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American International Group Inc., which was bailed out by an $85 billion government loan last week, not only has posted billions of dollars in losses in | its financial services operations but its more traditional insurance operations are not as profitable as they were a year ago.
Most problematic has been its financial services division, where operating losses topped $14 billion during the first half of the year. That steep decline was centered in its capital markets unit, which insures mortgage-backed securities and other risky debt against default.
Overall, AIG posted an operating loss of $20.02 billion from January to June. It earned $12.5 billion during the same six months a year ago.
General Insurance: Profits of $2.16 billion in the first half of 2008, compared with $6.07 billion a year ago.
Life Insurance and Retirement: Loss of $4.23 billion in the first half of 2008, compared with a profit of $4.9 billion a year ago.
Financial Services: Loss of $14.68 billion in the first half of 2008, compared with a profit of $339 million a year ago |
Here’s another one attempting to launch Tinashe’s eternally delayed Joyride album. It is so delayed, in fact | , that the singer-songwriter dropped an album (or mixtape or... whatever it is) called Nightride in November containing many tracks originally announced for Joyride. (To Rolling Stone, Tinashe described Nightride and Joyride as “two things that are equally the same.” Well sure, except one has actually seen the light of day.) The strange release of Nightride and Tinashe’s pattern over the last two years of throwing singles against the wall to see if one sticks is endemic of the state of the music industry. It seems like a documentary on Tinashe’s plight would make for a great time-capsule. Someone should get on that—Tinashe has been plenty honest about her frustrations.
Anyway, “Flame.” It sounds like a cross between Ellie Goulding’s “Burn” and Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” My body wanted to reject |
In the 2016 press release, Scott announced that the Cape Canaveral-based company was consolidating its operations in Virginia to Florida and expanding its headquarters at | its Space Coast office. The move was supposed to create 150 new jobs and result in the investment of $4.5 million in the local community.
"With the EDC’s assistance, CHSI chose a location and we are customizing a facility that will continue to meet our ongoing business expansion needs,'' said Gary Palmer, president and chief executive officer of Comprehensive Health Services Inc., at the time.
According to the Department of Economic Opportunity, the state awarded the company $600,000 in incentive money from the Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund program. The contract, completed in July 2017, requires the company to receive tax refunds for every job it creates with a salary of $66,000 or more. It gives the company until December 2021 to create the jobs. DEO spokeswoman Tiffany Vause said Tuesday that the company had not received any tax-refund money yet but would be eligible to do so for the first time this year.
Five months before the contract was |
A heroic World War II Bomber Command pilot is to be honoured thanks to a fundraising campaign to give him a fitting send off.
War veteran Stan | Franks completed a staggering 31 missions over Germany by the time he was 19 in the midst of the Second World War.
But the 88-year-old decorated war hero was found dead at his home in Fobbing, Essex, where he lived alone, in October after locals became concerned for his welfare.
He had been due to have a pauper's funeral before fund-raisers stepped in to raise thousands of pounds for a fitting funeral for the veteran.
Jim Gooding, president of Thurrock Royal Air Force Association (RAFA), said: "We are all overwhelmed by the community's support for Stan and for digging so deep into their pockets to ensure he has a fitting funeral.
"I would like to express the thanks from friends of Stan and his colleagues.
"Stan's death happened in sad circumstances but that sadness has been lifted by the generosity and kindness of so many people who will ensure Stan has the send-off he deserves."
The funeral will take |
In his first Autumn Statement as chancellor, Philip Hammond announced plans to help British technology start-up companies by investing an initial £400million into venture | capital funds.
Supporting entrepreneurs, engineers and inventors is something we put a lot of emphasis on in Peterborough and I am delighted by this week’s unveiling of The Innovation Lab.
This new resource at the Allia Future Business Centre in Peterborough will help turn ideas into realities, in particular for those entrepreneurs who want to make a positive, sustainable impact on the world.
We are lucky to now have access to the state-of- the-art design and rapid prototyping equipment, including a range of 3D printers, housed at The Innovation Lab as these types of facilities are normally located in very large cities or prominent academic institutions.
The Innovation Lab has been supported by Opportunity Peterborough and Peterborough City Council through the Future Peterborough smart city programme. The programme was funded by Innovate UK to catalyse growth, innovation and sustainability in the city.
The Innovation Lab will further the appeal of the Allia Future Business Centre based at the Peterborough United stadium |
Leading active stocks in Dubai Financial Market (DFM) bounced up at the end of yesterday’s session, pushing the index to close | in the positive area after sharp fluctuations.
The DFM index added 9.40 points, or 0.60 per cent, and closed at 1565.48 points after going down to 1540 points during intraday trading. The index continued to track movements in bellwether Emaar Properties, which fluctuated between Dh2.84 and Dh2.97 before ending the session at Dh2.95, registering a gain of 1.72 per cent.
Arabtec moved in a relatively wide range – between Dh2.07 and Dh2.17 – before ending the session up by 3.35 per cent at Dh2.16. The DFM stock also added 2.76 per cent to close at Dh1.49. Union Properties remained the top active stock for the second session amid continued selling pressures due to worries about the company’s financial position. The stock was also the top loser in the market and fell 5.56 per cent to close at Dh |
Thou shalt not talk. Thou shalt not clap in the wrong places. Thou shalt not unwrap cough drops in crinkly paper during | the music. Thou shalt not use thy cellphone.
You can find the prohibitions, in various forms, printed in the back pages of concert playbills around the country, often under rubrics such as “The Ten Commandments of Concertgoing.” They’re supposed to be funny, but they’re also supposed to be followed. Disguised as humor, they are actually propagating a widespread and pernicious idea: that the performing arts in general, and classical music in particular, require specialized knowledge and a particular code of behavior — a code in which, if you don’t know it, those who do will be all too happy to instruct you.
And thus the future of our field rides in disproportionate part on questions of etiquette.
Etiquette dominates the public discourse about classical music — because music-lovers, veterans and newcomers alike, are too often unsure what else they should say about it. The rules, and the conventions, |
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket has completed its 100th mission.
Tuesday's flight saw it lift two big satellites into orbit from its operating base | in French Guiana.
Conceived originally to launch a European space shuttle, the rocket was adapted instead to put up the heaviest telecommunications spacecraft - a market it dominated for many years.
But the emergence of cheaper US rockets means the Ariane 5 must soon give way to a more competitive successor.
To be called, predictably, Ariane 6 - this vehicle should make its debut in mid-2020.
A backorder of Ariane 5s ensures the old workhorse will continue to fly for some time yet, however.
Two of its remaining missions include sending Europe's BepiColombo probe to Mercury next month, and putting up the $10bn James Webb Space Telescope - the follow-on to Hubble - in 2021.
"Ariane 5 has been a great success, and it's not over; we still have four or five years left with this product," said Alain Charmeau, who runs the rocket manufacturer ArianeGroup.
"And even though |
MUMBAI: Good looking and versatile actor Jim Sarbh who has been a delight to watch on big screen in movies such as Sanju | , Neerja and Padmavat is soon going to make his debut on television with Discovery Channel’s new series ‘Planet Healers’. Jim Sarbh will host the thought provoking, first of its kind series featuring 8 start-ups who are working tirelessly to find innovative solutions to environmental hazards that we face today.
Jim Sarbh will give the audience a deep dive into how these start-ups are focusing on complex and the same time extremely important issues like unplanned urbanization, electronic waste management, air pollution, fuel recycling et al. He will also be seen playing an integral role in educating viewers about the current environmental concerns and will give a reality check on how these hazards are impacting our planet.
“I don’t believe in the separation between mankind and nature. Mankind is nature. It is only natural, that nature would find a way to heal itself, through mankind. I am excited by this Discovery’s new series “Planet |
SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Otsuka America, Inc., and Click Therapeutics, Inc | ., announce today that the companies have signed a collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize a prescription digital therapeutic for treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), with the intent to address unmet medical needs among this patient population and to improve outcomes.
This collaboration will leverage Click’s demonstrated ability to discover and validate a software application and deploy it commercially, with Otsuka’s expertise in developing approved prescription therapies for patients with serious mental illnesses, including Otsuka’s established development and commercialization capabilities. The companies believe digital therapeutics align naturally with psychiatry and have significant potential to transform mental healthcare. Together, the companies aim to bring to market a new offering that will provide a novel treatment for patients with MDD.
Otsuka has agreed to commit capital to fully fund development of Click’s novel mobile application ‘CT-152’ for MDD, and to commercialize this application world-wide upon achievement of regulatory approvals. Otsuka will |
PORT JERVIS — City police charged three people with felony drug possession following search warrants served at their homes on Front Street.
Port Jerv | is police said they executed the search warrants along with the Orange County Sheriff’s Special Operation Group late Monday evening at 155 and 159 Front St. Police said they recovered 23 grams of crack cocaine packaged for sale, cash and digital scales at the homes.
Police charged Eulises Rosado, 49, with multiple counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony. They charged Chaelese Brown, 28, with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. They and Anthony Parraway, 26, are each charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony. Brown's and Rosado’s charges include intent to sell the drugs.
All three were arraigned and sent to Orange County Jail to await court dates. Bail was set at $7,500 for Parraway and at $15,000 for Brown. Rosado was jailed without bail.
Port Jervis police were aided by deputies and by state |
A customer says she found this in her kale salad ordered from a Guy & Gallard store. Photo courtesy Robin Sandusky.
A woman says | she found the head of what appeared to be a small reptile in her salad when she ordered lunch from a restaurant food chain in Manhattan Tuesday.
Robin Sandusky, a theatrical coordinator, said she ordered a kale salad from a Guy & Gallard store in Chelsea for delivery to her workplace. She began eating the salad when she spotted what she thought was a pea.
"I turned it over, and I could see its eye," she told NBC 4 New York.
Sandusky called the store and asked for a refund. She said she declined the store's offer for a replacement salad.
The delivery worker retrieved the salad and refunded the money back to Sandusky, the store manager at the Seventh Avenue location confirmed.
The manager, who only gave his last name as Alan, said he apologized but couldn't confirm that a dead animal part was in the food.
"She told me, but I didn't check it," said Alan. "When the salad came back |
PELLA, Iowa – With just weeks before the first contests of the 2016 campaign, Dr. Ben Carson’s wife, Candy Carson | , is coming into the spotlight, doing high profile interviews to promote her new book, “A Doctor in the House.” And speaking to a packed room full of voters here, the candidate showed enthusiasm for his wife’s media stops.
“She’s as you can see terrific, very bubbly, everyone just loves my wife – she should be the candidate,” Carson said in Panora, Iowa.
Candy Carson has remained largely behind the scenes, though she travels with the campaign and has appeared in ads. Her new book humanizes the Republican candidate, testifying to her husband’s character and faith – a key selling point for the neurosurgeon. And not surprisingly, Carson’s rags-to-riches story, stressed often throughout his campaign (and even turned into a made-for-television movie starting Cuba Gooding Jr.) is a focal point in the book.
RELATED: Can Carson be 2016� |
At 92, the sum total of Gloria Vanderbilt’s life thus far, were it a biopic, would have it all: gossip, | history, money, class issues, fame, love, drama. But she’s not a character, which means that an exploration of it makes you wonder, quite frankly, how she has not only survived, but flourished as well.
Nothing Left Unsaid, the new documentary about Vanderbilt’s life directed by Liz Garbus and executive produced by/starring her son Anderson Cooper, explores her fascinating life, and seeks to explain how she’s made it through. For decades, outsider fascination with her stems from the vast amount of suffering she’s experienced, both despite and because of her wealth, and that fascination doesn’t stop with this film. The personal highlights begin with her birth into the famous Vanderbilt family, and her father dying when she was barely more than a year old. She was raised almost entirely by her nanny when her mother whisked them off to live in Paris, which led to her becoming the subject of a highly contentious custody battle dubbed |
Those who attend CatVideoFest 2019 on March 31 at Classic Cinemas Charlestowne 18 in St. Charles will be supporting the efforts of | Anderson Animal Shelter. A portion of every ticket sold will support the work of the South Elgin-based no-kill shelter, which also has adoption centers in North Aurora and Bloomingdale.
ST. CHARLES – Those who have ever owned a cat know they can provide hours of entertainment.
And for those who attend CatVideoFest 2019 on March 31 at Classic Cinemas Charlestowne 18 in St. Charles, they not only will be entertained, but also will be supporting the efforts of Anderson Animal Shelter.
A portion of every ticket sold will support the work of the South Elgin-based no-kill shelter, which also has adoption centers in North Aurora and Bloomingdale. The screening begins at 2 p.m. and tickets are $6, available through Classic Cinemas website, classiccinemas.com, under special events. Classic Cinemas Charlestowne 18 is located at 3740 E. Main St. in the former Charlestowne Mall, |
This is a large detached bungalow with three double bedrooms, spacious sitting room plus a dining room opening onto the kitchen. The property is set | on a wide plot and does require refurbishment. In our opinion there is potential to develop the property in a variety of ways. The bungalow enjoys ample off road parking to the front and has a large enclosed car port attached to the side of the bungalow. There is a large area of garden to the other side with lawn and kitchen garden. Further area of garden to the rear with two block work sheds.
The bungalow has an arched entrance porch with quarry tiled floor. Front door to entrance hall with laminate flooring. Hatch to roof void. Airing cupboard with insulated hot water cylinder. The sitting room has a stone fireplace and hearth plus a bay window. The dining room opens on to the kitchen which has an aspect of the rear garden. Each of the three bedrooms are good doubles and there is a bathroom and separate wc. Gas fired central heating.
Colehill offers a variety of amenities including shops, post office, First and Middle |
West Ham striker Andy Carroll is facing up to six weeks out of action with a hamstring injury.
The 27-year-old was substituted after | just 15 minutes in the Hammers' 3-1 win at Bournemouth.
Carroll had scored two goals in West Ham's past four games after returning to action in September 2015, following seven months out for knee surgery.
"He's a positive lad, but of course he is gutted for several reasons," said Hammers boss Slaven Bilic.
"He felt he was back and enjoying his football.
"It's not the end of the world, though. If everything goes well he will be back very soon so there is no reason to be negative.
"If it goes as we expect, then he will be back for a significant part of the season, the last 10-15 games, with enough time to make a huge impact on our season."
Carroll has won nine England caps and scored twice but has not played for the national team since a World Cup qualifier against San Marino in October 2012.
West Ham are fifth in the Premier League |
TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD felt he was targeted by Manchester City during their Champions League clash Tuesday night.
The 19- | year-old feels he was singled out by City due to his relative inexperience, but believes he showed that Pep Guardiola's was unsuccessful.
Liverpool conceded in the third minute but scored twice through Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino to prevail 5-1 on aggregate.
Having made his Reds debut in October 2016, Alexander-Arnold has flourished and now racked up 38 appearances.
"I guess Man City looked at it and [felt] I'm the weak link," Alexander-Arnold said following Tuesday's 2-1 win at the Etihad.
"Maybe that gave me that underdog mentality and [I] tried to prove them wrong.
"That's what I went out to try and do - to go and prove them wrong and show them I'm not the weak link in the team.
LIVERPOOL are in the Champions League semi-finals after a 2-1 win away at Manchester City tonight saw them triumph 5-1 on aggregate - |
PRESSURE is mounting on Theresa May to increase the nation’s military budget before it is ‘left behind’ following a demand from | a top Tory minister today.
Defence minister Tobias Ellwood has said Britain needs to spend billions more on defence or risk ‘losing its place’ at the top table of international powers.
The retired army Captain was responding to a report by Britain’s defence committee which urged the government to spend at least three per cent of GDP on defence, more than the two it currently invests.
He is the latest Tory MP to back the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, in his on-going quest to get the chancellor, Philip Hammond, and Mrs May to stump up the cash desperately needed to fill a ‘black hole’ worth billions in the military’s budget.
Speaking to the committee during a hearing in the Commons, Mr Ellwood said the campaign had become ‘undignified’ and that a more ‘reasoned, convincing and cost-effect argument’ was needed that ‘united’ opinion.
He said: � |
Me doing the 7-Minute Workout in Business Insider's office.
When I first heard about an app that promises the benefits of a | sweaty bike ride or trip to the gym in seven minutes, I assumed it was all hype.
Designed by exercise physiologist Chris Jordan, the Johnson & Johnson Official 7 Minute Workout gets your heart pumping and helps build muscle.
The app is a great introduction to a trendy type of fitness routine called interval training, and it's ideal for weekends or days when I can't make it to my regular yoga class.
Since it first debuted five years ago, the app has soared in popularity, something Jordan told Business Insider he didn't see coming.
"To be honest I don't think we realized the popularity that this app would have," he said. "We've been incredibly pleasantly surprised that this has worked for so many."
Here's what the latest version of the app is like.
The entire workout really takes just seven minutes. I was initially skeptical about whether I could accomplish this much in such a narrow time frame.
The program consists of 72 exercises like jumping j |
About 100 children and 30 adults lived in the seven-story building, which was run by a humanitarian association that helps needy people. One resident described | being awakened by cries from children and adults.
A fire raced through an overcrowded Paris apartment building housing African immigrants early Friday, trapping some residents in their sleep and killing 17, up to half of them children, local government officials said.
Firefighters said that 30 other people were injured, two seriously. Many of the victims were from the west African nation of Mali. Others were from Senegal, Ghana and Tunisia, according to building residents.
"It's an extremely heavy toll," said Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy who visited the scene of the blaze in southeast Paris. "We just saw the bodies of seven children who were asphyxiated. It's an abominable spectacle."
Officials did not immediately release the exact number of children who were killed.
The district Mayor, Serge Blisko, said the dead had "visibly, died in their sleep, asphyxiated and not burned."
One resident of the seven-story building, situated on the corner of |
Motorola Moto G7 review: Is the standard model the one to buy?
The Moto G7 is a great budget phone that improves over | its predecessor. Its problem is the G7 Plus which is £30 more and delivers faster charging, optical stabilisation for its better cameras, and a minor bump in processor - making it the phone to buy (after all, they both have the same design and screen sizes).
Prior to penning this Moto G7 review we'd spent a full week living with the Moto G7 Plus. And having switched between one phone and the next, well, we've been struggling to tell the difference between the two.
After all, the Moto G7 is the same size as the Plus, it has the same screen, same battery capacity, a very similar processor (it's marginally less powerful, at 1.8GHz rather than 2.2GHz). So what's the point in both phones? The 'normal' G7 ditches the optical image stabilisation system, goes for lower-resolution cameras and saves you £30 in the process.
There's more to consider too, as |
Drug experts have backed a Liberal Democrat vote on decriminalising narcotics set to take place next week.
The UK Drugs Policy Commission raised some concerns about | the motion but said it supported the broad thrust of the motion.
The commission, which includes former Medical Research Council chief executive Professor Colin Blakemore, was particularly critical of criminal records, which make it much harder for former addicts to get a job and therefore encourages them back towards drugs.
The Liberal Democrat motion would scrap criminal penalties for personal possession, create a heavily regulated market in cannabis and provide clinics for persistent heroin users.
The move would likely prompt friction with the Lib Dems' Conservative coalition partners, whose rank-and-file membership are strongly opposed to any change to drug laws.
David Cameron's record as a backbencher was distinctly liberal when it came to drug reform. He called for heroin'shooting rooms' and a public health approach to drug use before taking the leadership.
Drug liberalisation views are surprisingly popular in Westminster circles, but it has been considered politically impossible for several years, mostly due to fear of the tabloid reaction and the views of'middle-England' |
>>>Thousand Islands Bluegrass Festival LaFargeville, NY http://www.thousandislandsbluegrass.com/festival. | html lineup includes: Ralph Stanley II, Edgar Loudermilk, Zink and Company, Dreamcatcher, Gone Fishin, Serene Green,, and more.
>>>Clearwater Festival Croton-on-Hudson, New York http://www.clearwaterfestival.org/ Performers include: Ani DiFranco, Railroad Earth, The Wailers, Tom Paxton and The DonJuans, Leslie Mendelson, Tom Chapin, Joel Rafael, The Mammals, David Amram, Guy Davis, Josh White Jr, Antigone Rising, Scott Sharrard, Roger Street Friedman, Los Cintron, Matt Pless, Joanie Leeds, Kristen Graves, Thom Chacon, Vance Gilbert, Cliff Eberhardt and more.
>>>Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival Litchfield, Maine http://www.blisteredfingers.com lineup includes: Performers: The Gibson Brothers (NY), Danny Paisley |
AMID the Brexit turmoil turning the UK into a battleground, there may be only one thing capable of uniting such a divided nation: the Spice | Girls.
Tickets for the long-awaited reunion stadium tour (minus Posh) sold out within minutes when they went on sale last November. Extra dates were hurriedly added and snapped up just as quickly. The internet went into meltdown, and it felt as if the entire nation was desperately trying, by hook or by crook, to get hold of a coveted ticket.
“Absolutely,” says Emma Bunton, when it’s suggested that what the country needs right now is a big injection of Spice.
“I think everyone has got such different opinions at the moment and it feels like we’re all shouting at each other. But when our tickets went on sale, everyone came together.
"Mums, dads, kids, friends… It feels so special that everyone put all of those other things aside.
It’s been more than 20 years since Baby, Sporty, Scary, Ginger and Posh bulldozed their way into |
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011.
New Zealand's Christchurch was rocked | by a fresh series of powerful earthquakes on Friday, sending terrified people fleeing into the streets 10 months after a devastating quake claimed 181 lives.
Two shallow quakes of magnitude 5.8 and 5.9 and a series of aftershocks struck as malls were packed with afternoon Christmas shoppers, sending stock tumbling from the shelves and turning the festive mood to panic.
The quakes, which temporarily closed the international airport and disrupted communications, were the latest in a series that began 15 months ago and have destroyed much of the inner-city.
Local news media reported people fleeing in fear as the quake and a series of aftershocks rattled the city, leading to liquefaction and flooding in some suburbs worst hit by previous earthquakes.
Liquefaction is caused when shaking loosens the bonds between soil particles, turning the ground into a quagmire.
"It was very frightening there for a wee moment," one resident, Brian Cornish, told National Radio.
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He's at that age. You know the one. One, actually. The age where you turn your head for just a second and all of | the contents of your lower cabinets are in a pile on the kitchen floor. Someone forgets to close the bathroom door and you either hear the splashing that sounds like a 200-pound man doing a cannon ball into a pool or worse, you find all manner of objects floating in the toilet because they just wouldn't flush.
When Ethan was this age, we put on a toilet lock. Sure he was able to figure out how to undo the latch when he was 14 months old. It made us feel better for a little while, so that's all that matters. Now we just regulate the door being closed. Or I regulate the door being closed. If I can make it a day without finding a baby trying to swim in the toilet, it's a good day.
Then there is the laundry. Just the other day I walked around the corner to find the baby flinging neatly folded clothing over his head as fast as he could. When he saw me coming, he stepped up his |
Warren Zide and Craig Perry’s production and literary management shingle, Zide/Perry Entertainment, has signed a three-year | , first-look deal with MGM, with plans to produce at least two features a year.
The arrangement dovetails with Zide/Perry’s current production deal with Helkon Media, with Helkon Intl. Pictures getting first look at foreign rights on all MGM-Zide/Perry productions.
MGM production prez Alex Gartner said that despite a downbeat economy, the studio moved to make the Zide/Perry deal based on the company’s track record as well as its ability to generate material and bring financing to the table.
Zide/Perry inked a four-picture, $50 million deal with Helkon in May that kicked off with the Frank Longo-helmed “Replikate.” That deal is expected to yield three additional titles budgeted between $10 million and $15 million.
MGM has its own ongoing relationship with Helkon via Chuck Roven |
Do you ever wish you had the chance to say something to the people who bullied you at school? Well, this woman did, and told BuzzFeed | News how she did it perfectly.
When Louisa Manning was 12 years old, she was bullied about her weight and for being "hairy", and was called a "manbeast" by other students. As a result, she spent several years eating very little, skipping dinner and suffering from a lack of confidence.
But last Friday, eight years later, something interesting happened: One of the boys who bullied her at school asked her out on a date. This is what Manning looks like today.
The 22-year-old, a student at Oxford University, told BuzzFeed News she bumped into the man at a university ball and that he asked her on a date on Facebook.
She said she remembered this man in particular for bullying her for "being ugly" at her Cambridgeshire school.
"I was pretty pissed off he asked me out, to be honest," she said. "It really made me angry that now I'm attractive, he instantly wants to jump |
• Teams were required to submit their final Yu Darvish bids by 5 p.m. yesterday. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham | Fighters have until Dec. 20 to accept an offer, after which Darvish—the man Trey Hillman once dubbed the "Elvis of Japan"—will be permitted to negotiate exclusively with the winning bidder for 30 days.
• Four years into his $91 million contract, Carlos Zambrano has decided he's ready to get in shape. Big Z told Venezuela's Lider en Deportes that he's spending his off-season climbing mountains and running on the beach, and that he plans on finishing out the final two years of his contract with the Cubs, as he is no coward. His newfound dedication may also have something to do with the fact that the final year of his contract only kicks in if he finishes in the top four for the Cy Young this year.
• The Twins signed Josh Willingham to a three-year deal, but say they're still interested in re-signing Michael Cuddyer.
• There's absolutely no chance that C.J. |
State correction officials are considering filing charges against inmates who attack prison guards following a rash of violence at a maximum-security prison already on lockdown near Syracuse | .
“We’re not going to put up with inmates attacking guards,” said Jim Flateau, spokesman for the state Department of Correctional Services.
The latest incident at the Auburn Correctional Facility, 25 miles southwest of Syracuse, occurred yesterday when an inmate shoved a guard after becoming enraged by the way other guards searched his cell. No one was injured in the incident.
On Friday, a guard was punched in the eye during a routine frisk. The guard was taken to a hospital, treated for a swollen eye, and released.
The assaults at the 1,800-inmate prison followed a series of attacks on guards that began last week and prompted state Correction Commissioner Glenn Goord to order the lockdown of the facility.
Flateau said correction officials will meet with the district attorney’s office next week to consider criminal charges.
The first assault happened last week as an officer broke up a fight during Islamic services. On Wednesday, five guards were |
The mega-insurer is the latest'systemically important' company that wants to break itself up to avoid being targeted by activists.
B | anks such as SunTrust need interest rates to keep rising if they want to keep making money. The regional bank reports earnings Friday.
Here are Wednesday's top research calls, including upgrades for Anthem, Gilead Sciences and Wayfair, and a downgrade for International Paper.
Will Comerica (CMA) Stock Be Helped by Earnings Beat?
Comerica (CMA) reported its 2015 fourth quarter earnings results before the market open on Tuesday.
There are plenty of reasons to expect banks to do well in 2016.
Here are Thursday's top research calls, including upgrades for Micron, Pandora and Qualcomm, and a downgrade for CVS Health.
With Comerica stock trading at a discount to the rest of the market, now would be the time to buy.
Comerica (CMA) shares are falling after the company reported worse-than-expected earnings results.
SunTrust has seen its EPS estimates for the just-ended quarter and |
CTC, in collaboration with construction company Aggregate Industries, has produced a downloadable free software app for the Apple iPhone. By using the iPhone's | built-in camera and GPS locator, together with the large display screen, users can report potholes and other road defects right from the roadside. Photograph: www.fillthathole.org.uk.
Like buses, three excellent free cycling apps have come along almost at once. There's cyclestreets, reviewed a month ago; the similarly useful (and chart-busting) Bike Hub, soon to be reviewed; and now the free Fill That Hole.
"You spot it... You log it... They sort it" is how the FillThatHole.org.uk website describes its own role.
The initiative, established in 2007, allows you to provide details of bike-threatening roadway hazards, and the CTC does the job of passing them on to the relevant highway authority – usually a local council. The organisation also does a lot of number-crunching, and presents useful figures about the number of hazards reported and the councils that are best |
Does Joshua Kushner Even Care If Girlfriend Karlie Kloss Converts Or Not?
Brothers Jared and Josh Kushner’s opposing political | views have been reported since Trump became president and the older brother took office.
Now, their potentially differing opinions on intermarriage are also coming into play, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd reported in a Sunday Review opinion piece.
The column explored whether supermodel Karlie Kloss, who has been dating Josh since 2012, would convert to Judaism as Ivanka Trump did before marrying Jared. Allegedly, a key difference between the two couples, so far, is that Josh has not spoken out about any desire for his girlfriend to change her religion, despite pressure from his parents.
“Like Ivanka before her, Karlie has had some rough patches in her romance because of the severe pressure she faces from Seryl and Charles Kushner, the parents of Josh and Jared, to convert to Orthodox Judaism,” Dowd wrote.
Kloss, who tweeted a picture of herself voting for Hilary Clinton, explained that she prefers to keep her relationship details private, a possible reason why her |
CRAIG MATHER last night vowed to stamp his authority on the role as interim Rangers chief executive and land the job for keeps.
The | 42-year-old’s appointment as Charles Green’s successor has been mired in controversy over claims he was too closely aligned to the Yorkshireman who quit last week.
Green stepped down after being linked to previous owner Craig Whyte – the whole issue now the subject of an independent inquiry.
The Ibrox board were also split on naming Mather in the role, but have decided to give the post to the Scot in the short-term while they search for external candidates. Mather – who invested £1million in Rangers last summer – has also been named as a director on the club’s football board and an interim director of the PLC board.
And he has pledged to kill off any fears from fans about his ability to do the job and concerns that he won’t be his own man.
Rangers fans have been outstanding in their support for the club during the most difficult of times and I know they don’t know |
Judge called her his "dear friend".
Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli has broken his silence on the departure of fellow | judge Dame Darcey Bussell, calling her a "dear friend".
The former ballet dancer confirmed her exit from the series yesterday (April 10), saying she was leaving "to give more focus to my many other commitments in dance".
Bruno has now paid tribute to Darcey on Instagram by sharing a clip of her dancing to Adele on the show back in 2012 – her first year as a judge.
"Can we just take a moment and appreciate my dear friend and the incredible talent that is @darceybussellofficial," he wrote.
"Found this amazing clip performing an American smooth to @adele #bbcstrictly #dancer #friendship #balletdancer."
Speaking of her exit, Darcey said it had been a "complete privilege" to be part of the BBC One series.
"I have enjoyed every minute of my time and will miss everyone from my fellow judges, the presenters, the |
Sirri Sureyya Onder says that Abdullah Ocalan's imprisonment terms are sowing worries, but stresses that his comments should not be | understood as a call for violence.
REUTERS - Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's isolation in his island jail near Istanbul amounts to an "invitation to war," a prominent pro-Kurdish lawmaker said on Thursday, as conflict flares between security forces and rebels in southeast Turkey.
Ocalan, jailed in 1999, has not been allowed visits by a delegation of pro-Kurdish lawmakers since April. The 67-year-old leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has also not seen any family members since 2014 or his lawyers since 2011.
Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast is currently experiencing its worst violence since the 1990s after a two-year ceasefire between the PKK and the Turkish state collapsed in July, wrecking a peace process launched by Ankara and Ocalan.
"Isolating Ocalan, sowing worries among the people about his life, safety and health conditions, is issuing an invitation to war," said Sirri Sure |
The headteacher of a Worksop primary school has said he has been left heartbroken after thieves targeted his school three times in less than two | week.
Work is under way at Ramsden Primary School, High Road, Carlton-in-Lindrick, to build a new nursery and community hub.
However this keeps being interrupted by thieves who have stolen a digger and two tippers.
Christopher Wilson, headteacher, said he hoped the nursery would be ready to open in September, but was concerned the thefts could have a knock-on effect.
He said: “We are just trying to get the nursery built which parents need, but we are constantly targeted by thieves.
“I think it is heartless that we keep being targeted – it is not the first time.
“We had lead stolen from the roof five or six times now - we have even had to apply to the council to have the roofing material changed.
The school has raised £150,000 itself to build the nursery and community hub.
The thieves have also damaged gates and a garage at the school and have |
Simon Bouchard and his friends have noticed a few more hairy upper lips in the city.
Bouchard and Brad Kinny are two | friends dedicated to raising money by growing thick moustaches from now until the end of the month in the Movember Foundation campaign to change the face of men’s prostate health.
At the end of Movember, Gala Parties will be held across Canada in all major cities, including Calgary.
“If I can raise $1,000 I will throw a big party aside from the one hosted by the Movember campaign at Cowboys,” Kinny said.
Movember started in 2003 with only 30 people. By 2008, that number jumped to 173,435 and the campaign was able to raise over $52 million from family and friends donating funds to those growing moustaches.
“I have noticed that more Calgarians are growing moustaches this year as a fun and trendy way of raising money toward prostate cancer research,” Bouchard said.
The motivation behind the campaign was developed in Melbourne, Australia, when a group of men joked |
Take this recipe for a test drive before the holidays; it might make your menu. The minted green tea, called for here and used two | ways, brings a lot of flavor.
The mixture is chockablock with vegetables, too, so you could serve this as a meatless main course with cauliflower "steaks" or sauteed eggplant slices.
Make Ahead: The stuffing can be assembled, tightly covered and refrigerated a day in advance, or frozen for up to 1 week. The baked stuffing can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. To reheat, you may wish to rehydrate with an extra 1 1/2 cups of green mint tea, cover with foil and bake in 325-degree oven till soft, then uncover for 10 minutes to crisp up the top.
For the vegetable mixture: Combine the water and half of the spinach in a large pot over medium-high heat. Once the liquid comes to a boil and the spinach begins to wilt, add the remaining half of the spinach. Cook, stirring, until just wilted but still bright green. Drain, pat dry |
I wrote recently how teachers unions, parent-teacher associations, and school bureaucrats form an education “Blob” that makes it hard | to improve schools. They also take revenge on those who work around the Blob.
Here’s one more sad example.
Ben Chavis, founder and principal of the American Indian Public Charter Schools, got permission to compete with the Blob in Oakland, Calif. Chavis vowed, “We'll outperform the other schools in five years.” He did. Kids at the three schools he runs now have some of the highest test scores in California.
His schools excel even though the government spends less on them.
But Chavis paid his wife to do accounting work, rented property to his schools, and didn’t follow all of the Blob’s rules. So last month, the Oakland School Board said it might close the schools.
The school board voted to close the schools anyway.
The students will now probably have to go to Oakland’s government-run schools, which are not as good. We asked members of the Oakland |
Representative Charles E. Schumer cobbled together a surprisingly easy victory in the Senate race by piling up a huge plurality in New York City, keeping | it competitive upstate and battling to a near draw in the suburbs, the very heart of Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato's political base.
Although Mr. D'Amato held his home base of Long Island, he did so by a diminished margin compared with past campaigns.
Mr. Schumer's success in those areas was based in part on gains he made among Jewish, Hispanic and women voters that were impressive even for a Democrat, according to exit polls.
Mr. D'Amato's support among Jewish voters slumped significantly this year while women, influenced in part by Mr. Schumer's position in support of abortion rights, broke heavily for the Democratic congressman. Mr. Schumer captured 59 percent of the women's vote.
Political analysts said that Mr. Schumer was helped with women voters by Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign visits and, indirectly, by the recent shooting of a Buffalo obstetrician that gave new urgency to the abortion debate. Mr. Schumer's advertisements had drawn attention |
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The percentage of Americans naming race relations or racism as the most important problem facing the country increased to 9% this | month, up from 3% in June. Mentions of race relations as a top problem have risen and fallen multiple times over the past seven months as racially charged events have dominated and then faded from the news cycle.
Americans' mentions of racism and race relations as the most important problem facing the country spiked in December 2014 to 13% amid protests over high-profile incidents of police brutality toward blacks in Staten Island, New York, Ferguson, Missouri, and other places across the U.S. This was the highest figure since May 1992 when 15% of Americans said racism was the top problem after the verdict in the Rodney King case sparked riots in many parts of the U.S.
For more than a decade prior to December 2014, no more than 5% of Americans had named racism or race relations as the top problem facing the U.S., with the figure often measuring 0%. Still, mentions of racism and race relations in recent months are far below the all-time high of 52% |
A customer at a 7-Eleven store checks the numbers on his Powerball lottery ticket on August 7, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The | Powerball jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing is $317 million, the 11th-highest total ever.
It's been a while, but there's a giant Powerball jackpot that's expected to have a prize of $317 million by Wednesday night's drawing.
The $317 million prize would be the 11th largest Powerball jackpot ever and the 22nd largest in U.S. history when including Mega Millions, the other national lottery game.
The total is a return to form for Powerball, which has been known, along with Mega Millions, for its record-breaking jackpots in recent years. But there's been something of a drought, with nearly a year passing since the Powerball total climbed above $300 million.
Before the latest prize, Powerball's last major jackpot was in February 2014 when it was $425 million. There was a $326 million jackpot won for Mega Millions in November, that game's first major jackpot since March |
Can Conferences Be Effective Professional Learning?
In Learning Forward's definition of professional learning, conferences such as the events we offer each December have a | specific purpose and role. Admittedly, professional learning that isn't embedded in the day-to-day work of schools has certain limitations. However, there are elements of conference learning that align with and support the Standards for Professional Learning. Assess how well the conferences and external learning events you attend and plan live up to these standards.
Learning Communities: Conferences where learners spend time together learning collaboratively can build learning communities of a sort. To meet the spirit of the standards, participants in such communities commit to not only learning together but also to integrating the learning into an ongoing cycle of continuous improvement.
Leadership: Because Learning Forward believes leaders are essential for effective professional learning that impacts all teachers and students in systems and schools, standards-based learning must include opportunities for leaders to engage in deep learning. Leaders benefit from attending conferences with others in their system.
Resources: Attendance at any off-site learning opportunity is typically a very visible use of professional learning funding and time. Education leaders |
The inside of Minturn's public restroom up for best in the country.
A "modern restrooms" sign from the 1920s sits in front | of the new bathrooms in Minturn as visitors did not know what they were.
The small town of Minturn prides itself in no longer being just a stop on the way to Beaver Creek, but now the home to the best public restroom in America.
In September, supply company Cintas announced Minturn’s new unique outdoor bathrooms were finalists in the 14th annual America’s Best Restroom Contest. Much like the building of the bathrooms, collecting votes became a community project.
Town planning director Janet Hawkinson, who had a hand in the design and construction of the “functional art” bathrooms, says the town went all out on promotion. They created a Facebook page for voting, mentioned the contest during televised town meetings and everyone who participated in the conceptualization and construction of the restrooms, almost 50 people, campaigned to family and friends.
Printed posters decorated Minturn streets through voting and the unconventional stop even commandeered the popular Minturn Halloween |
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is proposing a smaller “head tax” on the city’s largest businesses instead of controversial legislation currently under | consideration by the City Council. Durkan’s office confirmed the alternative proposal to GeekWire Thursday evening.
Durkan’s proposal would tax Seattle’s top-tossing businesses $250 per employee each year, rather than the approximate $500 in the current plan that the Council is set to vote on Monday. Durkan’s tax would expire after five years if not renewed, rather than replacing it with a payroll tax in 2021.
The smaller head tax has support from City Councilmembers Bruce Harrell, Sally Bagshaw, Rob Johnson, and Debora Juarez. There are five councilmembers who support the existing tax proposal.
The existing proposal would levy a 26-cent tax per employee for each hour worked at companies with at least $20 million or more in annual revenue. That comes out to approximately $500 per employee each year. The city says the tax would raise about $75 million per year for affordable housing and homeless services.
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In a late-1960s photo, engineer William English tests the first mouse.
In December 1968, computer scientist Douglas Engelbart had a complex | system of newly developed hardware and software that he wanted to show off to the biannual meeting of the Joint Computer Conference, a gathering of researchers and manufacturers. But the conference was at the Civic Center in San Francisco, Engelbart’s work was at Stanford — and the technology for relaying video across long distances was in its infancy.
“At that point, remote television was done by direct video links,” recalls William English, the engineer who assisted Engelbart in what would turn out to be a historic event in the history of computing. “One guy on the team — I wish I could remember who it was — took on the challenge, and found a particular point up on Skyline Boulevard where he had a clear line of sight to both Menlo Park and the Civic Center.
The demonstration that that hack made possible would revolutionize the world of computing. In the space of 90 minutes, as English sat at the back of the hall at the computer controls, |
Five Monches area artisans are hosting the 36th annual Monches Artisan Holiday Driving Tour on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 2 | .
Monches is a tiny community halfway between Hartford and Hartland.
This year’s tour honors the history of various artists while welcoming and embracing relative newcomers to this artist community.
Krauski’s Art Glass studio is in a building that’s more than 100 years old. The structure used to be a grocery store, then an antique store before the Krauskis bought it and made it their home and art studio. Its history gives the studio character with its squeaking floors and classic bell when you open the door. The Krauskis have been crafting stained and etched glass art for more than 50 years.
Monches Farms has been part of the Monches community since 1980. The barn is more than 130 years old and was moved from Rome, Wisconsin. Part of the home on the property is original, built around 1842. It was later added onto to become the structure it is today. While the gift shop looks old with a classic rust |
Donald Trump has announced his economic advisory team and unveiled a preliminary broad brush economic program that his prospective administration would implement. He has promised to fill in | the details of his America First Economic Plan as the election approaches. So how should we grade his choice of advisers and his economic plan at this point?
Trump’s thirteen-man economic advisory team has more current or former CEOs (4), more billionaires (5), and more guys named Steve (6) than it does former academic economists with a PhD (1). And the lone academic economist, Peter Navarro, while a Harvard PhD is a faculty member at the University of California at Irvine, hardly an elite institution. As the title of one article harrumphed, “Trump’s economic team has a lot of billionaires, very few economic experts.” But this, of course, is all to the good.
Although economist Navarro is very well published, his ten books are written primarily for popular and investor audiences and most of his specialized articles were published in business and policy journals aimed at business professionals and policymakers rather than his fellow academic economists. He has never |
When a security researcher or vendor first releases information about a software vulnerability, the clock starts ticking. How long will it be until a malicious user takes | advantage of it?
According to Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO of computer security company Qualys, not very long. He says that, for about 80 percent of publicly known vulnerabilities, exploit code (such as a worm or virus) appears within 60 days of their announcement.
This information was presented by Eschelbeck at last week's Black Hat USA 2003 conference in Las Vegas, as part of his Law of Vulnerability project. The project is the result of about a year's worth of analysis of the company's extensive vulnerability database.
Eschelbeck's findings give validity to what security experts have been saying for years: there's a limited window between the time a vulnerability is announced and when a patch must be applied.
If home users and corporate system administrators don't already know how important it is to apply fixes as soon as they're available, now there's concrete data to prove it. Eschelbeck's research should also help sys admins justify the time and expense of implementing |
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed senior officials of all the districts to alert people and asked them to undertake extensive tours in the affected | areas to identify dilapidated buildings and get them vacated.
Twelve people have been killed and seven others injured in rain-related incidents in different parts of Uttar Pradesh during the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 92, official sources said in Lucknow on Tuesday. According to latest reports, three people were killed in Kanpur Dehat, two in Hathras and one each in Chitrakoot, Auraiya, Allahabad, Unnao, Amethi, Jaunpur and Fatehpur, they said. “The toll since last week in such incidents has reached 92 while the total number of those injured is 91,” the sources said.
In these incidents, 59 cattle lost their lives and over 600 houses were also damaged. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed senior officials of all the districts to alert people and asked them to undertake extensive tours in the affected areas to identify dilapidated buildings and get them vacated, a government |
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group will start producing cars under British sports car brand Lotus in China at a 9 billion yuan ($1.3 billion | ) factory in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, according to Reuters, citing company job advertisements and government documents.
It will be the Chinese carmaker's first move to shake up Lotus since its purchase of a 51-percent stake in 2017 from Malaysian carmaker Proton as part of a package deal with its parent company DRB-Hicom. Geely vowed then to "bring it into a new phase of development by expanding and accelerating the rolling out of new products and technologies."
Lotus cars are currently built in the United Kingdom. In a statement to China Daily on Thursday, Geely said: "Lotus Cars is undergoing an exciting resurgence with the backing of Geely, and expanding the brand's manufacturing footprint globally is a key part of the company's strategy. Details on additional locations and models will be confirmed in due course."
The Wuhan Development Zone in Hubei province, where the new Geely factory will be based, |
Homeopathy works no better than a placebo, so why is it sold in pharmacies?
Oh, you silly people! Don't you know that | homeopathic medicine works better the less you take of it? By taking an 'overdose' you rendered it totally ineffective! If you really wanted to prove it works you should have taken none at all!
Ah well here is where you went wrong. Did you try dissolving the tablets in water, stirring vigorously while sitting naked looking at the full moon?
Human beings are good at self-delusion and it is very hard to shake an entrenched 'belief'.
At best the placebo effect might help with the minor ailments, not so of course for the terminally ill and that is where the real harm lies. You wonder why people make these sorts of choices when very ill, is it reaching out for that last hope when there is a sense of nothing more to lose? Or is it a general distrust of the mainstream, which in other circumstances might not be a bad thing.
The information is out there for everyone, it is just what happens in our heads next that determines choices |
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I was in the eighth grade when I got my first cell phone. My eyes had been green with envy since the sixth grade, all because my | best friend had her very own flip phone. But my time came, and I was graced with a beautiful, albeit girly pink Razr phone from Verizon. I loved it.
By the time I was a freshman in high school, people already had phones that could connect to the Internet, such as T-Mobile’s Sidekick and a few Verizon phones that had touch screens and could play music. I still had my lovely pink Razr. Very cool, right?
Needless to say, the evolution of phones exploded in a matter of years, and has reached what I might say is the climax of technological innovations in terms of communication and navigation. The iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy are all the rage nowadays, and I can’t blame people for wanting what’s hot.
It’s capitalism. It’s human nature to want the best of the best. It’s provided countless new ways for sharing ideas, funny cat |
It has been called a window to the soul, the “brandy of the damned” and, most famously, the food of love | .
Now scientists believe music may also be an important form of medicine. And next year, Toronto could be at the forefront of this emerging field with the launch of a new centre on music and health research.
The proposed centre, based at University of Toronto, would bring together experts on the cutting edge of using music to improve such medical conditions as strokes, Alzheimer’s, chronic pain and Parkinson’s. While music has long been recognized as an effective form of therapy, the notion of harnessing song, sound frequencies and rhythm as another tool in treating physical ailments is a much newer domain.
A draft proposal released last week said the new Music and Health Research Collaboratory would connect experts in music, neuroscience, medicine and psychology from universities across southern Ontario and at least half a dozen GTA hospitals.
The prospect of unleashing music as medicine is critical at a time of rising health care costs, an aging population and growing need for palliative care, he notes.
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After streaming giant Netflix came under fire for including footage of a real-life, deadly incident that occurred in Canada in its breakout monster movie Bird Box | , the company said Thursday it will not pull that imagery from the film.
Reached for comment about the controversy, a Netflix spokesperson told the Associated Press said that it “will keep the clip in the movie.” The clip in question depicts actual footage from the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in 2013 that left 47 people dead and which has since been cemented as one of the worst rail incidents in Canadian history. The imagery appears in an early scene in the Susanne Bier-directed horror movie during a news broadcast about a mysterious phenomenon leading to mass deaths (which, as we all by now surely know, occur by suicide).
“We deeply regret that this happened and sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended, especially the victims and their families,” the company said.
Footage of the incident also surfaced in the third season of the sci-fi series Travelers, another Netflix joint from Toronto-based production company Peacock Alley Entertainment, which |
A woman who used a board to beat her niece's dog, named 'Stand Pipe', because the animal defecated too much in the yard | , was sentenced to 80 hours of community service yesterday in the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court.
The court heard that the beating was so severe, the animal suffered blindness in her left eye and a broken limb.
Charged with cruelty to animal is Marcia Style.
She pleaded guilty to the offence and offered the court an explanation.
Style said, "I know I hit the dog but not to hurt him. The dog d***o every day in the place and I talk to them about it. The dog d***o at my door and dem (other persons) play in it and plaster it all over my door way."
When asked by parish judge Lorain Cole- Montague how she arrived at that conclusion, Style said, "If a dog d***o he will not spread it out like that. Is my slippers I use to beat him not any board. Nobody was there when I went outside to the dog."
The court also heard that the |
Like so many star-struck hopefuls before them, they came in search of a tiny piece of the Hollywood dream--Toby, | Nick, Lacey, Georgia and Ralph.
They're not ponytailed waiters and spandex-clad beauties waiting for that Big Break, but two tabby cats, an English springer spaniel, a Siberian husky and an amiable macaw.
On Tuesday morning, they showed up with their owners at a studio here for a chance to appear alongside actress Jane Seymour on the CBS television drama "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."
And in a plot twist that could come only from the wacky world of Tinseltown, the audition itself will end up part of another television program.
"We would like to give somebody's pet the chance to become a star," said Janet Turner, producer of a forthcoming cable documentary chronicling the history of animal actors. Producers staged the audition so that filmmakers could capture the daylong event on tape.
Set to air next spring on TBS, the tentatively titled "Hollywood Animals" will offer "a behind |
Taliban claims responsibility for suicide bombing near UN offices in the southern Afghanistan city.
A blast has killed a district police chief and six others in | Kandahar province near a guest house of the United Nations refugee agency and the office of International Relief and Development, authorities say.
The deaths, which included three Afghan UNHCR workers, occurred on Monday morning when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a checkpoint in an area of Kandahar city that houses several international NGOs and guest houses.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, with Qari Youssef, the anti-government group's spokesman, saying the UN guest house was the assailants' target.
The provincial governor's office said a gunfight between security forces and attackers erupted after the explosion.
The battle lasted for seven hours before the fighters were shot dead, according to the office of the Kandahar governor.
An Associated Press video showed footage of the UNHCR building, 480 kilometres south of Kabul, after sustaining damage from the explosion. The building, on a street street strewn with rubble following the attack, had large chunks of its outer walls and windows blown out. |
This past summer I saw a post on the Life in Perpetual Beta site where Aliza Sherman, long time woman in tech, was interviewed | . (Visit Aliza Sherman and Why We Should Start From Scratch to get more). It is an amazing interview for any woman who wants to become a part of tech or who has been in the tech community for some time. I highly recommend watching it and reading the commentary. There are several items that stick out to me. First, Aliza describes herself as a woman in tech, however she does not label herself a engineer or programmer. Instead, she calls herself a writer. I want to point this out in reference to another Women In Tech post I wrote, Seeing IT Through A Different Lens: User Experience, where I highlight that being a woman in tech does not mean that you have to be a heads down coder or hardware/software professional. I think that if you are those things, that’s great, however if you aren’t, it shouldn’t limit your ability to join the tech ranks.
Second, Aliza talks about the current terrain for |
In a bid to stop visitors tarnishing the city’s image, stewards are monitoring so-called uncouth behaviour. But is it a | step too far?
A couple of resting tourists look baffled as they are shooed away from the steps of the portico that surrounds St Mark’s Square in Venice. They are the first victims of the so-called “angels of decorum”, a group of stewards who started monitoring the canal city’s most congested areas on Friday morning for signs of uncouth behaviour. It appears to be a somewhat futile task: in a city that brings in about 60,000 tourists a day, unwitting counterparts soon replace them.
Still, as lunchtime nears, the couple fare better than those who settle on the steps and commit a far worse infraction. “Sitting down is forbidden but sitting down and eating is doubly forbidden,” Issa Diop, who is on his fourth summer season as a steward, tells the Observer.
The creation of the team of 15 is part of an overall plan by the Venice authorities to restore |
Bell flew home after competing in this weekend's race at Daytona to learn his home had been burglarized and racing memorabilia had been stolen. |
Townsend Bell competed in the Rolex 24 at Daytona over the weekend, then flew home to Los Angeles to receive bad news from his wife: Their home had been burglarized and the bulk of his racing memorabilia had been stolen.
Bell told The Associated Press on Monday the burglars made off with the 10 rings from his Indianapolis 500s, his ring for winning the 2001 Indy Lights championship, his Rolex watch from his 2014 victory in the 24-hour race and the Rolex he received for winning the IMSA title the next season.
Bell’s home was one of five burglarized in his Pacific Palisades neighborhood. To access his home, the thieves had to climb over a 6-foot fence and smash through the glass door in his master bedroom.
The jewelry was in a safe in a drawer, and Bell said the entire safe was ripped out and taken. A locked drawer in his closet was also removed, and most of the home was r |
It’s time to support our President. Ever since President Trump defeated Hillary in the 2016 election, the Democrats, media and old school Republicans | have done everything they can to discredit the President. He won and will be our President for the next eight years.
The fake media and their willing sycophants drum up fake story after story and come up with nothing. They spend thousands of broadcast hours trying to get the public to think the President actually did something with the Russians to defeat Hillary. These investigations cost millions of our tax dollars and they have come up with no factual evidence. I did notice that the fake media never mentions our former President inserting himself into the Israeli elections and his efforts to defeat our friend, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Now we have the Obamacare Health Care fiasco, a bill that will implode on its own in due time. The problem is, that when it does implode millions will lose their insurance. When that happens we can start from square one and build a program that does not pay premiums for some and charge the others astronomical premiums, the Democratic Plan.
Some rogue Republicans, Senator Portman |
ADDISON, Texas - April 22, 2013 - As part of a continuing effort to bring new data options to insurance carriers, Digital Matrix Systems | Inc. is announcing a strategic alliance with Drivers History, a driver violation reporting service that can be used to pinpoint ratable activity for insurance policy applicants. This alliance brings even more data source choices to DMS insurance carrier clients, allowing them to make better informed risk-based decisions and reduce costs.
DMS insurance partners will now have access to Drivers History databases, which offer a comprehensive record of specific drivers’ moving violation histories, including the original ticketed charges and final adjudicated outcomes. Additionally DMS partners will have access to customary operator and undisclosed household reports, unique marketing files and driver profile summaries.
“As a prescreening tool, our databases permit insurance companies to avoid pulling formal driving reports on the approximately 70 percent of the drivers in a normal driving sample who have no ratable activity,” said Brian Wolfson, senior vice president of sales and business development.
Access to Drivers History is available through Data Access Point™ by DMS, a cutting-edge |
The other day while checking my e-mails one pops up from Carol Cormaci, managing editor of the Valley Sun. Carol is responsible for the | content of the paper. She's a bright lady and a good friend. It's rare when a writer and an editor are friends. The only time she's ever wrong is when she disagrees with something I've written. Hmm!
So I'm opening her e-mail and thinking, "She's probably going to ding me for using profanity in my column." Instead, Carol says, "I expect a follow-up to your column on bullying. Give some solid suggestions of what parents can do."
Damn! I wasn't ready for this. She's pushing me to think and delve deep into the labyrinth of this psychosocial malady. But that's what a good editor does. She entices you to go beyond your comfort level.
I'm not an expert on the subject of bullying, but I'm going to give you my unabridged opinion straight from the gut. Google is full of do's and don't regarding this subject. However, I will follow my |
NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Aircall, the SaaS platform poised to reinvent the business | phone, today debuted a new CTI solution for Sales and Service professionals using the Enterprise edition of HubSpot. Aircall is the only launch partner for HubSpot's release of the Calling API, a new feature encouraging telephony providers to develop sleek solutions for the HubSpot community.
Through this Calling API, the Aircall CTI is directly embedded into the HubSpot interface. This seamless connection makes it easier to have more informed calls without ever switching between screens.
"Using the new Calling API, HubSpot users will be able to discover Aircall's advanced telephony capabilities and empower their outbound teams with an all-in-one solution into HubSpot," said Olivier Pailhes, CEO of Aircall. "This integration will further our shared goal of helping Sales and Support teams have more meaningful customer conversations."
Through this integration, outbound Sales teams in particular will enjoy the ability to start and track conversations throughout the deal cycle in a single space. Additionally, |
“Today the situation is much more serious than before August 2008….[A] possible recurrence of war will not be limited to the Caucasus | .
the Alliance. If it happens, the world would face a more serious threat than the crises of the Cold War.
He failed, for what passes for diplomatic reasons no doubt, to identify who “the enemy” is, but a series of recent developments, or rather an intensification of ongoing ones, indicate which nation it is.
Chilton “said he could not rule out the possibility of a military salvo against a nation like China, even though Beijing has nuclear arms,” though the likely first target of alleged retaliation against equally alleged cyber attacks would be another nation already identified by US military officials as such: Russia.
In late April and early May of 2007 the government of Estonia, which was inducted into NATO in 2004 and whose president was and remains Toomas Hendrik Ilves, born in Sweden and raised in the United States (where he worked for Radio Free Europe), reported attacks on websites in the country which were blamed on Russia.
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A caterer has been suspended after an outbreak of gastroenteritis across several PCF Sparkletots outlets, which led to at least 109 | people falling ill, with 15 taken to hospital.
This is the third case of gastroenteritis in pre-schools in recent months. A Feb 1 lunch at PCF's Toa Payoh outlet left 14 children vomiting and having diarrhoea. And, on Feb 26, the authorities announced that 31 people developed gastroenteritis at Tanglin MindChamps pre-school.
On Wednesday morning (March 27), the Ministry of Health (MOH), National Environment Agency (NEA) and Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) told The Straits Times that they are investigating the incident.
The outbreak of gastroenteritis, which as of Wednesday had developed across four Sparkletots pre-schools, was traced to the consumption of food prepared by caterer Kate’s Catering.
When contacted by ST, the caterer declined to comment on the incident.
It is not yet clear which specific outlets were affected. Six |
Council members, choose your numbers! Two studies have been issued today on the effect of a proposal now in City Council that would require employers to give | their worker paid sick leavewould have on the economy — and they will almost certainly do nothing to resolve the issue.
Meanwhile a survey by the Partnership for New York City, a business group, also released today, said any mandatory paid sick leave law would “devastate the city’s construction, restaurant and non-profit sector.” The partnership study was based on responses to a survey of employers on how their businesses might be affected by any such law.
To add to the storm of numbers, paid sick leave advocates later this morning released new numbers which said paid sick leave costs about 39 cents per employee hour worked, The advocates also questioned the methodology of the partnership study and charged the group misstated the requirements of the bill, particularly with regard to workers who already get paid sick leave.
It reiterated what it sees as the need for the requirement, saying than many low paid and service industry workers do not get sick leave.
The paid sick leave measure, sponsored by |
One of the U.K.’s most interesting filmmakers is coming to our shores. Ben Wheatley is getting a cast together for Free | Fire, a ’70s-inspired action shootout that will be his first-ever film set in the U.S.
So far, he’s off to a great start. Olivia Wilde, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, and Armie Hammer are all on board, along with Wheatley regular Michael Smiley. Hit the jump for Ben Wheatley Free Fire plot details and more.
Set in Boston 1978, Free Fire stars Wilde as Justine, who’s arranged a meeting in a deserted warehouse between a group of gangsters (led by Hammer and Evans) with guns to sell and two Irishmen (Smiley and Murphy) who want to buy them. But things go horribly awry when shots are fired during the handoff, leading to an intense game of survival.
Wheatley revealed his inspirations in a statement.
The idea for Free Fire came from my love of hard-boiled crime movies; from The Asphalt Jungle, The |
A young person commits suicide in the United States at the rate of one per hour and four minutes. It’s the second leading cause of | death for people age 15 to 24.
Four out of five teenagers who attempt suicide exhibit clear warning signs, according to the Justin Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention.
Those are just statistics to many people — but not to those who have known a teenager who has taken his or her own life.
Yet nothing in Iowa law requires that teachers and other educators be capable of recognizing these danger signals and getting appropriate help. That may change this year, as a result of legislation currently seeing bipartisan cooperation at the Iowa Statehouse.
Originally, Senate File 2004 called for Iowa teachers to take an hour of suicide awareness and prevention training annually as part of their license renewal. That idea has faced opposition in the past, because it adds training requirements without any money to pay for it, said Sen. Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton.
“But if we just roll it in as part of their five-year, mandatory reporter training, it garners much less resistance, |
NEW DELHI: Resentment against the CPI (Maoist) leadership is growing among its lower and middle level cadres, the CR | PF has concluded after carrying out an assessment of the Naxalite outfit based on interrogation of several arrested members and literature recovered from their hideouts.
The cadres believe the senior Maoist leadership has become money-minded and don't care much about the cause, the Central Reserve Police Force said. Seniors remained in command in different states and there were hardly any young leaders, the force added.
"The young leaders are not keen to work in difficult areas. The senior leadership doesn't listen to them even as they enjoy a good life. Due to this, many middle level and even senior cadres are surrendering as they are unhappy with the leadership," the CRPF assessment report said.
Over 359 Maoists have surrendered this year, with 217 doing so in worst-affected Chhattisgarh alone.
The tribals, the CRPF found, refused to join the Naxals as they saw better opportunities in government jobs and education. The Maoists' strength was |
Microsoft delivered a beta release of its Cognitive Toolkit 2.0, featuring improved performance of its deep learning tool and additional support for Python.
| Microsoft has delivered a beta release of the new version of its Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK), CNTK 2.0, which offers improved performance and flexibility.
Previously known as the Computational Network Toolkit (CNTK), the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit is a system for applying deep learning into applications. Deep learning is a form of machine learning that is used to enhance innovations in speech and image recognition as well as search relevance on CPUs and GPUs.
Microsoft said the new release of the toolkit is being released at a time when companies of all sizes are looking to add deep learning to things such as speech understanding and image recognition.
"Broadly speaking, deep learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) technique in which developers and researchers use large amounts of data—called training sets—to teach computer systems to recognize patterns from inputs such as images or sounds," said a Microsoft blog post on CNTK 2.0.
"For example, a deep learning system can be |
AUGUSTA – A voice as welcoming and familiar as the azaleas that brighten Magnolia Lane will grace the Masters television broadcast this | week when CBS golf analyst David Feherty returns to work for this year’s first and most anticipated major championship.
Feherty working the Masters appeared a long shot only three weeks ago when, while riding his bicycle near his Dallas home, he was hit by a truck and seriously injured.
Feherty, who said he was “six inches from having my head crushed like an egg,” suffered a punctured lung, three broken ribs and a ruptured bursa sac in his left elbow.
As he lay on that road gasping to breathe and, later in the hospital, Feherty had little idea what laid ahead as he’s recovered, he’s been craving his return to the airwaves. The Masters at Augusta National beckoned.
The 49-year-old native of Northern Ireland said he’s been “overwhelmed” by the outpouring of support that has come his way, including some moving sentiments from his |
In 36 years of work at the Mayo Clinic, he treated patients, mentored students and led research that made him an authority in his field. |
In 1990, a researcher speaking to a group of neurologists told a patient story that was so unusual, a write-up of the case study was published in newspapers across the country.
The researcher described a Baltimore man who suddenly began speaking with a Scandinavian accent after suffering a stroke. The man had no experience with foreign languages, the researcher explained, yet he sounded Nordic and unfamiliar with English.
The patient suffered from a rare condition known as foreign-accent syndrome, and the reporter writing the story reached out to Mayo Clinic researcher Arnold Aronson for help understanding the problem.
Aronson, of Minneapolis, died Nov. 1 after suffering a recent stroke and congestive heart failure. He was 90. In 36 years of work at the Mayo Clinic, he treated patients, mentored students and led research that made him an authority in the diagnosis of motor speech disorders and the treatment of voice disorders, said Joseph Duffy, an emeritus consultant and speech pathology professor at the Mayo Clinic.
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Incredible video shows the moment a RAF Hercules plane lands on a Devon beach.
This incredible video shows the moment dogwalkers and surfers | did a double take after a Hercules plane landed – on a British BEACH.
Rachel Hoult, 25, was enjoying a surf when she spotted several RAF officers on the shore.
She asked them what was happening and was told a Lockheed C-130 Hercules was due to land shortly after 3pm on Wednesday, January 9.
She then got into position and readied her camera, and captured this incredible footage of the plane landing and taking off at Saunton Sands, Devon.
Rachel, a personal trainer from Braunton, Devon, said: “It was my day off so I went for a surf, it was small and fun – a good day for socialising in the sea.
“I saw a few fire engines on the beach and some RAF guys so I went to go ask what was going on.
Rachel said she saw the plane land before taking off again and flying in a loop and landing again.
She said the plane would only rest for |
Today is the day. It's Monday, April 15, and taxes are due. You should already have your W-2, your 1099 | -DIV, your 1099-INT and all of the other forms. Unless you're filing for an extension, it's time to sit down and get to work.
This year is going to be more challenging than ever. The US passed a mammoth tax-reform bill in 2017, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (let's call it TCJA from here on out). And the changes mean all kinds of modifications of the rules as well as 400 or more new or revised forms to complete.
Picking the right tax preparation software can be almost as complicated as estimating what you owe the government. There are a plethora of features, with nuances, and much of what they offer is either not spelled out by vendors or buried in fine print. The following guide will ease the process, with descriptions of the more prominent offerings, their features and prices, and a guide to how to use them. We'll start with the top services available, and then go into greater depth about the |
Tomorrow, moments before Sheffield United Women contest their first FA Championship game, Carla Ward will gather her players together and remind them exactly what it means | .
The match, against a powerful Durham side expected to push for a top three finish, is deeply significant occasion not only for those wearing red and white but Bramall Lane as a whole.
"It's something we're going to talk about," Ward admitted. "I want the girls to know what an important and historic moment this is and then put that into their game.
"I think that's crucial and something we want to get across. We're playing for Sheffield United and Sheffield United is no ordinary club."
Ward's squad has been on a remarkable journey since plans were devised to reach the highest level of the game. The fixture with Durham, which takes place at Stocksbridge Park Steels (kick-off 5pm), also marks the culmination of over six month's hard work after United, who previously competed in the fourth tier, campaigned successfully to be awarded a place in the revamped division.
"It's been a case of rolling up your sleeves and having to |
PALMER — The Palmer Police Department has settled a lawsuit that contended officers made a false arrest by holding a Peruvian man in jail over his | immigration status.
The settlement includes $50,000 in compensation, an apology and several policy changes, according to a release the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska issued Tuesday morning.
The case began in August 2017 when 38-year-old Alex Caceda was working security at Klondike Mike's Saloon in downtown Palmer the night of the big Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight. He intervened after a bartender finishing her shift was attacked by three men, the ACLU says.
Caceda, who is from Peru and whose real name is Andres Alexander Caceda-Mantilla, was living in the United States illegally because he overstayed a non-immigrant visa by several years, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said at the time.
The men beat him, injuring his face and head, when he tried to get them outside, Caceda said. His wounds are visible in a video obtained by the ACLU.
Police arrived, |
CHICAGO, April 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) | announced the second recipient of its 2019 Community First Awards yesterday at its member meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The awards recognize outstanding achievements of the FHLBank Chicago's member institutions and their local partners as they work together to strengthen their communities through affordable housing and economic development initiatives. Award winners select a nonprofit organization to receive up to $10,000. At its Green Bay, Wisconsin meeting, the FHLBank Chicago presented an award in the category of pioneer.
Mary Pavek, executive director of the Antigo Housing Authority, is the recipient of the pioneer award. The Antigo Housing Authority develops and maintains affordable housing opportunities for individuals and families to improve their quality of life and self-sufficiency. Ms. Pavek dedicates herself to this mission every day and does so with the highest level of professionalism, compassion, and respect for the community she serves. Her colleagues describe her as committed, progressive, humble, hard-working, compassionate, ethical, intelligent, and focused. The |
Is biodiesel the fuel of the future?
The Granola Ayatollah of Canola, aka Charris Ford, slides behind the wheel | of his 1980 International Scout truck and turns the key. The truck burbles to life and off we go, cruising down the gravel roads that divide the aspen groves of southwestern Colorado’s Horsefly Mesa. It would be just a standard evening joyride, except that Ford’s truck doesn’t run on gasoline. Or diesel. Or electricity, or even the sun. This truck is powered by grease, all of it drained from restaurant deep-fryers in the nearby resort town of Telluride.
The Granola Ayatollah of Canola.
The truck’s top is off for the summer and the boxy, orange-and-black vehicle is in mint condition. Clean, vintage floor mats declare “Let’s Boogie!” A small disco ball hangs from the rear-view mirror, and a five-inch Heinz A-1 cardboard air freshener, shaped like a ketchup bottle, d |
Mario uses the new Spin Drill power-up to smash through this earthy planet, skewering the giant Koopa Troopas in the | stomach. Now that's fighting dirty.
Even if you've played every bit of Super Mario Galaxy, you'll find its sequel packed full of surprises.
It's rare for Nintendo to create a straightforward follow-up like this. In fact, the Sunday release of Super Mario Galaxy 2 is the first time in over 20 years that the company has launched two traditional Mario games on the same home console. Producer Shigeru Miyamoto said he greenlit the project because the team "hadn't run out of ideas."
And boy, was he not just whistling Dixie. Galaxy 2 is a veritable creativity bomb, a megaton explosion of new ideas. With the original 2007 game, the Mario team had its hands full polishing the game's central play mechanics and coming up with levels that worked well with the radical design change – instead of exploring the standard 3-D action game worlds, Mario leapt and flew across a universe of tiny planetoids. The levels played and riffed |
WILFRIED ZAHA has agreed terms with three other clubs as he prepares to leave Manchester United.
Reports suggest the former Crystal | Palace hitman has agreed terms with three other Premier League clubs all based in London.
Zaha has failed to live up to his £15m price tag since his move to Manchester United from Crystal Palace last year and spent the second half of last season on loan at Cardiff City.
As a result of the uncertainty over his future Zaha's representatives have apparently sounded out £30k a week deals with his former club Crystal Palace as well as West Ham and Queens Park Rangers.
However, the player holds hopes of resurrecting his United career under new boss Louis Van Gaal after being frozen out by former manager David Moyes and remaining in Manchester is his preferred option.
On Wednesday he told the Daily Mail: "I just want to be a Man United player. Hopefully this season I will get the chance."
Louis Van Gaal has also apparently told Zaha that he believes he can be a success at Old Trafford but his representatives have gone ahead and prepared an exit strategy.
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KENNEWICK -- There's a store in downtown Kennewick that's aiming to draw the attention of fashionable moms, grandmoms and d | oting aunts.
It's Swanky Babies and owner Jenna Boogerd, 24, has stocked it with high-end brand names such as Little Maven (by actress Tori Spelling), HulaMula and Blessence Maternity, all in sizes newborn to six.
"I'm appealing to those moms who shop online, who want something different from what's in Walmart and Target," she said. "I also buy just one of everything, one in each size. So if you see a red sweater you like, better get it now because if it sells, I won't reorder."
Boogerd also stocks a variety of mom-made clothing and quilts.
"I get a lot of Nordstrom brand clothing," she said, reaching down to pat her almost 2-year-old son, Brody, on the head. "Some of his clothes came from there, but I didn't buy them new."
Consigning baby gear is |
"It seems like Congress, even before Trump, has resolved itself to government shutdowns as par for the course. With Trump and a divided Congress | , I didn't think it would get better. My action plan has been to limit my spending … As a government contractor, I ran into this in the past. Learn by example. I'm job searching so I can get out of government contracting. I am the sole income. The shutdown has impacted my marriage and my family. I just wish legislators would think country first, constituents second — those who would vote for them."
"I'm a furloughed federal employee, home with no pay. I've been proactive; paid all bills up to date in December. I've moved things around with my flexible spending. I changed my dental appointment from January to later in the calendar so as not to have to pay the deductible, keeping the focus instead on my family. I limited holiday spending, didn't splurge. I'm not paying annual memberships due in January to organizations and my HOA. My wife is a government contractor. My daughter, 8, is asking. Kids |
The Oshkosh Fire Department released tips for how to safely — and legally — celebrate July 4 in Oshkosh.
Don’t | throw a firework at your friend, and don’t light fireworks inside buildings: two firework safety tips Oshkosh residents probably already know.
But what fireworks can residents legally use? And how do they make sure they’re not one of the 13,000 Americans injured by fireworks each year?
The Oshkosh Fire Department offered a few helpful recommendations ahead of July 4.
Any firework that explodes or leaves the ground is illegal in Oshkosh. That includes firecrackers, bottle rockets and Roman candles.
Residents can legally use sparklers shorter than 36 inches that don’t contain magnesium, chlorate or perchlorate; snakes that don't contain mercury; and cylinder and or cone fountains.
The fine for using illegal fireworks in Oshkosh is $232.
How can I tell if it’s illegal?
Read the packages to make sure the fireworks you buy don’t have these chemicals, Oshk |
High oil prices have many of us trying to save money on heating costs. One option is to use space heaters. They can add warmth and | comfort to your home, as long as you use them safely. Space heaters can cause fires if you don't use them properly.
Danny Lipford, host of "Today's Homeowner," displays several types of electric space heaters, and offers safety tips, on The Early Show Wednesday.
He explains to co-anchor Hannah Storm that there are two basic types of electric heaters: convection and radiant. Convection heaters provide warmth by blowing or pulling air over a heated surface. These heaters are designed to heat an entire room. Radiant heaters direct heat at an object.
Convection heaters are either fan-assistant or fan-less. These heaters run an average of $15 to $100.
Granite Countertops A Health Threat?
Ceramic heaters are some of the newest convection heaters on the market. These heaters have ceramic plates and aluminum baffles. When electricity passes through the ceramic, |
In our weekly series, Ware of the Week, we showcase our favourite organised lines of code from the world of mobile and desktop computing. In today | ’s edition, we look at an app that aims to make paying for electricity in South Africa a little easier — Powertime. If you missed our previous Ware of the Week, catch it below.
Last time out, we took a little detour through the realms of a pseudo-game Colorfy, which we hailed as the perfect time wasting app for those lazy work days, but this week’s ware is largely tasked with saving time.
You might’ve heard of Powertime. It’s a start up founded in 2009 in Cape Town, and covered by our sister site Ventureburn as well. While it went through a rocky transition in 2011, the company has since recovered and reinvented itself. It now aims to revolutionise how South Africans purchase some of the menial necessities of life, including airtime, settling those rates and more importantly for the purpose of this piece, buying electricity.
The online service really is the apps’ backbone. And |
Industry experts have said the Lindows operating system could become a viable open source alternative to Windows on the desktop, writes Karl Cushing.
| Lindows.com has taken an operating system that is relatively hard to use - the Debian version of Linux - and given it a user-friendly graphical interface. It is compatible with some Windows applications, including the 2000 editions of Excel, Word and Powerpoint, and a subscription-based service allows users to download and install open source software products such as Sun's Staroffice 6.0.
Its makers claim LindowsOS delivers the power, stability and cost-savings of Linux with the ease of Windows.
Graham Taylor, director of open source promotion body OpenForum Europe, said Lindows' increasing acceptance in the consumer space and improved availability will "create a groundswell that will percolate through to business strategy".
However, Taylor's welcome for LindowsOS is tempered by caution. "I would like a bit more evidence and a better understanding on interoperability and integration issues - especially with Microsoft products," he said.
Dan Kusnetzky, system software analyst |
Silicon Valley luminaries on a State Department-sponsored trip to Iraq are already making observations and floating ideas through Twitter and blog posts about how to | bring the war-battered country up to web 2.0 speed.
How bad is it? Almost no one in Iraq has internet at home thanks to years of censorship under Saddam Hussein’s rule — making cellphones the platform for engaging the public in the occupied country.
Tube and WordPress, will be in the country through Thursday, picking up ideas on how to help Iraqis employ interactive technology and user-generated content to improve transparency and engage a newly free citizenry.
Editor’s note: Wired magazine senior writer Steven Levy is the only reporter on the trip. Read his first-person account here.
According to a Tweet from Richard Robbins, the director of social innovation at AT&T, they are already seeing signs of real progress.
Iraqi deputy PM quote: "The only way I can get through cabinet meetings that are long and boring is looking at my iPhone."
Only about 5 percent of Iraqis have internet access at home, while a larger (unknown |
The recent report, Project MARTHA published by Intermanager shows that fatigue at sea is a growing problem. The report highlights growing levels of fatigue | , particularly among masters and watch keepers.
Fatigue at sea (both physical and mental) can impact judgement and therefore safety and can contribute to increased stress. This is a very serious issue which must be addressed and measures taken for it to be alleviated.
The shipping industry has strict regulations in place that all shipowners and ship managers must comply with regarding work and rest hours. These regulations are only part of the story. Checks need to be in place to ensure that these regulations are being adhered to strictly by all seafarers at all times without any operational or commercial pressures, perceived or otherwise from all shore-based stakeholders.
• Trending data on ship type, trade and available manpower to forecast work load and assist senior officers onboard to plan work schedules for ports with simultaneous operations (SIMPOS) such as loading cargo, bunkering, storing followed by short sea passages requiring tank cleaning. Support and guidance on SIMOPS ensures proper planning and proper work rest hours to mitigate risk.
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Tea with the president, a taxi ride and protesting students. It's all here in the latest edition of our Media Watch.
With match day | three is coming up, the two teams took a break to go to tea with President Musharraf. We all know the prez is keen on cricket, having seen him at Rawalpindi during the second one-dayer. He is also a patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board and a fan of Tendulkar to boot. Find out what happened at this tea party inthis report of The Dawn.
Now that it's even Stevens in the series, Javed Miandad has taken time out to needle John Wright. Well, they don't call him the wily old fox for nothing! The Pakistani coach is full of praise for Wright, but hang on, there's a little something between thelines.
The hospitality served out to the Indian players by all accounts is enough to give anyone diabetes. Portal HiPakistan.com reports how Ganguly admits to being "stunned" by the warm welcome they have received. Heinsists that it is better than what |
2:16 a.m. -- Officers arrested a motorist for drunken driving after a property damage accident at Tittabawassee River | Road and Dublin Avenue.
5:16 a.m. -- Police investigated a case of drug possession in the 1000 block of Mill Street and made a warrant arrest at the address.
5:21 a.m. -- A deputy was sent to East Ashby Road for a report of a male dressed in black clothing who was walking in the roadway. The male was gone when the deputy arrived.
8:33 a.m. -- A Larkin Township woman, 45, reported her son, age 9, assaulted her at a Running Deer Lane home.
8:52 a.m. -- A deputy responded to a 911 hang-up call made from a West Isabella Road home, and found a 24-year-old woman who wanted advice about who she should hire as an attorney.
12:43 p.m. -- A deputy investigated the unauthorized driving away of a motor vehicle from an Ingersoll Township home.
12:47 p.m. -- |
From the end of WWII until the present, the United States has been borrowing, inventing, or inverting terms to label other nations and their | political systems. Eventually, the repertoire of politically motivated rhetorical gadgetries swelled to become a convenient ideological arsenal for US expansions into the sovereign domains of all nations. Noam Chomsky once noted, “Talking about American imperialism is rather like talking about triangular triangles.”1 Debating the rhetorical validity of Chomsky’s observation and if it effectively describes talking about the United States is not the subject of this article. However, the conclusion that US imperialism is highly adept at dispensing interminable triangular triangles is self-evident.
Terms such as “American exceptionalism,” “leader of the free world,” “God bless America,” and “our great American democracy” to describe the United States, and terms such as “dictatorship,” “totalitarian,” “closed-nation,” “rogue state,” “state sponsor of terrorism,” “ |
What might lead an innocent man confess to something he didn’t do?
“Scenes of a Crime” explores a 10 | -hour interrogation that resulted in Adrian Thomas’s false confession.
Adrian Thomas is now a free man.
On June 12 2014, Thomas was acquitted of killing his infant son after the New York State Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for him, citing among other reasons “highly coercive” techniques used by police during his interrogation. In 2009, Thomas was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life.
Thomas is the subject of the award-winning documentary “Scenes of a Crime”, broadcast nationally for the first time on MSNBC in December 2012. The New Box Productions film produced by Grover Babcock and Blue Hadaegh investigates Thomas’s false confession and includes interviews with detectives, prosecutors, witnesses, jurors and Thomas himself.
Central to Thomas’s 2009 conviction was a videotaped admission to killing his son, Matthew Thomas—a confession that came nine and a half hours into a 10-hour interrogation. But |
Long-term investors who are less wary of short-term twists and turns should look to an equal-weight S&P 500 exchange traded fund | that focuses on smaller companies in the benchmark index as a way to generate enhanced returns over the long haul.
Specifically, the the Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (NYSEArca: RSP), which tracks the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index, just recently celebrated its 14th anniversary after launching on April 24, 2003, and over the past 14 year period, RSP has outperformed the benchmark S&P 500.
Since the fund’s inception, RSP has generated an average annualized return of 11.17%, compared to the S&P 500 Index’s 9.3% return. Over the past decade, the equal-weight S&P 500 ETF has generated an average annualized return of 8.1%, whereas the S&P 500 returned an average 7.5%.
“Over the trailing 10 years through January 2017, the fund has trounced the large-cap blend category by 1.5 percentage points |
Videos uploaded to social media show flames and black smoke billowing from the Irving Oil Refinery in New Brunswick.
Black smoke and flames bill | owed for hours over Saint John on Thanksgiving Day after an explosion at the Irving Oil Refinery rattled windows across the city.
As many as 3,000 people were at the 78-acre industrial facility on Monday – but most of it was shut down for major maintenance, and nearly all were contractors working on the turn-around. Five were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Saint John’s local hospital network said. All five were discharged.
A company official told reporters there had been a malfunction in the refinery’s diesel treating unit, where sulphur is removed from diesel fuel.
Gerry Graves was sitting on the edge of his bed when the windows of his uptown apartment started to rattle. When he looked out and saw more traffic than usual, he thought maybe there had been a tractor-trailer accident.
Curious, he headed outside and had walked only a half block before the plume of black smoke came into view. He instantly knew |
Taking a day trip or just going out with the kids for a few hours? Take a few minutes before you leave to make sure you have everything | you need. A mom of two has these ten pointers to make your outings as stress-free as possible for everyone.
1) Transportation: You have decided on a specific outing, now look into how you can get there. Should you take your car, a bus, or the train? How long will the ride be? Is there parking available? If yes, for how much?
2) Cost: Call ahead for prices. Do they have family or group rates? Do they have special rates for children? If yes, for which age groups? Are there different off season prices? Ask them for the business hours to help you plan your day.
3) Food: Can you bring in your own lunch or must you buy everything from their restaurant? Can you bring drinks? What type of facilities do they offer, a microwave for baby bottles, or to reheat baby’s lunch? What if one of your children has a food allergy?
4) Equipment: Should equipment |
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