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And to prove it's a world class city, Seattle traffic congestion is in the top 20 in the world.
Congratulations, Seattle and Tacoma drivers
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. You enjoy two of the top 16 most congested commutes in America. That's the result of the annual Global Traffic Scorecard from Kirkland-based INRIX.
Seattle drivers paid $1,853 each in 2017 for that privilege of being stuck in the city's traffic congestion while Tacoma drivers spent $1,485. And since housing prices have forced many people who work in Seattle to live in Pierce County, they are likely getting dinged twice.
Congestion cost Seattle over $5 billion in 2017, according to INRIX. Tacoma lost $2.4 billion.
Seattle also made an international mark, finishing with the 20th worst congestion among major cities around the world -- right between the Russian cities of Krasnodar and Saint Petersburg.
Portland finished 12th in the U.S. with 50 hours lost to congestion and $1,648 per driver.
Los Angeles finished No. 1 not only in the nation but the world.
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The Weather Channel is getting action-packed to advertise its Groundhog Day coverage. The cinematic legacy of the holiday known as Groundhog Day is wrapped
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up almost entirely in one film: the 1993 Bill Murray classic called, yes, Groundhog Day. The film was directed by Harold Ramis and starred Murray as a local TV weatherman Phil Connors, doomed to relive Groundhog Day over and over again in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Groundhog Day was a sizable hit at the time, but has only grown in esteem in the years since, to everyone from critics to Bill Murray acolytes to dorm-room philosophers.
In the years since, of course, no one has attempted another film centered around Groundhog Dog, despite always-false rumors of an impending sequel. But with the actual Groundhog Day approaching this Friday, another arm of the weather industry is giving us a look at what a Groundhog Day action movie might look like.
We Love Weather, a Twitter account associated with the Weather Channel, has released a mock action movie trailer for the Weather Channel’s Groundhog Day coverage on its morning show
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Northwestern and Maryland have followed similar paths to this point in the football season.
Where they
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go from here could well be determined by the result of their first-ever meeting on Saturday.
The Wildcats (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) and Terrapins (3-2, 1-1) were feeling pretty good about themselves until last week, when each learned how they stack up against the upper echelon of the conference.
Northwestern lost at home to Penn State 31-7 and Maryland was outclassed in a 62-14 rout at Ohio State.
“There’s definitely parallels there,” Terps coach DJ Durkin said.
So now, it’s bounce-back time for two teams at a pivotal juncture of the schedule.
Northwestern went 2-1 against non-conference foes before opening in the Big Ten with a credible showing in a 33-24 loss to Wisconsin on Sept. 30. Then last week happened.
Maryland followed an uplifting win at Minnesota by falling flat at
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This set of Flash templates lets you quickly create a simple yet attractive animated Web page. Included are six designs suitable for both corporate and home use.
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Templates allow you to enter your text, choose your own colors and pictures, set the number of buttons and pages, and use basic HTML formatting for the body text. The program does not hide unused buttons, however. You will have to edit the source pages manually in a text editor and change colors by entering their hexadecimal codes. To the developers' credit, however, the source code is thoroughly commented. EasyTemplates might serve best as training wheels for someone with a decent command of HTML, or at least an interest in learning it.
Creating your own entire Web site is peanuts using Flash templates from EasyTemplates. EasyTemplates offers you the most flexible and easiest way imaginable to create Flash Web sites. You don't need to know Flash or HTML, just enter all your content in a standard text file, replacing the text and colors with your own, and upload the files to your Web server. Version 1.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Ten months on and despite six arrests, no one has been charged or brought to justice for the murder of Wolverhampton teenager Keelan Wilson
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The family of the 15-year-old have spoken out after Detective Chief Inspector Chris Mallett told an inquest that further arrests could be made in the coming weeks.
He told the hearing at Black Country Coroners Court that work to investigate the 15-year-old’s murder nearly 10 months ago is extensive and remains ‘consistent’ – despite pressure on resources.
Keelan was stabbed to death just yards from his home by an armed group of masked attackers.
He was ambushed while he was tending to a broken-down car at around 11pm on May 29 in Strathfield Walk in the Merry Hill area of Wolverhampton.
Keelan’s mother Kelly Ellitts said: “This inquest update is no different to the last update really. It’s just exactly the same with different wording.
“We were told months ago they would be making those arrests in a couple of weeks and now
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Which states produce the most celebrities?
Celebrities who have achieved fame and fortune often flock to states like California or New York. What some
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of us don’t know is that many A-listers were born in obscure places.
While some states produce only a handful of celebrities, people born in certain states seem to be destined for the spotlight. Using data provided by Gracenote, PrettyFamous looked at the number of celebrities per state to see where the most celebrities are from. The raw number of celebrities per state was normalized against the state’s population to determine a per capita figure. This figure represents the number of celebrities from their respective states, per 100,000 people.
These per capita figures were calculated from a subset of our data of 12,589 celebrities who have appeared in at least one television show or movie and have had their place of birth recorded in our database.
Additionally, we have identified which celebrity from each state has the most Twitter followers.
Top Celebrity from Michigan on Twitter: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
This visualization shows the breakdown of celebrities based on each state’s number of
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CAIRO, IL (KFVS) - Illinois American Water-Cairo District is in the process of returning to its normal water source this
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week.
Construction has been completed at the Cairo Water Treatment Plant to improve the intake structure in Ohio River. This construction resulted in a need to use well groundwater as an alternate source of water supply temporarily.
"This change ensured residents continued to receive reliable water service critical to public health and community fire protection while the construction on the plant's intake system was completed," said Senior Operations Manager Grant Evitts. "We thank the community for their patience and understanding."
The transition is expected to be completed this week.
The Cairo District will also begin flushing fire hydrants and water mains. The work will continue over the next four to six weeks.
Customers may experience a slight drop in water pressure or draw some discolored water temporarily.
If this occurs, it is recommended that customers let their cold water run to clear before using it again and refrain from doing laundry during that time.
Fire hydrants will also be checked and operated to help ensure fire protection
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Antibiotics kill pathogenic bacteria. However, they can also kill beneficial bacteria and upset the human body, especially in the gut. Scientists have
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developed a way to help protect ‘good’ bacteria from antibiotics.
Scientists have discovered that populating the gastrointestinal tracts of mice with a key species of bacteria that produces a specific enzyme, helps protect the good bacteria in the gut from the harmful effects of antibiotics.
The species of bacteria that produces the important enzyme is Bacteroides and the enzyme produced is beta-lactamase.
For the study, the scientists established populations of beta-lactamase producing Bacteroides in some mice, but not in others. They then gave all the mice ceftriaxone, a beta-lactam antibiotic, for three days and then oral doses of pathogenic bacteria.
The results showed that the mice that had been populated with Bacteroides maintained their diverse species of beneficial gut bacteria and remained free of the pathogens. With the control mice, there was a decrease in the beneficial bacteria (due to the antibiotics) and some detection of the pathogens.
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Why does the loss of some lives merit more grieving than the loss of others?
It was a pretty innocuous quote from AFP but it spoke volumes
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about the disposability of certain lives. "British Prime Minister David Cameron also spoke with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, reiterating 'the UK's strong support for Israel's right to take proportionate action to defend itself from Gaza rockets, while expressing condolences over the Israeli deaths and concern over the'mounting civilian casualties in Gaza.'"
How did it come about that the loss of some lives merits grieving and that of others mere concern over the magnitude? How come some people have rights to self-defence while others are expected to patiently endure decades of dispossession, ethnic cleansing and humiliation? Why, as Michael Onsando asked on Twitter, "this insistence that the oppressed need to be 'better people' than the oppressors - why?"
This week too, when Kenya's foreign minister, Ambassador Amina Abdallah, was asked about the country's stand on the Israeli bombardment and invasion of Gaza, which has claimed the lives of more than 700 Palestinians, most of them civilians,
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As a third-grade teacher for D.C. Public Schools, Gary Hamilton wanted to be part of the community beyond his classroom.
T
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ired of long commutes to Wheatley Education Campus from his home in Beltsville, Md., Hamilton this week is moving into a one-bedroom apartment in the District’s NoMa neighborhood. But that change will come at a cost.
Hamilton, 35, said he will be paying $2,600 per month to rent a 690-square-foot apartment, about $1,000 more than his rent in the Maryland suburbs. Even as a seasoned teacher making a base salary of about $116,000, the prospect of becoming a homeowner in the nation’s capital is daunting — for him and for other employees of the school system.
Hamilton was part of a group of D.C. employees who met Thursday with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who as part of her proposed budget for the coming fiscal year is pitching a $20 million fund to create more affordable housing for middle-income workers.
The so-called workforce housing fund would be
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News reports and politicians lauding US gas exports as “best for Crimea” don’t disclose the US gas companies pushing the line
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, or their Russian connections.
A small group of pundits and politicians with close ties to the fossil fuel industry are using the crisis in Crimea to demand that the United States promote natural gas exports as a quick fix for the volatile situation. But such a solution, experts say, would cost billions of dollars, require years of development, and would not significantly impact the international price of gas or Russia’s role as a major supplier for the region. Rather, the move would simply increase gas prices for American consumers while enriching companies involved in the liquified natural gas (LNG) trade.
On Capitol Hill, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) was among the first to use the crisis in Ukraine to demand that the Department of Energy speed up the approval process for new LNG terminals. “Now is the time to send the signal to our global allies that US natural gas will be an available and viable alternative to their energy needs,” said Upton
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Is there a bicycle gathering dust in the garage? Is that bicycle just sitting there taking up space? Maybe that bicycle needs a little love after enjoying
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the corner of the garage for a number of years. What if there was something fun the family could do to be reunited with that bicycle that is out in the open that everyone will enjoy?
The Tired Bike Derby is just the event to get Crook County interested in bicycling outside and being active! This event is brought to you by the Crook County Health Department in partnership with Crook County Parks and Recreation District, Good Bike Co., For the Children, and Central Oregon Youth Development Inc. The Tired Bike Derby will teach bicycle safety, fix minor bike repairs, and give people of all age groups a chance to use their bikes competitively.
The Tired Bike Derby held at the Prineville Bike Park is a three-part event, with a bicycle safety lesson and helmet giveaway, a bicycle repair clinic, and time attack races divided by age group. The event starts with a safety lesson and bike helmet giveaway donated from For the Children. At the bicycle repair clinic you will
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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Photoshop World 2018—In a move that signals a significant expansion of the FileShadow
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Cloud File Assurance Service, FileShadow today announces support for Adobe Creative Cloud Storage. In addition to support for all popular cloud file systems, FileShadow’s file archiving and protection service will support archiving of Adobe Creative Cloud files to the IBM Cloud with IBM Cloud Object Services (COS). The FileShadow Service delivers “11 Nines” of durability for the Creative Cloud Assets, providing the assurance that assets stored on Adobe Creative Cloud are “available for a lifetime,” company executives said.
Pike noted that by using IBM Cloud Object Storage, the FileShadow vault spans three U.S. regions, including the East Coast (Virginia), Central (Texas) and West Coast (California), to eliminate the vulnerability of a single data center and delivers “11 Nines” of durability.
In addition, FileShadow’s file assurance service for Drobo is fully integrated with customers’ cloud storage on Adobe Creative Cloud as well as Box,
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Structurally, the movie box office is pointed back to the future, but with a couple of twists.
As we approached mid-July,
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according to data compiled by Boxofficemojo.com, the domestic box-office take for films released in 2018 was startlingly top-heavy. According to numbers posted Friday—before the current weekend is factored in—the Top Ten films, led by Black Panther, accounted for $3.34 billion, or 58.8 percent, of the $5.68 billion in sales for 362 movies. So 352 films were left to split $2.34 billion, for an average of about $6.6 million each (though a great deal of that went to the Second Ten, leaving crumbs for the rest).
In the year’s second half, of course, performance will even out a bit, as awards contenders and holiday films diminish the lead by first-half blockbusters. But it appears likely that, for the first time in recent memory, the Top Ten films will finish the year with 40 percent or more of the total box-office. Several of the
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Daniel Ballard is the only new face in Michael O’Neill’s 27-man group.
Michael Duffy and Pat Hoban were
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on the scoresheet as Dundalk booked their place in the second round of the Europa League qualifiers.
The cars were broken into in the Doolough area of Louisburgh.
Gardaí are now using new laws to tackle sham marriages.
* And that’s even before they were suspended. Dublin meanwhile ranks 31st out of 31 European cities in terms of percentage income spent on charges each year.
If EU house price rises were a music chart, would Ireland make the top 5?
Estonia has the highest number of drug deaths in Europe. But why?
Estonia with a population of just 1.2 million, has 191 per million drug deaths per population.
The Italian’s eventful reign in charge of the Boys in Green is over.
Concerns about jobs at the IFSC are among the reasons that Ireland has not signed up to implementing a levy on financial transactions despite Greece, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Germany and
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Bea and her own band of Bellas strip Nick's R&B track way down.
The 16-year-old teamed up with
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CoverGirl for a “Pitch Perfect 2”-inspired a cappella version of the pop-R&B jam, infusing it with her own strong vocals and rock sensibilities.
We know what you’re probably thinking: how in the world could anyone do “Chains” justice without the song’s distinctive heavy beats and R&B flavor? That’s where Bea’s posse of wickedly talented a cappella gals (who could definitely give the Barden Bellas a run for their money) comes in and lets their voices mimic the ominous drops in the original version. At the center of it all is Bea, whose commanding voice has never sounded so gorgeous.
As for what Nick thinks of the cover, we can only assume he’s as awed by it as we are. After all, he and Bea got chummy at Wango Tango last weekend, where we like
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The interim Budget FY20 was carved to perfection to woo farmers, middle-income group, creating more jobs and providing some relief to the MSME
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sector. But, what about the investors?
Although there was nothing special for the investor community at large but D-Street is taking comfort in the fact that the fiscal deficit number did not exceed much from the target and the measures announced in the Budget are likely to support earnings of companies in consumption, consumer discretionary, agri-related sectors and to some extent healthcare companies.
The fiscal math assessment is more relevant for FY19 as FY20 numbers will get substantially changed with the formation of the new government after the 2019 General Elections. Benchmark indices are likely to move sideways, so investors are better off placing bets on select sectors which are likely to get benefit from the Interim Budget, suggest experts.
“Budget is reflationary, with 13 percent spending growth on the back of 14 percent growth in FY19. The budget is clearly geared toward electoral expediency with a significant focus on uplifting the farm and housing sectors, job creation, and alleviating the distress in the MS
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As we announced a couple of days ago, we’ll be joining in with a live Treasure Hunt for Vodafone’s
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‘Live Guy’ next week and getting in on all the Live Guy action (and hopefully win a Dell Inspiron mini 9 netbook) while he makes his way across the country as stealthily as possible. So what’s his mission all about? As of Monday 17th December, Live Guy will be entering 11 cities with his little netbook, posting clues as to his whereabouts live online using Twitter, Facebook, Google Picasa, YouTube and his blog. Dedicated contenders can track him down in the city he’s in saying the code words “You’re Live Guy and I’m a Vodafone winner”. Online users can guess his location by placing a tag on a map (pin the tail on the donkey style) on the Live Guy website. He begins in Edinburgh and ends up in London on the 29th November.
Susi managed to track him down for a quick low-down before embarking on his journey
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NetEase (Nasdaq: NTES) reported earnings on Feb. 6. Here are the numbers you need to know.
For
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the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), NetEase beat expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.
Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue increased and GAAP earnings per share increased.
Gross margins grew, operating margins shrank, net margins expanded.
NetEase booked revenue of $364.5 million. The 10 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected a top line of $350.2 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 9.4% higher than the prior-year quarter's $333.0 million.
EPS came in at $1.23. The nine earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted $1.09 per share. GAAP EPS of $1.23 for Q4 were 15% higher than the prior-year quarter's $1.07 per share.
For the quarter, gross margin was 70.8%, 160 basis points better than the prior-year
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EDITOR’S NOTE – The Barley MacTavish Fund accepts letters from Midland County residents about themselves or other people, explaining
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why they need help and what they have tried to do about their problems. Write to Barley, care of the Midland Area Community Foundation, 76 Ashman Circle, Midland, MI 48640 or call (989) 839-9661. Be sure to include a daytime telephone number.
I have contacted a number of churches to aid me, but they cannot for a number of reasons. My neighbor suggested I contact you. I am a single woman and am disabled and I live on a fixed income. All of my family members have passed, so I do not have any relatives to count on.
My biggest concern is with my well pump. The bladder tank went bad causing the pump to keep running. I was told that a leaky toilet and the hot water heater contributed to this problem. I have included an estimate from a local repair service to fix it.
I realize that this is a problem I cannot ignore. But I just do not have that amount of money
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August. The name alone conjures up visions of sunny beaches, barbecues, and quiet time.
“I see August as a
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great opportunity to ask what is going to come in the fall, get preliminary information, and, in general, make use of the relaxed, lazy days to sow the seeds that will be harvested with more serious conversations in the fall."
Here are five ways entrepreneurs can use this month to build their businesses.
Launches don’t necessarily take place in January. September is often considered the unofficial "second" New Year, with roll-outs of new products and services. It often works well, as there is less competition for attention.
It’s not always about product or service roll-outs. Speaking engagements are now major priorities for entrepreneurs, allowing them opportunities to showcase their expertise and knowledge to potential new clients.
Arzu Tekir, co-founder and head of strategy and business development at URBANARBA Smart City Marketing and Communications, is using August to organize a series of workshops and seminars on smart cities to take place in Miami in September. Additionally, Tek
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Former Blackpool loanee Sean Longstaff has signed a new four-year deal with Newcastle United.
The midfielder spent last season on loan with
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the Seasiders, scoring nine times in 45 appearances under the management of Gary Bowyer.
The 21-year-old, who is a product of Newcastle's academy, has put pen to paper on a new deal which will keep him at St James' Park until 2022.
Longstaff said: “I’m a local lad, I’m from Newcastle and they’re the team I supported growing up.
"The fact they’ve seen enough in me – and the manager has seen enough in me – to give me a new deal is great.
Longstaff, who had previously spent time out on loan with Kilmarnock, made his competitive debut for Newcastle earlier this season in the Carabao Cup second round tie at Nottingham Forest.
He has also been named on the bench four times in the Premier League by manager Rafa Benítez this campaign.
Benitez added: “I’m really pleased
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With Christmas just around the corner, it occurred to me that I might tell you about some classical Christmas music. But then I thought “No
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. Why should I?” To be perfectly honest, I find the Christmas thing a bit of a bore and I’m jolly glad when the whole tiresome business is over. So instead, I’ll tell you about two interesting Japanese works that I discovered recently. And incidentally, it’s a fortunate coincidence that 23rd December just happens to be the birthday of the Japanese emperor.
Since the latter half of the nineteenth century, Japanese composers have tended to look towards Western musical culture as well as drawing on elements from Japanese traditional music. Kômei Abe was one of the leading Japanese composers of the twentieth century and his First Symphony of 1957 is a good introduction to Japanese classical-music-in-the-Western-style, although it’s a curious mix of musical idioms.
The prolific Toshiro Mayuzumi composed more than a hundred film scores and if you’d like an entertaining musical experience, seek out his Concert
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Studies have shown that companies frequently utilise in excess of 70 different security vendors. Not only does this create massively complex IT environments, but it is
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expensive and very difficult to manage.
Last year at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting, the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet, proclaimed, “I don’t know that much about cyber, but I do think that’s the number one problem with mankind.” He ranked cyberattacks above the threat of nuclear and biological warfare. The admission endures at a time when cyberattacks continue to spike. Cyberattacks are projected to cost companies $6 trillion annually by 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, and the market to defend systems, software, and applications is expected to reach $1 trillion within the next three years.
Plenty of vendors have risen up to take advantage. Estimates on the number of companies offering cybersecurity solutions range from 1,500 to well over 2,000. This makes the sea of options very difficult to wade through and differentiate at a time when cyber challenges grow increasingly complex. It also results in companies cobbling together a huge number of
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Jordan Minor PayAnywhere PayAnywhere's credit card reader is a quick, mobile way to accept credit cards, but serious sellers should invest in
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more robust hardware.
Cheap, reliable credit card reader. Solid app. Test Drive preview mode.
Unattractive, awkward dongle. Inconvenient setup for individual sellers. Modern features reserved for more-expensive devices.
PayAnywhere's credit card reader is a quick, mobile way to accept credit cards, but serious sellers should invest in more robust hardware.
Add cash registers to the list of tech being swallowed by mobile devices. Now that your cell phone is essentially a computer (and a pretty powerful one, at that), it's possible to do things in the palm of your hand that once required full-sized computers. If you're a small business, one of those things is accepting credit card payments. Using PayAnywhere, businesses and individuals can easily accept payments from most major credit and debit cards with just a dongle and a mobile device. PayAnywhere's service works well enough, but unless you spring for pricier hardware, it doesn't offer
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Notorious anti-Semitic comic Dieudonne is being investigated for a Facebook comment poking fun at last week's terror attacks.
French prosecutors said
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Monday they were investigating notorious anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala for "inciting terrorism" with a Facebook comment that could be interpreted as sympathizing with one of the terrorists who attacked France last week.
"Tonight, as far as I'm concerned, I feel like Charlie Coulibaly", the comedian wrote, playing the expression "Je suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") off a reference to Friday's kosher supermarket attacker Amedy Coulibaly.
"Je suis Charlie" was adopted as the rallying cry following shootings at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people were killed.
Coulibaly killed four Jewish hostages in the kosher supermarket siege, after murdering a police officer Thursday.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve described Dieudonne's remark as "contemptible" as he visited the heart of Paris' Jewish community on Monday.
The comedian made international headlines in 2013 when French footballer Nicolas Anelka was
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Blake Shelton had the crew in stiches on the southern California set of his latest round of Pizza Hut ads. The irreverent spots
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hawking the brand’s new bacon and cheese-stuffed crust pizza are Pure BS — to nick the title of the singer’s 2007 album.
When we caught up with Shelton, he’d had only one day off in the last 10 days. He admits to spending it on the couch. The commercial shoot was shoehorned into an already-packed late summer schedule that includes his current Ten Times Crazier Tour 2014, and taping the seventh season of The Voice.
His autumn calendar doesn’t look any easier. The Voice debuts September 22nd, and his 11th studio album, Bringing Back the Sunshine, streets September 30th. And after a string of dates that included Madison Square Garden and Wrigley Field — where he played to 40,000 fans — his tour wraps up at the iconic Hollywood Bowl on October 4th.
But Shelton isn’t looking this gift-horse in the mouth. He’
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1. Combine the chicken, 1 tablespoon of the oil, lemon zest, oregano, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and the
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pepper in a medium bowl; let stand 15 minutes at room temperature.
2. Meanwhile, combine the yogurt, cucumber, garlic, 1 tablespoon of the oil and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt in a bowl.
3. Brush the tomatoes and onion with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and season with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Coat a grill pan with cooking spray and heat over medium heat until very hot. Add the onion wedges and cook, turning once, until nicely marked and tender, 8 to 10 minutes; transfer to a plate. Add the tomatoes to the grill pan and grill until starting to wilt, about 3 minutes, turning every minute; transfer to the plate with the onions.
4. Meanwhile, slide 4 pieces of the chicken onto each of 8 skewers. Recoat the grill pan with cooking spray and add the skewers. Cook, turning the skewers every 2 minutes, until browned and cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Makes 4
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The talks, dubbed the Ministerial Conference on International Support for the Lebanese Armed Forces, were held under the auspices of U.N. chief
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Ban Ki-moon.
“The United States intends to provide increased assistance, including on counterterrorism, border security and on other relevant fields,” said the statement.
“The EU will step up its support to LAF civilian-military cooperation tasks and its engagement in the areas of institutional capacity building, integrated border management, CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) threat and demining,” the statement said.
“Participants reiterated their strong support to Lebanon’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and independence, noting the critical role played by the Lebanese Armed Forces in this context,” said the statement.
Lebanon was represented at the conference by Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil.
“The Lebanese Army is confronting increasing local and external security challenges in order to protect Lebanon's stability and preserve it, and it is in a dire need for arming and training,
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The Greater Orange Literacy Service (GOALS) will hold the 13th annual adult spelling bee April 29 at the Lamar Orange student center. The
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event, which includes a box lunch will be from 11:30 AM until 1:30 PM. Kevin Steele, news anchor with channel 12 news, will be master of ceremonies for the event.
The bee will consist of teams of three spellers per team, which are sponsored by local clubs, organizations and local school districts. Each sponsor pays the $250 entry fee. Teams who have already entered include Lamar State College Orange, Lions Club, and the United Methodist women.
Teams can still register for the bee by calling the GOALS office at 886-4311 or by emailing goalsliteracy@sbcglobal.com. Team members will receive a book to study and will include “bee rules”. Words that are used come from the National Spelling Bee.
GOALS is a non-profit, tax exempt organization, and donations to the spelling bee can be made in several categories, including, ABC letters, $25 each; Queen Bee, $500
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Used to be, morning sports radio in Springfield was only Ned and Scott. Reynolds and Puryear. Five days a week. All you could
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stand.
Now tune in to "Sports Reporters" on KWTO 98.7 FM in the mornings, and who knows who you'll hear. Reynolds is still the staple as the show nears its 14th anniversary. However, since Puryear peeled off three years ago, it's been a rotating lineup of daily co-hosts.
Tuesdays, a financial planner researched Kansas City Royals batting averages. Twenty-four hours earlier, the co-host was the former director of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra.
Seems as if the show has gone off on a tangent, if not off the rails.
"It did. I don't think there's any question it did," said Reynolds, the longtime face of KYTV sports who's called Springfield home since 1967. "We had to do it when Scott left — and he and I were together for 10 years — we had to change the direction. I could do it myself. But who the hell wants
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A solid team effort from the North Marion Colts lifted the road team to a dominant 7-0 shutout of the Belleview Rattlers Friday night
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Jake Blair stood tall on the mound, pitching six innings and striking out 10 batters, while giving up only one hit and no runs. At the plate the team stayed hot. Noah Lukas (2 hits, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs), Brad Radomski (2 hits, double), Nolan Louis (2 hits, 2 RBIs, double) and Gavin Olson (2 hits) were all leaders offensively for the Rattlers.
The Colts (9-6, 5-1) will be back in action on Tuesday, hosting Leesburg at 6:30 p.m.
Lake Minneola 6, Forest 0: It was a rough night for the Forest Wildcats Friday, getting blanked 6-0 at home to the Lake Minneola Hawks. J.J. Finn (5 IP, 4 Ks) and Harrison Pesola (2 IP, 3 Ks, 0 runs allowed) stood on the mound for the Wildcats in the effort. Offensively
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Plenty of sector and industry exchange traded funds have been adversely affected by presidential election year rhetoric. Biotechnology ETFs have, until recently, been
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hampered by harsh commentary on drug prices from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Conversely, it is believed aerospace and defense stocks and ETFs can continue climbing regardless of a Clinton or Donald Trump victory. Both Democratic and Republic presidential front runners may disagree on many hot-button subjects but the two agree on the need to upgrade the our country’s aging infrastructure. Investors can capitalize on the potential increased government backing in the sector with infrastructure-related exchange traded funds.
The Guggenheim High Income Infrastructure ETF (NYSEArca: GHII), which is composed of the 50 highest-dividend-paying global infrastructure companies, has been outperforming other infrastructure sector-related ETFs. GHII’s recent outperformance may be attributed to its asset category allocations. Specifically, the infrastructure ETF is the only one of six ETFs in Morningstar’s Infrastructure category that has a mid-cap value tilt.
“As a country, we get a D on the American
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Tom Stoppard breezes into the hotel room that is crammed with telephones and fax machines. His Canadian publicist is urging the world-
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renowned British playwright to try to squeeze in "just one more interview." Stoppard falls theatrically into a heap at a visitor's feet. "Oh, God, no, not at all," he shouts sarcastically, grabbing the visitor's legs.
The long campaign to launch the film adaptation of his play "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" began for Stoppard at last year's Venice Film Festival, where he won the top prize, and was still going on last week when he wrapped up a round of interviews in New York and headed west for a blitz of interviews in Los Angeles.
The intercontinental commuting is obviously getting to him, but since he has a lot invested in "Rosencrantz," which marks his debut as a film director, he is more forthcoming than he might otherwise be.
The film is, strictly speaking, more a massive revision of the postmodernist play first performed in 1967 than it is
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RIL was choppy in the previous week. After making a blip above key resistance at Rs 800 it fell steeply 3 per cent on
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Friday. The stock is trending sideways at a key trend-deciding area; therefore, short-term traders should tread with caution in the ensuing week also. The stock needs to conclusively rally above Rs 800 and also above its 200-day moving average poised at Rs 812 to display initial signs of trend reversal. Subsequent resistances are positioned at Rs 840 and Rs 860. As long as the stock trades below Rs 880 level, its short-term trend will remain down. An emphatic up move above this level will accelerate it northwards to Rs 900-920 levels.
On the downside, a plunge below Rs 760 will pull the stock down to Rs 740 in the short-term.
The stock was volatile and ended on an almost flat note the past week. It is testing key resistance at Rs 2,300 and its daily indicator is displaying negative divergence. A strong decline below its immediate support at Rs 2,260 will be a cue for initiating short position with
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With runners throughout the Victoria Racing Club's spring carnival at Flemington - including Requiem in the Melbourne Cup and Milanova in the VRC
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Oaks - multi- millionaire racehorse owner Robert Sangster was not exactly under-represented during Australian racing's greatest week.
But the English bloodstock magnate, who first came into Australian racing nearly 25 years ago, could well be a more visible figure than ever on the turf next year if he reverses a long established policy of "selling everything" and opts to race more of his own stock.
"Normally our policy has been to sell, but whether we keep doing that...," he said, his voice trailing off.
"I am not getting any younger and I probably need a bit of fun. It's all right getting the bank balance in the black all the time but it's not much fun looking at a bank balance.
"I probably will race after this year a lot more. I am selling again nearly everything this year, but I think my policy is going to change and have the colours race again. I don't mind the bank balance, I would rather
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Earlier this week, Sacha Baron Cohen courted a little Hollywood controversy when news broke that he had been reportedly "banned" from the Oscar
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red carpet if he was going to attend in character as The Dictator.
Now, Admiral General Aladeen himself is speaking out directly to the "Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Zionists" with an amusing public address to the "Great Satan of America." Watch the video!
"On behalf of the nation of Wadiya, I am outraged at being banned from the Oscars by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Zionists," says Aladeen from the confines of his palace. He warns the Academy that if they do not lift their "sanctions" and give him his tickets back by 12 p.m. on Sunday, they will face "unimaginable consequences."
"On top of all of this, I paid Hilary Swank two million dollars to be my date and she will not refund a penny," he continues. "My Sunday calendar is as empty as a North Korean grocery store."
On Thursday, the Academy tried to set the
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SIMON MIGNOLET reckons becoming more aggressive is the key behind his return to form Liverpool this season.
The Belgian was dropped during
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the first-half of the season after a series of blunders during the Reds' slow start to the campaign.
Brad Jones came in for Mignolet after the ex-Sunderland man was axed for the crunch clash with Manchester United in mid-December.
However since coming back into the side for the Boxing Day clash with Burnley, Mignolet has turned his poor form around.
And the player has put it down to a change in mindset.
“We spoke about being more aggressive when I was out of the team, to be predominantly more dominant and demanding and commanding,” he said.
“That is something we analysed.
“I have always been one who tries to speak as much and give as much information to defenders as I can when they are in front of me, to organise at set pieces. It’s more the body language and the commanding voice to get the message over to the players which has changed
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PowerColor PCS+ HD6950 2GB GDDR5 (Vortex II Edition) is a graphics card with one really efficient and stylish dual
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-fan cooling system.
The Vortex II cooler has two moveable fans which can be moved away from the fins, they’re quiet even during intensive gaming, and the card is factory overclocked from reference 800MHz to 850MHz which gives extra performance punch on the card.
The only downside to this dual slot cooler is that the card with two raised fans (Vortex position) will take up three slots. However, Vortex position results in only minimal cooling improvements over the default fans position (two slots) so the GPU will cooled just fine either way. The temperatures were around 78°C during gaming tasks, whereas idle mode resulted in temperatures around 37°C.
The results show about 6% performance increase compared to reference HD 6950, but you can always overclock it further because this PowerColor card has a Vortex II cooler that lets you do it.
The downside is that this card is priced at about €240, here, which is more than €40 higher than
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WHAT would you do if you came upon a fight between a violent attacker and a weaker victim? Would you intervene? Go for help? Or merely
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join the crowd of onlookers? Now that you’ve determined your answer, think a bit deeper. Is that really what you would do, or is it only what you think you would do? It’s a question that plagues morality research: how do we differentiate moral behaviour from moral judgement when the hypothetical dilemma cannot be replicated without risk of harm to the participants?
Enter immersive virtual reality (IVR). Though you might think people would act differently in virtual situations, studies consistently show that they react just as they would in real life, as long as the environments seem realistic enough.
For example, Mel Slater of the University of Barcelona, Spain, and University College London, has used IVR to recreate some of psychology’s most controversial experiments, including the 1960s obedience experiments by Stanley Milgram in which participants were instructed by an authority to administer what they believed were real electric shocks to other study participants.
Slater’s virtualised experiments
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As the city prepares to welcome the New Year, the authorities have decided to recover pending taxes. Acting in this direction, about six pubs were sealed
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by government authorities in Navi Mumbai on Thursday, due to non-payment of entertainment tax.
The pub owners claimed that the amount to be paid is very high, and this move will affect their businesses, with just few days left for the yearend. They also claimed that they do not fall under the purview of entertainment tax, as there is no live performance held on the premises. The penalty amount runs into lakhs of rupees.
Harpreet Singh Ahluwalia of the Rude Lounge, which was sealed, said, "We are trying to convey to the authorities that we do not hold live performances, and so entertainment tax should not be taken from us. It is an important time of the year for us and due to this action our business will be affected."
The issue of non-payment of taxes has been going on for more than a year, and the first notice was sent to these pubs and lounges last year, after which a reminder
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- General Electric Co. shook the U.S. stock market Friday, reporting a 6% drop in first-
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quarter net profit -- largely over trouble in its financial-services businesses -- and cutting its 2008 earnings outlook.
It was GE's first major downward earnings revision in memory, Oppenheimer analyst Christopher Glynn said in a note, and reflected mounting difficulties posed by a weakened U.S. economy.
For the first quarter, General Electric GE, +2.52% said net income dropped to $4.3 billion, or 43 cents a share, from profit generated during the first quarter of 2007, while revenue rose 8% to $42.24 billion.
From continuing operations, the Dow Jones Industrial Average component earned 44 cents a share, well short of the FactSet Research-compiled mean analyst estimate of 51 cents a share.
GE shares fell nearly 13% to close at $32.05 in heavy trading. The drop weighed heavily on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJII), dragging it 256 points lower to 12,325.
On a conference call with investors,
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Qiva automates suppliers' trading systems; Vigilance, Harmony team on business performance software.
Two sets of developers are merging their software to
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provide application suites that enable companies to gain better visibility into the supply chain and control over supply chain events.
Qiva Inc. last week announced an update to its GLCS (Global Logistics Control System) supply chain management suite that provides enterprise shippers with a dashboard for tracking multimode logistics execution and import and export activities, as well as for managing trade security.
Separately, Vigilance Inc. and Harmony Software Inc. also last week announced a merger that will integrate the formers namesake supply chain event management applications and the latters Symphonic business performance measurement software. The goal is to release software dashboards that include business performance measurement, automated execution and monitoring capabilities, and business intelligence for manufacturers, logistics providers and retailers.
The new company, which will retain the Vigilance moniker, will provide the capability to synchronize real-time data from multiple source systems, targeted key performance indicators and business alerts, said officials from Vigilance, of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Harmony
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Stretcher misplacement, a doctors order and an umpiring error were the three factors which resulted in ‘Stretchergate
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’ at the GABBA on Sunday afternoon.
When Sydney ruckman Callum Sinclair went down clutching his knee in the crucial stages of the final quarter against Brisbane on Sunday, the Swans doctor called for a stretcher to help him off the field.
Ground staff then ‘had trouble’ finding the stretcher and in that time Sinclair began to run off the field.
The incident left Justin Leppitsch ‘filthy’ after the game and has since been investigated by the AFL.
The investigation showed that the ground manager had received the request from the Swans doctor for the stretcher to be bought out onto the ground.
‘In the process, the 15 seconds or so that it took to get their hands on the stretcher, the player then jumped up,’ AFL Operations Manager Mark Evans told Sports Today.
At the time the whistle was blown to stop play, Pearce Hanley and Jarrad McVeigh were in
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Two separate tragedies on opposite sides of the country resulted in one awful, violent day. Yesterday 11 people died in two car crashes involving drivers speeding the
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wrong way. In Florida, an SUV driving against traffic hit a Hyundai Sonata carrying four young men, fraternity brothers. And in California, a driver in a Camaro slammed into two cars, killing six people, including a family of four.
The driver in that second accident has been identified as Olivia Culdbreath (21), and she's been charged with six counts of vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence. Culdbreath was traveling over 100 miles per hour. She's in custody but in the hospital recovering from a broken femur and a ruptured bladder. The driver of the SUV in Florida is also suspected of driving under the influence but perished when his car burst into flames.
So six people in California and five people in Florida died in horrific car crashes -- both drivers apparently under the influence, both driving the wrong way at high speeds. Because two people were foolish, 10 innocent people lost their lives -- people with friends and family, with people who loved them
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Carroll Shelby lost his bid to trademark the iconic design of the Cobra 427, the vehicle that made him famous and has been copied thousands of times
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. Why did he lose? Because it was copied thousands of times.
Shelby's trademark bid was opposed by kit builder Factory Five Racing, which was able to prevail in a ruling last month. U.S. trademark law has a strong "use it or lose it" approach, and while Cobra production began in 1965, Shelby didn't file his trademark application until 1998 - after decades of kit-built replicas. Even letters of support from Lee Iacocca and Sir Stirling Moss did not sway the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
"I'm tired of people who can't design their own cars and have copied my designs for years," Shelby added. "These copy-kit guys are like barnacles on the bottom of a beautiful boat...they've latched on for a free ride. But eventually they'll drop off and no one will know they were ever there."
Our position was that a Shelby trademark would have ignored the factual history of the
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Today in Iowa, Rick Perry was asked about the Federal Reserve and, in a halting 45-second answer, went off on chairman Ben Bernanke
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: “If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost teacherous…treasonous in my opinion.” The clip is here. Liberals on Twitter exploded immediately in outrage after Think Progress posted it, with the economist Nouriel Roubini actually comparing Perry to the Norwegian mass murderer and saying he should be put in a mental institution.
I think it’s pretty clear from the clip that Perry was trying to play folksy straight-talkin’ populist guy while taking up a complicated issue, using colorful dirt-kicker language to connect to his al-fresco audience as he might in his home town of Paint Creek. And in the early going on Twitter, I suggested the harrumphers were knowingly making a mountain out of a molehill
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For 11 local high school girls basketball teams, the road to a state championship starts this week.
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association released its girls
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basketball state playoff brackets for all classifications and divisions on Monday.
There were 11 local teams that made the cut – Thibodaux and H.L. Bourgeois in Class 5A, Assumption, Ellender, South Terrebonne and South Lafourche in Class 4A, St. James in Class 3A, Vandebilt Catholic and E.D. White Catholic in Division II and Houma Christian School and Covenant Christian Academy in Division IV.
Note: No. 2 Houma Christian School will have a first-round bye and will host either No. 15 St. John of Plaquemine or No. 10 St. Martin’s Episcopal in the second-round.
Three local girls basketball teams won district championships this season.
Thibodaux shared the District 7-5A championship with Hahnville. Ellender won the District 7-4A title with a perfect record, and Houma Christian School was District 8-1A
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A JEALOUS woman who posed as fake police officers to control her ex-boyfriend and to even stop him from seeing other women has
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been jailed.
Lauren Adderley, 21, used "sophisticated catfish style behaviour" to convince her former partner Mitchell Lloyd, 22, he was part of a police investigation.
She even made the young man believe he was subject to police curfews, creating email accounts to pose as cops and threaten him with fines if he did not obey the orders.
Using fake names including Darren Clarke, Elaine Thomas and Robert Hay, the young woman jealously told him to end relationships he had started, and even that he was not allowed to speak to specific people - particularly other women.
In the elaborate scheme, she also pretended to be her own friends on Facebook to send messages to Lloyd, criticising him for going out with other girls.
Sentencing, Recorder Peter Rouch QC, said: "I do not know what was going through your mind in December 2014 but at that time you decided to deliberately adopt the persona of a police officer to contact
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Tom Wade has led Spartans to the third round for the first time since 2008-09.
Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live
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, BBC Newcastle and BBC WM.
Manager Tom Wade says Blyth Spartans have an "outside chance" of continuing their giant-killing run against Championship side Birmingham.
Wade's side, who play in the Northern Premier League, have home advantage against Gary Rowett's team on Saturday.
Spartans have beaten Conference side Altrincham and League Two Hartlepool en route to round three.
"We need Birmingham to have a bad day and us to be absolutely superb," Wade told BBC Newcastle.
"We played Altrincham at home, I know they're not a Championship side but they're a good Conference side, nobody gave us any chance at all and we battered them.
"If we can put that kind of game on this Saturday, Birmingham have a bit of an off day, we carry a bit of luck and get the right refereeing decisions, we've got an outside chance."
Spartans - who play in the seventh tier
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This crook had great taste, but terrible business sense.
A laborer stole about 40 paintings valued at $550,000 from posh
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Hamptons homes during a two-month spree that ended after he tried to sell some to a Long Island dealer, who called police, cops revealed yesterday.
Angel Palencia’s victims included lawyer and socialite Joanne “Jo” Hallingby, the widow of a Bear Stearns billionaire, whose Southampton house was looted of a dozen paintings worth $250,000 in early February, cops said.
The priciest single painting stolen in January and February was titled “In the Vineyard,” by 19th-century artist Daniel Ridgway Knight. It was valued at $140,000.
Palencia, 24, of Medford, LI, allegedly heisted that piece from a $25.5 million East Hampton home on Lily Pond Lane owned by real-estate honcho Richard Parkoff, and then sold it for just $1,500 to a Mineola antiques store, police said.
Palencia, who may have
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PIKETON — Attorneys for a woman facing charges in connection with an Ohio family massacre have filed a motion to have obstruction of justice and
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perjury charges against her dismissed.
Fredericka Wagner’s son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons are jailed in southern Ohio awaiting trial in the slayings of eight people in Pike County in April 2016. They have pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder charges and other counts that could lead to the death penalty if they are convicted.
The victims included seven adults and a teenager of the Rhoden family. One of Wagner’s grandsons shared a daughter with one of the victims, and authorities say a custody dispute was a possible motive. That child was not with the Rhodens the night of the slayings.
The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reported that Wagner’s attorneys filed a motion Friday in Pike County Pleas Court to dismiss the charges against her. Authorities have accused Wagner of covering up the homicides by lying about two bulletproof vests she bought online. Court documents and interviews show authorities suspected Wagner’s family members wore the vests during the
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Lt. Saru is one of Star Trek: Discovery’s most fascinating characters—not just as a previously unseen species within the canon,
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but because he brings with him the question of how a member of his seemingly ever-fearful race ever got into boldly going. The latest Short Treks episode masterfully delivers on exploring both of those fascinations.
Star Trek: Discovery has spent so little time fleshing out characters beyond its main hub of Burnham, Lorca, and Georgiou (in both mirror and prime forms) that if “The Brightest Star” had simply been a basic origin story for Saru, played by the impeccable Doug Jones, it would’ve been more than enough opportunity to understand and appreciate his character more. But instead, it mixes an examination of Kelpian society with classically Trek themes while also strongly reframing everything we assumed about Saru as a character.
Saru, as we meet him in Discovery, is kind of a paradox. We’re constantly told that his race are fearful prey, biologically evolved to sense “the coming
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Here are your athletes of the week candidates from Feb. 4-10.
Clark could be on here a lot of weeks, but her most
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recent showing stands out tremendously. Clark had 60 points and hit 13 treys in Dowling’s 90-78 win over Mason City on Feb. 4. She followed that up with 38 points — including 32 in the second half — in Friday’s 51-50 win over Ames.
The Iowa commit racked up a pair of double-doubles last week. Goodman had 23 points and 10 rebounds in Crestwood’s 45-31 win over New Hampton on Feb. 4. A few days later, Goodman came back with 23 points and 12 rebounds in Friday’s 47-17 win over Union.
Reid sent waves through the state and beyond, scoring 76 points on Feb. 4 in the 86-76 overtime win over East Buchannan. Reid’s effort was the highest scoring game in the state since 1927. Winter weather washed out a couple midweek games, but Reid came back Friday with 37 points in the Wildcats’ 63-
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You could live like a president.
EVER WONDERED HOW the US President lives? Now you have the chance to experience it for
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yourself.
London agent Wetherell has announced the opportunity to buy the Little White House — a four-bedroom property in Mayfair protected by the US embassy.
It features white aesthetics and wood panelling fit for any leader — or family.
Peter Wetherell, CEO of Wetherell, said the house’s location makes it a great investment opportunity.
That’s just opposite the US embassy — and within its protective perimeter.
This means security around the house comes with 24-hour UK police and US Marine patrols, making it one of the most well-protected private properties in the city.
The US embassy will soon be moving to Battersea and the current building will be turned into a five-star luxury hotel, which is why the Little White House is up for sale.
It begins with a “grand 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue-style entrance hall and sweeping staircase”.
The floor consists of polished wood upstairs and maintains the white
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On Tuesday night, the President tweeted that "SPYGATE is in full force," referencing December 2015 texts from former FBI agents Peter Strz
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ok and Lisa Page allegedly about a "counter-intelligence operation into the Trump Campaign," despite former FBI Director James Comey's assertion that the FBI's Russia investigation did not begin until July 2016.
Where it came from: A single tweet from an anonymous Twitter account promoting the allegation made its way through Reddit's conspiracy board to a far-right website known for spreading false stories — ultimately gaining the attention of mainstream conservative pundits before landing in a presidential tweet.
June 4, 12:22 pm: The theory first appeared on an anonymous right-wing Twitter account, which drew attention to the fact that one word — "lures" — had been previously redacted from released texts between FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. The author claimed this as evidence that proved there were multiple spies planted in the Trump campaign at the end of 2015.
Yes, but: The texts make no mention of Trump or his campaign — plus, these "BOMBSHELL" documents were released by a Senate
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Nicole Kidman can turn any event into her own red carpet!
The Lion star was the guest of honor at Flaunt and Vion
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net's event at celebrity hot spot Catch LA in West Hollywood, California, on Saturday, as Kidman is featured in the magazine's "The Nocturne Issue."
The Australian actress looked like a Greek goddess in a beige Vionnet gown that featured tan piping, cut-outs in the bodice, and a crepe skirt, which she paired with glamorous ruby-and-gold drop earrings, silver jewels, and a black clutch. She completed her look with a side pony, pale smoky eye, and red lips.
Plenty of celebs came out to support Kidman, including Pamela Anderson, Jhene Aiko, and Lydia Hearst.
Anderson, 49, got almost as much attention as the honoree, thanks to her eye-popping pink dress.
The Baywatch alum showed off major cleavage in the pastel, floral embroidered mini. She nearly spilled out of the frock, which she paired with a beaded clutch
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Washington Capitals maintained their lead in the Metropolitan Division when T.J. Oshie scored his second
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goal of the game 1:52 into overtime for a 5-4 win against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday.
Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick and Marcus Johansson had four assists for Washington (50-17-8), which has won five consecutive games and remained three points ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Columbus defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Tuesday.
"It's six games left. You try to be in the best shape, try to do as best as we can to feel comfortable be in the playoffs because every moment, every situation can change the game," Ovechkin said.
Ovechkin passed Johnny Bucyk for 26th place on the NHL all-time scoring list with 558 career goals. He scored all three of his goals on the power play and has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his past eight games.
"I think a lot of [our success] has to do
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The Knoxville area reeled in $32.2 million in economic impact during the Bassmaster Classic, more than projections for some March Madness host
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cities.
Knoxville and East Tennessee reeled in $32.2 million in economic impact during the GEICO Bassmaster Classic last month — “far exceeding” the projected economic impact for cities hosting the first weekend of March Madness, according to news reports cited by the event's organizers.
The two rounds of games in Tulsa brought 17,000 visitors to the city and had a $9 million impact on the local economy, according to preliminary estimates cited by the Tulsa World.
Columbia, South Carolina, projected the same $9 million impact prior to hosting its tournament games.
The impact generated in East Tennessee far exceeded the impact made in Greenville and Anderson, South Carolina, during last year’s Bassmaster Classic. The 2018 championship brought the cities $24 million and a record attendance of 143,000.
That record was shattered this year in Knoxville, where officials counted 153,000 people at various Bassmaster venues around Knoxville.
The classic,
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The Walking Dead has a lot of ground to cover as it enters the second half of Season 8. Two communities – The Kingdom and Alexandria – have
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been destroyed. Ezekiel is a captive. Carl is about to die after being bit by a zombie. Negan is on the loose once again and is deadlier than ever. For Rick and his group, things have looked better. But with Season 8 almost upon us, Walking Dead star Norman Reedus is excited about one storyline in particular.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Reedus revealed that he is most interested in how things will unfold between Daryl and Dwight. Before the break, Dwight hit Daryl over the head and imprisoned him. Daryl eventually got free and helped Dwight and the other Saviors escape. Dwight then stole Daryl’s crossbow, shot him, and took off on his motorcycle (bad move).
But then Dwight snuck Daryl out of the Sanctuary and aided in Rick’s efforts to take down Negan. To say that their relationship is complicated is a bit of an understatement.
And for Reedus, it’s the most interesting storyline in the
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Gwyn Morgan, chairman of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., makes his opening remarks at the company's annual meeting in Montreal, Thursday
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May 1, 2008.
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. chairman Gwyn Morgan takes to heart the meaning of the word "group" in the company's name.
The globe-girdling engineering and construction firm - at the top of this year's Board Games corporate governance survey - is well known for a strong corporate culture that emphasizes collegiality and commitment to teamwork inside its different divisions.
Even the president and chief executive officer works within the framework of a 10-member Office of the President, made up of senior executives.
So when it comes to executive compensation, the board makes a point of regularly fine-tuning its pay policy according to what it believes are fair-minded, down-to-earth principles, Mr. Morgan says.
"SNC-Lavalin has a reputation for being conservative in that area," he said. "Certainly our executives think so," he adds jokingly.
"We've never been out there with what are
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After a deliberate shift in police training, excessive force complaints against the Dallas Police Department dropped by 64% between 2009 and 2014. The number of arrests
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and officer-involved shootings also declined in recent years.
At least five police officers were killed and seven more wounded by snipers in Dallas on Thursday night during protests over two separate police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota this week.
The attacks have shined a tragic light on a police department that has seen decreases in excessive force complaints, arrests, and officer-involved shootings.
"This police department trained in de-escalation far before cities across America did it," Mayor Mike Rawlings told reporters on Friday morning. "We’re one of the premier community policing cities in the country and this year we have the fewest police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."
Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown has credited this progress to a shift in training and practices, which put greater emphasis on de-escalation and community policing.
As the Dallas Morning News reported last year, instructors taught officers to “slow down” when engaging with a suspect and to speak calmly rather
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The breach may have compromised employee personal information in less than 1 percent of email inboxes.
The State Department detected unusual activity in its unclassified
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email system that may have compromised some employees’ personal information, a department spokesperson confirmed to Nextgov Tuesday.
The “activity of concern” affected less than 1 percent of State employee email inboxes, the spokesperson said. There’s no evidence of unusual activity affected State’s classified email system, the spokesperson said.
The breach was first reported by Politico.
The department is providing three years of free credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected employees, the spokesperson said.
State has received consistently poor marks on information security audits, including a recent General Services Administration report, which found the department had only deployed multi-factor authentication—a standard protection against phishing attacks—across 11 percent of agency devices.
Another report from State’s inspector general found only one-third of overseas missions were conducting basic cybersecurity checks.
Those reports prompted a letter last week from a bipartisan group of senators asking how State is fixing its cyber vulnerabilities.
Among other things
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The Wildcats (24-1, 10-0) matched their best start in league play since 2005 thanks to three freshmen starters who have jelled
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into a formidable defense to go along with their high-powered offense.
Davis added 16 points for Kentucky, which won its 16th straight overall and ended Florida’s run of seven consecutive wins.
Kenny Boynton led the Gators (19-5, 7-2) with 18 points, but the team with the nation’s most 3-pointers this season went 6 of 27 from behind the arc and shot 34.9 percent overall from the field.
One of the last remaining questions for a team that continues to believe it can play for a national championship in just under two months had been the quality of opponents the Wildcats had faced after not meeting a ranked team in over a month.
Florida scored the first two baskets of the second half to cut it to 38-30, but Kentucky answered with an 11-0 run sparked when Teague and Darius Miller hit consecutive 3-pointers.
Florida freshman Bradley Beal then drove to the hoop only to have Davis reject
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We study the climate. We chose not to fly to D.C. for a conference on it.
This week, more than 20,
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000 Earth and planetary scientists from all over the world are converging on Washington for the annual gathering of the American Geophysical Union. They come together to celebrate the wonder of our planet and to swap clues about the evolution of the Earth system from the deep past to the distant future. It is a treasured geo-family reunion. But to avoid the carbon-dioxide emissions from flying, one of us will travel to Washington by train, and two of us have decided not to attend.
As Earth scientists, we understand the urgency of climate change better than anyone. Our findings are inscribed in international and national reports dating back several decades, each more urgent than the last. The most recent report points out that humanity must be halfway to a 100 percent carbon-free economy within a decade if we are to avoid the most devastating climate effects.
We grieve for the lives lost to record-breaking storms and wildfires, for the ongoing deterioration of Earth’s coral reefs, for our children�
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At least 1 inch of snow an hour is predicted after 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
A two-day winter
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storm packing everything from sleet and ice to heavy snow is hitting Michigan, forcing schools to cancel classes and knocking out power to parts of the state.
In ice-covered metro Detroit, 1-3 inches of snow is expected to fall by 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service in White Lake.
After 6 a.m., "peak snowfall rates will approach 1 inch per hour through 10 a.m., with peak ice accretion rates of 0.05 inch per hour," according to a special weather statement from the agency.
A winter weather advisory remains in effect until 3 p.m. Wednesday as another round of snow, sleet, and freezing rain moves into southeast Michigan, leaving a total snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches and up to three-tenths an inch of ice accumulation.
Rain and snow is expected to return Thursday after 1 p.m., carrying into the weekend.
Drivers are warned of icy roads and blowing snow that
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Remember those assurances that the Iraq War would pay for itself, once those oil revenues began gushing forth from a liberated Iraq? Well, a decade
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later, the Iraq War is paying off after all — for China.
"We lost out," said Michael Makovsky, a former Defense Department official in the Bush administration. "The Chinese had nothing to do with the war," he told the New York Times, "but from an economic standpoint they are benefiting from it, and our Fifth Fleet and air forces are helping to assure their supply."
China is the biggest customer of Iraq's oil, buying nearly 1.5 million barrels a day, close to half the oil Iraq produces, the Times reported. Beijing is looking to increase that share as it bids for a stake now owned by Exxon Mobil in one of Iraq's largest oil fields.
"The Chinese are the biggest beneficiary of this post-Saddam oil boom in Iraq," said Denise Natali, a Middle East expert at the National Defense University in Washington. "They need energy, and they want to get into the market."
With an estimated 143.1 billion barrels in
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Mariah Carey accidentally mistook The Chainsmokers to be One Direction and we are all here for it.
The We Belong Together hit
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-maker thought the duo were two members of 1D rather than the DJ duo and after being outed for her mishap, she couldn’t help but poke fun at herself on Twitter.
You know, own your mistakes and all that.
Alex Pall recalled the time he and his bandmate Andrew Taggart first met pop queen Mariah and she made the hilarious gaffe.
Of course Mariah’s fail ended up all over Twitter, but proving she has a sense of humour, the star was quick to reply.
Nicely done, Mariah. Nicely done.
That one is bound to entertain the Lambily – Mariah’s fanbase – just like Nick Cannon did when he referenced ex-wife Mariah’s former feud with Jennifer Lopez.
Nick entertained Mariah fans by proving he’s still the singer’s number one fan, despite their split, while appearing on The Wendy Williams Show.
He j
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Finocchiaro’s decision to crush his tomatoes into the dirt is indicative of the fruit and vegetables segment of South Florida’s
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agriculture industry, which has steadily declined since the ’90s, leaving local farmers with tough choices about what to do with their crops.
So why are South Florida’s crop-growing regions disappearing? Experts largely blame a combination of the lingering effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the ongoing project to restore the Everglades, and to a lesser extent, the impact of development.
“The industry will continue declining. The forces are inevitable; there are overwhelming forces in place,” said Alan Hodges, an extension scientist at the Food and Resource Economics Department at the University of Florida.
What you’re seeing is a decrease in cropland and groves yet an increase in nurseries and greenhouses.
“As long as we keep competing against lower costs of production and the constant growing population, as well as the need for new urban development, and still battle other resource constraints like the availability of fresh water, it will no doubt keep
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Facebook is holding a Developer Garage today at its offices in Palo Alto, and a number of new app policies will be formally announced. Some of the
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changes, though, are so dramatic that Facebook has briefed the bigger app developers in advance. And those developers are, to say the least, more than a little worried about the effect the changes will have on traffic and usage. One source we’ve spoken with estimates that the changes may drop usage on their apps by 70% or more (more on that below, some developers may use the changes to their advantage).
Like previous changes, Facebook is moving to clean up their user interface and try to get application spam under control. The changes will roll out over the next six months, we’ve heard.
Last week Facebook changed the way it publishes the news stream to users. For the last few months users have seen a constant Twitter-like stream of news from friends. Now the default view is algorithmic. A lot of applications (especially these guys) encourage users to add a status update every few minutes with what they’re up to – and when there was a constant
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Late last week my Twitter and Instagram were blowing up with photos of President Obama, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and entrepreneur/"Sh
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ark Tank" star Daymond John on the Stanford campus. Those three were among the 1,500 or so people who came to the university for the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, and there was clearly a lot of excitement.
The global summit offered participants a wide range of workshops, panels, exhibitions and networking sessions, with one of the highlights being an in-depth panel discussion on the future -- and societal benefits -- of artificial intelligence.
"In my own area of health and biomedicine, the opportunities [for AI] are ridiculously exciting," panel co-chair Russ Altman, MD, PhD, said during his opening remarks Thursday evening. He noted that the amount of biomedical data that electronic health records and "the little devices we wear" generate have become "far too big for us to interpret without intelligent assistance."
Smith touched on how government is using artificial intelligence, machine learning and similar techniques in tasks ranging from planning space missions to forecasting job growth. But given the potential
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ARSENE WENGER has vowed to "fight 100 per cent" for Jack Wilshere's Arsenal career if he thinks it's in his
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best interest to stay at the club.
The midfielder is one of several Gunners stars - including Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez - whose contracts are due to expire at the end of the season.
The England international went out on loan to Bournemouth last year in a bid to prove his fitness and win back a place in the Arsenal team.
But he has played just 48 minutes of Premier League football this term, all from the bench.
And Wenger says that remaining fit – rather than earning a new contract – is what the 25-year-old should be concentrating on at the moment.
"For him, it's just about being fit and considered like any other player in the squad," Wenger said.
"He's at that level now where every opportunity is a good chance for him to commit to his long-term future.
"I don't think about the long term. For him I always consider his interest because he's an Arsenal player since he was
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2.30PM: POLICE officers pulled a man and his dog from their burning vehicle, after it ran off the road and into a grass
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fire.
A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said the crash, which happened at 10.55am, occurred 65km north of Rockhampton.
Just five minutes before, a caravan rollover had been called in, just 40km south on the Bruce Hwy.
A man and a woman were taken to Rockhampton Hospital following that crash.
The highway was reportedly flowing well again by 12.45pm.
11AM: TRAFFIC is being controlled on the Bruce Hwy north of Rockhampton after a vehicle ran off the road, into a grass fire.
Emergency services crews are rushing to the scene, 65km north of Rockhampton, where a vehicle towing a trailer has run off the road.
Initial reports suggest the vehicle clipped the rear of a truck while driving through heavy smoke as the result of ongoing grass fires in the area.
It is understood the driver lost the steering and ran off the road, where the vehicle is understood to have been
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Photo sharing site 500px announced on Friday plans to roll out Creative Commons licensing on the service.
While photos on the site will default to an
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“all rights reserved” setting, 500px users will now have the ability to select Creative Commons licensing as an option when uploading new photos to the site or editing existing images.
A licensing option already available to photographers on some other photo-sharing sites such as Flickr, Creative Commons allows photographers to designate certain photos as images that they are willing to share with others. Sites such as Mashable, for instance, might use a photo with a Creative Commons license to accompany a news post.
Users will be able to search through photos on the site based on licensing, allowing for quick access to the types of photos they’re looking for.
A longstanding request from 500px users, CEO Oleg Gustol told Mashable that the company decided to add the functionality in order to create the maximum value for the site’s community.
"We want to give our photographers as much flexibility as possible to spread their work and build their profiles and businesses," says Gutsol.
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Poor countries have won historic recognition of the plight they face from the ravages of climate change, wringing a pledge from rich nations that they will
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receive funds to repair the "loss and damage" incurred.
This is the first time developing countries have received such assurances, and the first time the phrase "loss and damage from climate change" has been enshrined in an international legal document.
Developing countries had been fighting hard for the concession at the fortnight-long UN climate change talks among 195 nations in Qatar, which finished after a marathon 36-hour final session.
Ronald Jumeau, negotiating for the Seychelles, scolded the US negotiator: "If we had had more ambition [on emissions cuts from rich countries], we would not have to ask for so much [money] for adaptation. If there had been more money for adaptation [to climate change], we would not be looking for money for loss and damage. What's next? Loss of our islands?"
Ruth Davis, political adviser at Greenpeace, said: "This is a highly significant move – it will be the first time the size of
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MEXICO CITY – A senior U.S. official says there is strong circumstantial evidence that Mexican federal police who fired on a U
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.S. Embassy vehicle, wounding two CIA officers, were working for organized crime in a targeted assassination attempt.
"That's not a 'We're trying to shake down a couple people for a traffic violation sort of operation. That's a 'We are specifically trying to kill the people in this vehicle'," a U.S. official familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. "This is not a 'Whoops, we got the wrong people.' "
The Mexican official said one line of investigation is that members of the Beltran Leyva Cartel were interested in attacking the people in the car because some of their lookouts had seen them passing through the area and presumed they were investigating the cartel. It's possible they didn't know they were Americans.
The rural road near Cuernavaca
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Thanks to playing a number of iconic roles throughout his career, Samuel L. Jackson will long be remembered for an impressive number of memorable lines. Un
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questionably included on this list is his very memorable warning to his co-stars in Jurassic Park, telling them to "Hold on to your butts!" This line in particular apparently left a significant impression on director Jordan Vogt Roberts, because when Jackson was added to the cast of Kong: Skull Island, the filmmaker simply felt compelled to sneak the famous line into the script.
That was written specifically with him [in mind]. It was one of those things where I, the writer, put it in the script, and I honestly was expecting Sam to say, 'I'm not saying that.' And then the day came on set. He didn't say anything. I didn't say anything. It just came, and it made me really regretful because I really wanted to work in John Goodman saying, 'Mark it zero' or something like that. And I could never find a place that totally made sense, but yeah.
Given that there are many stars who aren't big on referencing
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Recall now the I Like Ike era that was a backdrop for our youngest years at camp. Set the stage with camp directors, senior.
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In the foreground, picture Wonder Bread-eating boys and girls—first generation Americans in many cases, pre-Beatles and a good dozen years before acid rock, the military draft, napalm raids, bodybag airlifts and Power to the People.
So it was with sincerity, pride and a sense of duty that we sang about purple mountain majesties and other symbols of America particularly in that safe and secure summer home, where the adults seemed to enrich our morning anthem with postwar-decade emotions and energy we didn’t yet fully appreciate or understand.
But we sure couldn’t miss noticing them. When director Gerry Bucky squeezed his accordion vigorously and belted out God Bless America energetically, the oceans weren’t the only places white with foam.
This wasn’t a rushed recitation in the style of “Happy Birthday.” This was a strong, colorful thread in a patriotic tapestry we wove
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While Israel has complained about other countries failing to return looted artwork, it was one of the last to pass a law requiring restoration.
Israel is
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lagging behind the rest of the world in locating and returning works of art stolen from their owners during the Holocaust, Stuart Eizenstat, an expert on restoring Holocaust art to the original owners and a former U.S. deputy secretary of the treasury, said in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
Speaking at a Tel Aviv conference organized by Israel’s Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets, Eizenstat, who was appointed by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton in the 1990s to research stolen Nazi artwork, said the Israeli government could have played a significant role in returning the looted art, but did not do so.
Elinor Kroitoru, who heads the asset location and information division at the restitution company, said in an interview that Israel could learn something from Germany on this matter. She said Germany has shown it can research the provenance of art and take responsibility for Nazi-era theft, but added that Israel cannot expect Germany to do
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Andrew Gillum’s Done Feeling Sorry For Himself. A Presidential Run Could Come Next.
The Florida gubernatorial candidate is making the rounds in
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Democratic politics.
His meeting with Barack Obama went over schedule. He and Beto O’Rourke have spoken. Not long ago, he thrilled 300 well-heeled political donors hungry to win in 2020. But no one seems to know, except for Andrew Gillum, if he’s actually thinking about running for president.
The door is open for Gillum to explore a run for the presidency, strategists familiar with the rigors of organizing presidential campaigns said. Gillum has not ruled it out. But according to interviews with nearly a dozen friends, former aides, or associates for this story, he is on his own schedule. He intends to do what’s most effective for Democrats to beat President Donald Trump in 2020 and is said to be unfazed by the people pushing him to run for the Democratic nomination.
“The thing you have to understand about Andrew is he’s been told he’s going to be president someday his entire life
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Pres. Trump’s National Security Advisor, former Gen. Michael Flynn, was moved to resign because he engaged in unethical communications with a Russian
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official as a private citizen. This is an apparent violation of the Logan Act of 1799, meant to keep private citizens from gumming up international relations between the US and other countries. It is reported that Flynn deceived Vice Pres. Pence and that Pres. Trump eventually asked for Flynn’s resignation.
Democrats, seething over this story, say they are upset because of the national security implications. FOX News’ Sheppard Smith – a Leftist so far from being “fair and balanced” the words curdle coming off his lips – is thumping the scandal drum; fueling the quest of the establishment political opportunists to entangle the Trump Administration in a “Russian Scandal” meant to damage Mr. Trump’s reform agenda.
In reality, the Democrats are enraged because Vladimir Putin didn’t respond with action against outgoing Pres. Barack Obama’s sanctions, which were imposed because of a perceived skewing of the US election to
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Couldn’t get through to Mario at his Hancock Street Café (3354 Hancock Street, between Old Town and the Sports Arena area).
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Turns out he has a new number (619-408-2101). I wanted to get to him to see if he’d heard: Herbie Hancock, his jazz piano-playing hero, is coming to town, late summer.
See, most of Mario’s café is studio, with pianos, guitars, drums. He’s a heckuva musician, but his dream has always been to invite the great Herbie Hancock himself to come play here. Heck, that’s why he chose this location, on, yeah, Hancock Street.
I’ve always gone for good value Italian chow (Mario’s oh-so Italian, from New York), but I've also come here to Mario's for the talk, and the music. Most days, he’s open from 8:00 to around 2.30 p.m. Friday, Saturday that extends to about two in the morning. It's
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Around six months or so back, the prevailing consensus was that India would be affected by the global crisis, but growth wouldn’t slip below
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7%.
Now that’s more or less the official rose-tinted-glasses view. Then we thought that 6% marked the lower limit—after all, the Indian economy has gone through a structural transformation, we surely couldn’t go back to the bad old days.
Now, several forecasters say GDP growth in 2009-10 will be nearer 5%, while one broker puts it at 3.5%, calling it its “base case".
The table shows some of the recent forecasts of a few research outfits. As can be seen, they cover a wide range.
Most of them predict that growth will slow further in fiscal 2010 (FY10), simply because growth in the first half of the current year, at 7.6%, has been pretty robust.
A forecast of 5.5% for fiscal 2009 presumes that growth in the second half will be as low as 3.4%, which is not a call that most researchers are willing
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Four miles of Kingsbury Grade between Highway 50 and the summit will undergo construction next spring.
Engineers plan to take the road down to the base
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, and are looking for ways to do it in the most efficient way possible.
That may entail closing Kingsbury for a month over one season instead of stretching the construction out over multiple seasons.
"The department has identified that Kingsbury has failing pavement and we need to rebuild it," said Project Manager Pedro Rodriquez of the Nevada Department of Transportation. "We've been tossing around how to restrict traffic, and if we do what happens during a regular project, we'll restrict access for three years. What we've been doing is applying innovative methods to reduce the restriction to that traffic."
Should the state close Kingsbury, motorists could take Highway 50 over Spooner or go through Hope Valley and over Luther Pass. Handling local and emergency traffic will also have to be worked out.
Department spokesman Scott Magruder pointed out that if traffic controls closed one lane at a time while the work was going on, motorists could spend up to a half hour waiting.
"The main thing we
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TEHRAN - Construction of a giant healthcare complex began on Thursday with a ground-breaking ceremony in Iran’s southern Qeshm Island
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, ISNA reported.
TEHRAN – Iran will play host to the 4th Conference on Health Tourism in Islamic Countries on November 26 and 27, ILNA reported.
TEHRAN- Medical tourism made an economic contribution of around $1.2 billion to the country in the last Iranian calendar year (March 2017-March 2018), said the head of Medical Tourism Department at the Ministry of Health.
TEHRAN – Iran will play host to two international conferences on health tourism in 2019, a senior official with the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN – Head of Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Iran has said the Iranian medical industry could attract patients from Lithuania or other European countries.
TEHRAN – The costs of medical treatment in Iran is almost ten times cheaper for international medical travelers in comparison with the U.S. and Europe, the CEO of Tehran’s five-star Gandhi Hotel-Hospital has said.
TEHRAN – Iran
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If you are looking for a theme for your modestly sized balcony or deck garden you might consider Japanese.
The Japanese gardens we are most familiar
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with are the ones done on a large scale, such as the Kurimoto Japanese Garden at the Devonian Botanic Garden south of Edmonton.
But in fact, Japanese-style gardens are perfectly suited to small-space gardening. In Japan, where personal space is often limited to a bare minimum, Japanese homeowners make use of every bit of available space and use it very efficiently.
Something as simple as a brilliant cobalt blue container with a burgundy red Japanese maple, or a Hakuro-Nashiki willow with its wonderfully variegated foliage surrounded by a few smaller pots with colourful grasses can create a typically Japanese area of interest. Yes, I know that Japanese maples are not hardy in our area but many gardeners bring them indoors to overwinter very successfully. You can always substitute a burgundy-coloured Japanese barberry to achieve a similar look.
Along the same vein, the shrub in the container can be combined with another container filled with water that
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The University of Michigan is using a $3 million gift from attorney Mark Bernstein and his wife to move one university program onto campus property, while another
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$3 million fund will help find off-campus applications for engineering and medical innovations at the school.
Bernstein, president of The Sam Bernstein Law Firm PLLC in Farmington Hills and a member of the University Board of Regents, and his wife Rachel Bendit made the donation toward a proposed Bernstein-Bendit Hall on the Ann Arbor campus.
The new building will relocate the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center from an off-campus building on Washtenaw Avenue. The board approved the building name at a meeting Thursday.
"Rachel and I are honored to support the legacy of all who have advanced the enriching and empowering mission of Trotter since its founding — the generations of U-M students who have been activists for diversity, and the current U-M students whose advocacy helped guide the vision for this new building," Bernstein said in a statement.
In a separate vote on Thursday, the regents also approved a new Monroe-Brown Seed Fund,
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Exercise is important for people of all fitness levels and abilities, and wheelchair-bound geriatric exercisers are no exception. Low-impact exercises
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can improve range of motion and strength for the elderly in wheelchairs to help reduce pain and discomfort that can come from inactivity. Many exercises can be performed without extra equipment, although a resistance band and lightweight dumbbells can come in handy too. Always talk with your physician, however, before beginning an exercise program to ensure you are in good enough health.
Finger marching exercises can improve range of motion and grip strength in your upper body, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Keep your feet in a comfortable, secure position with your back straight and stomach muscles contracted. Pretend there is a wall in front of you and place your hands on the “wall.” Slowly walk your fingers up this wall, moving them individually until you lift as high as you can. Hold this arm position for 10 seconds while you wiggle your fingers, then slowly march your fingers back down the wall to return to your starting position.
A small, kickball-sized plastic ball
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I've been following solar-powered aircraft for many years, ever since the BMDO's shadowy plan for a long-endurance anti-
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missile craft called Raptor ("Responsive Aircraft Program for Theater Operations" -this was long before the F-22 acquired the name). NASA's record-breaking solar HELIOS UAV disintegrated mid-air in 2003, but there has been a lot going on since then. Now British military spin-off Qinetiq has also started breaking records with the same concept.
The duration of the flight exceeded the current official FAI world record for unmanned flight which stands at 30 hours 24 minutes set by Northrop Grumman's RQ-4A Global Hawk on 22 March 2001. However because there was no FAI official present at White Sands it may not stand as an official world record.
Launched by hand, Zephyr is an ultra-lightweight carbon-fibre aircraft with a wingspan of up to 18 metres but weighing just 30 kg. By day it flies on solar power generated by amorphous silicon arrays no thicker than sheets of paper
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FOR online merchants and customers alike, the first guilt-free holiday shopping season has arrived.
Thanks to the breakneck growth of residential cable modem
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and D.S.L. services, this is the first year when most Internet users do not have to rely on their workplace for high-speed connections. Instead of hiding the Amazon checkout page when the boss approaches, more shoppers are logging on after work and sparing their nerves.
As a result, e-commerce executives are operating with clearer consciences, unapologetically building sites with video, zoom and other advanced features to please high-speed surfers at the risk of outraging customers using dial-up connections. The reward to the companies, they said, has been an increase in sales of items that would have previously collected dust, and surprisingly few complaints from low-bandwidth users.
"The equation has changed dramatically for retailers," said Ken Cassar, an analyst with the Internet research firm Nielsen/NetRatings. "The portion of users they'd potentially alienate with a broadband feature is really small," he said, using industry shorthand for tools intended to work with
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Senstar, a global provider of perimeter intrusion detection systems and video management software, is pleased to announce its Senstar LM100 hybrid perimeter intrusion detection
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and intelligent lighting system is helping to prevent theft at AIM Marine, a boat and motor sales and repair shop near Ottawa, Canada.
After two thefts from the storage yard, Aim Marine owner David Scott looked to add a layer of security to his 235 m (771 ft) perimeter fence. “My initial impression was that these systems were cost-prohibitive for a business of my size,” Mr. Scott said. But after doing some research, he learned Senstar has simple and affordable options for small sites, including the Senstar LM100, which combines two key security features – lighting and perimeter intrusion detection.
“The Senstar LM100 luminaires provide high quality, direct illumination along the fence line – deterring intruders and providing targeted illumination for video surveillance systems, all while monitoring the perimeter to detect any attempt to cut, climb or lift the fence fabric,” said Senstar Product Manager Todd Brisebois.
“Fully program
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In a bid to shore up its e-commerce tool set, Web publishing giant Macromedia says it is acquiring Elemental Software in a stock swap
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worth $24 million.
In a bid to shore up its e-commerce tool set, Web publishing giant Macromedia today said it is acquiring Elemental Software in a stock swap worth $24 million.
Macromedia wants to combine its family of Web publishing technology with Elemental's Web application development products like Drumbeat 2000 and eStore to enable developers to build Web sites for e-commerce, corporate intranets, and personalized content.
For Macromedia, the deal "would seem to be consistent with their strategy in providing dynamic enterprise Web products," said Jay Vleeschouver, an analyst with Merrill Lynch. "They want to be able to offer more real time or database driven Web development products. Elemental helps them do that."
Under the terms of the agreement, Macromedia will exchange approximately 625,000 shares of its stock for all of the outstanding equity of Elemental, for a total purchase price of approximately $24 million. The transaction will be accounted for as a pool
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Austrian soccer fan given an 18-month prison sentence for a Hitler salute during a match.
An Austrian soccer fan has been given an 18
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-month prison sentence for a Hitler salute during a match, AFP reported on Tuesday.
The unemployed 39-year-old fan of Rapid Vienna was spotted performing the banned gesture during a match in August 2016 and sentenced in Vienna on Monday, according to the news agency.
"I didn't really give it much thought. But it clearly wasn't a good idea," the man was quoted as having told the court, adding he had had "a few beers and spritzers" before the game.
Similar convictions are relatively common but usually the sentences are suspended. In this case, however, than man had a previous conviction for wishing Hitler happy birthday on Facebook in 2013.
Earlier this month, a court in the Feldkirch District of Austria found a 34-year-old man guilty of violating the country's anti-Nazi laws for his Facebook posts claiming that Jews made up stories about mass killings in gas chambers.
In February, an Adolf Hitler lookalike was arrested in
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SOUTH BEND — The numbers added up quite nicely for the St. Joseph's girls soccer team Saturday night.
Nine players each scored
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one goal as the No. 3 Indians claimed their third straight sectional title with a 9-0 win over Adams in the Riley Sectional final at Jackson Field.
All totaled the impressive figures equaled the program's 10th sectional championship.
The dominating victory was also the 13th shutout of the season for the Indians, who have now won 16 consecutive games.
St. Joe (17-1-1) earns a berth versus CGA (10-8-1) in the Riley Regional Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Indians beat the Eagles 4-0 Oct. 6.
St. Joe also beat CGA 2-1 in the regional in 2009 en route to a State Finals berth.
St. Joe coach Johan Kuitse got just what he was looking for Saturday. His unselfish team scored three times in the first 13:01 with relentless forward Sarah Hall involved in all three goals.
Hall, who is bound for Western Illinois
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Many people who smoke want to quit, but the urge to light up is often irresistible. An effective vaccine to help people kick the habit once and
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for all has been elusive. But now, scientists report in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry a new vaccine design that could help achieve this goal.
Smokers who want to quit have a few tools to turn to. There are nicotine patches and gum, but they're not always effective. There are drugs that target nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, but these come with a risk for nasty side effects such as hallucinations, depression and severe mood swings. Vaccines that target the nicotine molecule itself would be an alternate strategy. Two candidates advanced into clinical trials recently. They ultimately failed - but not without first yielding clues as to how scientists could improve upon them. Individuals in the trials who produced the highest levels of anti-nicotine antibodies were more likely to abstain from smoking for over six months. Kim D. Janda and colleagues wanted to build on this lead.
The researchers designed a new vaccine that could increase the number of antibodies that could attach to nicotine molecules. Testing in mice
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Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson instructs Stephen Curry (30) during their preseason game against the New Orleans Hornets on Thursday, Oct. 22
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, 2009 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. Warriors defeat the Hornets 126-92.
Steph Curry is now a 10-year NBA veteran. Don Nelson, who drafted him, is incredulous in the “time flies” manner of a father talking about a son.
Curry’s first NBA season coincided with Nellie’s 47th and last. The likelihood of those two disparate figures sharing that adventure together?
“Oh, I never thought we’d get him. It took Minnesota taking three point guards ahead of him,” Nelson said, laughing.
The 2009 draft wasn’t that kooky, but it was close. Power forward Blake Griffin went to the Clippers at No. 1. Center Hasheem Thabeet went No. 2 to Memphis. James Harden was drafted No. 3 by Oklahoma City. Shooting guard Tyreke Evans went to Sacramento, then came the two-pack of Ricky Rubio and
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Several new characters have been added to the roster for the Wii U's version of Super Smash Bros. We get to see quite a few new characters
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on display for Nintendo's prime-time fighting game, including several new characters from Fire Emblem and the always indomitable Captain Falcon.
The trailer starts with Lucina battling it out against Falcon, while a downed Chrom lays in the corner. Falcon proceeds to lay a whooping on Lucina and preps for a Falcon Punch to finish the fight. However, Robin swoops in to save the day, giving Lucina some respite from the battle with Falcon.
The trailer then transitions from the cinematics to the actual gameplay, and we get to see Robin dropping some magnificent swordplay and magical spells against all on-comers.
Robin looks a lot like Palutena, as far as play-style goes. There's a strong mix of swordplay and magic attacks thrown into the mix that offers gamers what looks to be a nice mid and air game for players who don't like sticking to the ground.
Lucina, alternatively, is all about brute force and fast attack
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Vancouver, BC (SportsNetwork.com) - Sebastian Fernandez netted inside the first 15 minutes of play on Saturday and Vancouver Whitecaps FC held
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on for a nervy 1-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC at BC Place in the latest edition of the Cascadia Cup rivalry.
Fernandez struck for the hosts after 12 minutes and the tally held up against the shorthanded Sounders to take Vancouver to 25 points from 16 matches and snap a brief three-match winless run in league play.
Seattle has been the best team this season, but were missing Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin due to World Cup duty with the United States. Seattle struggled to create chances and tasted defeat for just the fourth time this season to remain on 35 points.
The decisive strike came in the 12th minute. Gershon Koffie did well along the right flank to win the ball and slide it to Fernandez in the middle of the park. Fernandez took a touch, picked his head up and ripped a knuckling ball into the side netting, leaving Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei with no chance for a save.
Seattle fashioned
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CLARKSVILLE, TN -- With the abundance of holiday happenings around town this time of year, making a day of it has never been
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easier. By the same token, however, sometimes you just need a break from all of the hustle and bustle. Red River Breeze invites you to pause for an afternoon to enjoy classic holiday tunes with a Celtic flair and celebrate the release of their Christmas album, The Babe of Bethlehem, at the on Saturday, December 5, at 1:00pm.
Red River Breeze's "Celtic Christmas Concert" will feature Stephanie Taylor on hammered dulcimer and recorders, Melanie Beck on fiddle, David Magers on guitar and hammered dulcimer, and Ted Kearney filling in for David Elder on upright bass. Special guests Esther Sooter on cello, Sarah Clark on penny whistle and recorder, Eme Beck on djembe and hammered dulcimer, and Savannah Beck on penny whistle will perform throughout at various times.
With two 45-minute sets and a brief intermission, the concert will wrap up in time to head down to Spirit
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The framework, released jointly by the Trump Administration, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance, is billed as a
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”unified framework for fixing our broken tax code.” In addition to calling for estate tax repeal, the proposal would eliminate personal exemptions and most itemized deductions, repeal the alternative minimum tax, reduce the top individual tax rate to 35%, and reduce the top tax rate on trade or business income to 25%. It leaves open the possibility of an additional top rate for the highest income taxpayers. It’s unclear how all of this would be paid for, and when legislation will be forthcoming.
The federal estate tax kicks in at a rate of 40% on individual estates over $5.49 million. A married couple can shelter nearly $11 million. (In 2013, just 4,700 estates were taxable, bringing in $16.6 billion, according to the Tax Policy Center.) The GST tax applies to transfers during life or upon death that skip a generation—acting as a second layer of tax on these wealth transfers.
Notably, the framework does not include repeal of
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