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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation backed by two Texas Republicans that will allow states to expand the pool of applicants for unemployment benefits who can | be drug tested.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rep. Kevin Brady of The Woodlands, nullifies a Labor Department rule that went into effect in September limiting drug tests to applicants who had a job that does regular drug screenings.
The measure traveled down a partisan path in Congress, passing through the Senate earlier this month with a party-line vote. Four Democrats in the House voted in favor of the bill in February, but no Texans.
“They said it’s about helping states save money, but this would actually set up states to waste tremendous amounts of money,” the group wrote in a letter to lawmakers signed by nearly 50 groups.
The American Civil Liberties Union has also argued that the measure may be unconstitutional, setting up a potential court battle.
Suspicionless drug testing of government benefit recipients likely violates the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.
Despite the uproar, Cruz argued in a Senate floor speech before the bill passed |
It seems like fiction story that we were discussing yesterday now becomes reality. Wireless power transfer was just like an imagination, but in today’s | world, we can see numerous devices using the wireless charging technology.
Smartphone manufacturers have adopted the wireless charging technology making our life easier and clutter-free.
What is Wireless charging or wireless power transfer?
This wireless power transfer technology works on electromagnetic power transfer. One device works as a sender another one works as a receiver. The sender device drive by electric power from a power source generates an electromagnetic field that transmits the power across the surface area. The receiver device extracts the power from the field and supplies to the electrical load.
These two devices are actually two conductors inductively coupled or magnetically coupled. The current through the first wire creates a changing magnetic field. The changing magnetic field induces an electromotive force (EMF or voltage) in the second wire.
Qi, pronounced like the “chee“, is the universal standard for wireless charging of battery operated devices like mobiles, tablets, MP3 players and cameras. The Qi principal uses the induct |
The campaign to legalize marijuana in Ohio is under investigation for possible voter fraud because the names on petitions and registration forms included dead people, prisoners and voters | who say they never filled out the form.
The Hamilton County Board of Elections decided Tuesday to begin issuing subpoenas to find out why about two dozen names appear to be phony or improper. All of the questionable names are connected to the successful campaign to get Issue 3 on the ballot in Ohio.
Fellow board member Alex Triantafilou said he’ll push for criminal prosecution of anyone who committed fraud while gathering petitions or registering people to vote.
“It tears at the integrity of the system,” he said.
The leader of the Issue 3 campaign said his lawyers have been contacted by Hamilton County officials and will cooperate with the investigation. The Strategy Network led the petition drive to get Issue 3 on the ballot and has registered more than 150,000 new voters as part of the campaign.
Issue 3 is the largest, most organized and best-funded effort yet to legalize marijuana in Ohio. If voters approve it, the measure would amend Ohio’s constitution |
DENVER — If you're looking to buy a home in metro Denver, now might be the time to strike.
Inventory was up 20 | percent in September over the same time last year, according to a new report from RE/MAX.
But, there's also good news for sellers in Our Colorado.
Home prices were up for the 30th consecutive month in the data analyzed from not just metro Denver, but 54 metros in the U.S.
And – the fall and winter aren't the same dreary months for home sales seasons they used to be in Denver.
“In September, we had a 20 percent uptick in inventory which is crazy for September,” said Jennifer Oldham, a realtor with Coldwell Banker. “Normally in September, we're seeing inventory come down."
Oldham said winter is now bucking trends that have been the norm for years.
"Every single day I'm seeing houses coming on the market," Oldham said.
Oldham’s recent listing in Aurora was priced at $485,000.
"I thought it would |
AT&T is doubling its portfolio of Android smartphones with the addition of the HTC Aria. The Aria is a much more impressive device than | the Motorola Backflip, but still falls short of what Android is capable of and seems to show that AT&T is dipping its toe in the water rather than diving into the deep end of the Android pool.
The Motorola Backflip, the Android smartphone with the unique screen-flipping form factor, was AT&T's initial foray into Android. However, even in March the Backflip was not in the same league as the Android smartphones available from Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile. The Backflip seemed more suitable for teen consumers than anything, and with a price and contract equivalent to the low-end iPhones it was a hard sell that essentially flopped.
With the Aria, AT&T is at least heading in the right direction. The Aria is an Android 2.1 device customized with HTC's Sense interface. Business professionals locked into AT&T and looking for alternatives to the iPhone, or anxious to join the Android invasion will appreciate having a |
And now, our weekly garden guidance from the gurus at the Oregon State University Extension Service.
During the summer, as gardens overflow with abundance | , it's a good time to remember that they need organic matter replenished every year. Growing winter cover crops is an inexpensive way to let nature do the work.
Often called green manure, cover crops are an effective way to build garden soil during the fall and winter. Certain grains, grasses and legumes grow during the colder months and provide nutrients when spaded or tilled under in the spring.
While they grow, cover crops also help reduce soil compaction and prevent erosion. Their roots penetrate and loosen heavy-textured soils, allowing air and water to penetrate.
"Cover crops also are called catch crops," according to Amy Dreves, research associate in the Oregon State University crop and soil science department. "In the rainy parts of Oregon, this is one of the more cost-effective reasons to plant a cover crop. A grass or legume crop catches and uses the nitrogen and other mineral nutrients that winter rains normally leach away."
Nearly all garden soils need organic |
But with her eight-year tenure as New Mexico governor coming to an end, Martinez faces a complex political legacy defined by court battles, far- | reaching vetoes, expanded webcasting of state board meetings, multiple attempts at education reform, hard-hitting campaign tactics – and little luck, until recently, when it comes to the state’s economy.
Martinez, a Republican, will hand over the reins of state government to Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, at a time of unprecedented incoming revenue – driven primarily by an oil boom in southeastern New Mexico – but her time presiding over the state was dominated by years of modest growth and two significant revenue downturns.
In a Journal interview, Martinez said her economic record is strong and includes the recruitment of major new employers, including Facebook and Netflix. But factors outside her control – automatic federal budget cuts, the Great Recession and a crash in oil and gas prices – have squeezed state finances at times, she said.
“No other state has had those three headwinds,” Martinez said.
The former prosecutor’s time in office |
WASHINGTON – The Coalition on Human Needs and other defenders of the poor wrote to President Obama and the Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress June 27 urging them | to reject any cutbacks in low-income benefit programs that would increase poverty and hunger in their current negotiations on deficit reductions.
The message comes as Obama exerts pressure on Republicans to drop their efforts to extort sweeping cuts in Social Security, Medicare and other federal programs as the price for their agreement to an increase in the debt ceiling. Obama is demanding an agreement by July 1, before Congress recesses for the Fourth of July.
It reduces the top corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, she noted, “and that will cost the Treasury $2 trillion over ten years,” a huge addition to the Federal deficit. “That’s from Chairman (Paul) Ryan who touts himself as someone concerned about deficits,” she said.
Federal nutrition programs “are the difference between enough to eat and not for one in four Americans,” she concluded.
Other organizations signing the letter include the Children’s Defense Fund, United Way |
533 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 (+1212-727 2070; davidzwirner.com); June | 27-July 21 2017.
Josef and Anni Albers are best known for their bold use of colour, he most famously in his Homage to the Square series, she in her works that redefined textiles as art. They are perhaps less well known for The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, established in 1971 to further “the revelation and evocation of vision through art”, and which has continued to operate following its founders’ passing.
In 2015 the foundation set up Senegal-based nonprofit Thread, an artists’ residency and community centre in the village of Sinthian, and an upcoming exhibition (June 27-July 21) at David Zwirner Gallery in New York will raise funds for the project by selling off works (priced from $10,000 to $100,000) by an all-star line-up, including both of the Albers.
Others names among the 26 in the sale include Luc Tuymans |
Received MO from Walmart in the amount of $2500.
MO number: 54211944286, this was posted from Republic of Ben | in in Africa. This was a forgery but the actual MO is real, seems walmart employees may be involved.
i recieved a mo from a gril from roomates.com wanting to move into my vavcant room. she keept saying the mo was on the way. i did recieve them from walmart financial services. there was much more money then i was asking for. so i looked up wf national bank and found this site and called the 800 number. she stated that money orders do not come from walmart in this amount. be careful they looked real.
I recieved several MO from a guy who got my contact information from Monter.com (very scarey). Saying that he needed accountants to handle payments for a company called M & J Textiles in the UK. He claimed that he needed me to recieve payments from clients that were paying for textiles recieved and was not able to recieve payments in the UK. |
A mental health support worker downed beer, sambuca and whiskey before she crashed a borrowed car in Sutton and tried to flee, a court has | heard.
Shannon Bourne, 21, of Field Drive, Shirebrook, admitted driving with excess alcohol, without insurance and failing to stop after an accident, when she appeared before magistrates in Mansfield on Wednesday.
The court heard Bourne was driving her friend’s partner’s Vauxhall Corsa along Spring Road, in Sutton, at around 11pm on October 14, when a police officer spotted she had no lights on.
“He flashed a torch to warn her, but it continued straight down the road without changing,” said Neil Hollett, prosecuting.
The officer watched as the Corsa hit another car and then ran to the scene, where he overheard Bourne’s friend advising her not to leave.
She began running away, said Mr Hollett, but the officer gave chase and detained her.
A breath test revealed she had 83 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, when the |
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral institution with the mandate to foster sustainable economic growth in Asia by investing in infrastructure | and other productive areas and promoting regional cooperation and partnerships.
The HR Analyst will report to the Senior HR Officer, Employee Relations within the Human Resources (HR) Department and assist to contribute to the development and implementation of a broad range of HR functions in the evolving Employee Relations Unit. Under the supervision of the Senior HR Officer, the analyst will work on the development of AIIB’s corporate culture, work on administering the Bank’s Administrative Review Procedure and Informal Dispute Prevention and Resolution Processes and work on activities related to on- and off-boarding and other related areas.
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Linda: In the field of couples counseling, a great deal is explored about the together aspect of relationships with attention placed on the critical importance of | commitment, open communication, caring, and emotional and sexual intimacy. There is also a strong emphasis placed on learning to handle against well, with guidelines designed to enhance managing conflict. All the books, blogs, and workshops surrounding these two essential ingredients of successful partnership are a great contribution to couples’ well-being.
The area that is not sufficiently thoroughly addressed is apart. To individuate is “to form into a separate and distinct entity, the process by which social individuals become differentiated from the other.” In our culture this critical individuation stage is often neglected. Obtaining a sense of identity does not happen just once in adolescence. It is a process that we go through time and time again, if we heed the call of the wanderer. Individuation is an essential stage for each individual to achieve mastery if the partnership is to reach the highest levels of well-being. For it is the process of individuation where self-discovery takes place.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) A man who authorities say was angry about a Facebook post pleaded not guilty Thursday to stabbing | three people to death and knifing three others in New Jersey’s largest city.
Jeremy Arrington, 26, appeared in court in Newark, where he faced three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, among other charges, stemming from an attack Saturday.
Arrington might have been angry that one of the victims had reposted a Facebook alert from police naming him as a suspect in a shooting and sexual assault last month, authorities said.
Killed in the attacks Saturday were 8-year-old Aerial Little Whitehurst and 11-year-old Al-Jahon Whitehurst, both of Newark, and 23-year-old college student Syasia McBurroughs, of Hanover Township. The children were sister and brother; McBurroughs was not related to them and was visiting the family, authorities said.
Arrington went to the home, which is owned by the grandmother of the children, and apparently encountered nine people, authorities said. |
A new algorithm is being rolled out by Facebook to help tackle a sensitive concern for users: receiving notifications from the profiles of dead friends and relatives. | A report from The Guardian says that the social media giant is altering its AI system and will be treating such accounts differently by preventing the site from automatically suggesting people invite people to events who have already passed away.
Currently, accounts are kept on Facebook in memory of those who have died. These “memorialized” accounts display such things as photos, posts and other treasured memories for other users to see. However, as the site’s algorithm treats these the same way as any other profile, the site can suggest they be invited to parties or it can recommend users wish them a happy birthday, which can be upsetting to others.
Facebook has said that such notifications should be a thing of the past.
According to Wired, users who have been assigned as a “legacy contact” – an option which gives people permission to be in control of a user’s profile if they pass away – will have even more control than before. One such feature is the |
Convicted drug users in California are more likely to be arrested on new drug charges since Proposition 36 took effect than before voters approved the landmark law | mandating drug treatment rather than incarceration, according a long-awaited study released Friday.
The state-funded study, conducted by UCLA researchers who have pored over four years of drug-related court cases, raises new questions about the effectiveness of Proposition 36 at a time when lawmakers and courts are discussing stricter requirements for defendants.
UCLA researchers tracking drug offenders found high levels of new drug arrests among those eligible in the first year of Proposition 36, which took effect in 2001. About 50% of those offenders were picked up by police within 30 months, compared with 38% of similar offenders convicted before Proposition 36.
The report notes that some increases in arrests were expected because Proposition 36 left offenders on the street who would have previously served time.
But the research also underscores the difficulty the state has experienced in getting drug offenders into treatment and out of trouble.
Only about 25% of the defendants who are sentenced to drug treatment complete the programs. And data released Friday show that even among those who |
There is no finality in Clayton Kershaw’s future. There is uncertainty, which is why he took the mound at Dodger Stadium | last Tuesday with thoughts beyond that night’s game.
Not too many thoughts, for Kershaw is an extraordinarily focused performer. The Colorado Rockies were in town, and the winner of that night’s game would leave the ballpark atop the National League West.
But there was that extra glance, that extra breath, that extra thought. Kershaw pitched his first home game for the Dodgers 10 years ago. He might have pitched his 164th and last regular-season home game for the Dodgers last Tuesday.
“I would be lying if I said it didn’t cross my mind,” Kershaw said.
David Price, like Kershaw, can opt out of his contract at the end of the season. Price said this month he would not opt out. Kershaw hasn’t said.
“No one’s ever asked me,” Kershaw said Friday.
We’ll ask. Have you decided whether to opt |
Teaching assistants have voted by 93 percent to strike against huge pay cuts being pushed by County Durham Labour councillors.
The already low paid, largely | female workforce could see pay slashed by up to 23 percent in a move that Labour councillors have absurdly claimed is all about “equality”.
Unison union rep and rank and file teaching assistants’ (TAs) committee member Megan spoke to Socialist Worker.
Unison represents the overwhelming majority of the 2,700 TAs in Durham. ATL union members also voted by 84 percent to strike.
The council claims its attack amounts to a 10 percent pay cut but this is only if TAs work an extra 4.5 hours a week. Those who cannot do that will lose thousands of pounds a year.
Many will be forced out of the job they love because they cannot afford to accept such drastic cuts to pay and Durham schools will lose very experienced staff.
Labour thought its cuts plan would pass without opposition. Rank and file resistance has scuppered this. It has also forced union officials to act after they initially looked to only be offering surrender.
A series of |
Any terrorist entity trying to exploit the power vacuum in Syria would be considered a common threat, Turkey's foreign minister and Kurdistan Regional Government's (KR | G) leader have said in a press statement yesterday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was in Arbil to discuss the recent developments in Syria with KRG President Massoud Barzani.
A press statement was released following the meeting between Davutoğlu and Barzani, saying any attempt to exploit the power vacuum in Syria by a terrorist organization would be considered a common threat for both Turkey and the KRG that would be "jointly addressed."
"The new Syria should be free of any terrorist and extremist groups or organization," the statement said.
Turkey has expressed concern over possible cooperation between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Kurdish leadership in Syria's north, in which the latter has managed to take over the control of numerous Syrian cities without violence.
Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, and Mr. Masoud Barzani, the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan |
This white paper examines the looming threat horizon that is forcing companies to reexamine their endpoint security functions and discusses ESET's solution for integrated security | management that is built around its advanced heuristic technology. The threat landscape facing businesses has evolved significantly, and corporations are looking for security products that can protect against known threats and prepare for future attackers in a simple-to-use architecture.
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This whitepaper explains that USB drives have been used to transport viruses and malware, both on purpose and accidentally. The paper explains that no manually handling of files, such as with USB drives, is unnecessary when you set up a secure network architecture using five zones of protection. You can transfer files to and from your network |
What do Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen and Bella Swan all have in common?
They owe at least a large chunk of their fame | and profits to tweens. A recent article from Investopedia said that all three of those franchises were initially successful in large due to tweens, but more specifically, tweens AND their parents.
Tweens get their spending money from their parents, and presumably, their parents wield some amount of control or at least influence over what the tweens use that money to buy. J.K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins and Stephenie Meyer all spun tales that mesmerized readers, regardless of age group. In doing so, they harnessed the economic power of multiple demographics. Their books and movies generated the profits to prove it.
While not all parents agree that all are tween appropriate, a decent number of parents were in line with their tweens for the first midnight showing of a movie in one of those series. (Lame one that I am, I'm still trying to figure out how they stay up so late.) The sales figures for all three series for the books and the movies |
Beginning Jan. 1, the Paid Family Leave Act (PFL) goes into effect for most employers in New York State, including the University of | Rochester. PFL offers job-protected, paid leave to eligible employees for the purpose of caring for a close relative with a serious health condition; assisting a family member, due to another family member’s active military duty or impending active duty abroad; or bonding with a newborn or newly placed child.
Many University employees—about two-thirds of the employee base—will automatically receive PFL as a benefit starting in the new year. However, there is a group of University employees who, according to New York State’s Workers Compensation Board, will need to vote in order for this group to be PFL-eligible. Faculty and staff in this group, which is largely made up of employees with specific advanced academic degrees and/or licenses, will receive a direct email from the Office of Human Resources requesting their participation in the important online vote.
Human Resources has developed a full FAQ.
New York State has outlined a phased-in approach for employees taking advantage of this new benefit |
The centre of the picturesque lakeside town was heavily damaged in a campaign of shelling and aerial bombing.
The Philippines has declared victory over supporters | of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in the southern city of Marawi.
Five months of urban combat left 920 fighters dead and cost the lives of 165 government soldiers and at least 45 civilians.
The government had teamed up with its former enemies from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in its attempts to snuff out the fighters.
Fighting ended when troops finally overcame pro-ISIL fighters, including foreigners, who were holed up in several buildings in the heart of the city.
Officials say martial law will continue to be implemented in the wider Mindanao area.
The end of the clashes gave way to scenes of a historic city in ruins with soldiers patrolling the gutted out and pockmarked remains of apartment blocks and houses.
Pictures taken after the battle reveal it devastating impact; buildings turned to rubble, cars dotted with bullet holes, and personal belongings and furniture heaped beside the shell of a row of houses.
More than 600, |
It is that time of year again: leggy models are running around New York City for casting calls and members of the fashion flock are hurrying | to the Bryant Park Tents with show tickets in hand. While some attend Fashion Week shows purely for the clothes, bags, and baubles, others have another motive in mind—and no, we don't mean celebrity-spotting. Fashion Week is a great time to catch up on the music that you'll likely be hearing on heavy rotation in the near future. So, as VF Daily does every New York Fashion Week, we're compiling a running list of the shows with the best music. Check back often for updates.
Plastiscines, "From Friends to Lovers"
Jack Peñate, "Be The One"
Florence + The Machine, "Drumming Song"
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, "Home"
Bob Dylan, "Fourth Time Around"
Ennio Morricone, "Fuga a Cavallo"
Devendra Banhart |
Xander Schauffele finished Round 1 of the U.S. Open tied for second.
Erin Hills made sure to give players | a warm Wisconsin welcome.
It did so with an abundance of low scores.
"I never really tried to make a birdie."
Says Tommy Fleetwood who made five birdies in Round 1 of the U.S. Open.
Welcome to day two at the #USOpen.
The par-72 Erin Hills measured 7,845 yards during the opening round, the longest course in tournament history.
44 players broke par in the first round, the most ever in any opening round of the U.S. Open.
Bogey-free rounds: Round 1 – Rickie Fowler (65), Xander Schauffele (66), Brian Harman (67), Tommy Fleetwood (67).
Thursday was an "we are sorry for all the screw ups" from the USGA, giving us low scores. Next 54 holes....watch out!!! No more nice USGA!
Round 2 of the U.S. Open is just 15 minutes away. |
Security at the Mumbai police commissionerate at Crawford Market has been beefed up following information that it could be a possible terror target.
A circular | issued by the office of joint commissioner of police, law and order, on March 4, talks of a threat faced by the commissionerate from terrorists in the backdrop of the recent Hyderabad blasts. It says the compound of the office, being a vital installation in the city, could be a terror target. The circular has also been published prominently in the Police Pathak (police notice book).
Security measures suggested include all private and government vehicles entering the commissionerate compound be thoroughly scanned and checked by the staff present at the main gate. The officers and constables deployed at the gate have been asked to remain extra vigilant. Senior officials in the department have been urged to assist and cooperate in the security measures. They have been told to approach the gate slowly (in their vehicles) and stop as and when asked by the security personnel deployed there. They (including the wireless operators and other staff members) have been urged to lower the window glasses and flash their identity cards before seeking entry into the premises.
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Two bills that would have let local communities ban genetically modified crops are dead.
Two bills that would have let Oregon communities ban genetically modified or engineered | crops have died in committee.
It’s the third time environmental and farm groups have tried and failed to pass the legislation, which they say is needed to prevent GE crops from contaminating organic and conventional crops.
The fight began in 2013, when the Legislature passed a bill banning local governments from regulating crops or seeds. It exempted Jackson County, which already had a bill to ban GE crops on the ballot.
At the time, then-Gov. John Kitzhaber promised a state-level solution to the problem of GE crops contaminating conventional and organic crops. And, he said the Oregon Department of Agriculture already had authority to take action on the issue.
But neither of those things has happened, said Ivan Maluski, policy director at Friends of Family Farmers.
Opponents say farmers should be able to voluntarily work together to time plantings and avoid conflicts. And they object to a patchwork of regulations that could affect one farmer growing in several counties.
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SAO PAULO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian caterer Sapore SA is discussing financing for a new takeover bid for Brazilian | restaurant operator International Meal Company Alimentacao SA, known as IMC, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
Unlisted Sapore could raise up to 550 million reais ($146 million) to finance the bid for IMC, which owns fast-food brand Frango Assado and fast-casual restaurant chain Viena, the source added, asking for anonymity as the talks are private.
Sapore and IMC did not immediately comment.
A previous offer by Sapore was rejected by IMC’s board in September after disagreements in the auditing phase of the deal. At the time, Sapore proposed to buy 25 percent of IMC’s outstanding shares at 9.30 reais apiece.
The new offer would see Sapore buying up to 42 percent of IMC’s capital at a price of up to 8.50 reais per share, according to newspaper Valor Economico, who reported the talks earlier |
At first, technologists issued dystopian alarms about the power of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to destroy jobs. Then came a correction, with | a wave of reassurances. Now, the discourse appears to be arriving at a more complicated understanding, suggesting that automation will bring neither apocalypse nor utopia, but instead both benefits and stress alike. Such is the ambiguous and sometimes disembodied nature of the “future of work” discussion.
Hence the analysis presented here. Intended to bring often-inscrutable trends down to earth, the following report develops both backward and forward-looking analyses of the impacts of automation over the years 1980 to 2016 and 2016 to 2030 to assess past and upcoming trends as they affect both people and communities in the United States.
The report focuses on areas of potential occupational change rather than net employment losses or gains. Special attention is applied to digging beneath national top-line statistics to explore industry, geographical, and demographic variations. Finally, the report concludes by suggesting a comprehensive response framework for national and state-local policymakers.
Automation exists to substitute work undertaken by humans with work done by machines, |
Two failed cancer studies this week provided a fresh reminder how little researchers and clinicians understand about immunotherapy’s vagaries: why it works for | some people and not for others.
The results, in lung cancer and head-and neck cancer, add to recent failures in multiple myeloma and bladder cancer and splash cold water on a sector that, according to one measure, has been lukewarm for some time.
We’ve got the immunotherapy news, the latest on the GOP healthcare drama, and much more below. Let’s get right to it.
—The Senate reopened debate to replace Obamacare with…no one was quite sure at the beginning of the week, but by early Friday morning had rejected three different plans. After shooting down a straight repeal of Obamacare as well as a replacement plan called the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate voted against a so-called “skinny repeal,” that seemed to get rid of the individual mandate, abolish a requirement for employers with more than 50 workers to provide healthcare for five years, defund Planned Parenthood for one year, and more.
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The Border Guard's special Mista'arvim Unit will join IDF forces patrolling the Israel- Egypt border in the next few weeks, as mean | of addressing the border's "blind spots" problem, Ynet learned Wednesday.
Egyptian smugglers had recently managed to breach the new security fence for the first time. The border sees constant attempts by smugglers and terrorists alike to breach the fence.
Military sources told Ynet that 75% of the area's terror alerts emanate form the sector.
The Mista'arvim ("Arabized") is the nickname given to several counter-terrorism units across the Israel Defense Forces, whose members are specifically trained to assimilate among the Arab population.
The Border Guard's elite unit will deploy along the southern section of the border in an effort to thwart future infiltration attempts, in places where IDF surveillance is plagued by blind spots.
The IDF has also re-formed the Rimon Unit, which will patrol the northern part of the border.
Defense sources told Ynet that the IDF believes Gaza-based terror groups are constantly watching the IDF's operations in the area and have various "shel |
WASHINGTON--Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, will introduce this week the first part of a seven-bill tax reform plan meant to stimulate | small business expansion, bolster economic growth and reduce unemployment--even if it means increasing the budget deficit.
Williams said Tuesday afternoon that the plan, called Jumpstart America, is based on years of input from business owners and his own four decades of experience running his family car dealership. The primary goal is to get more cash flowing away from the government and into small businesses, which Williams said will increase employment.
"Right now it's not the American Dream, it's the American scheme that we're all fighting," he said. "You have to release the pressure off small business to allow investment, and this will do that."
Jumpstart America consists of seven bills that cut personal and corporate income tax, payroll tax and capital gains tax. Others create incentives for corporations to repatriate money held in foreign accounts, and allow businesses to write off all of the money they spend on certain equipment immediately.
If enacted, Williams said he believes the plan can bring unemployment down to 5 percent, drive growth |
Feb 22, 2019 (WiredRelease via COMTEX) -- Market.us Explore recently announces that research report on “Global Airlines Market | By Type (Domestic, and International), By Application (Passenger, and Freight), By Region and Key Companies – Industry Segment Outlook, Market Assessment, Competition Scenario, Trends and Forecast 2019-2028” analyses the essential factors of the airlines market based on present industry situations, market demands, business approach endorse by airlines market players and their growth scenario. This report isolates the airlines based on the key players, Type, Application and Regions.
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As it did in 2009, Princeton Public Affairs Group Inc. established itself as the top dog among state lobbyists this year, raking in more than | $7.77 million in fees.
That number represents an $875,000 increase over 2009 for the Trenton-based lobbyist firm run by Dale Florio.
Public Strategies Impact LLC, run by longtime lobbyists Harold Hodes and Roger Bodman, took the second spot, drawing $5.8 million in fees, roughly the same as 2009.
Other prominent firms in the top 10 this year include MBI–GluckShaw, Kaufman Zita Group, Gibbons PC, Riker Danzig, Capital Public Affairs, ImpactNJ, Capital Impact Group and Porzio Governmental Affairs.
Two firms that dropped out of the top 10 in 2010 were Issues Management Inc., which came in at number 11 and Fox and Shffler, which landed at number 13.
Also missing from the ranks of top lobbyists are a pair of so-called 527 groups that last year spent millions to hammer then-gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie during his campaign. NJ Progress, which |
UB researcher Paras Prasad, an internationally recognized expert in optics and photonics, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Invent | ors (NAI).
NAI fellow is the highest professional distinction accorded by the organization to academic researchers who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
Among other individuals, the list of NAI fellows includes presidents and senior leaders of research universities and nonprofit research institutes, Nobel laureates, and recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation, and U.S. National Medal of Science.
New fellows will be inducted at a ceremony on April 6 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
Prasad serves as the executive director of UB’s Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB). He is a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine and Electrical Engineering.
Prasad was an early pioneer in nanomedicine |
Justin Timberlake needs a new brand manager.
All semiotic signifiers associated with the "SexyBack" singer's fifth album suggest the | former N'Sync-er is eschewing slick R&B-infused pop and making a down-home family man record that embraces his Tennessee roots.
The album is called Man of the Woods (RCA ** 1/2). Its cover features the 37-year-old singer in a beard, jeans, and leather jacket, sitting on the bed of a pickup truck. The album features contributions from his burly country singing buddy Chris Stapleton. Song titles such as "Montana," "Breeze off the Pond" and "Livin' off the Land" sound like they're going to be the soundtrack to a Grizzly Adams adventure.
But never fear: The former Mouseketeer has not gone full-frontal Bon Iver. Timberlake — who will be the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl LII, as he was with Janet Jackson when the Panthers played the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVIII — is too cautious for that. And also too |
We seem to have a new, all-consuming hobby these days – attending medical appointments. If it’s not me with some ailment | then it’s She Who Knows. I won’t go into details, except to say we’ve had our share, thanks for nothing, of viruses plus unpleasant surprises.
For me the biggest shock was that, according to a nurse doing my annual check, I’d now lost two inches in height – or had I really been deluded for years before?
“Just part of ageing,” she counselled merrily.
There’s a gallows humour which triumphs, with occasional treats to keep up spirits – like bacon butties or oozing rounds of cheese on toast with creamy coffees in staff canteens – we know all the right places now.
The health service is our biggest employer and its diverse working staff deserve all our thanks and respect. They’re wonderful, despite unrelenting pressure, outrageously long hours and no staff parking. A book I read by a veteran NHS medic, while waiting |
On Sunday, a North Korean television broadcast revealed what could potentially be the first official portrait of Kim Jong-un, signifying a new phase in | the young leader’s cult of personality.
The painting, which was aired during Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s visit to the country, depicts a smiling Kim dressed in a Western-style suit and tie. It was exhibited next to a portrait of the new Cuban leader.
Unlike his father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-un is not known to have previously been the subject of any official portrait.
Pyongyang’s Mansudae Arts Studio traditionally creates these according to strict regulations. Official portraits of North Korea’s leaders are frequently seen in its public spaces and represent the country’s reigning family.
While Kim has more often been embodied as a successor rather than commanding figure since he came to power in 2011, this latest portrait is significant, as it emblematically makes him equal to his father and grandfather, rather than just a “loyal follower of what has gone before,” according |
AMD's Radeon RX 460 is the only video card a casual gamer needs.
At the PC Gaming Show in 2015, AMD rolled out the high | -end Fury cards. Meant to compete with Nvidia’s 980 Ti, the card came up short. This time around, AMD is refocusing the Radeon line on a market the red team has won over before – builders on a budget.
The top-end RX 480 starts at just $200, and is well equipped for VR and 1440p gaming. The RX 470 starts at $179 and more than holds its own at 1080p. The RX 460, meanwhile, is marketed for “eSports gaming.” That’s may seem vague, but it’s a clear reference to titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. These games prioritize high framerates over brilliant graphics.
In any case, the wallet-friendly RX 460 is pushing the bottom end for modern GPUs. At just $109, the RX 460 is about as inexpensive as video cards get before they lose any gaming credibility. Our Sapphire model, with an extremely modest |
ANNALS OF WAR about the Vietnam war since 1969, under the Nixon Admin. Since 1954, the U.S. has had only one concern | & that was the war to destroy the revolutionary movement. It has not won that war & it has not destroyed the revolution, but it has changed Vietnam to the point where it is unrecognizable to the Vietnamese. The American war has devasted the economy while at the same time it has broken down the political power that is necessary to restore it. Whatever strategy the U.S. uses to carry on the war, it will only be delaying the inevitable. It is not just that the N.V. & the N.L.F. will refuse to surrender; it is that after all these yearsof war the V. have an immense desire for peace. Peace implies the victory of a single political system & way of life; peace implies revolution a complete change in the order of society, the goal of the N.L.F. Tells about the unsuccessful (according to writer) invasions of Cambodia & Laos, in 1970 & 1971, respectively, & about Vietnamization, which |
It's not likely you'll cross paths with an ogre or elf anytime soon, or call upon a magical being to help make your dreams come true | .
But the motivations that so often drive citizens of the fairy-tale realm are not all that unrecognizable to their real-life counterparts.
There are metaphorical monsters to slay in the modern world, after all, in the form of bad luck, sickness and economic woes, to name just a few.
There are plenty of products produced to appease one's yearning to be healthier, happier, prettier, more handsome or wealthier. One learns every action has a consequence -- often one that is unintended (even with the best planning).
Ultimately, the adage "be careful what you wish for" has much relevance and resonance in an allegorical world as it does in reality.
"Life is an unpredictable thing to deal with," said Mark Lamos, artistic director of Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, as he discussed the theater company's first show of the 2012-13 season. "And, along the way, we experience a lot of unhappy surprises." |
Iconic and long-standing UK airline operator British Airways (BA) will soon begin testing in-flight WiFi and mobile use on its planes. | That’s right, soon, like our US and Canadian cousins Brits will be able to complain about the slow speeds and expensive prices of getting online while flying through the air at 30,000 feet.
Official word from a BA spokesman said that it’s “early days” and “we are just investigating the potential of a connectivity trial at the moment.” That sounds pretty non-committal. In fact, it got worse, as the spokesman said that “no firm decisions” about even running a trial had been made yet, let alone actually offering a commercial service.
However, according to the Airline Passengers Experience Association’s (APEX) blog, the London-based carrier will start a one-year trial using a Panasonic KU-band satellite supplier for WiFi needs and an airborne mobile network provided by AeroMobile for texting, but not voice calls at an unspecified time this year.
The information was given to AP |
Moderation is usually a good mantra for your everyday eating, but practicing moderation can be especially tricky during the holiday season. Between Thanksgiving and New | Year’s Day, indulgent treats are basically handed to you at every turn.
Eggnog is one of those treats. The combination of heavy cream, egg yolks, spiced rum, and sugar add up to a high-calorie drink. Homemade recipes vary, but one store-bought brand of eggnog contained 460 calories, 24 grams of fat, and 56 grams (!!) of sugar per cup. And that’s without the rum.
In moderation, that’d be fine and dandy, but in a month already packed with white chocolate fudge, gingerbread houses, and Santa-shaped cookies, the treats add up.
What’s an eggnog lover to do? One possibility is to healthify your homemade eggnog. A few simple swaps could cut down on sugar, calories, or saturated fat in your eggnog.
1. Lighten your milk choice.
Think of |
AVON — Mark Williams was an Air Force fighter jet pilot in the first Gulf War and an intelligence turned entrepreneur who studied Eastern mysticism. He | is running for U.S. Congress … because, he says, we really need people such as him.
It’s making the race for the 2nd District much more interesting. Democratic insiders had preordained Boulder attorney Joe Neguse as Polis’ successor, Williams said.
Williams went the petition route to the Tuesday, June 26, primary, handing in 1,926 signatures to Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, who declared Williams the first Democrat to qualify for the Democratic primary ballot.
“We don’t need help from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and its billionaire donors and revolving-door consultants to decide on issues and candidates here in Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District,” Williams said. “It’s called democracy. We like our candidates like we like our values — strong — so we’re taking a stand for robust policies that address the needs of all Americans.
Williams is the former chairman of the Boulder |
For the second time in over a year, a high profile figure has had his identity stolen after publicly releasing his own financial information. Is identity theft | really this easy?
A British TV presenter has learned the hard way that identity theft is serious, and in the process, become the joke of the moment for privacy bloggers. More importantly, this is the second time in just one year that such a thing has happened. This blog post explores the latest incident, looks back to the past, and then concludes with a more broad analysis.
Jeremy Clarkson, host of the BBC show Top Gear, recently wrote an article for the U.K.'s Sunday Times in which he ridiculed the uproar that had occurred after the British government admitted to losing two compact discs containing the personal information on 25 million people. To prove his point that there was no risk of financial fraud for those consumers, he published his bank account details, and instructions on how to locate his address. Writing in the Times, he claimed that "All you'll be able to do with [the account numbers] is put money into my account. Not take it out. Honestly, I've |
MOSCOW, July 14 — President Vladimir V. Putin, angered by American plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe, formally notified | NATO governments on Saturday that Russia will suspend its obligations under the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, a key cold war-era arms limitation agreement.
The decision ratcheted up tensions over the missile shield plan, but also reflected a trend of rising anti-Americanism and deep suspicion toward the West here as Russia’s March presidential elections approach.
Russia’s suspension will take effect in 150 days, according to a copy of the president’s decree posted on a Kremlin Web site. That delay leaves open the possibility of further negotiation on the 1990 treaty, which resulted in a huge wave of disarmament along the former East-West divide in Europe.
Despite a Foreign Ministry statement that Russia would reject any limitations on redeploying heavy weaponry on its Western border, the Kremlin’s move is not expected to radically transform the security situation.
But the decision is a strong indicator that the smiles and warm embraces between Presidents Bush and Putin just a few weekends ago at the |
Recessions in many nations of the world may be depressing stock markets and other economic activity, but the build out of China's 3G (third | generation mobile telecommunications) network is providing a boost to some chip makers.
China, which boasts more mobile phone users than anywhere, made building out its 3G network a priority alongside the massive 4 trillion Chinese yuan (US$585 billion) economic stimulus package the government announced last year. One company, China Mobile, built 3G networks in several cities across China last year ahead of the Olympic Games, and has continued rolling out its network.
The build out is already boosting some chip makers.
Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek, the biggest provider of mobile phone chips to China, on Tuesday raised its first quarter revenue guidance due mainly to stronger demand for handset chips.
The company now forecasts up to a 13 percent quarter-on-quarter increase in first quarter revenue, compared to a previous forecast of as much as a 16 percent revenue decline, it said in a statement to the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
MediaTek isn't the only beneficiary.
U.S. communications chip |
Yellow Springs High School Principal Tim Krier will not work for the district this school year, but he will get paid as though he was until the | spring.
Krier, who has been on leave from his position since March, resigned and the school board approved a separation agreement during a special session Thursday night.
Krier’s letter of resignation and the separation agreement were signed on the same day, Aug. 30. The agreement stipulates that Krier’s resignation does not go into effect until April 22, 2019, and he will continue to receive his full salary of approximately $108,000 as well as benefits until that time or until he finds other employment in the education field.
The agreement also says that Superintendent Mario Basora will provide Krier a letter of reference.
Krier’s status changed over the summer to paid administrative leave after his doctor cleared him to return to work in a letter to the district dated June 27, according to district records.
The investigation also cleared the school board and Basora of any wrongdoing, according to Basora’s statement.
“The investigation further |
Oh man, oh man, oh man out of all of the shows premiering and returning this fall there hasn’t been one I� | �ve anticipated nearly as much as I did for Elementary and it seems that my anticipation was well earned because what an enjoyable way to kick start a season.
We begin not far from where season one left off with our two leads, Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Joan Watson (Lucy Liu) having a midday stakeout, keeping an eye on pigeons for their newest lead to walk by in search of the message one of the grimy birds is carrying.
It’s not long before their guy shows up and the two begin a pursuit and chase him through the park but Sherlock loses him. Luckily, Joan has been practicing her defense skills and manages to take the man down with Sherlock’s weapon of choice—the baton. It reminds me that Liu is truly fearsome when a weapon is put in her hands (if you don’t believe me please go watch Charlie’s Angels or Kill Bill).
Captain Gregson (Aidan Quinn) |
In this article we are going to provide some practical recommendations that should be taken into account both by mortgager and mortgagee when concluding a mortgage agreement | .
In the case of mortgage of a building, recourse may also be taken upon the land plot under the building. The same will happen to the building in the case of mortgage of a land plot under the building and to subsidiary annexes of the building in case of mortgage of the building, following the principle of belonging to the principal building. It should be noted here that a creditor under the obligation secured by mortgage is not entitled to receive money from the value of such things, since they were not the subjects of the mortgage.
In the case of consolidation of land plots, one of which is mortgaged, the mortgage will also apply to the land plot created in the result of consolidation. This rule is directly stipulated in the Land Code, however, such a rule is not provided in case of division of the mortgaged land plot. Therefore, at the stage of outlining the terms of the mortgage agreement, it is necessary to define the destiny of the mortgage in case of any changes that can |
Shipbuilding may not seem like a vital issue for arid, landlocked Arizona, but Rep. Trent Franks, R-Glendale, joined | the Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus – along with 23 other caucuses and working groups.
He’s not alone. When it comes to caucuses, Arizona lawmakers seem to err on the side of involvement, joining everything from better-known, more-active groups like the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, to groups for things like songwriters and soccer.
On Wednesday, Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Mesa, added the Congressional Algae Caucus to the list.
The caucus, co-chaired by Salmon and Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., will act as a forum for topics relating to the algae industry, including university research and high-tech jobs, according to a statement from their offices. Salmon said in the statement that his involvement in the caucus was meant to show support for the economic benefits of the emerging industry.
“High-tech jobs will help grow our economy and through this caucus, I hope to draw attention to the great economic and |
An Indian military shipyard is competing with five foreign firms to bag a Rs 2,000-crore contract in the Philippines, marking the coming | of age for the Indian defence manufacturing sector.
Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers joined the bidding process to make two frigates for the navy along with shipyards from Spain and France and three Korean yards. The bid is currently going through the technical evaluation and the final round for the clarification is scheduled in January 2015.
Moreover, GRSE will make 10-12 fast patrol boats for Vietnam for which India has extended a $100 million line of credit to the friendly neighbour nation when President Pranab Mukherjee visited Vietnam in September 2014.
“GRSE offers cost advantages because of cheap labour and sourcing of materials from within India,” said A K Verma, chairman and managing director of GRSE, which manufactured an offshore patrol vessel named Barracuda that will be handed over to Mauritius on Saturday.
The Rs 350 crore ($ 58 million) Barracuda is the first Indian warship to be exported to a country. Another defence public sector |
Aung Kywe remembers how he had to stand by helplessly last year when massive floods in the wake of Cyclone Komen affected Ayey | arwady Delta and destroyed half of his 14 acres of paddy.
That traumatic experience came on top of years of decreasing yields, Aung Kywe said, adding that this monsoon season he will leave much of his land in Kawkatkyi Village, Zalun Township, fallow to avoid loss of money with another failed harvest.
“Paddy plots on the lower-lying land are almost sure to be flooded,” he said, adding, “Paddy yields have also decreased year by year, from 100 baskets per acre to 75 baskets.” A basket of rice weighs around 25 kilograms.
In neighbouring Maubin Township, also located in the heart of Myanmar’s ‘rice bowl’ delta region, farmers spoke of similar measures to limit exposure to what many believe are increased occurrences of climate change-related extreme weather, such as drought, heat and floods.
Farmers in the delta generally grow two rice crops, |
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - – In preparation for the launch of the “Tap and Go” MyTARC | fare card system beginning the first full week of January 2019, TARC started distributing new electronic cards on Monday.
The MyTARC electronic fareboxes will be on all TARC buses beginning January 7. This new system will allow customers to pay fare with a simple “tap” of their card, replacing the 20-year-old farebox that only accepted cash and paper tickets.
Customers with current paper tickets and paper passes can trade those in for equal electronic value on their new MyTARC card at Union Station. During a special 30 day introductory period, customers who load an initial fare of at least $5.00 will receive the card for free.
Fares will not increase. Cash payment, exact fare only, will remain an option. Adult one-way fare using the MyTARC card will be $1.50 – just as it is today when buying tickets in advance - compared to $1.75 with cash. Passengers with a MyTARC |
Internet consultancy Zefer appears to be signing off. The company has shut down its headquarters and has reportedly laid off about 300 remaining employees.
Internet | consultancy Zefer appears to be signing off. The company has shut down its headquarters and has reportedly laid off about 300 remaining employees. Zefer officials would not return calls, but the Boston Globe reported that NEC has offered jobs to about 180 employees and was looking to assume Zefers client list. NEC led a $48 million investment in Zefer in March.
Logistics.com has secured what it says is a multimillion-dollar contract to provide transportation procurement and management technology to PPG Industries, a large manufacturer of coatings, glass, fiberglass and chemicals. Logistics.com will initially handle order management, routing, selection, tendering, tracking and tracing of close to 2,500 truckloads of products per week.
Amazon.com has expanded its strategy of teaming with offline retailers, this time announcing plans to open an online store this fall in a partnership with Target. The Target store at Amazon.com will sell apparel, home furnishings, electronics and jewelry. Amazon |
In her review of the budget figures generated by District Manager Jim Bentley, Evart incorporates a proposed redevelopment district east of Highway 395, in addition to | the current west side redevelopment into the new city.
Without the property taxes generated by both the existing and proposed commercial areas in north Douglas County, Evart expects the new city would lose an estimated $742,500 in annual revenues, or about 19 percent of the proposed city’s new budget.
Incorporation of those commercial areas will require dissolution of the current redevelopment district and Evart expressed concerns about the complexity of the process. Douglas County has put a lot of money into the redevelopment district and she does not know if dissolution is the wisest course.
Designed to improve infrastructure without raising property taxes, redevelopment provides improvements specifically for underdeveloped or blighted urban areas through bonding, or a number of other financial avenues.
Indian Hills resident Ron Lynch challenged the new budget’s staffing, saying personnel numbers for the fire and police departments are adequate.
“We now have nine personnel rotating through the fire department. This budget starts with nine and goes to |
SpiceJet co-founder Ajay Singh said on Monday that the second tranche of Rs 400 crore to be infused into the airline would come | in by Wednesday. Singh said the first tranche of Rs 100 crore has been paid and the money has already been invested. He was speaking on the sidelines of a roundtable conference on the budget.
The investments went towards clearing income tax dues of Rs 100 crore, said a source in the know of things. The next tranche will be used for clearing salaries and making vendor payments, the source confirmed.
Ajay Singh jumped in to buy the loss-making airline after Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Group expressed that it will be unable to support the airline financially anymore. When Singh had exited SpiceJet in 2010, the company had a cash reserve of Rs 450 crore, but when Maran hung his boots, the dues were Rs 1,300 crore.
The third tranche from Singh and his private equity partners will be of Rs 500 crore, expected to come in March.
That will again help Singh clear debt and make vendor payments. The company, which has |
It's interesting what you can learn bicycling in this city: New York drivers are hateful and monstrous and pedestrians are almost as bad. It's | interesting what you can learn walking in this city: New York drivers are hateful and monstrous and bicyclists are almost as bad. It's interesting what you can learn driving in this city: New York pedestrians are hateful and monstrous and bicyclists are far, far worse. It's all about perspectives, you see, which this week's letters point out can be vastly different. As Maude upstairs in 3F always says, no two people ever have the same point of view unless they're looking at the world from 6 feet under. Which I will be doing the next time I try to squeeze my bike between a Mister Softee truck and the M104. Let's'settle' this... Dear John: Re: The discussion of "settling," all of my friends that married the love of their life are now divorced. The others who are with someone they have settled for are still together, including myself, for neither my husband nor I were the loves of our lives, but |
CINCINNATI -- Want to get the biggest bang out of Sunday's Riverfest? It'll take a little planning.
Coving | ton, Newport and Cincinnati are making multiple traffic adjustments to accommodate the estimated 500,000 people expected to watch the Western & Southern/WEBN Fireworks from the banks of the Ohio River.
The fireworks start at approximately 9:05 p.m. Sunday but street and bridge closings, along with parking restrictions, will take effect hours before the show.
Here is a map detailing traffic restrictions and when they start on Sunday. See a detailed list of those restrictions below the map.
The city recommends people arrive early for festivities and use Metro, TANK and the Cincinnati streetcar to travel to the riverfront.
Access to the Cincinnati riverfront will be limited to pedestrians south of Third Street.
The Purple People Bridge will close to foot traffic at 5 p.m. Sunday.
The Taylor-Southgate Bridge, Roebling Suspension Bridge and Clay Wade Bailey Bridge will close to all vehicle traffic at 6 p.m. Sunday. Pedestrians may cross on the west |
The May 11 episode of Days Of Our Lives revolves around the central plot of Theresa’s return to Salem. Theresa Donovan (Jen Lilley | ), who left the show in 2016 made her first reappearance on air this month. She has been trapped in Mexico City with a drug lord named Mateo (El Fideo). When Chloe was dragged off to Mexico City by Miguel, she discovered Theresa is also being held by the same man.
After Chloe caught Theresa up on the happenings in Salem, the two women began to hatch a plan of escape. The only way out of Mexico City, without placing their families in danger, is to collect enough information against Mateo to hand over to the authorities. Theresa and Chloe feign an argument while Miguel is in the room. When he separates the two women, Theresa is able to steal Miguel’s keys.
There has been much talk about Theresa circulating around Salem on today’s Days of Our Lives, letting us know that her return to our favorite small town is close at hand. Victor, who has known all along why Theresa left her family behind, has been defending Theresa |
Cynthia is most proud of her work with Wednesday's Child.
Cynthia Izaguirre is an anchor at WFAA | in Dallas, TX, specializing in television news and weekly Wednesday's Child reports.
1) Who are you? Cynthia was raised in Dallas and is a proud product of the Dallas Independent School District. She attended Herbert Marcus Elementary, Longfellow Academy for middle school and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. Cynthia attended The University of North Texas and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism with a double minor in Political Science and Spanish. Go Mean Green!
2) What are your interests? Cynthia is most proud of her work with Wednesday's Child. Since 2011, she has produced and anchored the segments which help find abused and neglected children a safe and loving home. In addition, Cynthia is on the Board of Directors for TexProtects: The Texas Association for the Protection of Children. It has become Cynthia's mission to fight for the most vulnerable children in our communities.
When Cynthia is not working, she is spending time with her family. Cynthia is married to her husband who she |
Shameless is saying goodbye to one of its own. During a panel event held at the Television Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday night | , showrunner John Wells confirmed Justin Chatwin will not return as a series regular in Season 4 and did, in fact, die at the end of last season.
"He has done great work, but that character was coming to an end," Wells said. Costar Emmy Rossum, who plays Jimmy's girlfriend Fiona, also weighed in, calling the departure "incredibly emotional, like losing a part of your family. I shed a couple of tears in my trailer."
Chatwin's character, Jimmy, split most of his screen time last year between the Gallaghers and his secret wife, Estefania, who happened to be the daughter of a Brazilian drug lord. After she was deported, Jimmy was last seen being forced onto a yacht fearing for his life. While the script had Jimmy being gunned down on the boat, Wells revealed the filming permit for the dock expired before the scene could be completed.
"But actually now it's kind of cool because we don't have |
Adidas miCoach Fit Smart vs Nike+ SportWatch GPS: What's the difference?
When details of the Adidas miCoach Fit Smart first | leaked, it was thought to be a rival to Nike's FuelBand SE. However, that has turned out not to be the case.
Adidas has now officially announced the device - which will be available in the UK and US from mid-August - and it is more a tool for those who take their fitness and sports training seriously.
Therefore, it is more like Nike's other device in the Nike+ range, the SportWatch GPS. And while that specific fitness tracking wristband is around three years old now, it is still being sold and supported by Adidas' big sports brand rival so it's worth checking out some of the key features and specifications to see which would better suit your needs.
One of the big features of the Adidas miCoach Fit Smart is that it contains an optical heart rate sensor on the underneath of the band's face that can measure your heart rate as you train. The Nike+ SportWatch GPS doesn't.
Instead, it relies on the addition of |
Hearing examiner John Fuchs recommended denial after a public hearing on a controversial Oconomowoc condo development.
The hearing examiner in a controversial | condominium project in the city of Oconomowoc has recommended denying the project, since the proposal does not meet mandated design criteria, according to a report.
John Fuchs, an attorney for Fuchs & Boyle S.C., acted as the hearing examiner during a March 20 public hearing after the architectural commission recused itself in January.
The hearing centered around WaterView Condominiums, a nine-unit development proposed by Renner Architects at 517 and 525 N. Lake Road in Oconomowoc's Isthmus District.
According to city ordinance, all development built in the district must reflect the practices as common in the period between 1870 and 1930.
"The homes in the area, particularly on Lake Road, are substantially dissimilar to the proposed development, both in terms of mass and other design criteria, and essentially the surrounding area does conform to the applicable design standards," Fuchs wrote.
Fuchs said the project did not conform to the applicable design standards and |
Amazon is rolling out a series of Alexa-powered devices to put the digital assistant in more areas of your life. Here's what it all means | .
These are all the new Echo devices Amazon just announced The e-commerce giant revealed a newly designed Echo, as well as the Echo Connect, Echo Plus, and even Echo Buttons.
Amazon rolled out a series of Alexa-powered devices that essentially ups the ante for Google throughout the smart home and advances its Alexa everywhere strategy that emerged early in 2017.
Whether Google Assistant is smarter than Alexa is almost a moot point. This digital assistant game is about distribution and points of presence. And so far, Amazon has Google and Apple's Siri surrounded.
In Seattle, Amazon launched a smaller, cloth-covered Amazon Echo that has better voice recognition, six shells available and a smaller footprint. Preorders start at $99.99. There's also the Echo Connect, which can make phone calls and rides shotgun with the Echo. And Alexa will be embedded into BMW cars in 2018.
Amazon also outlined Buttons, which are just like they sound. Amazon Buttons with Alexa have the |
The following article was published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on February 2, 2016.
A new book by Wharton management professor Adam Grant | challenges our assumptions about what it takes to generate and champion original ideas in ourselves and others. In Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Grant reveals what we can learn from entrepreneurs and other trailblazers to help us think differently and to make our voices heard.
Knowledge@Wharton recently sat down to speak with Grant about why he wrote his new book.
Adam Grant: The inspiration for writing this book was twofold. One, I worked as a manager for a while before I came into academia. The one time I worked up the courage to speak up, I was actually dragged by my boss’s boss into the bathroom. I ended up being threatened that I would be fired if I ever spoke my mind again. I really wanted to know, how could I have done that more effectively?
Then more recently, since my first book, Give and Take, came out, people have been constantly asking, “If I am in a culture |
ST. CLOUD — Representatives from the women's hockey and women's basketball teams will be featured on this week's SCSU Sports Chat, | which takes place at noon Wednesday at Garvey Commons.
The women's hockey team is 2-8 in the WCHA and 4-11-1 overall heading into a weekend series at Bemidji State. The Huskies play at 6:07 p.m. Friday and 3:07 p.m. Saturday at Bemidji's Sanford Center.
The women's basketball team is 3-1 and opens NSIC play against Minnesota-Duluth at 2 p.m. Saturday at Halenbeck Hall.
SCSU Sports Chat's host is St. Cloud Times sports reporter Tom Elliott. The show will be shown via the internet live at www.sctimes.com as well as Times Media's Facebook page. A recording will be available at www.sctimes.com.
COLLEGEVILLE — The St. John's basketball team opens the MIAC season against Bethel at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Sexton Arena.
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May it be known that I do recite and entirely believe words of the historic Apostles’ Creed extoling The Holy Spirit; The holy Catholic [ | Universal] Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And life everlasting. But I also believe that the true and living God of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, accepts the doubting-Thomas aspect of my personality. I concur with Tennyson who said: There lies more faith in honest doubt than in half the creeds.
Even if it could be demonstrated that Jesus was not raised from the dead 2000 years ago, still I would believe in Him and trust him to save me in all the ways that salvation manifests itself for me – spiritually, mentally, intellectually, emotionally, yes even physically.
Contrary to the treatise of The Apostle Paul’s First Letter to The Corinthians, chapter 15, v.14-19, if Christ be not raised my preaching and faith are not useless or futile, neither is this life hopeless, my sins not un-forgiven nor ought I to be pitied. Even if |
Two mums whose sons died from taking drugs have given their backing to a Hampshire police campaign.
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips and Gail Pitt | s will be telling their stories at the Operation Fortress's partnership day in Southampton on Monday, December 10.
Elizabeth's son Nick died in 2004 after five years of being addicted to heroin. Gail's son, also called Nick, died in 2007 from his addiction to drugs.
For speaking on the day, the Operation Fortress team have donated £500 to the charity Elizabeth later set up and to which both women dedicate their time. DrugFAM provides support to the friends and families of people addicted to drugs.
The donation comes from funds reclaimed from criminals by police under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
families whose lives have often been devastated by crime and drug use.
"Drug addiction is not just about the addict; it's also about the impact on the family and the community. People often forget that behind the user there is a very distressed family, often with no experience of class A drugs, or gangs and dealers, and it's important the police understand the family is extremely |
Argentine President Mauricio Macri accompanied by AMIA's Vice President Ralph Thomas Saieg arrives to attend a ceremony marking the 22nd anniversary | of the 1994 attack that left 85 dead at the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, on July 18, 2016.
After reopening Argentina’s economy to the world after 12 years of protectionist and populist policies, Argentina’s new centre-right president Mauricio Macri is now facing a hard task at home to restore economic equilibrium to this troubled South American nation.
Following his inauguration last December, Macri moved swiftly to settle Argentina’s main outstanding dispute with foreign creditors. He reached a quick agreement to pay $4.6 billion in defaulted debt to a group of U.S. hedge funds, ending a legal dispute that had been been dragging through a New York court for over a decade, hampering the country’s access to foreign credit.
He also removed foreign exchange controls that had been keeping Argentina’s peso currency artificially strong, damaging trade and discouraging foreign investment, while he almost simultaneously reduced agricultural export tariffs that made it difficult |
After Thomas Edison died a friend found a piece of paper on his desk. What was written on that paper should be emblazoned on the | minds of every one of us. It read, "If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
One day Jesus went to join his disciples. He found them surrounded by a large group of people. He discovered a man had brought his young son to the disciples hoping to get him healed. The disciples tried but the healing was not taking place. This must have been an especially difficult case.
When Jesus approached his disciples the boy's father came up to speak to him. "Master," he said, "I have brought my son who has a spirit that makes him unable to speak."
He continued that when the evil spirit attacked the boy it would tear him apart on the inside so he could hardly stand it. He continued that several times the boy threw himself in a fire and was seriously burned. At other times he had fallen into water and nearly drowned. He was a tortured, afflicted person. "At times," the father continued, |
LUXEMBOURG, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain can unilaterally reverse its decision to leave the European Union, Europe's top court | was told on Tuesday at an urgent hearing in a case supporters of membership hope could pave the way to a second referendum and ultimately stop Brexit.
Britain is due to exit the world's biggest trading bloc on March 29 but it remains unclear whether British Prime Minister Theresa May's draft divorce deal agreed with the EU on Sunday will be passed by parliament on Dec. 11.
Aidan O'Neill, lawyer for the Scottish politicians told a hearing of a full court of Luxembourg justices who have expedited the case because of its urgency, said all parties agreed that Article 50 could be revoked.
"The petitioners' case is that it's fundamental to the treaties and values of the European Union that a member state can revoke a withdrawal notice from the European Union without agreement of all other council states," O'Neill said.
O'Neill told the court those behind the case needed to know what their options were before imminent legislative votes.
That latter statement has given added significance to the outcome of Tuesday |
He took office in 2016 after President Dilma Rousseff was impeached.
Brazil’s federal police filed new charges against President Michel Tem | er on Tuesday, recommending he be put on trial for corruption, money laundering and criminal association for allegedly taking bribes to favour port management companies.
The investigation report was filed to the country’s top court and obtained by The Associated Press. The report signed by investigator Cleyber Malta Lopes also argues that Temer’s assets should be frozen. The charges also involve one of the president’s daughters, Maristela Temer, and two of his close aides.
Attorney General Raquel Dodge will have 15 days to decide whether to pursue the case. If she agreed to, two-thirds of Congress’ lower house would have to vote to allow a trial, which would suspend Temer, whose term ends December 31.
Lawmakers have rejected trials in two previous corruption charges levelled at Temer, whose popularity is in single digits.
Temer’s lawyer said he had not yet been given access to the police report. Since the investigation began |
Canada’s housing bubble has burst and prices have started to fall. Sales have dipped for 8 straight months as buyer interest has begun to w | ane. Housing sales in November dropped 12 percent from the same month last year, while previously-hot markets of Vancouver and Toronto saw declines of 28.6% and 16% respectively. Despite the media’s repeated predictions of a “soft landing”, Canada’s real estate market is headed for a bloodbath that will end in a wave of foreclosures, higher unemployment, slower growth, bigger budget deficits, and an aggressive campaign to implement harsh austerity measures aimed at dismantling the social safety net. This is the real objective of bubblemaking, to abolish the publicly funded programs that provide vital assistance for the poor, the elderly, the sick and the unemployed. Ballooning deficits provide the rationale for an assault on the institutions that protect individuals from the ravages of free market capitalism.
As was true in the US, Canada’s massive bubble was created by government and central bank policies intended to shift more of the nation’s wealth to large financial institutions via reckless |
Unwrapping the Panzerbox shows that they have sent a very well ventilated, monochromatic, sleek chassis for me to take a | look at. The all black look is appealing, and the stepped edging works well to hide the full side panel's edge.
Getting a better look at the front gives you a peak at the 190mm fan behind the mesh that covers the bottom 2/3 of the face panel. The mesh is broken up by the aluminium panel that supports the three optical drives. Left of the bays is where NZXT has decided to place the small but functional power and reset switches.
Moving up, above the drive bays, NZXT continues this mesh, and uses it as the top panel as well. This time the mesh is molded for structure and is cut out in the front to accept the front I/O panel.
Zooming in on the front I/O panel shows what NZXT includes. There are two USB 2.0 ports, microphone and headphone 3.5mm jacks, and one E-SATA port to finish off the panels functionality.
Spinning the |
Virginia's two Roman Catholic dioceses on Wednesday published lists of 58 priests credibly accused of sexually abusing minors.
Updated 8:45 | p.m. with two priests formerly assigned in Staunton on list.
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's two Roman Catholic dioceses on Wednesday published lists of 58 priests credibly accused of sexually abusing minors, joining other dioceses around the country in answering calls to make public the names of abusive clergy.
The diocese of Richmond said each of the 42 priests on its list had a "credible and substantiated" allegation of sexual abuse against a child. The names of 16 priests appeared on a list released by the diocese of Arlington.
Both dioceses said the lists were published after independent reviews of all clergy personnel files. The bishops of both Richmond and Arlington said none of the clergy whose names appear are currently in active ministry. Both bishops apologized to victims in letters that accompanied the lists.
"To those who experienced abuse from clergy, I am truly, deeply sorry," Richmond Bishop Barry Knestout wrote. "I regret |
Video: Is Dubai shifting from an investor-driven to a consumer-driven market?
Dubai property brokers are seeing an increasing number of owner | -occupiers buying properties in the emirate.
Samer Abdin, GM of Dubizzle Property, speaking on this week’s AB Live, said the dynamics of Dubai’s property markets are changing, with more end users investing in homes.
“One of the shifts that has happened in the real estate market is when you go back a few years, it was primarily an investor-driven market from a sales point of view. Now we are seeing more and more, the shift to end users. People are buying to live, families settling in, who are planning to make Dubai a long-term home. And I think that is a sign of maturity”, he explained.
As a result, people are opting for larger apartments and villas to experience community living, which are now becoming affordable.
“The way the market is going presents opportunities. The way that Dubai is maturing means that more people are settling. Young families are starting to |
The Conservative Party, once expected to enjoy a landslide victory, now see a tight race to the finish line in the UK election.
London: | Polls opened in Britain on Thursday, in an election Prime Minister Theresa May once expected to win easily but which has proved increasingly hard to predict following a campaign shadowed by terrorism.
May called the snap vote in April, when opinion poll ratings for her and her centre-right Conservative party were sky high, presenting herself as the strong leader to take Britain into Brexit talks.
But terrorist attacks in London and Manchester have put her under pressure over her six years as interior minister, while campaign missteps have dented her reputation as a safe pair of hands.
Meanwhile opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, an anti-war campaigner deemed unelectable by a majority of his own lawmakers, has run an energetic campaign promising change and an end to austerity.
While May has been touring target seats around the country, delivering slogan-heavy speeches to small groups of hand-picked activists, Corbyn has drawn large crowds to open-air rallies.
Polling experts -- many of whom failed to predict the referendum |
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - East African heads of state admitted South Sudan as a member the regional bloc Inter-Governmental Authority on | Development (IGAD) on Friday, some four months after the nation proclaimed independence.
“The Republic of South Sudan... have taken a pro-active measure for membership to IGAD, and their membership was approved by the summit,” Mahboub Maalim, IGAD executive secretary, told reporters following a meeting of heads of state.
South Sudan was admitted to the African Union some two weeks after its independence on July 9, the culmination of a peace agreement following a brutal two-decade civil war.
The country is one of the world’s poorest and has inherited a string of disputes with its northern neighbour after its people voted in a January referendum to break away from Sudan — a decision accepted by Khartoum.
Representatives of the two countries have resumed AU-mediated talks this week on solving outstanding issues such as demarcation of their porous border and oil revenue-sharing.
The U.N. General Assembly admitted South Sudan on July |
We’ve all experienced the impact of extraordinary technological change over recent years. All of our clients are impacted by digital advancements, and so our | propositions need to respond to that. We’re also seeing that our clients are changing how they work; increasingly working remotely and across multiple locations. For PwC, this means designing an operating model where we’ll improve quality, deliver outstanding value to our clients, and create a better experience for our people.
PwC Assurance Centres of Excellence (CoEs) are one of our key priorities to respond to this challenge.
As part of the Assurance CoE you will utilise cutting edge technology to execute delivery of more complex and judgmental Assurance activities virtually. Working closely with PwC Assurance teams from across the country you will improve the quality, efficiency, and innovation in the more complex areas of the audit, and have exposure to a wide range of clients from FTSE 100 to owner managed businesses across a variety of industries. The work is location agnostic with the majority of work being office based, and as such we are looking for individuals |
Nigerian writers and publishers met with Global Storymakers' Chief Innovation Officer, Sherry Sacino, to find ways of writing, publishing and | selling stories across the world. This took place early this week at City Library in Zone 4, Abuja.
Malam Denja Abdullahi, president of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), said the meeting was "largely exploratory, to see how there could be a collaboration between Nigerian writers, artists, illustrators and publishers with Sacino's organisation, towards developing a model that will enable the writing and publishing of stories for markets across the world.
Abdullahi added that there was a need to understand how Global Storymakers works, so an alliance can be built.
Sacino described Nigeria as a very progressive country, with citizens who care about having children learn, in mother tongue and other languages. "I hope the writers would want to write, share and sell their books around the world, and also encourage children to write as well. They can do that through the Global Storymakers platform.
Writers at the gathering included Salamatu Sule (author of a children |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign central banks' overall holdings of U.S. marketable securities at the Federal Reserve fell in the latest week | , data from the U.S. central bank showed on Thursday.
The Fed said its holdings of U.S. securities kept for overseas central banks fell $767 million in the week ended August 7, to stand at $3.3 trillion.
The breakdown of custody holdings showed overseas central banks' holdings of Treasury debt fell by $541 million to stand at $2.9 trillion.
Foreign institutions' holdings of securities issued or guaranteed by the biggest U.S. mortgage financing agencies, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, fell by $340 million to stand at $308 billion.
The Fed said its holdings of so-called "other" securities held in custody and reported at face value rose by $114 million to stand at $37.3 billion. These securities include non-marketable U.S. Treasury securities, supranationals, corporate bonds, asset-backed securities and commercial paper.
Overseas central banks, particularly those in Asia |
Laguna Beach lost an icon Sunday when Harry James Lawrence died, with his wife, Zahide, holding his hand. He was 98 and | in ill health for several years.
"It was time," said Zahide, who Harry married in 1996.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Laguna Presbyterian Church to celebrate the life of the man dubbed "Mr. Laguna" in honor of his contributions to the city.
The Patriots Day Parade Committee named him grand marshal in 2008, referring to him in the program as one of Laguna's most distinguished residents. He had previously been named in 1981 as the Citizen of the Year.
In 2001, Harry received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chamber of Commerce and a Person of the Year Award, which was subsequently named for him and presented annually at the chamber's Spirit of Laguna awards. He was also the recipient of the chamber's Mermaid Beautification Award.
"Business in Laguna Beach stands on the broad shoulders of Harry Lawrence," said Michael Kinsman, 2012 chamber president. "His contributions to the community are legion, and we |
Chris Duncan battled for five years in major league baseball. But his toughest fight is ongoing.
The St. Louis Dispatch is reporting that the former | Cardinals outfielder — who was traded to the Red Sox in 2009 and later released — is suffering from glioblastoma, a malignant tumor in his brain.
Duncan first noticed a problem when he started experiencing sporadic seizures, including one that caused him to black out during a radio appearance. He received his official diagnosis about eight weeks ago.
But Duncan is trying to lean on the same competitive approach that fueled him to the big leagues to conquer this situation.
During the first week of October, Duncan underwent a six-and-a-half hour surgery that included partial removal of his skull. After being placed in a coma for a few days, the outfielder needed a week before he could utter his name again.
At this point in his battle, Duncan still needs two-plus weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. The former outfielder also administers daily shots to his stomach because a blood clot formed in his left arm.
His father, Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan, is trying to |
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (APP): Kashmiris living in the United States have expressed their disappointment over the silence of the Obama administration on the ongoing brutal | ities in the Indian held Kashmir and termed its insistence on Kashmir being a bilateral dispute between Pakistan and India as “unfortunate”.
“It is quite unfortunate that the Obama administration and the United Nations both have chosen to adopt India’s view that this is simply a bilateral issue,” Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General of the US-based group World Kashmir Awareness in a statement here.
“Unfortunately, it is the big lie, and an extremely dangerous one.
As long as India continues to blame Pakistan for problems in Kashmir, India and Pakistan remain on the verge of war with each other, and this is a threat to international peace,” the Kashmiri leader said.
He said when the two nuclear powers were facing each other for 70 years on the issue, that was not a bilateral issue.
triggered by the killing of a young Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani in July.
70 people have |
Put together four (B) boards in a square, with two screws for each corner. Drill a pilot hole before drilling in the screw. Repeat | for each corner.
Attach the (A) boards to the corners of the square base as pillars.
Put together another square using 4 more of the (B) boards, then attach to the pillars.
Paint the whole structure. Let dry.
Measure out so that there would be 5 inches between each hook. Drill pilot holes, then screw the Eye Screws into the pilot holes. Do 8 sets of 5 hooks each on each edge, for a total of 20 hooks.
Thread the nylon rope through the top and bottom hook, then tie a knot on one end. pull tight, and tie the knot on the other end. Cut, then seal the end with hot glue to keep from fraying.
Paint wooden letters and the extra (B) Board and let dry.
Place the Last (B) board face down on the top front of the 'Zoo'. Make pilot holes and drill.
Make pilot holes in the wooden letters after positioning them on |
This detached, freehold bed and breakfast in Rustington currently provides eight letting bedrooms along with generous owner’s accommodation.
This delightful property | , in Claigmar Road, occupies a good-size corner plot within a few hundred metres level walk of Rustington’s village shopping centre and approximately half a mile level walk from the beach.
The property has been a successful guest house for the past four decades and, during the current owner’s ownership, has been extensively and sympathetically refurbished throughout the past eight years to create a profitable business, with many guests returning frequently for repeat bookings throughout the year.
Included in the sale of the business are the chattels and goodwill along with bookings already received for the remainder of 2018 and into 2019, so the new owners are literally able to take this venture over as a going concern, with the current owners happy to be involved during the transition period, should the need arise.
Rustington is a delightful coastal village retaining the traditional Sussex village feel, with the centre providing a wide selection of amenities including banks and a Waitrose store.
The village |
When you're a bit player in the ultra-competitive mobile phone market, you can't afford to make a lot of mistakes. But that's | what Microsoft did this week when it delivered a buggy software update of its Windows Phone 7 operating system to its mobile phone customers, an upgrade that unfortunately bricked a small number of Samsung handsets.
Microsoft quickly pulled the update and owned up to the snafu. In a statement, the company said that it had identified the technical glitch, and that would reissue the upgrade "as soon as possible." The troublesome patch had been delivered when users connected their Windows 7 Phones to their computers via USB cable.
The software bug comes at a sensitive time for Microsoft's fledgling mobile OS, which debuted in October 2010 and is just now starting to gain market share, albeit at a slow pace.
According to research firm The NPD Group, Windows Phone 7 held a 2-percent share of the U.S. smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2010. And while that may sound reasonable for a new platform-after all, Windows Phone 7 bears little relation to Microsoft's older mobile OS |
Sixteen actors, most in bare feet, encircle a chair, telephone and chaise lounge. Vaishnavi Suryaprak | ash is wearing a black T-shirt and rolled up floral pants. With a sticky-noted script in hand, she is rehearsing as 22-year-old Radha, who – at this point in the play – is at her grandparents’ home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1977.
In this scene, being crafted in a warehouse in Sydney’s Surry Hills, Radha is refusing to marry a man for the benefit of family alliances, and fervently warns of the country’s coming descent into violence and terror. “Everyone is so busy forming their own united fronts that the country itself is united about precisely nothing,” she insists.
The tension builds until family matriarch Aacha (Sukania Venugopal) slaps Radha, accusing her of “shouting out whatever thoughts come into your bloody head”.
When I first meet the cast and crew it is mid-December, and a month |
Yes, it’s 2018 and relying on free video streaming sites to satisfy your binge-watching needs are the norm. Other than watching great | selections on Netflix or support paid content on HBO, Hulu, and many other big video streaming sites, people still look for an all-inclusive resource where they can all find and watch their favorite movies and TV shows.
Today, there are a plethora of websites that people can enjoy. A lot of streaming sites can already provide a wide variety of selections. However, only a few have risen to a certain level of popularity. There are only a select few that have survived through these years.
If you’re looking for free movie streaming sites online, we know a few that you trust. Perhaps, these three are the most popular and trusted ones so let’s get to know them, shall we?
If there is a free streaming site that made bigger waves than its competition, then that might as well be SolarMovie. Millions of people all over the world have been relying on this website for many years now. When it comes to accessibility and availability, this website is very |
In my freshman humanities class, I make students ponder the pros and cons of knowledge. We talk about Plato’s parable, in which | people imprisoned in a cave mistake shadows projected on a wall for reality. I ask, Assuming we’re in the cave, how many of you want to escape? Most students dutifully raise their hands, because of course truth is good and ignorance is bad.
Then I ask, What if the cave is comfy and the outside world nasty? I bring up The Matrix, in which humans live in a computer simulation, called the Matrix, constructed by evil machines. A band of rebels who have escaped this digital cave is trying to liberate other humans.
Cypher: You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.
Agent Smith: Then we have a deal?
Cypher: I don't want to remember nothing. Nothing. You understand? And I want |
Buys out joint venture partner.
TransACT has bought out utility ActewAGL's 50 percent stake in Canberra ISP Grapevine for an | undisclosed sum.
The ISP, which was originally called NetConnect, was founded in 2002. It was re-branded Grapevine in 2005 when TransACT stepped in as a joint venture partner.
TransACT is now the sole owner of the company.
Ivan Slavich, TransACT's chief assured Grapevine customers it was "business-as-usual".
"This change will not affect the excellent service that Grapevine customers currently experience or the current bundle agreement that they may have in place with ActewAGL and TransACT," he said.
But he foreshadowed the launch of new services and products "in the second half of 2010" that would provide customers "with even greater value for money."
Slavich told iTnews that customers would have the option to stay on existing plans.
"We're not going to force them to migrate to anything," he said.
He said it made sense for TransACT to have a vertically integrated offering to support its |
Francisco Cervelli and Pablo Reyes each homered and drove in two runs, and the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates pulled away for a 5-1 | win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night at Wrigley Field.
Jose Osuna added a pair of hits and an RBI for the Pirates. Pittsburgh (79-76) has won seven of its past nine games and eight of its past 11 as it looks to finish the season above.500 for the first time since 2015.
Chicago starter Cole Hamels led his team at the plate with a solo homer. The Cubs (91-65) entered the day with a magic number of five to clinch the National League Central title over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers, and it stayed at five after the Brewers topped the Cardinals 6-4 later on Monday night to pull to within 1 1/2 games of the Cubs.
Pirates starter Jameson Taillon (14-9) limited the Cubs to one run on five hits in seven innings. He walked three and struck out five. It marked his 21st consecutive start in which he allowed three runs or fewer — the second-long |
MOSCOW, Oct. 29—Four days before the start of the second round of United States‐Soviet negotiations on limiting strate g | ic weapons, diplomats here are puzzled over the harsh words passing between the two countries.
It is now a week since Presi dent Nixon and Foreign Minis ter Andrei A. Gro myko held a meet ing that American officials hoped would lead to a exchange of polemics. But it seems to many diplomats here that whatever the two leaders might have intended, the Rus sians are not quite ready to stop their verbal punching.
Georgi A. Zhukhov, a long time Pravda commentator, to day took almost half a page of invective to compare the Nixon Administration with the days when John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State and U‐2 high‐altitude reconnaisance air craft, not Beechcrafts, flew over Soviet territory. Mr. Zhukov was elaborating on the official state ment Monday in which the So viet Union said that the incur sion into Soviet Armenia by a twin‐engine Beechcraft plane carrying two American |
SEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has found a novel way of raising badly needed cash, according to the | South Korean authorities: unleashing young hackers on South Korea’s immensely popular online gaming sites to find ways to rack up points convertible to cash.
Despite its decrepit economy, North Korea is believed to train an army of computer programmers and hackers. The police in Seoul said Thursday that four South Koreans and a Korean-Chinese had been arrested on charges of drawing on that army to organize a hacking squad of 30 young video gaming experts.
Working from Northern China, the police said, the squad created software that breached the servers for such popular South Korean online gaming sites as “Lineage” and “Dungeon and Fighter.” The breach allowed round-the-clock play by “factories” of dozens of unmanned computers.
Their accumulated gaming points were exchanged for cash at Web sites where human players are focused on acquiring enhancements for their online personas, or avatars. The gaming software was also sold, the police said; such factories, while illegal, |
Uruguay and the United States expressed concern Tuesday that recent weapons purchases could lead to an arms race in South America. In a joint appearance, | Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also pledged co-operation on trade, scientific research and other fields.
United States Senator Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill Tuesday to extend US trade benefits to Uruguay. The move he says would increase pressure on Brazil to deepen commercial ties.
Rich Americans who have evaded taxes by hiding their foreign holdings have about a week to decide whether to turn in to an Internal Revenue Service amnesty program or gamble that they will not be caught.
US President Barack Obama has warned bankers against complacency, saying that some in the industry are ignoring the lessons of the financial crisis. We will not go back to the days of reckless behaviour and unchecked excess at the heart of this crisis, he said.
Despite vowing a new beginning in the US-Cuba relations, President Barack Obama has decided to extend the 47-year-long US trade embargo on |
Unfortunately, when things get tough, it’s not socially acceptable to throw sand at our opponent.
About me: I’m | impatient, antsy and funny. In this business, I’ve learned it takes all types of agents and clients to make the world turn. As real estate agents, when you’re in the trenches, playing nice in the sandbox with your clients and colleagues can seem like climbing a mountain without a harness.
Don’t rely on the other agent in the transaction to do your work. I once had an agent who emailed me after closing to ask if I could send them a copy of my file so they could get paid. Seriously? Earn your half of the commission split, and don’t make the other party involved in the sale chase you for paperwork like you just robbed a bank.
Occasional public opinion aside, we do a lot of work to get a transaction off the ground and to the closing table. It’s easy to become resentful or disgruntled. Do your part in the transaction, and do your own work.
Ignoring phone |
Whenever Major League Baseball opens a season in Japan, count on the Oakland Athletics to show up. The regular season will start at the Tokyo Dome for | the fifth time on Wednesday, and this is the third time in a row that the A’s will be there.
They are never the main draw, but they love it.
The A’s are there, essentially, because the Seattle Mariners and Ichiro Suzuki need an opponent. The Mariners abruptly ended Suzuki’s season last May after 15 lackluster games, but he will be active on Wednesday and Thursday in games that will start at 5:35 a.m. Eastern, and hoping to add to his career hits total of 4,367 in the majors and Japan.
Oakland, meanwhile, is hoping to stage a revival of 2012, when its visit here began an improbable run to a division title — and a three-year playoff streak. The A’s faced Seattle to begin that season and opened with the Boston Red Sox in Tokyo in 2008.
The A’s talk a lot about intangibles, which might seem odd for the team |
Los Angeles, CA (January 9, 2014) - Today, Pope Francis speaks passionatley of the responsibility for all people to care for the | needs of the poor; to live lives that serve as a witness to our faith; and to go out and share the Good News as part of the mission of the Catholic Church.
January 14, 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of Msgr. Anthony Brouwers, former director of the Propagation of the Faith in Los Angeles and the founder of Lay Mission-Helpers and Mission Doctors Associations. Members of these groups, who have served in 36 countries around the world, will mark this day with prayers of gratitude for his vision and his call to service. Some will visit the site of his grave at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles.
These two groups were the first in the United States to recruit, train, send and support lay Catholics, single people, married couples and families, to serve for three years in response to requests from Missionary Bishops. Msgr. Brouwers formed these groups after his visit to Africa in 1954 following the |
Every Christian has her or his own perspective on Biblical interpretation, and it is not the purpose of this article to get into the differences about which is | better. However, there are certain fundamental principles that are increasingly overlooked, and this has eternal implications for each of us. It seems as though there has developed an a la carte attitude toward Biblical admonitions, as though if one is simply a �good� person, salvation will be achieved.
For Protestants, most agree that one must �accept� Christ in order to be saved. However, preachers today don�t remind their church members that Christ is not only the Son of God, but also the Word of God. That means when one �accepts� Christ, one also accepts the Word of God (Biblical teaching of right and wrong). Preachers then don�t emphasize the acceptance must be 100%. One cannot �accept� Christ, for example, and be a fornicator (whom The |
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