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The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) has confirmed its electronic voting system, iVote, will not be used in the upcoming local government elections | in September due to legislative restrictions.
NSWEC CIO, Ian Brightwell, told Computerworld Australia the agency had put forward several applications to use iVote and a combination of iVote and call centre based phone voting which were rejected by the government.
“The use of iVote or any form of phone voting for local government elections would require legislative change similar to the changes made to legislation for the parliamentary elections,” Brightwell said.
At this stage, the use of iVote is legislated to operate for all state elections, including both by-elections, unless the NSW Electoral Commissioner decides it should not be used.
“We will need additional funding approval to use iVote at the next state general election in March 2015 and we would expect to apply for this funding in early 2013,” he said.
Once funding approval is gained, the agency will move to begin a tender process for a supplier for the system’s core technology. The |
CANNES — “The Seamstress,” a Globo mini-series, sports a credit sequence which begins with a burn | ished brown cloth being sewn. The color is a reference to Brazil’s bone dry scrubland backlands in the North-East, the sewing to the occupation of two sisters, Emilia and Luzia, who grow up at a small homestead on the sertao with their doting aunt.
Emilia dreams of moving to the big city Recife; Luzia thinks she’ll die on the serrao, just fears losing Emilia the only person she has. Luzia is abducted by a local cangaceiro, a bandit, Hawk whom she falls in love with. Emily meets her Prince Charming, a rich city boy, moves to glamorous Recife, suffers loneliness as she realizes her husband is in love with another man.
Directed by Breno da Silveira but written by Patricia Andrade, “The Seamstress” is an intimate epic, charting two sisters’ dramatically different life journeys |
A 25-year-old Army dog handler was found dead Wednesday at his home in North Pole, Alaska, the Army said.
Alaska | law enforcement officers discovered the body of Sgt. Jorden Thomas Williams during a welfare check that had been requested by family members living outside the state, the Army said Friday in a statement.
North Pole is located between Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright, where Williams was stationed. The town is about 13 miles southeast of the central city of Fairbanks.
The Army did not release information about the circumstances of the soldier's death. It is being investigated by the Alaska State Troopers and the Army Criminal Investigation Command.
Williams was a dog handler with the 549th Military Working Dog Detachment, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, the Army said.
He was assigned to Fort Wainwright in November 2014 and had deployed to Qatar from September 2015 to May 2016 and to Afghanistan from June 2017 to February 2018.
He joined the Army from Cambridge, Ohio, in December 2013.
Williams' awards included the Combat Action Badge, the Army Commendation |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The father of Heidy Rivas Villanueva was in the car with her and a younger child | Saturday evening when a bullet entered the vehicle and struck the 7-year-old in the head.
They were waiting while the wife and mother was shopping for groceries at El Tapatio on 103rd Street. About 6 p.m., a shootout began between two groups of people elsewhere in the strip mall, and the family was caught in the crossfire.
"She died in my arms," said Heidy's father, who we are not identifying since the gunmen have not been caught. "I was with my daughter until the last second of her life. I don't know how I am going to live with this. It's going to take time to recover. I don't think I can."
Rather than taking his daughter for her first day of first grade at Sadie Tillis Elementary School, this Honduran couple had to begin planning how to get her body back to where they came from and hold a funeral.
"I going to send her back home to my country because |
I cannot agree more with Dr Yik Keng Yeong that many seniors at the workplace are not only as competent as their younger colleagues, but | also understand their organisation, its clients and critical processes better (Stop regarding older workers as financial burdens; Oct 30).
Changes to the Retirement and Re-employment Act represent official acknowledgement that most current white-collar work is knowledge-or technology-based. Therefore, employees are theoretically able to continue their careers well into their 60s and even 70s.
However, urging companies to hire or retain mature staff is an uphill task. As employers are not required to provide reasons for terminating workers, seniors still do not receive protection from age discrimination.
Based on my decades of experience in the corporate world, management is rarely, if ever, swayed by ethical convictions when it comes to hiring or retaining older staff.
Discriminatory practices against older workers may even be seen as a necessary evil to resolve the growing problem of unemployment and underemployment of younger degree holders.
Ageism is widely practised by many employers who consider older workers to be more costly to hire believe that it is |
Joe Barton (R-Tex.), ranking member on the House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee, wants the Justice Department to take a "close look" at | what he calls the "largely unexplored" privacy and price issues surrounding the search advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo!.
In a letter to Justice, Barton—who has registered his concern about the deal before, as well as about the privacy implications of Google's merger with DoubleClick—cited seven pages worth of redactions in Yahoo!'s eight-page response to his inquiry into the deal. He suggested the company's responses seemed designed "to obscure rather than clarify" how the deal will work.
"It is unclear why Yahoo! feels such an acute need to hide its actions from the public," Barton wrote to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett.
The deal would give Yahoo nonexclusive access to Google’s AdSense ad-display technologies for search and content advertising—which means Google ads would run on Yahoo, too—and work to make their respective instant-messaging services more interoperable.
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Niger State Governor, Sani Bello, on Thursday said that those pressurising the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP | ) Atiku Abubakar to challenge outcome of the February 23rd Presidential election in court could be doing so to get money from him.
He made the remark while speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Buhari at the State House.
According to him, he was at the Presidential Villa to congratulate Buhari on his victory at the poll.
He said that with his victory in Niger State, people of the state should be assured his administration was committed to providing dividends of democracy to them and to complete ongoing projects.
The new projects to be embarked upon, he said, will be of benefit to the general public.
On the Atiku’s claim that he won the election, governor Bello said: “It is not unusual, when you lose elections, you go to court for so many reasons.
“It could be that you think you won or it could be that someone is telling you that you have won or it could |
Another Try at Food for Starbucks Corp.
Earlier in July, Starbucks(NASDAQ: SBUX) announced it was teaming up with Italian | baker RoccoPrincito once again try to perfect its food offerings. It's been down this road before, having purchased a specialty bakery, but it didn't pan out as well as hoped. While it continues to sell its baked goods, the individual stores have all been shuttered.Maybe a partnershipwithout actually having to own the operation will work better.
In this clip from theMotley Fool Moneyradio show,Chris Hill and Simon Erickson talk about the most important things that'll come of this deal and how Starbucks is proving its drive to stay innovative and enjoyable.
Chris Hill:Starbucksis taking yet another run at trying to improve theirfood offerings. The company is teaming up with RoccoPrinci, a highly regardedItalian baker, to bring artisan bakery items into the storesstarting in 2017.Simon, you look at LaBoulange...I'm not saying it was a flop, |
SAN DIEGO -- Hannah Wilder's teenage son came home to a ransacked home and valuables gone, but the big shock | came when police revealed how the burglar likely got in.
“It’s violating and you feel like, ‘How dare you!’” said Wilder.
On Friday – just before 4 in the afternoon -- her son Owen, 15, returned home from school and found the home tossed.
The $1,500 laptop he had saved for two years to buy was gone and missing from his drawer: cash and gift cards. One other laptop and two iPads were also taken.
“When I heard about it, fear gripped my heart. I’m just relieved my son did not walk into the burglary,” said Wilder.
An open door to the garage was the burglar's likely exit point. But with no signs of forced entry and after looking over the house, the police officer came to an unexpected conclusion.
“He was pretty sure that's how they came in -- through the dog door,” said |
(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Flash flooding caused by heavy rains killed at | least seven people and rendered hundreds of families homeless in western Farah province.
A resident of Pusht Koh district, Jalil Ahmad, told Pajhwok Afghan News the flooding followed heavy raining and snowfall on Wednesday.
He said seven people had been killed, including two children and two women, and 80 houses swept away in the flood in Anzeer area of the district, displacing 800 families.
Abdul Hakim Noorzai, the district's administrative chief, confirmed Jalil Ahmad's account and said they had received reports about the death of four people.
Mohammad Nasir, a resident of Anar Dara district, said a dozen houses and shops were damaged in flooding in the district on Tuesday night.
Natural Disaster Management director Abdul Qader Elham said a team had been dispatched to Posht Koh district to assess the damage and deliver immediate assistance. He said floods caused damages in Farah City and Khak-i-Safid |
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Why You Need a Website YESTERDAY… even though it won’t get you clients tomorrow.
A website is a VERY powerful marketing tool… one that once it has been written, honed, launched, and on the first page of Google can provide consistent referrals without requiring you to constantly on the phone, going to coffee, sending notes, dropping by businesses, etc. Today we are going to be talking about what can keep your website from triggering phone calls right now- as well as why starting a website NOW is an integral key to long-term success!
Once a website is published- people have to be able to find it. Many therapists struggle with understanding what their potential clients are googling for, and so they don’t know how to set up their website so that the search engines (like Google) know that their website can be helpful to the person who is in pain. Google is committed to giving great search results- that is why so many |
Literature in South Africa is an exciting space, but it’s fundamentally broken for several reasons, says author and publisher Nick Mulgrew | .
Many flaws were caused by apartheid, and others are caused by literary professionals accepting the status quo and not pushing boundaries. To help change the face of South African literature, Mulgrew founded a publishing house, uHlanga, to focus on new, experimental and classic works of Southern African poetry.
In the past year it has published 10 books, including Collective Amnesia, a debut collection of poetry from Koleka Putuma. Mulgrew himself holds a Thomas Pringle Award for Short Fiction and a National Arts Festival Short Sharp Stories Award. His collections of short stories are Stations, The First Law of Sadness and The Myth Of This Is That We’re All In This Together, his first poetry collection.
His stories are a blend of comedy and despair set in South Africa’s dingiest suburbs, with killer eagles, tattoo removal parlours, punk guitarist-auditors, turtle sanctuaries, plane crashes, amateur pornographers and b |
LAVAL – The Montreal Canadiens’ AHL affiliate will be just a stone’s throw away from the Bell Centre – and the Bell | Sports Complex – come the fall of 2017.
On Monday, the Canadiens officially announced that the city of Laval would be welcoming an AHL franchise that would make its home at Place Bell beginning with the 2017-18 season.
Several days ago, at the AHL Annual Meeting in Hilton Head, SC, the league’s Board of Governors approved the relocation of the St. John’s IceCaps to Laval in a year’s time, paving the way for Canadiens president and CEO Geoff Molson to make the news of the future move public at the brand new state-of-the-art facility on the North Shore.
Bergevin believes there are many advantages that come with having the Canadiens’ AHL affiliate so close to home.
Molson is adamant that a Laval-based AHL franchise will also serve to better prepare prospects within the organization to handle the inevitable media attention – and scrutiny – that comes with playing in a pressure-packed market like Montreal |
These Best Things nominations that didn't make it in the contest were just too entertaining not to share.
When we asked for your nominations for Best | Things Indianapolis more than three months ago, you gave us thousands of suggestions. Not all of them made sense, and some were too entertaining to not share.
We cut out the profane ones (and there were plenty), but here are 13 of the most ridiculous nominations.
1. The 34th Street Citgo was nominated in the "best food truck" category.
In theory, food and trucks both have been present at this gas station at one point or another in time.
2. "Roofing contractors" was nominated for "best suburb."
That's all it said. No specific company name, just "roofing contractors."
3. Doug, no last name, was nominated for "best human."
Dougs everywhere missed out on this one.
4. Many spelling versions of St. Elmo Steak House nominated for "best steakhouse."
Sure, they ended up winning in spite of the misspellings. Our favorite? St. |
Jamal Murray (27) of the Denver Nuggets shows signs of frustration after not being able to force a turnover against the San Antonio Spurs during the | third quarter of the Spurs’ 101-96 win on Saturday, April 13, 2019. The Denver Nuggets hosted the San Antonio Spurs during game one of the teams’ first round NBA playoffs series at the Pepsi Center.
It was early Sunday morning before Jamal Murray walked through the Nuggets locker room, his exit delayed after reliving the jumper that might’ve given Denver Game 1.
While his teammates showered and addressed the media after their grueling Game 1 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, Murray was up on the second floor of the Pepsi Center, painstakingly reenacting his 8-of-24 shooting night. His dad, Roger Murray, was there with him, presumably rebounding and offering comfort.
Murray’s clean elbow jumper would’ve given the Nuggets a 98-97 lead with 13 seconds left. Instead it hit back iron.
“A shot that he’s made 1,000 times, and he’ll |
A January deadline looms for cities across Ontario mulling a move to block private pot stores from setting up shop in their communities — a decision that will | be one of the first navigated by London’s new city council.
There’s an early sense from some members of the committee that will handle the issue next week that opting out would be the wrong choice for London, discouraging new businesses from coming to town and losing out on thousands of dollars in government funding to manage the impact of those cannabis retailers.
And already residents can buy cannabis online, so nixing the stores won’t keep the drug out. Since marijuana was legalized on Oct. 17, Ontarians have been able to buy their weed online and have it mailed — a system riddled with delays — or grow up to four of their own plants.
Councils across the province must decide whether to allow pot shops by Jan. 22.
Some municipalities that had already opted out, including Norfolk County and Dutton Dunwich in Elgin County, will have to weigh up the question again with their new councils.
The provincial government gave municipalities the right to |
This asset, located in a historical mining district in Coahuila, is highly prospective for silver and zinc.
Silver Bull Resources Inc. ( | SVB:TSX; SVBL:NYSE.MKT) announced in a news release it launched an 8,000-meter drill program at its Sierra Mojada project in Mexico after receiving the necessary permits.
The campaign will initially test four historic mining areas on the property. Drilling in one previously drilled location will test the sulphide extensions of the main deposit at depth as mineralization at the deposit remains open to the east, west and north. This will be the first drilling ever done in the other three places.
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After the turbulent situation in Catalonia following the independence vote on 1 October, Serbia was quick to accuse the international community of double standards regarding Kosovo.
| Whenever there is an issue regarding territorial disputes, international recognition or independence, Kosovo is the first topic to be brought into the discussion by Serbia.
But, in fact, Kosovo's independence is completely dissimilar to the Catalan scenario.
Kosovo has different historical, legal, and factual specifics in relation to other such cases. This makes it a unique case and, as a result, incomparable with other situations.
For a start, the country went through a long negotiation process with Serbia to attain its independence, facilitated by the international community.
The negotiations in Vienna were a direct result of a UN-led international process for determining Kosovo's political status.
A former Finnish president, Martti Ahtisaari, who served as the UN secretary-general's special envoy, was the international mediator during the negotiations on Kosovo's statehood.
That was followed by the declaration of independence, which was in full accordance with international law and in compliance with the provisions of UN Security Council |
The singer was joined by her kids for the football game.
She does exist! Ciara often posts photos and videos of her first child, | Future Jr., whom she had with her rapper ex-fiancé, but has yet to reveal her second child, Sierra Princess, whom the singer gave birth to back in April. That it, until now!
It’s easy to miss her because she is so tiny, but Ciara shared a candid of herself, her son, and her daughter, rooting for NFL star Russell Wilson as he and the Seahawks destroyed the Colts.
As fans know, Ciara and Russell, who married last July, remained abstinent until they exchanged wedding vows. She was pregnant three months later.
"Knowing that you'll always have the friendship and that you can always go back to it is very important, and very powerful,” she continued.
And on top of showing off her baby girl, Ciara has also been parading her body around, after posting her intense workouts on Instagram and losing the reported 60 pounds she gained.
What are your thoughts on Ciara finally showing |
As an ek-junkie and Oscar-winning writer of "Traffic," Stephen Gaghan knows a thing or two about the drug | smuggling business, knowledge that will serve him well on one of his new projects. Let's hope he doesn't have as much personal experience with human trafficking for the other.
Gaghan will direct "The Snakehead," an adaptation of the book by the New Yorker's Patrick Keefe, about Sister Ping, an elderly woman in Chinatown who used to run a noodle shop on Hester Street, while at the same time smuggling countless Chinese immigrants into the U.S. She made tens of millions, charging folks $18,000 a head, but the party ended in '93, when a shipment--of people--ran ashore in Queens.
But the first film on Gaghan's docket is an untitled project based on Richard Marosi’s four-part series in the Los Angeles Times this summer, about the cocaine pipeline from Sinola, Mexico, to LA. The operation hid drugs in everything from cars to frozen chickens.
"After 'Traffic' I felt |
(Reuters) - Brighton and Hove Albion defender Bernardo is hopeful that his Premier League stint with the club will boost his chances of being selected | for the Brazil national team.
The 23-year-old full-back joined Brighton from RB Leipzig last week after two seasons at the Bundesliga side, where he played 49 matches, including three Champions League appearances and five in the Europa League.
“It’s (Leipzig) a small club but it reached second place in the Bundesliga and I was not even on the radar,” Bernardo told Brighton’s website. “I was a player that played many matches, but my name was not even being speculated.
“Richarlison, from Watford, he is playing for a good club but not in the top six. Everyone is now talking about Richarlison, so the Premier League brings you to another level, because everyone is watching it.
Bernardo feels his nationality attracts a higher pressure to perform tricks and dribbles but believes his calmer style of play is harder to achieve.
“People think you are |
Promoting Live Events on Social Media: What to do before, during and after a community event.
2013 NICAR’s Greatest Hits | : A report about all of the cool stuff that was on display at the premier event for news data geeks.
Reporter Quickstart: A guide to the essentials that StateImpact reporters need to know.
Participating in local and regional events is a great way to build your relationship with your “core communities.” Sometimes these are events that we organize. But other times, we’re asked to be part of a panel discussion on a topic. And while these are great opportunities to interact with people who care deeply about the subject you cover, the role can be challenging for journalists.
WHYY's Chris Satullo moderates a community event with Susan Phillips and Scott Detrow. Having audience members write their questions on index cards for the moderator to read is one way to maintain control of a program.
We never sought this role. We usually say yes, although there’s never any compensation, rarely any food, and it often requires a long drive. |
One measure rarely factored in board performance is innovation.
This may be because the question is too big: "How innovative is your board?" | is almost impossible to answer in any measurable way.
But one function of innovation we can all measure is diversity. And I believe the more we view diversity as a driver of innovation, the better Canada's boards, companies and economies will perform.
I have recently returned from the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa conference in Johannesburg, and it's clear that just as diversity is a big competitive advantage for Canada in attracting the best and brightest from around the world, so, too, is good governance a growing force in attracting capital, business and people to our shores.
These three concepts are all connected, of course. Greater diversity promotes better governance, which in turn promotes more innovation. After all, what is innovation but new thinking translated into the marketplace?
By diversity, I don't just mean promoting gender, ethnic and age diversity on boards. That said, if your board looks much as it did 10 years ago, you have a problem. I also mean diversity in being able to master |
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Come see this lovely 3Br/2Ba home. This is a great starter home or perfect for a downsize. Open dining, kitchen and family room concept. Other amenities include large fenced yard with patio, updated bathroom and maintenance free exterior.
This home is priced to sell in Wildwood subdivision, which has some of the most nice and affordable homes in Tupelo. This 3 Br/2Bath home is no exception. It offers a large fenced backyard, fireplace, open living and dining, 2 car carport, large laundry room with an extra room attached to it.
Beautiful 3BR 2BA in the heart of Tupelo! This split level home offers separate living space in immaculate condition. Eat in kitchen, open living room and beautiful lot! All of this and more situated on a LARGE lot! Extra 2 car garage attached to the shop in the backyard. |
That was the first thing South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg cleared up for the Washington Blade in response to questions about his 2020 presidential | run in a Jan. 31 interview.
Buttigieg, a Rhodes scholar and Afghanistan veteran, beefed up his national profile in his 2017 run to become Democratic National Committee chair.
The 2020 White House hopeful announced his exploratory committee last month. If successful, the long shot Buttigieg would be the first openly gay person to win the Democratic presidential nomination and the White House.
LGBT priorities for Buttigieg, who said he’d run a campaign based on the themes of freedom, democracy and security, include passage of the Equality Act and greater visibility for transgender people.
Distinguishing himself from other 2020 hopefuls, Buttigieg said he supports transgender people having access to transition-related care, even when they’re in prison. Other candidates, including Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, have different records on that issue.
Washington Blade: You’re running in a field of Democratic candidates, many of whom have been longtime LGBT allies. |
In 2014, TIME's commitment to photojournalism remained as strong as ever, as the magazine assigned photographers to stories all across the U.S | . and in Afghanistan, Brazil, Burma, Central African Republic, Finland, Gaza, Hong Kong, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, the Phillipines, Syria and Ukraine among many other countries.
From the gruesome civil war in Central African Republic to the geopolitical conflict in Ukraine, the devastation in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis in Syria, TIME's photographers were on the front lines of a particularly violent year, bringing back some of the most compelling images produced over the past 12 months.
There were lighter moments, though, when TIME sent Magnum photographer Alex Majoli on the set of Mad Men, or when Christopher Morris documented this year's U.S. mid-term elections. And there were moments of hope, as well, when Elinor Carucci of Institute followed the difficult and emotional first days of a premature infant.
2014 also marked James Nachtwey's 30th anniversary as a contract photographer for TIME. This year, the celebrated photographer recorded the plight of Syrian refugees in |
Health Minister Jim Reiter says increased funding for mental health is coming.
Currently, five per cent of Saskatchewan’s health budget goes to | mental health services. Health Minister Jim Reiter has said that will increase to seven per cent when the finances allow. Now, it appears the first steps to that increase will come in the April 10 provincial budget.
“You’ll see increased spending in mental health, absolutely,” Reiter said when asked about the upcoming budget.
The two per cent increase equals roughly an extra $100 million in mental health spending. Reiter says this is something that will have to be done incrementally over an undetermined amount of time.
“We need to take advantage of every federal grant dollar for this and supplement it with provincial money as well,” Reiter said.
This year’s federal grant money from the federal government was $3.1 million. The province chose to defer roughly half of it to future budget years.
The opposition NDP have long been calling on increased mental health resources, particularly in northern Saskatchewan where youth suicide is a major issue. |
When Theodore Sizer, known to friends and admirers as Ted, died of colon cancer at 77 in 2009, we lost the nation’ | s leading scholar on high schools and one of the best education writers ever.
So I was glad to get his just-published book, “The New American High School,” which explains his vision for the future of educating our teenagers.
The school reform organization he founded, the Coalition of Essential Schools, has only three listed members in this region: Arlington County public schools, the New School of Northern Virginia and the National Education Association. But many area parents and educators have read Sizer’s works, including his 1984 masterpiece, “Horace’s Compromise.” Because this area has some of the most ambitious high schools in the country, I looked for ideas in Sizer’s new book that might help us.
Sizer taught high school after leaving the Army, then got a doctorate in education and eventually became dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. That big job was followed by nine years as headmaster of Phillips Academy in |
A photo shows hundreds of houses part of the Sarot Group's Burj Al Babas project on December 15, 2018 close to the town centre | of Mudurnu in the Bolu northwestern region. - The project to build 732 villas and a shopping centre -- which began in 2014 -- encountered difficulties as Sarot Group applied for bankruptcy protection. Sarot Group made the decision to apply for bankruptcy protection after some of their Gulf customers could not pay for the villas they had bought as part of the $200 million (175 million euros) project, Sarot's deputy chairman, Mezher Yerdelen, said. The villas are worth between $400,000 to 500,000 each.
When the project first began in 2014, its developer, the Sarot Group, hoped the luxury aesthetic would appeal to wealthy foreign buyers. Now its homes sit empty at the base of Turkey's northwestern mountains.
The villas are located near the small town of Mudurnu in Turkey's northwestern region. Buyers can purchase the homes for $400,000 to $500,000 each — a price tag that catered |
Further complicating the One Washington Place project, lead contamination has been found under this city-owned parking deck on North River Street in downtown Batavia | . The deck is to be demolished to help make way for a $50 million mixed-use development.
BATAVIA – Soil under the One Washington Place site in Batavia is contaminated with lead. The revelation may not be a deal-breaker for the massive downtown redevelopment project, but it creates an expensive complication.
Batavia Public Works Director Gary Holm said soil borings have discovered that lead concentrations exceeding acceptable limits are present on the north side of the site along State Street, under the existing city parking garage and up the hill to the east.
A report from Oak Brook-based Huff & Huff, an environmental engineering firm, dated May 14, shows that about 10,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil will need to be removed from the site if the project is to move forward.
“We know it’s a significant issue,” Holm said.
City Administrator Laura Newman announced the findings to city aldermen at a committee meeting May 15 |
March 17, 2011 - The U.S Travel Association and a panel of travel and security experts on Wednesday unveiled a groundbreaking plan to improve security at | America's airports and reduce the burden on travelers.
Among the most notable recommendations are the creation of a trusted traveler program and a requirement that travelers be allowed to check at least one bag at no additional cost to the ticket price as a means to reduce the amount of luggage going through the security checkpoint.
The need for reform was made especially clear by recent research revealing that travelers are avoiding two to three trips per year due to unnecessary hassles associated with the security screening process. These avoided trips come at a cost of $85 billion and 900,000 jobs to the American economy.
3. Restructure America's national approach to aviation security by developing and using risk management methods and tools.
?While our government and passengers deserve credit for preventing another terrorist attack like what happened nearly 10 years ago on 9/11, each day in the United States roughly two million air travelers are advised to arrive upwards of two hours before a flight in order to be processed through a one-size-fits- |
The partnership of the Yankees and Manchester City joins two of the world’s richest teams, buying an MLS expansion team called New York City FC | . There is no doubt the Bombers know the city and Manchester City knows the game, but the marriage leaves a host of questions unanswered, both athletic and ethical.
* Will Manchester City and the big-spending Bombers be able to build a winner in the salary-cap MLS?
* Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour is a member of the royal family in Abu Dhabi — an emirate with a notoriously poor human rights record. Will the league be judged by the company it keeps?
* And where will this team play if community backlash — much of it against Sheikh Mansour — nixes its proposed stadium in Queens?
While part of the backlash is against New York City FC building on 13 acres of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, part is due to the United Arab Emirates outlawing gays.
But it is no coincidence the MLS sees its deals with ESPN, NBC Sports and Univision which all expire after next year, and will welcome NYCFC in 2015 |
One of the features on the White House website that didn’t vanish when President Trump took the oath of office on Friday is the “ | We the People” page, which allows ordinary Americans to petition their government to address an issue of importance to them. The Obama White House, which created the feature, responded to petitions that received at least 100,000 signatures within 30 days.
It should come as no surprise that that threshold was easily reached over the weekend after someone created a petition calling on Mr. Trump to release his tax returns. “The unprecedented economic conflicts of this administration need to be visible to the American people, including any pertinent documentation which can reveal the foreign influences and financial interests which may put Donald Trump in conflict with the emoluments clause of the Constitution,” the petitioner, identified as A.D., wrote. The emoluments clause bars the president from receiving gifts and payments from foreign governments. The petition had garnered more than 310,000 signatures by late Tuesday afternoon.
The administration dismisses these pleas for honesty, arguing that only journalists care about Mr. Trump’s tax returns and conflicts |
St. Paul runner Ariel Melendez during the Camino Del Rey Association Cross Country Meet at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area on Wednesday, September 23 | , 2009, in Irwindale.
IRWINDALE – A combination of heat, sand and fatigue made Wednesday afternoon’s Camino Del Rey Association cross country cluster meet challenging and rewarding.
While the individual times were a bit down for Santa Fe Dam’s fast course, that didn’t stop a few locals from putting up solid performances in the combo meet that joined the Camino Real and Del Rey leagues.
Don Bosco Tech’s JJ Dominguez and Bishop Amat’s Iliana Velazquez led the way locally in the boys and girls varsity races, respectively. Domin- guez was visibly upset, though, despite taking third with a mark of 16 minutes flat.
“There was a desert part in the middle of the race with a lot of sand that felt like you were actually running in the desert,” said Dominguez, who posted a 15:29 two weeks go on the same course at the |
Microsoft opened the new year with marketing push designed to wean small-to-medium (SMB) organizations off its older Windows and Office products | .
The company is offering a 50 percent discount on the first year's subscription price of Windows 7 Professional and Office 2007 Professional software licensing to SMBs. The deal applies to a specific volume licensing program called "open value subscription," or OVS. Organizations have to be upgrading from older Professional versions of the operating system and productivity suite to take advantage of the deal.
The offer, which was described in a blog post by Microsoft Worldwide Partner official Eric Ligman, is available until June 30, 2010.
Microsoft describes the deal as a "50 percent Up-to-Date discount," based on "estimated retail prices." However, pricing under the Up-to-Date (UTD) program is typically less than the box price found in retail stores, according to Paul DeGroot, research vice president and channel licensing strategies analyst at Directions on Microsoft.
"Microsoft uses the term, 'estimated retail price,' in volume licensing programs to mean what I would call 'estimated |
President Trump Donald John TrumpGrassroots America shows the people support Donald Trump Trump speaks to rebel Libyan general attacking Tripoli Dem lawmaker: Mueller report shows | 'substantial body of evidence' on obstruction MORE will soon have a chance to make up for some lost time in supporting Iraqi religious minorities that ISIS threatened with extinction. Rep. Chris Smith Christopher (Chris) Henry SmithMain Street businesses need permanent tax relief to grow Overnight Health Care: Lawmakers get deal to advance long-stalled drug pricing bill | House votes to condemn Trump's anti-ObamaCare push | Eight House Republicans join with Dems | Trump officials approve Medicaid expansion in Maine The 8 Republicans who voted against Trump's anti-ObamaCare push MORE (R-N.J.) and his colleagues in Congress want to make sure our concern for the victims of genocide has the force of law. On Tuesday they unanimously passed the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018, which would ensure humanitarian and recovery assistance for nationals of Iraq and Syria, including those communities that are at risk of persecution or war crimes.
Trump’s prompt signature of this important legislation would guarantee that we never |
GDPR was one of the biggest moments in tech this year.
CES 2018 promised us robot dogs, air taxis and laundry-folding | robots. Nearly a year later, these products remain out of reach for most of us, but it was still a productive year in tech—and one that will likely be remembered for being jam-packed with as much drama as a Shonda Rhimes script.
Here’s a look back at 2018’s tech highlight reel.
If there was an official tech buzzword of 2018, it was probably blockchain—that distributed ledger you’ve definitely heard of and can maybe sort of explain, even though you still might not understand it completely.
From Walmart to AB InBev, plenty of companies got in on the action, testing the technology to track products and ad campaigns. The name of the game: enhanced transparency.
Data and privacy was a huge theme in 2018—from potentially sneaky and misleading opt-ins trying to sucker users into always-on location tracking to a Google app that convinced millions of users to willingly share their faces. However, a barrage of news |
Acquisitions Drive Strong Revenue Growth for Stericycle Inc.
Its recent purchase of secure document destruction firm Shred-it is already paying off | for the medical waste disposal specialist.
Stericycle's (NASDAQ:SRCL) $2.3 billion acquisition of Shred-it started to pay dividends during the fourth quarter. The company saw a significant bump in revenue and profitability, though on a per-share basis, profitability was a bit flat. That said, the company sees its per-share profits increasing by double-digits in 2016 as it starts to capture the full benefits of the transaction.
Acquisitions were the story this quarter at Stericycle.
Revenue increased by $211.4 million, due primarily to the contributions of acquisitions -- with 10 closing during the quarter, including Shred-it -- which combined to add $200 million to the company's top line. Revenue growth would have been even stronger if it wasn't for foreign currency fluctuations, which dampened revenue by $26.9 million.
On an absolute basis, earnings followed revenue higher, with non-GAAP gross profit rising |
The national teams will soon start trainings to get prepared for various international tournaments, the main target being the World Championships scheduled for September 12-18 | in Istanbul.
Sports lovers were attentively following the development at the European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, which brought together 686 wrestlers from 43 countries. Armenia was represented in all of 7 weight categories.
The team has young and hungry for victory players, a talented coach and support of thousands of fans.
The long-awaited Armenia-Russia UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier ended 0-0 on March 26 in Yerevan.
Review of March 10-17 football events.
UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier: Tickets for the UEFA EURO 2012 Group B qualifier between Armenia and Russia have been sold out. The tickets cost from AMD 3000 to 7000, going on sale March 7. The Republican Stadium in Yerevan will host the match on March 26, at 7 p.m. local time. Prior to this match, fans of the two national teams will also compete on the same day. Besides, Armenia's and Russia's veterans will pay on March 25 in Mika stadium |
This installment of the Caster Prestige Archetype-series clocks in at 8 pages, 1 page front cover, 1.5 pages SRD | , 1 page blank, leaving us with 5.5 pages of content, so let’s take a look!
That out of the way, let us take a look at the class herein, with is built on the chassis of wizard and the Mage of the Third Eye PrC, with d6 HD, 2 + Int skills per level, with d6 HD, 2 + Int skills per level, full spellcasting progression, good Will-saves and 1/2 BAB-progression. Proficiency-wise, they only get club, dagger, dart and quarterstaff. They inherit the wizard’s Scribe Scroll feat at 1st level. 4th level yields access to wizard school powers of any school of magic – he may choose a single arcane school SP with daily uses equal 3 + Int-mod uses; however, instead of this cap, use costs one hand pool point – more on that below. 8th and 12th level yield new school SPs |
I always get mixed message from the IT industry about skills availability. One side says there is a skills shortage while another says there is not. Some | say there are good opportunities in Computer Science and some say there are not.
The offshoring of IT work is always seen as a major hinderance to the UK IT profession. I could porobably do an entire blog or two dedicated to this subject alone.
I recently wrote a blog about how UK IT professionals are themsleves migrating for pastures new.
The figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show that Computer Science graduates are the largest group of unemployed graduates in the UK.
These figures are from July and show that 17% of 2009 computer science graduates were unemployed. This is the highest and the average graduate unemployment is 10%.
The continued offshoring of IT work and the use of Intra Company Transfers (ICTs) to bring in workers from overseas is a major cause according to Sir Andrew Green of Migration Watch.
His comments were made in a Home Affairs Select Committee which discussed immigration yesterday – see it here.
Here is |
WASHINGTON—James Webb Baker Jr., 58, of Seattle, pleaded guilty today to one count of voter intimidation and one count of identification fraud in the | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Prior to the 2012 federal elections, Baker created and sent 200 fake voter eligibility letters to Republican Party donors across Florida that questioned the recipients’ citizenship status. During the plea hearing, Baker admitted that he intended the letters to look as if they were written by county elections officials and that his purpose in sending the letters was to intimidate the recipients and interfere with their right to vote.
According to the evidence presented in court proceedings and documents, in October 2012, Baker read about the efforts of the Florida governor and the Florida secretary of state to remove the names of voters from the official Florida county lists of eligible voters. Angered by what he believed to be an attempt to suppress voter turnout, specifically of Hispanic voters who would vote for candidates of the Democratic Party, Baker created “false” or “copycat” voter eligibility letters of the actual letters sent by county officials. Baker sent his letters, which questioned the recipient� |
LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - The battle to become the mobile partner of BT intensified on Thursday as the chairman of O2 | ’s Spanish owner, Telefonica, flew to London and rival suitor EE’s owners indicated they were willing to offer more attractive terms to seal a deal.
BT has been in talks with Telefonica and EE’s owners, Orange and Deutsche Telekom for nearly a month about a deal to buy one of the mobile operators, putting the British telecom firm in an unusually strong position to negotiate a deal.
People familiar with the situation have said Telefonica is willing to agree a deal which includes taking some shares in BT and other sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday Orange and Deutsche are also now open to accepting BT stock.
Three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said BT was expected to choose between the two firms by early next week, with an announcement possibly coming earlier than that. Telefonica’s chairman, Cesar Alierta, was flying to London on Thursday afternoon to help lobby for his side.
A deal with |
Age: Approximately 45,000 years old, dating to the period when Homo sapiens and Neanderthals first started hanging out.
What are | ugly friends for? They make you look good.
How do they do that? Through the “ugly-friend effect”, wherein the proximity of your less attractive chum makes you more attractive to strangers by comparison.
I’ve never heard of this phenomenon. It’s nothing new, although the idea gained a certain prominence with the 2015 release of teen film The Duff (pictured above) – Duff being an acronym for “designated ugly fat friend”.
I find the whole notion callous, superficial and unscientific. It may well be the first two, but not the third. According to a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, the ugly-friend effect is real.
They sent scientists out on the pull? No. Study participants were asked to rate the attractiveness of faces in photographs. When they were later reshown those pictures flanked by photos of plainer folk, their original ratings went up.
I suppose there� |
When I first encountered iTunes, the wildly popular music app that allows fans to compile their own collections and digital library, I was agog. After | 20 years of amassing music, I had more than 4,000 albums, most of them stacked precariously in my basement.
The more I used iTunes, the more slavish my devotion grew. If I wanted to play a particular song, I no longer had to go hunting through those stacks. I just clicked a button. If I wanted to make a mixed CD -- a process that had taken me hours, particularly in the cassette era -- I had only to create a new playlist. And if I heard a killer song at a party or on the radio, there was a handy online store where I could instantly download that track for a buck.
But for all the joys of such wizardry, I've been experiencing a creeping sense of dread recently when it comes to iTunes, a dark hunch that technology has impoverished the actual experience of listening to music.
See, back when I was a kid in the '70s, the way I listened to music was pretty |
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Dozens of countries signed a treaty to ban nuclear weapons on Wednesday amid tensions over North Korea’s nuclear | and missile tests, although the United States, Britain, France and others boycotted the event at the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders.
The treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons will enter into force 90 days after 50 countries have ratified it. Only a few states were due to deposit their ratification on Wednesday.
“There remain some fifteen thousand nuclear weapons in existence. We cannot allow these doomsday weapons to endanger our world and our children’s future,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said as he opened the treaty for signing.
The treaty was adopted in July by two-thirds of the 193 U.N. member states after months of talks, which the United States, Britain, France and others skipped. They instead pledged commitment to a decades-old Non-Proliferation Treaty, which aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.
The United States, Britain and France are among nine countries believed to have nuclear |
At UN, US Susan Rice Confirms Stealth Myanmar Briefing, Speaks on Sudan Sit-Reps, Darfur Mission "Impediments | "
UNITED NATIONS, December 2 -- While military ruled Myanmar was on the November agenda of the UN Security Council, albeit in a footnote, it was removed from the agenda for December, during which the United States has the Council Presidency.
Early on December 2, Inner City Press was told that China had opposed the inclusion of Myanmar in the Program of Work, even as a footnote. It was agreed that, without giving the session a name, UN envoy Vijay Nambiar will brief the Council on his Thanksgiving weekend visit to the country on the afternoon of December 6, under “Any Other Business,” the Council's catch-all phrase.
But on December 6, the Program listed only the tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Inner City Press asked Ambassador Rice along with questions on Sudan to confirm that there would in fact be a briefing on December 6, and whether the obviously deleted footnote had been Myanmar.
Ambassador Rice said that yes, Mister N |
Rock star wine label: When Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell climbed the sheer face of Yosemite”s El Capitan in January, they | celebrated by popping the cork on a bottle of Iron Horse sparkling wine. Now the historic climb by these “rock stars” will be featured on the label of a bottle of bubbly. The bottle will be unveiled at the Earth Day festivities at Iron Horse Vineyards in Sonoma”s Russian River Valley.
The April 19 festivities will include an alfresco wine and food tasting, with bites from local chefs and sips from neighboring Green Valley wineries including Marimar Torres, MacPhail Family Wines and Dutton-Goldfield Winery. Jorgeson will speak about his El Capitan climb, which was seven years in the making. It took 19 days to ascend and summit the 3,000-foot Dawn Wall. Photos and video of the summit by photographer Jerry Dodrill will be on view. And the winery will honor Jorgeson and Caldwell”s heroic climb by releasing the 2010 Summit Cuve, a one-time only commemorative |
CAMBRIDGE, England – Where do you want to go tomorrow? Try peer-to-peer computing, self-organizing networks | , 3-D holograms that tilt and roll on handheld devices, and picture-editing tools based on probability theory.
That's the map of the future provided by Microsoft researchers based at the company's British laboratory, tucked away in the centuries-old surroundings of Cambridge University.
The laboratory is preparing to celebrate a relatively youthful fifth anniversary, based at a university with science and technology credentials that include heavyweights such as Sir Isaac Newton, "father of computing" Sir Charles Babbage, DNA pioneers Crick and Watson, mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing and professor Stephen Hawking.
"We're not working on this year's products. We're not working on next year's products. We're working on the technology that might help improve the technologies of the future," said professor Roger Needham, one-time Cambridge student, now professor and vice chancellor, who heads the lab.
Needham, an expert in computer security and encryption, has a job resume that includes top American research labs |
A few weeks ago I was sat here writing about David Bowie’s new album Blackstar. Scratching my head trying to interpret his | cryptic lyrics. The excitement of the new album release on his 69th birthday, filled with hope that this was the start of an exciting new era for Bowie fans.
The thing I can’t get my head around is the bizarre feeling of great sorrow I felt for someone I’ve never actually met. For a few hours after the news broke I just felt numb. It’s weird seeing all those scenes on the news of distraught fans who,like me, didn’t know this man personally. Even though I’ve never met the great man, I can sort of track the significant events of my life through the Bowie songs I was listening to at the time. When I hear one of his albums it takes me right back to where I was when I first heard that record. I think that’s why the news has had a really strong impact on me.
I see his latest album as a thank you to us, his fans. The meaning |
The Senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, was on Tuesday docked before an FCT High Court, Apo | area of Abuja on a six-count bordering on attempted suicide and attempt to escape from custody.
The senator however, denied committing the offences preferred against him.
Justice Sylvanus Oriji said that he was aware that the court had granted bail to the defendant when he was arraigned before him on July 25, 2018 on the same charges.
Oriji said that the earlier bail conditions, which included the sum of N5 million and two sureties in like sum were still valid and should be sustained in the current charges.
The prosecuting counsel, Dr Alex Izinyon (SAN), told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offences on April 24.
He said the defendant, while being conveyed in a police vehicle to Lokoja, allegedly forced his way out of the vehicle and attempted to escape.
Izinyon said that the defendant held a substance in his hand and threatened to drink it to kill himself so that he would put the police officers in trouble |
Health workers treat an unconfirmed Ebola patient, inside a MSF (Doctors Without Borders)-supported Ebola Treatment Centre on Nov. 3, 2018 in | Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Butembo, with more than one million residents, is now reporting cases of the deadly hemorrhagic fever. That complicates Ebola containment work already challenged by rebel attacks elsewhere that have made tracking the virus almost impossible in some isolated villages.
“We are very concerned by the epidemiological situation in the Butembo area,” said John Johnson, project co-ordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in the city. New cases are increasing quickly in the eastern suburbs and outlying, isolated districts, the medical charity said.
The outbreak declared on Aug. 1 is now second only to the devastating West Africa outbreak that killed more than 11,300 people a few years ago. There are currently 471 Ebola cases, of which 423 are confirmed, including 225 confirmed deaths, Congo’s health ministry said late Thursday.
Without the teams that have vaccinated more than 41,000 people |
I was surprised that Washington, D.C. was crowned the top socially networking city. I guess politicians need to keep on top of their constituents | and minute-minute-votes on Capitol Hill. Palo Alto, the home to Facebook headquarters, is nowhere to be found on the top 100 social networked cities.
Men’s Health came out with a study determining the top 100 socially networked cities. The magazine started by calculating the number of Facebook and LinkedIn users per capita, and then determined the overall Twitter usage. The study also included Myspace, Friendster, Reddit and Digg. As a final point, after factoring in the number of households that tend to use chat rooms and blogs, Men’s Health came up with the results.
I was surprised that Washington, D.C. was crowned the top socially networking city. I guess politicians need to be top of their constituents and minute-minute votes on Capitol Hill. Palo Alto, the home to Facebook headquarters, is nowhere to be found on the top 100 social networked cities.
Atlanta and Denver are next in line, which I find interesting because |
PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) - In a tent next to the crumpled ruins of the Roa Roa hotel in Indonesia� | �s quake-hit city of Palu, relatives and friends of guests believed to be under the rubble await news as a desperate rescue effort goes on in the intense heat.
Four days after a 7.5 magnitude quake and tsunami struck the coastal town on Sulawesi island, only three people have been pulled out alive from the ruined hotel, and nine bodies have been recovered.
About 50 people were believed to have been in the eight-storey building when the disaster struck.
A search and rescue team is using acoustic detectors to try to pick up any sounds from trapped survivors, as well as concrete and metal cutters, and saws.
“We’re using sound detectors that can pick up voices and knocking. All this takes time but it’s for safety reasons, for survivors and for our own team,” said rescue team head Agus Haryono.
An earth digger and crane arrived only on Monday because of difficult road access. |
Occupation and relevant experience: I am currently President of Johnson Murphy & Associates where I build legislative strategies for companies and nonprofits. I served as Associate | Staff on Appropriations for Congressman Charlie Wilson and handled Defense and Foreign Affairs, served as Congressional Liaison for United States Agency for International Development, and was appointed Senior Advisor at the International Trade Administration in the US Department of Commerce.
Community involvement: I am a member of the McLean Citizens Association, the McLean Community Foundation, and serve on the fundraising board for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. I served on the Human Services Council for Fairfax County and on the Fairfax County Health Care Task Force. I am the Democratic Party Precinct Co-Captain for Langley precinct.
I care about our community and felt that our priorities and values needed strong representation. I am committed to fighting for the issues important to our community including for more funding for our schools. I will be introducing a bill to reform the Local Composite Index in the next session of the House of Delegates.
I have the experience, commitment and the ability to work in a bipartisan way to achieve consensus. I have lived here and raised |
To borrow a line from Dennis Green, they are who we thought they were.
From his hospital bed, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has acknowledged | his role in planting the explosives near the marathon finish line on April 15, the officials said. The first successful large-scale bombing in the post-Sept. 11, 2001, era, the Boston attack killed three people and wounded more than 250 others.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing investigation, said Dzhokhar and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed by police as the two attempted to avoid capture, do not appear to have been directed by a foreign terrorist organization.
Rather, the officials said, the evidence so far suggests they were “self-radicalized” through Internet sites and U.S. actions in the Muslim world. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has specifically cited the U.S. war in Iraq, which ended in December 2011 with the removal of the last American forces, and the war in Afghanistan, where President Obama plans to end combat operations by the end of 2014.
Obama has made repairing |
With less than two months to election day, Hillary Clinton's health is now front and center in the presidential campaign. Clinton's announcement that she has | pneumonia and overheated at a 9/11 remembrance event has drawn calls for both presidential candidates to be more upfront about their medical histories. Neither Clinton nor Donald Trump have released detailed accounts of their health.
With Clinton, 68, and Trump, 70, running as the two of the oldest first-time candidates in presidential history, this obsession with the health of a potential President may seem new. But in the past, the health of candidates has been called into question, often through circulation of photos or videos by the media. And in some cases, a candidate's health has impacted their ability to sell themselves to voters.
Former US President Richard Nixon waves to photographers as he prepares to get in to his car at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, May 20, 1987.
A little more than 56 years ago, then-Vice President Richard Nixon slammed his knee on a car door. With about two months to go until the election, Nixon was forced to spend the first half of September recovering |
I have long told President Obama’s most ardent supporters to read Charles Krauthammer. He’s a guaranteed angry read. | But if you set aside his rhetorical rage and focus on the substance, Krauthammer does a good job of making the right’s case against the president. Think of him as Chris Christie to George Will’s Tim Pawlenty.
Thanks to a new book by Michael Grunwald, we know with certainty that what Krauthammer argues is a load of bunk. Republicans are complicit in the failures they rail against.
At first, we thought organized Republican recalcitrance against the president started in October 2010 after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) famously said, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” Then came Robert Draper’s book, “Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives,” this spring. As the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein reported in April, the book reports on a dinner |
New Delhi: A day after a high intensity bomb exploded outside the Delhi high court, killing 12, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and | the Delhi Police were struggling to make substantial progress in their probes.
Home-grown terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) on Thursday claimed responsibility for the blast in an email and said it will target a shopping mall next. On Wednesday, militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) claimed it had triggered the explosion.
Investigations into HuJI’s email and the movement of a stolen car in the National Capital Region haven’t yielded results yet. Union home secretary R.K. Singh ruled out a connection between the stolen Hyundai Santro car with the blast.
“The NIA has announced a reward of ₹ 5 lakh for those providing any vital clue in the case," Singh said.
U.K. Bansal, secretary (internal security) in the Union home ministry, said NIA and the Delhi Police were pursuing various leads.
“Some information indicating towards a |
Here are some of the stories Newsday reporters are currently working on.
JEB BUSH ON LI. Newsday's Laura Figuero | a was at the annual luncheon of the Long Island Association today, where former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a possible Republican candidate for president, spoke about challenges facing America and fielded questions. View her tweets by clicking through the gallery below.
Asked if Hillary Clinton deciding to run or not will factor in his decision to run for prez Jeb Bush responds "not at all."
Jeb Bush asked about signing FL's "Stand your Ground" Law. "Did you ever envision it would be used by George Zimmerman?"
"It was the coolest job in the world," Jeb Bush on his two terms as Florida Gov.
LIA president Kevin Law asks Jeb Bush about health of dad Pres. George H.W. Bush -- "he's doing much better"
LIA President: "Is there anything you like about Obamacare?" Bush: "Not really."
Q: "How do you think history will treat your brother?" Bush: "Over time there will be a readjust |
Victor Marino, 87, husband of the late Helen (Cannata) Marino, of Johnson St., Middletown, died Sun | ., Oct. 8, 2006, at Middlesex Hospital. He was born Dec. 2, 1918, in Melilli, Sicily, son of the late Sebastian and Ann (Saraceno).
He served with the Italian Police prior to the Italian Army during World War II, where he had been a Prisoner of War in North Africa for four years. He came to the U.S. in 1949 and had been a Middletown resident. He worked for A.N. Pierson's Florists and part time at Wesleyan University. He retired after 25 years as a florist for the state of Connecticut.
He is survived by two daughters, Ann Frances Marino and her partner Joseph Martocci of Middletown and Mary Ellen Gosselin and her husband Dennis of Burlington; two grandchildren, Amanda and Myles Gosselin, and a great-granddaughter, Lexi Mia, all of Burlington. He was predeceased by a brother |
Imagine a social media debate on the Big Bang Theory or Higgs boson particle! Even literate Pakistanis who are not well-versed | in English would fail to contribute to it, not because of some fault of their own but because no resource is available in Urdu or in any of our regional languages on the topic, not unlike almost all other academic disciplines that shape the modern world.
The inability of the people to access knowledge from the original source has been manipulated by different interest groups over the years, so much so that the chasm between the worldview of Pakistanis who read and write in English (or any of the languages in which modern information is available) and of those who do not is now manifest in all possible areas of life, none more than social media.
As a consequence, a large number of Pakistanis who do not read and write in English are now literally dodging information, lest it poses a threat to their worldview!
A social media debate on Charles Darwin’s ‘Theory of Evolution,’ for example, would inevitably never move beyond the relationship between humans and monkeys; so much so |
NEWCASTLE have released a statement - as fans desperately wait for news on their next manager.
But, the announcement on Newcastle's club website | this morning was no quite what fans had in mind.
As the Geordie nation wait for confirmation of Steve McClaren's sacking - and Rafa Benitez's potential appointment - the North East club have issued a ticket update.
In a move that will be considered brazen in the extreme by some supporters, Newcastle have released the following statement.
Given there is no certainty who will be managing Newcastle at the King Power Stadium, fans would be within their rights to demand clarity on that before purchasing a ticket for Monday night's trip to the Midlands.
The North East club have not posted from their Twitter or Facebook accounts since Wednesday lunchtime.
Express Sport understands Benitez's appointment as Newcastle boss is on hold as McClaren's exit is finalised.
Benitez can expect to earn £4million a year over three years with a £2m bonus if he keeps the Magpies in the Premier League.
But Newcastle are set to shell out £2 |
Nine months have passed since the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on September 11, 2001. U.S. relations with the outside world | have changed in many ways as a result. In what ways has 9.11 changed Sino-American relations? How should one explain the changes and continuities of the relationship? What does all this mean for the future development of the relationship? This paper represents a modest attempt to address these questions.
In retrospect, 9.11 has led to a significant improvement in Sino-American relations. The improvement is especially significant in light of the relationship prior to September 11.
The relationship between the two countries before 9.11 could be described as one of reduced differences and increasing conflicts. After 20 years of reform and openness, China has undergone some significant changes. As a result, the differences between China and the United States, be it economic, political, or cultural, have diminished over time. People traveling in China find that in major Chinese cities the streets are dotted with American fast food restaurants such as McDonalds, Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Chinese department stores are filled with many well |
I started barefoot walking. As simple as that.
I now try to walk barefoot as much as possible. Yes, I have found | that donning my shoes as often as I can helps me with the release of stress and anxiety and also forces my mind to re-focus on the present moment.
If we think about it from a physiological standpoint the feet-brain connection makes complete sense.
-reduces my social anxiety by forcing me to engage with other people who are likely wondering why I am not wearing shoes in situations that others would.
BTW: Most people ignore it, some find it funny or odd, but mostly folks are simply interested into the why, and strike up an amiable conversation. (No, I am not going into BPD at that point but stick to the mediation and mindfulness part and may tell them about other physiological health benefits. That's all they need-and likely want--to know.
A second BTW: You might have heard of a related technique called "earthing" where your feet are supposed to connect with the ground to exchange positive and negative energies like a dows |
Williams has more than 35 years of audit and public accounting experience with Ernst & Young, LLP, most recently as the Southwest Region Assurance Managing Partner | where she had responsibility for a $500 million audit practice encompassing nine states, 14 offices and 1,200 employees. She retired from the firm in 2016.
Her experience at Ernst & Young included support for energy clients as she worked with oil and gas producers, midstream companies and large integrated firms with global operations.
In addition to her formal leadership roles, Williams served on the partner advisory council, inclusiveness council and diversity task force at Ernst & Young.
"For more than three decades, well-respected companies have looked to Valerie for advice, counsel and insight. WPX now joins the ranks of those who will benefit from her expertise as we continue to execute at a high level both operationally and financially," said Rick Muncrief, chairman and chief executive officer.
"The length of her tenure with a single firm speaks to her dedication, the quality of her leadership and the value she brings to the table. Her background in risk management and her understanding of global markets are |
credit: K Martinko -- OK, so my kids weren't terribly thrilled to get just one gift last Christmas, but they survived. We | went to the beach instead!
Gift exchanges are fun and traditional, but they can also be expensive and wasteful, especially if you don’t like or can’t use what you have received. It fuels much of the consumerism that is so damaging to our planet and culture. The gift exchange goes against much of what we at TreeHugger strive for throughout the rest of the year – simple, small, green, and often frugal lifestyles. That’s why we need to take a step back to reassess the shopping madness. Here are some thoughts on how to spend less time and effort on it.
Kids don’t need to be showered in multiple presents from their parents. We like to keep it simple at our house – one gift from Santa and one from us. Tell visitors not to come laden with presents for the kids. As exciting as it is to rip off the paper and play with a new toy, inevitably it gets forgotten |
In 2008, Mother Jones blew the lid off corporate black ops against environmental groups. Now one of the targets is fighting back.
More than two | years ago, Mother Jones exposed a private security firm run by former Secret Service agents that had spied on an array of environmental groups on behalf of corporate clients, in some cases infiltrating unsuspecting organizations with operatives posing as activists. Now, one of the targets of this corporate espionage is fighting back.
On Monday, Greenpeace filed suit in federal district court in Washington, DC, against the Dow Chemical Company and Sasol North America, charging that the two multinational chemical manufacturers sought to thwart its environmental campaigns against genetically engineered foods and chemical pollution through elaborate undercover operations. Also named in the suit are Dezenhall Resources and Ketchum, public relations firms hired by Sasol and Dow respectively, and four ex-employees of that now-defunct security firm, Beckett Brown International (BBI).
The suit charges that between 1998 and 2000 the chemical companies, the PR firms, and BBI “conspired to and did surveil, infiltrate and steal confidential information from Greenpeace with the intention |
WASHINGTON • Beijing's lengthy approval process for genetically modified (GM) crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the trade war between China and the | United States, according to two sources with knowledge of the talks.
Beijing has taken years to approve new strains of GM crops, and US companies and farmers have complained that this stalls trade by restricting the sales of new products from companies such as DowDuPont Inc, Bayer AG and Syngenta AG.
The issue is one of a host of US complaints that the Trump administration is demanding China address if it wants to end the trade dispute that has cost both countries billions of dollars and slowed the global economy. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the two sides were getting very close to a deal that could be announced in about four weeks, though there were still differences to be bridged.
The issue has been a source of tension between the two countries for years. China is the biggest buyer of US soya beans, the bulk of which are genetically modified. If it does not approve new strains, then farmers in the US cannot plant them because China may reject shipments that include them. Seed |
Chip's Bar. In 2012 the transgender bartender known as Eli would promptly kick out by force anyone that was caught smoking or doing any drugs.
| “I almost had a heart attack. I just witnessed gunshots at [Bar] Chip's,” my friend Amayrani posted on Facebook at around 1 am after the incident. I caught up with Amayrani the day after the shooting at her work in Mamut Brewery. She lives next to Chip's Bar and was still shaking from the altercation as she narrated to her coworkers what happened as she entered her home the previous night.
Two men and one woman were shot inside Chip's Bar in Calle Sexta on Wednesday, April 5, a few minutes after the clock struck midnight. This was the second shooting on Calle Sexta within the same week. The newspaper Zeta reported that the perpetrators escaped in a white Ford Explorer and identified the business as “Bar Cheese.” The victims were transported to Tijuana’s general hospital where they were reported in stable condition. One of the victims died later the same day.
Due to an |
LIONS fought their way to a fourth league win from five starts with their most impressive performance this season.
Despite having two forwards sinbinned | , Lions showed a cutting edge in the first half and then defended superbly with the wind and rain in their faces.
Chris Richards kicked Lions ahead in the first minute with a penalty, and the forwards then drove on before the ball was moved wide at pace for Pete Roberts to score on the right - Richards converting, his last success of the game, to give the home side a 10-0 lead on three minutes as they sought to establish the necessary first-half cushion.
Lions' tendency to concede penalties returned and three in a minute gave Manchester the field position for scrum-half Paul Thompson to score a fine blind side try on eight minutes.
But Rugby looked committed and inventive, and they even won Manchester line-outs against a very tall pack which was all in contrast to their performance against Exeter last time out.
Flanker Tristan Prosser-Shaw was harshly yellow-carded, but Lions still dominated up front and forward pressure |
Obama’s surrender of internet oversight threatens free speech worldwide.
Recently, the Obama Administration announced that it would transfer its oversight of internet domain | management to a yet-to-be-named international multi-stakeholder. Many are concerned that this will lead to the suppression of speech in capitulation to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and other free speech tyrants. And though some on the left insist that these concerns amount to nothing more than alarmist folly, the concessions have already begun.
The internet originated in America, initially launched as a government experiment in networks. Over a period of two decades, it grew to include researchers and think tanks. In 1992, the “network of networks” opened its doors to the commercial world, and the internet as we know it today was birthed.
A global system of domain management was needed. Someone had to keep a list of domain names and assign them numbers for internet users worldwide. This had to be done by a central body in order to prevent multiple individuals, organizations or other entities from winding up with duplicative domain names, causing confusion.
Initially |
Today you're feeling grounded and down-to-earth. You might not always, but for now you prefer it. After all, the high | and mighty can fall much farther than you. And isn't telling the straight truth just so much more interesting? You could light a fire under someone without even trying! Which is always good for a few laughs. Don't do anything just for laughs now, though -- try to have a point, too. That's part of what being practical is all about.
Feeling and thinking will lead to doing and making. Even if your goals are new, the same method will probably work again. You've been here before, and by now you should be comfortable in your creative role as a new cycle begins. So kick-start the engine to power up your latest and greatest. See if you can get it online today. If the whole thing isn't ready to go, find the part you can live with and put that out for all the world to see. Whatever you're doing here, you're clearly an artist at work.
Restlessness won't serve you well today, but it could |
YouTube (S GOOG) officially confirmed Tuesday that it is going to launch a paid music subscription tier to its service. However, the service | may come with some collateral damage: YouTube is going to start blocking music videos from five percent of its label partners. Affected are indie labels that haven’t agreed to YouTube’s licensing terms, according to a Financial Times report.
The paper quoted YouTube content head Robert Kyncl saying that official music videos from labels that haven’t reached an agreement with YouTube will disappear from the service “in a matter of days.” YouTube already has agreements with all the major labels and some indies in place, but could take down videos from artists like Adele and the Arctic Monkeys, according to the Times.
However, it seems like these take-downs wouldn’t affect all of these artist’s videos. Vevo told Techcrunch that its Adele music videos will remain available, and the same will presumably be true for the Arctic Monkeys as well. Adding to the confusion are regional licensing disparities. A band may be on an |
CANTON – On the day before his induction into the Hall of Fame, Lawrence Taylor retreated to his favorite place on earth: the golf course | .
The golf course was LT’s detox center when he lived perilously on the edge and over the edge of the NFL’s drug policy, and the golf course was where he found peace and quiet on a sunny afternoon before his most glorious day in the sun.
Later in the evening, across the street from a Civic Center dinner honoring Taylor and fellow enshrinees Eric Dickerson, Ozzie Newsome, Tom Mack and Billy Shaw, Taylor wore the gold Hall of Fame jacket as he was escorted by bodyguards from room to room filled with worshippers.
At the bustling outdoor cocktail hour, LT’s mother Iris wore a radiant smile when asked about her son.
Iris Taylor was asked what her emotions might be today. “Crying all over the place,” she said.
Iris Taylor and Lawrence Taylor’s closest supporters hope and pray today is the first day of the rest of his life. Because today is |
At the risk of oversimplifying, there are two broad “Russian collusion” theories. One lacks credibility. The other just got a | slight boost when Jerome Corsi provided to The Washington Post what appears to be a draft statement of offense from the special counsel’s office.
Let’s call them the James Bond theory and the Austin Powers theory. The James Bond theory is fading. The Austin Powers theory may well be true.
The heart of the James Bond theory is the unsupported Steele dossier. This is the tale of collusion that has long captivated elements of the left-wing media — involving alleged “kompromat,” clandestine meetings, financial leverage and all the stuff of a classic spy story.
I’m sorry. I don’t buy it. Not yet. Not without actual, substantial evidence. Indeed, the evidence is so thin that it’s in the Trump team’s interests to keep it in the news. The media’s eagerness to fall for anonymous sources and lurid stories hurts their credibility. And it helps Trump.
But |
Ontario is considering an “urgent” 22-per-cent increase to welfare over three years and a new housing benefit to begin | as early as 2019 as part of a 10-year roadmap to overhaul the province’s antiquated and rule-bound income security system, the Star has learned.
The proposals are included in a 180-page report by a provincially-appointed panel of community activists and experts being released Thursday by Community and Social Services Minister Helena Jaczek.
Although the panel says it is impossible to provide a 10-year price tag for the reforms, early measures are expected to cost $3.2 billion annually by 2021, according to the report obtained by the Star.
Jaczek, who set up the panel in July 2016, said she wanted the group to tackle the province’s “confusing, complicated and intrusive” welfare rules and to consider a broader approach to income security that includes housing, child benefits, health benefits, training and employment supports.
At the time, Jaczek predicted there would be a commitment to help vulnerable Ontarians in the 2018 budget and said |
A new company that makes whiskey barrels out of white oak wood has been born from efforts to rebuild a devastated West Virginia community following deadly floods.
| "We will be coming on into the marketplace at a perfect time," he said.
"This idea, which some people thought was a little crazy when we started, it evolved out of the recovery from the flood," Crabtree said. "The people who invested in West Virginia to rebuild homes truly believed that rebuilding homes was just the beginning of the economic recovery of West Virginia. They have pulled together a group of 20 investors to make this project a reality and to complete the economic recovery, which only economic development can do."
West Virginia Economic Development Authority executive director David Warner says the authority's board on Thursday approved a $6 million loan for the company, to be coupled with $6 million in bank financing and $15 million from a group of investors. In addition, a sawmill will undergo a $3 million upgrade.
West Virginia Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher said using West Virginia white oak "will support jobs in our state's timber industry, |
HOUSTON — Alex Rodriguez said dealing with his 211-game suspension stemming from baseball's Biogenesis drug investigation has been a "big burden" and | adds he's ready to face it "head on" when the arbitration hearing on his grievance begins Monday.
The Yankees third baseman didn't expect to play this weekend during the team's season-ending series at Houston because of soreness in his legs.
He said he's excited to get the hearing started before arbitrator Fredric Horowitz and he plans to attend every day. Horowitz has set aside all five business days next week for sessions. "I'm fighting for my life and my whole legacy," Rodriguez said. "Yeah, I should be there."
Rodriguez was suspended by MLB Aug. 5, the day he returned from January hip surgery and a quadriceps injury sustained during a minor league rehabilitation assignment.
He dodged the question when asked whether he would consider it a victory if his suspension were shortened or would he would be satisfied only if it were overturned completely.
He said he will discuss the case in detail at some unspecified point.
"Obviously this is going to |
Bossier City and Louisiana state officials said last week that chlorine levels in the city's water will remain safe.
Erin Brockovich, the | famed legal clerk-turned-environmental activist, claimed in a social media post last week that Bossier City officials were not telling the truth about the safety of the city's water.
Brockovich made her claim Oct. 10 after Bossier City officials announced that the city would flush its water system with chlorine as a precautionary measure after a nearby water system tested positive for the brain-eating amoeba.
State officials confirmed later that day that the water system tested positive for the brain-eating amoeba and that the flush was underway.
In the post, Brockovich claimed that the chlorine-flushed water would be dangerous for residents to drink and bathe in.
The state's health officer and Bossier City officials maintain that the water is safe and that the slight increase in chlorine levels is well within proper guidelines.
Brockovich is best known for legal work in California in the 1990s. Her efforts inspired the 2000 film "Erin Brockovich |
Megaport’s (ASX:MP1) losses have retreated for the six months ending December 2017, to $13.3 | million, representing a 3.27 per cent boost from the $13.8 million net loss the company reported for the same period the year prior.
During the half-year, Megaport invested $6 million cash into its network and ecosystem expansion. Of this amount, $3.6 million was invested in rolling out additional data centres globally, including setting up its Europe sites and adding additional sites in North America.
Meanwhile, $2.4 million was invested in the company’s software development and innovation including its recently-launched Megaport Cloud Router (MCR), among other items.
After direct network costs, the company reported a $2.1 million profit for the half-year period, compared to a loss after direct network costs of $831,000 in the same period ended 31 December 2016.
“The first half of fiscal year 2018 saw the company driving increased adoption of Megaport services which grew significantly while we continued to expand our |
The Kirin 980 will power Huawei’s Mate 20 Series that is set for launch this year.
Technology giant Huawei has said it is on | course “to rise above all” in the global smartphone market.
Based on an IDC report of H1 2018 smartphone sales, Huawei took its place as the No 2 global smartphone vendor manufacturer, “establishing a new world order in smartphone hierarchy”, the company has said in a press statement.
While the industry was still abuzz with the news, Huawei marked two more milestones before the month was out.
The company sold 10mn units of the Huawei P20 series in the first five months and marked another “world’s first” with the launch of its new Kirin 980 chipset – the first commercially available 7 nanometre chipset that delivers “never-seen-before speed and efficiency”.
Huawei also took second spot in the Middle East and Africa.
According to the GFK May 2018 report, Huawei CBG’s market share in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) was 21%, an increase of |
"Ever-prevalent gun violence has become the 'new' normal plaguing our City and the news headlines. And I am not going | to absolve law enforcement for whatever role we have played in being complicit in the calculus of racial disparities," he wrote. "Given this sobering backdrop, one can understand why there is a sense of hopelessness and desperation with those who have not enjoyed (or even had the same access to) all of the opportunities that many of us take for granted. Systems improvements borne out of intentional, long-term, collaboration is our 'best' option for the future. Unrest like we have witnessed elsewhere in our country cannot possibly aid in constructive engagement and only holds us back."
Dozens of volunteer peacekeepers will take to the streets, said Ruben Anthony, president of the Urban League of Greater Madison.
On Sunday (May 10), Ozanne announced that he had made a decision in the case, but refused to tell the family the results of the investigation before Tuesday’s press conference.
This tragedy adds to the fueling debate over racism and excessive force used by police.
Earlier |
STUART PEARCE'S first game as England's interim manager ended in defeat as Holland's Arjen Robben scored an injury- | time winner in the friendly international at Wembley.
Two down after an hour following goals by Robben and Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Harry Redknapp must have been sat at home wondering whether he really wanted the "impossible job".
By the time England had rallied manfully in the final five minutes and dragged themselves level through Gary Cahill and Ashley Young, interim boss Stuart Pearce had claims on being Fabio Capello's replacement for Euro 2012.
Robben's brilliant response - his second superb goal of the evening - gave the hosts a reality check. But after the madness, now the Football Association must get to work and sort out who will lead England into the summer, and whether Scott Parker gets to keep the captain's armband.
The stability Holland brought to Wembley, starting with nine of the team that began the World Cup final, under the same coach, Bert van Marwijk, contrasted sharply with the upheaval England have endured.
Coach and captain were |
After two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia, CEO Kevin Johnson said the company will review what happened and train workers on "unconscious | bias."
Q: Do you know more about what happened?
A: The incident that unfolded in our store last Thursday and the outcome of that were reprehensible. The decision to call the police in that instance was wrong and that led to an outcome that should not have happened. I've apologized to the two gentlemen that went through that experience, and I apologized to the community of Philadelphia.
Q: Have you met with the two men yet (as of Monday morning)?
A: I have not met with them yet but I am scheduled to do so while I'm here in Philadelphia over the next couple of days.
Q: What do you want to tell them?
A: I would like the opportunity to apologize to them face to face and I'd like to have a dialogue with them and the opportunity to listen to them with compassion and empathy. And finally I'd like to invite them to be |
With consumers spending $70 billion a year on pets, one startup is finding success in a trend that was more recently confined to their human owners: | healthy eating. The Farmer’s Dog, a direct-to-consumer startup that delivers crafted fresh pet food to one’s door, just closed $39 million in Series B financing. It now boasts total funding of $49 million.
The latest round was led by Insight Venture Partners (HelloFresh, Delivery Hero) and includes participation from previous investors such as Shasta Ventures and Forerunner Ventures (Hims/Hers, Dollar Shave Club).
Cofounders Brett Podolsky and Jonathan Regev launched the subscription service in 2015 to disrupt an industry that mostly relies on food-shelf stable, preservative-heavy dry food. Regev, who also serves as CEO, explains that kibble varieties don’t necessarily rob pets of nutrients, but do potentially impact a number of different health concerns, including obesity, lethargy, diabetes, and cancer. Currently, 56% of dogs are classified as obese and canine diabetes increased by 79% |
Tulsa police officer Betty Jo Shelby was found not guilty in the death of the unarmed black man.
Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby | was found not guilty Wednesday for the fatal shooting of unarmed black motorist Terence Crutcher, whose death was captured on video.
The verdict, which Tulsa World reported came after nine hours of deliberation, was met with tears by members of the jury and outrage from Crutcher’s family.
“Let it be known that I believe in my heart that Betty Shelby got away with murder,” Crutcher’s father, Joseph, told reporters after the verdict. “I don't know what was in the mind of that jury.” Crutcher’s sister, Tiffany, accused the police for trying to “cover-up” her brother’s murder to protect Shelby and criticized them for not immediately providing care after he was shot.
Shelby, a five-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department, faced a first-degree manslaughter charge for Crutcher’s death—an event that began |
Each year, thousands of Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns, as well as lay people, gather in Seda, a remote town in the Garze | Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of China, known as Sertar to Tibetans.
For days, they listen to recitations and chants as part of the Bliss Dharma Assembly, the last of four prayer meetings taking place each year.
"Sertar sits in a valley on the Tibetan plateau at an altitude of about 4,000 meters," says freelance photographer Kevin Frayer. "It is as rugged as it is beautiful, and very remote. For most of the year the closest airport is at least a 12-hour drive. And it’s an arduous one. The road is bumpy and felt never-ending but then you arrive at this place and it is breathtaking."
The celebration is different from other Tibetan Buddhist rituals, Frayer adds, because it is less about pageantry or processions than it is about the atmosphere of happy pilgrimage. "Everywhere on the Tibetan plateau you can feel Buddhism in the air, from prayer flags on a mountain-top to a |
It was great to finally get a real look at the Nintendo Switch and some of the things it’s capable of. But even if the | future of Nintendo’s latest console remains uncertain, what I’m really worried about is Mario. I just have a feeling New Donk City is going to eat him alive.
Not only is our favorite little overalled meatball apparently half the size of the city’s other citizens, but, well, the city can be a rough place. Especially one with a name like New Donk City. Sure, everything looked nice and whimsical in the trailer, but take a wrong turn down a dark alley, and who knows what kind of trenchcoat wearing goons you might run into.
So this week, as the ‘Shop Contest makes its triumphant return for 2017, scarf down some of your grandma’s Sunday pasta and get shopping Mario into any and every situation that might befall him as he hops around New Donk City’s lesser known locales. I don’t have any PNG files to get you started this week, cause life |
A new way of awarding the visas that allow seasonal foreign workers to enter the U.S. is devastating Hoopers Island, Maryland.
HO | OPERS ISLAND, Md. — This community voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump. But now his immigration changes are killing its livelihood — legendary crabs that are a mainstay of the local economy and a regional delicacy.
For decades, Hoopers Island, known for its crabbing industry, has relied on a federal seasonal work program — known as H-2B visas — to keep its businesses humming. This has allowed employers to hire foreigners, mostly Mexican women, to come temporarily to pick crab meat.
But this year, the cap on H-2B visas — and a shift from the first-come, first-served based model to a lottery system that has disadvantaged Hoopers Island seasonal workers — has left the island without 40 percent of the visas they have needed in the past.
"Right now, we're shut down," said Morgan Tolley, manager of A.E. Phillips and Sons Seafood. "We're in self-preservation mode."
Just two miles |
"Do you have chicken nuggets?"
1. The life of a picky eater is not an easy one.
2. You always | miss out on the newest food trends because they're bound to be gross.
3. And eating fancy food has never been your forte.
5. But it's either that or risk having to pluck all the crap off your food yourself.
6. Most of your friends don't understand your refined palette.
7. While others sometimes take your tastes into thoughtful consideration.
8. Some may say it's just a childhood phase.
9. But only you know that it's obviously not.
10. You're very proud of yourself when you try something new.
11. And feel bad when it doesn't quite work out.
12. You'd think your parents would be on your side, but nah.
13. They're just as fed up as everyone else.
14. You often open your full fridge and eat the same damn thing.
15. And you will only eat that same thing if it's made and presented to your liking |
A new group exhibition opened at Ashford Community and Heritage Centre on Friday for a weekend viewing and will run again from Friday, November 30 to Sunday | , December 2.
Entitled 'Wind, Earth & Fire, the exhibtion features the work of five artists, three of whom are based in County Wicklow. Paintings, glass and ceramics are included.
The title refers to the subjects of the paintings and the firing of the ceramics and glass.
Niki Purcell's landscape paintings evolve from her fascination with the interactions between the light, wind, sea and the landscape. Some of the paintings portray the effects of wind on the landscape (in particular trees) and the rushing restless cloudscapes of the sky, while others focus on moments of sheer stillness and the quiet calm a of a summer's day. In each work she tries to capture the magic relationships that occur between these elements so that an ordinary scene can be transformed in so many different ways depending on the play of light, wind etc.
Wendy McCarroll Sandeman's work features abstracted acrylic and oil landscapes and seascapes |
While there are many positives around the sport right now with the attendance at the NCAA Tournament at its highest level in 15 years and play in the W | NBA at a high level, there are concerns. The number of girls playing basketball across the nation has dropped nearly 10 percent since 2000-01. In 2015, the number of girls playing volleyball for the first time surpassed basketball and it's steadily increased since.
"I felt that it was important for me to join even with the draft that night," Smith said. "To be in that room with all those contributors to our game and for us to have discussions how and what we need to do to grow our game in all areas is something I value and wanted to be a part of. The game has given me so much and I want to make sure I do my part in pushing it forward for all involved."
The event was organized by Carol Stiff, ESPN's vice president, programming and acquisitions. Ackerman said that Stiff have been trying to put together the summit for a few years and that the timing worked for most people with many of the attendees in New York for the draft. |
In a recent announcement, following a multi-agency pitch, Bengaluru based mattress brand Duroflex has appointed Happy mcgarrybowen, | now part of Dentsu Aegis Network, as the agency on record to lead the communication mandate.
Happy mcgarrybowen has been bought on board to manage the integrated communication mandate for Duroflex and fuel the brand's aggressive growth plans.
On the partnership, Mathew Joseph, director (marketing) - Duroflex, says in a press release, "Over the next few years, we have a range of new and innovative products made for the Indian market that we wish to introduce. It was therefore imperative for us to find a partner who could do justice to the vision we had for these products. We are happy to have found Happy mcgarrybowen, an exciting dynamic partner with who we are confident of achieving what we set out to do."
Kartik Iyer, chief executive officer, Happy mcgarrybowen, says in a press release, "Duroflex is almost like the Amul of mattresses when it comes to its |
Urban legend has it that when Atari’s sorry adaptation of “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” showed disappointing sales | figures, they took the remaining copies from their warehouse and had them crushed into a cement cube at a landfill in New Mexico. If this is a fallacy, whoever still has that warehouse full of cartridges might have a potential buyer, after all.
Geekware, a quirky upstart out of Edmonton, Canada, has taken it upon themselves to repurpose technology as fashion, creating a boon of cool items for the geek niche — among them, analog clocks made from rescued Atari cartridges, currently available in Asteroids, Centipede, and Ms. Pac-Man models (24.95 USD). Numbering among those getting the clock treatment are vintage film reels, Commodore Vic-20 carts, microwaved CDs, and this blogger’s personal childhood fave, the Little Professor math tutorial toy.
5-inch floppy disks vie for their return to your desktop, as the front and back cover of a cute 100-page notebook (9.95 USD). A piece of |
Two companies have announced significant new developments in wireless Internet access.
Aimnet, which develops infrastructure software, said it will provide the "first true | borderless, ISP-independent roaming service." That service is similar to cellular phone roaming, allowing users to make local calls and connect to their local service provider from anywhere in the world.
"This saves the user from making costly long distance or international calls to the home country," the company said in a statement. "The technology essentially blurs the differences between regional and national ISPs and between national ISPs and international ISPs. Suddenly, every ISP can be a global ISP."
Aimnet will initially offer its service in Asia to provide access to customers within that region and between Asia and other countries. Pricing for the system was not disclosed.
In the United States, CAI Wireless Systems has started testing an Internet access service that it says could transmit information nearly seven times faster than the fastest T-1 lines at costs competitive with other access providers.
The company is testing its service in Washington, D.C., using wireless modems from Hybrid Networks in conjunction with Internet National Digital Network. The mod |
The Environmental Protection Administration said yesterday that the owner of an Indonesia-registered cargo ship sunk off Taiwan's coast must remove the wreckage by April next year | .
Loaded with 1,000 tonnes of banana oil and 30 tonnes of other oil products, the Dewi Bunyu was wrecked near Taipei Port in July.
Hsu Jen-tse (許仁澤), chief of the administration's marine pollution prevention section, said yesterday that the ship's owner informed the administration last month that there were only 87 tonnes of banana oil and 4 tonnes of fuel oil left on the ship. There was no immediate threat to the marine environment, he said, adding that banana oil is soluble in water.
The administration has used unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor the wreckage. Their records show that shortly after the accident only a minor oil spill occurred. The ship's owner has employed a third party to help clean up the mess, Hsu said.
However, since floating wreckage might endanger other vessels, the administration has instructed the company to clean up the area as soon as possible.
As the sea is calmer in the spring |
Everything’s bigger in Texas, but your electric bill doesn’t have to be. As the temperatures rise and mercury starts to boil | , sit back and relax: Your energy savings this summer translate to money saved next year.
Pre-cool your home between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., then set the thermostat a few degrees higher during the peak hours of 2–6 p.m. If you’re away, bump it up 7–10 degrees.
Consider using devices and appliances that can automate when you use energy. Water heater timers are a great example. They can be set to run only during times you use hot water.
Keep blinds closed in the afternoon, or install solar screens on south- and west-facing windows.
Avoid running your washing machine, dryer or dishwasher during peak times.
Use ceiling fans, which allow you to raise the thermostat about 4 degrees with no reduction in comfort. Turn fans off when you leave the room.
If you have a pool, run your pool pump before 2 p.m. or after 6 p |
Travelling from Auckland to Wellington by train has been on the to-do list for some time.
KiwiRail's TV ads | whet the appetite and the dreamy accompaniment from Sol3 Mio's tenors is the cream.
So, when the opportunity arose to tick two wishes in one, it was too good to miss.
Visiting Wellington for the annual World of Wearable Art was a major buzz. The show's fantasia aside, this city certainly glams up to celebrate.
KiwiRail is a partner of WOW — and it's easy to see why. The Northern Explorer was packed to the gunnels — several tour groups taking control of carriages as passengers fuelled their enthusiasm for what lay ahead.
The stark contrast of Tongariro National Park's landscape.
The Northern Explorer is New Zealand's longest-running passenger service — and also the longest at 680 kilometres — taking a full day between downtown Auckland and Wellington.
It's an epic journey through the heart of the North Island, with short stops at Hamilton, National Park, Ohakune and Palmerston North. |
The World Green Tourism conference opened in Abu Dhabi earlier with a declaration that a new kind of sustainable tourism can help protect the cultural heritage of the United | Arab Emirates.
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, secretary general of the Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi (EAD), told an audience of travel trade professionals the tourism sector has a crucial role to play in reducing footprint carbon footprints and combating climate change.
She said: “Abu Dhabi has a fantastic natural heritage with a real mix of geology, habitats and species, on land and in the sea. Several million birds each year pass through Abu Dhabi on their migration from the heart of Asia southwards to Africa, or eastwards to India or beyond.
“In addition to the biodiversity value, the natural environment of the UAE is closely associated with the cultural heritage of the Emirati people.
“Given these natural assets and their importance to the cultural identity of the UAE, there is a world of opportunity for a new kind of tourism in Abu Dhabi that not only raises awareness on the unique biodiversity of the Emirate, but can also play a role in celebrating and safegu |
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