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DECATUR - The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) will host a rain barrel workshop for DeKalb citizens | on Saturday, March 12, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Tucker Recreation Center, 4898 Lavista Road in Tucker.
Collecting rainwater in rain barrels for use during dry months is an excellent way to conserve water and reduce water bills. During the workshop, citizens will be instructed on rain barrel maintenance and water conservation landscaping.
The rain barrel workshop is open to the first 30 DeKalb County residents who sign up. This is a “hands on” workshop where residents will make their own rain barrels with DWM assistance.
The cost of the workshop is $30, which includes all the materials to make your very own barrel.
Watts spent four years in the coast guard in the early 1980s.
DECATUR – DeKalb County illustrated its commitment to sustainability by joining the Five Star Partners for a tree planting on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at Delano Line Park in Decatur. The tree |
ORLANDO, Fla. – A wild-card pick by captain Fred Couples in the 2011 Presidents Cup, Tiger Woods validated his inclusion on | the U.S. team by capturing the clinching point at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia.
He could well find himself with an opportunity to reprise that moment when the Presidents Cup returns to Royal Melbourne next December. If he doesn’t qualify for the American squad on points, he’d have to engage in a serious conversation with the captain being one of four picks. And he’d prefer to avoid that.
That intriguing scenario – and one he could envision only in his most optimistic aspirations – could present itself to the former World No. 1 player after he and Ernie Els were introduced officially Tuesday at Bay Hill Club as the Presidents Cup captains for the 13th edition of the biennial matches.
The youngest captain in the event’s history, Woods, 42, subtly lobbied PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan for the position after America swept to its 10th win in October at Liberty National Golf Club. That was at a time when he was |
See today’s story on NC Policy Watch about yesterday’s closing arguments in this case.
A federal jury took just three hours | to award six plaintiffs a total of $473 million in compensatory and punitive damages against Smithfield, the world’s largest pork producer.
The jury, which was nearly all white and majority female, awarded each of the neighbors of Greenwood Farms in Pender County $3 million to $5 million each in compensatory damages, even more than the plaintiffs’ attorneys had suggested during yesterday’s closing arguments. The panel tacked on another $75 million in punitive damages for each plaintiff.
The actual award will be less because of a state law capping punitive damages: three times the amount of compensatory or $250,000, whichever is greater. That means even with the cap the total payout could be $94 million.
Ten plaintiffs in the first trial were awarded $50 million, later reduced, and two in the second trial won $25 million. Both amounts were reduced by US District Court Senior Judge Earl Britt.
As with the first and second trials, which |
Thomas then replaced the controlled substances with different medications, resealed the bottles and placed them back in the cabinets. For example, on Oct. 31 | , Thomas knowingly and intentionally removed a bottle of hydrocodone containing 20 tablets. She removed the hydrocodone pills, replaced them with Flexeril tablets, and put the bottle back into the cabinet.
The replacement of the controlled substances with other medication caused the drugs to be misbranded, since the labeling no longer matched the bottle’s contents.
When Thomas replaced the misbranded drugs back into the cabinet, she moved the pack of bottles around to place the misbranded drugs in the back.
On two occasions, Thomas knowingly and intentionally forged fraudulent prescriptions to herself using another provider’s information.
For example, on Oct. 26, Thomas forged a prescription for hydrocodone/APAP 10mg/325mg using another provider’s information to facilitate the crime of obtaining controlled substances by fraud. The other provider never saw Thomas as a patient and did not authorize the prescription.
Thomas fraudulently filled the prescription in Meridian, obtaining 30 tablets |
I heard the news first in a text message from Shawn Carpenter's brother, who had flown to Albuquerque, N.M., for the closing arguments | in his brother's trial, and then from Carpenter himself. Carpenter called from the courthouse and said he had been overwhelmed as the jury read the verdict aloud: "I lost it at the first question, the one I really cared about 'Do you believe that Shawn Carpenter was terminated in violation of public policy?' When the jury said yes, I just started bawling." In all, he was awarded nearly $4.7 million in damages, almost double what his lawyers had asked for.
So ends at least until appeals Shawn Carpenter's quest for justice. Carpenter, whose story was first written about in TIME magazine in August 2005, was a network security analyst working at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque when he discovered that the lab's network was coming under a methodical series of attacks emanating from Chinese IP addresses. When the Navy veteran found out that dozens of Army bases and defense contractors around the country had been suffering identical Trojan horse attacks on their secure networks, he went |
The S&P/ASX200 index closed 78 points higher at 5557 points on Thursday, boosted by gains in mining and energy stocks, | but it is still sharply lower than its April high of almost 6000.
Grappling with slower growth, a downturn in commodities and an elevated currency, the benchmark is now back at July 2014 levels, meaning investors effectively have not earned capital gains in 11 months, Clime chief investment officer John Abernethy said.
While the slide was "painful", Mr Abernethy encouraged investors to "steel themselves" and seize opportunities.
Woolworth is one of five stocks presenting opportunities for cashed up investors in a "fair value market".
Clime's return-on-equity modelling found that the market had fallen just below fair value on a required return of 10 per cent, 7 per cent higher than the Australian bond yield.
Mr Abernethy said the market may not grow strongly in earnings but investors should focus on the total return on income and growth.
"When companies are delivering a 7 or 8 per cent pre-tax yield, you're not assuming much |
TradeWinds didn't follow safety rules, the family of the man crushed to death says.
ST. PETE BEACH — The family | of a man crushed to death by an elevator at the TradeWinds Island Resort has filed a lawsuit against the well-known beach hotel.
Mark Allen Johnson, 45, of Tampa was a subcontractor hired to clean oil and water from the bottom of an elevator shaft at the resort's Jacaranda Beach Villas property at 5600 Gulf Blvd.
On April 24, after about 40 minutes of work, the elevator car, which had been parked on a higher floor, suddenly plunged on top of Johnson.
He died before rescuers could get to him.
Johnson's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Pinellas County late Tuesday afternoon.
"It's a terrible, sad, tragic story," said Tommy Roebig, the Johnson family attorney. "The sad part is it could have been prevented."
Days after the accident, fire authorities who tried to rescue Johnson said they noticed an important safety step had been missed.
No one ensured that the main power to |
China’s foreign minister is making a rare visit to Tokyo, in a sign of improving cooperation between Asia’s two largest economies as | they face policy whiplash from the U.S. over trade and security.
Foreign Minster Wang Yi’s trip yesterday to meet Japanese counterpart Taro Kono will be the first of its kind in more than eight years. Japan is keen to confer with its neighbor ahead of a summit between the two Koreas and a potential meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. China’s bid to repair relations comes as the U.S. threatens trade sanctions and a renewed emphasis on Taiwan ties.
Long-fraught ties between Tokyo and Beijing deteriorated to a 40-year low after the Japanese government’s 2012 purchase of disputed islets near Taiwan sparked Chinese demonstrations, damaged trade and even raised fears of a military clash. Since taking office at the height of the dispute, Abe has sought rapprochement with his country’s largest trading partner.
He finally managed to turn the tide last year with a qualified pledge of cooperation on |
Vuclip’s survey of more than 20,000 Americans has revealed that 57% of them are going to purchase a tablet by Christmas | , and most of them are going to keep it for themselves.
The survey results may seem excessive if extrapolated to the whole US population: just try to imagine some 160 million people rushing to a nearest hardware store for a tablet for Christmas, and you will be with me in my scepticism.
However, the predicted growth of this segment in the US in 2012 is more than 100%, or some 36 million units. Which means that even if exaggerated, the Vuclip’s survey of 20,435 people may still represent the real picture.
Answering the survey questions, respondents also explained how they will choose a tablet, and who they’re going to buy it for.
About a quarter of respondents will make their choice based on the tablet’s brand, while for 19% the most important part is 3G/4G/WiMax connectivity. Another 12% opted for OS, while 10% are going to choose the gadget by price. Among other |
Professors of religious studies are sometimes called theologists.
1 How Much Does a Philosophy Professor Make in a Year?
3 What Are Average | Salaries for Directors of Religious Education?
Theologists research, write and teach about religions and religious issues. They are usually employed by colleges and universities, and they typically have a Ph.D. or other advanced degree in religious studies. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 23,430 theologists and philosophy teachers work in the United States, earning an average of $72,200 per year.
Professors of philosophy and religion earn different levels of pay, depending on the type of institution for which they work. Most work at four-year colleges, earning an average of $73,130 per year. Those employed by junior colleges earn less, averaging $66,280 per year. The few theologists employed directly by religious organizations reported the lowest average salary, $52,370 per year.
Pay rates for professors of philosophy and religion tend to vary by region, with the highest pay occurring in the Northeast and the lowest pay occurring in the Midwest and Southeast. As of 2013 |
In the fifth part of the Keating Report mid-year 2013 forecast on government budgets, read about some pockets of increased public construction activity around the | U.S.
State and local governments account for approximately 75 percent of all infrastructure spending in the U.S., with the remainder supplied by the federal government, according to “Infrastructure 2013: Global Priorities, Global Insights,” a joint report from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Ernst & Young.
Projects in the waterworks sector – potable water, wastewater, and storm water – are being driven by the need to replace aging, underground infrastructure, by environmental regulations, and by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency consent decrees, says Dona Storey, the American Express OPEN Advisor on Procurement. “Cuts in public funding are challenging municipalities’ efforts to address these issues. However, potential funding from Private Activity Bonds (PABs) and revenue streams from new storm water fees may drive greater private-sector investment,” says Storey.
One recently completed water infrastructure project is a water main renewal covering more than |
Silicon Valley may still be the best-known tech hub in the U.S., but startup leaders in New York City and Toronto are betting | that by building a super-connected “East Coast corridor” they can lure more talent and money away from the West Coast.
Entrepreneurs from New York and Toronto said at Tuesday’s event that their interest in expanding to the partner city was not just to gain a foothold in that particular city, but to crack the U.S. and Canada as a whole.
For some of the New York and Toronto-based entrepreneurs at Tuesday’s event, the need to expand to the other’s market was obvious. Michael Katchen — founder of Toronto startup Wealthsimple, which offers an investment service for young professionals — said that opening an office in New York was a no-brainer, given that Toronto and New York are both financial centers.
However, entrepreneurs from Toronto and New York touched on a few lessons that are also applicable to smaller startup markets.
The first takeaway is that inclusivity can be an important selling point for prospective talent. Toronto entrepreneur |
With the historic Notre Dame de Paris cathedral imperiled by a large fire, it's important to recall some of the incredible history of this 856 | -year-old church, monument, and cultural icon that sits at the heart of France, and to reflect on the incredible art and history inside the building, which administrators say now all may be lost due to the blaze.
Construction on Notre Dame was initiated in 1163 A.D. by King Louis VII, an ambitious French king who wanted to put Paris on the map of Europe with a huge new church. While some of Louis' other ventures, such as the Second Crusade, didn't shape up so well, Notre Dame went up fairly quickly for a stone cathedral in the Middle Ages, being mostly finished by 1260 but receiving its finishing touches in 1345.
Like most public buildings in the Middle Ages, the Gothic-style cathedral was a "poor people's book," covered with sculptures, paintings and stained glass windows depicting various scenes from the Bible for the illiterate majority of the population to understand.
Some of the most widely hailed works of art in Notre Dame are the Last |
Winning a 5K in blistering time is the goal of only a few.
3 What Is a Normal Time for a Half Marathon for | Beginners?
A 5K is the perfect distance for the beginning or seasoned runner. You can prepare for it in a relatively short two months doing just three runs per week -- or more if you're ambitious -- and the race itself isn't an all-day affair. You can usually find a race near your home and often the runs are "fun" rather than strictly competitive affairs. How much time it takes to run a 5K depends on your fitness level, your intensity during the run, your training and experience. Most people take between 20 and 50 minutes to complete the distance.
The less fit and trained a runner you are, the more likely it will take you longer than 30 minutes to finish a 5K. If you go at a 12-minute mile, or 5-mph pace, you'll finish in about 36 minutes. An average 6-mph pace will have you finishing in 31 minutes. Those who run an 8-minute mile will finish in 24 minutes and 48 seconds |
Visit farms, Starbucks' visitor center, cafes and culinary destinations in Costa Rica, one of the world's most exciting regions of coffee production.
| If a crop can symbolize a country, then coffee is Costa Rica’s emblem. While recent marketing efforts paint this Central American destination as a bastion of sustainability, dense jungle, adventure sports and pristine beaches — all true — coffee is fundamental to its citizens’ core identity. Just ask any middle-aged or elder Costa Rican if they picked red cherries as a child, and they’ll likely nod their head yes. At one point in the 1800s, it was the country’s sole export. It drove infrastructure and even led to the nation’s first traffic law — no noisy, coffee-laden ox carts after 6 p.m. in the villages.
Like traveling the wine lands of France, coffee plants blanket the hills and mountains of Costa Rica’s rugged landscape. But unlike old-world wine tourism, coffee tourism is nascent. Be prepared for stays in eco-lodges, though upmarket, combined with muddy hikes over streams |
Danny Lin, 25, a reckless driver who killed a pedestrian while speeding through Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 2014, has been sentenced to | up to five years in prison. Ironically, he also has what sounds like a truly terrible and toolish arm tattoo with a Paul Walker quote that reads, “If one day speed kills me do not cry because I was smiling.” Update: this does not appear to be an actual Paul Walker quote.
To be fair, the tattoo says nothing about going to prison for speeding. After Lin gets out, he might want to visit a new tat shop to get that thing updated.
He was convicted of second-degree manslaughter back in July, reports the New York Daily News. Lin was going 55 MPH in a 25 MPH zone in his 2011 BMW 335i when he fatally struck 57-year-old Robert Perry, who was thrown 140 feet after impact.
Police later testified that he tried to flee the scene after hitting Perry, reports Gothamist, because he drove onto the sidewalk and crashed into a fire hydrant before finally stopping.
It’s like he totally |
Heavy rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds are set to batter the North Island today as an active front moves up the country.
"The | North island is looking pretty wet today, most regions will see some rain," Lee said.
Rain was set to hit Auckland late morning, briefly heavy with possible squally thunderstorms. Northerlies would change to strong southwest this afternoon with a daily max temperature of 21C.
⚠️ Heads up, North Islanders!
There was a moderate risk of thunderstorms for the North Island's west coast, Taupō and Bay of Plenty through the day.
After a wet past few days, it was the South Island's turn to dry out, with conditions clearing through the day.
Tomorrow, the front would be on an easing trend, with a lingering cool southerly flow and just showers and potential gale winds in the east and south of the North Island.
By the end of tomorrow a ridge would have spread over much of the country, bringing settled weather to most places.
That settled weather was set to continue into the weekend, with just a weak front |
Attorney General William Barr plans to release the long-awaited final report by special counsel Robert Mueller on April 18, according to the Justice Department.
| Mueller investigated allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to interfere in the 2016 election. The special counsel concluded there is no evidence of collusion.
Department of Justice spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said the report will be released to Congress and the public on the morning of April 18. Barr previously said the report is nearly 400 pages long.
Since releasing a top-line summary of the report on March 24, Barr has been working with Mueller to black out portions to protect grand jury testimony, ongoing investigations, sources and methods, and damaging information about people who were not ultimately charged with a crime. The different categories of redactions will be color-coded in the final report, Barr told lawmakers.
Throughout the entire duration of Mueller’s investigation, Trump denounced the probe as a hoax. The president again slammed the investigation moments before the Justice Department revealed the release date for the final report.
“The Mueller Report, which was written by 18 Angry Democrats who also happen to be Trump |
Detroit's municipal bankruptcy, which was already the nation's largest by debt, population affected and number of creditors, now appears to have become its cost | liest in legal and professional fees after just one year.
With the anniversary of its $18 billion Chapter 9 petition coming on July 18, Detroit has been billed more than $75 million in fees and expenses from 19 professional services firms through late June. It has paid out about $64 million of that so far, according to city records, including more than $38 million paid to law firms.
According to city records, it still owes another $7.6 million in outstanding balances to the same 19 companies for the same period — mainly due to a bankruptcy court order last September to withhold 15 percent of most professional fees until after the invoices clear a review by a fee examiner.
Robert Fishman of Chicago-based Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC submitted the last quarterly fee examiner review to the bankruptcy court in May, detailing just under $36 million in gross fees and expenses claimed through Dec. 31.
The next report, for the quarter ending March 31, is expected |
Oro Valley voters chose a new mayor and three new council members Tuesday.
Joseph Winfield led incumbent Satish Hiremath by a decisive | margin, prompting Hiremath to concede to Winfield, according to Winfield spokeswoman Anna Clark.
Hiremath, 55, had held the office since 2010.
Town voters also leaned toward new representation in the Town Council. Melanie Barrett led this six-person race for three spots. Joyce Jones-Ivey was in second place and Josh Nicholson was third.
Incumbents Joe Hornat, Mary Snider and Lou Waters trailed.
First, I want to thank Mayor Satish Hiremath and council members Joe Hornat, Mary Snider and Lou Waters for their eight years of service to Oro Valley. Our town has taken many positive steps forward under their leadership. Next, I want to thank our council candidates Melanie Barrett, Joyce Jones-Ivey, and Josh Nicolson for their valiant effort and the support of their families.
This was not an easy decision for any of us. Running for elected office is not for the faint of heart or sunshine patriots. It |
Here are five facts about how the U.S. compares with the rest of the world’s countries on migration.
1By a | wide margin, the U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world. As of 2015, the United Nations estimates that 46.6 million people living in the United States were not born there. This means that about one-in-five international migrants (19%) live in the U.S. The U.S. immigrant population is nearly four times that of the world’s next largest immigrant destination – Germany, with about 12 million immigrants.
2The U.S.-Mexico migration corridor is the world’s largest. Pew Research Center has extensively studied and attempted to quantify the historic migration route between the U.S. and Mexico. About 12 million people living in the U.S. were born in Mexico, according to UN estimates as of 2015. However, the migration trends between the U.S. and Mexico are changing. Recent Pew Research Center estimates show that more Mexicans are now leaving than coming to the U.S. As a point of |
GL Homes continues its tradition of luxury new-home communities with Boca Bridges, which features five stunning collections of single-family residences, priced from | the $800,000s to $3 million. Boca Bridges surpasses homebuyer expectations by redefining elegance and offering an unbeatable lifestyle.
A luxurious tone is set almost immediately when residents and visitors drive through the exquisite multimillion-dollar entryway designed by world-renowned landscape architect Krent Wieland. The entryway is surrounded by two monumental, illuminated water feature pyramids finished with high-end textured granite that lead up to the gatehouse.
The opulent residences at Boca Bridges consist of 31 unique floor plans that feature three to six bedrooms, three to 8½ baths and, depending on the floor plan, flexible design options such as club and media rooms, private libraries and exercise rooms — all of which allow homeowners to tailor their residence to fit their individual lifestyle needs. The one- and two-story residences range in size from approximately 2,500 to more than 7,800 air-conditioned square feet and every floor plan is designed to maximize |
Solbiate Olona (VA), 07 March 2018 – Today, a large delegation of attendees of the Command and Staff College (NDCSC | ) of the Norwegian Defence University College (NDUC) led by Brigadier General Stai ATLE, visited the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy.
After a welcome address by NRDC-ITA Chief of Staff, Major General Maurizio RICCÒ, a presentation was given on the three roles NRDC-ITA is called upon (Joint Task Force HQ, LCC and Army Corps) and a deep dive into the preparation process the NRDC-ITA passed thru for assuming the role of Land Component Command (LCC) within the NRF 2018, and the way the Headquarters encompasses Influence and Support to the operations while ensuring continuous reach-back via a dedicated command post.
As Land Component Command of the recently enhanced NRF, the HQs will also retain command and control over the land forces of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), whose task is to ensure the very first and immediate NATO response to possible threats, being on |
NEW YORK – Over the past 10 years, Harlem – or at least parts of it – has undergone dramatic changes. The northern Manhattan neighborhood once known | as a high-crime area has become a haven for hipsters banished by high real estate prices elsewhere. One of the most popular magnets for the “foreigners” is South Harlem, up Central Park West.
Not far from there, on Frederick Douglass Boulevard near 112th and 113th streets, the Israeli chef Kfir Ben-Ari has opened his French restaurant RDV, short for Rendezvous. A few blocks farther on Frederick Douglass is his coffee shop Caféine.
RDV, which opened eight months ago, is a modern French bistro specializing in southeastern French cuisine. At Caféine, Ben-Ari brings his baked goods from the Champagne region, he won’t say exactly where. You can find croissants, pain au chocolat, apple pastry and savory croissants.
Despite all the French chic, at RDV and Caféine you’ll hear non-stop Hebrew. In addition to Ben-Ari |
Agenda 21 is a United Nations document that promotes sustainable development. It's actually quite benign, but the John Birch Society and others have promoted it | as "an elaborate maze of deceit.. to ensnare the vast majority of people into a life of cramped, stack and pack housing, mandated public transportation use, serious restrictions on personal food, water, and energy use, and indoctrination of the youth into a socialistic and fascistic outlook on life generally." More background here.
Since the United Nations has accredited and enlisted numerous non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations to assist in the implementation of its policies relative to Agenda 21 around the world and in the United States, the State of Florida and all of its political subdivisions may not enter into any agreement, expend any sum of money, receive any funds, receive any grants, or receive any contracting services, or giving financial aid to or from those United Nations non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations as defined in Agenda 21 or any of its ancillary programs.
In other words, since everything from transit to smart growth to bike paths to environmental regulations can be found in Agenda 21 |
Brunswick's Phil Pierce is fouled by King's Jabrille Williams as Brunswick School hosts King in the boys basketball FAA Semi-final | Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27, 2010. Brunswick won the game 72-49.
GREENWICH -- Rather than tantalize his players with the trophies they've spent the better part of a year thinking about, Brunswick coach and FAA boys basketball chairperson Greg Dobbs decided to keep the hardware out of sight and, instead, left it on the back seat of his car Saturday afternoon.
After all, this day wasn't about a coronation for the Bruins -- it was about proving that last season's stunning semifinal loss was merely an aberration.
Brunswick, which was bounced prior to the league finals for the only time in two decades last year, did just that and also avenged its only FAA home setback of the season with an impressive 72-49 semifinal round victory over King at Dann Gymnasium.
Those trophies will be in full view of the team now.
"I was thinking about it on the drive in how strange it was being at last |
A Nick Ritchie tip, a Corey Perry goal, and the Ducks tied it in the third. In overtime, the Canes first killed off | a 4-on-3 power play by the Ducks, then had a chance to win with 45 seconds left. Sebastian Aho got off a shot that Ducks goalie John Gibson managed to stop with his glove, and Teuvo Teravainen, who had scored twice, fanned on a rebound with the puck at his feet.
The Ducks, who had not won a game this season (0-9-4) when trailing after two periods, were the heavier, more aggressive team in the third period. They kept the puck in the Carolina zone much of the period, pinching their defensemen and crowding goalie Cam Ward around the crease.
Canes coach Bill Peters likes to say that “3” is a big number in the NHL – that is, score three times and your chances of winning are high. But not this night as the Canes fell to 3-7-6 on the road this season.
Three days after shutting out Tampa Bay |
CINCINNATI — Reds manager David Bell and outfielder Yasiel Puig did not appeal their suspensions stemming from Sunday’s bench- | clearing incident in Pittsburgh, but there were plenty of strong words coming from the home clubhouse at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday.
Most concerned the Pirates’ Chris Archer, who was handed a five-game suspension. For a starting pitcher, that's essentially one game.
The Reds believe Archer, well-known for his displays of emotion on the mound, retaliated in the fourth inning on Sunday by throwing a pitch behind the back of Derek Dietrich. An inning earlier, Dietrich had launched a 436-foot home run off Archer and then paused at home plate to admire his blast as it sailed into the Allegheny River.
The league announced Puig was given a two-game suspension "for his aggressive actions." Bell received a one-game suspension for the same stated reason. The league also issued them an undisclosed fine.Bell and Puig missed Tuesday's game against the Miami Marlins at Great American Ball Park.
Archer can appeal his suspension. He was not ejected |
Eugene police are investigating two pizza delivery person robberies that occurred last week.
According to police, a delivery driver was called to the 1800 | block of Ridgely Boulevard near Willakenzie Road on Friday to deliver a pizza. After the pizza was delivered, at 9:51 p.m., two males — one carrying a dark object such as a bat — approached the driver and demanded cash. The suspects then fled on foot.
The second robbery occurred about an hour later, at 11:05 p.m. in the 1700 block of West 12th Avenue in west Eugene, police said. A different delivery driver had just completed a delivery when two males approached him and demanded cash. The suspects then fled.
The first suspect is described as a white male in his 20s, 6 feet tall, with a slim build and a stud in his left ear. He had brown hair and was wearing all black. The second suspect was a white male in his 20s, 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with a medium build. He also was wearing all black, police said.
Both men may |
APPARENTLY, KIRSTIE ALLEY HAD A SHOW? But now she doesn’t again.
AND APPAR | ENTLY WALT FROM LOST HAD A HIT SONG LAST YEAR, and no one told me? That’s weird, right?
AND APPARENTLY MIKE ROWE IS RUNNING FOR COUNTY JUDGE IN ARKANSAS? Insert “dirty job” joke here.
AND APPARENTLY FX IS MAKING A COMEDY THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE COLONIAL ERA because everyone knows that the colonists were HILARIOUS.
AND APPARENTLY THE CW IS GOING TO AIR AN AWARDS SHOW FOR DOGS. Actually, that just makes good sense.
IN HONOR OF TONIGHT’S PREMIERE OF SHARKNADO 2, HERE’S TARA REID EXPLAINING HOW A SHARKNADO COULD REALLY HAPPEN. Srsly, guys.
SONS OF ANARCHY RETURNS ON SE |
A Pilsen mother wears her concern for the future of her neighborhood with air pollution down the street.
To preface this, let me | first say there are generally four different types of portrait subjects.
1. People who have had their photos taken a zillion times -- or at least enough to know how to behave in front of a camera.
2. People who have not had their photos taken in a professional-type setting, but have always wanted to. Think of people who would stand in line to be the subject of a reality show. They too know how to relax and be natural in front of a camera (a little scary).
3. People who have had their photos taken, and it's not a big deal, although in a professional setting they may begin to freeze up.
4. People who absolutely hate to have their pictures taken.
The below tips I would give apply to the last two groups. They are challenging to photograph because they will experience the most camera anxiety.
1. Choose Comfort - If you can, place your subjects in a familiar or comfortable setting that doesn't have a lot of |
Under an Army downsizing plan, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) may lose up to 8,000 soldiers, as | well as civilians who support those troops, during the next four years, according to Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, commander of the base's I Corps.
It's still possible that Lewis-McChord could be spared any cuts.
"There are several courses of action," Brown said. "Nothing has been decided."
The budget reductions come after a period of a major expansion at this joint Army and Air Force installation.
During the post-9/11 period, Joint Base Lewis-McChord added 19,528 Army soldiers, to reach the current level of more than 47,900 active-duty personnel. The base also employs more than 15,800 civilians.
Base officials say that base spending generates some $6 billion a year. Some 70 percent of military personnel live off-base.
Brown said the upcoming downsizing is separate from more immediate Army cuts this year in training and other activities required to meet budget reductions taking place under the congressional agreement known as sequestration |
What they say: "Look at you! You look so healthy."
What it means: You look fat.
What they say: " | Bless your heart" or "God love 'em"
What it means: You're a sweet kid, but intelligence is not your strong suit.
What they say: "Oh, you've lost a few pounds?What a great start."
What it means: You're still fat and have a long way to go.
What they say: "Well, isn't that nice."
What it means: I don't know how to respond to what you are telling me or I don't really care.
What they say: "Do you want this *insert clothing item*? It's too big for me." or "That *insert clothing item* makes you look thin."
What it means: You're fatter than me so you can have my fat clothes; This item of clothing will make you look less fat.
What they say: "You must not be from around here."
What it means: Let me tell you everything you need to know |
Testosterone has an image of being a ‘macho hormone’ – increasing muscle power as well as feelings of anger and aggression.
| But scientists say that the hormone has another side too – making men more generous.
Researchers say that the extra generosity is a ‘status display’ designed to make a man with high testosterone seem more impressive among his peers.
The study by Jean-Claude Dreher from University College Dublin and colleagues investigated the effects of the hormone by injecting it into 20 young males, while 20 others were given a placebo.
They then took part in an experiment called the Ultimatum Game.
In this scenario, participants chose how to split 12 Euros with the other person.
The recipient has the opportunity to punish or reward their opponents – at a cost to themselves.
Those on testosterone were more likely to punish the other player – especially if they made unfair offers.
The findings support the idea that testosterone increases ‘aggressive responses to provocation’.
But the participants who were given testosterone received large offers they were more likely to be highly generous back.
The authors write in Pro |
Despite the uprising that toppled Mubarak, Port Said has since suffered from violence, low wages and marginalisation.
Port Said, Egypt - At the | mouth of the Suez Canal, at the most northeastern point in Africa, sits Port Said. The Mediterranean city of just over half a million made few headlines in the year following the beginning of the uprising in Egypt. That all changed earlier this year.
On February 1, 74 football fans died after a match between Ahli and al-Masri, teams from Cairo and Port Said respectively, in what locals describe as a "massacre".
The public prosecutor charged 75 people, including nine policemen and three al-Masri officials, for the violence. The prosecutor accused police of allowing "thugs" into the stadium and not checking for fireworks, knives and other weapons.
However, in Port Said, people rejected claims that al-Masri fans would attack Ahli fans after their team won a rare victory, and claimed there were bigger powers that orchestrated the whole incident.
"When there is a football match, the police will close the streeets around the stadium," said Ay |
Some prefer less heavy creams on the face, but separate face and body moisturisers aren’t necessary.
Does it matter which body | lotion I use?
What do you look for in a body moisturiser? Is it the smell, how smooth it leaves your skin feeling, or how much it costs? If you are attracted by terms such as “dermatologist recommended” or “hypoallergenic”, you may be disappointed. A study of the top 100 best-selling whole body moisturisers found that not only did prices vary by 9,400% but that 95% of the products claiming to be dermatologist-recommended had at least one ingredient that could cause an allergy. Of the hypoallergenic moisturisers, 83% contained a substance on the allergen list of the North American Contact Dermatitis Group (NACDG). The most common potential allergy-causing ingredients were fragrance mix and paraben mix (a preservative).
Winter tends to make skin dry and can exacerbate existing skin conditions. The dermatologists who carried out the study were |
WINTER HAVEN -- Winter Haven Hospital officials didn't like what they were hearing about their emergency department.
Eight percent, roughly 1 in | 12 patients, walked out before being treated in 2003.
Patients' satisfaction with the department was in the bottom quarter nationwide in spring 2006, according to a national database.
Patients said emergency department waits were unacceptable. And, they wanted more information from emergency department employees.
Everyone from the emergency department staff to the hospital administration and community board of trustees took a collective gulp.
Stung by the criticism, they embarked on a project in March 2007 to improve wait times and to make the department more efficient and caring.
"Wait time and clear answers to questions are the things we try to work on every day," said Jenny Blank, assistant vice president of emergency services. "We need to be sure people are updated through their stay on what's going on."
Reform centered on the emergency department, but it rapidly developed into a hospitalwide process of evaluation and changes.
"The hospital made the (emergency department) a priority," said Dr. Ron Berman, chairman |
North Crawley hit top spot in Four Counties Division 1 as Carl Bryce made light work of New Bradwell.
After scoring 21 with the | bat, Bryce took 4-34 to reduce New Bradwell and lead his side to a 51 run win.
Opener Alex Walker top scored for the visitors on 45, but there was little else to fire North Crawley on. David Little also took 4-34 as he ripped through the Crawley middle order as they settled on 176-8.
Wickets fell early on the New Bradwell innings and they slumped to 34-4. Chris Timms hit 65 and Allen Bridgeman's 23 helped them towards the hundred mark but Nick Aldridge picked up three tail-end wickets to reduce the home side for 125.
The result sends North Crawley top by five points from Elstow, who beat New City by 19 runs. Despite Jaco Theron's 5-23 and Elstow reduced to 73-6, they recovered to 167 all out.But New City's batting never really clicked into gear and they were bowled out for 148 (Manjit Singh |
Tegus first arrived in South Florida via the exotic pet trade about 2002. Within a decade, Mazzotti and others sounded the alarm that | the cold-hardy, omnivorous, fecund lizard — females lay up to 35 eggs at a time — could become another invasive threat, with two potential breeding populations established near Florida City and the Tampa area.
Biologists worry that if tegus continue to spread, crocodile nesting grounds managed by the utility for 25 years and credited with helping revive the once-endangered species could be in peril. They were upgraded to threatened in 2007.
“This is one of the times I can correctly say they literally eat everything: plants, seeds, insects, small animals, birds, snakes, frogs. They eat everything,” Mazzotti said. What’s more worrisome is their hankering for eggs.
1-888-Ive-Got1 andwww.IveGot1.orgThe phone number and web site for reporting tegus to state wildlife officials.
This spring when tegus emerged from their winter hibernation, F |
The district will give up nearly $250K in free education for aspiring principals, but some board members say it's worth it to keep control over | leadership development.
Norma Mertz, department head in educational leadership and policy studies at UT and Betty Sue Sparks, co-director of the Center for Educational Leadership, talk about proposed changes to the Leadership Academy program on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Knoxville News Sentinel.
Knox County Schools is ending its relationship with a principal preparation program at the University of Tennessee run by a former superintendent whose involvement school board members said was a factor in terminating the relationship.
In doing so, the district will give up nearly $250,000 in free graduate education annually for aspiring principals and sever ties with a program that, under a proposed redesign, could be run at almost no cost to the district.
Jim McIntyre, who helped found the Leadership Academy at UT in 2010 and continues to run the program, stepped down from his role as KCS superintendent in 2016, saying politics and negativity were getting in the way of his ability to do the job.
On Thursday, Knox County |
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A Canadian company has been threatening to confiscate private land from South Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico, and is already suing many who have refused to | allow the Keystone XL pipeline on their property even though the controversial project has yet to receive federal approval.
Randy Thompson, a cattle buyer in Nebraska, was informed that if he did not grant pipeline access to 80 of the 400 acres left to him by his mother along the Platte River, “Keystone will use eminent domain to acquire the easement.” Sue Kelso and her large extended family in Oklahoma were sued in the local district court by TransCanada, the pipeline company, after she and her siblings refused to allow the pipeline to cross their pasture.
“Their land agent told us the very first day she met with us, you either take the money or they’re going to condemn the land,” Mrs. Kelso said. By its own count, the company currently has 34 eminent domain actions against landowners in Texas and an additional 22 in South Dakota.
In addition to enraging those along the proposed pipeline’s 1,700- |
While Spider-Man: Homecoming's castings have been slowly trickling in over the last couple months, there's still plenty of mysteries regarding | Spidey's first solo adventure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. One of the bigger mysteries is the identity of Michael Keaton's character. It's been said that the former Batman will play the lead villain, and while said villain's identity hasn't been officially revealed yet, it looks he won't be the bad guy in Spider-Man: Homecoming, as Prometheus actor Logan Marshall-Green may be thrown into the mix as well as another evildoer.
Although Logan Marshall-Green's character wasn't named in the report, THR states that he'll be partners-in-crime with Michael Keaton's lead baddie. This makes Spider-Man: Homecoming the third Spider-Man movie to feature multiple super villains, following behind Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Marshall-Green's most prominent recent role was playing Charlie Holloway in 2012's Prometheus. His other credits include As I Lay Dying, Madame Bovary and The Invitation, as |
Don't wear a tuxedo during the day.
First, a quiz. What's wrong with the picture to the right?
You | guessed it: the groom is wearing a tuxedo — during the day.
For reasons that are still beyond all comprehension, the tuxedo has become the pinnacle of formalwear for the American man. Blame prom and pushy tuxedo-rental places.
But the tuxedo, which is commonly referred to as "black tie," was never intended to be worn while the sun was still up.
It didn't used to be this way. There was a time in the not-t0-distant past when men instead wore "morning suits" (the daytime equivalent of white tie) or strollers (the daytime equivalent of black tie) to their nuptials.
Both of these long-coated looks have fallen out of favor, supplanted by the less formal suit and tuxedo. The tides of history have turned, and for as long as we're living in these more casual times, men will be wearing suits and tuxes |
“Today I saw Mercury.” This terse remark scrawled inside a 16th-century almanac could reflect anyone watching today� | �s transit of Mercury across the Sun. The winding path this observation took after it was recorded, however, traces a century-long story leading through the transformation of both our understanding of the cosmos and the practice of astronomy itself.
The Great Equatorial Telescope at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich has captured the moment perfectly. Remember, Mercury is passing in front of the sun at about 30 miles per second. But it will take more than seven hours to reach the other side.
I’ve been refreshing the Met Office app all weekend - they were giving cloudy and getting cloudier, but here we are in bright sun under a blue sky, it’s perfect. Several of their astronomy society members have brought large filtered telescopes for the public, but the provisions for the free public event include two Heath Robinson-ish contraptions, viewers which reflect the image captured through a lens focused on the sun, one made of cardboard, one of chipboard, both working perfectly. The event goes on |
Engineers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a technique that could help wearable tech users share high-definition (HD) live videos without | letting their devices consume high battery power.
Wearable cameras such as Snap Spectacles use smaller batteries to stay lightweight and functional, hence these devices cannot perform HD video streaming.
The engineers at the University of Washington developed the HD video streaming technique that skips the power-hungry parts and has some other device, like a smartphone, to process the video.
The technique called "backscatter" can share information by reflecting signals that have been transmitted to it.
"The fundamental assumption people have made so far is that backscatter can be used only for low-data rate sensors such as temperature sensors," said co-author Shyam Gollakota, in the findings that were presented at the Advanced Computing Systems Association's Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation.
"This work breaks that assumption and shows that backscatter can indeed support even full HD video," he added.
The pixels in the camera are directly connected to the antenna and it sends intensity values |
Tiger Woods ended his 11-year wait for a major on a dramatic final day at the Masters, seeing off Francesco Molinari and | a host of other challengers in a fierce battle to claim his fifth green jacket – and first since 2005.
For a long time, the 43-year-old feared he might never play golf again but spinal fusion surgery back in 2017 kick-started an improbable comeback that culminated in a 15th Major as he rolled back the years at Augusta.
It was Molinari – who enjoyed an incredible 2018, winning The Open and becoming the first European to win five points in a talismanic display at the Ryder Cup – who started the day out in front on -13, with Woods and Tony Finau just two strokes behind.
To add to the intrigue, all three players went out together in the final group, with play starting significantly earlier than usual due to forecasted bad weather and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Woods revealed that he set his alarm for 4am to get ready for the early start and there were a few cobwebs as he got his fourth round underway, |
Performances and cheers echoed from the Tower as groups from around campus united Wednesday at the annual Texas Fight Rally to boost morale before Saturday’ | s Red River Rivalry football game.
For the first time in 30 years, the rally did not feature a torchlight parade. Texas Exes, who sponsors the event, called off the portion earlier this week in light of violence involving torch-bearing protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia in August.
Kim Gundersen, Texas Exes associate executive director, said the event was everything the alumni organization could have hoped for.
Cheerleaders, ROTC, band members and Bevo performed for hundreds of students to get the crowd ready for Saturday. Drum Major Jeff Bell said regardless of any changes, Longhorn Band remains the heartbeat of the event.
Trey Walton, Hellraisers spirit group member, has attended the rally for four years and said he was disheartened by the removal of the torchlight portion.
“I would just hope that they would continue the tradition, because it’s a tradition we’ve had for a long time and it adds to |
Last October, Google unveiled an automatic camera called Google Clips. The Clips camera was designed to hold off from taking any picture until it sees | the faces or frames it recognises as a good image. The intelligent camera has been designed to capture candid moments of familiar people and pets by using on-device machine intelligence. Google over the weekend began selling the camera priced at $249 (roughly Rs. 16,200), and, it's already 'out-of-stock' on Google's product store.
How does the Google Clips camera understand what makes for a beautiful and memorable photograph? In a blog post, Josh Lovejoy, UX Designer for Google, explained the process that his team used to integrate "human-centred approach" and an "AI-powered product". Google wants the camera to avoid taking a number of shots of the same subjects and find one or two good ones. With human-centred machine learning, the camera is able to learn and select photos that are meaningful to users.
In order to feed examples into the algorithms in the camera, to identify the best images, Google called in professional photographers |
‘STRANDED IN EARTH orbit’, ‘lost on arrival’, ‘flew past planet’, | ‘lost near Phobos’… If you happen to be one of the thousand-plus candidates chosen for the 2025 ‘Mars One’ mission, perhaps you’d be best advised not to opt for ‘humankind’s 54-year history of attempted Mars missions’ as your choice of subject for bedtime reading.
Failures far outweigh the successes over the course our stormy half century affair with the Red Planet. However, that didn’t deter almost a quarter of a million people (including around 850 in Ireland) from applying for the chance to be one of just 20 chosen for the planned 55 million kilometre voyage.
1,058 hopefuls made it past the opening round, including three based in Ireland — of whom, the most high-profile has been Dublin-based scientist Dr Joseph Roche. The mild-mannered astrophysicist has been in high demand by media outlets since his name emerged on the ‘long |
The total eclipse of the sun, on August 21, is shaping up as big business, especially for the travel industry.
While the manufacturers of | certified glasses and viewers will undoubtedly do a huge business in the next 12 days, airlines and hotels also expect to do very well.
In a very rare event, the total eclipse will be visible in a 70 mile wide strip that extends 3,000 miles across the continent, from Portland, Ore., to Charleston, S.C.
That means no matter where you live in the continental U.S., you are not terribly far from a prime viewing spot, just by heading north or south. Hotels in and near the 70 mile wide strip are mostly booked solid, and at premium rates.
Cheapflights.com has analyzed the searches on its site and found cities that lie within the 70 mile wide zone are seeing huge increases in search traffic. The biggest increases are cities in the West.
Lots of interest in Casper, Wyo.
Casper, Wyo., has seen the biggest increase, with traffic up 1,064%. At an altitude of over 5 |
Television dramas and news reports about suicide appear to trigger an increase in the number of teen-agers who take their own lives, according to two | major new studies.
The reports, published Sept. 11 in The New England Journal of Medicine, provide some of the strongest support to date for earlier findings that an "imitative effect" prompts many young people to kill themselves.
Suicide has become the secondl-eading cause of death among young people in the United States, with an estimated 1,700 15- to 19- year-olds killing themselves each year.
In an editorial accompanying the studies, Dr. Leon Eisenberg of the Harvard Medical School suggested that in light of the studies, "it is timely to ask whether there are measures that should be undertaken to limit media coverage of suicide."
Spokesmen for the three major television networks disputed the findings last week and questioned the methodologies that were used to reach them.
In the first study, two sociologists from the University of California at San Diego analyzed the number of suicides that occurred before and after 38 nationally televised news and feature stories about suicide broadcast between |
It is something we all strive for, discovering the key to true happiness.
And while love, friends, family and for some, money, | maybe the goal, a new study has revealed a surprising finding.
A team of researchers claim the path to happiness is achieved by eating vanilla yogurt.
They discovered people showed strong, positive emotional responses to low-fat varieties of the plain flavor.
The researchers from Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research in the Netherlands, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Austria and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, looked at three groups of at least 24 study participants' emotional responses when they ate yogurt.
Yogurts with different fruits in them generally didn't affect the participants' moods, the study found.
Lead researcher, Dr Jozina Mojet, from Food & Biobased Research, said: 'We were surprised to find that by measuring emotions, we could get information about products independent from whether people like them.
The study utilized different tactics to measure participants' emotional responses, including a new research method known as an emotive projection test to |
Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous | , and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flocks.
Ten people have died in Cambodia, Indonesia, Egypt, China and Vietnam since December during the prime-time flu season when the virus typically flares in poultry.
"We are worried, and we will be very cautious," said To Long Thanh, director of Vietnam's Center for Animal Health Diagnostics in Vietnam.
The H5N1 virus has killed 345 people worldwide since 2003, when it rampaged across large swaths of Asia decimating poultry stocks before later surfacing in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The number of poultry outbreaks has greatly diminished since then, but the virus remains entrenched in several countries and continues to surface sporadically, resulting in 20 to 30 human deaths globally in recent years.
Bird flu remains hard for people to catch, with most people sickened after being in close contact with infected poultry, but experts have |
News arrived in Europe in 1571 that Muslim Turks, under the command of Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, surrounded the Christians in Famag | usta, Cyprus. Muslims promised the defenders of Cypus that if they surrendered, they would be allowed to leave. Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha broke his promise and flayed alive the Venetian commander. He then killed all 6,000 Christian prisoners. He turned the beautiful St. Nicholas Church into the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. Turkish Muslims then intended to attack Rome, and from there conquer the rest of western Europe.
Pope Pius V used all the influence he had to get the Christian states of Spain, Naples, Sicily, Venice, Genoa, Sardinia, Savoy, Urbino, Papal States, Germans and Croatians to assemble into the Holy League, led by 24-year-old Don John of Austria.
On October 7, 1571, the largest and most decisive sea battle on the Mediterranean took place – the Battle of Lepanto off the western coast of Greece. Don John of Austria led the 212 ships with nearly 68, |
Malcolm Butler rejoined his New England Patriots teammates at Gillette Stadium this week. But he did so begrudgingly, according to a | report.
CSNNE.com’s Mike Giardi reported Thursday the Patriots cornerback “badly” wanted to be traded to the New Orleans Saints, who showed interest in him before the 2017 NFL Draft, and only is back in New England because he has exhausted his options.
Butler waited more than a month to sign his restricted free agent tender, visiting with the Saints in the interim. He’s set to make just $3.91 million this season, nearly $10 million less than new teammate Stephon Gilmore will take home.
Gilmore, a Pro Bowl cornerback with the Buffalo Bills last season, signed a five-year, $65 million contract with the Patriots shortly after free agency opened in March.
Butler has been New England’s No. 1 cornerback since Darrelle Revis left town after the 2014 season. It will be interesting to see how or if his role will change with Gilmore now in the mix.
The Gilmore |
Hailey Baldwin is “blown away” by everything her husband Justin Bieber does.
The 21-year-old model tied the knot | with the Sorry singer back in September, and the pair is reportedly planning to celebrate their marital status with a big party in the coming weeks. While Hailey and Justin have yet to publicly confirm the wedding news, the blonde star couldn’t help but gush about her spouse during an interview in the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine.
And while the couple are still in the honeymoon stage of their relationship, Hailey isn’t going to rush into getting a tattoo tribute to her other half. Despite having matching inkings with best friend Kendall Jenner and cousin Ireland Baldwin, the stunning star wants to ensure she leaves space for some other important etchings in the future.
“I want more, but I’m keeping space for my kids’ names, and certain sentimental things, and I don’t want to fill all the cute spots before… I get there,” she said of her tattoos.
While Hailey is |
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The makers of Gran Turismo Sport have teamed up with streetwear labels, Anti Social Social Club, BAPE and Undefeated for special edition in | -game vehicles. And… each brand dropped a limited capsule to add to the partnership.
Anti Social Social Club delivers a capsule of pink items, matching the in-game McLaren 650S they designed. Pieces include a hoodie, T-shirt and dad hat. BAPE’s drop matches the camo-clad Mercedes-AMG GTS they designed. That same camo is used for the bold graphics on a hoodie, available in both black and grey, as well as a T-shirt and sticker in the same colorways. Finally, Undefeated created a black hoodie and T-shirt.
All three streetwear capsules sports co-branding and the Gran Turismo logo.
The BAPE and Undefeated capsules will be available at the PlayStation Gear Store at this weekend’s PlayStation Experience 2017, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, from Dec. 9-10. They will also be available at BAPE’s |
Bingsu (shaved ice with toppings) is a popular snack food found almost everywhere in Korea during the summer months. Believed to | date back all the way to the Joseon Dynasty, the original bingsu was served simply as finely broken ice chips topped with sweetened red bean porridge. In the years following its debut, the popularity of bingsu exploded across the nation, bringing with it an almost endless variety of bingsu types and flavor combinations. Today, many bingsus shy away from the predominantly bean taste; some even omit the red beans altogether. From the traditional patbingsu of red beans and ice to complex mixes of ice cream and fruit, bingsus can easily be found in almost any coffee shop or bakery in Korea. Here, we’ll introduce you to the best of both worlds, giving you plenty of places where you can indulge in a sweet and delicious bingsu treat.
Dongbinggo in Ichon-dong, Yongsan-gu serves up a delicious version of the original patbingsu. This small establishment has just 8 tables and is so |
This year’s United Way Perth-Huron fundraising campaign kickoff wasn’t brought in with a bang, but rather with a tractor | .
Standing on a stage with a haystack podium next to a pair of farm vehicles in Market Square Friday, campaign co-chairs Martin and Kathryn Ritsma announced the 2018-19 goal of $1.4-million. Although they were happy with the final number, they weren’t pleased with the initial setup for the harvest-themed event.
Now the pair will both be channeling that determination in order to hit the fundraising target of $1,446,625.
“Martin and I don’t like to fall short of goals, and we don’t want to have our supported partners fall short, either,” Kathryn said.
The local United Way currently supports 48 organizations and programs across both counties. Several representatives held signs expressing “unignorable issues” such as isolation, poverty, and homelessness they’re attempting to address during the unveiling.
To get things rolling, over 300 businesses will be hosting workplace campaigns over |
Fans Design Their Own Gran Turismo 5 Car. So, Yeah, It Can "Transform".
Despite what looks like a screenshot from the game | , above, the E-motion concept car is not available to drive in Gran Turismo 5. It's not even a real car.
It's instead one of the best fan projects I've ever seen for a game. Four French designers have teamed up to design the vehicle, which they've (virtually) built from the ground up, engineering a car that would be able to "change its mass distribution during the race... if you are in a turn, in a straight line or breaking phase."
In other words, morph and transform depending on how fast you were driving and how you were handling the car.
It looks like it'd be fast as all hell, too. Powered by a battery and weighing almost nothing, it would fly around the track, with performance the designers say would be a "compromise between a kart and a F1".
If, you know. The car actually existed.
The idea of putting non-existent cars inside Gran Turismo |
John Kerry speaks with the media after a Mideast peace conference in Paris on Jan. 15.
Throughout the interview, Kerry repeatedly criticized Trump | for the decision, saying the president “unilaterally ceded global leadership on this issue” that had bipartisan consensus in the past. He even pointed out that his successor at the State Department, Rex Tillerson, also wanted to keep the United States in the agreement. “I mean, what does Donald Trump know that Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, doesn’t know?” he asked.
Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, made the Sunday talk show rounds to defend the White House decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement. Speaking on Meet the Press, Pruitt denied that the move was political. “It was right for this country, Chuck. This is a decision that was right for this country from a jobs perspective, an economy perspective and an environmental perspective,” Pruitt said. “It was not a political decision.” In the interviews, Pruitt continued to refuse to answer whether Trump believes climate change is a hoax. |
'Tis the season for amazing deals on TVs. We've seen a ton of impressive deals on some amazing TVs including the LG C8 series | , which just so happens to be our pick for the best TV of the year. On Black Friday, there were impressive discounts on the 55- and 65-inch models, but what if you dream bigger?
If you've been waiting for the right moment to really want to splurge on upgrading your home entertainment center, we got an exclusive offer from Massdrop on the 77-inch LG C8 OLED Smart 4K TV. This is a seriously massive TV, and it's not for the faint of heart or the small of walls.
This is literally the best TV we’ve ever tested and with this deal, it’s actually at a reasonable price for this size. The 77-inch model typically costs around $7,000, but with this drop, you can get it for just $4,949.99, which is definitely the lowest price we've ever seen.
After testing the LG C8, we gave it a perfect 10.0 score |
Taylor Swift donated the remainder of her $1 million pledge to four charities benefiting those affected by the devastating Louisiana floods.
The "Shake It | Off" singer, 26, pledged in August to help the victims of the historic floods by donating $1 million to deserving causes across the state. She has allocated the funds to Convoy of Hope, The Life of a Single Mom and YWCA Greater Baton Rouge. She also gifted $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity, which hopes to rebuild 100 homes in Baton Rouge by the end of 2017.
"Our hearts are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support for single moms," a statement on The Life of a Single Mom's website reads. "We are grateful to Taylor Swift for reaching out to help us ensure that no single mom walks alone during this very difficult time. The devastation across southeast Louisiana has been unbelievable. We are thankful for the opportunity to serve more single moms with this gift."
Dianna Payton, CEO of YWCA Greater Baton Rouge, echoed similar statements, writing on the organization's website: "The generous donation from |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida’s chief financial officer, Jimmy Patronis, is urging consumers to be aware of potential | health data privacy risks after Amazon recently positioned Alexa to team up in an attempt to track consumers’ prescriptions and relay personal health information.
Patronis said that even though the technology is built to make our lives easier, there are serious privacy risks that come along with it.
Though Amazon employs thousands of staff members who are dedicated to improving the digital assistant, Patronis referenced a previous data breach that could have a lifelong impact on some people’s identity.
“Due to just one major data breach in 2017, 143 million Americans now face the potential of lifelong threats of identity theft,” he said. “It's only a matter of time before voice technology suffers a breach."
Turn off the mic and camera when you aren’t using your Alexa device.
Alexa products capture all voice commands and other sounds in the room. If you know you won’t be using your device, turn your mic off to ensure it can’t record |
Ashantigold defender Richard Osei Agyemang has confirmed that he was attacked with a knife by a fan after the club's 1 | -0 win over Medeama on Sunday.
The former Asante Kotoko defender was red carded with 20 minutes to end the game, drawing the fury of fans of the club.
A remorseful Agyemang admitted his red card was not intentional but he always has the club at heart hence the desire to give his all.
"I can never say I am bigger than Ashgold, you cannot begrudge the supporters for their actions, they are supporters and will remain, supporters," he told Oyerepa FM. "They are same people who will hail me when things go right," he added.
"It's true, a fan threatened me with a knife but it took the intervention of some people who rescued me," he revealed.
"I am still an Ashgold player and so will come back after my suspension and play for Ashgold.
"The red card I received wasn't intentional, my face is swollen and I feel pains all over so |
Indonesian search and rescue teams on Wednesday plucked stranded residents from remote islands and pushed into isolated communities desperate for aid after a volcano-tr | iggered tsunami killed over 400.
But torrential rains hampered their efforts and heaped more misery on the region as stunned residents waded through waist-deep water in parts of hard-hit Carita.
"Heavy rains caused a river to overflow and several places are flooded," national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on Twitter.
"It's hampering efforts to evacuate people and help other survivors."
The disaster agency cautioned residents to stay clear of the coast as activity was still high at the rumbling Anak Krakatoa volcano, which sits in the middle of the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra islands.
A section of the crater collapsed after an eruption and slid into the ocean, triggering Saturday night's killer tsunami, officials have said.
The powerful waves struck without warning, washing over popular beaches and inundating tourist hotels and coastal communities on both sides of the strait — and leaving a trail of death and destruction.
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STOCKHOLM, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Sweden’s caretaker government said next year’s budget would include a | cut in taxes for pensioners but that 2019 spending plans, presented on Thursday, would likely undergo changes when a new administration takes office.
Voters delivered a hung parliament in September and neither there centre-left bloc nor the centre-right, four-party Alliance has yet been able to form a new government.
The 2019 budget is broadly an extension of 2018’s spending plans with some automatic adjustments.
“This budget should not be seen as the final product for 2019 as a new government will want to put its stamp (on fiscal policy) after it has taken over,” Deputy Finance Minister Per Bolund said in a statement.
However, all parties agreed to lower taxes for those over 65, a measure which will cost 4.2 billion Swedish crowns ($463.80 million) annually from 2019, the government said.
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s centre-left government had previously promised more money for local authorities and extra spending on welfare, |
The name of Walter Rauschenbusch is synonymous with the Social Gospel, a movement that exerted a major influence in Mainline American Protestantism | at the outset of the twentieth century with the aim of mobilizing American Christians to work for a more just society for all, especially the urban working class. Walter Rauschenbusch served as pastor to a Baptist congregation of German immigrants on the edge of Hell’s Kitchen (a neighborhood in midtown Manhattan) in New York, taught church history at Rochester Theological Seminary (now Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School), and traveled the length and breadth of America by railroad to advocate the cause of the Social Gospel. He was committed to the necessity of vital religious experience to transform individual personalities and political activism to make social structures in society equitable. More than any other person Walter Rauschenbusch captured the spirit of the Social Gospel Movement, alerting his contemporaries to a perceived social crisis unfolding in America during the opening decades of the twentieth century and exhorting them to seize a unique opportunity for social progress. He railed against the brutal social conditions that were the product of rapid industrialization |
KENDRICK Lamar, Lorde, Khalid, The Wombats and Vampire Weekend headline a huge line-up for this year's Splend | our in the Grass.
This will be Lamar's second visit to Byron Bay after he performed at Bluesfest two years ago.
His hit song Humble also took out the top spot in last year's Hottest 100 music poll.
Vampire Weekend also return to Byron after playing Falls Festival in 2014.
Lorde told Triple J she was excited to be coming back to Splendour after being a last-minute addition to the festival five years ago.
"I am so excited. Last time was my first big festival show. Obviously Frank Ocean pulled out and they called me... it was so crazy,” she said.
Rising Australian hip hop star Baker Boy is among a stack of Aussie artists also on the bill, including Amy Shark, Angus and Julia Stone, Hilltop Hoods and The Avalanches.
Despite having a suspicious, Splendour-shaped hole in his tour schedule, Jack White was not amongst the acts unveiled on Wednesday, April 11 |
ENGLAND enter Tuesday's start to their one-day series against New Zealand attempting to put their opponents into a similar depression | to the one they suffered less than a year ago.
Only last July, England were calling crisis meetings to formulate their one-day strategy after they lost all six matches in the triangular series against Pakistan and Australia as part of a miserable run of 11 successive defeats.
It prompted the selectors to clear out experienced players like Alec Stewart, Robert Croft, Mark Ealham and Alan Mullally, and introduce promising youngsters such as Paul Collingwood, Matthew Hoggard and Michael Vaughan.
Now they will enter the opening day-night match against New Zealand having lost just three of their last 11 matches.
Confidence is high, particularly after winning the last two games in India to level that series at 3-3, while New Zealand's tired and jaded squad have just suffered five successive defeats during their triangular series against Australia and South Africa.
To further undermine the hosts, key fast bowler Shane Bond has been withdrawn from the opening match and possibly the |
Former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy has said that he finds the commercial side of new dance music “repellent” and that he | is not excited by new music at all right now.
Murphy, who yesterday (February 27) revealed plans to release LCD Soundsystem’s final gig on vinyl for Record Store Day, made his comments about the current state of dance music at by:Larm festival in Norway (via MusicWeek).
‘The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live At Madison Square Garden’ will come out as a five-LP set on April 19, with a wider vinyl and digital release set for May 19. The recording will be an unabridged version of the band’s final gig, coming in at almost four hours long. The show, which took place on April 2, 2011 in New York, was documented by the film Shut Up And Play The Hits.
Murphy recently made his coffee line available to buy online. Murphy’s brand of hot beverages, which are sold under the banner House Of Good, were made in collaboration with coffee company Blue Bottle. |
The slowing housing market and looming oversupply are weighing on the $1.2 billion a year self-storage sector, with operators forced to | discount rates to maintain occupancy levels and average per-metre revenues.
While Perth has been the worst-performing market, the malaise is clearly evident in Sydney and Melbourne although the trends are inconsistent on a suburb-by-suburb basis.
The fast-growing sector is vulnerable not so much to declining property prices, but the resulting slow-down in housing turnover that results in fewer residents temporarily parking their goods in storage units.
“The observations from the field... are that competition is biting hard and aggressive pricing is becoming commonplace,” said Kennards Self Storage CEO Sam Kennard.
National Storage CEO Andrew Catsoulis said the softness was driven “predominantly” by Sydney and Melbourne, but off a high activity base.
“You can’t take $13 billion of housing sales activity out of any market and expect to see no impact,” he said, adding that no market had “fallen off a cliff |
Choosing just the right gift.
Getting the gift – either shopping for or making it.
Wrapping it in festive paper and with rib | bons, bows, glitter and stickers.
Making a card to go with it.
Presenting the gift and seeing the joy it brings.
In a sense, it’s a present for them as well. What greater gift can we give our kids than the experience of bringing joy to someone else? It’s a powerful feeling.
Besides family, who can children give gifts to? And what gifts can they give? Many kids want to give something to their teacher. After all, they spend hours every week with her. It’s only natural that they want to give her a gift during this giving season. It doesn’t need to be expensive. In fact, the school may even have guidelines. Ask! It’s important to respect them. The point of this gift is to engage your child in giving, to show the teacher how much you appreciate what she does all year long and to express a sense of caring.
Here are some suggestions |
To fully understand the position of the new 6-series GT in the BMW line-up you need to look to the past and to the future | . The past because the 6 GT takes the place of the old and somewhat confused 5-series Gran Turismo, albeit with a new badge to denote its elevated status. So far, so logical, until that is you note how it muddies the existing 6-series range, which until now has been reserved for more sporting two-door coupé and cabriolets, and the rather lovely four-door Gran Coupé. That’s where the future comes in, because some time in 2018 those cars will be phased out in favour of the 8-series, at which point the positioning of the 6 GT will at last make sense. But what exactly is it?
We’ll turn to BMW for the answer to that, which says its GT models are the true definition of a “crossover”, providing the boot space of an estate and the elevated driving position of an SUV in a car the size of a saloon that has been styled to look |
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Florida man who bought dilapidated houses in Cuyahoga County and sold them using forged documents to make | a quick buck was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.
Blaine Murphy, who prosecutors said presided over his housing-flipping scheme from his $1.2 million house in Naples, Fla., also was ordered to pay restitution of $1 million, a portion of which has already been paid, and fines totaling $100,000.
Common Pleas Judge Richard McMonagle said if Murphy is released early from prison he must serve the remainder of his term under house arrest in Cleveland's foreclosure-ravaged Slavic Village neighborhood.
The two-hour sentencing hearing came after McMonagle and lawyers in the case drove past three of the homes that Murphy owns on the city's East Side.
According to prosecutors, Murphy bought hundreds of rundown houses sight-unseen from banks. Then, instead of fixing them up, he would sell, or "flip," them to another buyer at a profit. In doing so, he would ignore code violations and fail to pay taxes. |
The “Station 19” cast is growing.
Dermot Mulroney has been cast in a multiple-episode arc for Season | 2 of the “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff, an ABC spokesperson told TheWrap. Mulroney will play Ryan Tanner (Alberto Frezza)’s father in the firefighter drama.
Mulroney will be joining Frezza in addition to “Grey’s Anatomy” alum Jason George, as well as Jaina Lee Ortiz, Grey Damon, Barrett Doss, Jay Hayden, Okieriete Onaodowan, Danielle Savre and Miguel Sandoval.
“Station 19” is produced by ABC Studios. Showrunner Stacy McKee executive produces with Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers. Paris Barclay is producing director and also executive produces.
“Station 19” returns to ABC for Season 2 on Thursday, Oct. 4.
With the Season 14 finale signaling the exit of Dr. April Kepner (Sarah Drew) and Dr. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) after |
More than 1.2 million migrants have come to Europe in the past year – most of them from Syria.
One year after the ‘ | long summer of migration‘ in 2015, Europe is still facing two severe problems: first, the lists of safe countries of origin differ in many states of the EU and secondly, further large-scale deaths by drowning of migrants and asylum seekers in the Mediterranean.
The reintroduction of the Nansen passport – an ID card for refugees guaranteeing asylum – at the European level might be a useful and even necessary instrument to solve this legal uncertainty for refugees and to promote a common migration policy.
The recognition of migrants as refugees very much depends on their country of origin.
As Eurostat reported recently, almost all Syrians get asylum status in the EU, but only 29 per cent with Malian citizenship do. People coming from West Balkan countries have almost no chance of getting asylum.
German politics in particular centres on a steadily increasing list of ‘safe countries of origin’. To know where refugees come from, asylum seekers must either show their passport or identification card or the officials ask the named |
When you and your colleagues in IT hear the CEO talking about the Internet of Things, the excitement in the CEO's voice means only one thing: | You're unlikely to be home in time for dinner for quite some time. Boards and CEOs see all of the potential benefits of this all-inclusive toasters-and-vacuum-cleaners-connected-to-the-Internet scenario and think little of the nightmarish risks.
I mean, what could possibly go wrong when you have dozens of household appliances and devices being controlled by any seemingly authenticated person on the other side of an Ethernet connection?
For starters, you could point out to the higher-ups that the Internet of Things has the potential to introduce millions of new backdoors into networks, putting proprietary information at risk. But you know what they'll tell you: "Well, it's your job to make sure that doesn't happen. Take care of it." If you spin up more elaborate threats -- such as someone taking over your oven, turning on the gas and turning off the pilot lights and blowing you up -- they'll likely say that you've been watching |
Morris Chestnut is set to star as the new male lead in NBC drama pilot The Enemy Within. The pilot is executive produced by Ken Wood | ruff, who also served as executive producer of Gotham and NBC executive-turned-producer Vernon Sanders and Universal TV.
The Enemy Within is a character-driven investigative thriller set in the world of counterintelligence. It centers on former CIA agent Erica Wolfe (Played by Jennifer Carpenter), the most infamous traitor in modern who is brought out of a federal prison by the FBI to assist in halting some of the most treacherous acts of espionage threatening the United States today.
Chestnut’s co-star, Jennifer Carpenter, is known for her roles as Debra Morgan on Showtime’s thriller Dexter and Rebecca Harris on CBS’ Limitless. She was most recently be seen in S. Craig Zahler’s Brawl In Cell Block 99.
Chestnut starred in the title role of Fox’s Rosewood and most recently did a season-long stint on the upcoming second season of Amazon’s Goliath. He also is known for his series regular role as |
NPC Chairman Kathy Kabell said, “It was determined that the mission of the NPC could be bolstered by this move of services to MS | U."
The new year will start a new chapter for the Nonprofit Center of Texoma.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, the NPC will transition to MSU Texas.
NPC Chairman of the Board Kathy Kabell said in a written release, “After much discussion and reviewing options for a community partner, it was determined that the mission of the NPC could be bolstered by this move of services to MSU Texas’ Dillard College of Business Administration.
Through the support of The Priddy Foundation, MSU Texas is set to offer a nonprofit management minor beginning in 2019.
The minor, available to all majors, builds financial and organization skills needed in the nonprofit sector.
“Our new curriculum and our strategic plan to engage with our community fully align with this transition,” said MSU Texas President Suzanne Shipley.
The Dillard College of Business Administration will host the new nonprofit minor and Nonprofit Center at MSU Texas.
The college is |
New Delhi: Talent and skills development company NIIT on Tuesday said its consolidated net profit has jumped 350% to Rs19.7 crore for the | December 2017 quarter on the back of strong growth in corporate learning business.
NIIT’s net profit stood at Rs4.4 crore in the year-ago period. Its net revenue was up 4% to Rs209.4 crore in the third quarter of 2017-18, from Rs202 crore in the year- ago period.
“A robust and continuing growth in Corporate Learning Group (CLG) coupled with strong operational controls in other businesses, resulted in 8% year-on-year growth in go-forward business in constant currency terms, and a 69% y-o-y growth in EBITDA, despite it being the weakest seasonal quarter," NIIT CEO Sapnesh Lalla said.
CLG recorded net revenue of Rs129.4 crore in the said quarter, up 14% year-on-year in constant currency terms.
Skills and Careers Group (SNC) recorded net revenue of Rs69.1 crore, while Mind |
A US Steel Factory Is Making People Sick, Health Experts Say. Politicians Are More Worried About Jobs.
Air pollution has triggered sky- | high asthma rates near Pittsburgh. With politicians unwilling to confront US Steel after a factory fire, a county health agency is pushing unprecedented penalties against the $14 billion company.
CLAIRTON, Pennsylvania — Here in the steep hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, politicians are struggling to weigh the lives of sick children and elderly people against desperately needed jobs. And mostly, they're choosing the jobs.
Ever since a factory fire in late December, pollution alerts have steadily gone out to communities near two US Steel plants — one that bakes coal in massive, 2,000-degree ovens, and another that flares sulfur-laden gas day and night from a nearby hillside. Steam clouds loft from the smokestacks there in a valley where the asthma rates are nearly triple the national average.
Many towns are facing public health consequences of fossil fuels. But Clairton’s pollution crisis has unique political stakes — pitting the behemoth US Steel, a chief beneficiary of President Trump’s steel |
The 5-5 seasons posted by Oakland and Miami have been largely defined by injuries and inconsistent quarterback play, and that trend looks to continue on Sunday | when the teams face off out west.
Both teams look likely to make changes from their week 11 starters under center.
For Oakland, Bruce Gradkowski has twice come on in the middle of games after Jason Campbell benchings, and both have struggled with injuries this year, but it appears that Campbell has again lost the job.
According to ProFootballTalk, Gradkowski has taken the majority of first-team reps this week, and when Tom Cable was asked about Campbell's role, he said, "We talk about a lot of things all the time [and] he is OK with where we’re going and what we’re doing. … He understands it’s the job. It comes with it."
Still, Mike Florio speculates that Gradkowski is given the nod despite Al Davis preferring Campbell because Davis is trying to let Cable dig his own grave as coach.
In Miami, Tony Sparano appears to be leaning towards letting Chad Henne return |
Salisbury, MA - Mary (Carlin) Herlihy of Salisbury and Amesbury passed away peacefully at the Port Healthcare Center on | January 23, 2019, at the age of 72. Mary was born in Newburyport on December 3, 1946, and was the devoted daughter of Thomas A. and Ada S. (Hunt) Carlin.
Mary is a 1964 graduate of Newburyport High School and Fazio's Hairdressing School in Lawrence. She worked at Western Electric, Riverview Restaurant and for the last 22 years, David's Fish Market in Salisbury where she had a great affection for her co-workers and customers alike.
Mary is survived by her devoted husband of 51 years, Ronald "Brian" Herlihy and her beloved son Brian T. Herlihy of Plaistow, N.H., siblings Virginia (Evans) Adams of Salisbury, Mabel (Evans) Mills and Husband Robert of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Donna (Carlin) Lauzon and husband Raymond of Salisbury. She was predeceased by two brothers |
Heralding the coming of spring and marking the legend of triumph of good over evil, Holi saw people spill out onto the streets hurling | coloured powder and coloured water - and even mud - at each other.
The neighbourhoods of the capital erupted in celebrations in the morning. Elders hugged, smeared gulal on each other's faces and exchanged sweets, especially the traditional gujiya, and drank 'thandai' -- a cooling drink made with dried fruits and milk.
Shouting "Holi hai", children, armed with water guns or pitchkaris, did what they do best -- played pranks by spraying coloured water and hurling water-filled balloons on passers by from the safety of rooftops and balconies of their houses.
Families played Holi in their front lawns or gardens, splashing buckets of water on each other to whoops of joy, and screams from the unsuspecting victims as the cold water caught them unawares.
"I joined the celebrations in my colony. It was fun, we smeared gulal on each other," said Akshay, a 14 |
it calls an "eminent agriculturist," but whom we remember as a bitter enemy of the labourers, asserting that England is fast | 'becoming a meat-producing country, that grass will supersede corn, and that we must have great supplies of artificial manures, and. nobody knows where they are to come from. If the popu- lation increases, and no further addition be made to our supply of meat, the farmer alone would stand between the country and famine. Meat is not needed to prevent a famine, as there are countries' where meat is not eaten, and the men are still healthy, but we will set that aside. What stops our importing live cattle AES well as corn? We do import them from Ireland, and why not _from America, North and South, and fatten them here for the butcher? Science will give us ships fitted for conveying cattle —we do not doubt Mr. Reed could design one now, though he is playing fast and loose with Hull, saying one day he is independent, and another that he shall follow Mr. Gladstone— and science will yet utilise |
A newly published research paper suggests that Facebook's ad delivery system discriminates along racial and gender lines, even when advertisers target their content to a wide | audience.
Researchers spent $8,500 on ads, and found that housing and job ads were shown to different demographics even though they were set to be targeted at identical audiences.
This comes on the heels of US housing officials' recent charge that Facebook enables housing discrimination.
A new research paper published on Wednesday has revealed that Facebook's ad targeting can discriminate by race and gender, even when advertisers request that their ads are shown to a broad audience.
The paper was put together by six researchers from Boston's Northeastern University, the University of Southern California, and policy group Upturn.
The researchers spent $8,500 running dozens of ads on the platform to determine whether Facebook's ad targeting was skewing certain ads towards or away from certain groups.
In one case, they put together ads for houses up for sale or rent in North Carolina.
They found that ads for houses on sale were delivered to an audience that was 75% white users. Ads for houses for rent |
Calvin Harris reveals that he has quit singing in favour of producing.
Calvin Harris has revealed that he will not sing on any of his | future tracks.
The hit producer and DJ, who sang on his first two studio sets I Created Disco and Ready For The Weekend, said he will not sing on future albums because he is "not cut out for that role".
"I've stopped the live shows. I'm going to focus more on production and DJing and zero per cent of my time will go on singing," he told the Herald Sun.
"I'll do tracks with people who can sing well - proper artists, proper performers. I can focus on what I'm much better at, which is making music. I'm just not cut out for that role.
"I kind of fell into it a few years ago - the live show had to happen, I had to be the frontman because I was doing the vocals on the songs. It went all right. I spent a few years trying to get it really properly good, but it dawned on me it wasn't going to get much better. I've |
Kanga-logoâd Qantas is angling to be the most stylish airline in the sky. For the | job, they’ve retained design icon Marc Newson.
Native son Newson dabbled with the idea by designing the upper class Skybed seats â complete with built-in shoebox and adapter-free power outlets – in 2003. So successful were they, that now the airline has effectively surrendered its entire image,from flatware to the color of the floors in its lounges to – yep – Newson.
Judging by the first examples of the mashup, the relationship is a happy one — the new First Class lounge at Sydney airport reinvents the concept. Itâs a modish, retro place â the departures are indicated on clackety old-fashioned boards instead of flashing computer screens â with swirling, Star Trekky oak dividers, square Poltrona Frau sofas and a leather-floored library area. Thereâ |
As the ambassador for 2 Gingers Irish whiskey, Kieran Folliard makes introductions glass by glass, bar by bar.
Kier | an Folliard, the high-profile Twin Cities pub master and whiskey entrepreneur, is in the midst of a YOLO (you only live once) moment.
Fresh from a gig in Denver to promote his 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey, Folliard celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in his adopted Twin Cities Monday and then dashed off for a series of stops in St. Louis, Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio, all in the name of the amber liquor he commissioned and introduced in Minnesota three years ago this week.
It’s been a whirlwind two months for the irrepressible native of Ireland as he’s crisscrossed the United States on behalf of 2 Gingers and Beam Inc., the multinational spirits giant that purchased the label from Folliard in late 2012.
“No one is going to outwork us,” Folliard said in an interview Sunday while sitting in a custom-fitted Airstream trailer embl |
So Commissioner Tony Gurley moved to scotch the original deal, and after some discussion, the board unanimously voted not to go ahead with the | purchase.
Besides the title issues, some board members had earlier said they thought the price for the property was too high, and the site too small for a traditional school.
RALEIGH North Carolina’s public school classrooms continue to lead the nation with the most teachers certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, according to results released Tuesday.
The state now has 19,799 National Board-certified teachers, accounting for almost one-fifth of the country’s total. More than 20 percent of the state’s teachers have this certification, which is considered the highest credential in the teaching profession.
Wake County is the top district in the nation, with 2,299 National Board-certified teachers. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system is third with 1,897.
Across the nation, there are 102,237 National Board-certified teachers.
The Wake County school board appointed the new head of special education last week. |
Greenwich continued its strong start to the season, defeating Trinity Catholic, 148-203 in an FCIAC boys matchup held at Griffith E. | Harris Golf Course on Wednesday.
The win moved the Cardinals’ record to 5-0. Jackson Fretty shot a 2-under-par 34 to lead GHS and earn medalist honors. Jake Moses carded an even-par 36, while Billy Nail posted a 1-over-par 37 to also pace Greenwich.
Ben Ropiak also helped lead the Cards to their latest win, finishing with a 41. Greenwich is back in action Thursday, as it will compete in the Brunswick Invitational Tournament at Round Hill Club at 1 p.m.
A pair of decisive victories raised the Gators’ record to 5-0. Greenwich Academy posted a 17-6 win over host Williston Northampton School, then topped Phillips Andover Academy, 13-8.
Against Williston Northampton, Kayla Yelensky paced the Gators, recording nine goals, five assists and five steals. Borden Wahl added five goals, seven assists and four steals, while |
Voters at two polling places in Allentown Tuesday evening expressed disgust with the negativity of this year's midterm election.
Stephanie Pet | ner, 32, a registered independent, voted for Republican Pat Toomey for the U.S. Senate, but Democrat John Callahan for U.S. Congress. But, she said she nearly stayed home this year.
She said she ultimately voted for Toomey because of the television commercials that featured his family, saying she liked his message that he was concerned about his children's future. She voted for Callahan because she thinks he's done a good job as mayor of Bethlehem.
Duane Tolson, a registered Democrat from Allentown, also said he almost did not vote because he feels candidates from both political parties fail to give straight answers and their ads are "overboard." In the end, he cast a vote for Democrat Joe Sestak for U.S. Senate.
Brad Gerhart, 49, a registered Republican, cast his ballot for Toomey, saying he made up his mind this election season by asking himself whether he was better off than |
Pip Furlong (Chase Jeffels) and Everett L. North (Aiden Burke) are aspiring Broadway tunesmiths working in | a rundown Manhattan loft, fretting at their inability to string a verse together, much less a song.
Frustration at their lack of inspiration is abated by the appearance of a Canadian “adventuress” Venice Drake (Jasmine Zyp) and her “companion” Allure Potemkin (Zia Mizera), both dressed in their slips due to reasons too complicated to get into here.
Since this is a Stewart Lemoine musical (first staged in 1986), you can be sure of a few things: the dialogue will be fast and witty, the musical numbers (written by Gary Lloyd and R.J. Smart) catchy and upbeat, and in the tradition of every ’30s musical ever written, there will be romance. Aside from some cheesy synths subbing in for strings in the pre-recorded music, there really isn’t anything to knock in this remount. It’s light, breezy |
While the Ethereum platform is surging, interest in Bitcoin is declining.
Periodically, for the past three years, I've written about the | blockchain technologies of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The motivation for doing so was the conceptual introduction of the need for a blockchain technology other than Bitcoin; which I discussed in the column, "Ethereum Is a True Game-Changer."
As Ethereum moved from concept to development and application during the past few years, I intermittently wrote columns concerning its negative implications for the commercial viability of Bitcoin.
The 2016 columns "Bitcoin Is Dead, Long Live the Blockchain" and "Performing an Autopsy on the Bitcoin" elicited a lot of comments, mostly disagreeing with my belief that Ethereum would displace Bitcoin completely in the commercial space.
Even though I haven't written about the subject in over a year, I still receive queries and challenges to those columns almost daily. When I'm speaking at a conference, I am also asked about the issue even if it's not a part of the subject matter being presented.
The booleanized version of my response is to buy Ethereum-related technology and Ether |
Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, is a food supplement with tremendous health benefits when taken in prescribed quantities. Vitamin B3 | is one of the constituents of the multivitamin B-complex.
The primary health benefit of vitamin B3 is a significant decrease in heart disease.
It helps lower the level of bad cholesterol.
Studies have shown that a key health benefit of vitamin B3 is the elevation of good (HDL) cholesterol levels. However, sufficient quantities of the vitamin must be ingested for the required benefits.
Other health benefits of vitamin B3 include a reduction in the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, cataracts, osteoarthritis, and type-1 diabetes.
Scientific studies have shown that vitamin B3 assists in the energy production of cells. It is beneficial for a healthy nervous system and a well-functioning digestive system. The minimum amount of vitamin B3 required for healthy living varies with age. Children require 2-16 mg of vitamin B3, while pregnant women require 18 mg of the vitamin.
Intake of vitamin B3 can sometimes cause an stomach |
This is a big week for Eli Roth. Just yesterday, the Knock Knock and The Green Inferno director became attached to direct Paramount’s remake | of Death Wish, a project that’s had quite a few directors, most notably Joe Carnahan (The Grey), split from the Bruce Willis-led film over the years. Only a day later, news has come out that Roth will direct Jim Carrey in an adaptation of Steve Niles‘ (“3o Days of Night”) comic book “Aleister Arcane,” which was illustrated by Breehn Burns.
Below, learn more about Aleister Arcane.
Under the weathered skies of America’s heartland, and in the wounded hearts of every family in one tiny rural town, a terrible secret has been kept for too many years. Now, a young boy named Trevor must try to keep his younger brother Will from falling victim to the worst fears of a troubled town that can’t begin to understand the tragic secret that binds its families together. Some folks would call Trevor’s brother a monster. But to Trevor, Will |
by Free Britney at February 13, 2017 6:52 am.
Everyone’s favorite robot musicians were back, with an assist from | The Weeknd, at the 2017 Grammy Awards on Sunday night in L.A.
It's not easy to follow an act like the show-opening Adele 2017 Grammy performance, but someone had to, and they were up to the task.
Both appear on the latest Weeknd album, Starboy.
As you'd expect from the mysterious helmeted duo, the performance was complete with lasers, futuristic scenery and... sci-fi attire.
We didn't see too many in our rundown of 2017 Grammy fashion from the red carpet, but we hear the cape is making a comeback.
For Daft Punk, it was their first performance was the duo’s first live performance since the 2014 Grammy Awards, a banner night for them.
This year, the Weeknd took the place of Pharrell, and while Daft Punk was not among the '17 Grammy nominees, they stole the show.
After Paris Jackson introduced the performance, the duo emerged in robes along with |
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