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The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has commissioned BAE Systems Applied Intelligence to create a system that will give banks early warning of cyber | threats.
The Financial Crime Alerts Service (FCAS) system will allow 12 government and law enforcement agencies, including the National Crime Agency (NCA), to make banks aware of potential threats as early as possible.
Using real-time intelligence from 12 partner agencies and government bodies, FCAS – which will go live in early 2015 – will share this information with the relevant experts to help them tackle cyber crime, fraud, financial crime and other violations.
This project follows work between banks and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau that has prevented more than £100m of fraud losses through information sharing.
As well as cyber and e-crime, FCAS will include warnings about terrorist financing, money laundering, bribery, corruption, fraud and other threats.
BBA CEO Anthony Browne said the alerts system is a powerful weapon against fraudsters, cyber criminals and other crooks intent on stealing customers’ money.
“Receiving real-time alerts from domestic and international bodies will be |
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm newspaper, underlined that US President Donald Trump will | fail in his anti-Iran measures which have recently been intensified by reimposition of sanctions.
“This means declaration of war and will lead to chaos at the international level because many countries, headed by the EU, India, China and Turkey, have officially announced defiance of these sanctions (against Iran),” Atwan wrote on Tuesday.
This means that Iran is not alone and Trump will fail, he added, expressing the hope that this failure would end his presidency.
Washington intensified pressure on Iran on Monday with the reimposition of a series of tough economic sanctions. Trump confirmed he would reinstate sanctions on Tehran that had been waived as part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal from which he withdrew the US in May.
The sanctions, which take effect on Tuesday, prohibit Iran from using US currency. They also bar trading in cars and metals and minerals that include gold, steel, coal and aluminium. Iran will also be barred from buying US and European aircraft.
Iranian President Hassan |
We’re big fans of the start-up culture here at LearnVest, obviously.
But here’s something to consider | next time you’re choosing between the big corporation and the scrappy mom-and-pop: The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest report shows that, on average, a larger company will pay better than a small one.
At a company with 500 employees or more, the average compensation is a whopping $42.39 per hour, while companies with fewer than 50 workers pay on average just $22.96 per hour. That’s almost half!
A lot of this is due to the sweet benefits that come with working at a company with deep pockets and a robust HR team, like 401(k) matching, health insurance, flexible spending for things like childcare, and even the little things, like paying for dinner when you work late.
At a company with 500 or more employees, benefits are worth an average $14.50 per hour, or 34% of total compensation. It drops from there: Companies with 100 to 499 employees earn $8.88 an |
Being married to a law enforcement officer usually starts with a sense of pride. But over time, stress begins to set in because of the physical dangers | inherent in police work and the personal challenges officers face from frequently experiencing traumatic events. Police spouses cannot help but be affected by this stress as well.
Law enforcement is one of the most stressful occupations in existence. Officers are commonly exposed to fatalities, domestic abuse, crimes against children, internal problems in the police department, and the ever-present danger of personal injury or even death on duty.
Over time, these daily occurrences result in physiological, psychological, and even mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress (PTS), which might not be fully understood or addressed by the officer’s family. Often, the civilian spouse suffers too.
After a shift that might have lasted 12 hours or more, officers return home carrying the burden and heightened emotions of their work. For example, a spouse might notice that an officer will react more harshly when their teenage son stays out too late. Also, the officer may be taciturn, gloomy and non-responsive because of some unpleasant or disastrous experience |
There's no way in and no way out. The road is blocked by an upturned car, makeshift barricades of wood and rocks, and | an exhausted soldier, standing in the rain. He waves his rifle menacingly at anyone who swings in to sight.
Beyond the roadblock lies Tivoli Gardens, the centre of the small war that has enveloped Jamaica's capital, Kingston, this week. Somewhere in its maze, a woman called Margaret is beginning to have her doubts. The man she saw as the saviour of her family and community has brought death and terror to the streets, and she is uncertain now who to blame.
Last week, Margaret was marching in support of Christopher "Dudus" Coke – variously portrayed as the real power in Jamaica, as some kind of messiah and as the head of a criminal empire that reaches to Europe and North America – even though her elderly mother told her to stay home.
Some of her fellow protesters held up handwritten placards in protest at the government's plan to extradite Coke to the US to stand trial for drug trafficking. One read: "Jesus died for |
Escalated tensions between the European Union and China over solar panel tariffs is not going to cause a trade war. These disputes are short-lived | , even if they are expected to continue in the coming years, explains George Friedman.
George Friedman is founder and chairman of Stratfor, a Texas-based global intelligence company.
"Tensions between the European Union and China escalated this week after Beijing announced that it is studying retaliatory tariffs against wine imports from Europe. The move was a response to the European Commission's decision to impose temporary anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panels.
The latest in a long history of trade disputes between China and Europe, this quarrel does not presage a major break in trade relations over the long term. The issue does, however, highlight Europe's internal debate over protectionist policies and the steep economic challenges facing both Brussels and Beijing.
The dispute is taking place amid a slow reconfiguration of the international system. Two foundations of the post-Cold War world – a rising China and a consolidated European Union – have been shaken by the global financial crisis in recent years. The EU is now economically |
Target recently came out with a new commercial that puts down homemade costumes in favor of store-bought ones. This makes sense, since the company | sells costumes and we’re in a recession where a $19.99, 100% polyester Iron Man toddler costume may seem like a luxury. The commercial made me think of my own childhood Halloween costumes, which were all hand-made by my mother. Not only were they higher quality than the store-bought kind, they’ve lasted for generations. A Snow White costume she made for me (from real cotton and satin) lasted for more than 20 years and was handed around from family to family. In 1995, she made a matching baby-and-mama set of elephant costumes (see baby below) that still exist. I can only imagine that making a product that lasts for 20-some years, and is reused, may not be better for the environment as a whole, but may be better for landfills. I’m not sure what the carbon or water footprints of a homemade costume is versus the kind you’d buy at the store |
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. - A message was shared at a Metro Detroit high school to address depression, suicide and how to deal | with feelings of inadequacy and stress.
The message was shared with students that it's OK to not be OK. The U Matter program teaches them that mental health is important.
U Matter gathers Metro Detroit teenagers and addresses the stigma of suicide and mental health that's not typically covered in school. It teaches students to love themselves for who they are, not who they think they should be.
It's not just a gathering of teenagers making posters. It's designed to be the beginning of something that transforms, and maybe even saves the lives, of others.
Teenagers from the Friendship Circle at West Bloomfield High School prepared for a U Matter week that will be brought to Walled Lake Central High School.
"So we're talking about a lot of different ideas," West Bloomfield senior Sophia Cannella said. "How we can reach everyone through all the difference activities."
U Matter is a week-long campaign that focuses on spreading the message that each individual matters through hall decorations |
Sudy Bharadwaj is a co-founder and the CEO of Jackalope Jobs, a web-based platform that combines search | , social networking, and the overall user’s experience to provide relevant job openings. Learn how Sudy and Jackalope Jobs obsess over job seekers by connecting with them on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Call it self-marketing, personal branding, professional development, or any other buzzword you'd like. In any case, both finding a job and climbing the career ladder are all about investing in the business of you.
As a professional, you are a brand unto yourself. The target market for the unique value you provide are employers who are constantly bombarded with messages from your competitors (read: other industry professionals) and also always on the lookout for innovation. Develop and market your personal brand effectively by using traditional marketing techniques.
Though the boundaries of traditional marketing no longer exist due to online media and new digital technologies, its core tactics can be reworked to guide your self-marketing strategy online.
The four Ps of marketing are product, price, promotion and |
DUESSELDORF (Germany), May 18: Tommy Haas helped to keep Germany in the hunt for a place in the World Team Cup | final as they beat Sweden 2-1 on Wednesday. The German number one beat Sweden’s Joachim Johansson 6-0 3-6 6-3 before joining forces with Alexander Waske for a 6-4 6-4 doubles win over Jonas Bjorkman and Johansson to give a jubilant host nation the decisive point.
Their showdown with Spain on Friday will decide the finalist from the Blue Group. The Spaniards also chalked up their second series victory of the tournament with a 2-1 win over a second-string United States team.
Thomas Johansson had earlier kept Sweden’s slim chances of reaching the final alive with a defiant 6-4 6-2 win over Nicolas Kiefer, which left the countries level at 1-1 heading into the doubles rubber.
Joachim Johansson missed Monday’s 2-1 defeat by Spain with a hamstring strain and was caught flat-footed during Wednesday’s opening singles |
North Korea may be scary, but the situation is not yet at the stage where markets would get spooked, as a diplomatic solution remains possible. |
Central banks moving away from easy policy is more of a threat to stocks, analysts say.
The markets could also react negatively if Washington cannot push through a budget or raise the U.S. debt ceiling before it hits its limit at the end of September.
The escalating war of words between the U.S. and North Korea is nerve-wracking, but other events like a possible debt-ceiling crisis and a hawkish Federal Reserve could create a bigger reaction in financial markets.
Stocks have been in a slow drift higher this summer, with valuations getting to lofty levels as the indices hit new highs. Solid earnings growth and low expectations for Fed interest rate hikes have been positive catalysts for stocks.
The S&P 500 has declined modestly in the past two sessions, as President Donald Trump threatened to bring "fire and fury" to North Korea. In turn, North Korea said it could attack Guam. On Wednesday, the S&P traded lower for most |
There were plenty of twists and turns in a dramatic futsal match as the league leaders, Chichester’s men’s | ones, hosted second-placed Kingston.
Marcus Ball put the home side ahead early on turning in the rebound after Kington’s keeper could only parry a stinging shot from Emmett Dunn. The hosts equalised when Luis Del Rio rifled in a fierce drive off the frame of the goal.
Del Rio made it 2-1 before Chichester’s Ken Lupata levelled with a diving header seconds later. Ball went close with an effort that flashed against the post and Dunn fired one into the side-netting.
A third goal from Del Rio sent the visitors into the break 3-2 up. Kingston had a player red-carded in the second half but the home side couldn’t capitalise on the extra man advantage as their opponents were forced to play two minutes with four players.
Henry Ellis’ shot was deflected on to the post and Dunn was denied by a fine double save as chances came and went. The |
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Wheat Decision meeting planned at the Burlington Community Center on Aug. 14 will begin at 5 p.m. The | meeting was originally scheduled for 6 p.m.
Supper will be served and this meeting will conclude by 6 p.m. The program includes presentations by Dr. Jerry Johnson on "Wheat Variety Trial Results" and Rick Novak on "Wheat Seed Issues."
• Aug. 14: The Cow Palace, 1301 N. Main, Lamar. Noon, lunch provided.
• Aug. 15: Anderson Farms, Haxtun. 6 p.m., dinner provided.
• Aug. 16: Julesburg Fire Hall, 510 E. First St. Noon, lunch provided.
• Aug. 16: Pachner Farms, 20998 County Road 19, Akron. 6 p.m., dinner provided.
• Aug. 17: USDA-ARS Research Station, 40335 County Road GG, Akron. 8 a.m., coffee and donuts provided.
• Aug. 17: Wickstrom Farms, 33176 County Road 3, Orchard. Noon |
Is Getting Your Genome Screened at a Doctor's Appointment a Good Idea?
An opinion piece published today in the journal Annals of | Internal Medicine argues that genomic screening should over time become a more mainstream part of medical care. But an expert urged caution.
How Do You Know If Your Cut Has Flesh-Eating Bacteria?
Given the gravity of the condition, people with necrotizing fasciitis need immediate medical care. But how do you know if your cut has flesh-eating bacteria?
How Close Are We, Really, to Curing Cancer with CRISPR?
The promise of CRISPR is being realized today in the lab through the creation of special animal models and cell lines. And the technology is finally entering the clinic to treat humans directly.
Why Do Some of Us Shiver When We Pee?
Is there a purpose to pee shivers, or are they simply a biological glitch?
Each year, about 50,000 U.S. women are severely injured and 700 die during childbirth.
Here's what you should know about sleeping with a fan on at night. |
Hoosiers say they want to see the governor's plan for growing the state economy and creating jobs.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. | (WTHI) - Hoosiers say they want to see the governor's plan for growing the state economy and creating jobs.
News 10 reported on Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb's annual address Tuesday night. You can see that coverage here.
A small focus group watched the address from WTHI as it happened live in Indianapolis. Members of that group say they were not surprised the governor spent roughly half his speech talking in some way about jobs and the economy. However, they do have questions about how he plans to reach the goals he listed and how Terre Haute fits into his vision.
Republican Governor Eric Holcomb says the state's "greatest challenge" is too many Hoosiers lack the skills they need for jobs open right now and jobs that could open tomorrow.
Members of the focus group agree that it is an important topic but they say they're not sure the governor's plan goes far enough.
For example, 475,000 adults in the state do |
The airline's flight from Detroit to Iceland were popular among travelers.
Meghann Witmer and Nikkolas Pigg of Plymouth were about | to climb a glacier in Iceland on Thursday morning when they learned the airline that brought them there — WOW Air — had gone belly up.
"My reaction was no, that can’t be right.... There was panic," Witmer said.
The Icelandic budget airline collapsed under its financial problems Thursday, leading it to ground flights and leave passengers stranded across two continents.
WOW Air, a small carrier that specialized in ultra-cheap travel between the United States and Europe, told passengers there would be no further flights and advised them to check with other airlines for ways to reach their destinations.
The airline flew to cities including Detroit, Washington, New York, Paris, London and its Reykjavik hub.
In Europe, Reykjavik-bound planes from seven cities —– Amsterdam, Dublin, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt and Copenhagen – did not take off Thursday. One airplane from WOW was grounded as collateral by Iceland’s airport operator |
Earlier this week we told you about the great prospect for true portable ‘PC’ gaming thanks to Razer’s new Project Fiona tablet | that the company have unveiled at CES 2012 over in Las Vegas. Now, it gets even better as we have a video to show you that really demonstrates what the beast can handle – Skyrim on ultra high settings.
If you thought the initial CES unveiling of Project Fiona was impressive, then you haven’t seen anything yet. As we have already told you, information on hardware specs for Project Fiona are still being kept a secret at the moment, but Razer was keen to announce that their gaming tablet will be running on an third-generation Intel Core i7 processor and will include motion support via an accelerometer and rumble support as well.
Now though, who needs to know the exact details of what it can run when they are already confirming it can run games like Skyrim on max settings? To prove it, a video shot by Destructoid at CES 2012 shows Bethesda’s latest RPG epic running with a 1280×800 resolution and based on the video, it looks pretty incredible |
LSU guard Javonte Smart has been cleared by LSU in conjunction with the NCAA to play for the duration of the Tigers' stay in the NCAA | Tournament, which begins Thursday against Yale at 11:40 a.m. in Jacksonville, Florida, on truTV.
Smart, whose recruitment by LSU in 2017 has been under an inquiry by LSU and the NCAA since a Yahoo Sports story on March 7 about LSU coach Will Wade's tactics involving Smart, was cleared by LSU and the NCAA last Friday. But that was only for that day's game in the Southeastern Conference Tournament against Florida.
The Tigers (26-6) lost that game before receiving a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday to play No. 14 seed Yale (22-7).
"We have cleared Javonte to play today (only) due to the fact that there have been no findings to date. The inquiry is not closed," LSU associate athletic director Robert Munson said Friday.
Munson said Monday there still have been no findings or irregularities with Smart's recruitment by Wade, but the inquiry is ongoing. Smart, though, will remain |
The Overcoat is a short film, directed by Patrick Myles, based on the famed short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol, | published in 1842.
The film follows the general outlines of the original, more or less updated to the present day. Here, in a pub, a man (Tim Key) relates the comic-tragic tale to a group of friends.
The narrator explains that the hero of the story, Christopher Cobbler [Akaky Akakievitch Bashmachkin in the Gogol work: “bashmak” is a type of shoe], is a proofreader—in “a massive, faceless government building,” according to the film’s notes.
An attractive colleague invites Christopher to her birthday party that same evening, along with a few friends from work. A couple of glasses of something interesting to drink—and it goes to Cobbler’s head. Unfortunately, he still remains more interested in the pristine state of his coat than the flirtatious advances of his workmate. In any event, when he finally leaves the pub |
Things still seem tense between Caitlyn Jenner and her ex-spouse, Kris.
In a clip for I Am Cait, the 65- | year-old former Olympian confronts the 59-year-old momager as to why she did not get invited to their daughter Kylie Jenner's high school graduation party.
"One of the reasons I wanted to talk to you was because I don't want your feelings to be hurt like the other day when I heard that you weren't happy about not being included in Kylie's graduation," Kris begins the conversation.
Caitlyn is clearly upset over the snub. "It wasn't me making that decision. It was you making that decision. I was so disappointed in everybody," she told her ex. "For 15 years of my life I carpooled kids every day …some days I would spend three or four hours in the car. [It's] a slap in the face when you don't even get invited to their graduation."
Kris responds by bringing up Caitlyn's big reveal in Vanity Fair this past June. "That's exactly how I felt with |
The sight of an American bald eagle in Massachusetts is rare and exciting. But the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is thrilled that it’s | not as uncommon as it once was.
With a fresh coat of snow blanketing the shores of Monponsett Pond on Thursday, Paul Holmes figured it a perfect photo opportunity for next season’s Christmas cards.
Even better, where the water opens into a picturesque scene on the Halifax pond’s east banks, waterfowl sometimes roam.
Holmes spotted something, but this was no waterfowl.
“I happened to see this good-sized bird,” the 67-year-old Plympton resident said. “I didn’t know what it was at the time. He was feasting on something.
The sight of an American bald eagle in Massachusetts is both rare and exciting. But the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is thrilled that it’s not as uncommon as it once was.
Officials announced earlier this month that MassWildlife’s annual wintering bald eagle survey documented a state-record |
Dogs are noted for their loyalty to their owners, but this one shows extreme dedication to one of his own kind.
On the busy D | azhi road in China, where his companion has been knocked down by a car and vehicles zoom past, a dog risks his life to look after his stricken friend.
With horns honking and despite the terrifying sights and sounds of the traffic, the golden-coloured dog stays put, standing guard to protect his fallen friend.
Earlier this week the first dog was struck on the Dazhi road and died from his wounds.
But thanks to the loyal help of the other dog, the first was picked up by a passer-by, who buried him.
Once his job was done, having seen the man carefully pick up his dead mate, the unhurt dog bounded off to safety.
This story is reminiscent of the tale of Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh after reportedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner, John Gray, until he died himself on 14 January 1872.
A year later, |
Hong Kong/London: BP Plc’s plan to sell a stake in its South American unit for $7 billion has collapsed, potentially | trimming the oil major’s cash flow and making it harder to raise its payout to shareholders.
BP hinted at its third-quarter results last month that it would announce an increase in its dividend in early 2012.
However, the failure of the sale of its 60% interest in PAE could mean cashflow is lower than might have been expected, making it harder to raise the dividend.
At the results, BP said the deal, initially signed last November, was not as important to the firm’s cashflow today as it was a year ago.
“We reached that agreement last year at a time when oil prices were lower. It was a time when we actually needed to make some divestments of properties. We’re past that point. We don’t actually need to make that divestment... If it doesn’t happen, it’s absolutely fine," BP chief executive Bob Dudley told analysts at the time.
BP in |
Like most publishers, the Government Printing Office has been branching out into electronic book publishing. GPO has now signed an agreement with Barnes and Noble to | make government e-books available on the book retailer's Nook e-reader.
"GPO continues to expand into the e-book market and make more federal titles available to the public," said Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks in a written statement. "GPO is fulfilling its mission of keeping America informed by providing the public with multiple formats and outlets that they can use to access federal government information conveniently and economically."
In addition to Nook, GPO makes government publications available through Google's eBookstore, Overdrive, Ingram and Zinio. Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iTunes bookstore are not among the partners, but a GPO spokesman said, "GPO is currently in discussions with other companies about selling federal eBooks and future announcements will be forthcoming."
About 30 government titles electronically, including Public Papers of the President Barack Obama, Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling (the BP Oil Spill Commission Report), the |
Why "Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" won MTV News' fan-voted Best Movie of 2015.
If Lions | gate makes more "Hunger Games" movies, Jennifer Lawrence says she probably won't be in them.
A "The Hunger Games" book quote quiz based on the best-selling trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
"The Hunger Games" star met an unexpected enemy — measuring tape.
Jena Malone explains the rigorous mental prep she did for "Mockingjay -- Part 2," and shares why she thinks every woman should try going bald.
"The Hunger Games" is a carb-friendly movie.
Suzanne Collins had kind words for the "Hunger Games" cast and crew in her goodbye letter to the series.
Jennifer Lawrence's "Mockingjay" song "Deep in the Meadow" gets the remix treatment. Listen now!
Moments of devastation were broken by laughter at the theater during "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2."
Jennifer and Francis Lawrence talk about Katniss' big scene with Buttercup in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay |
A BRAVE young woman who had her left eye removed to treat an aggressive cancer has now fought off five brain tumours.
Jess Van Ze | il, 25, was devasted when she was diagnosed with ocular melanoma - which doctors said she'd only survive if she had an op.
Surgeons removed her eye and eyelid and closed off the socket.
Inspirational Jess took it all in her stride, matching her eye patches to her outfits and heading back to uni.
Jess from Melbourne, Australia, said: "The thought of seeing myself without an eye for the first time was quite daunting.
"The nurse and doctor that removed the bandaging were incredible and made me feel so comfortable.
"I was shocked at how 'normal' I looked. It wasn't gory it was clean and in its own way beautiful."
She was diagnosed with conjunctival ocular melanoma in January 2015 after she noticed a red spot on her white of her eye.
Initially hesitant about having the eye removed, she was told by doctors: "If you don't have the surgery you won't be |
Those moves were made with an eye on what Servais saw as the important attributes Seattle needed to contend in the AL West, which the Mariners believe | they can do in 2016. They needed to be more athletic in the outfield. They needed a revamped bullpen. They needed to emphasize on-base percentage and devalue home runs. They needed to use the spacious dimensions of Safeco Field to their advantage.
That led to a dizzying offseason of changes, built around the core of Felix Hernandez, Nelson Cruz, Robinson Cano and Kyle Seager. But getting all the new pieces on board with those that remain from the previous regime won’t be a simple task.
FIFTH IN LINE: Four spots in the Mariners’ rotation are mostly settled. Hernandez is the ace. Taijuan Walker is the burgeoning star with huge upside. Hisashi Iwakuma and Wade Miley are the steady veterans. Then there is the fifth spot. Right-hander Nathan Karns and lefty James Paxton are the likely favorites. Karns was acquired in one of Seattle’s big offseason trades, coming over from Tampa Bay |
London — Global stocks were heading for their biggest drop in two weeks and emerging-market currencies also slipped on Friday as a confident US central bank and | weak Chinese data hit demand for risky assets.
MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe fell 0.5%, its biggest drop since October 26, as the US Federal Reserve held interest rates as expected, but indicated that another rate increase is likely in December.
While the decision to hold rates was anticipated by the markets, some participants had expected a more cautious approach from the central bank after a stock market rout in October. But the Fed indicated a December increase is a distinct possibility in a robust economy.
This contrasts sharply with China, where cooling producer price inflation and falling car sales suggested an economy struggling to gain traction.
“Worries about trade wars and how the slowdown in China will impact the rest of the world mean stocks appear to be more risky, so there’s a typical risk-off move in markets today,” said DZ Bank rates strategist Pascal Segesser.
Stocks in Hong Kong and China were the main losers in Asia |
BIRD WATCHING IN Ireland is one thing – but doing it in other countries is another thing altogether.
Whether you’re in the | mood for travelling or not, feast your eyes on National Geographic’s list of the best places in the world to go birdwatching.
The list has been put together as part of National Geographic’s 2018 Year of the Bird, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. And the photos are pretty stunning.
Here’s a look at some of the locations on the list.
Here, you’ll find three-foot tall king penguins on an island studded with glaciers. This is also the final resting place of Ernest Shackleton.
A bird flock in Cape May, New Jersey.
At this narrow peninsula you’ll get to see songbirds and warblers, depending on the time of year.
A bird of paradise in New Guinea.
What a treat to see the amazing birdlife of New Guinea – described by National Geographic as “a birdwatcher’s wonderland”. |
A Huntington Beach man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Friday for helping kill his then-girlfriend’s mother in 2006 and dumping | her body into Newport Harbor.
Ian Allen, 23, was given the same sentence as Rachael Mullenix, 19, who was his girlfriend at the time and was convicted of the killing in July.
On Sept. 23, 2006, Allen and Mullenix killed Barbara Mullenix, Rachael’s mother, because she disapproved of their relationship. Barbara Mullenix was stabbed more than 50 times with at least two knives, expert witnesses testified. When her body was pulled out of Newport Harbor the next day, where the couple had dumped her, authorities found a butter knife lodged in her eye.
Allen’s friends testified that he told them he wanted to kill Barbara as painfully as possible, and offered them money to help dispose of the body in the desert.
Prosecutors said that after the couple killed Barbara, they stored her body in a large cardboard box and drove it to Newport Beach in her car, where they dumped it in the harbor. |
Now that voters in Arizona, Colorado and Florida have voted to make English the official language of their states, I wonder how far they`re going | to take it.
''mouse mouth'' in Spanish. I don`t think the townspeople there would like having to change their mailing addresses to ''Mouse Mouth, Fla.'' That wouldn`t do much for their property values.
And what about the name of their state? Florida means ''full of flowers'' in Spanish. That could get pretty cumbersome on envelopes, too.
What about the other states? How about Casa Grande, Ariz.? How about those great Colorado spots La Junta, Buena Vista, Del Norte, Monte Vista? Are all to be sanitized into common English?
Is Colorado to be relabeled simply ''Red''? Egad.
If this sounds a bit goofy to you, the official-English movement sounds goofy to me.
For one thing, English already is our national language. We don`t need to declare it to be our official language by statute or constitutional amendment any more than we need to declare oxygen |
What would you say President Clinton said about race in that big speech he gave recently in San Diego? Perhaps your answer would depend on what newspaper you | read.
Let's say that you read the headlines only (which wouldn't be unusual). Also, let's say you live in Atlanta. Here's what your newspaper told you: "Clinton Hails Affirmative Action. He throws down the gauntlet in California."
But what if you live in Minneapolis? Then you read this: "Hoping to heal wounds of racism, Clinton brings issue to forefront. He wants today's speech to prompt national discussion."
These quite different headlines raise the murky notion of objectivity -- an issue that puts many readers and many journalists on opposite sides of a wide gulch. Over here are the reader-critics. They say, "You slant the news." They complain, "I'm tired of your spin." Over there are the journalists. They say, "We don't shape the news, we merely report it." They insist: "We're just holding up a mirror."
"Clinton sets a dialogue about race. Pled |
The beer scene in the UK is stronger than ever and it seems the nation’s love of the hop is making an increasing appearance in the | kitchen – from beer-battered fish and steak and ale pie to chocolate stout cake.
Little Valley Brewery, based in West Yorkshire, is encouraging the movement from cask to kitchen – master brewer and former food scientist, Wim van der Spek, provides his top tips when it comes to incorporating beer into culinary creations.
“Beer can create another dimension of taste as an ingredient in a variety of dishes, as sweet, sour and bitter tasting notes can all be found in beer – working with other ingredients to create something really special,” says Wim.
Cut the chicken into one person sized portions and fry this in the hot olive oil. Remove some of the oil after frying the chicken. Cut the garlic, onion and peppers (remove seeds) and fry them. Peel the tomatoes, cut them in four pieces and lay them in the pan with the chicken. Add the stock and the Python IPA and add some herbs of your own choice.
Simmer the dish for 20 minutes |
Late on Saturday, militants ignored an Israeli announcement that it would extend the truce by four hours and resumed firing rockets into Israel.
(JER | USALEM) - Israel's security cabinet approved extending the humanitarian ceasefire begun early on Saturday until midnight local time 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, an Israeli government official said.
"At the request of the United Nations, the cabinet has approved a humanitarian hiatus until tomorrow -- Sunday -- at 24:00. The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) will act against any breach of the ceasefire," the official, who was not named, said in a statement.
Late on Saturday, militants ignored an Israeli announcement that it would extend the truce by four hours and resumed firing rockets into Israel from Gaza around two hours after the end of the initial 12-hour ceasefire period. It began at 1:00 a.m. on Saturday.
After the ceasefire began early on Saturday, Gazans took advantage of the lull in fighting to retrieve their dead and stock up on food, flooding into the streets to discover scenes of massive destruction in some areas.
At least 1,033 Palestinians, mostly |
GLASGOW is one of the top spots in Scotland to hear traditional music. Our day-by-day guide shows you the best pubs | and acts to see throughout the week.
GLASGOW is one of the top spots in the country at the moment for traditional music.
You’ll hear top tunes and songs belted out every night of the week, often by some on the country’s best young musicians, in a variety of pubs right round the city.
So here’s our guide, on a day-by-day basis, with the best pubs to visit and the type of music you’re likely to hear when you’re there.
There is a long-established session in Babbity Bowster in Blackfriars St, one of the first pubs to open nearly thirty years ago as the Merchant City was being redeveloped.
Some of the musicians playing there today have been there since the beginning and the Saturday session is one of the longest established in the city.
There is a definite Irish touch to the music although you are also likely to hear |
VILNIUS- Lithuania's future prime minister and chairmanof the winning Homeland Union Andrius Kubilius warned that the government's deficitmay | reach six billion litas (1.739 b euro) in 2009. Failure to shrink this debt may put thecountry at threat of reliving Iceland's fate.
"If at least half of thisyear's deficit carries over to next year, the deficit will increase by another1.3 billion litas. In this case scenario, the expenditures will exceed theplanned takings not by just 4.7 billion litas, but by an entire 6 billion litas,"Kubilius said on his Website.
This kind of debt wouldmake up six percent of the GDP or 20 percent of the entire national budget ofabout 30 billion litas.
"Oct. figures revealed afact long covered up by the government, namely that this year's fiscal deficitwill far exceed the planned levels and reach up to 2.7 billion litas (EUR 782million) or 2.35 percent of the GDP," the future prime minister said.
He went on to say that |
'Confessions' wins for writing and directing, 'Villain' wins for acting.
TOKYO – Akunin (Villain) | and Kokuhaku (Confessions) were the big winners at the 34th Japan Academy Prize show, taking nine awards between them on Friday.
Kokuhaku won best film, best screenplay and best director for Tetsuya Nakashima, as well as the award for best editing.
Akunin's two leads, Eri Fukatsu and Satoshi Tsumabaki, won the best actress and actor awards, as did Kiki Kirin and Emoto Akira for best supporting actress and supporting actor. Joe Hisashi also won the best music award for the movie.
Takashi Miike’s samurai epic, Jusannin no Shikaku (13 Assassins) took won in three categories, best cinematography, sound editing and lighting.
Karigurashi no Arietti (The Borrower Arrietty), predictably enough, won the best animation for Studio Ghibli.
Avatar took the best foreign film gong, beating out The |
At a recent programme organized by Legacy and Legacy, Pastor Mensa Otabil, the General Overseer o the ICGC spent between five and | 10 minutes in what clearly indicated a direct ‘bastardising’ of a favourite delicacy in Ghana, fufu. Though he acted like talking about Africa’s evolution and how he thought the continent was backward in thinking, his attention was on fufu.
In our traditional setting it is normally assumed that the elderly never make a mistake and that everything they said or would say was right.
This went on for a while but due to evolution, that idea has been debunked. By the same evolution, I can emphatically say Pastor Mensa Otabil of the ICGC got it ALL WRONG when he attempted to ‘bastardise’ fufu.
At every step of his attempt to justify his statement about fufu being a ‘killer’ in Africa, he got everything wrong.
I thought he would have used the occasion to tell these young people to be innovative as to take the things we, as a nation |
Beach, cold bev, music: the trifecta of the relaxed American summer. There was a time when you had to lug | a heavy cooler in addition to some sort of sound system to your favorite sandy spot or local tailgate. That time has now passed, thanks to C3 Custom Cooler Creations by Seljan. These radio-controlled rolling coolers keep things cold while eliminating the need to pull or carry. The C3 has a 30 quart capacity, and can hold a full case of beer plus ice. Thanks to foam insulation, it can keep things ice cold for up to three days.
The C3 cooler also features working headlights and dual cup holders. The sound system is compatible with Android and iOS devices, so you can enjoy your streaming music and MP3s. Bluetooth connectivity is currently under testing.
This roving cooler can also haul your stuff around on its back. Depending on the load, the rear-wheel drive C3 can move at 6 mph (but don’t even think about riding on it). The battery takes about five hours to charge, and testing has shown that the |
Luis Abreu savors a shrimp cocktail and sips an American beer from a chilled glass. It's a sunny fall afternoon, and | he's enjoying a day off from his job driving a big-rig produce truck.
"If I like," he says eight months after making a remarkable journey from Cuba to Southern California, "I can enjoy what presidents enjoy: a steak, good wine, shrimp."
It was friendship found in a sea-drifting bottle that brought Abreu and his wife the 3,000 miles from their coastal hometown of Caibarien to Santa Ana--and helped them fulfill the immigrant's dream of building an American way of life.
The bayside eatery where he sits is on Balboa Peninsula, a place he recognizes from a postcard sent to him by his grade-school pen pals in Corona del Mar. It was one year ago that the students and their imaginative teacher, Judy d'Albert, pooled their resources to enable the Abreus to make their journey.
It was one of many acts of kindness and improbable circumstances that have touched their lives, an odyssey |
We’ve got startups and football on our minds this week — preparing for the sold-out GeekWire Startup Day on Friday in Seattle, | and gearing up for Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, with our hometown Seattle Seahawks vying to repeat as NFL Champions against the New England Patriots.
Of course, in both startups and football, assembling an effective team is one of the most critical factors for success. Which got us to thinking: What if the Seahawks were a startup? Which roles would their key players play on the executive team? And what startup insights can be gleaned from their leadership traits?
So we studied the Seahawks’ roster and came up with a list of executive leaders. Most startups could only dream of drafting talent like this.
OK, so this one may be obvious. The Seahawks quarterback is well-spoken, upbeat and resilient in the face of adversity. He is a master of delegation and getting things done — understanding intuitively when to hand off an assignment to a colleague, and when to run with a project on his own. But most importantly, Russell Wilson seems to know exactly the right moment to take big risks |
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is cancelling plans to honour two Sri Lankan researchers who attempted to link a | kidney disease epidemic in Sri Lanka to the glyphosate herbicide.
According to foreign media the AAAS which publishes the prestigious journal Science came under pressure from scientists.
The two scientists - Dr. Sarath Gunatilake and Dr. Channa Jayasumana were supposed to receive the organizations' 2019 Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility at the annual AAAS meeting next week.
But AAAS announced on Twitter Wednesday the presentation has been cancelled due to concerns by scientists and AAAS members "while we further evaluate the award selection."
Critics say the two scientists don't have the science to prove a linkage between kidney disease and glyphosate.
Kevin Folta, who chairs the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida, also took issue with the AAAS press release about the award, which referred to glyphosate as a "lethal" herbicide. Read his comments at the bottom of this article.
Two public health researchers who battled powerful corporate interests to uncover the deadly effects of |
If you’re searching for reasons why the Pac-10 basketball conference is bad this year, the Oklahoma City Thunder dressing room is as good | a place to start looking as any.
That’s where you’ll find Russell Westbrook, the Thunder’s explosive second-year point guard, who is averaging 16.2 points, seven assists and five rebounds per game.
Sitting next to him is James Harden, the third pick in last June’s NBA draft.
Westbrook and Harden represent a big part of the Thunder’s future.
They should be part of the Pac-10’s present.
Had Westbrook stayed in school, he’d be a senior at UCLA and potentially starting alongside fellow NBA players Kevin Love at center and Jrue Holiday at guard.
In Westwood, they’d be talking about a legitimate run to the Final Four.
As it is, they’re suffering through a major rebuilding job.
The same could be said for Arizona State, where Harden would be a junior right now. Or USC, where O.J |
Now, people can carry soft copies of their documents in mobile phone’s DigiLocker or m-Parivahan mobile applications. |
India has fast tracked many initiatives aimed at achieving all the four tenets of UHC that is strengthening health systems, improving access to free medicines and diagnostics and reducing catastrophic healthcare spending.
"Kerala is potentially a power-house of Digital India. I understand that the government is making efforts to bridge the digital divide and provide free Internet connections to two million poorer families by using a new optic fibre network," Ram Nath Kovind said.
"India is leapfrogging from once being an infrastructure-poor country to now leading in digital technology," Satya Nadella, in his book 'Hit Refresh' said.
The Chief Minister also called for a time line to make villages digital, adding there are more than 3000 bank branches and every month 1000 villages should be made digital.
The complaint to the police stated said that Srivastava had accessed UIDAI data without authorisation between January 1 and July 26 for an app called ‘eKYC Verification’. |
FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - A referendum coming to vote in the coming weeks would put an outdated Florence Memorial Stadium out of | commission and sanction the construction of new athletic complexes for three Florence One District Schools.
The 2019 Florence District One referendum would allocate close to $15 million dollars of an $198 million dollar pie to the construction of new complexes for Wilson, West and South Florence High Schools. Originally built in 1949, the current home of all three schools would be laid to rest at the end of the 2020 football season.
“I don’t see many people opposing the need for the new facilities,” began school board Chairman Barry Townsend. “The big concern is the tax increase.” Townsend added the stadium was in bad shape when he graduated high school.
We’ve gotten great use out of it over 70 years but I believe it’s time for us match what other schools in other districts have.
Currently the facility has no visiting or officials locker room. Visiting teams are forced to change in a wooded area behind the away bleachers while the district purchases |
Peter Odemwingie has hinted he may try and buy himself out of his West Brom contract in another Twitter outburst.
The 31-year | -old Baggies striker has 15 months remaining of his current four-year deal at The Hawthorns. But, under article 17 of FIFA's transfer regulations, players over the age of 28 can end their contracts two years after signing for a club by paying a compensation figure determined by their wages and transfer fee.
Odemwingie tweeted: "I see a free player. A player who buys out his contract soon. Or a retired player. Does he look like he cares much? They made him not to."
Albion have already confirmed the Nigeria international will be dealt with internally after his Twitter attacks on the club on Sunday.
Odemwingie hit out at being only a substitute in recent games and for the club allegedly questioning his commitment.
Sources close to the Barclays Premier League outfit have indicated Albion will not sack Odemwingie, Press Association Sport understands.
Odemwingie is likely to face another fine after being hit in the pocket during January for a series |
How Quick Communication Helps In Vaccination A man infected with measles recently visited a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community in Michigan. Officials say a lightning | -fast communication network within that community kept it from spreading.
A man infected with measles recently visited a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community in Michigan. Officials say a lightning-fast communication network within that community kept it from spreading.
A measles outbreak that began in Orthodox Jewish communities in New York has now spread to orthodox communities in Michigan. As Michigan Radio's Tracy Samilton reports, quick communication is helping to convince people to get vaccinated if they aren't already.
TRACY SAMILTON, BYLINE: Nestled among the Starbucks and CBS Pharmacies in Southfield and Oak Park are clusters of Orthodox synagogues and Hebrew schools. There's a deli here on almost every corner. The man who visited here after catching measles in New York visited a lot of them, including a kosher grocery store, a yeshiva and Congregation Yagdil Torah, where I meet David Shapero.
DAVID SHAPERO: I generally study here in the mornings. And |
2019 NFL Draft: Could Redskins find trade partner in Jets in an attempt to land Dwayne Haskins?
By most metrics, the New | York Jets have been the most active team in the NFL since the start of the league year, spending big money in free agency and completing a trade for two-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Keleschi Osemele. And they are far from done.
The Jets have let it be known that they are open for business with the third-overall pick in the draft, and I wouldn't be surprised if, for the second year in a row, they complete a draft pick swap well before the actual selection process begins. A year ago, if you recall, they made an aggressive, proactive move to deal with the Colts to move up to third overall to be in position to take the second quarterback in the draft (either Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold, depending on whom the Browns selected with the top pick). Now, with Darnold in tow and perhaps on the cusp of a breakout season, the Jets are ready, willing and eager to move down out of the |
A proposal for a Walmart store in Wildomar has passed its first hurdle, gaining planning commission approval.
Supported by more than 4,500 | pages of reports, analyses and documents, Walmart’s proposal for a Supercenter in Wildomar has cleared its first hurdle.
Planning commissioners voted 4-0 Wednesday, with Dan Bidwell absent, to recommend approval to the City Council, which is scheduled to take the issue up Feb. 11.
The retail giant wants to build a 186,000-square-foot store along with a 7,800-square-foot building for a smaller business on 22 acres at Bundy Canyon and Monte Vista Drive.
Wednesday’s hearing at City Hall attracted an overflow audience of about 70 residents, said Wildomar Planning Director Matthew Bassi.
None of the 13 people who spoke to the commission on the proposal voiced outright opposition, though they did raise concerns about flood control, traffic, access to the site and safety, Bassi said.
Objections to the project have been lodged in letters to the city by several critics, including environmental attorney Raymond Johnson who contends the analysis |
Given the assurances given about the currency last summer, it's no surprise that many Kazakhs are apprehensive about the coming privatization of the country's | most valuable industries and businesses.
On July 15, 2015, Kazakhstan's national currency, the tenge, was valued at around 187 tenges to the U.S. dollar. That was the day that the chairman of Kazakhstan's central bank, Kairat Kelimbetov, announced that bank authorities were widening the currency's trading band so the tenge would float between 170 and 198 to the U.S. dollar.
Kelimbetov said the exchange corridor would allow the tenge to "fluctuate independently" and therefore "answer the challenges in the coming six to 12 months." He said it was a "happy medium" for Kazakhstan's economy. In August, the bank announced a devaluation of the tenge and the rate fell precipitously.
On January 12, 2016, less than six months after Kelimbetov announced the widening of the currency band, the tenge's exchange rate was around 370 to the U.S. dollar.
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A KIWI woman's 10-year-old son watched her die in a horrific accident at a Gold Coast theme park.
Cind | y Low, 42, originally from Kawerau, died yesterday at Dreamworld along with three others when their Thunder River Rapids ride flipped, trapping the victims in machinery below.
The mother-of-two lived in Sydney for at least a decade with her Kiwi husband, Mathew, who was originally from New Plymouth.
The couple were on holiday on the Gold Coast with their son and daughter.
Low was sitting next to her 10-year-old, Kieran, on the ill-fated ride. Her husband and 6-year-old daughter were not on the ride.
It is understood Kieran was the last person to see his mother alive.
He was one of two children who survived the horrific accident. He was admitted to Gold Coast University Hospital yesterday with his father at his bedside.
However a hospital spokeswoman told the NZ Herald today he had been discharged last night.
Shocked relatives are currently on their way to the Gold Coast to support the |
A newly built cottage could easily be mistaken for one of the century-old summer homes on Lake Minnetonka's historic Crane Island. It | 's the AIA Minnesota Home of the Month.
In 1906, Charles Woodward gazed at Lake Minnetonka from his summer home on Crane Island. Woodward, along with a group of Presbyterian families, founded an island community to escape the heat and congestion of the city. Each spring, they ferried across the lake, bringing the supplies to last for their summer sojourn.
More than a century later, Leni and David Moore relish that same view from their summer home, which sits on the island’s highest point.
Before building their 21st-century getaway, the Moores often vacationed on Crane Island at the summer homes of their Minneapolis neighbors. They even rented a cottage for a month to immerse themselves in the island’s timeless qualities.
What: A new summer retreat on Lake Minnetonka’s Crane Island evokes the 100-year-old cottages still on the island.
Size: 2, |
Shelby County has a new mayor after a joint swearing-in Lee Harris and Shelby County Commissioners. Harris will resign from the Tennessee Senate Friday | .
Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the first African-American to hold a leadership position in the Tennessee Senate. Senator John Ford served as Speaker Pro Tempore from 1987 to 1988.
New Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and members of the Shelby County Commission were sworn in Thursday during a ceremony at the Cannon Center of the Performing Arts.
This was the first time in recent memory that Shelby County commissioners and the mayor were sworn in during a joint ceremony.
Harris said that joint ceremony shouldn't be taken for granted.
“I’m enthused by the fact that we’re able to pull off a unity ceremony," Harris said. "I hope that will be a sign of things to come, that we’ll be able to work together collaboratively."
Harris will resign from the Tennessee State Senate Friday and take office as mayor Saturday.
He has served in the Tennessee Senate since 2014, becoming the youngest senator in the state at |
The college football season is less than a month away from kicking off, and most teams have already begun their fall camps. And just in time for | the regular season, our writers have cooked up previews for all of the conferences in the FBS. We last covered the MAC, and today we’ll take a look at Conference USA.
After leading Marshall to its first Conference USA title, Holliday got the recognition he deserved. Holliday coached up one of the nation’s most potent offenses, one that averaged 45.6 ppg last season. The defense also wasn’t too shabby either, finishing 18th in the nation in scoring (21 ppg). Showing how dominant it truly was, the Thundering Herd constantly blew out its opponents with an average margin of victory of 26.2 points. With results like that, the award had to go to Holliday, hands down.
You’d have to expect that the quarterback that led the conference’s best offense would win this award. Cato was one of the top signal callers on the national spectrum as well, throwing for 3 |
Some early users, including me, have complained about Microsoft’s decision to get rid of the traditional Start menu in Windows 8.
But | industry analyst Dale Vile, research director at Freeform Dynamics in the U.K., says the rest of us are wrong, or at least aren’t giving Windows 8 a fair shake.
On a controversial aside, I personally think Microsoft was right to do away with the old start menu, which to me now seems cramped, clumsy and inefficient when I go back to a Windows 7 machine. Being a typical lazy human being that gravitates to the familiar when given a chance, if the start menu was there I probably would have continued using it and failed to take advantage of the more efficient navigation mechanisms designed into the Windows 8 desktop. Now I wouldn’t want the start menu back, even if I could have it, as it would be totally redundant, arguably even counterproductive.
In other words, he’s on the opposite end of the spectrum from Chris Pirillo’s dad.
Personally, I’ve had a good experience with Windows 8 on a |
Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama are unlikely political foes, but the House Speaker is in the middle of an ugly fight with the President as | well as the CIA and powerful House and Senate Democrats and Republicans about Congress's watchdog powers over the U.S. intelligence services.
Bucking a veto threat by Obama and overruling a deal among the White House, Republicans and two Democratic committee chairmen, Pelosi is pushing to dramatically expand congressional oversight of the CIA and other intelligence agencies. At issue is Congress's ability to monitor the intelligence programs deemed most sensitive and closely held by the Executive Branch. And the battle is turning into the biggest confrontation yet over Executive power between the liberal House Speaker and a White House that has moved steadily to the center on national security matters.
Pelosi wants the CIA and other intelligence agencies to inform all members of the House and Senate intelligence committees when they launch any covert action or other controversial program, not restricting that information to the chairmen and ranking opposition members and party leaders, or "Gang of Eight," as required by current law. She also wants the congressional intelligence committees to have the power to |
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress, the National Employment Law Project (NELP), and Community Legal Services | (CLS) announced the launch of a three-year, multistate initiative to remove barriers to economic opportunity for Americans with criminal records and their families, building on the bipartisan momentum growing across the country for commonsense criminal justice reform.
Following decades of mass incarceration and overcriminalization, 1 in 3 Americans now have some type of criminal record, and nearly half of U.S. children have at least one parent with a record, according to a CAP analysis. Having even a minor criminal record can stand in the way of employment, education, housing, and other pillars of economic stability.
At the heart of the initiative, CAP, NELP, and CLS will partner with state-based leaders in criminal justice reform and re-entry to advance two second-chance policies: clean slate automatic record-sealing and occupational licensing reforms. Clean slate policies will be modeled after reforms currently advancing in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, which passed the Senate 50-0 earlier this summer.
The |
Workers at South Yorkshire newspapers owned by Johnston Press today began an all out strike against redundancies. This followed a vote that was 100 percent for | action on a 90 percent turnout. Nineteen out of 20 journalists voted for the action—and the last was on holiday.
'Johnston Press borrowed almost £1 billion to acquire local papers. They use the slogan, 'Life is local'. But what they did was centralise and asset strip. Things went OK for them until they got burned in 2008. Share prices plummeted.
Four operators now control almost all local papers. There are clumps of papers owned by the same company across the country.
'On my paper a trainee reporter gets £14,000. As editor I get £25,500. Are you surprised local papers can't attract or keep the kind of people who will produce stories?
Jim said, 'The former managing director, who was on £91,000, 'The company is not a charity here to indulge the lifestyle choices of its workers'.
'Now we have been told that our staff will drop from six to three journalists.
On |
NEW YORK – The worried manager of an industrial-sized pig farm in the little Mexican town of Xaltepec invited in journalists in an effort | to calm things down.
"What happened was an unfortunate coincidence," he told them insistently. More than 3000km away in New York, the world's richest "pig baron", Joseph Luter III, is hoping he is right.
Downwind of Xaltepec - where 15,000 squealing hogs are squeezed into 18 warehouses - residents of La Gloria blame Smithfield, Luter's firm, for an outbreak of respiratory problems that swept the town last month, killing two children.
Now, with Mexican authorities identifying a 4-year-old from the town, Edgar Hernandes, as one of the first known cases of swine flu, furious residents believe they are ground zero of the flu alert.
The very suggestion has sent a shudder through the ranks of campaigners who have long argued that the sort of industrialised pig farming that has turned Smithfield into one of the most powerful corporations in the United States, with a market value of US$1. |
Has Darren McFadden finally seized the feature-back role Oakland drafted him to fill two years ago? Until he’s able to followup | one solid outing with another – a feat that has eluded him to date – don’t bank on it. Especially with Michael Bush on the verge of returning to the lineup.
Is it too early to panic over lackluster opening-day performances from such notables as Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Schaub, Michael Turner, DeAngelo Williams, Andre Johnson and DeSean Jackson?
As for some other underachievers — I’m looking at you Matt Ryan, Jerome Harrison, C.J. Spiller and Mike Sims-Walker — you’re on a very short leash. Another flop like that and you’re going straight to our doghouse. And trust me, it stinks in there.
He looked like the dazzling All Pro of old in taking over for the concussed (and ineffective) Kevin Kolb against a talented Packers defense. Kolb hasn’t been ruled out of Week 2 (yet), but even if he |
As the poll battle for Mumbai and other civic bodies heats up over the next 10 days, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will hold nearly | 50 rallies across the state.
He will address 10 rallies in the megapolis, hammering home his party’s agenda of transparency and development for the country’s richest civic body. He is the lone star campaigner for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this season, with only Union minister Nitin Gadkari expected to arrive from Delhi for a couple of rallies.
At stake is not just control of the country’s financial capital, but also 25 district councils that govern nearly 75% of the rural population.
The polls — dubbed ‘mini assembly elections’ — are being seen as a referendum on the Fadnavis government and will give the public an idea of the strength of the four major parties ahead of the 2019 polls.
“I hold nearly six rallies daily. I will address 10 in Mumbai,” said Fadnavis.
With the split in the saffron alliance, the stakes have been raised |
The House Oversight Committee will subpoena Trump's financial records. Ways and Means wants his tax returns.
As Washington awaits special counsel Robert Mueller’ | s full report — which President Donald Trump and his allies claim fully exonerates him of any wrongdoing, though it’s still unclear exactly what evidence Mueller compiled — House Democrats are moving full steam ahead on investigations unrelated to the special counsel’s office.
Top Democrats on the Hill have expanded their probe into Trump’s finances, looking for evidence about whether the president and his businesses may have committed financial crimes.
On Friday, a memo revealed that House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings (D-MD) plans to subpoena accounting firm Mazars USA LLP, seeking 10 years of the president’s personal and business-related financial records.
And on Saturday, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) sent a new letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, re-upping his request for six years of Trump’s tax returns, and giving the agency until April 23 to comply.
The investigations by the two committees are among many |
Upside in Red Rock Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: RRR) is limited in the near term, according to one analyst.
| Stifel analyst Steven Wieczynski downgraded Red Rock Resorts from Buy to Hold but raised his price target from $29 to $37.
A robust local economy is likely to continue support outsized growth in the Las Vegas Locals gaming market, while Red Rock Resort is increasingly likely to deliver mid-teens or higher returns on the Palace Station and Palms redevelopment projects, Wieczynski said in a note. However, these positives are already reflected in the stock's valuation.
With shares trading at about 11 times Stifel's 2020 forecast, the firm sees asymmetric risk to the downside, driven by any unforeseen delays in the Palms overhaul, a longer-than-anticipated Palms margin ramp or changes in prevailing LVL market conditions over the next several years.
Given the lack of any transformational catalyst that's not already priced into shares, Stifel sees the stock, at best, trading in a relatively narrowly defined range around the share price in |
(Reuters) - A California toy company has sued Louis Vuitton to stop the French luxury goods maker from interfering with its sales of a slime- | filled, poop-shaped toy purse for children, Pooey Puitton.
MGA called Pooey Puitton protected parody “designed to mock, criticize, and make fun of that wealth and celebrity” associated with Louis Vuitton products and rejected what it called Louis Vuitton’s claim of trademark infringement to an MGA customer.
“The use of the Pooey name and Pooey product in association with a product line of ‘magical unicorn poop’ is intended to criticize or comment upon the rich and famous, the Louis Vuitton name, the LV marks, and on their conspicuous consumption,” the complaint said.
MGA is seeking a court declaration that Pooey Puitton does not infringe Louis Vuitton’s intellectual property rights, and is protected parody and fair use.
The Van Nuys, California-based company said Pooey Puitton, whose contents include “slime powder” for making a “rain |
A US hacker's homemade program to pinpoint origins of Wikipedia edits indicates that alterations to the popular online encyclopedia have come from the US CIA and the Vatican | .
Virgil Griffith's "Wikiscanner" points to CIA computers as the sources of nearly 300 edits to subjects including Iran's president, the Argentine navy and China's nuclear arsenal.
A CIA computer was the source of a whiny "Wahhhhh" inserted in a paragraph about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plans for the office.
"While I cannot confirm whether any changes were made from CIA computers, the agency always expects its computer systems to be used responsibly," CIA spokesman George Little said in response to an inquiry.
Anyone can make changes to the Internet encyclopedia. Wikipedia's founders believe people who know better will quickly correct inaccurate or misleading data.
Griffith says his software matches unique "IP" addresses of computers with Wikipedia records regarding which machines are used to make online edits.
"I came up with the idea when I heard about congressmen getting caught for whitewashing their Wikipedia pages," the graduate student and self-described hacker explains on his |
Hippo that escaped from flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia.
TBILISI, Georgia — Tigers, lions, a hipp | opotamus and other animals have escaped from the zoo in Georgia's capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures, prompting authorities to warn residents in Tbilisi to say inside Sunday. At least 12 people have been killed in the disaster, including three zoo workers.
An escaped hippo was cornered in one of the city's main squares and subdued with a tranquilizer gun, the zoo said. Some other animals also have been seized, but it remained unclear how many are on the loose. Bears and wolves are also among the animals who fled from their enclosures amid the flooding from heavy rains and high winds.
Municipal worker examines carcass of lion that died after flood destroyed zoo enclosures in Tbilisi, Georgia.
There were no immediate reports that any of the fatalities were due to animal attacks. The zoo said one of the dead was Guliko Chitadze, a zookeeper who lost an arm in an attack by a tiger last month.
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CAPE TOWN – The dark, foreboding presence of shadow IT inspires fear in most IT departments, sneaking in to businesses undetected as | people download their own, unapproved applications, software and even devices.
However, is shadow IT as ominous as it sounds? And, if so, what can businesses do to avoid the spread of darkness?
Shadow IT originated as a means for personnel to bypass IT rules by implementing and using their own applications, software or devices for work purposes. Often, this is because an employee finds their chosen technology works better than the one prescribed by the company’s IT division, whether because it’s familiar, easier to use or – they believe – it achieves better results.
A more common reason for the spread of shadow IT is the length of time it takes for a technology to be approved and rolled out by IT, often exceeding the completion date on the challenge it was intended to solve. Employees, frustrated by waiting for useable tech to be approved, decide to adopt their own instead.
The proliferation of cloud applications (many of them, free) has made it easy for anyone |
Taiwanese chip-maker UMC, under legal siege from the US Department of Justice, has reportedly pared down its DRAM project team | by nearly one half, signalling victory for rival Micron.
There were some 300 or so engineers working on UMC's DRAM project, but the Nikkei Asian Review reported that 140 are to be reassigned, presaging the eventual shuttering of the project.
UMC had accepted a contract from China's Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Company to develop technology for a DRAM chip product. The US DoJ alleged in early November that UMC had stolen intellectual property from a Micron subsidiary in Taiwan and was going to supply this to Fujian.
The alleged theft was supposedly accomplished by hiring engineers from the Micron subsidiary and having them bring confidential Micron documents to UMC.
Micron sued Fujian, which countersued Micron and the Chinese government, claiming Micron was a DRAM and NAND price-fixer along with Samsung and SK Hynix.
US companies are barred from exporting DRAM technology to Fujian, which has a $5 |
For many, comic books are a form of escapism from the tumultuous real world. When I worked in a comic store, I heard complaints | from the occasional older male customer who believed that comic creators needed “to keep politics out of their stories.” This always confused me, because heroes have always fought the injustices they see in the world. Superman stands for truth, justice, and the American way, while Captain America represents patriotism. Ms. Marvel is a young Muslim woman from New Jersey and there’s a Chinese-American Hulk defending the world.
Now, when the real world needs heroes to turn to under the uncertainty and outright danger of the new Trump administration, comic book writers and artists are using their powers for good and to make an impact for those in need. Writers have been helping to recirculate the phone numbers of congressional representatives while artists have been taking charity commissions, with the proceeds going to organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood. Through acts of resistance and awareness, these writers and artists have been spreading hope, raising civic engagement, and embodying the values of bravery and kindness that many |
No illnesses have been reported in connection to slaughter of "diseased" animals in California.
Minnesota has been added to a long list of | states — now numbering 45 — affected by an unusual beef recall stemming from the slaughter of "diseased and unsound" animals, according to federal regulators.
The recall of nearly 9 million pounds of beef products began in mid-February after the Rancho Feeding Corp. slaughterhouse in Northern California was closed. On Friday, 55 Minnesota retailers, many of them convenience stores or small supermarkets, were added to a list of affected outlets that nationally number over 5,000.
The stores sold "various beef products" connected to the Rancho recall, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website. Twin Cities-based Target and Supervalu have also been affected by the recall, which has not been connected to any reported illnesses nationwide.
The USDA's public declaration on the matter has been particularly blunt. Rancho Feeding carried out slaughtering activity without full federal inspection, which is required of all meat plants. Thus, affected products are "adulterated," |
Eight former players are receiving full total and permanent disability benefits of $4,000 a month from the NFL. To qualify, the condition must be | a direct result of a football injury, and the player must be disabled to the extent he cannot work in any other occupation.
- Otis Armstrong, RB, Denver 1973-80 (back injury).
- Ray Jamieson, RB, Oakland 1972 (spinal cord injury).
- Edward Thomas, DE, San Diego 1971-72, Buffalo 1973-75 (blood infection in both legs as a result of severe ulcerations due to being cleated).
- Charley Warner, DB, Kansas City 1963-64, Buffalo 1964-66 (back injury).
- Darryl Stingley, WR, New England 1973-77 (quadriplegia).
- Buddy Dial, SE, Pittsburgh 1959-63, Dallas 1964-66 (back injury).
- Steve Little, K, St. Louis 1978-80 (quadriplegia). Injury was sustained in a car accident on the way home after being cut by the Cardinals.
- William |
Time and change will surely show, how firm thy friendship O-HI-O.
If you’ve ever watched the end of an | Ohio State football game you may have seen the team players gather near the marching band, swaying arm in arm as they sing their alma mater. These lyrics have always kept their relevance for me though it’s been many years since I first sung them at OSU. Time certainly brings change.
A recent exciting change for me is taking a new position within OSU Extension here in Coshocton County. As the Family and Consumer Sciences educator I am thrilled to bring programming to our communities encouraging healthy people, healthy relationships and healthy finances.
As a result of this change, the focus for my column will begin to shift from agriculture topics to food, family and finances. Though honestly over the years those topic have already been weaving their way into my columns, because they are a part of agricultural life too. A new Agriculture and Natural Resources educator will be starting here in the county soon and we hope to contribute to this column together.
Over the past few weeks, I have thoroughly |
The board that governs Iowa’s three state universities met Friday and voted to make Benjamin Allen the new president of the University of Northern Iowa. | Allen’s been a transportation professor and academic vice-president at Iowa State University. On Friday just after his confirmation, Allen spoke to a gathering on the Cedar Falls campus and talked about his previous visit to U-N-I.
Allen says he and his wife were impressed during their visit to the community earlier this month. He says they wanted to come back, not just because the campus was beautiful and the academic programs outstanding, but because of the people they met.
Allen says “Students First” is not just a slogan at UNI. He says people live it and there’s a passion for the school. Allen says he hopes to make it even better, a process he jokingly calls “purple passion.” Allen was among three finalists to replace Robert Koob who announced his retirement after 11 years as president of U-N-I. Allen, who is 59, has been at Iowa State since 1979.
As the university’ |
By recruiting thousands of social media influencers, an LA fashion label has boomed to more than 600 staff in just three years.
The photos | are all over Instagram: Uniformly curvaceous women squeezed into tight, strategically ripped jeans, body-conscious velvet dresses, and lace-up bodysuits.
But the women — despite their resemblance to reality TV stars like Kylie Jenner — aren't celebrities, for the most part. They're influencers for Fashion Nova, a brand you've heard of, maybe even shopped, whose ground game is almost entirely focused on social media, rather than spreads in magazines or shelf space in boutiques.
The campaign seems to be working. In just three years, Fashion Nova has grown to a staff more than 600 people, who churn out up to 500 new clothing designs every week. Along the way the company has picked up 6.9 million Instagram followers and a stable of celebrity endorsers like Jenner and Amber Rose.
Or, put another way, as rapper and reality star Cardi B wrote in an Instagram post: "My shoes Balenciaga but my fit @fashionnova TH |
Over decades of travelling to Europe in search of culture, ambience and novelty, I admit I’ve softened a bit. One does, | as one gets older. From cheerfully roughing it with a backpack to more indulgent city breaks, I’ve accustomed myself to a certain level of... not extravagance, exactly, but ease.
But now I’ve been on a river cruise, and I think I may be spoiled for life.
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. My impression of a cruise holiday was that of a giant resort afloat on the ocean. Noise, booziness, overindulgence – all jolly enough, if you fancy it, but liable to be intense and exhausting.
Listening to my fellow passengers on the Avalon Visionary, a low-slung craft with about as many passengers as metres in its length – a little over 100 – it seemed this was about right. Experienced cruise-goers, many of them, they enthused over the contrast between your average cruise and what Avalon offers, luxuriating in the placid |
From an ideological point of view, you may not agree with everything that Governor Hopeful/Mayor Gillum is proposing such as a $50, | 000 yearly salary for teachers or a $15 an hour minimum wage for everyone that works, and legalizing marijuana. But you cannot stop believing in his integrity, and he is a Black man with a progressive agenda for change. You also may disagree with his location for a kickoff in the heart of the ghetto in Parramore, but it was beautiful, and many left with a hoarse voice because they never stopped screaming and hollering for the brother. Bring it home, bring it home.
The Gillum/King ticket for governor and lieutenant governor is the most unprecedented campaign in the history of the state, and the support is growing and catching fire from Florida residents who are tired of the same old okey-dokey. They are tired of the current governor not telling the truth, and giving major corporation’s income tax cuts while they destroy the environment, and his friends are given business deals where they make hundreds of millions of dollars in profit.
It is time for a |
NORWALK – Glenn High senior Juan Arceo won his third Suburban League title upon pinning Norwalk’s Jose Garcia at | 1:11 to capture the 135-pound championship on Saturday afternoon.
Arceo (35-4) was named the lower-weight MVP after pinning each of his opponents, and headlining a group of 13 Eagles who qualified for the CIF Individual Meet on Feb. 21.
“I am really happy with where I’m at right now, but our team looks good too and we hope to continue on as a unit,” Arceo said.
Glenn heavyweight Jose Lopez remained undefeated after winning a match and the tournament as La Mirada forfeited against the area’s best wrestler for the second time this season.
Leonel Ayala (140) won, pinning La Mirada’s Chris Trujillo in 20 seconds. And 112-pound Alex Camacho won the fourth title of the day for Glenn.
Steven Joyce (103) won the first of five titles for Norwalk High, pinning Vincent Montelong |
Civil society organizations (CSOs) all over the world are under significant pressure. Armed with smart phones and connected like never before, civil society actors | have found new ways to organize, demand greater government accountability, and inject their voices into policy debates. As citizens’ voices have grown louder and more influential, many governments have responded by cracking down on civil society. According to CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, in 2014, there were serious threats to civic freedoms in at least 96 countries around the world.
India has attempted to discredit environmental organizations that have opposed mining, nuclear and power projects, suggesting that these organizations are undermining the “national interest and security” by creating obstacles to economic development.
CSOs need to approach messaging with the same degree of sophistication and rigor that marketing or advertising firms apply to selling products. As such narratives have gained traction, donors and civil society leaders have come to realize that they cannot take public support for granted. There is a growing consensus that developing positive narratives and conducting strategic communications campaigns are crucial elements of the pushback against closing space. Yet, CSOs (and the donors who |
Christina Roshay and Minister Blessed.
While visiting with family in the US, Minister Blessed was pulled into an uncomfortable situation.
He | found himself going along with his cousins to celebrate a birthday. Unbeknown to him, the festivities would lead him to a nightclub.
"I was misled and stuck in a club. You know when friends say you're going to a birthday link-up, but it was a club overseas; I couldn't do anything about it. They were trying to influence me to do the things they do in the club. But having left that experience, people who were there said it reinforced for them my Christianity," the deejay told The WEEKEND STAR.
Despite being surrounded by secular behaviour and temptations, Minister Blessed stood strong as one line played over and over again in his mind: "Jesus, I just want to be like you".
"That one little line was born in my head. This is a relevant message I want people to gravitate towards. All I had was the one line, but I got home and started to expound," he said.
That one line |
OMAHA, Neb. - Canadian Pacific (CP) said Monday that it is ending its nearly $30 billion takeover bid for Norfolk Southern ( | NSC), less than six months after it offered to buy the rival railroad.
Norfolk Southern had rejected Canadian Pacific's bids, saying that the Calgary, Canada-based railroad needed to raise its offer and convince a rail regulator that the structure of the deal could be approved.
Canadian Pacific is dropping the deal before the federal Surface Transportation Board could rule on its proposed structure and before Norfolk Southern shareholders vote whether to support merger talks.
Canadian Pacific CEO E. Hunter Harrison said Monday that there was "no clear path to a friendly merger at this time."
A deal would have expanded Canadian Pacific's rail network across the U.S., and many observers believed it would have triggered a wave of railroad mergers.
Canadian Pacific officials had previously said that they would consider repurchasing stock or paying additional dividends if this deal fell apart.
Throughout the merger conversations, Norfolk Southern executives had argued that its shareholders and customers would be better off if the railroad remained independent.
Now Norfolk Southern will |
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are working to change that equation for the most common type of breast cancer. The Case Western team is targeting estrogen- | receptor positive cancer (ER-positive), which accounts forآ 70 percent of all breast cancer cases, according to the National Cancer Institute. In ER-positive cancer, the cancer cells, like normal breast cells, receive signals from estrogen that promote their growth. To determineآ the cancer’s aggressiveness, doctors use the Oncotype DX test. It determines whether a patient needs chemotherapy آ– with the hair loss, nausea, fatigue and other side effects that come with it آ– or hormone therapy, which has milder side effects. The test can easily distinguish high-risk and low-risk patients, but others fall in a sort of intermediate-risk limbo, said Madabhushi. And at $4,000, the test is out of reach for many people, including most in the developing world. To replace the costly test, heآ and his team are using GPU-accelerated deep learning to develop an automated test that could speed diagnosis |
A central Queensland real estate agent says the recent success of the industry event Beef Australia 2015 is a good sign for the property market.
Real Estate | Institute of Queensland Rockhampton zone chairman Noel Livingston says despite economic uncertainty for some sectors, the market is showing signs of improvement with favourable buying conditions.
He says Beef Australia highlighted interest in the region.
"The beef market going as well as it is, is a very positive sign for our real estate market with high prices," he said.
"A bit of rain wouldn't go astray but the beef industry is looking better than it has for some time."
McGrath Estate Agents chief operating officer Geoff Lucas says his business is looking to expand in the region next month.
He says while the central Queensland market has been flat to down recently, he is optimistic about its future.
"I think that was probably echoed with the attention and the increased attendance at Beef Week," he said.
"It was quite obvious to us that there was an increased number of delegates and increased offshore interest in the region, and certainly in agriculture and particularly beef.
"We see that |
THE Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital has been given the government go-ahead and £7million to build a new emergency medical unit.
The 31- | bed extension should cut waiting times at the adjoining casualty unit and enable the quick and easy admission of injured and sick patients for medical care.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has approved the government contribution for a £10m 'Emergency Care Village' at the front of the Royal Blackburn.
It will enable swifter patient transfers from its Accident and Emergency Department by merging existing two acute medical units to complement new short-stay emergency care provision for casualties still able to walk.
The new unit will cater for patients who having attended A and E need to be admitted to the hospital for a longer stay.
As well as freeing up slots in the casualty department, the new 'express treatment' unit will free up beds and space in the main hospital to allow ward refurbishments and more patient admissions.
With the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust finding the rest of the cash, construction on an existing car park will start in the summer for completion in winter next year.
ELHT chief executive Kevin |
A jury convicted a Whittier man on Tuesday, Nov. 13, for fatally shooting his girlfriend in the head last year.
In addition | to finding 57-year-old Rafael Ayala Castillo guilty of first-degree murder, jurors also found true the special allegation that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm, which caused great bodily injury and death to Sandra Polanco.
Ayala Castillo faces 50 years to life in prison at his Jan. 15 sentencing at Norwalk Superior Court, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Rafael Ayala Castillo, 57, of Whittier was found guilty on Nov. 13, 2018 of the first degree murder of his girlfriend, Sandra Polanco.
Witness testimony revealed Ayala Castillo and Polanco were having relationship problems before the murder, the statement said.
The prosecution said the couple was in a relationship for nearly 10 years and lived together in the 11700 block of Floral Drive in Whittier.
A relative of Polanco dropped by the apartment on Sept. 12, 2017 and discovered the 54-year |
A Justice Department lawyer urged a judge Thursday to find that Apple Inc. conspired with publishers in 2010 to raise electronic book prices, while an attorney | for the computer giant warned that such a finding in the civil antitrust case would set a "dangerous precedent" for businesses.
Justice Department lawyer Mark Ryan said the government had proven overwhelmingly through testimony and evidence offered at a three-week trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that Apple conspired with publishers to boost e-book prices above the $9.99 bargain price that the Seattle-based Amazon.com had established for the most popular electronic books.
He said publishers were eager to force Amazon to raise prices when Apple approached them in December 2009, beginning talks to boost prices of many books to $12.99 and $14.99 over the next year.
"The publishers were unwilling to take Amazon on alone," Ryan told U.S. District Judge Denise Cote.
Ryan said the plan "succeeded quite well," with substantial price increases for e-books.
But Apple attorney Orin Snyder told Cote earlier that she would set a " |
Students participating in Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E) PowerPathway Pole Climbing Capstone course climb utility poles at the PG& | E pole climbing training facility on June 8, 2012 in Oakland, California. The free three-week course teaches skills to better prepare individuals to compete for jobs such as pre-apprentice lineworker within the utility industry.
May 15, 2014, 7:20 a.m.
More than 3 million teenagers are expected to graduate from high school over the next six weeks. For most of them, their choices are stark: Either find a job or enter college.
But there’s no reason for students to view their career paths in such extremes as working at McDonald’s or attending Harvard, says Anthony Carnevale, director and research professor at the Georgetown Univers |
New social network called Toyota Friend will provide Toyota owners with a platform to interact.
Like pretty much every company in the universe these days, Toyota | (NYSE: TM) is planning to get friendlier with its customers by setting up a new social network for Toyota cars and their drivers called Toyota Friend.
The network, which is meant to connect cars, owners, dealerships, and the company, creating a pool of online resources where valuable information like maintenance and customer services can be found, adds momentum to a strong trend growing among auto manufacturers. Toyota is definitely looking to make a mark in dashboard telematics.
Toyota's new venture on the social networking front will be in partnership with salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), a major player in the cloud computing business. The network, which will debut next year, will be available on Toyota electric vehicles and hybrid plug-ins. This network will enable users to post messages in real time. This could mean easy accessibility of information such as engine diagnostics and energy usage for everyone who drives a Toyota hybrid or electric vehicle. Or, it could just mean a bunch of annoying, |
MADISON, Wis.—A University of Wisconsin student with a nickname of “Silo” is eating his way through school—competitive | ly.
Computer engineering student Eric Dahl now ranks third in the world of competitive eating as determined by All Pro Eating rankings, though he once held the top spot. Dahl has earned more than $18,000 in prize money or merchandise to help pay for his education.
Dahl was drawn to competitive eating in 2011, at the former Big Red’s Steakhouse in Madison. Dahl didn’t want to pay for his meal so he signed up for a challenge: eat a three-pound cheesesteak sandwich in less than 10 minutes and skip the bill. He finished in 5 minutes, 50 seconds.
“It just started rolling from there,” he said.
Dahl’s first paycheck came from Dickey’s Barbecue Pit in suburban Minneapolis, where he earned $250 for inhaling nine pulled-pork sandwiches in six minutes. The former high school athlete found the competition and its over-the-top atmosphere reminiscent of professional |
Southeast Missouri bumped its lead to 16 points midway through the second quarter behind Tesia Thompson, who scored 13 of her game-high 22 points | in the first half.
SIUE would score the final eight points of the second quarter, bolstered by another buzzer beater. The Cougars were down 33-26 at halftime after a 30-foot, banked three-pointer by Nakiah Bell.
It was all about second chances for the Cougars, as they turned 21 offensive rebounds into 19 second-chance points.
Micah Jones, who led the Cougars in scoring off the bench with 16 points, grabbed five offensive rebounds. Sydney Bauman and Allie Troeckler grabbed four off the offensive boards for SIUE.
The Cougars out-rebounded the Redhawks 40-32.
“It was a toughness mentality that you had to go get the ball,” Buscher said.
SIUE made a complete comeback midway through the fourth quarter. Jay’nee Alston’s two free throws with 4:28 left gave the Cougars their first lead since early in |
Captain Awesome wrote: If somebody wants to kill 20 children, they can do in a number of ways - they can do it with a handgun, | they can do it with a shotgun, they can set the school on fire, they can swing machete, they can poison the water, they can put an explosive charge, and many other ways. You can't blame the tool they're using for the end result because taking away his gun wouldn't stop him from doing it - in fact it could have made it worse. While the thought of everybody around me carrying a gun is somewhat scary (I own a number of them myself but don't carry them around and feel no need to), you can't blame guns for this heinous crime, you have to look at the sick person who did it. You want to ban guns? Sure, but you won't get rid of mass murdering, you'll just shift the way they happen.
I didn't say guns should be banned. If society wants their children put at risk by making it relatively easy to acquire guns, then so be it. The easier guns are to acquire the more rampage killings |
Heading into the Thursday night game against the Philadelphia Eagles we really hadn\’t seen any of the Pittsburgh Steelers young wide receivers emerge head | and shoulders above one another at the bottom of the depth chart, but wide receivers Scottie Montgomery let be known in a recent interview with David Todd for ESPN 970 Radio, that both Tyler Beiler and Derrick Williams caught his eye in the Steelers first preseason game.
While Montgomery would go on to give an obligatory mention to both Toney Clemons and Marquis Maze, it was clear that both Beiler and Williams have a leg up right now in his eyes. Montgomery also mentioned that they were disappointed that they didn\’t get a chance to see David Gilreath play Thursday night as he evidently was not able to go because of a small bunion on one of his feet. Gilreath is now back practicing, so we can likely expect him to get some looks Sunday night in the Steelers second preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts.
As far as how the wide receivers rotation went this past Thursday, Williams entered the game at the same time that Clemons did and Maze was used in the |
Are you a devout gym-goer or just starting out on your fitness journey?
Either way; getting (or staying) fit and healthy | is about to get a whole lot more fun.
Say hello to the New3Fit Box– Ireland's first health & fitness subscription box.
Launching only weeks ago, the New3Fit is the brainchild of Deborah O'Reilly, an emergency medical paramedic who, for the past ten years, has been a competitive athlete, competing in boxing on an international level, as well as competing in various strength & conditioning events both in Ireland and abroad.
Following retirement from her amateur career, O'Reilly decided she wanted to help others learn more about nutrition, fitness and how to ensure their bodies perform to their best ability, and set up New3Fit for athletes and 'hobby exercisers' to be able to access tailored advanced sports performance nutritional programming – no matter where in the country they live.
"Like so many others, I initially began exercising for fat loss soon finding love for competitive sports rising to the top in boxing in Ireland & competing at international level," Deborah explains |
With its indie, out-of-place feel, this is no ordinary Munich hotel – The Flushing Meadows Hotel & Bar’s more | natural home might appear to be Berlin. Though owned by the people behind trendy bars and nightspots in the city, it doesn’t suffer from attempting to be a bit too cool for comfort.
It is located on a busy road, on the third and fourth floors of a slightly down-at-heels-looking shopping street. However, it certainly hasn’t suffered by its lack of gentrification and the wider Glockenbach quarter is a pretty hip place, with numerous interesting bars, cafés and restaurants. The river Isar is nearby, and in the summer its shores are a haven for sun and water lovers, and a prime place for barbecues. Fraunhoferstraße U-Bahn station is a two-minute walk (Altstadt/Marienplatz, 15 minutes).
Local creatives (composers, surfers and artists) designed the third-floor rooms. The hotel’s owners designed the fourth floor |
Last time Joe Bob Briggs crashed the 24/7 horror movie party at Shudder, he also crashed their servers. Earlier this year in July, | Shudder played host to the return of horror and b-movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs. His special The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs drew such a big crowd that the servers were unable to handle all the love. Users were frustrated that the marathon stream wasn’t loading or playing for a moment, before crashing.
After some time passed, Shudder did get their servers back up and running and the marathon continued as planned.
Now Joe Bob is coming back to Shudder with Dinners of Death, which premieres this Thanksgiving on November 22. According to a report from BirthMoviesDeath, the marathon will not feature the 24-hour runtime of Joe Bob’s July special. Instead, Dinners of Death will feature four different horror movies beginning at 9:00 P.M. and wrapping up at 6:00 A.M.
Also of note, Joe Bob Briggs stated in the new trailer for the special that Shudder will be airing his all |
With his final term in the City Council coming to an end in less than a month, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. has only a little | time left to work on passing some of his bills that will impact the City for years to come and put a bow on his Council career.
Or, he can introduce legislation to revert the name of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge to just the Queensboro Bridge.
Yes, Vallone is taking one more crack at his pet peeve on the bridge’s name, which was changed in honor of the late Mayor in 2011.
The bill would change back the name and instead honor Koch by naming the Manhattan Municipal Building the Ed Koch Manhattan Municipal Building.
“I wanted to start the process so that Queens elected officials who come after me can restore the Queensboro Bridge to its rightful owners while simultaneously providing an appropriate honor for the late Mayor Koch,” he said.
Maybe Vallone’s right. Perhaps another councilman will take up the fight for the Queensboro Bridge and get the City Council to restore its name.
If you believe that though, we� |
Few will disagree with E.D. Hirsch’s observation in his latest book that American students have trouble reading. In fact, the | longer they stay in school, the worse they perform compared with their peers in other countries. Nor is anyone likely to dispute his assertion that the gap in reading skills between Hispanic and African American students and their white counterparts is “tragic,” a wound in the American Dream. Not that whites read that well, either—more than half fail to do so at proficient levels.What will be argued and debated is Hirsch’s analysis of the root causes of this dismal situation and his proposed remedy for it.
The professor emeritus and founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation lays most of the blame on the many philosophical heirs of John Dewey advocating and practicing child-centered instruction throughout the American educational community. As he did in Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, his controversial 1987 bestseller, Hirsch denounces these “progressive” educators for institutionalizing the belief that the teaching of “mere facts,” a “specific, content- |
An undated aerial photo during the oil boom era in Hermosa Beach.
South Bay Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi on Friday announced a bill | designed to take the financial heat off Hermosa Beach voters who are being asked to decide whether to allow oil drilling in their city for the first time in more than 80 years.
The legislation would allow the city to take out a no-interest loan from the state to help pay off a $17.5-million penalty the city would face if voters in the beach town reject an oil drilling proposal.
The assemblyman said he wanted Hermosa Beach residents to vote "without the gun of this financial penalty to their head."
Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) unveiled the bill at a press conference, flanked by representatives from Heal the Bay and Stop Hermosa Beach Oil, both staunch opponents of new drilling.
The bill, if passed, could represent an innovative solution to the high-stakes question Hermosa Beach voters will likely face this fall, the result of a multimillion-dollar legal settlement that threatened to drive Hermosa Beach into bankruptcy.
If voters approve the ballot measure |
There are over 150 Skyrim Special Edition mods we think you should try on your PS4 and Xbox One as we push into the new year.
| As we push into 2019, Skyrim Special Edition owners can no longer rely on Bethesda for new, free content. The company hasn’t confirmed any new feature updates and the last update, version 1.5.62, delivered content that requires players to spend real cash.
Bethesda periodically updates Skyrim’s Creation Club with new downloadable content, but the content isn’t free. If you want new, free content to Skyrim Special edition you’ll have to rely on the Skyrim modding community.
Skyrim Special Edition mods can change your game in a variety of different ways. Some mods make small tweaks to the game. Other mods deliver new items, characters, and graphical changes to Skyrim Special Edition.
Bethesda’s catalog now features well over 10,000 mods. That’s an amazing statistic, but if you’re starting the game for the first time or jumping back in after a long time away, it can be overwhelming.
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President Donald Trump has nominated William Barr to become the U.S. Attorney General, leaving the future of Iowa native who has been serving as acting | Attorney General unknown.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says Matt Whitaker is a friend from Iowa and she recently talked with him about it. “Not sure where he is going to land — but when I spoke to him just the other day before President Bush’s Memorial Service — (he said) he would take it as it comes, and I am sure he will land on his feet,” Ernst says. Whitaker was the chief of staff for Attorney General Jeff Sessions before Sessions resigned, and he immediately was in the spotlight after being named to the acting role.
“Of course all of us from Iowa, we wish the absolute best for Matt Whitaker, in whatever his endeavors may be. Whether he is staying at the Department of Justice or moving on to another career,” according to Whitaker. Ernst says she has not had a chance to meet Barr.
“So, I can’t tell you about his character. I am sure he |
ABS-CBN Foundation's Gina Lopez spoke to the audience about how important it is to preserve islands' natural beauty and resources, and how | tourism can fit into that vision.
The keynote speaker at the Bank of Guam's Economic Forum, Gina Lopez, got the audience singing, dancing and cheering for Guam's well-being on Tuesday.
Lopez briefly served as the Philippines' Director of Environmental and Natural Resources and is member of the Lopez family that owns the prominent ABS-CBN media company in the Philippines.
She spoke to the audience about how important it is to preserve islands' natural beauty and resources, and how tourism can fit into that vision.
"Tourism must benefit the local communities as well," Lopez said. "It can't be just about the money. It has to be driven by values."
She insisted that the motivator for sustainability must be love: love for one's environment, love for each other.
"I truly believe in the power of love," she said. "We're not material beings. We're spiritual beings."
She shared many examples of projects she is overseeing which intend |
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