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A letter from Harvest Bible Chapel elders, which was posted Wednesday on the church's website, includes this statement from founding pastor James MacDonald. The letter | said MacDonald is "taking an indefinite sabbatical from all preaching and leadership" at the Rolling Meadows church but might continue preaching over the winter at the church in Naples, Florida.
"For a long time I have felt unequal to all but the preaching task at Harvest. I have battled cycles of injustice, hurt, anger, and fear which have wounded others without cause.
I have carried great shame about this pattern in certain relationships that can only be called sin. I am grieved that people I love have been hurt by me in ways they felt they could not express to me directly and have not been able to resolve. I blame only myself for this and want to devote my entire energy to understanding and addressing these recurring patterns.
I have long known and taught it is not about the messenger, it is about the message and I am grateful for a time of extended sabbatical, during which Harvest will be in capable hands. I may continue preaching at the Naples Campus through some of the |
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was in Lafayette to announce a grant to the Acadiana Nature Station.
U.S. Secretary | of the Interior Ryan Zinke was in Lafayette Tuesday to announce a $100,000 grant to the Acadiana Nature Station, part of a $1.6 million allocation to the state.
The distribution is from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund for approved outdoor recreation and conservation projects.
At the Acadiana Nature Station in Lafayette, the money will be used to build a bridge to access more than 100 acres of land, said Stacey Scarce, nature station curator. About six years ago, more than six miles of trail were created on the land where more than 50 species of butterflies have been documented, she said.
"We'll be able to access all that," Scarce said. "We can bring school groups over there."
Lafayette Consolidated Government is contributing a $100,000 match.
The LWCF is funded with revenue from federal oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf. It's used to protect and grow national parks, wildlife refug |
The Government is seeking further advice from Ofcom on Rupert Murdoch’s £11.7bn Sky takeover bid after receiving “new evidence | and comments”.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has written to the communications regulator asking for extra input before Culture Secretary Karen Bradley decides whether the proposed deal should face an in-depth investigation.
Bradley said last month that she was “still minded” to refer the takeover tilt to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) following a report by Ofcom flagging “public interest concerns” surrounding media plurality.
In a statement, the DCMS said Ofcom had been given a two-week window in which to respond and expected a reply by no later than August 25.
It said: “The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has written toOfcom under section 106B(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002, seeking further clarification in relation to representations made on the Secretary of State’s referral decision.
“After assessing the large number of representations made in |
What happened to the one-hit wonders of the noughties?
Aimee Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984) is a Welsh | singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Bangor, Wales, she was introduced to Jeannette Lee of Rough Trade Records, which led to her signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 2007.
Following the release of the singles "Rockferry" (2007) and "Mercy" (2008), the latter reaching singles charts worldwide, Duffy released her 2008 debut album Rockferry. The album entered the UK Album Chart at number one, and became the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 7 million copies worldwide, spawning further successful singles. With "Mercy", Duffy became the first Welsh woman to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since 1983, while Rockferry was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album amongst further nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009, she won three Brit Awards for British Breakthrough, Best British |
We found out at this year’s E3 Expo that episodic darling Life is Strange is getting a prequel, Life is Strange: | Before the Storm. The new title will set its sights on the relationship between Max’s punk pal Chloe and her assumed girlfriend Rachel Amber. In a new video, former voice actress and writer/consultant Ashly Burch and new voice talent Rhianna Devries spill the tea on the characters in the forthcoming title.
Burch, who played Chloe in the original title, will not be voicing Chloe in this title because Square Enix decided to go with a non-union actress. She has, however, stayed on the team as a writer and consultant to Chloe’s character. This has caused a stir among fans of Burch’s portrayal of Chloe, and this video may indeed serve as a reconciliation to the fuss.
Not only is Burch not reprising her role, this prequel isn’t being developed by original Life is Strange studio Dontnod Entertainment. Instead, it’s being developed by Deck Nine Games, formally known as |
Nikhil Siddhartha and Lavanya Tripathi's 'Arjun Suravaram' postponed yet again!
This is how noted actor | Chandan Sen beats the cancer everyday!
The Apex Court finally struck down the archaic and draconian Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code,which criminalises homosexuality. We ask Pratik Gandhi on what is his take on this, he shares, "Supreme court finally decriminalizing homosexuality — this decision in favour of the LGBTQ community is like 'der se aaye par, durust aaye'. It will certainly bring about a change slowly among the way people perceive them. Many who were deprived from employment/work opportunities will not face the inequality now. It wasn't fair on treating them differently — a person's sexual orientation shouldn't be a reason to judge or mistreat him/her. It is totally an individual choice and I'm glad that SC has given a positive decision in this context. I had been the part of a short film in 2006 that highlighted homosexuality — during the movie recce, I realized how badly and differently were they treated. But I am sure this judgment will bring about |
THE PRESSURE’S ON – WHICH PEDRO WILL SHOW TONIGHT?
ST. LOUIS – Tonight is the | first World Series start in Pedro Martinez’ illustrious career. Not to spoil the party, but will he finally pitch like a three-time Cy Young Award winner this postseason?
The Red Sox are in an almost perfect position heading into their longtime ace’s Game 3 start. Boston is up two games to none with a fully rested Martinez hurling opposite St. Louis’ Jeff Suppan, an inexperienced playoff pitcher.
If this were 1999, Martinez would likely stick the ball up the Cardinals’ tailpipe. But it’s not. So what will the pending free agent, who turned 33 yesterday, give the Sox in what could be his final appearance for Boston?
Martinez again blew off the workout day press conference. Epstein was asked if he thinks the Yankees will go after him.
While the Yanks need pitching, Martinez has produced one (slightly) above-average playoff start this October. He lasted seven innings during an ALDS Game 2 start in |
Singer celebrates the release of her fourth studio album, Demi, with some new ink on her left shoulder.
Demi Lovato is | a warrior, and she's got the ink to prove it.
In celebration of her just-released album, Demi, Lovato shared a picture of a new shoulder tattoo with the phrase "now I'm a warrior." It's a nod to the emotional track "Warrior" off her fourth studio album.
Lovato appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Wednesday and explained the inspiration behind her 12th tattoo, her first since she inked a flock of birds on her forearm.
"I have a song on my album called 'Warrior,' and it's a very, very meaningful song to me," she explained. "It's really heavy, the lyrics, but it's an inspirational song as well.... It was kind of like a tribute to releasing an album, as well as overcoming some really, really difficult things in my life."
In the song, Lovato sings "I've got shame, I've got scars that I'll never show |
HINGHAM — Father Bill’s and MainSpring’s signature fundraiser, the 24th annual FoodFest, is set for this | July.
The event will feature tastings from 40 South Shore restaurants and bakeries, from Indian cuisine, sushi and burgers to cupcakes and frozen yogurt. There will also be live music, a wine pull and a silent auction. Money raised will support the organization’s emergency shelters in Quincy and Brockton.
Last year’s event drew more than 1,000 South Shore residents and raised over $320,000, allowing the organization to provide emergency overnight shelter to over 2,700 people.
Father Bill’s and MainSpring is the largest nonprofit addressing homelessness on the South Shore. Its programs include homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, employment programs and more than 500 permanent housing units for individuals, families and veterans. The nonprofit serves over 6,500 people each year and has operated since the 1980s. The state provides less than 50 percent of its funding. FoodFest is the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year.
FoodFest will be held from 6 to |
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – With recent record-breaking snowfall in the Tennessee Valley, it’s no | secret we have faced an abnormally long, cold winter. With those cold temperatures, your heater is likely working around the clock.
General manager of Guntersville Electric Board Tommy Troup wants to remind people to think about their thermostat settings.
To many people, 70 degrees still feels cold to the skin, however turning the heat up above 68 degrees can cause an increases on the bill. “When the temperature is below freezing, or if you mess with the thermostat, you can drive your electric bill up significantly by doing that, because you can cause the backup heat to kick on,” adds Troup.
Try to use your electricity wisely, bundle up, set a temperature on your thermostat. Additional suggestions to help you conserve energy and save money are keep curtains closed at night to hold in heat, and make sure there is a tight seal around your door. If it is still drafty, roll up a towel and put it along the bottom of |
Transition prospects uncertain after Russia insists President Bashar al-Assad be allowed to retain power in some form.
Foreign ministers of world powers are in | Geneva to hold talks on developing a common strategy to tackle the bloodshed in Syria, but differences persist between Syrian ally Russia and other countries.
Shortly before the actual conference on Saturday, envoys were trying to overcome one of the main sticking points - Russia's insistence that President Bashar al-Assad be allowed to remain in power in some form, a condition that is a non-starter among Syrian opposition members.
"We haven't reached agreement in advance with Russia and China. That remains very difficult and whether it will be possible, I don't know if this will be possible," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on arriving for the talks hosted by international envoy Kofi Annan.
Kofi Annan has been hoping for consensus on a proposal involving the formation of a unity government comprising leaders from both the government and the opposition and the likely stepping down of Assad.
Moscow, a long-time ally of the Syrian government and an opponent in principle to what it terms foreign intervention in a domestic matter |
A team of college students from Ferris State University in Michigan took inefficiency to new heights over the weekend with a machine that needs 345 separate procedures | to make a glass of orange juice.
The group's Toy Factory beat out seven other student groups at the annual Rube Goldberg competition at Purdue University. Named for the cartoonist who drew fanciful machines, the idea is to make ornate, complex devices to conduct simple tasks.
This year's challenge involved taking an orange, squeezing out the juice into a pitcher, then pouring it into a glass using 20 or more steps. In previous contests, machines have had to peel an apple, toast a piece of bread or put a stamp on an envelope, among other tasks.
The Ferris students hooked up a variety of toys--a slinky, an Operation game, a jack-in-the-box, a bunch of dominoes and a hobby horse, among others--in constructing their machine. The team spent 3,000 hours building it, but the effort showed in the results. The 345 steps that Toy Factory required to complete its task set a new record.
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Workers wear double-lined suits, and the floor is heated to prevent permafrost.
In one of the coldest workplaces on earth | , in New Berlin, employees wear heated boots with a 2-inch-thick sole.
Inside their work area — two freezers totaling 12,000 square feet — it’s nearly 70 below zero, colder than most winter days in Siberia.
Dressed in multiple layers, hoodies, masks, hats and gloves, they can stay in the freezers for only about two hours before taking a 20-minute break to warm up.
It’s that cold inside the “super freezers” at Chr Hansen, a food ingredient company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with its North American headquarters in West Allis.
The freezers store bacteria cultures used to make cheeses, yogurts and other dairy products, as well as wine and meat products.
The floor is heated to prevent permafrost, in the soil, that could damage the building.
Workers wear suits that would protect them down to nearly 80 below. The suits are double |
The Drifters, Cornell Gunter's Coasters and The Platters will be together on one stage, singing all of their hits at The | Classic Center Theatre on June 20.
With more than 94 charted records and 45 top 10 hits combined, audiences can expect to hear favorites like “Under The Boardwalk,” “Stand By Me,” “There Goes My Baby,” “This Magic Moment,” “Up On The Roof,” “Save The Last Dance for Me,” “With This Ring,” “Only You,” “Yakety Yak,” “Charlie Brown,” “Poison Ivy,” “The Great Pretender,” “Magic Touch,” “Twilight Time,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” “On Broadway,” and more.
Visit ClassicCenter.com to buy tickets, call (706) 357-4444 or stop by The Classic Center box office at 300 N. Thomas St. |
A rare type of moss could be more effective than medicinal cannabis for treating certain medical conditions, according to new research.
The liverwort plant | Redula Perrottetii contains a substance similar to that found in the illegal narcotic, researchers at the University of Bern claim.
The tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) found in cannabis can be used in the medical field to deal with certain types of pain, muscle cramps, dizziness and loss of appetite.
The research team in Switzerland, led by Professor Jurg Gertsch, have been exploring the medical uses of ‘perrottetinene’ found in the rare liverwort, which only grows in Japan, New Zealand and Costa Rica.
Cannabis is illegal in the UK, but Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced earlier this year that doctors in England, Wales and Scotland, will be able to prescribe it medicinally on a case-by-case basis.
Professor Gertsch began investigating the pharmacological effects of the natural substance perrottetinene after discovering liverworts were being sold as |
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has more than 500 hazardous sites in need of costly cleanup, but an analysis of state spending shows that it | routinely shorts the trust fund that's supposed to pay for them.
Less than half of the $14.5 million in fees the state collects on average for hazardous waste cleanup annually is spent on that need, a WSB-TV analysis of state budget figures shows. The rest goes into Georgia's general fund for other purposes.
"We find that a lot of people had no idea this was going on," said Jesse Demonbreun-Chapman with the Georgia Water Coalition. The issue of the hazardous waste sites was included in the Georgia Water Coalition's publication, "Dirty Dozen: 2017's Worst Offenses Against Georgia's Water."
"We know for a fact that there's a tremendous backlog of hazardous waste sites that are not receiving the remediation that they need," Demonbreun-Chapman added.
There are 528 sites on Georgia's cleanup list, ranging from closed dry-cleaning businesses to old landfills.
The trust fund was created |
Heavy morning traffic on I-95 southbound in Fairfield, Conn. on Wednesday, October 2, 2013.
STAMFORD -- | A Stamford-based "aerial transportation" firm is hoping it will be able to get well-heeled commuters to opt for a quick helicopter ride during Metro-North railroad service problems.
Ray Leavitt, CEO of Evo-Lux Transportation, said his company hopes to change Stamford's ordinances to accommodate his software-driven startup and change the current prohibition on helicopter landings in the city except for emergency medical trips and visits by presidents, governors and international heads of state. His attempts to expedite approval of temporary helipad on Monday to capitalize on Metro-North's ongoing service disruption were rejected by local public safety officials because of the prohibition.
"Since there is an ordinance, we couldn't get it lifted even temporarily," Leavitt said. "We really wanted to show how nimbly we could get a service running to relieve a major bottleneck and pain point."
This week, EvoLux Transportation began using social media and supportive businesses to promote a limited |
After NJ singer/songwriter Pat DiNizio died in December, his bandmates in The Smithereens have regrouped with | guest vocalist Marshall Crenshaw.
The Smithereens, with guest vocalist Marshall Crenshaw, and original bassist Mike Mesaros onstage again, will perform this Friday, June 1, in Montclair.
"We lost Pat in December," recalled Dennis Diken of The Smithereens' lead vocalist and songwriter Pat DiNizio. "When he passed, it was like losing a family member. I'd known Pat for 39 years."
Diken, now of Wood-Ridge, had co-founded The Smithereens in 1980 as its drummer, along with two fellow musicians from Carteret, guitarist Jim Babjak and Mesaros, and DiNizio, a singer/songwriter in nearby Scotch Plains.
The Smithereens had booked a show for this past January in the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. With DiNizio's sudden death on Dec. 12, 2017, at |
Keidel: The Future Of Flushing Is Here As Wheeler Gets Set To Take Hill If Wheeler can just get a fraction of Harvey's traction, | the sun could finally shine on Queens, where they could someday be Kings.
Chien-Ming Wang Opts Out Of Yankees Deal, Signs With TorontoChien-Ming Wang has opted out of his minor league contract with the Yankees to sign with the Blue Jays, according to WFAN and CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman.
Eduardo Nunez Leaves Game Injured In Yanks' Series-Opening Loss To TigersEduardo Nunez, filling in for injured shortstop Derek Jeter, left the game in the fourth inning after being hit by a pitch as Ivan Nova and the Yankees fell to the Tigers in the opener of the three-game series.
Giglio: Don’t Forget The Greatness Of Johan SantanaIf Johan Santana’s last pitch in a New York Mets uniform was his 93rd and final offering to the Washington Nationals' lineup on August 17, 2012, it’s likely that fans |
Princeton is not perfect. We have persistent problems with race, gender and class that affect members of our student body every day. Far too often | , it falls upon the most affected groups to work alone to combat these problems. The fact that the University shares this dynamic with the rest of society does not make the situation excusable. We can do better, and we should do better. Being in the service of a righteous cause, however, does not exempt activists from criticism. We, the Editorial Board, disapprove of the misconstrual of the words of University President Eisgruber ’83 during the protest at the Chapel on Sunday and commend Eisgruber for his thoughtful response to the discussion surrounding Urban Congo and Big Sean.
The protesters on Sunday willfully chose to misinterpret Eisgruber’s statement that “the controversies [comedy, satire and state performances] provoke may be genuinely painful, but they are also fundamental to the life of any great University.” One protester held a sign with the phrase “[Racism] is also fundamental to the life of any great University” and |
The fact that EPA administrator Scott Pruitt sat several seats to the right of President Trump during his announcement of a $200 billion infrastructure plan on Monday was | one clue that it was actually jam-packed with policies taking aim at environmental regulations. For instance, a substantial portion of the proposal eases the environmental reviews for infrastructure projects, which may not ensure that roads and bridges are being repaired, but does help industry snake new natural gas pipelines through federal lands.
1. Changing the Federal Permitting Process: Trump asks for dramatic changes to the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, which affects how environmental reviews for federal permitting are handled. This essentially speeds up the environmental review process so that permits might be approved without full consideration of the potential damage, while downgrading the EPA’s role in the process. This means that a nuclear plant or an especially controversial pipeline through a town could face speedier approval, with less opportunity for legal intervention.
2. Cutting Oversight: The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers have historically been in charge of interpreting what bodies of water are subject to the Clean Water Act. There has been a longstanding fight over that Obama |
MEXICO CITY, March 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Empresas ICA, S.AB. de | C.V. (BMV:ICA) (NYSE:ICA), the largest infrastructure and construction company in Mexico, confirmed today the payment of a Ps. 600 million loan granted by Arrendadora Value, S.A., SOFOM ER by means of selling OMA B shares that had been pledged to secure the loan. To date, 6,814,578 OMA B shares have been sold in order to pay the loan.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from actual results or events due to important factors such as changes in general economic, business or political or other conditions in Mexico, Latin America or elsewhere, changes in capital markets in general that may affect policies or attitudes towards lending to Mexico or Mexican companies, changes in tax and other laws affecting ICA's businesses, increased costs, unanticipated increases in financing and other costs or the inability to obtain additional debt or equity financing on attractive terms and other factors set forth in |
Some people are calling for the community to rally in support of the owner.
Lee's Diner on Route 30 just west of York has been | found out of compliance in 16 of its last 20 state health inspections. The owner, Omar Ilayan, says he does his best to keep the place up to standards, but he contends an inspector has it out for him.
Every restaurant in Pennsylvania must be inspected by the state Department of Agriculture. Those inspections typically occur once a year, but follow-up inspections can happen more frequently.
Each inspection report is available online, but the state's site is not easy to navigate.
Lee's Diner was last inspected on Dec. 27 and was found to be out of compliance. The two inspectors who visited the restaurant at 4320 W. Market St., just west of York, listed 16 violations.
Ilayan contends an inspector has a vendetta against him and cites him for minor infractions.
Lee's did pass a follow-up inspection Sept. 28, 2016.
If a restaurant is found to be out of compliance, it can stay open for business. However |
As she introduces her husband to delegates at the Republican National Convention tonight, Ann Romney may talk about how her family's Mormon faith shapes their lives. |
For the first time the Romney campaign invited a handful of reporters to attend a Church of Latter-day Saints service with the Romneys a couple of weeks ago.
And top aides say Mitt Romney welcomes a chance to talk about his faith, and his role as bishop in the church, in his acceptance speech Thursday night. Mormons are nervous, and excited.
Utah delegate Deidre Henderson said she sees the spotlight on the faith positively.
“As people become more familiar with the faith, there’s maybe the kind of shroud of mystery or secrecy... that will be largely stripped away, and I think that's a positive thing," she said. "We’re pretty much just like everyone else except we just don’t drink alcohol."
But how much should that shroud be lifted?
Prominent Mormon Sen. Orrin Hatch tells Politico it will distract from the party message on the economy. But columnist Ross Douthat is one of many political pundits urging |
Dear Readers: Here's a fun game you can play with foodie friends. Pretend you're leaving town for at least five years. You | have 10 meals left in the Bay Area. Money is not an issue. Where would you go?
Foodies always mention the same places: Masa's, the French Laundry, Chez Panisse. But as they move further down their list, four- star destination restaurants give way to more personal choices: the favorite Chinese restaurant with special spicy chicken, the burrito parlor where the salsa is just so, the inexpensive Italian place where the waitresses are so great with kids....
None of this surprises Chronicle Food Critic Michael Bauer, who put together today's Bargain Bites dining guide, which features great values throughout the Bay Area.
"The real heart of what's so great about dining out in the Bay Area is the quality, lower-priced restaurants," Bauer says. "There's great depth of quality at all levels, even in the lowest price ranges."
No kidding. Our special pullout guide was originally eight pages, but grew to |
WITH THE international community preparing to lift most sanctions on Iran, its president, Hassan Rouhani, no doubt will present his nation as ready to take | its rightful, respected place in the world when he addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Monday. The world, including the Obama administration, should think twice about that. Any nation that holds innocent journalists captive, in violation of its own laws and of international norms, will be regarded with suspicion, and deservedly so.
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was seized by Iranian security officials 14 months ago. Iran has never made clear why, but officially his detention is based on what the State Department has called “patently absurd” allegations of espionage and aiding a hostile government. Iranian law says no one may be detained for longer than a year without a conviction, unless accused of murder. No conviction has been announced, but Mr. Rezaian remains imprisoned. That is Exhibit One concerning Iran’s trustworthiness as a law-abiding state.
Mr. Rezaian’s trial was conducted in secret, and he’s been allowed little contact with his |
A sport conceived in the Soviet Union has finally gone international, with the hand-to-hand fighting finals being held in the US for the first | time.
For Canadian Elaloui Hisham, hand-to-hand fighting is still new. He mostly does judo and teaches Thai boxing. However, this Russian-born sport takes the best elements of many fighting techniques.
“It’s more real than anything else, plus it has an artistic aspect,” he said.
Not only did the KGB use this method of fighting, but also Russian Special Forces are taught it, and it is a growing sport.
“It is a program developed by the KGB and it’s another attractive thing. I mean, it’s a real deal, it’s not game,” Hisham said.
Unlike mixed martial arts, Russian hand-to-hand fighting has rules and limitations which newcomers are still getting used to.
The world champion in hand-to-hand fighting, Igor Egorov of Russia says that fighters’ minds should remain on the |
Research shows people are increasingly 'phubbing' - and experiencing being 'phubbed' - in social situations.
The term refers to | snubbing your partner to look at your phone - 'phone' plus'snubbing' equals 'phubbing'. And research has suggested it's a relationship killer.
The researchers further found it was this experience of phubbing - and of being phubbed themselves - that made people more likely to believe phubbing was 'normal'.
Professor Karen Douglas, of Kent University, said: "Smartphones allow people to connect with others from almost anywhere at any time.
"However there's growing concern smartphones may actually sometimes detract from, rather than complement, social interactions.
"The results revealed internet addiction, fear of missing out and self-control predicted smartphone addiction - which in turn predicted the extent to which people phub.
"This path also predicted the extent to which people feel phubbing is normative - both via the extent to which people are phubbed themselves and independently."
Prof Douglas said: "It was found smartphone addiction significantly predicted phub |
Hitachi will introduce its mini-notebook in November, following on the heels of the Toshiba?s Libretto and Mitsubishi | 's Amity models.
Hitachi is set to follow in the footsteps of Toshiba and Mitsubishi and announce a mini-notebook that runs Windows 95.
Hitachi will introduce its mini-notebook in November, following fast on the heels of the Toshiba?s Libretto and Mitsubishi's Amity mini-notebook models, according to sources familiar with the roll out.
Mini-notebooks run Windows 95 and are much lighter and smaller than typical notebooks, though generally slightly larger than diminutive Windows CE handhelds, which run the less-powerful Windows CE operating system.
The Hitachi notebook will have a 133-MHz Pentium processor, feature an 8.4-inch screen, and weigh about 2.7 pounds. Most mainstream notebooks weigh five pounds or more and come with 150- or 166-MHz processors. The Hitachi product should be priced at around $2,000 or slightly less, according to sources.
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If you resolve to improve your home improvement efforts in the New Year, here are some trends that might inspire your projects.
Move over paint and | wallpaper. The new way to pop an accent wall in any room of the house is with tile or stone. Unique materials, including reclaimed barn wood and metallic tiles, will be boldly applied in 2016, piggybacking on the creative vertical, ledgestone and herringbone-pattern installs we saw last year. Partial horizontal backsplashes will continue to be replaced by full walls of tile in the kitchen and bath. Full wall fireplace surrounds – in stone, masonry or tile – will run floor to ceiling and serve as major design focal points in living rooms, bedrooms and other nontraditional rooms.
Every year, industry experts Pantone and Benjamin Moore announce special color picks that reflect the mood and attitudes they “see taking place in our culture.” These select colors often guide fashion and interior design trends. Pantone announced its two-color winner for 2016: Rose Quartz and Serenity, a pale pink and periwinkle blue combo that is stirring much debate. To |
There is no prescribed route or prerequisite to the major; students typically find themselves majoring after taking courses in the department and becoming acquainted with department faculty | . Students contemplating the major or joint major are invited to consult with the Director of Undergraduate Studies. The undergraduate student services associate in Building 70 can also field questions regarding the declaration procedure within the department.
A Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies requires 60 units of course work. At least 44 units are to be taken in courses numbered above 100. Ten units out of the 60 may be taken for the grade of C/NC.
one course in each of the following categories: introduction to religious traditions (courses numbered 11-50) and introductory topics in the study of religion (courses numbered 51-99). In consultation with the Undergraduate Director, one Stanford Introductory Seminar in Religious Studies may be applied to this introductory requirement.
At least 29 units are to be taken in intermediate lecture and seminar courses numbered 100-289. Of these, at least two seminars are required from courses numbered above 200. With approval of the Undergraduate Director, language courses related to the student's program |
Plenty of #MeToo skeptics, many among his base, who will happily explode his message when he gives them permission.
Last Tuesday, | many liberals woke up worried that President Trump's Supreme Court pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, will usher in the overturning of the decades-old Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Depending on whom you talk to, their fears are either wholly justified or nothing more than midterm scare tactics.
Either way, too few are concerned about a far likelier and imminent threat to significant progress in American sexual politics -- Trump's plans to overturn #MeToo.
He hasn't begun his campaign in earnest, but it's coming. He workshopped it at a rally in Montana last week, joking about throwing an ancestry testing kit to Sen. Elizabeth Warren to make her prove her claimed Native American heritage.
"We are going to do it gently because we're the #MeToo generation, so we have to be very careful," he chided.
Blink and you might have missed it. And on the Trump scale of incendiary invective, it hardly moved the needle.
But |
Patrick Reinikainen '12, Jessica Ortiz '05, Hon. Julio M. Fuentes '75, Jennifer Pacella '08 | , and Marc Davies '03. In attendance, but not pictured, was interim Dean James Gardner.
A road of legal scholarship and practice that began at UB School of Law led Julio M. Fuentes ’75 to the second-highest court in the nation. With Justice Fuentes’ appointment in March, 2000, by President Clinton to the United States Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, he became UB Law’s highest-ranking federal jurist. Now, after Judge Fuentes assumed senior status in July, his friends and family recently gathered for a portrait presentation and ceremony honoring his judicial career.
Among those expressing praise for Fuentes’ service were former colleagues on the Third Circuit bench and current Associate Justice for the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and President Barack Obama (via official letter), Fuentes’ three daughters, and former law clerks Jennifer M. Pacella ‘ |
VISITORS enjoying the sights of Fraser Island have been warned not to go swimming on the western side of the island after several serious incidents involving marine | stingers.
An alert, issued last week by the Department of Environment and Science, warned that marine stingers and other dangerous marine life was present in the waters off the island, Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Strait.
The statement said stingers had been reported by swimmers on the western side of the island, in particular Platypus Bay and around creeks, including Awinya and Wathumba.
The alert said several visitors to the island had been stung recently, with symptoms requiring paramedic attention.
Visitors were advised to to take into consideration the limited nature of medical assistance on the island, remembering that marine stingers and some other marine life could cause serious injury or death.
Swimming is not recommended, the alert stated.
Earlier this year an irukandji jellyfish was discovered in waters off the island.
The potentially deadly Irukandji was found at Arch Cliffs during a drag conducted by lifesavers on |
With excitement high after the trailer for the upcoming Star Wars game Jedi: Fallen Order was revealed at Star Wars Celebration last weekend, Dark Horse Comics has | announced plans to publish an art book companion for the game. Featuring concept art of characters, equipment, and locales, as well as artists’ commentary and other behind-the-scenes info, The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is set to hit stands on November 19th, four days after the game hits stores.
Check out the press release below.
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (April 15, 2019)—Dark Horse Books, Lucasfilm Ltd., Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts present The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The new book, which was created in close collaboration between the four companies, is a full-color, oversized hardcover volume that captures the design process of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a galaxy-spanning, action-adventure video game from Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts arriving later this year.
The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will guide readers through Cal Kestis’ perilous and heroic |
Gold prices tumbled to six-week lows on Thursday, under pressure from a strengthening dollar on expectations of further U.S. rate rises this | year and receding political uncertainty in Europe.
Spot gold was down 0.76 percent to $1,228.55. U.S. gold futures for June delivery fell $19.90 to settle at $1,228.60 an ounce.
Traders said the sell-off accelerated after New York opened.
The dollar strengthened after the U.S. Federal Reserve played down any threats to this year's planned rises in interest rates, supporting forecasts of another move in June.
A rising U.S. currency makes dollar-denominated commodities more expensive for holders of other currencies, potentially subduing demand for gold.
Expectations that centrist Emmanuel Macron would win the French presidential election on Sunday were reinforced after a TV debate with the far-right's Marine Le Pen.
"Since the first round (April 23) of the French election we have seen gold come under pressure," said ING commodities strategist Warren Patterson.
Investors breathed a sigh of relief after |
It’s been a busy couple of days for Bermuda’s branch pilots with four arrivals yesterday and a couple more departures today.
| The town of St George welcomed its first cruise visitor yesterday morning when the Silver Spirit arrived at Penno’s Wharf.
At around the same time, the liner Regatta, and her 700 passengers, arrived in Hamilton from the Bahamas.
Meanwhile, a little later on the same day, the Celebrity Eclipse rolled into Dockyard completing the ‘Full Monty’ of cruise ships in all of Bermuda’s ports.
Finally, the cement carrier Diego also arrived yesterday and came alongside at the Commercial berth in Dockyard where she will remain until Thursday when she departs.
The Silver Spirit and the Celebrity Eclipse will both leave today, while the Regatta will set sail from Hamilton tomorrow, bound for Norfolk.
The arrival of this week’s car carrier, Southern Highway, has been put back a week due to industrial action in Port of Spain.
Today sees the arrival of the Somers Isles from Florida, which will be followed into Hamilton on Friday by the |
When the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced its first National Goodwill Ambassador to promote environmental responsibility yesterday, they picked the right person: | actress Zhou Xun. Sure, Zhou has green cred -- she turns off the tap while brushing, she prefers bikes to SUVs, and she urges her film crews to use reusable chopsticks, she says. But more importantly, she's Chinese.
In a country where the rhetoric on environmental protection seems inversely proportionate to public awareness (especially among young people!), celebrity environmentalism may be one of the more effective ways to get the message out. And aside from fur-wearing Gong Li (or Leo, on a recent stop in Hong Kong), few stars in China have become known for their green choices. Too bad. Star-powered campaigns can be a relief from the typical government initiatives, not least because they are cool (and hot, see below) in a way that China's apparatchiks just aren't (sorry guys!).
Zhou starred in The Banquet, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, and Suzhou River, among others. Get the |
Funeral services have been scheduled for Michael Sot, the 20-year-old college student who died after his car was struck by a motor | ist who was allegedly intoxicated.
CLARK - Funeral services have been scheduled for Michael Sot, the 20-year-old college student who died after his car was struck by a motorist who was allegedly intoxicated.
Services will be held 3 p.m Sunday at the Higgins and Bonner Funeral Home, 582 Springfield Ave., Westfield. A funeral Mass will be held 10 a.m. Monday at St. John the Apostle Church on Valley Road here.
Born in Livingston to Candice Buno-Sot and Michael Sot, he graduated from Arthur L. Johnson High School where he was a star baseball player and a member of the National Honor Society.
Sot was a sophomore at The College of New Jersey where he was majoring in math with the hope of becoming an actuary. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi national fraternity.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his younger brothers Jon Sot and Matthew Sot, |
The new home for Stanford GSB opened its doors April 29 with a dedication and open house that drew thousands.
Stanford GSB christened | its new home, the Knight Management Center, at a lively April 29 celebration that began with a formal dedication ceremony and later let loose as a flash mob, and the Stanford Marching Band descended on the school's new town square.
The event marked the end of a three-year building project that produced a facility that will enable the business school to move forward and grow in the areas of curriculum and innovation.
“We’re now able to turn the physical spaces that have been created here into intellectual learning places,” Stanford GSB Dean Garth Saloner said of the 8 new buildings on the 12.5-acre site.
Six hundred banners bearing words and phrases meant to inspire change, written by members of Stanford GSB and Stanford communities, flowed from the new buildings. The banners echoed the business school’s slogan: Change lives. Change organizations. Change the world. Visitors also had the chance to contribute their words of change on banners that can be seen online |
A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of the murder of an 81-year-old woman has been taken to hospital for medical treatment | .
Albertina Choules was attacked at her home in Ragmans Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
She was reportedly found on the lawn. A post-mortem examination found that she died as a result of blunt trauma head injury before she was set on fire.
Detective Chief Superintendent Gilbert Houalla appealed for anyone who saw a man suspected of being involved, prior to the attack.
The man is described as white, about 6ft tall, wiry, with short cropped dark hair that is slightly longer on top than on the sides. He has very noticeable, pale blue eyes.
Mr Houalla said: ``We are appealing for witnesses and would particularly like to speak to anyone who may have seen a man matching the description between the times of 10pm on Saturday July 2, and noon on Sunday July 3.
The victim's family said in a statement released through police: ``Tina was incredibly special, as was her simple, self-sufficient way of life with |
Those are the word of John Leigh Baker, whose Skellow home was broken into two men.
Ridgill Avenue in Skell | ow, Doncaster.
John was home with his wife and step-daughter at the time of the incident, which took place at around 10.30pm last night on Ridgill Avenue.
After smashing his back fence, the men had forced their way into his house via the back door where they took the keys to his car, a VW Bora.
The Bora was then involved in a collision with a 4x4-type vehicle on Ridgill Avenue, causing damage to both vehicles and several others that were parked on the street.
There was then multiple reports of disorder in the area, with a man in his 30s suffering serious facial injuries. He was taken to hospital and has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary.
This afternoon, John told the Doncaster Free Press that they had been ‘up to their necks in it all day’.
He said: “I haven’t got a clue who they were. They just |
Russians who have taken out mortgages are finding it increasingly difficult to meet loan repayments as the credit crunch continues to bite.
The problem is | particularly acute for those who took out loans in foreign currencies. The Central Bank of Russia has released new data this week showing that late payments on foreign currency denominated loans have trebled, with one in ten estimated to have stopped making payments at all. Olga Belenkaya, analyst at Sovlink, says the slide in value of the Rouble against most international currencies is driving more mortgagees to the wall.
The Central Bank says the value of mortgages debts rose by 63% in 2008 to reach 995.2 billion roubles, or $28 billion. Ilya Zibarev, Deputy Head of Retail business at Alfa Bank says this reflected a focus on providing the rapid expansion of loan portfolios led to a lessened focus on borrower quality. “The major banks were… aggressive in providing real estate loans, participating in the national project ”Affordable housing,“ thus the quantity of loans trumped quality.” Indicative of the approach adopted by major banks |
The Navy wouldn't confirm where the carrier is headed, but all signs point to a final farewell from its long-time Bremerton homeport | .
The USS John C. Stennis departed Bremerton without much fanfare early Monday afternoon for what could be the ship's final time getting underway for deployment as one of Naval Base Kitsap's two homeported carriers.
Navy officials would not confirm that the carrier was deploying or if this departure was the last time the Stennis was leaving its more than decade-long homeport before its scheduled homeport shift to Virginia, although many signs point to such action.
"I can confirm John C. Stennis is underway, however we do not discuss future operations," said U.S. Third Fleet spokesman Cmdr. John Fage.
When the Stennis last deployed in 2016, the Navy issued a statement two days in advance of the carrier's departure to notify the public. This time around, no prior announcement was made.
A small handful of onlookers stood along the popular waterfront spot at Bachmann Park to bid a possible final farewell to the carrier as Navy |
Well, I thought I was. You know, we called today looking for my ticket. And they were like, 'You're not in the | first group. So, the first tickets that they give out, I'm not on that list.
This doesn't necessarily mean that Lil Rel Howrey won't eventually get an invitation. As he pointed out in his remarks to Jimmy Kimmel he simply wasn't in the "first group" of invited members of the Get Out party. But considering the fact that his role as Rod is one of the main characters in the movie, it arguably seems somewhat bizarre to think that the comedian wasn't included in that group -- particularly when some have already taken to classifying it as a comedy through awards season.
It was a lucky break for Lil Rel Howrey to reveal his lack of an invitation to The Oscars on Jimmy Kimmel Live. After all, Kimmel is once again going to take on hosting duties, which means that he probably has the ability to pull some strings to get the comedian into the events. Kimmel even made a promise to try after Howrey explained that he had not been invited, so we |
In the Bible, Moses goes into the desert, God tells him he should go to Pharaoh and tell Pharaoh to let his people go and Moses doesn | ’t want to do it. And he runs away into the desert, and he comes across a burning bush and presumably God’s in the bush, the bush keeps burning, but it’s never consumed. And this voice speaks to him and tells him what he ought to go and do. And Moses says to him, “Who shall I say sent me?” And the voice says to him, “Tell him, I am that which I am," which is Jehovah, the word for God. It’s the same root: I am that which I am.
So God is saying, "You can’t compare me to anything else, this is just the way things behave. I’m not a metaphor, I’m not an analogy, there is nothing like me. This is just the way I am."
The reason I stumbled into Spinoza was that he has a theory which is really about morals and |
This year, filmmaker Eli Roth, acclaimed director of blockbuster horror films such as Hostel and Cabin Fever, makes his commercial directorial debut with Universal | Studios' new Halloween Horror Nights television spot, entitled "The Mourning After." Halloween Horror Nights kicks off at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort on Friday, September 15. The commercial begins airing after the Labor Day weekend and can be seen below, along with a behind-the-scenes making of video that includes the extended Director's Cut version, and a photo of the filmmaker on the set.
With Roth's creative direction and filmmaking expertise, the compelling 30-second commercial becomes one of the most cinematic, horror-film-inspired, Halloween Horror Nights commercials ever created. "The Mourning After" spot follows a group of friends as they attend an unusual Halloween costume party and unfolds with a series of suspenseful twists and turns that begs for more. Viewers will see an array of hidden references woven throughout the spot that pay tribute to the horror films and television-themed mazes guests will encounter at this year's Halloween Horror Nights events.
These include FX's critically-acclaimed, |
Junior Caleb Berry pitches in the sixth inning.
Casey Toler started on the mound for the Mavericks.
Cutter Buchea is | too late with the tag on Jackson's Ryan Contreras.
Head coach Bill Hummel flashes signs to his team.
Zach Matson pitched three innings in relief.
Three Jackson Timberwolves’ pitchers limited Meadowdale Maverick hitters to just three hits in a 9-1 victory over the Mavs in a non-conference game played Tuesday at Meadowdale High School.
Jackson starter Case Matter earned the mound win as the junior gave up just one run to the Mavs in five innings of work, striking out 10 and walking just one.
In other Meadowdale sports results on Tuesday, the Mavs softball team lost a heartbeaker to the Lake Stevens Vikings 8-7 at Lake Stevens High School. After falling behind 6-2, Meadowdale scored two runs in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth to take a 7-6 advantage; but the Vikings pushed across two runs of their own in the bottom of the seventh for the walk- |
A clear sky. Low 51F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Renewable Properties hosted a ground breaking for construction on | the American Canyon Solar Project on April 5. Pictured here: Bruce Wilson, executive director, Workforce Alliance North Bay; Brad Wagenknecht, Napa County supervisor, district 1; Belia Ramos, Napa County supervisor, District 5; Aaron Halimi, president, Renewable Properties; Alexandra McGee, community power organizer, MCE.
Renewable Properties LLC will build the county’s first commercial solar farm near American Canyon along Interstate 80. The area where the solar array will be built is in green.
After “months of development, planning and preparation,” Renewable Properties hosted a ground breaking on April 5 for construction on the American Canyon Solar Project.
The project is located at 2180 American Canyon Road.
According to a news release, the annual electricity generated from the project is enough to meet the consumption of 1,000 average U.S. homes per year.
That’s equivalent to avoiding more than 5,700 |
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Henry Cavill sporting his Man of Steel haircut! Want | to see another photo? Maybe you want to read how he’s preparing his mind and body for the role of Superman? Curious about a Batman themed fan-film called GCPD? What set from The Avengers could be moving across into Iron Man 3? And do we have a major clue to the ultimate baddy in The Dark Knight Rises? Read all of this, and more, in today’s Superhero Bits.
Doesn’t that picture just bring a tear to your eye? It’s Henry Cavill, of course, sporting his best Superman hairdo in preparation for Zack Snyder‘s Man of Steel. The pics come from Moviehole (via Ain’t It Cool).
I’m on 5000 calories a day… You’ve got to eat protein first, then a little bit of carbs…you’ve gotta keep your hunger levels going. I’m training two and a half hours a day |
A “vile” Wigan predator who stalked a stranger for two hours before sexually assaulting her in a car park, has been | jailed.
Peter Gibson, of Melrose Drive in Winstanley, has been locked up for four years following the attack, which happened in small parking area off Wallgate on November 31 last year.
The 53-year-old faced a judge at Bolton Crown Court this week after handing himself in following a police manhunt.
CCTV footage captured Gibson, 53, following his victim as she walked down the main road on her own.
The woman, who was in her 20s, was then brutally assaulted and left bleeding until she was discovered by a passerby and taken to hospital for treatment.
The court heard how the victim had gone out with her friends on the evening of Friday, November 30.
A spokesperson for the Crime Prosecution Service, said: “By her own admission she was very intoxicated and has no memory of what happened to her. Her last memory of the evening was being in club called Rock Box, dancing.
“Her next memory is |
"It crossed my mind several times that he might pull me over," said Marshfield kayak angler Jordan Isaacs.
When it hit | his lure, kayak angler Jordan Isaacs thought the big striped bass at the end of the line might actually capsize his 11.5-foot boat.
"It about jerked the rod out of my hand," Isaacs recalled of that July 22 night. "It crossed my mind several times that he might pull me over. I had a friend on the bank who saw me take off downstream. He said he could see my lights going down the river."
Fishing in the deep hole below the Ozark Beach dam (formerly known as Powersite dam), Isaacs had already caught two striped bass in the 10- to 12-pound range. About 10:30 p.m. he cast his 12-inch Storm Kickin' Minnow lure and let it sink about 7 feet deep.
The Marshfield angler was using a Lew's baitcasting reel filled with 175 yards of 20-pound test line. The striper inhaled the lure and took off on |
A new video from The Atlantic follows a graduating senior as she navigates higher education and the path to citizenship.
The #Not1More campaign | created TheExcluded.net to put a face on the undocumented immigrants whose fates the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program doesn’t address.
TheDream.US joined forces with two states to help undocumented immigrant students continue their education.
“The parallels, the resonance, the familiarity of the situation was really clear,” Dr. Satsuki Ina told the Los Angeles Times.
StepForward tackles immigration issues that directly impact women.
Obama created DAPA, a program that would halt the deportation of some undocumented parents, through an executive order last year. The program has been in limbo due to legal challenges from 26 states. Now, the Supreme Court is getting involved.
Add this to Trump’s endless list of vitriolic, racist and racially tinged statements.
A judge says Texas doesn’t have to issue birth certificates for the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants— |
Despite surviving an ample amount of Eli Manning moments on opening night of the 2013 season, the new-look defense ended up saving Sunday evening by coming | up with five — count ’em, five — turnovers.
And the Cowboys got off to a winning beginning with a 36-31 victory over the New York Giants, a team that never loses at the Big Yard. Or at least hadn’t until committing six turnovers in all.
To put the Kiffin-Marinelli instant impact into perspective, the Cowboys’ defense had a meager 16 takeaways last season. Sixteen in 16 games, one of the worst ratios in the league.
From training camp, the Cowboys’ emphasis — “emphasis, emphasis, emphasis,” said coach Jason Garrett afterward — was go get the guy with the ball, strip the ball and pounce on the fumble.
Talk is easy in Oxnard. Talk is easy in meaningless exhibition games.
But this was live action. And this was about putting the talk into action.
The biggest turnover of the night, simply because of the timing, belonged to cornerback Brandon Carr |
The position is located in the Conference Support Section (CSS) of the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch (CEB), Division for Treaty Affairs (D | TA) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Chief of the Section and the overall guidance of the Chief of the Branch.
•Provide substantive and organizational support for fulfilling the mandates of the Section, including legislative and implementation reviews and technical assistance delivery.
•Carry out functions in support of the mechanisms to improve countries’ national capacity in ratifying and implementing the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
•Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes and projects in the area of anti-corruption.
•Monitor and analyze programme and project development and implementation; review relevant documents and reports; identify problems and issues to be addressed and initiate corrective actions; liaise with relevant parties; ensure follow-up actions.
•Research, analyze and present information gathered from diverse sources in the field of anti-corruption.
•Provide support and expertise for the coordination of policy |
Celebrity trainer and fitness enthusiast Alec Penix is on a mission to inspire people to think deeper about physical — and spiritual — health. Pen | ix, who trains some well-known names in Hollywood, is a Christian whose faith informs his work, as he helps people reach their hopes, dreams and personal fitness goals.
Penix shared his journey to faith, noting that he found God at one of the darkest moments in his life. He was in Mexico for a wedding and woke up feeling pain, despair and lostness.
That’s when Penix heard a voice that changed everything: “Alec, It is time to become the man I’ve called you to be.” That experience transformed the trainer.
Penix realized that his life was transforming, and that he could help others through a combined focus on faith and fitness.
Now, he’s hoping to encourage fans and readers to go on a similar journey.
“Having goals, having purpose is extremely important to push us out of our box into see that we really are created in God’s image and that we |
Government shutdown: Economic cost to total $11 billion, CBO says.
The 35-day government shutdown wiped out $11 billion in economic activity | , most of which will be recouped, but the episode will noticeably reduce economic growth in the first quarter, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday.
The shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, reduced the nation’s gross domestic product by $3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018 and $8 billion in the current quarter, CBO estimates. As a result, inflation-adjusted GDP growth will be an annualized 0.2 percentage points lower in the fourth quarter and 0.4 percentage points lower in the first quarter, CBO said.
Many economists now estimate the economy grew about 2.5 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter and will expand at about a 2 percent pace in the current quarter.
The shutdown curtailed economic activity by erasing furloughed federal workers’ output, delaying federal spending on goods and services, and curbing the purchases of federal workers and contractors. About 800,000 federal workers were affected by the shutdown, with |
With that brief statement, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings acknowledged one of the online streaming video service’s perceived competitors in its quarterly letter to shareholders as | part of today’s first quarter 2012 earnings report: Amazon Prime Instant Video.
Overall, Netflix came in near the top end of its earlier forecast with 23.41 million domestic and 3.07 million international streaming subscribers, adding nearly three million subscribers in the first quarter. DVD subscribers continued to decline, falling more than one million from Q4 2011 to 10.09 million.
And financially, Netflix lost less than most analysts expected: $4.58 million, or 8 cents per share. A year earlier, it earned $60.23 million, or $1.11 per share.
Hastings and Netflix CFO David Well, in the shareholder letter that accompanied the financial results, mentioned Amazon’s potential competitive threat four times in three paragraphs — without actually calling it a threat.
Netflix says instead, it continues to maintain traditional cable and satellite video companies (in industry parlance, multichannel video programming distributors, or MVPDs) and cable networks with |
DAVID Barron is frustrated the campaign is drawing to a close – because his is just getting started.
The St Mirren full-back has | made only nine appearances this season after suffering a medial ligament problem in September.
Barron initially thought the injury would keep him out for a fortnight, but he was sidelined for 10 weeks.
Having battled back to fitness, he has finally reclaimed a spot in the first team, starting the last three games – the 21-year-old’s longest run in the side this term.
Barron has already set his sights on making a major impression next season.
“I’m disappointed the season is coming to an end as I’m just starting to get a decent run in the team,” he said.
“The injury put me out for so long and then I had to do more work to get myself fully fit.
St Mirren moved to within touching distance of safety following their 2-0 win over Falkirk.
With Saints requiring just a point in their final game against Hamilton to stay in the top-flight, Barron |
An incredibly complex Medicare drug plan is due to go into effect on Jan. 1. More than 60 percent of seniors polled say they can’ | t make head or tail of it. Only 20 percent say they’ll enroll by the first of the year, despite the high-volume scare campaign by the government and the insurance companies warning that they will pay a penalty for enrolling later. “I have a Ph.D., and it’s too complicated for me,” says William Beard, 73, a retired chemist in Wichita, Kan.
And no wonder there is confusion. The plan contains few specifics about what it will cost the consumer. Those “details” can only be ascertained by investigating the many different private plans that may be available in your area—and may not.
In fact, if this can be called a government benefit plan, the benefit is not going to seniors and disabled people covered under Medicare. The legislation setting it up—the Medicare Modern ization Act of 2003—was crafted by the drug companies and their flacks in Congress. It ensures that the benefits go to them |
Brunswick’s Cooper Moore stops to set up in the Hotchkiss zone during a game on Jan. 8 at Hartong R | ink.
Cooper Moore and Matthew McGroarty will join a list of numerous hockey players who honed their skills at Brunswick School, before competing at the collegiate level.
Moore, a senior, and McGroarty, who is in his sophomore year at Brunswick, recently committed to play hockey for Division I schools. A defenseman, Moore announced his commitment to play hockey at the University of North Dakota. McGroarty, a sophomore, committed to compete for Quinnipiac University’s Division I program.
The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Moore will joined a North Dakota program that’s regarded as one of the best in the nation. Coached by Brad Berry, North Dakota has won eight NCAA Division I championships, with its most recent title coming in 2016. North Dakota has made 32 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Frozen Four 22 times.
The Fighting Hawks have also won 15 WCHA regular-season titles and 11 WCHA Tournament championships |
For years she dominated the Greater Boston League mound with her powerful pitching.
As she returns to the hill for her sophomore season with the University of | Bridgeport softball team, Ashley Eisnor is looking to reclaim her rightful place in the starting rotation.
After working out of the bullpen her freshman year, the four-time GBL Most Valuable Player is determined to deliver as one of the Purple Knight’s staff aces.
Judging by the early returns, she’s well on her way.
Fresh off a two-week spring training session in Clermont, Fla., Eisnor appeared energized winning her first two home games to open the week.
The hard-throwing right-hander fired a four-hit, complete game victory in a 10-4 decision over American International, March 25. The 5-foot-11 sophomore surrendered one run, fanning four, while issuing two walks. She followed up that gem with a 16-6 decision at Post, March 26, improving her regular season record to 5-4.
The results are just what the doctor ordered for E |
The Lake County General Health District has released the county’s 2017 unintentional overdose death statistics as part of its most comprehensive report to date.
| The health district examined the 329 drug overdose deaths in Lake County over a five-year period from 2013 to 2017. Using vital statistics requested from the Ohio Department of Health, the health district recorded demographic information like occupation, marital status, education level and setting (home, hospital, hotel etc.).
Health district staff hope to use the information to provide a more proactive approach to combating the opioid epidemic that is gripping the county, state and country.
The United States, Ohio and Lake County all saw record levels of overdose deaths in 2017. There were 93 unintentional overdose deaths in the county up from 92 in 2016 -- that figure has been bumped up; a previous health district report listed 86 overdose deaths in 2016.
Data shows fentanyl (and fentanyl analogs) was again the most common drug involved in the county’s overdose deaths in 2017. Fentanyl was involved in 65 of the 93 overdose deaths. That’s actually a decrease from 71 in 2016.
Deaths involving cocaine or a |
District 5 state Sen. Larry E. Haines, a Republican, will face a Democratic opponent in the November election who calls herself a moderate | and is interested in improving education and attracting new business to Carroll County while responsibly handling growth.
Voters will have a clear choice in the general election about whom they want in the Senate.
Mr. Haines, a Westminster resident, is a conservative who owns a small business and has received national attention for his efforts to convince the state that parents aren't abusing their children if they spank them. He is vice president of the Church of the Open Door Inc.
Two Democrats are running in the September primary for the seat. Both describe themselves as moderates. Neither has held state office.
Cynthia Huggins Cummings of Silver Run has been a fourth-grade teacher for 16 years and president of the 1,250-member county teachers union the past three years. In that role, she has lobbied in Annapolis and raised money for candidates.
Rachelle Feldman-Hurwitz of Uniontown has been a member of community groups dealing with environmental, women's and other issues |
Miller said on Thursday he had “never knowingly taken any banned substance”.
The world’s leading trainer believes Amir Khan can | succeed in upsetting Terence Crawford — even though he considers the American the finest fighter in the world.
Khan takes on Crawford in New York on Saturday night.
Business as usual for Anthony as he prepares to make his debut in the United States.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said the Briton was “devastated” after a fourth-round knockout in Los Angeles.
The 32-year-old goes toe-to-toe with Vasyl Lomachenko in Los Angeles.
The 27-year-old’s purse has also been withheld.
Previously unbeaten heavyweight Ali was disqualified.
Warrington defeated Frampton in the first defence of his IBF world featherweight title in December.
Conlan enjoyed a comfortable points victory in New York.
Katie Taylor clinched the WBO lightweight championship title in a career-topping performance against Rose Volante in Philadelphia last night.
Katie Taylor beat Brazilian Rose Volante to add a |
Prepare to be fracked, New York City: I hope you like undisclosed, top secret toxic chemicals that may or may not make your tap | water flammable getting blasted into the ground super close to our prime water supply tunnels! Because that's about to happen. Propubilca reveals that the state is working to enshrine rules that would allow fracking to take place within 1,000 feet of the aging underground tunnels that carry 1.2 billion gallons of water a day from upstate New York to the city. If the proposal goes through, Propublica reports that "the state would allow drilling near aqueducts but would require a site-specific environmental review for any application to drill within 1,000 feet of the water supply infrastructure." In other words, all that would stand between legal drilling within hundreds of feet of crucial water supply tunnels would be a state environmental review.
Meaning fracking could take place right next to tunnels that supply over 10 million people with water.
"That's not enough to protect New York City's water, said Kate Sinding, a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council... |
Stocks rallied ahead of yesterday’s Florida Supreme court decision, as investors shrugged off weakness in the technology market and focused on the prospect of | lower interest rates.
The Nasdaq Composite Index surged 164.77 to 2,917.43 – a gain of 6 percent.
The Dow Jones industrials tacked on 95.55 to 10,712.91 – up about 1 percent.
And the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 26.34 to 1,369.89, up 2 percent.
Intel announced late Thursday that massive cancellations of chip orders would cause it to miss its quarterly sales targets. It was just the latest technology company to report a slowdown in business, joining Apple Computer and Gateway.
But investors apparently decided that technology stocks had been punished enough and sent them soaring back up.
The question now is what the continued election uncertainty will do to the markets next.
Standard & Poor’s 500 futures were trading lower on Friday afternoon, indicating that the market would open lower on Monday.
But some analysts say any disruption will be temporary, because investors will focus instead on |
Trump, who inherited an historic market run and an economy at nearly full employment, has nowhere to go but down.
The trouble with taking credit | for the admittedly white-hot market rally is twofold. First, as ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger correctly points out, is the fact that the S&P 500, let alone the mostly useless Dow Jones, is not a reflection of the real economy. The stock market goes up when labor costs and wages go down, because it increases profit margins. Consumer confidence remained strong through 2007, as the U.S. economy plunged over a cliff into the depths of the financial crisis. And the “jobs!” market, which is about as strong as it can be without meaningful changes in the labor force participation rate, has nowhere to go but down.
According to Douglas Ramsay, chief investment officer of the Leuthold Group, Trump administration officials will come to regret gloating about the market's performance. That's because Trump enters the White House during one of the most richly valued stock markets in U.S. |
If the U.S. were to experience double-digit inflation for even a few years this could effectively destroy a third of a pension’ | s lifetime value. The legislature is currently under no obligation to go above the 1.5 percent COLA.
A challenge to funding our public pensions is that the promised benefits are based on relatively high investment expectations that can only be achieved with a significant investment in volatile assets.
Furthermore pension benefits are based on the highest years’ earnings, which can be out of line with career earnings. Each of these pension designs invites trouble both at the micro level with benefit “spiking” and at the macro level with under-performing markets.
How can we move forward with uncertain investment performance and inflation risks? A guiding principle is that both the state and state workers should honor the letter and the spirit of the law. Kentucky should maintain a defined benefit retirement system for its workers with concessions made on both sides.
Workers should not be allowed to include any supplemental pay in their benefit calculations. An ideal system is that workers are immediately vested in the plan with contributions and benefits tied to each |
The editorial headlined "Needless distraction" in the July 13 issue shows the true subjective colors of our local "news" provider. Reintroducing | the uncivil name-calling dialogue it has so often pontificated against, the Mountain Express opens itself and its owners to the same level of discourse set forth in its editorial.
The citizens of Ketchum are currently engaged in their rightful effort to present to the voters of Ketchum the opportunity to express by their secret ballot vote their preference for the form of their city government should not be vilified as "a political faction that hates...."
These are concerned citizens. These are people who show up at meetings. These are citizens who are not afraid to comment on the process, nor on the details, of city governance. Whether this "political faction" represents a majority view or not should be left to the proof of the ballot box.
I myself, a 40-year observer of Ketchum politics, have become ambivalent in regard to what the editorial called the "accomplishments" of the current regime. My concern now is for the future health of this little |
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The 16 year-old who survived a car wreck in Spencer County Wednesday is out of the | hospital. Jenna Rigsby was released from Kosair Children's Hospital Thursday. Her two classmates at Spencer County High school, 16 year-old Mikie Monroe and 17 year-old Shelby Bockting both passed away.
Remains of police tape and spray paint on Mike Brown Road just off Kentucky 1633 remind those driving by about what went wrong on Wednesday afternoon.
"Right now I think we're in the numb stage," says Monroe family friend Belinda Sheeley.
It was right after school let out when the pickup carrying the high school juniors went off the side of the road killing Monroe and Bockting and injuring Rigsby. It doesn't matter who you ask around Spencer County, everyone will tell you about the girls. How wonderful they were.
"Everybody knows who Mikie is. Everybody knows who Shelby is and Jenna. The whole community feels the loss," explains Sheeley.
Both Mikie and Shelby played softball. In the recreation |
Growth in Internet traffic, especially from burgeoning video Web sites and peer-to-peer usage, will put more pressure on network managers to handle | the explosion and on private sector investors, and they should be allowed to do so in unrestricted ways, a Washington think tank said Thursday.
The think tank, the New Millennium Research Council, released an 18-page report that called on Internet policymakers to avoid new regulations that could restrict Internet investment by the private sector and to find ways to encourage investment to handle the coming Internet onslaught.
The report also urged regulators to avoid inhibitions to experimentation by Internet service providers with new traffic management technologies.
Written by Jason Kowal of Analysys Research in Washington, the report, "The Never-ending Rush Hour: Internet Traffic Growth Requires Continual Investment in Capacity and Innovation in Network Management," calls for "more of laissez-faire recommendation than active encouragement or subsidization" of Internet growth, Kowal said in a press conference today.
He said he specifically tried to avoid the Net Neutrality issue facing Washington policymakers in making the recommendations. Kowal said he urged more |
The leader in video calling has been slacking off.
That’s a line remote co-workers often ask each other when they need | to really discuss something, face-to-face or at least orally. But later this year, both of those software programs could find themselves sidelined by Slack.
The makers behind the chat app announced yesterday that Slack users who are messaging each other will soon be able to have a voice call as well, and eventually a video call. No timeline has been given for either feature.
Slack’s rapid rise has already made it a darling of Silicon Valley. Just a year after its launch, investors valued the business chat app at over $1 billion. It was pegged at $2.8 billion as of last April, despite annual recurring revenues of just $25 million. That valuation is thanks to Slack’s fast-growing, devoted customer base, which has skyrocketed from 500,000 daily active users in January 2015 to 2.3 million daily active users today.
What percentage of these users are also Skype or Google Hangout users is impossible to say, but judging by |
San Jose city employee unions argue their pension rates are protected under a precedent established by past court decisions.
A public fight and maybe a legal battle | is brewing between South Bay Labor groups, the City of San Jose and local housing developers.
The Santa Clara and San Benito Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the South Bay Labor Council are upset about proposed fee cuts for developers that doesn't ensure hours or jobs for local workers.
On Wednesday, NBC Bay Area obtained a letter sent to city leaders that not only expressed the labor group's displeasure but threatened a retaliatory ballot measure.
The attached letter references Measure JJJ in Los Angeles over a similar dispute which passed with 64 percent of the vote in November.
The labor groups are demanding, among many things, contractors pay prevailing wages, ensure at least 35 percent of its workforce construction hours be performed by San Jose or Santa Clara County workers.
The letter is in reaction to a proposal providing or extending incentives to primarily downtown developers including fee cuts.
We're studying the issues raised by the advocates for local hire, apprenticeships, and related issues through a formal task force with |
Strome was rewarded for his stellar play by logging a career-high 17:28 of ice time in Wednesday's 3-2 shootout win in | Anaheim.
Coyotes head coach Rick Tocchet quoted veteran NHL coach John Tortorella after Thursday’s practice, echoing sentiments about confidence and how it can affect certain players and their performance on the ice.
According to Tocchet, that has been the case for Dylan Strome and a contributing factor for the proficient stretch of performances he has put together to open the 2018-19 season.
Not only did Strome mercifully end the Coyotes’ scoring drought at 17:33 of the first period in a game Arizona won, 3-2, via shootout on Wednesday in Anaheim, but Strome has made enough strides in his overall game that Tocchet gave the 21-year-old some added responsibility on Wednesday that could continue in the future.
Tocchet said he’s been impressed with Strome’s body positioning, hockey IQ and his willingness to step up when called upon. The coach pointed out a specific moment that stuck out to |
Dallas is a major city with an active and happening singles scene. The city is home to many different bars and nightclubs, and many cater to | singles. The best bar in the city is Lee Harvey’s. This bar prides itself on being a dive bar, complete with its own restaurant and old-fashioned decorations.
The "Dallas Observer" runs contests every year in which locals vote on their favorite hot spots in the city. Those readers often pick Lee Harvey’s as their favorite. In 2006, readers voted it the best bar in Dallas. In 2007, readers of the "Dallas Observer" named the bar as having the best outdoor bathroom and the best onion rings in the city.
Lee Harvey’s has its own restaurants located on-site where patrons can order snacks and dinner to go along with their drink. Appetizers include onion rings served with a chipotle aioli sauce, three types of quesadillas and buffalo wings. The restaurant also offers salads and a wide range of burgers. Patrons can even grab an ice cream treat.
The bar started as an artists' hangout |
The Gesa Carousel of Dreams just completed it’s first year of operation. With 45 horses, three chariots, a cougar | and a husky; rounding boards featuring artwork by Tri-City photographer John Clement; the carousel is “a gorgeous piece of equipment,” to quote Eric Van Winkle, departing executive director of the Three Rivers Carousel Foundation.
Major donors like Gesa Credit Union, Toyota of Tri-Cities and Baker Produce, along with hundreds of other donors and volunteers, made the Carousel of Dreams a reality. But it takes more than money to make dreams come true, it takes leadership. Van Winkle has been a passionate champion of the project from concept through fund-raising, construction and a critical first year of operation. He deserves our gratitude and best wishes as he moves on to his next adventure.
Taking over for Van Winkle next week will be Parker Hodge. Hodge has served this community in many ways for many years, including being an important member of the Tri-City Herald leadership team. We’ll miss him at the Herald, but we |
A Ranchi infant, who was allegedly drowned on February 1 by her mother, given up for dead at one hospital but revived at another, and | rushed to Ranchi airport and from Delhi airport to a hospital in record time thanks to police enforcing green corridors on Monday, might not survive.
Nine-month-old Khushi is in coma, doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) in Delhi said on Tuesday.
Khushi’s mother, undergoing psychiatric treatment, had on February 1 either thrown the baby in a well near Ranchi’s Ojha Market or jumped in the well with her, an SGRH doctor who heard the two contradictory versions from the family, said.
Initially declared dead by a medical facility near Piska More in Ranchi, Khushi was revived after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at Rani Hospital, also in the state capital. But as many of her organs started failing, Ranchi doctors referred her to Delhi’s SGRH, with better ventilators, dialysis for children, and an Ecmo device for heart |
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) launched 3,739 flats for sale on Tuesday (Feb 12) in the first Build-To | -Order (BTO) and Re-Offer of Balance Flats (ROF) exercise of 2019.
SINGAPORE: The Housing and Development Board (HDB) launched 3,739 flats for sale on Tuesday (Feb 12) in the first Build-To-Order (BTO) and Re-Offer of Balance Flats (ROF) exercise of 2019.
Of these, 3,162 are BTO units which will be spread across five projects – three in the non-mature towns of Jurong West and Sengkang, and two in the mature town of Kallang Whampoa.
The five projects are Boon Lay Glade, Jurong West Jewel, Fernvale Vines, Kallang Breeze and Towner Crest.
The flats are priced from S$95,000 for a two-room Flexi in the Boon Lay area to about S$523,000 for a four-room in |
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar lashed out at critics on social media, saying he will block Facebook users who make posts he deems improper | and uncivil.
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar lashed out at critics on social media Friday, saying he will block Facebook users who make posts he deems improper and uncivil.
In a 400-word post reflecting anger and frustration, the four-term Arizona Republican unloaded on those who express "hostile, crass and inappropriate rhetoric."
"Commenting on my Facebook is a privilege, not a right," Gosar wrote.
"Quite frankly, we don’t care if a Facebook 'block' offends you," he later added.
Faith Vander Voort, a spokeswoman for Gosar, said the congressman was unavailable for comment Friday. She said the pending GOP health-care bills have generated the most vitriol lately, but said Gosar and his staffers have faced years of abusive comments.
"There was a stretch when Mr. Gosar was commonly called terrible and offensive things, like 'Hitler.' Of course, that isn’t |
JASON PUNCHEON keeps on proving that he may not be the world’s best penalty-taker – but give him a chance | in open play and he can be deadly.
For the second home game running the winger was the man who grabbed a precious three points for Palace as his first-half strike condemned unlucky Hull to defeat.
Puncheon’s spot-kick miss against Tottenham three weeks ago is still talked about as one of the worst ever.
But since then the winger has bagged the winning goal against Stoke – and now this strike, which moved Palace level with Hull on 23points as the survival bid gathered pace.
Hull boss Steve Bruce, who spent four months as Palace manager back in 2001 before walking out to take over at Birmingham, gave debuts tohis new £14.5 million strike force of Shane Long and Nikica Jelavic.
Hull had a good early case for a penalty snubbed by referee Roger East, when Danny Gabbidon appeared to bundle Long over in the area.
But to pile on the agony for Bruce, Palace went straight |
Reading Eagle: Lauren A. Little | Bern Township dairy farmer Paul Hartman says the farm bill is important to people in his business because it provides | assistance when milk prices are low.
Farmers want to see a new federal bill, not an extension. SNAP work requirements and hemp are key topics.
Pennsylvania farmers want the federal farm bill passed before the end of the current lame duck session of Congress.
"If it doesn't pass, it could revert back to 1939 and then Congress would have to start the bill over in 2019," said Mark O'Neill, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau spokesman.
The 1939 farm bill had no crop insurance, no dairy protection plan and little conservation funding.
The modern farm bill is reworked every five years. It expired with the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year, but a lot of programs have been funded until the end of the calendar year, O'Neill said.
The House and Senate each passed different versions of the farm bill. Now it is in a bipartisan conference committee whose members are negotiating a final version.
An extension while lawmakers hammer out the fine details is still more |
THREE men who were convicted of the murder of American sailor Kyle Bruner during his attempt to prevent a robbery of two visitors were spared the death | penalty yesterday.
Justice Indra Charles had been urged by the Crown to sentence Craig Johnson, 23, Anton Bastian, 22, and 24-year-old Marcellus Williams to death for their role in the events that led to Bruner’s fatal shooting on May 13, 2013.
Instead Johnson was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment for murder and 12 years for each of the two counts of armed robbery of which he was convicted.
His fellow convicts, Bastian and Williams, received 40 years for murder and 12 years for armed robbery.
Their sentences were ordered to run concurrently from the date of conviction. They were credited for the time spent on remand. All three have been in custody since May 2013.
In the sentencing hearing yesterday, she acknowledged the seriousness of the offences and the circumstances under which the killing occurred, but determined that other cases with more egregious circumstances did not see the death penalty imposed or affirmed by higher courts.
Last November, a jury returned unanimous |
North Carolina’s discriminatory “bathroom bill” will cost the state at least an estimated $3.76 billion over the next | 12 years, according to an analysis by the Associated Press. The AP, which achieved the tally based on public record requests and interviews with local officials, notes that its estimate is conservative because it only includes projects that directly cite HB2 as the reason for relocating.
House Bill 2, otherwise known as the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, was signed into law a year ago. It blocks anti-discrimination protections for gender identity or sexual orientation and prohibits people from using public restrooms that do not correspond with the gender on their birth certificate.
In the past year, artists, businesses, and activists have protested the anti-LGBT laws by boycotting the state. Bruce Springsteen, Demi Lovato, and Pearl Jam canceled concerts there; PayPal and Deutsche Bank have called off plans to expand their operations in the state; the NCAA will avoid hosting events as long as the law stands, and the NAACP is calling for a boycott. So far, according to the AP, the state has lost 2 |
RUSSELLVILLE � Despite a surge in ticket sales spurred by last week's record $587 million Powerball jackpot, the state's | lottery scholarship program still needs changes to avoid running out of money, lottery officials were told Monday.
RUSSELLVILLE � Despite a surge in ticket sales spurred by last week�s record $587 million Powerball jackpot, the state�s lottery scholarship program still needs changes to avoid running out of money, lottery officials were told Monday.
Speaking at a meeting of the state Lottery Commission at Arkansas Tech University, Shane Broadway, interim director of the state Department of Higher Education, said that a couple of weeks ago the lottery�s ticket sales for the year to date were more than $4 million behind the previous year�s sales, but Powerball changed that.
�We pretty well are back to where we were a year ago in one day with the jackpot growing last week,� Broadway said.
Even so, Broadway warned that if the lottery generates about $90 million a year in net proceeds for scholarships, and if the scholarships continue to be awarded at the present |
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The 2011 Nissan Altima Hybrid ranking is based on its score within | the 2011 Affordable Midsize Cars category. Currently the Nissan Altima Hybrid has a score of 8.2 out of 10 which is based on our evaluation of 41 pieces of research and data elements using various sources.
Test drivers said the thing they liked most about the 2011 Nissan Altima Hybrid is that it drives like a regular gas-only Altima, which is a big compliment for a hybrid car. However, at 33/33 mpg city/highway, the Altima Hybrid’s fuel economy isn’t as strong as its hybrid rivals, and it has low safety ratings.
Auto critics really liked the 2011 Nissan Altima Hybrid’s interior quality and enjoyable driving experience, which is quite similar to that of a gas-powered car. They praised the Altima Hybrid’s athletic handling, but they noted that it isn’t quick from a stop. Reviewers also liked the Altima Hybrid’s sporty styling and high-quality |
According to Davie police, a firebombing that failed to destroy two cars on Monday did so on Tuesday, April 3, when the arson | ist returned for a second time.
The second time was the charm for whoever firebombed two vehicles in a mobile home park in Davie and now police are searching for the arsonist.
The first attack occurred early Monday in the 12500 block of Southwest Seventh Street, in the Kings Manor Mobile Home Park.
A compact car is seen on surveillance video driving by a home twice. During the second drive-by, someone threw an incendiary device under the rear of a car parked in the driveway, Davie police said. The flames grew and there was a small explosion causing minor damage to the car, investigators said.
Apparently, the arsonist was not satisfied.
Early Tuesday, a security camera recorded an extended cab pickup truck driving by the same address twice. On the second pass, the video shows someone getting out and walking around one of the cars in the driveway.
“A few minutes later there is a large explosion and a big fire ball that completely engulfs both |
Juan Corona, who gained the nickname “The Machete Murderer” for hacking to death dozens of migrant farm laborers in California | in the early 1970s, has died. He was 85.
Corona died Monday at an undisclosed hospital, Vicky Waters of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported. He had been serving a life sentence in state prison.
A labor contractor who hired thousands of fruit and vegetable workers for Northern California farmers, Corona killed 25 of them, according to authorities who arrested him in 1971.
The bodies were buried in shallow graves on farms and orchards along the Feather River north of Sacramento. Most had been brutally hacked to death and dismembered, possibly with a machete or meat cleaver. One was shot in the head.
“It was a gruesome manner of killing. He hacked these people to death,” Sutter County District Attorney Amanda Hopper told The Associated Press after attending the last of Corona’s eight unsuccessful parole hearings in 2016.
He was arrested after a peach farmer who had contracted with him for hired pickers became suspicious upon |
Kate’s unfortunate death from cancer in January 2010 at the age of 63 has once again pulled the spotlight of cultural celebrity their way, and | the release of Tell My Sister — a box set containing their first two albums and a third CD full of spare, acoustic demos and other previously unreleased tracks — was followed in May by a pair of memorial/benefit concerts in New York City’s Town Hall, featuring guests Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, and a cast of many others.
The sister’s first two releases, Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Dancer with Bruised Knees, from 1975 and 1977 respectively — fully restored and remastered here by the pair’s original producer, Joe Boyd — are now considered underground masterpieces. But it’s Tell My Sister, the third disc here, that’s the real revelation — a fresh-sounding, awe-inspiring collection of demos, unreleased tracks, and acoustic interpretations that still feels remarkably relevant and compelling.
And Odditties is the perfect companion-piece to that third disc, presenting an even dozen |
Tonya Harding was once a big name in the figure skating sphere for her talents on the ice, but she is best-known nowadays for the | scandal from back in 1994 that involved an attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan and a lot of attention from the national media. There have been many conflicting stories about what happened when Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed in the leg ahead of the Winter Olympics, and the story recently returned to the spotlight thanks to the I, Tonya movie. Now, Tonya Harding is telling the story in her own words in a two-hour ABC special, and a first look features Harding talking about Kerrigan. Check it out!
In Truth and Lies: The Tonya Harding Story, Tonya Harding will evidently tell her side of the story in a way that she hasn't before. She'll also delve into her own past and the life she led before hitting the national spotlight. A lot of the focus of the story of Harding and Nancy Kerrigan painted Harding as a villain for what was done to Kerrigan; the ABC special looks to give more of Harding's perspective.
Of course, it's clear |
ALBANY — State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox on Monday is set to file a complaint with the state Board of Elections chief enforcement counsel accusing union | allies of the state Senate Democrats of illegally coordinating campaign efforts on their behalf.
The complaint alleges that the state teachers union, the Communications Workers of America, and Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union have violated the law by involving themselves and top staff with the efforts of different Super PACs they created to help the Senate Dems.
By law, the Super PACs, also known as independent expenditure committees, can raise and spend as much as they want on candidates as long as there is no coordination with the campaigns. The unions that create them and are working to help different candidates also need “some actual organization separation,” according to a U.S. Court of Appeals decision cited by Cox.
The complaint to be filed with state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman insists there has been unlawful coordination — including staff overlaps — by the three unions, their regular PACs that are allowed to coordinate directly with campaigns, and their independent expenditures that are not.
The complaint |
THERE was only pride to play for in Division Four of the Bradford Table Tennis League with the Hermits and Baildon teams involved in derby | encounters.
Thornbury A are the runaway winners of the division with a 100 per cent record but Baildon E are also worth an honourable mention. This is their debut season and they will finish as runners-up after dominating their meeting with Baildon D.
Stephen Hirst and James Kinsella both recorded trebles while Shin Ng added a single. Allen Pollard and Kevin Flaherty took one each for the D team as Baildon E won 8-2.
There was a much closer derby at Hermits when third-placed Hermits H met Hermits I, who are fourth. The former had won the two previous meetings 8-2 but their opponents ran them much closer in this meeting.
Hermits H looked set for another comfortable win when Mick Raine, Stewart Varley and George Raine put them 3-0 up but the I team came back strongly.
Brian Cooper and John Margerison both won two and, after the singles |
Sony is a consumer electronics beast with a lot of clout, but not necessarily a great product roster to back up its legendary status. Today, it | 's hardly the company that put a Walkman in every backpack and a color TV in every living room.
That's more or less what I was thinking about when I walked into a conference room with Sony Electronics President and COO Phil Molyneux, who was sitting in a fancy hotel conference room surrounded by some of the best—and worst—Sony products the company makes right now.
On one hand, at the center of the table were the Sony A7 and A7r, two full-frame mirrorless cameras that are the first of their kind, so good that they're threatening to make the DSLR obsolete. These two badass shooters follow Sony's awesome RX100, probably the best pocket point-and-shoot camera ever made.
Meanwhile, strapped to Molyneux's wrist was the second iteration of Sony's SmartWatch failure, its rubber and plastic a poor match for his slickly tailored suit.
For a few years now, Sony has in the midst |
Saturday marks the tenth anniversary of Bedford man Danny Ferguson's unsolved murder.
The 32-year-old was shot and stabbed at his bedsit | in Shakespeare Road by a killer or killers who have never faced a court for the crime.
And after a decade of frustration for friends, family and police, the savage slaying still casts a shadow over the town.
Borough councillor Randolph Charles, who has criticised the police for their handling of the case, said he hoped they could still crack it with the help of scientific breakthroughs.
Coun Charles said: "I accept the police have done as much as they can in the circumstances and as much as they can for now. But there are people out there in the community who don't share that feeling and believe the police should be able to do more.
"I hope that advances in forensic science will allow the case to be resolved. The police are now solving crimes which are nine or ten years old, and so there is still that possibility provided the case is kept open and alive."
Mr Ferguson, a driver and doorman, was found dead in his bedsit on February 21 |
Circus Ponies Notebook for Mac is a versatile system to help you organize and keep track of your notes for work and personal projects. You | can keep different notebooks for separate projects, and you can choose to start your notebook completely from scratch or with an appropriate category list in place.
Templates: When you start a new notebook, you can choose from several different templates that will make organizing your ideas and information that much easier. Options are organized into categories like General, Professional, Education, and Project, and specific templates exist for anything from writing a book or novel to preparing for a trial.
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Note: Paneer is Indian cheese much like feta cheese and is usually made at home by curdling milk. Serve this with whole | -wheat roti or basmati rice.
Step 1To make the paneer, heat the milk in a heavy pot over medium heat. When it comes to a boil, add the lemon juice and vinegar. Stir until the milk breaks up and curdles. Remove it from the heat and let cool. Strain the curdled milk through cheesecloth and make sure all of the liquid is squeezed out. (Mama's tip was to tie the paneer bundle around the kitchen faucet and let it hang to allow the last drops of liquid to drain into the sink).
Step 2Heat the oil in a wok or a nonstick skillet. Add the onion and cook until light brown. Add the tomato, ginger, coriander, turmeric, red pepper, serrano and salt to taste. Stir until the tomato is tender. Add the crumbled paneer and stir until the cheese is well-coated with the tomato-onion mixture. |
A 53-year-old Oak Run was arrested Monday in connection to the slaying of a man found lying face down on a dirt road.
| Joseph Edward Roza's arrest at 12:30 p.m. Monday came after Shasta County Sheriff's detectives found out over the weekend he and Gregory Donald Galusha had been in an altercation last Thursday.
That was the day deputies found Galusha, 44, in the 15000 block of Stagecoach Road apparently dead from a gunshot wound.
The sheriff's office said the two men knew each other. Shortly after the fight, Roza discharged a semi-automatic handgun.
Roza was at his home when he was taken into custody. The sheriff's office did not disclose where that was. Roza is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday.
Investigators remain tight-lipped about the case. The sheriff's office said motives, circumstances surrounding the fight and other information about the case will not be released at this time.
Anyone who may have information about the homicide is asked to call the Major Crimes Unit at 530-245-6135 or email mcu@co |
Before Dana Bedden arrived, many of the schools in Richmond, Va., suffered from crowding, outdated facilities, underfunding, and shortages | of technology and other resources.
Since taking the post in January 2014, Bedden changed the team in the central office, made staffing changes for teachers and principals, and worked on upgrading facilities.
Saying there was a "lack of systems in place," he built a team of people from outside Richmond to look at the challenges with new eyes.
Once news spread that Bedden was a finalist for the superintendency in Boston, though, an organized effort to keep him in Richmond began.
Donald Cowles, a retired business executive, and about 10 others decided the best way to encourage Bedden to stay was to tell him they didn't want him to leave. Cowles and other community members set up a petition called "RPS: Better With Bedden." The catchy title took off, and soon the hashtag #betterwithbedden sparked a conversation on Twitter about how to keep Bedden.
The petition, signed by teachers, parents, |
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ:CLAR | ) ("Clarus" and/or the "Company") announced the acquisition of the assets of SKINourishment, Inc. The acquisition provides an entry into the skincare category which, along with other sport-enhancing products, is a strategic focus of the Company and a newly targeted high-growth potential category.
SKINourishment offers organic, 100% food-grade, plant-based skin products that are safe and effective, with distribution across 37 countries. Since SKINourishment's products are made from plants and food-grade ingredients, they are cruelty-free, non-GMO, vegetarian, vegan and some are gluten free. Its products are sold under four brands—climbOn®, crossFIXE®, POLYN® and POLYNTM baby. Clarus' initial focus will be on the launch of seven climbOn products through its global distribution platform.
"Clarus has identified skincare, along with sport supplements, as a new category of |
Nancy Lublin is the self-professed "old person" in charge of DoSomething.org, an organization that encourages teenagers to enact | social change. Previously she founded Dress for Success, which provides interview attire and employment training for underprivileged women.
Using AI and better integration with popular apps, the peer-to-peer hotline is expanding its ability to find people in distress and offer help before the situation escalates.
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