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J J Shobha displayed admirable grit as she battled a ligament injury to finish the gruelling women's heptathlon in 11th | place at the Olympic Games in Athens on Saturday.
The Indian athlete carried on despite pain in her left knee to aggregate 6172 points. Compatriot Soma Biswas logged 5965 points and finished 24th.
The gold went to Carolina Kuft of Sweden, who got 6952 points, while Lithuanian Austra Skujyte (6435) clinched the silver, and Great Britian's Kelly Sotherton (6424) claimed the bronze.
Shobha came up with a very creditable performance, recording her personal best in four of the seven events as she finished eleventh in a field having 34 competitors.
Shobha's effort was just 39 points short of her National record of 6211 points, set at the tenth Federation Cup Athletics Championships in New Delhi in March this year.
What made her effort even more creditable was her gritty run in the final 800m event in spite of suffering an injury in the javelin throw, the |
Two years ago, I appeared in a TV report by Al Jazeera's China correspondent Melissa Chan about the "ghost city" of Ordos, Inner | Mongolia, which illustrated — in extreme form — my somewhat eccentric hypothesis that the Chinese real estate market was being driven by the willingness of investors to buy and hold empty villas and condos indefinitely as a "store of value," like gold, an unproductive but supposedly safe place to stash their cash. Her report inspired a steady stream of journalists to make the pilgrimage out to Ordos, and helped turn my "store of value" explanation into a stock part of the discussion about China's ongoing real estate boom.
Last week, Melissa returned to Ordos to see what, if anything, had changed, and asked me to comment and help make sense of what she had seen. You can watch the segment by clicking here. Suffice it to say, Ordos remains largely empty, and construction continues — although there's a growing nervousness about how long it can last. As I've frequently said, demand in China for real estate as an unproductive "store of value" may be extremely persistent, |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Two vapers from California and Alabama have sued J | UUL over injuries to their lungs caused by the JUUL e-cigarette. The two Plaintiffs, Timothy Malaney and Brendan Gorman, allege that they were deceived by JUUL about the risks of addiction and permanent harm from the JUUL nicotine vape, and that their injuries were caused by that deceit.
The Plaintiffs seek compensation and medical monitoring for a national class of vapers suffering similar injuries. Their suit, the first of its kind in the country, was filed in Los Angeles on October 26th.
Attorney Francois M. Blaudeau, MD, JD, who heads the Southern Institute for Medical & Legal Affairs, represents the Plaintiffs, together with Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC partner Lew Garrison. The Plaintiffs' Los Angeles attorney is Steven Ritcheson of Insight PLC.
The Plaintiffs claim that JUUL failed to investigate and/or warn of the potential negative health consequences of its e-cigarette. The company knew or should have |
Mujahid Yusof Rawa, the minister in charge of religious affairs, has carefully cultivated an image of himself as an open-minded political | moderate and reformer, someone who stands apart from the rest of the extremist crowd.
Of late, however, his pronouncements and actions have led many to wonder just how deep his commitment to reform and moderation is.
His reaction to the recent International Women’s Day rally is a case in point. While he had nothing much to say about many of the legitimate issues concerning women’s rights that were raised, he expressed shock over the presence of members of the LGBT community who were also there to press for their rights.
Admittedly, the LGBT issue is controversial in Malaysia but to suggest that they were “abusing the democratic space” was simply outrageous. Clearly, he does not understand that in a democracy, everyone, including the LGBT community, has a right to be heard.
And now we have the police investigating the organisers of the rally under the Sedition Act.
Harassing women fighting for their rights is common enough in a Salafi state like Saudi |
The demand for electric vehicles (EVs) in Norway — which accounted for nearly one-third of all new cars sold in the country in 2018 | — has exceeded their supply, with some consumers having to wait until 2020 or beyond to get their EV of choice. Prices for used models of the most popular EVs are also seeing an uptick.
Why it matters: In a 2016 study, only 4% of Norwegian EV owners indicated that they might go back to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) in the future. The experience seems to prove what was observed in the case of the transition to smartphones: Once users adjust to newer technology — even at significantly higher costs — they don’t want to go back.
Background: Because renewable energy already accounts for an 98% of its electricity mix, Norway has tried to decarbonize further by focusing on other sectors, including road transportation, which produces about 17% of the country's carbon emissions.
Efforts started in the '90s with incentives for zero-emission vehicles in the form of tax breaks, parking-related subsidies, access to public transport lanes, toll roads, |
GARY BREEN has been voted Coventry City?s Player of the Season.
The Irish international centre-half won the prestigious award - | as voted for by the fans - at the club?s presentation evening last night.
Breen, who has become a key member of the Sky Blues? back line, has also been voted Player of the Year by City?s London Supporters? Club.
Teenage goalkeeper Chris Kirkland, meanwhile, scooped the Players? Player of the Year award and the accolade of Most Improved Player after making such an outstanding impact in the first team, including displacing Magnus Hedman.
Goal of the Season went to John Hartson for his header against Sunderland at Highfield Road last month and the top goalscorer award is yet to be decided with the last game of the season left to play.
Craig Bellamy is currently leading the race for the prize with eight goals to his name with Moustapha Hadji close behind with seven and Hartson following up with six.
Manager Gordon Strachan endorsed the fans? vote for Player of the Season, revealing that Breen |
Although Wells Fargo is an excellent company, Berkshire Hathaway might be the best long-term stock to add to your portfolio.
Don't get | me wrong -- Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) is one of the best-run banks in the world and still has strong potential for growth. The bank is more profitable than the rest of the big four and has done a much better job of managing risk. However, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B) is arguably the best stock to buy for the long run, and would make a smart addition to anyone's long-term portfolio.
In addition to the fact that these are all great businesses, Berkshire's collection of subsidiaries gives it several competitive advantages. An obvious advantage is diversification -- just because one or two of Berkshire's businesses experience tough times doesn't mean the others will be in the same predicament. Plus, many of Berkshire's businesses are recession-resistant. If the economy were to fall into recession, businesses like Pampered Chef would likely see revenue drop. However, businesses like Geico and Berkshire Hathaway |
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - New U.S. single-family home sales fell to near a one-year low in September after two straight | months of gains, suggesting a temporary cooling in the market for new houses.
The Commerce Department said on Monday sales dropped 11.5 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 468,000 units, the lowest level since November 2014. August's sales pace was revised down to 529,000 units from the previously reported 552,000 units.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast new home sales, which account for 7.8 per cent of the market, slipping to a rate of 550,000 units. Sales were up 2.0 per cent compared to September of last year.
The moderation in new home sales is likely to be temporary as other housing reports have painted an upbeat picture of the sector. In addition, new home sales tend to be volatile month to month because they are drawn from a small sample.
September data on existing home sales, home builder confidence and housing starts have been fairly strong.
A sturdy housing market is supporting consumer spending through an increase in |
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the Let Freedom Ring Commemoration and Call to Action to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March | on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
What if there are no structural flaws? What if the market is working as it is supposed to?
That’s certainly the evidence in the U.S. from the last two years. Over this time, the benefits of economic growth have been shared more widely.
In 2015, median U.S. household incomes rose by 5.2 percent. That was the fastest surge in percentage terms since the U.S. Census Bureau began keeping records in the 1960s. Women living alone saw their incomes rise by 8.7 percent. Median incomes for American Hispanics rose by 6.1 percent. Immigrants’ incomes, excluding naturalized citizens, jumped by over 10 percent.
The numbers for 2016 have just been released by the U.S. Census Bureau, and the trends are pretty much the same. Median U.S. household income rose another 3.2 percent, after inflation |
The clocks go back this weekend, marking the transition from sun-speckled autumn dusks to several months of dark nights.
The | end of British summertime, and the arrival of gloomy mornings and evenings can leave many in an equally miserable mood - which is why lighting at home becomes crucial at this time of year. 2016, after all, has been the year of hygge - the Danish concept of cosy living - of which lighting is a critical element (Danes burn more candles per head than anywhere in Europe).
Turning your home into a ‘hygge’ winter haven might mean rethinking the distribution of your lamps and shades, or simply getting rid of old bulbs.
“There’s no doubt that our needs change as winter sets in, and given light affects our mood so much, it’s something you need to get right,” says George Clarke, the architect best known for his renovation series Restoration Man and Amazing Spaces.
Choosing larger lampshades can create soft, indirect light, and placing light sources in the corners of the room helps to avoid |
The state has achieved a sanitation coverage of 73.75 per cent and 4800 villages in Gujarat have declared themselves as ODF, Ravi stated | .
A team headed by Parameswaran Iyer, secretary, Union ministry of Drinking and sanitation visited Gujarat to conduct a review about the progress made under the mission.
A total of 4800 villages in Gujarat have been declared as Open Defecation Free, stated Jayanti Ravi, Gujarat’s Principal Secretary, Sanitation, while apprising a central team Friday about the various steps been taken by the state under Swachh Bharat Mission.
A team headed by Parameswaran Iyer, secretary, Union ministry of Drinking and sanitation visited Gujarat to conduct a review about the progress made under the mission. He met chief secretary and principal secretary (sanitation) and discussed the progress made by the state towards achieving open defecation free (ODF) status, stated a government release here.
The state has achieved a sanitation coverage of 73.75 per cent and 4800 villages in Gujarat have declared themselves as ODF, Ravi stated. An exhibition showcasing |
Time is running out on America's ability to protect Israel from itself.
In response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before a | joint session of Congress, Democratic and Republican legislators leapt to their feet in applause so often they risked incurring repetitive stress injury. But as Akiva Eldar, one of Israel’s shrewdest political commentators, observed in Haaretz, “the strength of the applause bears no relation to the genuine interests of the State of Israel.” And those interests—as well as the fundamental human and national rights of Palestinians living under occupation—are dangerously threatened by Netanyahu’s extremist policies.
As Henry Siegman demonstrates in this issue, the Netanyahu government, like too many Israeli governments before it, is adamantly opposed to a two-state solution to the conflict. The prime minister’s insistence in his speech on abandoning the 1967 lines as the basis for negotiations, on retaining sovereignty over all of Jerusalem, on long-term Israeli military control over the Jordan Valley—to cite just a few problems—is a blueprint for eternal occupation and conflict.
It is precisely that rejectionist |
The Libyan secret agent convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing must serve a minimum of 27 years before he can apply for parole, Scottish judges ruled | on Monday.
Abd al-Basit al-Migrahi is serving a life sentence in a Scottish prison after being found guilty of murdering 270 people with a bomb that blew up a Pan Am airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie just before Christmas 15 years ago.
Three judges from the original trial - which took place at a special court in the Netherlands - gave the minimum term ruling at the High Court in Glasgow, a court official said.
Lord Sutherland, one of the judges, said in the ruling: "Quite clearly this was a wicked act carried out in the full knowledge that the plan, if successful, would result in slaughter of many entirely innocent persons."
Al-Migrahi was originally sentenced to life in January 2001 with a recommendation that he should serve 20 years.
But under human rights laws introduced in late 2001, criminals sentenced for life must be told exactly how many years they have to serve before they can apply for parole.
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Imagine a simple triad, its three notes sounded in succession, irregular in rhythm, as though their individual sounds were activated by a gentle breeze. | Attracted by this sonic electromagnetic plate, other seemingly random pitches begin to agglomerate. At the end of scarcely two and a half minutes of music, you feel that you have experienced something profoundly beautiful, but also that your perceptions have been enhanced through the simple act of listening to it.
The piece is called “Fugitive Thoughts About the Alberti Bass,” drawn from a series that might best be described as a composer’s notebook, kept over a period of decades. Collectively titled “Games,” it is the work of György Kurtág, widely considered the most important Hungarian composer since Béla Bartók. “Fugitive Thoughts” and another 42 pieces for solo piano or piano duet were recorded by Hungarian Radio between 1955 and 2001 and re-engineered and released by Budapest Music Center to mark Kurtág’s 90th birthday, on Feb. 19.
When I met Kurtá |
Instead Of A Plastic Toothbrush, Now You Can Brush Your Teeth With… A Twig?
An old tradition is being repackaged | as a sleek new startup product. We might stick with our trusty Oral-B, thank you very much.
Before the modern toothbrush existed, people cleaned their teeth by chewing on twigs–and in some parts of the world, the practice is still common. Now, a startup is trying to popularize a modern day stick-as-toothbrush in the U.S.
The small stick, called a miswak (in Arabic, it’s literally a “tooth cleaning stick”), is trimmed from a particular species of tree. The fibers happen to contain sodium bicarbonate and silica–both of which are abrasive enough to help remove stains–along with natural antiseptics, a resin that supposedly forms a protective layer over the teeth, and essential oils that can freshen breath.
To use the stick, you have to trim the end, chew until it forms bristles, and then soak it in water to |
Lee Mason has left Whitby Town after more than two years at the club.
The former Blyth Spartans man has signed for Northern League | side North Shields, after Blues boss Chris Hardy confirmed on Tuesday evening that the midfielder had departed the Turnbull Ground.
“I haven’t seen an awful lot of Lee since I came to the club as he is one of the players who is based a bit of a way outside of the area,” Hardy told the Whitby Gazette.
“He’s one who has struggled at times to make the training commitments that I’m asking of the players.
“We’re now going to twice-weekly training and the lads who can’t make it to every session aren’t considered for match days in the same way as those who do attend.
Mason was signed from Blyth by Darren Williams early in the 2013/14 season and went on to make 102 appearances for Town, netting on 16 occasions.
He made his debut from the substitutes’ bench in a 3-0 away win at Trafford |
Chairman Tom Mathers likened the Craig community’s feelings about the changes in the coal industry to feelings whalers had years ago | when kerosene began lighting people’s lanterns.
According to Craig City Council member Ray Beck’s “unofficial count,” 562 people attended the meeting at Moffat County High School with EPA Region 8 Administrator Shaun McGrath.
Moffat County Commissioner Chuck Grobe serves on the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment’s Air Quality Control Commission. Grobe said the AQCC would work with the EPA to set the air quality standard for the state of Colorado.
The EPA’s open-comment period on standards for existing coal-fired power plants ends Dec. 1 (see cover).
Strengthening Economies Together: Danner introduced three guests, Pattie Snidow and Bob Koenen from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Peggy Schlechter from South Dakota State University’s extension office, who all work on the SET program, which focuses on strengthening regional rural economies.
The SET group |
The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers tease that Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) will find herself backed into a corner | . Nothing is working out like Chelsea expected. She thought she could scam her way to some extra cash by stealing from Chelsea 2.0, but that plan’s falling apart. As a result, Chelsea’s relationship is also crumbling. She’ll feel the need to take drastic action as the chaos continues.
Chelsea is normally great at developing long-term strategies. As a con artist, she’s learned the tricks of the trade and knows how to play the game. However, Chelsea’s dealing with a different set of circumstances this time around. Y&R spoilers say there’s far more at stake than usual. Chelsea actually cares about Nick (Joshua Morrow), so she’s trying to keep her romance intact.
Nick and Chelsea have built a family together, but Christian’s (Jude and Ozzy McGuigen) paternity revelation could blow it all up. That could spark outrage from Victor (Eric Braeden) and put |
PENTICTON, BC -- Goaltender Stuart Skinner said he was living his dream Saturday morning but he was far from asleep against the Winnipeg | Jets rookies later in the day.
The goaltender stayed woke, making big save after big save and stopping 26 shots to backstop the Oilers to a 3-0 win as Edmonton improved to 2-0-0 at the 2017 Young Stars Classic in Penticton, BC.
The Oilers Rookies play again Monday here in Penticton against the Vancouver Canucks Rookies. Puck drop is 3:00 p.m. MDT.
"I'm always living the dream hanging out with these guys," Skinner said after his teammates gave him a rousing applause in the dressing room. "Just having the Oilers jersey on and every time I go on the ice, I'm living the dream."
Luke Coleman, Chad Butcher and Joe Gambardella were the goal scorers, and Evan Polei served as the energizer. He dished two crushing checks in the opening shift to set the tempo for the rest of the game.
"All the coaches tell me that |
As the BSES team checked meters in some houses and detected power theft, a mob gathered and protested aggressively, they said.
A BSES | team was attacked as it checked meters in some houses and detected power theft.
New Delhi: A Delhi police sub-inspector and three BSES employees were injured in a stone-throwing incident by a group of people during a raid to check power theft in Ranhola area of outer Delhi. A team of 15 BSES officials, including three women, accompanied by policemen were carrying out a loss-reduction exercise in Ranhola when the incident occurred yesterday.
A case has been registered and two persons have been arrested in connection with the attack, police said.
"Three BSES employees and sub-inspector Parveen Kumar posted at Ranhola police station were injured during the attack. The SI was hit on his head. Two accused Hari Prakash Lakra and Jogender Lakra have been arrested while other accused are absconding," said the officer.
A BSES spokesperson said it was not an isolated incident.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Suzuki Motor Corp will shelve a plan to launch large-sized cars in 2010 and delay the start of overseas | factories amid a sharp deterioration in the global auto market, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.
Suzuki and other automakers are under growing pressure to cut output and scrap capital investment plans as auto demand worldwide, including in India where Suzuki commands around half the market, declines sharply.
Suzuki had planned to introduce a big car based on “Kizashi” concept model that would have had an engine of up to 3.6 litres, in a bid to attract customers looking to upgrade from smaller vehicles.
In an interview with Reuters in September, Suzuki CEO Osamu Suzuki had flagged the likelihood for the project’s cancellation, saying it made little sense to launch a car into a shrinking segment of the market.
The Nikkei said the firm also plans to postpone plants in Thailand and Russia in 2010.
Suzuki officials were not immediately available for comment.
Shares of Suzuki rose 3.4 percent to 1,270 yen, under |
What Do I Need to Lose Fat?
With so much advice and so many different diets out there, it can be confusing to figure out the | easiest and most effective method for losing fat. Fitness trainer and fat-loss coach Ivica Fridrih (@ivicafridrih on Instagram) said in a recent post that most people who want to lose weight "overcomplicate the process by thinking they have to follow a specific diet or have to quit all of their favorite foods or some third unsustainable BS…" He added that it's not your fault for being confused with all the misinformation out there, especially for those just getting started on their weight-loss journeys.
If you have a couple of pounds to lose (or more), Ivica said to keep things simple, and do these three things. You'll get the best results while still enjoying life and without having to follow restrictive diet nonsense.
Consistently be in a calorie deficit: ACE-certified personal trainer Susan Niebergall (@susanniebergallfitness on Instagram) said you can calculate your calorie deficit by multiplying your bodyweight by 10 to 12 |
“I AM NOT in hiding, kuya,” restaurateur and junket operator Kim Wong told this columnist on the phone Wednesday | .
Wong and this columnist have known each other for three decades, the reason why he addresses me “kuya” (older brother).
Wong is one of two Chinese businessmen the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has charged in the Department of Justice with money laundering $81 million through the country’s financial system.
The huge amount was stolen by hackers from the account of the Bangladesh central bank at the New York Federal Reserve.
Facing the same charge is Xu Weikang.
Wong called up this columnist to say he is attending the Senate hearing set March 29 at 11 a.m.
He said he arrived on Philippine Airlines flight PR 510 at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday from Singapore where he had an executive medical checkup.
“Sasabihin ko lahat ng nalalaman ko, kuya. Wala akong itatagong sikreto ( |
The Finger Lakes Museum last weekend hosted a Boy Scout Camporee at its Branchport Discovery campus.
The Finger Lakes Museum last weekend hosted a | Boy Scout Camporee at its Branchport Discovery campus. Hundreds of scouts from the Finger Lakes region participated in lacrosse, pioneering activities and a history lesson on the Civil War by presenters dressed in period garb and exhibiting genuine artifacts.
The highlight Saturday was a visit from Liberty, a female bald eagle, and her handlers, Paul and Ann Schnell from the Institute of Environmental Learning in Hilton, Monroe County. Paul relayed the story of the successful recovery of the bald eagle population after it was reduced to a single nesting pair in all of New York state less than 50 years ago. The effects of DDT, a pesticide in common use at that time, had weakened their eggshells, which were then broken by the parents during incubation. As a result, the eagle population plummeted.
The redevelopment of the former elementary school into the Discovery Campus was one of ten transformational projects recommended by the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for state funding last fall. A |
Science fiction and fantasy take us into the unknown, which is inherently somewhat scary — but sometimes, they go way further. Last week, we shared | part one of our list of the top 50 scariest science fiction and fantasy TV episodes. But now, here are the 25 scariest television episodes of all time!
To compile this list, we spent a lot of time searching, and also asked on our Facebook page. We ended up with a massive list of candidates, which we debated at great length — read the whole extensive list here. Let us know if we left out your absolute favorite, and what order you'd have ranked these in!
What it’s about: The Fringe team investigates an organ thief and discovers that he is reclaiming the donated organs of a ballerina he was obsessed with in order to bring her back to life.
Why it’s scary: Body snatching is an old fear, and one that Fringe plays off well in this episode. In one eerie scene Roland rigs up the dead woman like a marionette and makes her dance. Later in the episode he brings |
Ontiveros recovered to pin Armijo’s Jorge Perez in his first consolation match, but an 8-5 loss to Clov | is East’s James Quintana ended the tournament for the Merced junior.
Ontiveros’ teammate, heavyweight Tony Lopez, also had a tough draw, starting the day against Clovis High senior Nick Nevills, who is aiming for his third state championship. Nevills needed 1:26 to pin Lopez.
Lopez bounced back with a three-match win streak, pinning Servite’s Cameron Amador, Archbishop Mitty’s Daniel Mendoza and Laguna Hills’ Jose Ballesteros before the run came to an end with a 1-0 loss to Glendora’s Ryan Padilla.
The only Merced-Area wrestler to survive to the second day was Atwater’s JoJo Ochoa, who won his first two matches (5-4 over Paramount’s Noe Sandoval and 5-3 over Bakersfield’s Travis Yarbrough) before falling 6- |
Deborah Raffin is shown in 1983. She appeared in such films as “Forty Carats” with Liv Ullman | and “Once Is Not Enough,” based on the salacious novel by Jacqueline Susann.
Deborah Raffin, a film actress, veteran of television miniseries and entrepreneur whose company, Dove Books-on-Tape, became a major force in the audio book industry, died Wednesday of leukemia at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 59.
She was diagnosed with the blood cancer about a year ago, said her brother, William.
The blond, California-born actress first came to attention in the mid-1970s playing "pretty girl" roles in movies such as "Forty Carats" with Liv Ullman and "Once Is Not Enough," based on the salacious novel by Jacqueline Susann.
She later tackled more substantial parts in television miniseries, playing legendary actress Brooke Hayward in "Haywire" (1980) and a businesswoman in "Noble House" (1988), based on the James Clave |
Bump, the flagship contacts, photos and file sharing application from the company by the same name, is today getting an upgrade on both iOS and | Android in order to support file-sharing to and from your computer. The ability to “bump” your phone with your computer was first introduced in May 2012, but at the time it only supported photos. With the new release, users will be able to share any file from their phone to computer, and vice versa.
For those of us who are earlier adopters of new technology, the USB analogy may seem a bit “old school” – after all, many of us have long since moved on to cloud services. But it speaks to the kind of users the company is targeting with its technologies.
“What we try to do is build products that ‘normal’ people can really engage with,” Lieb explains. “So yeah, you can do all these things if you’re set up on some cloud-syncing solution, but what we find is that normal people don’t really know how to set all that |
The hip-hop legend gets right to the point in discussing his status, the state of music today & rap culture.
Grease certainly lives | up to his throne.
March 28, 2018 | Dame Grease is damn near untouchable. His legacy is well-known within the hip-hop world, but his greatest hits include essential work with DMX (It's Dark and Hell is Hot) and The LOX (Money, Power & Respect), and his influence has stretched two decades and can be felt within much of today's new breakouts. His pedigree also includes producing for Jay Z, Riff Raff, Mary J. Blige, LL Cool J, T.I., Max B, Nas, Harlem World, Fat Joe, and countless others. He's built the kind of magnificent kingdom that's allowed him the luxury to explore music in deeper, richer contexts -- and it sure helps that he's sold millions of records, too.
Earlier this year, Dame Grease took a time out to chat with Popdust host Deascent about his icon status, how producing differs today, what he listens to today |
Most ethnic minority groups also tended to describe more barriers putting them off going to the doctor to discuss an unexplained symptom. South Asians were most likely to | report embarrassment and a lack of confidence to talk about their symptoms. But White British people were most likely to report that worry about wasting the doctor’s time would put them off going to their GP.
Maja Niksic, PhD student at King’s College London, and lead author of the research, says: “This study highlights the need to develop more targeted health messages in order to encourage people with symptoms suspicious of cancer to visit their GPs sooner. It’s essential that we tailor these messages to address the specific population needs and gaps in cancer awareness that exist between different ethnic groups.
The research was presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool. The full abstract can be read here.
*The Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) is the first validated tool to assess awareness of cancer including questions about signs and symptoms, risk factors, cancer screening programmes, barriers to seeing the doctor, anticipated time to seek help and awareness |
Microsoft announced that Lync and Skype would soon be able to share video, as well as voice and IM. So how will it work?
| One of the main news stories from last week's Lync Conference in Las Vegas was that the next release of Lync would support not just Skype audio and IM, but also video.
The intention is to provide tools that will allow the millions of Skype users to interconnect with Lync, providing new channels for businesses to connect with customers, users and partners. The big question, then, is how will it work?
In the original Skype/Lync federation architecture, both signalling and media followed the same paths through the cloud federation service. That's all very well for relatively low bandwidth services like voice and IM, but it's likely to form a bottleneck for video.
That's why in the second generation federation architecture, signalling is still passed through the federation service, while media are delivered peer-to-peer — even for Lync clients and servers that sit behind the firewall.
Client software is currently being tested, as getting the two to work together will entail delivering new codecs |
A Robot Named 'Tappy': Huawei Conspired To Steal T-Mobile's Trade Secrets, Says DOJ In an indictment that reads like a spy | caper gone awry, the Justice Department alleges that the Chinese device maker urged its employees to sneak intel about T-Mobile's brilliant testing robot.
A Justice Department indictment unsealed on Monday details an alleged conspiracy by the Chinese device maker Huawei to steal the details of a T-Mobile robot. Here, a woman uses her smartphone outside a Huawei store in Beijing on Tuesday.
The Justice Department unsealed two separate indictments of Chinese telecom device maker Huawei on Monday. But only one of them reads like the script of a slapstick caper movie.
That would be the one that describes the U.S. government's case alleging that Huawei stole trade secrets from T-Mobile, the wireless service company.
In the indictment, the government says that between June 2012 and September 2014, Huawei repeatedly made efforts to steal information about the design of a T-Mobile robot. The robot's name, adorably, is "Tappy."
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CUTTACK: It's that time of the year when the air is filled with the aroma of pithas, beautifully decorated jh | ulas(swings) adorn households and young girls dressed in their best enjoy a gala time. The three-day Raja festival began with much fanfare across the state on Thursday.
The agrarian festival, which is celebrated mostly in the coastal districts, also holds significance for girls as it celebrates womanhood. Adolescent girls wear new outfits and spend the day savouring pithas and Raja paan(betel). In a nod to tradition, they also sit on swings and take part in games such as puchi.
Looking at the rising demand of pithas, many restaurants in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar have opened special counters to sell the snack. Cashing in on the opportunity, the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation has also opened special counters at Pantha Niwas hotels to sell pithas, including the Raja-special podapitha.
"Due to lack of time and expertise, many women are |
HERO OF THE HOUR: Yorkshire Vikings' Adam Lyth thanks the crowd after he was out for 87. Picture: Allan McKenzie/SW | pix.com.
AT the start of July, Yorkshire’s T20 hopes looked dead in the water.
One win from seven games had left them bottom of the North Group and facing yet another season of failure in the game’s shortest format. Four wins from five matches later, however, and Alex Lees’s men are a side reborn.
A 49-run win over Durham sent them fifth in the table, level on points with Durham in the last quarter-final position with two games to play. What a transformation it has been.
Prior to the win over Lancashire on July 1, which kick-started the revival, Yorkshire had looked as poor in T20 as in most previous years. One of their biggest problems was an inability to clear the boundary and a general lack of composure with the bat.
To watch them on Wednesday night, however, was to see a side striking the ball with renewed confidence, conviction and clinical power. |
It's easy to go to Audubon Zoo or take a local swamp tour to catch a glimpse of an alligator. It's also common | to cross paths with area wildlife — sometimes too close to home.
Pelicans are found in abundance the closer you get to the Gulf of Mexico. Lawrence Berthelot, 69, of Schriever, said you usually find pelicans on Grand Isle or Last Island.
Raccoons are harder to spot from a local highway, but Berthelot said they are entrenched in the wooded areas where there is water. He said a fool-proof way to see a raccoon is to go walk by a crawfish pond. Berthelot said raccoons like to stay close to water because they don't have salivary glands and have to wet their food before they eat it.
Berthelot said herons come and go throughout the year, but said there are two types you can see locally, blue and green herons. He said they mainly stay inland.
fresh water than salt water," he said.
seen virtually anywhere there is water, including |
The stock markets are tanking today, one day after President Obama's election victory. The S&P 500 is down over 2 percent.
| However, this may be an opportunity to invest in the companies that stand to benefit from an Obama-led administration.
UBS's equity research team recently published two lists of 'victory basket' stock recommendations depending on the outcome of the election.
"Some of the greatest Obama beneficiaries would be Hospitals, Specialty Pharma, Green Energy and Infrastructure names," write the analysts.
We pulled the 14 stocks that UBS strategists believe have the most to gain under Obama.
Infrastructure spending, a priority for President Obama, accounts for 20% of the company's revenues, according to UBS' Steven Fisher.
UBS' Suneet Kamath notes that tax cuts to middle and lower-income individuals should increase Aflac's customer base.
Sales of top products should increase as health insurance coverage expands, according to UBS' Ami Fadia.
UBS' John Hodulick calls tower companies, which will see less consolidation, the biggest beneficiaries in |
Is the “invisible hand” always benign? Or can it be bad? Free-market fans love the idea that “sp | ontaneous order” emerges from local decisions. But what prevents “spontaneous disorder”? Does prudence reliably trump profit? Disorderly superbug and climate change situations say no.
Adam Smith launched spontaneous-order thinking about markets. “The rich,” he said ”are led by an invisible hand to...without intending it, without knowing it, advance the interests of the society." Smith rightly separated intentions from effects, since markets aren’t simple systems. But today’s “markets in everything” crowd ignores a class of problems that local incentives can’t solve.
Tyler Cowen calls climate change “a problem we are failing to solve.” With other prominent economists he says clean-energy can’t work unless it’s as profitable as unclean energy. Sounds reasonable? Let’s translate: many economists think we can’t save the planet unless it’s profitable. |
(NNPA) After ceremonies wrap up Sunday in Alabama commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the | signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a group of die-hard demonstrators will re-enact the full march.
In Shelby V. Holder, by a margin of 5 to 4 in June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to gut Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which required jurisdictions with a proven history of racial discrimination to pre-clear any election law change with the U.S. Attorney General or the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
The case grew out of a decision by Calera, a small city in Shelby County, Ala., to implement a redistricting plan that led to the defeat of the city’s lone African American City Council member. Under the plan, a district that was 71 percent Black was redrawn so that its Black population was reduced to 23 percent. The plan was never submitted for pre-approval.
According to the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, more |
Defender Ben Barclay admitted Southampton’s late winner in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday evening took the gloss off his Albion debut. |
Charlie Austin headed home the only goal two minutes from time to send the Saints through to the third round.
Both sides made ten changes from their Premier League matches at the weekend and Barclay made his debut alongside goalkeeper David Button and fellow under-23 players Will Collar and Viktor Gyokeres. Club record signing Alireza Jahanbakhsh also started for the first time.
Asked if the late goal took the gloss off his debut, Barclay said: “It does. If it’s your debut, whether you have a good game or not, if you concede at the death it’s going to be frustrating.
“It was good to make my debut and I was reasonably happy with my performance. It was a good test, especially for us young lads.
“To concede in the last five minutes of any game is a bit annoying but us young lads especially are proud of ourselves as we played against some good players. |
Perkiomen Bridge Hotel, Main Street and R.29, Collegeville, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the nation | 's official record of buildings, structures, sites, districts, and objects deemed worthy of preservation by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Its listing accurately indicates much of its significance in its name. The original inn dating from as early as 1706 marked the ford of the Perkiomen Creek on the Main Philadelphia to Reading Road. It was constructed by Edward Lane, holder of the original land grant from William Penn and founder of the neighboring town.
The building, by its growth, marks the evolution of the transportation systems of the region, expanding with the construction of the permanent cut brownstone bridge (1798) and the completion of the Perkiomen and Reading Turnpike (1815).
The railroad with its excursion trips made the region a resort area in the 1870's which is reflected in the addition of the hotel's porches. Later it was adapted to the automobile tourist.
It is an example of its building type which shows forms and motifs from |
Rumors that China will start to impose import bans on certain coal types could bring relief to the much beleaguered coal industry.
Basically any | recent news related to American coal has been roughly equivalent to getting round-house kicked in the face by Chuck Norris. The slow decline in metallurgical coal prices, the increasing scrutiny on coal-fired power plant emissions, and clean coal looking more costly than burning $100 bills for power has made major coal producers Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU), Arch Coal (NASDAQOTH:ACIIQ), and Alpha Natural Resources (NASDAQOTH:ANRZQ) assume a financial fetal position and keep spending to an absolute bare minimum to weather the storm.
Source: Peabody Energy Investor Relations.
There is a recent development that could have a profound impact on the coal market, but this time, it's actually good for a change. Let's take a look at what it is and how it could potentially impact these new players.
China isn't completely oblivious of the impact its coal reliance has on the country, but it is awfully difficult for the country to completely |
From the latest PC numbers to the shakeup at Mozilla, here's what you missed yesterday.
Topping tech headlines on Wednesday, global PC | shipments suffered their steepest year-over-year decline since IDC began tracking the PC market's quarterly performance in 1994, the research firm reported Wednesday.
PC makers shipped 76.3 million units in the first three months of the year, a 13.9 percent decline from the same period in 2012, IDC reported. The research firm had anticipated a major year-over-year drop-off in PC shipments but reality far surpassed IDC's pre-quarter forecast for a 7.7 percent decline. For more, see Personal Computing: Same Story, Different Day.
In other news, Mozilla announced on Wednesday that CEO Gary Kovacs will step down later this year. Kovacs will remain on the company's board of directors, and Mozilla is currently on the hunt for his successor.
Also making headlines Wednesday, the meteoric, week-old bull market for Bitcoins appears poised to tank at a hyper-accelerated pace. Just a day after Bitcoin prices were reaching $266 |
The volleyball team begins with a Lancaster scrimmage 4:30 p.m. Aug. 12 at home. The Lady Cougars travel to Rock Hill | High School on Aug. 14 for a 5 p.m. scrimmage and will be at Nation Ford 5 p.m. Aug. 19.
The team will host the annual York Invitational Scrimmage on Aug. 21, with participating teams from throughout the county.
The Lady Cougars then host South Pointe 6:30 p.m. Aug. 26.
The girls’ tennis team will compete at Lancaster on Aug. 14 and host Chester on Aug. 19, with an Aug. 21 match against South Pointe at home. The Lady Cougars will be on the road Aug. 25 at South Pointe. All matches start 5 p.m.
The cross country team will travel to Forestview, N.C., on Aug. 27, for a 6 p.m. meet.
The runners will travel to Northwestern on Sept. 2 and host Clover on Sept. 9, both slated for 5 p.m.
For additional information, contact the |
Legendary producer/rapper RZA, The Abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan, is responsible for creating the music behind some of the most | sacred hip-hop albums of all time, such as Wu debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., and GZA’s Liquid Swords. So it was only right that he bless us with a banging soundtrack for his upcoming Quentin Tarantino-produced martial arts film The Man with the Iron Fists, which he co-wrote and directed.
The soundtrack for the film features all the original living members of the Wu-Tang Clan (there’s even one song with six of them rhyming back-to-back on it) plus production and raps by RZA, as well as appearances by seasoned spitters Kool G Rap, Talib Kweli, and Pusha T.
There's also a heavy presence of new talent sprinkled throughout the project too, with guest spots from Wiz Khalifa, Danny Brown, Flatbush Zombies, and more. Not to mentions songs with Grammy-winners |
Faced with litigation that has assumed "grave proportions", the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has directed the taxman to dispose | of appeals cases where the tax demand is above Rs 50 crore on priority by the year-end.
The Central Action Plan (CAP) for 2018-19 acts as the policy action vision document for the Income Tax Department and is unveiled by the CBDT annually.
Faced with litigation that has assumed “grave proportions”, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has directed the taxman to dispose of appeals cases where the tax demand is above Rs 50 crore on priority by the year-end. “Litigation is not only a cost on the credibility of a tax administration system but also an indicator of the robustness and fairness of a system of taxation. Litigation has been rising over the years and has now assumed grave proportions…,” the policy-making body for the tax department said in a recently released blueprint for the department.
The Central Action Plan (CAP) for 2018-19 acts as the policy action vision document for the Income Tax |
New workplaces, new food sources, new medicine–even an entirely new economic system. Here are 10 new ways we can start transforming the world for | the better this year.
It will be easy to feel better about humanity when you read these 10 ideas. They’re all examples of how advances in science, technology, or simply a different kind of thinking can address the litany of challenges facing our societies today.
The ideas we have chosen to highlight aren’t about flying cars and food replicators, though we wish anyone who is working on those the best of luck. Many are about providing basic empathy and living conditions for everyone from office workers to slum dwellers in the developing world. We need these kinds of world changing ideas because the world still needs a lot of changing.
We need these kinds of world changing ideas because the world still needs a lot of changing.
It’s notable that most of the solutions are also solving problems of our own making. We need to revolutionize how to engineer plants because we’ve destroyed the environment so they won’t grow. We need to discover new |
In two regattas ending the fall season, the Old Dominion Boat Club’s women’s first eight and men’s | quad rowed to bronze place finishes at the Head of the Occoquan (HOTO), and the club’s lightweight men’s and women’s boats raced in the competitive Head of the Hooch in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The last races of the autumn brought the club’s totals for the season to three golds and three bronzes for the men; and one gold, two silver and four bronze for the women. The women’s first eight boat was the fastest team in the DMZ, said Coach Patrick Marquardt.
The club in Old Town Alexandria, which includes rowers from around the region, returned for the third time in the season to the Occoquan, fielding 13 boats. The lightweight men and women traveled south to the Chattahoochee River for a race cut short by the rough weather: Rowers went 2 kilometers instead of 5.
On the Occoquan, the men’s quad won the bronze |
Fresh from being fired in California's most notorious school mismanagement scandal, the superintendent of the Compton schools was hired to lead another district. Now, | eight years later, he is suspected of running that second district so deeply into red ink that it is on the verge of state takeover.
J.L. Handy was fired from the Compton Unified School District in 1992. Within a year, the state assumed control of the financially and academically failing district. Mr. Handy was hired that same year to run the 900-student Emery Unified School District, in the town of Emeryville, between Berkeley and Oakland in northern California's East Bay area.
Now he's resigned in Emeryville, leaving behind a budget deficit of at least $1.4 million, two investigations, and a swath of shocked and angry people. The ripples from his departure have reached the state capital, where lawmakers are readying a request for as much as $3 million in bailout funds and the state superintendent of schools is preparing to appoint an administrator to run the beleaguered district.
Only two other times have state leaders found it necessary to |
The Joint Opposition, having failed to secure the post of Opposition Leader in parliament, for a second time, has devised another strategy by which it hopes | to achieve this end. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, at the very outset, gave a ruling that the JO cannot legally claim the post of Opposition Leader since it was elected to parliament on the SLFP/UPFA ticket. By virtue of the SLFP/UPFA joining hands with the UNP (which secured the majority seats at the General Election) to form a unity government, the JO, which is part of the SLFP/UPFA alliance is, therefore, excluded from claiming the Opposition Leader's post which rightfully went to the TNA which is the party with the next highest number of seats in parliament (after the SLFP/UPFA - UNP combine).
However, after a long interval, the same issue was revisited by the JO, occasioned by the exit from the government of 16 SLFP/UPFA parliamentarians, after the February LG election to make common cause with the JO, although this did not change the status quo. This bid too was |
A woman who went missing on Mangerton Mountain near Killarney yesterday afternoon has been rescued by Kerry Mountain Rescue.
The woman, who raised | the alarm using her mobile phone at about 3.30pm yesterday, spent the night on the mountain in Killarney National Park after rescue teams failed to reach her due to poor weather conditions.
Gerry Christie, training officer with Kerry Mountain Rescue, said the woman was in a stable condition after spending a night outdoors on the mountain.
“She is walking down the mountain as we speak,” Mr Christie told The Irish Times this morning.
The rescue team has recommended the woman go to hospital for a check-up. While it is mild at ground level, temperatures are considerably lower on the mountain due to a combination of wind and rain and the rescue team is concerned that she may be suffering from hypothermia.
Mr Christie said “fairly horrendous” weather conditions on the mountain overnight prevented rescue teams from reaching the woman who was believed to be stuck on a mountain ridge.
“I was within 30 to 50 metres of her last night but it was |
The U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin is heating up, with the candidacy of State Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-5th | district.
In her campaign announcement video, titled “The Wisconsin Way,” Vukmir highlighted her background and time in the state Legislature. At an event in Wauwatosa, she pointed to her many years of involvement in the conservative movement in southeastern Wisconsin. The central argument Vukmir will pitch to Republicans in the primary is that she’s a proven conservative who Wisconsinites know. It’s a very powerful case.
When it comes to selecting a Republican nominee in a primary, I always look for a record. The election for U.S. Senate is a critical race for Republicans. If Sen. Tammy Baldwin is defeated next November, the GOP will control both of Wisconsin’s seats.
I want a proven conservative to win that election. Leah Vukmir has a spectacular record of supporting conservative reforms. She has been a phenomenal senator at the state level and I expect the same if she is elected to serve as senator at the federal level |
Political power shift revs up advocates for change.
A shift in Minnesota’s political landscape may finally afford Minnesotans the luxury | of buying liquor on Sundays this year.
Some lawmakers say the new climate inside the Capitol offers the best chance yet to repeal the 80-year-old “blue law” that prohibits Sunday sales and has withstood all previous attempts at change. The catalyst: A Republican-controlled House full of newcomers led by Speaker Kurt Daudt, who recently voiced strong support for the change. A push for repeal in the GOP House, along with backing from DFL Gov. Mark Dayton, could compel the DFL-controlled Senate to go along, making seven-day-a-week sales a reality.
Minnesota remains one of just a dozen states that still block Sunday alcohol sales. The state’s grocery stores can’t even sell 3.2 beer — the only kind they’re allowed to carry — before 10 a.m. on Sundays. Liquor can be sold only in liquor stores, and some cities further control the market by restricting sales to municipal stores |
Summer vacation has just started and already there’s a catalog on my counter trying to convince me to purchase a backpack. I’ve | barely finished unloading a forest full of crumpled paperwork, forgotten lunchboxes and a handful of broken crayons from my kid’s backpacks. I haven’t even started to contemplate new school supplies. When did June ever equal “back to soon time” during the year?
I swear that as a kid, the back-to-school shopping season didn’t start until early August. Summer went on forever with long and boring days that seemed like they would never end. Where having one day trip a month was something to look forward to. Nowadays, summer is oftentimes even busier than the school year with camps, classes, lessons, play dates and sleepovers.
Thanks to some online research, I discovered that backpacks are the first item parents search for once the last school bell rings. However, I found it interesting that the shopping season isn’t equal across the nation. It starts in the Deep South, then circles |
Kiara Glenn (1) defends against Taylor Fergen (4) on Saturday at John Brown. Jenna Price (right) defends the interior | against JBU’s 5’10 Cameron Bailey (left). Southwestern Assemblies of God University rallied to upset John Brown University, 68-65, on Saturday in Siloam Springs, Ark. The win was their sixth-in-seven games and moved the Lady Lions to 14-7 overall and 8-5 in the Sooner Athletic Conference. Former Ennis star Kiara Glenn and Jenna Price, a Midlothian grad, were huge during a third quarter when they seized control of the game. Trailing the nationally ranked Golden Eagles, 37-32, they erupted for 17 unanswered points to lead, 49-37. During the run, which took only 4:29 off the game clock, SAGU made 7-of-10 shots. Read stories like this and more in your latest edition of The Ennis News. Be informed, subscribe today!
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Several utilities took the opportunity of Earth Day (Monday) to espouse environmental efforts. Southern (NYSE:SO) loaded on 139 MW of solar | and 250 MW of wind to its energy portfolio. The utility currently produces around 1,350 MW of generation from solar, hydropower, biomass, and landfill methane gas, equivalent to around 2.9% of its total capacity.
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) released its sustainability report, updating shareholders on its $9 billion modernization project. The utility expects to retire 6,300 MW of coal capacity over the next few years and expects to own or purchase 6,000 MW of wind, solar, or biomass power by 2020.
PPL (NYSE:PPL) celebrated Earth Day with the opening of a unique "clean coal" facility that recovers around 300,000 tons of gypsum mineral annually to be used in fertilizers. "Innovative projects like this show how coal has and will continue to be a major contributor to the economic vitality of Kentucky and of the U.S., not just in the energy sector, but in science and innovation and now agriculture |
The Republican National Committee concedes in a sprawling report Monday that the GOP is seen as the party of “stuffy old men” and needs | to change its ways.
Among the RNC’s proposed fixes: enacting comprehensive immigration reform, addressing middle-class economic anxieties head on and condensing a presidential primary process that saw Mitt Romney get battered for months ahead of the general election.
The committee also proposes major improvements to the party’s voter database and digital technology, which paled next to that of the Democrats and contributed to the party’s losses last year.
The suggestions are among dozens the committee makes in what RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has dubbed an “autopsy” of the party’s 2012 failures and a roadmap forward. Priebus unveiled the 98-page report at a news conference Monday morning at The National Press Club.
The report devotes many pages to the need to better connect with minority, female and young voters. Comprehensive immigration reform is a critical first step, it says.
Post-election focus groups with voters drove home the party’s shrinking demographic appeal, |
One reader thinks the local team needs to replace lost talent and fast. What do you think?
So another quality Canary has flown the Carrow | Road nest.
Attacking midfield star James Maddison transferred to Leicester City in a package said to be worth up to £24m.
If Norwich City are to be a force to be reckoned with in next season’s second tier, then his golden boots need to be filled quickly with a class replacement.
It’s a big ask – with Moritz Leitner a likely but average contender. The German midfielder didn’t exactly excel in City’s miserable 5-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday on the final day of the last Championship season.
It’s all very well sporting director Stuart Webber saying “the money was too good to turn down” (for Maddison) but it’s a recurring phrase I’ve heard many times since following the fortunes of City from the early 1970s and one of the reasons where the club find itself today - selling quality players without replicated replacements.
Over the decades City has become |
LINKED-IN Corporation president Belezar Ola has written Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan anew asking for permission to set | up carnival rides at Burnham Park.
Ola reiterated his request to the chief executive asking for the family oriented rides to be approved and transferred to a portion of Melvin Jones near the Ganza parking instead of the Children’s Park.
On March 11, Domogan in turn forwarded the letter to the city council for their action.
Vice Mayor Edison Bilog, however, aired his opposition to the project.
“I am against it kung ilalagay sa Burnham Park or any park for that matter. Let us stop the introduction of commercial activities in our parks. Let us implement our laws and ordinances,” Bilog said.
Councilor Elmer Datuin said the new request of Ola has been forwarded to the committee of Councilor Leandro Yangot, who was asked for his statement on the matter but did not reply.
In December, Ola requested for the operations of a carnival which was approved by the legislative body before |
June 16 (UPI) -- Pope Francis on Saturday said those having abortions because a fetus has disabilities or malformations have a Nazi mindset. |
In a speech to the Forum of Family Associations, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Francis also stressed God's vision of the family is between a man and a woman.
"The whole world has been scandalized by what the Nazis did. Today we do the same but with white gloves," Francis said. "I've heard that it's fashionable, or at least usual, that when in the first few months of pregnancy they do studies to see if the child is healthy or has something, the first offer is: let's send it away."
Prepared remarks tossed aside, Francis said it is "painful" to think society accepts killing children simply because they are sick or disabled.
"Children are the greatest gift," Francis said, even when they are sick. "Children must be received as they come, as God sends them."
On marriage, the pontiff said in modern society "one speaks of different types of family," defining the term in various ways but |
Moore has played most of his career in the area and would like to stay a little longer.
John Moore played three seasons with the Devils as | a solid all-around defenseman. The former Ranger isn’t flashy, but he can log heavy minutes and help out on a heavy forecheck.
The former Ranger was signed to a three-year contract on July 1, 2015, after the Arizona Coyotes declined to tender him a qualifying offer.
For a team that battled injuries all season, Moore was never really a concern. He played in a career-high 81 games, one of only four players to play at least 80 during the regular season (Nico Hischier was the only player on the Devils to play in all 82 contests), he played with a few different defense partners and he averaged 20 minutes of ice time. It was a solid season for the 27-year-old Moore, a player who has always been exactly that: Solid.
It’s the same word Moore used to describe himself, his season and the role he played for the Devils.
During his tenure in New Jersey, Moore has proven |
The Airline Quality Rating measures airline service in four areas: on-time arrivals, percentage of bags mishandled, the number of passengers bumped from | flights and complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
This year's report shows carriers improved their overall performance compared to 2017.
However, the study fails to track complaints posted on social media platforms, which have become a popular way for many travelers to voice their displeasure with airlines.
A Delta Air Lines jet taxis beyond parked Southwest Airlines planes at McCarran International Airport September 12, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
For all the griping and grousing you may hear about flying these days, a new report says the quality of airline service in the U.S. soared to a record high in 2018.
The annual Airline Quality Rating, which measures airline service in four areas, shows carriers improved their overall performance compared to 2017.
"It is the best year we ever had," said Dean Headley, professor emeritus at Wichita State University. "Three out of the four things that we track got better this year, so I would have to say it |
Police Commissioner Mike Bush said the death toll from Friday's mass shootings in two mosques in Christchurch has risen.
The number of people who have | died in mosque shootings is now 50, Mr Bush said.
"As of last night we were able to take all of the victims from both of those scenes and in doing so we have located a further victim, so that brings the number of those who have died to 50."
He said 50 were also injured, 36 remain in hospital with two in a critical condition. One child remains at Starship hospital.
On Friday, dozens of people were gunned down at two mosques in Christchurch.
Mr Bush confirmed that firearms in Mr Tarrant's possession were obtained under the New Zealand Arms Act firearms licence which he obtained in 2017 in New Zealand. Mr Bush said it was obvious that he had modified a Category A firearm.
Police said they do not believe the three other people arrested in Christchurch in the past two days were involved in the attacks.
Two people, a man and a woman, were arrested at a cordon with firearms in their car.
The woman was released yesterday |
LONDON (AFP) – You don't need a horoscope to predict a life of palaces and privilege for Britain& | apos;s royal baby -- but astrologers say the future king will be a sensitive Cancerian who could help "transform" the royal family.
The child follows both his father Prince William and his late grandmother, Diana, princess of Wales, by being born under the sign of the crab.
William's wife Kate gave birth to the baby in London at 4:24 pm (1524 GMT) on Monday. Had the as yet unnamed Prince of Cambridge arrived just 34 minutes later, he would have been a Leo with a quite different astrological character.
As a Cancerian born under a full moon, the child is expected to have an unusually strong relationship with his parents and grandfather, Prince Charles, as well as sharing character traits with Diana.
Penny Thornton was Diana's astrologer for six years in the 1980s and has also met Prince William and studied his chart.
"Kate is a Capricorn and William |
WE’VE all heard the saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
What we might not realise is that eating fruit also | helps to satisfy our appetite and reduce the likelihood that we will become overweight or obese.
Data indicates that only 6% of children have one serve, or just one piece of fruit, each day.
If we include fruit juice, that figure rises to 19%.
However, that still means four out of five children do not consume any fruit each day.
With obesity and overweight levels at their highest ever on the Sunshine Coast, the need to encourage children and adults to eat at least one piece of fruit a day is paramount.
Parents of schoolchildren should pack a piece of fruit in their kids’ lunch boxes each day and actively encourage them to eat it.
Fruit is also a great snack for children when they arrive home from school.
Many canteens and tuckshops at schools either do not provide fruit or provide fruit that is unattractive.
For example, over-ripe bananas that look ready to be made into banana bread are not enticing to eat. |
Roz Purcell wore a design from her debut suit range Scribe By Roz to the VIP Style Awards. Her decision to shun a long gown | earned her major kudos.
It's a classic case of who wore it better...you, or your boyfriend.
While New Year's celebrations more than likely filled your Twitter feed, an unlikely hero has emerged as the winner of the internet this week - Bressie.
The Voice of Ireland mentor showed he doesn't take himself too seriously as he posed in a suit designed by girlfriend Roz Purcell complete with plunging neckline and clutch (well, a washbag).
It looks like he's been taking posing tips from his model other half as she made sure the camera caught his good side in the hilarious photo.
The 34-year-old singer and RTE star shared the snap in response to a picture praising his other half's style influence with her Scribe by Roz suit collaboration, saying: "I did it better."
And it's safe to say he did.
Meanwhile, this year marked a successful year for the power couple as Roz's modelling career so |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10—Job slowdowns by printers and photoengravers at Washington's three daily newspapers—The Washington Post, The Evening | Star and The Daily News—are beginning to have serious ef fects.
Contracts of the Washington Newspaper Publisher Associa tion with Columbia Typographi cal Union Local 101 and Wash ington Photoengravers Local 17‐P expired at midnight Sept. 30.
The chief Issue in negotia tions with the printers is the newspapers’ practice of accept ing display advertising for which the type has been set elsewhere. The printers have an agreement with the publish ers that alL such type must eventually be set again in the print shop of the paper publish ing the advertisement. This duplicated type, called “bogus,” is then thrown away.
The printers contend, how ever, that not all such adver tisements are reset, a situation they say endangers the jobs of some members. They want a new contract that gives them authority to reset all prepared advertising before it appears in print.
In addition, the printers are |
As little as two months ago, the announcement Monday that Penn National was buying fellow gaming company Pinnacle Entertainment would have been dead in the water in | Pennsylvania.
The deal might still have happened, but Penn National (owner of Hollywood Casino in Grantville) probably wouldn't have been able to purchase Pinnacle's Pennsylvania property, The Meadows racetrack and casino in Washington County, because the state's gaming laws forbid state operators from owning more than one casino property.
That changed in October, when Gov. Tom Wolf signed the state's gambling expansion bill into law. In addition to providing for more gambling operations across the state, the law struck down the state's existing ownership restrictions.
The announced deal, which would quite possibly create the state's largest gaming operation -- controlling more than one-in-twelve table games and roughly a fifth of all slot machines in the state as of June 2017 -- will face scrutiny from state regulators.
The change in ownership of the Meadows will have to be approved by the state's Gaming Control Board after the organization conducts a due-diligence review of the proposed transaction, said Doug Harbach |
The healthcare sector has been subject to a rocky disruption during the past decade due to the advent of new digital technologies. The application of wearable monitors and | artificial intelligence are changing the way human health is assessed.
A signal that healthcare is set to be heavily disrupted by artificial intelligence comes from a new report which indicates that AI for healthcare will be valued at $6.16 billion by 2022.
Health literacy is a major concern, even with greater access to digital information. This ranges from understanding conditions to knowing the side-effects of drugs. To address this, Toronto-based Novus Health it has partnered with iA Financial Group.
Continuous technological developments in healthcare have saved countless lives and improved the quality of life for even more, and signs are that healthcare will undergo further transformation. A leading expert provides some examples.
Non-adherence to medicine regimes is a health concern. When patients fail to complete course this can lead to a recurrence of a health condition. A new digital health blockchain solution is at hand, called CuraServe.
Apple has announced plans to will open up health record data to third-party iOS apps |
The devastating blaze at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris should serve as a "wake-up call" for India, a global heritage expert | said Wednesday and suggested that the new government should conduct a "national-level fire audit" of museums and other cultural landmarks within 12 months in office.
Vinod Daniel, an India-born Australian and top museum specialist, also said that along with the central-level exercise, a state-level fire safety auditing should also be done as a large portion of India's cultural and architectural wealth are locally governed.
The iconic cathedral, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most celebrated monuments globally.
On Monday, days ahead of the World Heritage Day (April 18), an inferno ripped through the over 850-year-old iconic Paris landmark destroying a large part of its roof and causing its central spire to collapse, leaving the world stunned.
Daniel, 57, who is a board member of the Paris-based International Council of Museums (ICOM), says while Indians have reacted very emotionally to the incident, which is important, but as a nation |
Thompson will attack Sky tonight during his Mactaggart lecture speech at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Thompson will point to the vast scale | of Sky and its influence over the UK broadcasting industry. He will compare the £2 billion the Corporation spends on programmes with the estimated £100 million Sky spends on original UK content. This is despite the BBC’s annual £3.6 billion licence fee being smaller than the £5.3 billion Sky earned last year. The BBC Director General is taking the gloves off and going on the offensive tonight, telling staff in a recent email that “it’s time to take on some of the BBC’s critics head-on”. Last year, News Corp director James Murdoch used the lecture to delivering a withering attack on the BBC, describing its scale as “chilling”.
Tonight’s keynote speech is seen as make-or-break for Thompson, who faces growing unrest among BBC staff. BBC employees are currently being balloted on whether to take strike action over plans to make their pensions less generous. And they smell double standards when top |
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asserted that he is a “very stable genius” in a series of tweets early Saturday responding to concerns expressed in | Michael Wolff’s red-hot new book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” that he has a diminished mental capacity.
Trump has been attacking the author and the book for days, but early on Saturday sent out a series of Twitter messages refuting the idea that he is unfit for office. The book portrays the President as easily distracted, unable to comprehend policy, and uninterested in reading.
“Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence…..” Trump wrote.
He then went on to say suggest that Hillary Clinton, who continues to be a target for him more than a year after he defeated her in the 2016 election, also questioned his mental state.
Trump is at Camp David for a summit with Republican leaders. |
A bricklayer from Warwick was off work for eight weeks after he fell and broke his wrist when he was subjected to an unprovoked attack on | his way home from a party with his wife.
At Warwick Crown Court his two attackers, Tobie Arundell and Samuel Biggs were both jailed for 12 months after a judge rejected an argument that the sentences could be suspended.
Arundell (23) of Raynsford Walk, Warwick, and Biggs (40) of Hockley Lane, Eastern Green, Coventry, had pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on 55-year-old David Beverley.
Prosecutor Scott Coughtrie said that in June last year Mr Beverley and his wife had been to a club in Warwick for a friend’s 60th birthday celebration.
As they were walking home along Millers Road at about 11.30 that night, they came across another woman they knew – and Mr Beverley carried on walking while his wife stopped to talk to her.
At the junction with Wedgnock Green, he saw a group of men and could smell burning |
Promo models help sell a company's product.
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Promo models are hired by companies to spread the word about their products and/or services. Sometimes also called brand ambassadors, promo models have various duties, but each leads back to selling and promoting. Depending on the needs of the company, males and females can both serve as promo models. Typically, at least a high school education is required and sometimes a college education. Work as a promo model is offered on a sporadic or longer contract basis.
Appearance is important for the promo model. When you work in this field, you should be well groomed and neatly dressed. Although the demographic of a promo model is typically young and attractive, this varies according to the company's product image. At times, companies look for specific appearances that fit the image of their company.
A promo model's main objective is what is implied in the job title: promotion. Promotion is all about talking and selling. If you can |
British border officials have seized 94 kilogrammes (207 pounds) of dried caterpillars from a man who claimed they were "for personal consumption | ", the Home Office said.
Officials at Gatwick Airport, south of London, found the bugs in the luggage of a 22-year-old man who flew in from Burkina Faso via Istanbul on February 23.
"When officers checked his luggage they discovered tens of thousands of dried caterpillars shrink-wrapped in cellophane, which had been packed into four hessian bags," the interior ministry said.
"The man claimed that they were for personal consumption and that they were to be used as food."
Insects are commonly eaten in many parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
But the caterpillars breached British rules on importing products of animal origin and will be destroyed.
"This was an unusual seizure but the vigilance of our officers has stopped these dried insects from entering the UK, and possibly posing a risk to our food chain," said Ingrid Smith of Britain's Border Force.
"I would warn travellers not to attempt to bring |
Well hello again. Happy Not-So-New Year.
We took a little Food Party! break after holidays to regroup and clean out | . I like the Dry January idea, but didn’t hear about it till month’s end. It’s always good to change up ones eating and drinking habits – makes us appreciate, and be more aware of, what we usually just stuff into our body. Weekly, I celebrate Dry Monday and Tuesday among others, but with a Hawaii trip coming in a few weeks, my new two-piece swimmer will look a whole lot better with a few drinks left behind if you know what I mean. So Dry February it is.
Let’s start off Food Party! 2019 with your annual New Year reminder to please remove the little stickers off your produce, before transferring peels, skins and other fruit and vegetable discards to the compost. Turns out those innocent-looking squares and circles continue to muck up municipal compost systems, and until one of your smarty-pants chick-a-dees invent a bio-compostable version for their 8th |
Earlier this year driving back on Adams Boulevard after dim sum, we started to notice the signs. They were placed on nearly every corner from Stanford Avenue | to Grand Avenue, usually painted fireman's coat yellow. They all highlighted two dishes, barbacoa and consomé -- braised meat and stock of lamb --and underneath those words, an arrow.
As mysterious as those arrows seemed, nothing quite prepared us for where they would lead. The taco truck was expected, but to find ourselves suddenly in a backyard staring down at a pot of consomé (not to be confused with the French consommé), bubbling like a dark oily potion, was a real test of our desire to try Mexico's answer to haggis, pancita. We also ended up a restaurant we've driven past hundreds of times and always ignored. Two yards away from an unmarked storefront, a young man scuttled up behind us carrying the sandwich board we were following and apologetically said, Ya se termino, "we are all out," and closed the door. It was only 2 p.m.
Nearly all the locations we visited |
Nearly 80pc of indigenous IT companies in Ireland plan to hire staff over the next three months but sourcing talent is still challenging 51pc of businesses, | a new survey suggests.
The ISA Digital Technology Index (DTI) has probed the health and economic sentiment of Irish IT companies and also found that levels of confidence are up, with 63pc of respondents saying they are more confident about their business now, compared to three months ago.
Seventy-two per cent of survey respondents, in fact, expect revenues from international sales to increase over the coming year, and 27pc said they expect that increase to be substantial.
Eighty-five per cent of survey participants indicated that they see overall revenues increasing as a result of increased international business, as Irish IT companies continue to scale globally.
The DTI has been developed and managed by the Irish Software Association (ISA), in partnership with Tenego Partnering. The index involved a survey of 728 Irish CEOs and founders.
The ISA’s chair, Edel Creely, who is also managing director of Trilogy Technologies, said the DTI confirms that |
BTG earnings call for the period ending December 31, 2018.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the B2Gold Corp | .'s fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results conference call. I'd now like to turn the call over to Mr. Clive Johnson, president and CEO. You may proceed, Mr.
Thank you, operator. Welcome, everyone. Thanks for joining us to talk about the year-end result for 2018 and the fourth quarter. We had a tremendous year in 2018 and a little disappointing today to see some of the comments and focus on the fourth quarter.
We did extremely well around the year, and indeed, very well for three quarters. So the fourth quarter probably shouldn't have been a complete surprise perhaps, maybe we have to do things like update models every once in a while to get accuracy. At the end of the day, let's talk about the positives. We will talk about the fourth quarter as well.
But in terms of looking at, well, 2019 here, we've got a great couple of months here to start '19 in terms of performance, but |
Updated definitions and clinical criteria for sepsis should facilitate earlier recognition and more timely management of patients with or at risk of developing sepsis. | The report, which appeared in the February 23rd issue of JAMA, was released to coincide with its presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 45th Critical Care Congress in Orlando, Florida.
A release from the publisher explains that sepsis, a syndrome of physiologic, pathologic, and biochemical abnormalities induced by infection, is a major public health concern, accounting for more than $20 billion (5.2 percent) of total U.S. hospital costs in 2011. The reported incidence is increasing. Although the true incidence of sepsis is unknown, conservative estimates indicate that sepsis is a leading cause of mortality and critical illness worldwide. In addition, there is increasing awareness that patients who survive sepsis often have long-term physical, psychological, and cognitive disabilities with significant health care and social implications.
Definitions of sepsis and septic shock were last revised in 2001. Considerable advances have since been made into the pathophysiology, |
MOHAMED SALAH could complete his £39m move to Liverpool tomorrow.
The Egyptian winger is set to undergo a medical on Merseys | ide and then tie up the remaining details on a four-year contract believed to be worth around £90,000-a-week.
The Reds will pay Roma an initial fee up front and with add-ons the deal could be worth £39m, which will make Salah the club’s most expensive signing.
The fee would surpass the £35m the Reds paid Newcastle for Andy Carroll in 2011.
Salah, 25, turned down a move to Anfield in 2014 in favour of joining Chelsea in a £11m deal from Basel.
But he struggled to settle in the Premier League and after loan spells at Fiorentina and Roma, he moved to the Italian capital in a £15m deal last summer.
Salah is believed to be excited about returning to the Premier League to prove his ability after his Chelsea disappointment.
The Egypt winger will be Liverpool's second signing of the summer following Dominic Solanke's move from Chelsea.
Liverpool have |
A Bluffs woman has filed suit against a Jacksonville doctor she contends was negligent in a 2013 surgery.
Stacey Goetze of Bluffs | is suing Dr. John Daily and the Passavant Physician Association. She is seeking $50,000 and court costs after Daily reportedly removed both inferior turbinates during a surgery for a nasal septoplasty — a surgery to straighten a deviated or crooked nasal septum.
According to the suit, after the removal of the turbinates, Goetze began experiencing pain in her nose and sinus area, as well as headaches. After returning, she was diagnosed with empty nose syndrome and had a corrective surgery March 20, 2013, to reconstructed partial turbinates.
The lawsuit contends Daily breached the standard care by removing the complete turbinates and caused her to pain and suffering, as well as lose of income. It presents only one side of a case.
“As a direct and proximate result of (Daily’s) negligence as herein described, (Goetze) continued with worsening symptoms … necessitating a second surgery in order to try to alleviate |
Married at First Sight success stories: which couples have lasted the test of time? | HELLO!
Married at First Sight success stories | : which couples have lasted the test of time?
Maybe these really were love at first marriage!
Last modified on 2019-03-27T14:24:34+00:00 Emmy Griffiths Married at First Sight couples might tend to break up eventually, but some couple manage to last the test of time!
Married at First Sight might be a slightly bizarre concept – to have two people tie the knot on television after having just met one another – but it doesn't mean that the show isn't (occasionally) successful! While most couples just don't end up lasting the test of time, the scientists behind the series sometimes get it right – at least for a while!
Will this season's Steph and Jonathan last the test of time?
One of the most successful couplings of the UK version of the show were season one's Sara and Adam, who actually – and rather impressively – ended up staying together for a whole year before ultimately calling it off. Speaking |
Budget officials announced yesterday “that the federal deficit has soared to a record $455 billion. … The final accounting for fiscal 2008 produced a | larger shortfall than had been projected, reflecting the start of federal efforts to address the economic emergency.” The previous record deficit had been $413 billion, reached in 2004.
The Bush administration “issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency’s use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects.” CIA director George Tenet requested the memos “more than a year after” the program began because “senior CIA officials were troubled” that the White House had never endorsed it in writing.
20 days to go: John McCain and Barack Obama will engage in their third and final debate tonight at Hofstra University in New York. Sarah Palin is in Dover, NH, and Joe Biden campaigns at Ohio State University.
After Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) proposed a “spending freeze on everything but defense,” his campaign appears to be walking the promise back. |
'Dreamers' Jovan Rodrigo, 27, and Gloria Mendoza, 26, take part in a protest near Trump Tower on September 5 | , 2017 in New York City.
If you want to know how people feel about healthcare in America, just ask Eric Ries.
"Everytime there's a new healthcare bill, people go nuts," Ries told Business Insider. "If I didn't read the news, I would know when there's a new bill from the server melt down problems alone."
Ries is one of the original developers behind Resistbot, the text message-based bot which makes it easy for users to send letters and faxes to their representatives in Congress. The bot has amassed 1.366 million total users since it first launched in March — a number which goes up with every shift in federal policy, from healthcare to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Resistbot works like this: users text "RESIST" to the number 50409 — or message the bot over Facebook. The bot asks a series of questions, like full name and zipcode, so that it can |
The U.S. Department of Justice is playing a dirty game in its effort to get its hands on email and web visit data on American citizens | .
In theory, the gambit is part of a probe of the “development, planning, advertisement, and organization of a violent riot” on Inauguration Day.
But the government’s digital fishing exhibition is not limited to violent demonstrators. It’s aimed at over a million people who visited the www.disruptj20.org website.
This violates their First and Fourth amendment rights, according to lawyers for DreamHost, the web hosting service fighting the DOJ in court.
Many probably did not even attend the protestors--not that there would have been anything wrong if they had: They would have been exercising their constitutional rights. Yet they could now face harassment and exposure.
Last month, The DOJ asked the Washington, DC Superior Court to order DreamHost to comply with a wide-ranging search warrant pertaining to the disruptj20.org site.
This would have amounted to handing over roughly “1.3 million visitor IP addresses to the |
Jennifer Lopez is planning a star-studded wedding to her new fiance, Alex Rodriguez. The couple, who got engaged during a romantic vacation | earlier this month, are now looking toward their big day.
According to Life & Style Magazine, Jennifer Lopez wants to have the biggest, most lavish celebrity wedding of all time, and she’s ready to shell out some serious cash to make sure that her special day with Alex Rodriguez is perfect.
“She’s decided this should be the most star-studded, opulent ceremony that will go down in history as the most lavish celebrity wedding of all time. She’s aware it’ll be a fine line between classy and over-the-top so she’s working with a team of high-end planners and lifestyle experts to weigh up options,” an insider told the outlet.
“Right now, they’re toying over venues such as The Bahamas, The Hamptons, Hawaii or even a private island. Money’s no object whatsoever and she’s willing to wait if it guarantees her |
'I want my lawyer" is a phrase with which most Philadelphians are familiar, thanks to books, movies, and Law & Order | re-runs. What most people do not know is that the right to legal counsel and representation is available only to criminal defendants charged with a crime.
In contrast, every day Philadelphians end up in civil, or non-criminal, courtrooms where they face critical consequences that can upend their life, but where they have no right to a lawyer. They may lose their home or their children or be saddled with large financial obligations. If they are unable to afford a lawyer, they must navigate a frightening and complex legal system alone.
American law recognizes the sanctity of our homes in many ways, but that is not visible when families stand in our courtrooms unrepresented and worried about ending up in the streets. Two major U.S. cities - Washington, D.C., and New York City - are currently considering local laws that will ensure a right to legal counsel for individuals facing eviction or foreclosure proceedings. And now, thanks to a resolution introduced by Councilwoman Helen |
The health care authority allegedly considers sanctions for the private facility owned by masseur Pavol Kostka.
A private facility owned by Pavol | Kostka contravened regulations when treating the assistant of non-affiliated MP Miroslav Beblavý. The information was confirmed by the MP himself, who referred to the confirmation issued by the Health Care Surveillance Authority (ÚDZS), the TASR newswire reported.
The Bratislava-based clinic has several flaws, the document suggests. Assistant Vincent Bujňák was not examined by a doctor, but by an employee responsible for rehabilitation.
“He was also treated using several therapies that result in the same effect, which is prohibited during a single visit, and the therapy took twice as long as usual,” Beblavý said, as quoted by TASR.
ÚDZS also revealed several flaws in the medical records. It is allegedly considering sanctions against the facility and has already turned to the Health Ministry, Beblavý added.
The authority has confirmed that “the |
Trump the tax-cutter. If taxes are headed in a direction, it's downward, rather than upward, both at the corporate and the | personal levels. That should be good for economic growth and for prosperity. Trump campaigned as a tax cutter, and part of Hillary Clinton's reason for losing is she had no corporate tax reduction proposal and no one believed her pledge not to raise taxes on anyone earning $250,000 a year or less.
Trump the ISIS-fighter. Trump has vowed to destroy ISIS, and part of all his talk about a ban on Muslims entering America was a way of signaling that he would be tougher than Hillary Clinton against radical Islamic terrorism (a phrase, by the way, that he isn't afraid to use.) He opposes the Iran deal, unlike Hillary Clinton. Part of Hillary Clinton's reason for losing is putting Khizr Khan and his covered silent wife on the podium at the presidential convention and trying to win election as the candidate who is more tolerant of Muslims. Americans turn out to be less interested in tolerance of Muslims (though we aren't intolerant) than in defeating the terrorist threat, which the Obama |
Thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed in Albania to rescue stranded residents after heavy rainfall triggered major flooding, and caused the death of a utility worker | , officials and the power company said Sunday.
The victim, Sabri Vlinga, died while he was working on a electricity pole at Roskovec in the flooded south of the country, the power company said in statement.
Two other people were injured in similar accidents. it added.
Some 6,400 police and soldiers have been sent to help rescue people stranded by the floods, Prime MInister Edi Rama said Saturday, calling the situation "very critical".
Around 1,500 people in the affected areas have been rescued, while several thousand homes were without electricity as many utility poles have been swept away by mudslides, said Shemsi Prenci, head of civil protection.
More than 7,874 hectares (19,450 acres) of farm land as well as 3,193 homes are under water and several roads in the south remained impassable.
Army forces have built a temporary bridge at Darezeze, about 70 kilometres |
The Free Excel Viewer allows a user to open, view and print MS Excel files without installing Microsoft Excel on his or her system. It supports | any Excel versions and hence, is a very flexible tool.
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Legend Hospitality Group has exhibited at this year’s Tourism Indaba in Durban, making it the 21st consecutive year the leading tourism | organisation has appeared at the show.
The group has seen many changes over the years, one of the most recent changes being the expansion of their portfolio.
Legend has extended its reach and its product offering with the acquisition of three properties: Brenaissance Wine & Stud Estate in Stellenbosch, Montpellier Wine Estate in Tulbagh and Critchley Hackle Lodge in Dullstroom.
The addition of the two wine estates has extended Legend’s footprint into the winelands and opened the doors for properties in the Western Cape, while Critchley Hackle Lodge is the first Legend property situated in Mpumalanga.
Legend has further plans for expansion in the not too distant future.
Mart Cilliers, chief executive of Legend Hospitality Group, stated: “We are absolutely thrilled to be exhibiting at our 21st Tourism Indaba this year.
“Indaba has always been a very important platform for us to meet with buyers |
Officials on Tuesday broke ground at the upcoming Spring Street Park at Sixth Avenue and Spring Street.
HUDSON SQUARE — The long- | awaited transformation of Hudson Square Plaza into a tree-lined park with plenty of seating is officially underway — and community members can look forward to swivel seats and moonlight-imitating night lighting by fall 2018.
The New York City Parks Department officials and Hudson Square Connection on Tuesday broke ground at the triangular plaza at Spring Street and Sixth Avenue, re-dubbed Spring Street Park, signaling the start of the $6 million makeover of the half-acre space aimed at increasing open space in the area.
The design from Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects will include swivel chairs inspired by seating in European parks, said the president of Hudson Square Connection, plus some special light posts to create the "dappling" affect of moonlight through the park's trees.
"We have swivel seats that are coming in — they have them in parks in Paris and Barcelona, and they're really social," said Ellen Baer, noting the swivel chairs will be |
From a distance, they look like nothing more than thin red lines on the horizon, easily lost amid the tumbling blue of the Atlantic Ocean. | But get closer and the significance of the 140m-long tubes - 10 years in the making by a British company and now floating in the sea off the coast of Portugal - becomes apparent: they are the beginning of an entirely new industry in the hunt for clean power.
This week the red snake-like devices were inaugurated as part of the world's first commercial-scale wave power station, three miles from the coast of the northern Portuguese town of Aguçadoura. The project, which will generate clean electricity for more than 1,000 family homes in its first phase, marks the latest step in Portugal's moves to become a leader in developing renewable energy sources, using technology developed in Britain.
At the heart of the Aguçadoura power station are three cylindrical wave-energy converters, designed and built by the Edinburgh-based company Pelamis Wave Power. Moving up and down on the endless waves of the open sea, they convert motion into electricity, |
ROD STEWART, "MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY"
Perfect for: Depending on your age � welcoming faithful old friends | , placating your parents or indulging guilty musical pleasures.
The total package: Stewart proves that, with all his recent dedication to the Great American Songbook, he truly has taken on the persona of a pop statesman. It is a role he wears well here on a smooth, similarly styled collection of holiday standards. Michael Bubl�, Mary J. Blige, Dave Koz and Chris Botti are just a few of the luminaries who stop by to lend an ear and a hand.
What's nice: Stewart retains a bit of his rascal's wink on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" and brings just the right amount of sentimentality to a keening "White Christmas." The title track is a lover's lament in a lighthearted, rolling blues style and features strong support from Cee-Lo Green and Trombone Shorty. Stewart pulls off one of those piped-in, "Unforgettable"-style duets with the late Ella Fitzgerald |
The government announces it will not allow importers, distributors and retailers to commercially benefit when knowingly dealing with set-top boxes enabled to allow access to | unauthorized content.
SINGAPORE, Jan 18, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - The Singapore government has announced that it will be amending the Copyright Act to update its copyright regime in an effort to support creators and users of video content. A critical part of the suite of amendments includes new enforcement measures to deter retailers from profiting from providing access to content through unauthorised sources such as TV boxes (also known as illicit streaming devices -- ISDs) that enable access to pirated TV channels and video-on-demand content.
Louis Boswell, CEO of the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) commented: "AVIA welcomes the government's proposals to update Singapore's Copyright Act to be relevant to the technological developments of today. The application and ISD ecosystem is seriously impacting all businesses involved in the production and distribution of legitimate content and generates huge revenue for criminal syndicates and retailers who profit from selling access to stolen intellectual property."
Neil Gane, the |
The cybersecurity efforts will help protect against attacks on U.S. information and communications infrastructure, a threat that President Obama has listed as one of the | country’s most serious economic and national security threats.
For U.S. citizens and companies, thefts of personal identity, money, intellectual property and corporate secrets can be caused by gaps in security. Other security threats include the theft of sensitive U.S. military information and disruption of the electrical grid.
Shortly after his Inauguration, President Obama ordered a review of the U.S. government’s cybersecurity efforts that would help guide a new coordinated strategy to help protect against such attacks. He appointed Melissa Hathaway, who also worked on cybersecurity issues for the Bush administration, as acting cyberspace director for the National Security and Homeland Security councils to oversee the review.
On Friday, the White House unveiled the five main points of the report: Leadership from the top, building capacity for a digital nation, sharing responsibility for cybersecurity, creating effective information sharing and incident response and encouraging innovation.
It also called for increased education, expanding the federal information technology workforce and improving partnerships |
Generally speaking, the words "scary" and "Nickelodeon" don't occur in close proximity to each other. One exception to | that is in the case of a TV movie called Cry Baby Lane. Airing on October 28th way back in the year 2000, Cry Baby Lane purportedly received so many complaints from parents who thought it was too scary that the movie never aired again, nor was it ever released on video.
At least, that's the myth that's grown up around it, which Nickelodeon has denied. Still, the internet was never one to let facts get in the way of a good urban myth, so Cry Baby Lane has since gained a bizarre cult following online. Its reputation was only fueled by the fact that it was virtually impossible to actually watch it. According to Nickutopia, that changed this past summer when a Reddit user uploaded a copy of the movie from an old VHS tape. The sudden appearance of the film online generated a new round of buzz, and now that buzz has come to a head: Nickelodeon will be airing the infamous Cry Baby Lane tonight, Halloween night, for |
Engaging in an open fight with state-owned oil and gas explorer, Cairn Energy India on Wednesday charged Oil and Natural Gas Corporation with | overstating oil and gas reserves in its Krishna Godavari basin block (KG-DWN-98/2) that sits next to Reliance Industries Ltd's prolific KG-D6 fields.
Engaging in an open fight with state-owned oil and gas explorer, Cairn Energy India on Wednesday charged Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) with overstating oil and gas reserves in its Krishna Godavari (KG) basin block (KG-DWN-98/2) that sits next to Reliance Industries Ltd’s prolific KG-D6 fields.
Cairn currently holds 10% in the block, while ONGC has the balance 90% stake. This is the same block in which Cairn was originally holding a 100% stake and sold 90% to ONGC in 2005.
While ONGC in its development plan for the block — submitted to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH)— |
UNITED NATIONS, August 10 -- The Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world where people fearing both government and rebel forces | flee into the bush, "suffers from a surfeit of multilateral interventions," UN Humanitarian deputy Catherine Bragg told Inner City Press on August 10.
The UN's still unsuccessful engagement with CAR ranges from a peacekeeping mission that is directed only at spill over from Darfur in Sudan, to a peacebuilding project repeatedly changes its name. As Ms. Bragg described it, there are sections of the country with no roads at all. Video here, from Minute 28:23.
Still, she said when Inner City Press asked, the biggest problem is fear among the population. Despite local and international peacekeeping missions, there is still no peace. Former colonial power France contributes little.
It is a country so poor, some say, that it cannot even afford a more descriptive name than "Central African Republic."
It is to Ms. Bragg's credit that she went, and that upon her return she sought to brief the press. But Inner City Press' final question |
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