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Also, I have an issue with sticking my fingers in flaxseed gel since it's so organic and pure. I don't want the bacteria from my fingers to mess up my precious gel, so that's another reason why I use the dispenser(s).
Once you are satisfied with your gel in the dispensers, store them in the refrigerator to stay preserved and ready to use. This will keep the gel preserved at least 2-3 weeks. If you have lots left over, you can always put the remaining gel in a container and freeze it. Thaw the container in a bowl of hot water when you are ready to use. But for this recipe, it was enough for 2 small travel sized dispensers.
Anything else to add?
Flaxseed Gel For Natural Hair This gel will last about 2-3 weeks. You will know that the time is up by the way it smells (spoiled and gross). If you have added essential oils, it may be tough to tell...so just mark when you created it on your calendar for 2 weeks.
Also, add labels to your dispensers so you know exactly what you used to make it. This will help if the mixture is awesome and you want to make the same exact gel again. This will also help if the gel wasn't too good and you want to change something. You can also mark the date on the label as well.
One more thing to add: I tried to use a knee-high stocking and tongs to dispense my gel into a container and it was MESSY! It was too tough for me and I wasn't going to have that. So I purchased two strainers (2 pack from Dollar Tree for $1...just saying lol) and that helps a lot! I wouldn't recommend using a knee-high stocking and tongs at all! Just too difficult for something so simple. You will get enough gel to last you 2-3 weeks with this recipe and a strainer. Smile!!
And that's it!
I know for me, flaxseed gel will take the place of my moisturizers, leave-ins, and gels. So that will save me lots of money!!!!!!! Yay, for going GREEN! So try it... it's dirt cheap!!
Of course, you can tweak the recipe to make it your own. I have seen many, many, many different recipes what kitchenistas have used in their flaxseed gel. So adjust it the way you like it! | 2,000 |
layout doesn't show in GNOME Shell top bar (1045914). You can use the GNOME3 PPA to get the updated System Settings which fixes this.
There are two Online Accounts entries in System Settings. One is the GNOME tool which you can use for Contacts, Documents, and Evolution. The other is Ubuntu's tool for Empathy, Gwibber, Shotwell, and if you install it, Unity. Hopefully for 13.04, we'll be able to use just one tool. (1040193)
The category headings in System Settings have ugly "missing icon" icons (934335)
The system status menu (the "cog" indicator at the far right in GNOME Clasic) doesn't show up in some cases or display correctly when using the default Adwaita theme or the accessibility themes (975563).
Some of the Ubuntu patches to System Settings don't work well in GNOME. You can use the GNOME3 PPA to get the improved System Settings backported from raring.
Virtualbox drm driver fails to auto-load (Debian:686994).
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to develop – one that is not exclusionary.
It rejects that there is any one true way of understanding gender. As such, it is far more applicable and universal than the other theories.
How useful is the program?
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Research tells us that issues around gender, sexuality and diversity remain invisible or only tokenistically addressed (sometimes inaccurately) in curricula.
Although sex and relationships education represents a key part of policies to safeguard young people and their sexual health, government guidance is largely outdated. This results in poor-quality programs that are mostly not meeting young people’s needs.
The Crossroads program focuses on challenging and changing the dominant (often essentialist) beliefs, values and expectations around gender and sexuality.
While it does not explicitly name a particular theory of gender in its curriculum, its focus on unpacking social and cultural expectations of gender allows us to presume that it positions gender as a construct of society or of language.
This approach provides students with meaningful and accurate information about gender diversity in order to challenge homophobic and transphobic discrimination.
The program also asks students to consider the ways that gender has influenced their own and others’ identity and relationships (including violence), and the ways that social and cultural pressures have influenced their own gender.
These are crucial questions for young people. About 80% of them will experience or witness gendered (often homophobic or transphobic) violence and harassment at school. They are likely to alter their behaviours to avoid this persecution.
It’s also important to recognise that schools are sites where heterosexuality is constructed as the only expected and “normal” sexuality, as binary (and biological) gender constructions tend to dominate in these contexts.
These environments are damaging for all students, reducing their options for various activities, interests and behaviours, lest they be subjected to homophobic or transphobic harassment.
Teaching nuanced and critical understandings of gender is crucial in an environment where LGBTIQ members of the community are between six and 15 times (depending on their intersecting identities) more likely to self-harm or attempt suicide than their heterosexual or cisgender – people who have a gender identity that matches the sex that they were assigned at birth – counterparts.
Research has shown that having more conservative attitudes towards gender may link with the acceptance and promotion of violence. Maintaining and extending the approach of Crossroads to Years K to 10 sex and relationships education is therefore critical if we are to reduce incidents of abuse and harassment in schools. | 2,002 |
Over the past two decades, the Kosovar government has spent over $2 billion on payment to former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) paramilitary organization. Kosovo received the money from the United States and the European Union and since 2009 mostly from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Kosovo Liberation Army was formed during the mid-1990s by Kosovo Albanians seeking independence from Serbia and the creation of a monoethnic state. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.
There have been numerous reports of abuses and war crimes committed by KLA members during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war, including massacres of civilians, prisons camps, allegations of organ theft etc. A special court in The Hague has been established to investigate those crimes.
According to different estimates, currently at least 500 KLA veterans are fighting in the ranks of Daesh in Syria.
"Compared to the entire population of Kosovo, this number is the fifth-largest among other European countries. Many of the KLA veterans fighting for Daesh receive payments from the Kosovar budget which regularly funded by the US, the EU and the IMF," journalist Brankica Ristic wrote for Sputnik Serbia.
Currently, there are 46,000 KLA veterans in Kosovo. A list was made up to identify those who deserve pensions from the budget. The IMF unveiled €106 million ($113 million) for the initiative.
The first payments were made in 2015. Some 12,000 former KLA members, who fought against the Yugoslavian government and law enforcement agencies in the 1990s, received €170 ($181) each.
However, since the time the number of officially registered veterans has increased fourfold. Pristina had to ask the IMF to unveil more funds.
The Kosovar budget for 2017 is €2 billion ($2.1 billion), including money to transform the Kosovo security forces into full-fledged armed forces, which will be funded by the IMF.
However, the IMF does not want to give money for pensions for 46,000 KLA veterans. The fund asked Pristina to clarify the number of veterans. The government hopes that if the IMF rejected to give the money the US could do. But the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election has put this into question.
"After the 1999 war Kosovo received $3.8 billion of international aid. According to different sources, between 2000 and 2010 the region received up to $40 billion. Part of this money could have been paid to those fighting now in the ranks of Daesh," the journalist wrote. | 2,003 |
The eagle that has resided at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for decades was taken from its enclosure. PRESS FILE
The eagle that has resided at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for decades was taken from its enclosure. PRESS FILE
The eagle that has resided at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for decades was taken from its enclosure. PRESS FILE
The eagle that has resided at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for decades was taken from its enclosure. PRESS FILE
The eagle that has resided at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for decades was taken from its enclosure. PRESS FILE
The eagle that has resided at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for decades was taken from its enclosure. PRESS FILE
The eagle that has resided at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for decades was taken from its enclosure. PRESS FILE
The eagle that has resided at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for decades was taken from its enclosure. PRESS FILE
The Quogue Wildlife Refuge’s only bald eagle was stolen from its enclosure early Tuesday morning. As of Wednesday, it was still missing.
At 8:30 a.m., refuge staff found an empty enclosure that was cut open, according to Cara Fernandes, the refuge’s program coordinator.
They believe that the eagle was taken by an adult man between 3 and 4:15 a.m., based on security footage from cameras in the parking lot, she added.
“I think we’re all shocked,” Ms. Fernandes said.
The 35-year-old male bald eagle, whose name is Sam, had its right wing amputated and has lived at the refuge for 31 years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service transported him there after it injured its wing in the Western United States.
Ms. Fernandes noted that Sam lost his ability to fly as a result of his injury and cannot survive without their care.
They were unable to identify the suspect from the video footage, but she said that the Quogue Village Police Department is working with the Department of Environmental Conservation to develop any leads.
Taking and possessing a bald eagle is a federal offense and is punishable by up to a $5,000 fine or up to one year of imprisonment, or both.
The Suffolk County Police Department issued a press release Tuesday evening on behalf of the Quogue Police Department, and the refuge posted the news on its social media pages.
“We’re hoping any additional word out could help the cause and could keep people on the lookout,” Ms. Fernandes said. | 2,004 |
G20 world leaders have revealed their communiqué to tackle the global economic crisis. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the $1.1 trillion deal as he closed the G20 summit. Here is a summary of the key points: FINANCIAL REGULATION A new Financial Stability Board, with a strengthened mandate, will replace the Financial Stability Forum
Financial regulation and oversight will be extended to all financial institutions, instruments and markets
This includes bringing hedge funds within the global regulatory net for the first time
Members are committed to implementing tough new rules on pay and bonuses at a global level
International accounting standards will be set
Credit rating agencies will be regulated in order to remove their conflicts of interest
A common approach to cleaning up banks' toxic assets has been agreed TAX HAVENS There will be sanctions against tax havens that do not transfer information on request
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has published a list of countries assessed by the Global Forum against the international standard for exchange of tax information
IMF Resources available to the International Monetary Fund will be trebled to $750bn
This includes a new overdraft facility, or special drawing rights allocation, of $250bn
Additional resources of $6bn from agreed IMF gold sales will be made available for lending to the poorest countries
The G20 also supports increased lending to the world's poorest countries of at least $100bn by the multilateral development banks GLOBAL TRADE There will be a commitment of $250bn of support for trade finance made over the next two years
This will be made available through export credit and investment agencies, as well as through multilateral development banks
National regulators will be asked to make use of available flexibility in capital requirements for trade finance PROTECTIONISM The G20 has pledged to resist protectionism
There will be a commitment to naming and shaming countries that breach free trade rules
The G20 will notify the World Trade Organization (WTO) of any measures that constrain worldwide capital flows
The G20 has called on the WTO to monitor and report publicly on these undertakings on a quarterly basis FISCAL STIMULUS Although there is no new fiscal stimulus, Gordon Brown said G20 countries are already implementing "the biggest macroeconomic stimulus the world has ever seen" - an injection of $5tn by the end of next year
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Friday has since voiced his concerns that such behaviour is ‘systemic;’ appears to be on the rise and only leadership from deputy ministers can change the culture.
In all cases, Friday found the alleged abuses and botched handling of the harassment complaints were egregious enough to meet the test of gross mismanagement under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
In most cases, the harassment complaints were against managers in executive positions and senior management, such as deputy ministers or assistant deputy ministers, were rapped for not doing enough to stop the behaviour.
The integrity commissioner has tabled 16 reports of wrongdoing in Parliament over the years. He can recommend disciplinary action, but any action is up to departments.
There have also been several high-profile cases of misconduct and mismanagement among top-ranking executives over the years, including Former Integrity Commissioner Christiane Ouimet and Shirish Chotalia, former chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick voiced his concerns about “inappropriate behaviours” in his recent annual report on the public service to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He also appointed an internal term, headed by PCO Deputy Secretary Janine Sherman, to examine the culture of the public service, its harassment policies and a better way to support employees. That group has held several roundtables and Sherman will deliver Wernick a final report.
But some argue the malfunctioning Phoenix pay systems raises questions about the effectiveness of performance pay as an incentive for all executives, especially for managing large “enterprise-wide” projects with many players that take years to design and roll out.
It’s a debate that erupts whenever bureaucrats bungle a project or get caught in a scandal.
Performance pay in government has been dogged by controversy since it was introduced in the 1980s. Many argue it’s too difficult to measure performance in the public sector, compared with the bottom-line-driven private sector.
Performance pay become a flashpoint for many public servants and Canadians alike who have demanded to know how many executives collected performance pay over the decade it took to plan, build and implement Phoenix.
This claw back won’t apply to deputy ministers or associate deputy ministers accountable for Phoenix because they are grandfathered under the old rules.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada, which is ramping up its campaign to make the government more accountable for Phoenix, is demanding the government stop paying performance bonuses to all executives until rank-and-file employees are paid properly. | 2,006 |
About Kye
Kye is a puzzle game with arcade game elements. It was originally a shareware Windows game in the early 90s; it is now available for Windows and Linux. The game takes place in a small playing area, where the player controls Kye — a distinctive green blob. The player moves around and tries to collect all of the diamonds. However, there are many other objects in the game, which can obstruct, trap or kill the Kye.
Kye is one of those games like Chess, where a small number of different playing pieces, obeying simple rules, combine to create a game of enormous variety and complexity.
The Playing Pieces page on My Kye Page gives a description of the various objects in Kye. The game loads with a simple start level, and a series of introductory levels; it is best to play around in the introductory levels for the while and get a feel for the game, before attempting any of the add-on levels.
Alternatively, I have made a short video demonstrating the game and showing how some of the objects in the game work.
There is also a mailing list for use by anyone interested in any version of Kye.
Versions of Kye
Originally Kye was a shareware game for Windows 3.1. Version 1 had all the main elements of the game, and a (very) limited collection of levels. Version 2 was also distributed as shareware (registering just got a few more levels and removed the registration/charity appeal at the start). Kye v2 also supported a range of new objects, including timer blocks, rocky/slider generators, black holes and one-way doors. It also includes a built-in level editor.
I have written a clone of Kye, which works on Linux and other systems that have the pygtk library (including Windows, although it is not very easy to set up for Windows). You can get this from the download page.
I have also made a large number of extra levels for Kye. 20 of my levels were included in the registered Kye v2, but I have written another 30 since then. The various level sets are described here.
Charityware
The original Kye for Windows was shareware, with the proceeds going to Save the Children. As I have used the game idea, it seems fair to maintain the spirit of the original program, and make it charityware — if you like Python Kye, you are encouraged to donate to a children's charity of your choice. | 2,007 |
Louisiana
Police ID intoxicated man who hit Mardi Gras crowd
The New Orleans Police Department on Sunday identified the man who allegedly plowed into a crowd enjoying a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans while intoxicated as Neilson Rizzuto, 25. Jail records showed he was arrested on a number of charges and was being held at the city’s jail.
The accident happened Saturday during one of the busiest nights of Mardi Gras when thousands of people throng the streets of Mid-City to watch the elaborate floats and clamor to catch beads and trinkets tossed from riders.
“We suspect that that subject was highly intoxicated,” Police Chief Michael Harrison said Saturday evening.
Harrison was asked by the media if terrorism was suspected. Although he didn’t say “No,” he said it looked like a case of DWI.
Twenty-one people were hospitalized after the crash, with five victims taken to the trauma center in guarded condition. However, their conditions did not seem to be life-threatening, said Jeff Elder, city emergency services director.
Seven others declined to be hospitalized, he said.
— Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Headstones vandalized at Jewish cemetery
More than 100 headstones have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, authorities said.
A man visiting the cemetery called police at 9:40 a.m. Sunday to report that three of his relatives’ headstones had been knocked over and damaged.
“The cemetery was inspected and approximately 100 additional headstones were found to be knocked over,” apparently sometime after dark Saturday, a police spokeswoman said in a statement. A criminal mischief-institutional vandalism investigation will be conducted by the police’s Northeast Detectives Division, she said.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia lists Mount Carmel as a Jewish cemetery.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon called the report “shocking and a source of worry,” although he added that he had “full confidence” that authorities in the United States would be able to catch and punish those responsible.
The damage comes less than a week after a Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis reported more than 150 headstones vandalized, many of them tipped over.
Aaron Mallin told WPVI-TV that he discovered the damage when he came to visit his father’s grave.
— Associated Press | 2,008 |
Proposed Exit 33 in Stratford equals ‘ghost town’ for Milford’s Devon residents
MILFORD >> A conceptual plan by the state Department of Transportation to relocate Exit 33 off Interstate 95 to alleviate congestion in Stratford has prompted small-business owners in the Devon section of Milford, and others, to launch a fight against the plan.
The exit relocation concept was considered in 2006, but was stopped by protests from business owners and legislators on the Milford side of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, largely because the Devon section of the city depends on business of customers who drive through after coming off Exit 33.
At a press conference Tuesday, environmental officials, business owners and politicians said they are calling upon the Board of Aldermen and state legislators to introduce legislation that would keep the project from happening.
Former Speaker of the House Jim Amann, also the former chairman of the Devon Revitalization Committee, said the exit relocation doesn’t make sense to Devon after 10 years of work to revitalize the area. He noted that when the Moses Wheeler Bridge was closed for construction years back, many great Devon businesses closed because the area became a ghost town.
“Neither Devon, nor Milford — nor even Stratford — can afford the economic impact to our tax bases and the loss of revenue our businesses will face as a result of this redesign,” Amann said. Amann added that he hates to see one city “pitted against another.”
DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick said the redesign plan is just a little beyond the conceptual phase and will require an environmental impact study, as well as public input, before becoming a reality. Nursick said that according to Stratford officials and its legislative delegation, who want the project, that town is suffering extreme traffic congestion because of the exit configuration, something bad for their business.
Nursick said part of the DOT’s job is to reduce traffic congestion.
Charles Perez, who represents Stratford Action For The Environment, also spoke against the plan, claiming the new interchange has the potential to disrupt and cause further contamination of groundwater surrounding the nearby former Raymark manufacturing site, now an EPA Superfund site.
Devon merchants claim the proposal would turn Devon into a ghost town, after merchants have invested millions into its revitalization; the change would reduce traffic flow through Devon by 50 percent; the project will cost the state $34 million in unnecessary expense; the money would be better used by giving the municipalities each $17 million to invest in their economies. | 2,009 |
Two teenagers were fatally stabbed this weekend, and The Sun used their deaths to make a bizarre dig at Premier League footballer Raheem Sterling.
The paper has been waging a strange campaign against Sterling over the last couple of years, along with many other British tabloids. As pointed out by a couple of Twitter users, The Sun in particular seems to have taken an intense dislike to the Manchester City midfielder, publishing various stories criticising him for such inexcusable offences as "earning a lot of money" and "shopping at Primark".
The paper's latest attack is today's front page: a photograph of Sterling's new leg tattoo – a gun – under the heading "Raheem shoots himself in the foot".
In the accompanying front page article, we hear from anti-gun campaigner Lucy Cope, who says, "He's supposed to be a role model but chooses to glamorise guns." Sterling has since explained his reasons for getting the tattoo, which have little to do with glamourising guns. "When I was two my father died from being gunned down to death," he wrote on Instagram. "I made a promise to myself I would never touch a gun in my life time, I shoot with my right foot so it has a deeper meaning."
Which: fine. Fair enough. A man got a tattoo some people didn't like, but it's fair to say he didn't do anything nearly as terrible as The Sun is trying to make out.
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What is truly terrible is The Sun's decision to use the deaths of two teenagers to drive their nonexistent point home. This weekend, 15-year-old Samuel Baker was stabbed to death in Sheffield, and 17-year-old Louis-Ryan Menedes died after being stabbed in the chest in Northampton.
Clearly, neither of these deaths had anything to do with a footballer getting a tattoo, and the tattoo has nothing to do with knife crime. Still, that didn't stop The Sun from opening their story about the deaths with the sentence: "Two more teenagers were killed over the weekend as Sterling revealed his controversial gun tattoo."
Understandably, all this has provoked a number of responses on social media.
Poet and journalist Musa Okwonga tweeted, "The Sun and the Daily Mail seem to take it almost in turns [to] go after Raheem Sterling, apparently for no reason other than he is black and successful," while Gary Lineker has spent the day rebuffing Piers Morgan's apparent outrage over the tattoo. | 2,010 |
example. He’s got some tough miles on him.
Now, it isn’t all bad. Phaneuf’s scoring rate over the last three years including the lockout-shortened season is actually 0.44 points-per-game, which translates to 36 points over an 82-game season, so his boxcars are still somewhat impressive (though nowhere near his early years with the Flames).
But for a guy whose defensive play has been criticized so much, 7-million is a lot to pay for 36 points and not much else. Maybe his possession game has been hurt by his quality of teammates or coaching systems, but as it was pointed out in the link to Burtch’s article above, others are playing under the same system and outperforming him, so I have a tough time buying into that. Coaching was a problem, and it won’t be going forward, but elevating play under Babcock should apply to all the Leafs, so Phaneuf is unlikely to improve his performance relative to his peers. At 30, he isn’t likely to take much of a step forward as a possession-driver, and the Leafs can’t continue to pay to find out if he can.
Again, from Tulsky, in his look at how defenseman age with regards to driving possession:
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to run Phaneuf out of town, I just believe if one or both of these players has to go, he needs to be the priority. It’s difficult to predict him being an effective player from here on out, and he’s simply older. And yes, I know, the go-to question about moving Phaneuf often becomes “Well, who’s going to take those minutes?” But for a team nowhere near contention, the answer should be someone who isn’t 30 and making a dump truck full of money.
In the battle of who stays and who goes between Kessel and Phaneuf, it just seems Kessel is easier to get a read on in terms of how he can fit into the plan. If both go, I’m fine with it, and it’s sounding more like that will be the case. But I think Kessel should maybe be given a longer look. Both players will see their play fall off, but Phaneuf is further down that road, and his baseline wasn’t as good to begin with.
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Presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd that he's "conflicted" about the death penalty and that his "faith informs him" on the matter, which is confusing because I'm not sure which Bible he's reading that says we should execute people more quickly, rather than not at all.
CHUCK TODD: Speaking of life, have you changed your mind on the death penalty?
JEB BUSH: I'm conflicted. I am. It was the law of the land when I was governor, and I faithfully dealt with it. To be honest with you, it is not a deterrent anymore because it's seldom used. It clogs up the courts, it costs a ton of money. And--
CHUCK TODD: Are you one of those that look at the fiscal part of it and say, "You know what? Maybe it makes more fiscal sense to not do it"?
JEB BUSH: Here's the one thing, and it's hard for me, as a human being, to sign the death warrant, to be honest with you. I'm informed by my faith in many things, and this is one of them. So I have to admit that I'm conflicted about this. But here's the deal, when you meet people, this happens in rare cases where the death penalty's given out and you meet family members that have lost a loved one and it's still in their heart. It's etched in their soul. And this is the way that they get closure, I get more comfortable with it, to be honest with you.
But we should reform it. If it's to be used as a deterrent, it has to be reformed. It can't take 25 years. That does no one any good. Neither the victims nor the state is solving this problem with that kind of tangled judicial process.
CHUCK TODD: So you're still in favor of it, but?
JEB BUSH: Yeah, but I'm just saying, look, this is life, Chuck. It's not all either/or. Sometimes you can see both sides. And I believe life is truly a gift from God, and innocent life particularly should be protected at all cost, for sure. But people that commit these crimes, there should be-- justice can't be denied. And it shouldn't be delayed. And maybe there's a better way to do this where victims feel as though they're being served, because that should be front and center, the first obligation of the state. | 2,012 |
an Traps, the researchers have established that the time of peak eruptions was the same across much of the Indian continent. This supports the group's hypothesis that the asteroid impact triggered super-earthquakes that caused a strong burst of volcanism in India, which is almost directly opposite the impact site, the Chicxulub crater in the Caribbean Sea.
Sprain and Renne argue that the coincident catastrophes likely delivered a one-two punch to life on Earth, but the details are unclear. Volcanic eruptions produce lots of gases, but some, like carbon dioxide and methane, warm the planet, while others, like sulfur aerosols, are cooling. The impact itself would have sent dust into the atmosphere that blocked sunlight and cooled the Earth, though no one knows for how long.
"Both the impact and Deccan volcanism can produce similar environmental effects, but these are occurring on vastly differing timescales," Sprain said. "Therefore, to understand how each agent contributed to the extinction event, assessing timing is key."
Which gases in the Deccan Traps are emitted when is a question that's hard to answer, because there are no flood basalt eruptions going on today, despite numerous ones in Earth's history. The most recent, near the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, dwindled 15 million years ago after 400,000 years of eruptions.
The paucity of information about flood basalts is one reason Renne and Sprain are interested in the Deccan Traps, which are still young enough to contain information about the sequence, effects and scale of the eruptions, and perhaps the cause.
"It makes we wonder whether we may see some external forcing mechanism, like the impact for the Deccan Traps, for other flood basalts that lead up to major peaks in eruptions, like the Columbia River basalts or the Siberian Traps," Renne said. "Could a major earthquake in nearby subduction zones or the accumulation of pressure due to rising magma unleash these major episodes in flood basalts?"
Sprain noted that, in the same issue of Science, a research group at Princeton University also will publish new dates related to the Deccan Traps, some of which differ from those of the Berkeley group. Whereas the Berkeley group dated the mineral plagioclase from the actual lava flows, the Princeton group dated zircons in the sediment deposited between flows. Because it's unclear where the zircons came from, however, those dates provide only a maximum age for the lava, she said. | 2,013 |
Progressive urbanists and Ben Carson, President Donald Trump's conservative Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), hardly seem like bosom buddies. That makes Carson's embrace of a core item on the progressives' wish list all the more surprising.
In August, Carson announced that he would be revising Obama-era HUD regulations that required local governments to perform extensive (and expensive) studies of how concentrated their neighborhoods were along class and racial lines, and then come up with plans to remedy the housing segregation they found. In their place, Carson wanted HUD to issue new rules that would put the emphasis not on integrating housing but on building new housing, period. For Carson, that means cracking down on byzantine local zoning codes.
"I want to encourage the development of mixed-income multifamily dwellings all over the place," Carson told The Wall Street Journal. "I would incentivize people who really would like to get a nice juicy government grant" to pursue zoning reform.
Such comments could well have been taken from the script of policy wonks who have rightly identified land-use regulations as the chief cause of staggeringly high housing costs in booming cities such as San Francisco, New York, and Seattle.
A flurry of likeminded proposals from across the political spectrum followed Carson's announcement. In September, progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) introduced a bill that would tie federal infrastructure grants to local zoning reforms. The more market-oriented Niskanen Center also proposed conditioning federal funding to states on meeting housing production quotas. All of these proposals, of course, feature Washington meddling in local affairs.
Despite this newfound enthusiasm for looser zoning regulations, however, Carson's comments have not yet translated into concrete policy action.
That could be because the Trump administration is not all that interested in lowering the cost of housing in big blue cities. A more likely explanation is that there's honestly very little the feds can do to convince suburban "NIMBY"s—people who don't want new development in their neighborhoods—and city-dwelling anti-gentrification activists to accept a large apartment building at the end of their tidy, expensive block.
HUD can't tell local governments what zoning regulations to adopt, and the agency can attach only so many strings to federal housing funds. Carson's comments—which reflect a growing, pan-ideological consensus that the best cure for the nation's urban housing shortage is for cities to allow the construction of more housing—are encouraging. But as with most urban policy, the real action will have to start at the bottom. | 2,014 |
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Kannur: In a shocking development in Kerala, yet another link has been established between the Popular Front of India (PFI) and the dreaded terrorist organisation ISIS in Syria.
Police have uncovered a money trail behind the migration of youths from Kannur in Kerala to Syria to fight for the so-called Islamic State.
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According to reports, the recruited youths from the state were paid by a local Popular Front of India activist, K O P Thasleem.
Reportedly, Thasleem channelled the money through a hawala route from the Gulf.
READ: Coercions eclipsing consent? Nine inter-faith marriages in Kerala under lens, six have PFI links: NIA
As per an Indian Express report, the state police suspects that Thasleem, who had been staying in Sharjah for the last six months, might have moved to Syria.
“All those who either migrated to Syria or tried to sneak into that country from Kannur have got financial assistance to the tune of $400 each. They were paid through Popular Front of India activist Thasleem, who channelled the funds from the Gulf through a hawala route,” the Indian Express quoted a police source as saying.
Exclusive: PFI-ISIS terror links exposed as five men arrested from Kerala
According to reports, the funds given to the recruited youth was meant to cover their travel and other expenses.
Sources also confirmed to the agency that police had seized documents from the houses of those arrested which corroborated their findings about the financial transactions.
The source added, "We are yet to look into the sources who have channelled the money from the Gulf through Thasleem.”
Last month, five men, allegedly belonging to the PFI, and with suspected links to the Islamic State terror group were arrested from Kannur in Kerala.
All the five suspects were put under surveillance for the last months, he said.
The accused have been charged under sections 38 and 39 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The National Investigation Agency has been probing cases of disappearance of at least 21 people who had left Kerala under mysterious circumstances over a period of time and are suspected to have joined the ISIS. | 2,015 |
The next expansions for Destiny 2, “Shadowkeep” is out this week and IGN was able to speak with Bungie CEO Pete Parsons about the studio, and specifically on its plan to become one of the “best entertainment companies” in the world by the year 2025.
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Destiny 2 Shadowkeep marks a turning point for the Destiny franchise. It is the first major expansion Bungie has released following its split with ex-partner Activision. “You think this is going to be a really big stressor, but it’s become a really bright shining spot on our ability to bring products to the marketplace and customers,” Parsons tells IGN in an interview.And thanks to that “bright shining spot,” Parsons says that he and Bungie are already working towards some big goals. “Our vision ultimately through 2025 is to become one of the world’s best entertainment companies,” Parsons says.To do that, Parsons says it needs to start with Destiny. “One, is we need to begin transforming Destiny. The Destiny that we really believe in, like, the thing we think Destiny needs to become. I think you’ve seen it in the vid doc, like, the single evolving world, we needed to focus on that.”Parsons told IGN that this is all something Bungie wants to accomplish by 2025 and that there is a “pretty specific path” for the company. “So, by 2025 we have a pretty specific path to make sure we transform Destiny and that we have other franchises within the marketplace.”The latter is the other part of Bungie’s goal to become a greater entertainment company. “We need to build our publishing group, but part of our vision is also to become a multi-franchise entertainment company.”Bungie announced its interest in developing new properties, especially after announcing outside investment from Chinese game company NetEase. But Bungie says it’s looking for specific kinds of franchises to build.“I think the long-term vision of Bungie would be, we have worlds like Destiny that are great places to go and build friendships in. And we begin to introduce new worlds that people care a lot about,” Parsons says.Shadowkeep is out on October 1 for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia. Read IGN’s full Destiny 2: Shadowkeep preview here
Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter | 2,016 |
What to Know Deputies responded to a report of a shooting threat Thursday at a Willowbrook elementary school
A rifle, ammunition and target list were among items seized at the boy's home
Staff members credit other students with reporting the threat
An AR-15 rifle, 100 rounds of ammunition and a list of intended targets were seized as part of an investigation into a shooting threat at a Los Angeles middle school, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Friday.
Deputies also found a hand-drawn layout of the school in what was described by authorities as an averted school shooting. The weapon was found at the home of a 13-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats.
The threat investigation began Thursday after deputies responded to a report of a student who threatened to shoot staff members and other students at Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle School in the Willowbrook area. A spokesperson for the school said other students notified staff members about the threat.
"We moved quickly to ensure that no harm came to our students," the statement said. "Our students did everything right by raising concerns with adults."
The weapon was not registered, but it does have a serial number, said LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
The student under arrest made the threats on campus Thursday, he said.
"Multiple students overheard the school threat on campus and teachers emailed the administration about concerns raised by the students," Villanueva said. "School officials contacted the sheriff's department immediately."
The arrest comes about a week after a 16-year-old student opened fire at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, killing two classmates and injuring three others. In that case, the shooter used an kit gun, which would likely skirt California's tough gun laws that require a background check before the purchase of a complete factory-made weapon.
During Friday's news conference, Villanueva said the department has been notified of a series of threats since the Nov. 14 shooting at Saugus High School. Another threat was made at Pete Knight High School in the Palmdale area north of Los Angeles. Covina police beefed up staffing Friday at Charter Oak High School in response to a possible threat targeting that school.
"With all incidents like these, we ask all Los Angeles County residents that if they see or hear something to say something," Villanueva said. "In this case, the fact that people stepped forward to say what they had heard led us to be able to prevent a tragedy today." | 2,017 |
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Stop Animal Fighting Cockfighting still legal in New Mexico N.M. Panel Rejects Cockfighting Ban Plan By PETER BARNES Associated Press Writer SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A state Senate committee rejected a proposal to ban cockfighting, making it unlikely the sport will be outlawed this year in one of only two states where it is still legal. The Conservation Committee voted 6-2 Tuesday to table the proposal after nearly three hours of impassioned testimony. One committee member called the proposed ban a "ridiculous" waste of legislators' time. "This is what you call a rural vs. urban issue," Sen. Phil Griego said. The state House approved a ban in 2003, and a similar bill is pending there this year, but even if it passed the House, it would still run into trouble in the Senate. Louisiana is the only other state where cockfighting is legal. Thirteen of New Mexico's 33 counties outlaw cockfighting. Cockfighting supporters described the proposed ban as an attack on a centuries-old tradition, which people don't have to watch if they don't want to. "We do not claim to be without faults, but we do claim that cockfighting is not one of them," said Luis Sevilla, an engineering student at New Mexico Tech who said he was "born and raised cockfighter." Supporters of the legislation called cockfighting barbaric and inhumane. "It's simply cruelty to animals," said Viki Elkey, a lobbyist for Animal Protection Voters. "To us, it's just the idea of enjoying animals killing each other." Sevilla said cockfighting pales in comparison to violent video games and television programs. Actor Wilford Brimley spoke against the proposed ban Tuesday, saying he moved to New Mexico because of the state's respect for individual rights. Other celebrities, including actress Pamela Anderson, supported the ban but none appeared at the hearing. On the Net: Legislature: http://www.legis.state.nm.us http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/1110/2-23-2005/20050223091504_14.html Fair Use Notice: This document may contain copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owners. We believe that this not-for-profit, educational use on the Web constitutes a fair use of the copyrighted material (as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law). If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. | 2,018 |
The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship at CeBIT 2013 from March 5-9 will feature the first ever global StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm tournament.
The world's best StarCraft II players will gather at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany to compete for a prize pool of $100,000 in the final of the Intel Extreme Masters' seventh season, just days before the official release of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm on March 12.
The 24 participants have qualified for the final at events across the globe over the past few months. Fans all over the world will be able to benefit from the updated spectator UI as they watch their heroes bringing new strategies to the new battlefields. The tournament will also have the added benefit of the 'Recover Game' function.
Since its inception, the Intel Extreme Masters has celebrated Blizzard's involvement in eSports with tournaments for their games, including Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, World of Warcraft and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Just days before the launch of the latest installment in the StarCraft II saga, we're pleased to be continuing this tradition.
To celebrate the game's global release, Blizzard Entertainment will be holding
Attendees of these events will be able to meet famous players and commentators, as well as members of Blizzard's development team. The Intel Extreme Masters World Champion will receive an invitation to the European launch event in Versailles.
The 24 participants have qualified for the final at events across the globe over the past few months. Fans all over the world will be able to benefit from the updated spectator UI as they watch their heroes bringing new strategies to the new battlefields. The tournament will also have the added benefit of the 'Recover Game' function.Since its inception, the Intel Extreme Masters has celebrated Blizzard's involvement in eSports with tournaments for their games, including Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, World of Warcraft and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Just days before the launch of the latest installment in the StarCraft II saga, we're pleased to be continuing this tradition.To celebrate the game's global release, Blizzard Entertainment will be holding launch events around the world on the evening of March 11, including the official European launch event in Versailles, France, which will be streamed live.Attendees of these events will be able to meet famous players and commentators, as well as members of Blizzard's development team. The Intel Extreme Masters World Champion will receive an invitation to the European launch event in Versailles. 2677579, Friday, 15/02/13 15:58 | 2,019 |
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Two western Montana residents were charged with deliberate homicide in the stabbing deaths of two unidentified people whose bodies were found in plastic tubs of chemicals in the basement of a home.
Tiffanie Pierce, 23, and Augustus Standingrock, 26, were arrested last week and made their initial appearances in Justice Court on Monday. Both are charged with deliberate homicide and accountability to deliberate homicide for the deaths of a man and a woman on Aug. 17. They did not enter pleas and bail was set at $2 million.
The bodies of the unidentified man and woman were found in a Missoula home.
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"There's no combination of [release conditions] that would ensure that members of our community would be safe," Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst told Justice of the Peace Marie Andersen on Monday.
Pierce and Standingrock tried to dispose of the bodies of the victims by putting them in tubs with chemicals, prosecutors said.
Investigators discovered that Pierce purchased the chemicals, tubs and cleaning supplies that were found at the crime scene, according to KRTV. They also found a bloody ax and knives.
Pierce’s roommate told police he was awakened by a woman’s screams and found Pierce and Standingrock in the bathroom washing blood off themselves before Pierce told him there was a dead woman in the basement.
The roommate left the house after he was told of the body. He said Pierce later showed up at his work and told him she “killed a couple people last night,” according to court records.
Pierce reportedly told her roommate that Standingrock brought a couple of people over and that he took them to the basement and attacked one. Pierce attacked the other person who tried to get away, according to the roommate.
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Officers received a search warrant for the Missoula home and discovered Pierce and Standingrock at the residence.
Officers discovered a handgun and the two bodies in the home.
The initial investigation discovered that both victims died of stab wounds.
Pierce is also being investigated for another crime, a home invasion and stabbing that occurred in late July. The victim told officers that a woman asked her several times, “Where’s the money, where’s the drugs?”
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2,021 |
“There’s going to be a lot of visible wringing of hands, and urging Musharraf to declare his intentions,” she said. “But I don’t really see any alternative to continuing to work with him. They can’t just decide they’re going to blow off the whole country of Pakistan, because it sits right next to Afghanistan, where there are some 26,000 U.S. and NATO troops.”
The hand-wringing began even before General Musharraf imposed military rule. Ms. Rice said she has had several conversations with General Musharraf in the past few weeks — the last one two days ago — in which she appealed to him not to declare emergency powers. The American ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, had also been exhorting General Musharraf and his top deputies against making that step, Ms. Rice said.
“We were clear that we did not support it,” Ms. Rice said, speaking to reporters aboard a flight from Istanbul to Israel, where she is traveling for regional talks. “We were clear that we didn’t support it because it would take Pakistan away from the path of democratic rule.”
But even as she criticized General Musharraf’s power grab, Ms. Rice stopped short of outright condemnation of General Musharraf himself, even going so far as to credit him for doing “a lot” — in the past — toward preparing Pakistan for what she called a “path to democratic rule.”
That seeming contradiction highlights the quandary in which the Bush administration now finds itself.
There has long been a deep fear within the administration, particularly among intelligence officials, that an imperfect General Musharraf is better for American interests than an unknown in a volatile country that is central to the administration’s fight against terrorism. In recent months the White House had been hoping that a power-sharing alliance between General Musharraf and Pakistan’s former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, would help the general cling to power while putting a democratic face on his regime.
Now, experts predict that the United States will be watching Pakistan closely in the coming days to see how hard General Musharraf cracks down on his opponents — and whether opposition political leaders, journalists and scholars are imprisoned. Much of the attention will be on Ms. Bhutto, who strongly condemned the emergency declaration and quickly cut short a visit to Dubai to return to Pakistan during the crisis. | 2,022 |
Have you ever heard of the name Michael Cage? I hadn’t so if you haven’t, I’ll try to help you out a bit.
Michael Cage was a solid player for the Clippers in the mid 1980s. He averaged close to 15 and 13 in the ’87-’88 NBA season for the Los Angeles Clippers. His stardom was short lived as after he left LA, he would no longer be too effective on the floor.
For now, just keep the name Michael Cage in mind, we’ll come back to him.
Now, let’s fast forward to last night when the New York Knicks took on the Sacramento Kings. It was a low scoring affair, with both teams scoring under 90 points, but that didn’t stop Robin Lopez and DeMarcus Cousins from both having historical nights.
Robin Lopez finished with 23 points and 20 rebounds while DeMarcus Cousins went for 24 points and brought down 20 boards. What a fantastic match-up between two incredible centers. (yea, yea I get it Robin Lopez might not be so ‘incredible’ but just play along)
It got me thinking to the last time two opponents went head to head and both finished with a 20-point, 20-rebound game in the regular season. I searched through the Basketball Reference Play Index for a while, finding many players who had done it before, even teammates, but not opponents in the same game. Then, I stumbled upon it.
January 10th, 1996 was the date. The Cleveland Cavaliers faced off against the San Antonio Spurs that night with the Spurs winning that game by 6. David Robinson finished with 24 points and 20 rebounds while Michael Cage (Yes, that dude I mentioned earlier!!) had 20 points and 20 rebounds.
Sure, the Knicks and Kings are two teams that both won’t be playing in the playoffs this season, but that shouldn’t be a reason to stop watching. DeMarcus Cousins and Robin Lopez did something that hadn’t happened in over 20 years and if you were lucky enough to watch that game, I congratulate you.
So, props must not only be given to Cousins and Lopez for their incredible performances, but to those who watched the game as well. You saw something that we may never see again in the NBA.
(By the way, if you were wondering the last time it ever happened in a playoff game, it was again in 1996 and with Charles Barkley and David Robinson accomplishing the feat.) | 2,023 |
Lukas Podolski has never really manged to fulfill his full potential since his move to the Emirates and has constantly gone down in the past few seasons, due to lack of form and faith from Arsene Wenger. At the start of the season due to increased competition on the wings and virtuoso displays by Alexis he was forced to the bench.
He rarely started a game and made only a handful of substitute appearances before making it public that he was not happy with his situation at the club. Despite Wenger saying he is still a part of club and is in his plans it was clear that his situation will be sorted out in the January transfer window. Despite his brace against Galatasaray, he was a unused sub for the next few matches summed up his situation at the club.
Finally ending the saga the German international was sent to Inter Milan on loan till the end of the season. It was not a fruitful one and he ended up playing very less and again was limited to the substitute after some mediocre performances in the second half of the season. His typical left footed thundering shot from outside the box was the only highlight of his Milan spell. Later he made it public that he would be returning to the Emirates for the next season. It remains a question as what will be his role at the club in the coming years.
He never really settled into Arsene’s formations and tactics since his arrival in the summer of 2012. Though his 15 goals and 12 assists in his first season as a gunner was impressive, he still could not function effectively as a wide forward. Shunning the defensive duties and leaving the full back exposed had proved costly at important times. He doesn’t have to hold up play to bring others into play but could fit in well as a second striker in any setup.
In his handful of goals this season the arguably the most important one was his strike vs Anderletch to secure a valuable 3 points away from home to secure a place in the knock out phase. Not to forget his powerful shot vs Galatasaray was a sight to behold.
Looking ahead, His role at the club could be limited to the role of a super sub when in need of a goal vs tired defenses or parked buses. It’s a long way back to the starting lineup for him falling behind in favour of those who work tirelessly in defence as well as attack. As he looks to continue for being in contention for the national duty, he could return to Germany for playing time.
Does Podolski have a future at Arsenal? | 2,024 |
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First Hour: DJ Shiva
01. Bernard Badie – Move To The Beat (Club Use Only) [Mojuba]
02. Regal – Savage [Enemy]
03. Nikola Gala – Exhale [Enemy]
04. Demon.I/O – Faith [Subspecies]
05. TWR72 – Balance [Float]
06. Andre Kronert – Terminus (Pfirter Remix) [Odd Even]
07. Dax J – Camelot [Arts]
08. Sawlin – Spectrafuck (James Ruskin Remix) [Arts]
09. Nierich – Black Sheep Scenario [Micro.fon]
10.???? [unreleased]
11. Blue Hour – Falling Lines [Blue Hour]
12. Jonas Kopp – Red Plented [Tresor]
13. Marco Zenker – Darai [Ilian Tape]
14. Jeroen Liebregts – Hunter Grazer (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) [Audio Assault]
15. Garrett Dillon – Dark Shadows (DJ Shiva’s Vashta Nerada Remix) [Dystopian Rhythm]
Second Hour: MPW
01. Reeko – Passage#17
02. Exium – Nucleoid (Jonas Kopp Remix)
03. Shifted – Trouble
04. Masahiro Suzuki – VCA Rave Alert (Astronomical Telegram Remix)
05. Pfirter – New State of Consciousness
06. Developer – In Pure Form 12
07. Luis Ruiz – Diagrama Ancestral
08. Bas Mooy – Thorfytt
09. Pjotr G, Dubiosity – It Forgives Everything
10. Jeroen Search – Interference Pattern
11. Marcel Dettmann – Translation One
12. Exium, Reeko – Part II
13. Mike Dehnert – Channeled
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always thought things through.
In Spring when people were saying Griffin vs. G2 was gonna be a hype matchup, I felt the same because they were playing so many weird picks especially in the bot lane. [Son “Lehends” Si-woo] was playing Ornn and Elise support, stuff like that. And I also felt like we played a lot of random shit, so I felt like it would be really fun if we just played each other and just played random champions. But it was pretty standard, so hopefully, the second time around we play more random champs.
Is there a team in your group aside from Griffin that you guys are particularly worried about, or do you think it’ll be a cakewalk?
I’m not particularly worried about any team. I guess Cloud9 could be good, but from seeing the other teams I wouldn’t be too worried [laughs]. I’m not sure how they’re doing right now. They’re playing right now so maybe they’re smurfing. I guess we’ll see tomorrow.
What do you think about how the EU teams have been doing so far?
I feel like Fnatic has been doing pretty well. I mean they’re playing a bit worse than expected with early game, but I think they’re still playing pretty smart around the map so they have a good shot at making it out of groups. With Splyce, they were playing fine yesterday. They were playing fine, but the enemy team was just worse. They weren’t doing anything special. So I mean maybe they can get second, but it depends on how good FunPlus Phoenix and J Team are. They’re a little bit coinflip.
Give me a prediction right now. What score do you think you guys will end with?
In the group? I’ll go with uhh… 6-0? Or 5-? Nah, 6-0 [laughs].
Who’s gonna be below you?
Griffin’s gonna be second.
Okay, do you have anything to say for your fans?
Thanks for watching. Stay tuned for hopefully more fun games than this one.
Thank you to Mikyx for taking the time to chat with us!
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was in the weight room at 3, 4 o’clock in the morning, making sure I was preparing myself for this season no matter what was going on.”
In what is supposed to be the twilight of his career, LeBron is carving out a unique space for himself. Throughout his years in the league, he has shown us that he’s beatable, fallible, human. He has watched teams steal titles away from him, and players take what he feels should have been his MVP awards. And yet somehow he has turned his valleys into stepping stones for new, more impressive peaks. After all these years, he is still the most inevitable force in the league.
To those of us watching from afar, that concept is perplexing. Physically, it doesn’t make sense that a player who has played over 48,000 regular-season minutes can still look as potent, fresh, and dominant as LeBron does. In Year 17, James is still averaging 25 points and nearly eight rebounds a game while also posting a career-high (and league-leading) 10.6 assists per contest. The longer LeBron plays, the more it feels like someone should have caught up by now—and physically, they have. Mentally and tactically, though, perhaps no one ever will until he calls it quits.
“I don’t know how to put it into words,” Danny Green said after LeBron’s performance against the Bucks on Friday. “After the game, it’s like, ‘This guy is 35 years old.’”
For those watching him up close, those who see the time and effort he puts in, this is less mystique and more like a math equation. “He is still the first one in the gym, the one most in the weight room, taking care of his body and doing massages, anything it takes,” Dudley said. The work goes in, the product comes out. And even though age and wear and tear require pacing, especially ahead of the playoffs, when the games call for him to exert the kind of impact only he can, he still delivers.
“You know the hashtag #WashedKing,” Dudley said. “This is a generation where everyone sees social media. Sometimes the greats need motivation, and I think LeBron does a good job of putting his foot down. [Other stars] are the next faces of the league, not the faces of it. It’s still him.” | 2,027 |
at stake here, take a read of an opinion-piece authored by Edward Snowden earlier today.
Excepts via The Guardian:
In the midst of the greatest computer security crisis in history, the US government, along with the governments of the UK and Australia, is attempting to undermine the only method that currently exists for reliably protecting the world’s information: encryption. Should they succeed in their quest to undermine encryption, our public infrastructure and private lives will be rendered permanently unsafe… Donald Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, who authorised one of the earliest mass surveillance programmes without reviewing whether it was legal, is now signalling an intention to halt – or even roll back – the progress of the last six years. WhatsApp, the messaging service owned by Facebook, already uses end-to-end encryption (E2EE): in March the company announced its intention to incorporate E2EE into its other messaging apps – Facebook Messenger and Instagram – as well. Now Barr is launching a public campaign to prevent Facebook from climbing this next rung on the ladder of digital security. This began with an open letter co-signed by Barr, UK home secretary Priti Patel, Australia’s minister for home affairs and the US secretary of homeland security, demanding Facebook abandon its encryption proposals. If Barr’s campaign is successful, the communications of billions will remain frozen in a state of permanent insecurity: users will be vulnerable by design. And those communications will be vulnerable not only to investigators in the US, UK and Australia, but also to the intelligence agencies of China, Russia and Saudi Arabia – not to mention hackers around the world… The true explanation for why the US, UK and Australian governments want to do away with end-to-end encryption is less about public safety than it is about power: E2EE gives control to individuals and the devices they use to send, receive and encrypt communications, not to the companies and carriers that route them. This, then, would require government surveillance to become more targeted and methodical, rather than indiscriminate and universal.
The state doesn’t care about the children and it doesn’t care about you. The only thing it cares about is power and its control over the citizenry. Let’s not get conned for the millionth time.
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, it is very near by. It seems a shame that no marker or plaque commemorates the spot where our Capital was born.What’s even more bizarre is the fact that in 1980, the NCC and US State representatives erected what was the largest free-standing cast plaque in North America commemorating Wright’s settlement on the site of Wright’s original home….IN WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS. The founder of Ottawa, Hull and Gatineau lies buried in a simple grave a few kilometeres away from his original home, but no plaque marks the inception point of what was to become Canada’s Capital Region.
For whatever reason there is no plaque or any other indication of where Wright founded our city at the site. Whether or not it is because Wright was neither French nor British, but an American ex-patriot who founded the cradle of Canada’s Capital, this place is historically special and needs to be recognized. As a resident of this area I was saddened to stand on the spot where the man worked so hard to create a life for himself, who created a place that we call the National Capital Region, had nothing there to commemorate his efforts. Maybe because it is too remote, just a piece of overgrown NCC land in Gatineau, away from the downtown core, it remains ignored and forgotten. I would like to think that the legacy of Wright and what was our area’s first home, House One, will one day be made a place for all of us to visit, enjoy and remember in the years to come.
SOURCES
“Account Of The First Settlement Of The Township Of Hull, On The Ottawa River, Lower Canada”. By Philemon Wright, 1820. Ottawa Public Library.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philemon_Wright
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Leamy
http://www.westquebecers.ca/?action=show&lid=11D7E-GQVKL-29AZ7&mid=32
http://www.gvhs.ca/publications/utga-memorial.html
http://www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca/property-management/what-we-manage/archaeological-investigations-ncc-lands
http://www.bytown.net/wrightpm.htm
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Oh how the mighty have fallen.
An iconic California tree with a hole big enough to drive a car through has died. The tree, which stood in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, had lasted 137 years with a giant hole drilled through its base. In the end, however, a massive winter storm caused it to tumble on Sunday (Jan. 8).
"This iconic and still living tree — the tunnel tree — enchanted many visitors," the Calaveras Big Tree Association posted on Facebook. "The storm was just too much for it."
The "Pioneer Cabin Tree" was a giant sequoia that had a hole hollowed out of it in the 1880s. The tree's base — about 33 feet (10 meters) in diameter — had a fire scar that made carving out the rest easier, The Washington Post reported. At one point, automobiles had passed through its base, though in recent years, only hikers were allowed through it, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Though the base had been drilled through, the tree still sported a few green shoots, proof that it was still alive. However, in the end, the drilling may have contributed to its demise. Wildfires frequently race through the Sierra Mountains where sequoias live, and the trees' bark is made to slowly heal over such fire scars. By drilling through it, people may have slowed or inhibited that healing process, according to the Chronicle. Although the age of the Pioneer Cabin Tree is not clear, giant sequoias are some of the oldest trees in the world and can live more than 3,000 years, according to the National Park Service (NPS). Many other giant sequoias in the park were more than 1,000 years old, the New York Times reported.
"It was barely alive, there was one branch alive at the top," Joan Allday, a volunteer at the park, told the Chronicle. "But it was very brittle and starting to lift."
The roots of the tree only extended 2 to 4 feet (0.6 to 1.2 m) into the ground, while the rain-sodden ground around it may have helped those roots dislodge from the ground, Allday speculated.
Originally published on Live Science.
Editor's Note: This story was updated to correct the day that the "Pioneer Cabin Tree" fell. It fell on Sunday (Jan. 8), not Saturday (Jan. 7). | 2,030 |
childhood vaccine regimen, mimics certain neurological abnormalities of autism. These findings raise important safety issues while providing a potential model for examining aspects of causation and disease pathogenesis in acquired disorders of behaviour and development.
19. A study conducted by The George Washington University School of Public Health from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics determined that significantly increased rate ratios were observed for autism and autism spectrum disorders as a result of exposure to mercury from Thimerosal-containing vaccines.
20. A study published in the Journal Cell Biology and Toxicology by Kinki University in Osaka, Japan determined that in combination with the brain pathology observed in patients diagnosed with autism, the present study helps to support the possible biological plausability for how low-dose exposure to mercury from thimerosal-containing vaccines may be associated with autism.
21. A study published by the Journal Lab Medicine determined that vaccinations may be one of the triggers for autism. Researchers discovered that substantial data demonstrates immune abnormality in many autistic children consistent with impaired resistance to infection, activation of inflammatory responses and autoimmunity. Impaired resistance may predispose to vaccine injury in autism.
22. A study published in the Journal Neurochemical Research determined that since excessive accumulation of extracellular glutamate is linked with excitotoxicity, data implies that neonatal exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines might induce excitotoxic brain injuries, leading to neurodevelopmental disorders.
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’ And that’s what made me want to get into prosthetics.”
Click through Machado’s earlier posts and you’ll find similarly inventive, outside the box uses of makeup beyond beauty and cosplay, two of the most popular kinds of videos on YouTube. Her “Needles and Brushes” project is an ongoing series of makeup videos replicating two-dimensional tattoos on her face and body, creating the effect of a living tattoo that brings some of her favorite tattoo artists’ work to life.
“That’s a really special project for me,” said Machado, who created her first tattoo makeup video inspired by her favorite tattoo artist, whose waitlist for new clients was two years long. Instead of waiting, Machado decided to recreate the art on herself using her own skin as her canvas. “I’d seen people do paintings and characters, but I had never seen anyone take a tattoo and do makeup with it. I’ve always loved that world. I think it’s an art form that’s really underappreciated and I wanted to do what I could to pay tribute.”
The idea of creating tutorials for her unusual makeup art was planted when she began posting makeup videos for fun on her YouTube channel. “I started because my friends were like, how the fuck do you do this?”
Her future goals include putting together a book of her tattoo looks in collaboration with a tattoo artist, and continuing to create new ways of expressing never before seen artistic visions using makeup—and teaching others how to see makeup as a medium of vast creative potential.
“I want to continue to try to push myself to make things that people haven’t seen yet,” she said. “I think that’s essentially what I’m trying to do with my makeup, to innovate and make something new, which is really hard to do. Usually in this world you draw inspiration from something else, or your work is influenced by other people.”
Her dream job, however, is working in special effects makeup for film—preferably science fiction or fantasy. “I would die happy if I worked on Star Wars,” she said. “I really want to work in the movie industry. I really want to work with prosthetics. And I’m super squeamish. My main goal is to make pretty creatures instead of blowing someone’s head up.” | 2,032 |
One of the formulas floating around amid the Congress churning is to have Rahul Gandhi as leader of the party in the Lok Sabha even if he steps down as chief.
Rahul Gandhi has refused to change his mind on quitting as party chief, a decision he conveyed at a post-mortem by the Congress Working Committee on Saturday.
"He will not change his mind, though I want him to continue," said Tarun Gogoi, a member of the Congress Working Committee. Mr Gogoi said Rahul Gandhi was extremely upset with senior leaders of the party. "He was not happy with some of our seniors. The way they behaved, he felt they should have worked hard but they were not up to his expectations," the former Assam Chief Minister told NDTV.
He said Rahul Gandhi was asked in the meeting whether a "general should run away". "He said I am not running away. I will fight even more. If I am not looking after the Congress party, then I can fight the ideology," Mr Gogoi revealed.
On Monday, Rahul Gandhi, 48, told two Congress leaders, Ahmed Patel and KC Venugopal, to look for his replacement, according to sources. Ahmed Patel, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi's mother Sonia Gandhi, denied it and said it was a meeting for "routine administrative work".
Sources say the party is coming to terms with Rahul Gandhi's resolve and the possibility of another chief. The new chief has to be approved by all three Gandhis - Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi - say sources.
At the Saturday meeting, Rahul Gandhi also asked the leaders not to consider his mother and sister as his replacement, throwing the party into more turmoil. The Congress has been led mostly by members of the Nehru-Gandhi family and has not done very well under the rare non-Gandhi, like Sitaram Kesri.
The Congress failed to win a single seat in 18 states and union territories and won only 52 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha - not enough to qualify even for the post of Leader of Opposition (a party needs 55 for that).
It lost even in the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh that it won in December, and failed the test in Karnataka, which it has been ruling since last May in alliance with HD Kumaraswamy. The Congress is firefighting to keep its governments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka, where the BJP is breathing down its neck. | 2,033 |
Mitt Romney won the Florida Republican presidential primary in the nastiest way.
From the beginning of the year to primary election day, the Romney campaign and super PACs allied with Romney paid millions of dollars for 12,768 television ads. According to the Campaign Media Analysis Group, 99% of them were attacks on Newt Gingrich. In the same period, Gingrich and his supporters bought just 210 TV ads. While the majority of them slammed Romney, at least some were positive advertisements for Gingrich.
CMAG concluded that, with 92% of the total TV ads going on the attack, the Florida promary set a new record for negativity.
What does it say about a candidate who wins this way? Did people really vote for Romney or simply against a monster created from distortions, misrepresentations and mendacity?
Here’s what Gingrich said about it: “What a pathetic situation to be running for president of the United States with nothing positive to say for yourself and nothing available, a big idea, a big vision, a big future, and all you’ve got is to tear your opponents down so they get to be smaller than you are.”
Of course, as usual, Gigrich’s remarks are self-serving. His distortions of Romney’s record were equally outlandish and cynical. Still, he raises a salient question about Romney that goes beyond the man’s willingness to destroy his opponents by any means. What is the point of Romney’s candidacy? Beyond patriotic bromides and the usual vague conservative rhetoric about lower taxes and unleashed capitalism, Romney has not articulated a purpose for his prospective presidency. Gingrich, at least, has some explicit plans for what he’d do in the Oval Office, however grandiose some of them may be.
Romney’s biggest weakness throughout the campaign has been that most voters perceive a hollowness in his message and hold a huge measure of doubt about what he truly believes. Just as the other Republican candidates have been vying to be the not-Romney alternative, Romney seems to be running as the not-Obama and not much more.
At least Florida has given us clarity about one thing concerning the man most likely to be the Republican nominee: If he cannot win by swaying our hearts and minds, he’ll win by making us fear and loathe whoever stands in his way.
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Was it an exhibit by Kitchener's very own guerilla artist, or was it simply a plate of late-night food left on the side of the road?
We may never know for sure, because a plate of macaroni that was left for days on a barrier in downtown Kitchener has gone missing.
The plate first surfaced at the corner of King and Water streets on Tuesday, and the internet noticed.
Then, a museum-like tag identified it as an art piece called "Abandoned Snack," pushing the macaroni and cheese further into the limelight.
"Macaroni and sundried tomato on ceramic," the sign read. "Unknown Artist."
CTV was contacted by a man who claims that the placard for the so-called art piece was made by Jeff Woods.
Woods, though, maintains that he did not create it, claiming that he was given the placard for the so-called art piece to attach to the pole next to it.
"This obviously was a piece of contemporary art from an emerging urban contemporary artist," Woods says.
"And I've seen other examples of their art around town, with things like the abandoned cart series that seems to be some kind of commentary on consumerism."
But Woods says he doesn't know who the so-called artist is.
He says that on Thursday morning, he found out that the plate was gone, but he's not sure if it was vandalized or stolen.
"It's a toss-up. There's critics of all art in society and I'm not certain whether it was vandalized or whether it was removed because of its presumed future high value," he explains.
He likens the so-called art piece to those of high-profile anonymous artist Banksy.
So does this plate of macaroni mean something, or is it just a plate of macaroni?
Three years ago, a man trapped himself in a banana barrier at Kitchener City Hall. Zhaoyi Kang, a Chinese man who immigrated to Canada, built "The Well" to represent racial barriers that people face.
Woods say he can't say for sure, but he thinks that the macaroni carries deep meaning within its elbows.
"I'm not going to project a meaning onto the art on behalf of someone else," he says. "To me, it spoke to a class divide. A lot of the issues that are coming up in Kitchener around gentrification." | 2,035 |
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Three firefighter staff unions have urged members to donate money in support of police officers’ families affected by the 2014 pro-democracy occupy protests.
The notice circulated on social media said the donations will support “imprisoned colleagues.”
The company that will receive the sums, APO Relief Fund Limited, was first mentioned at a police rally supporting the families of the seven police officers who were jailed for assaulting a pro-democracy protester.
Photo: InMedia.
The three unions include the HKFS Officers Association, HK Fire Services Department Staffs General Association, and the Hong Kong Fire Services Control Staff’s Union.
“Facing serious social conflict and an ever-changing complex environment, we colleagues of the disciplinary forces should unite and help each other face challenges,” the notice read.
Photo: Facebook.
The APO Relief Fund was set up by Maria Tam Wai-chu, a pro-Beijing heavyweight and the founding head of the Junior Police Officers’ Association.
It has raised more than HK$11 million as of Tuesday. The fund also launched a crowdfunding campaign on the Fringebacker platform on Wednesday, set to last two months. 98 donors have given HK$88,812 as of Thursday evening.
Robert Ng Chee Siong, chairman of land developer Sino Group, donated HK$7 million.
The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong Federation of Women both donated HK$1 million each.
Maria Tam Wai-chu. File Photo: GovHK.
Peggy Lam Pei Yu-dja, president of Federation of Women, said that the public should consider why the incident involving the seven police officers occurred.
“We Chinese have a saying, that whoever provoked the fight should not complain about being beaten to death, right? So we need to see why this incident occurred, and we are sympathetic to the officers,” she said during a press conference.
Lam was referring to the victim, Ken Tsang Kin-chiu, who was also found to have poured liquid onto police officers before he was beaten.
Among the other donors was lawmaker Christopher Cheung Wah-fung, who is the vice chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council, the police watchdog. He donated HK$50,000.
Former Police Commissioner Tang King-shing and former head of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Timothy Tong Hin-ming donated HK$20,000 and HK$10,000 respectively. | 2,037 |
Yoshinori Ohsumi is a cell biologist born in 1945 in Fukuoka, Japan who discovers how cells recycle their content in a process called autophagy—a Greek term for ‘self-eating’, which is a dynamic cellular recycling process.
Autophagy is a crucial process in human being. During starvation, cells break down proteins and nonessential components and reuse them for energy.
Cells also use autophagy to destroy the invading viruses and bacteria by sending them off for recycling.
Most importantly, it was discovered that the cells can be starved by fasting as it stimulates the body to break down harmful cells. When the cells lack energy supply and nutrition, they maintain their lives by degrading their unnecessary nutrients and energy.
They will also eat unused or harmful substances such as toxic proteins in the cells as the required energy.
This will extend the life of cells and reduce inflammation in the human body. Thanks to this amazing discovery, Ohsumi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2016.
The discovery wins him the Nobel Prize.
Ohsumi and his award.
In other words, organized starvation like intermittent fasting can help our body to ‘self-clean’, speed up metabolism, help to lose weight and improve overall health by lowering risk of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and possibly dementia too.
There are many ways to fast, here are few of them according to Bright Side:
1. Fasting for 24 hours
You can choose not to eat for a day in a week. Take one meal during breakfast and endure it till your next breakfast.
2. Intermittent fasting
Take fewer calories on the fasting day than usual. If you usually take 2000 calories per day, take 500 calories during the fasting day.
3. Limited fasting
Another type of intermittent fasting where you will be fasting for 16 hours and restricting your eating to an 8-hour eating window.
4. Reduce food quantity
Try to eat less in a day, and do not eat too much for the next meal. This can also promote metabolism.
5. Drink-water-fasting
This type of fasting didn’t allow you to take anything but water. You can choose to drink plain water or any sugar-free juice one day in a week.
All thanks to Dr Ohsumi’s effort, we now know the importance of this amazing discovery!
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The Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) recently called on the Japanese government to legalise same-sex marriage, the latest example of how the country’s legal community in the fight for marriage equality. The letter challenged current interpretations of the Constitution of Japan as a breach of human rights, which are protected under the country’s guiding law. The JFBA is set to meet with lawmakers next about this.
Back in March this year, lawyers representing gay couples launched a legal challenge, arguing that Article 24 of the Constitution, which states “marriage shall be based only on the mutual consent of both sexes” and “shall be maintained through mutual cooperation with the equal rights of husband and wife as a basis,” is not adequate cause to deny same sex couples the right to marry.
Japanese Big Four law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto backed the couples, who have also received support from a growing number of corporates and companies, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Barclays.
And they are not being driven by altruism alone. Employers across the region are increasingly aware of the benefits of marriage equality to workers. While Japan’s government has sought to encourage skilled immigration in recent years, a cultural gap and requirements for language skills are often cited as hurdles for the country in attracting highly skilled talent from overseas. From a business perspective, marriage equality helps to support staff retention and allows visas for hires who are in same-sex marriages to relocate to Japan.
Alexander Dmitrenko, a senior associate with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Tokyo, and a member of Lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network (LLAN), tells Asian Legal Business that marriage equality is one way that businesses can attract international talent to the market, but also importantly, “hold on to Japanese LGBT talent as well.”
Rika Beppu, a founding member of LLAN, says the JFBA’s recent actions are “extremely important and positive. I truly believe that it is a significant piece of work, and something that we are strongly applauding in Japan.”
Dmitrenko notes that support from major Japanese and international companies is helping to bring this issue to attention and creating traction around change.
“That support makes a big difference – it’s the difference between walking and being on a train. We’re moving in the right direction and we’re stopping along the way to pick up more people and adding more support,” he says. | 2,039 |
The NVIDIA system can tackle an impressive 320 trillion operations per second. All the parties involved in this new venture hope this will be enough to power level 4 and 5 vehicles which will be used as robo-taxis.
Daimler and Bosch announced back in April they would be teaming up to develop self-driving taxis. The two companies had said they wanted to get these vehicles on the road within five years. With today's news, it looks like they're on track with that.
The first of the cars using NVIDIA's AI platform (which the Daimler says will be Mercedes S-Class sedans and V-Class vans) will start road testing in a Silicon Valley city starting in the second half of 2019. The two companies are still negotiating with the city and will announce the location at a later date. The final version (or at least ready for a larger general rollout) should be ready in the first part of the next decade. A bit vague timeline wise, but within the goal already set forth by the two companies.
In addition, to supply the self-driving AI platform, NVIDIA will work with Bosch and Daimler to build the system necessary for the self-driving ride-hailing service. During the pilot phase, the shuttles will stick to a few predetermined routes.
We should start seeing more pilots like this one in the coming years. Waymo already has an Early Rider program up and running in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Uber, Lyft, GM and others are all working towards their own self-driving taxi services. With the initial cost of level 4 and level 5 vehicles being beyond the reach of most consumers (because of the sensors and technology embedded), it makes sense financially to have these cars act as taxis where they'll be able to recoup the tech investment.
Daimler noted that it's Mercedes division has been working on a foundation for autonomous driving for a while. That includes last year's Intelligent World Drive. The data gathered from that event and the subsequent research done in its wake will help the partnership build parameters for cars in each market.
This isn't the first time Bosch and Mercedes have teamed up for an autonomous car. Back in 1986 they were both part of the Prometheus project that included an autonomous car codenamed VITA (Vision Information Technology Application). Except this time they're going to have to move a whole lot faster because if mobility plays out the way automakers think it will, being one of the first to have a ride-hailing system on the road could be very lucrative. | 2,040 |
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Ian Botham was among Australia's most-vocal critics last month, but now admits England have been "outmuscled and pushed around the park by a very good" side during the Ashes.
Botham offered a frank assessment of Steve Smith's XI ahead of the first Test, describing their batting order as the nation's worst since the Kerry Packer split 40 years ago.
The assessment left the legendary English allrounder with egg on his face; Australia reclaimed the urn in Perth by posting their highest total in a home Ashes Test.
"They've beaten us and beaten us comprehensively," Botham told AAP at the 39th annual Jack Newton Celebrity Classic in the Hunter Valley.
"We have to face up to the fact we were outmuscled and pushed around the park by a very good Australian side.
"Australia is playing for five-nil but we have to show some heart and spirit and pride and go home with a win or two."
(AAP)
Botham, who was part of England's triumphant Test tours of Australia in 1978-79 and 1986-87, has been impressed with Australia's pace attack.
"They're excellent. They can make life difficult for sides for some years, as long as they stay fit," he said.
But the 62-year-old added it was important "not to get too carried away - they're not as quick or as fearsome as (Dennis) Lillee and (Jeff) Thomson."
"Australia's bowlers just hit England and cleaned up their tail-order batsmen and got stuck right into them and didn't let them settle," he said.
"There's been some great deliveries bowled in this series and a few poor shots by England, particularly by the lower order."
Under-performing captain Joe Root has copped plenty of criticism after heavy defeats at the Gabba, Adelaide Oval and WACA but Botham feels it is unwarranted.
"He did nothing wrong," Botham said.
"Joe Root is only as good as the team he has got. They didn't perform to their best.
"They're a better side than how they performed... it's the same old, same old. If you're at home, you win.
"If you're away, you lose.
"Every side is the same. Australia, India, England, they all have this problem."
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add a qualifier. “I will really gladly give them. When the audit ends, I’ll present them. That should be before the election," he told ABC News last May.
He never did — nor had he released prior-year returns no longer under audit.
While Democrats, watchdog groups and news organizations have sought his returns in order to examine them for conflicts of interest, tax experts say there's another important reason to release them now that he's president.
Now that he's president, the integrity of the tax system is at stake, said Joseph Thorndike, director of the Tax History Project and an editor for Tax Analysts. "Can we trust the IRS to enforce the law against their boss? Putting it in the baldest terms, that's really the question," he said. "This is an important threshold we’re about to cross."
Indeed, the mandatory audits come out of a largely forgotten Nixon scandal, when it appeared that tax problems — not the break-in at the Watergate hotel — was most likely to bring down his presidency. Nixon had claimed a $576,000 deduction by donating his vice presidential papers back to the government. Nixon invited the Joint Committee on Taxation to examine his returns, which led to $476,451 in back taxes and interest.
Since then, most presidents have released their tax returns shortly after filing them — usually on the Friday night before April 15, when they're less likely to get much attention.
Trump has not yet taken any definitive position on whether he'll release his returns this year.
"Again, we'll cross that bridge when it comes to it," Spicer said last month. "But the President has been very clear throughout the campaign and consistent that he’s under a routine audit."
But will that position change now that Trump is president? "I don’t know," Spicer said. "I’m worried about getting my own (taxes) done."
"Again, we'll cross that bridge when it comes to it. I think the President has been very clear about his position on his tax returns, and we'll have to see where it goes from there. But the President has been very clear throughout the campaign and consistent that he’s under a routine audit," Spicer said last month.
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There is little doubt that digital payments tools – including bitcoin and other cryptocurrency projects – are transforming the way consumers make transactions. However, even the best digital technologies will fail if users don’t trust them.
This was the resounding message at the International Monetary Fund’s spring meeting held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
Lagarde: Consumers Are Dumping Their Cash
Called “Money and Payments in the Digital Age,” one discussion included representatives from central banks and tech startups. Panelists shared their thoughts about how the economy was being reshaped by cryptocurrency and other digital technologies.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde noted that cash usage is on the decline in countries around the world. For example, in Sweden a mere 13% of transactions were settled in cash last year, she said.
Consumers increasingly use their smartphones to make purchases with digital payment platforms, even if bitcoin hasn’t quite caught on as a payment instrument.
This presents a dilemma for banks. Lagarde has said central banks should consider digital currencies. On Wednesday, she added:
“Banks will have to adopt to survive, or disappear. They will have to decide cash or no cash.”
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire: ‘In Crypto We Trust’
Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of crypto unicorn Circle, used the panel as an opportunity to explain why cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are such attractive assets.
Saying “in crypto we trust” is an effective way of saying “we believe in math”, according to Allaire. He added that since it is rooted firmly in mathematics, cryptography is a secure means to build decentralized systems. In other words, it’s trustworthy.
Circle operates a cryptocurrency exchange and is also an issuer of the USDC stablecoin.
Sarah Youngwood, the CFO of JP Morgan’s Consumer and Community Banking division, also chimed in on the usefulness of blockchain.
“With blockchain, we can put the information on the ledger so we can clear that this is a good actor and good transaction immediately instead of waiting for confirmation from [traditional means].”
JPMorgan, as CCN.com reported, is currently hard at work on a blockchain-based digital currency that it plans to issue to its corporate clients.
When it comes to who consumers trust with their money, Youngwood argued that financial institutions are more trusted than governments – and even technology companies. | 2,043 |
Millennials Playing D&D Confused by Concept of Long Rest
LINCOLN, R.I. — What was originally intended to be a raucous night of drinking, bonding, and doing silly voices was halted in its tracks when a local group of millennials decided to try out Dungeons & Dragons and came upon a concept that none of them could comprehend: the game’s “Long Rest” mechanic.
“So, I’m not sure exactly how this works, but the books are telling me that if you guys take something called a ‘Long Rest’ you can recover all of your health,” said Dungeon Master Paul Jennings with equal parts surprise and curiosity. “I guess it’s like a normal rest…but more than five hours? I know we wanted the game to somewhat fantastical, but is this too far from reality?”
This conversation was the first time the group of twenty-somethings had heard of the concept of a full eight hours of sleep, following their first major battle with a gang of highwaymen which led to a discussion of possible ways to recover their lost HP.
“I don’t know anything about this Long Rest stuff. All I know is that as a Bard, I definitely don’t have health insurance, so hiring a Cleric will be off the table,” said party member Mary Shenk. “Plus, Health Potions in this region are like fifty times more expensive than they are up north in Neverwinter,” Shenk added, followed by murmured agreements and visible frustration throughout the room.
“Personally I think this mechanic is a little farfetched,” said Michael Wojciechowski, the party’s Sorcerer. “I know this is high fantasy and such, but I can only suspend my disbelief so far. Using a Cantrip Firebolt to shoot arcane beams out of my fingertips makes sense in this context, but expecting me to go along with the idea that anyone in any reality would have enough time to just sleep for eight fucking hours is ridiculous.”
Eventually, Jennings decided to homebrew the rules a little bit to smooth the experience over, changing the mechanic to a much more realistic four hours out of sympathy for the adventurers who were just trying to make ends meet the game’s gig economy.
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"You call it terrorism. I call it patriotism": Jeremy Christian's Arraignment Was Raucous
Jeremy Christian, suspect in last week's TriMet killings, appears in court for the first time. Pool image via KATU
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Jeremy Christian is still shouting.
At a brief and chaotic arraignment on nine felony and misdemeanor charges this afternoon, the suspect in the vicious stabbing deaths of two men and serious injury of a third last week entered the court room shouting.
"Free speech or die, Portland," yelled Christian, 35, staring down an audience that included Micah Fletcher, whom police say Christian stabbed in the neck on a MAX Green Line train on Friday. "You’ve got no safe place. This is America. Get out if you don’t like free speech."
A short time later he yelled: "Death to the enemies of America. Death to antifa [anti-fascists]. You call it terrorism. I call it patriotism. Die."
Around the time Christian appeared in court, shouts erupted from the hallway outside. Some of that was people reacting to the man's appearance, but other anger was aimed at a man with multicolored hair and red laces in his boots who'd shown up to support the defendant. He said he was a friend of Christian's, but wouldn't answer the Mercury's questions about how he knew him. He was shouted out of the justice center under the protection of the sheriff's office.
A friend of Jeremy Christian showed up to his arraignment. People chased him out. pic.twitter.com/d3uMhUlU0S
— doug brown (@dougbrown8) May 30, 2017
People watching Jeremy Christian proceedings from outside courtroom. Yells of MURDERER as he appeared through window. pic.twitter.com/0XOqOnm5GV
— doug brown (@dougbrown8) May 30, 2017
Later in the hallway, about a dozen people watched a live stream of arraignment. As they spotted Christian through the small circular windows on the two double doors, they yelled "YOU'RE A MURDER!" at the unrepentant killer. Sheriff's deputies came out and forced them back.
Christian's next court date is scheduled for June 7.
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New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on Wednesday announced that they were revoking a ban on 31 companies, most of them start-ups, from participating in campus placements.
The move comes a year after the companies were placed on the list.
The ban was enforced after the start-ups withdrew offers they had made to students at the IITs, leaving them in the lurch. Among the companies on the list were healthcare services provider Portea Medical, food-tech company Zomato and online seller of baby-care products, Hopscotch.
“As per the decision taken during the 23rd AIPC (All-IIT placement committee) meeting at IIT Bombay... the ban on companies blacklisted...on 14 Aug 2016 is hereby revoked with immediate effect," the IITs said in a joint statement.
Kaustubha Mohanty, coordinator of AIPC said there were three reasons the ban was revoked: one, some students want to work for some big start-ups in the list; two, the ban was for one year only, hence a decision was needed before the placement season began; and three, the new IITs could benefit from having more companies in the mix.
“We are not against start-ups per se. We took a stand last year to send a message to companies that hire our students and then withdraw offers," Mohanty, also a professor at IIT Guwahati said.
He explained that most IITs follow the one-student-one-job principle during the placement season which means that a student who receives an offer can’t appear for more interviews. If the offer is withdrawn later, he added, the student is in trouble.
“The placement committee of each IIT will have the option to now invite or accept the offer from all such firms. But we shall tell them the track record of such companies," Mohanty added.
“The IITs have a long history of being home to great engineering talent, and we’re grateful that the hiring ban has been withdrawn. We look forward to a long and fruitful association with the IITs," a Zomato spokesperson said. A spokesman of Protea said he will be commenting on IITs lifting ban “after discussing the matter internally".
Yuvraj Malik contributed to this story.
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NEW DELHI: Passing minimum frontal and side crash tests will be mandatory for all new cars from October 2017 while for new vehicles of existing models the deadline will be October 2019.The fresh timelines will be notified soon by the road transport ministry. TOI has learnt that the revised timelines were finalized a few weeks back at a high level meeting. While the frontal crash tests will be at 56 kmph, the norms set for side crash tests will be 50 kmph. Both the standards will meet the international test norms that make the vehicles safer for occupants.Sources said that to pass these tests, the cars need to have airbags and other necessary safety features such as child restraints. "We are not asking them what should be fitted. But these must qualify during the crash tests to save occupants," said an official.Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that every car, even small and cheaper models, should have minimum safety features.However, before the mandatory norms kick in, it will be voluntary for the car manufacturers to adopt these norms to showcase the safety aspects. Sources said facilities for carrying out tests by placing dummies in the front and rear seats would be ready by the end of 2015 and the government wants to give enough time to the manufacturers.Considering the fact that the test facilities within the country may be inadequate to meet the demand, the ministry will allow testing of new models at facilities outside India. However, to assess whether the new vehicles actually comply with the declared norms, an administrative body under the ministry will buy select vehicles and pay for the test.The ministry will also notify the Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Programme ( BNVSAP ) on the lines on New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) in other countries. Under this programme, car manufacturers can go for star rating based on the cars having better safety features. They can apply for such ratings as is the practice in developed countries.Most of the car manufacturers have claimed that installation of features such as airbags, anti-lock braking system (ABS), electronic brake distribution, electronic stability control, seat belt reminder and child lock functionality check would push the car price by 30%. But Gadkari has said there can be no compromise on "mandatory safety features" in a country where over 1.4 lakh lives are lost in nearly five lakh road crashes every year.Though there is no clear study or data to suggest how many car occupants die in crashes in India, initiatives for safer vehicles have gained momentum across the world after the United Nations asked all countries to follow vehicle safety norms. | 2,047 |
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union (all times local):
5:20 p.m.
The European Union has made an offer to the United Kingdom that it hopes can unblock the stalled Brexit negotiations.
EU negotiator Michel Barnier said in a statement following technical talks over the past few days that "the EU will continue working intensively over the coming days to ensure that the U.K. leaves the EU with an agreement."
British Prime Minister Theresa May has been looking for legal reassurances on how the border between the EU's Ireland and the U.K.'s Northern Ireland would be dealt without forcing Britain into commitments to remain tied to EU rules and regulations potentially for an indefinite period.
It was unclear to what extent the offer would help May in her attempt to push the withdrawal agreement past her parliament next Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Theresa May is warning lawmakers that if they reject her Brexit divorce deal next week, Britain may never leave the European Union.
British legislators are due to vote Tuesday on the agreement, which they have already rejected once.
May is seeking last-minute changes to the deal, but the EU is unwilling to reopen the agreement with Britain.
In a speech Friday, May urged the bloc to help her by making changes, saying there needs to be "one more push" to get the agreement approved.
If Parliament rejects the deal, lawmakers will get to vote on whether to seek a delay to Brexit.
May warned lawmakers that could lead to "more months and years" of argument over Brexit. She says "if we go down that road we may never leave the EU at all."
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British Prime Minister Theresa May is battling to stave off defeat for her Brexit divorce deal, imploring the European Union to help her win approval from Parliament.
In a speech Friday — three weeks before Britain is due to leave the EU — May plans to tell the bloc that "it is in the European interest for the U.K. to leave with a deal."
May's office says she will warn that "decisions that the European Union makes over the next few days will have a big impact on the outcome of the vote."
British lawmakers are due to vote for a second time Tuesday on the deal, which they overwhelmingly rejected in January. May has been trying to secure changes, but the EU is unwilling to change the 585-page agreement. | 2,048 |
And even if the next Ohio governor thinks it politically imprudent to sign a complete abortion ban, the Republican Party could still pass it with its veto-proof majorities in the Legislature.
Those majorities appear to be safe, for now. The League of Women Voters of Ohio found that only two of the 99 state House races turned out differently than the political index predicted in the 2012 race, and only three did so in 2014. In 2014, House Republicans got 57 percent of the total votes in the state but won 66 percent of the seats in the House. That 9-point vote-to-seat gap increased to 10 points in the 2016 election. An Associated Press report estimated that the map, as drawn, gave Republicans five more state House seats than they would have gotten with a neutrally drawn map. A 2014 report from University of Chicago law scholars named Ohio’s state legislative map as one of the worst in the country, an example of “uncommonly severe gerrymandering.” “The mapmakers, in many ways, have had more say in who gets elected than the voters in Ohio,” said Catherine Turcer of Common Cause Ohio.
That may change after the 2020 census, when new districts will be drawn. Turcer is currently traveling the state to gin up support for the Fair Districts = Fair Elections amendment, a redistricting reform measure that would require support from three-fifths of the entire Legislature, including 50 percent of the minority party, to certify a district map for the full 10 years. (Otherwise, it would expire after four.) In a rare feat of bipartisanship, the Ohio state Legislature approved the measure with near-unanimity, and voters will determine its fate on their primary ballots in May. In 2015, voters approved the reform initiative for state legislative redistricting; the new ballot measure will apply the same standards to congressional redistricting.
The 2015 ballot initiative was a monster success for Turcer and her peers—Ohioans approved the measure in all 88 counties, with 71.5 percent voting in favor overall. Turcer says she’s cautiously optimistic about the May vote, which, with its impact on congressional seats, will have national implications. “I’m hopeful, because no matter what, we are a purple state. And if we all vote as a whole on something, we look for bipartisan, reasonable solutions,” she said. “We’re tired of one party marginalizing the other. We’d like to participate in real elections.” | 2,049 |
Actively-managed mutual funds are the next Blockbuster Video
Did everyone in America listen to countless personal finance blogs, forums, Frontline, and Jack Bogle? It certainly looks that way. In droves, investors are choosing cheap ETF’s and index funds over actively-managed funds where supposedly a bunch of people far smarter than you will help you outperform the market.
The value proposition of managed funds is a familiar pitch, repeated ad nauseum across the industry. Pictures of sailboats, golf courses, and happy grandkids adorn glossy brochures and websites heavy on words like “independence” and “security.” Dig into the individual funds, and you’ll find a combination of confusing language (terms like “leveraged short-term duration municipal bond arbitrage” are not meant to understood by everyday investors) and soothing prose designed to convince potential investors that its managers are indeed very, very smart sonsofbitches.
It’s a convincing spiel. Exhaustive research. Teams of diligent analysts on-location at the offices and factories of publicly-traded companies. Geeked-out quantitative math modeling. Boutique managers specializing in narrow niches. It all sounds very impressive. And hey, some of those funds do outperform the market sometimes.
The big problem? The actively-managed pitch is a lie. An utter lie.
From 2008–2013, only twenty seven percent of fund managers managed to match or outperform their benchmark indices. Was this dismal performance an aberration?
Not by a long shot; it’s just par for the course.
The fact is, you’d be better off simply buying a passive fund or index-tracking ETF that tracks the S&P 500. The track record is clear: actively-managed funds which typically charge fees of around two percent, don’t reliably outperform passive funds — typically with fees closer to.2 percent — that simply track the movement of the stock market.
Where do those extra fees go? To pay the six-and-seven-and-eight figure salaries of those supposed geniuses managing the funds. To pay for brochures and websites that bring more innocent investors into the fold.
This is no geeky financial minutiae. Giving up that extra 1.8 percent on a long-term investment can suck hundreds of thousands out of your wallet over the decades. It can spell the difference between a safe and secure retirement, and one fraught with uncertainty and worry. | 2,050 |
The Premier League season is back in full swing and to us, the league and its main game, Fantasy Premier League, hasn't missed a beat as players across the world are up to their usual business. With Gameweek 1 now in the rear-view mirrors, we look back at the week just gone with a series of statistics that highlights the best from the opening weekend. All aboard.
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 2 Deadline
For the 2019/20 Premier League season, the FPL deadline will be one hour before the commencement of the week's first game. Our website provides a real-world countdown timer for the the upcoming Gameweek, whilst you can read our latest Fantasy articles from the season on our 2019/20 FPL weekly hype sub-section.
FPL Statistics: Gameweek 1 Review
With the new season up and running, our Statistics page on social media is up and running, with our team going through the FPL website with a fine-comb to look for the important stats and figures from the week just gone.
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“He doesn’t operate by the usual rules,” said Jim Manley, a Democratic consultant who was a senior advisor to the former Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada. “I don’t expect any sort of introspection from this president.”
Manley worked in the Senate in 2010, when Democrats lost control of the House in that year’s midterm election and came away with a narrower majority in the Senate. Then, President Obama grappled publicly with what he labeled a “shellacking,” just as President Bush lamented his “thumping” in 2006 when Republicans lost their majorities in both the Senate and House.
Like other presidents following defeat, Obama and Bush were forced to rethink their agendas and their strategies, and at least make overtures to the opposing party.
No one expects that sort of language from Trump, should Republicans endure big losses. If they lose the House, the casualties are likely to be most, if not all, of the party’s remaining moderates, the Republicans willing to be occasional Trump critics, leaving the most conservative lawmakers in his own mold.
“Based on the last year, I can’t possibly think of anything that would get them to challenge Trump,” Manley said of those lawmakers.
Gingrich said he is confident that Sen. Mitch McConnell, assuming the Kentucky Republican is back as the majority leader, would continue to help Trump stock the courts with conservatives and thwart attempts by House Democrats to pass their agenda. That would leave Trump’s legal team to fight off House investigations.
Gingrich, who led the House after President Clinton and Democrats forfeited control of the House and Senate in 1994, predicted Trump might split Democrats in the House by proposing bipartisan infrastructure legislation.
But Trump talked of doing that after his election in 2016, then failed to follow through. And most observers say, don’t bet on Democrats cutting a deal with him.
Especially after the last few months of campaigning, Democrats know their voters are enraged by Trump, so rather than compromise, they are expected to pursue investigations that would further polarize the parties.
“His rhetoric has become so unhinged, I think it’s going to be much more difficult for him to do stuff,” said Manley.
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Is there any difference between a player achieving the token in-game by playing or if they just buy the token from the Premium Shop?
Yes, there is: finishing the mission in-game will also reward you with Personal Reserves.
What happens if a player buys only one token but at the end of the event they do not have all the other tokens to finish the whole mission?
All unused Tokens that have been purchased in the Premium Shop will be compensated with 1,750at the end of the event.
If I buy one Token, for example the German one, will I still be able to play the German Mission?
Yes, you will be able to play the Mission and if you finish it you will get the reward.
Tokens bought in the Premium Shop are turned into gold only after the event ends, but what happens to tokens earned in missions, assuming you have the tank already? Are they turned into gold?
Only tokens that have been purchased in the Premium Shop will be exchanged for gold, provided they have not been used after the event ends. Tokens that have been achieved in-game will not be compensated with gold.
If I buy all eight tokens and receive the tank directly, or buy it with the package, will I still be able to play the Missions and get the rewards?
Yes, you can play all the missions and you will also get a reward for each token (mission reward and 1,750).
What happens if a player buys 5 National Tokens in the Premium Shop but never finishes any other missions?
Each of the 5 tokens will be compensated with 1,750each, so the player will receive 8,750in total.
What battle modes count towards the mission goal (random battles, team battles, others)?
Only battles fought in the Random Battle game mode will count towards the mission's completion.
Will there be any way to check the number of tokens you have for each nation?
The tokens sold in the Premium Shop cannot be tracked in the user interface (UI). However, the free tokens (tokens earned by completing the missions) can be tracked in the Missions window, together with the completed missions.
Do Premium tanks count towards the mission progress (damage/tanks destroyed)?
Yes, you can use Premium tanks and they will contribute to the mission’s progress, provided that they are at least Tier IV and of the corresponding nation. | 2,053 |
In the first results from tests on an experimental Ebola vaccine, researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) report for the first time Wednesday that the shot is safe and that it leads to an immune response among healthy volunteers. The vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and GlaxoSmithKline, was tested in 20 participants in the US at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda.
“This tells us that this is kind of a positive signal about moving to the next stage,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID.
MORE: We’re Getting Closer to Vaccines and Drugs for Ebola
The vaccine is meant to protect uninfected people from Ebola, and, if effective, would be tested next in populations in high-risk areas such as west Africa, where the outbreak is ongoing, to immunize them against the virus. It does not contain live Ebola virus, but does contain snippets of its protein coat, just enough to alert the immune system to produce antibodies and immune cells that can recognize and destroy any live viruses that people might eventually encounter. The pieces of Ebola protein are introduced to the body via another virus, one related to the common cold that infects chimps.
The shot was tested in two doses among 10 people each; it triggered antibodies and immune cells that in primate studies were enough to protect them against a challenge of Ebola up to 10 months later. Whether that’s also the case among people won’t be known until the vaccine is tested among thousands more in west Africa, including health care workers and family members of ill patients, who are most vulnerable to getting exposed to the virus.
Only two people reported brief fevers after getting vaccinated.
MORE: Here’s How the Ebola Vaccine Trial Is Doing
The vaccine is one of two that scientists are preparing to test in the outbreak zone beginning in early 2015. Another candidate uses an entirely different approach involving a live Ebola virus that has been crippled so it can’t reproduce once it infects a person. The advantage to that system is that it might launch a stronger and more robust immune response than the NIAID and GSK shot, which may require a boost after several months to maintain strong immune protection against Ebola. “At the end of the day, you don’t know which is the most effective until you test them, and that’s the point,” says Fauci.
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Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan won’t be cruising to victory this time, a new poll suggest.
The incumbent Burnaby Citizens Association politician is in a virtual dead heat with independent candidate Mike Hurley, according to a poll from zinc tank, Justason Market Intelligence and Dufferin research and commissioned by the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF).
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The poll gives Corrigan a slight edge, with 43 per cent support over Hurley, with 42 per cent, among committed voters.
But the figures should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt, as Hurley has been the past president of IAFF’s burnaby local and currently serves as the vice president of its sixth district.
Zinc tank president and CEO Brian F. Singh said the poll shows an “appetite for change” in Burnaby.
“This close race is favourable for first-time mayoral candidate Hurley when you get behind the traditional horse-race numbers,” he said in a press release. “Corrigan remains well-regarded in his performance in his role of mayor.”
Hurley is much more popular among those who know who he is, compared to Corrigan, the poll found.
The percentage of people who think of Hurley favourably minus those who think of him unfavourably gave Hurley a score of 48, compared to Corrigan’s 4.
“It appears that as voters get know Hurley, in his first run for the top job at City Hall, voters consider him more favourably relative to the incumbent,” Singh said.
But Corrigan (71 per cent) still has considerably more name recognition than Hurley (44 per cent).
“With just over two weeks to go, this is poised to be an interesting election,” Singh said.
The poll surveyed 645 Burnaby residents both online and over the phone.
The poll did not report a margin of error but "a pure unweighted probability sample of 645 reports margin of error at ±3.85 percentage points most (95 per cent) of the time," the press release said.
In 2014, Corrigan won his fifth term as mayor with 67.8 per cent of the vote over the second place finisher, Daren Hancott who received only 21.3 per cent support.
In July, Corrigan told the NOW he’s “never nervous about the race.” | 2,055 |
Letter to the Australian newspaper accuses nation of being in danger of losing their sense of humour over university email row
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Barry Humphries has apparently defended the Sydney university professor suspended for allegedly sending racist emails, saying Australians were in danger of losing their sense of humour.
Barry Spurr, the chair in poetry at Sydney university, wrote about “mussies”, “chinky-poos” and mocked the Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes, in a series of emails sent to friends and colleagues over two years from his university email account.
The university has suspended him pending two investigations but a letter seemingly from Humphries in the letter pages of the Australian on Tuesday defended Spurr, saying Australia was losing its sense of humour.
“Has Australia gone slightly mad? I read in the London press of some poor professor in Sydney who has been persecuted and suspended for sending emails to a friend in which he employs outrageous vernacular epithets for race which would be offensive if they were not so clearly jocular,” he wrote.
“His reported response to the storm in a teacup which followed this revelation is, unsurprisingly, bewilderment. How could anyone take such deliberate touretting seriously? The answer, I fear, is that there are a lot of Australians these days who are totally bereft of a sense of humour. The new puritanism is alive, well and powerful.”
Humphries also seemed to reference the News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt who was prosecuted under section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act for writing a column about light-skinned Aboriginal people.
“Not long ago some poor guy was actually prosecuted for saying that the Aboriginal welfare services were sometimes exploited by faux Aborigines, even though we knew it was true,” he wrote.
Humphries also brought up his own directorship of the Adelaide cabaret festival and his efforts to ban the word “fuck” in routines, saying it was comedians with no sense of humour who objected to the stance.
“We really ought to be aware of this malignant brand of cultural fascism, and restore our reputation as a funny country before it’s too late,” the letter ended. It is signed “Barry Humphries, London, UK”.
Guardian Australia has contacted Humphries’ agents in the US and Britain to verify the letter. | 2,056 |
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India’s top court Tuesday rejected a legal attempt to block the global release of a Bollywood film that has sparked violent protests, warning against pre-judging the controversial historical epic.
Caste-based groups have been staging violent demonstrations against “Padmavati” amid rumours that it will depict a romance between a Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler.
The epic was scheduled for release in India on December 1 but delayed indefinitely after the censor board refused to certify it.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a legal petition to delay its release abroad, saying nobody should pre-judge the censors before the film is classified.
“Responsible people in power and public office say certain things, and make comments on certain aspects, that violate the rule of law,” declared the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
“We are sure they will be guided by the basic premise under the rule of law and not venture outside.”
A number of officials, including state leaders from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, had vowed to ban screenings of the film in their jurisdictions unless controversial sections were removed.
The leader of a caste-related group also offered 50 million rupees ($769,000) to anyone who “beheaded” lead actress Deepika Padukone or director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
In January protesters belonging to the Rajput Karni Sena caste-based group attacked Bhansali and vandalised the set during filming in Jaipur in Rajasthan.
Speculation that the film will include a romantic liaison between Rajput queen Padmavati, also known as Rani Padmini, and the 13th and 14th century Muslim ruler Alauddin Khilji, had enraged activists from the historically Hindu warrior caste.
Rajput Karni Sena accuse the film’s makers of distorting historical facts. But some historians say the queen is a mythical character and there is no clear evidence that she even existed.
Protesters attacked another set near Mumbai in March, burning costumes and other props.
Lawyer ML Sharma, who brought the petition before the Supreme Court, had previously failed to prevent the film’s release in India.
Harish Salve, representing the film’s director and producer, said there was no intention of releasing the film abroad until it had received classification at home.
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we feasted on buloni—fried flatbread stuffed with either greens or potatoes—lamb, rice, kofta and green tea. All delicious!
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As we ate, Elder quizzed Mahwash about her visits to Afghanistan, where she’s returned to perform five times since 2007. Does she see herself as a model for young Afghan women who might aspire to become singers? Mahwash considered this, and firmly said no. “Things have changed. When I was a singer in Afghanistan, I was so modest,” Mahwash said.
Mahwash lamented the way young women in today’s Afghan music, mostly in diaspora, lack serious training or knowledge of tradition. “What about your daughters?” Elder pressed. “If one of them wanted to be a musician or a singer, would she have your support?”
“No,” said Mahwash in English. “No music. It’s too hard a life. Women are not respected for their work.” When she was a young woman, Mahwash chose to pursue music; her goal was not to overturn the social order. It was the Afghan context that made her choice revolutionary. Yet even as she hesitated to recommend this life, Mahwash does dream of establishing a school for girls in Afghanistan—a place to learn music, not celebrity.
When they return to Kabul now, Farouq and Mahwash said the strongest emotion they feel is missing Fremont. Mahwash’s commitment to Voices of Afghanistan is not premised on any illusion of great commercial success; she might do just as well playing at upscale events for Afghan expatriates. Rather, it has to do with a desire to give something back to America for receiving her family and community with such generosity and ease, and for trying to help her deeply troubled homeland.
“I feel so sorry about what has happened in Afghanistan,” said Mahwash, “and especially for those who lost their lives and their loved ones there. God is the God of all human beings, not just Muslims. So I pray for everybody.”
As they returned to the studio with Elder to finish work on their first ensemble recording, Love Songs for Humanity (due out in 2013), the musicians of Voices for Afghanistan all expressed variations of this sentiment. Their art ensures that they remain deeply attuned to their ancestral pasts. It also affords them a powerful vehicle for connecting with so many strangers whom fate has made their neighbors. | 2,058 |
Meta data! Stand Your Ground! Twerking!
2013 was a year that happened to us. Here are my political cartoons about it.
The political story of the year was no doubt the revelations that somewhere along the way the NSA established a global surveillance state that has everyone under constant surveillance. Obama assured us that nothing improper was afoot and surely we can just trust him and leave it at that.
Given all of Obama’s broken promises and abuse of civil liberties, he was starting to resemble an earlier fellow we would all just like to forget was the president of these Unites States for eight years.
Speaking of that swell guy, we marked the tenth anniversary of his absolute worst decision ever: to invade Iraq for made-up reasons.
Mass shootings continued unabated throughout the year of 2013. For a minute it looked like we were all having a national conversation about guns and something was going to happen, but then we were like, “Nah, that’s too hard.” That and the NRA has purchased most of Congress.
Then, adding to 2013's pile of violent tragedies, the Boston Marathon was bombed, killing three people and injuring hundreds more. Before anyone knew who the bombers were, liberals were convinced it was a white anti-government guy and conservatives knew for sure it was brown America-hating Arabs because scoring points for your political team is what really matters.
Chemical weapons was also a popular method of murdering people in 2013. It took a while for us to deceide what to do about their use in Syria, but ultimately the international community laid down some strict guidelines for how to humanely kill people and Assad agreed to kill tens of thousands of people the okay way.
Another okay way to kill people is for them to be black and for you to shoot them in the chest while they are walking home from the store. George Zimmerman was acquited of murdering Trayvon Martin, which upset the portion of the country that thinks unarmed black men should stop being murdered at some point.
In 2013, racism continued to be a thing. This was attributed to black people.
On a positive note, gay marriage continued to gain acceptance in the non-Duck Dynasty crowd. As public approval of normal human love soared, many of the venal creatures we call our representatives had a change of heart on the issue.
Healthcare for most people was implemented—sort of. Unfortunately, websites are hard and the White House still hasn’t figured it all out. Thankfully, there is an easy solution. | 2,059 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the spirit of the holiday season, the Ohio House on Wednesday passed legislation loaded with about $54 million in state money for various projects, including $15 million to help build a new Columbus Crew soccer stadium.
The Ohio Senate must now decide whether to approve the spending, hurriedly tacked onto Senate Bill 51 by the House Finance Committee less than 24 hours before Wednesday’s floor vote.
The proposed $230 million stadium near downtown Columbus includes $50 million each from the city of Columbus and Franklin County. The bulk of the money for the project would be provided by Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam, as well as longtime Crew team physician Dr. Peter H. Edwards Jr.
Earlier this year, state lawmakers balked at Cincinnati City Council’s request for $10 million in state money to help build a soccer stadium there. Legislators ultimately approved just $4 million.
But state Rep. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, voiced support of the bill and read a statement from Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley endorsing the larger amount of cash for Columbus.
“We are [in] a generous Christmas, sharing, inclusive mode,” said Seitz, one of 66 House members to vote for the legislation.
Other items added by the House include:
$20 million to reconstruct the Statehouse underground parking garage;
$15 million for flood-control efforts along the Blanchard River, which runs through the city of Findlay;
$2 million toward repairing the Ohio’s Governor’s Mansion in the Columbus suburb of Bexley;
Approving the transfer of the Ocasek Government Building in downtown Akron from the state to the city of Akron.
House members preserved the original language of SB 51 – allowing businesses along the Lake Erie shoreline to tax themselves to pay for improvement projects.
State Rep. Jay Edwards, an Athens County Republican who joined 24 others in voting against the bill, said the bill includes a lot of money for cities such as Columbus and Findlay but not for his home region of Southeast Ohio.
“I just think that this bill continues to leave behind an area of the state, and similar areas around the state, that feel like they are constantly overlooked,” Edwards said.
State Rep. Niraj Antani, a Dayton-area Republican, voted for the bill but expressed strong opposition to providing $20 million in taxpayer money for the Statehouse parking garage when motorists already pay to use the garage. | 2,060 |
When Bitcoin’s (BTC) halving happens, the cryptocurrency’s annual inflation rate would be almost half the global average.
Mati Greenspan, a crypto expert, said on his Twitter account that Bitcoin’s annual inflation (BTC) would decline from 3.65 percent to 1.8 percent when the halving happens. The global average inflation rate hit 3.41 percent last year, and around 3.56 percent so far in 2020.
“In just 15 days, the annual inflation of #bitcoin will go from 3.65% to just 1.8%… approximately half of the global annual inflation rate. At this point, adoption doesn’t even need to grow to sustain the price anymore. Satoshi either knew what he was doing or got really lucky. pic.twitter.com/ml1eXZFrO4 — Mati Greenspan (tweets are not trading advice) (@MatiGreenspan) April 26, 2020”
While several analysts expected the low inflation rate not to lead new investors to buy BTC, the reality remains that if the halving occurs in two weeks, the cryptocurrency’s price would be lower than the global average and gold price.
Hedge against inflation
The world’s king coin may be used as hedge against the inflation the US would face after the government’s “unlimited quantitative easing” measures implemented in response of the financial crisis. It is already used in countries such as Venezuela and Zimbabwe, whose economies suffer hyperinflation.
If the world sees a significant rise in demand for BTC after the halving, it may form a bullish trend in the near term.
Halving is one of the major events occupying the minds of crypto community currently, and it means slashing the rewards given to Bitcoin miners.
The process is mainly aimed at reducing the reward of miners and thus preventing the cryptocurrency from inflation.
It is very similar to what happens to gold. The more they mine gold, the more they deplete the mine.
Countdown
A total of 18.23 million coins have been mined, representing nearly 86.82% of the total number of Bitcoin to be ever produced, according to bitcoinblockhalf website.
Once 21 million coins are mined, the network will never produce anymore.
On the other hand, miners stopped mining new Ripples (XPR), and they currently trade one third of the available XPR and hold the remaining two thirds.
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claim “Goodnight, Irene” as the most iconic Lead Belly song, but “Good Morning Blues” wins out as Lead Belly’s best Delta blues songs. Born Huddie William Ledbetter, the folk and blues icon recorded played 12-string guitar, piano, harmonica, mandolin, fiddle and more. “Good Morning Blues” starts with a walking bass line (but still performed on his guitar) and some talking blues. By the time he gets to the chorus, Lead Belly unleashes a hollering chorus. Although seemingly optimistic with its “Good Morning” greeting, the song actually addresses those blues that seem to follow you wherever you go and through whatever you do.
“Death Letter” might have been the most influential Son House song until Jack White hadn’t revived interest in “Grinnin’ In Your Face.” The scene in It Might Get Loud, the documentary equivalent of supergroup that was released in 2009 featured a pivotal scene in which the typically-emotionless White seems to get lost in sentiment while listening to the a cappella Son House song punctuated by the old bluesman’s claps. Noted by his particularly expressive and gruff vocals, Son House ranks alongside Charley Patton as one of the forefathers of the Delta blues.
Nicknamed the Father of the Delta Blues, Charley Patton spent almost his entire life in the Mississippi Delta. While he recorded an impressive body of work over the course of his career, this song recorded in 1929 is arguably his most influential. “High Water Everywhere” details the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the largest flood in American history, but also serves as social commentary on treatment of residents, who, of course, were primarily African American. Distilling that kind of racial discrimination into a blues song makes this one of the earliest examples of protest music in the Delta blues.
Even music fans who don’t listen to much of the blues have likely heard folklore about how the Delta blues musician named Robert Johnson went down to the crossroads and sold his soul to the devil in exchange for success. “Crossroads,” also stylized as “Cross Road Blues” showcases Johnson’s slide guitar work and flexible tempos that fluctuated with his impassioned singing. Although the song has not specific mention of the devil or any sort of negotiation with him, mythology must dictate “Crossroads” as the most important Delta blues song. | 2,062 |
KALAMAZOO, MI -- More than 80 cooks and servers in Mexican restaurants in Kalamazoo and Portage are owed back wages, a federal lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court Thursday, July 5 by U.S. Department of Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta, seeks back wages for 85 employees of Los Amigos restaurants in Kalamazoo and Portage and Riviera Maya restaurant in Portage.
The defendants of the lawsuit include Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant, Riviera Maya Inc. and Francisco Hernandez, Felipe Ortiz, Rosa Bravo, Marcos Matias and Juan Carlos Ortiz.
In the lawsuit, the Department of Labor alleges the restaurant owners paid their employees less than the applicable minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. It alleges the owners paid kitchen staff on a weekly basis a set amount regardless of the hours they worked. Kitchen workers routinely worked 50 to 60 hours a week, and their weekly compensation divided by the weekly hours worked resulted in hourly wages less than $7.25 an hour, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the owners paid servers for 40 hours of work per week regardless of the ours worked, and alleges servers routinely worked more than 40 hours a week. Their resulting wages were less than the minimum $7.25 an hour.
Workers also were not paid the time-and-a-half due to them for working more than 40 hours a week, according to the lawsuit.
The defendants also failed to keep accurate records of kitchen staff and servers and the hours they worked each week. They also intentionally omitted employees' hours worked in excess of 40 hours a week, according to the lawsuit.
Los Amigos and Riviera Maya's owners have not yet responded to the lawsuit, but their attorney, John Gardiner said in an emailed statement his clients have yet to be served with the lawsuit and are not "in a position to offer a substantive response to the DOL's claims."
"Los Amigos, et al has worked diligently and in good faith with the DOL for over two years to seek to address the DOL's baseless and at times conflicting allegations of unpaid wages," Gardiner said. "Los Amigos, et al pays all of its employees fully and fairly in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Los Amigos, et al looks forward to defending the DOL's specious claims and to successfully resolving this matter in court. Los Amigos, et al will have no further comment until this matter is formally resolved." | 2,063 |
“I’d rather live 70 years and thrive like a motherf*cker than live 100 years being f*cking sick all the time. ”
Beyond Meat recently sponsored an ad on Facebook for John Joseph’s video, How to Juice and Smoothie. He is also author of the book, Meat is for P*ssies.
The title of this book has created controversy among women, leading many to interpret it as offensive and objectifying.
Personally, think it’s downright hilarious. People need to chill out and take this book for what it is- FUNNY. Humor is a great way to get your point across.
You can show all the animal torture videos you want and preach until you are blue in the face, but unless the person is receptive to those ways of persuasion, they aren’t going to change their mind.
Remember when Obama took a ton of heat for doing a sketch for Funny or Die to promote Obamacare? People were blasting him on social media sites and saying they couldn’t believe the president would sink that low to use humor as a tactic.
But the truth is, he was able to reach a target demographic that he probably couldn’t have connected with through normal speeches and legislative language.
I even learned something new from Joseph’s video. The stickers and barcodes on fruits and vegetables actually mean something. If it starts with a 9, it means it is organically produced.
Now I can show my friends John Joseph’s video without seeming like an over advocating vegan.
Another badass addition to your life is Thug Kitchen. It says” f*ck” almost as many times as it says the word “the”. With their ‘eat like you give a f*ck motto’, they seem to be verbally abusing everyone into having a healthier diet.
They have a new book coming out this October that will include tips to “save some cash, shop smarter, cook faster, drop some knowledge about veggies, and lots of other dope sh*t to help you elevate your nutritional game.”
I can’t f*cking wait.
The Vegan Stoner is also a pretty sweet blog for those times you’re either too high or too lazy to make a meal that has more than 6 steps. It has easy to read directions with cute illustrations. They even tell you how to make vegan sangria.
Peace, Love, and Quinoa ❤ | 2,064 |
The executive explained that there are several reasons for the long-lead time, but primarily he wanted to ensure that the company had enough time to ensure that Athena meets customer expectations.
“We want to make sure that we are doing a good amount of long-term testing for these so that when someone buys, Athena and they get it shipped to them, it's not going to last a year or to two years,” said Sarbora. “They’re going to have five or six, or ten years before they have to send it back for repair. We want this to be really sturdy, and we want to test it out and make sure that there are no problems with it.”
Sarbora doesn’t necessarily expect the production process to take a full year, though. The yearlong lead-time is mostly to give the company a buffer in case something goes wrong.
“We may ship earlier than that,” he said. “But we don't want to have the same problem that all these other crowdfunding campaigns do, where they tell you that they're going to release in six months and then it ends up being a year, eighteen months, or whatever. We're telling you twelve months because no matter what, you're getting Athena by the end of the twelve months. That’s our promise.”
The only way that Sarbora foresees a delay is if the Indiegogo campaign isn’t successful. Ilium VR is seeking $100,000 from Indiegogo backers, but so far it isn’t going well. The Athena campaign kicked off on December 5, and so far, the company has raised less than $4,000. Sarbora estimates that production could see as much as a six-month delay if the campaign isn’t successful.
“We want to bring the controller out to the market, and we know that given enough eyes on the campaign, it will be successful,” said Sarbora. “Crowdfunding is just one strategy to bring it to market, and there are more strategies that we can take on to actually bring this to people. If the campaign doesn’t successfully fund, we have some restrategizing that we have to do, but we still want to move forward with Athena.”
Update 12/22/16 at 2:33pm PT: Corrected spelling error of Invrse Studios' name. Added link to Invrse's website. | 2,065 |
シュな雰囲気たっぷりのSolde Kaffeebarとは対照的な、ガーリーな魅力いっぱいのカフェが「Noir Kaffekultur」です。
晴れた日のテラス席では、コーヒーを片手に、仲間と語らう人々で、終日にぎわっています。
エスプレッソ、マキアート、カフェラテなど、豊富なコーヒーメニューから、お好みのものを、ぜひどうぞ。
地元“マルメっ子”のバリスタさんに、マルメの魅力について聞いてみました。
お店を出る直前に見かけた、バリスタさんがホッと一息ついている姿が印象的でした。タイルに手書きされたメニューボードは、そのカジュアルさとアイディアがとてもマルメらしい。
マルメのコーヒーは、そのおいしさはもとより、コーヒーと向かい合う時間や、コーヒーを介したオープンでフレンドリーなコミュニケーションこそが魅力なのかもしれません。
ルーミーでは、ストックホルムやIKEAの故郷エルムフルト、マルメなど、スウェーデンの都市について紹介していくのでお楽しみに。
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President Trump on Friday defended his decision to pull US forces out of Syria and Afghanistan — a day after the Republican-led Senate voted to advance an amendment opposing plans for any abrupt troop withdrawal.
“I inherited a total mess in Syria and Afghanistan, the ‘Endless Wars’ of unlimited spending and death. During my campaign I said, very strongly, that these wars must finally end,” the president said in a tweet.
“We spend $50 Billion a year in Afghanistan and have hit them so hard that we are now talking peace after 18 long years. Syria was loaded with ISIS until I came along,” he continued.
“We will soon have destroyed 100% of the Caliphate, but will be watching them closely. It is now time to start coming home and, after many years, spending our money wisely. Certain people must get smart!” he said.
In a bipartisan rebuke to Trump, Senate Republicans and Democrats voted Thursday in favor of a nonbinding amendment drafted by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressing strong opposition to the president’s plans to withdraw US troops.
The measure said ISIS and al Qaeda militants still pose a serious threat to the US, and warned that “a precipitous withdrawal” of American forces from those countries could “allow terrorists to regroup, destabilize critical regions and create vacuums that could be filled by Iran or Russia.”
In December, Trump abruptly tweeted plans for a pullout from Syria, arguing that ISIS had been defeated, even though his intelligence chiefs have said the group remains a threat.
His announcement on Syria prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Trump also ordered the military to develop plans to remove up to half of the 14,000 American forces in Afghanistan.
This week, US intelligence chiefs publicly broke with Trump, contradicting several of his foreign policy positions by telling senators that ISIS has not been defeated, Iran is probably not producing nukes and North Korea is unlikely to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
In a Twitter broadside, Trump later ripped the intelligence community, calling the intel officials “extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran.”
“Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!” he railed.
But on Thursday, Trump claimed his intelligence chiefs — including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel — told him that they were misquoted by the press, although their testimony was aired live. | 2,067 |
-to-ten year window,” Orszag said.
Obama’s pledge is to reduce the budget by 2013 to a mere $533 billion, a figure that previously would have been thought of as staggering.
If the fiscal summit will seek to cast record spending in the terms of responsibility, Obama’s address Tuesday is expected to include more positive talk about the future. In contrast to last week’s promises that stimulus measures would not be converted into permanent budget lines, Obama will now turn to the substantive promises of his first budget.
Obama’s aides say the president’s ambitious healthcare agenda remains very much on the table, and that cuts and incentives inserted in Medicare and Medicaid spending could be a first step.
The budget – and Obama’s pledge to budget based on actual policy plans – could also force the president to “show his hand” on other policy areas, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, John McCain’s campaign policy director and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office. Energy policy is expected to be prominent in Obama’s budget, for instance, and the budget is likely to reflect any planned revenues from plans to impose a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions.
There are other political bombs buried in the budget. It will also mark Obama’s first income tax increase, as he follows through on campaign plans to allow income tax cuts on the wealthy signed by Bush to expire in 2011. It will also put into hard numbers his promise to withdraw from Iraq, in the form of declining spending there.
Skeptics on both sides say Obama may regret elements of his ambitious first budget. For one, it will signal which, if any, items in the stimulus package will continue beyond its two-year timetable.
“The pressure’s on to show clearly defined exit strategy [from the stimulus],” said Holtz-Eakin. “That’s what this budget will have to show.”
Some liberal economists, meanwhile, say Obama’s continued focus on deficits sets the president up for a fall.
“A trillion is not a ‘bleak’ number, per se. It's just a number. We might need two trillion,” said the University of Texas’s James Galbraith in an email. “Deficits have to grow. They will grow. Please get used to it.”
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LAS VEGAS -- Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. is making plans for his return to the ring.
Leonard Ellerbe, one of Mayweather's close advisers, told ESPN.com on Wednesday that Mayweather plans to fight twice in 2013, both on the Mexican holiday weekends that typically are target dates for major fights.
"Floyd has told us that he is fighting twice in 2013 with the first date being May 4 -- Cinco De Mayweather -- and the second date being Sept. 14," Ellerbe said.
"Mayweather Promotions is looking forward to these two gigantic Floyd Mayweather events in 2013, and we are in ongoing discussions with our promotional partner, Richard Schaefer (chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions) in finalizing the opponent and other aspects of the upcoming promotion."
Ellerbe said both fights would take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where Mayweather has fought his past six fights. Mayweather also lives in Las Vegas.
Ellerbe's announcement came on the same day of the final news conference promoting Manny Pacquiao's fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand.
A Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown, of course, is the fight fans have been calling for the past few years, but it has gone unmade. Both sides have been handed blame at different points in multiple failed negotiations.
Ellerbe said Mayweather told him and fellow adviser Al Haymon in a recent telephone conversation to begin planning the May fight.
"He told me and Al this is what he is doing," Ellerbe said.
Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs), who turns 36 in February, last fought May 5, scoring a unanimous decision against Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto to win a junior middleweight world title to go with the welterweight crown he also holds.
A few weeks after the fight, Mayweather reported to jail to serve a three-month sentence at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on a domestic abuse conviction. He served about two months of the sentence before he was released for good behavior.
Prior to facing Cotto, Mayweather had said he wanted to fight a second time in 2012, but nothing ever came of it after he was released from jail. Now, Mayweather is ready to fight, Ellerbe said.
"He's been in the gym. Floyd is always keeping his body in shape doing something because he's a great athlete and that's what great athletes do," Ellerbe said. | 2,069 |
Blackburn says 'angry mob' interrupted rally in Tennessee with Lindsey Graham Blackburn said an "angry mob" of protesters interrupted her rally.
Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn said an "angry mob" of protesters interrupted her senatorial campaign rally on Sunday during a moment of silence for the victims of this weekend's mass shooting.
Security officers forcibly removed several people from Blackburn's "Get Out The Vote" rally with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday evening after several "appalling" and "despicable" disruptions, according to the 2018 Senate candidate's campaign.
Blackburn, the state's Republican nominee in the upcoming Senate race, said protesters threw punches and shouted in the midst of a moment of silence for the victims in Pittsburgh, where 11 Jewish worshipers were fatally shot Saturday.
She blamed the protests on her Democratic opponent, former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, who rejected that assertion.
Alyssa Hansen, a Breseden campaign spokeswoman, told ABC News the protesters "have no association whatsoever with our campaign."
"Like Governor Bredesen said, it is time to turn down the partisan rhetoric and start acting as Americans and Tennesseans first and partisans second," according to a statement from the Bredesen campaign. "This is happening from both sides -- it's a shame that people disrupted Congresswoman Blackburn's event and it is a shame that Congresswoman Blackburn's campaign staffers have been proudly screaming at 37 of Governor Bredesen's events."
Blackburn, in her own statemend, added: "The liberal angry mob made it clear they are active in Tennessee and will stop at nothing to disrupt civil political discourse. They resisted law enforcement, and they interrupted a moment of silence for the victims in Pittsburgh."
Blackburn was interrupted more than once during her 11-minute presentation, which highlighted accomplishments by the Trump administration, including lower tax rates and better unemployment numbers.
Some protesters jeered and yelled statements like "Marsha Blackburn is a white supremacist" and "impeach Trump" during the event, according to video posted on social media. Blackburn's supported tried drown out the protesters with cheers of their own -- some chanted "U-S-A" and "jobs not mobs" as the protesters were being removed.
Mark Brown, a spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party, said the protesters aren't affiliated with his organization or Bredesen for Senate "in any way."
ABC News' Christopher Donato contributed to this report. | 2,070 |
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Instead of harping excessively on the alleged $4 billion cost of a new Air Force One aircraft, President-elect Donald Trump ought to set his sights on the squandering of a whopping $125 billion in taxpayer money by the Pentagon.
Once he is president, Trump should push the Pentagon to heed the recommendations of the Defense Business Board, a federal advisory panel that conducted the internal study to reduce wasteful administrative spending at the request of Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work. The panel released its report in January 2015, but it didn’t take long for the Pentagon to kill it.
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The Washington Post uncovered the panel’s findings and steps taken by the Pentagon to bury the study. The Defense Department had applied “secrecy restrictions” on data used for the study and had taken down a 77-page summary report by the panel from the Pentagon website, the newspaper reported.
So much for government transparency. And so much for common-sense solutions to bring down frivolous spending.
The panel recommended staff reductions through early retirements. It would have spared civil servants and military personnel from layoffs.
Other reductions could be achieved through cutbacks in accounting, resources, logistics, property management, the panel said. It also proposed reducing services from contractors and getting rid of obsolete technology.
All of this should have appealed to the Pentagon because the $125 billion saved over five years could be “redirected to critical warfighter priorities,” the panel wrote in its report. In other words, the money could go to troops and combat needs.
But Pentagon officials grew wary that Congress could become critical of its inefficiencies and gut its $580 billion budget. Their deceit, though, has invited scrutiny. Lawmakers on Tuesday called for a hearing on the study.
“If this is true, the Pentagon played Congress and the American public for fools,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who is about to become the top-ranking Democrat on an oversight panel.
During the campaign, Trump vowed to rebuild the military. He also promised to eliminate wasteful spending. “We are going to ask every department in government to provide a list of wasteful spending projects that we can eliminate in my first 100 days,” he said.
At the Pentagon, he knows where to start.
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#NeverTrump Katie Pavlich just loves her some #NeverTrump Trey Gowdy:
Politically speaking, the deployment of countermeasures is a tactic used by the institutional deep state politicians in Washington DC to counter incoming public inquiry and protect themselves from anger expressed by the electorate.
Weaponized government, aka “Deep State”, takes action and creates victims. The UniParty countermeasures are politicians assigned a role to control the incoming righteous inquiry from voters who find out about the weaponized or corrupt governmental action.
1.) The electorate become aware of a political issue or action; often illegal.
2.) The electorate become angry.
3.) DC needs to protect itself.
4.) Countermeasures are assigned and deployed to delay, obfuscate and create the illusion of investigation of the illegal governmental action.
5.) Electorate watch.
6.) Investigation goes nowhere.
7.) Countermeasure deployment successful.
8.) Electorate forget.
Repeat.
The countermeasures are deployed to act as shiny distractions keeping the larger electorate satisfied something is being done. Countermeasures are controlled opposition designed to create investigations that go nowhere.
The goal is not resolution or justice; the goal is to deflect, create distraction and eventually dilute/diminish the outrage over time. Keep kicking the can until it rusts and simply falls apart.
Nothing to see here. Move along, move along now folks.
“Muh Russia” was sooo last month. “Muh Collusion” was sooo last week. Today it’s “Muh Obstruction”…
The political system in Washington DC has become so massive it is now capable of protecting itself. Any attempt by President Trump to reduce the influence, scope or size of the system is considered a risk. The system is, in essence, protecting itself. Deep State is self-aware.
Political countermeasures are now deployed as human articles of self-preservation.
Let’s introduce the “new” Chairman of the House Oversight Committee…
Cue the recent audio visual demonstration – NOTE 07:43 (just hit play)
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Again, JUST HIT PLAY:
Hey, how’s that ‘Seize El-Chappo Funds To Build Border Wall‘ legislation coming along?
Thought so.
Codependent No More!
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In a new twist to the mysterious death of IAS officer D K Ravi, his father-in-law today alleged that the CID probing it has deleted sensitive evidence before the case was handed over to CBI.
The CID has deleted some of the CCTV footage in the digital video recorder installed at his residence, Hanumanthrayappa claimed.
Facing rising public anger over the death of an upright IAS officer with growing clamour for a CBI probe, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had on Monday announced the government's decision to handover the case to the central agency, saying it had nothing to hide and was not protecting anyone.
Hanumathrayappa, a local Congress leader, said CID had taken the CCTV footage two days after Ravi's death and returned it on March 23 and he was surprised to see some portions deleted.
"Two days after Ravi's death, the CID took away the footage and returned it on March 23. I was shocked to see the footage recorded before 10.30 AM on March 16 was deleted," Hanumnthrayappa told PTI.
On March 16, the IAS officer was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his Koramangala apartment.
Asked to throw light on what could be the vital contents in the deleted footage, Hanumanthrayappa said, "I would be able to tell only after I can get to see the deleted portion."
However, Hanumanthrayappa said he has heard and read in newspapers that the deleted footage shows Ravi shouting over a telephonic conversation to someone at the other end.
Questioning the intentions of CID in deleting the footage, he said, "I want to know why did the CID delete the footage recorded before 10.30 AM on March 16? What is their intention?"
Hanumanthrayappa said he has asked his technician to help him retrieve the deleted footage, which is possible.
"My technician is not in town. He is out of Bengaluru and expected in a couple of days. He told me it is possible to retrieve the deleted video footage," he said.
Asked whether he suspected the intentions of the state government, which allegedly is trying to give a different angle to Ravi's death, Hanumanthrayappa said, "I do not want to comment on it for now because the investigation is on. However, I would make a comment once I watch the retrieved video footage which was deleted by the CID." | 2,073 |
2.5.2017-2.10.2017
Weekly Core Dev Update posted–https://medium.com/@Digix/digix-core-dev-update-feb-8-2017-bf510339ab20#.xyd4ulmz7
Possible new competitor to Digix (CodeTract)
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Status – Mobile Ethereum OS
Slack: http://slack.status.im/
2.5.2017-2.10.2017
Status is hiring:
Core Contributors (ClojureScript + React Native)
Technical & Creative Writer
Core Contributors (ClojureScript + React Native) Technical & Creative Writer Status cofounders Jarrad Hope and Carl Bennetts just wrapped up an interview with Arthur Falls of The Ether Review Podcast. Coming soon!
Status community member Andy Tudhope’s blog: [Status, Community and Language]
https://blog.status.im/status-community-and-language-71271445779d#.4mtk0ym5m
https://blog.status.im/status-community-and-language-71271445779d#.4mtk0ym5m From the Swarm Gitter “ @jarradh
Status isn’t too far from Swarm support either, status-im/status-go#106
it’ll probably happen after EDCON though and I’ll be mentioning it in our talk”
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uPort – Self-Sovereign Identity
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2.5.2017-2.10.2017
Ethlance.com began discussions with the uPort team to integrate uPort into Ethlance.
Minor technical discussions relating to ongoing beta testing.
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's possible to imagine a scenario in which a growing number of households eventually has a home robot assistant of some kind.
A version of the article appeared in the 'Washington Post'
Humanoid kindness: the robots making life better
The boundaries of what is human and what is robotic are perhaps pushed most to their extreme when designers are faced with human suffering.
From taking bed-bound children on a virtual trip to the zoo, to creating a 3D-printed prosthetic arm for a worker whose hands were severed in an oil rig accident, to getting robots to developing nations via 3D printers – one company is tackling them all. So it is perhaps apt that London-based technology platform Wevolver has called its new project "Robots for Good".
The lightbulb moment for co-founder Richard Hulskes came in New York, when he saw the virtual-reality eyepiece "oculus rift" connected to a robot – and thought of sick children being able to experience the outdoors through the eyes of such a robot. Several conversations with Great Ormond Street Hospital later, and the company is six months away from assembling the final design – a robot's torso on a Segway wheel, which will enable the viewer to whizz around happily. Already, the prototype has taken a child in a hospital bed to London Zoo, moving its head as the child moves theirs, and opening its mouth to speak their words.
The InMoov 3D printed life-size robot
Hulskes says there will always be "doom and gloom" about robots (The Terminator has a lot to answer for), but many welcome them. "One lady said to me she would love to meet her mother in her residential home this way. Different people see different things in this."
The real clincher for Hulskes, however, is that experts across the internet are collaborating to make cutting-edge designs public for free. "The thing that makes this project special is that it's open-source. Usually, technology like this could be up to £100,000, and with this it's £60," he explains. "There's a huge community out there, giving back what they've learnt."
And Wevolver may collaborate with London-based group Tech for Trade to turn waste electronic equipment into 3D printers to bring the designs to Africa. "We connect people. This is not created by us, but it's happening because of us," Hulskes says. "If we weren't doing this now, it wouldn't happen for years." | 2,075 |
LAHORE: Pakistan's cash-strapped national carrier PIA has landed in fresh trouble with the airline facing ban at several key international airports including Paris and Jeddah, over payment rows.The Paris Airport Authority has asked the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to pay 40,000 euros for violating curfew hours (between 12 midnight to 6 am at the airport) last September by one of its flights from Lahore to Paris.On the other hand, the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia has also warned the PIA to pay its outstanding 5.5 million Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) in connection with Air Navigation invoice or face serious consequences.In a letter to the PIA management, the Saudi aviation has stressed the need for early settlement of the dues.In case of non-payment, it says, it may take serious action against PIA, including suspension of the airline's operation in Saudi Arabia.The Saudi aviation authority had penalised PIA over frequent flight delays and cancellations during last Haj season A fine was imposed after PIA failed to fulfil its commitment to streamline its operations.The Bahrain's Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication has also written a letter to the PIA demanding it pay 71,000 dinars fine for its delayed flight operation and overflying charges."In case of non-payment the Bahrain government may stop PIA from overflying," the letter warns.PIA spokesman Aamir Memon told PTI the PIA flight from Lahore to Paris got delayed because of a technical issue."The PIA flight had to land and take off during the curfew hours at the Paris airport because of this reason," he said, adding the PIA would clear the remaining outstanding amount (SAR 5.5 million) in connection with air navigation to the Saudi aviation by next week.He said the PIA faced problems during the last Haj operation because of shortage of fleet.He said it would also settle the issue of payment with Bahrain ministry.Pakistan's national carrier is often embroiled into controversies, scandals and allegations of mismanagement, corruption and inefficiency.Last year, the carrier sacked 350 employees, including pilots and air hostesses, for having faked their educational qualifications.Earlier, Iranian authorities had refused to fuel the aircraft of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Tehran to make the state-run PIA clear its dues amounting to over USD 5000.Also, in September last year, the entire crew of a PIA flight from London to Lahore was detained by customs officials for six hours for allegedly smuggling 24 iPhones worth about Rs 2.5 million and also foreign currency. | 2,076 |
は、2015年の新ルールで例外だとされた「合理的なネットワーク管理」だという主張を行っています。ベライゾンによると「ビデオ最適化システム」なので、「映像コンテンツ」という特定コンテンツに絞った管理ではあるものの、NetflixとYouTubeだけではなく、すべての映像コンテンツに対して制限はかけられていたというわけです。
The Vergeではこの一件について、ネットワーク中立性に「反している可能性はある」ものの「絶対・確実に反している」とは言い切れず、「合理的なネットワーク管理」と見なすかどうかもFCC次第であると、ベライゾン有利の見方をしています。2017年1月にトランプ大統領によって指名されたFCC委員長のアジット・V・パイ氏は、2015年の新ルール採択に反対した「ネット中立性批判派」であり、2010年に発表されたFCC Open Internet Order 2010を潰そうとしている人物。今後、アメリカのネット界隈は消費者の求める形ではなく、事業者の有利な形に展開していく可能性が危惧されます。
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Most desktop systems sold today come with only a single display port, usually VGA or DVI. In the past, if you had one of these desktop computers and wanted your system to use multiple displays, you would probably need to install a new video card. And if you had a laptop and wanted to connect more than one monitor, you were basically out of luck. But a company called DisplayLink is changing all that with their DVI display adapter and connecting multiple displays is now easier than ever. DisplayLink has developed a technology that allows displays to connect to computers through a USB 2.0 connection.
I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to use the DisplayLink USB to DVI adapter. After installing the setup software, I plugged the dvi display adapter into one of the USB ports on my PC. Then I plugged a second monitor into the adapter, and that was it.
In Windows XP, a small icon of a monitor appeared in the system tray in the lower-right corner. Right-clicking on the icon allowed me to choose settings for my second monitor. I could select to either mirror the same view on both monitors or extend my desktop to the other monitor so I could drag windows from one screen to the other. (In Windows Vista there was no icon in the system tray, so I had to do this from the display properties menu of the control panel.) In both operating systems, performance was good and screen resolutions went up to 1600 x 1200 (except for viewing DVDs, which required setting the second monitor at a lower resolution).
For now the DisplayLink USB to DVI display adapter only works on PCs running Windows XP and Vista. I was, however, able to get mirror mode to work on Windows XP running using Parallels on a MacBook Pro. It’s still early for this technology, and there are plenty of possibilities. Because most desktop computers have 4-6 USB ports, this makes it possible for 3 or more monitors to be plugged into a single computer. Unfortunately, I only had a single DisplayLink adapter to test so I was not able to test using multiple USB adapters. This is an area that would really be exciting for people who want to connect even more monitors. (Just make sure that all your monitors use the DVI plug, and not the older VGA plug as this isn’t a DVI VGA display adapter.)
Overall, I was impressed by the ease of use and display quality of the DisplayLink DVI to USB adapter. I would recommend it to anyone looking for an easy way to set up multiple monitors. | 2,078 |
SYFY WILL PREMIERE "STRANDED," TERRIFYING NEW PARANORMAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT - FROM THE PRODUCER OF "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY"
INNOVATIVE REALITY SERIES DEBUTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 AT 9PM
NEW YORK - February 7, 2013 - If you thought Paranormal Activity was scary - get ready for Stranded. The new Syfy reality series, premiering Wednesday, February 27 at 9PM (ET/PT), uses the same stripped-down first-person method to document an unconventional - and terrifying - paranormal and psychological experiment in which participants are stranded at haunted location for a week and must record the entire experience themselves.
Jason Blum, producer of the Paranormal Activity movie franchise, Insidious and Sinister, serves as an executive producer; as does Josh Gates, the host and co-executive producer of Syfy's popular series Destination Truth.
Each of the six hour-long episodes features the self-recorded footage of a diverse group of everyday paranormal enthusiasts. The footage from the subjects' cameras is supplemented by strategically-placed security cameras at each location, creating a suspenseful, completely unscripted first-hand account of each group's stay.
Over the course of the confinement, the subjects contend with increasingly pervasive feelings of fear and desolation, resulting in an experiment that represents a unique combination of psychology and the paranormal.
Star Island in New Hampshire serves as the haunted locale in the premiere episode of Stranded. Upcoming shows were filmed at sites such as Seaview Terrace in Newport, Rhode Island, and the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia.
In addition to Blum and Gates, Stranded is executive-produced by Brad Kuhlman and Casey Brumels for Ping Pong Productions, and co-executive-produced by Gerard Bocaccio, who heads up Blumhouse TV.
Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than 98 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.) | 2,079 |
Salvador Duran is refusing to dwell on his short-lived stint with Trulli in Formula E as he prepares to return to the track this weekend with Team Aguri.
Duran raced for Aguri for most of the first season after replacing Katherine Legge in Punta del Este but he moved to Trulli in the summer break. It was a woeful decision, with a mere handful of laps completed during collective preseason testing at Donington Park after powertrain teething trobule. Worse was to come, when the team couldn’t even field their race cars at all when the season got started, culminating in Duran quitting, followed shortly by the team itself.
“I’m over it,” Duran told Current E today in Buenos Aires, where he was preparing in the Aguri garage alongside season one team mate Antonio Felix da Costa. It’s his first race weekend in the 2015-16 season with his old team. He’s filling the place of Nathanael Berthon, who was shown the door after just three races. “We have new things to do with Aguri, new expectations, and the rest of the season. I’m very excited about the comeback. I’m really willing to get back in the car and see what we’re able to do and get back into the rhythm, obviously up to speed.”
On the Trulli adventure, Duran is upbeat: “It was a great project. I think there were very good people working there, but in the end, it was just not possible to put it on track.”
Team Aguri was the only team to have made the choice early to stick with the first season powertrain. While that means the team is unlikely to challenge for victories, particularly as manufacturers begin to get the best from their new technology with each additional race weekend of experience, Duran is optimistic about the remainder of season two.
“We have to get a win sooner or later, so we just have to just keep working and pushing and getting the best out of what we can get,” he said. “We’re looking to be competitive and get an opportunity because other cars have problems. We have to get an opportunity because we were quick and we have a good strategy.”
Duran’s return did not get off to the best of starts today, however, as his car came to a halt just three minutes into shakedown.
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that swirled towards fine leg. So cool when he had pouched Warner, Rahat's hands suddenly became glaringly and damagingly porous. As the chance went down and the crowd gasped, Wahab spun around in the most intense burst of anger. Instinctively, it felt like the exhilaration he had generated would be remembered without the accompanying ecstasy of victory.
"It was just the heat of the moment," he says of that painful instant. "I was working hard. No one drops catches on purpose, but that was a crucial time because they might be 80 for 4 and then Glenn Maxwell coming in under pressure… You don't know, we might have won. But regardless, he tried his level best and it's all right."
After six overs, Wahab was spelled by Misbah. Some observers suggested he was tiring, but Wahab responds he is used to longer stints, and could have continued. Either way, by the time he returned, the game had been swung staunchly towards Australia. Watson, previously implacable in the face of Wahab's histrionics, found his voice again when he found the strokes to back it up. It seems ludicrous to think the Cup's most memorable confrontation would result in a fine for the two combatants.
"He was just looking at me, he didn't answer me at all," Wahab says of Watson's initial reaction. "In the last over, when he hit me for a four and a six, then he said something. I told him, 'It's too late, buddy.'"
Too late indeed. Too late to change the fact that the earlier spell will not be forgotten, and too late to stop Wahab from making an indelible mark on this tournament and the game.
"It's a game of confidence, a game of boosting yourself," he says of the future. "I always trusted my ability and I think it's a very good opportunity for me now to grab this for a long time. I'm trying to get more and more, and I want to do that every other game now."
With that, it is time to leave the room. The television has moved on to other highlights, and Wahab must move back to the tedious task of packing that cricket bag. One last question, though. Do you think anyone will dare sledge you again when you're batting? Wahab smiles.
"I don't know if someone will say stuff. But if they do, they will get the same as what I gave yesterday. As simple as that." | 2,081 |
It should come as no surprise to see Brazzers on a list of the top 10 porn sites. These guys are super popular because of the network’s broad appeal and the simple fact that they seem to be really good at pretty much everything they do.
The site’s layout looks great whether you’re on a computer, phone, tablet or even a PlayStation. Plus, the overall design really makes you want to click on things because everything just sort of “pops.” Of course, plenty of exclusive videos with some of the most famous porn stars have helped this become one of the best HD porn sites over the years, and the network’s incredibly wide appeal has helped bring it into the mainstream. Plus, their recent inclusion of some pretty rambunctious live sex shows has begun to bring in some new members as well.
For better or worse, there’s really not anything on the Brazzers network that the average guy would consider to be particularly “weird.” Almost all of the videos are made to fill the most popular niches and draw in the biggest possible audience. Simply stated, Brazzers is one of the best HD porn sites because they know what guys like, and they’re constantly creating a whole lot of it.
One thing worth noting, however, is that most guys like chicks with big boobs, and Brazzers has really taken this to heart. In fact, it’s probably safe to say that this network features more large-breasted women than any of the other top 10 porn sites on this list. A lot of guys will love this, but some may not. So, if you’re looking for a site like Brazzers but prefer to mix up your cup sizes a bit more regularly, we highly recommend checking out our Naughty America review.
But for big boob lovers that simply want the best porn membership with a network of great mainstream sites, great customer service and reliability, lots of members, discreet payment options, fantastic mobile support and plenty of great HD porn videos, Brazzers is definitely a solid choice.
If you’ve never had a porn membership before, you’re going to be amazed with this one. It’s got just about everything you could want, and the price is right, too. In fact, for only a dollar, they’ll even let you try it out for 2 days so that you can see precisely what makes Brazzers one of the best porn membership options available. | 2,082 |
MechWarrior reboot was derailed by Microsoft blocking PS3 The initial incarnation of Piranha Games' MechWarrior reboot, revealed yesterday to have become free-to-play PC exclusive MechWarrior Online, was stymied by "a Microsoft restriction" blocking a PS3 edition.
The initial incarnation of Piranha Games' MechWarrior reboot, which was revealed yesterday to have become the free-to-play PC exclusive MechWarrior Online, was stymied by "a Microsoft restriction" blocking a PlayStation 3 edition. This, according to Piranha, played a big part in publishers not wanting to pick the game up. Do remember there's a happy ending, though.
The revelation comes in a blog post from Piranha owner Bryan Ekman, retelling the history of the game's development. He explains that Piranha began shopping the reboot to publishers in earnest after releasing its jolly exciting proof of concept trailer, but were turned down by houses big and small.
A "restriction" from rights owner Microsoft which forbade a PlayStation 3 edition played a big part in this, he said, along with "the epic market collapse and major recession."
"In the end, it was mostly the lack of a PS3 option that did us in. The scope and budget required to develop a console reboot needed the support of a PS3 SKU and we just couldn't convince publishers to take a risk," Ekman explained. "By late fall 2009, our dreams of making a MechWarrior game, began slowly drifting away."
"Through the end of 2009 and into 2010 we rallied numerous times, reducing scope and budget, re-pitching the concept as a [Xbox] Live only title, etc. etc. In the end, nothing stuck."
After pitching in on the resurrected Duke Nukem Forever, working with the multiplayer and console editions, Piranha came back to MechWarrior in winter early this year.
The studio "decided to plunge in head first" and licensed the rights from license holder Smith & Tinker (the outfit founded by Jordan Weisman, co-creator of MechWarrior's tabletop source game, BattleTech).
Going back to the drawing point, Piranha began toying with free-to-play and switched to a later point in the established BattleTech timeline. It also finally found a publisher partner in "a local group" interested in the game, who rustled up funding to form Infinity Game Publishing.
And that's where baby MechWarrior games come from. | 2,083 |
-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar reacts after missing a shot on goal during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on September 17, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images FIFPro 55 best players in the world Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal, Real Madrid MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 13: Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid celebrates scoring his sides first goal during the UEFA Champions League group H match between Real Madrid and APOEL Nikosia at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on September 13, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) Getty Images FIFPro 55 best players in the world Alexis Sanchez - Chile, Arsenal LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 14: Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal reacts during the UEFA Europa League group H match between Arsenal FC and 1. FC Koeln at Emirates Stadium on September 14, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) Getty Images FIFPro 55 best players in the world Luis Suarez - Uruguay, Barcelona GETAFE, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 16: Luis Suarez of FC Barcelona looks on during the La Liga match between Getafe and Barcelona at Coliseum Alfonso Perez on September 16, 2017 in Getafe,. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images) Getty Images
“We analysed all the goals to see where we could improve and we don't let those lessons got to waste.
“Don't brush it under the carpet - the gaffer's big on that and won't let us rest on our laurels. It was important to come here and put a performance in and we did.”
There was plenty of evidence from Silva’s brief spell at Hull City that the 40-year-old from Lisbon could quickly move Watford on from a club happy to linger in that nether region below mid-table, but above the relegation zone.
Swansea were awful in the first-half, but 11 points from their opening six games shows Watford can have higher ambitions this season and much of that, according to Mariappa, is down to the manager’s influence.
“He’s very thorough in all his details. We all know what the gaffer wants from us and it's about going out on the pitch and executing that. | 2,084 |
UDUPI/KARKALA/ BELTHANGADY: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today accused the Congress government in poll-bound Karnataka of adopting “the model of political violence” from Kerala, but assured people that BJP will end the violent targeting of political workers if it comes to power in the state.
“It seems the Congress government in Karnataka has adopted the model of political violence from neighbouring Kerala. Many political workers were killed under Siddaramaiah ’s rule. The BJP will bring an end to the political violence after coming to power in Karnataka,” he said.
Addressing a series of campaign meetings for BJP, Singh also claimed there have been 3,781 cases of suicide by farmers during the five-year Congress rule led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Singh also expressed concern over the state of law and order in Karnataka, claiming not even senior government officials were safe.
“Who is responsible for the death of Mangaluru DSP M K Ganapathi? Who humiliated Mysore Collector Shikha Rai? Even Lokayukta was stabbed in his office,” Singh said.
Ganapathy, 51, was found hanging from the ceiling fan at a lodge in Madikeri on July 7, prior to which he gave an interview to a TV channel in which he held a state government minister and senior administration officials responsible “if anything happens” to him.
Karnataka’s lokayukta Vishwanath Shetty was injured at his office in Bengaluru in early March, allegedly by a man angry over Shetty’s refusal to entertain his complaint.
Singh said Siddaramaiah had promised to give Rs 1 lakh to the families of farmers who committed suicide but has not done that yet. “It shows the insensitivity of the Siddaramaiah government.”
Singh said B S Yeddyurappa, BJP's chief ministerial candidate, ran a farmerfriendly government in Karnataka and only he can provide a farmer-friendly government to the state.
Singh said the Siddaramaiah government claims it is “Sidde Sarkar” — but in reality “Sidde Sarkar is Nidde Sarkar” (Siddharamaih government is a sleeping government).
Referring to his close connection with Karnataka, Singh said when he became the BJP national president, Karnataka was the first southern state where the party formed government.
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SpaceX's Mars-colonizing rocket will be even more powerful than we had thought.
The Super Heavy megabooster, which will launch SpaceX's 100-passenger Starship vehicle toward Mars, the moon and other distant destinations, was originally envisioned to feature 31 next-generation Raptor engines. But the rocket will actually sport 35 Raptors, company founder and CEO Elon Musk announced yesterday (July 21).
"Starship Super Heavy with 35 Raptors," Musk said via Twitter. "Full stack is 41 rn, but kinda beggin for just one more," he added in another tweet yesterday.
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Full stack is 41 rn, but kinda beggin for just one more …July 21, 2019
Starship will be powered by six Raptors, which explains that "41" reference (35 + 6 = 41).
As for "beggin for just one more" — that may be a reference to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the seminal sci-fi book series that counts Musk among its many fans. In the series, a computer named Deep Thought determines that the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42.
Musk has promised a more involved update of the Starship-Super Heavy system soon — shortly after Starship's test prototype Starhopper flies untethered for the first time. That milestone was supposed to occur last week, but SpaceX pushed things back after Starhopper was engulfed in flames during a preflight static-fire test.
Starhopper emerged from the fireball, which was caused by a post-test fuel leak, mostly unscathed, Musk said. The company aims to perform the untethered hop sometime this week.
This first iteration of Starhopper has one Raptor engine. The vehicle has made two brief, tethered hops to date, both in early April at SpaceX's South Texas launch site. Future, higher-flying versions of the vehicle will likely have three Raptors, Musk has said.
SpaceX envisions Starship and Super Heavy eventually taking over all of the company's spaceflight duties, from launching satellites to lofting astronauts to cleaning up space junk. The company has one Starship-Super Heavy mission officially on the docket, a round-the-moon flight booked by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
That flight is targeted for 2023. But SpaceX hopes to begin commercial operations of Starship and Super Heavy as early as 2021, likely with commercial satellite launches. | 2,086 |
Ukraine needs to ensure the transition to NATO standards of defense and security.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that no country, including the Russian Federation, will manage to block Ukraine's access to NATO.
"I will not tell you any date, but I would like to emphasize that no one, including the Russian Federation, will manage to block Ukraine's accession to NATO. And it has been pointed out today in the speeches of all the heads of state and government that took part in the discussion. This is a sovereign right of the Ukrainian people and I, as President, will defend this sovereign right," Poroshenko said at a briefing following the NATO Summit in Brussels on Thursday, July 12.
The Ukrainian president says the results of his visit to Brussels confirm that NATO's doors to Ukraine are open. "What do we need to do? Friends, we need to change the country. We need to make reforms, we need to provide interoperability, we need to ensure the transition to NATO standards of defense and security. And I think that we have advanced quite efficiently and far enough," he said.
According to him, Ukraine still has to do its "homework," but all the participants of the Summit confirmed that we have a prospect of membership. "I think that to this day we have advanced very far ahead. It's not possible to ignore it. It's not possible to ignore changes in the Armed Forces. Ignoring changes in the armament is not possible. Ignoring changes in the defense and security sector is not possible. Ignoring foreign policy principled position of the country is also impossible," he added.
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As UNIAN reported, the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels on July 11, 2018, confirmed NATO stands by its decisions on Ukraine taken at the Bucharest Summit and subsequent summits.
UNIAN memo. NATO's policy towards Ukraine was stipulated in the 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration. "NATO welcomes Ukraine's and Georgia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO. We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO. Both nations have made valuable contributions to Alliance operations. We welcome the democratic reforms in Ukraine and Georgia and look forward to free and fair parliamentary elections in Georgia in May. MAP [Membership Action Plan] is the next step for Ukraine and Georgia on their direct way to membership. Today we make clear that we support these countries' applications for MAP," the 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration said. | 2,087 |
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The building with which Donald Trump made his name in Manhattan real estate is facing the wrecking ball.
The large Grand Hyatt hotel, next to Grand Central Terminal on 42nd Street, is being sold to developers, who plan to tear it down.
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Developer TF Cornerstone is set to buy the property with an investment firm that manages billionaire computer mogul Michael Dell’s money, the developer said on Thursday. They plan to replace the 26-floor hotel with a new, 2 million square foot skyscraper that will include offices, stores and a smaller hotel.
The hotel was Trump’s first splash in Manhattan real estate. He and the Hyatt Corporation bought what was then the Commodore hotel in the 1970s and refurbished it into the glass tower that stands today.
“The lobby was so dingy it looked like a welfare hotel,” Trump wrote in his book The Art of the Deal. “There were thousands of well-dressed Connecticut and Westchester commuters flooding on to the streets from Grand Central Terminal and the subway stations below. The city was on the verge of bankruptcy, but what I saw was a superb location.”
At the time, New York was in a deep fiscal crisis and few other developers were interested in buying the hotel, built in 1919, from the bankrupt Penn Central Corporation.
But Trump, whose father had built a fortune with a sprawling and utilitarian real estate portfolio in the city’s outer boroughs, was eager to make it to the big time in Manhattan. As part of the deal, he got guaranteed loans from his father and generous tax abatements from the city.
“I believed, perhaps to an irrational degree, that Manhattan was always going to be the best place to live – the center of the world,” his book says.
Trump opened the new hotel just before the start of the 1980s economic boom, and was soon renting rooms for as much as $1,100 a night.
The president is no longer connected to the hotel. He sold his stake in 1996.
The new project will include a Grand Hyatt with 500 rooms, down from 1,298 in the current hotel.
The project requires approval from the state and city. The city recently passed a zoning overhaul in the area around Grand Central to promote the construction of new skyscrapers. | 2,088 |
The local stock barometer started the week on a sluggish note as foreigners continued to dump local equities.
The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 40.15 points or 0.51 percent to close at 7,779.07 on Monday, weighed down by about P2.17 billion worth of net foreign selling.
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“Most Asian equity markets ended lower (Monday) on the back of comments from US President Trump over the weekend, on the possibility of delisting Chinese firms from US stock markets. The move is seen to limit investments from the US to China,” AAA Equities head of research Chris Mangun said in a research note.
Value turnover was heavy at P12.93 billion, boosted by P7.3 billion worth of shares of integrated gaming firm Travellers that were crossed following a tender offer to minority shareholders.
At the same time, Mangun said some investors repositioned themselves as it was the last day of trading for the third quarter.
“However, the market is looking weaker and weaker by the day. The next major support level is at 7,750 and whether this level is going to hold is the big question. Foreign investors continue to run for the hills and local investors are just not that interested in picking up companies at current low prices,” he said.
The PSEi was weighed down most by the holding firm and services counters, which fell by more than 1 percent.
On the other hand, the financial, industrial, mining/oil and property counters firmed up slightly.
There were 125 decliners that edged out 71 advancers while 52 stocks were unchanged.
The PSEi was weighed down most by Bloomberry, which tumbled by 3.89 percent on news of a costly arbitration award given to to the Solaire management firm that it ousted in 2013.
Puregold also fell by 3.34 percent while SM investments and Megaworld both lost more than 2 percent.
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ICTSI, BDO Unobank, JG Summit and Aboitiz Power both lost more than 1 percent while Ayala Corp. and URC also slipped.
On the other hand, Metrobank gained 2.24 percent while SM Prime and Meralco rose by nearly 2 percent.
Ayala Land, Jollibee, PLDT and GT Capital also gained.
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Some rodents have a sweet tooth. And sometimes, you need to get crafty to reach your sugar fix.
Rats have been filmed for the first time using hooked tools to get chocolate cereal – a manifestation of their critter intelligence.
Akane Nagano and Kenjiro Aoyama, of Doshisha University in Kyotanabe, Japan, placed eight brown rats in a transparent box and trained them to pull small hooked tools to obtain the cereal that was otherwise beyond their reach.
In one experiment they gave them two similar hooked tools, one of which worked well for the food retrieval task, and the other did not. The rats quickly learned to choose the correct tool for the job, selecting it 95 per cent of the time.
The experiments showed that the rats understood the spatial arrangement between the food and the tool. The team’s study is the first to demonstrate that rats are able to use tools, says Nagano.
The rats did get a little confused in the final experiment. When the team gave them a rake that looked the part but with a bottom was too soft and flimsy to move the cereal, they still tried to use it as much as the working tool that was also available. But, says Nagano, it is possible their eyesight was simply not good enough for them to tell that the flimsy tool wasn’t up to the task.
The rodents’ crafty feat places them in the ever-growing club of known tool-using animals such as chimps, bearded capuchin monkeys, New Caledonian crows, alligators and even some fish.
“I think this is a really important study that urges us to keep open minds about the evolution of tool behaviour,” says Marc Bekoff of the University of Colorado, Boulder. “These tool-using abilities occur in a wider range of species than most people would imagine.”
The results also add to previous research on rats’ cognitive and emotional, capacities, which, as Bekoff points out, people tend to ignore. “We know that rats display empathy, we know that rats like to be tickled and feel joy,” he says. “They are smart and emotional beings.”
Journal reference: Animal Cognition, DOI: 10.1007/s10071-016-1039-5
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hence commercial and market freedom. …The principles of Adam Smith spread throughout Europe, as did the name he used for them, “liberal.” …so “liberal” political movements were born.
But then the statists began to call themselves liberals.
At the end of the nineteenth century, and thereafter, there came a dramatic shift. Collectivism or statism was on the rise. …Especially during the period 1880 to 1940, there came great changes in the meanings of words, changes in semantics. …people started using words in new ways, and often even announced and emphasized the newness of their usage and meaning. …the statists arrogated the term liberal to themselves… The literature of the so-called New Liberals declaimed openly against individual liberty and in favor of state collectivism and socialistic reform.
Interestingly, the bastardization of “liberal” has primarily occurred in the United States and Canada.
…when we step outside North America, we see that, by and large, liberal still means liberal…read and listen to European Parliament member Daniel Hannan, who often uses liberal proudly in its original sense, and who never calls leftists “liberal,” or to read the journal of the Institute of Economic Affairs (London)—Economic Affairs: A Journal of Liberal Political Economy. …In Prague, for example, the leading freedom-oriented organization is called the Liberal Institute. Where liberal still means liberal, such as in Europe and Latin America, leftists have no reluctance in calling their imaginary bogeyman “neoliberalism.”
I can vouch for that. I’m often accused of being a “liberal” or “neo-liberal” when speaking overseas. It took a while to get used to it, but now I smile and say “yup, that’s me.”
And I’ll sometimes use “classical liberal” and “libertarian” interchangeably when speaking in the United States. But given the way the meaning of the word has changed over time, I don’t think it would make sense to the average person if I referred to myself as “liberal.”
That being said, I fully agree with Professor Klein that we shouldn’t let leftists get away with using that term to describe themselves. I prefer to describe them as “statists.”
P.S. Tom Sowell has a more controversial, but technically accurate, term to describe modern leftists. | 2,091 |
The news out of Google is coming rapid-fire with the Nexus 5 going on sale, KitKat becoming a reality, and now the rollout of Google Play Services 4.0. The updated framework comes with a host of improvements to Google+ Sign-In, Wallet Instant Buy, Location Based Services, Maps, and comes with a brand new Mobile Ads SDK.
One of the most popular features announced during Google I/O 2013 was a massively improved set of tools for Location Services, which included geofencing and substantially improved location discovery. With this update, efficiency can be further improved thanks to new settings that allow developers to limit how quickly their apps are notified about entering or exiting a geofence and if they should even be notified at all if the user only briefly passes through the area. The Maps API is also receiving additional features for controlling the opacity and fade-in effects of markers and how 3D buildings should appear.
Google+ Sign-In and Wallet Instant Buy are going to see deeper integration and a simplification of the purchase flow. Users are now presented a simple consent dialog before making purchases. New Wallet objects have also been added which allow vendors to reward loyalty points for purchases made through Instant Buy.
The only completely new SDK to the package is for Google Mobile Ads. The AdMob SDK for Android is being merged into Play Services to ensure Google can push updates and bug fixes without relying on developers to update their apps individually. As part of the new ad system, an advertising-specific anonymous identifier has been added to take the place of the Android ID used by most advertisers today. Users will have the option to opt out of interest-based ads or reset their identifier any time they like from within the Google Settings app.
In the blog post announcing the updated framework, Google points out that over 97% of devices now run Gingerbread (Android 2.3) or above, and thus Froyo support will be abandoned with Play Services 4.0. Devices running Android 2.2 will continue to run the latest version of Play Services 3.0 (which appears to be v3.2.66) and enjoy the features that exist within that SDK, but they aren't likely to see any further updates.
If you're a developer looking to get in on the fun, hit the Google Services Developer page for more details and check out the newly posted 4.4 SDK. For everybody else, the Play Services framework will roll out silently to your devices over the coming days. You can count on it, the teardown team is standing by.
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Several homes were destroyed and at least three people were hospitalized after severe storms rolled through North Texas, spawning three EF0 tornadoes Tuesday morning.
The damaging storms rolled through Johnson County, just south of Fort Worth, at about 3:40 a.m. CST, but the National Weather Service did not issue severe thunderstorm or tornado warnings. The worst of the damage was just west of Joshua, an NWS damage survey revealed.
Chief James Woolard told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth as many as five homes were damaged by the storm, and neighbors were looking after the pets left behind as two of the injured residents were taken to the hospital. One of the victims was in serious to critical condition, the report added.
"This is the most extensive damage we've seen," he told NBCDFW.com.
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Two of the three injuries were sustained when a house collapsed on two women inside, and both needed to be pulled from the rubble, NBCDFW.com also said.
"We asked her where her mother was and she pointed to the direction of the back room of the house," neighbor Jennifer Chezem told NBCDFW.com. "So we went to go to try to find her and we were able to locate her foot and my husband was able to start digging debris off of her to get her out."
The NWS confirmed two separate EF0 tornadoes in Johnson County: one near Joshua, and another near Godley. Both had maximum wind speeds of 80 mph or less.
This is the second time in less than a week that a twister caused damage in the United States without a tornado warning issued; an EF1 tornado hit Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Thursday evening, but that storm had a severe thunderstorm warning. Only a significant weather advisory was issued before Tuesday morning's storm in Johnson County.
A significant weather advisory is issued by an NWS office for thunderstorms that can be impactful, but are not expected to reach severe thresholds, said weather.com senior meteorologist Jonathan Erdman.
The NWS issues severe thunderstorm warnings for those storms which are expected to produce wind gusts of at least 58 mph, wind damage or hail at least 1 inch in diameter, he said.
Additional damage was reported Tuesday morning in DeSoto, just south of Dallas. The NWS confirmed a third EF0 tornado, which damaged some 30 homes.
More than 8,000 Oncor customers lost power during the storms, the utility company said. | 2,093 |
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness Is coming To PC This Fall
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness Is coming To PC This Fall
| Source: DSO Gaming Author: Mark Campbell
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness Is coming To PC This Fall
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness will be coming to PC this fall as part of it's Western release/ localization. The game will be based inside the first season of the Psycho Pass Anime and will feature many decisions that will determine how the game plays out.
This game is a visual novel that is based in a universe where your mental health is constantly monitored and measured on your own personal Psycho Pass, where changes in stress level and your mental well-being can mark you as ill or potentially as a latent criminal, prompting immediate treatment or incarceration.
In this world all may seem perfect, but under the world's healthy exterior there lies a dark world where the Police's Enforcement Division stands a a thin line between order and chaos. In this game you fill the shoes of a new recruit in the Enforcement Division.
The player can choose between two new detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigation Department’s Division 1; Nadeshiko Kugatachi, a calm and serious Inspector whose memories were wiped, and Takuma Tsurugi, a hot-headed Enforcer who is searching for his missing childhood friend. You must decide the best course of action for each given situation, but regardless of the hierarchy that separates Inspector from Enforcer, players must be mindful that every decision has its own repercussions. With an intricate decision-making system, Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness offers a twisted plot and compelling cases, providing a number of different endings. Ultimately, depending on the choices made, Hues may deteriorate beyond recovery, cases may be left unsolved, and the game may end quicker than expected.
Sadly this game will not feature English voice acting, but feature the original Japanese Voice acting and localized text. The game is not expected to be overly demanding on PC and will come to Steam in Fall 2016.
You can join the discussion on Psycho Pass: Mandatory Happiness coming to PC on the OC3D Forums.
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The chair of the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school board says squatter activists who occupied a closed school for 18 hours over the weekend left behind a mess that will cost the district at least $100,000 to clean up and repair.
Steve Rae posted photos of the damage to Rutherford Elementary in Nanaimo, B.C., on social media.
A large amount of drug paraphernalia and harm reduction supplies were left behind by the squatters. (Steve Rae)
"I was mortified. They destroyed all the doors on the bottom floor. They cut holes in the roof to hang their signs on," said Rae.
"But the most troubling part for me was the amount of drugs we found in there. There were cases of needles, there were naloxone kits all over the place."
The group, which includes members of the Alliance Against Displacement, broke into the school on Friday, claiming the action to be in opposition to "anti-homeless hate" related to a Sept. 21 B.C. Supreme Court injunction ordering people out of the Nanaimo DisconTent City homeless encampment.
A hallway barricade in Rutherford Elementary School. (Steve Rae)
The RCMP emergency response team moved in and arrested approximately 20 protesters on Saturday.
On Twitter the group claimed the school was already a mess, with "textbooks, school supplies and trash... strewn everywhere when we entered."
It also claimed the RCMP was responsible for the damage shown in the photos, a statement Rae calls "absolutely ridiculous."
A full syringe sits on the ledge of a classroom whiteboard. (Steve Rae)
"I walked into the building with the RCMP as soon as it was safe and it was a complete and total disaster," he said.
"We acknowledge clearly that there is a homeless issue in Nanaimo and in the province of British Columbia and we have extreme empathy for it, but this is not the way to go about helping your cause."
Rae said the school district is now hiring outside security at two other schools that the group has threatened to occupy.
"This comes at a significant cost," he said. "And we're going to have to take that from money earmarked for kids' classrooms."
Rutherford Elementary closed down in June due to the opening of a new school annex nearby.
Some of the drug paraphernalia and harm reduction supplies left behind by the squatters. (Steve Rae)
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ALTAMONT, Tenn. (WDEF)- Sheriff Shrum has identified the third victim in the Sunday night shooting in Altamont.
38 year old Christopher Gary Hurst from Bridgeport, Alabama was shot and wounded.
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Hurst is an acquaintance the suspected shooter’s wife.
Sheriff Shrum says both Hurst and Jerone Powell have undergone surgery at area hospitals.
Powell is critical condition.
The suspect, John Wesley Smith is in fair condition.
Sheriff Shrum says there were six children were inside the residence when the shooting occurred.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office says they responded to SR-56 in Altamont where they found 4 shooting victims.
The shooter was still on scene, according to the Sheriff.
Deputies says they immediately took 37-year-old John Wesley Smith into custody.
EMS was called for the victims, which included the homeowner, 50-year-old Jerone Powell and the shooter’s wife 32-year-old, Carolyn Nicole Powell.
Powell was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another male was also shot, but cannot be identified until the family is notified.
The shooter and the two male victims were transported to area hospitals.
Sheriff Shrum says it appears to be a domestic related incident between the shooter, his wife Nicole Powell and the unidentified victim.
The Sheriff says Smith is from Marion County and has a lengthy criminal history.
Sheriff Shrum has requested assistance from the District Attorney’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of investigation
Previous Story: The Grundy County Herald is reporting that the Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that injured 4 people, killing one.
The paper is reporting that the call was domestic and it began when a man went into a home in Altamont and found his wife with another man.
The paper says the wife and the other man attempted to leave the home and were shot by the husband.
The woman’s father shot the husband, keeping him from continuing to fire, however the father was also shot, according to the paper.
The paper is reporting that the 32 year old woman was killed.
The Sheriff tells News 12 that the shooter in custody, was shot in the head by the homeowner.
The Sheriff told the paper that they are actively investigating and they have called in the TBI for assistance.
No identities have been released. | 2,096 |
News Venezuela Breaks Bitcoin Trading Record Again As New Regulations Become Law
Venezuela set a new record for the amount it traded for Bitcoin (BTC) last week, showing cryptocurrency’s continued appeal in the face of ongoing political turmoil.
17.1 Billion Bolivars For Bitcoin
Data from Coin Dance, which tracks volumes on P2P trading platform Localbitcoins, showed that in fiat terms, the seven days ending February 2 were the busiest on record for Venezuela.
The country’s embattled currency the sovereign bolivar (VES) suffers from rampant hyperinflation, with capital controls and a shortage of foreign currency leaving residents with only one choice to secure their wealth: Bitcoin.
Almost 17.1 billion VES changed hands on Localbitcoins last week – clipping the all-time high set the week before by almost 1.2 billion VES.
In Bitcoin terms, the period was Venezuelans’ second largest at 1972 BTC.
Law Will Fine ‘Unauthorized’ Crypto Users
The surge in cryptocurrency popularity has not gone unnoticed by authorities. On Monday, the text of a new law regulating the sector, from buying and selling to even how law enforcement can allow itself to confiscate mining equipment, appeared the country’s official gazette.
The move gives regulators overarching power concerning cryptocurrency exchanges and other official businesses, but controlling P2P services, such as Finnish Localbitcoins, all but impossible.
According to the law, those ‘officially’ flouting the rules, which also extend to Venezuela’s state-issued cryptocurrency Petro, can face severe penalties of up to $18,000, local cryptocurrency media outlet Cryptonoticias reports.
The publication quotes the document as stating:
Those who operate or perform any type of activity related to the constitution, issuance, organization, operation and use of (Petro) or cryptocurrencies, including mining, without the proper authorization of the governing body and in breach of the other formalities required by this Constituent Decree, they will be sanctioned with a fine equivalent to 100 to 300 (Petro).
Among those in line for such sanctions could be Juan Guaido, the self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, whom commentators suspect has considerable Bitcoin holdings. Authorities moved to quarantine Guaido’s fiat bank accounts last week.
What do you think about Venezuela’s Bitcoin trading statistics? Let us know in the comments below!
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From Seattle comes one of the most extraordinary news stories I can recall, courtesy of the left-wing Seattle Post-Intelligencer: “White nationalist fliers found in West Seattle, Tacoma, other Puget Sound cities.” The subhead: “The fliers referenced a hate group and featured a Cold War-era slogan.”
What did those “white nationalist” flyers say? Here they are:
The powers that be in Seattle seem to have the impression that it is illegal to say “Better dead than red;” or, at least for the wrong people to say it:
Residents in West Seattle, Tacoma and beyond discovered fliers citing a white nationalist hate group in their neighborhoods Sunday, prompting police to investigate who is responsible for the littering.
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They included a URL citing the website for Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
I have no idea whether the Patriot Front is a “white nationalist organization” or not, but being condemned by the SPLC, itself a far-left hate group that is notorious for libeling those with whom it disagrees–or being condemned by anyone else–obviously has no legal significance.
Tacoma police confirmed the same fliers turned up — about 30 to 50 of them — in the 5800 block of McGhee Street Sunday morning. Two neighbors collected them and reported the incident to the Tacoma Police Department, Sgt. Loretta Cool confirmed Monday. The Anti-Defamation League Pacific Northwest tweeted Monday that the fliers were also left in Redmond, Edmonds and Bellevue. Seattle police have not linked the fliers to any specific people, but ask anyone with information to call the bias crimes unit at 206-684-5550.
The bias crimes unit? What on God’s green Earth is the crime? Do the Seattle Police Department and, apparently, the Post-Intelligencer think that it is illegal for a group to pass out literature if it has been criticized by the Southern Poverty Law Center? Or do they think there is something about “better dead than red” that could somehow be a “bias crime”?
The ignorance on display here is mind-numbing. Jerome Woehrle has the patience to instruct these bozos on the law at Liberty Unyielding, but really it shouldn’t be necessary. The fact that there are people this ignorant in positions of authority, and in the press, is enough to make you cry. | 2,098 |
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The publisher of in-flight catalog SkyMall has filed for bankruptcy.
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SkyMall LLC, the in-flight catalog company whose offerings include pedal laptop desks and automated ball- launchers for dogs, filed for bankruptcy citing a retail marketplace transformed by online merchants.
The marketer of more than 30,000 products distributed its catalog in airplane seat pockets, putting it in the hands of 650 million air travelers a year, according to the company website.
Idle air travelers could browse for novelty items such as an Ultrasonic Barking Dog Deterrent that looks like a birdhouse, for $49.95, or a replica of a 16th-century Italian globe based on nautical maps that doubles as a bar, for $189.
All the beard without all the work. Find the Beard Hat on SkyMall.com #Beard #InstantLumberJack #SkyMall A photo posted by SkyMall (@skymall) on Nov 23, 2014 at 6:22pm PST
The company and its affiliates listed as much as $50 million in liabilities and as much as $10 million in assets in Chapter 11 filings in Phoenix Thursday.
"The direct marketing retail industry is crowded, rapidly evolving and intensely competitive," Chief Financial Officer Scott Wiley said in a court filing. He listed Amazon.com Inc. and EBay Inc. as among competitors with greater resources and more customers.
Basic toast got you down? Put a dog on it! 13 breeds to choose from. Find the Dog Breed Toaster on SkyMall.com #Dogs #Toaster #SkyMall A photo posted by SkyMall (@skymall) on Nov 1, 2014 at 11:54am PDT
"With the increased use of electronic devices on planes, fewer people browsed the SkyMall in-flight catalog," Wiley said. New technology and the cost of getting the magazine on planes "made the traditional in-flight SkyMall catalog increasingly unattractive to the airlines," he said.
The business, which works as a distributor without maintaining its own inventories, generated $33.7 million of revenue in 2013, according to court filings.
The case is In re SkyMall LLC, 15-00679, U.S. bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona (Phoenix).
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