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When Domee Shi was a little girl growing up in Toronto, her mother treated her like a precious dumpling, she recalled, constantly making | sure she was safe and didn’t wander away.
The film follows an aging Chinese woman suffering from empty nest syndrome who gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggling dumpling boy. But the dumpling starts growing up quickly, and the mom must come to the bittersweet revelation that nothing stays cute and small forever.
"Bao" is Shi's directorial debut, she said. It is also includes several other firsts — the first Pixar short to be directed by a women, the first to be produced by Becky Neiman-Cobb, and the first short to feature a Chinese-American production designer, Rona Liu, a Pixar representative confirmed.
Shi joined Pixar in 2011 as a story intern. It was when she was working on “Inside Out” in 2015 that she decided to create her own side project.
The image of a mother coddling her little d |
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Video Header Bidding | : The Publishing Industry’s Biggest Buzzword or Misnomer?
Header tags were arguably the biggest trend to come out of the programmatic space in 2015, and were poised for terrific potential as we entered 2016.
Over the course of the past year, the hype did not disappoint. We saw header tags decimate the traditional waterfall-structured auction, allowing all DSPs, marketers and agencies to bid at the same time, side-by-side and in real time for the same inventory.
This upped both yield and revenue for publishers, while programmatic buyers liked that they could workaround the stronghold Google had built with DoubleClick and AdX.
Next we saw the emergence of wrappers, which made header bidding technology scalable across many partners. Wrappers, or containers, address issues of latency that plagued basic header bidding implementation by helping publishers to add and manage demand sources without slowing down load times, incorporating each bidder into a single framework designed to execute header bidding |
Alistair Darling may have been a big, brave Hector standing up to nose-tweaker Brown, but his right-hand minister at | the Treasury is a more timid piece of work.
Liam Byrne is Treasury Chief Secretary - the Treasury's hatchet man, the minister who gets to say 'no' to extravagant-spending departments.
A strong chief secretary can save the country billions. Past chief secretaries have been flinty, muscular thrusters, rooted in actuarial propriety.
They have often been seen as future leaders of their party. Mr Byrne is a less obviously steely fellow. Not one of life's leaders.
He is a courtier, a massager of clients, a service provider, follower. Yesterday he was queasy about using the language of cuts.
He, more than most mortals, must know the danger of our national debt. Yet he pansy-tiptoed around any idea of reducing that debt. He wouldn't even talk about 'paying off' the debt.
Instead this former management consultant, this Blairite careerist who only joined the project half way |
Maurizio Sarri‘s fate as head coach at Chelsea is set to be decided in the next fortnight, according to the Daily | Telegraph. The Italian is facing increased scrutiny since Chelsea’s 6-0 loss at the hands of Manchester City, the paper reports, with the club said to be facing a season-defining run of fixtures in the coming weeks.
Manchester United have reportedly set their sights on Paris St Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot. The Mirror says reports in Spain suggest United have emerged as the latest Premier League team to show an interest in the 23-year-old Frenchman, who is out of contract at the end of the season. The club could face competition from the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and Barcelona, the paper adds.
Juventus are reportedly leading the race for the signature of Ajax star Matthijs De Ligt, with Chelsea and Manchester United also said to be among the sides interested in the 19-year-old. The Sun says reports in Italy suggest Juventus have an edge over their rivals as the side have a good relationship with De Ligt’ |
Our property was surrounded by acres of flat farm land and when a storm came there were no trees, hills, or mountains to stop its effects. | We became used to losing shingles off our roof and buckling down anything that could fly away.
I had heard the wind during the night, but living only a couple miles from Lake Michigan, I was used to hearing it as it came off of the lake. But now when I looked out the window I couldn’t see anything. It was a total whiteout. It was as if someone painted the entire countryside white and not a glimpse of light could get through. It really was quite frightening.
In the fall I had seen my neighbor tie a rope from his house to the barn. He said he hoped he wouldn’t have to use it, but he knew how the winters were in the country. He was a dairy farmer, and it was important for him to get to the barn. Of course, I thought this was like the days of writer Laura Ingalls Wilder and her experiences on the prairie! I sort of chuckled when he told us about |
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts,” Richard Feynman famously declared in 1966. Ever quick to challenge accepted wisdom, he | distinguished the laudable ignorance of science, forever seeking unattainable certainties, from the dangerous ignorance of experts who professed such certainty.
Twenty years later, he would drop a rubber ring into a glass of ice water to show a panel of clueless rocket experts how willful ignorance of basic temperature effects likely caused the Challenger shuttle disaster (1).
Feynman’s warning against faith in the phony trappings of “cargo cult science” fell on deaf ears. Policies affecting every aspect of our lives are now based on dangerous forms of ignorance.
A prime case in point is the noble edifice of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where a high-ranking EPA official was recently jailed and fined for collecting pay and bonuses for decades of non-existent work while he claimed to be working elsewhere for the CIA. Such long-standing fraud would hardly come as a surprise to Evaggelos Vallianatos, who toiled for a quarter of a century in |
How much did vandalism cost town's taxpayers in the last year?
MORE than £4,000 of taxpayers' money has been spent on vandalism | repairs in Witney in the last year.
Witney Town Council has had to divert cash from other projects to fix 21 separate cases of damage caused by yobs since May 2018.
The total of just over £4,000 was down on the £6,400 spent on repairs in 2017/18, but the council revealed reports of vandalism 'aren't getting any shorter'.
A spokesperson said: "Witney has a great community spirit. However, there's a small but determined minority who choose to ruin things for others.
"The council cannot afford to continue endlessly replacing and repairing at the expense of the council taxpayer.
"We would far rather spend money on enhancing our town’s existing facilities and investing in future projects to meet the needs of our growing town."
The council's community services committee added: “At each meeting we receive a number of reports and sadly the vandalism report is one that isn’t getting any shorter.
"That |
What about students who transition after admission?
Morehouse College, a historically black men’s college, recently announced it would start admitting transgender | men in 2020.
Although it was a historic win for transgender men who want to attend Morehouse, trans women will not be admitted and students who are admitted to Morehouse identifying as men and transition during their time at Morehouse as trans women, would no longer be eligible to stay at the school.
While it is wonderful that Morehouse has finally taken a step toward trans inclusion like the historically women’s college HBCUs Spelman and Bennett, it is disappointing that they will not allow someone assigned male at birth who subsequently decides that they are not male to stay. Many historically women’s colleges, including nearby Spelman, enable individuals assigned female who no longer identify as female to graduate.
Morehouse said there are exemptions to this rule, which will be granted by a three-person committee appointed by the president after a student provides a written appeal. A student can make a final appeal to the college president if they disagree with the committee’s decision. The college |
I'm an experienced professional person who weighs close to 400 pounds. I believe that I am routinely passed over for positions I interview for because of my | weight. I excel at phone interviews but it seems that when I get into face to face interviews, that interest all of a sudden dries up. I have considered that it is my interviewing skills. However, I have been interviewed recently by my boss for a promotion (I know it was the political game that ended that opportunity) and he told me I interviewed well. He has always been honest with me in the past and I do not believe he would lie about that. So, that means that either the rest of the candidate pools are that much better than me (which doesn't seem likely), or there is something else preventing me from getting positions. I am not one to jump to excuses or blame other people.
If I had indications of something I needed to work on, I'd work to address the issue. I just don't have those indications. I know that there are negative stereotypes about overweight people...and all things being equal I can understand why they would choose someone who is not |
A controversial CIA contractor has found new work in Haiti, flying drones on disaster recovery duty.
When last we heard from Evergreen International Aviation, | the Oregon-based firm was offering to post sentries at local voting centers during the 2008 election, "detaining troublemakers" and making sure voters "do not get out of control."
*Join Reddit’s Haiti relief fundraising drive with Direct Relief International.*Now, company vice president Sam White tells Aviation Week that the firm is flying at least one ScanEagle surveillance drone over Haiti. "The company has a fleet of 747s and a fleet of large and small choppers, and has begun ferrying in supplies to Port au Prince," the magazine's Paul McLeary notes. "White wouldn't say who the company is moving cargo for, saying only that 'we’re working with different agencies, and we have one plane coming in tomorrow full of humanitarian supplies.'"
Over the years, Evergreen has had all sorts of interesting clients over its five-plus decades in operation. Back in the late '80s, the company "acknowledged one agreement under which his |
Is Samsung planning a 5-inch Windows Phone handset?
Samsung may be planning a new Windows Phone flagship for 2014. A user agent for a | handset with the codename of SM-W750V has popped up in several instances, with its default web browser listed as Internet Explorer, pointing to the Windows Phone operating system.
Key details remain unclear about the handset, but through Bluetooth approval in the US and shipping documents leaked in 2013, we can gather the SM-W750V carries a 5-inch display with a screen resolution of 1920x1080 and LTE support.
Samsung hasn't put much faith into the Windows Phone platform thus far, releasing only a few handsets, including the Ativ S I8750 – which was pretty much a Windows version of the Android-based Galaxy S III. With the Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update providing better hardware support, Samsung may finally be ready to jump back in the game with a phablet, alongside the Nokia Lumia 1520, for the Windows Phone ecosystem.
It's not a Samsung phone launch without a few leaked pictures, and we expect those to come soon. In |
Defence chief denies war crimes during domestic probe into war against Tamil separatists.
"It's very difficult to identify the civilian casualties... nobody talks | of the LTTE's dead and injured," he said referring to the group's formal title, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
The United Nations says at least 7,000 civilians were killed in the last five months of the conflict. In all, it says between 80,000 and 100,000 people were killed during the war.
The International Crisis Group reported earlier this year that at least 30,000 civilians could have died in the last years of the war. It also said civilians in the war zone were deprived of food and medical care.
Rights groups have called for an international probe into abuses by both sides, including allegations government troops shelled a "no-fire zone'' created by itself in the northeast of the island after hundreds of thousands of minority Tamils sought refuge there in the last stages of the fighting.
Rajapaksa told the commission that measures taken to prevent civilian casualties included restrictions on using heavy weapons, creation of no-fire zones, |
President Duterte did not give a categorical answer when he was asked the question last Thursday, saying there are things better left unsaid.
MAN | ILA, Philippines — Should honesty be an election issue?
“It depends. It depends. If you’re hanging by the thread, of what good use would it be if it just creates trouble?” the President told reporters in a chance interview during the 122nd anniversary of the Philippine Army at Fort Bonifacio.
“There are things left unsaid and there are things which you can answer correctly. OK?” he added.
Duterte’s daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, recently drew criticism over a statement about lying candidates. Defending some senatorial bets of the administration, she claimed there is no candidate who does not lie and that honesty is no longer an issue in this election.
Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano, she added, had lied when he claimed that government funds were used to buy the campaign shirts of former presidential aide Christopher Go.
“Sinasabi |
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Former Tennessee women's athletic director Joan Cronan and four-time WNBA All-Star T | icha Penicheiro are among the 12 finalists for the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame announced Thursday.
Cronan was the Tennessee women's athletic director for 29 years, a stretch that included each of the Lady Volunteers' eight national championship seasons under Pat Summitt.
Penicheiro was a seven-time WNBA assists leader after starring at Old Dominion.
Brock was a three-time AIAW national champion at Delta State from 1975-77. Riley is an Olympic gold medalist and two-time WNBA champion who led Notre Dame to a 2001 national title. Roddy led the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens to two AAU national championships. Still is Kentucky's career scoring and rebounding leader.
Sanderford led Western Kentucky to three Final Four appearances and 12 NCAA Tournament berths. Tucker was a part of nearly 900 wins in 32 seasons as a Stanford assistant coach, associate head coach and head coach.
Bass was CEO of the WBCA from |
There is huge difference between the general election 2014 and general election 2019. In the last Lok Sabha election, Narendra Modi, the then serving chief minister | of Gujarat for a record third term, rode on a Modi wave and won the day for the NDA alliance by getting two third majority in Lok Sabha. As the nation goes to poll yet again, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking another mandate from people, we take a look as to why the task is much more difficult for him than the last time. Why the magic woven around Modi seems to have evaporated into thin air and why the charisma seems to have disappeared?
There is no denying the fact that what happened in the last election was nothing short of magic. He rode on the development plank, made all the more effective by the beautifully created Gujarat model, by a media that danced to his tunes.
Supported by a mean election machine created by Amit Shah by pouring millions and millions in social media and very effective media planning, Modi was the man to look for succour and Gujarat model was an ultimate model for development. But five years down the line, the road seems to have become |
Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch is continuing to maintain its presence in the gaming market thanks to the consistent release of new DLC and the constant momentum held by | the eSports division known as the Overwatch League. To keep that momentum flowing, Blizzard will allow gamers to play for free next week.
This was announced over on the official Play Overwatch website, where it was revealed that between November 20th and November 26th gamers would be able to play Overwatch for free on the Xbox One, PS4 or through Battle.net on PC. The free trial will gain you access to various modes, weapons, gear, and characters so you can see if the team-based hero shooter fits your gaming habits.
Yes, all 29 heroes will be accessible during the trial, this also includes the newly released cowgirl, Ashe, and her trusty Omnic sidekick, Bob. The duo were just recently introduced back during BlizzCon, where they were accompanied by two crowd-pleasing videos featuring the gameplay of Ashe and a backstory cinematic for McCree.
In addition to having access to the 29 playable heroes, gamers will also be able to hop into any of |
There is more risk than benefit to a gluten-free diet for people — especially children — who haven't been diagnosed with celiac disease or wheat | allergy, according to the Journal of Pediatrics.
In a commentary that aims to separate fact from fiction, Dr. Norelle R. Reilly, of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, says a gluten-free diet is not a healthy lifestyle choice.
"Parents should be counselled as to the possible financial, social, and nutritional consequences of unnecessary implementation of a gluten-free diet," said Reilly, who is a specialist in pediatric gastroenterology.
In 2015, 25 per cent of U.S. consumers reported consuming gluten-free foods, according to market research by the Mintel Group. The gluten-free industry more than doubled in size from 2013 to 2015.
Most of those consumers are eating gluten-free without checking with a dietitian or health professional, making it a fad that could be affecting thousands of children, Reilly said.
Books like David Perlmutter's Grain Brain and William Davis' Wheat Belly, |
The bone was found by two teenage girls who handed it in to rangers at Rossall Point.
Two teenage girls found a piece of human | bone while walking along the beach at Fleetwood.
Although the bone was not initially thought to be human, tests showed it belonged to Brice Veevers, who was reported missing in September 2013.
Mr Veevers, from Nottingham, was staying at a Blackpool guest house when he vanished. He was 27 at the time.
Despite a police appeal at the time, he was not found – until the grim discovery last year.
Detectives say two girls – who they are keen to trace – handed the bone in to rangers at Rossall Point in either September or October last year.
Police only became aware of it in January and testing has since shown the bone belongs to Mr Veevers. His death is not being treated as suspicious.
Det Insp Jason Richardson, of Blackpool CID, said: “This is a very sad set of circumstances for the family and friends of Mr Veevers and my thoughts are very much with them at this time |
A woman who entered a "Miss Hitler" beauty pageant was obsessed with "ethnic cleansing", a court has heard.
Alice Cutter has denied being | a member of a banned neo-Nazi organisation.
The 22-year-old is standing trial alongside her partner, Mark Jones, who is accused of being a "leader and strategist" for National Action.
Birmingham Crown Court heard they shared an "obsession with knives, guns and the ideology of violent ethnic cleansing".
Mr Jones, 24, and Ms Cutter, both of Mulhalls Mill, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, have pleaded not guilty to being members of National Action between December 2016 and September 2017.
Garry Jack, 23, from Heathland Avenue, Birmingham, and 18-year-old Connor Scothern, of Bagnall Avenue, Nottingham, have denied the same charge.
Prosecutor Barnaby Jameson QC told the jury Ms Cutter "was a central spoke in the National Action wheel", having been photographed giving the Nazi salute on the steps of Leeds Town Hall in May 2016.
Mr Jameson said that, in a private chat |
UFO claims and stories of extraterrestrial visitors to Earth need to be considered without blanket scepticism, a physicist and former NASA researcher has shockingly claimed | .
NASA’s hunt for proof of alien life is at the forefront of the space agency’s deep space exploration. But here on Earth, many conspiracy theorists and self-appointed UFO-hunters are already certain aliens visit Earth on a regular basis. Most of these alien claims, supposed UFO sightings and stories of mysterious crop circles appearing overnight are immediately dismissed by the scientific community. A former NASA researcher and physicist at the University of Albany, however, has argued immediate scepticism to all UFO-related theories is counterproductive.
Life on Mars? Did NASA Curiosity Rover photograph alien UFO on Mars?
Kevin Knuth, an associate professor at Albany, argued in an opinion piece for Cosmos Magazine, the odds of life existing outside of Earth are pretty high.
The “unsettling and refreshing” possibility is exactly why, he argued, more attention needs to be paid to what is happening in the skies.
Dr Knuth said: “I think UFO scepticism |
SACRAMENTO (CN) A longstanding scrap between a court clerk and one of two judges in a rural courthouse in California has spilled into | an unusual federal lawsuit against the judge and the overall court administration in California.
The court clerk in Lassen County, in the northeastern section of California, filed a complaint last week in U.S. District Court in Sacramento against Superior Court Judge Tony Mallery as well as the California Judicial Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
In Lassen County, with a population of 32,000, Barone has been working in the courthouse for almost twenty years, while Mallery was elected to his judgeship just three years ago.
In addition, says the complaint, the judge hugged a defendant in open court.
Mallery and other officials at the superior court did not respond to interview requests this week. A spokesman for the judicial council also declined comment.
In the three years the judge has been on the bench, the clerk has submitted 30 reports on his behavior to various officials, including members of the Judicial Council staff, formerly known as the Administrative Office of the Courts. |
Alec Baldwin might be full of great quips when he plays Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock, but in real life, he’ | s not always quite that smooth. Just a day after wedding Hilaria Thomas, a beautiful, twenty-eight-year-old yoga instructor, the actor reminisced about the first time he met her and his lack of an exciting pick-up line. She was apparently standing with some friends at Pure Food and Wine when he noticed her and decided he needed to approach. Without any idea of what to say, he simply walked up and blurted, “I must know you.” After some light chit-chat, he handed her his business card and went on his way.
She called a few days later, a first date was arranged and within weeks, they were seeing where it might lead. Luckily for both, the chemistry was there and remained there when they exchanged I-Do’s this weekend. The whole backstory was laid out this morning in the New York Times wedding announcement, and apart from two brief references to Baldwin’s failed marriage to Kim B |
Citigroup is going one step further in solidifying what looks to be the firm's most significant strategy shift in more than ten years, announcing | two sets of financial results for the banking behemoth's second quarter this year.
Second quarter earnings will be divided between Citicorp, comprising 56 percent of the firm's assets, and Citi Holdings, which is focused on areas such as consumer finance, retail broking and maintaining the bank's toxic assets.
Friday, Citi also provided historical data for the two divisions which showed markedly different past performance for the businesses. Last year, while Citicorp earned $6.14 billion on revenue of $60.56 billion, Citi Holdings lost $35.64 billion, on negative revenue of $6.7 billion, mostly due to massive writedowns.
The newly separated earnings results, to be released Friday, lend further credence to the idea that chief executive Vikram Pandit is aiming to split Citi up and focus the bank on more traditional investment banking activities. That idea was posited here at BNET Finance on Thursday.
Citi Holdings chief executive |
Which of these automaker stocks is the smarter pick right now? Find out here.
The auto industry has seen some exciting times lately, and | Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Volkswagen (NASDAQOTH:VWAGY) have largely been on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to investor sentiment. Tesla has revolutionized the electric vehicle industry, and its luxury offerings have made it a credible new force among automaker rivals with much longer histories. Volkswagen, meanwhile, has been embroiled in controversy concerning allegations that it deliberately sought to evade emissions-testing standards for its diesel vehicles. Both stocks have performed poorly, and some investors wonder if now might be a good time to see Tesla or Volkswagen as a value play. Let's take a look at how Tesla Motors and Volkswagen compare on some key metrics to see which deserves your attention right now.
Both Tesla and VW have lost considerable ground over the past year. Tesla is down 21% since the end of June 2015, but Volkswagen has taken an even bigger hit, falling more than 40% over the same period.
When it comes to conventional valuation metrics, Volkswagen and Tesla |
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (TNN) - One Oklahoma City company is trying to change storm shelters forever with a new safe room | that fits under your bed and raises up into the air when you need it.
You may have seen the company on the popular ABC show Shark Tank earlier this year. The safe room from Life Lift Systems, was created by Levi Wilson simply because he couldn't find a storm shelter that fit the needs of his family.
"I had this idea, there’s a lot of empty space under the bed, there’s something we can do here to make a shelter that goes right under the bed,” Wilson said.
Wilson partnered with Tim Todd and before they knew it, they had a product they believe will change the future of storm shelters.
"You’re getting three or four products in one, two it doesn’t take up any additional floor space and it’s in the comfort of your own home,” Todd said.
Working the safe room is simple, you just push a button.
"We’ve got |
Palladium has continued this year’s rally, surging to a new record on Tuesday amid rising worries about shrinking supply. It has continued | to beat gold and silver as the best investment among precious metals.
Spot palladium was up around 0.5 percent at $1,591.5 an ounce as of 07:57am GMT, after touching its highest price ever of $1,594 earlier in the session. Tuesday’s gains followed a rise of 1.5 percent on Monday.
Palladium prices have been hitting new records almost each month, and in February it surged above $1,500 an ounce for the first time.
The metal has already gained about 26 percent for the year, having climbed nearly 90 percent from the mid-August lows. Palladium is in high demand by the automotive industry.
It is widely used in auto-catalysts, converting most of the harmful gases in automobile exhaust into less noxious substances, and its bull run is believed to be driven by supply concerns.
“The demand has been an ongoing narrative for a while. So, the fundamentals are strong |
Ballet Kelowna presents Boundless | media!
Ballet Kelowna kicks off the new year with Boundless, a mixed program | of four distinct and breathtaking works, February 5 & 6, 2016 at 7:30pm at the Kelowna Community Theatre.
Ballet of Canada, partners with lauded Canadian composer Owen Belton to create a vital and potent new work. Also on the program, multiple award-winning choreographer Gabrielle Lamb’s expertly crafted work Glas, inspired by the relentless river flow. This work showcases the fluidity and physical interplay of the dancers in an abundance of intricate combinations. In Studies of Cash, Ballet Kelowna pays tribute to country legend Johnny Cash through a feast of styles: classical lyricism, folk-dance and rhythm n’ blues from Artistic Director Simone Orlando. Transporting audiences to Renaissance Verona, Kelowna’s own Joshua Beamish presents his fresh, classical interpretation of the breathtaking balcony pas-de-deux between Shakespeare’s two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet.
Tickets from $35 available at |
Speed hump on a section of Mokapu Street in Kahului. Photo by Wendy Osher.
Q: I’m | just a concerned parent that lives on Mokapu Street in Kahului. I notice every other street around us has speed bumps except ours. Why is that so?
Are we gonna wait till a kid who plays on the street gets run over? Then a big lawsuit. I’ve been living on this street for 13 years.
South Mokapu Street / Lono Avenue intersection in Kahului. Photo by Wendy Osher.
A: County records show that while your street has a total of four speed humps (two between Lono and Makalii streets and two between Makalii and Laau), there are no speed humps on the stretch of Mokapu between Laau and Hina.
The existing speed humps were applied for in 1999; since then there have been no requests for speed humps on Mokapu Street.
You can request that speed humps be installed on your section of Mokapu |
Jay Farber, right, 29, a Las Vegas VIP host originally from Santa Barbara, Calif., smiles after folding a hand against Ryan Riess | , 23, a poker professional from East Lansing, Mich., during the final table of the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em tournament at the Rio on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.
What’s it like to live the moment?
Averaging more than 60 events and 70,000 entries over the past few years, the World Series of Poker annually produces great stories and surprises over the course of the summer at the Rio.
One of last year’s best came straight from Las Vegas. More specifically, he came out of Las Vegas’ hottest nightclubs.
Nightlife promoter Jay Farber went from having never cashed in a WSOP event to nearly becoming the 2013 world champion. The 29-year-old made it to the final day of the WSOP Main Event before eventually falling to Ryan Riess in heads-up play to finish second for $5.17 million.
With |
Six of nine. The priority primarily arrives next season as Giovani Bernard and Rex Burkhead enter the final year of their contracts. Plus, Jeremy | Hill's contract will be up in two seasons. Interesting note when ranking out the draft needs that our four least pressing needs for the Bengals all come on offense.
After Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott, the top of the class doesn’t overwhelm. Value can be found in the later rounds with a number of backs with specific skill sets.
The Bengals traditionally go all out for running back or find a sleeper. Under Marvin Lewis, they have selected four halfbacks in the first or second round. They also selected four in the final two rounds. They didn’t select a back between Rounds 3-5. The team drafts either all-in or low-risk. This year falls into the low-risk category.
Bengals view on Bernard. If the front office believes in bringing him back, then there's no need to add another running back. Taking a swing at another back late in the draft or a premium undrafted free agent would be a more predictable move |
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has been arrested in London.
The Metropolitan Police arrested the 39-year old this morning, on | the basis of a European Arrest Warrant, as he voluntarily turned himself into a police station. He will appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court later.
Assange is accused by the Swedish authorities of sexually assaulting two women. He has said the charges are wrong and are part of a campaign against him as Wikileaks reveals a raft of confidential government communications.
Last week, Assange said Wikileaks would reveal data demonstrating "unethical" behaviour at a top US bank. Large pharmaceutical and energy companies would also be targeted in leaks, he said.
Yesterday the British national security adviser ordered government departments to review their IT defences in the wake of the leaks.
Sir Peter Ricketts asked for assurances that all departments’ security technology is up to date.
The UK clampdown comes as US authorities take an increasingly strong stance against Wikileaks.
US Army Private First Class Bradley E. Manning has already been charged with mishandling and transferring classified information in connection with the leaks. He is believed by some to have |
Verizon, the telecoms giant that is the parent of Oath (and therefore owns TechCrunch), has been through the re-organizational r | inger in recent quarters and today it announced the full financial effect of that process. According to an SEC filing, the company will take charges of up to $6.7 billion as a result of a voluntary redundancy program (up to $2.1 billion pre-tax) and market pressures for its Oath business, which is primarily made up of the merger of AOL and Yahoo, two companies it has acquired in recent years (up to $4.6 billion pre-tax).
On the other hand, a reorganization of legal entities within its wireless business will give it a tax benefit of $2.1 billion.
Coming clean appears to be good business, it seems. The company’s share price is up by one percent in trading at the moment.
On the cost side, the company specifically said that its voluntary separation program, which will ultimately impact 10,400 employees by June 2019 (but will see the first tranche leave this month), will lead to a severance |
Charging our clothes to credit cards is nothing new. Now our clothes may be doing the charging.
Scientists at the University of South Carolina ( | USC) have devised a way to turn the material in a cotton T-shirt into a source of electrical power. They envision a future where electronics are part of our wardrobe.
A few years back, my daughter haunted me for a hoodie with built-in ear buds, a novelty garment that allowed her to look stylin’ and also stay connected to her ubiquitous digital music device. USC Professor Xiaodong Li, the tee-shirt project mastermind, takes tech fashion to new heights, anticipating an emerging need for flexible energy storage: new methods of juicing our technical tools in remote locations, off the grid, and on the go.
Modified fabric in tee shirts can store electrical charges.
Li and his associate Lihong Bao described how they converted a simple cotton tee-shirt into an electrical power source, in a recent report in the journal Advance Materials. The team soaked a conventional shirt in a flouride solution. They dried it, then baked it at super |
Wins don’t get much more lopsided than the one the Los Angeles Rams had on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. Sean Mc | Vay and the Rams claimed their second victory of the season, this time coming away with a 34-0 win at home over their division rivals.
Outside of a scoreless first quarter, it was all Rams all game long. The Cardinals didn’t cross midfield until the second-to-last play of the fourth quarter, Sam Bradford didn’t eclipse 100 yards passing and David Johnson only had 51 total yards.
The Rams, on the other hand, moved the ball with ease. They had 432 total yards, including 354 from Jared Goff and 159 yards receiving by Brandin Cooks. Todd Gurley took care of the scoring with three touchdowns, while the defense held Arizona in check.
Catch highlights from the 34-point victory in the video above.
Predicting every game on Rams' 2019 schedule: Is 13-3 in the cards?
Jared Goff is now under contract through 2020.
Les Snead is up two spots from last year |
Asked if India are favourites to win the World Cup, Clarke said, "Certainly one of the favourites with the kind of bowling talent India have at | the moment"
That Virat Kohli is destined to be among the pantheons of all-time greats is an oft-repeated assertion but for former Australia captain Michael Clarke, the India skipper is already the "greatest ODI batsman to have ever played the game".
Kohli, the world's no.1 Test and ODI batsman, led India through a historic tour of Australia, during which the team won the Test and ODI rubbers and drew the T20 International series.
Kohli's India was the first team ever not to lose any series Down Under and along the way, he continued to add to his rapidly-rising count of international hundreds.
"To me, Virat Kohli is the greatest batsman to have ever played one-day cricket. I have no doubts after seeing what he has achieved for India," Clarke, himself a former World Cup-winning captain, told PTI in an interview.
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The launch of the space shuttle Discovery will be delayed from May until at least July to allow engineers time to replace sensors in the craft's hydrogen fuel | tank, NASA said Tuesday.
A malfunction in the sensors, which monitor hydrogen levels in the tank, could cause the shuttle's rocket engines to shut down prematurely, potentially endangering the mission. Problems with the sensors caused a delay in Discovery's last mission, and engineers said the defects might stem from a manufacturing problem that caused a loose connection between the 10-year-old sensors and their leads.
Replacing the sensors, which will require crews to enter the tank while it is in the upright position, will take about three weeks, and that "will move us out of the May launch window" and into the next possibility in July, shuttle program manager N. Wayne Hale Jr. said at a Houston news conference.
The delay will give NASA time to complete other tasks as well, such as wind-tunnel testing of changes to the foam covering of the fuel tank and repair of the craft's robotic arm.
The arm was cracked last week when workers bumped a platform into it while |
The father of missing girl Madeleine McCann has said that he wants to give evidence in a libel trial against the Portuguese detective who accused him and | his wife of covering up her death.
Gerry McCann flew into Portugal for the trial, saying "I'm here for Madeleine, hopefully for justice," but conceded that he was not sure if he would be allowed to take the stand.
The McCanns are suing Gonçalo Amaral for €1.2m (£1m) in damages over a book he wrote, which their lawyers say was defamatory and helped poison public opinion against the couple. When the trial was abruptly adjourned for the day, Gerry McCann said he was disappointed, but that if he got the opportunity to come back he would take it.
Madeleine's mother, Kate, had previously attended the opening day of the trial against Amaral, who led the initial investigation into Madeleine's disappearance from a holiday resort in Praia da Luz in May 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday.
On the subject of the accusations made against against the family, Gerry McCann said on Friday |
The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record last month, amid falling corporate and individual tax revenue and increasing federal spending.
| The budget gap widened to $234 billion in February, compared with a fiscal gap of $215.2 billion a year earlier. That gap surpassed the previous monthly record of $231.7 billion set seven years ago, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
February’s shortfall helped push the deficit for the first five months of the government’s fiscal year to $544.2 billion, up almost 40% from the same period the previous year, the Treasury Department said in its monthly budget report March 22. The release was delayed a week by the government shutdown earlier this year.
Receipts dipped less than 1% to $1.3 trillion in the October-February period from the previous year, while spending accelerated 9% to $1.8 trillion.
The fiscal shortfall is widening after President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion tax-cuts package that’s weighing on receipts and raising concerns about the national debt load, which topped a record |
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Stalwart of the local music scene, punk godfather, and the man who managed to persuade John Peel to turn his attention to The Under | tones’ fabulous hit Teenage Kicks in 1978- which he liked so much he played twice in a row on his iconic radio show - Terri Hooley needs little introduction.
All throughout the Troubles he maintained his Good Vibrations record shop, moving location repeatedly to escape bombs and bullets and persisting in stockpiling and selling the very best tunes; when all about him were mired in conflict and bigotry he found consolation in the music and only wanted to spread the joy of locally crafted punk - The Undertones, The Outcasts, Stiff Little Fingers - Ulster artists like these had form in the genre.
His life was again the focus of much publicity with the release of wonderfully quirky 2012 Belfast-made movie Good Vibrations, which saw Northern Ireland actor Richard Dormer bring the intrepid muso and DJ to life, charting his peerless musical passions and his devotion to Ulster best acts. It was a quirky, heart-warming story of one |
Creator/producer Chris Carter makes his directorial feature film debut as Mulder and Scully return to the big screen after ten years.
| Creator/producer Chris Carter makes his directorial feature film debut as main characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully return to the big screen in X-Files: I Want to Believe. It’s pretty tame when compared to most current thrillers and that’s the film’s strength. It's nice counter-programming that explores the familiar themes of science and God/religion in a mature, intelligent manner. The end results satisfy, they just don’t really entertain on a high level.
This solid film has some moments, but the low key results fail to capitalize on the show’s two main elements – “little green men” and fanatical conspiracy theories. It certainly could’ve used a dazzling plot twist or two to liven up the proceedings a bit, though some early references like pictures of George W. Bush and Herbert Hoover in a government office provide some referential chuckles.
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• Wade, Caroline R. (Sparks). 1 p.m. Tuesday at Niebur Funeral Chapel in Barry. Visitation | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the funeral home.
• Baer, Linda Sue. 11 a.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Beardstown. Beardstown City Cemetery. The family will meet with friends one hour prior to the services at the church. Colwell Memorial Home in Beardstown is in charge.
• Newell, Robert L. A funeral Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Ashland. Burial and military honors at St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery, west of Ashland. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Buchanan & Cody Funeral Home in Ashland, preceded by a prayer service at 4:45 pm.
• Orr, Joe W. 11 a.m. Wednesday at Niebur Funeral Home in Barry. Akers Chapel Cemetery near Hull.
• Williams, Janice. 1 p.m. Thursday at Ashland Church of Christ. Berea Cemetery |
Elwood Paul Bergeron, 74, of Bridge City passed away Tuesday, April 17, at Pinehurst Nursing Home.
Funeral Services will | be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 20, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home in Bridge City.
Born in New Iberia, La. on April 30, 1937, Elwood was the son of Woodland Bergeron and Anna Mae (Gary) Bergeron. During 1958 through 1961, Elwood served in U.S. Army. He was an insulator with Local 112 in Lake Charles.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Woodland Bergeron and Anna Mae Bergeron Maturin; wife, Delores Ann Bergeron; and sister, Rona Breaux.
Elwood is survived by his daughters and son-in-law, Lori and Joel Haynes of Bridge City, Claudia Bergeron of Bridge |
Want to cover grey, enhance your natural colour or create a new look? Here’s how to pull off the perfect dye job at home | .
Decide on your colour. If it’s the first time you’re dyeing your hair be conservative. Opt for a colour no more than two shades darker or lighter than your natural colour. Keep within the same basic shade.
STEP 1 Read the instructions carefully and perform a skin test by applying a little of the dye mixture on the inside of your arm. Give it a few hours to see if your skin reacts. If it does, don’t continue. If not, you’re good to go.
STEP 2 Get the mixture ready. This will also be explained to you step by step on the product instructions.
STEP 3 Comb your hair well before applying the dye. If you have knots the dye might not be distributed evenly.
STEP 4 Start applying the dye at your roots by dividing the hair into small sections. Make sure to rub the dye into the hair. If this is your first time carry on applying dye to the rest of |
The Affordable Care Act has been criticized since it was passed in 2010. Its success depended on states supporting their marketplaces and enrolling healthy consumers. | Sept. 7, 2016.
If elected president, will Hillary Clinton be able to revive the Affordable Care Act? No.
Having fully embraced the increasingly troubled Affordable Care Act, Hillary Clinton is surely hoping health reform remains a side issue this presidential campaign.
But recent developments have propelled the failures of Obamacare back into the spotlight.
Costs for individual Obamacare policies are expected to be 24 percent higher next year. Voters will see for themselves the huge premium spikes when open enrollment starts just a week before Election Day.
Insurers are pulling out of the exchanges after losing billions of dollars, leaving people with fewer choices. Deductibles are soaring to as high as $12,000 on exchange policies, and many people say they might as well be uninsured.
This Obamacare inflation impacts everyone. August saw the biggest monthly gain in prices for medicine, doctor appointments and health insurance since 1984, according to a recent report by Kaiser and the Health Research & Education Trust. The average employer-sponsored family policy |
When spinning jennies and power looms were first, introduced into England, nothing would do with the outraged and insulted spinsters and weavers, | but pulling down the factories and the breaking the machines. This" was a very fooKsh operation, but the machine-destructives thought it was a very wise one; they, no doubt, imagined they had slain their greatest enemy. Poor short-sighted mortals! how much they resembled Don Quixotte battling with the wind-mill. We do not say but the hand-spinners and hand-loom weavers of old enjoyed more of the comfortsjof life than they do now, and perhaps enjoyed the world with a more hearty relish, but this we do know, that those power machines which have superseded severe human toil, have greatly be-nefitted the very operatives who were ruthlessly opposed to their introduction. Gilbert; Burns, the brother oi the great poet, though not a poet himself, was a shrewd man, possessed of a sound head, and who had labored severely as a farmer, declared that the invention of the Threshing |
Akvile DeFazio, 32 years old, lives with her husband Zane DeFazio (who is also known in the | industry) in Paso Robles, located on the Central Coast of California. I've personally known Akvile from when she worked at Third Door Media, the parent company of Search Engine Land back from 2011 to 2014. Akvile is known to bright up any conversation she was part of, both in real life or in the online world.
She bravely left Third Door Media to go out on her own and start her own agency. Anyone who knows Akvile, knows she is super brave and always out to try new things. Leaving a steady paycheck to start a new company is bold but she is always up for an adventure.
Akvile is well-known in the space to be everyone's friend. She is super helpful and even is able to pick up on the signals when someone is in need, even when they don't ask for it. She has contributed in so many ways to the space, including publishing at sites like SEMrush, AdStage, Search Engine Land |
METAIRIE — In the midst of a season where it’s been a battle to get above.500 from the get-go | , UL took a one large step toward that and did it in dramatic fashion Tuesday.
The Ragin’ Cajuns beat No. 14 LSU 6-5 in the Wally Pontiff Classic at the Shrine on Airline here, doing it behind back-to-back home runs by Orynn Veillon and Handsome Monica in the eighth inning.
Monica went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Veillon 2-for-4 with three RBIs to account for five of UL’s six runs.
Starter Logan Savoy, meanwhile, struck out two in 3.1 innings and Jacob Shultz (1-1) four in 4.0 innings to get to the win.
Usual reliever Todd Peterson started for LSU and put UL down in order in the top of the first.
Peterson went just one inning for the Tigers, who bullpenned the game as planned beforehand.
Veillon’s single up |
The Senate’s pending immigration bill will trim taxpayer spending on illegal immigrants for a decade, but will explode deficit spending by roughly $1 trillion | in each following decade, according to a new analysis by the Heritage Foundation, which opposes the sweeping measure.
The lifetime costs for the 11 million illegals would reach $9.4 trillion, although they would pay roughly $3.1 trillion in taxes. That’s a $6.3 trillion lifetime cost to taxpayers, the report projects.
The cost would rise to $1.6 trillion per decade once the wave of legalized low-skill immigrants starts using federal retirement programs in roughly 35 years, said Heritage’s assessment, released Monday.
Without legalization, the cost of the “unlawful immigrants” would be $1 trillion over five decades, Robert Rector, Heritage’s forecaster, told reporters May 6.
“Unlawful immigrants on average are tax consumers; they never once generate ‘fiscal surplus’ that can be used to pay for government benefits elsewhere in society,” said the Heritage report.
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“The problem is using the medicines,” said Dr. Sara Hamilton, a pediatrician at St.Mary’s Hospital and | a researcher at University College London and Imperial College, all in London.
At first, it was going to resemble an elephant’s trunk and reward kids with a funny trumpeting sound when they took their asthma medication. But group members eventually nixed that as too annoying and childish.
Then, it was going to resemble a ski ramp - but the downhill metaphor didn’t quite work.
Finally, the group settled on a horn-type shape, sounds chosen like ring tones, and a cartoon chameleon doing acrobatics when the child’s asthma is well controlled.
Such is the process of invention at the MIT Media Lab.
During the past two weeks, six teams of students, doctors, engineers, product designers, computer programmers, and entrepreneurs have been developing prototypes of inventions designed to help patients take control of their health.
One group tackled pain management, others focused on diabetes, cardiac rehabilitation, setting recovery goals for older patients, post-operative care |
Are you thinking to yourself, “Self, I’d like to use some videos in my class this fall?” And then | do you find yourself responding, “Well, Self, how should we go about doing that?” Or is that just me talking to myself?
Video can be a great way to engage students outside of class, and Questrom ITS is happy to help with any part of the video creation and distribution process. Depending on what you’d like to create for the finished product, we can walk you through everything from creating a screencast or narrated PowerPoint to filming your own video out on the street (or wherever!).
Narrating a PowerPoint deck is a quick and easy way to create a short instructional video. Check out our video here on how to do it. I promise it’s easy!
You can use Echo Personal Capture or Kaltura’s Capture Space to quickly create short explanatory videos (for that question you get over and over again, or if you’re thinking of flipping your classroom). Interested? Let us know and we’ll |
Germany reclaimed the women’s European Wheelchair Basketball Championship title from The Netherlands, beating the defending champions in a closely fought final at the University | of Worcester in England, while Britain secured the men's gold for the third consecutive edition.
The two countries had won every edition of the Championships since the inaugural tournament in 1974 with Germany having secured the most titles with nine, but they missed out in 2013 when The Netherlands earned their fifth crown.
With revenge a key motivator, the German team began the final in impressive style and moved into a 22-10 lead by the end of the opening quarter, in front of the watching Countess of Wessex.
By half-time the match became a far tighter affair, however, as the Dutch team rallied back to move to within eight points with the score at 39-31, with the gap being maintained by the close of the third quarter as Germany held a 55-47 lead.
The German team were able to hold the Dutch challenge in the final quarter to ensure a triumphant 10th title after achieving a final score of 72–62.
Hosts Britain were able to join Germany |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Another confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Duval County brings the total number of cases this year to | 13, the Florida Department of Health said Monday.
The health department said the latest case of the mosquito-borne illness underscores the ongoing concern that the virus could be spread to more people than it already has.
Jacksonville Mosquito Control and the Duval County DOH continue surveillance and prevention efforts. Health officials caution not to focus on the specific location of cases as the mosquitos that can spread West Nile Virus can travel five or more miles and birds infected with West Nile can go even farther.
If the county doesn’t spray where you live, you can always call a private pest control company to come out and spray the outside of your home. Some companies even offer event spraying and will treat your yard before a backyard barbecue or whatever you have planned.
For more information on what repellent is right for you, health officials encouraged residents to consider using the Environmental Protection Agency’s search tool to help choose skin-applied repellent products: http://cf |
The California Air National Guard dispatched four rescuers, who parachuted into the water and reached the disabled vessel. The team was able to stabilize the | girl and pointed the sailboat, which does not have steering or communication abilities, toward Mexico, the 129th Rescue Wing said in a statement.
The rescuers stayed aboard the Rebel Heart to keep watch on the ill child until daylight when sailors helped them board the Navy frigate.
Before the family left, Lyra had salmonella poisoning, but doctors cleared her to travel after she was healthy again, said Charlotte Kaufman’s sister, Sariah Kay English.
English initially was in daily email contact with the family but realized something was wrong when the communication stopped several days ago.
English said she was told the vessel took on water every time the motor was turned on. It’s now slowly moving using only the sails.
But English said the couple was always careful. Eric Kaufman is a Coast Guard-licensed captain who introduced sailing to Charlotte Kaufman during one of their early dates.
“They were not going into this blind. I knew they were doing this |
In a sea of recovery memoirs, each one more determined than the next to provide a blueprint for how to recover from the unspeakable, | Meera Atkinson's recently released Traumata stands out like a welcome sore thumb.
In tight evocative prose, it lays bare the mutually sustaining relationship between trauma and patriarchy and asks us to look at the ways in which patriarchy creates, sustains and feeds voraciously off the pains of those most impacted by misogyny, racism, and capitalism. Using memoir as a kind of litmus, Atkinson challenges the myth that traumatic events are socially 'out of character' and instead asks us to look at how by its very nature, patriarchy demands the abuse of its most vulnerable citizens.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, one of the most comprehensive investigations into the relationship between childhood abuse and adult health and wellbeing, found direct links between childhood trauma and a significantly increased vulnerability to a diverse range of conditions, including foetal death, heart disease, depression and alcoholism.
While this study helped to put child abuse and trauma on the mainstream health map, it also highlighted the role of structural inequality in |
Beijing-based award-winning radio correspondent and filmmaker Jocelyn Ford has been a journalist in Asia for over 30 years. For over a | decade, Jocelyn was bureau chief for U.S public radio's premier national business show, Marketplace — first in Tokyo, later in Beijing. Her work has been heard on Radiolab, The World, Studio 360, and other shows.
Jocelyn's groundbreaking debut documentary film "Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing" has been translated into nine languages, and has screened in over nine countries, including China, where it was the inaugural film at the new Center for Documentary Studies in Beijing.
Unlike Western nations, China doesn't demand democratic reform or human rights standards when engaging with states with weak or failing governments. Syria is a case in point.
"China's ultimate goal is to use democracy to undermine democracy," says one expert on Chinese dissent.
In a poor region of western China, hundreds of thousands of people are being relocated in the face of climate change.
Consumer demand in both the US and China for safe and healthy farmed fish is |
Weak unit revenue trends continue to plague United Airlines.
United Continental shares sank last month on weak Q2 guidance.
What: Airline giant | United Continental (NASDAQ:UAL) has taken investors on a wild ride in 2016. The stock plummeted in January along with the rest of the stock market, but bounced back in a big way during February.
However, a big decline in unit revenue during Q1 and a disappointing Q2 outlook tripped up the stock again last month. United Continental shares plummeted 23.5% during April, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
United Continental YTD Stock Performance, data by YCharts.
So what: Airlines have been buffeted by a weak unit revenue environment since early 2015, and United Continental has been among the worst hit. United has the most international exposure of any U.S. airline, and international routes have underperformed recently due to the impact of the strong dollar, falling fuel surcharges, and weak economic conditions in key markets like Brazil.
Last month, United Continental reported that passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) |
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Downsizing with regard to living space is a trend that has long been associated with empty-nesters and senior citizens. As children move out and start families of their own, many homeowners decide to downsize to less expensive, more manageable properties. Homeowners who decided to downsize or those who purchased a small property to begin with may need a few pointers to make the most of their limited space.
Reconsider your furniture. Furniture can make rooms feel cozy, cramped or spacious. For homeowners with limited space in their homes, furniture that also can be used as storage can save space without sacrificing comfort. For the bedroom, choose a storage bed if the quarters are cramped and it’s difficult to find space for two dressers. Such beds also can be used to store bed linens if closet space is limited. Purchase storage ottomans and/or end tables with storage beneath to make living areas feel less cramped.
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Editors returned to the Nick Rayns LCR in Norwich last night for yet another sold out show with support from Talos.
They are | survivors from the mid-noughties UK indie explosion which has seen the majority of their lesser compatriots fade away.
Their current UK tour follows the release of their sixth studio album ‘Violence’, which is critically acclaimed and vindicates their continued presence as headliners at big festivals across Europe, and has topped the charts in many countries.
So why does this not happen in the UK, and why do the music press not rave about this jewel in the British musical crown more often? For me Editors have always been the ‘okay-est’ band of the ok bands alongside the likes of The Wombats and The Kooks. A decent British indie band who aren’t bad, but aren’t great either. They’ve done a couple of decent tracks over the years, but never one I’d turn up on the radio.
However tonight was the first time I’d ever seen them live and my rule |
On September 12, the Georgian Government presented a report to Parliament reviewing the government’s achievements and plans for the near future.
“ | The government has been actively working in terms of all priorities, such as strengthening Georgia’s security and sovereignty; de-occupation and restoration of territorial integrity; Euro-Atlantic integration; deepening strategic cooperation with the United States,” – the report says.
According to the document, the non-recognition policy of Georgia has been successful: ‘no countries have [so far] recognized the independence of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region in 2015’. Moreover, the government emphasizes its continued discussion of the situation of occupied regions as well as the violation of the ceasefire agreement by Russia within the framework of the Geneva international negotiations and other partner-states.
European and Euro-Atlantic integration, considered one of the top priorities for Georgia throughout recent years, was particularly emphasized in the report, with a highlighted 24 countries having already ratified the Georgia-EU Association Agreement.
Likewise, the service of Georgian troops in international peace operations carried out under the NATO guidance is |
PARIS (Reuters) - The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source | close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria.
Yassin Salhi, 35, told detectives he had killed Hervé Cornara in a parking area before arriving at the plant in Saint Quentin-Fallavier, 30 km (20 miles) south of Lyon, where he tried in vain to cause a major explosion.
Police found the 54-year-old victim’s decapitated body and head, framed by Islamic inscriptions, at the plant, which is owned by the U.S. firm Air Products. There were no other casualties.
Examination of one of Salhi’s mobile phones revealed that he had taken a picture of himself with the severed head before his arrest and sent the image to a Canadian phone number. Canadian authorities said on Sunday they were assisting the investigation.
French attack suspect: lone wolf Islamist or "guy who flipped"?
The phone number belongs to a French national, known by his |
“The Invasion” (Episodes 1-4) / "“The Invasion” (Episodes 1-4)" / | "“The Invasion” (Episodes 1-4)" / "“The Invasion” (Episodes 1-4)"
Doctor Who in the 1960s often made wild swings in tone from one serial to the next, but there's few transitions quite as drastic as the one between the whimsical, surreal fantasyland of "The Mind Robber" and the stylish, modern action thriller of "The Invasion." And the two shows were opposites in another way too: "The Mind Robber" was a side trip into a cul-de-sac, a fascinating but ultimately abandoned celebration of Doctor Who as pure childrens'-literature fantasy, which its creative staff knew was on the way out even while they were making it. But "The Invasion" was the future, in a very consciously planned way. Teaming the Doctor with the no-nonsense Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and his anti-alien military taskforce UNIT, and taking place in |
Dubai: Nepal levelled the Twenty20 series with the UAE on Friday with a four-wicket victory in Dubai.
The UAE cru | ised to victory in the first T20 in Dubai on Thursday, winning by a comfortable 21 runs thanks to a commanding 59 from Shaiman Anwar.
But Nepal, who won the ODI series 2-1 last week, came out firing after the hosts won the toss and elected to bat first.
Avinash Bohara claimed three wickets for 20 runs, including the key one of opener CP Rizwan, who looked settled on 44 runs.
It was impressive all-round bowling show from the tourists with three other bowlers — Sompal Kami, Karan KC and Sandeep Lamichhane — taking two wickets apiece to skittle the UAE out for 107.
In response, it was closer than Nepal would have liked as Dipendra Singh Airee scored an unbeaten 47, aided by 20 from Karan and 18 from Pawan Saraf to help them reach their target with just three balls remaining but with four wickets in hand. Sultan |
The key to Mozilla's survival is to be different from its big competitors, which starts with its nonprofit status.
It's a good thing that | Mozilla is profitable, because the open-source foundation would likely struggle to get venture funding.
For any Sand Hill venture capitalist, Mozilla fails to tick any of the correct boxes. While it does have a world-class development organization, Mozilla also relies on an external, unpaid workforce to contribute up to 40 percent of its code. Also, 88 percent of its revenues come from one source, Google, which also happens to be a competitor.
Speaking of competitors, it has three big ones--gargantuan ones. Google, Microsoft, and Apple. Tell a VC that you want to go up against one of these and you're likely to be turned away. Tell them you want to take on all three and, well, they might just make a full-on sprint for the safety of their Aston Martins.
And yet, Mozilla may be superbly positioned to compete with these big competitors precisely because it isn't anything like them: at its core, Mozilla is a nonprofit foundation that |
Mr. Ronald Spithout is a President - Maritime Business Unit of the Company. Prior thereto, he was President - Enterprise of the company. | He was appointed President, Inmarsat Enterprise, in January 2012. He came to Inmarsat from Stratos Global, which was acquired by Inmarsat in April 2009. From July 2006 until December 2011, Mr. Spithout was Senior Vice President, MSS Marketing and Sales, Worldwide, for Stratos Global, with global responsibility for the MSS marketing and sales organisation. Prior to that, he was responsible for Stratos MSS Sales for all countries except North America. He came to Stratos from Xantic B.V., a satellite communications company headquartered in The Netherlands, which was acquired by Stratos in early 2006. At Xantic, Mr. Spithout served as Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales. Mr. Spithout held various sales positions in the late 1980s for KPN (the Royal Dutch Telecom Operator) in the Netherlands. Mr. Spithout holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from HTS-Rotterdam, the Rotter |
Hauer, who is a professor at the Technical University of Munich (Germany), wanted to change this. He embarked on a pan-European collaboration | with researchers at the University of Copenhagen, who specialize in single molecule detection, and long-time colleagues at the Italian university Politecnico di Milano, who had already developed a compact spectrometer that perfectly suited Hauer’s research needs.
The key to Hauer’s research lies in the Italian spectrometer’s ability to generate not one, but two laser pulses, with a controlled delay in between. Hauer’s team decided on a laser that has a broad frequency range—one that mimics sunlight—to cover all visible wavelengths.
When using one laser, researchers can only excite at a single wavelength, thus the data outputted is the fluorescence spectrum at that specific wavelength. The information missing is how the molecules behave at other wavelengths. When using two lasers, the critical second pulse modulates the emission spectrum in a specific manner, which in turn provides information about the absorption spectrum. This data is then evaluated using a simple Fou |
Chiffon Keys-McKoy is trying to keep her family’s holiday traditions alive, even if they’re no longer | in their own home.
The single mom and her three sons are celebrating Thanksgiving at a shelter for the first time this year, the Jennie Clarke Residence on E. 100th St.
For Keys-McKoy and her boys, the holiday season means finding something to be thankful for, even when times are tough.
They’re just like the 114,000 other homeless kids enrolled in city schools, searching for light in a dark place.
“We were in our own home last year,” said Keys-McKoy, 49, who shares a three-bedroom apartment at Jennie Clarke with her kids.
The six-story East Harlem shelter occupies three adjacent tenements and is home to 73 families — 156 kids and 95 adults in all.
Though they share a common thread of homelessness, each resident has a unique reason to feel lost or hopeful this Thanksgiving.
On Thursday the shelter’s management WIN threw an early holiday party where |
MINNEAPOLIS, March 20, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Parqa, a full-service digital marketing | agency that partners with staffing and recruiting firms throughout North America, has hired Chanel Schmidt as the company's Sr. Social Media Manager. As Parqa continues to establish itself as a leader in digital marketing for staffing and recruiting firms, the company continues to bring phenomenal leaders into the organization that provide value and strategic direction for its clients.
Parqa was founded three years ago and transitioned in 2018 to focus its efforts on the staffing and recruiting market, subsequently growing by more than 40 percent. Parqa is the sister company to Versique Search & Consulting and will continue to use its intimate experience within the staffing and recruiting industries to be a market leader in partnering with other firms to grow their brand credibility, online visibility and lead-generation efforts.
Prior to assuming this role, Schmidt was the Social Media & Influencer Specialist at Sleep Number Corporation. In this position, Schmidt transformed Sleep Number's previously outsourced Influencer Marketing program to an in-house enterprise, driving 20x lift in engagements and reach. |
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday picked billionaire businessman Erick Thohir to manage his re- | election campaign, citing his successful role in organising the recent Asian Games hosted by the country.
Thohir, who is also chairman of Italian soccer club Inter Milan, was brought in to lead the Asian Games committee in 2015 amid concerns over a ballooning budget and whether some venues would be prepared in time.
“Our national campaign team chief, Erick Thohir, as many of you know, is a successful businessman. He owns media channels, soccer clubs, a basketball club and many others,” Widodo told a televised news briefing.
“It is clear that anything he leads will gain success,” said Widodo, singling out Thohir’s handling of the Asian Games, which ended on Sept 2 and is the biggest multi-sports event after the Olympics.
Thohir is chairman of the Mahaka group, which owns the Republika newspaper and radio stations, and he also has an investment in U.S. |
Eight paintings commissioned under Geoff Hoon, the former Defence Secretary, to adorn the Ministry of Defence headquarters could be sold and the money given to | Armed Forces charities.
Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary, has openly criticised Hoon's decision to commission £272,000 worth of modern artwork for the walls of Whitehall between 2004 and 2006 describing it as a "frivolous project".
He said it was particularly "out of touch" to spend funds on art while troops were suffering from equipment shortages in war zones and decrepit housing at home.
An MoD source said: "Selling the paintings and donating the money to Help the Heroes is something that we are exploring. We are looking into what we can do. The hope is that the pictures could be auctioned off for good causes."
It is not currently clear whether current government guidelines would allow such a sale of government property to take place with the proceeds of taxpayers money given away.
The source said Dr Fox and his department were "looking into" potential difficulties.
The amount spent on the paintings has led to considerable criticism in the past.
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At the end of my first season at Liverpool, I had a sense of anticipation that was different to anything I've experienced in my career.
| The standout achievement of that opening 12 months was winning the FA Cup but the league table was what made me excited for the seasons to come. We had come third with 82 points, one place and one point behind Manchester United.
Liverpool had only finished ahead of United once in the previous 14 years but, as 2005-06 drew to a close with an 11-game winning sequence, it felt as if we had put a hand on their shoulders.
Rafa Benitez had assembled an excellent squad and I believed that, come the end of 2007, we would be champions.
Pulling alongside United, however, was a world away from overtaking them. In the next campaign, they beat us at Old Trafford and Anfield.
Just thinking about the defeat at home, when John O'Shea scored in the last minute after we had battered them, makes me squirm to this day.
It would be United who took the title off Chelsea. We finished third again but this |
I am only one of numerous farmers along the river that is concerned. My views represent many of the irrigators that will be shut off, especially | those who did not go around the intent of the legislature and the settlement requirements. I have data and documents for what I say and I do not try to distort or mislead. What is wrong with a sustainable aquifer?
I feel the land owner will get some compensation. As a landowner without much debt, I can survive as a dryland farmer. Most of my land is farmed by tenants, which is the same for a majority of operations. The Rapid Response would have been shut off most likely 5 of the last 10 years, and as the aquifer is depleted, it will only get worse. What do those tenants or the business and communities that depend on them do? When surface water acres got shut off in 2002 there was compensation for those who received no water or didn't have a well from Federal Crop insurance because of drought. There is nothing for the tenants if they are shut off now.
I did support them as they said they would be fair and equitable. There |
Mac DeMarco has covered Radiohead‘s 1995 track ‘High And Dry’ at Lollapalooza in Chile.
| It’s not the cover you’d expect from DeMarco though as he decided to abandon the frontman position and head for the drums.
He traded spots with drummer Joe McMurray for the performance and he treated it a little like karaoke. He still needs to work a bit on that Yorke falsetto before he can truly nail the track. Still, the audience lapped it up singing along to every word of the song.
They also covered Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Under The Bridge’ with McMurray up front. He told the crowd, “I can’t really sing the song,” but he gave it a shot anyway.
DeMarco was in the country earlier this year for Laneway Festival off the back of his 2017 record This Old Dog. Unfortunately we weren’t treated to any Radiohead covers.
Thankfully, the Lollapalooza festival was filmed so you can watch them below. |
Everton manager Ronald Koeman is lining up a £25 million bid for Gylfi Sigurdsson as the club accelerate their search for new | signings.
Koeman will make a substantial offer for the Iceland international after the appointment of Steve Walsh as director of football was confirmed on Thursday.
Sigurdsson has been a target for both Koeman and Walsh at their former clubs and Everton have identified the Swansea midfielder as a marquee signing this summer.
The 26-year-old impressed at Euro 2016 as Iceland reached the quarter-finals in their first major tournament, starting all the games, and Swansea are now facing a huge challenge to keep him at the Liberty Stadium.
Signed from Tottenham Hotspur in July 2014, Sigurdsson has been one of Swansea’s most consistent players and Koeman will step up his long-term interest with an official bid.
Everton’s appointment of Walsh means Koeman will kick-start his recruitment drive after a quiet summer which has seen only Fulham goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg move to Goodison Park so far.
As first reported by Telegraph Sport, Walsh |
In the context enterprise technology, tech consultants adorn the role of catalysts by aligning themselves to the organization's objectives. "Back when we | started off in 1992, before the dot com era, there were perpetual voids within the enterprise solutions arena that restricted business from utilizing the technologies available at their disposal." says Arvin Talwar, Managing Principal and CEO of Chicago based Catalyst Consulting Group. Today, the company which started off with a handful of leads boasts more than 500 clients ranging from SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.
Over the years Catalyst has kept up to the changing technological trends and needs their clients required. The company's solutions span across application development and design, infrastructure and networking services, mobility, analytics and security. "Whether we are developing a custom application or conducting a system integration project, our approach ensures our customers get the maximum value from our team and the innovative solutions we develop together," mentions Talwar. Catalyst's approach pertaining to change management, business re-engineering, and training ensures customized delivery.
The expertise of a consultancy is deeply rooted in the strategic partnerships with solution providers. Choosing the right partner is in the |
HIV/AIDS is not merely a disease, but an illness that is shaped by social, cultural, economic, and political circumstances. A variety | of approaches to prevention and treatment have been implemented throughout the world, but in many cases have failed to stop the spread of the epidemic. In Africa, religious organizations play a significant role in providing health care infrastructure as well as material and human resources. Positive Muslims is an example of a religious organization that is grounded in a clear theological framework. In contrast to Muslim responses to HIV/AIDS in South Africa and other parts of the Muslim world, Positive Muslims emphasizes compassion and non-judgment in both discourse and practice. This theology of compassion has been strongly influenced by liberation theology developed during the anti-apartheid movement. Although aspects of religion are highly variable, and may also contribute to stigmatization of those living with HIV/AIDS, religious organizations may be ideally situated to intervene against stigma. A framework that deals with these theological challenges is therefore essential to effective compassionate religious responses. This thesis is an investigation of one particular organization, Positive Muslims, as an example of such a response.
Willson, Katherine |
Data shows Nashville's codes and police departments received at least 975 complaints from homes with short-term rental permits over a 22-month period. |
As Nashville considers banning or placing a moratorium on certain short-term rental properties, much of the debate has been based on anecdotes.
One side tells of wild parties terrorizing neighborhoods, and the other talks of wholesome, responsible homeowners supplementing their income through rental platforms like Airbnb.
But because the city doesn't centrally track which complaints were lodged against rental properties, council members haven’t seen data showing the scope of problems.
To help fill in the void, The Tennessean requested complaint information from both the Metro Police Department and the Department of Codes and Building Safety, which is responsible for permitting short-term rentals — then used software to compare addresses to the city’s list of active short-term rental permits. Complaint and permit data is considered public under the state’s open records act.
In total, the city received at least 975 complaints against 568 Davidson County addresses with active short-term rental permits, from April 1, 2015 to |
FIFA's Council has decided to leave the bidding window for the 2026 World Cup open for a further three months to allow other interested countries to | enter the race.
The North American bid from the United States, Canada and Mexico had hoped the ruling Council would agree to fast-track their effort at a meeting today.
But world football's governing body has rejected their proposal for the time being, handing other nations the chance to submit a bid.
The process will still be expedited, however, with countries given until August 11 to put themselves forward.
As part of current World Cup rotation rules, UEFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will not be able to bid as Russia and Qatar are hosting the 2018 and 2022 editions respectively.
But UEFA and the AFC would be invited to bid if any of the candidates for 2026 are turned down at next year's Congress, where the 2018 host is set to be confirmed.
The joint North American attempt remains the overwhelming favourite to be awarded the 2026 tournament.
FIFA have invited bids from the member associations of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the Confederation |
My favorite book is always the one I’m reading now. I get vested in the story, in the characters, in the voice of | the writer.
The last few pages can feel like a kind of death (a sense of foreboding, a final ending), which is why I often sequentially, and sometimes obsessively, read the works of a writer I like.
So when I tried to choose my top recommendations among the books I read in 2017 that will make you a better writer in 2018 … well, it was agony.
I had to exclude more than I could include. But, eventually, I compiled a list of my top recommendations. They aren’t necessarily my all-time favorite books (although some are), but they will make you a better writer. I explain why.
Most of these are not new books. Many were published years ago; and, in at least a few cases, decades ago. And some I didn’t read for the first time in 2017, but re-read them.
The best books lend themselves to rediscovery: Over and over you can re |
The German cabinet has backed proposals to hit social media firms with fines of up to €50 million if they fail to promptly remove illegal hate speech from | their platforms — within 24 hours after a complaint has been made for “obviously criminal content”, and within seven days for other illegal content.
The draft law would also see individuals from companies facing fines of up to €5M for any criminal content removal failures.
“Freedom of expression ends where criminal law begins,” he added.
Germany has specific hate speech laws which criminalize certain types of speech, such as incitement to racial violence. But Maas is also agitating for a European-level approach to tackling the spread of hate speech by online platforms, saying now that he will present the government’s proposals for regulation to colleagues in the European Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers.
“We want to continue the process at European level,” he said.
The EU currently has 28 Member States, including Germany, and in May last year its executive body, the European Commission, unveiled a code of conduct for handling hate speech on |
EL AMARI REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces on Saturday demolished the family home of a Palestinian charged with | killing an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, the military and witnesses said.
Israel says Islam Abu Humaid, 32, threw a 40 pound (18 kg) marble plate from a rooftop, killing an Israeli special forces sergeant, Ronen Lubarsky, 20, during a May arrest raid in El Amari refugee camp in the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
Israeli forces arrived at the El Amari camp before dawn on Saturday, sealed off the four-storey Abu Humaid house and destroyed it, the military said in a statement.
The Abu Humaid family home has been destroyed before and rebuilt. Two other Abu Humaid sons are in Israeli custody, charged with the killings of five Israelis, and another two face lengthy incarceration for serious security offences.
A sixth Abu Humaid son was killed by Israeli forces in 1994 after himself being involved in a deadly ambush against an Israeli intelligence officer in the West Bank.
According to the indictment against him, Islam Abu Humaid told |
NABLUS, West Bank — An 85-year old Palestinian died Thursday after inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli army to disperse protesters in | the occupied West Bank, witnesses said.
He is the first Palestinian casualty of the conflict with Israel in 2014 following the clash with soldiers on the outskirts of Kufr Qaddoum village near Nablus.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that a clash had broken out.
"Last night, a violent riot took place in the village of Qaddoum in which Palestinian residents hurled rocks at security forces, who responded with riot dispersal means," she said.
The military is investigating the incident.
Youths in the village were on Wednesday celebrating the 49th anniversary of the founding of the Fattah movement, the party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, when the clash erupted.
Villagers told Reuters the soldiers fired dozens of tear gas canisters at them, one of which entered Saeed Jaser Ali's home. He was taken to a hospital, where he died early on Thursday.
Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to return to the region on Thursday |
Microsoft has jumped into the free, self-service data analysis space with Power BI.
Power BI offers basic data wrangling capabilities similar to Excel | 's Power Query. It also lets you create interactive visualizations, reports and dashboards with a few clicks or drag-and-drops; type natural-language questions about your data on a dashboard; and handle files that are too large for Excel.
It can work with dozens of data types -- not only Excel, Access and CSV files, but also Salesforce, Google Analytics, MailChimp, GitHub, QuickBooks Online and dozens of others. And, it will run R scripts -- meaning that any data you can pull in and massage via R you can import into Power BI.
What is Power BI exactly?
Power BI includes both a downloadable desktop program and a cloud service, each of which offers different but overlapping capabilities. Data wrangling is desktop-only; visualizations and reports can be created in either; dashboards and report sharing are cloud-only. In addition, there are mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows that let you view your Power BI or SQL Server Reporting |
Minorities’ share of jobs equals sanitary work only?
Despite being college graduates, their applic | ations for desk jobs stand ignored.
Asif Ghani Masih starts his day by sweeping the dusty corridors of the Sindh Secretariat. As the day progresses, he scrubs dirty toilets and empties dustbins, tasks that are part of his day job as a sanitation worker.
In the evening, however, the 27-year-old becomes a neatly dressed student, who attends classes for a Bachelor’s degree; the tasks of the day shelved away as he scribbles notes. At school, he had often dreamt of being an engineer.
Three years ago, Masih was thrilled when he heard about the five per cent minority quota in all Sindh government departments. The prospect of having a secure job and pension made the intermediate graduate leave his job at a small, cash-strapped courier company and apply for a clerical post at the secretariat.
“I was hoping that my education would be enough to land me a decent |
A bull sculpture stands on a desk at a stocks market in Nantong, Jiangsu proovince, China on 10th July 2015. |
The U.S. stock market just had its worst day in 18 months, and it's all because of China.
China's stock market struggles might be happening thousands of miles away from U.S. shores, but as today's 358-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average shows, domestic companies could soon be feeling the shockwaves of the ongoing crash.
If you're a large, successful U.S. company in 2015, chances are that you're heavily involved with China. In the last few decades, the country's robust economic growth and growing middle class — combined with softening rules on foreign business operations — have meant big opportunities for companies intrepid enough to develop operations there.
That opportunity, however, carries with it some hefty risk. China's economy and its investment world is not as mature as the U.S., and it looks like the country is about to learn a hard lesson about investment and financial regulation. China's main stock index plunged 8. |
Ola Toivonen took advantage of a Hugo Lloris error to score an injury-time winner from inside his own half as Sweden beat | France in their World Cup qualifier in Stockholm.
The Toulouse midfielder collected a low clearance from Lloris close to the halfway line and clinically lifted the ball into the unguarded net to earn a 2-1 victory that leaves Sweden top of Group A in qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Russia.
France, who are second to Sweden on goal difference, took the lead through Olivier Giroud’s superb left-footed volley after 37 minutes, only for Jimmy Durmaz to equalise for Sweden just before half-time.
Holland moved to within three points of the top two with a 5-0 win over Luxembourg in Rotterdam. Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder gave the hosts a 2-0 lead at half-time, with Liverpool’s Gini Wijnaldum and Tottenham’s Vincent Janssen on target in the second half. Bulgaria lost ground in the race for top spot, falling |
Newly relegated West Bromwich Albion, Bristol City and newly promoted Wigan Athletic have been linked with a move for the midfielder but the Gazette understands | that Town have not received any offers.
If bids were to come in, Fleetwood are in a strong position with Dempsey under contract until 2020.
Having joined on loan from Huddersfield Town, the midfielder was a key figure in the 2016/17 Fleetwood side that challenged for automatic promotion from League One under Uwe Rosler.
That form saw Town chairman Andy Pilley pay out an undisclosed six-figure sum to secure his services on a permanent basis in the summer of 2017.
Dempsey built on that 46-game, two-goal term by playing 52 games last season, albeit in different circumstances as Fleetwood just avoided relegation from League One.
John Sheridan, who took over from Rosler in February this year and steered Town to safety, challenged Dempsey to start finding the net more often.
He scored 11 times for Carlisle in his breakthrough 2014/15 season, a tally that helped clinch his move to Huddersfield.
Sheridan, who |
Published: May 20, 2012 3:00 pm Updated: May 20, 2012 3:51 p.m.
Common lavender should be | planted in well-drained soil.
Last week I covered five of the herbs that the National Garden Bureau and the Herb Society of America recommend as easy to grow. This week I will cover another five.
Selecting which herbs to grow depends on personal preferences and on your growing conditions.
While herbs do not require the best of everything, the quality and the quantity of your harvest depends on providing what they need.
We will lead off with a multipurpose herb that makes an excellent garden perennial flower, a great plant for cooking, and also for fragrance and crafting.
Lavandula angustifolia — or common lavender — is a great choice as a flower, even if it had no other uses. Plant it in full sun in a well-drained soil. Waterlogged lavender plants do not usually survive the winter, so if your soil is heavy clay, create raised beds or amend your soil to improve the drainage.
As a kitchen herb it |
Professor Rahmatullah Khan is currently Secretary General of the Indian Society of International Law and also the Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of | International Law. He is a former professor of International Law in the International Legal Studies Division and held the Jawaharlal Nehru Chair for International Environmental Law at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also held the position of Rector at the University. He was the recipient of the Humboldt Research Award in recognition of achievements in teaching and research, the first Indian scholar in International Law to do so. This article was first published in the IDSA Journal, 8(2/3), October–December 1975/January–March 1976, pp. 252–265.
The new World Economic Order, advocated at the end of the Sixth Special Session of the UN General Assembly through a Declaration in Action Programme, and later by the regular session of the Assembly in the form of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties, poses quite a few problems. Its legal validity, its political wisdom, its economic content and a host of other issues have |
As I continued to travel down a road of both parenting and faith shifts, it became clear that I didn’t understand a great deal about | feelings and emotions. I realized that when I parented my sons, I considered their expressions of certain feelings as out of bounds. My response to normal human emotions such as anger, frustration, jealousy, and the like was often to label them as disrespectful, disobedient, or shameful.
My goal was to prompt each child to shut down strong reactions as soon as possible, or better yet repress them altogether. I needed to reexamine the corporal punishment and timeout/microwave timer strategies that I used with my boys. Conservative Christian parenting advice often includes the idea that children must obey at first command, and there is a subsequent harsh punishment or isolation if they do not comply. Timeout, corporal punishment, and removal of privileges are touted as appropriate reactions to a child’s expression of any “negative” emotion. As I became more fully educated about normal child development, I further questioned the wisdom and truth of the parenting practices I had embraced.
I had |
Dagenham & Redbridge picked up only their second win in nine games with victory over Sutton United at Victoria Road.
The Daggers came | close just before the break when Jack Munns connected with Alex McQueen's corner, but the post denied him.
Seconds later, full-back Liam Gordon stormed forward and again hit the upright as Sutton rode their luck.
Peter Taylor's men finally hit the front in the 71st minute when Conor Wilkinson looped a header over Ross Worner to establish a lead that proved decisive.
The hosts' Elliot Justham saved superbly from substitute Dylan Kearney late on to secure the three points.
Match ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Sutton United 0.
Second Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Sutton United 0.
Roarie Deacon (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Chike Kandi replaces Tomi Adeloye.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Will Wright replaces Doug Loft.
Substitution, Sutton United |
Yelp's new Wordmap pulls double duty, either pointing you in the direction of a romantic eatery in your neighborhood, or helping you | steer clear of notorious hipster joints.
Yelp's new Wordmap pulls double duty by pointing you in the direction of a romantic eatery in your neighborhood, or helping you steer clear of notorious hipster joints.
The review site hosts a plethora of information about local businesses around the world, but most of it stays hidden behind reviews, photos, and business hours.
That's why Yelp built the Wordmap, a heatmap showing density of keywords used in reviews to reveal what Yelp called "fascinating patterns of local discovery."
"We chose some of the most interesting words to show hot areas for cocktails, typical tourist hangouts and hipster hoods in 14 of our Yelpiest cities," Yelp said in a blog post, pointing to Austin, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.
For example, Chicagoans can look for a |
Palestinian front is the only one in which Israel controls its fate, Mideast scholar tells INSS panel.
Israel’s regional standing | is as precarious as at any time in its history, a leading Mideast scholar said at a panel discussion Thursday, but the country can cut its losses by waging a unilateral “disengagement” from the Palestinians.
Speaking at the Institute for National Security Studies, Asher Susser said that although Israel’s ability to influence regional events is severely limited, its relations with the Palestinians is one arena in which it still controls its own fate. Susser said a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement may never be signed, but a unilateral disengagement would help Israel avoid becoming a binational Jewish-Arab state.
Susser – a fellow and former director of Tel Aviv University’s Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies – said the past year’s Arab upheavals represent the reemergence of sectarianism, tribalism and above all political Islam.
Susser disputed the view – one he described as the prevailing conventional wisdom |
Just a FYI in case anyone is also caught off guard! Flew out of Heathrow today, and Qantas (as of today | ) have changed their check in counter at Heathrow from Aisle B to C. This is bc they have established a baggage arrangement or something with Finnair and CX at LHR, or so the check in lady informed me.
Thank you, it’s Terminal 3 Aisle C, better make a note on itinerary.
Apologies if I should have started a new thread, but this IS the header I would have used.
Firstly, thanks for the tip JA, much appreciated.
Secondly, last time I was at Heathrow, September 2018, the check-in didn't kick off until exactly 3 hours before the flight, by which time there was a very long queue. Is there an alternative to this? With hotel/Airbnb chuck out times, even with luggage storage offered, you still end up at the airport early and it is a pain being saddled with luggage for hours at the less than salubrious LHR.
I will probably be |
Welcome to 2013, the year that shall go down in history as the one that started with every being in my household violently expelling substances out of | every orifice imaginable. That's my fancy way of saying the this one's going to be a short one.
My wife, two 18-month-old boys and I were given the gift of a nasty stomach bug for Christmas, and while the children and their mother succumbed early on, come last weekend we were all in the same boat. I didn't want to play any gaming apps. I didn't want to stare at colorful things. I just wanted to curl up in a bathtub and hide.
I've done some catching up since I got back into fighting form on Wednesday, and while I only managed to play an additional five more games on top of a shortened Gaming App of the Day rotation, one of the makes me feel pretty so it all balances out in the end. Happy New Year, everybody!
The distilled essence of every 8-bit action role-playing game ever. Love it.
A physics puzzler with a cute and quirky style, challenging and polished |
A wonderful world opens up for a girl with Autism.
Directed by Jakob Strom, the short opens with a young girl named Charlotte | awaking in a tiny shack with her stuffed pig. She peeks outsides her window and gazes curiously upon a world unknown, just before she and her stuffed friend go on to explore it. From clouds of glittering fireflies to majestic waterfalls, we get to see an enchanting world through the eyes of a brave adventurer.
As beautiful as Charlotte’s surroundings are, it’s the impressive CGI rendering of a swimming fish, comprised of the very nature that she’s been traversing, that shows how this world—her own mind—is a hub of endless possibilities. It’s a gorgeous sight not only in its appearance but in the way that concept flies in the face of the popular misconception that those living with autism and other developmental disorders are somehow barred from all the beautiful things that this world has to offer.
At first, Charlotte appears to be lost in her own mind, but then she successfully identifies the word, much to her mother� |
ABERGELE Harriers’ top junior Josh Dixon ran for Wales on Saturday in the prestigious Aviva Home Countries International in Faenol | Park.
Running superbly at present, Dixon completed the tough 7k course in a fantastic time of 26mins 30secs for 30th position in the very high quality international field.
On the same day Geran and Angie Hughes ran the Llangynhafal Loop fell race, over 4.75 miles with 1,750 feet of climbing on the Clwydian Hills.
Geran completed the very tough course in an excellent time of 46mins 19secs for 20th position overall, while Angie, making a return to racing after five months out with injury, ran equally well to finish in 1hr 9mins 34secs for 106th position on the day.
On the following day Dave Edwards continued his London Marathon preparation by running the Liverpool Half Marathon.
He managed a very satisfactory 1hr 53mins 10secs, well on target for his desired marathon time this year.
All Harriers are reminded that the final race of the Borders Road |
Charred broccoli with "misonnaise," one of many excellent dishes at the short-lived Ume.
It seems that the only | constant for Daniel Patterson’s Uptown Oakland restaurant Plum, aka Ume, is change: Less than four months after the restaurant relaunched with a menu focused on Japanese-inspired small plates, Ume has closed, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The restaurant will be subsumed into Plum Bar, the ancillary — but more popular — cocktail bar next door, which will now feature an expanded menu, soft-serve ice cream, punch bowls, and much more seating.
After a quick renovation, Plum Bar + Restaurant (2216 Broadway) will reopen for both lunch and dinner on Wednesday, September 10.
It is the latest turning point in the tumultuous history of the restaurant formerly — and now once again — known as Plum. A press release sent out by the Daniel Patterson Group yesterday characterized Ume as merely a “pop-up,” and a representative of the restaurant group told me that the intention was always to test to see whether the restaurant |
The villains are multiplying on Ultimate Spider-Man this season, but in the Feb. 10 episode of the Disney XD toon, our friendly neighborhood | web slinger will have a hard enough time just getting along with one of the good guys. Hawkeye, the Avengers' moody, gruff archer, makes his debut - and he and Spidey aren't exactly super friends.
"Spider-Man is in a lot of trouble and S.H.I.E.L.D. brings in Hawkeye to sort of act as his bodyguard and then it just goes awry," says Jeph Loeb, Marvel Entertainment's head of television. "We looked at those '80s movies with two guys who should never be partners, like Lethal Weapon, and that's what you get with Spider-Man and Hawkeye as they go up against a major super villain [The Beetle]. They may kill each other before they stop the guy."
Hawkeye is voiced by Troy Baker, a veteran of several Marvel animated series who will also voice the character in the upcoming Marvel's Avengers Assemble.
Ultimate Spider- |
The legal showdown between Google and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood originally centered on whether Google would have to provide Hood with a slew of documents related to online | copyright infringement by sites indexed in its search engine. But the fight has now taken a new direction, with Google and Hood feuding over whether he must provide Google with material that could reveal details of his office's relationship with the entertainment industry.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers today introduced a new bill that would protect consumers' rights to post bad reviews. The Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 would prohibit businesses from requiring consumers to sign contracts that restrict their ability to post reviews. The measure was introduced by Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Calif), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif), Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), and Brad Sherman (D-Calif), and is backed by Yelp, Angie's List, TripAdvisor and advocacy groups.
In February, when AT&T said it was going to roll out a 1 GB fiber service in Kansas City, the company announced that the price of service will depend on consumers' willingness to be tracked for ad-targeting purposes. |
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