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Jaanai Gordon's last minute goal secured the victory for the Hammers
West Ham United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 thanks to a late Jaanai Gordon goal in a behind closed doors friendly at the Boleyn Ground on Wednesday afternoon.
Alex Song played just over an hour on his return from injury, while Slaven Bilic took the opportunity to field highly rated prospects Marcus Browne and Jahmal Hector-Ingram.
Just as it looked like the game was heading for a draw, young striker Jaanai Gordon expertly headed Carl Jenkinson’s pin-point cross past Eagles’ goalkeeper Julian Speroni.
In an open game, Michail Antonio looked lively down the right-hand flank, firing a number of dangerous crosses into the box with Joey O’Brien providing a valuable option on the overlap.
The first real chance of the game fell to the visitors as Patrick Bamford got to the byline and cut back for Connor Wickham who forced Rapahel Spiegel to make a sharp save down to his right.
The Hammers responded with a chance of their own as Mauro Zarate worked a yard of space and tested the Palace keeper with a stinging shot.
It was the Argentine who again went closest to breaking the deadlock, bending an effort just wide from 25-yards and it was the forward who looked most likely to score throughout the proceedings.
Into the second half, Jaanai Gordon, James Tomkins and Doneil Henry came on as the Hammers started the second period brightly. Clear cut chances were hard to come by, Stephen Hendrie tried an audacious volley from range while Gordon tested Speroni’s reflexes.
With an hour gone, Song demonstrated his obvious talent with an exquisite defence splitting pass; Antonio the glad recipient, bore down on goal and forced Speroni into a fantastic save.
It would prove to Song’s last meaningful touch as he was replaced, as planned, by fellow m
idfielder Amos Nasha. First team full backs Carl Jenkinson and Aaron Cresswell were also given run outs.
Despite the superiority, the Eagles had chances of their own as striker Frazier Campbell’s arrowed shot took a deflection before skimming the post with Spiegel beaten.
Just as the sides looked to have settled for a draw, Jenkinson bombed forward and delivered a superb cross which Gordon, unmarked, steered past Speroni with just minutes remaining of the match. | 2,500 |
Wizard! Unseen sketch of Harry Potter meeting a Hippogriff goes under the hammer (and it's set to sell for £10k)
An unseen sketch of Harry Potter meeting the mythical Hippogriff has been discovered 10 years after being drawn is set to sell for more than £10,000.
The one-of-a-kind drawing by former Potter illustrator Cliff Wright, who designed the front covers for books two and three in the series, shows the wizard holding hands with the creature.
The Hippogriff, a cross between a horse, lion and eagle, first swooped into Harry's adventures in the third book of the series, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban.
Rare: The unseen sketch worth at least £10,000 features a note written to a friend in Canada, which says: 'To Louis Charles, all best wishes from Cliff'
The Sussex based artist refused to illustrate the fourth book after his original front and back cover artwork for Azkaban was lost by a design studio, meaning this drawing could be one of his last.
Experts estimate the 2002 sketch could sell for a five-figure sum.
Antique dealers Art Of The Imagination are selling the drawing at the Antiques for Everyone Fair at the end of the month.
Magic: A young Daniel Radcliffe, as Harry Potter
Mike Emeny, from Art Of The Imagination, said: 'There are an incredibly limited number of Harry Potter drawings and paintings because they have not been made into story books.
'Mainly it's just the artwork made to preview and promote the books, but that is all so closely controlled by rights it's almost impossible for collectors to get hold of them.
'This sketch is extremely rare - when Cliff finished his association with the Harry Potter series he stopped doing any drawings.
'Therefore, we would expect this to sell for around £10,000, but it could be a lot more.
'He did it for a friend of his from Canada but its ended up in our hands a decade later.
'Any Potter fan would love to get their hands on this item and there is a lot of excitement around it already. It would make a fantastic part of any collection.'
The sketch is being sold at the Antiques for Everyone Fair at the Birmingham NEC, which runs from October 27 to 30.
Antiques for Everyone is the UK's largest antair with more than 300 specialist dealers exhibiting more than 100,000 items.
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Google Docs just rolled out a time-saving trick that’s sure to be welcomed by heavy users of Docs, or any of Google’s other productivity tools like Sheets, Slides, Sites or Forms. The company this week introduced its “.new” domain, which can be used to instantly create a new file across any of these services, it says.
For example, instead of going to Google Drive, clicking the “new” button, then the service you want to use, you can just type “doc.new” to get started in a new Google Doc.
Google helpfully registered many variations on this domain, as well, so docs.new and documents.new also work.
And the same format applies across Google’s productivity apps, meaning you can also type in things like sheet.new, sheets.new, spreadsheet.new, site.new, sites.new, website.new, slide.new, slides.new, deck.new, presentation.new, form.new or forms.new.
(Don’t type in the “www” — just the domain.)
Introducing a ✨.new ✨ time-saving trick for users. Type any of these.new domains to instantly create Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites or Forms ↓ pic.twitter.com/erMTHOsdyH — Google Docs (@googledocs) October 25, 2018
If you tend to work with Google Docs on a regular basis, this little hack can end up saving a ton of time throughout your day. You can even bookmark the domains to use as shortcuts, so you can get to the same blank document with just a click.
This is all possible because Google owns the.new domain, which allows it to create whatever subdomains it wants on the site.
just learned about typing https://t.co/BPxev0k1uj into the address bar and this is a game changer — merritt k (@merrittk) October 26, 2018
After Google tweeted the news on Thursday, users were so thrilled about the trick they started requesting other domains, too. “Do drawings pretty please,” asked one Twitter user. “Please also add email.new,” said another.
Google didn’t respond to those requests, but it wouldn’t be surprising if the domain was used in other ways across its apps in the future. | 2,502 |
If you live in western Tennessee, be on the lookout: A 7-foot alligator was recently spotted in the southwestern part of the state and is the latest of “several confirmed sightings,” wildlife officials warned.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) personnel recently caught footage of the massive reptile at Wolf River in Feyette County. While alligators have been slowly migrating north for the past five years, the video is “really the first good footage of this,” Amy Spencer, the information and education coordinator for region 1 of TWRA, told Fox News.
Spencer said that the gators are expanding into Tennessee from southern border states, such as Mississippi, which has a “pretty good [alligator] population” along the Mississippi/Tennessee border, she said.
“This has been a natural progression,” she said, adding that local residents couldn’t stop talking about a different alligator that was spotted in Hardin County last summer.
Spencer said alligators are most likely migrating north because the winters in Tennessee are relatively mild. During the few snaps of extreme cold the gators “go in to a hibernation-like state called brumation,” she said. (In fact, according to TWRA, alligators “can withstand periods of ice by sticking their snout out of the water before it freezes which allows them to continue breathing”).
The reptiles are “opportunistic feeders,” the agency said, adding that they typically feed on fish, turtles, snakes and frogs, among other types of smaller animals that live in water. But sometimes, according to TWRA, the gators will feed on larger animals “such as possums, raccoons and deer.”
Anyone who comes across a gator is urged to leave them alone. Spencer said the agency has no plans to remove the reptiles and cannot stop their progression into Tennessee.
“The chances of being seriously injured [by an alligator] is super rare. That being said, she added, “just stay away from them -- they’re more scared of you than you are of them.”
Additionally, it is against the law to harass or hunt alligators because they are a protected species, she said. And while there’s a chance the gators could “move on” to other parts of Tennessee or even other states, “we need to learn to live with them,” Spencer said. | 2,503 |
Moldova National Library – Photograph by Daniel Zollinger
These pillars of higher learning are also home to some of the world’s most incredible architecture. Below is a small collection of stunning libraries around the globe. From the historical to the modern, these centres of knowledge and learning also preserve the history and culture of their respective periods. Personally, I would find it hard to concentrate in some of these places, they are too beautiful for the eye not to wander.
1. University Club Library – New York City, United States
Photograph by Peter Bond
Photograph by Peter Bond
2. Canadian Library of Parliament – Ottawa, Canada
Photograph by James Gillard
Photograph by James Gillard
3. Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library – New Haven, Connecticut
Photograph by Lauren Manning
Photograph by KAALpurush
4. Iowa State Capital Law Library – United States
Photograph by Tani Livengood
5. Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington – Seattle, Washington
Photograph by Sam
Photograph by Sam
6. Admont Abbey Library – Austria
Photograph by Ognipensierovo
7. State Library – Victoria, Australia
Photograph by Waltonics
8. Library at El Real Monasterio de El Escorial – Madrid, Spain
Photograph by Jose Maria Cuellar
9. José Vasconcelos Library – Mexico City, Mexico
Photograph by Pedro Vasquez Colmenares
Photograph by Aurelio Asiain
10. Real Gabinete Português de Leitura – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photograph by Ruy Barbosa Pinto
11. National Library of Finland – Helsinki, Finland
Photograph by Marj-Liisa
12. Mitchell Library – Sydney, Australia
Photograph by Christopher Chan
13. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at University of Toronto – Toronto, Canada
Photograph by Fadi J
14. George Peabody Library – Baltimore, Maryland
Photograph by Danielle King
15. Strahov Theological Hall – Prague, Czech Republic
Photograph by Rafael Ferreira
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found that wearing a helmet while riding an e-scooter significantly reduced injuries. It also found that half of the people interviewed for the study had severe injuries they believed were linked to riding surface conditions.
“This was the first study to look at the public health impact of rentable dockless electric scooters by speaking with people who were hurt while using them. We found that less than one percent of injured people were wearing a helmet when their injury occurred,” said Dr. Laurel Morano, one of the investigators for the CDC study. “Helmet use might also reduce the risk of head and brain injuries in the event of a dockless electric scooter crash.”
The Washington-based Micromobility Coalition responded saying there is an inherent risk of operating any vehicle on roadways or sidewalks.
“Like using a bike, motorcycle, or car, there is risk in operating a personal transportation vehicle. Car drivers face this risk every day — whether it is the risk of human error, collision with another commuter, or poor conditions on the roads,” said the coalition’s Executive Director Ryan McConaghy in a statement.
“To prevent these accidents from happening, industry and regulators continuously work together to create safety standards and build infrastructure that protects human life while supporting car use.”
It’s not mandatory to wear a helmet, but city officials are urging riders to do so.
City officials and the Tallahassee Police Department have little regulatory power over the use of e-scooters. Officers will be assisting with moving scooters that are left in the street or in a walkway, but redocking them falls on the individual companies.
It is possible to be charged with a DUI while riding a scooter.
A study by the National Association of City Transportation Officials released an April report that showed use of e-scooters has skyrocketed across the country. Within the 69 cities in North America, 38.5 million scooter trips were taken. Dockless bikes have all but disappeared.
The city’s pilot with rentable bike company Pace has stalled after the company warehoused their inventory in preparation for Hurricane Michael in October and never put them back out.
The city has set up a webpage with common e-scooter questions at www.talgov.com/place/pln-scoot.aspx
Contact Karl Etters at [email protected] or @KarlEtters on Twitter
Where can I get a scooter? | 2,505 |
Last updated on.From the section Football
New signing Nick Powell has been lined up for a switch to a central midfield role at Manchester United following his move from Crewe Alexandra.
The 18-year-old operated as a forward last season and finished the campaign with 16 goals for the Alex.
But Sir Alex Ferguson plans to utilise Powell, who scored in Crewe's League Two play-off final win against Cheltenham, in a deeper role.
"We see him as a central midfield player," said the United boss.
"Crewe played him as a forward in behind the striker, but I asked a question of [Alex director of football] Dario Gradi as to whether he thought central midfield was his position.
"That's what he thinks, and Nick thinks that's his position too, so we're all in accord on that."
Ferguson admits that the role of former Crewe boss Gradi was crucial in smoothing through 18-year-old Powell's £3m-plus move to Old Trafford.
"The fact that I knew Dario well made it much easier in terms of getting to the point of helping us do a deal quickly," added Ferguson.
Nick Powell: Play-off hero Powell scored with a stunning 25-yard strike to help Crewe to victory in the League Two play-off final against Cheltenham at Wembley in May
"Nick had been on our scouting radar for a while. When he first came into the team from last November onwards, he did very well and we've watched him progress.
"Then when we got to the end of the season it started to get a bit more serious and we decided to do a deal before the play-offs, which proved the right thing to do.
"He's still got a bit of physical development to do, as you'd expect of any 18-year-old, but he'll be with the first team squad and train with us every day.
"If they progress and they're good enough, I've no issue with that. We play young players all the time."
Powell is looking forward to getting started at Old Trafford.
"I thought Crewe's facilities were amazing for a League Two club but this is a different world," said Powell.
"At Crewe, it was one camera, one person. At Manchester United, it's the whole world. I've still got a lot to learn and being at Manchester United will help that, but the other players have been fantastic." | 2,506 |
builders.
“There’s nothing that’s been proposed or put in place that would be a meaningful long-term plan that would prevent another event like West.”
Pickett thinks such legislation may now have a better chance at passage. “What’s different about this is we’ve got an explosion in West,” he said. “It’s going to be politically incorrect to oppose that…Times are changing.”
Craft of the Environmental Defense Fund has her doubts. “We are not expecting much of anything from this current Legislature,” she said.
National response
Some lawmakers have said that a mishmash of policies and a breakdown in communication among federal, state and local planners helped keep firefighters in the dark about the dangers of the fertilizer stored in West.
In response, President Obama signed an executive order in August directing federal agencies involved in overseeing dangerous chemicals to better share information and modernize standards.
The agencies also were ordered to improve how they work with other federal, state and local officials.
A few weeks after the presidential directive, the federal government issued new guidelines for storing and handling ammonium nitrate.
The detailed 19-page advisory — the first on ammonium nitrate in 15 years — goes into great detail about the chemical’s risks. It lists dozens of specific guidelines for companies storing the chemical. It also offers specific firefighting techniques and steps to make sure firefighters and communities are prepared.
Many of the guidelines, if they had already been in place, could have spared the town of West — or, at a minimum, the lives of its firefighters.
For example, the guidelines more clearly specified evacuation as an option in an ammonium nitrate fire — something West responders didn’t initially do.
The Chemical Safety Board, an independent federal agency, investigates major chemical accidents and develops safety recommendations to prevent their recurrence.
The board is in the middle of its investigation into the West explosion and hopes to issue a report by April with detailed recommendations for local, state and national stakeholders related to the ammonium nitrate business.
“There are multiple reasons for this incident occurring, not just one. So there will be a whole fleet of recommendations,” said Johnnie Banks, the board’s supervising investigator for the West explosion. “We’re looking at broad-reaching, high-level recommendations, as well as some that are very specific to the plant where this occurred.” | 2,507 |
RSpec 2.0 Released: Ruby’s Leading BDD Framework Grows Up
By Peter Cooper
9 months in the making comes RSpec 2.0, the latest major version of Ruby's most popular behavior driven development (BDD) framework (now at a gem install rspec near you). Kudos to the 82 contributors and RSpec's team lead, David Chelimsky.
What has RSpec 2.0 got that RSpec 1.x doesn't?
Modularity. RSpec has been split up into multiple gems each with a particular focus like mocks, core, and "expectations." The theory behind this is that you could pick and choose parts from other frameworks, though I suspect most users will not benefit from this.
RSpec has been split up into multiple gems each with a particular focus like mocks, core, and "expectations." The theory behind this is that you could pick and choose parts from other frameworks, though I suspect most users will not benefit from this. Totally new runner. RSpec 2.0 has borrowed heavily from the Micronaut, a BDD framework that adds more metadata and more structure to test suites. Taking on Micronaut's ideas makes RSpec significantly more flexible and open to manipulation and we're bound to see a lot of blog posts in the next few months about how to take advantage of this. One immediate benefit is "filters" which lets you run different tests under different circumstances, such as for different Ruby versions or implementations.
RSpec 2.0 has borrowed heavily from the Micronaut, a BDD framework that adds more metadata and more structure to test suites. Taking on Micronaut's ideas makes RSpec significantly more flexible and open to manipulation and we're bound to see a lot of blog posts in the next few months about how to take advantage of this. One immediate benefit is "filters" which lets you run different tests under different circumstances, such as for different Ruby versions or implementations. Better Rails 3 integration. RSpec 2.0 was originally intended to release before Rails 3.0 but now that Rails 3.0 has been in the wild a while, RSpec's integration with it is top notch.
If you want to learn more and dig around, it's worth seeing RSpec's GitHub page and then following the links to the components that take your interest.
If you're a hardcore RSpec 1.x user and want to know the changes behind the scenes and how best to upgrade, check out the RSpec 2.0 upgrade documentation. | 2,508 |
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Adapted pig hearts could be transplanted into patients within three years, according to a report citing the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK.
On the 40th anniversary of the first successful heart transplant, Sir Terence English told The Sunday Telegraph that his protege from that operation would try to replace a human kidney with a pig’s this year.
“If the result of xenotransplantation is satisfactory with porcine kidneys to humans, then it is likely that hearts would be used with good effects in humans within a few years,” the 87-year-old said. “If it works with a kidney, it will work with a heart. That will transform the issue.”
The anatomy and physiology of a pig’s heart is similar to that of a human’s, so they are used as models for developing new treatments. Hopes for a successful heart attack treatment were raised in May after a genetic therapy showed promise in pigs.
An international team of researchers, including UK scientists, found that delivering a small piece of genetic material called microRNA-199 into a heart damaged by an attack caused cells to regenerate.
Myocardial infarction, caused by the sudden blocking of one of the coronary arteries, is the main reason for heart failure. Survivors are often left with permanent structural damage to their heart.
Haider Warraich: ‘We do everything in our modern lifestyle to hurt the heart’ Read more
An estimated 900,000 people in the UK live with heart disease, and millions more have high blood pressure, another risk factor in heart attacks.
“A treatment that helps the heart repair itself after a heart attack is the holy grail for cardiologists,” the British Heart Foundation’s chair of cardiology, Ajay Shah, told the i newspaper. “This study convincingly demonstrates for the first time that this might actually be feasible and not just a pipe dream.”
During the research, the findings from which were published in the journal Nature, scientists delivered microRNA-199 into pigs after a myocardial infarction. There was “almost complete recovery” of cardiac function after a month.
Considerable obstacles remain, however, before the genetic therapy can be tested on human heart attack patients. Most of the treated pigs died after the treatment because the microRNA-199 continued to be expressed in an uncontrolled way. | 2,509 |
The White House has requested to screen "The Post" and has been granted permission by 20th Century Fox.
This comes despite past comments by the movie's stars, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, that criticized Trump and his administration.
The movie will screen in the White House and Camp David.
Steven Spielberg's political drama "The Post," a movie that evokes the rocky relationship between today's media and White House, will be screened by the Trump administration.
Trump's team put in a request to 20th Century Fox to screen the movie, as well as the studio's other recent release, "The Greatest Showman," earlier this week, a source told Business Insider on Friday. Fox granted permission for both movies to be screened.
"The Post" will screen at the White House and Camp David, where the president will be hosting a summit this weekend with top GOP lawmakers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
This latest development is a surprise following the remarks made by one of the movie's lead actors, Tom Hanks, who told The Hollywood Reporter that he wouldn't screen the movie at the White House if asked.
"Right now, without a doubt, there are people in power trying to — if not quash or stop the right to publication, [then at least] denigrate it to the point [where] they are saying there is no truth to it whatsoever," Hanks said.
Meryl Streep in "The Post." 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox's "The Post" stars Hanks as Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and Meryl Streep as the paper's publisher, Kay Graham, who battle with Richard Nixon's administration to uncover and publish secret government records on the US effort in the Vietnam War. These would become known as the Pentagon Papers.
For decades, Hollywood studios have provided the White House with movies for the president and first family to view. That is no different with Trump's presidency as numerous new releases have been sent to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue when asked, according to THR.
But the Trump administration asking to see "The Post" is interesting after what Hanks has said publicly, as well as Streep. At last year's Golden Globes ceremony the actress used her speech to fire off on Trump. Trump then fired back on Twitter calling the actress overrated.
"The Post" is currently playing in select theaters and is nominated for six Golden Globes (which will take place on Sunday).
20th Century Fox and The White House did not respond to a request for comment. | 2,510 |
I don't ask for many features when choosing a rental car, but Android Auto is usually top of the list. Having that bigger screen for Google Maps on long drives is so handy, and the large UI for calls and music genuinely make me a safer driver. I've gotten so used to it, it's difficult to really enjoy a car without it. This time, my rental car was a little different. I was provided a 2018 Audi Q5 Quattro, which on top of a ridiculous 248 horsepower engine came with an Android Auto interface that did not include a touchscreen. Wait, what's happening here?
There's very little about Android Auto that isn't clearly designed to be touched. Even when you just use the Android Auto app on your phone, the UI is designed for you to be able to make quick glances and mash a finger against a big button with little concern for accuracy. It's pretty hard to miss these big buttons, which is a big part of the appeal especially on a larger display. Verizon is offering the Pixel 4a for just $10/mo on new Unlimited lines But the 7-inch media display in the 2018 Q5 has no touch capabilities. It's just glass. That's because the entire rest of the Audi-made interface is controlled with a dial down next to the shifter knob. It's a large button that can be twisted left or right, and pressed in to select, but also can be shifted in the standard D-Pad set of directions. There are quick actions for music and volume controls on the steering wheel, but you did basically everything else with this dial. To say this took some getting used to is a bit of an understatement. If I wanted to jump to the Google Play Music interface from the Google Maps interface, I had to pull down on the dial so I could access the quick launch buttons, and then rotate the dial to the one I wanted and press down to select. To get back to the main interface from this bottom nav, I needed to push the dial up. If I wanted to access the Hamburger Menu on any screen, I needed to slide the dial to the left. Anytime I would rather use my voice, I needed to slide the dial to the right and wait for the telltale ding to come through the car speakers. As you can see, this added a lot of extra steps to pretty much everything. There's no situation in which tapping the touch screen wouldn't have been a shorter trip for using this interface, but it was also clear Google and Audi made sure every part of the Android Auto interface was still accessible. I mostly don't hate this | 2,511 |
Tonight, no beers are pouring at the controversial Point Breeze Pop-Up Garden at 1622 Point Breeze Ave.
Proprietor John Longacre (South Philadelphia Tap Room, American Sardine Bar) wrote in an email to Billy Penn:
[Our beer garden] has now received a ‘Cease and Desist’ by order of Philadelphia License and Inspections. When the Inspector came out to inform us, he stated he had ‘absolutely no idea why they were shutting us down.
Longacre provided a copy of the cease and desist order, dated July 8, 2015. The document cited improper zoning as reason for the shut down.
The temporary catering license within which most of the Philly beer gardens operate does not require a zoning permit (the license was intended for temporary events, after all), so it is not a requirement.
Notwithstanding, Longacre says he applied for a temporary zoning permit last week. “When we called to check up on it Monday, we received no call back. On Tuesday we were told they lost our application. No, I’m not kidding. This is actually what they told us.”
The beer garden drew heated complaints from some neighborhood residents. Old or young, many of them fought the transformation of an empty corner because they saw its new incarnation as ground zero for encroaching gentrification, bringing with it commotion, activity and also stiffer regulation.
The move also drew the attention of state Rep. Jordan Harris, who called a community meeting to respond to complaints. He decided to intervene on the grounds that it was more than a city issue because of the involvement of a liquor license (issued by the state).
So, here’s the current situation:
There is now a poster up at the PBPU site. The local police have been notified that no activity is to transpire there by order of Philadelphia L&I.
It’s not easy for Longacre to give up on the beer garden after trying so hard to win neighborhood approval. He has already called “a State Senator, a PLCB Director and the Executive Director of the Licensed Beverage Association of Pennsylvania” to help bolster his case for keeping the beer garden open.
“This story is not about me or even the Point Breeze POP UP for that matter. It’s about a weak State Legislator and the most dysfunctional poorly managed city services department in the country,” he wrote.
An emergency injunction hearing is tentatively scheduled for Thursday. | 2,512 |
Forest
4x Shaman of the Pack replacing 2x Elvish Visionary, 1x Elvish Clancaller and 1x Lead the Stampede
2x Thoughtseize replacing 2x Chameleon Colossus
2x Fatal Push replacing 2x Damping Sphere
Heritage Druid is a fantastic accelerator in Elves and it’s what makes the deck incredibly explosive by allowing you to go wide, given the mana potential this card offers I would suggest picking these up first. After that I’d recommend looking at Chord of Calling and Collected Company as this allows you to fill you board with more Elves or find a particular Elf you need in order to win the game. These cards are the backbone of the Elf archetype in the format and will accelerate your boardstate quickly. Similar reason to why Bant Spirits plays Collected Company too, it’s just that good of a card and is incredibly reactive to most situations.
So Gilt-Leaf Palace may seem an unusual suggestion but there is logic to it. As it’s a green/black land it allows you to run Shaman of the Pack as an alternative win condition. You’re going wide with Elves already and gives additional inevitability to the deck. If you choose to pick up Gilt-Leaf Palaces I recommend running a couple of Overgrown Tomb, a Swamp and a set of Blooming Marsh to ensure you hit those black sources for Shaman of the Pack, Thoughtseize and Fatal Push. Thoughtseize (or if you want more removal, Fatal Push or Collective Brutality are also excellent) is an powerful sideboard card which enables hand disruption to take away your opponent’s best card, or giving you a clear path to victory.
Overall there are plenty of cards you can use in Core 19 (as well as in Standard sets) to shift into Modern if you are looking to do so. It can be a little discouraging and daunting given how expensive it may seem initially. However over time you can upgrade your deck and more importantly, enjoy the format. Modern is an open format with a wide variety of cards to choose from, meaning there are always decks to be brewed. The possibilities are endless.
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So, what Core 19 Cards are you excited to use in Modern? Have you created any spicy brews in Modern from the set? If so, let us know! Can comment below or get in touch on Twitter @mtgdecktechs.
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Some movie ideas and premises are simply a work of art. In fact, some are just so damn appealing and intriguing that you can’t help but immediately be lulled in by them. Ladies and gentlemen, Helen Keller Vs Nightwolves is one such title. And the entire cinematic community and the world in general is all the better for it being created. Helen Keller Vs Nightwolves comes from Street Justice Films, and it tells the "shocking story" of a group of nightwolves that are wreaking havoc across a tiny American village by taking its inhabitants’ hearing and eye-sight. But there was one woman these wolves didn’t count on fighting back: the world’s most renowned deaf and blind individual Helen Keller. Intrigued? You better be! Prepare to be wowed because the poster for the horror-comedy has also been released, and it includes a rather spiffing pun that you’ll instantly chortle at.But there’s even more. Alongside the above poster, a red-band trailer for the gory gross-out effort has also been released. You know you want to have a quick peek:There’s just one little problem: Street Justice Films are running relatively low on funds as Helen Keller Vs Nightwolves moves into post-production. In fact it needs your help in order to move over the finishing line. You can head over to Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves’ Indiegogo page to assist in their attempt to complete production. You know you want to. It has currently amassed $21,857 of its $58,000 target, and it has 17 days left to reach its total.And while there’s no denying the fact that Helen Keller Vs Nightwolves looks crazy, preposterously over the top and ridiculously stupid, it does feature a rather impressive comedic cast that suggests donating additional funds will be worth your while. You’ll almost certainly recognize the likes of Barry Bostwick ( Rocky Horror Picture Show ), Lin Shaye ( There's Something About Mary ) Jim O’Heir ( Parks and Recreation ) and Richard Reihle ( Office Space) from their previous work, while Helen Keller Vs Nightwolves also comes from Ross Peterson, the writer and director of FDR: American Badass.If things go to plan then Helen Keller Vs. Nightwolves will be completed towards the end of the year, while Ross Peterson has insisted that it will be uploaded for all the world to enjoy soon after. You can also keep up to date with the film’s progress over at its Twitter and Facebook pages. | 2,514 |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted there was more to the migrant deal with Mexico announced over the weekend, even after Mexican officials unveiled new details of the agreement, and waved around a document that he said proved his point.
Trump did not show the document or give any details, but a Reuters photograph of the folded document allowed reporters to read parts of it.
The U.S.-Mexico migration deal includes a regional asylum plan and Mexico’s commitment to examine and potentially change its laws to implement the agreement, according to the copy.
The deal lays out “a regional approach to burden-sharing in relation to the processing of refugee status claims to migrants,” the document said.
Trump told reporters he would let Mexico announce it “at the right time,” but that “it goes into effect at my option.”
On Monday, Trump said Mexico would soon disclose part of the agreement and said that portion would have to be taken up by the Mexican Congress. He gave no more details.
Announcing previously undisclosed details of Friday’s deal, Mexican officials said on Monday they had 45 days to show that increased enforcement efforts were effective in reducing flows of migrants, mostly from Central America. If not, they would have to talk with the United States about additional measures.
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The United States wants Mexico to be declared a safe third country in which asylum seekers would have to seek safe harbor instead of the United States, a demand Mexico has long rejected.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard dropped his previous opposition to that idea in comments on Monday, but said other Latin American countries should share the asylum load with Mexico under such an arrangement.
The deal struck on Friday averted import tariffs on all Mexican goods, which Trump had vowed to impose this week unless Mexico did more to curb migration.
At the White House on Tuesday, Trump praised the agreement and called on congressional Democrats, who control the U.S. House of Representatives, to also help address the waves of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border with Mexico.
“We’re going to sit down at some point with the Democrats, we’re going to work it all out,” he told reporters.
Democrats, along with some of Trump’s fellow Republicans, have criticized Trump for tying trade policy to the immigration debate. They have also blasted the Trump administration’s handling of the migrants, calling it a humanitarian disaster. | 2,515 |
“I have said to the best of my knowledge nobody ever got anything from the State Department because they supported the Clinton Foundation,” Bill Clinton said. | Getty Bill Clinton: Foundation has been 'as transparent as we can be'
Former President Bill Clinton on Monday told CBS News’ Charlie Rose that the Clinton Foundation has been “as transparent as we can be” in response to questions about whether or not donors had received special treatment from Hillary Clinton’s State Department.
“I have said to the best of my knowledge nobody ever got anything from the State Department because they supported the Clinton Foundation,” Clinton told Rose. “If they did and it was inappropriate, I would say that was wrong too. I have proved that I’m not averse to apologizing for things that I think were wrong. So I am unaware of that.”
The Clinton Foundation has been under intense scrutiny for months regarding questions about foreign donors and preferential treatment, with the public release of emails between her aides and foundation executives fueling the controversy.
Bill Clinton argued a difference between long-term contacts requesting meetings and the claims of pay-to-play that Donald Trump has made.
"If you think nobody should ever call somebody they know and say, ‘Well, so-and-so would like a meeting’—that’s just the way the national government works, so I can’t say anything about that,” he said. “But I can say to the best of my knowledge … that the people they accused or implied gave money to the foundation just so they could have some in with Hillary did not do that. That’s simply not true.”
The foundation has since announced it will mostly stop accepting foreign and corporate donations and that Bill Clinton will step down if Hillary Clinton is elected president.
“I believe, first of all, we’ve been as transparent as we can be,” Clinton said. “And we’ve been more transparent than any other foundation, more transparent than any other foundation has ever been asked to be, and certainly more transparent than anybody else in this line of work is.”
Trump, who has donated to the Clinton Foundation, in August called for it to be shut down.
"The Clintons have spent decades as insiders lining their own pockets and taking care of donors instead of the American people. It is now clear that the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history," he said in a statement at the time. | 2,516 |
Mark Chelgren
Shown in this Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, file photo is State Sen. Mark Chelgren, R-Ottumwa, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.
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An Iowa lawmaker is under fire for claiming he got a business degree from a company that operated Sizzler restaurants.
The official bio for State Sen. Mark Chelgren (R-Ottumwa) previously claimed he obtained a "degree in hotel restaurant management" from the Forbco Management School near Los Angeles in the 1980s. Ed Failor, a spokesman for the Iowa State Republicans, told NBC News that it's actually a company that operated the popular steakhouse chain in southern California.
"This was a management course he took when he worked for Sizzler, kind of like Hamburger University at McDonald's," Failor said. "He got a certificate."
Chelgren, who has represented parts of southeastern Iowa since 2011, did not receive a degree from Forbco.
According to the New York Daily News, the reference has been removed from a government website listing Chelgren's credentials. Chelgren says he studied "astro-physics, geo-physics and mathematics" at the University of California at Riverside, but did not graduate, a UC spokesman said. He did, however, get a degree from Riverside Community College in California.
Chelgren told NBC he was not trying to "inflate" his educational experience. According to the Des Moines Register, he added that "degree" was the term Forbco used for completing the six-month course to be promoted from associate manager to assistant manager.
So why all the fuss?
Chelgren introduced a bill in the Iowa Senate last month that aims to freeze hiring at state schools unless there are closer to an even number of registered Republican and Democrat professors. Senate File 288 would require the number of faculty members from each political party to be within 10 percent of each other at Board of Regents universities.
Chelgren reportedly claimed his own experience with "liberal professors" inspired the proposed law.
"We have an awful lot of taxpayer dollars that go to support these fine universities," he told the Register. "(Students) should be able to go to their professors, ask opinions, and they should know publicly whether that professor is a Republican or Democrat or no-party affiliation, and therefore they can expect their answers to be given in as honest a way possible. But they should have the ability to ask questions of professors of different political ideologies." | 2,517 |
A schoolboy from rural Victoria returned home yesterday to find a furry carjacker behind the wheel of the family Land Rover.
Sam Box, 15, told 9news.com.au he had just gotten off the bus after school when he found the koala “trying to drive”.
He quickly snapped photos showing the koala sitting in the driver’s seat with its paws on the steering wheel.
Paws on the wheel. (9NEWS)
Get outta my road. (9NEWS)
What are you looking at? (9NEWS)
“We see them a fair bit here but never in the car,” Sam said.
He said he made a bit of noise so it would move on but the friendly intruder was not afraid.
“It was checking me out as much as I was checking him out,” Sam said.
“I opened the door and he just got out and walked away.”
Nothing to see here. (9NEWS)
Sam and his father Michael Box live on a 200-acre sheep farm at Maude near Geelong.
Mr Box said he “couldn’t believe it” when Sam showed him the photos.
“We have a really long driveway and once I saw one crossing the driveway and I went and got him and put him back in the bush, he was just lost,” Mr Box said.
Michael and Sam Box on their property at Maude in rural Victoria. (9NEWS)
Michael Box. (Facebook) (Facebook)
Sam with a prize-winning restored tractor on the farm. (Facebook) (Facebook)
The region near Geelong is becoming famous for its koala encounters.
During a heatwave in 2009 a baby koala abandoned by its mother went viral after taking a dip in a bucket on the verandah of a family home in Maude.
The young koala had wandered from its gum tree about 20 metres from the house to find refuge from the heat of the sun when temperatures reached the high 40s.
Images of the dehydrated koala, nicknamed 'Star', were circulated around Australia, New Zealand and Britain.
Dehydrated koala 'Star' went viral after seeking refuge on the verandah of a family home in Maude in 2009. (Supplied)
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an immigration holding area, De Lima said Morales had no idea if the rest of her family was also separated from each other and detained without any explanation as she was. “Will she be arrested, charged, and imprisoned in China for God knows what Chinese law she has violated? Will her whole family be dragged with her? “ The detained senator said those tense moments of being kept in the dark, wondering what is the worst that could be done to her, can lead one to mental anguish. She noted that such speculations won’t be baseless. She said immigration authorities do not treat non-citizens with the same rights as citizens. “The most that one can hope for is that she is protected by international human rights law and that the foreign country recognizes said rights,” said De Lima. “But this is China, a country not exactly known for a sterling human rights record, whether for its occupied subjects, its national minorities, or even its own citizens,” she added. For people who had been held by immigration, De Lima said those tense hours of not knowing their fate, detained for a cause that they do not know, is the closest experience to torture that they could have. She said all the world’s immigration authorities, of course, do this. However, she said, this does not mean that it is a pleasant experience. “Morales’s experience at the hands of Chinese immigration authorities is certainly no joke. It is as traumatic as any experience at detention one can get, no matter how short,” said De Lima. For a country with the world’s biggest army, and the second highest in military expenditure, she said China’s treatment of a 77-year-old grandmother as a “security threat” is absolutely pathetic. She said this only showed that even the efforts of two individuals to challenge China and its leaders before the ICC has a significant effect on the superpower. “No matter how China dismisses challenges to its absurd nine-dash claim over the WPS and the rest of the South China Sea, it continues to be concerned with an international opinion on the legitimacy of its actions,” she said. China may have the force of arms, but it cannot dictate to the world to accept the excesses of its ambitions and the parameters of its imagined right of conquest. This is why even the legal challenge of a 77-year-old grandmother has an effect on the world superpower. Despite its armor and sword, China can still be hurt by a senior woman with a sharp mind, a just cause, and a pen. | 2,519 |
strong team fighters like Greymane and Tracer on this map. Hanzo saw the most attention out of these heroes in the Eastern Clash on this map with an 86% popularity rate and a 2-4 record. Tracer was second at an 86% popularity rate and a 2-1 record, Greymane took third with a 71% popularity rate and a 2-2 record, and Li-Ming took fourth with a 71% popularity rate and a 1-3 record. However, the east also added another hero to that mix: Thrall, who showed up 71% of the time and brought out a 3-2 record overall. While Thrall is not particularly new to the eastern meta, it seems that his expanded range on Chain Lightning has made him more favorable than ever, especially on maps that require some extra poke.While Korea seemed to put its preference in Sky Temple or Battlefield of Eternity, which together made up 42% of their overall games played at the Eastern Clash, China did things very differently. A look at the percentages may suggest that China preferred Dragon Shire the most, but a closer analysis reveals that there was no clear map preference from the Chinese in this tournament. China selected the battleground 11 times in Taipei out of the 18 games they participated in, yet only picked Dragon Shire three times. Their other eight picks were spread across six different maps, suggesting that they were actually fairly comfortable playing across a wide variety of maps.Unfortunately, this general comfort did not translate into very many wins for China as a region. Their regional win-loss on Dragon Shire was 0-3, and their records on Sky Temple (1-3) and Towers of Doom (0-3) were similarly poor. There's also no answers to be found among the bans, as Korea typically used their map ban on Braxis Holdout when facing a Chinese team (with the exception of Team Blossom, who preferred to ban Infernal Shrines out of personal preference). As a result, there is no clear answer to the question "which maps does China prefer in a tournament?", because there simply wasn't enough games to get a firm grasp of their tournament meta. While this is perhaps a disappointing result for a region that has put forth such aggressive compositions and tactics that once helped define the meta, there is still hope for a brighter future. Perhaps this is an opportunity for China to revisit its battleground strategies and look for more unique ways to shake the meta up again.That's all for today's segment. Next time, we'll go over the hero selections of the Eastern Clash and see which heroes were the biggest priorities! | 2,520 |
��i dùng an tâm hơn, dịch vụ thay pin Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro cũng được bảo hành lên đến 6 tháng. Trong thời gian bảo hành, nếu bất cứ khi nào pin gặp triệu chứng bất ổn, bạn có thể mang máy đến Điện Thoại Vui để được kiểm tra và sửa chữa. Đặc biệt hơn nữa, trong quá trình thay thế, bạn sẽ được tận mắt chứng kiến quá trình sửa chữa, nhằm tránh trường hợp tráo linh kiện. Và toàn bộ quá trình sửa chữa sẽ được thực hiện ngay tại quầy thu nhận máy. Nếu cần thiết, hãy đến ngay Điện Thoại Vui để thay pin Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro. Hiện tại, cửa hàng cũng đang hỗ trợ các dịch vụ thay pin Xiaomi khác như thay pin Xiaomi Mi 4, thay pin Xiaomi Mi 5, thay pin Xiaomi Mi 6,… | 2,521 |
Editors' pick: Originally published Sept. 30, 2016.
A contentious U.S. presidential election cycle is nearing an end and the Federal Reserve could hike interest rates at one of its final two policy meetings for the year. Yet, beverage and snack giant PepsiCo (PEP) - Get Report still sees smooth sailing ahead despite the threat of a more volatile stock market and global economy in the wake of each major event's outcome.
On Thursday, PepsiCo hiked its full-year profit outlook for the second time this year. It now forecasts full-year earnings of $4.78 a share, up from $4.71 a share previously.
"We have built a product portfolio to weather these challenges -- whether it's the innovation capabilities that we have built, the advertising increases or the productivity that we are driving we just have the classic virtuous cycle working inside PepsiCo right now," explained PepsiCo Vice Chairman and CFO Hugh Johnston in an interview when asked why the company has such confidence in its outlook. He added, "We have pretty good geographic balance, too."
It's hard to argue with Johnston's sense of confidence. The combination of low inflation, cost-cutting and the world's love affair for snacking continued to fuel PepsiCo during the third quarter. The beverage and snack giant blew away analysts' earnings estimates for the second straight quarter, posting fiscal third-quarter earnings excluding one-time items of $1.40 a share vs. forecasts for $1.32 a share. Net revenue fell 2% from the prior year to $16.0 billion but topped forecasts for $15.84 billion.
The quarter was led by PepsiCo's two bread-and-butter businesses in North America: snacks and beverages, each benefiting from a steady stream of new products and input cost deflation. Frito Lay's organic revenue rose 3.5% from the prior year, with operating profits rising by a quicker 5%. The North American beverage business bounced back from a mixed second quarter, notching a 3% increase in organic revenue and a 10% gain in operating profits.
"All in all, Pepsi's investments over the past couple of years are clearly paying off and the value of its growth cannot be overlooked in a space struggling to keep up with consumers' evolving interests. Management shifted its focus away from carbonated sugar beverages at the right time and has diversified its portfolio of snacks and drinks to appeal to a wide variety of tastes," said Jim Cramer, TheStreet's founder and manager of the Action Alerts PLUS portfolio, which owns PepsiCo shares. | 2,522 |
My accusations of low-balling were sparked by Turnbull's whiteboard explanation of the economics of rolling out fibre-to-the-node rather than fibre-to-the-premises. He didn't offer specific numbers but clearly said that the cost of rolling out fibre to every home in a FttP network is "typically three to four times" the cost of rolling out fibre to street cabinets in a FttN network.
Turnbull then drew a line of this graph to illustrate that it's not worth building a FttP network because "the marginal utility goes to zero". In other words, by opting for FttP we'd spend a lot more to offer faster download speeds which people wouldn't pay for because they don't need it. The jump from 10Mbps to 20Mbps is a lot more valuable to people than the jump from 40Mbps to 50Mbps. Eventually people reach a point where they won't pay any more for faster speeds – that's the zero marginal utility line. The expense of FttP puts it well above this line on Turnbull's graph.
Meanwhile the graph's FttN column comes in very close to the zero marginal utility line, because FttN is so much cheaper than FttP by Turnbull's calculations. While Turnbull doesn't use the phrase "multi-technology mix" in the video, the obvious take-home message is that the government's NBN plan is a better deal for Australians than Labor's FttP plan.
Turnbull refutes my low-balling accusations by pointing out that the Cost-Benefit Analysis does allow for the extra costs of the multi-technology mix plan. My criticisms weren't aimed at the Cost-Benefit Analysis, they were aimed at Turnbull's whiteboard lesson. While he makes some valid points in the video, it is misleading for Turnbull to use an FttN versus FttP comparison to justify the government's new-look NBN.
Tunrbull's graph might be valid if you were comparing a national FttN rollout against a national FttP rollout, but that's not what the multi-technology mix proposes for Australia. You can't realistically compare the cost of FttN against FttP in Australia without conceding that, under the government's plan, the cost of rolling out FttN brings with it the extra costs of repairing and maintaining the copper network as well as extending and upgrading the HFC cable network. There are also the possible costs of coming back later to extend the FttP network in places where FttN is no longer up to the job. | 2,523 |
You can't toss an empty bourbon bottle in Louisville, Kentucky, without hitting some example of excellent graphic design --- from fading ghost signs on old brick walls to new businesses with great logos.
Which is maybe why, when the news broke this week that the city would be home to a new professional soccer team, the Louisville City Football Club, so much of the attention focused on the logo: a gold fleur-de-lis over a purple bourbon barrel (see above).
Why purple? It's the color you get when you mix red (the color of the University of Louisville Cardinals) and blue (their arch-rivals, the University of Kentucky Wildcats), the Club explained helpfully. Massimo Vignelli would not be amused.
Twitter quickly decided that the graphic identity of the new team needed, ahem, some work.
I don't mean to criticize... But that soccer club logo? Well... God don't love ugly. Or purple. --- Michelle Jones (@michellej) June 3, 2014
@LouCoopers It was made with clip art. What does that say about our team and our city? #LCFClogo pic.twitter.com/1jecrpYsYv --- Jim Deweese (@JimDeweese) June 3, 2014
The Louisville City Football Club unveils it's awesome logo and cutting-edge website. #LCFClogo pic.twitter.com/DqPkRsWrSJ --- Jeff Faughender (@JFaughender) June 4, 2014
Then some local graphic designers stepped in, offering their own redesigns:
@JonathanLintner trying to encourage this city toward better design. pic.twitter.com/eI5ofYqJax --- Jeremy Booth (@jeremybooth) June 4, 2014
An entire portfolio of branding ideas turned up from local ad agency strADegy, with team names like the Sternwheelers and the Lads:
Responding to the criticism, one of the team's owners appeared to double down on the original logo. "If we live with that logo for a year, I'm not going to think it's the end of the world," architect Wayne Estopinal told the Courier-Journal. But by the time of the official announcement at a press conference yesterday afternoon, the story had changed. Estopinal said the team would hold a design contest to choose a new logo.
Design nerds of the Internet: 1.
Bad logos: nil. | 2,524 |
ends meet, as the family's properties in St Petersburg had been seized during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, cutting off the Delaunays' main source of income. Much of her magnificent clothing is exhibited, but only small-format sketches for her 'robe-poèmes' (dress poems) remain. Words from surrealist poems by Tristan Tzara, Vicente Huiodobro and Iliazd decorate the sleeves and waistlines of the dresses; letters and images are again interwoven. Words were to be worn, and not just read. Her 'curtain-poem', a large taupe-coloured piece of crêpe de chine with Philippe Soupault's poem Sur le vent embroidered in red and black wool, is another ingenious work of artistry. Fashion, poetry, interior design – all are united in Sonia's ground-breaking creativity.
The dozen rooms of this exhibition are testament to the sheer scope of Sonia's œuvre, panning over the century, long after the death of her husband in 1941. One of the last works exhibited is the print portfolio Avec moi-même (With Myself), produced in collaboration with the publisher Jacques Damase in 1970. True to form, these autobiographical etchings demonstrate vivid, interacting shapes, one piece including a quote from Plato in the blank space between waves of colour; 'Penser, c'est pour l'âme s'entretenir en silence avec elle-même' ('Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself'). Her older years gave her works a softer, contemplative quality, but still as colourful and imaginative as in the early days of Simultanism.
This marvellous exhibition is a long overdue tribute to one of the pioneers of avant-garde art, and it does absolute justice to her life and works. The show perfectly balances an emphasis on biography with that of technical commentary, recognising that for Sonia Delaunay, art and life were inseparable. 'I have lived my art', she says in her autobiography, Nous irons jusqu'au soleil. The retrospective offers us the chance to do the same.
The EY Exhibition: Sonia Delaunay is at Tate Modern from 15 April to 9 August.
A limited number of copies of Livres d'Artistes 1874-1999: The Dialogue between Painting and Poetry are available for purchase from Black Apollo Press (www.blackapollopress.com/dialogue.htm). | 2,525 |
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has called for social media websites to ban more conservative news outlets in the aftermath of Infowars being purged from the Internet.
Yesterday, Apple, Spotify, Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube all deleted Infowars in a coordinated assault on free speech that sent shockwaves through the media.
Murphy responded by celebrating the bans and calling for more right-leaning sites to be targeted.
Infowars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies that uses sites like Facebook and YouTube to tear our nation apart. These companies must do more than take down one website. The survival of our democracy depends on it. — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 6, 2018
“Infowars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies that uses sites like Facebook and YouTube to tear our nation apart. These companies must do more than take down one website. The survival of our democracy depends on it,” tweeted Murphy.
Quite how silencing independent media platforms has anything to do with the survival of democracy was not explained by Murphy.
Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton went even further, accusing Alex Jones of inciting violence with no evidence whatsoever while asserting, “The internet will be a safer place with fewer of Alex Jones’ harmful conspiracies on it.”
Freedom of speech does not mean the freedom to incite violence with zero regard for the truth. The internet will be a safer place with fewer of Alex Jones' harmful conspiracies on it. Great to see this initiative by private companies. https://t.co/p1qcba6xhE pic.twitter.com/ZjAsP7rTsM — Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) August 6, 2018
Meanwhile, Silicon Valley censorship of conservatives and libertarians continues to intensify as accounts linked to the Ron Paul Institute were suspended by Twitter in addition to Tommy Robinson being banned by Instagram.
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Few men have had the honor of being named the Fittest Man on Earth™, but Jason Khalipa is one of them. The 2008 CrossFit® Games champion has competed at the Games eight times and only once placed outside the top 10, and he has won every regional competition he’s participated in. Khalipa seems to adhere to the definition of “fitness” as a readiness for appears to like the concept of fitness as an ability to handle whatever life throws at you, as he’s also accomplished at Brazilian jiu jitsu — we wrote about him when, naturally, he won his first competition.
This year he was a little busy for the CrossFit Open, so he decided to save some time and just do every workout at once. Or more accurately, one after the other, with just five minutes separating each workout. The Morning Chalk-Up reported on it, and sadly there’s no video to speak of. But we did manage to ask Khalipa a couple of questions.
BarBend: What inspired you to take on this challenge?
One of our coaches wanted to do it, and I couldn’t let him do it alone. I also missed a few Open workouts because I was traveling overseas, and I wanted to make sure I got them in.
How did you prepare?
Didn’t really prepare much. Showed up at 6am, started at 6:20 sharp (classes started at 8am) and had a great time.
Was recovery difficult?
My body felt pretty good, actually. Looking back on it, I could have ramped up the intensity a bit more, I may have paced more than I should have on three or four of them.
Would you recommend an experience like this?
I’d recommend, if anyone wants to try it, to scale it well. It’s a fun Saturday workout with a crew, don’t get too wrapped up, just have fun and put on some good music.
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[Khalipa trains hard. Read what our writer thought of his “EMOM of the day” training program.]
“I could have ramped up the intensity a bit more.” Sounds like doing the entire CrossFit Open in eighty minutes wasn’t quite tough enough.
Featured image via @jasonkhalipa on Instagram. | 2,527 |
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and Gov. Phil Murphy called for the resignation of school board member Joan Terrell-Paige on Tuesday after she made racially charged comments about the Jewish victims of last week's kosher market shooting.
Terrell-Paige posted a lengthy message on her Facebook account accusing local Jews of blackmailing African-American homeowners into selling their property, and referred to them as "brutes."
"Where was all this faith and hope when black homeowners were threatened, intimidated, and harassed by I WANT TO BUY YOUR HOUSE brutes of the Jewish community?" she wrote.
The school board member went on to accuse local Jews of using threats and coercion to declare war on the black community, and said people should "explore" the intended message of the kosher market shooters. She eventually deleted the post, but it was saved with screenshots and later posted on Twitter.
Fulop's first Twitter response expressed sorrow at Terrell-Paige's "ignorance," while his second post called on her to resign.
"I saw this and I’m saddened by the ignorance her comments demonstrate," he wrote on Tuesday. "Her comments don't represent Jersey City or the sentiment in the community at all. The African-American community in Greenville has been nothing short of amazing over the last week helping neighbors."
"I also said I’m not going to mix words," his second tweet read. "My opinion is she should resign. That type of language has no place in our schools and no place amongst elected officials. Imagine she said this about any other community - what would the reaction be? The same standard should apply here."
Murphy echoed Fulop's sentiments and said Terrell-Paige's hate should not go unchecked.
"We will not let anti-Semitism and hate go unchallenged in our communities," he tweeted Tuesday. "In light of Ms. Terrell-Paige’s comments, I urge her to immediately resign from the Jersey City Board of Education."
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The shooters -- David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50 -- had expressed interest in a fringe group called the Black Hebrew Israelites, according to The Associated Press.
The suspected shooters killed four people on Tuesday, according to officials who have described the attack as an anti-Semitic hate crime that is now being investigated as domestic terrorism, and they were both found dead after an hours-long shootout with police.
Fox News' Nicole Darrah contributed to this report. | 2,528 |
“This is the policy of the Trump administration. And they put down this practice and they take it back,” she told reporters on Thursday, adding: “What is it that they don’t get about how stupid and wrong and immoral [this is]?”
Trump has repeatedly eschewed responsibility for his own administration’s policy, blaming the separations on a “horrible law” passed by Democrats. There is no such law that requires the government to separate children from their parents.
The increasing number of families being separated at the border is largely the result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” enforcement policy in which immigrants entering the US illegally would be referred for criminal prosecution.
Previously, the administration would allow children to remain with their parents by releasing families while they awaited civil deportation proceedings. Now the administration is choosing to release the children to relatives or foster care.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nancy Pelosi has called the forced separation policy ‘barbaric’. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock
On Thursday, the White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, cited the bible to defend the administration’s hardline approach to border enforcement.
“I can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law. That is actually repeated a number of times throughout the Bible,” she told reporters during the press briefing. “It’s a moral policy to follow and enforce the law.”
Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, had earlier on Thursday referenced a passage from the Bible to defend the administration’s border policy.
The public criticism of the administration’s immigration policy disrupted negotiations between House Republicans this week. House Republican leadership narrowly avoided a showdown over immigration after moderate members attempted to force a vote on legislation that would provide protections for young undocumented immigrants, known as Dreamers.
To avert the rebellion, Ryan pledged to allow votes next week on two immigration bills: a plan billed as a compromise between factions of the Republican party and a more conservative proposal backed by the conservative bloc. Their fates remain uncertain as Republicans try to marshall support while Democrats signaled that they are unlikely to back either legislation.
Asked if the White House supported either plan, Sanders refused to answer directly.
“The president’s already laid out a proposal that closes the legal loopholes and provides the resources to secure our border,” she said. “If the process leads to a permanent solution, as outlined by the president, then we would support it.” | 2,529 |
occurred during his senior year in high school. Before his enrollment at Mississippi State, a video emerged of Simmons punching a woman who was involved in an altercation with his sister. Simmons pleaded no contest to simple assault last July and was fined about $1,300. “He’s got the background and the stuff that happened to him,” a scout said. “Sounds like that was an anomaly in his character.” Miller says many NFL officials have gotten “comfortable” with Simmons. He’s had no such off-field incidents in two and a half years in Starkville. “The NFL can overlook things if you’re a great player,” Miller says. Below, you’ll see a clip of Simmons splitting a double team and making a tackle, a good example of his on-field skills.
Here’s Davis scraping down the line and beating a one-on-one to make a tackle on the perimeter.
Sweat and Buggs can each play the five technique, lining up on the outside shoulder of the tackle, but Buggs also aligns inside, as shown in the clip below. He’s a versatile player who scouts describe as “physical” and “tough.” Sweat is the long, rangy speedster on the edge, also occupying the wide seven technique on the tight end. In the clip below, Sweat makes one of his patented plays, out-maneuvering an H-back/tight end to pressure the quarterback into an incompletion.
Miller compares this defensive line showdown to Alabama’s 45–40 win over Clemson in the national title game that capped the 2015 season. The Tide had guys like future first-rounder Jonathan Allen and second-rounders A’Shawn Robinson and Jarran Reed. Clemson was led by Shaq Lawson, the 19th overall pick in the 2016 draft, and Kevin Dodd, the first pick in that draft’s second round. “I would argue that Alabama’s matchup versus Mississippi State, especially in the front seven, is as challenging if not more challenging than what they faced versus LSU,” former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy said on SEC Network this week. Will the result be another Bama blowout? Maybe, but if the scoreboard fails to provide any drama, look to the lines. “LSU is the better team than Mississippi State,” Miller says, “but from prospect vs. prospect, I think this game is better.” | 2,530 |
Pope Francis has advised Catholic priests “not to hesitate” in using professional exorcists if they encounter people experiencing “genuine spiritual disturbances.”
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Speaking to hundreds of priests at an annual course organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican court, which deals with issues concerning the sacrament of confession, the pontiff advised priests to refer people to exorcists if they suspect demonic activity is at work.
However, Francis urged confessors to exercise caution when determining whether a person is suffering from a mental disorder or demonic influences, advising priests to work with psychological professionals when coming to a decision.
Nonetheless, the 80-year-old pontiff said that if a confessor does recognize the presence of evil spirits, they must not hesitate in referring that afflicted person to an exorcist.
Disorders can be caused by all manner of circumstances, including supernatural ones, the pontiff said, describing exorcism as a “sensitive and necessary ministry,” Catholic News reports.
The Vatican issued revised guidelines on the practice of exorcism in 1999, in which it warned against confusing mental illness with possession. The guide says exorcism should only be attempted after medical and psychiatric approaches have been explored. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops describes exorcism as “a specific form of prayer that the Church uses against the power of the devil.”
Exorcism experts: there is a pressing need because more people are trying… #Satanismhttps://t.co/MEds9fERdcpic.twitter.com/D5tp2xlEzJ — RT (@RT_com) September 28, 2016
Despite attempting to modernize many aspects of the Church, Pope Francis speaks more about the devil than his recent predecessors, regularly characterizing Satan as an evil, physical, presence in the world.
“Anyone who does not pray to the Lord prays to the devil,” he warned in his first homily as pope.
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Francis described the 2016 murder of French priest Father Jacques Hamel at the hands of jihadists as a satanic act, and has also compared the sexual abuse of children by priests to participation in a satanic mass.
The Vatican formally recognized the International Association of Exorcists in 2014, shortly after Francis became pope. The association, which has approximately 250 priests operating in 30 countries, even has a newsletter in which members can describe particularly interesting or difficult cases. | 2,531 |
a hovercraft in his backyard. He always intended to take a house with a big yard and get to work on it. Somehow, that too never happened. The SLV [satellite launch vehicle] project got going and it took all his time. Before he knew it, he was in a different orbit. It was a kind of natural progression for him to move to DRDO [Defence Research and Development Organisation], his original employer.
Later, when I became the director of the Sriharikota Launching Station, he would often come there to test some of his sub-systems. He would invariably stop by at our house for lunch and talk about old times.
During those days, he was not particularly religious. He was at ease with all his friends of varied religions. He has always loved Tamil since his initial schooling was in Tamil. He was a voracious reader of Tamil magazines and books. Later on, he even began writing Tamil poetry.
Kalam always took himself very seriously and was earnest about whatever he did. He would throw himself completely into a project and motivate others to work as hard as he did.
After the 1990s, as Kalam slowly became a national legend, my perspective changed to that of an old friend and a remote observer. I noticed he had honed his qualities of man-management to a higher degree of perfection. He seemed to move with equal ease with his peers in the scientific circles as well as politicians and the military brass.
When we rang up to congratulate him on his nomination, my wife asked him how would he have reacted if someone had stopped him on the streets of Trivandrum in the 1960s and told him he would one day become the President of India. "I would have laughed," he replied. "It was something so unimaginable."
He is now taking on a totally new job. But given his past track record, I am sure he will quickly adapt himself into his new role and turn out to be an outstanding President.
Aravamudan became director of the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in the early 1970s. In the 1980s, he became associate director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. In 1989, he was made director of the Sriharikota Launching Station. In 1994, he moved to Bangalore as director of the ISRO Satellite Centre. Post-retirement, he continues serving as an advisor to ISRO.
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Oregon defensive back Erick Dargan, right, intercepts a pass intended for Florida State wide receiver Travis Rudolph during the second half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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UPDATE: Amadi to sign with Ducks on Friday
Oregon swung and missed on a handful of defensive backs over the course of the last few months, but wound up with one of its highest-rated targets at the cornerback position anyway.
Rivals four-star cornerback Ugo Amadi, who was set to take an official visit to Oregon later this month, de-committed from LSU and switched to the Ducks on Thursday evening in a surprise move, according to both his Twitter account and Rivals Southeast Recruiting Analyst Woody Wommack.
I have officially committed to The University of Oregon‼️ I want to thank @RileyElite3 and his associates with this recruiting process. — U.Amadi (@UAmadi7_) January 9, 2015
Breaking: #Rivals250 DB Ugo Amadi has flipped from LSU to Oregon. He talks decision here: http://t.co/IyELRHy2Bo pic.twitter.com/dVZZ5YGSrX — Woody Wommack (@RivalsWoody) January 9, 2015
Amadi, a 5-foot-10, 182-pound cornerback out of Tennessee, held offers from Cincinnati, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas A&M and others. He is rated as the No. 20 cornerback and the No. 204 player overall in the country by Rivals.
To call this a surprise is an understatement. Amadi committed to LSU just over a week ago and Oregon did not appear to be a serious threat.
According to Rivals, Amadi's lead recruiter at LSU was former defensive coordinator John Chavis, who left for the same position at Texas A&M just a day after Amadi's commitment. That departure appears to be a factor in his change of heart.
Before Ducks fans celebrate too much, however, it is worth noting that the four-star talent has already committed to three schools – Ole Miss, LSU and Oregon – during his recruitment. Expect a tight race to hold on until his signing day.
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A couple dining at a New Jersey restaurant recently made an extremely rare find while partaking in a plate of oysters.
Anton and Sheryl Schermer, of Tenafly, N.J., were in the middle of dinner on Saturday evening when Anton detected something hard “rolling around in his mouth,” according to the Stern & Bow restaurant in the town of Closter, where they were eating.
He then spit out the object, only to find it was a tiny pearl.
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An employee with the Empire Oyster service, which sources and serves oysters at Stern & Bow, said it was an extremely rare find — especially for the type of oyster Anton was eating, which came from Washington State.
“I’ve shucked hundreds of thousands of oysters in my career and have never found a pearl while shucking,” said Kevin Joseph of Empire Oyster. “Although rare, I’ve heard of pearls discovered in warm water Gulf oysters but never, ever have I heard of a pearl found in a cold water [Taylor Kumamoto oyster]. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event.”
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In addition to being rare, the Schermers’ pearl also came at a coincidental time: The Stern & Bow has only been open for a month.
The restaurant has since confirmed that the couple has graciously donated the oyster back to the restaurant, where the owner plans to hang it over the bar, in its own frame.
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The rare find marks the latest instance of a New Jersey diner finding a pearl inside an oyster in recent years. In 2015, a restaurant patron in New Jersey found a pearl in his fried oyster while dining at Russo’s Ristorante in Washington Borough. And in 2018, another diner — from Edgewater, N.J.— bit into a pearl estimated to be worth thousands while eating at the Grand Central Oyster Bar in NYC.
“I’ve been here 28 years,” the executive chef of the Grand Central Oyster Bar said at the time, “This is only the second time I’ve seen this happen. And we sell over 5,000 oysters on the half shell every day.” | 2,534 |
's Portland Winterhawks are turning things around after a slow start and Jones has been a big factor. Seth's younger bro is aggressive and has some nice offensive chops, which has led to 16 points through 19 games. That makes the 2015 Oilers pick one of the Dub's top-scoring blueliners.
Jimmy Vesey, LW (Nashville): The Preds thought Vesey might sign with them after last season, but the incredibly gifted sniper opted to return for one more year at Harvard. So far, the left winger's choice has paid off, as he is on fire with 11 points through six games with the Crimson.
Dylan Strome, C (Arizona): Strome is making magic in Erie once again, posting more than two points a game for the OHL's Otters on a line with 2016 prospect Alex DeBrincat. The Coyotes first-rounder will also be one to watch for Canada's world junior squad, as his size and smarts could be valuable.
2016 Draft Stars
Tyson Jost, C – Penticton Vees (BCHL): I just talked to a scout about Jost, who called the kid "the real deal." The University of North Dakota commit has been destroying the B.C. League by averaging two points a game for a Vees squad that has won 22 games in a row. Skating, hands and a great shot are Jost's calling cards.
David Bernhardt, D – Djurgarden (Swe.): A big, mobile defenseman who gets very involved with the play, Bernhardt is the top-scoring blueliner in Sweden's under-20 North League with 18 points through 20 games. Consistency is on scouts' radars, but when he's on, he's on.
German Rubtsov, C – Russia U18 (Rus.): One of the top scorers on Russia's new NTDP-style hot house squad, Rubtsov is an extremely intelligent player who creates a lot of offense. So far, he has 19 points in 15 games, which is the best points-per-game clip on the squad.
2017 Draft Star
Jake Oettinger, G – U.S. NTDP (USHL): A late 1998 birthday, Oettinger may have what it takes to be a first-rounder next year. The 6-foot-4 netminder has great quickness in his legs and hasn't lost in his past six appearances. A Boston University commit, Oettinger's last performance was a shutout against Youngstown. | 2,535 |
REUTERS George Galloway has been unveiled as a supporter of Brexit
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The former Labour MP appeared as a surprise guest at a rally of the Grassroots Out movement in central London. As the Prime Minster battled to win his EU renegotiation deal in Brussels, an estimated 1,500 people crammed into a Westminster conference centre in support of the Brexit campaign.
Speaking at the end of the night, Mr Galloway was introduced by Ukip leader Nigel Farage to a mixed reaction from those in the audience, with some walking out amid a few heckles. The Scottish politician, who was expelled from the Labour Party in 2003, urged the audience to take the opportunity to cut Britain's ties with Brussels otherwise "your children and your grandchildren will regret that you did not take it".
REUTERS The controversial politician spoke at a Grassroots Out event in London
REUTERS There was some discord when Mr Galloway was announced
He added that he had signed up to Grassroots Out to "nail the lie" that to support quitting the EU "is to be on the Right" of British politics. Mr Galloway said he was appearing "in memory of [late Labour left-winger] Tony Benn". He railed against the effect of a pending trade agreement between the EU and the US on the NHS, as well as having Britain's foreign policy decided by other EU member states through Brussels' "rich man's club".
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REUTERS The meeting came as David Cameron announced his EU deal, branded 'pathetic' by Nigel Farage
He said he wanted to prove the Brexit campaign did not have to "wallow in nationalism" adding: "I can hardly be called a Little Englander!" Tory MP Peter Bone hailed Mr Galloway's "great speech". The packed-out rally saw many locked out of the venue before the event began, with no room left inside the auditorium. | 2,536 |
A Digital Dollar Is a Double-Edged Sword That Could Accelerate Bitcoin’s Adoption
The idea of a digital dollar as a monetary stimulus is resurfacing.
The world is on the brink of a great economic crisis. In this difficult context filled with uncertainty, the United States is doing its utmost to try to save the current monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve has taken the first step by announcing a massive quantitative easing program with an injection of $700 billion in liquidity on Mars 15, 2020.
Wall Street’s rejection of this first monetary stimulus led the Federal Reserve to change its tune. From bazooka, the Federal Reserve went nuclear. Just eight days after its first announcement, the Federal Reserve announced on March 23, 2020 that it would begin an emergency program of unlimited quantitative easing.
You read that correctly. The Federal Reserve is now prepared to do whatever it takes to save the current system. In terms of numbers, the bill for this cash injection could exceed $6 trillion. This is a staggering figure that will instantly add up to the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet.
The Federal Reserve’s M2 Money Stock could increase by 40% in the space of a few weeks. It would go from $15T to $21T. Such an increase would de facto constitute an unprecedented currency devaluation of the U.S. dollar.
As a reminder, the M2 Money Stock had taken 10 years to go from $8T to $15T:
With the economic crisis we are about to experience, an increase of the same amount would be achieved in just a few weeks. We are therefore really facing a new situation.
All these measures decided by the Federal Reserve have one thing in common: they are all aimed at saving the current system by helping the financial markets, the banks and U.S. companies.
In this context, many voices are being raised in the United States to explain that the majority must not be forgotten in this economic crisis. When I talk about the majority, I am talking about the American people who deserve a bailout much more than the financial markets or the banks.
Members of Congress have therefore reflected on different hypotheses that could provoke a monetary stimulus among the American population. First of all, many have talked about the possibility of handing out a check for at least $1,000 to every American without means testing.
Other members of Congress then proposed the creation of a digital dollar that would be accompanied by the creation of a digital dollar wallet that would allow American citizens to use their digital dollars. | 2,537 |
Kanye West sat down with Jimmy Kimmel and discussed politics and his support for President Donald Trump.
Before probing West’s ideology, Kimmel began by asking the rapper if had any interest in designing the suits for Space Force if the president ever asks him.
“I’m into designing,” West chuckled.
West told Kimmel how passionate his wife Kim Kardashian was when helping Alice Johnson be granted clemency after been sentenced for life for a first-time drug offense with her visit to the White House.
“Were you ever concerned about her being alone in the Oval Office with President Trump?” Kimmel asked.
“Well, he is a player,” West smirked.
On the backlash he faced for expressing support for Trump, he began by comparing Trump to his cousin who is locked up for murder and that he still loves him even though he did a bad thing.
“Just as a musician, African-American, guy out in Hollywood, all these different things, you know, everyone around me tried to pick my candidate for me. And then told me every time I said I liked Trump that I couldn’t say it out loud or my career would be over,” Kanye West told Kimmel. “I’d get kicked out of the black community because blacks- we’re supposed to have a monolithic thought, we can only like, we can only be Democrats and all. So, even when I said it right before I went to the hospital and I expressed myself, and when I came out I had lost my confidence. So I didn’t have the confidence to take on the world and the possible backlash and it took me a year and a half have the confidence to stand up and put on the hat no matter what the consequences were. And what it represented to me is not about policies because I’m not a politician like that, but it represented overcoming fear and doing what you felt, no matter what anyone said, in saying, you can’t bully me. Liberals can’t bully me, news can’t bully me, the hip-hop community, they can’t bully me. Because at that point, if I’m afraid to be me, I’m no longer Ye. That’s what makes Ye.
He added that he “enjoys” when people are mad at him.
Watch the clip above, via ABC.
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Family of man killed by police release statement
This story initially stated “He was shot and killed as he reached into his center console.” Investigators say it’s still unclear what happened.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The family of a man shot and killed by IMPD have released a statement through their attorney.
This statement is in response to a press conference that was held over the weekend.
More than a hundred people came out Saturday in front of the statehouse to show support for Aaron Bailey and his family.
“When I saw all these people out here with the Black Lives Matter who aren’t even black, that made me smile. It let’s me know it’s not just a black problem and that they see the issue as well,” said Bailey’s sister Kimberly Brown.
The 45-year-old black man was shot and killed on June 29 by two IMPD officers. Police said Bailey was pulled over for a traffic stop. A brief chase ensued before Bailey crashed. Police said he was unarmed at the time.
The family released the following statement:
The family continues to grieve the killing of Aaron Bailey. We thank Mayor Hogsett for recognizing the issues of racial bias and unreasonable use of force involved. The Mayor has offered goals to improve bias training and citizen review of IMPD use of force. We are encouraged by the Mayor’s words, but anxious to see deadlines and concrete steps taken. In particular, the Citizen Police Complaint Board should be given real power to act in cases of racial bias and unreasonable force. A passive board is not a solution. It is also surprising and disappointing that all IMPD patrol vehicles are not fitted with audio video recording. Automobile camera systems are readily available at reasonable cost. This widely adopted technology would protect citizens and the police. Aaron Bailey and his family are lifelong Indianapolis residents. We love the city, even as we see how far it needs to come to protect its residents equally. Racially motivated violence will remain a problem until criminal charges are pursued for shootings of unarmed citizens like Aaron Bailey. Given Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry’s close working relationship with the IMPD, we assert that a special prosecutor is necessary to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. We hope the death of Aaron Bailey will lead to peaceful measures to stop racial bias and unreasonable force.
Both officers involved in the shooting are still on leave while multiple investigations continue. We’ll be sure to keep you updated on any new developments about this situation. | 2,539 |
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decision on the listing and trading of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) until September 30, according to an official document released by the SEC August 7.
ETFs are securities that track a basket of assets proportionately represented in the fund’s shares. They are seen by some as a potential step forward for the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies as a regulated and passive investment instrument.
The fund under consideration is powered by investment firm VanEck and financial services company SolidX, and is expected to list on the Chicago Board of Exchange (CBOE) BZX Equities Exchange. The SEC now has almost two more months to consider a proposed rule change by CBOE Global Markets Inc. that would allow the fund to list.
Today's notice states that the SEC has received more than 1,300 comments on the proposed rule change to list and trade shares of SolidX BTC shares issued by the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust. Per the document, within 45 days of a filing of a proposed rule change, or within 90 days should the Commission deem necessary, the Commission will approve, disapprove, or extend the period of consideration. The document says:
“Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,6 designates September 30, 2018, as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. SRCboeBZX-2018-040).”
VanEck and SolidX first announced the physically-backed Bitcoin ETF on June 6. As per the SEC filing, the price of each share of the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust is set to $200,000. SolidX CEO Daniel H. Gallancy told CNBC, that the high price reflects the fund’s intention to focus on institutional, rather than retail investors.
Last month, the SEC delayed its decision on investment firm Direxion’s application for a Bitcoin ETF until Sep. 21. The regulator also rejected an appeal by Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (BZX) to list and trade shares of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, originally filed in 2016.
The agency cited the largely unregulated nature of Bitcoin markets as the principal reason for refusing the application, stating, “When the spot market is unregulated — there must be significant, regulated derivatives markets related to the underlying asset with which the Exchange can enter into a surveillance-sharing agreement.” | 2,540 |
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The Science and Technology Ministry is looking seriously into the option of training another Israeli to become an astronaut in the tradition of the late Col. Ilan Ramon, who died in space on the US Columbia space shuttle exactly a decade ago.The Israel Space Agency is making informal contacts with international space authorities on the matter. Although the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration has halted the dispatching of manned space shuttles into space, it may be than an Israeli trained by NASA could be sent to work at the International Space Station in a few years, the ministry said on Wednesday.Meanwhile, Israel has been invited to join the UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS); it previously had only observer status on the committee, which is the central international body that deals with space matters.In a meeting between members of the ISA, the invitation was extended by Dr. Mazlan Othman, head of COPUOS.Israeli representatives said they are interested in expanding the country’s involvement in such space activities and will consider joining as a member.ISA representatives suggested to Othman that they put a model of an Israeli satellite on display at COPUOS’s permanent exhibition in Vienna. The exhibition contains models of various space vehicles and other memorabilia from numerous countries involved in space exploration. Among these is a statue of Yuri Gargarin, the world’s first astronaut who was sent into space by the former Soviet Union, and a stone brought back from space. So far, Israel – which is a major world leader in the development of satellites – has had no representative object on display there.More than a dozen senior space administrators and scientists from around the world have been in Herzliya over the past few days to attend an annual conference in memory of Ramon, who died in space exactly a decade ago.Science and Technology Ministry director-general Menahem Greenblum and European Commission deputy director-general for industrial initiatives Dr. Paul Weissberg signed an agreement that opens the door for cooperation between Israel and the EC in the field of space. The agreement, according to the ministry, will open up various cooperation activities with Europe and give legitimacy to Israeli industrialists and researchers to be involved in European space projects. | 2,541 |
questions about the need to buy new and similar units.
Multitasking
The ERC explained that it needed the high-end gadgets to keep up with changing technology and allow its personnel to do multitasking on the Web as well as deal with “system compatibility issues” and boost “geometrical employees’ productivity.”
On the mobile phone purchases, the ERC said this was the fastest and most economical way to contact its drivers.
“Although we see the need to update on IT equipment to catch up with the fast technology innovations, we find the excessive units of similar function equipment issued to one employee not in keeping with the economy measures in government spending,” the COA said.
Unmarked cars
The audit agency also noted that ERC officials were using unmarked government vehicles and were unable to submit vouchers to support fuel purchases of P1.23 million last year.
“All of the 22 ERC vehicles were not marked ‘For Official Use Only’ nor the name of the agency written on the sides of the motor vehicles. Payment of gasoline expenses was not supported with approved requisition and issue voucher (RIV) or its equivalent,” the COA said.
“The absence of RIV and fuel consumption and travel reports rendered difficult the monitoring of travels and the related gasoline usage.
Also, the nonmarking of the agency vehicles could lead to the use of the same for “personal/unauthorized purposes.”
Unscheduled inspections
In its reply, the ERC management said it had to keep the vehicles unmarked for its unscheduled inspections of DUs and cooperatives.
“If the name of the agency will be written on the sides of the vehicle, they will be directly sending the message that they are proceeding to the area, which will defeat the purpose of the trip.
“Likewise, the commission is also considering the safety and security of its officers and employees. As what happened in the past, the ERC building was sprayed with bullets,” the ERC said.
The COA report also noted the ERC’s failure to collect P10.1 million in regulation fees and penalties from DUs and electric cooperatives that have been unpaid for up to five years.
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The number of blockchain lobbyists has tripled from just twelve in 2017 to thirty-three at the end of 2018. That’s a good thing for investors as one of the major issue that the lobbyists are working on will have a direct impact on all crypto holders.
Crypto Regulations in the United States
While countries around the world are introducing securities laws and clarifying their regulations on cryptocurrencies, the United States is lagging behind. We know that Bitcoin and Ethereum are not securities, and potentially almost all ICOs are, and that’s about it.
There are no clear laws on the books and every day that this continues it damages crypto adoption. Large companies and institutional investors are not going to get involved with crypto until the law is clear and regulations are in place. That’s where lobbying comes in.
Crypto Lobbying and Securities Laws
While the SEC has continually failed to define which coins are securities, the good news is that this is not being ignored. According to Jerry Brito, the executive direction of Coin Center, “what’s driven a lot of the growth in lobbying recently has been securities regulation.”
The smaller the number of coins classified as securities the better. That much is obvious to everyone in the crypto space and lobbyists are busy trying to get lawmakers and regulators to see it the same way.
In addition to lobbying, Warren Davidson and Darren Soto, two members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus, are attempting to introduce legislation to clarify which coins will be classified as securities.
Who is Paying for the Lobbying?
Although it’s impossible to determine every person or company contributing funds to the lobbying effort, some of the larger players have made themselves known. Medici Ventures, an offshoot of Overstock.com, has hired at least three firms to lobby for positive blockchain regulation.
On top of that The Blockchain Association, which includes members like Coinbase, Circle and Polychain Capital, has stated that they’ve hired lobbyists to push for beneficial securities laws.
Better Legislation on the Horizon
Undoubtedly as more money comes into the cryptocurrency space the number of lobbyists will continue to go up. This will be magnified by the lack of regulation in the United States. As long as there is no legislation governing cryptocurrency there will be lobbyists seeking to influence the laws that get written.
Hopefully these lobbying efforts pay off and by the end of 2019 the United States has good crypto regulations that will open up the space to institutional investors.
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Last month, we noted that leading Seven Mountains advocate Lance Wallnau was included among the fringe religious leaders who met with and prayed over Donald Trump earlier this year.
Wallnau, who claims that conservative Christians must seize control of the “seven mountains” of society, including the government and the media, has since become an enthusiastic supporter of Trump’s presidential campaign, declaring that “God has given this man an anointing for the mantle of government in the United States and he will prosper!”
Interestingly, he also participated in the meeting Trump had earlier this week with a group of African American pastors, where he hailed Trump as a modern-day Winston Churchill or Abraham Lincoln who God is raising up “to answer the cry of God’s people.”
In a rather manic video posted on his Facebook page following the meeting, Wallnau recounted telling Trump that he would become the 45th president of the United States because he has a “Cyrus anointing” upon him as proclaimed in Isaiah 45, referring to the Persian king who freed the Jews from captivity.
“Donald Trump’s got this like Elijah mantle on him,” Wallnau said. “He’s got the Cyrus anointing.”
Citing the apocryphal story of George Washington supposedly surviving in battle despite his coat and hat being riddled with bullet holes thanks to the protection of God, Wallnau told Trump that he too is being protected by God.
“You’ve said things and done things that should have put the equivalent of a bullet in your coat,” Wallnau said that he told Trump, “but they’ve passed through you because of the anointing. God is really watching over you. And I believe God had put His hand on you as a Cyrus to be a governor and that the Bible talks about this critical 45th chapter, as the 45th president, it is the decisive moment in American history for leadership.”
Admitting that Trump is not perfect, Wallnau declared that “America is screwed up” and so a “flawed man” like Trump is exactly what this nation needs “because it means it is going to be God’s grace on him.”
Trump is “like a Churchill or a Lincoln,” Wallnau said, who has been “called to rise up in a crisis and to answer the cry of God’s people.” | 2,544 |
The announcement and launch of Nvidia Volta GPU is still a while off, but leaks and rumors regarding the next generation graphics architecture keep popping up now and then. According to the latest leak, Nvidia Volta GV100 GPU has appeared in the AIDA64 database, which sort of confirms that initial Volta samples have already been created.
Next-Gen Nvidia Volta GV100 Teased – Multi-TFLOPs GPU With Fastest HBM2
Developers found a PCI device ID in the latest AIDA update while they were searching for references to Nvidia GP102-based GTX 1080 Ti which is expected to launch next month. The PCI device ID belongs to 1D81 = Graphics Device [GV100], the company’s new flagship GPU code-named Volta.
GV100 is the full-fat Volta GPU that will most likely replace the Pascal GP100, or GP102. The specifications of the GPU are not confirmed yet but a previous analysis down by NextPlatform reveals that it will power the next generation supercomputers known as Summit and Sierra.
In that case, it will be an insanely fast chip capable of delivering multi-TFLOPs with the fastest HBM2 configuration. In general, Volta is rumored to have twice of everything that Pascal features, ranging from memory capacity, compute to power efficiency and bandwidth.
As per Nvidia’s GPU roadmaps, GV100 GPUs will deliver SGEMM (Single precision floating General Matrix Multiply) of 72 GFLOPS/Watt compared to 42 GFLOPs/Watt on Pascal GP100. Based on these figures, a Volta GV100 GPU with a TDP of 300W can theoretically output 9.5 TFLOPs of double precision performance, which is almost 2x the current-gen GP100 GPU.
Furthermore, Volta GV100 could feature 32GB HBM2 capacity of Pascal GPUs coupled with a bandwidth of around 1 TB/s.
It was originally thought that Nvidia’s 2017 GeForce 20 series would be based on the Volta architecture. But, recent reports suggest that the next GPU series will in fact be refreshed Pascal while the GeForce 30 series will feature Volta.
Read More: Nvidia Pascal Refresh “GeForce 20” Series Speculated – GTX 2080 Ti & Titan Black V2
Built using the smaller 12nm process from TSMC, Volta is set to replace the Pascal refresh in 2018, though the official unveiling is expected at this year’s GPU Technology Conference in May. | 2,545 |
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Cena's prediction: Everyone in the internet world is going to think I am going to choose the Spurs. You're right... Tottenham all the way. 0-1
Match report
SUNDAY
West Brom 1-2 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Cena's prediction: 0-1.
Match report
Bournemouth 0-4 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Cena's prediction: 0-1
Match report
MONDAY
Everton 3-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Cena's prediction: 0-1
Match report
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
How did Lawro do last time?
From the midweek Premier League games, Lawro got seven correct results, including two perfect scores, from 10 matches, for a total of 130 points.
He drew with indie band Shed Seven because, although singer Rick Witter got six correct results with no perfect scores, for a total of 60 points, guitarist and keyboardist Joe Johnson also got seven correct results, including two perfect scores, matching Lawro's tally of 130 points.
Total scores after week 17 Lawro 1,490 Guests 1,240
Lawro v Guests P17 W10 D2 L5
SCORE GUEST LEADERBOARD 160 Chris Shiflett 130 James Anderson**, Joe Johnson*** 120 Will Poulter, Moeen Ali 100 Cesaro & Seamus, Wretch 32 88 Lawro (average after 17 weeks) 70 Brendan Foster*, Mark Strong 60 Will Ferrell, Nish Kumar, Non Stanford, Rick Witter 50 Steve Cram, Michael Dapaah, Channing Tatum, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell, Joe Root 30 Felix White 20 Richard Osman
*Foster and Cram both provided predictions on week one, but only Foster's score contributes to the guest total.
**Anderson and Moeen both provided predictions on week nine, but only Anderson's score contributes to the guest total.
***Witter and Johnson both provided predictions on week 17, but only Johnson's score contributes to the guest total.
Lawro's best score: 150 points (week eight v Wretch 32)
Lawro's worst score: 40 points (week four v Umenyiora and Bell, and week five v Non Stanford) | 2,546 |
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Happy traveling! | 2,547 |
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Results from an NYPD crackdown to protect cyclists illustrate city drivers’ apparent disregard for bike lanes and parking rules.
During the second Bicycle Safe Passage initiative, a week-long ticketing blitz that took place from June 20 to June 24, police in all 77 precincts issued a total of 1,757 tickets to drivers for blocking bike lanes and 810 summons for motorists who failed to yield to bicyclists and pedestrians, according to data released by the mayor’s office on Wednesday.
“We believe in protecting every New Yorker on our city’s streets, and these numbers make clear: we take our cyclists’ safety seriously,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement. “NYPD was out in full force reminding our drivers to keep this city’s bike lanes clear and safe.”
Police also doled out 142,456 parking tickets, another 8,704 tickets for double-parked drivers, and 14,133 tickets for motorists in no standing zones. A total of 1,086 summonses were issued for drivers running red lights.
“We’re very pleased whenever police take a dedicated effort to crack down on behaviors that we know kill cyclists,” said Julia Kite, policy and research manager at Transportation Alternatives. “But we’d like to see what they’re doing become standard practice. These violations are happening regardless of whether it’s Bicycle Safe Passage week or not. And those drivers should have a consequence when they endanger cyclists.”
The data release comes four days after a hit-and-run driver fatally struck cyclist Matthew von Ohlen, 35, who was traveling in a bike lane in Brooklyn at the time of the crash.
The driver remains at large.
After the crash, the city came under criticism from advocates at Transportation Alternatives, who said police officers on Sunday went to the street where von Ohlen was killed to issue summonses to cyclists.
Monica Klein, a spokeswoman for the mayor, responded in an email saying that the city is “cracking down and stepping up” enforcement against dangerous driving while also building out smart bike infrastructure to encourage bike ridership and increase safety.
Summonses issued for speeding, failure to yield to pedestrians and failure to stop at a stop sign have collectively increased by about 18% since 2014, according to data provided by the mayor’s office. | 2,548 |
Spanish multinational banking giant BBVA has acquired yet another online banking startup in the form of Holvi, a Finnish firm that specializes in providing online current accounts and related services for “makers and doers” — ie small businesses, freelancers, and entrepreneurs.
The news comes just over two years after BBVA paid $117 million in the U.S. for Simple, a “direct bank” that replaces physical branches with online and telephone-based support. And last year, BBVA also bought a 29.5 percent stake in U.K.-based online bank Atom for £45 million ($64 million) — a hefty amount considering Atom has yet to open to the public.
The motive behind BBVA’s move could not be clearer — it’s buying into the future of banking by investing in nimble, innovative young companies.
We’re seeing a slew of enterprising fintech startups popping up to try to “unbundle” traditional banking services — Peter Thiel-backed Number26 is one such company, as is peer-to-peer money transfer startup TransferWise. And just two weeks ago, those two companies banded together to “rebundle” services, for a new approach to banking that combines the specialities of multiple startups.
So, it’s not surprising to see BBVA paying special attention to fintech startups — it’s all about staying relevant. We can likely see other such acquisitions come to fruition in the coming months and years — not just from BBVA, but from other giants of the banking world.
“For us BBVA is the ideal owner– a bank with the understanding of the digital world that can give us the necessary room to grow, and then the scale and expertise to underpin that growth with sound foundation,” said Holvi in a blog post. “We’ve found the best possible partner to help us realise our vision and provide our customers with an even better Holvi than ever before. Our home will continue to be in Helsinki and Holvi will remain Holvi.”
BBVA said that it’s looking to “expand its portfolio of digital businesses to complement the Group’s overall transformation process,” and although Holvi will continue to operate as a standalone business, there will now be a “two-way flow of knowledge, ideas and support” between the two parties.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Source: BBVA (via Tech.eu) | 2,549 |
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In Treatment of Severe Personality Disorders: Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism, the influential psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Otto Kernberg presents an integrated update of the current knowledge of personality disorders, their neurobiological and psychodynamic determinants, and a specific psychodynamic psychotherapy geared to resolve the psychopathology of these conditions—namely, the syndrome of identity diffusion and its influence on the capacity for emotional wellbeing and gratifying relationships with significant others. The author updates the findings of the Personality Disorders Institute of the Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Psychiatry, which are derived from the empirical research and clinical investigation of severe personality disorders, and addresses the effectiveness of transference-focused psychotherapy, a specific psychodynamic treatment for these disorders developed at the Institute. The volume focuses particularly on an essential group of techniques common to all psychoanalytically derived treatments and clarifies the corresponding differential features of various psychodynamic treatment approaches.
In prose both precise and evocative, the author:
Examines the classification of personality disorders, the way competing viewpoints have influenced the evolution of DSM-III and DSM-IV, and the impact of new knowledge on the classification of DSM-5, with emphasis on how conflicts between scientific and political considerations have hindered the classification of personality disorders in the past.
Illustrates in detail how present knowledge of neurobiological structures and neurotransmitters intertwines with the psychodynamic determinants of how psychic experience is organized.
Explores psychodynamic psychotherapies and contemporary developments and controversies in the field. For example, the role of interpretation in borderline pathology is examined using a clinical case, and a new formulation of supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy is described.
Addresses severe narcissistic pathology—its diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Specifically, the book presents an overview of treatment options for severe narcissistic personality disorder, explores the distortions in verbal communication that may arise during psychotherapy with these patients, and focuses on the differential diagnosis of antisocial behavior.
Examines the diagnosis and treatment of sexual pathology, and explores the vicissitudes of the love lives of patients with severe personality disorders.
Concludes with a chapter on the essential preconditions in the education of psychodynamic psychotherapists to carry out the challenging and complex psychotherapeutic work in this field.
In describing both the limits and the advances in therapeutic effectiveness, the Treatment of Severe Personality Disorders: Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism performs a great service, and it will surely become a classic of the psychoanalytic literature. | 2,550 |
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Kyler Murray was nearly perfect in his first NFL action.
The first overall draft pick went 6-for-7 for 44 yards in 10 snaps in a 17-13 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night at State Farm Stadium in his preseason debut. He didn't return after the Cardinals' first offensive drive, which resulted in a punt.
"I thought it was smooth. I was anxious to get out there, move around and throw it a little bit," Murray said. "I really just tried to execute whatever Coach called, and I think we did that for the most part."
Murray ran the entire drive out of the shotgun, using an array of quick passes, short passes and run-pass options to complement the Cardinals' running game, spearheaded in the first drive by David Johnson.
"I think he made quick decisions," coach Kliff Kingsbury said. "That's what we're looking for, operated well and took care of the football."
Kingsbury added that he thought Murray "did a nice job tonight of putting it on the money."
The Cardinals used a variety of formations during the drive, including lining up four wide receivers three times. They used three receivers five times and two receivers one time.
Murray showed a veteran's poise in the pocket, which was clean for most of his time on the field. He escaped pressure on his final play of the drive, rolling to his right to buy time and completing a pass to rookie wide receiver KeeSean Johnson, but the play was negated because Johnson came back in from out of bounds to make the catch.
"A lot of it is just instinctual," Murray said. "Leverage, a lot goes into it, but it's all in the head. I've done it for my whole life, so I can't really break it down to you right now, but I'd say it's instinctual."
Murray was sacked on another play, but he avoided contact by diving forward.
"I told you all along, he's been little his whole life," Kingsbury said. "So he knows how to find the soft spot and get down. That's what you want."
There were two plays on which Murray used a run-pass option. On one of them, he pulled back the handoff and quickly completed a pass to Trent Sherfield, who led the Cardinals with four catches for 44 yards and a touchdown.
The only thing Murray didn't do Thursday night was run the ball. | 2,551 |
Last week’s issue of Famitsu contained a review of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. Today, we have the full translation. Head past the break to read up on the verdicts from four different editors.
Reviewer 1 – 9
Although this is a spin-off game, a great deal of content from the Animal Crossing series, like characters and furniture, is used smoothly and you get into a trance while creating elaborate rooms. It’s also nice that you can coordinate things like schools and hotels in addition to homes. It is comfortable to arrange furniture with the touch pen. You get new things such as furniture and wallpapers from the villager requests even after seeing the staff roll for the first time, so it seems like you can enjoy the game for a long time.
Reviewer 2 – 8
I’m glad that you can design exteriors of buildings and gardens in addition to indoor furniture. It’s also nice that you can coordinate interiors of schools and shops. You can also take pictures inside finished buildings while changing the owner’s roles and clothes. The evaluation after finishing a task isn’t particular, as the client’s reaction doesn’t change if you put in the required furniture, so it feels a bit desolate if you put a lot of effort to the design.
Reviewer 3 – 9
Since the game is specialized in room building, arranging furniture is greatly easier to do than in a traditional game of the series. You can upgrade items that go to institutions and shops or establish windows, doors, gardens or even environmental music, so you will unconsciously get absorbed into the game. When you’re going this far, you’d want to have a house of your own, but that unrealized dream feels real somehow. A daily report finishes the tasks of that day, and while there is also the aspect of work experience, it’s also good how you can connect with your earlier works with the report.
Reviewer 4 – 9
As this game is specialized in the home designing of the Animal Crossing series, the game isn’t as deep as the traditional series since you can’t experience the general village life. A special thing to mention is the conversations with different characters whose personalities overflow with ambiance. It’s great that thanks to these, you can enjoy the game so that it doesn’t feel repetitive. It is interesting to catch a glimpse of how a past client is living his/her life, and that also makes it worthwhile to come back to the game. | 2,552 |
� Buffett told CNBC’s Becky Quick in a “Squawk Box ” interview Monday. “It is a delusion, basically... It attracts charlatans.”
In 2018, Buffett called the cryptocurrency “probably rat poison squared,” so he’s definitely been consistent here.
The Trump Organization pulled in a sweet haul from foreign governments last year
The family business said Monday that its profits from business with foreign governments were up from $151,470 in 2017 to $191,538 in 2018—money it donated to the Treasury in an attempt to “fend off any questions about whether President Trump is violating the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause, which bars the president from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments.” According to reports from The Washington Post, at least some of that cash came from the Saudi government, which spent big at the president’s hotel in Washington, an outlay that arguably paid off big time.
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aspects of the Obama presidency has been this president’s consistent pattern of lawlessness. That over and over again, we’ve never seen a president who, if he disagrees with a particular federal law, simply defies it, says he will not obey it and he will not enforce it … This ought to trouble everybody, not just conservatives, not just Republicans, this ought to trouble Democrats, independents, and Libertarians, anyone who believes that the constitutional limitations on government protects our liberty should be deeply dismayed because if you have a president who can pick and choose which laws to follow and which laws to ignore, then you no longer have a president and that’s dangerous.
This cry of “lawlessness” routine has become the Religious Right’s battle cry. All and sundry are using it today to attack a president for doing exactly what every other president does. What really made me laugh personally was his claim that “we’ve never seen a president who, if he disagrees with a particular federal law, simply defies it, says he will not obey it…” Has he forgotten George W. Bush and his signing statements already?
Oh…maybe Cuban anarchists are not required to study American history. They are certainly not required to tell the truth. Of course, he is part of the David Barton crowd, where history is simply invented out of whole cloth. I don’t think I’m going too far out on a limb here to say Ted Cruz doesn’t give a fig for the United States Constitution and is being just a wee bit hypocritical when he accuses President Obama of lawlessness. This is the guy, after all, who illegally brought the United States government to a halt.
We should also note here that Cruz is not big on thinking, and no, just the fact of appearing on David Barton’s radio show is…well, okay, it IS proof of that, but so is what Cruz told Janet Mefferd about what the most important thing is listeners can do. No, it wasn’t studying American history. No, it wasn’t reading the Constitution. It wasn’t even thinking. It was praying:
I think the most important thing your listeners can do is simply pray because we need a great deal of prayer because marriage is really being undermined by a concerted effort and it’s causing significant harm.
Actually, a great deal of thinking would be far more useful than a bunch of people who do not understand an issue praying over it. One hopes God is better informed. | 2,554 |
They estimated that four per cent — or 20 million — of Twitter accounts were fake.
According to the researchers, fake Twitter accounts have become a multimillion-dollar business.
Millions of consumers check out online reviews to help decide the restaurants, shops and companies where they spend money. (CBC)
Research by internet security analysts at Barracuda Labs found that as of the end of 2013, there were 52 sellers on eBay selling fake Twitter followers, a number that more than doubled in roughly six months.
How much does a fake follower go for? Not a lot: the cost was an average of $11 per 1,000 followers.
Twitter’s rules prohibit buying and selling fake followers.
“When you purchase followers, retweets and favourites, you are often purchasing bot (fake) or hacked accounts,” the site reads.
“Any account caught participating in this behavior will be in violation of the Twitter rules and may be suspended.”
Fake Facebook likes
Facebook is another platform popular for posers. The company estimates that as many as 1.2 per cent of accounts are fake, but with 1.2 billion active monthly users, that number represents as many as 14 million fake accounts.
Like many other sites, Facebook says it tries to crack down on fakers.
We adapt our defences constantly to stay ahead of spammers’ techniques. - Matt Jones
“Fraudulent activity is bad for everyone — including page owners, advertisers, Facebook and people on our platform,” wrote Facebook site integrity engineer Matt Jones in a blog post last month.
“We adapt our defences constantly to stay ahead of spammers’ techniques, and one area we’ve focused on for several years is fake likes.”
Hancock says that while some reviews are fake, many are honest and useful.
“Most businesses really want to provide a genuine service; most businesses are real,” he says.
“The ones that do take the risk and they’re desperate and buy some fake support, some fake reviews, some fake likes, this is not going to be a long-term business.
“It’s going to damage the reputation in the long run. If I had one piece of advice, not for the consumers but for business owners, don’t do it. It’s too easy to get caught. One of the main things with deception on the internet: it leaves a record.” | 2,555 |
NFL fans that have never watched Charger games consistently are going to assume that Branden Oliver is the next Darren Sproles. After all, he is 5’6, and Sproles is 5’6. They are both quick and fast (although Sproles is quicker and faster), but they play nothing alike.
And I mean nothing alike….
Go watch this film on Oliver vs Ohio last season.
http://draftbreakdown.com/video/branden-oliver-vs-ohio-2013
You can obviously tell, if you are a San Diego Chargers fan and have been for a while, the playing style of those two are far apart.
First of all, I have never seen a player that can do what Branden Oliver can do with his body.
Oliver runs with his macho strength. Seriously go watch that film again and tell me just three plays where he actually chose to run outside, like Sproles always did.
The awareness of Branden Oliver is just on point. He finds a whole and instead of lollygagging behind it he uses that anger to just plow through whatever is in front of him. Think of his style as more of a Michael Turner.
Darren Sproles on the other hand, simply uses that electrifying speed and quickness, not to mention his height, to make players miss. He is a great player nonetheless, but he is nothing like Oliver.
UT San Diego had a player feature on Branden a couple of weeks back, and he said, “I’m not Darren Sproles.”
“I didn’t like how 44 looked,” Oliver said. “I knew 43 was Darren Sproles’ number, but I didn’t think of it like, ‘I’m trying to be like Sproles.’ That’s the perception that people are getting. I’m just trying to be me. … I’m like 15 pounds heavier, physical. He’s way quicker than me.”
It’s obvious even Oliver doesn’t want to mentioned as just another Darren Sproles in San Diego (it’s even starting to annoy me), but wants to be his unique self. He has that raw strength to go with his short height which is just special. Sproles had the height, but didn’t have the on field strength or power to run through defensive lineman. | 2,556 |
, Woods aimed for fairways and the middle of the greens and two-putted the field into submission.
Woods pumped his lead to five shots but it was down to two after consecutive bogeys on holes 15 and 16. But he parred in and strolled to victory with thousands of fans walking behind him on the 18th fairway. After his final stroke, he raised his hands in the air, then hugged his caddie, Joe LaCava, his girlfriend, Erica Herman, and his playing partner, Rory McIlroy.
Woods finished at 11 under with a 71. Billy Horschel, the 2014 FedExCup champion, shot 66 to finish second. Dustin Johnson (67) was third, and Rose (73), Hideki Matsuyama (65) and Webb Simpson (67) tied for fourth.
Just as it was back in his heyday, Woods with the 54-hole lead is money and extremely hard to catch. He is now 54-4 when he holds at least a share of the 54-hole lead and 24-for-24 when that lead is at least three shots.
For this week, Tiger Woods was Tiger Woods again, the best player on the planet who knew he was the best player on the planet.
And now the golf world awaits his encore next season.
“It’s a miracle what he’s done this year,” Paul Azinger said. “This wasn’t some ceremonial walk into the sunset. This guy’s got game, some serious game. He’s a living, breathing, walking medical miracle. To be doing what he’s doing at the highest level in golf, it’s truly amazing.”
In a series of tweets, Jack Nicklaus, his record 18 majors a benchmark Woods has been pursuing his entire career, congratulated Woods.
“I never dreamed @TigerWoods could come back and swing the way he has, after surgery," Nicklaus tweeted. "I think you could argue he’s swinging better than he has ever in his life.
"You knew he was going to win soon, and this week he did it.”
Phil Mickelson said Woods’ latest victory wasn’t a shock to him either.
“He’s played such good golf all year that it’s just not surprising,” Mickelson said. “It was just a matter of time before he won." | 2,557 |
“The View” co-host Meghan McCain exploded in fury as the studio audience cheered a list of Democratic-Socialist campaign promises, and vowed to keep those political ideas from becoming “normalized.”
The show’s panelists discussed sexist attacks against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the conversation continued past a commercial break into a debate over her differences with the Democratic Party and the policies she had proposed.
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“We had her on this show, and I asked her this question, what do you mean by Democratic-Socialist?” said co-host Sunny Hostin. “She went over her platform: Medicare for all, fully funded public schools and universities, paid family and sick leave, justice reform, immigration justice, infrastructure overhaul, clean campaign finance, economy of peace, housing as a human right.”
Co-host Joy Behar greeted each proposal with words of encouragement, and the audience cheered when Hostin finished listing the policies.
“That sounds like a successful country,” Behar said.
The conservative McCain was furious.
“This makes my head explode,” she said. “I hope Democrats do run a Democratic-Socialist (campaign) because I think you’ll lose spectacularly, and then I’ll look forward to Election Night when I can tell everybody, ‘I told you so,’ if you end up running a radical.”
She quoted Margaret Thatcher, who said socialism depends too much on “other people’s money,” and she insisted Americans would never tolerate paying taxes at the rate of European countries like Norway.
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“They have given this enormous tax break to the richest people in the country,” Behar said. “That tax break doesn’t have to be so generous to the wealthy, does it? If you don’t give that money to them, what happens to that money? Better schools, better post offices, better garbage pickups.”
The audience cheered loudly, which only made McCain angrier.
“If you think the government is so running at things — then the post office is a great-run business, the (Veterans Administration),” McCain said. “I’m sorry, comparing the United States of America to a small country in Europe is delusional. I’m sorry, some of us do not want to socialism to be normalized in this country.” | 2,558 |
The thing that drives robot makers batty is this: Perfectly natural human gestures are maddeningly hard to mimic in a machine.
Picking up a mug, for example, but also holding it the right way. You know, so the coffee doesn’t wind up on the floor. Climbing a flight of stairs without tripping over your ankles. Opening a door.
A new project from the MIT robotics lab led by CSAIL director Daniela Rus is taking a shot at solving the gripping problem. This team built stretchy and bendable fingers for a Baxter robot that can wrap themselves around a variety of objects.
This is a smart design for a few different reasons. If a robot has rigid, metal fingers, each needs to be given very specific instructions about how to grab an object: how narrow the grasp needs to be so that it can grip that very specific shape. Change the object? The robot demands a new set of instructions.
The tentacle-style gripper design, which can expand to accommodate a shape, and grasps radially – surrounding an object instead of picking it up with pincers – means the robot can use the same How To sheet to pick up a tennis ball but also an egg. It can be gentle with both.
These fingers are similar to grippers that Cambridge startup Soft Robotics is designing. This approach won the two-year-old startup a contract to begin sorting fresh cut fruit and vegetables.
But the Rus lab’s grippers have one additional feature: sensors. Electrodes on the stretchy fingers send back tactile information to the Baxter system. So when it picks up an object, it can make a rough guess as to what it is.
“The tricky thing is because it’s so flexible, you don’t know where your fingers wound up,” said Bianca Homberg, a graduate student who led the work at Rus’s lab. The goal is to have the robot to pick up an object, but also interact with it.
The Rus lab has been steadily pushing the abilities of soft robots. For example, last year, another graduate student demonstrated a snake-like soft robot that can wind its way through narrow spaces.
Homberg will be presenting her work on the flexible fingers at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems conference in Hamburg, Germany, this week.
Before joining the Rus lab at MIT, Homberg did internships at SpaceX and Google Engineering. In February, Homberg will move to San Francisco to join Google Robotics. | 2,559 |
Jake Tapper, moderator of Thursday night's CNN Republican debate, asked Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) about climate change's impact on southern Florida, citing the concerns raised by Miami's Republican Mayor Tomás Regalado.
Tapper asked whether Rubio would "acknowledge the reality of the scientific consensus of climate change and pledge to do something about it" as president.
Nope.
"Sure the climate is changing, and one of the reasons is because the climate has always been changing," he said. "There has never been a time when the climate was not changing."
South Florida's problem, he said, is that it was built on a swamp, and because "there are higher sea levels, or whatever is happening."
"I have long supported mitigation efforts, but as far as a law that we can pass in Washington to change the weather, there's no such thing," he said.
"On the contrary, there are laws they want to us pass that would be devastating for our economy," he insisted, citing the Obama administration's regulations on power plant emissions.
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The laws would do "zero" for the environment, Rubio said, because "China and India will still be polluting at historic levels."
"There's no law we could pass that would have an impact on that," he said. "America is not a planet. It's a country."
To recap, in response to a legitimate concern about climate impacts in the state he represents, made by a Republican mayor who has endorsed him, Rubio said both that carbon emissions aren't changing the climate, but also that even if there were a problem, nothing could be done to affect it anyway.
Several minutes later, Rubio unironically related a story about his grandfather, who was born in 1899 "before there were airplanes in the sky" but was alive to see a man walk on the moon.
"You know what he said when he saw that?" said Rubio. "He said, 'Americans can do anything.' Americans can do anything. There is no problem we cannot solve if we embrace all of the principles that made us great."
No problem, that is, except climate change.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich offered a position that was somewhat less couched in denial.
"We don't know how much humans actually contribute, but it is important that we develop renewables," he said. "You can have a strong environmental policy at the same time as you have economic growth. They are not inconsistent with each other. | 2,560 |
Gustavo Dudamel may have been in Hollywood on Tuesday receiving his star on the Walk of Fame, but in his comments during the ceremony and in an interview afterward, he showed his heart was in his native Venezuela, which is bracing for massive anti-government demonstrations.
After actress Helen Hunt and composer John Williams introduced Dudamel at the ceremony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s music and artistic director — the first Venezuelan to receive the Walk of Fame honor, he said — included his homeland in his speech and noted the Wednesday demonstrations aimed at unseating President Nicolás Maduro from power.
“Tomorrow is a crucial day in which the voice of the majority should be respected and heard,” Dudamel said. “I’m with you!”
Gustavo Dudamel with wife Maria Valverde Rodriguez and son Martine at the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty Images)
In an interview after the ceremony, Dudamel clarified that he was not taking sides between supporters and critics of Maduro. Rather, he supports whatever the majority of Venezuelan people want. He supports free speech, he said, and he hopes El Sistema, the government-supported music education program that was so central to his rise as an artist and the expansion of the YOLA music education program here, can play an important part in restoring a society racked by food shortages, hyperinflation and civil unrest.
On Monday, security forces put down a national guards uprising that triggered violent street protests, the Associated Press reported. The Venezuelan supreme court said it was throwing out recent measures by the National Assembly declaring Maduro an illegitimate president.
But Juan Guaido, president of congress, reiterated his call for people to take to the streets Wednesday — a historic date commemorating the end of Venezuela’s military dictatorship in 1958 — and to demand Maduro abandon power.
For Dudamel, whether and when to speak out have proved to be difficult questions. Despite his efforts to keep politics out of his art, in 2017 he famously called on Maduro to listen to the people and end street violence that killed dozens of people.
On Tuesday he emphasized the power of music to change the course of lives, including his own. “Who could imagine,” he said, “that a child from a working-class family in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, whose only marketable skill is waving a stick in the air, could be standing here today?”
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Grumpy Cat’s owner has something to smile about after a jury sided with the famous online feline in a copyright dispute.
A California jury voted to award $710,000 (£500,000) to Grumpy Cat Limited, a company launched to monetise the permanently-scowling kitty’s popularity, in a dispute over use of the cat’s name and image.
At issue was beverage company Grenade’s use of Grumpy Cat’s likeness. The company was granted the right to use the feline’s brand on “Grumppuccino” drinks but exceeded that authority in trying to launch a whole line of Grumpy Cat products like ground coffee, according to a lawsuit filed in 2015.
“Ironically, while the world-famous feline Grumpy Cat and her valuable brand are most often invoked in a tongue-and-cheek fashion, defendants’ despicable misconduct here has actually given Grumpy Cat and her owners something to be grumpy about,” the initial complaint read.
A lawyer representing the allegedly wronged feline said in an interview that the jury’s verdict could set a legal precedent.
“It’s the first verdict ever rendered in favour of a viral meme,” David Jonelis told The Wrap. “Memes have rights too”.
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Officially named Tardar Sauce, Grumpy Cat ascended to online celebrity status thanks to an ineradicable grimace that results from an underbite and dwarfism.
Her lucrative empire has since produced a book deal, an appearance in a Friskies commercial, a movie, trademark and copyright protection and an impersonation by Barack Obama. | 2,562 |
GRAND RAPIDS — You can't read the words "Raging Bitch" on a beer bottle — at least not in Michigan.
For Flying Dog Brewery, it’s a flagrant constitutional violation.
“It’s really incredible that, in 2011, we’re still talking about moral crusades by the liquor commission,” attorney Alan Gura said Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
"We sell in 27 states. This is the only state where we've had this kind of issue."
Flying Dog Brewery filed a federal lawsuit against the state Liquor Control Commission after the LCC denied its request to register the label for Raging Bitch beer.
The state says the LCC can reject any beer label “that is deemed to promote violence, racism, sexism, intemperance, or intoxication or to be detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public.”
It determined that Raging Bitch is degrading to women, with illustrations on the label depicting female body parts, Assistant Attorney General Melinda Leonard said.
As part of its lawsuit, Flying Dog is seeking an injunction to prevent the LCC from withholding registration of the controversial label. U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker said he would issue a written opinion after providing both sides the chance to further file briefs.
The standard for an injunction is high, but Jonker told state attorneys they also face hurdles if they want to prevail in the lawsuit.
The state already has approved controversial labels.
“Do you think Doggy Style Pale Ale is better?” the judge asked the state attorney. “Or In-Heat Wheat? Do you think they’re substantially different? How about Dirty Bastard?,” the latter a reference to a Grand Rapids-based Founders dark brew.
Leonard said Raging Bitch went far beyond “tacky.” The state has compared the use of the word for a female dog to use of the “n” word, and said the label shows “women as wild animals that need to be tamed.”
Jonker wasn’t impressed by the brewer’s First Amendment claims, either. The state isn’t preventing free speech, but preventing the sale of beer with that particular label.
“Selling beer is not exactly the focal point of the First Amendment,” he said.
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it’s seeking to address. There’s a cause and effect of seeing guns used to kill, then deciding to put guns in a dumpster on a city street that is silly in nature and might evoke a laugh from some. Yet the setup for the joke is the Pulse shooting itself. The facts of the case are stated at the start of the strip and sets this story in a world where this really happened (albeit one where Deathstroke also exists). His reaction is farcical and the joke becomes darkly unfunny because it’s a minor gag confronting the mass murder of dozens of innocents due to their sexual orientation. It’s a very bad joke.
None of this is to say that we can’t address real tragedies and problems with comics or superhero stories or humor. What I am saying is that the intent behind these stories does not matter, only their execution. Comics creators obviously want to address real issues. They worry about the election and future of America (as they should), they are distressed to read about the suppression of women’s education (which is only natural), and they are distraught over the mass killings (and that is simply human). They have every right in the world to attempt to address these issues too.
None of that makes the attempts inherently good or laudable. Seeking to do something good is very different from accomplishing it. These comics are not personal journals or scribblings in the margins. They are completed works by professional creators being sold to an audience in an attempt to say something to the world. This is art being put into the world and no matter how well-meaning the artist may be, that doesn’t make the art any better or worse.
Looking at comics like Ms. Marvel #13, Champions #3, and some samples in Love is Love, it’s clear that the best intentioned creators can put out work that ranges between being grossly ill-conceived to outright damaging in its philosophy. These are comics that assumed the intent to make a better world would be enough to justify their existence. It is not. They are comics that diminish serious issues and encourage ideas that actively disastrous, and they should be called out for being just that.
Where exactly does the line lie between good intentions and actively harmful? Like so much in the world, it’s one of those things you simply have to know when you see it. Examples like this make it clear what is past the line though and will hopefully encourage future creators to put a bit more thought into ideas, concepts, and realities that deserve it. | 2,564 |
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Chargers cornerback Jason Verrett is “happy” with where he is heading into 2017. He’s also “hungry” — very hungry — after two years of injuries.
“I think it’s going to be a little bit more juice, just dealing with the fact that I lost two seasons,” Verrett told Hayley Elwood of the team website. “I’m hungry. I’m going to grind. I’m going to grind, grind, grind. They’re going to see the Pro Bowl player they saw in 2015.”
The former first-round pick made the Pro Bowl his second season as one of the best cornerbacks in the league that season. But Verrett played only 11 games combined the other three seasons.
He partially tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a Week 4 game in 2016 and needed more surgery on the same knee last season. Verrett made it through only 63 snaps in the season opener last year.
“Going into last season, in training camp, it was tough for me,” Verrett said. “I was hoping for a breakthrough. I was hoping for the scar tissue to break up. Unfortunately, it didn’t. Coming in Week 1, I knew mentally I wasn’t ready. I knew physically I wasn’t ready. I just was trying to go out there with the competitive mind set that I have.
“I felt the surgery was needed. It was tough having to get another surgery and dealing with all of that, but it was needed.”
The Chargers return last year’s starters, Trevor Williams and Casey Hayward, along with slot corner Desmond King. They also have Michael Davis, Craig Mager and Jeff Richards, all of whom were either on the active roster or the practice squad last season.
Verrett, though, will start if he’s healthy.
“We can be real special,” Verrett said. “I know it’s a tough for the coaches to make a decision on who’s going to go out there, just because of how deep we are. But I think just how tight we are as a group, it’s going to allow us to keep feeding off each other. Everyone’s going be wanting to get better each and every day because you know the guys behind you are going to want to be where you are.” | 2,565 |
Forty-five years ago Canada was facing a rental housing shortage. Unlike today, the federal government took decisive action, launching an innovative tax incentive that harnessed the private sector to deliver rental apartments in the thousands.
The Multi-Unit Residential Building (MURB) program ran for five years to 1979 and created 195,000 rental apartments across the country, homes that still represent most of the affordable rental inventory in Vancouver and other cities.
Today, when the federal government talks about affordable rental housing, it invariably means huge public-sector expenditures. Examination of the subsidized housing being delivered this year shows that the typical project requires about half a million dollars in initial subsidies for each apartment created. A recent federally subsidized rental project in South Surrey, B.C., received $415,000 per suite in taxpayer money, yet the resulting rent is not much lower than in the current market. On Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside a social housing project restricted to women will cost taxpayers an average of more than $560,000 for each apartment, plus perpetual public support for staffing and maintenance, for tenants who pay $375 per month.
This is not a sustainable situation for taxpayers who are also paying the highest housing costs in history for their own heavily taxed homes.
The MURB program was different. It was aimed at investors, allowing them to deduct development costs and rental losses from their taxable income. Developers would start a MURB and seek investors to purchase rental units in the building. The development costs for land servicing and utilities were aggregated and assigned to investors on a unit-by-unit basis. These costs could then be written off against income. In most cases, this would result in the investor receiving a large tax refund in the initial year of ownership.
Once the project was finished, rental revenues were pooled, as were expenses like interest, taxes, insurance and repairs. The property manager would provide an annual accounting for the building and for each unit. Investors could then claim their share of the rental subsidy as a loss that could also be deducted from their income.
The MURB program fizzled out due to a combination of factors, among them the reluctance of municipalities to zone sufficient land quickly enough to allow the program to reach its full potential; a lack of oversight that allowed some substandard construction; and a change in government.
MURBs were not perfect but a modern fine tuning of a national strategy that puts the focus on encouraging the private sector to deliver rental housing would likely prove far more effective and less costly to taxpayers than the erratic, extravagant public funding being used today. | 2,566 |
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“It was just a crazy conversation,” Lackey said. “She said, ‘I just want to let you know that Debra committed suicide and caught the house on fire.’ I was like, okay—shocked and everything. She said they did not know where my father was, and they were trying to find him.”
For the next few days, she monitored the developing story on the Internet.
“I saw on the Walton Reporter website that they found a second body,” she said. “I was freaking out--what if it’s my father?”
A few days later, she returned another message from a trooper. Her father’s remains had been found—in the barrel, not in the burned house.
“They said, ‘I really hate to tell you this news over the phone, but your father is dead,’” Lackey said. “I still don’t know how to feel about it. This is the stuff I see on CSI, on television.”
The next day, she got one more phone call from police.
“They told me I was the legal next of kin and had to take care of his body,” she said. “It just, oh my god, threw me for a loop. I didn’t know what to do… I could have said, ‘He wasn’t there for the 23 years of my life so why should I be there for him now?’ But that’s just not who I am. I have a bigger heart than that.”
So she did the right thing. She organized a proper send-off for the stranger who was her father, including a military burial at Sullivan County Veterans Cemetery. She said she appreciated that a number of pumpkin-growers, including Bill Bobier, attended the funeral.
“They all told me some funny stories that lightened up the situation,” Lackey said. “They also said that he did mention me and that he really wished he was a part of my life. That put a big smile on my face. My father in their eyes was an awesome friend and a great man.”
David J. Krajicek is a journalist and true crime author based in the Catskills. He writes The Justice Story for the Sunday New York Daily News. He is also on Twitter at @djkrajicek. | 2,567 |
Actress Lucy Liu is finally getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, confirmed to NBC News that Liu’s star is scheduled to be unveiled May 1. The date is about three weeks before the premiere of the seventh and final season of CBS' “Elementary,” which stars Liu.
The chamber of commerce first announced Liu’s induction in June 2018, without a ceremony date.
The 50-year-old star rose to fame in the '90s on the Fox legal comedy-drama "Ally McBeal," which Liu was a series regular in for three seasons, appearing in four seasons total. Her work on "Ally McBeal" earned her Emmy and Screen Actors Guild nominations.
Liu, whose credits include "Charlie's Angels," the "Kill Bill" franchise, and NBC's "Southland," has appeared in television shows and films across multiple genres, including animation. She has also directed episodes of "Elementary" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
In 2000, Liu became the first Asian American woman to host "Saturday Night Live."
Liu’s star will be placed next to that of actress Anna May Wong, a Hollywood pioneer who found silent film success in 1920s.
Martinez said Wong was "the first Chinese American actress to grace Hollywood’s film screens."
"When we place Walk of Fame stars, we love to juxtapose Hollywood’s golden age icons with the role models who represent the exciting shifts taking place in the film industry whenever we can," she said.
Born in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, Wong was “fully Americanized” but was offered roles that “were highly troped Asian roles that reinforced stereotypes,” Rob Buscher, a film and media scholar, told NBC News in 2017.
Wong left the U.S. to work in Europe in the late 1920s and spent the early ’30s traveling between the two. Wong received her star in 1960.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce receives about 300 nominations for the Walk of Fame each year. A committee selects approximately 30 names for inclusion from that group. The organization nominating the honoree, which must have the honoree’s consent, is responsible for paying the $50,000 required to create and install the star. The money also goes to maintain the Walk of Fame.
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Aug. 11, 2009 -- Sky watchers could catch a dazzling treat on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
Meteors are bits of dust or rock that collide with Earth's atmosphere and heat up gas particles to produce a glowing trail. A handful of meteors can be seen each hour on any clear night, but during a meteor shower dozens may be visible.
The Perseid shower occurs each year when the Earth passes through a stream of debris shed by the comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun once every 130 years or so and last passed through the inner solar system in 1992.
The Perseid shower is expected to reach its peak at 1:30 p.m. on August 12, but dozens of meteors per hour should be visible on the nights preceding and following the peak. The best time to catch the shower may be around 4:00 a.m. on August 12, when meteor numbers may get a slight boost as the Earth passes by an additional stream of debris left by the comet in 1610.
On a clear night, an average of 60 meteors can be seen per hour close to the Perseids' peak. This year, the number may be lower because the moon, which is approaching its last quarter, will rise at about the same time as the shower is expected to begin.
Perseus Rising
Moonshine could obscure the fainter meteors, cutting the total number of meteors that might be seen in half, says Tony Cook of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. "That actually might bother meteor experts more than it does people who want to enjoy the shower, because the ones you want to see are the really bright ones anyway," Cook says.
The Perseid meteor shower gets its name because the meteor trails all lead back to a point in the northern constellation Perseus.
Every evening this week, the shower should start around 11 p.m. local time as the Perseus constellation rises, and the number of visible meteors should increase as the evening progresses to peak before dawn.
Perseid Meteor Shower 2009
The meteors will appear all over the sky, so the best strategy for viewing the shower is to lie down and stare at as large a patch of sky as possible. Observers will want to point their gaze away from the moon to reduce its effect on night vision.
Although the best Perseid viewing is in the northern hemisphere, some viewers just south of the equator may also be able to catch a glimpse. | 2,569 |
The older daughter, who had been conditionally accepted to U.S.C. as an athlete, had that acceptance rescinded and was barred from applying again, the lawyers said. She is now enrolled in a community college, the lawyers said, while Ms. Janavs’s younger daughter has enrolled in a public high school.
In a letter to the judge, Ms. Janavs’s husband, Paul Janavs, said F.B.I. agents had handcuffed the two girls as they stood outside, barefoot in their pajamas, when Ms. Janavs was arrested in March.
“While this has been excruciatingly painful and devastating for Michelle, it has been equally painful for our family,” he wrote. “There have been too many days during the past eleven months during which I held both of my daughters in my arms as they cried out of a broad combination of emotions including anger at their mother, sorrow and great anxiety about her fate.”
Other parents have described how much their children have struggled.
The wife of Agustin Huneeus, a Bay Area winemaker who pleaded guilty to participating in both the test cheating and bribery schemes, wrote in a letter to the judge sentencing her husband that her four daughters had suffered from panic attacks since they saw their father arrested.
Macarena Huneeus, the wife, said that one daughter not connected to the cheating had nonetheless faced hostility from teachers and students at her high school. Another daughter — who prosecutors have said was aware that her father had paid a proctor to correct her answers on the SAT — had a very difficult year but had been resilient, Ms. Huneeus said. She retook the SAT, and started “at a great college” last fall, she said.
In another case, Jack Buckingham, whose mother, Jane Buckingham, pleaded guilty to paying a consultant to get him an inflated score on the ACT, had already been admitted to Southern Methodist University when his mother was arrested. He spoke to the school, which allowed him to enroll based on his authentic scores from a previous administration of the test.
He sent a statement last March to The Hollywood Reporter, saying in part: “I know there are millions of kids out there both wealthy and less fortunate who grind their ass off just to have a shot at the college of their dreams. I am upset that I was unknowingly involved in a large scheme that helps give kids who may not work as hard as others an advantage over those who truly deserve those spots.” | 2,570 |
Finally available for public consumption is the much anticipated Scorpion sub-gun. Imported as a pistol, it is a blowback-operated semi-auto in 9mm with a short 7¾” barrel. Open sights ride on an 11” Picatinny rail perfect for mounting optics. Starting in 2016, Scorpion Pistols feature 1/2×28 threads hidden underneath the factory flash-hider, meaning users can fit either 1/2×28 or 18×1 accessories to the muzzle. Also added is a QD sling swivel pocket integrated into the rear sling attachment point.
Simple and reliable, the Scorpion not only has ambidextrous controls, its non-reciprocating charging handle is swappable and reach to the trigger is adjustable.
With a wealth of accessories and attachments available for the Scorpion platform, customization can easily be done with a number of braces, grips, forends, magazines, safeties, mag releases, charging handles and triggers designed specifically for the EVO 3 platform.
The most impressive stat on the Scorpion Pistol is the price tag!
Current production Scorpion pistols lack the 3/4? sling slot on the left side of the action that is present on earlier variants.
The CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 Pistol is legally classified by the ATF as a pistol, and is intended by CZ-USA to be used as a pistol. Under current federal law and ATF policy attaching a stock to this pistol – or attaching a device which is then used as a stock or intended to be used as a stock – constitutes the making of a short-barreled rifle which requires registration with ATF and the payment of the applicable tax. Users of the CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 Pistol bear the sole responsibility for ensuring their use of the firearm complies with all local, state, and federal firearms laws.
Product Name CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 Pistol SKU 91351
Firearm Type Handgun
Purpose Home Defense
MSRP $884.00
Chambering 9mm Luger
Magazine Capacity 20+1
Magazine Type Double stack polymer
Frame Fiber-reinforced polymer
Grips Polymer, adjustable for reach to trigger
Trigger Mech SA
Sights Adjustable
Barrel Cold hammer forged, muzzle threaded 18x1 right-hand and 1/2x28
Weight 5.0 lbs
Overall Length 16.0 in
Height 9.4 in
Safety Ambidextrous thumb safety | 2,571 |
years trying to establish what has been going on at the Olympic site where 28,000 documents have been submitted for planning approval.
Disposal
The dossier has been reviewed by John Large, who has been engaged to analyse the data. He said: "As part of the on-site assaying, the ODA contractors were clearly separating out exempt waste from non-exempt batches of low-level waste with the intention, then, of sending this higher [radio]activity non-exempt waste to a radioactive waste disposal site, such as Drigg [in Cumbria]."
He continued: "At the best, this might be interpreted as a misplaced interpretation of the radioactive waste regulations or, at the worse, some might view it as blatantly cooking the books to save on the high cost of off-site radioactive waste disposal."
The ODA denied that it had misinterpreted or manipulated data and Allan Ashworth, the principal consultant who oversaw the remediation work on the Olympic Park, said it was the Environment Agency that had encouraged the elevated radioactive waste to be kept on site in a disposal cell. "EA guidance says the waste should stay on site and Drigg should only be used where strictly necessary," Ashworth said.
Asked about Ashworth's claim, the EA said: "The waste did not go to Drigg because it is so low risk."
The discovery of so much waste has prompted John Large to call for an independent review to remove any doubts about risks that workers and former site residents may have been exposed to.
But the ODA director of infrastructure and utilities, Simon Wright, said: "The Olympic Park and all venue sites are completely safe with no radiation measurements above the normal background levels that people would experience in their everyday lives.
"We have been open and transparent about the contamination found on the Olympic Park site, a former industrial landfill site. As previously announced, a small amount of soil containing traces of very low-level radioactive material, classed as 'exempt' under current environmental law, has been safely buried in a cell on site … using a proven, safe and approved method of disposing of such material."
• This article was amended on 21 June and 12 October 2010. The original said that the waste in question had been buried "under, or close, to the Olympic stadium", and a sub-heading said that this could render the Olympic site useless after the 2012 Games. This was initially corrected to give a distance of 500m from the stadium. The ODA subsequently confirmed that the distance was 250m. The text above has again been corrected. | 2,572 |
Scott Morrison’s decision to block the sale of Ausgrid has continued to raise the ire of policy makers in Beijing.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has now warned Australia that blocking the sale of the Ausgrid assets to Chinese companies was not only protectionist but likely to result in reduced interest from Chinese firms to invest in Australia.
Reuters reports that Shen Danyang, a China Commerce Ministry spokesman, said in Beijing that, “this kind of decision is protectionist and seriously impacts the willingness of Chinese companies to invest in Australia”.
“China hopes Australia will create a fairer and more transparent environment for Chinese investment”.
Coming the same day that RBA governor Glenn Stevens opened the debate about what exactly is positive about foreign investment into Australia looks like means the Chinese comments may find less resonance than they otherwise would have.
The world is taking notice of China’s barbs at Australia, most notably the call from a strident state publication for the Chinese military to attack and sink any Australian Navy vessels that conduct freedom of navigation efforts in the South China Sea.
Senior FT columnist Gideon Rachman warned this week of the recent exchanges (emphasis added):
Their significance goes beyond the confines of Sino-Australian relations. They speak to the broader tensions between a rising China and the west. For more than a generation, the Chinese public has been fed an official history that stresses the country’s “century of humiliation” at the hands of foreign powers. The notion that the west still conspires against China is widespread. Australia, an outpost of the western alliance on the edge of the Asia-Pacific region, is in danger of becoming a lightning rod for Chinese anger towards the west in general and the US in particular.
China is Australia’s largest trading partner and now Australia’s largest source of tourists, which are so crucial to helping to drive Australia’s continuing economic transition.
Two Chinese bidders were among the bidders for a controlling stake on the 99-year lease of Ausgrid, the electricity distribution network for Australia’s largest state, NSW.
Morrison invoked the national interest provisions of the foreign investment legislation in his decision and indicated there were national security concerns in play.
But the tensions between what China expects in terms of access to the economy and what Australia is prepared to give look set to continue.
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Ken Jeong, 43, stars as Mr. Chow in The Hangover Part III, in theatres now. Here, he reveals his secrets to Us!
1. I used to be a full-time physician; I still have my medical license.
2. I run nearly every day, just a small distance to clear my head.
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3. It was my idea to jump out of the trunk naked in The Hangover. My wife (doctor Tran Ho) approved, saying, "This will be the feel-good movie of the year. Every guy will go home feeling good about himself."
4. I am a coffee drinker.
5. I hate dressing up unless I have to, and I can't stand shopping for clothes.
6. My favorite movie of all time is The Godfather.
7. I love karaoke.
8. I even worked as an MC at a karaoke bar in New Orleans when I was in med school!
9. I did a lot of stand-up comedy prior to becoming an actor.
10. I could eat rice every day, and that's not because I'm Asian.
11. I'm not afraid to be lazy.
12. I am afraid of snakes and bees.
13. My kids (5-year-old twins Alexa and Zooey) think I laugh too loud.
14. I love the NBA.
15. My favorite basketball player of all time is Michael Jordan and my top book is Phil Jackson's Sacred Hoops.
16. As a kid, I played the violin.
17. Most of my friends are stand-up comics and doctors.
PHOTO: Happily Hungover
18. My wife and I watched the entire first season of 24 in one sitting and then had a collective panic attack.
19. My favorite TV show is BBC's The Office.
20. I am the disciplinarian in the family.
21. The first concert I ever went to was Prince on the Purple Rain tour.
22. I was born in Detroit.
23. I love watching SportsCenter.
24. I prefer beer to wine.
25. For The Hangover Part III, I performed a stunt more than 30 feet high, even though I have a massive fear of heights and cry on roller coasters. | 2,574 |
Shuhei Yoshida: Developers Tell Us They Never Worked on Hardware as Easy to Develop on As PS5
Shuhei Yoshida: Developers Tell Us They Never Worked on Hardware as Easy to Develop on As PS5
Iyane Agossah December 27, 2019 10:42 AM EST
The latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation magazine included an interview with Shuhei Yoshida, who explained Sony made it very easy to develop games on PS5.
The latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation magazine, Vol.683, included an interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida. He spoke about Sony’s PlayStation 5, which is launching on holidays 2020, and how easy it is to make games for it.
In the interview, Shuhei Yoshida explained how PlayStation 3 was by far the hardest console to develop on in Sony history, and how PlayStation 4 was specifically made to avoid repeating this mistake.
Shuhei Yoshida added that developers can’t focus on making their games if they need to focus on overcoming the inherent difficulty of developing on complicated hardware. As such, Sony is striving to make it as easy as possible to develop on PlayStation hardware. Yoshida said that’s what the company had in mind when making the PS4 and that’s what they have in mind for the PS5.
Shuhei Yoshida also mentioned that many developers are telling Sony they never worked on a console as easy to develop on as PS5.
We already saw in the past what is supposedly a PS5 dev kit, and needless to say, while some won’t explicitly say it, all the biggest studios in the world are undoubtedly already working on PS5 games. Certain games have already been announced, such as Gearbox’ Godfall. It’s also possible that Acquire’s new game Gladiux will launch on PS5 alongside PC. Back in October, Sony also reported via Famitsu that the backward compatibility feature on PS5 isn’t quite ready yet. Fake information regarding PlayStation 5’s price and release date circulated a lot on the Japanese sides of social media a few days ago before being officially denied by Sony.
Dengeki PlayStation is a monthly magazine published by Dengeki Online. The magazine focuses exclusively on PlayStation consoles released games. Another magazine focusing on Nintendo titled Dengeki Nintendo also releases each month. In the past, we translated another Shuhei Yoshida interview by Dengeki Online, where he talked about PS5 and Death Stranding. | 2,575 |
problems, that still represents a small number compared with the millions of MRIs administered in Canada each year, he said.
"We do not have any scientific confirmation that the retained gadolinium which has been proven on imaging or pathological studies is toxic to neural tissues or other human tissues," he said.
But Schieda also notes there is also no evidence that GBCAs are not harmful, saying that the concerns ultimately point to the need for more research.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has also issued guidelines, ultimately concluding that "the benefit of all approved GBCAs continues to outweigh any potential risks."
Frustrated patients turn to Facebook, Google and lawsuits
Left without a conclusive diagnosis or any sense of what they can do, patients who experience side-effects following gadolinium-based injections are turning to the internet and forming support groups on Facebook and other platforms.
Thousands of people have taken to those online groups to share their symptoms, fears and anger at a medical community that many say isn't doing enough to acknowledge their issues.
More than a dozen U.S. law firms have also set up websites to recruit patients for a potential class-action lawsuit.
Painful lesions cover Wanda Milley's body. They began forming after multiple injections of gadolinium-based dyes, which are used to sharpen contrast on MRI images. (Sam Martin/CBC)
As for Milley, she said she grew increasingly frustrated after being told by dermatologists that the red blotches on her body were caused by psoriasis, a common skin condition.
"I just wished there was more information for me and others who might be experiencing similar things so that we have a better understanding of what's happening and that we would have a plan as to what we can do to help resolve this," she said.
Like many in the online support groups, Milley has turned to alternative health practitioners for answers and potential treatments. She said she's been tested for heavy metals three times and was told by naturopaths there is a buildup of gadolinium and other metals in her body.
"It's in my body, and it goes into your organs and into your bones," said Milley. "How do we get it out?"
Left trying to decide what to do next, Milley said she feels abandoned by the traditional medical community and is considering the treatments suggested on the online groups, like controversial chelation therapy.
"I feel alone in this," she said. "And it's frustrating." | 2,576 |
To help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in its stores, Safeway and Albertsons will install plexiglas "sneeze guards" in all locations over the next few weeks.
The plexiglas will be installed in the checkout lanes at the company's more than 2,200 stores, Albertsons Companies said in a news release.
“We recognize that we provide an essential service to our communities,” company president and CEO Vivek Sankaran said in the news release. “We are doing everything we can to provide a safe, secure, and comfortable shopping space for our valued customers. This is an extra step to protect our associates who are in constant contact with the public and provide our customers with extra reassurance as well.”
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Work has already begun to install these guards at Denver-area stores, with all Colorado stores expected to have them installed by the end of the month.
The company has also taken other precautions in its stores to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading:
Installing designated waiting points with floor markers positioned throughout the store, especially at check stands and stations where people congregate. This is to encourage customers to keep 6 feet between them.
Temporarily stopping self-service stations like soup, salad and wing bars.
Enhancing cleaning measures on high-trafficked areas throughout the day and deep cleaning the store at the end of every day.
Asking employees to follow public health guidelines, including washing hands and staying home if sick.
Reserving specific time for people who are at a higher risk of complications from COVID-19 to shop in their stores.
Editor's note: As the coronavirus outbreak continues to evolve, we don’t want you to panic. In fact, quite the opposite. That’s why the Coloradoan is committed to providing you with accurate, up-to-date information so you can make informed decisions on issues affecting you and the people you love. As such, this story, and many others, are being provided free for all to read. Help us continue this important work by subscribing to the Coloradoan.
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No Bitcoin-based protocol can handle more than 20M users per month
Posted on October 8, 2017 by Rune K. Svendsen
To solve Bitcoin’s scalability challenge, many so-called layer 2 protocols have been proposed. All of these protocols operate on the same, relatively simple, principle:
User deposits bitcoins (via the Bitcoin blockchain) into the layer 2 system Stuff happens within the layer 2 system – without touching the Bitcoin blockchain – which assigns arbitrarily small parts of the deposited bitcoins to other users (recipients) in the system Recipients withdraw received bitcoins (into the Bitcoin blockchain)
This increases the scalability of transferring bitcoins from user to user, since at Step 2 nothing touches the blockchain. In fact, since nothing touches the blockchain, the transaction speed (as measured in transactions per second) is theoretically unlimited, and in practice only limited by latency and bandwidth between nodes.
The problem, however, is Step 1. When a user receives money – which humans usually receive monthly as wages/salaries – they need to deposit it into the layer 2 system, in order for it to be available within it. At the current block size limit of 1 MB, the maximum number of deposit transactions per month – assuming the simplest Bitcoin transaction (single-signature) with a size of 224 bytes is used – is 20 million1.
This is a maximum, since a single-signature Bitcoin transaction isn’t very interesting in the context of layer 2 protocols (it essentially constitutes sending your bitcoins to a trusted third party). Thus, with more complex (e.g. multi-signature) deposit transactions, the number of monthly users will be less than 20 million. Furthermore, this figure does not include the withdrawal transactions (where recipients withdraw funds from the layer 2 system to their private Bitcoin address), which will decrease the maximum number of supported users even further.
In conclusion, if Bitcoin is to scale to more than ~0.2% of the world’s population, layer 2 protocols – operating on the principle described above – will not be sufficient. The Bitcoin blockchain will need to increase its capacity in conjunction with layer 2 protocols, or it will not have sufficient capacity to support more than – at most – 20 million users per month.
1 1,000,000 bytes per block/224 bytes per transactions = 4464 tx/block
4464 tx/block*6 blocks per hour*24 hours per day = ~643000 tx/day
643000 tx/day*30 days per month = ~20 million tx/month | 2,578 |
How to Integrate “Recent Posts by Others” with Your Facebook Timeline
Remember Old Facebook? When your wall was a pleasant mix of posts from both you, the business, and your fans? When valuable customer interactions were automatically front and centre on your Facebook page?
Note: This post is now outdated. The new Facebook business page doesn’t allow for people’s posts to appear on a business’ page timeline. However, you can always make these posts more visible to your visitors and fans. Here’s how.
Remember Old Facebook? When your wall was a pleasant mix of posts from both you, the business, and your fans? When valuable customer interactions were automatically front and centre on your Facebook page?
Those were the good old days. Now, thanks to Facebook Timeline, that community engagement is swept off your page and tucked away in a tiny Recent Posts by Others box, where nobody will ever see it. Not exactly good for business.
So how do you bring those Recent Posts by Others back onto your Timeline where they belong? In the most counter-intuitive way possible.
1. Make sure you are using Facebook as the Page, not as your personal account.
Click the dropdown arrow in the upper right-hand corner, then select your Page under “Use Facebook as.” If your Page isn’t listed, there’s another way to go about it. Simply go to your Page, click Edit page, then “Use Facebook as…”
2. Locate your Recent Posts by Others box on your Timeline. It’s the one with the really tiny grey font that you can barely read.
3. Hover over one of the posts, then hover over the “X.” See how it says “Remove”? That’s a lie. Click it.
4. An unexpected drop down menu will appear.
To bump the post back over to your Timeline, in its proper chronological location, click “Allowed on Page.” If the post is super-awesome and you want to stretch it across the width of your Timeline, click “Highlighted on Page.”
That’s It! There’s no way to set up your page so it automatically transfers these posts to your Timeline in real time, so manual intervention is the only way to go about it. Thanks Facebook, for making this simple task as difficult as possible.
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The Nebraska State Patrol made a historic drug bust as it seized 118 pounds of the opiate drug fentanyl last month.
Largest Fentanyl Seizure In Nebraska
The bust is the largest fentanyl seizure in the history of Nebraska and among the largest in the United States.
The drugs were seized during a routine traffic stop. Nebraska State Patrol Col. John Bolduc said that the troopers became suspicious of a semi-truck that was driving on the shoulder lane, prompting them to search the vehicle, which eventually led to the discovery of the illicit drugs concealed in a hidden compartment.
The troopers did not immediately test the drugs out of caution given the dangerous nature of the substance. They initially thought that most of the drugs were cocaine, but further testing revealed these were all fentanyl.
"Further testing from the NSP Crime Lab has confirmed that the entire 118 pounds of drugs seized during a traffic stop on April 24 in Buffalo County is fentanyl," the Nebraska State Patrol said in a statement. "Without question that traffic stop saved thousands of lives."
Fentanyl
Fentanyl is a powerful opioid up to 100 times more potent than morphine and up to 50 times more potent than heroin. The drug is dangerous to anyone who comes into contact with it since it can be accidentally inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
There have been incidents of police officers and drug overdose responders falling ill due to accidental exposure to the drug.
Last year, three police officers were taken to a hospital in Everett, Massachusetts, after responding to a car crash that involved three men suspected of drug overdose. The police officers showed symptoms of overdose after exposure to fentanyl found in a cigarette box inside the car.
A fentanyl spill at the Duluth Police Department, which also happened last year, likewise became a hazmat situation. A police officer and a crime scene technician had to be quarantined because they were exposed to the drug.
Seized Amount Of Fentanyl Could Kill More Than 26 Million People
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said that just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be deadly, which means that the amount of the drug that was taken into custody would be enough to kill 26 million people. The value of the drug is estimated to be at over $20 million.
The truck's driver, 46-year-old Felipe Genao-Minaya, and the passenger, 52-year-old Nelson Nunez, both from New Jersey, were arrested.
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What does “Green Eggs and Ham” have in common with Obamacare? Ask Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
A sneakered Cruz took to the Senate floor on Tuesday at 2:40 p.m. Though he appeared to be engaged in an epic filibuster to keep the Senate from making a decision on Obamacare, according to Senate rules Cruz must clear the floor by noon EDT Wednesday, when a decision will be made regardless of his remarks.
It would appear that Cruz’s marathon speech on the Senate floor is ultimately just for kicks. Which explains, perhaps, why the senator decided at 8:04 p.m., just over five hours into what we’re calling his talk-a-thon, to read from the Dr. Seuss classic “Green Eggs and Ham.” The story now appears on the official Senate record.
Cruz broke with Dr. Seuss’ classic rhyming couplet structure in order to modify the text: “When Americans tried it, they discovered they did not like green eggs and ham and they did not like Obamacare either,” Cruz read. “They did not like Obamacare in a box, with a fox, in a house or with a mouse. It is not working.”
“Green Eggs and Ham” was not the only children’s literature Cruz referenced in his bid to stand in one place with cameras on him for a long time. Within the first half hour, Cruz invoked the classic tale of perseverance, “The Little Engine that Could.”
Still talking Wednesday morning, shortly before 9 EDT, Cruz referenced the work of novelist and Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand. He chose to read from her longest novel, “Atlas Shrugged,” which, like “The Little Engine that Could,” also heavily features the theme of perseverance, and of course trains. “Green Eggs and Ham,” on the other hand, only mentions a train once, and has a moral of the value of reserving one’s impulse judgements and being open to trying new things.
Cruz has yet to address how the frequently challenged children’s book, “Captain Underpants,” relates to the healthcare bill under discussion.
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While I was in Los Angeles last month for The Genesis Awards, my husband Seth and I got together with friends Kezia and Gary for a wonderful dinner at their home. Kezia wowed us with these homemade vegan deviled eggs. As you can see in the picture, the resemblance to real deviled eggs is uncanny.
BUT the real wow was when I bit into one. The texture and taste is unbelievably spot-on. The “white” really is like an egg white in its consistency — I never thought I’d have that experience in my mouth again! Even more impressive: the taste of the “yolk” — the secret ingredient is the black salt. Kezia sprinkled some in the palm of my hand just so I could fully appreciate it. This salt tastes just like eggs. So, find it online or at a local Indian market and prepare to be amazed. We ordered the black salt as soon as we landed back in Tucson and my husband Seth made a batch of these “eggs” (success!) on Easter Sunday.
ingredients:
450 grams — about 2 cups — soy milk (unsweetened, unflavored)
2 tsp. agar agar powder
11/4 teaspoon black salt
215 grams tofu
2 tbl. Vegenaise
2-3 tbl. olive oil
1 tsp. mustard
1 tsp. white vinegar
3/4-1 tsp. black salt
1/2 tsp. tumeric
1/4 tsp. parsley (optional)
2-3 pinches curry (optional – but Kezia uses it, and it’s delicious)
directions:
Whites: Combine soy milk, agar agar, and 1/4 tsp. black salt. Boil and pour into egg tray (using it as a mold); if you don’t have an egg tray, you can use a cupcake pan and fill each one about 1/3 of the way. Once cooled (about 30 minutes in the fridge), you’ll scoop out a bit of the center of each. Creamy Yolk Filling: Mix remaining ingredients (including the remaining 3/4-1 tsp. black salt) in the food processor; using a pastry bag, pipe into the “whites.” To finish, we sprinkled ours with paprika.
*Kezia credits La Gusta’s as the basis for this incredible recipe.
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The Texas state trooper who stopped Sandra Bland was apparently planning to let her off with a written warning until he became angry when she refused to put out the cigarette she was smoking in her car.
The 28-year-old Bland, a civil rights activist who was on her way to begin a job at the historically black Prairie View A&M, died July 13 in a Waller County jail cell after she was arrested during a traffic stop for an improper lane change.
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An attorney for her family viewed dashboard camera footage of the traffic stop, and he said the state trooper returned to Bland’s car with what appeared to be a written warning, reported NBC News.
Bland, who seemed irritated that she had been pulled over, questioned why she should put out the cigarette, and the trooper became angry and ordered her out of the car, the attorney said.
The trooper attempted to open Bland’s car door, and she grabbed a cell phone to record the encounter.
The attorney, Cannon Lambert, said he didn’t understand why Bland should have been required to leave her car during the routine traffic stop.
Police claimed that Bland was “argumentative and uncooperative” during the encounter and assaulted the trooper, who has been placed on administrative leave, but the attorney said dashboard camera does not show the attack.
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“We have new footage that has been released and in that video cam that has been released there is not one shot, not one scene of where Ms. Bland ever assaulted police,” said Rev. Jamal Bryant, pastor of Empowerment Temple in Baltimore.
A bystander recorded video that shows Bland complain that the trooper slammed her head into the ground.
Bland was taken to jail after her arrest, and authorities said she was found hanging from a trash bag three days later in her jail cell.
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Her death was ruled a suicide, but an independent autopsy was performed Sunday at the family’s request, and those results will be released Tuesday.
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards faulted the Waller County Jail for insufficient training and failure to conduct hourly face-to-face checks.
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The Sheriff’s Office said the two jailers involved had received mental health training, but not in at least a year, and used an intercom system to check on Bland instead of going to her cell.
The dashboard camera video has not yet been publicly released.
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It’s been months since LaVar Ball made his ludicrous claims about beating Michael Jordan one-on-one, but up to this point the NBA legend hasn’t responded. On Monday at Michael Jordan Flight School, the GOAT answered.
Jordan was asked for his take on LaVar Ball and his kids, which he opened by being complimentary. He said that every parent is proud of their kids, and that it’s clear Ball is proud of his sons — and that they’re great basketball players, but it wasn’t long before Jordan had some choice words about the pressure on Lonzo Ball.
“I would say if I had to sit down and talk to him right now, if he was here, I’d tell him to shut up, and let the kid play”
This drew huge cheers and clapping from the crowd in attendance. Jordan didn’t stop there, addressing LaVar Ball’s claims that he could beat him one-on-one.
“You’ve got to understand the source. He played, I think... college maybe? He averaged, what, 2.2 points a game? For real? I doesn’t dignify an answer, but I’ll give you one, because you asked a question, I don’t think he could beat me if I was one-legged.”
This drew more cheers and clapping from the crowd.
Look, we get it. A lot of people are sick of hearing about Ball and are tired of seeing his every word get amplified and broadcast into the world. Especially when there are so many more interesting voices that don’t get the platform they deserve, and even more so when Ball’s actions have been disgusting and misogynistic. However, the reality is that Ball has said a lot of stuff about a lot of very influential people, like Jordan, and they’re starting to respond because they can’t ignore it any longer.
In a perfect world, we might all be able to just brush it aside and stop it all from happening, but Jordan hasn’t said anything meaningful about Ball up to this point, and his response means something. Yes, this will result in Ball clapping back and getting his name in the headlines again, because that’s what he does — but eventually people run out of things to say, especially when their only go-to is claiming they’ll beat people in one-on-one games and never actually playing. | 2,584 |
Despite facing a possible financial hit due to a 30 percent tariff being imposed by the Trump administration on imported solar system components, Tesla Inc. has affirmed that it remains undeterred in its aim to provide premium solar solutions to customers across the United States.
A Tesla spokesperson noted that the company will continue its expansion despite the administration’s stance on imported solar solutions.
“Tesla is committed to expanding its domestic manufacturing, including Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, regardless of the solar tariff decision.”
Despite manufacturing its Solar Roof product domestically, Tesla also relies on partner Panasonic to provide its solar cells, which are manufactured overseas and imported to the United States. However, developments taking place at Tesla’s solar factory in New York will soon change that.
Together with Panasonic, Tesla has begun production of solar cells in-house at Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo. By manufacturing solar modules and photovoltaic cells at its New York-based facility, Tesla would largely be unaffected by the 30 percent tariff imposed by the US government.
In addition, the Trump administration has announced that the additional duties would take effect only after 2.5 gigawatts of foreign-produced solar products are imported into the country, as noted in a recent Reuters report. Considering that the United States as a whole imported 500 megawatts last year, the leeway granted by the US government could be utilized by Tesla to buy time for its efforts to ramp local production of its own solar cells.
Tesla has been hard at work in starting the mass-production of its Solar Roofs, a product the California-based electric car and energy company believes could be a game-changer in the mass-market renewable energy industry. After a successful debut more than a year ago, reservation holders that have waited patiently for their Solar Roof system are expected to see first installations begin in the coming months, according to a recent announcement by Tesla.
Tesla’s solar roof tile product is unique in the industry, in the way that each glass tile is embedded with energy-producing photovoltaic cells that are designed for both function and style. Developed in partnership with SolarCity, a firm that Tesla acquired, Solar Roof tiles look like conventional roof shingles like slate and terracotta. The tiles, which are made of tempered glass, are also incredibly durable, surviving impacts that would otherwise compromise materials that are conventionally used for roofs. Coupled with Tesla’s Powerpack home battery unit, the Solar Roofs are a valuable part of Elon Musk’s Master Plan, Part Deux. | 2,585 |
At a recent developer conference, Microsoft shared some interesting statistics about Xbox One ownership in the U.S.
The company shared internal documents with its Xbox partners privately to help developers get an understanding of the types of customers that are active on Xbox Live today. And we got our hands on those documents! Here are some interesting stats on Xbox One owner behavior.
Xbox users in the U.S. The information in these documents is based on responses from around 2,000 Xbox One owners surveyed across the U.S. Here are some quick highlights from the documents: The split in Xbox One ownership between genders is 42 percent female and 58 percent male.
Most Xbox One gamers reside in the 25- to 34-year-old bracket, followed closely by the 35- to 44-year-old bracket.
56 percent of Xbox One owners live with a married spouse or partner, 10 percent live alone, and 23 percent live with their parents.
Many Xbox One owners have an annual income of around $75,000.
Microsoft says there's little correlation between age or gender when it comes to determining player engagement, and it says autonomy is a better measure. Young adults and teens have the most autonomy, naturally, and families comprised of young children have the least gaming autonomy, according to Microsoft. Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more When it comes to Xbox player behavior, Microsoft identified a range of categories for the way Xbox Live users engage with the platform. Fifty-three percent of all Xbox users fit into the "socializing" category, which sees around 17 hours of time spent in multiplayer games per week on average. This is likely what led Microsoft to build features like LFG and Clubs. Microsoft also noted that almost half of Xbox owners are "explorers," who are heavily invested in the Xbox ecosystem and tend to purchase all sorts of titles. Subscription-based features such as Game Pass and EA Access are designed to serve this type of user.
What motivates Xbox gamers? Microsoft also touched on focus groups and other surveys it had experience with, discussing the types of motivations for why people game. The data for the following sections comes from a user base of almost 8000, across four markets. Microsoft identified "12 core fundamental" aspects of motivation for gaming and discovered nine separate types of players who weight groups of motivational aspects more similarly on average. On the radial graph below, I most closely identify with Segment 9 (dark green), as the type of gamer who values exploration, problem-solving, customization, immersion, and emotional simulation above all else (essentially RPGs). | 2,586 |
Background:
Ian Clarkin was the third and final first round pick of the Yankees in 2013, being drafted at 33rd overall out of James Madison High School in San Diego, California. The 6'2" prep lefty had what was regarded as the best curveball of high schoolers in the 2013 draft with top of the rotation potential and a fastball that topped out at 94 mph. Clarkin is not one of the high schoolers scouts find to be overly projectable but with plus command of his curve and an average changeup, it's easy to dream on his potential as a starting pitcher in the majors.
Before agreeing to terms with the Yankees, Clarkin was committed to San Diego State University. An injury delayed the start to his professional career, but he ultimately joined the Gulf Coast League Yankees before the end of the season to kick off his time with the Yankees.
2013 Results:
Clarkin was only able to make three starts in Rookie Ball after recovering from an injury that delayed the start to his first season as a professional. In an extremely small sample size of five innings, Clarkin pitched to a 10.80 ERA but he managed to keep right-handed batters in check by allowing them to only bat.167 off him. There's not a whole lot that could be gleaned from such a small sample size and seeing how Clarkin performs in his first full season with the Yankees should be much more telling.
2014 Outlook:
Yankees vice president of player operations Mark Newman believes that Clarkin will begin the 2014 season at Short Season-A Staten Island. It's possible that a strong performance in spring training might convince the team that the soon-to-be 19-year-old is ready to be sent to Low-A Charleston right out of the gate. If Clarkin does indeed start the season with the Staten Island Yankees it's reasonable to assume that he might be able to find himself in Charleston by the time the season is over. He's so young that there is likely no rush on the part of the Yankees, but strong performances can change a lot of minds.
Despite the Yankees' inability to really develop a pitching prospect recently, there's a lot to like about Clarkin's potential. Left-handers generally fare pretty well in Yankee Stadium and scouts were absolutely enamored with his curveball right out of high school. All three of the most recent first round picks have the potential to be special players and Clarkin could end up being a huge part of the future of the Yankees' rotation in a few years if he lives up to all his potential. | 2,587 |
On Friday morning, at least two abortion clinics in the U.S. were targeted by anti-abortion protesters who stormed the clinics’ waiting rooms, refusing to leave. The protesters were eventually arrested by local police for trespassing.
HuffPost confirmed the arrests with Northland Family Planning in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and Alexandria Women’s Health Clinic in Alexandria, Virginia. Two other clinics, one in Columbus, Ohio, and another in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were also reportedly targeted, but HuffPost has yet to receive confirmation.
According to Lara Chelian, the Director of Advocacy at the Sterling Heights clinic, there were four arrests made at her clinic.
Chelian said that about 20 anti-abortion protesters showed up outside the clinic on Friday morning ― something that is far from unusual. However, she told HuffPost that five of those protesters “stormed the [Northland Family Planning clinic’s] waiting room and refused to leave.”
One protester reportedly left when staff threatened to call police. The other four remained, and were later arrested.
“They must have posted bail immediately because the ones who are arrested are back [protesting] already,” Chelian told HuffPost on Friday afternoon.
Created Equal, an anti-abortion group whose members participated in the demonstration on Friday posted video footage on Facebook.
Participants of the demonstrations appear to have been performing “red rose rescues,” a concept that originated with Canadian anti-abortion activist Mary Wagner. The 43-year-old was released from a Toronto jail on Tuesday after serving six months while awaiting trial for previous arrests on abortion clinic grounds. Rather than being sentenced with jail time, she was given 30 months of probation.
Wagner was photographed and filmed participating in the Sterling Heights demonstration on Friday (shown in a public Facebook video below).
Chelian confirmed to HuffPost that anti-abortion protesters were indeed trying to hand out red roses to patients driving into the clinic, and one protestor outside the Sterling Heights clinic uploaded a Facebook selfie with another protester in which she appears to be holding a bouquet of roses.
Monica Migliorino Miller, an anti-abortion rights activist and writer who also participated in the Sterling Heights demonstration, said in a video she published on YouTube, “the red rose rescue is an act of charity on behalf of the mom scheduled for abortions and, of course, for the innocent unborn who are about to be put to death. Those who took part were willing to embrace the risks for these women and their babies.” | 2,588 |
SSGT. David Johnson plays a “ceremonial” bugle Friday, Sept. 14, 2007 at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Beginning Saturday, the Missouri National Guard’s honor guard members will use ceremonial bugles, outfitted with an electronic device that plays a digital recording, instead of live buglers at graves.(AP/Tom Gannam)
Columnist Bill McClellan has been spewing his liberal worldview in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for decades now. Today McClellan espoused ending military funeral honors.
“Most veterans did nothing heroic.”
From McClellan’s column in the St. Louis Post-Disgrace:
According to the program’s website, it is funded by the federal government and the Missouri National Guard Trust Fund.
Both the federal government and the state government are broke. So why are we providing military funeral honors for all veterans? It is a nice gesture we can’t afford.
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Certainly, men and women killed in combat deserve full military honors. It’s a way for the country to say, “We honor the memory of those who died in our service.” These military honors — and the thought behind them — are intended to provide some solace for the families of the fallen.
But what about the guy who spends a couple of years in the military and then gets on with his life? Bear in mind that most veterans did nothing heroic. They served, and that’s laudable, but it hardly seems necessary to provide them all with military honors after they have died. In fact, it seems generous enough to provide veterans and their spouses with free space and headstones at a national cemetery.
Why not let the veterans organizations provide military honors at the funerals of their members? If a person gets out of the Marine Corps and wants to stay connected, he can join the Marine Corps League. I’m sure the 101st Airborne has an association. In a more general vein, we have the American Legion and the VFW.
Providing military honor funerals for their members would be a boon to these organizations. Membership would presumably climb, and veterans who want the military funerals could still get them.
Everybody knows government needs to cut costs.
This is exactly how you do it. | 2,589 |
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan judge has ordered a group of protesters to remove their teepees from the lawn outside the provincial legislature.
Protesters started camping at the site at the end of February to bring attention to racial injustice and the disproportionate number of First Nations children in care. A few protesters were removed by police in June but the camp was set up again two days later and officers have held off ever since.
The province went to court seeking an order to evict the protesters, arguing the camp violated bylaws and made it hard to maintain the land across from the legislature.
Justice Ysanne Wilkinson agreed, saying society achieves more through order than disorder.
"The protesters' claim to a right to encamp around the clock, on a permanent or indefinite basis... is not one that can be endorsed by this court," she wrote in a ruling released Friday.
"The protesters' occupation of the west lawn, in the shadow of the most influential building in the province, although claimed in pursuit of heartfelt grievances, serves in the end to diminish the rights of all others to access the space and to enjoy the same fundamental freedoms and values claimed by the occupiers."
She also dismissed an application by six protesters to have their arrests in June declared unlawful. None of the six were ever charged by police.
"Police are hereby authorized to arrest, or arrest and remove, any person" who is violating the order to vacate the camp, Wilkinson said.
The protesters, occupying about 15 teepees on the site, were consulting with their lawyers and were expected to respond later Friday.
One of their lawyers, Dan LeBlanc, had argued in court that the case revolved around freedom of speech.
He said the protestors have 30 days to decide whether or not to appeal to a higher court. He anticipated the camp would be dismantled before then, although there will likely be discussions about how it should be taken down.
"We hope there's some allowances from government to allow the camp to be dismantled in a culturally appropriate way," he said.
Central Services Minister Ken Cheveldayoff said in a statement that the government is pleased with the ruling.
"We expect the Justice for our Stolen Children Camp will abide by the court order and remove the teepees and other structures from Wascana Centre within a reasonable time," he wrote.
"We are fully supportive of peaceful protests but the act of overnight camping, burning combustibles and erecting structures in the park cannot be done without the proper permits and approvals, as confirmed by today's court order." | 2,590 |
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Eric Charles Murray, 32, of Hampton, was sentenced today to 88 months in prison for his role in establishing and operating a high-tech credit card forgery lab in his home in 2016. Murray was also sentenced to five years of supervised release, which includes computer monitoring software on any computers Murray may have.
Murray pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank, mail, and wire fraud; aggravated identity theft; and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, on Nov. 15, 2016. According to court documents, Murray established a credit card forgery lab in his home in April 2016. Over a two-month period, he used Bitcoin currency to purchase stolen credit card information on the dark web, targeting information that belonged to Virginia residents. He and his conspirators then used the credit card forgery lab to place the stolen information on counterfeited credit and debit cards, which they had re-embossed in their own names and the names of others. Murray and his conspirators used these counterfeit cards to conduct unauthorized purchases of high-end electronics and cigarettes, which they then resold for cash in Hampton Roads and New York state. Murray was identified after two cardholders reported unauthorized uses of their cards to the Newport News Police Department. Surveillance images showed Murray purchasing items with counterfeit cards at multiple retail stores in Newport News. A May 2016 search of Murray’s home in Hampton recovered several items used to manufacture credit cards, 115 counterfeit credit cards, 233 stolen credit card numbers stored on a laptop, and two handguns—one of which had been previously reported stolen. At the time these items were recovered, Murray had been convicted of felony offenses, including a crime of violence, and his rights to possess a firearm had not been restored. After his arrest, Murray repeatedly attempted to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of his offenses by pressuring another individual to claim ownership and possession of the firearms found in his residence.
Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Joseph W. Cronin, Acting Inspector in Charge of the Washington Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; Michael B. Boxler, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) Washington Field Division; Richard W. Myers, Chief of Newport News Police; and Terry L. Sult, Chief of Hampton Police Division, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge Robert G. Doumar. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaitlin C. Gratton and Special Assistant Attorney Amy E. Cross prosecuted the case. | 2,591 |
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The high temperature in Las Vegas is expected to peak around 80 degrees on Wednesday, and you are unlikely to see anyone wearing Santa hats or reindeer-emblazoned sweaters on the Strip, but for certain folks, Wednesday might feel a little like winter in the desert.
After all, the NFL point spreads are back on the board, available to be bet.
According to VegasInsider.com, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has already put up lines for every Week One game after Tuesday’s schedule release.
The biggest favorites of Week One? The Patriots, who are favored by six points over the Steelers in the NFL regular season opener.
The Cowboys are the second-biggest favorites of Week One. Dallas is favored by 5.5 points against the Giants in the first Sunday night game of the season.
Seven teams are road favorites in the opening week: Green Bay (at Chicago), Indianapolis (at Buffalo), Miami (at Washington), Carolina (at Jacksonville), Seattle (at St. Louis), Cincinnati (at Oakland) and Philadelphia (at Atlanta).
Below is the entire Week One NFL slate. Over-Unders are in parentheses, and home teams are in CAPS:
Week One lines (Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook)
Thursday, September 10
NEW ENGLAND -6 vs. Pittsburgh (53)
Sunday, September 13
Green Bay -4 at CHICAGO (50)
HOUSTON -1.5 vs. Kansas City (43)
N.Y. JETS -1 vs. Cleveland (41)
Indianapolis -3 at BUFFALO (48)
Miami -2.5 at WASHINGTON (44)
Carolina -4 at JACKSONVILLE (43.5)
Seattle -3.5 at ST. LOUIS (44)
ARIZONA -2.5 vs. New Orleans (48)
SAN DIEGO -2 vs. Detroit (46.5)
TAMPA BAY -3 vs. Tennessee (42.5)
Cincinnati -3 at OAKLAND (44.5)
DENVER -4 vs. Baltimore (53)
DALLAS -5.5 vs. N.Y. Giants (50)
Monday, September 14
Philadelphia -1.5 at ATLANTA (53.5)
SAN FRANCISCO -3.5 vs. Minnesota (42) | 2,592 |
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Clinique Reversa is led by a multidisciplinary team dedicated to helping patients reverse their chronic diseases associated with lifestyle, such a type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, obesity, chronic fatigue and chronic pain. Dr Bourdua-Roy is currently working towards her certification in Obesity Medicine with the American Board of Obesity Medicine.
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Dr Lahlou personally adopted an LCHF lifestyle in 2016, and has been counseling patients interested in adopting LCHF and ketogenic diets ever since, helping them to achieve health and improve chronic nutritional diseases.
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A top adviser to President Trump in a Friday interview says the White House "must do better" in condemning hate following equivocating responses to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., where white supremacists marched two weeks ago.
The remarks from Gary Cohn, the director of the White House National Economic Council, suggest lingering dissatisfaction among Trump's team over how the president responded to the violence, which included the death of one woman after a car was driven into a crowd of people protesting white supremacism.
"This administration can and must do better in consistently and unequivocally condemning these groups and do everything we can to heal the deep divisions that exist in our communities," Cohn, who is Jewish, told the Financial Times.
He added that no peaceful American citizen deserved to be compared to neo-Nazis, a clear shot at Trump's claim that "very fine people" were protesting on both sides of the issue in Charlottesville.
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“Citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK,” Cohn said Friday.
Cohn said he also had private conversations with the president about his thoughts.
There had been speculation over whether Cohn would resign from the White House after Trump's remarks.
Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive, is a top adviser to the president on tax reform and is seen as a key player in that effort this fall.
Cohn told the Financial Times that he faced "enormous pressure" to resign following Trump's Charlottesville comments.
But he said that neo-Nazis chanting "Jews will not replace us" wouldn't be able to force him from his job.
“As a Jewish American, I will not allow neo-Nazis ranting ‘Jews will not replace us’ to cause this Jew to leave his job. I feel deep empathy for all who have been targeted by these hate groups. We must all unite together against them," Cohn said.
Trump faced heavy criticism after his remarks addressing the violence in Charlottesville, in which he initially blamed "many sides" for the violence, and later doubled down, saying that left-wing protesters charged white supremacist marchers "without a permit."
“You had a lot of people in that group who were there to innocently protest, and very legally protest,” Trump said after the violence. “I don't know if you know. They had a permit. The other group didn't have a permit. So I only tell you this: There are two sides to a story.” | 2,594 |
“ ‘Metropolis’ is the most iconic silent picture of its day, mainly because of the visual ambition and virtuosity of the film itself,” said Noah Isenberg, editor of “Weimar Cinema,” a book about early German films, and a professor of film and literary studies at the New School. “But until now, we didn’t have the full story. These additions are really essential to understanding the full arc of the narrative.”
Image A scene from the newly recovered footage of Fritz Lang's 1927 “Metropolis.” Credit... Kino International
Made at a time of hyperinflation in Germany, “Metropolis” offered a grandiose version of a father and son fighting for the soul of a futuristic city that nearly bankrupted the studio that commissioned it, UFA. After lukewarm reviews and initial box office results in Europe, Paramount Pictures, the American partner brought in toward the end of the shoot, took control of the film and made drastic excisions, arguing that Lang’s cut was too complicated and unwieldy for American audiences to understand.
Mr. Peña discovered a full-length copy of “Metropolis” in 2008 in the archives of the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires. He had first heard stories 20 years earlier that a two-and-a-half-hour print had somehow found its way to Argentina and was wandering from one government institution to another, but his efforts to gain access to the film cans had always been frustrated by an indifferent bureaucracy.
Since the 1930s, the full-length version of “Metropolis” had been part of a large private archive assembled by a prominent Argentine film critic, Manuel Peña Rodríguez, who would lend titles to local film clubs. At his death around 1970, the collection was donated to the Argentine version of the National Endowment of the Arts, which handed it off to the Museo del Cine in 1992.
Over the years, Mr. Peña had shared his frustrations at not being given access to the film with Paula Félix-Didier, another film archivist and, during the 1990s, his wife. When she became head of the Museo del Cine in 2008, she said, “I called Fernando and said, ‘Just come, let’s do it.’ So he came, we looked for the cans, and there they were, cataloged and up on a shelf.” | 2,595 |
Twelve million people in Ghana are set to benefit from the launch of the world’s largest drone medical delivery service.
Up to 600 drone flights will be made each day, delivering vaccines, blood supplies and life-saving medicines to 2,000 health centres in remote areas around the country.
The service will operate out of four hubs, each hosting 30 drones, designed by Zipline, a California-based robotics company.
Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, who officially inaugurated the new drone network at a ceremony in Omenako, said the service “represents a major step towards giving everyone in this country universal access to life-saving medicine”.
“No one in Ghana should die because they can’t access the medicine they need in an emergency,” said Akufo-Addo.
The new drone service was initially met with concern. Critics argued that in a country where, according to the BBC, 55 ambulances serve a population of 29 million people, money should instead be spent on improving current health facilities, including clinics and ambulances.
The Ghana Medical Association called for the drone project to be suspended and tested on a trial basis first, claiming it would not help to tackle health service problems.
But Ghana’s government granted Zipline $12m (£9.5 million) to run the project for four years after the initiative was approved in parliament by 102 votes to 58.
Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the vaccine alliance, which is supporting Zipline’s work, said: “The ability of the government to supplement routine immunisation on demand will allow us to make sure that there will always be enough life-saving vaccines for every child in Ghana.”
Zipline first introduced their drones in Rwanda in 2016, where they have since made 13,000 deliveries. One-third of these were to patients in a critical condition, when urgent access to supplies was a matter of life and death.
A health centre can request supplies via text message, with packaging and delivery taking an average of 30 minutes, according to Zipline.
Each drone can carry a load of 1.8kg, which it releases with a parachute once it descends to a safe height.
The company’s engineers include aerospace veterans from SpaceX and Nasa.
Following the opening of a second Rwanda distribution centre in 2018 and expansion into Ghana, the drone technology now serves 22 million people across the two countries. | 2,596 |
Lionsgate has tapped “Hamilton” star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda to serve as creative producer and musical mastermind of feature film and TV series adaptations of “The Kingkiller Chronicle,” along with author Pat Rothfuss.
Miranda has an option to be involved in future stage productions as well. He will serve as producer of the franchise and is expected to compose the original music and write the songs. Rothfuss is an executive producer for both film and television.
The film script is being penned by Lindsey Beer, one of the “Transformers 5” screenwriters. It will be based on the first book, “The Name of the Wind.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda said, “Pat Rothfuss’ ‘Kingkiller’ books are among the most read and re-read in our home. It’s a world you want to spend lifetimes in, as his many fans will attest. Pat also writes about the act of making music more beautifully than any novelist I’ve ever read. I can’t wait to play a part in bringing this world to life onscreen.”
Lionsgate said Miranda and Rothfuss will be intimately involved in the development of the new characters and storylines explored in the TV show. As previously announced, Robert Lawrence will produce for film and television.
“The best way to service Pat Rothfuss’ unique and ambitious view was to invent a new way of adapting it with Lionsgate’s film and television teams working side-by-side, which meant that only a multi-hyphenate talent like Lin-Manuel Miranda could do the job,” said Erik Feig, co-president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “Lin is an incomparable talent and a huge fan of the trilogy and, working closely with Pat, his creative oversight of the franchise will bring an incredible level of detail and continuity to all of the projects.”
Lionsgate announced last year that it was developing a movie, TV show and videogame based on the fantasy series “The Kingkiller Chronicle.”
The series is centered on the wizard Kvothe, who survives a tragic childhood to become a notorious household name. “The Kingkiller Chronicle” series of books and novellas has sold 10 million copies, and the first two books — “The Name of the Wind” and “The Wise Man’s Fear” — were New York Times bestsellers. | 2,597 |
Although Bresnik instilled the philosophy, he can no longer keep up with Thiem’s travel schedule, and is on a vacation this week. Joakim Nystrom, a Swedish coach who had previously worked with the Austrian tennis federation, now travels with Thiem for about 12 weeks of the year.
“He’s playing well, and he wants to play,” Nystrom said. “He went to Stuttgart, and of course he didn’t expect to win the tournament and beat Federer; he was more there to get used to the grass and hopefully have a decent Wimbledon. Then, confidence from the French Open and before that made him win that tournament. He’s very fit, he never complains that he’s tired, and I think he likes to play matches. And why not?”
Nystrom said that Thiem’s poorer results on grass in previous years had lowered expectations and pressure last week in Stuttgart — until Thiem found himself unexpectedly leading Federer, a seven-time Wimbledon champion, by 4-3 in the third set of the semifinals and having to wait through a rain delay.
“He looks at me and says, ‘Joakim, I was not supposed to feel any pressure coming here,’” Nystrom recalled. “‘Now, I am 4-3, break up, against Federer, the best grass-court player ever, I need to serve two good service games and I beat him. Now I feel pressure!’”
Pressure on Thiem will only continue to mount as he continues to raise his profile in the sport, entering a landscape with few other players his age. As Djokovic and Andy Murray near 30, a threshold Nadal and Federer have already passed, no younger players have been able to meaningfully join them atop the sport. Thiem attributed most of the stagnation of the wave of players now in their mid-20s to the steep incline presented by the game’s best.
“They were just unlucky that they played most of their careers at the peak of Djokovic, at the peak of Federer, Nadal and Murray,” Thiem said. “Those guys are just so good.”
Thiem recognizes that opportunities will come as the older generation ages out, but he wants to be able to improve himself to the point where he can compete with the current best while they’re still playing their best. | 2,598 |
It was reported last week that Veterans for Ron Paul launched a money grenade for the Feb. 20 “Ron Paul is the Choice of the Troops” march in Washington, which will begin from the Washington Monument and end at the White House.An internal analysis from the Ron Paul campaign shows that not only a large number of military veterans support the libertarian-leaning congressman, but also active-military men and women as a new report shows the three-time presidential candidate received more donations than his Republican rivals and President Barack Obama combined.The report, which is based on Federal Election Commission data, showed that Paul raised more than $150,000 from active-military members in the final quarter of the year. He was able to raise triple the amount than the incumbent president.Also, he received six times the amount of the remaining GOP candidates, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer.Paul’s campaign noted in a press release that both Romney and Gingrich each received $10,000, which means Paul was able to raise 15 times more than both men. With Republican and Democratic candidates combined, he raised double the amount.“Whether it’s his loyalty to the Constitution, the fact that Ron Paul is the only veteran running, his foreign policy to end nation building, or his Plan to Restore America, veterans are responding to Ron Paul’s candidacy loud and clear,” said Jesse Benton, 2012 Ron Paul Campaign Chairman.“The question ultimately comes down to, ‘What do the troops know that the other candidates don’t know?’ Plain as day the answer is that the men and women in uniform heroically serving our nation seek a shift away from deficit-financed overseas wars, and from the painful reality of returning home to lingering health issues and unemployment among peers. Dr. Paul is the only candidate to have made clear where he stands, and he stands with the veterans and active-duty soldiers.”This latest report comes as a new poll suggested that a Ron Paul vs. Barack Obama election would be a tight race.On Saturday, Nevada held its Republican caucus. Although Romney won by a strong margin with 50 percent of the vote, Paul held a strong battle with Gingrich for second place. The former Speaker of the House garnered 21 percent of the vote (6,956 votes), while Paul gained nearly 19 percent (6,175 votes).The next stop for the Republican candidates is Tuesday for the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and the Missouri primary. On Feb. 22, the remaining presidential contenders will debate in Arizona | 2,599 |
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