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I'm not sure if it's because we just came off of an underutilized fifth week, or because it's December, but I'm | bumming right now.
Next to no DC Comics out this past week? No problem. LOTS of good stuff came out from across the industry.
Thor Spoilers: Who Is Tanarus?
So who is this new God of Thunder?
Fear Itself Spoilers: Who Is Tanarus, God Of Thunder, And What Does It Mean For Thor?
Who is this new Thunder God?
Thor might be dead, but the story goes on.
What new title does Ed launch out of the event?
It had to be done, two guys are back to take on Marvel's recently concluded event!
How does the Fear Itself fall out rate compared to the event?
Fear Itself Spoilers: What Happens To Captain America’s Shield?
What do they do with the shattered shield?
Fear Itself Spoilers: Who Dies?
A few casualties to round it all out.
Fear Itself Sp |
Bobbi Kristina Brown was cited by police after being involved in a car accident Wednesday in which the vehicle left the road and traveled down an emb | ankment.
Police in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta confirmed to ET that a passerby called 911 just before noon to report that the black Chevrolet Camaro had veered off the road and traveled through a wooded area striking trees before eventually coming to a stop.
"The investigation revealed the driver lost control and the vehicle left Beaver Creek Road on the east side and traveled down an embankment," a police statement said. Damage to the vehicle was described in the statement as "moderate."
Upon the initial arrival, officers say they found Bobbi Kristina standing beside the vehicle and she was uninjured. "Our officer completed an official accident report and issued a traffic citation to Ms. Brown for the offense of failure to maintain lane," the police statement said.
Bobbi Kristina appeared to address the accident Wednesday on Twitter. "My#PersonalGuardianAngel•• thankumom•miss&loveumre u'lleverkno. NotAScratch&ok • |
Reps for about 500 casting directors and casting associates have reached a tentative deal on a three-year successor agreement to its master contract with studios and | network.
Teamsters Local 399 in Hollywood and Local 817 in New York set a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Local 399 secretary-treasurer Steve Dayan announced the news on the local’s website, but did not disclose details.
“We will be holding a Ratification Meeting on the same day that Teamsters Local 817 will be holding a Contract Ratification Meeting in New York,” he added.
The casting directors did not begin negotiations with the AMPTP until November, well after the Sept. 30 contract expiration, due to the extended negotiations this summer for a successor deal for the West Coast master contract for about 40,000 members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. The casting directors agreed to extend their current contract from Sept. 30 until Jan. 11.
SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America obtained three-year successor deals in 2017, and the Directors Guild of |
The D3100 has a very good noise profile; it matches (and perhaps bests) the current leader in the budget dSLR category | , the Pentax K-x. It produces exceptionally clean JPEGs up through ISO 800 and very usable ones through ISO 3200. (Adobe Camera Raw doesn't yet support the D3100 and Nikon Capture NX 2 doesn't provide sufficiently granular noise reduction for me to do raw versus JPEG comparisons).
Normally, ISO 800 images of cat fur are useless because the fine, dark fur is highly susceptible to color noise. But these are very clean, and I'll probably be able to work with the exposure and sharpness once I have raw software support.
You can start to see some color noise in this shot, but it's still quite usable.
The D3100 has excellent color reproduction in its default SD mode.
For a relatively inexpensive lens, the 35mm f1.8 fares pretty well overall. There's a little bit of asymmetrical distortion on the right, however.
At its widest, 18mm, the 18-55mm lens tends to crush towards |
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Mercado San Miguel | , a market built of beautifully ornate glass and cast iron, is a popular stop for tourists to Madrid, especially since it is located right outside of Plaza Mayor. Here, visitors can purchase some wine, grab a cocktail, juice or coffee, snack on a variety of ready-to-eat tapas, or pick up some ingredients for lunch or dinner from the fruit, seafood and meat stalls.
Recent visitors loved the vast selection of food offered, as well as the fun, vibrant atmosphere and described the market as a "must-see," especially for foodies. Some travelers, however, felt the market was too expensive and too touristy, lacking the character found at other markets, such as Mercado San Anton in Chueca. Others warned of pickpockets and reminded future visitors that you'll need to present a receipt from a vendor to use any of the restrooms free of charge.
Travelers will find Mercado San Miguel in a square by the same name, adjacent to |
NBN Co may have under-reported levels of congestion on its fixed wireless network after revealing one in ten - or 250 - microwave and fibre transmission | links suffer unacceptable levels of packet loss, and that this isn't captured in publicly-reported numbers.
The network builder said today it is performing a fast-tracked piece of work to add capacity to the 250 impacted links, with improvements expected before the federal election.
Exactly how much the level of fixed wireless congestion has been under-reported was still being investigated, NBN Co CEO Stephen Rue told a senate estimates hearing on Tuesday.
“That’s being determined,” Rue said.
To date, NBN Co has said the proportion of congested cells on its network peaked at between six and seven percent; it aims to reduce that to under one percent by September this year.
NBN Co considers a cell to be officially congested when its “30 day … average busy hour download throughput [falls] below... 6Mbps" per user.
The first clue that these numbers did not capture all congestion occurring on the fixed wireless network came on NBN Co’ |
Patients over 50 with ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic disease of the colon, who undergo surgery to treat their condition live longer | than those who are treated with medications, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The results are published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine.
"Ulcerative colitis is a chronic disease that most physicians opt to treat with medications, as opposed to surgery," said the study's lead author Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Penn. "This new finding highlights a potential unrecognized advantage of a surgical approach to the disease."
Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease characterized by inflammation in the colon, or the large intestine. The inflammation can cause abdominal discomfort, bleeding, and diarrhea. It affects as many as 700,000 Americans, according to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. Men and women are equally affected, with most patients diagnosed by their mid-30s.
The convention in treatment of UC is that |
Which Accounts Are Generally Included in the Revenue Cycle of a Company?
While small businesses sell many different products and services, the accounting cycles within these | businesses are generally the same. For many companies, the revenue cycle is one of the most important, as it provides the revenue that keeps the company in business. Understanding the accounts that are generally included in the revenue cycle can help you learn about how revenue flows throughout your company's accounting system.
As expected, the main account in the revenue cycle is the revenue, or sales, account. Generally accepted accounting principles have set strict criteria for the recognition of revenue. While some types of transactions have even more rules, all transactions require four characteristics to be met before revenue can be booked. First, the price must be fixed or determinable. Second, delivery of the product must be assured or services must have been rendered. Third, there must be persuasive evidence that a sales arrangement exists. Finally, collectibility must be reasonably assured. If any one of these qualities does not exist for the transaction, revenue may not be booked.
Accounts receivable are claims that the company has against other entities for the |
London, Sept. 13 (CNA) Eight Taiwan universities have been listed in the 2019 Graduate Employability Rankings that were released Wednesday, with National | Taiwan University (NTU) gaining the highest place among the eight at 81st.
Rising from its ranking between 101st and 110th last year, NTU make it back into the top-100 among the 497 institutions in the world that were rated as best at producing employable graduates, according to the list released by the British QS education network.
Meanwhile, National Yang-Ming University made the list for the first time this year, ranking between 301st and 500th, in the same range as National Central University and National Tsing Hua University.
Among the other five, National Chiao Tung University rose to the 141st-150th range this year after ranking between 161st and 170th last year.
Three of the Taiwan schools maintained their standing from 2017, namely National Sun Yat-sen University in the 251st-300th range, and National Central University and National Tsing Hua University, which both ranked between 301st and 500th. |
While Ingram's move is flat out consolidation in a difficult environment, the Tech Data and Avnet move is more about performance of the two businesses with | Tech obviously getting bigger and Avnet moving back to its roots as a component distributor.
About 15 years ago, The Channel Company did a research project around distribution where we asked vendors what they wanted out of their distributors.
Remarkably, the results showed that the suppliers wanted the ’value-added distributors,’ as we called them back then, to look more like the ’broadline’ players. The value-added players were Avnet and Arrow and others like them, and the broadline players were Ingram, Tech Data and Synnex.
But what was even more remarkable was that the very same suppliers wanted the broadline players to look more like the value-added distributors. In the end, what everyone was after was a world where the best attributes of both were combined into a company that left behind all the less attractive attributes.
More likely, the driving force was the vendors wanted to deal with as few distributors as possible, and if they all looked the |
Google will not allow face recognition on its Glass wearable computer for now, until there are strong privacy protections.
“We’ve been | listening closely to you, and many have expressed both interest and concern around the possibilities of facial recognition in Glass,” the company’s Project Glass wrote in a post on Google+ on Saturday.
The Project added that in line with Google’s policy for several years, it won’t add facial recognition features to its products “without having strong privacy protections in place.” The company said it won’t be approving any facial recognition Glassware at this time. Glassware are Web-based services that interact with Google Glass.
Google Glass has already come in for criticism on privacy and other issues. Eight members of the U.S. Congress wrote to Google CEO Larry Page last month, asking for information on the privacy protections Google plans for the wearable computer. It reminded Google that in 2010 it was discovered that the company was collecting information across the world from unencrypted wireless networks. “When using Google Glass, is it true that this product would be |
The shift to scale out architectures and an app-centric culture has turned out well for Docker and its lightweight open-source “container” | technology designed for developers to quickly move code to the cloud.
That’s evident in today’s news that the company has raised $15 million in a Series B round led by Greylock Partners, with minority participation from Insight Venture Partners and existing investors Benchmark Capital and Trinity Ventures. Also participating is Yahoo! Co-Founder Jerry Yang, who has participated in previous rounds.
Docker will use the funding to push toward the general availability of the Docker environment, develop commercial services that pair with the open-source technology and build a team to support the growing community.
The technology path is similar to the one VMware followed in its early days when IT managed their corporate-owned infrastructure. These were state-of-the-art data centers that had to be optimized to run enterprise software. For these IT managers, VMware became a critical part of the equation so multiple virtual machines could run on its hypervisor and server environment. VMware is lauded for the excellent job it did |
The letter Z is seen painted on a hill by the freeway between Monterrey and Torreón, in the Mexican state of Coahuila | in March 2010. The Z refers to the Zetas drug cartel.
The accusations made in three Texas courtrooms were staggering. Witness after witness described how a notorious drug cartel pumped money into Mexican electoral campaigns and paid off individual politicians and policemen in the border state of Coahuila to look the other way as hundreds of people were massacred or forcibly disappeared.
The Texas court testimonies – gathered in a report released this week by the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law and Fray Juan de Larios Diocesan Human Rights Centre in Coahuila – give one of the most complete accounts so far of how organized crime has attempted to capture the institutions of democracy in Mexico’s regions.
The report prompted outrage among activists who have worked with victims of violence. But the accusations were met with sharp denials from Mexican politicians and a pointed lack of interest from judicial officials.
The Mexican public, meanwhile, mostly shrugged, even as the country endures its most |
On paper, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair was the perfect commander – a trained paratrooper in the Army for 27 years, a | Ranger and the 82nd Airborne Division’s deputy commanding general for support.
But Sinclair, 50 and married, was leading a secret life.
Prosecutors say Sinclair engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior that began in 2007, involving four subordinates and a civilian, that took place in Iraq, Afghanistan and Germany, as well as Fort Bragg, N.C., and Fort Hood, Texas.
An election that returned President Obama to the White House, left Democrats controlling the Senate and Republicans running the House could end up hurting your wallet and career.
With campaign rhetoric behind them and serious financial problems ahead if an agreement isn’t reached to control spending, early discussions are underway for a potential deficit-reduction package that could include a $10 billion to $20 billion annual reduction in planned defense spending.
Get all the details in this week’s Army Times, on sale now.
Nine Iraq and Afghanistan veterans will be part of the freshman class in the House of Representatives. |
Yap produced a voicemail transcription application for smartphones, but discontinued the service on Oct. 20. In September, Yap merged with Dion Acquisition | Sub Inc., according to an SEC filing obtained by The Atlantic. The interesting thing about this acquisition is that Amazon and the surviving corporation from the Yap merger share one trait: they both have the same address, 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington.
What could be Amazon’s next move?
Amazon might be using Yap's technology to build a speech recognition service for mobile devices, at least that's the theory anyway. With Apple's Siri capturing so much attention recently, speculation is centering around Amazon building a similar service for future devices. Amazon's purported acquisition may also be an attempt to create a speech-to-text engine used in search or dictation. Or the technology could end up as a research project with Amazon's lab126 that never sees the light of day.
Amazon is certainly getting more serious about mobile devices, so perhaps it's no surprise the company would want to develop its own voice recognition service. The company launched its Appstore for Android in March |
Who holds the keys to your data?
As readers of ITProPortal are aware, cloud adoption is becoming mainstream across organisations of all sizes | .
The days of keeping 100 per cent of your data in your own on-premises datacentre are coming to a close as organisations see the cloud as a more flexible, affordable, and effective option for storage, compute, networking and more.
Even enterprises in regulated industries are using external cloud services, such as file sync and share or endpoint backup. The move doesn’t necessarily mean that these organisations lose sight and control of their data, but remain secure and private in an age of daily cyber threats and exponential growth requires organisations to actively investigate ways sensitive information can be compromised. The following highlights the types of considerations needed to prevent corporate data loss or leakage.
The issue of data sovereignty has gone to the forefront as cloud services have become more popular, and was the main driver behind the European Court of Justice declaring the Safe Harbour agreement invalid in October.
Each EU country now will decide whether companies storing its citizens’ data in the U.S. is safe practice. Germany |
By age 3, she was reading. By 7, she began to play her mother's harp. At 9, she had already performed in | front of hundreds.
"Oh, that was our mistake; we put her crib next to the piano," Cameron Huster Beck's mother Penny said.
Such a joke was typical among the Husters, who, despite a deep appreciation for music, didn't have any other children who took to it with Cameron's intensity.
Beck sought to ignite her spark for music in others through her orchestral performances and through teaching students anywhere from 7 to 70.
When Cameron Huster Beck died at 28 on Feb. 2 of leukemia, she had accumulated seven harps. They ranged in size from 22 to 48 strings, the kind that sit in a player's lap all the way to her concert grand harp.
"It's seen a lot of miles," Huster said of her concert grand harp. "It's gone to a lot of places."
In pursuit of performance or lesson opportunities, Beck traveled to Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, London.
When she was younger |
CITY HALL — A female police lieutenant who says she endured years of on-the-job discrimination is the latest officer to file a lawsuit | against the Glendale Police Department.
Police Lt. Susan Hayn is the eighth officer known to have filed a discrimination suit this year against the Police Department.
All the plaintiffs, including Hayn, are represented by Santa Monica-based attorney Carney Shegerian.
Hayn, who has worked for the city since 1985, alleges years of gender discrimination and harassment by her male colleagues, according to the lawsuit. The complaint singles out multiple police officers and city officials, including City Manager Jim Starbird, former Glendale Police Chief Randy Adams and multiple captains.
In her lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, Hayn claimed that she was repeatedly denied transfer requests while less senior male sergeants had theirs signed off on. She was also told she had "hit the glass ceiling," according to federal court records.
Hayn also says she was falsely accused of having an affair with someone within the department after being promoted to sergeant in 2003.
She recently left her role |
Prashant Suryakumar is a Social Media Engagement Manager at Mu Sigma and is currently focused on social media analytics. This post was | co-authored by Dhiraj Rajaram, the founder and CEO of Mu Sigma.
Social media has come of age. Marketers now have the ability to augment their traditional marketing approaches with rich behavioral and activity-based targeting that should increase marketing ROI significantly.
However, businesses are facing an uncomfortable truth: There are no “best practices” for measuring a successful social media campaign. Crowd behavior is dynamic and context-specific, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to build a “one size fits all” solution.
A structured approach to capturing, measuring, analyzing and refining marketing strategies in near real time is essential to executing a successful social campaign. Initially, however, companies need to invest in infrastructure to make such a learning cycle possible.
Measuring the impact of social media campaigns is systemically different from that of traditional marketing campaigns. Since the medium touches all the aspects of the customer purchase cycle, a holistic measurement of awareness, transactions and brand impact |
A Banksy artwork that was controversially removed from its original position on a parking lot wall in Liverpool, England, has reportedly been replaced, in | peculiar circumstances.
"Love Plane" is a 15-feet-tall spray painting of a aircraft with a smoke trail in the shape of a heart.
It was painted in 2011 and partially removed in 2016, purportedly to form part of a new street art museum in the city.
That museum has not yet opened and the whereabouts of the original Love Plane has remained a puzzle, but locals believe that the elusive street artist himself has returned to the site to replace it.
Dave Green, who works at the Western Approaches museum directly opposite the site, told CNN that he was standing at reception on Wednesday afternoon when he noticed a man in a blue hoody "messing about on the wall."
Green described how the man screwed a large board covered in a black plastic bag into the wall, before stripping off the plastic and walking away.
"We were standing inside laughing and joking: 'imagine that's Banksy,'" Green told CNN via telephone.
He then went over to |
Adfinitely, among the fastest growing digital marketing agencies serving franchises and the SMB segment, was recently recognized as a Top 5 Marketing Partner for | franchises brands, according to Entrepreneur magazine.
Learning management system (LMS) producers and vendors can now promote their products and services via eLearning Industry's pay-per-click (PPC) platform.
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Court hearings will resume Thursday in lawsuits against radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Several families from the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre are suing Jones for defamation | over his claims the school shooting was a hoax. A man who Jones' website misidentified as the gunman in the Parkland school shooting has also filed a defamation suit against him.
Jones' attorney argues that his client's past comments are protected by free speech and the suits should be dismissed, reports CBS News' Tony Dokoupil. Although Jones now admits the Sandy Hook shooting was real, he stands by the message he has been spreading to his estimated 5 million listeners.
Jones was not in the Texas courtroom on Wednesday where his attorneys tried to dismiss the first of at least three defamation lawsuits against the radio host. Instead, Jones was at his Austin-based Infowars headquarters addressing – among other things – his ongoing legal fight.
The parents of six-year-old Noah Pozner, who was killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, say Jones' followers have tormented them with death threats, forcing them to move seven times. They're seeking more than $1 million in |
What are the consequences if START ratification fails?
The conventional wisdom in Washington is that President Obama’s strategic arms-control treaty with Russia | will be eventually ratified by the Senate, with a smattering of reluctant GOP votes. But what if that doesn’t happen?
The possibility of the treaty being rejected or stalled indefinitely is a real one. The center of gravity on the Senate side is around Sens. Jon Kyl, R-AZ, and John McCain, R-AZ, neither of whom has revealed yet which way they will vote. Interested but less-involved senators like Bob Corker, R-TN, are likely to follow their lead.
It’s been reported that Kyl is in negotiations now, bargaining for concessions, such as more money for nuclear modernization or guarantees that missile defense won’t fall victim to the treaty. But in the end, there’s no assurance he will vote yes, and the treaty could be voted down or pulled from consideration. That would be a huge setback for U.S. credibility abroad and the Obama administration’s entire arms-control agenda, according to |
James Ellsworth On Why He Wasn't On SmackDown 1000, Rey Mysterio Talks WWE World Cup, Mongo - Wrestling Inc.
| - As noted, Rey Mysterio made his WWE return at last night's SmackDown 1000 event and qualified for the November 2 WWE World Cup tournament by winning a non-title match over WWE United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura. Rey will now face Nakamura with the title at the WWE Starrcade live event on November 24. Above is post-match video of Rey talking to the WWE cameras.
Rey said he's truly humbled and thankful for the support & the generosity from the fans as they never forgot about him. Regarding the World Cup tournament at WWE Crown Jewel, Rey said this is special and he loves to do battle at the best. Rey said he's ready to win the tournament and prove he's the best in the world. Rey also talked about how WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero left a lasting impression and how he's still with us. Rey said he still feels Eddie's presence when he steps in the ring.
- Former WCW United States |
Better Business Bureau Serving Acadiana is alerting residents it has recently received numerous calls concerning phone calls and text messages designed to scam residents out of credit | card and Personal Identification Numbers (PINs).
In the latest version of this scam, several callers reported to BBB they received phone calls claiming to be from Chase Bank informing them their immediate attention was needed and to “press 1” on their phone for the ‘security department”.
The automated robo-call informed them their debit or credit card were “blocked” and they needed to confirm the credit card number and pin number to clear up a discrepancy.
Often, these messages will imply or state there will be negative consequences if you don't respond. This is an attempt to scare consumers into providing personal or account information. The ultimate goal of the scam is to steal credit card and personal information to be used for identity theft.
Start with Trust®. Contact BBB if you receive a suspicious call or text asking for banking information.
Do not respond to any calls or messages threatening to suspend or close an account. Always check with your bank |
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The Ohio State Buckeyes saw three defensive linemen drafted in the first round this year and, through one game at least, seem as strong as ever | at that position.
Although Ohio State’s defense had a number of breakdowns Saturday in a season-opening 77-31 victory against Oregon State, it would be hard to fault the pass rush. The Buckeyes compiled five sacks for a loss of 43 yards and hit the quarterbacks three more times.
Defensive end Nick Bosa earned most of the headlines with one of the best performances in the nation: two sacks, two fumble recoveries and a touchdown. However, defensive tackle Dre’Mont Jones was just as dominant.
In his 24th career start, the redshirt junior Jones proved why he should be a high draft pick in 2019.
When Ohio State’s defensive line is hot, Jones said, no one can block them. The depth of the line means players will have a hard time building big numbers, but compiling sacks and tackles is a goal for Jones.
According to the players, it was the same, old Meyer on the turf field outside |
The couple are already parents to two daughters, Dulcie and Elva.
Oct. 8 (UPI) -- British actor Jamie D | ornan is going to be a dad of three.
The 36-year-old star's rep confirmed Sunday to People that Dornan is expecting a third child with his wife, actress and musician Amelia Warner.
The Sunday Times first reported the news in a profile about Dornan. The actor is parent to two daughters, 4-year-old Dulcie and 2-year-old Elva, with Warner.
"Being a dad is the best," he said in the interview. "I feel a healthy and lovely duty to provide for my kids, and I really like it. It suits me. Making my kids happy is a good thing for my wife and me to be driven by."
Dornan and Warner, who has appeared in such films as Mansfield Park, Quills and Aeon Flux, married in April 2013. Dornan said he's only had one argument with the actress during their nine-year relationship.
"We get |
Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole, pictured after facing each other in the Champions League for Manchester City and Roma, will be reunited at Derby County. |
Ashley Cole has signed for Derby County until the end of the 2018/19 season.
The 38-year-old former Arsenal, Chelsea and Roma star has spent the last three years in the MLS with Los Angeles Galaxy and signs as a free agent to give the Rams cover in the left-back position.
And Rams boss Frank Lampard, a former team-mate of Cole's with Chelsea and England, was delighted to have him on board.
He said: "I’m delighted that we’ve been able to secure Ashley’s services for the rest of the season.
“He’s a fantastic player, a quality left-back, and he also brings great experience to the dressing room.
“I know him very well from our time together at Chelsea, and with England, and I also know what he can bring to the group and the influence he will have.
“Ashley is in good shape, which |
Chris Hughton wants Brighton to keep their Premier League fate in their own hands and not have to rely on results elsewhere.
Albion are | seven points clear of third-from-bottom Southampton with five games to play but have a tough finish to the season.
The Seagulls host Tottenham tonight before matches with Burnley, Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool. Hughton said: "The run-in is challenging but that is something we knew. What we have to have is a group of players that look forward to the challenge.
"We want it to be in our own hands, that's always the best way. Going into this group of games, we will need to get some points. What we don't want to be doing is continually looking over our shoulder and relying on other results to go our way.
"It's always best if it's in your own hands. They are tough games but we've also looked at some of the results we've seen, West Brom on Sunday, our result at home against Arsenal, so you can't afford to go in to any game whether it be against any |
ALEX VATANKA is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C. He is the author of the forthcoming book, | The Making of Iranian Foreign Policy.
Today, the latest round of UN-brokered Syria peace talks begins in Geneva, with the goal of bringing President Bashar al-Assad and various armed opposition factions to a political settlement that could put an end to half a decade of civil war in the country.
The Geneva talks come one week after another set of Syria talks, this time in Sochi. The November 22 gathering, which included some of the conflict’s key remaining players—Iran, Turkey, and Russia—was supposed to be a turning point in the issue of Syria’s future. At least that had been Tehran’s hope. Instead, the talks highlighted emerging fissures between Assad’s two main foreign backers, Iran and Russia, and even divisions within Iran between the civilian government of President Hassan Rouhani and the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
In short, the IRGC, which over the last seven years has established a |
Most of these guys are retired or out of the service, but they still answer the call — for a different kind of duty.
Two teams | of 27 volleyball players from all over the country will represent the Air Force later this month in a pair of masters division teams at the U.S. Open Volleyball Championships in Louisville, Ky.
“Living so far away from each other now, we do not get the chance to practice together,” said James Garrido, the teams’ representative and former staff sergeant who hails from Savannah, Ga.
“Most of us have played together on past Air Force teams, so like riding a bike, once we get together everything comes rushing back and we fall right back in line like we’ve been together all this time,” he said.
Garrido, who plays in the 40-over division, said being selected to the All Air Force team is like wearing a badge of honor that all the team members share.
“I compare it to the boys and girls you are deployed with for long stretches. You may not remember all of |
A STORY I heard tells of a man in the United States during the depression years who did very well selling doughnuts by the roadside. He put | his son through college hoping that the son would help to expand the business. The result, however, wasn't quite what the man had expected. On the completion of his studies, the son briefed his father about the depressed economy. After he listened intently to what the son told him--to the man's dismay--sales plummeted. He wisely detected the cause, however, and dismissed the discouragement and fear that had come with all he had heard about the Depression. Once his natural confidence in good returned, his business prospered again.
``As he thinketh in his heart, so is he,'' says Proverbs (23:7). Doesn't this tell us that our thinking forms our experience? This would be an intolerable burden if we had to depend on our own personal ability to think good thoughts. But good isn't a product of our efforts; it comes from our creator, God. Turning our thought to God fills our thinking with good. Wrong thinking has no place in |
This was probably the worst time to have had to abandon a take-off.
The Qatar Airways plane came to a sudden halt during the launch | of a new route from the United States to Doha.
A video showed the plane automatically hitting its brakes on Thursday after things didn’t quite go to plan, with invited media guests watching the drama on screens from their seats.
The reason? The 11,000-foot runway at JFK International Airport, in New York, was too short, according to the plane’s onboard computers.
That’s according to journalist Zach Honig, who was invited to the premier flight to Qatar of the airline’s A350 plane.
He was so scared he had to call his mother, which he wrote about in his Travel Massive blog.
‘As you can see in the video, about 18 seconds after we began rolling down JFK’s runway 22R, the aircraft self-aborted, bringing us from more than 100mph to a loud, screeching halt in roughly 15 seconds,’ he wrote.
After some reassurance from his |
KOLKATA: A mobility study carried out countrywide has Kolkata poised favourably among metro cities with commuters giving a thumbs up to | the public transport infrastructure here for its diversity, affordability and, cleanliness. Days before Ola Mobility Institute releases India’s first Ease of Moving Index, a sneak-peek into the results of the study that had 43,000 respondents shows that Kolkata has topped the charts in these three areas while finishing third in usage and safety on public transport.
The city bagged top marks for travel choice with the country’s first Metro, only tram service, a large fleet of government and private buses, ferries, cabs, autorickshaws and rickshaws. “There is no dearth of choice when it comes to travelling in Kolkata. Even when the rest of the city shuts down owing to a political rally, the Metro keeps it moving. It is also the only city to sport a green and clean public transport system like the tramways,” remarked mobility expert S M Ghosh.
Respondents also rooted for |
Shares in a tiny US soft drinks firm, Long Island Iced Tea Corp, have quadrupled in value in just one day after it changed its | name to Long Blockchain Corporation, the latest move by a string of obscure companies rebranding themselves in an attempt to ride the bitcoin bubble.
The small business, which produces a range of soft drinks on Long Island, said it was still going to continue making the iced tea-based drinks but was “shifting its primary corporate focus towards the exploration of and investment in opportunities that leverage the benefits of blockchain technology”.
Blockchain is the ledger technology upon which bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions are lodged. Bitcoin has soared in value by more than 1,600% so far this year, surging towards $20,000 at the start of this week and trading at about $15,600 on Thursday.
Long Island Iced Tea Corp’s shares – which rose by as much as 432% at one point – appear to have spiked on the back of the name change alone, as Long Blockchain has not actually invested in or partnered with any firms involved in cryptocurrencies. The company |
Hi, and welcome to SouthBendTribune.com. Here's your first look at tomorrow's top stories. A South Bend police officer | shot yesterday is recovering at home today. Cpl. Kelly Waite, a four-year veteran of the department, was grazed in the head yesterday when a man shot at him following a confrontation. It happened on South Main Street, as Waite and another officer were patrolling some vacant houses. Check this website and tomorrow's Tribune for more on the story. You've already seen Engineer Company B's homecoming. Tomorrow, meet Marvin Heimann, a Marine in the local unit. In January, he was wounded by sniper fire. Today, he received the Purple Heart. Also today, a war-related protest took place at Notre Dame. Midwestern members of the Catholic Worker movement were protesting the fact that Notre Dame has an ROTC program, which they say contradicts Catholic teaching. More on that tomorrow. And in Sports, catch up with the Fighting Irish, as we bring you an update on spring football. For the South Bend Tribune, I'm Joshua Stowe.
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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee seemingly endorsed "biblical" slavery over the modern prison system on Wednesday's edition of "Mickelson in the Morning | ," ThinkProgress' Scott Keyes reports.
In Huckabee's defense, host Jan Mickelson was firing ideas at the long-shot for the GOP candidacy, and many of those ideas were couched in familiar biblical phrases that would incline Huckabee to agree with them content-be-damned, so it's entirely possible that he simply didn't understand what he was endorsing.
Mickelson argued that "the criminal justice system has been taken over by progressives," and that only way to counter their pernicious influence on it is to return to biblical principles, such as those outlined in Exodus. "It says, if a person steals, they have to pay it back two-fold, four-fold," Mickelson said.
"If they don't have anything, we're supposed to take them down and sell them," he added. "We indenture them and they have to spend their time not sitting on their stump in a jail cell, they’re supposed |
PARIS (AFP) - Unheralded Spanish left-hander Albert Ramos-Vinolas reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final on | Sunday with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Canadian eighth seed Milos Raonic.
In the women's event, Garbine Muguruza of Spain blazed into the last eight for the third straight year, defeating former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-4.
The 22-year-old Venezuelan-born fourth seed will next play the winner of the tie between Shelby Rogers of the United States and Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania for a place in the semi-finals.
Ramos-Vinolas, 28, had never got beyond the second round of any major before this Roland Garros and had failed to win a match at the tournament since 2011.
But the world No. 55, who is only his country's ninth best player, ensured a left-hander from Spain would be in the last eight after the injury-enforced withdrawal of nine-time champion Rafael |
Jay Z has a verse on the latest DJ Khaled track, which may or may not include a diss aimed at Drake (in response to that | whole fondue plate thing): "Haters wanna ball, let me tighten up my drawstring / Wrong sport, boy, you know you soft as a lacrosse team." But instead of drawing Drake's ire, Jay's line has gotten the bros who run Major League Lacrosse all riled up.
"Lacrosse is often called the fastest sport on two feet. Players are on the field dodging and shooting balls at over 100 miles per hour," a MLL spokesperson told MTV News in a written statement issued on Tuesday (April 29).
"With that said we don't think Jay-Z knows what he's talking about when he calls Lacrosse'soft' I can guarantee you it is anything but a'soft' sport," the statement continued.
To top it all off, MLL issues a challenge to the battle-tested MC. "Mr. Carter would not last one minute on a lacrosse field during a match and he is more than welcome to come to |
The perpetual white and gray landscape around Denali is either breathtaking or stark, depending on your perspective and reason for being there.
For the Sheldon | family, the children and grandchildren of Don and Roberta Sheldon, the environment — and its features — are simply part of a larger home away from home.
I wrote about the Sheldons and their commitment to preserving the family legacy in 2016 when Siblings Kate and Robert were preparing for the construction of Sheldon Chalet, a building on the slice of rock that was the site of the tiny Sheldon Mountain House, a cabin built by their father in 1966.
The Mountain House was legendary among climbers, pilots, public figures and curious outdoor enthusiasts who flew to Ruth Glacier and the Don Sheldon Amphitheater at nearly 6,000 feet.
Even then, Don and Roberta had bigger plans for the tower of rock known as a nunatak that juts from the glacier's icy flanks. Don, a pilot who pioneered the technique of glacier landings on Denali, bought the five-acre property prior to Denali National Park and Preserve's expansion and flew up materials and car |
Brian Maguire of Portland weighs fish with an on-board scale to separate the five heaviest tuna allowed for entry into the Oregon Tuna Classic | at Ilwaco, Wash.
ILWACO, Wash. -- At 5 a.m., port and starboard bow lights dance, gleaming through light fog from a long line of powerful boats meandering out the narrow channel.
They dodge and weave in each other's wakes like a red and green Christmas string blowing in the wind.
Except even Rudolph can't lead these maniacal reindeer to the same rooftop. Each skipper of the bobbing boats astern has a grip on his helm, an eye on his global positioning system... and a course in his head.
The Oregon Tuna Classic is glowing again in its fourth season; it's the angel, the star on top of the tree, summer's gift of giving from a fleet of unique Oregon anglers. By the end of the month, Oregon Food Bank distribution centers statewide will find their off-season stockings filled with tens of thousands of dollars and tons of donated and canned albacore |
We’re trying to build democracy in Syria. So why is Turkey attacking us?
Hayvi Mustafa is co-president of the | Executive Council of Afrin, a region in northern Syria of 1.5 million people that currently includes some 500,000 internally displaced people.
Three months ago, I was sitting here in my office with my colleagues, celebrating the liberation of Raqqa from the Islamic State. The Islamic State’s fighters were vanquished by our own Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with the help of our American allies. We had great hopes that day: Eliminating the security threat meant that we could finally begin investing in education and social services. As a woman, I was especially keen to empower others of my gender, which I saw as a crucial part of our plans to transform our society into a true democracy after our lives under the totalitarian state of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. My duties evolved to include supervising the work of 15 governmental departments that provide security and services to people regardless of their ethnicity, religion or politics. Among our accomplishments is a new university that offers instruction in engineering and social sciences and provides |
Former Maryland congressman and presidential candidate John Delaney earned endorsements from three Democratic Party county chairs in Iowa, according to his campaign.
Donna Cr | um, Nancy Camardo, and Twyla Peacock head Democratic parties in three counties — Mills, Wayne, and Van Buren — that supported Donald Trump with at least 65 percent of the vote.
“For too long, Democrats have neglected voters in so-called ‘red counties’ in Iowa but I’m doing things differently," Delaney said in a statement.
While the 2020 Democratic presidential field is growing more crowded by the week, Delaney, the first Democrat to jump into the race, is plowing ahead. Little known outside his former Maryland district, Delaney announced in July 2017 and decided to forgo reelection in favor of focusing on the White House. He's made Iowa the centerpiece of his long-shot bid, already having traveled to all 99 counties before most candidates have traveled to a few.
Delaney’s campaign also said they would be opening two more offices in Iowa in the coming weeks, bringing his total in the state |
Ted O'Brien has thanked community support and Minister for Health Greg Hunt after the Federal Government gave Bloomhill $850,000 in funding.
| THE LNP will invest $850,000 into Bloomhill Cancer Care to ensure the continuation of services on the Sunshine Coast.
The announcement comes after a campaign by Federal Member for Fairfax Ted O'Brien, who supported the cancer charity despite being personally criticised for his unwavering advocacy.
The lifeline comes after Bloomhill's pleas for urgent funding were rejected by State Health Minister Steven Miles, who instead lumped the survivorship charity in with palliative care services.
Minister for Health Greg Hunt congratulated Mr O'Brien and the community on the result and said the funding will guarantee services at Bloomhill Cancer Care continue for the next four years.
"Ted O'Brien and the local community led a strong campaign to keep the doors open at Bloomhill," Mr Hunt said.
"They shone a light on an important local issue and the Liberal National Government is taking action.
"This $850,000 investment demonstrates our commitment to supporting local health services throughout Australia and to building |
NEW YORK | It's a time of year when we make promises of self-betterment that we have little intention of keeping. Sure, failing | to drop those last few pounds or slog through a big read like "Ulysses" might be disappointing, but losing sight of investment goals can lead to longer-lasting troubles.
The latest round of resolution-making comes after a fractious year on Wall Street, one that has no doubt drawn attention even from investors who would normally take more interest in improving their golf swing or cleaning out the garage. But in the face of the stock market's volatility, knuckling down with a back-to-basics strategy can offer the best course for many investors, Wall Street observers say.
"Remain diversified, keep an eye on costs and don't buy the strategy-of-the-month fund," said Jeff Tjornehoj, an analyst at fund tracker Lipper Inc. It's a quick checklist on such things as fund fees and strategies for riding out uncertainty on Wall Street.
As year-end reports of fund performances begin flowing in, it can be tempting |
French tests appear to have found traces of chemicals linked to the nerve gas VX on Iraqi warheads, according to several weapons experts who said this would | confirm earlier American test results.
Several diplomats also charged that the French had delayed releasing the final results because they did not want to undermine Iraq's push at the United Nations this week to lift economic sanctions.
French officials denied that they were deliberately withholding test results, and a French diplomat said today that the results are expected to be ''completely consistent'' with the earlier tests that found no traces of the chemical.
Tension is mounting between the United Nations and Iraq, which has refused to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors and has sent a high-level team to the United Nations to argue that Iraq has released enough information about its weapons program to justify lifting sanctions.
Iraq has denied arming its weapons with VX, a drop of which, on the skin or inhaled, can kill an adult within minutes.
Iraq also disputed earlier American test results finding traces of VX on warheads and asked for further tests, conducted in France and Switzerland over the summer. Preliminary French and Swiss test results |
When parents get divorced, the grandparents are often overlooked in all the turmoil. But in many cases, they can be the best resource for the kids | to turn to.
On The Early Show's "Young at Heart" series, Dr. Arthur Kornaber, the author of "The Grandparents Guide," says grandparents have to make sure they maintain their own relationships with the grandchildren after divorces. Sometimes it involves being part of the divorce settlement to make sure their visitation is included.
Grandparents might find that their children's divorce is placing them in a situation out of their control. But the grandparents have to realize that they are the next emotional line of support for the kids. Dr. Kornaber says the most important thing for grandparents to remember is that divorce is an opportunity for them to provide compassion and stability to their grandchildren.
Although they might feel hurt and angry at the divorce, they will have to keep quiet about their feelings. It is important to avoid sharing feelings with a divorced couple or grandchildren. They are burdened enough with their own feelings. The grandparents should be there for the children to express their feelings of anger as |
The Dow and S&P 500 are down at midday following a drop in energy shares, while the Nasdaq is up slightly.
Shares of | Exxon Mobil <XOM.N> are down 1.2 percent, while shares of Chevron <CVX.N> are down 0.7 percent, both among the biggest drags on the Dow and S&P 500. The S&P energy index <.SPNY> is down 1.4 percent, the day's worst-performing sector as oil prices decline.
Tech shares are rising, including Yahoo <YHOO.O>, which is up 2.6 percent and is the Nasdaq's most active name in anticipation of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's <IPO-BABA.N> initial public offering. Yahoo has a 22.4 percent stake in Alibaba and is required to sell 140 million Alibaba shares in the IPO.
"It's very light on the economic news (and) with people returning from summer vacation, it's all about the valuations so |
Katie Holmes shares throwback photo from Dawson's Creek | HELLO!
Katie Holmes shot to fame in 1998 playing Joey Potter in hit | TV drama Dawson's Creek, and on Friday, the actress got nostalgic thinking about her time on the show. Taking a trip down memory lane, Katie took to her Instagram account to share a photograph from her days on the prgramme. The star was pictured wrapping her arms around Dawson's Creek writer Kevin Williamson in front of a Christmas tree at home. Katie can be seen wearing a bright orange top and jeans, while Kevin looked smart in a blue shirt and chinos. The 39-year-old captioned the photo: "#tbt to my friend Kevin Williamson and me during #dawsonscreek days :). So thankful for this time in my life and these beautiful friendships."
The photo went down a treat with Dawson's Creek fans, who were quick to comment on the post. One wrote: "I love Dawson's Creek it takes me back to when I was a teenager," while another asked: "Reunion please! Bring it back!" A third added: "I |
Virgin Media is advising more than 800,000 customers with a specific router to change their password immediately after an investigation found hackers could gain access to it | .
Virgin Media said the risk to customers with a Super Hub 2 router was “small”, but advised them to change both their network and router passwords if they were still set as the default shown on the attached sticker.
The advice followed a Which? snapshot investigation which found that hackers could access to home networks and connected appliances in as little as four days.
Ethical security researchers SureCloud gained access to the Super Hub 2, although Virgin Media said the issue existed with other routers of the same age, not just their model.
A Virgin Media spokesman said: “The security of our network and of our customers is of paramount importance to us.
“We continually upgrade our systems and equipment to ensure that we meet all current industry standards.
The Which? study tested whether popular smart gadgets and appliances, including wireless cameras, a smart padlock and a children’s Bluetooth toy, could stand up to a possible hack.
Some of the devices proved harder |
Foodie fans can look forward to another busy day of good locally produced food, drink and art at Saltburn Farmers’ Market tomorrow.
| A tasty mix of more than 35 stalls includes a wide range of sausages, meat and game, fresh fruit and veg, wild mushrooms, garden herbs and garlic, artisan bread, hand-made cheese, wines and locally brewed beers.
“But it’s more than just food,” says Market Manager Lorna Jackson.
l Anna’s Tapas: Originally from Bilbao, now living in Guisborough, Anna Espinosa brings her own taste of Spain to Saltburn.
l Autumn Harvest Mushrooms: Adriano Baldi brings a range of wild mushrooms to the market.
l The Sawley Kitchen: Nicky Jaques always tempts the tastebuds with a stall packed with award-winning Yorkshire biscuits, shortbreads, retro tarts and meringues.
l Ox Close Traditional Fine Foods: Peter Allison brings a tasty range of wild venison, pheasant, rabbit and other seasonal game direct to |
South by Southwest Interactive has wrapped up, and it was a long week. There were lots of people, lots of parties, and lots of interesting | discussions, but there might not have been one "next big thing."
Just as SXSWi in the past was dominated by golden boys like Twitter, location-based services such as Foursquare, or group messaging apps, this year the masses seemed to constantly be searching for "the thing," -- but they were never able to settle on one.
At its heart, Austin is a music town, and even during the Interactive portion of the festival, the nights are filled with music as bars and clubs downtown host exclusive parties.
Inside the Austin Convention Center on Saturday morning, the heart of the South by Southwest Interactive world.
During the festival, many blocks of 6th Street are closed and there is music everywhere.
Street art along 6th Street on Thursday night in Austin, Texas, beckons to "Follow Me."
During his keynote speech at South by Southwest on Saturday, Elon Musk discussed Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity, and how he sank his whole fortune into |
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 July) – Davao Region outperformed all the other 16 regions in the Philippines in terms of | economic growth after posting a stellar gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in 2014 at 9.4 percent,, a significant increase from its 6.7-percent performance in 2013.
National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) XI Director Maria Lourdes Lim said the region surpassed even the national average of 6.1 percent in 2014, which is still among the fastest growing economies in Asia.
She attributed the impressive performance to the collective efforts of the different sectors for enabling the region to sustain its high growth levels for the past three years.
Central Luzon came in the second highest with a GRDP of 9 percent, followed by Central Visayas with 8.8 percent, and Caraga with 7.8 percent. The Eastern Visayas was the lowest at -2.3 percent.
“Indeed, 2014 was a banner year for Davao Region, not only because it has sustained its high growth levels in the past three years, a very crucial prerequisite to |
Aim-listed gold producer Nordgold announced on Thursday that a new mining permit for its Lefa mine – one of Guinea’s largest | gold producing mines – will be effective from March 21.
The permit, as well as the convention that was renewed last year, was extended for 15 years, in line with Lefa’s current life-of-mine.
Nordgold expects to invest over $360-million in Lefa’s development over its life.
It has already invested about $1-billion in Guinea since acquiring the mine in 2010.
The company stated that its concern for, and awareness of, the needs of the local community was an integral part of its presence in all of the regions in which it operates.
“The Lefa mine invested significantly to improve the provision of local health services and education, including support for the fight against Ebola, as well as the creation of new medical facilities and some 40 schools.
“The mine also offers continuous support to the agricultural and food supply activities of the local citizens, as well as organising access to fresh water through |
Roughly a quarter of all people with back pain have a herniated disc, and approximately 90 percent of herniated discs occur in | the lower back. Steroid injections generally cost a few thousand dollars each, and patients often receive a series of three or more of them, said Gaetano Scuderi, MD, a clinical assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery who is the senior author of the study to be published in the Aug. 15 edition of Spine. The lead author, S. Raymond Golish, MD, PhD, was recently a fellow in spine surgery at Stanford.
Scuderi cited a 2008 study showing that Americans spend $90 billion every year on treatments for lower-back pain, and said the findings in his new study provide the basis for a test that might someday lead to substantial savings for the health-care system.
A herniated disc is a problem with one of the small, spongy cushions that sit between the vertebrae of the spine. The hernia occurs when the inside portion of the disc ruptures and bulges out from between the vertebrae |
Have you ever wondered why your pancakes sometimes have ugly craters, or a weird ring around their edges? A new analysis of pancake recipes could | help you exploit physics to make the perfect pancake — and possibly one day save your sight.
To understand pancake analysis, we have to understand a couple of terms. The first is “aspect ratio,” which compares the diameter of a pancake (to the third power) and the volume of the batter it took to make the pancake. The lower the aspect ratio, the thicker the pancake—because an equal volume of batter will make a smaller and smaller pancake. The second term is “baker’s percentage,” which is the ratio of liquid to flour. The higher the baker’s percentage, the thinner the batter. Lowering the baker’s percentage means a smaller amount of flour added to an unvarying amount of liquid.
In this latest study, the aspect ratio of different pancakes varied dramatically, depending on the recipe. Thick Dutch poffertjes, which look like coin-sized pillows |
Dakotah Duncan attempts a layup on the fast break as Preston Sykes of Adena contests and Garrison Banks of McClain along with | Warriors Jacob Shipley and Jarrett Garrison trail the play.
The Tigers of McClain fell to the Adena Warriors on Wednesday at home by a score of 59-54 to drop to 1-7 on the season. The win gave the Warriors their first victory of the season and improved their record to 1-6.
After trailing for all but the first two minutes of the game, when they claimed a 4-0 lead, the Tigers were able to claw their way back into the game in the fourth quarter.
The Tigers tied the game at 42-42 with 4:50 left in the game on a layup by Garrison Banks.
The Warriors answered with a layup of their own and the Tigers responded with a layup off of an offensive rebound by Landree Gray with 4:02 to play.
At the 2:46 mark of the fourth quarter the Tigers took the lead at 48-47 for the first time since early in the first quarter.
Dakot |
Welcome to the Nutritious Rice for the World project!
Rice is one of primary staple foods of the world. We are using our | structure prediction algorithms available at Protinfo to predict the high resolution structures of proteins expressed in major rice strains. We will then use these structures to predict function, and interaction with other molecules including proteins, DNA, RNA, and nutrients (ions, small molecules, etc.) using tools also available at the Protinfo site. The eventual goal is to help farmers use marker assisted breeding to produce better rice strains with higher crop yields, greater disease and pest resistance, and that will provide a full range of bioavailable nutrients thereby benefiting those in regions where hunger and nutrient deficiency is a critical concern. To accomplish this we need to understand the behavior of rice proteins, and this in turn is aided by understanding their molecular structure. Our software can predict the structure, but the computational challenge to solve this problem is great and would require decades of computing time on our best computer cluster. We expect that it can be done in about a year using World Community Grid. We are excited to bring this challenge to World Community Grid, and |
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A neighborhood favorite goes up against NOLA’s treat of choice. Which pastry will rise to the top?
Beignets are | a brunch favorite at Acadiana. Photograph courtesy of Acadiana.
Hello there, dear fritter fans. Welcome back to the derby—the original and only doughnut-obsessed series in Washington. (Accept no imitations!) On Tuesday, we watched the Italian fluffs at Cashion’s walk away with a win, beating out those old-school rounds from Montgomery Donuts—available at Slice N Dice in Arlington—with ease. With just four bouts left in round one, the competition is getting stiffer than a day-old deep-fried pastry, so be sure to check back daily and cast your vote.
Next up: A neighborhood favorite takes on NOLA’s treat of choice. Weekend mornings were made for jaunts to charming Palena Market in Cleveland Park, purveyor of super-fresh, airy doughnuts in flavors such as lemon glazed. Delicious. But if it’s beignets you’re |
Second in a series spotlighting nominees for the London Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Awards. Today: Medium business category.
The third generation of the | Collins family, in the form of Curt Collins, now leads this business.
“Collins today is much more than rentals and has many facets to the business,” Curt Collins said.
It offers not only tuxedo and suit rentals and sales, but also dry cleaning and alterations. There is also a uniform division.
Collins Clothiers now maintains seven corporate locations throughout Ontario, as well as a wholesale division that serves 175 retail locations with tuxedo and suit rentals across Canada. All of thsi is headquartered in the Forest City.
The business has experienced an average of 10 per cent business growth every year since 2011, and recently rebranded under the umbrella of Collins Clothiers, expanding in the process from a 7,500-square-foot warehouse to a facility with more than 12,000 square feet.
Collins Clothiers has more than 30 top brands on offer.
As part of its corporate philosophy, “Each staff member is encouraged to walk |
Baltimore County police officers with more than nine years of experience should receive 4 percent pay raises next year, according to an arbitrator whose findings were made | public yesterday.
As a result of the arbitration, the raises, which will cost about $4 million, must be included in the budget to be proposed by County Executive James T. Smith Jr. this month.
The step increases for officers with more than nine years of service would make midcareer salaries of county officers more competitive with the midcareer salaries of police officers in other jurisdictions, said Cole B. Weston, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 4.
"It's important to stay competitive with the other jurisdictions, all of which are getting cost-of-living raises this year," Weston said. "We were able to prove through an economic argument that the county could pay for this proposal."
County Council members, who can delete from but not add to the county budget, are not bound by the arbitration. County officials say the government cannot afford raises for police or other employees this year.
"The issue is that the county executive has adopted the fiscal |
We all understand that elections are fundamental to democracy. There has to be a peaceful way of kicking the ins out. And while they are in, | to make them afraid of something. But my goodness, elections are costly.
We’re currently having one in Quebec. We vote October 1st, not a moment too soon. The promise-laden emails are arriving daily. $100 million here, $100 million there. And we’ve still got three weeks to go.
So far my $100-million favourite is from the governing Liberals. Because of the fiscal room freed up by the difficult restraint of the last few years, they say, they can now promise — wait for it — $7-a-day parking at hospitals. To balance the provincial budget, ordinary citizens paid higher taxes for slower growth of services, while bureaucrats took job cuts and salary freezes. But finally, here’s the payoff we’ve all been waiting for. We have $7.50-a-day day care in Quebec, which allows you to park your kid for the day at well below market rates — if you |
MUNCIE, Ind. — President Trump's announcement of a new strategy in Afghanistan came as welcome news to former Ball State University political scientist | Ken Holland, now president of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF).
A private university mostly funded by the U.S. government, AUAF was shut down for seven months after a suicide bomber and two gunmen stormed the campus one year ago this week. Seven students, a lecturer, two security guards and three members of the Afghan security forces were killed.
Two professors — one American and one Australian — from AUAF were kidnapped in Kabul in a separate incident last August.
If the university were to close, it would be regarded as a clear victory for the Taliban insurgent group, Holland told The Star Press.
"The tone of President Trump's speech makes clear that he does not intend to lose the war in Afghanistan," Holland wrote in an email. "In fact, the emphasis of his address to the American people was that the United States will defeat them. Keeping the university open and even helping it to grow and educate even more future leaders will be one sign of the victory promised |
A GROUP of volunteers is banding together to try and keep a 27-year-old community centre open.
Due to council cuts, Lang | don Square Community Centre in Coulby Newham is facing closure.
The centre currently receives an annual £30,000 subsidy from Middlesbrough Council, for maintenance, electric and water bills along with contributions to caretakers salaries.
But as the council must cut nearly £14m from its budget for the 2012-13 financial year, and with more big cuts in the next two years, Langdon Square’s subsidy will be withdrawn over three years.
This means that from 2015 the centre will receive no subsidy from the council.
Now an action committee made up of people who use the centre, is drawing up proposals on how to keep the much-loved centre open.
The action committee will report their findings to a management committee, which will in turn submit a three-year business model to the council in March.
It’s expected the council will announce whether the committee’s plan has proved successful in March.
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Nate Roe gets to come home.
After growing up sitting in the stands watching games at TD Bank Ballpark, and two seasons of having | to take the long walk to the visiting clubhouse with the New Britain Bees, the 28-year-old Plainfield native and former Scarlet Knights standout is officially a member of the Somerset Patriots.
“I couldn’t be more excited,” Roe told MyCentralJersey.com.
Roe’s rights were acquired via trade with the Bees, who got reliever Alex Gouin in exchange. It would be hard to argue that, at least for right now anyway, the Patriots didn’t “win” that trade; the affable righty had a 2.98 ERA as a reliever last year, with his overall numbers a bit skewed by some end-of-the-season starts.
That he was traded to Somerset was a difficult secret for Roe to keep until Monday’s announcement, but why he got dealt in the first place is an interesting story in itself.
“The reason was actually much bigger than me,� |
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You’ve found cool things hiking, but have you ever found anything as cool as a viking sword?
Sesame Street introduces a new character with autism. How can this show not run forever?
From mummies to Moses to Middle-earth, Devin D. O’Leary is your guide to all the Hollywood films hitting theaters this holiday season.
From the Marigold Parade to a drum circle to surpass all drum circles, here� |
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Now is probably the only time that a film as strange as The Last Valley could ever have been made in Hollywood. It seems that any glorified | technician is able to gain a camera and a crew if he can convince some producer-hipster that he has a personality and a moral. How provocative must the Thirty Years War have sounded to allegory-minded capitalists trying to pull their finances out of a contemporary historical version and into a filmed one! What is most enjoyable about The Last Valley is the way it upsets one's expectations and tries to transcend its genre. What is most ironic is its obvious linkage with various past movie eras.
First, it is most possible that producer-director-writer James Clavell was able to get the six million-plus cash backing for the film only because of his last work: the dreadfully successful To Sir, with Love. If not for his track record, he would not have been able to make a full-blown medieval epic whose hero is a rationalist mercenary who urges idealists to kill if they want to preserve any happiness and falls in love with a Satan-worshipper. |
US stock markets on Wednesday faced their worst sell-off since February.
Traders are paying close attention to key technical levels, and right now | the 200-day moving average is in focus.
The S&P 500's 200-day moving average has been tested three times this year, and has so far managed to hold.
The Nasdaq has already plunged below the technical level for first time since June 2016.
US stock markets witnessed their heaviest selling since February on Wednesday, with all of the major averages tumbling to their lowest levels in three months.
Amid the recent selling, the Cboe Volatility Index, which measures market volatility and is commonly referred to as its "fear gauge," has more than doubled in the past week. It jumped another 6% early Thursday as fears of a major market correction remain at the forefront of investors' minds.
And one place investors are paying close attention to for clues to if this sell-off has further room to go is the 200-day moving average, a key technical level. Simply put, the 200-day is an indicator traders use to determine the overall trend |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) � Republicans are in position to extend their recent gains among governors as they compete for seats they haven | 't won in a quarter-century.
Of the 11 states with gubernatorial elections in November, eight are now led by Democrats, and each of the most competitive races is a GOP pickup opportunity. The numbers suggests that Republicans soon will claim 30 to 33 governorships after holding just 22 a few years ago � an advantage not reflected in the divided Congress or competitive presidential race.
"It says that when people are choosing the government closest to the people, they're choosing Republicans," Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said in an interview. "They realize the CEO of the state has got to be someone who's fiscally conservative and is going to focus on jobs."
North Carolina, the most likely state to flip, is trending toward a Republican governor for the first time since 1988. In Washington state, which hasn't chosen a GOP governor in more than three decades, new polls show a toss-up.
"The candidates matter," Greene said. "As |
During their weekly training, members of the Summit County Rescue Group dig out a vehicle buried beneath two meters of snow during avalanche burial scenario with multiple vehicles | Wednesday, March 20, at the High Country Training Center in Frisco. "After these last few weeks of extremely hazardous avalanche conditions causing buried roads and broken gas lines, a scenario to mimic these real-life threats only seemed fit," said SCRG's Liaison Officer, Sage Miller.
During their weekly training, members of the Summit County Rescue Group conduct avalanche burial scenario with multiple vehicles buried beneath two meters of snow Wednesday, March 20, at the High Country Training Center in Frisco.
During their weekly training, members of the Summit County Rescue Group dig out a dummy victim buried beneath two meters of snow during avalanche burial scenario with multiple vehicles Wednesday, March 20, at the High Country Training Center in Frisco.
Summit County Rescue Group team member handler Doug Lesch, with avalanche rescue dog, Keena, take a break following the training session Wednesday, March 20, at the High Country Training Center in Frisco.
A vehicle, dug and evacuated, is seen beneath two |
Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair told European Union leaders they should offer to reform the bloc.
LONDON • Former prime minister Tony Blair has | said that Britain and the European Union should prepare for a second Brexit referendum because Parliament will probably fail to agree on a divorce deal and the public will need to break the deadlock.
Almost 33.6 million people - a turnout of 72.2 per cent - cast a vote in the June 2016 referendum. The result saw 52 per cent vote to leave the EU and 48 per cent back remaining in the bloc.
Less than four months before Britain is due to leave the EU, Prime Minister Theresa May called off a parliamentary vote on her deal with Brussels this week after admitting it would be heavily defeated.
Addressing EU leaders who were meeting in Brussels yesterday, Mr Blair said they should offer to reform the bloc to make it more attractive for Britain to remain.
"Now should be the time of preparation: Parliament to make sure it can canvass the options in a sensible manner, one by one, to reach agreement on an option or a referendum; Europe to ensure that if Britain is ready |
Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Vince Williams is a perfect example of why draft hopeful players should take part in the annual Senior Bowl if given the opportunity. |
Williams, who wound up being drafted by the Steelers in the sixth-round last April, really caught the eyes of the coaching staff and front office last January when he was added as a mid-week injury replacement, according to general manager Kevin Colbert.
“He came in on Tuesday and joined practice, and right away he kind of jumped out,” Colbert said in an interview for the official website. “Everyone was asking, ‘Who’s this new guy?’ We had grades on him, and then he started to do some things, he practiced very hard.
Colbert went on to say that he amended Williams’ evaluation that they already had on him based on what they observed of him during the week of the Senior Bowl and that they made sure to attend the Florida State Pro Day as a result, because the linebacker wasn’t invited to take part in the combine.
The Steelers figure to be in need of a lot of defensive |
The reimagining of Shakespeare’s 'Hamlet' also stars Naomi Watts and Clive Owen.
IFC Films has picked up U | .S. rights to Ophelia, the reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet by Australian filmmaker Claire McCarthy and Covert Media.
Star Wars leading lady Daisy Ridley plays the protagonist. George MacKay co-stars as Hamlet, alongside Naomi Watts as Gertrude and Clive Owen as Claudius.
IFC Films plans a theatrical release later this year. The film, which had its world premiere at Sundance in 2018, was adapted for the screen by Semi Chellas, from Lisa Klein’s 2006 young adult novel Ophelia.
Set in the 14th century, but spoken in a contemporary voice, Ophelia puts the focus on the drama’s young female character as she is taken into Elsinore Castle under the wing of Queen Gertrude. Soon Ophelia captures the attention of Gertrude’s son, Prince Hamlet, and as she learns the ways of power, an undeniable love between the couple |
WEST POINT — Alex Michael Anderson died cold. And then he stayed cold. The gully near the Middle Fork Mokelumne | River where the 15-year-old’s body was found Jan. 23 lies in deep shade. It had been cold enough over the previous month or so that his remains were “well preserved” and it may be impossible to ever tell exactly when he died, said Calaveras County Coroner Kevin Raggio. Anderson’s mother, who lives not far away, said she last saw her son alive several weeks before Thanksgiving.
Anderson might have died in December. Maybe even on Christmas. And it might even have been the cold that killed him. Raggio said an autopsy and X-rays found no broken bones, no bruises to suggest violence. Investigators say toxicology reports due in a few weeks might or might not offer clues to what killed the boy.
But while authorities may never know exactly what killed Anderson, his mother and teachers do know something about why he was perpetually outside, homeless and a runaway. Katie Anderson and others who knew her son agree |
Durban - Eskom has warned of load shedding to continue for most of Sunday as they battle with constrained resources.
The power giant has said | , despite several units being returned to service, the risk of load shedding remains.
In a statement issued to the media on Sunday morning, Eskom said the constraints follow on from the effects of the recent industrial action and will remain so in the coming week.
According to the statement, some employees continue to work around the clock to restore stability to operations and supply.
“We assure customers that all available emergency energy resources are used, before load shedding is implemented. We would like to apologise but equally thank our customers who are helping us to improve, by reporting variations in Eskom’s load shedding schedules. As a result these schedules are being revised,” the statement read.
Eskom encouraged residents and businesses to continue using electricity sparingly.
Please switch off geysers during the day especially during peak periods; 7am - 10am and 6pm - 9pm, as well as all non-essential lighting and electricity appliances to assist in reducing demand.
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When a hapless insect lands in a spider web, the more it struggles, the more entangled and doomed it becomes. It’s kind | of twisted, because of course not trying to free itself is also certain destruction. Only rarely does a bug escape that kind of effective trap. Luckily, you have two things going for you: First, you are more intelligent and rational than an insect. Second, despite the fact that it closely resembles one, this snare is nowhere near as efficient and foolproof as a spider web. Although it’s true that the more you mindlessly flail the worse off you’ll be, a little careful, methodical effort on your part should have you flying free in no time.
Most of your preparations for the supposedly inevitable outcome have been pointless. It should be obvious by now that what you thought would happen isn’t going to. Instead, you’ll be thrust into a totally unexpected situation, for which your careful plans will be utterly useless. Time to improvise! Luckily, you’re very good at that, provided you don’t fixate |
Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood | The Grand Rapids PressGood with fibers: Grand Rapids Fiber Artist Beth Ann Williams poses with some of her work, | including quilts, dolls and fabric books. She teaches craft classes at Lakeshore Sewing, where she is creative director.
In West Michigan and beyond, Beth Ann Williams is known among fiber artists for her gift of being able to teach her students the skills they need to express themselves creatively with fabric and thread.
If you think you’re “not creative” or “can’t do it,” she’ll correct you and tell you what you really lack is confidence — and then she’ll help you work on that, too.
Williams has built a career on overcoming obstacles, which makes her work all the more remarkable.
Like many children with artistic relatives, Williams always was making things as a child. Her sketch books ranked among her most prized possessions while growing up in a series of far-off places while her parents worked as missionaries.
“When we were evacuated out of Africa, I had one change of clothes |
Iraqis head to the polls to cast their votes on who will govern their country for the next four years. Why is this election so important? | We'll ask Amb. Feisal Amin al-Istrabadi, deputy permanent representative of Iraq to the United Nations.
Everyone knows that dogs are man's best friend. But are they also man's best healers? We'll ask Dr. Peter Kross if dogs can really lick wounds away.
Then, still mulling over a holiday gift for an important man in your life? Matt Trainor, senior editor for Cargo magazine, has some nifty ideas.
And, a 37-year-old Georgia woman is facing child molestation charges after getting pregnant by — and marrying — her 15-year-old boyfriend. Is this a criminal matter or true love? We'll get a read from Dr. Georgia Witkin, FOX News analyst.
It's history in the making, as 15-million registered Iraqis put the foundations of democracy in place. Will |
San francisco: Macintosh computer fanatics won't have Bill Gates to kick around anymore.
The Microsoft co-founder and driving force in the | company, whose boyish face and nerdy manner epitomizes the US software colossus, spends his last day at the office on Friday, reported Times of India.
However Gates, 52, remains chairman of the Microsoft board of directors and the company's largest shareholder.
After decades devoted to Microsoft, Gates turns his attention full time to the philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation he established with his wife.
Paul Allen, who teamed with Gates to start Microsoft in a garage in 1975, will be among those "roasting" his childhood friend at a gala dinner affair Friday night.
Gates leaves Microsoft to wrestle with a fast-changing computer era and growing challenges from Internet juggernaut Google and longtime rival Apple, which makes Macintosh computers.
Three people will essentially fill the void Gates leaves behind at Microsoft.
Gate's job as chief software architect is being handled by Ray Ozzie. Craig Mundie inherited Gate's chief research and strategy officer duties, while former Harvard |
The singer, who was about to turn 39 on April 22, was found in a helpless state on Wednesday with a broken nose.
The legendary | director, Agnes Varda, one of the prominent representatives of the New Wave in French Cinema, died Thursday night at the age of 90, the France press reported.
British vocalist of The Prodigy Keith Flint died at the age of 49, the Sun newspaper reported.
The iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is dead, French news site Pure People reported on Tuesday, quoted by the INDISEDER.
Swiss actor Bruno Ganz died at his home in Zurich after fighting cancer, his agent quoted Reuters as saying.
The King of Serbian Music Saban Saulic was killed in a severe car crash in Germany.
Ivan Laskin passed away at the age of 48 years.
Mario Segale, the man after whom video game hero Super Mario was named, has died aged 84, reported BBC.
The great Bulgarian director and screenwriter Dimitar Petrov has passed away.
French singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour has died at 94 after |
The FINANCIAL -- Intercontinental Exchange announced that ICE Futures U.S. plans to launch a new London Silver Daily Futures contract on | September 5, 2017, pending regulatory review.
The contract offers physical delivery of unallocated silver held in a London Precious Metals Clearing Limited vault.
The launch of the Silver Daily futures contract coincides with the recent news that ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) has been chosen as the new administrator for the LBMA Silver Price Auction, which is expected to commence in autumn 2017. The Daily Futures contract will enable participants in the LBMA Silver Price Auction to exchange their auction positions for cleared futures contracts held with ICE Clear U.S., consistent with the LBMA Gold Auction positions. This will help open the Silver Auction to a broader cross section of market participants and facilitate greater volume in the auction, according to Intercontinental Exchange.
The ICE Silver Daily Futures Contract will be a physically settled contract traded in one-half U.S. cent ($0.005) per ounce increments. The contract calls for delivery of 5000 fine troy ounces of silver of quality satisfying the |
Will you be able to retire? Maybe not.
Politicians in Connecticut, New Jersey and Illinois are especially irresponsible when it comes to not funding | pension plans, but most every municipality has promised more than it will have.
"The money hasn't been set aside for years and years," says City Journal editor Daniel DiSalvo in my new internet video. "Nobody was paying attention."
His colleague Steve Malanga complains that the media rarely report on the coming crisis.
"To a certain extent, I have sympathy with the media, because the media's looking for what happens next," says Malanga. "This is not something that's going to happen next week."
But the collapse is coming. Current retirees may find their pension check is cut by 10 percent or 50 percent.
"We just don't have enough money, and the amount of money that we have to put into this is just mountainous," says Malanga.
Neither party wants to make the tough choices involved. "Both Democrats and Republicans have incentives to short the pension fund," says DiSalvo. "For Democrats, if we can not put as much |
ONE name certain to be mentioned next Monday when MPs choose someone to replace Betty Boothroyd is Speaker Lenthall.
He was in the | chair when King Charles I burst into the chamber in 1642 to arrest five members for treason and his reply to the monarch is still quoted as the archetypal assertion of Parliament's independence.
The King asked where the traitors were and Lenthall replied: "May it please Your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here." It was a polite version of "Get lost" and the King left empty handed.
Many of the Speakers who have held office since the title was created in 1377 did not live up to the example set by Lenthall. The Speaker's job was to preside over the meetings of those commoners gathered together to advise the King and some of Betty Boothroyd's predecessors acted principally as agents for the Palace.
Others were more outspoken, but this approach carried its own risks. Between 1399, when Sir John Bussy |
LONDON – One of the most oft-repeated arguments of the anti-wind lobby is that turbines produce electricity only intermittently, when there | is enough wind to turn them.
This, the wind critics argue, means that so much gas has to be burnt to provide a reliable back-up supply of electricity that wind power's overall benefit to the environment is erased.
But extensive research in Spain means this claim can now definitively be declared a myth. Wind, the researchers found, is a very efficient way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
The anti-wind campaigners claim that fossil fuel plants have to be kept running at a slow speed, continuously producing CO2, just in case the wind fails. At slow speeds these plants are less efficient and so produce so much CO2, wind opponents say, that they wipe out any gains from having wind power.
Not true, according to a report published in the journal Energy by researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. There are some small losses, the researchers say, but even if wind produced as much as 50 percent of Spain's electricity the CO2 savings would still |
The richness and depth of our corporate partnerships is one of Northeastern University’s great strengths. At Northeastern’s D’ | Amore-McKim School of Business, the Corporate Alliance program was established to reflect our commitment to meaningful corporate partnerships and to facilitate mutually beneficial engagement in a variety of ways. Corporate Alliance members provide the school with valuable support that has significantly helped us garner national recognition. In exchange, members enjoy access to our exceptional resources.
Membership offers numerous opportunities for your company to raise its visibility and brand profile among our students. Examples include participating in our MBA Executive Luncheon program, participating in career panel discussions, sponsoring student clubs, and sponsoring other special events organized specifically for your company.
As a member, you may invite D’Amore-McKim School of Business faculty to address a management topic of your choice in a setting of your choice on an annual basis. Faculty can be invited to deliver executive briefings, speak at management meetings and conferences, or participate in discussions and panels.
Each year, your company can nominate employees for scholarships worth over $40,000 for our premier MBA programs |
Photo: Carbon tax repealed: AGL says it has begun work applying changes to their gas and electricity rates.
Consumers can expect to save | between 20 and 50 cents each day on their electricity bills now the carbon tax has been repealed.
Refunds will be issued for bills that included the carbon tax issued from July 1 this year - the timing of the refund will depend on individual bill cycles.
Energy Australia says the carbon component in its bills will be removed from prices by mid-September and will be applied as a credit on household bills.
Executive manager of corporate affairs Clare Savage says electricity prices for residential and small business customers will fall.
"We understand customers are facing cost-of-living pressures and the repeal means electricity prices will now drop," Ms Savage said.
"We have been clear [in saying] we will pass on the savings to households once the Federal Government stops collecting the tax from us.
"The carbon price removal will impact electricity and gas costs differently for each user as it will depend on their current tariff, where they live and how much energy they use.
Legislation to repeal the |
Tim Price didn't achieve the worldwide fame of his younger brother, Nick, whom he coached in the Hall of Famer's formative years. | But he was a well-known golf fixture in Zimbabwe and the rest of southern Africa as a player (representing Zimbabwe in the World Cup of Golf in 1982, 1988 and 1992), instructor (from tour players to juniors) and administrator (founding the Zimbabwe Open and managing his home country's tour).
In recent years Tim Price, 60, who died Oct. 28 in Harare, Zimbabwe, after battling cancer for six months, was best known and admired for his tenacity in trying to keep golf alive in his home country even while it deteriorated under the rule of Robert Mugabe. "My commitment has been to soldier on, but, boy is it tough," Price wrote in an e-mail late in 2008, when asked to appraise life in Zimbabwe. "... As much as we operate in ever decreasing circles, there is a still a belief that change will come."
Price was professional at Borrowdale Brooke GC at the time of his death, where he had come after |
Course: Albany (7,400 yards, par 72).
Purse: $3.5 million. Winner’s share: $ | 1 million.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday, 9-11:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9-11 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.).
Field: Paul Casey, Rickie Fowler, Bill Haas, J.B. Holmes, Billy Horschel, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Chris Kirk, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Anirban Lahiri, Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson.
Last year: Spieth won by a record 10 strokes at Isleworth in Florida.
Notes: The top-ranked Spieth and Scott tied for second last week in the Australian Open. Spieth won the Masters and U.S. Open, led |
A spokeswoman for the bureau said the bureau was proud of its traditional interfaith party, which aimed to bring the various religions closer together and increase tolerance | .
It may be the season to be jolly, but an interfaith party planned for the children of Haifa's Jewish, Christian and Muslim lawyers has failed to capture the holiday spirit, reports Yediot Haifa. The Jewish lawyers have objected to the idea of their children sitting on Santa's knees, saying the fat man's shadow hangs over the murders of hundreds of thousands of Jews. According to the report, the Haifa district lawyers' bureau recently decided to hold an inter-faith party in honor of Hanukka, Christmas and Ramadan. But some Jewish lawyers were less than enchanted with the idea of Santa Claus and a fir tree appearing at the party. One Jewish lawyer wrote to the bureau, complaining that "in his shadow hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered in the course of history." The lawyer added that parents and grandparents of the children at the party had fought wars or been killed in concentration camps because they did not worship Christian symbols. A spokeswoman for the bureau said the bureau |
Ever since Amazon launched the Kindle Voyage, buying an e-reader has been a complicated process. The Voyage is amazing: high-res | , super smooth to use, lots of memory. But it's expensive, and the Kindle Paperwhite is a fantastic device in its own right.
The decision should be a little easier now, because Amazon just announced a new, $119 Paperwhite that includes the best thing about the Voyage: that amazing display. The new Paperwhite has a 300ppi screen—double the pixels of the previous version—which should be just as crisp and sharp as the Voyage. It's still just showing shades of gray, but if the Voyage is any indication, it really does improve the reading experience. And, lest we worry, the Paperwhite's battery life is still absurdly long even with all the extra pixels.
It's not like the Paperwhite's screen was horrid before, of course. This upgrade is for the persnickety reader who whines about the jagged edges of a "z" while sipping red wine and peering through glasses perched atop the tip |
MANUEL PELLEGRINI has rubbed salt into the wounds of his desperate Premier League title rivals by boasting that he is so happy | with his squad at Manchester City he is unlikely to make any signings or sales when the transfer window opens tomorrow.
City's Abu Dhabi owners bankrolled a £90 million spending spree last summer and were ready to get the chequebook out again if Pellegrini felt he needed reinforcements. But with key defender Vincent Kompany, right, appearing to be over his injury problems, Pellegrini is ready to shelve his interest in Porto centre-half Eliaquim Mangala.
While Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool look set to scratch around for January signings to bolster their title bids, Pellegrini will even refuse to consider the sale of unsettled striker Edin Dzeko - a target for the Gunners among others - because Sergio Aguero and Stevan Jovetic are both injured.
He will also not sanction loan moves for fringe men Jack Rodwell and Joleon Lescott in order for them to resurrect their England hopes.
With City |
The federal government has said it is working with the Indian Government to access $100 million concessional loan to develop the country's rural broadband connectivity. |
The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day held in Abuja Thursday night.
Shittu said that the loan to be accessed would be part of India's $10 billion concessional loans to African countries for the implementation of projects of their national priority.
The minister said that the rural broadband connectivity in India "inspired" his application for the $100 million loan for the project.
"Nigeria must be prepared to take advantage of the available opportunities, one of which is in securing of credit line for the development of rural backbone infrastructure.
"In India, as expansive as the country is, every area has sufficient broadband connectivity; everybody has access to online connectivity.
"This is the opposite in Nigeria. We have barely exceeded the 30 per cent connectivity rate.
"However, with this initiative, I believe within the next two |
The recent announcement about negotiations for Saudi Aramco’s acquisition of one of the automotive fuel retailers in the Kingdom is heartening. How marvelous | it would be to see Saudi employees working at Saudi Aramco gasoline stations. The oil giant would be able to transfer to the fuel retail sector the training, safety and professionalism for which it is well known.
The world’s gas stations account for about 13 percent of oil profits per barrel, while refineries capture less than 11 percent. In other nations it is not unusual for oil companies to have an interest in automotive fuel retailers.
Although there are respectable profits to be made, there will be challenges for Saudi Aramco in entering the fuel retail industry. Currently, all jobs in this sector are held by expatriates, who are paid low salaries and work long hours. If Saudi Aramco owned gasoline stations, Saudis in cities and villages would be willing to take employment in such operations, confident that they would receive a decent wage and dignity in their workplace. For that to happen, adjustments will have to be made in the employment environment of these gasoline stations, to better match the jobs to |
It's thought that his ex had one final conversation with him before the big day.
We were just as surprised as anyone when we noticed not | one but two of Prince Harry's ex-girlfriends turning up to his wedding at the weekend, but it seems one of them nearly didn't come along at all. Apparently, Chelsy Davy was in tears over the phone to the new Duke of Sussex just days before he wed Meghan Markle.
Harry dated Zimbabwean heiress Chelsy between 2005 and 2010, but eventually split due to her discomfort with royal life. According to reports, they spoke on the phone before the wedding and Chelsy appeared heartbroken the her ex was about to be married.
There was also a matter of her being upset about not being invited to the reception, though the source added that she 'promised Harry she wouldn't try and gatecrash the party'. Still, we hardly think she'd want to swap places with Meghan in reality; of course, it's easy to feel jealous, but Chelsy already knows she couldn't cope with what it means to be royal.
Also |
Martin Shkreli has appeared to put up the Wu-Tang Clan album he bought for $2 million on eBay.
The self- | styled ‘Pharma Bro’ – who was convicted of fraud last month – notoriously purchased the sole copy of the legendary hip-hop group’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ album back in 2015.
Shkreli has entered into a war of words with the Wu Tang since purchasing the album, including one threat he made in February 2016 when he said he’d “smack Ghostface Killah right in the face”.
The latest development in the saga is now being played out on the battlefields of eBay, where Shkreli has appeared to put ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ up for auction.
Auctioning under the name @martishkrel_7, the listing comes with a photo of Shkreli apparently holding the album in question. The auction will end on September 16, with the bidding currently at $95,000 and rising – Shkreli |
Rising acting royalty dropped by TRL this morning, as Noah Centineo and Jackie Tohn joined host Sway Calloway in the studio | to talk about their respective Netflix projects.
Noah spilled all the details to Sway about appearing in Camila Cabello's music video for "Havana," which just got nominated for Video of the Year at the 2018 Video Music Awards. He revealed that it took no convincing for him to agree to act in the video, and fanboyed about the moment he finally met Camila. Plus, his shoutout to Camila's mom Sinu was stan-worthy!
Noah's been keeping busy, as he's starring in the upcoming Netflix original movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser and another film, The Stand-In, to be released in 2019. With all this work on his plate, Noah only agrees to play characters he's super excited about, and he revealed to Sway why these two films spoke to him.
Jackie Tohn is an absolute star on Netflix's GLOW, but her real acting chops were put to the test in Doin' |
Tax deductions on severance pay are calculated the same way as tax deductions on regular payroll. Therefore, to calculate deductions on severance pay, treat | these sums as payroll amounts, and calculate withholdings as you otherwise would.
Calculate the Social Security deduction for severance pay by multiplying the amount of the severance payment by 0.062, unless this payment bumps your employee's annual earnings over $132,900, the maximum annual amount subject to Social Security withholding in 2019 (up from $128,400 in 2018). If your employee has already reached this threshold, don't withhold Social Security tax. If the severance pay amount takes your employee's annual earnings over threshold, withhold Social Security tax only on the portion below $132,900 for the year.
Calculate the Medicare deduction by multiplying the first $200,000 in severance pay by 0.0145 ($250,000 for joint returns or $125,000 for married taxpayers filing separate returns). Any deduction on pay over $200,000 can be calculated by multiplying the excess amount by 0.0235. Remember that you're liable for matching employer |
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