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It's a vaccination blunder that was thankfully discovered. The New Jersey Department of Health announced Wednesday that a nurse contracted by the company TotalWellness had exposed 67 employees of Ostuka Pharmaceutical to reused syringes of the flu vaccine while she worked at the workplace's flu clinic on Sept. 30. They are currently in the midst of a joint investigation with the West Windsor Township Health Department as well as TotalWellness into the incident. Health officials said that though the risk of accidental infection is low since only syringes, and not needles, were reused they are still reaching out to those affected and advising that they be tested for common blood-borne disease such as hepatitis B and C, and HIV. It is believed that she used a total of two syringes during her day's work. Several individuals have already submitted to testing and additional flu shots, since the nurse reportedly also underdosed patients, according to The Washington Post . TotalWellness, for their part, hasn't shied away from the spotlight of scrutiny. "We take full responsibility for this incident and are working diligently with the New Jersey Department of Health to resolve this matter as swiftly as possible," said founder and President Alan Kohll in a statement released Wednesday. "Our sincerest apologies go out to all those affected by this terrible event. Our commitment and dedication to our clients, stakeholders, and communities are stronger than ever." In the wake of the incident, the company announced Wednesday that it would implement new changes in its vaccination procedure, providing participants with an outline of the whole process alongside their consent form as well as requiring nurses to "walk" them through it verbally. The nurse, an independent contractor, is currently being investigated by the state's Board of Nursing. As reported by NJ.com , the nurse, since identified as Mary Roback, has agreed to a temporary suspension of her license while the board deliberates whether to pursue further action on a complaint filed to them by the N.J. Department of Health. She is a LPN, or Licensed Practical Nurse. Human error is regrettably a potential risk involved in vaccination, with consequences that can be disastrous. Last September , a measles vaccination campaign in Syria led to the deaths of 15 children, and many more injured, after a muscle relaxant was mistakenly mixed into the vaccine.
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Wall St. rallied as investors saw further signs of dovishness in the Federal Reserve September meeting minutes. Bobbi Rebell reports.
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Thursday morning, Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose took some time to text each other about Fred Hoiberg's offense. "He told me to make sure to take the 3-pointer if it's open because he knows I sometimes still hesitate," Butler said. What Butler didn't have any trouble with his words coming in a torrent is addressing the lingering perception that his ascension has created a feud or resentment between him and Rose. "I don't understand why everybody wants to find a problem with me and Derrick," Butler said. "Let us be the fierce, (expletive) competitors that we are. Just let us play together. There's nothing going on." Ever since the funky ending to last season's playoffs, in which a passive Rose took four second-half shots in the season-ending loss to the Cavaliers, the story line has lingered. Butler has addressed it several times, including a lengthy sitdown in August at the USA Basketball minicamp. He did so in perhaps his most emphatic fashion on Thursday. "I'll try to keep my cuss words to a minimum, but it's making me mad," Butler said. "I love having Derrick as a teammate. Just let us play together. I think we can be one of the best, if not the best, backcourts in the NBA." There's no question Butler's unexpected offensive jump and insatiable desire for more has forced adjustments. In a rare interview last summer, Happy Walters, Butler's agent, cited Rose's need to learn to play with this All-Star version of Butler. But the Bulls went 28-17 with the guards playing together. Both averaged 20 points in the playoffs. "I think Derrick and I are two great players who play well together," Butler said. "We do have to adjust a bit to each other's game because we haven't played a lot together. But we will continue to get better as we play more games and get the feel for this new offense."
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Democrats pledge to block a Republican-proposed budget that would defund the FCC and cancel its newly enacted regulations on a neutral Internet.
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U.S. equities rallied again on Thursday the seventh gain in eight sessions for large-cap stocks thanks to a dovish takeaway from the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes. While most Fed policymakers continue to believe a rate hike will happen by the end of the year, future market odds keep dropping with a better-than-even chance not seen until March 2016 as inflation remains soft. With the September payrolls report coming in soft, and Chinese markets reopening weak overnight after a holiday closure, there is simply less and less justification to raising rates for the first time since 2006 before the end of the year. Shake Shack Inc Stock Is Absolutely Toxic â Get Out NOW! (SHAK) In the end, the Dow Jones Industrial Average grew by 0.8%, the S&P 500 gained 0.9%, the Nasdaq Composite went up 0.4% and the Russell 2000 finished off 0.9% higher. Crude oil gained 3.8% to close at $49.63 a barrel, while gold lost 0.8% and the U.S. dollar shed 0.2%. Energy stocks led the way thanks to the lift in oil, adding 1.9%, followed by industrials which gained 1.4%. Healthcare stocks were the laggards, down 0.4%. Calls for consolidation in the business communications industry from an activist investor lifted Polycom (NASDAQ:PLCM) and Mitel Networks (MITL) by nearly 17%. EMC (EMC) gained 4.7% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is in talks to be acquired by Fell. EBay (EBAY) lost 6% after Channel Advisor reported September same-store sales increased just 1.1% the weakest result since February 2011. Recent fallen IPO favorites Shake Shack Inc (NYSE:SHAK) and Fitbit Inc (NYSE:FIT) lost 4.7% and 1.7%, respectively, as they drop from recent trading ranges. Meanwhile, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) remains a drag on ho-hum iPhone sales, losing another 1.2%. After the close, Alcoa (NYSE:AA) kicked off the third-quarter earnings season with disappointment: Earnings came in at just 7 cents per share vs. the 14 cents analysts were expecting. Revenues totaled $5.6 billion vs. the $5.67 billion that was expected, and adjusted operating profit margin fell to 12.5% vs. 16.6% last year. AA shares dropped 4.6% in afterhours trading. Overall, S&P 500 earnings are expected to fall 5.1% for the quarter, which would be the first back-to-back earnings decline since 2009. Back to the Fed: After the release of the minutes, comments from San Francisco Fed President John Williams hit the tape in which he largely reiterated comments from Oct. 6. He still expects a rate liftoff this year, still says the September "no hike" policy decision was a close call, and still believes there are positive signs coming from the labor market. Michael Hanson at Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes steady job gains in October and November should keep a December rate hike on track, but does highlight "a significant chance that the FOMC will wait into 2016 before hiking." The promise of continued cheap money stimulus from the Federal Reserve in the wake of last Friday's weak jobs report has been the main impetus keeping stocks moving higher. But with the major averages contending with overhead resistance as a sure-to-be-disappointing Q3 earnings season gets started, a pullback to test the bulls' resolve seems likely here. Anthony Mirhaydari is founder of the Edge and Edge Pro investment advisory newsletters. A two-week and four-week free trial offer has been extended to InvestorPlace readers. More From InvestorPlace China: Why the Dragon Is Slowing Oil Stocks: Are Investors Headed Into a Bull Trap? 7 Mega-Trends to Put Your Money Behind The post Dow Jones Retakes 17,000 on Dovish Fed appeared first on InvestorPlace .
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A Cranston man weighing nearly 800 pounds was kicked out of a hospital after ordering a pizza. WBZ-TV's David Wade reports.
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UK retailer Tesco PLC's (TSCO.L) Chief Executive Dave Lewis has purchased 99,950 Tesco shares for 200.1 pence a share, according to a regulatory filing. In addition to Lewis, the company's Chief Financial Officer Alan Stewart and Chairman John Allan bought 50,000 shares at 202.4p a share and 50,891 shares at 196.5p a share. The total worth of Tesco's CEO, CFO and Chairman's holdings in the company amount to about 400,646 pounds. (Reporting by Ankush Sharma in Bengaluru)
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Originally published in Car and Driver magazine in April 1967. David Erwin of Painted Post, New York, describes himself as a "Chevy man." There are "Ford men" and "Plymouth men" and "Pontiac men," but Erwin and the close-knit group of friends who gather nightly to labor over one of the rarest of all Chevrolets remain loyal to that marque. David Erwin could also be cast as a "Ferrari man." A tall, reserved banker, and the heir of a prominent family of landed gentry whose holdings date back to the Revolution, Erwin is the sort of precise, well-bred young man whose fascination with the Maranello product is practically a foregone conclusion. In fact, one stall in Erwin's comfortable workshop behind the family's large, colonnaded homestead is occupied by one of the last GTO lightweights ever built. But the machine stabled beside the Ferrari is the one that keeps "Chevy man" Erwin and his friends turned on. This is one of the fabled "Grand Sport" race cars, a four-wheeled passenger pidgeon whose existence bears testimony to those mystery-shrouded days when Chevrolet was committed to winning every major sports car race in the world, including Le Mans. Ever since the spring of 1963, when General Motors summarily cancelled all competition activities, the Corvette Grand Sport has established itself as one of the most fascinating enigmas in motor racing annals. Periodically, one of the five examples Chevy built has appeared at places like Sebring or Nassau, has raced around at shocking speeds, and then has plunged back into mysterious seclusion. People are still talking about how the Jim Hall/Roger Penske Grand Sport stunned the Fords and Ferraris by leading the early laps of the 1964 Sebring 12-Hour, and how Penske thrashed the late Ken Miles and his Cobra 427 prototype at Nassau later the same year. These rare outings, though impressive, never did the machines full justice, because GM's anti-racing policy was so effective than never once did a Grand Sport reach the race track at the level of readiness that Chevrolet engineers had intended. That the cars were so impressive when they were finally raced - both outdated and underpowered - can only make one pause to wonder how overwhelming they might have been if Chevrolet had been permitted to carry out the full Grand Sport program with corporate blessing. The Grand Sport was a direct development of the 1958 FIA ruling that limited international sports/racing cars to three liters engine displacement. Up until that moment, Chevrolet had been hard at work on some exotic big-engined sports/racers, the last of which, the Corvette SS, ran at the 1957 Sebring race in the hands of Piero Taruffi and John Fitch. Seeing no benefit to passenger-car engineering in perfecting a 3-liter racing engine, Chevrolet stayed away from road racing until their resident competition wizard, Zora Arkus-Duntov, spotted a loophole in the FIA rules that would permit Chevrolet's return. Because no displacement limits were set on GT cars, Duntov and his talented design group set out to build a lightweight, big-engined Grand Tourer that would be powerful enough to win not only the GT class, but also the supposedly faster sports/racing category as well. The goal was no less than an overall victory at the Le Mans 24-hour classic. Chevrolet, still shying away from an all-out racing car disguised as a GT car, wanted their Grand Sport to look like a production car - in this case, their brand new Sting Ray. Duntov and his Corvette engineers reckoned that it would take 600 horsepower to push the Sting Ray up the straight at Le Mans at a competitive top speed, 4-wheel disc brakes to slow it down, and a vehicle weight of 1800 lbs. to achieve competitive lap times. Because the rules allowed a GT engine to displace less than its stated capacity, but not more, Chevrolet specified a 327 cu. in. aluminum block with the standard 4-inch bore and a 3/4-inch stroker crank (4" x 4", in hot rod parlance), for an enormous 402 cu. in. displacement. The heads, also aluminum, have never been seen by the public. The combustion chambers were hemispherical and featured twin ignition. Sitting astride the engine was a complex fuel injection system, with eight long ram tubes poking up through the hood. Initial tests proved the 4" x 4" setup unsatisfactory and subsequent engines were given 3.75-in. strokes, which reduced displacement to 377 cu. in. The chassis was tubular aluminum with the fully independent Sting Ray rear suspension. The body was slightly smaller than stock Sting Ray to improve the aerodynamics, although extra-wide fender valances later had to be fitted to accommodate ever-wider tires. Aside from the front headlights being placed behind streamlined plexiglass housings, the cars looked quite similar to the stock Sting Rays. Chevrolet submitted papers for FIA recognition of the Grand Sport early in 1963, promising to have built 100 examples between July 7, 1962 and June 1, 1963 (Le Mans was on June 15-16 in 1963), but the papers were hastily withdrawn when the Corporation pulled the plug on the racing program. An unauthorized copy of the papers, hoarded for years, turned up in New York recently, and makes interesting reading indeed (see the specifications table). As far as we can determine, five coupes were built by Chevy before the racing ban. Chevrolet originally intended to market several hundred production Grand Sports to the public at a price under $10,000, but that aspect of the project never got off the ground, and the "Grand-Sport" label was applied only to the factory-built race cars. Duntov and his crew went to Sebring, Florida, in mid-January '63, for pre-race practice, with Masten Gregory, Dr. Dick Thompson, and Duntov himself doing the driving. The 377 cu. in. engines were not ready and fuel-injected 327s were used in their stead. It was discovered that the Girling solid discs would last only a few hundred miles, and Chevrolet switched to vented discs of their own design with Girling calipers (presaging the vented discs of the '65 Sting Ray). The test program was judged an overall success, and the Chevrolet people planned to debut the cars at Sebring in March, 1963, followed by an all-out assault on Le Mans that June. While details for the trip to the Sarthe circuit were being worked out, Mickey Thompson built some lightweight Sting Rays of his own, powered by the top-secret "Mk. II" 427 cu. in. porcupine-head stock car engine, and entered them in the Daytona Continental. In later years, some of the Thompson lightweights were to become confused with the factory-built Grand Sports, but they were quite unrelated to the exquisite machines that Duntov's group was completing in the winter of 1963. Immediately following the Daytona 500, General Motors lowered the boom. Three Mk.II-engined Chevy stockers driven by Junior Johnson, Johnny Rutherford and G. C. Spencer were so much faster than everything else that only incomplete "debugging" prevented them from turning the race into a private donnybrook. Success seemed a heartbeat away. When GM brass-hats Donner and Gordon suddenly announced that the Corporation would henceforth follow the 1957 Automobile Manufacturers Association anti-racing resolution to the letter, the enthusiasts at Chevrolet were probably as shocked as anybody else. The Grand Sport -- and with it Sebring and Le Mans -- became as dead an issue to GM as the Missouri Compromise. The cars sat around in some dark corner of Chevrolet Engineering for 10 months. Then the lid opened a crack before slamming shut for another year. In December of '63, three of the Grand Sports showed up at Nassau. Two were entered by John Mecom, while the other was in Jim Hall's stable. The cars were not seen again until Nassau '64, when Penske scored the first of three wins that week, immediately prior to his retirement. By now the Grand Sports were getting old. Chevy seemed to have forgotten about them. No eyebrows were raised when two of them showed up at Sebring in March '65. No eyebrows, that is, except Dave Erwin's. From the moment he clapped eyes on a Grand Sport, Erwin wanted one. He was spellbound at the sight and sound of the wickedly powerful machine. He followed the course of the car at Sebring and Elkhart Lake, after which it came into the hands of Pennsylvanian George Wintersteen. Wintersteen, a friend of Penske's, raced the car sporadically -- at Sebring in '66, and in some club events. Last fall Wintersteen casually offered it for sale minus engine, and Erwin snapped it up. The car was in excellent condition. The plastic headlight covers had been replaced with wire mesh; the differential oil cooler, which had originally been attached to the rear deck lid, was missing; the filler cap had been altered slightly; and the air jacks had been removed. Otherwise the car was practically the same as the day it first rolled out of the General Motors Tech Center nearly five years before. When we were given the opportunity to drive Erwin's Grand Sport (designated Chassis #5) the car was fitted with a muscled-up 327 that Erwin, his friends, and his brother Tom, had stuffed aboard. The engine -- which utilized a Crower cam and hi-rev kit, General Motors exhaust headers and hi-rise aluminum manifold, cast iron heads from the fuel-injection Corvette engine, and a big Holley carburetor -- is intended as an interim powerplant. Last May, Dave saw another ad. This one was placed by NASCAR short-track star Bobby Allison, and was offering one complete Mk. II engine, a pair of spare blocks and enough extra Mk. II spares to build another complete engine. Erwin grabbed them, and is hoarding them as if they were H. L. Hunt's oil leases. Because the blue and white brute wasn't registered (Erwin plans to run the car in a few regional races, then restore it, but never drive it on the street), we towed it a short distance to a long stretch of completed but not yet opened four-lane highway for some test runs. The lads had ingeniously stuffed the mufflers designed for the new Sting Ray external side-mounted exhaust pipes into the enormous Grand Sport tubes, which reduced the noise level to a point where the off-duty personnel in the State Police barracks a few miles down the road wouldn't be unduly disturbed. It was well and truly a racer. Thumping down the highway on the tremendous Firestone Indy tires, the familiar odors of oil and hot paint wafted into the cockpit, along with the sound of air rushing around the hand-operated plexiglass windows. This mingled with the whine of the fully-locked differential gears and the slick prototype Muncie gearbox. The gearbox and brakes were nearly perfect. That means stops like the car had just run into a mud bank, while the transmission was as loose -- and yet precise -- as any we've ever handled. The locked rear end made it an awful chore to negotiate corners under 30 mph, mainly because the inside rear wheel would moan and scuff the pavement, and the rear end sounded as if it was going to explode through its cast aluminum housing, but at high speeds the car was a dream. It had virtually neutral steering characteristics, and we could find nothing in its entire handling range that could be described as treacherous or unstable. Naturally, "Chevy man" Erwin is considering the installation of one of his Mk. II 427s. Although he admits this would not be an entirely authentic switch, he is correct when he says that the assembly of a hemihead, twin-ignition, port-injected, all-aluminum Chevy engine is out of the question, and he hopes that this will get him off the hook with the historical purists. In any case, David Erwin of Painted Post has himself one of the most unique automobiles in the world. The other four Grand Sports have been sold and resold several times, although either Wintersteen or Penske has owned all of them at one time or another. Wintersteen and Mecom currently own Grand Sports that have been converted into roadsters, while Texan Delmo Johnson and Toledo, Ohio, Chevy dealer Jim White own the remaining two coupes. So Erwin has one fifth of the total supply of Grand Sports, making his possession all the more valuable. There it sits, in the loving care of Erwin and his buddies, looking ready to tangle with any GT car built in the half-decade since the car was made. It surely is one of the fastest relics in the world -- a car that remains only a few seconds off the best lap times of the fastest road racing cars in the world, even today. Given an even break, old Chassis #5 might have brought the Corporation that tossed it out like an illegitimate son America's first victory at Le Mans -- and three years ahead of time at that. But that's all over now...except for "Chevy man" David Erwin. Follow MSN Autos on Facebook
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LeBron James is no longer lovin' it: The NBA star isn't renewing his endorsement contract with McDonald's, reports ESPN . Instead, the Trainwreck actor "will lend his name and marketing power to fast-casual pizza franchise Blaze," a Southern California-based company that he first invested in back in 2012. James's deal with McDonald's was signed in 2010, and he's since starred in numerous ad campaigns for the McNugget slingers. While no one will disclose exactly how big of a stake James has in Blaze Pizza, "a source told ESPN.com that he owns more than 10 percent of the company." Business Insider notes that Blaze "hopes to be as big as Starbucks one day," but it's got a long way to go: It currently has 88 locations, with plans to open 70 more this year and a total of 500 locations by 2020. James's worldwide fame and social media prowess could certainly be a major boon for the budding pizza chain: As ESPN points out , "James is the second-most-followed athlete on Twitter in the world" with more than 24 million followers. James isn't Blaze's only celebrity investor: Maria Shriver, journalist and wife to Arnold Schwarzenegger, also has a stake in the company. The rich and famous love to throw money at restaurants: Most recently, Drake opened a Toronto restaurant in conjunction with chef Susur Lee, and James's fellow pro athlete Tiger Woods dropped $8 million on a restaurant venture in Florida.
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As he broke free, all that fake green grass opening wide in front of him, Travis Wilson couldn't help himself. "I hope I don't get 'hawked,' " he thought and could you blame him? It seems like the Utah senior quarterback's entire career has been a series of unfortunate circumstances. He'd be racing ahead and BAM! here came something unexpected. Injuries. New offenses. Coaching changes. It seems like it was always something. So on that night almost two weeks ago, the Utes led Oregon 20-13 late in the second quarter when Wilson kept on the zone read and found himself all alone, with room to run and time to worry. "I felt like sooner or later it was bound to happen," he said, referring to the big hit. "I was just trying to run as fast as I could and make a good play." Wilson, who has a 6-7, 233-pound frame that makes him a bit of a loping runner, was finally dragged down from behind by two defensive backs but not until he'd raced 60 yards to the Oregon 6. The run set up a touchdown that contributed to a historic 62-20 onslaught. Utah is 4-0 and ranked No. 7 in the Amway Coaches Poll because of a very good defense and a stout running game led by Devontae Booker. But the catalyst, the reason Utah makes sense as a sudden darling of various College Football Playoff projections, is a savvy, playmaking quarterback. "We've got a better football team around him than we've ever had," co-offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick says. "There's a nice combination of factors allowing him to thrive. But there's no doubt he's driving the train." Through three games Wilson watched the Utes' win against Fresno State from the sidelines while nursing a strained left shoulder he is completing 68% of his passes. Against Oregon, Wilson threw for four touchdowns and ran for another. He accounted for 327 total yards, including 100 rushing, as the Utes did what the Ducks had done so many times to so many opponents. "He's playing his best football by far since he's been in our program," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham says. "He's playing with a great deal of poise and confidence." Heading into an unexpected showdown of the last remaining Pac-12 unbeatens, No. 22 California brings the star quality at quarterback. Jared Goff is highly rated by NFL Draft analysts; the junior has essentially been Cal's starter since very early in his first spring practice, a few months after graduating early from high school. On the other side is Wilson, whose career has been a roller coaster. In the lineup, then out. Healthy, then not. This offense, then a different scheme. One offensive coordinator, then another. But as a senior, Wilson is playing his best football. "The biggest thing is, I'm just playing with more confidence," he says. "The big thing is being healthy and everything. … Every year I've just gotten a little better. The experience has really helped me grow." As a freshman in 2012, Wilson "was thrown into the fire," according to Roderick, after starter Jordan Wynn suffered a season-ending injury. As a sophomore, he was inconsistent and then he was out of the lineup, maybe for good. A concussion suffered late that season led to a routine test, which led to more tests, which led to the discovery of an enlarged intracranial artery. It was a preexisting condition, but no one could say for how long or what might happen if he continued to play. For several months, Wilson's football career was in doubt. "There was always that little hope he might be back," Roderick says. "None of us fully gave up on him, but we were prepared to move on." Wilson was unable even to lift weights. He didn't spend much time around the football program. But he says he remained optimistic of a return. "I was just frustrated and disappointed in what the doctors were saying, that it wouldn't be a great idea for me to keep playing," Wilson says. "It was kind of hard to hear that noise. The biggest thing was staying positive." Wilson was eventually cleared by doctors, who determined that the artery was stable. But a position battle between Wilson and Oklahoma transfer Kendal Thompson went back and forth last season mostly because neither was consistent until Thompson suffered a knee injury in early November. Wilson played well in the Utes' final few games. He was named the most valuable player of the Las Vegas Bowl. And although the competition was reopened in August, Wilson was the clear winner. "He's our guy," Whittingham says. "He's proven that on the field. I think that has allowed him to settle in as well." Wilson's performances in the Utes' first two games were workmanlike. He injured his left (non-throwing) shoulder, though not badly, in the win over Utah State, and didn't play against Fresno State. But against Oregon, he made plays with his arm and his feet, fueling the Utes' biggest victory since joining the Pac-12. Wilson says he finally feels comfortable, and he should. If he's poised and confident, so are his coaches. "We've cut him loose," Roderick says. "We're not playing conservatively. … We're allowing him to play football."
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Talk about a photoshop fail! Victoria's Secret posted this photo to their Facebook page today that immediately caught a TON of backlash. The caption read "Truly, madly, cheeky" but there were hardly any cheeks!
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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs will face off in the NLDS starting Friday.
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How do they do it? Hailey Baldwin Hailey Baldwin at a photo shoot in New York City on Sept. 2, 2015. Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston films a scene in a park for Mother's Day in Georgia on Sept. 1, 2015. Karlie Kloss Karlie Kloss in New York City on Aug. 23, 2015. Kourtney Kardashian Kourtney Kardashian shares a photo to Instgram on August 22, 2015. Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus shares a photo to Instagram on August 21, 2015. Amy Schumer Amy Schumer buys a pastry on her way to a morning workout in New York City on Aug. 4, 2015. Zoe Saldana Zoe Saldana shares this selfie after her workout on July 29, 2015. Jessica Alba Jessica Alba wears a Sweaty Betty tank top in Los Angeles on July 25, 2015. Kaley Cuoco Sweeting Kaley Cuoco Sweeting in Los Angeles on July 20, 2015. Demi Lovato Demi Lovato takes a selfie after her workout on July 8, 2015. Kaley Cuoco Kaley Cuoco stops by a nail salon for a touch up in Studio City, California, on July 7, 2015. Elle Fanning Elle Fanning arrives at a fitness studio in Los Angeles on June 30, 2015. Khloe Kardashian Khloe Kardashian posts this selfie on June 19, 2015. Selena Gomez Selena Gomez out with friends in Los Angeles on June 18, 2015. Joe Jonas and Gigi Hadid Joe Jonas and Gigi Hadid take a walk around Soho in New York City on June 17, 2015. Kylie Jenner Kylie Jenner posts this selfie on June 7, 2015. Lena Dunham Lena Dunham posts a pre-workout selfie on May 11, 2015. Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid in Los Angeles on May 10, 2015. Ashley Greene Ashley Greene in Los Angeles on April 28, 2015. Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus goes hiking with friends in a pink sports bra in Los Angeles on April 16, 2015. Lena Dunham Lena Dunham takes a selfie from the gym on April 11, 2015. Kendall Jenner Kendall Jenner in Los Angeles on April 4, 2015. Kim Kardashian Kim takes her daughter North to a dance class in Tarzana, California, on March 26, 2015. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Gisele Bündchen leaves a yoga session on Jan. 3, 2015, in Boston, Massachusetts. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Jessica Biel in Los Angeles on Dec. 1, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Alessandra Ambrosio walks in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Bar Refaeli smiles post-workout Aug. 7, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Lucy Hale shows her kale love Aug. 6, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Lea Michele poses during a walk Aug. 5 ,2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Reese Witherspoon rollerblades Aug. 4, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Hilary Duff walks in Los Angeles on July 30, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Lucy Hale heads to her car in Los Angeles on July 30, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Minka Kelly in Los Angeles on July 30, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Kim Kardashian outside of her car in Los Angeles on July 29, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Karlie Kloss jumps outside July 29, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Katy Perry on a bike ride July 25, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Kaley Cuoco holding a handstand July 25, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Jessica Alba holds her tree pose July 24, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Karlie Kloss walks in New York City on July 21, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Kim Kardashian takes a workout selfie July 19, 2014. Celebrities Who Look Flawless Even in Workout Clothes Vanessa Hudgens in Los Angeles on July 11, 2014. 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Fourteen of them are in the U.S. Here's the just-released annual list of the World's 50 Best Bars, as decided by industry news magazine Drinks International . For the fourth year in a row, London's Artesian nabbed the top spot. Located at the swanky Langham hotel in the West End, Artesian is run by Alex Kratena and Simone Caporale and serves a different themed menu each year; 2015's theme is "Surrealism." America's ongoing craft cocktail boom is well represented, with 14 bars on the list more than any other country. Eight of them are in New York: They include Dead Rabbit at No. 2, Employees Only at No. 4, and, further down the list, Attaboy (11), Maison Premiere (23), Elephant Bar (24), Nomad Bar (36), PDT (37), and Mace (38). San Francisco has three bars on the list: tiki bar Smuggler's Cove (31), Trick Dog (40), and Tommy's (47). The only other American cities represented are Miami, with The Broken Shaker (14), and Chicago, with Aviary (29). Behold, the full ranked list: 1) Artesian, London 2) TheDeadRabbitGrocery&Grog, NewYork 3) Nightjar, London 4) EmployeesOnly, NewYork 5) AmericanBar, London 6) TheBaxterInn, Sydney 7) 28HongkongStreet, Singapore 8) HappinessForgets, London 9) ConnaughtBar, London 10) BlackPearl, Melbourne 11) Attaboy, NewYork 12) Candelaria, Paris 13) HighFive, Tokyo 14) TheBrokenShaker, Miami 15) Canon, Seattle 16) Buck&Breck, Berlin 17) ImperialCraft, TelAviv 18) LobsterBar, HongKong 19) LeLionBardeParis, Hamburg 20) LicoreriaLimantour, MexicoCity 21) TheJerryThomasProject, Rome 22) TheClumsies, Athens 23) MaisonPremiere, NewYork 24) ElephantBar, NewYork 25) TheEverleigh, Melbourne 26) WhiteLyan, London 27) BeaufortBar, London 28) BulletinPlace, Sydney 29) Aviary, Chicago 30) Tales&Spirits, Amsterdam 31) Smuggler'sCove, SanFrancisco 32) Delicatessen, Moscow 33) Door74, Amsterdam 34) Ruby, Copenhagen 35) Manhattan, Singapore 36) NomadBar, NewYork 37) PDT, NewYork 38) Mace, NewYork 39) Quinary, HongKong 40) TrickDog, SanFrancisco 41) 69ColebrookeRow, London 42) DryMartini, Barcelona 43) Schumann's, Munich 44) ZumaDubai, Dubai 45) LaFactoria, OldSanJuan 46 NottinghamForest, Milan 47) Tommy's, SanFrancisco 48) Lost&Found, Cyprus 49) LittleRedDoor, Paris 50) Dandelyan, London
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Fall into the autumn fun! Krystin Goodwin (@krystingoodwin) has a few entertaining ideas to add to your bucket list this season!
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Veteran point guard Jameer Nelson may have surprised a few people around the league when he opted to stay with the Denver Nuggets. Denver appears to be in the middle of a rebuilding period, particularly after trading point guard Ty Lawson to the Houston Rockets. Nelson is entering the 12th year of his career this season, but he seems perfectly happy to be spending it in Denver. Nelson recently told Matt Moore of CBSSports.com why he opted to stay with the Nuggets: "I'm a man of loyalty. [The Nuggets] were loyal to me. Everything has come true. We want you here, this is going to be your role. You're going to do this, you're going to do that, and everything has come true. Even things like 'We're going to change the locker room.' They're changing the locker room." "That means a lot to the player, because along the way there's been a couple of people who have lied to me," Nelson continued. "So when you get back to someone telling you the truth, and when they first tell you, maybe you look at them sideways like, 'Maybe they're going to lie to me,' but the organization has been good to me. They're moving in the right direction."
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WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is bringing words of comfort and sympathy to grieving families of victims of the shooting rampage in Roseburg, Oregon, muting his message about the need for new laws to stem gun violence as he visits an area where firearms are popular. Obama will talk with family members Friday at the start of a four-day West Coast trip. Eight community college students and a teacher were killed before the gunman fatally shot himself in front of his victims after he was wounded by police. Staunchly conservative Douglas County is bristling with gun owners who use their firearms for hunting, target shooting and self-protection. A commonly held opinion in the area is that the solution to mass killings is more people carrying guns, not fewer. "The fact that the college didn't permit guards to carry guns, there was no one there to stop this man," said Craig Schlesinger, pastor at the Garden Valley Church. Referring to potential protesters, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said: "Those individuals have nothing to fear. The fact is the president has made clear that the goal of his visit is to spend time with the families of those who are so deeply affected by this terrible tragedy." In the wake of the shooting, a visibly angry Obama said that thoughts and prayers are no longer enough and that changes to the nation's gun laws are needed. Some of the most poignant moments of Obama's presidency have occurred in his role as consoler-in-chief. He led the grieving in Charleston, South Carolina, in singing "Amazing Grace." He read the first names of the 20 elementary school students killed in Newtown, Connecticut, and asked how the nation can honestly say it's doing enough to keep its children safe from harm. This time, the White House says, the meeting is private. Obama was already scheduled to go to the West Coast trip when the shooting occurred, and the White House adjusted his schedule to include Roseburg. The shooting has sparked new talk about gun violence, though history suggests that prospects for enacting legislation are highly unlikely. Republican lawmakers are talking about the need to take up legislation designed to improve mental health care. Democrats are pitching the formation of a special committee to investigate gun violence, similar to what the GOP-led House established to investigate Planned Parenthood and the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. "No proposal is going to stop every shooting, but we can come up with solutions that stop some tragedies," said Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson of California, the leader of the proposal for a special committee. Earnest has cited requiring background checks for all firearms purchases at gun shows "as the kind of obvious thing that we believe that Congress should do." __ Associated Press writers Jonathan J. Cooper and Gosia Wozniacka in Oregon contributed to this report.
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It sounds like the ultimate example of corporate beneficence: Take as much vacation as you like, as long as you get your work done. And in the right company, with the right culture and the right manager, such "unlimited vacation" policies could be a pretty fabulous perk. Yet they're not being offered purely out of altruism. The obvious benefit to companies is that the promise of such flexibility helps them attract and retain more employees, setting them apart from more traditionally minded, we-don't-trust-you employers. But unlimited vacation policies also have another benefit for employers that gets far less attention: a financial upside. When employers stop doling out a set amount of vacation days, they no longer have to pay out unused days if workers quit or get laid off from the company. "That's a very large financial advantage to the employer," says Carol Sladek, a partner who leads work-life consulting at Aon Hewitt. "They eliminate that financial liability." While unlimited vacation policies are still rare in Corporate America just 1 to 2 percent of companies offer the benefit, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) the perk is starting to seep into industries outside Silicon Valley, where it first became popular. Earlier this year, about 30,000 of General Electric's more senior U.S. salaried employees became eligible for its "permissive time off" policy, which doesn't set a limit on the number of days they can take off. And last week, the accounting and consulting firm Grant Thornton touted its switch to a similar approach. "We believe our flex time off policy is the model for the professional services firm of the future," the firm's chief culture officer said in the announcement . Under a traditional vacation policy, employees either accrue vacation time over the course of the year, or start off the year with a bank of days that are owed to them. If they leave the company before they have used up all the time they accrued, employees are typically paid out their unused time. Not so at companies with unlimited vacation policies they no longer have to carry any liability on their books for what goes unused. Sladek says companies have been showing more interest lately in the concept, particularly for their executive or professional employees. "For whatever reason, there's been an increased amount of scrutiny in the financials associated with paid time off," she said. That could be because, in today's hyper-charged work culture, people are taking less and less time off, leading to bigger and bigger piles of accrued time on companies' books. The U.S. Travel Association reported late last year that the average worker took 16 days of vacation in 2013, down from about 21 days in 2000. Or it could simply be because there's a lot of money at stake. Other research from USTA's Project:Time Off initiative, conducted by the economic analysis firm Oxford Economics, looked at SEC filings for 114 public companies. It found that the average vacation liability per employee is $1,898, and that U.S. companies carried $65.6 billion in accrued paid time-off costs forward on their books last year. To deal with that liability, companies have several options, says Adam Sacks, president of tourism economics for Oxford Economics. They can actively encourage people to actually use their vacation time. They can make their plan a "use it or lose it" program, where days won't carry over from one year to the next (something roughly a quarter of U.S. companies do now). Or they can adopt an unlimited vacation policy. "The policy itself encourages employees to take time," Sacks said, "because effectively, they can't get the time back if they don't use it." Grant Thornton said its new policy, which will go into place Nov. 1, should accomplish multiple goals: incentivizing people to take more time off and to balance their professional and personal lives, while also reducing financial liability and providing a tax benefit for the partnership. "As a company without products, factories or equipment, this financial benefit will be reinvested in our people," a company spokesman wrote in an emailed statement. "While the policy change does benefit the company financially, the real benefit is the long-term ability to attract and retain the best and the brightest talent." To make the transition to the new policy, employees will get a lump sum payout of any accumulated vacation time at the end of the year and then will not continue to accrue time off after that. "There really isn't anything wrong with there being an upside for management as long as management is not applying any smoke and mirrors here," said Bruce Elliott, the head of compensation and benefits at SHRM. "If you're going to implement this, you better be prepared to live up to it." And that, of course, is the key challenge for any company adopting such a policy. A few have already reversed course after finding that workers needed better parameters or were actually taking less time off under the anything-goes approach. That's why HR experts stress the importance of giving some kind of guideline about how much time away is expected, and clearly explaining the multiple motivations behind the switch. "The devil here really is in the details of the communication," Sladek says. "It sounds like a great idea, and it's very much a win-win for organizations as long as people really understand what the benefit is both for the employee and the employer." Read more: The catch of having an unlimited vacation policy Like On Leadership ? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter , and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes .
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You've finalized your budget for your wedding dress Check! and your flowers, so what are you forgetting to set aside funds for? (Hint: It's a biggie!) According to new stats from The Knot and PayPal, 65 percent of couples forget to include their honeymoon in their wedding budget . Yikes! Granted it's not a wedding-day necessity like tents and chairs, but since your bank account will take a hit when you pay for your honeymoon, you should set aside some money in your wedding budget to fund it. Some more stats that jumped out at us: 57 percent of couples borrow money from a credit card or financial institution to finance their wedding. 45 percent of brides are primarily responsible for managing the finances and budget throughout the wedding planning process. (29 percent of couples do it together.) 58 percent of brides feel like they are always writing checks leading up to the wedding. {Check fatigue! }
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Are you ready to get your nail swag on? We've got your nail inspiration this week from your favorites stars brought to you by Amope! Our pick for nail of the day goes to Catt Sadler whose nails are to die for! From the dark purple color to the pointy tips, we are in complete nail envy of Catt's Paris perfect, fall look. Inspired? Prepare your nails for the perfect manicure! Get salon quality results you can do it yourself at home with the new nail care system from Amope to shape, buff and shine your nails effortlessly.
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Last season, the Royals were the most unexpected team in the playoffs and used that momentum to win the Wild Card game and eventually find their way into the World Series. This year, that role has been taken on by the Astros, as they barely hung on to a Wild Card in a year they were expected to finish third in the West at best. Then, they shut out the much more expensive and experienced Yankees in the Wild Card game behind a brilliant start from Dallas Keuchel, a top candidate for the AL Cy Young. Now, the underdog will take on the strongest team in the AL, even though both are less than three years removed from 90+ loss seasons. How will the rookies step up to the spotlight? The Astros wouldn't be where they are today without their rookie stars, particularly Rookie of the Year candidates Carlos Correa and Lance McCullers. Even looking beyond the jitters that could affect any young player on the national stage, depending so much on young arms has placed Houston in a situation where their starters have far exceeded previous work loads. McCullers has already thrown 157.2 innings between MLB and AAA this year when he had never thrown more than 105 in a year before in his career. Collin McHugh, the starter in game one, is not a rookie, but threw more than 30 MLB innings for the first time in 2014 and has thrown more than 200 this season. Even the more veteran Mike Fiers had only thrown 94 total innings between 2013 and 2014, but threw 180.1 during the regular season this year. As for Correa, the shortstop accounted for the third-most WAR (3.3 fWAR) among Astros hitters despite playing just 99 games. On a team full of all or nothing hitters, Correa struck out just 18% of the time (second-lowest on the team among those with at least 300 PA) and batted .279, also second on the team to Jose Altuve among those with at least 150 PA. If they want continued offensive success, they will depend on Correa getting on base before some of the bigger power hitters. Will the bullpens come into play? While the two things aren't necessarily connected, these are both young and very aggressive teams. Both swung at 48% of pitches, ranking 7th and 9th in all of baseball. This is far away from the Yankees, who lead the league in patience (44.8% swing rate) and forced Dallas Keuchel (on short rest, mind you) out of the Wild Card game with 87 pitches in six innings. If the two teams continue this aggressive behavior, we will likely see pitchers stick around longer than normal unless knocked out by a poor performance. This should favor the Astros as the Royals have incredible relievers on the back end, even without Greg Holland. Wade Davis is one of the best closers in baseball while Ryan Madson and Kelvin Herrera have also been dominant. The Astros, on the other hand, have a clear advantage in the starting rotation and if by being aggressive at the plate they can score early on the Royals pitchers, they will have to. Johnny Cueto, the game two starter, has particularly struggled of late and putting up a few runs in the first few innings would be huge as they can't expect to score against that bullpen. Are the Royals really the best AL team? The top team in wins and losses for most of the season after starting the year 7-0 and ending at 95-67, the Royals have still shown plenty of weaknesses at times. They had just one player with a WAR above four, Lorenzo Cain, and no real stand out starting pitchers compared to the Astros who had three. Where the Royals really had an advantage over the rest of the AL was defensively, where they showed everyone how underrated that aspect of the game has been. For the second year in a row, Kansas City led baseball in defensive runs saved, although not by as large of a margin as in 2014. Looking at the defense at a different angle, the Royals had the second biggest positive difference between ERA and FIP as the defense saved the team 0.30 runs per nine innings. Only the Cardinals defense made a bigger difference on their pitchers expected ERA. Will the Royals defense even matter? While that great defense was a large part of what pushed the Royals to the top of the league, it probably won't be as effective against Houston. This particular group of Astros doesn't put the ball in play very often, worst in the AL with a 22% strikeout rate and second best in the majors with a .187 ISO. Only the Blue Jays in all of baseball bested them in power, hitting two more home runs over the entire season. They also had a decent walk rate, coming in 9th in the majors. With only Altuve, Correa, George Springer, and Marwin Gonzalez hitting safely more than 27% of the time anyway, facing a great defense shouldn't be so daunting for the Astros. The Royals need just look back one game to see how this could work out, as the Astros beat the Yankees with two solo home runs and solid pitching. The defense need not enter into it at all. Which is better, power or average? In the end, this series should be a great example of the old argument between power and average hitters. While both teams swing at pitches at a nearly identical rate, they have had very different outcomes. As mentioned, the Astros are the worst team in the AL when it comes to striking out. While it may seem the Royals should be around there as well, they were actually the best in all of baseball, striking out in just 15.9% of at bats. In a similar vein, as the Astros were the second best power team, the Royals were the second worst among playoff teams (ahead of the Cardinals) and 24th in baseball with just 139 total home runs. These may be two of the most extremely opposite teams ever to play in a play-off round and the results should be very interesting. In the regular season, the Astros won four of six, but with higher stakes than two series during June and July (the Astros swept the early series in Houston and Kansas City won their series 2-1 at home), anything could happen. If the Royals pitchers can take advantage of the Astros' aggressiveness by keeping the ball just out of the zone, they could completely shut down at least 2/3 of their order. On the other side of the ball, the Astros don't have to worry as much about the Royals scoring with no one on, but will have to work a lot harder to keep them off the bases in the first place. Of course, no matter who wins it won't settle the debate, but it should be a very entertaining ride. More than any other series, this one features the hottest young talent and teams that haven't been in legitimate contention often. In fact, each team has reached the World Series just once since Kansas City triumphed over the Cardinals in 1985.
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Surreal Sunsets 10 Surreal Sunsets That Will Take Your Breath Away Tourists travel from all over to find destinations famous for their sunsets and tour guides plan entire tours around the schedule of the setting sun. Many say it's their favorite time of day and, with sights like these, it's not hard to see why. El Porto, Calif. A beach community in Southern California, El Porto is well known for fantastic sights and perfect waves. Part of the larger Manhattan Beach, this surfers paradise is open to the public and parking in the El Porto lot is free before 8 a.m., but beach-front metered parking is also available at $1.25 per hour. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Paris, France In the epicenter of this vast, photogenic city there's no limit to beautiful sights, like the Eiffel Tower, and those sights are made even more beautiful in the sunset. The Eiffel Tower, particularly at dusk, is a must-see on a seemingly endless list of gorgeous and historically rich monuments throughout the city. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Hood River, Ore. Known as the Wind Surfing Capital of the World, Hood River is set in the Cascade Mountain Range, on the shore of the Columbia River Gorge. From hiking to tubing, the recreation opportunities could keep you busy for days and the sights are an added bonus. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Wroclaw, Poland The fourth largest city in Poland is well known for its architecture and complex history. Due in part to its location among several rivers, Wroclaw was once part of the Polish, Czech, Austrian and German states. Blended elements from those cultures can be seen there today, alongside natural marvels. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Queensland, Australia Queensland draws tourists from all over the globe to sun soaked beaches with the promise of great views. Take in the sights of the infamous Great Reef Barrier then get back on shore to watch the sun go down. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Bora Bora, Tahiti The words Bora Bora immediately conjure images of a crystal clear lagoon with private over-water bungalows and mountaintops lining the background. Another thing Bora Bora is well known for unbelievable sunsets. Either watch from the island or take a champagne sunset cruise and enjoy the spectacle out on the water. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Norderney, Germany Home to more than eight miles of continuous beach and a separate National Park, Norderney is a perfect getaway from the German mainland, with particularly spectacular views at sunset. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Tazacorte, Spain Located on the Spanish island of La Palma, Tazacorte isn't much of a tourist area. Known for its banana farms, which occupy most of the land, whale watching tours and boat excursions are the main tourist attractions in the area, but the sunsets alone are worth a mention and possibly even a trip. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Victoria, B.C. The Capital of British Columbia and the winner of several tourism awards, Victoria is a top travel destination. Named to Travel and Leisure's 2012 list of the Top Ten Islands in the World, Victoria's shores meet the waves of the Pacific Ocean, and the land offers tourists access to rainforests and the Olympic Mountains. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page . Key Largo, Fla. Referred to by locals as the Dive Capital of the World , Key Largo is home to a National Marine Sanctuary. You'll find the Sanctuary six miles offshore, at a 510-foot sunken U.S. Navy ship, which is the backbone for a growing coral reef. The northernmost of the five Florida Keys also boasts some of the best fishing opportunities in the world and the sunset isn't bad, either. Enjoy the view? Come see more at MSN Travel's Pinterest page .
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The UN human rights chief has called for calm in the West Bank after a week of violence in the occupied territory, as well as occupied-East Jerusalem, and inside Israel. Hussein warned on Thursday that "more bloodshed will only lead to more hatred on both sides," and that he is deeply concerned about the increasing number of attacks by both settlers and Palestinians. The UN official voiced concern about the number of Palestinians injured by live ammunition, which stands at 134, and the hundreds more injured by rubber bullets and tear gas. "The high number of casualties, in particular those resulting from the use of live ammunition by Israeli security forces, raise concerns of excessive use of force," Hussein said, according to the Associated Press news agency. IN PICTURES: Unrest spreads in occupied West Bank The UN rights chief's comments came as two Israelis were injured in separate attacks in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. In Jersualem, a Yeshiva student was stabbed and critically wounded, while the Palestinian attacker was detained by police. In the Tel Aviv attack, a Palestinian stabbed a female Israeli soldier with a screwdriver before being shot dead. Four Israelis have died in stabbing attacks, and several others have been injured. 1600 Palestinians wounded According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, at least 1,600 Palestinians have been injured since October 3. Eighty-seven have been injured with live ammunition, and 290 with rubber-coated steel bullets. On Monday, Abdel Rahman Abdullah, a 13-year-old from the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, was shot and killed by Israeli forces, prompting further protests and unrest. On Wednesday, two Palestinian protesters were shot and critically wounded by Israeli soldiers during a protest near the settlement of Beit El. Footage appeared to show undercover Israeli soldiers dressed as protesters attacking men. Al-Aqsa tensions The incidents are the latest in a series of attacks, sparked by tensions over what Palestinians believe is Israeli encroachment of their holiest site in Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa mosque. On Wednesday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an order banning his ministers from visiting the sacred site. READ MORE: Israel's right defies rabbinate over Al-Aqsa Jews are prohibited from visiting the site, they call the Temple Mount, by Israel's rabbinate, but hardliners have challenged the restriction. Their visits to the Al-Aqsa compound happen under heavy police protection, and are seen as provocative by Palestinians. Palestinian worshippers fear the visits are the first stage in an eventual plan to partition the site.
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Try to think of a vehicle, any consumer product, from the early 1990s that still looks good. The Land Rover Defender and The Simpsons still hold up, maybe. The Plymouth Prowler and frosted tips, never again. No matter the era, it's a feat to create something that has as much visual impact now as it did 20 years ago. The Ducati Monster motorcycle still has that effect. It proves that, however clichéd, less is more, even when the industry and society is wildly different from the environment in which it was created. Ducati recently launched the Monster 1200R, a 1198-cc fire-breather that's exemplary of that brand's ability to simultaneously be charismatic and excessive. The low stance of a territorial bulldog, exhaust pipes tuned to broadcast the engine's 160 horsepower, and a bunch of computers inside to keep all that power from overwhelming the rider. The Tesla-grade color dash aside, this 2016 bike it isn't far removed from the design that Miguel Galluzzi, father to the monster, drew in the early 1990s. "When a design is a good design, it doesn't have time," Galluzzi says. Pleasing lines don't conspicuously age, which is why an entire genre of motorcycles has developed in his bike's image. Related: 0-180 MPH on a Ducati 1299 Panigale S Drawing on Magazines In the 1980s, premium motorcycles were clad in plastic fairings that added aerodynamics, along with serious visual bulk. Look at something like the Honda Hurricane to understand how those elements defined that era. Galluzzi's process of building something different started with a Japanese motorcycle magazine. The story goes that, while working at Honda and making fully-faired CBRs, he saw a photograph of a Ducati 851 stripped down to its engine and chassis. He sketched over that photo, adding only essential elements. "In the mind of a motorcyclist," Galluzzi says, "you need a gas tank, a seat and a motor." He kept the idea, technically conceived of on Honda's dime, a secret until he went to work at Cagiva, then Ducati's parent company. (In 1983, Cagiva bought Ducati when the brand was on the verge of closure; the company reversed the bike-maker's slow sales and revived the brand, with the Monster and the rest of the lineup). After building early prototypes from the company's parts bins, Galluzzi showed the design to Ducati heads. He recalls that the managers asked, "Are you bringing the rest of the bike later on?" The opportunity couldn't have happened elsewhere. Other manufacturers like Honda were committed to preserving stable aesthetics. But Ducati was different. "It was an Italian way of doing things," Galluzzi said. "[The management's] idea was, 'Let's do it and see what happens.' That would never happen in a German company, or a Japanese company." In late 1990, he showed the first prototype to Ducati importers, and the design hit their pleasure center. Plans for production followed, with Galluzzi insisting on the original vision of a motorcycle distilled to its essentials. Ducati formally showed the M900 at a 1992 motorcycle show in Cologne. Another importer mentioned that he heard the bike was called internally known as "il mostro" - the nickname came from tiny monster figures that were popular with kids in Italy. The name stuck, leading to the first release shortly thereafter. Big Sales to Afford Bigger Bikes The Monster became the first of what's now known as a naked motorcycle. Generally, these bikes have no plastic fairings, are angled for an upright riding position, and the engine and drivetrain are tuned for civilian speeds. That means that, on the naked Triumph Street Triple, you upshift at lower speeds than you would on a track-ready Triumph Daytona, even though they have similar engines. The result is more on-demand torque, ideal for misanthropic behavior like wheelies. The high handlebars set weight back from the front axle, making for more efficient braking, and their width gives you leverage to be aggressive in turns. On a sport bike's narrow bars, you need to plan ahead and push with your shoulders. On a naked, you muscle the bars like you're opening a bank vault door. The Monster was a sales success from the start and became, as it remains today, an affordable motorcycle with a name on the gas tank that gave it exotic allure. Nevermind now that the brand is owned by Audi, and ultimately Volkswagen Group. The Monster is the reason Ducati has the cash to build outlandish stuff like the 1299 Panigale. The Monster led to other nakeds, like the Honda CB600F, which was a CBR600F3 sans fairings and with a re-tuned engine. Suzuki did the same thing with the SV series, as did Yamaha with their FZ bikes, and Kawasaki with their Z bikes. Modern Monsters That original design has come to a zenith (until the next model) with the recently launched Monster 1200R. Same minimal body, same exposed trellis frame, but with a track-tuned V-twin engine. Looking at the bike next to its early 1990s ancestors, and the lineage is similar to the Porsche 911, a vehicle Galluzzi identifies as exemplary of immortal design. Small concessions to modernity appear on the body, the engine gets bigger and more powerful, maybe more fuel-efficient. But the silhouette is unmistakable. I haven't ridden the 1200R, but a week with the then-biggest Monster, the 1200S (differences include bigger pipes and a different compression ratio for a bit more horsepower) illuminated the overall appeal of nakeds. Despite the wider bars, that shoulders-up angry gorilla stance makes you want to muscle through corners and, as is legal in California where I had the bike, dart between cars stuck in traffic. When you walk towards it in the parking lot, the bike looks lithe and purposeful, even if you know in your logical brain that a bike with fairings will handle better at speed-and even be more comfortable for the rider-than a machine like the 1200S. But that's what I and I would guess Mr. Galluzzi like in a bike. At a time when cars with silent electric engines, seat massagers, and iPads to control the A/C, having the wind push against your chest and face while you zip among traffic feels free. Follow MSN Autos on Facebook
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Hypercar fans, rejoice! Jeremy Clarkson has just revealed that the Ferrari LaFerrari vs. Porsche 918 Spyder vs. McLaren P1 track shootout is finally happening, according to Clarkson on Twitter. With a skeleton crew, filming for Amazon Prime's new motoring programme has begun. pic.twitter.com/8PaYvke5il - Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) October 7, 2015 The former Top Gear crew had long been trying to get this test off the ground. The automakers wouldn't cooperate, and while the team was able to find a wealthy benefactor to loan them the cars, Clarkson went and punched a coworker and got himself fired before they were able to do the test. Now, it's on-for the trio's new Amazon Prime show. Tentatively called Gear Knobs, the show has a reportedly massive $250 million budget, and apparently it's starting off with a bang. We can't wait to see the result. UPDATE: Hey, look at that-Chris Harris was there too ! Follow MSN Autos on Facebook
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At this point, it's an open secret among people who love good drinking and love Manhattan: There's a "hidden" book tucked inside the new The NoMad Cookbook , by chef Daniel Humm and his business partner Will Guidara. That not-so-secret tome? The Nomad Cocktail Book, only available with the main book. Penned by Leo Robitschek, bar director for The NoMad's multiple and award-winning bars, the book has about 200 cocktail recipes. To be expected. What might not be are Robitschek's revelations that changed the way he and his team make drinks. "Drinks really do taste better when they're treated with precision," insists Robitschek, who dropped medical-school plans to open The NoMad. All new bartenders at The NoMad are given an 80-page service manual that goes into great detail about methods, practices and beliefs around making cocktails. There are seven tips that could change the way you think about shaking and stirring at home. KNOW YOUR INGREDIENTS At the NoMad, all new staff members are expected to taste and analyze every spirit they work with, taking into account the flavor and alcohol level of the spirit, to understand how it will impact a cocktail. Says Robitschek: "In cocktails, just as in cooking, your dish or drink is only as good as your worst ingredient." DON'T OVER-JUICE YOUR CITRUS "Be careful not to press down on the citrus too hard," Robitschek urges, "as it will release bitterness within the pith." In addition, all citrus juice at the NoMad is fresh and double-strained to catch any unwanted pulp or seeds. (Favored tool: the Coco Strainer from Cocktail Kingdom, held underneath a regular Hawthorne strainer.) "MAKE" NOMAD'S HOUSE ORANGE BITTERS The word "make" goes in quotes because the process is so dang simple. Just combine equal parts Angostura and Regan's Orange Bitters No. 6. DON'T MUDDLE "At the NoMad, we do not actually 'muddle' any herbs," says Robitschek. "We gently tamp them in whichever sweetener is used in a recipe." Muddling herbs otherwise known as pressing them with a pestle or muddler extracts tannins and other bitter, well, muddy flavors that are unwanted in most cocktails, Robitschek warns. For shaken cocktails, you can skip this step altogether: "The ice will work as a muddler and extract all your essential oils and desired aromas." JIGGER IT Jiggers are "the best way to maintain consistency and precision in measurement," Robitschek notes. (Preferred tool: Cocktail Kingdom's Japanese-style jiggers .) When measuring ingredients, always hold your jigger to the side of the mixing glass (rather than over it) to prevent overflow from falling into the cocktail. And don't bother rinsing out your jigger immediately after using honey, cane syrup, or other viscous sweeteners, Robitschek advises: "Reuse that jigger as you build your drink to ensure you get the full amount of sweetener into the glass." ICE GOES IN LAST Never fill your shaker or mixing glass with ice until you are ready to stir. "You may be distracted before finishing your cocktail, and the ice can dilute your drink more than desired." GARNISH WITH PURPOSE The finishing touch to your drink, garnishes should add flavors or aromas to complement the cocktail. Consider the aesthetics: "Your cocktails should always be photo-ready."
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Now that we're a month into the 2015 NFL season, it at least feels like we have a decent grasp on what is real and what isn't throughout the league. These conclusions are subject to change, of course... Offseason NFL Acquisitions That Look Like Busts at the Quarter Mark Now that we're a month into the 2015 NFL season, it at least feels like we have a decent grasp on what is real and what isn't throughout the league. These conclusions are subject to change, of course. I'm sure you'll remember when so many thought the New England Patriots were essentially done one month into the 2014 season. However, one thing we can determine with at least some degree of accuracy is which players haven't performed well through the first quarter of the season. We're going to focus on higher-profile players who found their way to new teams during the offseason and who haven't quite lived up to expectations on the playing field. For this list, we'll only be looking at veteran players no rookies here. These are your busts for the first quarter of the 2015 NFL season. Andre Johnson, WR, Indianapolis Colts When the Indianapolis Colts signed receiver Andre Johnson to a free-agent contract during the offseason, it became one of the league's biggest moves. This was largely because Johnson is considered the greatest player to ever take the field for the Houston Texans, and he would now be playing for a division rival. Of course, it's hard to ignore the fact that the Colts gave Johnson a staggering $21 million for three years of service. Unfortunately for the Colts, Johnson isn't providing $7 million worth of production in 2015. He is currently the lowest-rated receiver on the Colts roster, per Pro Football Focus . He has just seven receptions for 51 yards, despite being targeted 20 times through four weeks. Part of the issue might be that Johnson has typically been an outside receiver but has been spending a lot of time in the slot in Indianapolis. According to Pro Football Focus , he has run 79 of 138 routes out of the slot this season. That's 57.2 percent of his receiving routes. Last season, he ran just 18.2 percent of his routes from the slot. If Johnson gets more comfortable with his role, then he can probably turn things around. However, he is on pace for just 28 receptions and 204 yards. That's bust material. Brian Hoyer, QB, Houston Texans The Houston Texans brought in journeyman Brian Hoyer during the offseason to help bring a little stability to the quarterback position. There was an offseason competition between Hoyer and Ryan Mallett, of course, but ultimately head coach Bill O'Brien chose to roll with Hoyer for the season opener. "We all need to give Brian Hoyer a chance," O'Brien said before the start of the season, per Tania Ganguli of ESPN.com . "I believe in him. I believe in his ability to run our offense efficiently." Giving Hoyer a chance is the one thing O'Brien really didn't do until he did. Yeah, it's been weird. O'Brien pulled Hoyer before the first game of the season was even over and named Mallett the starter after Week 1. Then, the coach yanked Mallett halfway through last week's loss to the Atlanta Falcons, though it looks like he will remain the starter for now. The Texans only gave Hoyer $10.5 million over two years , which isn't much in quarterback dollars. However, the fact remains that he has essentially been relegated to the role of relief pitcher four weeks into the season, and he definitely hasn't brought stability along with him. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Miami Dolphins To be completely fair, Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh hasn't exactly been a disaster in the first month of the 2015 season. In fact, he is rated tops among all Dolphins defensive tackles by Pro Football Focus . However, he has produced just nine tackles and has picked up two penalties through four games. The bigger issue here is that Suh hasn't been enough to transform the Dolphins defensive line into an elite unit. "Miami made him the highest-paid defensive player under the pretense he'd transform a front four that disappeared down the stretch in 2014," Mike Renner of the Washington Post recently wrote. "That hasn't happened. Fans are unhappy with Suh's performance, but he can only play the hand he's dealt." It's easy to blame coaching, game-planning or the talent around Suh. To some degree, it's probably warranted. However, the Dolphins gave Suh a massive six-year, $114.375 million free-agent contract to be the man who transforms the defense. In this regard, the move has been a failure. If interim head coach Dan Campbell can find a way to get the defense playing better, this is a narrative that can definitely change. DeMarco Murray, RB, Philadelphia Eagles Of the big-money-contract guys to land with new teams this offseason, running back DeMarco Murray was probably the most destined to disappoint. He led the NFL in rushing in 2014 with 1,845 yards, which is why the Philadelphia Eagles were willing to give him a five-year, $40 million free-agent contract. Repeating as the rushing leader never seemed likely, though, and from a statistical standpoint, Murray probably had nowhere to go but down. However, there is a big difference between disappointment and bust. Fewer yards would be fine if Murray was helping the Eagles win. He isn't, and he isn't doing much to prove he can. Murray is coming off of his best game of the year an eight-carry, 36-yard performance. He has missed one game due to injury and has produced just 47 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries. That's an average of just 1.6 yards per carry, and it puts him on pace for a 188-yard, four-touchdown season. What might be even more concerning than Murray's production is the fact that he doesn't look anything like the runner he was last year. He rarely appears to hit holes or even recognize them with any sense of urgency. The Eagles could probably trot out Trent Richardson and have a more decisive runner. Clearly, Murray has to change if he wants to avoid being a total bust. Dwayne Bowe, WR, Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns wide receiver Dwayne Bowe might be the biggest bust on this entire list not because he has performed poorly but because he has barely performed at all. The longtime Kansas City Chiefs veteran came to Cleveland on a two-year, $12.5 million deal with $9 million guaranteed. To say the Browns haven't been getting their money's worth is like saying Garfield doesn't like Mondays. Bowe has only appeared in two games and has yet to log a reception. In fact, he has only logged 12 snaps this year, according to Pro Football Focus . Bowe has been dealing with a hamstring issue, but he has been a healthy scratch on at least one occasion. This seems to suggest he hasn't shown quite enough to get on the field, or that the Browns simply don't want him there. Either way, Cleveland is going to be paying Bowe at least $9 million to not contribute if he doesn't find a way to turn things around. Yeah, that's a bust. Bruce Carter, LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Linebacker Bruce Carter had a wonderful season with the Dallas Cowboys in 2014. He racked up 67 tackles, one sack, five interceptions and a defensive touchdown, despite playing in just 13 games with eight starts. Carter's campaign was enough to earn him a four-year, $17 million deal from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the offseason. Unfortunately for Tampa, Carter's play hasn't been quite what it was a year ago. Carter is the top-rated outside linebacker on Tampa's roster, according to Pro Football Focus . That's nice and all some players on this list are among the worst at their positions but he certainly hasn't been an impact player. Carter has appeared in all four games but has only logged 53 snaps. He has just three tackles and a pass deflection to show for it. The Buccaneers paid Carter to be a starter, or at least a standout rotational player, and he hasn't been either to this point in the season. Jared Odrick, DT, Jacksonville Jaguars Veteran defensive lineman Jared Odrick started 15 games for the Miami Dolphins and had a good, but not great (24 tackles, one sack), season. Somehow, he parlayed that into a five-year, $42.5 million contract from the Jacksonville Jaguars. How much was guaranteed? $22.5 million. Perhaps the former first-round pick will eventually justify this kind of contract, but right now, he hasn't. Though he has started all four games for the Jaguars, Odrick has produced just eight tackles and one sack. Pro Football Focus rates him as the third-worst 4-3 defensive end in the entire NFL. One of the two ends rated lower than Odrick is teammate Chris Clemons. It's difficult to place a ton of the blame on Odrick, of course. He was primarily used as a defensive tackle with the Dolphins last year and has been dealing with a position switch. It also isn't his fault the Jaguars chose to grant him such a ridiculous deal. However, it's clear Odrick hasn't lived up to his contract through the first month of the season. Jimmy Graham, TE, Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks gave up a first-round pick and Pro Bowl center Max Unger to acquire tight end Jimmy Graham from the New Orleans Saints during the offseason. Not only has Graham been a disappointment, but it also appears the move has actually made Seattle a worse team. Graham has 18 receptions for 174 yards and two touchdowns. This is good for a tight end, of course, especially in Seattle's run-oriented offense. However, his presence hasn't made the Seahawks a more explosive team on offense which was presumably the idea behind the trade. An even bigger concern is that Graham actually appears lost in Seattle's offense at times. Combine this with the fact that he has shown no interest in even attempting to run-block, and Graham really appears to be a poor fit in Seattle. With Graham on the roster instead of Unger, the Seahawks have been forced to rely on center Drew Nowak, who actually began his NFL career as a defensive lineman. He is rated just 22nd in the NFL among all centers by Pro Football Focus . The offensive line as a whole has been a disaster for the Seahawks this year. Quarterback Russell Wilson has already been sacked 18 times, and the team is rated 29th in pass protection by Pro Football Focus . Had Seattle used its first-round pick on a lineman and kept Unger instead of grabbing Graham, perhaps the line would be a strength.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) Former NFL coach Lindy Infante has died in Florida at age 75. Infante's wife Stephanie told The Associated Press that he died Thursday in St. Augustine after a lengthy illness. Infante coached the Green Bay Packers from 1988 to 1991, winning Coach of the Year honors in 1989 after leading the Packers to a 10-6 record. He was hired by the Indianapolis Colts in 1996, leading the team to the playoffs in his first season. He was fired after the 1997 when the Colts fell to 3-13. His overall NFL record was 36-60. He also coached the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL in 1984 and 1985. Infante played college football at Florida from 1960 to 1962. Notable sports deaths of 2015:
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China's traffic can get pretty gnarly but this is unbelievable. You think you've been in a bad traffic jam? You haven't been in a bad traffic jam. This is a bad traffic jam, a traffic jam that takes up 50 lanes of a motorway . That was the scene outside Beijing, China yesterday as thousands of motorists returned after a holiday. Or at least tried to. The reason behind the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway's massive congestion is simple: too many drivers and one new checkpoint. As travelers returned to the city near the end of China's National Day celebration-which lasts seven days-they had all had to pass through a toll before then passing and then a new chokepoint checkpoint. Neither where what you'd call swift. This double bottleneck only served to exacerbate the congestion and the 50 lane expressway shrinks to fewer than 20 after these roadblocks. Of course i't's still not as bad as that 2010 traffic jam that lasted 10 days in China. At least not yet. Source: People's Daily Online via Daily Mail Follow MSN Autos on Facebook
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Say your new Volvo scrapes someone's fender in a parking lot. If the car's auto-pilot feature was enabled, well, that damage is now Volvo's fault. Case closed, check's in the mail! That could happen. At the Swedish embassy in Washington, D.C., CEO Håkan Samuelsson told a small crowd that the automaker would "accept full liability" whenever its cars are involved in accidents presumably when they're at fault and engaged in autonomous mode. In a 60 Minutes segment on self-driving cars, Mercedes-Benz and Google told reporters they would also accept liability. Days earlier, Volvo detailed how drivers would enable and monitor the auto-pilot function when it becomes available. Volvo, to its own credit, has also promised zero fatalities or serious injuries in all of its cars worldwide by 2020. A big core of that will come from autonomous technology and driver assists such as auto-braking. Automakers have never involved themselves in the insurance business although they get sued all the time, of course and accepting liability sounds like a legal rabbit hole we're not sure any company would willingly invite. But it may be what's needed to remove an important obstacle to a future of autonomous cars. Follow MSN Autos on Facebook
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Investigators trying to determine why a 790-foot cargo ship stalled and sank in the howling winds of Hurricane Joaquin will be searching for a brightly colored device bolted to the deck and pinging away in the blackness and pressure of the 15,000-foot-deep sea. Authorities say the El Faro's voyage data recorder, similar to the "black box" on an aircraft, would provide a wealth of data on what befell the ship and the 33 people aboard in the hours before it is believed to have gone down. The ship itself has not yet been located. Recovering the recorder at such depths could be challenging. Assuming the device can be located, the National Transportation Safety Board will work with the Coast Guard, Navy and other agencies to devise a way to bring it up, likely using a robotic, remote-controlled submersible capable of diving great depths. "We want to find every bit of information that we possibly can," NTSB vice chair Bella Dinh-Zarr said. "We will be here as long as it takes." The El Faro lost power and went down in 15,000 feet of water east of the Bahamas last Thursday while attempting to outrun Hurricane Joaquin on its regular route from Jacksonville, Florida, to Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard and ship owner Tote Maritime have said. The captain reported the ship was listing and taking on water through an open hatch. Then transmissions ceased. An intensive search over tens of thousands of square miles of ocean turned up one unidentified body in a survival suit as well as large amounts of debris, including a heavily damaged life boat but no sign of survivors. The Coast Guard announced it was suspending the search at dusk Wednesday. "Any decision to suspend a search is painful," said Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor. "They did all they could." Hope was fading among family members that survivors might be found. "The ship went down. And there's no questioning the outcome of that. The ship has gone down, took everybody with it. There's really no speculation to be made," said Mary Shevory, mother of crew member Mariette Wright. Among the questions that have been raised: What caused the ship to lose power? Did pressure to deliver the cargo on time play a role in the captain and company's decision to press ahead? Was the ship's advanced age more than 40 years old a factor? And was the mechanical trouble caused by work that was being done in the engine room at the time? The recorder, required for all large ships since 2002, would contain radio communications, command discussions on the bridge, the ship's speed and heading, wind speed and radar readings. Generally the recorders retain information from the 12 hours before they enter the water. The ship, which was soon to be replaced on its Caribbean route to begin work in Alaska, left Jacksonville on Sept. 29 with 28 U.S. crew members and five Polish workers aboard. The Poles were doing preparatory work in the engine room for the El Faro's scheduled retrofitting in the coming weeks, according to Tote executives. Joaquin quickly developed from a tropical storm to a powerful hurricane, but Tote officials say the ship's captain, Michael Davidson, had an acceptable plan to bypass the storm that would have worked, had the ship not lost power amid 140-mph winds and 50-foot waves. The NTSB said a key part of the investigation is learning how to prevent similar tragedies. Family members say they hope so, too. "I am hoping other companies will take a good look at when they're going to ship out," said Shevory, the crew member's mother. "And not do it with a storm coming that can potentially become a hurricane. Which of course, it did." ___ Anderson reported from Miami. Associated Press writer Jason Dearen in Gainesville, Florida, contributed to this report.
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German exports plunged in August by their largest amount since the height of the global financial crisis and imports also fell sharply. As David Pollard reports, it's the latest sign that Europe's largest economy is feeling the pain from a slowdown in emerging markets.
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Traffic after the holidays tend to be pretty awful. But China may have just turned every driver's worst nightmare into reality as hundreds of millions of people headed home at the end of a Golden Week, a week-long national holiday. Thousands of motorists found themselves stranded on Tuesday in what looks from above like a 50-lane parking lot on the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway, one of the country's busiest roads. Some are dubbing the traffic jam a " carpocalypse ," while others are calling it " carmageddon ." Though foggy weather may have played a role, the real culprit is a new checkpoint that forces traffic to merge from 50 lanes down to just 20, according to The People's Daily . Traffic was reportedly backed up for hours. China is no stranger to these ridiculous traffic jams, especially on national highways. In 2010, gridlock spanning more than 74 miles on the stretch between the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Beijing left drivers with nowhere to go for a staggering 12 days. That time blame fell on everything from road construction to broken down cars and fender-benders. People played cards to pass the time while nearby vendors took the opportunity to sell food and water at premium prices . "If you said 'no' or complained about the price they threaten to break your [wind]shields," one driver told the Inner Mongolia Morning Post . In 2012, the government's decision to grant free road travel during the same national holiday turned 24 motorways in 16 provinces into a massive parking lot with more than 85 million people stuck in their cars.
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With the rate technology has improved over the past few decades, it's become all too easy to complain about the most minor flaws in otherwise miraculous innovations. In a famous interview with Conan O'Brien , comedian Louis C.K. once lambasted the fact that we take for granted the fact that we can get Internet on a plane at all , but with all due respect, it bears asking: Why does the Wi-Fi on commercial and public transportation remain terrible or virtually nonexistent? YouTube: Louis CK - about airplane Wi-Fi European airline Lufthansa seeks to put that question to bed, with the announcement that the company will begin offering broadband Internet on short-haul and domestic flights starting summer 2016. Not to be outdone, Virgin America , who pride themselves on being the only airline to offer Wi-Fi on all their flights, also recently unveiled plans to bring in-flight streaming to Netflix subscribers on select aircrafts. A shift in transportation is clearly happening, and those who can't upgrade will be left behind. Reliable wireless Internet is coming to a plane, a train, or a bus near you and it's about time. Right now, there are nine major airlines that offer Wi-Fi. The most predominant service on these airlines is Gogo , a company which specializes in in-flight Internet. But Gogo, according to almost anyone you're likely to talk to, is terrible. It relies on cell towers to provide only the spottiest of connections for travelers. "For years, customer perceptions that Gogo is basically Comcast at 35,000 feet didn't hurt the company's bottom line," writes Bloomberg 's Sam Grobart. That's because Gogo got there first, so up till this point they haven't had to get better. This has also allowed the company to vary its prices at outrageous rates, depending on where you're going, when you're going there, and how many people are going with you. But Gogo, according to almost anyone you're likely to talk to, is terrible. It relies on cell towers to provide only the spottiest of connections for travelers. "The practice is like the surge pricing used by Uber," states Grobart. "It may make perfect logical sense varying the price of a scarce resource according to demand but it hardly wins the hearts and minds of noneconomists. More to the point, people who use Uber usually have options: a yellow taxi, the subway, walking. If you're on a Delta or American flight, it's Gogo or no go." Fortunately, there are two companies, ViaSat and Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), which are currently threatening Gogo's stranglehold on in-flight Wi-Fi, with service that works faster and costs less, thanks to their reliance on satellites over cell towers. Gogo plans on expanding its business to include satellites, too, though whether this effort is too little too late remains to be seen. However, the need for in-flight Wi-Fi improvement may seem questionable, depending on what kind of travel experience you are looking for; after all, 90 percent of U.S. flyers rarely or never purchase inflight Wi-Fi. But it's important to remember that part of the reason more people haven't been interested in logging on is because the service has been so bad. Between Gogo or nothing, plenty of people will surely choose nothing. But if ViaSat and GEE can finally get it up to speed, this could soon change. The real key, however, to the future of in-flight Wi-Fi isn't going to be options, it's going to be accessibility. And that can only mean one thing: Internet Wi-Fi will have to be free. Fortune 's Kevin Fitchard notes , "Smaller airlines look at in-flight Internet as a differentiating service, the same way they might treat checked-bag fees. … JetBlue cuts a check to its provider ViaSat for all of the bandwidth its passengers consume." It's no surprise then, that JetBlue claims more than 40 percent of passengers connect to their free Internet. Looking at the JetBlue model, free Wi-Fi might sound like a perk. But if companies like JetBlue continue to increase their usage numbers, it's going to feel more like a necessity and other airlines will be forced to take note. It's already happening: Much like Virgin's Netflix deal, JetBlue has partnered with Amazon Prime to provide streaming to its subscribers. Keep in mind that there are already well-known hacks to get free Wi-Fi on your next flight meaning that the demand is already there, even if businesses haven't quite caught up. The real key, however, to the future of in-flight Wi-Fi isn't going to be options, it's going to be accessibility. And that can only mean one thing: Internet Wi-Fi will have to be free. And as airlines dip their toes into the Wi-Fi pool, other forms of transportation are experimenting with free Wi-Fi access as well. More transit stations and trains are rolling out Wi-Fi across America and beta versions of Wi-Fi buses began test runs last year in London . With basic Internet access increasingly considered a necessity of daily life as a critical human rights issue the need to connect anywhere at anytime is becoming the norm. Metropolises like Los Angeles ' are unveiling plans for city-wide Wi-Fi, while New York wants to rehab its unused phone booths by making them into hotspots. Aside from keeping up with the 21st century Joneses, there are other reasons to integrate Wi-Fi with mass transit. Staying connected can help make people safer, giving them an opportunity to call or message for help if a precarious situation arises. People who work from their phone or laptop would be able to worry less about dropped signals in the case of traveling through a tunnel or a location with poor service coverage. And there's also the chance that improving Wi-Fi on public transportation will encourage people to use their cars less , thereby helping cities go greener. There are always reasons to stay off the Internet, but as we move closer toward a wired future, the airline and public transportation industries need to start catching up. As Louis C.K. pointed out, getting Wi-Fi in the sky might not make us happier. But in a world where the options are Gogo or nothing, something else is at least worth a try. Chris Osterndorf is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared on Mic, Salon, xoJane, the Week, and more. When he's not writing, he enjoys making movies with friends. He lives in Los Angeles. Photo via danaspiegel /Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0)
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Not that we needed an excuse to spend more time snuggling with our cats, but now it's a scientifically proven fact that extra cuddle time is beneficial to a cat's health. A recent study published in the journal Preventative Veterinary Medicine suggests that cats who are pet more frequently are healthier-and the longer you snuggle, the greater the health benefits. The study involved 96 shelter cats. Half of the cats had positive interactions with the same person for 10 minutes at a time, four times a day, for 10 days. The other half was subjected to the super-cruel act (in our opinion) of a researcher standing in front of the cage with their eyes averted (as in, the opposite of cuddles) for the same duration of time. Fun fact: the group that interacted with the cats was allowed to pet, brush, and play, a process that the researchers called "gentling." The results were surprising-the group that interacted with the researchers maintained their happy dispositions over the course of the study and were less likely to get sick. On the other hand, the fuzzy felines that didn't receive any love were less content and more likely to be sick at the end of the study. Seventeen of the 49 cats in the group that didn't receive positive interaction developed upper respiratory disorders, whereas only 9 of the 47 cats in the gentling group developed breathing problems. The study ultimately found that the cats' contentment stimulates the production of an antibody which helped them fight off upper respiratory disorders. That may seem super-specific, but the researchers disagree-Professor Clive J.C. Phillips of the University of Queensland said, "We have learned that the domestic cat is very responsive to good treatment by humans." So if you want your beloved furball to be happier and healthier, a little more "gentling" every day might just do the trick. Follow us on Facebook.
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Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Wednesday that Marshawn Lynch remains day-to-day with a hamstring issue. Are the Seahawks in trouble against the Bengals?
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Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox Let's just get this out of the way now no human has ever stepped foot on Mars. But it seems some viewers of Ridley Scott's new film "The Martian" were confused and thought it was based on a true story. Here are some examples gathered by Daily Mail and BuzzFeed : Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/651764453650923521 Just found out The Martian isn't based on a true story, honestly pretty disappointed Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/650019894189121536 Asking if the Martian was a true story, not one of my finer moments 😁 Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/646528331127619584 Sometimes I'm smart, and sometimes I google "is the martian based on a true story". For the record it is definitely not. Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/650056085735272448 Overheard two people talking at Panera about how THE MARTIAN was "based on a true story." Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/650022541617184768 Heard a girl say to her boyfriend on the way out of The Martian 'was that true story?' I couldn't believe he didn't dump her on the spot! Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/650245599254614016 At 2:46am - "what do you mean no one has been to Mars? You mean, The Martian isn't based on a true story?" - @lucyliz Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/650537227341197312 kelley o'hara, a stanford graduate, thought the martian movie was based off of a true story Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/650418873599197184 so my friend and i were talking about the Martian and she was like "it's based on a true story right?" and i was like ...yeah,, what the fu Now, yes, there's a lot of real science used in "The Martian," from showcasing actual technology that NASA uses to the story about NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory having come into existence after Caltech students set their dorm on fire . But Astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) stranded on Mars is fiction. NOW WATCH: Six Flags just unveiled their insane new 4D-coaster
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Sepp Blatter is done, out of office as FIFA president and in all likelihood out of the game for good. Forget about the 90-day term of the suspension levied upon him by the FIFA Ethics Committee, there is no path now for soccer's self-styled godfather other than scrambling to keep himself out of the reach of various international legal authorities. And so the clean-up must finally begin, a task so great and imposing that it begs the question of whether it might not be better just to rip up the whole sorry edifice of FIFA and start again. While such an approach would seem to have utopian merit, in reality what soccer needs is reform, not a rebuild. FIFA has operated with a multitude of flaws for far too long, even before Blatter's reign began in 1998. Yet the fault was not with its system, but with the corrupt hands that tainted it and some byzantine regulations that failed to hold those in charge to account. The fact that it was FIFA's own ethics committee, including member who have been chummy with Blatter for so long, who took action to force his exit, shows that those in the now-shaky corridors of power finally realize that if the game isn't up, it has certainly changed. Sports, politics and especially sports politics, will always attract those hungry for power, self-interest, prestige and ego-stroking. That's just the way it is. When those people become dangerous is if they are enabled or encouraged by a working environment that allows malfeasance to be the norm. For the most part, FIFA's delegates are not people of power, they are people of fear. They are like leeches seeking to draw strength from others. They gravitate to the biggest, toughest kid in the playground and seek to ride on his or her coattails. Now, the biggest kid is gone, suspended and possibly bound for the kind of detention that earns more than a ticking off from your parents. There is a new beast to fear. It is the law and it is being imposed in several countries, following the worthy example of the United States and its Justice Department. Those who were only ever in it for the kickbacks, will soon fade into the shadows, slipping away quietly and hoping no one notices. FIFA became awful because of Blatter and his cronies, because of the deal-making and alleged disregard for anything resembling fairness or transparency. That FIFA took the step of cutting those odious tentacles itself suggests the road to reform might actually be easier than most people think. That's not because we should believe the delegated of FIFA are stand-up guys, but because they're not brave enough to do anything shady without a protective arm around them.
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Add Sir Nick Faldo to the list of people who hammered the proverbial nail into Tiger Woods' major-contending coffin. In an interview with OmniSport, the 58-year-old television analyst said it was "really, really unlikely" that Woods could win another major. "For 20 years he played incredible golf," Faldo said , himself a six-time major champ. "In the last five years everything has changed." NEWSLETTERS: Sign up to get the latest golf news in your inbox Woods underwent his second microdisectomy in September after a season plagued by injuries, missed cuts and WDs. He announced that he would return to the PGA Tour well ahead of the 2016 Masters, but at last check-in, was still not swinging a club. His best finish in 2015 was at the Wyndham Championship, where he showed flashes of his old self but finished T10. The 14-time major winner last won on Tour in 2013, and took home his last major title at the 2008 U.S. Open. Faldo said the caliber and youth of today's golfers are too much for Woods to handle; he will be 40 in December. He maintained Woods' greatness though, saying that superstars Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth would likely not reach the level of dominance Tiger once did.
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Bill Gates always wanted a tablet. Back in 2001 when the first real tablet PC running Windows emerged, Gates was bullish in an interview with CNN: "Within five years I predict it will be the most popular form of PC sold in America," he said. Apple's iPad won the tablet popularity race nearly 10 years later, but it hasn't become the most popular form of PC yet. Gates saw the value of a convertible tablet complete with a keyboard and a pen 15 years ago, but it's not Apple that's leading the industry forward with the idea of a modern tablet. It's Microsoft. We've seen some weird and wonderful two-in-one tablets over the years, thanks largely to Windows 8, but it seems the industry as a whole is settling on a combination of detachable keyboard, tablet, and some type of kickstand or adjustable hinge. Microsoft's Surface Book is a fresh take on the laptop, but Google, Apple, HP, Dell, and others all seem to be taking a lot of inspiration from the Surface Pro 3. Microsoft has created a trend Apple revealed its iPad Pro recently, and it has a stylus, a removable keyboard, and a large 12-inch display. Lenovo launched its Ideapad Miix 700 and it's practically identical to the Surface Pro 3 with an adjustable kickstand and a keyboard cover that magnetically snaps onto the screen. HP and Dell both have efforts that are clearly Suface-inspired, and Google even has its own attempt with the Android-powered Pixel C . They might all have subtle differences, but the idea is the same: It's a laptop with a detachable keyboard. Just like Apple didn't invent the tablet, Microsoft hasn't invented the two-in-one. What it has given the industry is some real innovation to catch up to. Apple missed that consumers were attaching keyboards to its iPad tablet, but Microsoft took advantage and saw an opportunity. Now everyone else is following in its footsteps, but Microsoft is already way ahead .
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Photos from around the world highlight the past week, from a tragedy in Oregon to a crazy moustache in Austria, a floating market in India and more. Winston, Ore. A girl prays during a vigil held in honor of the victims of the Oct. 1 fatal shooting at Umpqua Community College on Oct. 3. Roissy, France A shirtless Xavier Broseta, Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Labour Relations at Air France, is evacuated by security after employees interrupted a meeting with representatives staff at the Air France headquarters building in Roissy, near Paris, on Oct. 5. Effingham, SC Jackie Lee surveys the flooding to his property on Roundtree Road along the Lynches River near Effingham, SC, on Oct. 6. Pittsburgh Pedro Strop of the Chicago Cubs celebrates defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the National League Wild Card game at PNC Park on Oct. 7, in Pittsburgh. Isle of Palms, SC A man makes his way through floodwaters in the parking lot of The Citadel Beach Club on Oct. 5. Bethlehem, West Bank Relatives of 13-year-old Palestinian Abdel Rahman Abdullah, who was shot dead by the Israeli army, mourn over his body during his funeral at the Aida refugee camp near the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Oct. 6. Kabul, Afghanistan An Afghan National Army officer takes part in a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Center on Oct. 7. Presevo, Serbia A migrants girl waits to register with the police at a refugee center in the southern Serbian town of Presevo, on Oct. 7. Hebron, West Bank A youth uses a slingshot to pelt stones at Israeli security forces during clashes near an Israeli checkpoint on Oct. 6. Castine, Maine Maine Maritime Academy students attend a vigil of hope for the missing crew members of the U.S. container ship El Faro on Oct. 6. Lesbos, Greece Two Syrian refugees carry an elderly woman off a dinghy as they arrive from the Turkish coast on Oct. 6. Decatur, Ala. Students in a lineman class hold their positions atop poles during a climbing session at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala., on Oct. 6. Dublin A deer family enjoys the autumn sunlight at Phoenix Park on Oct. 3. Dubai, United Arab Emirates Officials arrive for the launch of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives project at the Emirates Towers on Oct. 4. London A toddler sits on the winner of the giant pumpkin category during the Royal Horticultural Society's London Harvest Festival Show on Oct. 6. Rio de Janeiro Competitors take part in the International BMX Cycling Challenge at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games BMX cycling track on Oct. 4. Leogang, Austria A contestant of the World Beard And Mustache Championships 2015 poses for a picture on Oct. 3. Bucharest, Romania A pedestrian exits a subway station as a homeless man sleeps covered in cardboard packaging, outside the main railway station in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 7. New York City A swan is carried down the nave during the 31st annual Feast of St. Francis and Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Oct. 4. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia A BASE jumper leaps from the 984-feet-high (300 meters) Kuala Lumpur Tower during the International Tower Jump on a hazy day on Oct. 2. Albuquerque, NM An attendee touches the outside of an inflating hot air balloon during the 2015 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, NM, on Oct. 7. Yangon, Myanmar Women buy fruits from a roadside vendor on Oct. 6. Altona, Australia A horse walks through shallow waters during a track work session at Altona Beach on Oct. 5. Havana Youths attend a Capoeira lesson on the streets on Oct. 5. Karachi, Pakistan A worker takes a break while working at a coal depot on Oct. 6. Kashmir, India A flower vendor rows his boat at the floating vegetable market on Dal Lake on Oct. 6. Kubu Raya Regency, Indonesia An orangutan, which was kept as a pet and later confiscated by government officials, covers itself with a sack while waiting to be transferred to an orangutan center on Oct. 6. Dover, Del. Carl Edwards practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on Oct. 3. Phnom Penh, Cambodia People wear house models during a march held on World Habitat Day in central Phnom Penh on Oct. 5, 2015. Beijing Window washers use cables to lower themselves from a skyscraper on Oct. 6. Mato Grosso, Brazil An aerial shot of a deforested patch of the Amazon forest, cleared for soybean cultivation, on Oct. 4. Baltimore New York Yankees' second baseman Rob Refsnyder dives for a shallow fly ball during a game against Baltimore Orioles on Oct. 3. Cilegon, Indonesia A soldier sprays water onto the face of his colleague face before the rehearsal for a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of Indonesia's military on Oct. 3. Paris Models present creations by Italian designer Giambattista Valli as part of his Spring/Summer 2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for Moncler Gamme Rouge during Fashion Week in Paris, on Oct. 7. Newmarket, England A yearling and its groom cast a shadow during the Tattersalls auction sales in Newmarket, England on Oct. 06.
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Reese Witherspoon, Ariana Grande and more celebs who rescue animals We love seeing pictures of celebrities with their pets. The only thing that makes them more adorable and sweet is when we know that the animals were adopted. From cuddly pups to oh-so-cute kittens and even horses, stars like Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Victoria Beckham showed their softer sides when rescued animals captured their hearts. Let's check out Hollywood's rescued animals, starting with Reese Witherspoon's four-legged pal she brought home in October 2015. "Drum roll please!!!! Introducing the newest member to our family #LouAnn !! #bullterrier #madlyinlove 💗💕💗💕💗 (just look at that face *sigh*)," she captioned the Instagram post . Keep clicking to check out more celebs and their adopted pets. In October 2015, Ariana Grande covered adoption fees at a rescue foundation in Tulsa, Okla. before deciding to take home her own little guy. She shared a video of him on Instagram, with the caption, "It's a tiny handsome angel boy #Strauss!! welcome to the family my sweet (wait why'd he wink tho...... y'all see that?!??? is he comin for toulousey goose?!) you will be loved, spoiled, and will definitely not be without company. Love to my new friends at @arftulsa.💜💜💜💜💜," she said. Dwayne Johnson shared a photo of his new French Bulldogs Brutus and Hobbs he adopted in September 2015. Sadly, later that month Brutus died after eating a poisonous mushroom. As if the Beckham family couldn't get any more lovable, the clan adopted a new dog. "Meet Olive Beckham x our new baby x 💜💛💚️ x vb," Victoria Beckham shared this photo on Instagram in September 2015. Drew Barrymore, who has a long history of bringing four-legged friends into her family -- she insists that one even saved her life once -- brought home her latest, Lucy, in November 2013 while pregnant with her second daughter , Frankie. "Babies and puppies, there is no more blissful thing," she's said. When Taylor Swift adopted her kitten, the songstress introduced her to the world on June 18, 2014, with a picture on Instagram captioned, "Meet Olivia Benson." The lucky feline was named after actress Mariska Hargitay's iconic "Law and Order: SVU" character and joins Taylor's other cat , Dr. Meredith Grey. Before finding love (and a family ) with actor Jason Sudeikis, Olivia Wilde counted on her rescue, Paco, to offer companionship. "Is it sad that my dog is essentially the man in my life?" she queried to People magazine in 2011. The lucky mutt was adopted by the actress through Much Love Animal Rescue after being found in the back of a U-Haul with his five siblings. He's now living a charmed life. "Ever since I mentioned that he was my 'boyfriend' he gets way more swag than I ever have. I mean, truckloads arrive at the house for him!" Oprah Winfrey is the ideal foster mommy! She's adopted a number of dogs over the years, but currently owns four pups: cocker spaniel Sadie, from PAWS Chicago; golden retrievers Layla and Luke; and springer spaniels Sunny and Lauren, who she brought home when they were 14 weeks old. Reportedly, all of her dogs are fed by a special chef and have their own nannies. Oprah has said that she will leave $30 million for her dogs in a trust fund so they'll be taken care of after she dies. Wowza! Staunch animal rescue advocates, actress Kaley Cuoco and husband Ryan Sweeting , already had a full house with three adopted pit bulls -- Norma, Shirley and Loretta. But when "The Big Bang Theory" actress met Ruby while filming a shoot for E! News they made room for one more. "This one starred in our @enews segment and I couldn't get her off my mind," Kaley wrote on Instagram when introducing her fans to her latest furry friend. "Welcome to the family miss Ruby!!!" Actress Amanda Seyfried and her rescue pup are happily inseparable. "My dog, Finn, is my best friend," she told Dogchannel.com when she joined Best Friends Animal Society's "Save Them All" campaign. "I honestly can't remember what life was like before he came into mine." Amanda has even set her photogenic pooch up with his own social media accounts, and Finn boasts over 13,000 followers on Twitter. Before his first child with girlfriend Lauren Silverman, Eric, arrived on Valentine's Day, Simon Cowell adopted two little cairn terriers . He introduced the puppies on his Twitter page saying, "Two new arrivals … Any suggestions for names?" He eventually called the pups Squiddly and Diddly after his favorite 1960s cartoon about a musical squid. Miley Cyrus adopted rough collie Emu Coyne Cyrus this summer. It was the first canine the singer brought home since her beloved pup Floyd passed away . "We had a very special memorial service for Floyd and I felt my angel Floydy give Emu his blessing," she wrote on Instagram, before getting tattoos in her late dog's honor . Emu joins Miley's four other adopted pups: Happy, a rottweiler beagle mix, who she found left in a box outside of a Wal-Mart; Mary Jane, a Boston terrier mix, who she brought home two weeks after she rescued Happy; and Bean, a Chihuahua mix. With an adopted menagerie that includes two German shepherds, two horses and a rat, as well as a cat she recently brought home with boyfriend Ian Somerhalder, it's a good thing that Nikki Reed has the space and means to look after the four-legged friends she is so passionate about. "I'm animal obsessed," she told People in 2014. "I basically have a farm in my house ... My mom and I built a guest house on my property so that my mom could help me fostering animals." Beyond her personal rescue hotel, the actress recently partnered with Gilt and Found My Animal to design a limited edition collar and leash to benefit the ASPCA. A self-professed "cat man," Ian Somerhalder opened his home and his heart to Nietzsche, a pregnant stray that he rescued from traffic near the "Vampire Diaries" stages in Atlanta. Besides the growing brood of rescues shared with his girlfriend Nikki Reed (a horse, two cats and counting), the actor has gone so far as to launch an animal sanctuary through his Ian Somerhalder Foundation . "I literally wake up and there's fur everywhere," he told People in 2010. "It's so awesome." Hilary Swank elevates animal rescue to an art form . The two-time Oscar winner co-hosted and executive produced "The Great American Dog-A-Thon," a two-hour dog rescue special that aired on Thanksgiving Day in 2014. With three rescues of her own -- Kai, Rumi, and Karoo -- the last of which was brought back from the set of a film the actress was working on in South Africa, Hilary's pet mantra is a simple one: "Animals just make my life so much richer," she told People in 2010. "It wouldn't be the same without my dogs." Lena Dunham rescued her dog from the BARC shelter in Brooklyn in January 2013, hours before walking the red carpet at the "Girls" season 2 premiere. She confessed in the New Yorker in a piece she wrote titled "A Box of Puppies" that she'd adopted the dog though her boyfriend , Jack Antonoff, was allergic. "I imagine how much better everything would be with a dog. Walks to get the paper or a bagel," she wrote. "I promise everyone I won't do it. I tell my boyfriend, 'We have our whole lives for dogs ... If you told me he was Marie Antoinette's breed of choice I'd believe you: a golden sausage with the most human eyes I've ever seen on a non-human. Lamby will be his name, like some French kid's favorite soft toy." Dog-lover Tori Spelling is a huge advocate of the Much Love Animal Rescue Group and has adopted a few dogs from them, including Ferris and Chiquita. "Just a boy and his bear... #FurBabyMoment #Ferris," she posted on Instagram on along with this photo on May 14, 2014. Back in January 2014 she adopted another cute little black puppy with her kids Liam, Finn, Stella and Hattie in tow.
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Sometimes an automaker brings a canceled car back to much success. The Chevrolet Camaro, for example, was killed off in 2002, but after an eight year break, Chevrolet brought it back. Likewise, Dodge brought back both the Challenger and the Charger after an extended hiatus. Not every attempt to bring a car back from the cancelation graveyard is a roaring success like the Camaro and the Challenger, though. Some cars just shouldn't have been brought back at all. Here are seven of them that should never have made a comeback. Follow MSN Autos on Facebook Ford Taurus When the first generation Ford Taurus debuted, it was a major step forward for the brand. Enthusiasts might not have been happy about the switch to front-wheel drive, but the styling was a significant improvement over the car it replaced the LTD. Compared to the Ford LTD, the Taurus was more attractive, but it was also efficient and surprisingly competitive. Unsurprisingly, it was also a huge success. Sadly, by the end of the Taurus' run, years of neglect meant it was no longer the stylish, well-built sedan that initially impressed buyers. The car the Taurus name made its return on, though, was a disappointment. The Taurus also jumped up a class since the Fusion was already doing well in the mid-size segment. Ford improved the Taurus with a redesign, but it never managed to reclaim the sales success that Ford saw with the first three generations. Related Link: Research the Ford Taurus Chevrolet Malibu SS When the Chevrolet Malibu made its return for 1997, it had turned into a fairly forgettable, front-wheel drive sedan. It was disappointing for people with fond memories of earlier Malibus, but the car has stayed in production since then and has sold fairly well, so you can't necessarily call reviving the name a mistake. What was a mistake, though, was Chevrolet's brief attempt at bringing back the Malibu SS in 2006. It wasn't the worst car ever made, but the 240 horsepower Malibu SS and Malibu Maxx SS were far from inspiring and weren't worthy of the SS badge. At least the Malibu Maxx was quirky enough to be interesting, though. Related Link: Research the Chevrolet Malibu Mercury Cougar Following the initial success of the Mustang, Ford created a Mercury version called the Cougar. It became the performance face of Mercury. Over the years, Mercury moved the Cougar away from its pony car roots and made it more of a luxury car. By the time it was cancelled, it was a shadow of its former self and needed to be put out of its misery. For 1998, though, Mercury took another shot at the Cougar and brought it back as a successor to the Ford Probe. Unfortunately, it was front-wheel drive and didn't deliver the level of performance that you would expect from the Mercury Cougar. Ford's new design language didn't exactly do the Cougar any favors either. Read More: 100 Ugliest Cars of All Time Pontiac GTO Originally an options package for the Pontiac Tempest, the GTO proved popular enough to earn its own model designation in 1966. It also ignited the muscle car wars between the other American automakers. Today, it's still remembered as perhaps the greatest muscle car ever made. Sadly, like many of the cars on this list, by the end of its original run, its development had been neglected to the point that it wasn't worth keeping around any longer. For 2004, though, Pontiac decided it was time to bring back the GTO name. Instead of being used on a distinct model worthy of such a name, it was revived to give a name to the imported Holden Monaro. The car itself was solid, but it was expensive, and the styling was too conservative for the revival of a legendary muscle car name like "GTO." Follow MSN Autos on Facebook Ford Thunderbird In response to the Chevrolet Corvette, Ford introduced the Thunderbird in 1955. It wasn't intended as a direct competitor, though, and was less sporty and more luxurious. It's also credited as the first personal luxury car. A back seat was later added to increase its appeal, but overall, the Thunderbird was a success. Instead of letting it go after 1997, Ford decided to bring back the Thunderbird as a 2002 model with retro styling. It was interesting for the first year or so and got a lot of attention, but after that, sales dropped off drastically. Even though it was a fairly comfortable and competent cruiser, the retro styling of the Thunderbird left it with limited appeal, and it was finally cancelled in 2005. Related Link: Research Ford's Latest Models Maybach 57 As a brand, Maybach has a long history of building large, luxurious cars for the wealthy. Before World War II, its cars were well regarded and desirable. In 1960, the brand was purchased by Daimler-Benz and mostly sat dormant. When BMW bought Rolls-Royce, though, Daimler decided to bring back the Maybach brand. The result was the Maybach 57 and the long wheelbase version, the Maybach 62. Despite having a long options list and features that should have made it competitive with Rolls-Royce and Bentley, the new Maybach was still too closely related to the Mercedes S-Class. Sales were slow, even by ultra-luxury sedan standards, and in 2013, Daimler gave up on keeping Maybach as a separate brand. Read More: Is Mercedes-Benz prepping a super-luxe Maybach SUV? Lincoln Zephyr A long time ago, back when Lincoln was actually a competitive, respected luxury car manufacturer, it introduced a sub-brand called Lincoln-Zephyr that offered smaller, less expensive vehicles. For Lincoln, it was a huge success, but the sub-brand was merged into Lincoln after a few years. For 2006, Ford decided that instead of continuing to develop the LS, it would rebadge a Fusion and call it a day. The resulting vehicle was called the Lincoln Zephyr. Unlike the LS, there was never much to differentiate the Zephyr from the Fusion or make it competitive in the near-luxury segment. The car still lives on as the MKZ and is much improved, but for such a half-hearted attempt at a car, there wasn't much reason to revive the Zephyr name. Related Link: Research Lincoln's Latest Models
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If you've ever been to the salon and the first thing out of the stylist's mouth is, "Wow, you don't have much hair," then you're probably aware that your locks are on the less, ahem, ample side of the spectrum. Chances are, even if you have found some tricks that help thicken up its appearance , you've experienced some of these annoying thin hair dilemmas at one point or another. 1. Sunburns on your scalp. While your friends merely apply it to their bodies and faces, you load up all over - otherwise, you can expect that familiar burning sensation. 2. The merits of dry shampoo evade your grasp. Everyone you know is obsessed with dry shampoo, but meanwhile, your hair just feels stringy and flat whenever you use it. 3. Humidity is actually your friend. For thicker-haired ladies, humidity can turn your hair into a massive mess of frizz. For you, it expands your locks a little and gives them more volume. Dry weather, on the other hand, leads to static that turns your hair into a plasma globe. 4. Pathetically small ponytails. Super tiny topknots, itsy bitsy braids - all your hairstyles tend to be borderline invisible. 5. Speaking of which, accomplishing Pinterest hairstyles is just a pipe dream. Every time another friend of yours shares one of those "10 Braids You Need to Try!" roundups, you just roll your eyes, knowing you and your five strands of hair will never be able to achieve a triple fishtail braid bun. 6. People saying "your hair isn't thin!" ...Until they touch it and realize, yup, it sure is. 7. Any layered hairstyle you try just looks like a stringy mullet. "It'll add body," your hairstylist says. You nod, cringing as all the precious hair you have worked so hard to grow is falling to the floor. 8. Your hair gets greasy after literally 24 hours, sometimes even sooner. This is why you cannot help but scoff whenever you see an article about going shampoo-free. The mere idea of you not shampooing your hair for a week is enough to send you into a grease-fueled frenzy. 9. Your friends ask if you've ever tried volumizing products. Of cours,e I've tried volumizing products, you think. I've literally tried everything. 10. That "messy hair" look just doesn't work on you. Attempting bedhead hair makes your head look like the site of an oil slick. 11. You go through conditioner and shampoo way slower than anyone else. Of course, the money you save on cleansing products goes into all the volumizing mousses and root boosters you try. 12. It can't hold a single style besides its natural one. If it's straight, it stays straight no matter what - no amount of spray can keep a curl in place. 13. Cowlicks make you look bald. If any piece gets out of place, you suddenly have an empty gap. 14. A slight breeze can ruin everything. That delightful gust of fall wind gives you a ridiculous amount of flyaways and tangles. And even though it took just a few seconds to happen, your hair now needs another 10 minutes of fix-up time. 15. Your hair dries in about five minutes. Okay, this one is actually something your thicker-haired friends are jealous of. 16. All hair ties are too big. Your friends with thick hair whine about their hair ties breaking, but meanwhile, you're just like: Love this? Follow @goodhousekeeping on Instagram for more daily.
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NEW YORK (AP) The end is near for Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy, his foray into crime fiction. King's "End of Watch" will be published next June, Scribner announced Thursday. The novel is the third, after "Mr. Mercedes" and "Finders Keepers," to feature retired police detective Bill Hodges. "End of Watch" will feature another recurring character, Mercedes killer Brady Hartsfield, and his extraordinary powers even as he lies in a vegetative state. According to Scribner, "End of Watch" will bring the series to a "sublimely terrifying conclusion," as King combines crime fiction with the supernatural.
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Cats are famously impossible to corral. Those furry little narcissists have their own agenda and care little about your wants and needs. And perhaps no one is more intimately familiar with their stubborn independence than cat photographer Walter Chandoha. "Cats are their own people and they'll do what they darn well please," says Chandoha in his new book, Walter Chandoha: The Cat Photographer (Aperture, 2015). Chandoha, 95, has spent the majority of his life behind the lens, and it was early in his career when he discovered he had a knack for capturing animals. Although the New Jersey native has photographed dogs, fowls, and horses, cats have always been the fan favorite. That, Chandoha says, is because cats are nature's divas. "Cats are just naturally expressive and they get into such a variety of situations," he says. For 40 years, Chandoha's cat photos with their signature backlighting have appeared in advertisements (for pet food, shoes, and even women's lingerie), magazines (from National Geographic to LIFE ), and more than 30 books. But it takes an expert hand, not to mention limitless patience, to get the perfect shot. Chandoha attributes his success to his wife, Maria, who has long acted as the animal handler and charmer. "It's not a one-person job," he says. Nor is it a quick one. For his photos, Chandoha used a small upstairs bedroom in his family's suburban New Jersey home as his studio. There, Chandoha would situate himself on his knees, his camera at the ready, while the cats were placed on a table or a box. Then, Maria would get to work holding and cajoling the cats; entertaining them with toys; petting them until they relaxed in spite of the glaring lights. With his window of opportunity revealed, Chandoha would give his wife the okay to pull her hands away, then photograph madly while the cats were in pose. He'd run through a zoo of animal noises and tap the hood of his camera to try to capture the Holy Grail of cat portraiture eye contact. "If one cat would be looking out this way and another looking somewhere completely different, that's no good," he says. "The eye contact has to be just right." The best shots may come by chance, but Chandoha's work manages to herd the impossible, adorably capturing cats in photographs that transcend time and trends.
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Walt Disney's ( DIS ) vast catalog continues to fuel box office magic. The entertainment giant's Walt Disney Studios on Thursday announced it has raked in $4 billion at the global box office this year. It marks the third consecutive year Disney reached the threshold. Its 2009 acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, at a steep $4 billion, continues to produce hits, despite fears that the film market is oversaturated with superheroes. "Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Marvel's Ant-Man" grossed $1.4 billion and $410 million worldwide, respectively. The Pixar animated film "Inside Out" recently passed $800 million globally. Disney still has two highly-anticipated releases slated for this year in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "The Good Dinosaur." The studio also outlined release dates for other sequels and originals, including: -- "Cars 3" (June 2017) -- "Coco" (November 2017) -- "Black Panther" (February 2018) -- "Toy Story 4" (June 2018) Disney shares were trading slightly higher Thursday afternoon.
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Morgan Stanley cut its price target on camera maker GoPro. The FMHR traders discuss whether the company is still a growth story. Jon Najarian is checking out Ambarella.
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Unfortunately, sometimes children must be forced into confined spaces: subway cars, buses, elevators. All of these are potential scenes of epic public meltdowns, but prolonged air travel is the Big One, the one that strikes fear in the hearts of everyone involved. Plane travel with a child, as caretaker or bystander, is at best stressful, and at worst involves bouts of weeping and acute tinnitus. Which is why, I suspect, the story of a woman who comforted a stranger's infant on a flight to Atlanta went viral last week. The infant's mother, Rebekka Garvison, was traveling to visit her husband, a serviceman stationed in Alabama. When her daughter Rylee wouldn't stop crying, her seatmate Nyfesha Miller, a mother of three, offered to hold the baby. The child was immediately calmed and slept in Ms. Miller's lap for the remainder of the flight. Ms. Miller "kept saying it wasn't a problem at all and it was actually a comforting feeling for her. She even carried [the baby] off the plane and held her so I could get the stroller and carseat put back together," Ms. Garvison wrote in a lengthy account she posted on Facebook along with two photos of the event. "You could've just rolled your eyes and been irritated like everyone else, but you took her and held her the entire flight and let me get some rest and peace of mind. It brought tears to my eyes while I sat there and watched you and Rylee sleeping next to me. I just couldn't believe how that ended up working out and how caring you were to us," Ms. Garvison wrote before going on to thank her savior with multiple exclamation points and emoji. As it spread, it picked up headlines proclaiming that the simple act of kindness would "restore your faith in humanity!" But it also raises the question: Are we really all such jerks at 36,000 feet that this qualifies as news? I should admit two things: One, that before I had a child, I wrote an open letter to children on planes and referred to them as "minions of Satan" in a 2009 blog post, so I can relate to my ear-budded brethren across the aisle who may not be as naturally gracious as Nyfesha Miller. And two, if I had been sitting next to Ms. Miller and she had asked if she could try to console my child, I probably would have said no. When you're already run ragged, a sincere offer to help can sound a lot like passive-aggressive judgment of your parenting skills. So it is also to Ms. Garvison's credit that she was able to put her pride aside and accept the support. Both of them are examples to aspire to. But most of us aren't there yet. "People do prefer not to sit next to babies," says Sivan Shilo, 29, who was a flight attendant for El Al for three years. "But whenever I was asked by a passenger to switch their seat, I always said, 'I would love to help you, but why don't you wait and see if the baby sleeps after takeoff?' That always worked, and they never asked again, so I think the intolerance of children is a misconception, and a very common one." Still, do an Internet search for any variation on " crying child airplane " and you will find accounts of midair brawls, grown men slapping toddlers and mothers forced off planes because of noise complaints. You will also find numerous articles urging the childless to remember that kids are neurologically underdeveloped, or instructing parents on how they may best avoid the humiliation of being "those people" with the inconsolable hell spawn. As a result, many people traveling with children take for granted the fact that they are universally loathed. "I avoid eye contact, assuming people dislike me already for bringing kids on a plane," says Amy Steinhauser, 40, of Grosse Pointe, Mich. "So maybe I am getting the side-eye, but I wouldn't even know." Bajir Cannon, 36, of Brooklyn says: "Now that I'm a parent, when I see another child suffering a tantrum, I'm mostly grateful. I imagine all the other passengers thinking to themselves: 'If only that screaming kid's parents were better at raising a kid. You know, more like that guy with the 3-year-old daughter who is only crying at a reasonable volume.' " But the paranoia isn't all irrational. "My husband takes our older son to sit in the bathroom when he has tantrums," says Ani Kame'enui, 36, of Silver Spring, Md., who regularly travels with her two toddlers. Shalayne Mayfield, 32, of Sonora, Tex., once had a woman make an obscene gesture after her almost 2-year-old "scream-cried" through a flight. "I was mortified that I couldn't console her," Ms. Mayfield says. While there are many online petitions urging airlines to offer child-free flights, the right to bring children on planes is not something that will likely change anytime soon. So we all have to do more to make the skies we fly friendlier to passengers of all ages. I'm not arguing for group lullabies or Benadryl cocktails, but do I insist on believing that once we reach cruising altitude, our hearts and minds don't have to be quite as cramped as our legs, or as hopelessly disconnected as our beloved 4G networks. After all, everyone wants to reach their destination with as little turbulence, and as few tears, as possible. Follow our fashion and lifestyle coverage on any of these accounts: Styles on Facebook , Modern Love on Facebook , Styles , Fashion and Vows on Twitter and Fashion on Instagram . And sign up here to receive our NYT Living newsletter, a roundup of lifestyle news from the Style section and across the Times delivered to your inbox twice a week.
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If you're the proud companion of a four-legged friend , you understand the pain of finding pet hair everywhere clothes, furniture, shoes, carpet. The struggle is real. While there's not much you can do to stop your dog or cat from shedding, there are methods for getting this particular pet peeve under control. Try a few of these easy techniques to help solve this hairy problem. RUB-A-DUB-DUB Ditch the lint roller! While its sticky sheets are handy for a last-minute clothing cleanup, it's no match for this genius and inexpensive solution. Pull on a pair of rubber gloves and run your hands over your carpets, furniture, or clothes to gather up pet hair. The rubber creates a static charge that will attract your pet's shedded fur like a magnet. When you're done, simply dip your hands into a bowl of water. The hairs will release from the gloves and float to the surface. If you choose to rinse off in a full sink instead, just be sure to skim the hairs off the top and discard them in a waste bin before releasing the stopper otherwise, the next item on your to-do list will be unclogging the drain. SQUEEGEE CLEAN A surprisingly simple method for gathering up pet hair relies on a humble window-washing product you probably already keep in supply: the squeegee. Drag a squeegee over your surfaces and watch as the rubber blade loosens and attracts hair that's hiding deep in the fibers of your fabrics. (A short-handled squeegee is ideal for upholstery, while a longer-handled model will work wonders on carpets and floors.) This approach may be a bit time-consuming, but it's well worth the effort to get rid of fur once and for all or at least for a while. DRYER CHEAT Sometimes the best cleaning solutions are hiding in plain sight this time, specifically stacked neatly on an appliance in the laundry room. A dryer sheet's softener coating can help break the static bond that causes pet hair to cling to surfaces. Dampen and toss a sheet into the dryer with your clothes, blankets, or slipcovers for 10 minutes, and it will loosen the clinging hairs so they can become trapped in the lint screen. Then finish by running the load through the wash with a dollop of fabric softener to ensure that your items emerge fur-free.You can also use these laundry necessities to wipe down and pick up hair on furniture, floors, and draperies. A word of caution: Dryer sheets may leave behind a shiny residue on some fabrics and upholstery, so rub one on an inconspicuous spot before you tackle the whole piece to make sure that you won't leave unsightly stains.
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It was 57 years ago on the dance floor in Pharr, Texas when Ana Maria and Domingo first laid eyes on each other. According to their family members, it was love at first sight. Although Domingo had been known as quite the ladies man, his granddaughter, Krystal Chavez, says it was Ana Maria who stole his heart that night. In no time at all, the couple fell madly in love with each other and were married in 1960. From then on, no matter what life threw their way-eight children, working on a farm together, traveling across the country-they took on every challenge together and, most importantly, kept on dancing. "My grandpa, he twirled with her...they just love dancing," Krystal told 11 Alive . "And they loved each other." And when things got tough, they continued to support each other. In 2006, Ana Maria was diagnosed with dementia. Domingo's diagnosis came shortly after. Though Ana Maria and Domingo fought hard to hold on for as long as they could, they both took a turn for the worse late last month. Knowing that the end might be near, the Chavez family pushed their beds together and the couple began holding hands, while resting on a heart-shaped pillow. Not long after, Ana Maria died while tightly holding onto Domingo. "He got sad. You could tell he was very, very sad," the couple's oldest son, Freddie, said about Domingo. Just a few hours after his beloved wife left him, Domingo passed away. While the family is still grieving the loss, they are happy to have learned so much about unconditional love from the couple. They take comfort knowing that Ana Maria and Domingo are now together again doing what they always loved to do: dancing. "They don't suffer anymore and I know they're in heaven right now looking down," Freddie says. "Just dancing away in the streets of gold." (H/T: 11 Alive )
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NEW YORK Sometimes "liking" something just isn't enough. And sometimes typing out a thoughtful comment about how you feel about someone's Facebook post isn't an option. To fill that gap, Facebook is introducing Reactions. Instead of the "dislike" button many Facebook users have been clamoring for, the Menlo Park, California-based social network is testing out buttons that represent the emotions of love, yay, ha ha, wow, angry and sad. Chris Cox, Facebook's chief product officer, says in a post that the new buttons address the spirit of the request for a "dislike" button, but in a broader way. Facebook is testing Reactions in Ireland and Spain starting Thursday, with the hope of eventually rolling them out globally soon.
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Fourteen-year-old Israeli model Sofia Mechetner sparks debate over whether modelling under the age of eighteen is too much too young. Edward Baran reports.
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8 Ways to Get Over Him Besides Hitting "Unfollow" Serious conversation Sure, breaking up is hard to do, but putting yourself back together? Way harder. Honestly, how are you supposed to move on with your life when it's so easy to keep tabs on his? (Thanks for nothing, Zuckerberg.) Undeterred, we've collected some tried-and-true tips for moving on in the Instagram age. If these don't work...just, um, put your phone in the garbage disposal. Running When you're all out of tears, it's time to sweat. There's nothing like a brisk run to get you out of that post-breakup malaise! Put together a playlist of life-affirming tracks ("Confident" by Demi Lovato , anyone?) and run anywhere except past your ex's home. Screaming After a breakup, it's normal to feel angry. You can't yell at him for breaking your heart, so go to a concert and screlt (scream + belt) out all the lyrics you know by heart! Go to a spin class and whoop along with the instructor! Or, if all else fails, just let out a primal scream inside your car. Everyone will think it's just traffic rage. Cleaning Even if you don't go full Martha, taking time to purge your closet, pantry, or junk drawer can be soothing after a breakup. Tossing all those street-fair dongles you bought together can help you clear some space in your life for new love! Talking Hearing yourself speak out loudly about moving on can really expedite the process. We're big fans of therapy; sometimes having an outside opinion can help clarify things in the wake of heartbreak. Plus, who doesn't love talking about herself?! Casting Spells Post-breakup is a time of reinvention, so maybe the new you is a witch? Burn some sage, flip some tarot cards, and contact the great beyond to see what's up. At the very least, watch The Craft and buy yourself a Diptyque candle. Singing Sometimes the best way to get over a guy is to sing about how terrible he was. Put your rhyming skills to the test and pen an eviscerating ballad that would make Taylor proud but unless you've got Taylor's chops, maybe don't perform it at your mutual friend's next party? Dogsitting You know what they say: Dog is sad girl's best friend. You won't give your breakup a second thought when you're snuggle-wuggling a puppy-wuppy! If your friend won't let you borrow hers, try volunteering at a local animal shelter. (No, you may not steal your ex's dog.) 'Gramming Flaunt your new fabulous single life on social media with lots of gorgeous pictures even if they've all been taken before you started crying uncontrollably. There's a reason people say, "Fake it till you make it" and you're going to be just fine!
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The head of the French Football Federation said Michel Platini is "the man of the situation" and remained a candidate to the FIFA presidency after the European soccer boss was suspended.
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In testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, US counterterrorism chief Nick Rasmussen said IS had overtaken al Qaeda as leader among global violent extremist movements and that the organization had access to a large pool of potential recruits in Western countries. The organization has been known to take to social media to attract further recruits. He added counterterrorism experts still regarded the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) also as a big threat due to its interest in attacking the United States and airplanes. US aware of many extremist threats Also giving testimony before the committee, FBI Director James Comey said US investigators were aware of many US-based Islamic militant suspects. Comey said investigators had followed "dozens and dozens of people around the United States 24/7" during the summer and had managed to "disrupt" them. Comey added that Islamic State recruits from the United States were becoming younger with more women and girls seeking to join the militant group. He also highlighted that the militants were now using encrypted communications to escape detection. Refugees and security threats Comey said the US government had improved its methods in screening refugees from foreign countries to ensure they would not pose terrorism threats or other risks to the United States, but he added that there always were risks associated with welcoming migrants from a country experiencing strife. Still, Comey said, the United States had "developed an effective way to touch all our databases" and gather information about the individuals. US President Barack Obama's administration announced last month that it would increase the number of worldwide migrants it intended to take in over the next two years. That number would include many refugees from war-torn Syria, where the self-declared "Islamic State" (IS) militant group has claimed roughly half of the country's territory. ss/sms (AP, Reuters)
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In a moment of peak whiteness, professional Twitter troll Piers Morgan responded to Campaign Zero activist DeRay Mckesson's tweet of his signature "I love my blackness. And yours" by saying that he loved his whiteness. Peak. Whiteness. I love my whiteness and your blackness. > RT @deray I love my blackness. And yours. Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 8, 2015 Amusing how racist #BlackTwitter can be whilst abusing someone for being racist who's not being racist. Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 8, 2015 Black Twitter's clap-back to the British media personality's initial tweet and his subsequent disingenuous and inflammatory replies was swift. If I ever met an alien, I'd have many questions. Among them: "Have you come across any isolated meteors on which we can place Piers Morgan?" Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) October 8, 2015 Piers Morgan: "I love my whiteness & your blackness" Me: pic.twitter.com/l6FsYkGq7C BlaQ Bruce Banner (@Pundit_AcadEMIC) October 8, 2015 The only time I see Piers Morgan trending is when he trolls black people. It's like he needs us to sustain his career or something. Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) October 8, 2015 The problem here isn't that anyone, of any race or ethnicity, shouldn't love him- or herself. The issue is that loving one's blackness is not solely about loving one's skin color. It is pushback against the pathologizing of black people, black communities and black culture. It's saying that despite this country's record of killing, subjugating and disenfranchising us and appropriating our culture, we love our blackness and the many ways that it can manifest and be expressed. We love its textures, complexity, brilliance and beauty. Lucille Clifton wrote , "Celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed." That is celebrating blackness in the United States. Celebrating whiteness in the United States? It means you are celebrating privilege. You are celebrating the history of white oppression, imperialism, racism and supremacy. It's not celebrating the lack of melanin; it's a celebration of lack of accountability. Morgan and any other white person, for that matter can love themselves all they want, but loving "whiteness" is loving a structure that has terrorized people of color since this country's and Morgan's country's inception. If that's how he feels, fine. But in the words of the famous philosopher Silkk the Shocker, "You ain't gotta lie to kick it."
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Don't just assume you know. From Pap smears to blood pressure tests , you know your body needs routine screenings to stay in tip-top shape. Turns out, the same thing is true for your mind. October 8 is the 25th annual National Depression Screening Day , part of an initiative launched by the Screening for Mental Health Organization. The campaign's hope is to raise awareness about how prevalent depression can be one in eight American women will struggle with clinical depression in her lifetime, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness . Beyond spreading the word, the point of National Depression Screening Day is to smash the stigma surrounding the disease, which is often misunderstood. Read on to learn the truth about depression (and visit nami.org to find support if you think you may have depression). Myth: There's Only One Type of Depression Truth: When people mention depression, chances are they're talking about what's known as major depressive disorder, which is also sometimes called clinical depression. "Just like with anxiety, there are different types of depression from a diagnostic level," says Matthew Goldfine , Ph.D., a clinical psychologist in New York and New Jersey. Another kind of depression is persistent depressive disorder, or dysthymia. About 1.5 percent of American adults experience it a year, compared to the 6.7 percent who go through major depressive disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. "Dysthymia is similar to depression but with less intense symptoms," says Goldfine. It usually occurs for a longer period of time than clinical depression, like two or three years. Clinical depression can hang around for as little as two weeks, although it often lasts for longer than that. There are other varieties beyond clinical depression and dysthymia, like bipolar disorder , postpartum depression , and seasonal affective disorder . Myth: Depression Means You're Sad Truth: People may think depression is just a case of the blues, but its symptoms are wide-ranging and can manifest themselves physically. Common ones are feeling sad, empty, or hopeless, feeling like you can't get out of bed, completely losing your appetite, and sleeping too much or too little. "Another one is psychomotor agitation, which is feeling like you can't sit still or psychomotor reduction, which is when it seems like you're living in slow motion," says Goldfine. Excessive fatigue and anhedonia, a.k.a when you no longer enjoy things you used to find pleasurable, also make the list. Dysthymia's symptoms are more like, for two years, you're just down in the dumps. Your appetite and sleeping schedule may change but probably not in an excessive way. "It's having a chronic depressed mood for most of the day, more days than not," says Goldfine. Myth: Doctors Know What Causes Depression Truth: Experts haven't fully sussed out why some people's brains fall prey to depression. The most popular medications for the illness provide some clues, says Goldfine. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) increase the amount of the feel-good neurotransmitter serotonin in your system. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) reduce the enzyme monoamine oxidase because it limits your levels of serotonin and other happy-making brain chemicals. "We've realized that if you increase or decrease certain chemicals, people tend to be in a better mood," says Goldfine. "As for how it works or why it works, we're still figuring that out." Myth: Antidepressants Are the Easy Answer Truth: If only. "Some lucky people can take their first medication and feel better, but for others, it's not that simple," says Goldfine. There can be a lot of trial and error involved in finding the right medicine, so if you or someone you love is getting help for depression, it may take some doctor-approved experimentation before things get markedly better. Myth: People Are Always Depressed for a Reason Truth: Going through something like a death in the family or losing your job can land you in a depressed state, but depression doesn't always need a definitive source. "It can be caused for no clear reason, especially if you have a genetic predisposition," says Goldfine. At the same time, things like getting a divorce or going through a natural disaster can cause depressive symptoms without you actually being depressed. "It's partly about your ability to bounce back," says Goldfine, who notes there aren't hard and fast rules about how long you have to experience symptoms before being clinically depressed. "If your friends and family are saying you've been feeling this way for a long time, that can be a good gauge that it's out of proportion," says Goldfine. So can the severity of the symptoms. You may be down for a while after you lose your job, but if you feel okay sometimes and not other times rather than relentlessly feeling empty, that's a sign you're coping well. Myth: It's Obvious When People Are Depressed Truth: Some people have absolutely no poker face, and you'd be able to tell in an instant that something's not right, especially if you're close to them. Others are such pros at hiding it, it's almost like they're putting on a mask. "If you're that person, you're able to compartmentalize depression and your work or family life," says Goldfine. So much of depression is an interior struggle rather than one that bubbles up to the surface, so it's easy for some people to cover up how they're truly feeling. Myth: Depressed People Can Snap Out of It Truth: "I saw a comic about how we react to someone differently when they're depressed and when they have something like the flu," says Goldfine. "With the flu, people say, 'Stay home, take medicine,' but with depression, some people say to just snap out of it." There's this pervasive idea that someone can be happy or feel better if they try hard enough, but it's way more complicated than that. While things like exercise can potentially change a depressed person's mood for a bit, there's no one-size-fits-all easy fix that every depressed person can try for instant results, says Goldfine. More from MSN 10 Ways to Cultivate Good Gut Bacteria and Reduce Depression Natural Cures for Depression, Stress and Bad Mood
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The Gerald Green Experience is more whirlwind than comforting breeze. Two games into the preseason, the Miami Heat have now experienced the storm, which is why it would be unwise to discount the team's bench in any game. Through three periods of Wednesday's 100-97 exhibition loss to the Orlando Magic in Louisville, Green was scoreless, had attempted just one shot, with the Heat down 74-66. And then percolation, and certainly not decaf. A Green 17-foot jumper with 10:01 to play. A Green 3-pointer with 9:19 left. Another Green 3-pointer with 8:51 to go. Eight points in 70 seconds. And then a Green 3-point play with 7:09 left. Heat within three, on the way to tying it. Eleven points, his only scoring of the game, in fewer than three minutes. Less than two minutes later he would check out for the night, because a team carrying the NBA preseason limit of 20 players can ride a hot hand for only so long. For Green, it was a matter of getting in sync with the game. And, oddly, it meant slowing down, as he continues to strive for NBA revalidation after signing for the league minimum this offseason. "My teammates did a great job of calming me down," he said. "Once I get an opportunity, I just try to make something happen." It happened Wednesday, the type of eruption the Heat lacked last season in all those games when scoring droughts led to the lottery. "Offense comes easy for me," the 29-year-old swingman said. "I know if I go down and lock my defense down, nine times out of 10 we're going to win." For Green, that ultimately could be the key to consistent playing time. While the Heat have featured a complete five-man second unit in the first two exhibitions, such an approach is less likely during the regular season, when the minutes will go up for Dwyane Wade, Luol Deng and Goran Dragic. To retain his minutes, it likely will require Green to be more of a two-way player than he has shown in recent years. So for all he accomplished during his three minutes of Wednesday scoring fury, there also was disappointment for allowing Magic wing Evan Fournier to break clear for a 3-pointer of his own during that stretch. That's what will be on Green's mind when the Heat return Friday to the practice court at AmericanAirlines Arena in preparation for Monday's resumption of the preseason schedule Monday against the visiting San Antonio Spurs. "I know my role is to have energy on both ends of the floor," Green said. "I'm really focusing on defense, that's what I'm really trying to focus on. Scoring is easy for me. I'm not really worried about scoring. "It's the defense that I'm trying to work my best at. I know that's the only way we can become a better team, if I'm a better defender." Cleanup time Wednesday's 20 turnovers left coach Erik Spoelstra with a clear lesson plan for when camp resumes. "I think that's something we'll be able to correct, with more practice time, with more time together, more game time," he said, with six exhibitions remaining on the Heat's preseason schedule. "Because when we weren't turning it over, there were some very good things that we saw offensively." Wade said the uneven play almost is to be expected. "We're trying to learn a new offense with new guys," he said. "Preseason is about learning, so you need mistakes to learn from, and we've got a lot of 'em. We got a lot of things that our coaches are going to earn their check with." For Spoelstra, that means a fine line between adding more and sharpening what already is in place. "We'll have to continue to install, but continue to work on the collaboration," he said. "Everybody knows in that locker room we've got to tighten that up." For now, time is on their side, with the regular-season opener not until Oct. 28 against the visiting Charlotte Hornets. "Turnovers is our weakness," forward Chris Bosh said. "And I'm glad that we have eight games. It's a blessing. "So we have plenty of time to look back at the film, see where we're making our mistakes and continue to really polish our game and make sure both the first and second groups are running our offense and defense correctly." [email protected]. Follow him at twitter.com/iraheatbeat or facebook.com/ira.winderman
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It's one of the best debates in the NFL right now: Would you rather have Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers as your quarterback? You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone to debate the assertion that Brady and Rodgers aren't the two best quarterbacks in the NFL, but when you start talking about which one is the best, that's where the debate really begins. The case for each is obvious. Brady is one of the best winners the NFL has ever seen. Even at age 38, the New England Patriots quarterback continues to dazzle with his play and leadership. He's always prepared and always has a plan when getting to the line of scrimmage. His accuracy on short to intermediate passes seems to get better with age, and his motivation is unquestioned, despite four Super Bowl wins. Rodgers, meanwhile, is younger and more athletic. The Green Bay Packers quarterback has accuracy on seemingly every throw he has to make, and his ability to move inside and outside of the pocket makes him impossible to game-plan for. His arm is among the best in the league, too. The clear answer, obviously, is that you'd be happy with either. SI.com asked three NFL executives which QB they'd pick to win one game. Brady edged Rodgers, two votes to one. "Even though Rodgers is the best, I'm going with the guy with four rings who just won," an AFC general manager told SI.com. "A year ago, I would have probably picked Rodgers. But after what he did in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl against Seattle? Brady," and NFC personnel director told the website. The one exec taking Rodgers was an NFC general manager, who called Rodgers "unstoppable," applauding him for his play despite injuries within the receiving corps. "Brady's damn good, but Rodgers is in just another league right now," he told SI.com. With the way things are going through four weeks of the season, it won't be entirely surprising to see this debate play out on the field at the Super Bowl.
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There's nothing wrong with an affectionate lap dog, but some dog lovers simply prefer the big, hulking breeds. We compiled a list of the biggest dogs. The 29 Biggest Dog Breeds As Ron Swanson from the television series "Parks and Recreation" once said, "Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless." So for those who side with Ron and favor big dogs to small, spunky terriers and toy breeds (like the Shih Tzu and Japanese Chin), the following massive breeds are for you.But first, in order to quantify which dog breeds truly are the biggest, PetBreeds put together an index that normalized each breed's max average weight and max average height down to a number between zero and 10 (dividing by 100 for weights measured in pounds, and by 10 for heights measured in inches). We then applied a simple 50 percent weight to each of the two categories and combined them to arrive at our "Big Index." Each breed was sorted and ranked by that final number. In the event of a tie, dogs were sorted by their max average weight. Follow us on Twitter. #29. Dogue de Bordeaux Big Index: 2.02 Max Average Weight: 144 pounds Max Average Height: 26 inches Follow us on Twitter. #28. Rottweiler Big Index: 2.025 Max Average Weight: 135 pounds Max Average Height: 27 inches Follow us on Twitter. #27. Caucasian Ovcharka Big Index: 2.05 Max Average Weight: 110 pounds Max Average Height: 30 inches Follow us on Twitter. #26. Akita Big Index: 2.05 Max Average Weight: 130 pounds Max Average Height: 28 inches Follow us on Twitter. #25. Kuvasz Big Index: 2.075 Max Average Weight: 115 pounds Max Average Height: 30 inches Follow us on Twitter. #24. Karakachan Big Index: 2.105 Max Average Weight: 121 pounds Max Average Height: 30 inches Follow us on Twitter. #23. Tamaskan Husky Big Index: 2.125 Max Average Weight: 95 pounds Max Average Height: 33 inches Follow us on Twitter. #22. Scottish Deerhound Big Index: 2.15 Max Average Weight: 110 pounds Max Average Height: 32 inches Follow us on Twitter. #21. Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Big Index: 2.15 Max Average Weight: 140 pounds Max Average Height: 29 inches Follow us on Twitter. #20. Komondor Big Index: 2.16 Max Average Weight: 132 pounds Max Average Height: 30 inches #19. Great Pyrenees Big Index: 2.2 Max Average Weight: 120 pounds Max Average Height: 32 inches #18. Shiloh Shepherd Dog Big Index: 2.16 Max Average Weight: 140 pounds Max Average Height: 30 inches #17. Newfoundland Big Index: 2.2 Max Average Weight: 150 pounds Max Average Height: 29 inches #16. Black Russian Terrier Big Index: 2.225 Max Average Weight: 145 pounds Max Average Height: 30 inches #15. Landseer Big Index: 2.3 Max Average Weight: 150 pounds Max Average Height: 31 inches #14. Tibetan Mastiff Big Index: 2.3 Max Average Weight: 160 pounds Max Average Height: 30 inches #13. Neapolitan Mastiff Big Index: 2.32 Max Average Weight: 154 pounds Max Average Height: 31 inches #12. Anatolian Shepherd Big Index: 2.35 Max Average Weight: 150 pounds Max Average Height: 32 inches #11. Boerboel Big Index: 2.39 Max Average Weight: 198 pounds Max Average Height: 28 inches #10. Akbash Dog Big Index: 2.4 Max Average Weight: 140 pounds Max Average Height: 34 inches #9. Fila Brasileiro Big Index: 2.4 Max Average Weight: 180 pounds Max Average Height: 30 inches #8. Central Asian Ovtcharka Big Index: 2.42 Max Average Weight: 174 pounds Max Average Height: 31 inches #7. Leonberger Big Index: 2.425 Max Average Weight: 165 pounds Max Average Height: 32 inches #6. Irish Wolfhound Big Index: 2.65 Max Average Weight: 180 pounds Max Average Height: 35 inches #5. Great Dane Big Index: 2.65 Max Average Weight: 180 pounds Max Average Height: 35 inches #4. Mastiff Big Index: 2.75 Max Average Weight: 190 pounds Max Average Height: 36 inches #3. Saint Bernard Big Index: 2.75 Max Average Weight: 200 pounds Max Average Height: 35 inches #2. Spanish Mastiff Big Index: 2.85 Max Average Weight: 220 pounds Max Average Height: 35 inches #1. Pakistani Mastiff Big Index: 3.09 Max Average Weight: 198 pounds Max Average Height: 42 inches
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Making good on a long-delayed threat that was reiterated last week by Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey went to court Thursday to seize 87 publicly owned beach parcels to be used for a protective dune system that a South Jersey shore town and its residents bitterly oppose. The state attorney general's office and the Department of Environmental Protection acted less than a week after Christie called Margate "among the most selfish people in the state of New Jersey" for refusing to allow the dunes to be built. The town, just south of Atlantic City, says its wooden bulkheads are sufficient to protect against ocean flooding, and that most of the damage from Superstorm Sandy in 2012 came from the bay on the other side of town. In order for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' dune project to begin, 10 private lots still need to be acquired in Margate, which are not part of Thursday's court action. "As evidenced in the damage from last week's nor'easter and from Superstorm Sandy, all of our beaches along the Jersey Shore require maximum protection from storm surges," DEP Commissioner Bob Martin said. "The refusal of remaining holdouts along the New Jersey coastline to provide easements has forced us to seek condemnation of portions of their properties so we don't further delay these critical Army Corps projects that will protect lives and property." Martin said Margate's refusal to allow the dune project endangers not only its own residents, but those to the north and south as well. "We are very disappointed that the elected officials in Margate are forcing the state to protect their own citizens through the courts, as well as the citizens of Longport and Ventnor," he said. "We will continue to be very aggressive in using eminent domain as a tool to obtain the easements we need from those who continue to delay our efforts to safeguard our coast." Margate Business Administrator Richard Deaney said the state offered only $29,000 for the land, which was rejected. "We've always been ready to negotiate with them, not just about the money, which is all they seem to want to talk about, but about what we consider to be an arbitrary, one-size-fits-all project," he said. "We want to negotiate this and not just fight in court." Shortly after Sandy devastated the coast three years ago, Christie vowed to build dunes along the state's entire 127-mile coastline. But property owners in several towns fought back, with some saying they did not want to lose ocean views, while others object to giving up a portion of their private property for a public purpose. Some oceanfront property owners in Bay Head, where the greatest number of holdouts remain (123), have paid to place huge boulders under the sand at their own expense. Private beach clubs in Toms River and Point Pleasant Beach are also holding out, with the popular Jenkinson's Boardwalk suing in federal court to block the work, as Margate did as well. The state has secured more than 90 percent of the 4,279 easements needed for the project. But 366 easements, held by 239 property owners, remain to be acquired. "We appreciate that many property owners mindful of the ravages of Superstorm Sandy have unselfishly donated easements for the greater good, but some continue to hold out," said Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman. "Our message is that we remain committed to acquiring all of the easements we need as expeditiously as possible." ___ Wayne Parry can be reached at http://twitter.com/WayneParryAC
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A number of cruise missiles launched from a Russian ship and aimed at targets in Syria have crashed in Iran, two U.S. officials told CNN Thursday.
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Italy's intelligence service helped concoct a false story about a rescue of hostages by security forces to hide a ransom payment, according to a leaked spy agency document. The payment was made for the release of Bruno Pelizzari, an Italian, and South African Debbie Calitz, who were taken by Somali pirates in 2010 and released in 2012. The document marked "secret" says the Italian intelligence agency AISE paid a ransom of $525,000 (£346,000). "To conceal the payment of the ransom, AISE, SNSA (Somalia's national security agency) and the hostages agreed to inform the media and public that the release of the hostages was the result of a successful rescue operation by the Somali security forces." Related: Spies, lies and fantasies: leaked cables lift lid on work of intelligence agencies The document highlights the contradictions in the international response to kidnapping. Both the US and UK governments refuse to pay ransoms, but other European countries have a more ambiguous approach, routinely making payments while publicly denying it. The Italian government response to the case of Pelizzari and Calitz reflects the confusion and obfuscation. Instead of acknowledging that a ransom had been paid or simply refusing to comment, it deliberately sought to mislead. David Cameron at a Nato summit last year reminded members, who include Italy, of their commitment not to pay ransoms . The document revealing the Italian subterfuge is part of the spy cables cache obtained by the al-Jazeera investigative unit and shared with the Guardian. Some of the cache, which includes documents from intelligence agencies around the world, was published earlier this year and included disclosures about divisions in Israel over the Iranian nuclear programme and the targeting of the head of Greenpeace international . An al-Jazeera documentary about hostage-taking, based on the spy cables, is being shown for the first time in London on Thursday evening. The document dealing with the kidnapping of Calitz and Pelizzari, dated 6 July, is marked "secret" and was written by a South African intelligence officer responsible for the Horn of Africa. Pelizzari and Calitz had been sailing in the Indian Ocean when they were seized by the pirates and held in unknown locations in Somalia. On their release, they were flown by private jet to Rome on 22 June 2012, where they were met by Italian officials and a representative of the South African government. The document says "... the hostages were instructed by the Italian officials not to disclose that a ransom was paid but to rather inform the media that the TFG [transitional federal government] of Somalia rescued them". Related: Spy cables: Greenpeace head targeted by intelligence agencies before Seoul G20 The news agency Agence France-Presse, among others, reported at the time : "Somali authorities last Thursday said the pair were freed in an overnight joint raid by security forces and the army from 'al-Qaida-affiliated' insurgents, with South Africa saying Italy was also involved." The New York Times reported in July that al-Qaida and its affiliates had taken in at least $125m in revenue from kidnappings since 2008, of which $66m was paid just last year. A spokesman for Italy's foreign ministry said he could not comment on this specific case but said that Italy's position on hostages was unchanged. He pointed to comments that have repeatedly been made in parliament in which ministers have denied that Italy pays ransom in exchange for the release of hostages. This is not the first time questions have been raised about Italy's adherence to that policy. The Guardian reported in January that two Italian aid workers Greta Ramelli and Vanessa Marzullo who were being held as hostages by Syria's largest al-Qaida group were released following the payment of a multimillion dollar ransom to the al-Nusra Front. The differing approach by governments is an emotive issue. A study by the New York Times showed that of 23 foreigners held in Syria by Islamic State, a majority were freed after payments were made, but those from the US and the UK were killed or are still being held. Barack Obama partially relaxed White House policy in June , holding to the line that the US government will not pay ransoms but making it clear that families that wanted to do so would not face prosecution. The move was criticised by Mark Mitchell, who until January 2015 was the US president's director of counter-terrorism at the White House. Additional reporting by Stephanie Kirchgaessner
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ESPN's Jessica Mendoza on Thursday got a chance to address being the target of a sexist social media rant, and it is no surprise that she took the high road. In an interview with Good Morning America, Mendoza was asked about Atlanta radio host Mike Bell saying some incredibly inappropriate things about her and bashing ESPN for allowing her to work as an analyst for an MLB playoff game. She claims she never read the specific tweet that got everyone buzzing. "Just before I was going to click on (the tweet) I thought, you know, why?" Mendoza explained. "Why even give it the attention? I didn't even open it, so I have actually yet to read it." We're not going to run the sexist tweet again, but those of you who haven't seen it can see that one and more of Bell's idiotic comments here . On Wednesday, 92.9 The Game in Atlanta suspended Bell for three days. Bell also issued an apology , which Mendoza said she accepts. "I accept his apology. To me it was really about the fact that he attacked me because I'm a woman," she said. "Being able to call these baseball games yes, I'm a female, but I want it to get to the point where we think about what I'm saying and doing and not so much about the sex that I am." Mendoza is the first woman to work as an analyst during an MLB playoff game, and anyone who watched the broadcast can tell you she is incredibly knowledgeable about the game and does a lot of homework. Mendoza sounded natural in the role and did a fantastic job.
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Kim Kardashian received an email from a psychic telling her she's going to have twins.
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Look at the list of potential Republican candidates to be the next speaker of the House and one thing becomes clear: It's male-dominated. The highest ranking Republican woman, Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., is on the list, but not many members will cite her among potential candidates, noting they believe she will not run for the top spot. Asked about the lack of women on the list of speaker candidates, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said he had heard some members were discussing a potential bid by House Administration Chairwoman Candice S. Miller, R-Mich. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., also floated Miller's name as a potential interim speaker. Miller is currently the only Republican woman who chairs a full committee, and she is set to retire at the end of this Congress. As the head of House Administration, she helped shape outgoing Speaker John A. Boehner's legacy in the House , cutting congressional committee spending. But even if Miller is a potential candidate, there would still be a lack of female Republicans for the speaker position. "Part of the difficulty on the Republican side of the aisle: We only have 22 women out of 247," Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., said Thursday afternoon. In other words, there is a much smaller pool of GOP women to become speaker candidates. "Across the board I want more women involved," Wagner said. "We make up 53 percent of the electorate. We are not a coalition. We are the majority. So we need to have more women engaged and involved." So what keeps women from being engaged? Wagner said recruits often have questions about travel time, family concerns and "putting themselves and their families in this big glass bubble that we're all in." Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., said she has heard similar concerns from potential female candidates, and said she herself waited to run for office until she was an "empty nester." "In our conference, I do think we need to have more women so all of us have worked to get more women elected," Comstock said. "We just have to get more numbers. The Democrats have more than we do. And we're trying to get more." Comstock said helping elect more GOP women will take efforts by sitting members supporting female candidates. She pointed to Cole as an example of someone who supported her congressional campaign in 2014. Cole told reporters Thursday afternoon that he believed Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., would be the best candidate for speaker. He said he heard McMorris Rodgers would not run for the post, but said she would be a successful speaker. "The real issue here is, will the same people that wouldn't support Kevin McCarthy be willing to support her, because we still have a 218 problem," Cole said. "And if they are, she would be wonderful." Melanie Zanona contributed to this report. Related: After McCarthy's Stunner, Republicans Who Could Be Speaker (Video)
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Chevron Corp (CVX.N) is cutting staff on its global energy trading desks this week, sources said on Thursday, making it the latest division to face reductions as part of a $3 billion cost-saving plan brought on by low crude oil prices. The Supply and Trading group, based in Houston, but with offices in Singapore, London and San Ramon, California, may be reduced by as much as 10 percent as part of a company-wide job reduction plan, according to two people familiar with the measures. Six other sources said they were aware of the cuts but could not say how deep they might be. While staff cutbacks are now commonplace across the energy industry as companies adjust to oil prices of $50 a barrel, half what they were a year ago, Chevron's moves this week appeared to be some of the largest to affect trading operations. Some companies have sought to protect the trading desks to help navigate choppy markets. The company declined to comment on the scale of the cuts or who was affected but said it was "taking action to reduce internal costs in multiple operating units and the corporate center" because of market conditions. It said in July that it would lay off 1,500 employees globally, about 2 percent of its workforce, with about two-thirds of those in Texas. Chevron's workforce reduction process required some employees to re-apply for their current roles or for newly created streamlined roles, two people said. As the second-largest U.S. energy producer, Chevron runs one of the industry's bigger global trading operations, one with a greater appetite for risk than conservative rival ExxonMobil (XOM.N) - which has long shunned any proprietary dealing. But the desk takes fewer risks than European rivals such as BP (BP.L) and Total (TOTF.PA). The S&T group handles an average of 5 million barrels per day (bpd) of "liquids," essentially crude and oil products, according to its website, equivalent to 8 percent of daily global oil supply. It also trades 6 billion cubic feet a day of natural gas, equal to about 7 percent of U.S. daily supply. One former employee estimated the global crude and oil products desks had an estimated 100 front-line traders, though Chevron declined to break out how many staff worked in the division. (Reporting by Jessica Resnick-Ault, Jonathan Leff, Liz Hampton, Jarrett Renshaw and Marianna Parraga; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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Images and data recently transmitted to NASA by New Horizons reveal that Pluto appears to have blue skies and red-tinged water ice.
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European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker expects the current refugee crisis in Europe to last at least "a few years." "I have no illusion that what we're experiencing now will soon belong to the past," Juncker said in the town of Passau in southern Germany, where he visited a migrant reception center on the border with Austria. "We have to tell people that this is not a temporary situation, but something that we will have to live with for years," he added. New 'Berlin Wall' Juncker stressed that Europe "can manage this" despite the continent's struggle with its biggest migrant influx since World War II. EU countries are split on how to tackle the challenge. While Germany has opted to open its doors to those fleeing war, particularly Syrians, Hungary has built wire fences to keep migrants out. In what seemed to be a reference to the Berlin Wall, Juncker said: "We don't need new walls in Europe and definitely not between EU member states." "Europe had a wall for long enough," he stated. Relationship with Russia Juncker also addressed Europe's attitude toward Russia in his speech. The European Commission chief said Europe needed to improve its relationship with Moscow, stressing that the West had to "treat Russia properly" and address it as an equal. "We must make efforts towards a practical relationship with Russia. It is not sexy but that must be the case, we can't go on like this," he said. Juncker also stressed that Russia had to "make huge advances", adding that its actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine were unacceptable. The EU, along with other Western nations, imposed sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis last year, which began with Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and continued with its supposed support of rebels in the country's east - something Moscow denies doing. Tensions have flared up again recently over Moscow's military action in Syria. Russia began a bombing campaign in Syria last week, radically changing the course of the four-and-a-half-year conflict in the country and providing a massive boost to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Last week US President Barack Obama had accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of acting out of a position of weakness to defend a crumbling, authoritarian ally in the Syrian leader, while labeling Moscow a mere 'regional power' amid the escalating conflict. "I know from my conversations with Putin that he (does not accept) phrases like when Barack Obama said Russia was a regional power. What does that mean? You can't talk about Russia like that," Juncker said.
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A super-PAC trying to draw Vice President Biden into the 2016 presidential race says it will not air an ad that discusses the death of his first wife and daughter. The group Draft Biden says it respects the vice president's wishes and will refrain from running the spot on television. "Nobody has more respect for the Vice President and his family than we do," Josh Alcorn, senior adviser to the group, said in a statement to The Hill. "Obviously, we will honor his wishes." On Wednesday, the group released a 90-second video that recounts the fatal 1972 car accident that claimed the lives of Biden's wife and infant daughter. The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that Biden did not want the ad to air. "The vice president appreciates that they are trying to help," a source close to the vice president said. "But he has seen the ad and thinks the ad treads on sacred ground and hopes they don't run it." The group had reportedly lined up more than $100,000 to promote the spot. Top Democratic strategist David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to President Obama who worked with Biden in the White House, called the ad " tasteless " and "powerful, but exploitative" Wednesday. The video spot, entitled "My Redemption," also features a speech Biden gave weeks before the death of his eldest son, Beau, in May. Biden is currently mulling a presidential run but has questioned whether he has the emotional stamina needed to campaign following the death of his son.
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Kobe Bryant doesn't want to hear you compare him to Michael Jordan . At least not at age 37. In an interview with USA Today's Sam Amick , the Lakers guard shot down any comparisons between Jordan's twilight years and his own, calling their respective paths "much, much different." "This is uncharted territory," he said. "My 37 (years old) isn't MJ's 37 (when he returned after taking two seasons off to play for the Washington Wizards), you know what I mean? Nor is it the same team or the same system that he was playing in. It's much, much different. There's really no barometer, no (precedent) for training physically, for recovery. It's uncharted territory." Jordan returned at age 38 and averaged 21.5 points per game in his two seasons with the Wizards before calling it quits for good in 2003 when he was 40. Bryant, coming off of two seasons mostly lost to injury, passed Jordan on the NBA's all-time scoring list last season and now ranks third behind Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The 2015-2016 season will be Bryant's 20th in the league. No player in NBA history has played more seasons with one team. Send all complaints, compliments, and tips to [email protected] .
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Many of us grew up with the classic View-Master, the bright red toy shaped vaguely like a pair of binoculars that would allow you to look at stereoscopic images by flipping the lever on the side. Of course, that was already a reworking of a much older curiosity . Mattel has updated the product for 2015 by turning it into a $29.99 virtual reality device that's compatible with most modern phones. Your children need VR too, right? Polygon was sent a unit to try out, and after spending a few days with the product I can say with no reservations that the way the hardware delivers VR is ... strange. I may have been skeptical about the pricing of the official content at first the viewer and all three content packs will cost you $75 in total as well as sniffing a bit at VR experiences that may not be as striking as what is available on other portable devices, but my kid loved it. "I'm in Africa!" he shouted happily, looking around. "There's an elephant!" He's enamored with the device, and I think most kids will be, what follows are my criticisms as an adult. The View-Master is stuck between trying to be an inexpensive VR device and aping the physical construction of the classic toy. Everyone understands how apps work on phones, and I would say that if you would consider buying a VR device for a child your kids know how they work as well, but the toy forces you to unlock the content by scanning a physical card with your phone, and then looking at plastic discs that look like the classic image discs of the original toy. While you and I may get a kick out of this throwback to the classic technology, children may be confused about why a phone needs to look at a plastic disc to work. It's needlessly complicated. You can bypass this process by buying each content pack directly without picking up the physical boxes. Then again, the $15 asking price begins to look really steep when there's no physical product to go with it, even if that product is more or less vestigial. This weird case of chasing the future while looking backwards extends to the content itself. The Wildlife package allows you to look at far-off animals and then zoom in on still images or video, but why can't we get closer to the animals themselves? The Destinations pack does a much better job, allowing you to look around 360 degree images of each location while reading interesting facts about what's around you. Oddly enough the $15 content packs rarely compete favorably with what's available on the upcoming $99 Gear VR, but the View-Master hardware is much easier for kids to use and supports nearly every phone on the market. The View-Master also works perfectly as a Google Cardboard device, but be aware that adult heads wearing glasses may not fit into the rubber view piece. Still, the ability to use existing Cardboard applications with your child will go a long way to extending the life of the device, and this technology will likely be impressive to people who are getting their first taste of VR; I'm a hard critic to impress in this regard. This is a toy that wants to straddle the line between the past and the future This is a toy that wants to straddle the line between the past and the future and ends up stumbling a bit at both, but I can't argue with the delight it brought my kids. It's a fun, inviting toy in general, although the hoops you must jump through to unlock the original content can be maddening. It's an odd situation where a company wants to sell a car by modeling after a horse and buggy, but there's something to be said for making people comfortable with new technology by modeling it after something they already know and likely love. As a $30 VR device though? This isn't bad at all, and it's somewhat impressive that we've gone from "VR may happen" to "kids can have a pretty good VR experience of their own." Mattel needs to loosen its grip on physical content, but this is a pretty good first step at VR for kids.
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Greco Bianco (or simply Greco ) is an ancient, light-skinned grape variety thought to have originated in Greece (whence the name) but now grown throughout southern Italy. A tiny amount of Greco is now also grown in Langhorne Creek, South Australia. Because of Greco's long history (at least 2000 years), it is thought to have mutated into many different strains, so it can be difficult to identify the lineage of some vines. Recent DNA profiling has proven that Greco Bianco is one and the same grape as (i.e. genetically identical to) Asprinio, the name the variety goes by in some parts of coastal Campania. Although the name Asprinio is much less widely used, it is not likely to disappear any time soon, particularly as it still has its own DOC title, Aversa Asprinio, which covers both still and sparkling ( spumante ) styles. Armed with excellent acidity and a fresh, clean, grapey flavor profile, Greco wines are best consumed young. They tend to oxidize in bottle relatively quickly (within just a few years of vintage), resulting in nutty, caramelized flavors. The vast majority of the world's Greco Bianco vines are situated in Campania and Calabria. The variety is at its most significant, in terms of both quality and quantity, around the Campanian town of Tufo, where it is made into a dry white Greco di Tufo wine. In Calabria, at the very southern, tip of the Italian Peninsula, the coastal town of Bianco is home to a passito-style wine known as Greco di Bianco. Greco is used for other blended wines from the south. The simple island wines of Capri are predominantly Greco (Falanghina as a common blending partner) while in Puglia, the Gravina Bianco wines are based on a 50% base of Greco Bianco topped up with various proportions of Malvasia Bianca, Fiano, Verdeca and Chardonnay. Synonyms include: Asprinio, Biancame, Greco, Ragusano Bianco. Related grape varieties include: Greco Nero. Food matches include: Europe: Clam pasta ( linguine alla vongole ) (dry); zabaglione (sweet) Americas: Tacos of slow-roasted, marinated suckling-pig ( tacos de cochinita pibil ) Africa/Middle East: Caramel stuffed walnuts (sweet)
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Victor Cruz remains optimistic about playing for the New York Giants in 2015, despite his latest setback. One of the most dynamic receivers in the game until he suffered a ruptured patellar tendon in 2014, Cruz is now dealing with a nagging calf injury that required a PRP (platelet-rich plasma) injection last week. He's out "indefinitely" with this latest setback but still believes he'll be able to play at a high level this year for the Giants. "I'm thoroughly convinced I'll be on the field this year making big plays for my team ," Cruz said, via the team's official Twitter account. In the meantime, the Giants will continue to rely on dynamic second-year receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Rueben Randle for the bulk of their production in the passing game. On that note, it will be interesting to see how opposing defenses treat OBJ in the near future after the receiver was fined for punching Buffalo Bills players in Week 4. For Cruz, the calf injury must be unbelievably frustrating. He was, by all accounts, coming back strong from the devastating knee injury that knocked him out of last season. Thankfully it sounds like he is maintaining a positive outlook during his recovery. And, if he can manage to return to top form then he'll be a welcome addition for the Giants down the home stretch.
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With the peak shopping season approaching, Urban Outfitters (URBN) is asking its employees to pitch in a bit more on the weekends. But there's a catch: they won't get paid for it. In an email obtained by Gawker this week, the Philadelphia-based retailer told salaried employees that it was looking for weekend volunteers to help "pick, pack and prepare packages" for wholesale and direct customers. Urban Outfitters, which operates its namesake brand along with Anthropologie and Free People said it would be a great "team building activity." Employees can sign up throughout the five weekends during the busy month of October. The company will offer transportation and lunch to those willing to show a little team spirit. Urban Outfitters told CNBC it "received a tremendous response" from employees. "Many hourly employees also offered to pitch in an offer which we appreciated, but declined in order to ensure full compliance with all applicable labor laws and regulations," a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement. Earlier this week, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Urban Outfitters agreed to phase out and eventually end on-call shifts in the state starting in November. The company joins retailers Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Gap (GPS) and L Brands (LB)' Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works in agreeing to end on-call shifts, which require workers to be available for shifts that may be canceled with little notice, according to Reuters.
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As the point guard of the Memphis Grizzlies, Mike Conley provides something that is almost always overlooked: game management. It's a trait that's often associated with NFL quarterbacks like the Chiefs' Alex Smith or Seahawks' Russell Wilson. Yet, in many ways, the 27-year old point guard runs the Grizzlies' offense just like a quarterback, making the correct reads to get teammates the ball in favorable positions. In a time when the most popular NBA point guards are fast-paced, flashy and high scoring, Conley still runs his offense in an old-school style. It only makes sense that Conley makes sure to involve his big men as much as possible. The Grizzlies boast one of the best frontcourts in the league. Marc Gasol has emerged as arguably the top center in the game, and Zach Randolph is still extremely productive going into his age-34 season. Conley attentively sets up the Grizzlies' inside-out offense that grinds away at Western Conference defenses every season. It's slow-paced, but effective. Though numbers do not precisely reflect how well Conley runs the offense and makes the correct decisions, they still support him being one of the league's most consistent point guards over the past three seasons. Among point guards with at least 150 games played over the last three years, Conley ranks fifth in win shares (24.9), third in defensive win shares (10.1), second in defensive rating (103), third in steals (373), eighth in player efficiency rating (19.0), fifth in box score plus-minus (3.5) and sixth in value-over-replacement-player (10.2). The NBA saw last season just how important Conley is to the Grizzlies when he was sidelined for three games in the playoffs after he suffered bone fractures near his left eye in the opening series against the Portland Trail Blazers. Offensively, the Grizzlies averaged 104 points per game with a healthy Conley in the lineup for the first three games. With Conley sidelined, the Grizzlies' average plummeted to 92.3 points per game, including a series-opening loss to the Golden State Warriors in the second round. The importance of his lockdown defense on Blazers star Damian Lillard was also apparent as Lillard, who averaged 18 points per game on 35 percent shooting in the games that Conley played, averaged 27 per game on 48 percent shooting in his absence. That influence of Conley's missed time has been a trend over the past two seasons. With Conley in the lineup, the Grizzlies have won 64 percent of their games. Without him, that winning percentage drops to just 54. When the Grizzlies lose their pick-and-roll maestro and one of the best point guard defenders in the league, the team struggles to sustain its prominence as one of the powerhouses of the Western Conference. Conley has never been an All-Star, and may never be one, but his value as a crucial piece on a perennial title-contending team can't be overlooked. On a team that preaches grit and grind, Mike Conley may not be the perfect point guard, but he's the perfect point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Have you ever wondered what is running through your yoga teacher's mind during class? Is she eyeing you up and down, calling out in her head everything that's wrong with your health? What exactly does she know just by looking at you and your practice? And what other intel are instructors privy to? We tapped some of our yoga teacher friends to find out just what they can say about you and your health based on your practice. 1. What Other Sports You Play For example, runners often have tight ankles and struggle with postures that involve sitting on their knees, such as Bikram's Fixed Firm and Child's Pose 2. If You've Had Knee Injuries The signs? You're hesitant to put all your weight on one leg, you struggle with balancing postures, and you're reluctant to straighten your knees. 3. You Might Have A Weak Lower Back If you go off into a corner to start Savasana early while everyone else is doing backbends, you probably consider the area above your sacrum a trouble spot. Pro tip: Teachers say that more back injuries actually occur from forward bends. 4. You're Type A Being overly ambitious and pushing through poses beyond your current ability a telltale sign that you're a Type A personality will likely end up hurting more than helping. But remember: Some of the most beneficial poses aren't necessarily the acrobatic ones. In some traditions, Savasana offers the most benefits to body and mind. 5. You've Had Too Much Caffeine If you're fidgety, falling out of balancing poses, and constantly looking around you, too many cups of morning coffee might be the culprit of your lack of focus. 6. You Are Hung Over If you're extra slow to get into postures, can't keep up with the flow, and are taking frequent breaks, you're likely suffering from a late night out. (The other telltale sign is the smell of booze that oozes from your skin.) 7. You're Having A Bad Day Teachers say that not looking in the studio mirror at all throughout class is a sign that you might be feeling a little down in the dumps. 8. You Need To Poop Wind-removing poses (lying on your back hugging knees to chest) and inversions (shoulder stand and plow) are the most likely triggers for passing gas in class. 9. How Often You Practice Are you eager to hit the mat when you get to the studio? Do you move through postures with ease? Do you geek out about yoga in the lobby after class instead of planning post-yoga drinks? If you answered yes, then you're likely a frequent yogi. 10. You've Got A Big Head If you move too quickly through poses, constantly look in the mirror, and appear to be in competition with the people around you, you might be guilty of being egotistical.
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From the February 2006 issue of Cycle World . What happens when a racecar builder and two motorcycle guys get together on a project? A three-wheeler, of course. This odd-but-cool conveyance is the SUB, built by Jay Brett, Niki Smart and Nick Mynott. All three are top-level designer/fabricators who work in a GM automotive design studio in Southern California and have been involved with several high-profile show cars. They built the SUB partly because they simply wanted to "finish" something."So many of the things we work on are taken from us after initial concept and completed elsewhere, or we get something to finish that we didn't conceive," says Brett. "The SUB was something we got to do everything on."Including riding. Or do we call it driving? The basic design ensures a thrilling experience. The tubular-steel chassis is racecar-style, with inboard shocks and double, unequal-length A-arms at the front, a single-sided, four-bar-linkage swingarm and shock at the rear. The frame tubing is gorgeously butted and TIG Welded by Smart, who grew up working and playing in his family's racecar-building shop in England. Penske coil-over shocks are used all around, while huge 350mm Wilwood cross-drilled discs handle stopping. Power comes from a TL1000R engine, which is bone-stock save for the custom airbox and exhaust system. Neither of these latter pieces is quiet my ears are still ringing from a spin in the SUB.Each member of the build team brought his own skills. As mentioned, Smart's metal-fab is top-quality, while Mynott is a 3D computer-modeling specialist. Brett's excellent work with the composites and fiberglass that make up the body and seat, for example, is plain to see."We all worked on everything," says Brett. "But on some things you led the work, on others you were assisting." Fancy fabrication and excellent design set the SUB apart from other three-wheelers. Suzuki TL1000R V-twin engine is mounted next to pilot seat, under black air scoop. Built in California, the SUB falls under "motorcycle" heading, allowing it to be used in HOV lanes and not be subject to crash testing. And the name? "From the side it looks like a submarine," says one of the builders. The level of craftsmanship is impressive."Because we built three of them, the level to which they were made is higher than what it might have been if we'd only built one," says Smart. "Building more than one of each part meant we really wanted them to be right."Even the custom wheels are gorgeous.You climb into the cockpit only after you get the Momo quick-release steering wheel out of the way. Gear selection is sequential shift, the pedals arranged just like in a car. Fire up with the starter button, and you're off!"What is that?" asked the guy next to me in traffic.I told him."Man, I'd sure hate to crash something like that.""We don't drive them to crash them, do we?"No, we don't. But three wheels is neither two nor four, and mixing car-style heel-and-toe down-shifting with a motorcycle gearbox crossed a few wires in my head. And having that single wheel in the back meant that when I botched a downshift, I nearly spun the thing into a parked car. Shhh! Don't tell the guys! If I had spun, I might have been in a bind, for there is no reverse as yet."Park uphill or get a push," say the crew.At about 750 pounds, the SUB is about 1.5 times heavier than your average sportbike, so the reasoning on tire contact patch is that there are 1.5 times as many tires. Grip is excellent from the trio of Avon motorcycle tires (a pair of 180-18s at the front, a 200-18 at the rear). Steering response is insanely quick, thanks in part to the single turn from lock-to-lock of the quick-ratio rack. The eight-valve, liquid-cooled, 996cc V-twin makes 120 horsepower at the rear wheel; couple this with the low seating position, loud engine sitting in your right ear and a hard epoxy/composite seat and just motoring along at a sedate pace feels fast. And when you're actually going fast, it is absolutely mind-bending. Can you buy one?"It would be a dream to produce the vehicle and sell it so people can enjoy it," says Brett, "and we'd love to start a company tomorrow and make a living at it, but we don't have a business plan."Probably too busy out riding around. Or is that driving? Follow MSN Autos on Facebook
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One of three Americans who helped thwart a terror attack on a Paris-bound train was stabbed in his home state of California -- and is being treated in hospital with significant injuries.
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5 Happy Marriage Habits to Start Before You Tie the Knot 5 Happy Marriage Habits to Start Before You Tie the Knot Think you'll figure out how to make your marriage work as you go along? That's one way to do it, sure. But, "starting healthy habits before marriage can mean the difference between a marriage that thrives and lasts and a marriage that crumbles and ends in divorce ," says Janet Ong Zimmerman , relationship coach and the founder of Love for Successful Women. "Cultivating healthy habits builds a strong foundation so that when issues come up, both individuals are more skilled at resolving them in a respectful and considerate manner." So if you're ready to start working toward a happy and healthy marriage now, here's five habits you can work to develop. 1. Make your partner and relationship a priority Your partner will come first after you tie the knot, and practicing making him a priority now will help you "experience and enjoy a deeper connection," explains Zimmerman. 2. Give each other freedom. Making one another a priority will mean a lot of one-on-one time. But "it's just as important to let each other freely do the things you love , as long as they are ethical and moral," says Zimmerman. "By living your own lives pursuing hobbies, interests, spending time with friends you both find your happiness within rather than expecting your sole happiness to come from each other. And when you come together, your individual experiences enrich your relationship." 3. Foster open communication. It's easy to be honest when the going's good. But practicing honest and open communication is an important skill to have mastered for when things get challenging, says Lisa Kift , Larkspur, California-based marriage therapist and founder of Love and Life Toolbox. "Couples should learn to share their feelings and tackle conflict effectively," she says. "Learning to express frustration, anger or upset in a productive way is the key to avoiding built-up resentment in your marriage." 4. Take responsibility. "Marriage is an opportunity to learn, grow and evolve into your best selves," describes Zimmerman. "In challenging times, the best thing you can do is take responsibility for your role in the situation and do what you can to make things right. Blaming your partner perpetuates unhealthy dynamics and keeps you both from what's most important resolving things in a respectful manner." But taking responsibility doesn't just count behind closed doors. "Taking responsibility also means being responsible for the way you treat your partner in front of others," she says. "Always say nice things about him and if you're not able to, don't say anything at all." 5. Check in with each other. You may experience this as you're dating, and many go-go-go couples see this happen in their marriages: "When life gets busy, it's easy for couples to become ships passing in the night," Kift describes. "Be sure to carve out time to see how the other is doing, ask how they are feeling, and if there's anything they would like to discuss related to your relationship. This makes your partner feel like they and the relationship matters."
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Top brass at a Colorado Army post are all smiles after a 2-year-old girl interrupted a general's speech to dash across the room and hug her dad, who had just come home from a nine-month deployment. (Oct. 8)
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Caitlyn Jenner is rumored to be Glamour Magazine's Woman of the Year, and she's already taken part in a top secret photoshoot for the cover.
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Surveillance video released by police in Bridgeport, Connecticut shows a 17-year-old girl jumping from a moving car driven by her alleged abductor. The car has since been recovered and police say have identified the suspect. (Oct. 8)
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Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant's latest Nike Kobe X Elite "Commander" colorway is not only an ode to President Barack Obama's infamous hoops game, but also the impact the Commander-in-Chief has had on Bryant off the floor. "Armed Forces" Kobe 10s drop next week http://t.co/2uV9kRh0oz pic.twitter.com/mjUA7bX4q0 SneakerNews.com (@SneakerNews) October 8, 2015 Though one might assume such a colorway would be red, white and blue, to signify the United States' colors -- or even a black-and-red, Bulls-themed colorway for the president's favorite team -- the refreshing combination of black, blue and green is actually to honor President Obama's Punahou School prep academy in Honolulu, Hawaii, where the president graduated in 1979. The best part of the sneaker -- by far -- is the presidential Mamba seal on the tongue. Bryant and President Obama's friendship dates back over a half-decade. Bryant has been complimentary of President Obama's basketball skills in the past, as well as talking some friendly trash about Derrick Rose . While Kobe's league-wide standing may be lower than ever, his shoe game is still unparalleled. The Nike Kobe X Elite "Commander" releases on October 14 for $225. This message is POTUS-approved. (h/t Complex and Nike ) MORE NEWS: Want stories delivered to you? Sign up for our NBA newsletters.
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New movie tells story of how Peter became Peter Pan and discovered a place called Neverland
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COLUMBUS, Ohio A second-grade teacher accused of killing her husband by striking him with her car while their two children watched in horror got her job back Thursday after charges against her were dropped and the school superintendent listened to a harrowing 911 call from their daughter. Angela Luke, 40, was suspended after being charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and reckless homicide in the death of 42-year-old Daniel Luke on Sunday night. A 911 call made by their tearful 12-year-old daughter who was in the car describes them trying to get away from her violent father and him falling off the car as they were driving away. "Get off my mother! He's choking my mom! Get off!" the girl screams at her dad before she and her 9-year-old sister get in the car with their mother and try to leave. Pickerington Local School District, the suburban Columbus system where Angela Luke teaches, reinstated her after its superintendent, Valerie Browning-Thompson, listened to a recording of the 911 call on Wednesday, according to district spokesman David Ball. "It's compelling enough that it allowed the superintendent to make a decision that she thought was the right decision for Mrs. Luke and the district," Ball said. The county grand jury could still indict Angela Luke. Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen declined to comment except to say the investigation was continuing. Prosecutors also declined to comment. Angela Luke's attorney, Jonathan Tyack, said his client was encouraged by the decision to drop the charges. He said prosecutors are deciding whether to take the case to a grand jury. "The case isn't over obviously, but that's a step in the right direction for sure," Tyack said. "My hope is that (the prosecutor) will review the case and conclude that Angela committed no crime here." The 17-minute call reflects the girl's panic as she screams at her father and implores the dispatcher to send someone to the house. She said Daniel Luke had been drinking. "Go fast, Mommy, go fast," she tells her mother. Then she screams: "Oh, my God, he's dead! He was hanging onto the car, and he fell off. My father's dead! He was holding onto the window and he fell right off. He's bleeding really bad." A neighbor who comes out tells the dispatcher that Daniel Luke was bleeding badly from the ear. ___ This story has been corrected to show the child who made the 911 call was 12, not 10.
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Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson addresses the controversy over comments he made about how he would have responded during a mass shooting such as the one in Oregon.
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It's hard to look at the current crop of wearable technology and not feel at least a little disappointed. But wearable tech, in my opinion, is still one of the most exciting areas of tech. I've been testing and writing about wearable tech since around the time the first Fitbit came out. (One of my Dow Jones colleagues at the time called the Fitbit the "iPod of pedometers.") While the idea of keeping a daily log or journal to measure progress wasn't a new one, Fitbit was at the forefront of a new wave of wireless activity trackers, and I was admittedly fascinated by the whole quantified self movement. There is a very human element to all of this wearable tech, and that is that people are always seeking out things that promise to make them better. No doubt Ben Franklin would be wearing one if the tech had been around then. Since then we've seen a ridiculous number of activity trackers hit the market, most of them offering similar sets of sensors, each one incrementally better than the next. We've seen wearables in the form of Google Glass, an actual face computer that creates an augmented world in front of your eyes. We've seen the reemergence of smartwatches, which some people believe will subsume activity trackers, and other people believe are fundamentally, categorically different. But the wearables we've seen over the past five years or so are still early-stage, and there are significant trade-offs with each of them. I described some of this in an earlier column . Some of them have really poor battery life. Some of them promise third-party app integration, but then third-party apps don't work very well on them. Some of them work pretty well, but are also pretty ugly (Walt Mossberg once referred to a wearable I was testing as a "celibacy band," with good reason). There's also the question of how much value these consumer wearables can actually provide. Sure, you can track your daily steps, sleep and food intake for six months straight but what will that actually tell you about yourself, or what needs to change? Some companies, like Jawbone, have focused on providing smart health insights through software, but the key there is getting people to keep wearing the darn thing. And let's not forget about privacy. Many consumers shudder at the thought of sending daily activity information to a giant tech corporation's cloud database. They're not entirely wrong; not many consumer tech companies have made their intentions clear around the long-term use of people's health data. Just the other day, I Googled myself and the name of a wearable company to dig up an old article I wrote, and, surprise surprise some of my activity-tracking metrics popped up as a search result, even though that account is "private." So why am I so excited about wearable tech, excited enough to get onstage today to talk about this at Code/Mobile at The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Calif.? Because the step-counting is just baby steps to a greater potential. Wearables right now are on the fringe of a few areas, specifically, that I think could impact the way we interact with computers on our bodies. The first area is authentication. Have you tried paying for something with Apple Pay on an Apple Watch yet? Because the first time I did, I thought, wow. Not only do I not have to pull out my wallet, I don't even have to tap my phone I literally paid with my wrist. That's just one example, but the implications for simple authentication through wearables are vast. It's easy to see how you could use a wrist wearable or another wearable on the body to identify yourself in a corporate office building, log onto an Internet account without having to type in a password or open a car door without a key. I also think there's greater potential for voice interaction through wearables, something that's already present in Apple Watch, Android Wear smartwatches and Microsoft's new activity-tracking Band. (Google was definitely on to this early with Google Glass, even if wearing a face computer was too awkward for the first version to catch on.) Wearables are not good input devices. They have tiny displays and their interfaces are confusing (if they even have an interface). So, right now you can say things like, "Hey Siri, play Taylor Swift," or "Okay, Google, how far away is San Francisco?" into your wrist. But getting this to work is still a "60 percent of the time it works every time" sort of thing, and that's being generous. In order for wearables to really work, the voice interaction has to be fluid and consistent, to the point where we can reliably dictate things to our wearable tech all the time. And I think there's much, much more to come with wearables as medical diagnostic tools. The devices mentioned above are limited in what they offer partly because they're consumer-focused, non-FDA-approved wearables. They're repetitive, not prescriptive. But there is wearable tech that goes beyond this. Take for example "smart" clothing, or apparel that communicates your activities, heart rate and other biometric data wirelessly to a smartphone app. That's great for serious athletes and fitness freaks, right? But looking beyond that, a "smart" shirt is something that could be used as a medical tool to get biometric readings from people who live hours away from the nearest doctor. The same could be said for sensor-filled patches, wrist wearables and other tech that attaches to the body or even goes in the body. These are just a few reasons why I think we haven't reached peak wearable yet, even if right now they seem more like not-yet-thereables rather than amazing wearables. Lauren Goode is a senior editor at The Verge.
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LOS ANGELES As Tommy Lasorda reflected on the regular season recently completed by Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke, he did something unexpected. The former Dodgers manager compared them to Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Lasorda generally loathes cross-generational comparisons of pitchers. He once complained about a story that ran in this newspaper examining the similarities between Kershaw and Koufax, saying a pitcher who scales the mound once every five days couldn't possibly be compared to one who did so every four. Only now, Lasorda was shaking his head and saying of Greinke and Kershaw, "They're doing the same thing that Drysdale and Koufax did. Same thing." Well, almost. Koufax and Drysdale won three World Series championships together in 1959, 1963 and 1965. Kershaw and Greinke are still in search of their first. Kershaw and Greinke will start their latest attempt Friday, when the left-handed Kershaw starts Game 1 of a National League division series against the New York Mets. The right-handed Greinke will follow him in the rotation a day later. RELATED: MLB postseason power rankings Their presence has emboldened the Dodgers, who last won a World Series in 1988. "I don't care what anybody says," closer Kenley Jansen said. "Those are hands-down the two best pitchers in the game." Kershaw had a record of 16-7 with a 2.13 earned-run average. He struck out 301 batters, becoming the first pitcher in 13 years to record a 300-strikeout season. He topped the major leagues with 232 2/3 innings pitched, four complete games, and three shutouts. If not for Greinke and Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs, Kershaw probably would be collecting his fourth National League Cy Young Award. Greinke received Kershaw's endorsement for the prize. His record was 19-3 and his ERA 1.63 the lowest in the major leagues since 1995, when Hall of Famer Greg Maddux posted a 1.63. "I've been on some good teams, but I don't think I've seen two guys like that," pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said. Honeycutt was a reliever for the Oakland Athletics in 1990, when Bob Welch won 27 games and Dave Stewart won 22. "But they didn't have the dominant numbers that these two guys have," Honeycutt said. Welch had an ERA of 2.95 that season; Stewart's was 2.56. Honeycutt also pitched for the Dodgers in the mid-1980s when they had Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser. "But Fernando was going downward and Orel was coming up," Honeycutt said. Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling might be the most comparable starting pitcher duo in recent memory. They won a World Series with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2001 and each had more than 300 strikeouts the following year. However, in both 2001 and 2002, neither of them had an ERA as low as Kershaw's, let alone Greinke's. While Kershaw and Greinke have produced similar results, their personalities on the mound are as different as Koufax's and Drysdale's were. "They're as polar opposite as you can get, the cerebral kind of calmness and professor-like stuff that Greinke does and the kind of bulldog, bite-your-head-off, I'm-going-to-dominate-you of Kershaw," left-hander Brett Anderson said. Greinke said he couldn't pitch like Kershaw. "If I tried to use his mentality, it's not good for me," Greinke said. "And if he tries to use my mentality, it's not good for him." How they prepare for their starts is also different. Whereas Kershaw adheres to a strict routine, Greinke relies more on feel. "He's doing the same thing all the time," Greinke said. "I'm the exact opposite." Kershaw said Greinke's approach has changed the way he views baseball. "For me, it kind of proved the point that there is no right way to do something," Kershaw said. "Zack's the epitome of that. I think you can safely say that Zack and I are complete opposites in how we go about it. It kind of opened my mind a little bit, not to be so one track as far as saying, 'This is the right way to do things.'" Kershaw has also gained an appreciation for Greinke's craftsmanship. "I think the way he executes his pitches is probably the best I've ever seen," Kershaw said. "He can throw anything at any time at any spot." RELATED: Legendary Dodgers' broadcaster Scully to miss postseason Greinke continues to refer to Kershaw as the best pitcher in baseball. When he signed as a free agent with the Dodgers leading up to the 2013 season, Greinke said Kershaw was more or less what he thought he would be like. "Everyone who's played with him says the same stuff, so you have a good feeling coming in what he's going to be like," Greinke said, pausing before adding, "He's probably more of a normal guy than you would expect," Greinke said. Why wouldn't he be normal? Greinke smiled. "Because he's really religious," he said. It was clear Greinke meant no offense. If anything, it showed how much he likes Kershaw, something he later verbalized when he said, "He's as good as it gets, person-wise and pitching-wise." Kershaw has similar thoughts about Greinke. "I consider Zack a friend," Kershaw said. "I'll hang out with him away from the field, for sure. Probably keep up with him when it's all said and done." With Greinke holding the option to cancel the last three years of his contract and become a free agent at the end of the season, their time together could be coming to an end. This will be their third postseason in as many years. Greinke is 1-1 with a 1.92 ERA in four playoff games with the Dodgers. In an NLDS against the St. Louis Cardinals last season, Greinke pitched seven scoreless innings in a no decision. Kershaw has pitched in 11 postseason games in his career. He has started six playoffs games in the last two years, posting an uncharacteristic 1-4 record and 4.79 ERA. Kershaw's postseasons have been marked with failure, in particular four crushing defeats to the St. Louis Cardinals. Asked whether he felt more prepared than in the past to pitch under the October spotlight, Kershaw replied, "I don't know if you can get wiser from failing all the time." Koufax and Drysdale endured their share of postseason failure as well. Pitching in an era when the team with the best regular-season record in each league advanced directly to the World Series, Koufax had a 0.95 ERA in the postseason, but a 4-3 record. Drysdale was 3-3 with a 2.95 ERA in seven World Series games. However, their careers were defined not by their defeats, but by their triumphs. Jansen said he was confident Kershaw and Greinke would have similar legacies. Jansen was particularly optimistic Kershaw could restore his reputation as a big-game pitcher. "I'm excited to see how Kershaw is going to come back and deal with what happened in the playoffs," Jansen said. "I think that's the last thing for him to prove. He's the best pitcher in the game, but that's the last thing for him to prove. I can't wait to see him go out and dominate these playoffs."
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Trail Running Makes You a Better Athlete Trail running has multiple benefits--improving balance, bone density, and strengthening core muscles--but it can also benefit different types of athletes in specific ways. With any training program, easing into things is important. With trail running, gradually building up to more technical terrain will give your muscles, joints, ligaments, and tendons time to adjust and prepare them to become stronger than ever. Learn how trail running can benefit your body if you're a road runner, a hiker, a yogi, cyclist, a CrossFitter, or simple need some motivation to start exercising! (Republished with permission of VeloPress from Trailhead: The Dirt on All Things Trail Running by Lisa Jhung with illustrations by Charlie Layton. For more, visit VeloPress .) If you're a road runner You have: Cardiovascular stamina, leg strength, good bone density. You'll gain: Core strength, intrinsic muscle strength, balance, agility. If you're a hiker You have: Some cardiovascular stamina, some core strength, leg strength. You'll gain: Increased cardiovascular stamina, increased core strength, increased leg strength, increased bone density from the impact of running, balance, agility. If you're a a rock climber You have: Core strength, some cardiovascular stamina, leg strength, upper body strength You'll gain: Increased cardiovascular stamina, increased leg strength, increased bone density from the impact of running, balance, agility, faster access to climb sites If you do yoga You have: Isometric leg strength (from holding poses), balance, flexibility You'll gain: Cardiovascular stamina, dynamic leg strength, improved bone density from the impact of running, counterstrengthening to your flexibility (shortening of muscles for power), agility, enjoyment of being outdoors If you do Pilates You have: Core strength, muscular strength You'll gain: Cardiovascular stamina, increased muscular strength, increased bone density from the impact of running, a great way to apply your core strength, balance, agility, enjoyment of being outdoors If you're a road cyclist You have: Cardiovascular stamina, leg strength (singular plane/circular) You'll gain: Core strength, dynamic leg strength, increased cardiovascular strength (your legs keep moving downhill), increased bone density from the impact of running, increased balance, increased agility If you're a mountain biker You have: Cardiovascular stamina, leg strength (singular plane/circular), some core strength You'll gain: Increased core strength, dynamic leg strength, increased cardiovascular strength (your legs keep moving downhill), increased bone density from the impact of running, increased balance, increased agility, another perspective of the trails you love (and access to some you can't ride) If you're a surfer, skier, or snowboarder You have: Some cardiovascular stamina, leg strength mostly isometric from holding one position for long periods of time, balance, core strength, hand-eye-foot coordination You'll gain: Increased cardiovascular stamina, dynamic leg strength, increased bone density from the impact of running, increased core strength, improved balance and agility, faster access to waves and powder If you're a Nordic skier You have: Cardiovascular stamina, core strength, leg strength, upper-body strength You'll gain: A way to train everything when the snow melts, increased bone density from the impact of running If you do CrossFit You have: Muscular strength (mostly on two legs, not one at a time), core strength, short-intensity cardiovascular strength, agility You'll gain: Cardiovascular stamina, increased muscular strength (on one leg at a time), increased bone density from the impact of running, enjoyment of being outdoors If you play ball sports You have: Some cardiovascular strength, muscular strength, core strength You'll gain: Increased and sustained cardiovascular stamina, increased muscular strength, mental break from team competition If you're a swimmer You have: Cardiovascular stamina, core strength, upperbody strength You'll gain: Improved cardiovascular stamina, leg strength, increased core strength, increased bone density from the impact of running, balance, agility, a change of scenery from the bottom of the pool If you're on the couch You have: A need to get off the couch You'll gain: Everything except weight
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There seems to be a lot more intrigue surrounding Week 5 games than we saw in any week during the first quarter of the NFL season. Maybe it's because we have a better understanding of where teams are at. Heck, it could have to do with the fact that this week's slate of games promises to be more entertaining. Either way, there is a whole heck of a lot going on here. Will the Oakland Raiders provide Jack Del Rio with his first big win as their head coach? How will Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks perform on the road against a difficult Cincinnati Bengals squad? As we have done in each of the first four weekends of NFL action this season, here are five outrageous predictions for Week 5. 1. Oakland Raiders will stun the Denver Broncos in a statement game There's definitely something to be said about teams making their luck in the NFL, but the Broncos have taken this meaning to an entirely new level. Three of Denver's four wins this year have come by a combined 16 points. From Jamaal Charles fumbling late in the game to Joe Flacco throwing two untimely picks, the Broncos sure have found a way to force other teams into mistakes. That's not going to be the case against a sound Raiders team that's coming off a disheartening road loss to the Chicago Bears last week. Oakland has turned the ball over seven times in four games, but quarterback Derek Carr has just two picks in 123 attempts. Overall, the second-year quarterback has thrown a total of 14 interceptions in 722 pass attempts. For comparison's sake, it took Peyton Manning 270 pass attempts to reach that total at the start of his career. With added weapons in Michael Crabtree and Amari Cooper at wide receiver, Carr has been super impressive thus far this season. And while he's facing the team's most difficult matchup of the season, the young quarterback should be more than up for the task. The other thing to look at here is Denver's offensive line in front of Manning. The veteran quarterback is on pace to be sacked 40 times this season. This comes on the heels of him being sacked 35 times over the course of the past two years. With Khalil Mack and Aldon Smith finding their groove in Oakland's front seven, Manning could be in for a long day here. What exactly would a Raiders win do? Well, it would pull them to within one game of the AFC West lead heading into Week 6. More than that, it would give Jack Del Rio's squad a signature win early in his tenure as the team's head coach. 2. Cincinnati Bengals will hand the Seattle Seahawks their worst loss since Week 8 of the 2011 season Interestingly, that came against an Andy Dalton-led Bengals team by the score of 34-12. While a lot has changed for Seattle since then mainly the additions of Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson there are a lot of issues working against the two-time defending NFC champs this week. While the national media continues to ignore the ridiculous amount of pressure Wilson has been under over the course of the first four games, we have made an attempt to point it out at every turn. He's on pace to be sacked more than any other quarterback in the history of the NFL. He's also being pressured well over 40 percent of the time he's dropped back to pass this year. Going up against an elite Bengals defensive line on the road, Wilson will continue to find himself clobbered in the offensive backfield. Sadly, this is the situation general manager John Schneider and Co. put Wilson in when the organization decided to go with multiple projects along the offensive line. This had a direct impact on Wilson's performance against the Detroit Lions last week. He lost two fourth quarter fumbles, one of which was returned for a touchdown. He's also going up against a Bengals defense that is on pace for 44 sacks. He's doing so while likely being forced into a silent count. Yeah, things definitely aren't trending in Seattle's direction heading into a matchup with an undefeated Bengals squad. Look for a bit of humble pie to be thrown Seattle's way by one of the hottest teams in the NFL. Let's just hope Wilson is left standing after Cincinnati hands Seattle an extensive beatdown. We will go with 27-10 in favor of the home team. 3. Mistake-prone game from Carson Palmer will lead to the Detroit Lions' first win Palmer probably had his first substandard outing in a dozen or so starts last week against the St. Louis Rams. While he did complete 29-of-46 passes for 352 yards with a touchdown and an interception, the veteran was sacked four times and missed a few open throws. It's not going to get much easier for Palmer against a Lions defense that returned to form against Seattle last week. Detroit recorded six sacks of Russell Wilson while forcing three turnovers on the road Monday night. In desperate need of a win, we can fully expect the Lions to bring their A-game in this one. With nothing more to lose (outside of another game), the 0-4 Lions will be drawing up some pretty big blitzes. And as we have seen under defensive coordinator Teryl Austin, this can lead to quarterbacks making some major mistakes. Look for that to be the case on Sunday. 4. Tyrod Taylor and Marcus Mariota will combine for 700 total yards We already know Mariota will get a ton of yardage in this one. Without much of a run game to rely on and going up against a Buffalo Bills defense that has seen the ball thrown against it about 50 times per game this year, the Tennessee Titans may be forced to put the game in Mariota's hands. Considering Mariota is averaging 277 passing yards and has thrown just two picks this year, that might not be a bad thing for Tennessee. On the other hand, Taylor is going to have to go up against a vastly improved Titans defense without the services of LeSean McCoy and with Karlos Williams potentially sidelined due to a concussion. If that's the case, he's also going to have to put the ball up a ton. Averaging over 271 total yards per game this season, the first-year starter should be more than capable of handling his duties. This really has the look of a Madden game. Both Taylor and Mariota should put up some video game numbers while turning the ball over at a higher clip than their respective teams would like. Look for at least 700 yards and a combined four turnovers in this one. 5. Michael Vick gets first win in second consecutive nationally televised start It might not be due to Vick regaining his old form, but Pittsburgh should be able to go into San Diego and defeat a Chargers team that needs to win in order to keep pace in the AFC West. With Le'Veon Bell already acting the part of the best running back in the NFL, he presents San Diego with a mismatch of epic proportions. Through four games, the last-place Chargers have yielded an average of nearly 200 total yards to opposing running backs this season. Yeah, Bell is going to eat big time here. Whether it's Vick riding Bell's coattails or the veteran quarterback performing better than we saw last week, Pittsburgh should be able to hand San Diego its third loss in four games. Check out Vincent's other work on eDraft.com and follow him on Twitter @VincentFrankNFL
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- All-Star catcher Yadier Molina is on the St. Louis Cardinals' roster for the NL Division Series against the Chicago Cubs and will play wearing a splint to protect a strained ligament in his left thumb. "I think he feels pain," manager Mike Matheny said Thursday. "He just doesn't recognize it, or know how to define it." Molina also was scheduled to drop the ceremonial first puck at the St. Louis Blues opener against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night, a day before the start of the best-of-five series against the Cubs. "What he does behind the plate more than anything is a game-changer," leadoff man Matt Carpenter said. "He's really good at what he does." Ace Adam Wainwright, who recovered more quickly than expected after tearing his left Achilles in late April, will be part of an 11-man bullpen after working three one-inning stints on the final regular-season trip. General manager John Mozeliak said the 34-year-old, a two-time 20-game winner, will be available to work multiple innings and perhaps on consecutive days. Molina was injured on a tag play at Chicago on Sept. 20. He has been working out for three days wearing a molded plastic brace for catching and with the hand taped for hitting. Molina expected hitting would be more difficult but said receiving has been a bigger challenge. "Obviously, it was a serious injury," Molina said. "The trainers and doctors did a great job. The pain's going to be there. So, I'm ready to go." Matheny Game 1 starter John Lackey will be followed by lefty Jaime Garcia, Michael Wacha and Lance Lynn. The roster includes four rookies: outfielder Randal Grichuk, outfielder-first baseman Stephen Piscotty, outfielder Tommy Pham and infielder Greg Garcia. Lefty Tyler Lyons will be in the bullpen after impressive outings down the stretch. "We could sit here for a long time talking about the decisions made on this roster, and you know, it wasn't a lot of fun," Matheny said. Grichuk is expected to start in right field for the opener and Piscotty at first. Among those left off the roster were first baseman Matt Adams, who returned late in the season from a torn quadriceps; relievers Randy Choate and Steve Cishek; and infielder Pete Kozma.
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An independent Louisville affiliate has hired a law firm to review an escort's allegations that former men's basketball staffer Andre McGee hired dancers to strip and have sex with recruits and players. The University of Louisville Foundation announced the hiring Thursday of the Stites & Harbison law firm. The foundation does fundraising for the university. Louisville President James Ramsey also said Thursday he ''fully'' supports athletic director Tom Jurich ''as we work to identify the facts in this situation.'' Ramsey reiterated the school has hired former NCAA enforcement official Chuck Smrt to lead the athletic department's investigation. Men's basketball spokesman Kenny Klein had no comment on a CBS Sports report that former Cardinals recruit JaQuan Lyle, now an Ohio State freshman, confirmed the ''gist of allegations'' detailed in Katina Powell's book during a meeting Tuesday with the NCAA. Lyle originally signed with Louisville before de-committing and eventually landing with the Buckeyes. OSU spokesman Dan Wallenberg confirmed the NCAA meeting via email on Wednesday but said there were no issues with Ohio State. He did not mention Louisville. Powell's book, ''Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen'' was released online last weekend by a publishing affiliate of the Indianapolis Business Journal. A hardcover version of the 104-page book is scheduled for release on Monday. The book states that McGee hired Powell and other dancers, including three of her daughters, for 22 shows allegedly performed from 2010 to 2014 at the players' Billy Minardi Hall dormitory. McGee left Louisville in 2014 for Missouri-Kansas City, which placed him on paid leave Friday. A message left Thursday with his Louisville attorney, Scott C. Cox, was not immediately returned. A spokeswoman for IBJ's publishing arm could not be reached either. Louisville coach Rick Pitino has said McGee denied Powell's allegations. In a radio interview Tuesday he denied knowledge of what took place and said last week that others he talked to didn't know about the activities described in the book. ''I'm going through 15 people who worked here, and not one person even had a premonition of something wrong,'' Pitino said Friday. ''Not one person living in the dorm had even the slightest premonition. It just doesn't make sense to me.'' The Hall of Fame coach wasn't mentioned in Ramsey's statement in which the chancellor praised Jurich's athletic program as ''exemplary'' at the school. ''It is important that the university - all of us - stay focused on our day-to-day work of providing our outstanding students with a world-class education,'' Ramsey said. ''The investigation of the allegations may take time and we must, as one university, continue doing the work we do to move our university and our community forward.''
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Week 6: Top 10 college football matchups Indiana at Penn State, Saturday at noon on ESPN2 No. 9 Oklahoma vs. Texas in Dallas, Saturday at noon ET on ABC No. 16 Georgia at Tennessee, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS No. 2 TCU at Kansas State, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on FOX No. 12 Florida at Missouri, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on SEC Network No. 19 Oklahoma State at West Virginia, Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 Miami at No. 8 Florida State, Saturday at 8 p.m. on ABC Navy at No. 15 Notre Dame, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on NBC No. 14 Northwestern at No. 21 Michigan, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network No. 22 California at No. 7 Utah, Saturday at 10 p.m.ET on ESPN
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Spain's supreme court has dismissed a case against 40 Rwandan officials accused of revenge killings following the 1994 genocide. The ruling revokes arrest warrants against the group, but 29 could still be prosecuted if they enter Spanish territory. Last year Spain curbed its universal jurisdiction laws, which enable it to pursue human rights cases globally. Rwanda's justice minister said the case had lacked evidence. "We have always said that such a case requires proper and credible investigation," Johnston Busingye said. "This particular investigation started by listing almost the entire leadership of the Rwanda Defence Forces on a charge sheet and then worked backwards to find offences with which to charge them." But Jordi Palou, who represents Spanish, Rwandan and Congolese victims, called it "a very sad day for victims and for justice in general", Digital Journal reported. He denied lack of evidence was behind the dismissal but would not say whether he would appeal. Atrocities The case was launched in 2008, when a Spanish judge issued international arrests warrants against Rwandan officials, accusing them of crimes against humanity, genocide and terrorism. During a 100-day period in 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed, mainly ethnic Tutsis at the hands of radical Hutus. It was brought to a halt by a rebel army led by Paul Kagame, who is now president. But the judge alleged his army later carried out atrocities against civilians in Rwanda and neighbouring Congo. Nine Spaniards were also killed. Among those indicted was Jacques Nziza, who analysts say is the country's second most powerful person, behind President Kagame. Another of the accused - General Karenzi Karake - was arrested in London this year on a warrant issued by Spain but a bid to have him extradited was dismissed. Spain has been a prominent advocate of the principle of universal jurisdiction, which argues some crimes are so serious they transcend national sovereignty. Courts in Spain have brought cases against the US over torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay, against China for alleged human rights violations in Tibet, and forced the arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in London. But after a number of diplomatic rows Spain's governing People's Party reformed the laws.
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With speculation swirling about the future of head coach Randy Edsall, Maryland released a statement Thursday confirming that he would coach the Terrapins at No. 1-ranked Ohio State on Saturday. The school went no further, however, and did not necessarily refute a report from the 247Sports affiliate covering Maryland that Edsall is "unlikely to survive" past the Ohio State game. The report cites "multiple sources close to the situation." A person with knowledge of the situation told USA Today Sports that Maryland athletics director Kevin Anderson had not yet made up his mind but did not dismiss the idea that something could happen this weekend. The person requested anonymity because the matter has not been resolved. Maryland is idle the week after the Ohio State game, which can be a logical time for a transition to an interim coach. Regardless, it appears a coaching change at Maryland is inevitable barring a massive and immediate turnaround. Maryland is 2-3 this season and has been non-competitive in its last two games: a 45-6 loss at West Virginia and a 28-0 home loss to Michigan in which it managed just 105 yards of offense. The notion that a coaching change might be warranted came as early as Week 2, when Maryland lost 48-27 to Bowling Green in front of more than 20,000 empty seats. Edsall, who experienced significant success in his previous stop at UConn, is just 22-33 at Maryland. Earlier this year, he signed a contract extension through 2019, but only a portion of that salary was guaranteed. In other words, there is not a significant financial obstacle to removing Edsall. The Maryland job could be intriguing to a number of candidates given its location and support from Baltimore-based Under Armour, whose CEO Kevin Plank is Maryland's top booster and is helping the school build millions of dollars in new facilities.
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