learn.
Wakefield Trinity Ladies' Lisa Taylor. PIC: Mike Robey Photography.
"It was always going to be tough. We have a lot to learn.
"First 20 to
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If a lawsuit aimed at preventing Aurora from using the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project to move water out of the Arkansas River basin prevails,
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Aurora plans to build more storage to physically move its water from the basin.
The Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Denver federal court, claiming the Bureau of Reclamation violated federal environmental law and ignored its own policies in issuing a 40-year contract for Aurora to store water at Lake Pueblo and exchange water to Twin Lakes in a paper trade.
The complaint raises 106 legal citations and primarily asks the court to declare the contract null and void. It also seeks injunctions on the contract and a finding of no significant impact, asks the court to require a full environmental impact statement and asks that the bureau comply with Department of Interior standards for environmental justice.
The bureau had no comment because its policy is not to talk about active lawsuits, said spokeswoman Kara Lamb.
Aurora's alternative is spelled out in the environmental assessment, and plans have not changed, said Jerry Knapp, Aurora's Arkansas Valley operations manager.
"It gets pretty hypothetical, because I
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Weary, jet-lagged and without a single note of music prepared, the musicians soon to be dubbed the World Peace Trio stepped
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off three planes from three places, meeting for the first time, and headed into the studio a few hours later. They emerged that evening with the bulk of a self-titled debut album: a stunning set of improvised, intuitive and instrumental landscapes. Ironically, by the time this music would be heard by the public, two years later, the viability of the group’s peace-seeking message would already be in jeopardy.
That trio comprised British political activist and woodwind firebrand Gilad Atzmon, Indonesian piano maestro and composer Dwiki Dharmawan, and UAE-based Jordanian oud and guitar fusionist Kamal Musallam. Individually renowned for channelling their distinct musical heritage through the prism of jazz, each soloist is a celebrated bandleader with an extensive back catalogue.
While offstage drama means there is a distinct possibility this all-star trio might never play again, for fleeting moments their disparate voices, visions and egos were balanced in this
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FERGUSON, Mo. (CNN) -- Police named the officer involved in the shooting of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown on Friday, then released
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documents containing a bombshell: The 18-year-old was the "primary suspect" in the robbery of a convenience store moments before he was killed.
The release of Darren Wilson's name satisfied a key demand of protesters and critics of the handling of the case by the Ferguson Police Department.
However, the claim that Brown was involved in a strong arm robbery immediately met with skepticism among some in the community, who have accused Ferguson police of attempting a cover-up to protect the officer.
One resident interviewed by CNN said police are "tarnishing this young man's name."
"Anyone could walk in the store and they could get surveillance and take a picture," the woman said. "I don't see that he's robbing the store. I just see a picture of a young man."
On Twitter, community members and activists expressed disappointment and outrage.
"How can they not release info on the shooting but link #MikeBrown to robbery. Shame on them," @Naf
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Restaurant Report: Xiao Bao Biscuit in Charleston, S.C.
Ross Douthat: For Obamacare, What Count
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s As Success?
Ross Douthat: More Catholic Than the Pope?
Schimmel Brings Flair and Pride in Heritage to W.N.B.A.
Scots Ponder: Should They Stay or Should They Go?
Senator Chuck Schumer leaped to the defense of Niagara Falls on Monday.
Should Doctors Care About Cost?
Should I Add Lighting to Closets?
Should I Fix Those Little Hairline Cracks in My Walls?
Should I Swap My Rent-Stabilized Apartment?
Should Parents Be Less Involved?
Should We Remove Wall-to-Wall Carpeting?
Should a Chimp Be Able to Sue Its Owner?
Sinosphere: Can China Cast Off Despotism?
Slopestyle Asks, When Is a Risky Sport Too Dangerous?
So Far Away. No, She’s in Row K.
Southerners Don’t Like Obamacare. They Also Don
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Vito A. Cannavo brings his corporate and municipal litigation experience to perfectly complement the trial skills he has developed in all areas of the Firm
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’s practice. A seasoned trial attorney, he has earned his outstanding reputation through hard work and dedication. Vito’s work ethic is confirmed by his numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in medical malpractice, premises liability, motor vehicle and firefighter- related litigation.
Vito recovered $5.6 million for a client who sustained brain damage as a result of improper medical monitoring and he obtained a $5.5 million verdict in a case where the radiologist failed to diagnose breast cancer. His versatility and value to the Firm was evidenced in a $6 million recovery for a firefighter injured by falling debris during a firefighting operation.
Vito is a regular speaker on trial issues and is considered a leading authority in the state on municipal and premises liability. He has been listed in New York magazine and Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top lawyers in New York, and he has received the highest rating (AV®) from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings
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“The Look of Silence,” a documentary directed by the American filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer and an anonymous Indonesian collaborator, is a painful
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, profoundly empathetic work of moral reckoning. Like its companion film, “The Act of Killing,” released in 2013, it examines the mass killings that began in Indonesia in 1965, when at least a million people were slaughtered in the aftermath of a military coup.
Mr. Oppenheimer, filming in Indonesia over more than a decade, found that this ideology was still very much in place. “The Look of Silence” visits a classroom where young children are taught that the killings were justified. Elsewhere, they are celebrated. Early in the film, two elderly men stroll down an overgrown path to the banks of the Snake River, gleefully demonstrating how they beat their captives, dragged them by the feet and then hacked them to death with knives and machetes. Their laughter is all the more horrifying for seeming free and un-self-conscious, as if they were recalling incidents of youthful mischief.
We watch video of the two men, around 10 years
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UberBADD, or Bars Against Drink Driving, seeks to raise awareness about responsible drinking and the need for easy access to transport late at night.
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Uber says the anti-drink driving initiative is being encouraged by the Kolkata police.
Ride-hailing service provider Uber launched a programme in Kolkata in partnership with bars, restaurants and nightclubs to discourage drink driving.
UberBADD, or Bars Against Drink Driving, seeks to raise awareness about responsible drinking and the need for easy access to "reliable and affordable" transport late at night, Uber India Head (Central Operations) Pradeep Parameswaran said in a statement.
Uber says the initiative is being encouraged by the Kolkata police. Under the partnership, Uber will set up cab kiosks at bars, nightclubs and restaurants to discourage driving after drinking beyond the permissible limit, Mr Parameswaran said.
"We are happy to receive the encouragement and support from Kolkata Police and look forward to provide solutions to help reduce drink driving incidents in the city. There is a growing need to raise awareness against drink driving and we
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The terms "emerging markets," "developing nations" and the antiquated "Third World" have always rubbed me the wrong way and not
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just because I grew up in Mumbai, live in Singapore and do business across Southeast Asia. These terms bother me because they prevent people from seeing how dramatically the world has changed, especially over the last decade. For investors, this means not just missing the train but not even realizing that there is one.
The traditional view of Southeast Asia, for example, is that it's a fragmented region of countries with more differences than similarities. The practice of labeling some countries as emerging and others as developed prevents investors and policymakers from seeing the opportunities. If investors look at what these countries have in common, rather than what they don't, the opportunities become obvious.
Consider the skyrocketing use of the internet and social media in the region thanks to the increasing ubiquity of smartphone and mobile technologies. Now the region has the third-largest number of internet users in the world with 350 million, more than the population of the U.S., according to a study published Nov. 18 by Google and Singapore's
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A 12-year-old girl joined what she thought was a 5K, but instead ran a half marathon.
More than 3,500
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runners took part in the annual Rochester Regional Health Flower City Half Marathon and Wegmans Family 5k through Rochester on Sunday. (April 24, 2016) Video by Victoria Freile.
When LeeAdianez Rodríguez hit the pavement Sunday, she planned to run 3.1 miles.
Instead, the 12-year-old Irondequoit girl accidentally ran her first-ever half-marathon, giving her mother a major fright for more than an hour.
LeeAdianez, also known by friends and family as Lee or Adi, was running late when she rushed to the start line of the Rochester Regional Health Flower City Challenge Sunday morning. Mom Brendalee Espada had dropped her off around the corner and went to park her car.
Lee joined thousands of runners at the starting line on the Broad Street Bridge, not realizing she'd started running the half-marathon route through Rochester. She was registered to run the Wegmans Family 5
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SpotMini hopes to be your robotic-canine pal for all those menial house duties.
Google’s holding company, Alphabet,
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has a new robotic dog from its Atlas-making Boston Dynamics subsidiary capable of clearing up after its human masters.
SpotMini is the quietest and smallest Boston Dynamics robot yet, designed to navigate within the tight confines of a home and able to shimmy under tables and pick up objects with its articulated arm.
Most of Boston Dynamics’ other robots, including the humanoid Atlas and large L3 packhorse have been bulky, dirty and noisy, designed to operate outdoors and on variable terrain.
The new small robotic dog takes the design of Spot and shrinks it, adding a new articulating arm to its back, which is capable of lifting and holding objects as fragile as a glass. It weighs 29.5kg (65lbs) with its arm attached and will run for about 90 minutes between charges.
SpotMini can also climb stairs and navigate around the various obstacles such as chairs, pick itself up when it slips on a banana skin and pass you a can of drink, even
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