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The USC football team's day just got even worse. Amidst the alleged scandal regarding coach Steve Sarkisian , the team announced on Sunday that its starting center, Max Tuerk, is done for the season due to a knee injury. MORE: USC AD asks Steve Sarkisian to take leave of absence | Bigger problems at USC besides Sarkisian USC C Max Tuerk (knee) is out for the season. DE Claude Pelon (knee) is doubtful for ND, while WR Steven Mitchell (ankle) is questionable. USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) October 12, 2015 In his three years as a Trojan, Tuerk has emerged as USC's most versatile lineman with career starts at four of the five positions in his 33 career stars.
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The major Democratic presidential candidates disagree with President Obama on trade. They think he has not done enough to push for gun control or to overhaul the immigration system. They believe they could do a better job moving legislation through a Republican-controlled Congress. And on Tuesday night in Las Vegas at the first Democratic primary debate, a new reality will become clear: It's not Barack Obama's party anymore. In the seven years since Mr. Obama entered the White House on a wave of excitement, Democrats have developed a complicated relationship with their standard-bearer. And that is especially true for those running for their party's nomination. Mr. Obama's legacy and how much a Democratic successor should embrace it will hover over the debate, even as Hillary Rodham Clinton , Senator Bernie Sanders and the other Democratic candidates put forth their specific policy proposals and promises. Sign Up For NYT Now's Morning Briefing Newsletter "It is an existential moment," said Jon Cowan, a former Bill Clinton administration official who is now president of the centrist think tank Third Way . "If you stand back far enough entering this debate," he added, "you'll see the Democratic Party they're asking to lead, and there's no question it has moved to the left." Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Sanders promise different approaches from Mr. Obama's, as much in style as in substance. Both have suggested they could get more accomplished, though Mrs. Clinton does so in more oblique terms. In a podcast interview with the former Obama strategist David Axelrod, Mr. Sanders implied that the president had been naïve to think Republicans would sit down with him. "I think it took the president too long to fully appreciate that," the Vermont senator said. Last week, Mrs. Clinton told Telemundo that Mr. Obama's mass deportations were "part of a strategy" to get congressional Republicans on board with a comprehensive immigration overhaul and that the "strategy is no longer workable." A theme likely to dominate the debate, on CNN, is the problem of economic inequality and with it the implicit critique that although Mr. Obama pulled the economy out of the crisis that enveloped it in 2008, the recovery has left the vast majority of Americans behind. That sentiment has manifested itself on the campaign trail in a populist conviction reflected in the major candidates' positions on topics including trade agreements and Wall Street regulation. "They may not come out and criticize Obama, but they'll all be saying, 'This hasn't been a good recovery for most people,' " said Dean Baker, an economist and a co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research . Mrs. Clinton reflects the party's tack to the left on domestic issues. Last week, she said she could not support Mr. Obama's signature trade pact , the Trans Pacific Partnership , which she had championed as secretary of state and which Mr. Sanders had come out forcefully against. She has also proposed doing away with the so-called Cadillac tax on certain health care plans, aligning herself with labor unions on dismantling a key part of Mr. Obama's Affordable Care Act. Mr. Sanders has also taken aim at the law, saying it does not go far enough to make health insurance affordable for many Americans. After much criticism from party liberals that the Obama administration did not do enough to punish the Wall Street executives responsible for the financial crisis, Mrs. Clinton on Thursday included in her proposal to regulate Wall Street this clear message: "When people commit crimes on Wall Street, they will be prosecuted and imprisoned." That stood out as a break with the White House, which "basically took a pass when it came to prosecuting anyone from the financial crises," Mr. Baker said. While the emphasis on economic populism can be attributed partly to the nature of a Democratic primary contest, during which candidates try to woo labor unions and the liberal activist base, polls show that there is a broader frustration among voters about income inequality. Sixty-one percent of Americans said they believed only a few people at the top had a chance to get ahead in today's economy, and 66 percent said income and wealth in the United States should be more evenly distributed, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll from June. "The American public is anxious and angry and ready for very deep reform across kitchen table issues," said Felicia Wong, the president and chief executive of the Roosevelt Institute , a liberal think tank. "And that's really what's going on in the electorate right now." Last week, Mr. Obama hosted a White House summit meeting on how to lift middle-class wages, and at a fund-raiser in Los Angeles on Saturday, he said one of the problems that had not been fully solved during his administration was "the fact that wages and incomes for ordinary Americans are still flat." But aides point to his plan on college affordability and his efforts to raise the minimum wage, expand overtime pay, and make child care more affordable and accessible. "In terms of helping middle-class families meet their biggest budgetary stresses, I think Obama has been there," said Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and a former economic adviser to Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. "He hasn't gone as far in that space as what the candidates are proposing," Mr. Bernstein added, "but he's gone part of the way." Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, said in a briefing last week that Mr. Obama "understands that it is the responsibility of individual candidates to distinguish themselves." "That means distinguishing themselves from their competitors," Mr. Earnest continued. "And in some cases, that means distinguishing themselves from the current occupant of the office." But if the substance of Mr. Obama's policies will be indirectly debated on Tuesday, so will his style and the criticism that he has not tried hard enough to work with his political opponents. Without mentioning the president, Mrs. Clinton often promotes her ability to work with congressional Republicans, a theme she is likely to lean on heavily in the Tuesday debate. "We've got a pretty dysfunctional mess in Washington," Mrs. Clinton said at a recent rally in Columbus, Ohio. "But I worked across the aisle as a senator for eight years," she added. "I worked with Republicans as secretary of state. I know there is no substitute for working hard every single day to find common ground." William A. Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former aide to Bill Clinton, said the candidates would face added pressure to explain precisely how they would move past the bipartisan dysfunction that defined the current administration. "We've had two presidents over a period of nearly 16 years who have failed on what was arguably the central promise of both their campaigns," Mr. Galston said, referring to Mr. Obama and George W. Bush. "To bring a divided country back together." Still, Mr. Obama is more broadly popular than Mr. Bush was in the fall of 2007, when the country began to take the measure of those who would succeed him. That makes too pointed a repudiation of Mr. Obama's leadership risky for the Democratic candidates. The president, whose approval rating nationally is roughly 47 percent, enjoys loyal support from key constituencies: African-Americans, who make up a central bloc in Mrs. Clinton's support, and college-educated white liberals, an important group for Mr. Sanders. On Sunday, Mr. Obama defended his legacy in an interview with CBS News's " 60 Minutes " saying he was "very proud of what we've accomplished, and it makes me think I'd love to do some more." When asked whether he would be elected for a third term if allowed to run, Mr. Obama answered with an unequivocal "yes." Find out what you need to know about the 2016 presidential race today, and get politics news updates via Facebook , Twitter and the First Draft newsletter .
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Pizzas, sandwiches, salads, desserts find out which to order, and which to avoid! What if I told you that I had found a traditional, authentic Old World dish that delivered the perfect balance of carbs, protein and fat; was packed with vitamins and minerals; had ingredients that had been shown to lower your risk of disease; was super affordable; and could shrink your waistline by providing a delicious and filling dinner for a mere 400 calories or so? Surely, you'd think I'd just discovered the Holy Grail of nutrition. But in fact, what I'd just discovered was pizza. Pizza as the Italians make it, that is. Here in America, where chains like Pizza Hut and Papa John's make it a contest to see which one can come up with the most caloric concotion of this simple dish, pizza has turned into at times a gnarly nutritional nightmare that can pack more than half a day's worth of calories and nearly a day's worth of sodium. So we couldn't help but be intrigued when we heard the news that Domino's just opened up a pizza delivery shop in Milan. Thankfully, the chain is one of the healthiest pizza chains in America, making a recent effort to slim down their pies. But you'll still find calorie bombs in surprising places. To help you navigate the Domino's menu, the team at Eat This, Not That! took every item into our food lab for analysis. Don't order up another pie, sandwich, salad or dessert until you read this! (And note: All nutritionals below are for two slices of a medium pizza, hand-tossed. For an even greater calorie savings, order the gluten-free crust or Brooklyn style, but never go for "thin" or "handmade pan" doing so adds 60 calories or more per slice!) And to quickly burn off those slices of pepperoni without days in the gym don't miss this list of the essential 55 Best-Ever Ways to Speed Up Your Metabolism Fast! FIRST...THE WORST PIZZAS #8 Worst Pizza at Domino's Fiery Hawaiian Pizza (two medium slices) 500 calories, 22 g fat (10 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,520 mg sodium, 8 g sugar, 24 g protein Say aloha to this pizza as in "see ya later"! Although the calorie is in line with some of the best at Domino's at 250 per slice the Fiery Hawaiian has the second-highest sodium count on the menu more half-a-day's worth for two slices! because of the salty meats (ham, smoked bacon) and hot sauce slathered over pineapples and roasted red peppers. For your next luau, order the Honolulu Hawaiian instead same pizza with no hot sauce and 180 mg less sodium. #7 Worst Pizza at Domino's Philly Cheese Steak Pizza (two medium slices) 520 calories, 26 g fat (12 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,140 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 22 g protein With a decent balance of protein (sliced steak, the healthiest meat on the menu besides chicken) and veggies (onions, green peppers and mushrooms), this could have been one of the Best. But the two cheeses provolone and American and a provolone crust up the fat content. In the end, two slices have as much fat and sodium as a real Philly cheesesteak with 30 grams less protein! Speaking of protein, choose the right one and start burning fat today start with this amazing list of The 29 Best-Ever Proteins for Weight Loss ! #6 Worst Pizza at Domino's Buffalo Chicken Pizza (two medium slices) 540 calories, 24 g fat (13 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,300 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 24 g protein Two of the best bar foods come together to create one of the worst pizzas at Domino's. Despite the healthy chicken breast topping, and some heart-healthy onions, the three fatty cheeses (American, provolone and cheddar) make this a buffal-no. #5 Worst Pizza at Domino's Bacon Cheeseburger Feast (two medium slices) 540 calories, 26 g fat (11 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,180 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 24 g protein A remnant from the days when Franken-foods were all the rage, this meat-fest is thankfully just a pizza topped with bacon and ground beef. (Hey, it could have been a burger with pizzas for buns.) Still, with 13 grams of fat per slice about two more than we'd like this is one cheezburger you can't has. By the way, sometimes, fat isn't bad: click here to discover the essential list of the 20 Best Full-Fat Foods for Weight Loss ! #4 Worst Pizza at Domino's MeatZZa Feast (two medium slices) 560 calories, 24 g fat (11 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,520 mg sodium, 6 g sugar, 24 g protein Featuring every meat on the menu except the healthiest ones (steak, chicken), this pie gets our blood pressure boiling literally. Topped with pepperoni, ham, Italian sausage and beef, it has nearly half-a-day's worth of sodium and zero veggies. Afterwards, you'll go right to ZZZ. #3 Worst Pizza at Domino's Ultimate Pepperoni Feast (two medium slices) 520 calories, 26 g fat (11 saturated, 0 g trans), 1,300 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 22 g protein Made with two layers of pepperoni sandwiched between the cheese, this pie doesn't double the damage done by a build-your-own pepperoni pie, but you will down 45 more calories and 4 grams more fat. Are those extra slices of salami worth an extra half-hour on the treadmill the next morning? #2 Worst Pizza at Domino's ExtravaganZZa Feast (two medium slices) 580 calories, 28 g fat (13 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,540 mg sodium, 6 g sugar, 26 g protein Despite being the most caloric "Feast" at Domino's, the ExtravaganZZa isn't the worst pizza overall. Yet it has the highest sodium count and ties for the most saturated fat, thanks to the "loads of" pepperoni, ham, Italian sausage, beef, onions, green peppers, mushrooms and black olives topped with extra cheese. Which pizza could be worse than this? AND THE #1 WORST PIZZA ON THE DOMINO'S MENU IS….. Cali Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza (two medium slices) 640 calories, 36 g fat (13 saturated, 0 g trans), 1,240 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 28 g protein Meet the unhealthiest pizza at Domino's one they call an "American Legend." And it's a legend for all the wrong reasons. This slice has more calories and more fat than any pizza on the menu. And we discovered the hidden reason why: Domino's takes a healthy grilled chicken breast, adds some smoked bacon and tomatoes, and then drizzles on a "garlic parmesan white sauce" that's made not with butter (like a traditional white sauce) but with fatty soybean oil! Learn which other foods to avoid and which to enjoy thanks to Insanity trainer Shaun T, Maria Menounos, Padma Lakshmi and more in these 50 Best-Ever Weight Loss Secrets From Skinny People ! AND NOW...THE BEST #7 Best Pizza at Domino's America's Favorite Feast (two medium slices) 500 calories, 24 g fat (10 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,260 mg sodium, 6 g sugar, 20 g protein Crowdsourced from their most popular toppings, this new classic laced with pepperoni, Italian sausage and mushrooms is as good as it gets when ordering old school flavors, resembling something we might have built ourselves….although we'd limit it to one meat, to reduce the sodium. #6 Best Pizza at Domino's Wisconsin 6 Cheese Pizza (two medium slices) 500 calories, 24 g fat (11 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,040 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 24 g protein At Domino's, the fat and sodium counts add up quickest on the meaty pizzas, which is why you can enjoy two slices of this gooey six cheese pizza with mozzarella, feta, provolone, cheddar, Parmesan and Asiago cheese for only 500 calories. #5 Best Pizza at Domino's Memphis BBQ Chicken (two medium slices) 520 calories, 22 g fat (11 saturated, 0 g trans), 940 mg sodium, 8 g sugar, 24 g protein Grilled chicken is the healthiest protein on the Domino's menu, and pairs nicely here with onions, BBQ sauce, and a cheese blend made from mozzarella, provolone and cheddar. As a result, you get a nice hit of protein with a lowish sodium count. Eat This, Not That! tip: build your own medium cheese with just chicken and save 100 calories! Quick tricks like that are just one of the 25 Most Overlooked Ways to Lose Weight ! #4 Best Pizza at Domino's Honolulu Hawaiian Pizza (two medium slices) 500 calories, 22 g fat (10 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,160 mg sodium, 8 g sugar, 24 g protein Named after Hawaii, invented in Canada and most popular in Australia, this one-time novelty with sliced ham, bacon, pineapple and roasted red peppers has become an American classic. Order one without the bacon and you get the salty pork with less sodium. (And avoid the Fiery Hawaiian pizza one of our Worst Pizzas at Domino's!) #3 Best Pizza at Domino's Deluxe Feast (two medium slices) 460 calories, 20 g fat (8 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,100 mg sodium, 6 g sugar, 18 g protein The more loaded a pie is at Domino's, the fewer calories it tends to pack if there's veggies. That's the case here, as green peppers and onions turn what is essentially their America's Favorite Feast pie (pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms) into a deluxe calorie-saver. #2 Best Pizza at Domino's Spinach & Feta Pizza (two medium slices) 500 calories, 24 g fat (12 g saturated, 0 g trans), 920 mg sodium, 2 g sugar, 22 g protein When Domino's ditched their Artisan line of upmarket pizzas, we feared they'd lose our favorite one yet it remains. Make it your new favorite, too. Crafted with spinach, onions and a creamy blend of mozzarella, Parmesan, provolone and feta, this winner has less sodium and sugar than any other pizza and a decadent flavor, thanks to the briney feta. AND THE #1 BEST PIZZA ON THE DOMINO'S MENU IS….. Pacific Coast Veggie Pizza (two medium slices) 460 calories, 20 g fat (9 g saturated, 0 g trans), 940 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 20 g protein At most fast-food restaurants, the veggie option is the least interesting. Not here. This Californian pie feels chef-created, topped with a creative mix of roasted red peppers, fresh baby spinach, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, black olives and a blend of cheeses. We're not surprised a vegetable pizza is the #1 Healthiest Pizza at Domino's we're surprised it tastes this good. For more decadent fat-burners, don't miss this list of the 25 Best Carbs That Uncover Your Abs ! AND THE #1 BEST BUILD YOUR OWN PIZZA IS…. Grilled Chicken and Jalapeno Pepper Pizza on Brooklyn-Style Crust (two medium slices) 390 calories, 15 g fat (5 g saturated), 1,090 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 18 g protein The grilled chicken is the leanest meat on the menu and toppings like jalapenos (or garlic, or any of the peppers) add a kick of flavor without provolone-sized calories. SANDWICHES #7 Worst Sandwich at Domino's Philly Cheese Steak 690 calories, 28 g fat (15 g saturated, 1 g trans), 2,120 mg sodium, 5 g sugar, 39 g protein Domino's sandwiches aren't really sandwiches they're pizza toppings overloaded into an 8-inch white bread bun, each slathered with "butter flavored oil," which is actually a soybean oil mixed with salt. That's why every sandwich packs in nearly a day's worth of sodium or more and why each has 1 gram of artery-clogging trans fats. Here, this Philly Cheese Steak packs twice as much sodium as two slices of the same flavor pizza! To burn that off, you'd need these 33 Ways to Flatten Your Belly Fast! ! #6 Worst Sandwich at Domino's Chicken Parm 750 calories, 30 g fat (16 g saturated, 1 g trans), 2,200 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 47 g protein You had us at chicken this has more protein than any other menu item but lost us at parm. The sugar-filled mariana, and salty Parmesan, Asiago and provolone, make this one Italian job you should turn down. #5 Worst Sandwich at Domino's Sweet & Spicy Chicken Habanero 800 calories, 32 g fat (17 g saturated, 1 g trans), 2,170 mg sodium, 14 g sugar, 46 g protein Chicken: awesome. Jalapenos: cool. Pizza cheese: If you must. But the real offender here is right there in the title. The "sweet mango habanero sauce" is made with sugar, corn syrup and fruit juices, and there's sugar coating the pineapple, too. The result is a sandwich with the highest sugar count at Domino's. #4 Worst Sandwich at Domino's Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese 830 calories, 41 g fat (16 g saturated, 1 g trans), 2,690 mg sodium, 5 g sugar, 42 g protein The scariest ingredient at Domino's isn't the sausage or pepperoni it's the soybean oil, the common denominator in all the unhealthiest dishes. Here, it's blended into the blue cheese sauce, along with salt, sour cream powder and surprisingly High Fructose Corn Syrup, an ingredient Domino's normally shuns in favor of sugar. P.S.: You know who's a fan of chicken? Insanity star Shaun T. Learn how to slim down fast with these 20 Weight-Loss Secrets from Insanity's Shaun T ! #3 Worst Sandwich at Domino's Italian Sausage & Peppers 860 calories, 45 g fat (21 g saturated, 1 g trans), 2,260 mg sodium, 6 g sugar, 40 g protein Sprinkle some sausage on your pizza once in a while, no problem. But make it the main ingredient in your sandwich, and you a meal with twice as many calories and fat and three times the sodium of two McDonald's Quarter Pounders! #2 Worst Sandwich at Domino's Chicken Bacon Ranch 870 calories, 45 g fat (16 g saturated, 1 g trans), 2,380 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 45 g protein Eat This, Not That! named the Chicken Bacon Ranch the #1 Worst Pizza at Domino's, so it's no surprise its sister sandwich is equally vile, with more calories than any sandwich on the menu. Read on to discover why it's not the #1 Worst. AND THE #1 WORST SANDWICH AT DOMINO'S IS…. The Italian 820 calories, 41 g fat (20 g saturated, 1 g trans), 2,700 mg sodium, 4 g sugar, 41 g protein Although it has less fat than the Chicken Bacon Ranch, and less calories than the Italian Sausage & Peppers, the ordinary Italian made with pepperoni, salami and ham topped with peppers, onions and provolone comes in a shocking first place because it's got more sodium than any other sandwich here, with as much salt as 102 Rold Gold pretzels! There's salt in every single ingredient, except for the peppers and onions. You'd consume less sodium scarfing four slices of Domino's #1 Worst Pizza! For more shocking calorie bombs you're probably eating, click here for the 20 Unhealthiest Foods on the Planet ! MEANWHILE, THE #1 BEST SANDWICH AT DOMINO'S IS… Mediterranean Veggie...cut in half 680 calories, 29 g fat (17 g saturated, 1 g trans), 2,050 mg sodium, 5 g sugar, 32 g protein Even Domino's "best" sandwich hiding behind a health halo as the vegetarian option is worse than anything on Subway's entire menu. But slice this one in half and you have a passable lunch, with an impressive amount of protein coming from three cheeses (feta, provolone, American) melted over a high-fiber blend of roasted red peppers, banana peppers, diced tomatoes, baby spinach and onions. Health halos aren't the only tricks marketers pull; discover the ones making you fat by clicking on these 24 Weight-Loss Myths Busted ! PASTAS FIRST...THE WORST #3 Worst Pasta at Domino's Chicken Alfredo 600 calories, 29 g fat (16 g saturated, 1 g trans), 1,080 mg sodium, 2 g sugar, 27 g protein A perfectly good slice of chicken here draped over durum wheat penne is spoiled by a sauce. The Alfredo, a blend of water, cream and Parmesan cheese, is also made from 60 other ingredients, including artery-clogging margarine, artificial flavors and additives. #2 Worst Pasta at Domino's Chicken Carbonara 670 calories, 35 g fat (16 g saturated, 1 g trans), 1,220 sodium, 2 g sugar, 32 g protein Bacon normally makes everything better. But bacon mixed into this only adds more sodium and fat to what is essentially the same, nasty Chicken Alfredo. AND THE #1 WORST PASTA AT DOMINO'S IS…. Italian Sausage Marinara 670 calories, 32 g fat (15 g saturated, .5 g trans), 1,760 mg sodium, 9 g sugar, 28 g protein This is sausage pizza in a bowl. The only way it could get worse is if you could eat the bowl. THE #1 BEST PASTA AT DOMINO'S IS… Pasta Primavera...hold the sauce 670 calories, 24 g fat (11 g saturated, 0 g trans), 880 mg sodium, 20 g protein The Pasta Primavera is as all-natural as Domino's gets, with durum wheat penne mixed with spinach, mushrooms, onions and canned tomatoes. Just ask them to hold the Alfredo sauce. (And warning vegetarians: there's chicken meat and chicken juices in that sauce, too.) And to blast even more belly fat, pair the pasta with an iced white tea. A study published in the journal Nutrition and Metabolism showed that white tea can simultaneously boost lipolysis (the breakdown of fat) and block adipogenesis (the formation of fat cells). The tea's combination of caffeine and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) seems to set fat cells up for defeat. We at Eat This, Not That! love tea so much, we made it part of our bestselling new diet plan, The 7-Day Flat-Belly Tea Cleanse ! Test panelists lost 10 pounds in one week! THE #1 BEST SALAD Chicken Caesar Salad 90 calories, 3.5 g fat (1.5 g saturated), 290 mg sodium, 2 g sugar, 9 g protein Domino's doesn't serve salads as entreés, but that's OK: Eat a Chicken Caesar side salad before your meal, and you'll eat less pizza, full from the belly-filling 9 grams of protein. CHICKEN FIRST, THE WORST… #7 Worst Chicken at Domino's Specialty Chicken Classic Hot Buffalo 170 calories, 10 g fat (3 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,070 mg sodium, 1 g sugar, 11 g protein per 3 pieces A mash-up of white meat and rib meat, the boneless bits in Domino's "specialty chicken" line make for a (relatively) decent high-protein base, so we ranked them based on the healthfulness of the coating. This one's unfortunately slathered in Ranch sauce, made with trans-fatty soybean oil and high fructose corn syrup, with salty cheeses (feta, cheddar, pizza cheese) making things worse. #5 and #6 (tie) Worst Chicken at Domino's Mild Chicken Wings and Fire Chicken Wings 200 calories, 13 g fat (3.5 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,350 sodium, 1 g sugar, 17 g protein per 4 pieces Every single chicken dish at Domino's except for the plain chicken wings is coated in a sauce made of soybean oil, corn syrup or sugar, each fattening and salty enough to make any of these difficult to recommend. Shockingly, there's also salt and sugar inside the chicken wings themselves, which is why even these orders come in with more than a half-day's worth of sodium and as much fat as a serving of buttery Pop Secret popcorn. #4 Worst Chicken at Domino's Hot Chicken Wings 200 calories, 13 g fat (3.5 g saturated, 0 g trans), 1,360 mg sodium, 1 g sugar, 17 g protein per 4 pieces Same story as the Mild and Fire wings, just wish a dash more cayenne red peppers and 10 mg more sodium. Hot? Not. #3 Worst Chicken at Domino's Sweet Mango Habanero Chicken Wings 250 calories, 13 g fat (3.5 g saturated, 0 g trans), 490 mg sodium, 11 g sugar, 17 g protein per 4 pieces What this one lacks in sodium it's go the lowest count of all the chicken dishes it makes up for in sugar and calories. How sweet it isn't. #2 Worst Chicken at Domino's Barbeque Chicken Wings 250 calories, 13 g fat (3.5 saturated, 0 g trans), 650 mg sodium, 10 g sugar, 17 g protein per 4 pieces Hidden inside a list of 30+ ingredients is "brown barbeque sauce," made with high fructose corn syrup. That explains why these wings have 50 needless calories more than the others. AND THE #1 WORST CHICKEN AT DOMINO'S IS…. Specialty Chicken Crispy Bacon & Tomato 230 calories, 16 g fat (4.5 g saturated, 0 g trans), 750 mg sodium, 1 g sugar, 13 g protein per 3 pieces This one's coated in two kinds of cheese, bacon, tomatoes and the aforementioned "garlic parmesan white sauce" that's made not with butter (like a traditional white sauce) but with fatty soybean oil. Avoid these even on cheat days and start losing weight for pennies a day thanks to these 30 Foods That Uncover Your Abs for $1 Ranked . AND NOW...THE BEST! #4 Best Chicken at Domino's Specialty Chicken Spicy Jalapeno & Pineapple 170 calories, 7 g fat (2.5 saturated, 0 g trans), 610 mg sodium, 7 g sugar, 11 g protein per 3 pieces What make for good pizza toppings do well on chicken, too you get sharp flavor here for few calories, despite the appearance of the sugary Sweet Mango Habanero Sauce. #3 Best Chicken at Domino's Specialty Chicken Sweet BBQ Bacon 100 calories, 9 g fat (3.5 saturated, 0 g trans), 710 mg sodium, 6 g sugar, 13 g protein per 3 pieces High fructose corn syrup, salt, bacon, shredded cheese, bready batter Eat This, Not That! can't recommend this one exactly, but relative to the other chicken choices here, it's not too clucking awful. #2 Best Chicken at Domino's Plain Chicken Wings, No Sauce 190 calories, 13 g fat (3.5 g saturated, 0 g trans), 440 mg sodium, 0 g sugar, 17 g protein per 4 pieces Here's proof that the wings themselves are stuffed with oils and salt: Even a sauceless portion has more fat than we'd like to see. AND THE #1 BEST CHICKEN AT DOMINO'S IS... Boneless Chicken 150 calories, 6 g fat (1 g saturated fat, 0 g trans), 440 mg sodium, 1 g sugar, 12 g protein Although they're made with more ingredients that we'd normally want in our chicken as in, more than one these breaded niblets at least provide protein, which means you might fill up on them and eat less pizza. And if you're pairing them with a six-pack, you'll need this list of The 25 Best Foods for a Hangover ! BREADS #4 Worst Bread at Domino's Breadsticks 110 calories, 6 g fat (1.5 saturated, 0 g trans), 100 mg sodium, 1 g sugar, 2 g protein Ordering bread from Domino's is like ordering a side of extra buns with your Big Mac. Why do it? Even if you order these plain breadsticks, you're adding 11 grams of carbs to a carb-based meal. #3 Worst Bread at Domino's Parmesan Bread Bites 150 calories, 4.5 g fat (1.5 g saturated), 190 mg sodium, 1 g sugar, 5 g protein Share these and you're fine. But dip them in the wrong sauce like Blue Cheese, which has 240 calories, or Garlic, with 250 and you've suddenly got a "side dish" that's fattier than your main. #2 Worst Bread at Domino's Stuffed Cheesy Bread 140 calories, 6 g fat (3 g saturated, 0 g trans), 240 mg sodium, 1 g sugar, 6 g protein Eat these stuffed breadsticks instead of pizza like a calzone and maybe you can get away with it. Add them on top of a meal, and you're only stuffing yourself. AND THE #1 WORST BREAD AT DOMINO'S IS… Stuffed Cheesy Bread with Bacon and Jalapeno 160 calories, 7 g fat (3.5 g saturated), 350 mg sodium, 1 g sugar, 7 g protein Shocker (not really): The Domino's bread stuffed with cheese and topped with bacon is the worst. Dip these sticks in the wrong dressing and you've eaten the equivalent of two slices of pepperoni pizza. Speaking of scary sides, don't miss this list of Every Fast Food French Fry Ranked and see who wins the war between McDonald's and Burger King! AND AS FOR THE DIPPING SAUCES From best to worst: You're safe with the BBQ, Kicker Hot and Marinara Dipping Cups, each coming in at under 60 calories. The Sweet Mango Habanero Dipping Cup, at 80, is pushing it. And never take a dip in the Ranch (200), Blue Cheese (240) and Garlic (250!) flavors. DESSERTS FIRST, THE TWO WORST... Domino's Marbled Cookie Brownie 190 calories, 9 g fat (3.5 g saturated), 120 mg sodium, 18 g sugar, 2 g protein This is no worse than a store-bought brownie, which doesn't make it good. Consider your pizza the night's indulgence, and finish the meal with a square of dark chocolate. Chocolate Lava Crunch Cake 350 calories, 17 g fat (10 g saturated, 0 g trans), 170 mg sodium, 31 g sugar, 4 g protein With as many calories as two Krispy Kreme doughnuts and three times the sugar of one this volcanic eruption should be snuffed out. AND FINALLY, THE #1 BEST DESSERT AT DOMINO'S IS…. Cinna Stix 120 calories, 6 g fat (1 g saturated, 0 g trans), 85 mg sodium, 3 g sugar, 2 g protein Baked, not fried, these mini cinnamon breadsticks are warm, and best eaten without the icing, saving you 50 calories. More from MSN Best Meals from McDonald's for Healthy Kids The Best & Worst Sandwich at Subway
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As scoring point guards proliferated and prospered throughout the NBA, the Heat have had one during Dwyane Wade's career. That was him. That was in 2003-04, Wade's rookie season, before he turned into a two-guard for good. Damon Jones, Carlos Arroyo, Rafer Alston, Mario Chalmers and Norris Cole got swallowed by his shadow, and even Gary Payton, Mike Bibby and Jason Williams played subordinate roles, diminished by age or subdued by design. "Oh, and Quinny," Wade said, laughing. Can't forget Wade's pal Chris Quinn, who made 25 of his 26 career starts during the Heat's forgettable 2007-08 season. Now Quinn is a Heat assistant, the gifted Goran Dragic is Miami's point guard, and optimism abounds about the Heat backcourt; only the champion Warriors also feature starting guards with at least third team All-NBA on their resumes. Yet, as "D" and "G" - their friendly shorthand for each other - acknowledged in a dual interview, the Wade/Dragic collaboration is an ongoing exercise, simply because it's nothing like anything either has experienced. "Totally different," Wade said. "I've never played with an attacking point guard, someone who attacks the way I'm accustomed to. And at the pace that he plays at." Dragic nodded. His backcourt partners, in Phoenix and Houston and Phoenix again, have run the gamut, including push-pacing point guards Steve Nash and Eric Bledsoe when Dragic has slid to the other spot. But some haven't run so fast. None has scored so much as Wade. Sometimes I love to come back to the ball because I'm able to slow things down and get guys shots. But then I have to realize when Goran is in there sometimes I got to change it, and I got to go up the court. Dwyane Wade "D is the opposite of [Jared] Dudley," Dragic said, giggling. Dragic learned that quickly last February, when he was tossed into a playoff chase for a teetering team that, on his arrival day, lost Chris Bosh for the season because of a blood clot. He and Wade tried to come together but came up short, 11-13 in shared games and a minus-2.5 points per 100 possessions, with Wade shooting better without, than with, Dragic on the floor. The primary purpose last season's stretch run served? Allowing them to establish parameters for how they want to play. "I told him, 'D, run with me, you're gonna get some easy layups,' " Dragic said. That's the message again, and that transition strategy still requires some transition for Wade, who concedes his "pace is a little slower than Goran." "Sometimes I love to come back to the ball because I'm able to slow things down and get guys shots," Wade continued. "But then I have to realize when Goran is in there sometimes I got to change it, and I got to go up the court. So sometimes, for me, it's like a switch. I have to tell myself, 'Oh, Goran's there, Go!'... And know that if I get out, and I can find a way to get in front of him, I can get the ball pitched up." Dragic is happy to start breaks this way, because of Wade's ability to take on, and split, defenders. But he adds, "It's both ways. Sometimes he's going to get the ball, and I need to run." Wade also has needed to adjust in the halfcourt. He has been whipsawed, controlling the offense for seven seasons, ceding that to LeBron James for four, taking the reins again when James left. "Then it was like, Goran's here, now I got to get back off the ball," Wade said. "So I had to figure it out." One thing they both recognized: If Wade cuts from the weak side while Dragic runs pick-and-roll with someone else, the back door may swing open. "Yeah, we get one of those a game," Wade said. They're still getting that down. Dragic, while reviewing tape of the preseason loss to Orlando, spotted a few missed chances for feeds for Wade finishes. They continue working on communication ("D said, 'OK, G, we need to talk more this season,' " Dragic said), which is tricky because, as Wade jokes, "He isn't that good at English yet." Nor is either very vocal on the court, with Wade preferring to preserve energy. "We use a lot of pointing," Wade said. "No, it's true," Dragic said, cackling. Dragic's deference comes through during their interaction, whether calling Wade "our main guy," characterizing his job as "trying to run the team" until "D-Wade time comes," or promising to "pay attention" to the counsel of a three-time champion. Dragic has been to the postseason just once, never as a starter. Yet Wade insists that when he sees Dragic's head and shoulder drop, "I just get out of his way. I want him to be aggressive. I know how good we can be when he is being aggressive. Our job is to try to figure out how we can have him being aggressive more often." That's about more than just them. The team's talent infusion comes with complications. "How can we do what we do, but still how can everyone else do what they do?" Wade said. "I kind of figured out how to play with Goran. Now I'm trying to figure out how to play with everyone else with Goran. And I think the same thing with him." Even so, both laugh when asked how to include Bosh. "Chris is going to have more touches than even two guys that have the ball in their hands, more touches to be able to be a scorer than even us," Wade said. "Because sometimes we're coming off, and they're just putting two to the ball ... " "We're getting trapped," Dragic said, finishing Wade's sentence. "We're getting trapped," Wade said. "And we've got to get off of it." They sounded in sync as they spoke. They're working to stay that way when they play.
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A recent study shows Chernobyl has seen a population boom of large mammals, but saying humans are worse for wildlife than radiation is too simple.
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Following Sunday's Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a number of drivers were quite vocal about oil on the track late in the going. When Justin Allgaier got into the back of Michael McDowell on a restart on Lap 182, he crushed the radiator and sent fluids all over the racing surface. While NASCAR and track officials cleaned the track with Speedy Dry, a number of drivers complained oil remained on the track, and ultimately paid the price for hitting it. When the race restarted on Lap 190, Dale Earnhardt Jr. got into the outside wall harder than he had earlier in the event. One lap later, Brad Keselowski hit the wall in the same spot on the track. On Lap 195, Sam Hornish Jr. hit the wall in the same spot and the caution eventually flew. Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch hit the wall as well, screaming to his crew over the radio, "It'd be nice if they cleaned the (bleeping) oil up in Turn 2!" After the race, Earnhardt was emphatic he ran through oil and was upset NACAR could not get the track clean. "We all hit the wall," a frustrated Earnhardt said after the race. "I hit the wall, then the 2 (Brad Keselowski) hit the all, then we ran another lap, I pitted and a bunch of other guys hit the wall. There was oil down there. It wasn't Speedy Dry. I've raced this s--t for 20 years, I know what oil and Speed Dry is. We hit fluid, flew in the wall freaking hard, that's not Speedy Dry. There was oil up there. "The 51 (Allgaier) blew a hose," he explained. "He didn't knock a hole in the bottom of the engine that would just leave a track of oil. He blew a hose or something that is going to spray oil and throw oil all about the racetrack and up the racetrack. So maybe it was two-and-a-half car lengths wide how much oil was on the track, you just don't know. You can put (Speedy Dry) where the car went, but you've got to get out there maybe and feel around, get your hands on the track and see what's up." That is exactly what Sprint Cup Series managing director Richard Buck said NASCAR and track officials did following the Allgaier incident, adding he was "absolutely confident there was no oil" in the high groove of the track. "We always listen to the spotters and the drivers. We get calls all day long," Buck said standing behind the NASCAR hauler. "We've got spotters around the track, and officials and cleanup (crews), and we'll make the rounds over the radio. Not only that, in that instance we actually had men on the ground walking that high groove. They couldn't see anything. We had the caution car Brett (Bodine, pace car driver), he's very experienced at that. We got the reports. We looked everywhere, including putting people on the ground and walking the area they said the oil was and there was no oil." When told NASCAR had officials on the track, Earnhardt did not back down on his claim, saying there was definitely oil on the racing surface. "S--t, man, guys hit the fence. What do you want me to do? I hit the (bleeping) wall. I know I hit oil. I promise," he said with a laugh. "I'll argue with them all day long because I'm right. I don't know if they want to argue about it, and I'm not saying they want to, but they shouldn't want to argue that because all them cars hit the wall down there." Still, Buck said his team and the track officials did everything they could to assess the situation and made the best call they felt they could make given the information they had. "I don't know that you say anybody misread anything," he said. "We all did our jobs. We even had a human being -- who was protected by the trucks -- alk that area. We do everything we can to bring the race back to raceable conditions. I think we have an excellent record of that. Sometimes with some of these lubricants and things they use, there is some staining to the track and we'll go back and do some checking on that with Brett and Buster (Auton) just to make sure we have got up all the fluids. We did that today."
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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll talks about Sunday's 27-24 overtime loss, in which the Cincinnati Bengals came back from a 17-point deficit.
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A little bit of shocking news today from Uncle Bob: Schultz (LA), Irwin (BOS), Tarnasky (NYR) on waivers today. Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) October 11, 2015 Seems a little harsh. Matt Irwin hasn't been great by any stretch, but is he the weakest link on this defense? Don and Cam certainly seem to think so. The upside is that this could mean that Zdeno Chara is ready to go against Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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A few weeks ago when outside linebacker Daelin Hayes accepted his honorary jersey for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, he spoke in glowing terms about his plans to enroll early at Southern California and learn the playbook to make an impact next fall. He said at the time that he had already signed his financial aid agreement with the Trojans. Sunday night, he announced on Twitter that he was reopening his recruitment, saying that he and his family felt it was in his "best interest to de-commit from the University of Southern California. In his announcement, Hayes from Skyline High in Ann Arbor, Mich., did not make reference to USC coach Steve Sarkisian's leave of absence that was announced earlier in the day. USC athletic director Pat Haden said he told Sarkisian to take a leave when it was "clear to me that he was not healthy." pic.twitter.com/HrCdpkiAQk ⚡️Daelin Hayes⚡️ (@DaelinHayes_24) October 11, 2015 Hayes is ranked as the No. 9 player at his position and the No. 2 player in the state of Michigan by the 247Sports Composite. He chose USC over Notre Dame when he made his initial selection in July and had shaved the USC logo into his head when he played at Nike's The Opening in July. Among his other offers when he chose USC were Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Oklahoma, Ohio State and others. Four-star Notre Dame commit D.J. Morgan was already working on Hayes as soon as he decommitted. Hayes has an official visit scheduled to Notre Dame. Come on and join the #F16ht 🍀 Notre Dame is where it's at! Great Education!! 🎓 Great Athletics🏈 NO BETTER PLACE #ND https://t.co/C2GdPbpMHg DJ MORGAN (@dj_morgan27) October 12, 2015 MORE: Steve Sarkisian on leave at USC Plans were for him to wear No. 55 at USC, the number worn by Junior Seau. Minus Hayes, USC has 15 players committed for the Class of 2016, a group that was ranked No. 6 nationally and No. 1 in the Pac-12 by 247 Sports. When asked about USC and his plans to enroll early after his Army jersey presentation, Hayes told USA TODAY Sports , "I'm pretty cool with the lot of the players there, so that should help with the transition. When you're confident with a system, it really helps and that's my logic behind early enrollment. Getting in and working within the playbook and learning in the offseason. That way, by the time fall comes around, it will be instinct instead of trying to pick up a new playbook on the fly."
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Rinspeed is breaking with tradition by bringing a new concept to CES in Las Vegas. The self-driving Etos sports car has a drone-sized helipad in back, and begging more questions than it's answering at the moment. Rinspeed cooks up something new for the Geneva Motor Show each and every year without fail but never at any other show. Well that's about to change this year as designer Frank M. Rinderknecht has announced he and his company will be bringing a brand-new concept to the Consumer Electronics Show this year in Las Vegas. That's over 5,000 miles and in every way a world away from its usual stomping ground. The new concept is called Ʃtos, and like Rinspeed's other recent designs, it centers around the idea of autonomous transportation. Only instead of making it a living room on wheels, Rinderknecht and company have somewhat bizarrely gone for a sports car. Just what the point of having a self-driving sports car is, we're not sure but we're looking forward to finding out. The Etos as we'll refer to it for those who don't read Greek is motivated by an undisclosed hybrid powertrain. The cockpit features a steering wheel that automatically folds itself out of the way when switched to autonomous mode while two individual displays move closer to the occupants. The design, which Rinspeed calls a "twenty-second concept vehicle" (whatever that means), even has a little helipad on the back from which to deploy a remote-control drone. So why come to CES instead of sticking with Geneva, you ask? "The major and especially the disruptive innovations in future automotive engineering will come from the digital realm," explains Rinderknecht. "That is why all major manufacturers and suppliers are now present at the CES Consumer Electronic Show." Follow MSN Autos on Facebook
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WOBURN, England (AP) -- Matthew Fitzpatrick signaled his emergence as one of Europe's most prominent young golfers on Sunday, shooting a 3-under 68 to complete a wire-to-wire victory in the British Masters at Woburn for his first professional title. The 21-year-old Englishman, playing his first full professional season on the European Tour, shot five birdies in his final round to win by two strokes and finish on a 15-under total of 269. "I honestly did not think I was going to win this year," Fitzpatrick said, even though he finished second in the European Masters in Switzerland in July. "A wire-to-wire victory is unbelievable for me, I really feel that is an amazing achievement. I dreamt of doing it but I never thought I would be good enough." Fitzpatrick's front nine was quiet and unspectacular, making seven pars, a bogey and a birdie on the fourth to go out in 35 shots for par. But the 2013 U.S. amateur champion shifted gears on the back nine with four birdies. "It was frustrating after the front nine, I could not get anything going," Fitzpatrick said. "But the back nine, I started brightly and it felt like I was swinging it a little bit better and I managed to pull it off." Fitzpatrick was jostling for the lead with Soren Kjeldsen (69) at the top of the leaderboard on the closing stretch and they both missed putts for the outright lead within minutes of each other on Nos. 13 and 14. Fitzpatrick saw an eight-footer slide another two feet beyond the hole on the 13th, which he returned for par, while Kjeldsen spurned a straight one from 12 feet moments after on the 14th. It was Kjeldsen, 19 years Fitzpatrick's senior, who crumpled under the pressure. On the par-5 15th, he gave himself a 30-foot putt for eagle, but an excessive swing saw his ball race off the green. The 40-year-old Dane rescued par, before a wild and wayward tee shot on No. 16 settled in the rough, behind the base of a tree. He escaped, but failed to get up and down for par from 60 feet, by which point Fitzpatrick had demonstrated his composure to surge two shots clear. After Fitzpatrick escaped from a fairway bunker on the 15th, a resplendent approach with his 8-iron from 175 yards settled 20 feet before the flag. On the same green that had troubled Kjeldsen moments before, the youngest player in the field rolled the ball firmly into the center of the cup for birdie. On the par-3 17th, Fitzpatrick's tee shot finished eight feet from the pin for a routine birdie before a bogey on the 18th. Kjeldsen ended tied for second on 13 under alongside Paraguay's Fabrizo Zanotti (69) and Bridgestone Invitational winner Shane Lowry (67) of Ireland. Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who started the day tied for the lead with Fitzpatrick, carded a 1-over 72 and was tied fifth on 11 under.
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Even before last week's chaos in the House GOP, congressional Republicans had some damage to repair with their rank and file, who largely see their own party as disjointed and ineffective. In a HuffPost/YouGov survey conducted after current House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced his upcoming resignation, but before House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) withdrew from the speaker's race , 57 percent of Republican voters saw their party as being largely divided. In contrast, an equal 57 percent of Democratic voters said their party was generally united. Dissatisfaction with the national state of affairs crosses the aisle , but Republican voters are also especially unhappy with their current slate of party representatives. While less than a quarter of Democratic voters take a negative view of their currently elected politicians, a 53 percent majority of Republican voters say they're dissatisfied or actually angry with the GOP politicians who currently hold elected office. Many rank-and-file Republicans are especially frustrated with Congress, where they see their representatives and senators as having betrayed campaign promises , turned their backs on the conservative base, and failed to enact many legislative achievements. And while Republican voters still believe their party has a bright future, they're less markedly optimistic than their Democratic counterparts. Some of that discontent has likely boiled over into the presidential primary race, where it's often cited as one of the forces propelling nontraditional, outsider candidates to the front of the pack. Current national primary polls show about half of GOP voters gravitating toward a bloc of three candidates -- Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina -- who have never held elected office. Outright anger, though, is notably absent in Republicans' opinions of the 2016 race, where they hold significantly rosier views of their options than do their Democratic counterparts. Eighty percent of GOP voters, compared to 66 percent of Democratic voters, say they're at least satisfied with their party's primary candidates, and Republicans are 7 points likelier to say they're enthusiastic about their options. Just 2 percent of Republican voters consider themselves upset about the current state of the Republican field. Given the state of the horse race, that disjuncture makes sense: Republicans who are unhappy with their establishment are likely to be excited about the trio of outsider candidates leading. But it also matches up with another idiosyncrasy of the race -- while Republicans certainly prefer outsider candidates right now , they like the vast majority of their presidential contenders. In the most recent Economist/YouGov poll , Republicans gave negative ratings to just three of their 15 current candidates: Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore and former New York Gov. George Pataki. While Carson saw the highest net ratings, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) came in second, and even establishment figures like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were rated favorably by the majority of their party. Republican voters, for the most part, don't dislike even their more mainstream candidates. But their widespread dissatisfaction with their party's current performance in Washington is likely playing a big role in driving them toward the candidates who promise the sharpest break from the past. The HuffPost/YouGov poll consisted of 1,000 completed interviews conducted Oct. 2-5 among U.S. adults, using a sample selected from YouGov's opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population. The Huffington Post has teamed up with YouGov to conduct daily opinion polls. You can learn more about this project and take part in YouGov's nationally representative opinion polling. Data from all HuffPost/YouGov polls can be found here . More details on the polls' methodology are available here . Most surveys report a margin of error that represents some, but not all, potential survey errors. YouGov's reports include a model-based margin of error, which rests on a specific set of statistical assumptions about the selected sample, rather than the standard methodology for random probability sampling. If these assumptions are wrong, the model-based margin of error may also be inaccurate. Click here for a more detailed explanation of the model-based margin of error.
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The Chiefs running back left Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears with a knee injury. Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles left Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears with a knee injury. Charles went down without contact and immediately had to grab his knee. He was in obvious pain on the field, and was eventually helped up by trainers. He couldn't put weight on the leg as he limped off the field with the help of the training staff and teammate Justin Houston. He was also helped to the locker room, again putting no weight on the injured leg. The Chiefs declared Charles out for the remainder of the game with a knee injury. The immediate fear is that he suffered a torn ACL, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network . There will be an MRI to confirm, but that fear is based on initial tests, according to the report. Charles sustained an ACL tear in the other knee in 2011, so he played in just two games that season. Charles had 12 carries for 58 yards and caught one pass for 26 yards before going down with the injury. He's Kansas City's starting running back and one of the best players on that team. Coming into the game, he had 59 carries for 306 yards and four touchdowns, and has rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of the past three seasons, and in two other seasons earlier in his career. Charcandrick West is the primary backup to Charles, with Knile Davis behind him on the depth chart. When Charles sustained the injury, West had two carries for 15 yards and Davis did not have a carry against the Bears.
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CAIRO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was probably not in a convoy hit by air strikes near the Syrian border on Sunday, senior Iraqi security officials said on Monday. Iraq's military had said that the reclusive Baghdadi was taken away in a car after the assault on his entourage in a town near the Syrian border. But one of the senior security officials said preliminary information now indicated the convoy actually carried lower ranking Islamic State figures, led by Abu Saad al-Karbouli, a senior local Islamic State policeman. "After assessing all information we received from our sources, it's more likely that the convoy we struck was not carrying Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi," said one of the officials. "We are still carrying out extensive efforts to clarify the situation." This was at least the third time there has been an attack on Baghdadi's entourage. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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Ten days after announcing he was taking an indefinite leave of absence to recover from two offseason back surgeries, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr on Sunday clarified his health situation, saying his adverse symptoms have been caused by a spinal fluid leak. Kerr ruptured a disk in his back during Game 5 of the NBA Finals. He had surgery to repair the injury July 28, but an accidental nick to the Dura surrounding the spinal cord caused spinal fluid to leak. He had a second surgery Sept. 4 to repair the leak. "The leak is fixed, but I'm still getting some symptoms. That's why I'm out," said Kerr, who is experiencing headaches and a loss of energy. "I wanted to be clear to you guys and the fans. I want to be upfront about what's happened. Because I'm still having symptoms, it makes it difficult for me to be on the floor. … "The prospects are good. I'm going to heal." With the Warriors moving closer to an opening-night meeting with New Orleans on Oct. 27, Kerr wouldn't put a timetable on his return. He said it's just a matter of his body recalibrating. In the meantime, Kerr is resting, reading, and rehabbing with swimming pool drills and walking. He's also checking in on a portion of most practices and watching video of the Warriors' exhibition games. "I have to get my health right before I can coach the team and before I can bring the energy that's necessary to coach the team," Kerr said. … "I'm extremely bored. It's not fun. I want to be here. "This is my dream job. These are my guys. We're coming off a title, and the season starts in two weeks. It's unbelievably frustrating. I want to be here, but I also know that I've got to be careful." Kerr said he is confident that interim head coach Luke Walton and the rest of the coaching staff are following the plan created before the start of training camp, but that doesn't make the leave of absence any easier. "I've always loved my job," Kerr said. "I've never taken it for granted - whether I was a player, a GM, a coach or a broadcaster. I love basketball, love being around the game and love the team. But when you're forced to be away, it hurts." Rusty Simmons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @Rusty_SFChron
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Joey Logano has been to victory lane four times this season, and all four trips required him to beat reigning Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick. The latest win, Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, was a critical and confidence-building victory. He again shrugged off Harvick to earn an automatic berth into the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Harvick, who has 11 second-place finishes this season, has been runner-up to Logano three times. Harvick finished third in Logano's win at Watkins Glen, where Harvick ran out of gas while leading on the last lap. "When you can beat (Harvick) any day, any time, that's a big deal for us," team owner Roger Penske said. "I think that it was good that we could at least be on a level playing field with him today." Harvick led 581 laps in the opening round of the Chase and routed the field last week at Dover to advance into the second round. But he never made it to the front at Charlotte, the opening race of the second round of NASCAR's playoffs, as Logano led 227 of the 334 laps. Now Logano, who made it to the finale last season, doesn't have to worry about this daunting second round of the Chase. The series races next week at Kansas and then four drivers will be eliminated Oct. 25 at Talladega. "It helps us sleep here the next couple of weeks," Logano said. "This helps us recharge our batteries and get ready for the next round." He feels good right now, but isn't crowing about his head-to-head success this season with Harvick. "I think there's a lot of fast race cars out there right now," Logano said. "Last week, obviously, (Harvick) was dominant. This week we had a really fast car. Next week, who knows? You can't rely on anything." Harvick, who didn't lead a lap of a race that was scheduled for Saturday night but pushed to Sunday afternoon because of rain, was satisfied with second after struggling all weekend. "If those are the off days, we'll be just fine," Harvick said. Martin Truex Jr. finished third -- his career-best eighth top-five of the season -- but wasn't breathing any easier about his Chase hopes. "Logano is the only one who is going to sleep the next few weeks," Truex said. "We still think we need to win next week." The top six finishers were Chase drivers as Denny Hamlin finished fourth and was followed by Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards. Austin Dillon, who is not racing for the title, was seventh. Jeff Gordon, making the final start of his career at Charlotte, struggled for the first half of the race but salvaged an eighth-place finish. Logano teammate Brad Keselowski staved off a loose wheel over the closing laps as Chase drivers took eight of the top nine spots. It was a far more difficult day for JGR drivers Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch, who started side-by-side on the front row. Kenseth's race began to unravel when he missed his pit stall and fell back to 20th on a restart. From there, racing in traffic, he had contact with Ryan Newman that sent him into the wall. It was the first of many brushes with the wall for Kenseth, who also had to serve a penalty for too many crewmen working on his car during one of his stops for repairs. He was finally put out of his misery when a broken part sent him into the wall -- again -- and to the garage. He finished 42nd and dropped to last in the Chase field. "Everything kind of snowballed," said the pole-sitter. "This is the best I can do. It's amazing I have a job. One thing led to another and then another." Things weren't much better for teammate Busch, who started second and was one of the strongest cars for most of the race. But running third when a caution forced teams to choose a pit strategy, he headed to pit road, then changed his mind at the very last second. Only problem? Kyle Larson, running second, decided at that moment he wanted to duck onto pit road. The two cars collided and both dropped to the middle of the pack during their respective repairs. "I'm sure it doesn't matter, but please apologize as much as you can," radioed Larson, who is not running for the championship. Busch finished 20th and he and Kenseth are now in the bottom four of the Chase standings. "It's tough, and we're going to have to battle through with what we've got right now," said Busch, who was eliminated in the second round last year because he was wrecked at Talladega in the elimination race. Hendrick Motorsports could commiserate with the Gibbs issues. Kasey Kahne, who ran in a 5k Sunday morning for his foundation, suffered two early tire issues that sent him to the garage just 58 laps into the race. Then contact between Carl Edwards and Dale Earnhardt Jr. sent Earnhardt into the wall. He tried to continue on with damage to his Chevrolet, but a tire problem sent him into the wall again and to pit road for repairs on Lap 85. He was one lap down when his car was repaired and wound up 28th. He's now in the bottom four in the standings. Jimmie Johnson, who was eliminated from the Chase last week, was the best of the Hendrick group but suffered a mechanical issue late in the race and finished 39th.
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CONCORD, N.C. Dale Earnhardt Jr. slipped literally from the top rungs of the Chase for the Sprint Cup standings Sunday, and he wasn't happy with NASCAR after finishing 28th in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Earnhardt smashed into the first-turn wall on a restart just past the race's halfway point and said after the race that NASCAR had not adequately cleared the track of oil that had been sprayed on the surface by Justin Allgaier's car. NASCAR Sprint Cup managing director Richard Buck said there wasn't oil on the track. "We actually had men on the ground walking that high groove, and they couldn't see anything," Buck said. "We had Brett (pace car driver Brett Bodine) he's very experienced watching and looking for that. We got the reports (from drivers), and we looked everywhere, including putting people on the ground and walking. There was no oil." Several cars hit the wall after Allgaier's incident. Kyle Busch also complained after the race about the track's condition. Earnhardt wasn't angry after the race, but he was animated and outspoken in discussing the incident with reporters. "We all hit the wall," he said. "I hit the wall. The 2 (Brad Keselowski) hit the wall. Then we ran another lap. I pitted. Then a bunch of other guys hit the wall. "There was oil down there. It wasn't speedy-dry (absorbent material placed on the track to speed drying of fluids). I mean, I've raced this (expletive) for 20 years. I know what oil and speedy-dry are. We hit fluid and flew into the freaking wall hard. "That's not speedy-dry. There was oil up there. There were shadows cast by the billboards across the track. That may have made it difficult for them to see some oil." Asked what NASCAR could have done differently, Earnhardt said, "You've got to get out there maybe and feel around and get your hands on the track. Man, guys hit the fence. What do you want me to do? I hit the (expletive) wall. I know I hit oil. I hit it, I promise. I'll argue with them all day long because I know I'm right." Buck said track crews handled the situation as they do every week. "We do everything we can to bring the surface back to raceable condition, and I think we've got an excellent record of that," he said. "We feel absolutely confident there was no oil up in that very top groove or down below or anywhere else." Earnhardt's finish leaves him with a high wall to climb to advance to the Chase's third round. Races remain at Kansas Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway in round two. Earnhardt won at Talladega in May, his sixth victory at NASCAR's biggest track. "I don't have to be worried like a lot of guys," Earnhardt said. "A lot of guys are going to go in there in pretty good position or just ahead of the bubble (the cutoff point). They'll be nervous. We don't have to be nervous. We're on the outside looking in. We can be more aggressive. I'm looking forward to Talladega even more now. "Now I don't have to worry about skinning the side off the car and knocking us out of the Chase. We're out of it. Now it's our turn to claw back in, and we'll try."
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Asian stocks outside Australia and Singapore advanced on Monday, tracking the slightly stronger lead from Wall Street. Major U.S. averages finished higher on Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) leading gains by notching up 0.4 percent as investors digested dovish signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve minutes. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) and the S&P 500 (.INX) ticked up 0.2 and 0.1 percent respectively. Meanwhile, markets in Japan are closed for the Health and Sports Day holiday. Mainland markets up China's share markets widened gains early Monday, with the Shanghai Composite (.SSEC) rising 1.6 percent, following a report by the China Securities Journal that quoted a senior central banker saying that the country's stock market correction is "almost over." Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) told an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fun (IMF) and World Bank in Peru that the corrections in the mainland's equity market have had limited impact on the world's second-biggest economy as Beijing has taken a series of measures to avoid systemic risks, Reuters reported. Among other indexes, the CSI300 Index made gains of 1.7 percent and the smaller Shenzhen Composite advanced 2.6 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng (.HSI) Index rose 1.1 percent. Meanwhile, Hong Kong-listed shares of Glencore are in a trading halt pending release of information on certain assets in Australia and Chile, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange said Monday. ASX drops 0.7% Australia's S&P ASX 200 (.AXJO) snapped a five-day winning streak, hurt by declines in key banking and resources heavyweights. National Australia Bank (NAB-AU) and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA-AU) were the biggest losers in the financial space, down about 1 percent each. Westpac (WBC-AU) and Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZ-AU) sagged 0.7 and 0.3 percent respectively. In the energy space, Santos () and Oil Search (OSH-AU) widened losses to nearly 3 percent each, while Woodside Petroleum (WPL-AU) declined 1.8 percent. Market bellwether BHP Billiton (BLT-GB) fell 1.6 percent. Kospi adds 0.5% South Korea's Kospi (.KS11) index hovered just above the flatline amid mixed trading among major counters. Blue chips such as Samsung Electronics (593-KR) and Hyundai Motor (538-KR) eased 1.2 and 0.6 percent respectively, while steelmaker Posco (549-KR) rose 2.5 percent. Shares of Coway (2124-KR) slipped 0.4 percent on the back of news that food-to-entertainment CJ Group is considering a bid for the water purifier sales and rental firm, according to a statement by a CJ Group spokesman on Monday. Taiex gains 1.4% Taiwan's weighted index charged up in early trade, with large-cap Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (2330-TW) rising 1.1 percent. Other tech-related plays also got off to a positive start; Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317-TW) bounced up 1.4 percent, while Pegatron (4938-TW) powered up 6.2 percent. Southeast Asia rebounds Shaking off a negative open, Malaysia's FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCi (.KLSE) charged up 0.6 percent while Singapore's Straits Times (.STI) index clawed back losses to hover in neutral territory.
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Check out what Twitter has to say about MLB's decision to suspend Dodgers 2B Chase Utley two games for his slide that took out Ruben Tejada.
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Francois Duhamel/Universal Warning: Spoilers ahead In the new movie "Steve Jobs," a major theme is Apple cofounder Steve Jobs' relationship with his daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs . For Aaron Sorkin, the film's screenwriter, meeting Brennan-Jobs before writing the script was invaluable. And it's an interview even Walter Isaacson couldn't secure for his Jobs-approved biography. Francois Duhamel/Universal"At first I didn't know what I was looking for," Sorkin told Business Insider, hours before the film premiered at the New York Film Festival. "Lisa didn't speak to Walter Isaacson when Walter was writing the book [" Steve Jobs "] because her father was alive at the time. But she was willing to speak to me. She was able to tell stories about her father that weren't necessarily flattering stories, but she would tell the story and then show me how you could see he really did love her." Sorkin said hearing her tell those stories made him want to have a major part of the film be about the father-daughter relationship. Brennan-Jobs is featured in all three parts of the film, which looks at the launch of the Macintosh, Jobs' NeXT, and the iMac. In a heartbreaking sequence in the first act, Jobs (played by Michael Fassbender) rants that Brennan-Jobs is not his daughter and that the Apple Lisa was not named after her. Both "Steve Jobs," directed by Danny Boyle, and " Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine, " the recently released documentary by Alex Gibney, spend time looking at Jobs' relationship with his daughter. When Jobs launched Apple, he denied he was Lisa's father, even when a court-ordered DNA test proved that he was. Jobs gave only $500 a month to Lisa's mother, Chrisann Brennan, for child support even though he was worth more than $225 million . Francois Duhamel/UniversalBut, according to the Gibney documentary, by Jobs' death in 2011 the two had a better relationship. Sorkin, however, did acknowledge to Business Insider that if Jobs were still alive, Sorkin would ask him to truthfully answer this question about his daughter: "I would ask, 'Why do you pretend you didn't name the computer after Lisa?' I can't fathom," Sorkin said. "Any other father, if they hadn't named it after their daughter would lie and say they did. I just can't fathom it." "Steve Jobs" opens in theaters on Friday. NOW WATCH: Science explains why we're obsessed with zombies and shows like 'Fear the Walking Dead'
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IBM pinged a bunch of the world's top chefs, then added a dash of their knowledge and a large clump of all the cooking, food and chemical compound data they could pull from the ether to make Chef Watson , a supercomputer program that aims to give us weird and wonderful recipes beyond what humans would come up with. Like beef and fig on a tortilla chip, topped with ground coffee beans, for instance. IBM recently invited me to try the above concoction along with a Chef Watson-inspired three-course dinner this last week. I forced the delightfully sardonic TechCrunch writer Alex Wilhelm to come with me for entertainment purposes. It was an unusually warm evening for San Francisco as Alex and I trudged up some dark and winding stairs into a hidden entertainment space. We were the last to arrive upon a scene of 20 some-odd IBM execs and members of the press at Cookhouse in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. "Put your things over there and come grab a cocktail," one of the helpers instructed us, handing me a concoction of prosecco, cardamom, thyme and lime leaf (another oddly refreshing blend from the mind of Watson). Alex Wilhelm being Alex Wilhelm with the IBM event photographer. Chef Watson head engineer Florian Pinel in background. The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) partnered with IBM to create the funky dining experience with culinary master (and Food Network's Chopped champion) James Briscione. Chef Briscione used Watson to create our meal for the evening, but informed us that IBM's supercomputer was not actually doing the cooking we were. Alex quickly deduced flipping celery and a few chicken burgers would be the easiest part, volunteering us as tribute for grill duty. There's not much you can do while waiting for the meat to cook besides turning it over when it looks ready so we sipped cocktails and took Instagrammable food photos while everyone else chopped. The chicken burgers were part of the main course, consisting of ground chicken, basil, coriander and topped with brie. Strawberries simmered in a saucepan next to us on the stove, melting juices and becoming a soft mash that Briscione would later use to make strawberry ketchup. Was this meal something Briscione could likely come up with on his own? Chicken burgers aren't that left field, but strawberry ketchup on that chicken burger is where things start getting weird (for the record it tastes like jam and I think it is actually just jam on a chicken burger they called ketchup for the evening). "Watson taught me to really be creative," Briscione told the crowd before we started digging in. "As a chef you spend so much time trying to conceive and create a dish and all of your energy gets wasted just picking out the ingredients." Briscione pointed out an appetizer that looked like a sort of a stuffed fruit roll-up. "You've probably had something like this," he said, pointing to a plate of little rolled red pieces. "A roasted beet salad with truffle salt, truffle vinaigrette, some goat cheese, and almonds. That's the easy approach to those ingredients." Instead, Briscione took those components, made the beets and truffles into fruit leather, stuffed them with goat cheese and dipped them into toasted almonds. "That's the idea here. How we can take new information, focus on it and become more creative with it," he said. But you don't have to be a master chef at a top restaurant or cooking institution to cull from Watson's foodie mind. Non-culinary craftspeople like you, me and Alex are also able to whip up our own concoctions using Chef Watson's web app. I went to the site after dinner to create my own potentially inspiring recipes. You can either start by choosing one or a few ingredients. Watson will put together some ideas for you just off that, but you can go even deeper by choosing a style of meal (American, Asian, someone's birthday) or type of dish (barbecue, kimchi, margarita) and Watson will whip something up from there. Head of engineering for the Chef Watson project Florian Pinel explained that it works by pulling together certain chemical compounds in the ingredients for each dish. Some of Chef Watson's most recommended ingredients are coffee, tea, and beer because of their versatility. Coffee has over 100 useful flavor compounds, for instance. As a chef you spend so much time trying to conceive and create a dish and all of your energy gets wasted just picking out the ingredients. Chef James Briscione IBM tells us Chef Watson has already helped discover a few close ingredients that work better together that one wouldn't instinctively think of. "We found out apples had more in common with aromatic compounds from olive oil than butter, for instance," Pinel said. Watson is easier than scouring the web for hundreds of recipes that might work. I also like that I can type in an ingredient (or two or three) I might have in excess I need to do something with and it will pull up ideas for me, but it is not here to replace our human chefs. At least not yet. There's still something delightful about experimenting in the kitchen. In my case, this has sometimes led to hysterical results worthy of a good laugh-cry and a vow to just order Postmates next time, but it's also driven plenty of chefs to new cooking discoveries. Rather than replacing human cooks, IBM hopes Watson will lend an extra hand in the creative process and offer more ways to delight our taste buds with more than a dash of data and a hint of science. Source: http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/11/a-date-with-chef-watson/
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Malaysian officials are investigating reports that wreckage of a plane was sighted in the southern Phillipines Saturday, Channel NewsAsia reported . Jamil Omar, 46, said relatives of his had spotted parts of a plane with the Malaysian flag painted on it on the island of Tawi Tawi. Authorities have called on the public not to speculate on the claimed sighting until officials are able to carry out an investigation, since past reports of debris sightings have, for the most part, been inaccurate. "There was no photograph to support the claim," Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said Sunday, according to the Sun Daily . "So we have asked our counterpart in the Philippines to check whether there was such wreckage." Omar also claimed to have seen skeletal remains. Police receive report on wreckage believed to be MH370 found in southern Philippines http://t.co/3b2ERX78qZ pic.twitter.com/goH5O0kWBT Astro AWANI (@501Awani) October 10, 2015 Malaysia airliner MH370 was reported missing with 239 passengers aboard in March 2014 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. It prompted a massive, multinational search that turned up limited findings. In the first days following the search for the plane, there were numerous reports of debris sightings, but none of those leads yielded results. No traces of the plane were found until late July, when a flaperon from the airliner was discovered on Reunion Island. An international search, led by Australia, remains under way in a 46,332-square-mile area in the south Indian Ocean, the area where authorities believe the plane likely went down. Malaysia proposed in late September a tripartite meeting with Australia and China to discuss the future direction of the search for the missing airliner. Families of passengers on the airliner have been extremely critical of the Malaysian government and the airline, charging authorities with failing to adequately inform them on the status of the investigation. Many of the families have sought to pressure authorities to continue the search for their loved ones.
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The financial sector, recently a weak performer in the stock market, will garner the majority of investor attention this week as a number of big banks post their quarterly results. Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Bank of America Corp , Wells Fargo & Co, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase & Co - the five biggest U.S. banks by market cap - are due to report results as the sector has trailed the market in recent weeks and earnings estimates have fallen. Financial companies are expected to show earnings growth of 8.4 percent, behind only telecoms and consumer discretionary companies in expected growth for the quarter. However, that growth is down from the 14.8 percent expected at the start of the quarter, and down by half from the 17.8 percent growth expected at the start of the year. In the last 30 days, banks have seen their estimates steadily lowered, with Goldman the biggest victim. Its estimates for the quarter are down by 25 percent in that time period. While the broader market has recovered from losses sustained in the latter half of August, banks have struggled. The Fed's decision not to raise rates, coupled with economic concerns and worries about trading revenues, have tethered shares of the big banks. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said on Sunday that policymakers are still likely to raise interest rates this year but that is "an expectation, not a commitment," and could change if the global economy pushes the U.S. economy further off course, further clouding the outlook for banks. The S&P 500 financials index has underperformed the broader market, and has slumped 5.6 percent this year so far, compared with a 2.2 percent decline in the S&P 500. In the last month, the S&P 500 has gained 2.2 percent, but the five biggest financial institutions are all flat or down. The banks give an idea of the activity of mid- and small-sized businesses, which can help gauge the health of the broader economy, according to Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. "Some people are saying we are in a recession, other people are saying it's that summertime lull and I don't think anyone knows," said Forrest. The U.S. Federal Reserve's decision not to raise interest rates in September is also likely to impact trading desks at the banks, which could weigh on their bottom line, as well as desks that did not anticipate the strong rebound in equities. The market expects bigger swings than usual this quarter. While the typical bank share move after earnings is about 2 percent, swings one-and-a-half times that are expected this earnings season. "Participants are bracing for a bit more volatility than in past quarters," said Fred Ruffy, strategist at options analytics firm Trade Alert in New York. The S&P 500 has gained in eight of the past nine sessions and notched its biggest weekly percentage gain of the year last week. Investors will also look this week to data on inflation - one of the conditions the Fed takes into account when deciding on interest rates - with the release of the producer and consumer price indexes. The week also includes retail sales and consumer sentiment data. Overall, third-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies are expected to decline 4.5 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data. That compares with just a 0.3 percent decline that had been forecast in July. (Additional reporting by Saqib Ahmed and Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski and Phil Berlowitz)
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Kylie Jenner was quite surprised Thursday night (Oct. 8, 2015) when her dinner-for-two with boyfriend Tyga became a family reunion. While dining together at Nobu in Malibu, Calif., Kylie and Tyga ran into Caitlyn Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian, who were also breaking bread or in this instance: sushi at another table. (After all, it Nobu is one of the family's most favorite restaurants in the city.) Kylie even snapped a selfie with Caitlyn, captioning the shot, "How is it that Caitlyn, Kourtney, and I ended up at the same restaurant tonight? Perks of having a huge family."
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Celeb paternity scandals Who's your daddy? That's sometimes a hard question to answer in Hollywood. Paternity scandals are just as common among celebrities as they are among guests on "Maury." Keep clicking to see which stars have endured paternity scandals. Simon Cowell This gruff "X Factor" judge never seemed like the fatherly type. But Simon didn't really have a choice in the matter when he knocked up Lauren Silverman in 2013. What makes Simon's story shocking is that his baby mama was estranged from her husband, who was also Simon's best friend at the time. Oops! But despite their scandalous start, Simon, Lauren and son Eric are now an adorable little family . Justin Bieber Did Justin father a "Baby"? Mmm, no. But in 2011, Mariah Yeater sued Justin for child support, claiming that she swiped his V-card backstage after one of his concerts, which resulted in her pregnancy with son Tristyn. The only problem? The hookup never happened! Needless to say, Justin was pretty confident when he took a DNA test to prove that he wasn't Baby Yeater's daddy, and the paternity suit was dropped. One thing was birthed from the situation: a song, titled "Maria." Mia Farrow and Frank SInatra In 2013, Mia Farrow made headlines after telling Vanity Fair that ex-husband Frank Sinatra had "possibly" fathered her son Ronan Farrow, whom the world had until that point believed was the biological child of the actress' former partner Woody Allen. But in the second volume of James Kaplan's book "Sinatra: The Chairman," released in 2015, its author claims that's impossible because Frank was temporarily impotent and wearing a colostomy bag as he recovered from colon surgery during the first three months of 1987. Ronan, who bears a striking resemblance to Ol' Blue Eyes (who passed away in 1998), would have been conceived that March. Despite Mia and Frank's divorce following two years of marriage in the late 60s, Vanity Fair also reported that they continued to see each other for decades -- even during her 13-year relationship with Woody. Ronan has maintained a sense of humor about the situation, tweeting after his mom's 2013 revelations, "Listen, we're all *possibly* Frank Sinatra's son." Arnold Schwarzenegger On Sept. 27, 1997, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver welcomed their fourth child, Christopher. A week later, on Oct. 2, the family's longtime housekeeper, Patty Baena, gave birth to a son of her own, Joseph. Who would have guessed that Joseph was Arnold's kid? Apparently, Maria did: In 2011, she confronted Patty about her son's striking resemblance to the Governator. News of the affair and the child broke soon after, and Maria filed for divorce. "I think [the affair] was the stupidest thing I've done in the whole relationship," Arnold told "60 Minutes" in the scandal's aftermath. "It was terrible. I inflicted tremendous pain on Maria and unbelievable pain on the kids." Kourtney Kardashian Male model Michael Girgenti certainly tried to "Keep Up" with the Kardashians. In 2013, he claimed that he and Kourtney hooked up in 2009 while she and Scott were on the outs and that he was the father of her son, Mason. Michael even filed a paternity suit, asking for shared custody of the 3-year-old boy. Kourtney denied the claim, and a DNA test soon proved that Scott is Mason's father. "After three and a half years of rumors and lies being spread by an individual I met briefly at a photo shoot, I am setting the record straight that Scott is Mason's father," Kourtney said . "While it saddens me to have to address these ridiculous lies -- especially when the truth was never in doubt -- this story must be put to rest." Like daughter, like mother! Kris Jenner has also been subject to rumors about a secret baby daddy. For years, there has been speculation that O.J. Simpson is really Khloe Kardashian's father, but Kris maintains that her late husband, Robert Kardashian, is the dad. "I have never heard such crap in my life," she told "Good Morning America" in 2012. "I was there, right. I gave birth, I know who the dad was. Everything's good. We're all good." Eddie Murphy This funnyman certainly wasn't laughing in 2007 when he learned that his ex, Melanie Brown of the Spice Girls, was pregnant with their child. In fact, Eddie refused to admit that little Angel was his daughter, despite the fact that he was listed as her father on her birth certificate. Eventually, Mel brought him to court to force a DNA test, which was positive. Eddie changed his tune after that: Not only has he developed a relationship with Angel, but he also reimbursed Mel for her pregnancy costs. Still, Eddie and Melanie's war has raged on. In 2013, Eddie refused to let Mel take Angel out of the U.S., forcing her to renege on her contract with the Australian version of "The X Factor." Jude Law Jude wasn't just busy making "Sherlock Holmes" in New York in late 2008 -- he also got busy … and made a baby. While filming, Jude hooked up with cocktail waitress Samantha Burke, who got pregnant with daughter Sophia during their short fling. Though a paternity test proved that Jude was the dad, it took a while for him to warm up to being a father for the fourth time. (His three other kids are with his ex-wife, Sadie Frost.) He does, however, pony up a lot of cash for Sophia: more than $9,000 per month in child support. Jay-Z Is having a secret love child one of Jay's "99 Problems"? In 2001, way before he and Beyonce were "Crazy in Love," Jay allegedly knocked up model Shenelle Scott. According to rumors, Jay paid Shenelle $1 million to keep his name off the birth certificate. The rapper has long denied the allegations, but that hasn't stopped the story from popping up every couple of years. But that wasn't the only paternity scandal in Beyonce's life. In 2009, a woman named Alexsandra Wright claimed that she had an affair with Mathew Knowles, B's dad, resulting in the birth of her son, Nixon. This time, it didn't work out so well: A DNA test proved that Mathew was the father. Mathew's wife, Tina, filed for divorce soon after. Gavin Rossdale When model-designer Pearl Lowe gave birth to daughter Daisy in the late '80s, she named her pal, Gavin Rossdale, as the baby's godfather. In reality, Gavin was Daisy's father! Apparently, Pearl and Gavin had hooked up while Pearl was married, resulting in her pregnancy. Things came to a head in 2004, when Daisy questioned who her father was and asked for a paternity test. "Gavin told me if Daisy, then 14, had a DNA test, he'd never speak to me again and he's kept his word," Pearl told Easy Living magazine in 2012. "I lost him as a friend, but Daisy has a relationship with him, which is great." Mick Jagger This Rolling Stone's hip thrusts have created a lot of paternity problems. In 1970, he fathered a child with Marsha Hunt, his "Brown Sugar" muse. Marsha had to sue Mick -- twice -- for the rocker to take financial responsibility for his firstborn. Mick and Karis grew to have a relationship over the years; he even gave her away at her 2002 wedding. Then, in 1998, he cheated on wife Jerry Hall with model Luciana Gimenez Morad. When Luciana gave birth to son Lucas the following year, DNA tests proved that Mick was the daddy. Needless to say, Mick and Jerry didn't last long after that. Elizabeth Hurley When Elizabeth got pregnant with her son, Damian, she named her billionaire ex-boyfriend Steve Bing as the father. But Steve vehemently denied the claim, saying they weren't exclusive as a couple, so the baby wasn't necessarily his. Elizabeth took Steve to court for a DNA test in 2002, which proved that he was Damian's daddy. (C'mon, isn't it obvious ?) "Elizabeth knew the results were a foregone conclusion," her spokesperson said. "Anyone who means anything to her believed her implicitly." As for Steve, his reps did damage control, saying the mogul was "pleased with the result" and that "He said all along he wanted to be involved if it was proved he was the father." Tiger Woods Is it shocking to anyone that Tiger has been involved in a paternity suit? Probably not, considering all the time he spent, er, swinging his club around. What is surprising is that the baby actually wasn't his. In 2010, one of Tiger's mistresses, adult star Devon James, claimed that the golfer was the father of her 9-year-old son, Austin Brinling. The only problem? A DNA test taken eight years prior had already proved that Austin wasn't one of Tiger's cubs. Padma Lakshmi After breaking up with venture capitalist Adam Dell [pictured] in 2009 and moving on to billionaire Ted Forstmann, this "Top Chef" host found out she had a bun in the oven. Although she wanted the baby to be Ted's, a paternity test proved that Adam was the father. Still, Padma refused to publicly acknowledge Adam as baby Krishna's dad, even though he wanted to be a part of his daughter's life. A lengthy court battle ensued, and in 2012, a judge ruled that Krishna would be getting a Dell -- as a dad. As a result, Adam was granted expanded visitation rights and legal recognition as Krishna's father. Ludacris Ludacris in a paternity scandal? Not so ludicrous. Apparently, the rapper hooked up with a woman named Tamika Foster while on a break from his longtime girlfriend Eudoxie. Oops! Tamika and Luda's daughter, Cai Bella Bridges, was born in December 2013, and a child support battle ensued. Tamika wanted $15,000 a month, while Luda claimed he could only afford $1,800, blaming the halted production of "Fast and Furious 7." In the end, a judge ruled that Ludacis had to pay $7,000 a month for baby Cai. Ryan Phillippe In 2010, Ryan had some summer lovin' with actress Alexis Knapp. Shortly after they split up that fall, Alexis found out she was pregnant . What comes next is a little murky : Some say Ryan tried to keep things quiet by offering to pay for everything, while others claimed that he was happy to take a DNA test and be involved. Regardless, Ryan was present when his daughter, Kailani Merizalde , was born on July 1, 2011. And although Ryan wasn't listed as the father on her birth certificate , baby Kai bares both his and Alexis's last names. Keanu Reeves Keanu had a not-so-excellent adventure with a 2009 paternity suit. A Canadian woman named Karen Sala claimed that Keanu fathered her four adult children and demanded $3 million a month in retroactive spousal support and $150,000 a month in retroactive child support. A DNA test proved the allegation was bogus , which is something that Keanu said from the beginning -- the two had never even met!
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During a bilateral meeting in Moscow, Saudi officials are expressing concern over Russia's decision to launch air strikes in Syria. Nathan Frandino reports.
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Less than a week before a trip to play arch-rival Notre Dame in South Bend, USC is reeling. On Sunday, Steve Sarkisian was in no condition to lead the team in practice, at which point multiple sources told FOX Sports that USC brass realized the embattled Trojans head coach "needs serious help." Following afternoon practice, Sarkisian's boss, AD Pat Haden, told reporters the coach will take a leave of absence and that offensive coordinator Clay Helton will become the interim head coach. "I got a call that Coach Sarkisian was at practice. I learned this at about 1 o'clock," Haden said. "I called Steve and talked to him. It was clear to me he's not healthy. I asked him to take an indefinite leave of absence. "I think it's the right thing for our team. I always want to do what's right for our team and school. I then spoke with the coaches and team. It's clear the team had a great deal of concern about the health of Coach Sarkisian. So did the staff." Sources say Sarkisian is expected to get treatment for alcohol and substance issues. A few days before the season kicked off, Sarkisian's off-field issues, which had already been a major concern for some inside the USC program, gained national attention when he was drunk at the school's Aug. 22 Salute to Troy booster event. Sarkisian apologized for his behavior the next day and then later in the week, held a press conference before a morning practice and explained the incident was due to him mixing alcohol with "meds." At the time Sarkisian was asked if he thought he had a drinking problem, and he said he didn't believe he did. He mentioned that he was going to take part in some treatment. "I don't know if I even need rehab, but it's sort of the process," he said. However, given the demands on a college head coach at a major program on the eve of the season, it was a stretch to think there would have been ample time for him to be involved in any sustained significant treatment program without taking a leave of absence. USC, the Pac-12 media's preseason pick to win the conference, has started the season 3-2 and 1-2 in league play. The Trojans' two losses, both at home, came against double-digit underdogs. Last Thursday night, USC lost to Washington, Sarkisian's old team, 17-12. On Sunday, FOX Sports spoke to several folks inside the USC program, including a few key boosters, who all felt sad about Sarkisian's situation but were also angry about how Haden has handled things. Some were uncomfortable with hiring Sarkisian two years ago due to concerns over his drinking, and they also were skeptical whether he was ready to handle the USC job. He had spent five seasons at Washington and never had a better conference record than 5-4. To some inside USC, Sarkisian's Salute to Troy incident wasn't taken seriously enough by Haden. (Sarkisian reportedly apologized to his players and did up-downs as punishment, according to quarterback Cody Kessler.) "They run it like a damn country club," said one USC booster in late August. "It's an embarrassment." Sources tell FOX Sports that there have been times where his players had smelled alcohol on Sarkisian's breath at practice in the past. Sunday morning's incident perhaps marks the last time Sarkisian will be coaching the Trojans. It would seem a long shot that he would return to lead the program after he comes back from his leave of absence -- especially given the circumstances of the past seven weeks. "The truth is USC is a storied program, and since this whole debacle with Reggie (Bush) the school has floundered," said one USC source Sunday afternoon. "Hiring (Lane) Kiffin was a mistake, and then you follow up that mistake by hiring Sark, who is not that much different than Kiffin? All of the former players are so mad. I don't know how it could get to this point. This stuff never happens at other schools, but it keeps happening at USC because of the people in charge don't seem to take anything seriously. "What has Pat Haden done since he's been there? You have all these unbelievable resources and history, and it's a group of people in charge that doesn't know what they're doing. They're grasping to have some attachment to Pete (Carroll), and they keep screwing it up. Instead of (Haden and Sarkisian) addressing the issue appropriately (in August), they let him skirt the issue. Obviously, he does have a problem. He should've stood there and said, 'I have a real problem. I'm getting real help.' It's just a bad situation for him, and bad for everyone at USC."
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Sorry, Fantastic Four and Tomorrowland there's a new top of the flops. With just $15.5 million in opening-weekend box domestic office receipts against an estimated $150 million budget, Pan is the unofficial biggest bomb of 2015, recovering just 10.3% of its production cost in its home debut. By comparison, Fantastic Four recovered 22% of its pricetag at home when it opened Aug. 7, taking $25.6 million on an estimated $122 million budget for Fox. And Tomorrowland, Disney's entry in the dog race, opened to $33 million against a whopping $190 million production budget, good enough for a 17% return. Keep in mind: Domestic open-vs.-budget is about as unofficial and oversimplified as a metric gets. A film's true performance is a byzantine blend of box office returns and home-video potential both at home and overseas, measured against not just production costs but also marketing spend and profit-sharing structures at the distributing studio.
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Detroit Lions head coach Jim Caldwell benched quarterback Matthew Stafford midway through the third quarter on Sunday. The Lions were losing by a score of 35-7 in Week 5 against the Arizona Cardinals at the time. Stafford was having trouble all game long connecting with his receivers downfield and had made some bad mistakes. When he left the game, the veteran had completed 20-of-32 passes for just 188 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. It was a miserable performance, and the final straw was broken, it appeared, when Stafford and receiver Golden Tate had words in the huddle. Matt Stafford standing by himself, no helmet, down the sideline. Also, something just happened with Tate in the huddle. Pulled of the field. Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) October 11, 2015 Backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky took over for Stafford. The Lions were well on their way to their fifth loss in a row to open the season, looking bad on both sides of the ball. Caldwell has his work cut out for him to make a turnaround, but the honest truth is that the damage is likely already far too extensive to make a repair midseason.
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Week 5 of the 2015 NFL season did not disappoint. We witnessed three thrilling games that were decided in overtime, and numerous x-factors stepped up when their team needed it most on Sunday. Here's a look back at the best and worst players from Sunday's action: Best QB Josh McCown, Cleveland Browns McCown's 457 passing yards during Sunday's win over the Ravens were the most by a Browns quarterback in franchise history and the second most by a quarterback this season. He completed 36 passes (two touchdowns) as Cleveland stormed back from a 21-9 deficit to beat Baltimore in overtime. Over the last three weeks, McCown has an NFL-high 1,154 passing yards, including six touchdowns. Just call him Money McCown! RB Thomas Rawls, Seattle Seahawks Say hello to Beast Mode 2.0. The former undrafted free agent put on his best Marshawn Lynch impression in Cincinnati, carrying the football 23 times for 169 yards (leading all rushers) during Seattle's 27-24 loss to the Bengals. Rawls also scored a Lynch-like touchdown, in which he rumbled through several tackle attempts on his way to a 69-yard score. His other 22 carries netted 100 yards against the NFL's sixth-best rushing defense. RB Doug Martin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Martin almost singlehandedly snapped Tampa Bay's 11-game home losing streak on Sunday. He turned his 27 touches against the Jaguars into 158 total yards and three touchdowns, powering the Buccaneers to their first home win since December 2013. Martin now has back-to-back games with 100 or more rushing yards, while his three scores in Week 5 matched his total from his previous 20 games combined. TE Gary Barnidge, Cleveland Browns Cleveland's 30-year-old tight end is proving he's no fluke. Barnidge had another standout game Sunday, catching eight passes for 139 yards and one of the most creative touchdowns of the 2015 season. He used his legs not hands to haul in an 18-yard circus catch for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Barnidge now has 22 catches, 319 yards and three touchdowns over his last three games. S Charles Woodson, Oakland Raiders Father Time is making his presence felt against Peyton Manning, but is losing to Charles Woodson. The 39-year-old safety intercepted Manning twice on Sunday, including an acrobatic pick near the sideline in the second half of the game. Woodson is now tied for the league lead in interceptions with four, and his 64 career picks are tied with Ed Reed for sixth all-time. He's an ageless wonder. Worst QB Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions Down big at home, the winless Lions decided to pull Stafford, who threw three early interceptions during a disastrous loss to the Cardinals. Detroit committed turnovers on five of its first eight possessions as Arizona jumped out to a 28-7 lead. Head coach Jim Caldwell made the change after Stafford's third pick, sending in backup Dan Orlovsky to finish a game that ended in a 42-17 loss. Stafford now has a league-high eight interceptions for the 0-5 Lions. QB Nick Foles, St. Louis Rams The Packers beat up on Foles, both physically and in the box score. Green Bay hit the Rams' quarterback 12 times and sacked him on four other plays, while also limiting him to just 11 completions on 30 attempts and a passer rating of 23.8. Two of Foles' four interceptions came in the red zone, while a third was returned for a touchdown. The Rams scored just 10 points despite getting 159 rushing yards from rookie Todd Gurley. QB Brandon Weeden, Dallas Cowboys The Cowboys are now 0-3 in starts made by Weeden. He was at his worst against the Patriots on Sunday, throwing for just 188 yards on 39 attempts as the Cowboys scored just six points. Half of his completions went to running backs. He tossed an ugly interception in the fourth quarter and then badly overthrew Terrance Williams in the end zone on his final drive. Checkdown after checkdown just isn't a viable way to play quarterback in the NFL. The Cowboys might be forced to go with Matt Cassel next week. RB Eddie Lacy, Green Bay Packers Green Bay's big running back still doesn't look 100 percent healthy. He carried the ball 13 times for just 27 yards against the Rams' 24th-ranked run defense, while his counterpart rookie Todd Gurley rumbled for 159 yards. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers ended up being Green Bay's top rusher, an indictment of the struggles Lacy had on the ground. He didn't have a rush over three yards until deep into the third quarter, and backup James Starks spelled him for a handful of series. Lacy is now on pace for just over 800 rushing yards. RB Ronnie Hillman, Denver Broncos Expected by many to start winning more of Denver's running back shares, Hillman produced a dud against the Raiders. He rushed seven times for only 21 yards and dropped a touchdown pass from Peyton Manning. It's not easy rotating in and out with another back, but Hillman didn't get closer to leapfrogging C.J. Anderson with a quiet afternoon against the league's 31st-ranked defense.
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Polling stations in Bihar opened at 7 a.m. local time (0130 UTC) in 49 constituencies for the first of five phases of voting for the state's legislative assembly. There are 583 candidates contesting the election in what is India's third-most populous state, with a population of 104 million people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won a landslide victory in general elections last year, is facing an alliance of two powerful former chief ministers, including the incumbent, Nitish Kumar. The other, Kumar's predecessor Lalu Prasad Yadav, has served time in prison for corruption. Modi has addressed several election rallies across the state (photo above), hoping the outcome will give his party the presence in parliament it needs to push promised reforms through India's upper house of parliament, where it lacks a majority. He has also promised billions of dollars for development in the state, where two-thirds of people have no access to electricity. Seeking approval Bihar has never been ruled by the BJP alone, with regional parties and alliances normally taking the helm. If Modi's party does win this one, the victory will be widely seen as approval of its Hindu right-wing political strategies. The BJP is still reeling from a humiliating defeat in February elections for the New Delhi state assembly, which it lost to a new anti-corruption party. The five phases of voting in the state will end on November 5, with results due on November 8. tj/kms (AFP, AP)
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The first Presidents Cup in Asia was an outstanding success and should come back to the continent in the future, according to winning US captain Jay Haas. Sunday's thrilling finale saw the valiant International team lose by just a single point 15.5-14.5 on the final green after 30 matches over four days in the closest encounter since the cup was shared in 2003. With packed home galleries cheering his every move at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, Bae Sang-Moon couldn't quite deliver at that crucial, pressure-filled moment. Instead it was captain Haas's son Bill who secured the dramatic win to take the Cup back to the United States for the ninth time in its 11-edition history. The biennial showdown now returns to the US to be hosted at Liberty National in New Jersey in two years time and will then go to Melbourne in 2019. AFP
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Every American student learns that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and landed in the New World in 1492. Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.'s poem " History of the U.S. " has made it impossible to forget the date (although the couplet actually predates her birth), and many workers get a day off of work every October to celebrate the explorer's exploits. You know the who and where, but here are 10 more answers to pressing questions about Columbus Day. 1. WHEN DID COLUMBUS BECOME A CULTURAL ICON? By the early 1500s, other figures like Amerigo Vespucci and Francisco Pizarro had become more popular and successful than Columbus had been with his off-course voyages. According to The New York Times , historians and writers in the latter part of the 16th century restored some of Columbus's reputation with great words of praise for the explorer and his discoveries, with his fellow Italians proving particularly eager to celebrate his life in plays and poetry. 2. HOW DID THAT POPULARITY REACH THE UNITED STATES? Blame the British. As the American colonies formed an identity separate from their English roots, colonists looked to figures like the "appointed of God" Columbus to symbolize their ideals. "By the time of the Revolution," writes John Noble Wilford , "Columbus had been transmuted into a national icon, a hero second only to Washington." Columbus's American legacy got another shot in the arm in 1828 when a biography ( peppered with historical fiction ) by Washington Irving transformed Columbus into an even more idealized figure who sought to " colonize and cultivate ," not to strip the New World of its resources. 3. WHEN WAS THE FIRST COLUMBUS DAY? The first recorded celebration took place in 1792 in New York City, but the first official holiday held in commemoration of the 1492 voyage coincided with its 400th anniversary in 1892. President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation in which he called Columbus a "pioneer of progress and enlightenment" and suggested that Americans "cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life." If Harrison had had his way, though, the holiday would have been celebrated on October 21. He knew that Columbus landed under the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian calendar we use today making October 21 the correct date for anniversary celebrations. 4. DID ANYONE ACTUALLY CELEBRATE COLUMBUS DAY IN THE 19TH CENTURY? Italian Americans embraced Columbus as an important figure in their history and, according to historians, saw celebrating him as a way to " be accepted by the mainstream ." The Knights of Columbus, an organization formed by Irish-Catholic immigrants in 1882, chose the Catholic explorer as their patron "as a symbol that allegiance to their country did not conflict with allegiance to their faith." Following President Harrison's 1892 proclamation, they lobbied for Columbus Day to become an official holiday. 5. SO WHEN DID IT BECOME AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY? The holiday first found traction at the state level. Colorado began celebrating Columbus Day, by governor proclamation, in 1905. Angelo Noce , founder of the first Italian newspaper in the state, spearheaded the movement to honor Columbus and Italian-American history. In 1907, the Colorado General Assembly finally gave in to him and made it an official state holiday. 6. WHEN DID IT BECOME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY? With Franklin D. Roosevelt as president, lobbying from the Knights of Columbus paid off, and the United States as a whole observed Columbus Day in 1934. Thirty-four years later, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Holiday Bill , which designated Columbus Day as a federal holiday. 7. WHY DOES THE DATE CHANGE EVERY YEAR? Columbus Day was originally celebrated on October 12 , the day Columbus landed in the New World, but the Uniform Holiday Bill took effect in 1971 and changed it to the second Monday in October, as well as moving the dates of Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day to Mondays (Veterans Day would be moved back to November 11 in 1980 after criticism from veterans' groups ). The act of Congress was enacted to "provide for uniform annual observances of certain legal public holidays on Monday, and for other purposes." 8. DOES EVERY STATE OBSERVE THE HOLIDAY ON THE SAME DAY? In Tennessee, Columbus Day comes with an asterisk. The state's official holiday observance calendar reads that Columbus Day is the second Monday of October, or "at the Governor's discretion, Columbus Day may be observed the Friday after Thanksgiving." 9. WHICH STATES DON'T CELEBRATE COLUMBUS DAY? In Hawaii, the second Monday of October is known as Discoverer's Day , "in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands, provided that this day is not and shall not be construed to be a state holiday." According to Pew Research Center , only 23 states and the District of Columbia treated Columbus Day as a paid state holiday in 2013. South Dakota celebrates Native Americans Day as an official state holiday, and several cities like Seattle and St. Paul, Minnesota celebrate Indigenous People's Day . 10. HOW DO OTHER PLACES AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE COLUMBUS DAY? In Italy, Columbus Day (or Giornata nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo ) is listed as one of the national or international days of celebration and is still on October 12, but it's not a public holiday. Some countries have chosen to observe anti-Columbus holidays like the " Day of the Indigenous Resistance " in Venezuela and Nicaragua, "Pan American Day" in Belize, and the "Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity" in Argentina.
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The Day in Sports Photos Big win for the Giants New York Giants tight end Larry Donnell (left) catches the game-winning touchdown in front of San Francisco 49ers inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman on Sunday, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Giants won 30-27. IMAGES: 2015 NFL SEASON No problem for Dallas in Houston Houston Astros starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel throws to Ben Zobrist of the Kansas City Royals during game three of their American League Division Series on Sunday, in Houston. The Astros won 4-2. IMAGES: 2015 MLB PLAYOFFS Overtime boot Cleveland Browns kicker Travis Coons (6) kicks the game-winning field goal in overtime against the Baltimore Ravens on Oct. 11 in Baltimore. The Browns won 33-30. IMAGES: 2015 NFL SEASON Elusive Kobe Kobe Bryant passes the ball as he is pressured by Rene Rougeau, left, and Alex Chubrevich of Macabi Haifa during a preseason game on Sunday in Los Angeles. Brady is having a ball New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady celebrates scoring a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, in Arlington, Texas. The Patriots won 30-6. IMAGES: 2015 NFL SEASON Indiana surge Indiana Fever's Briann January, center, heads to the basket as Minnesota Lynx's Seimone Augustus, left, and Anna Cruz, right, watch during Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday, in Indianapolis. Mike Condon picks up 1st career win Mike Condon (left) of the Montreal Canadiens makes a pad save against Zack Smith of the Ottawa Senators during a game on Sunday, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Montreal won 3-1. With the fans Green Bay Packers wide receiver Ty Montgomery celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the first quarter of the game against the St. Louis Rams at Lambeau Field on Sunday, in Green Bay. IMAGES: 2015 NFL SEASON Pardon me, coming through Texas Rangers left fielder Josh Hamilton (top) gets past Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson to make it to third base during game three of their American League Division Series on Sunday, in Arlington, Texas. The Blue Jays won 5-1. IMAGES: 2015 MLB PLAYOFFS Pick six for the win Atlanta Falcons cornerback Robert Alford runs back an intercepted ball during overtime against Washington on Sunday, in Atlanta. The Falcons won 25-19. IMAGES: 2015 NFL SEASON Celebratory burnout Joey Logano, driver of the Shell Pennzoil Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, in Charlotte. Up and over Allen Hurns, top, of the Jacksonville Jaguars makes a catch over Bradley McDougald of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the game at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers won 38-31. IMAGES: 2015 NFL SEASON Puck in the air Nathan Beaulieu (left) of the Montreal Canadiens and Zack Smith of the Ottawa Senators vie for the airborne puck during a game on Sunday, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Raiders force Oakland Raiders fans support their team against the Denver Broncos at O.co Coliseum on Sunday, in Oakland, California. Going Russian Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes GP celebrates next to President of Russia, Vladimir Putin and Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari after winning the Formula One Grand Prix of Russia at Sochi Autodrom on Sunday, in Sochi, Russia. In rain or shine U.S. team members and their wives and girlfriends walk to attend the closing ceremony of the 2015 Presidents Cup golf tournament at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club on Sunday, in Incheon, South Korea. Explosive entry Vincent Jackson of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers takes to the field for the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, in Tampa, Florida. IMAGES: 2015 NFL SEASON Spring in the Cowboy step The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders perform before a game against the New England Patriots at AT&T Stadium on Sunday, in Arlington, Texas. Djokovic beats Nadal Rafael Nadal holds the runner up trophy while Novak Djokovic holds the winners trophy after the men's final of the 2015 China Open on Sunday, in Beijing, China. Gearing up for Rio Competitors take part in the International Mountain Bike Challenge at the Deodoro Sports Complex on Sunday, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The International Mountain Bike Challenge is a test event for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Rushing touchdown Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones scores a rushing touchdown against Atlanta Falcons strong safety William Moore (25) in the fourth quarter of their game at the Georgia Dome on Sunday, in Atlanta. IMAGES: 2015 NFL SEASON Japan downs USA Players shake hands after the Rugby World Cup Pool B match between USA and Japan on Sunday, at Kingsholm, Gloucester, England. Japan won the match 28-18. Elvis in the house Fans watch the Green Bay Packers warm up before a game against the St. Louis Rams at Lambeau Field on Sunday, in Green Bay. Lets sail People in sailing boats gather at the start of the Barcolana regatta on Sunday, in front of Trieste harbor. The Barcolana is one of the largest sailing races in the world with over 1500 participants. Victory jump Jamie Bargary riding Astracad (C, green) on their way to winning The John Ayres Memorial Handicap Steeple Chase at Chepstow racecourse on Sunday, in Chepstow, Wales. IMAGES PREVIOUS DAY'S PHOTOS
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Americans who travel abroad often do not receive the recommended vaccines that would protect them from certain illnesses, new research suggests. One study of Americans visiting travel clinics found that more than half of those who were recommended to get a measles vaccination did not do so before traveling. Another study found that more than two dozen Americans were sickened with hepatitis A while visiting a resort town in Mexico in early 2015. Although the hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for people going to Mexico, none of the people who got sick in this recent outbreak were vaccinated before traveling. "Americans planning international travel should see their health care providers or visit a travel clinic four to six weeks before the trip to learn what vaccines are recommended before heading to their destinations," said Dr. Emily Hyle, an instructor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, who led the measles vaccine study. About half of all U.S. measles case are tied to people who catch the disease while traveling abroad, Hyle said. "If we are more proactive about being sure that departing U.S. travelers have measles immunity, [this] could go a long way towards" reducing measles cases, Hyle said in a news conference Oct. 9. Both studies were presented here at IDWeek 2015, a meeting of several organizations focused on infectious diseases. For their study on measles vaccinations, Hyle and colleagues analyzed information from more than 40,000 American adults who visited travel clinics between 2009 and 2014. Of these, about 7,100 people (18 percent) were not vaccinated against measles, or were not up-to-date with their shots. However, 56 percent of those people who were recommended to get the measles vaccine or 4,000 people did not opt to get measles shot before traveling, the researchers found. One of the most common reasons people gave for not getting the measles vaccine before traveling was that they were "not concerned about illness," the study said. Although measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, meaning there is no longer continuous spread of the disease here, there are still more than 20 million measles cases yearly worldwide. Americans who catch measles while traveling can bring the disease back to the United States, and possibly start a measles outbreak . "Many adults think of measles as a child's illness," said Dr. Susan McLellan, a clinical associate professor of tropical medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, who moderated the news conference. "But the truth is, transmission continues to occur in a number of countries in the world," and when adults do get sick with measles they usually have a much worse illness than children do, McLellan said. In the outbreak of hepatitis A, which occurred in Tulum, Mexico, from January through March of this year, 29 Americans caught the viral disease, and most reported consuming seafood. Hepatitis A is a virus that can cause fever, nausea, exhaustion, jaundice and stomach pain, and can be transmitted by consumption of contaminated food or water. This outbreak "probably could have been avoided" if the travelers had received the hepatitis A vaccine as recommended, said study co-author Dr. Monique Aaron-Foster, an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Viral Hepatitis. "Hepatitis A vaccination prior to travel is the most effective way to avoid infection," Aaron-Foster said. Travelers to areas where hepatitis A is common should also avoid consuming non-bottled water, uncooked fruit and vegetables and undercooked meats, including raw fish and shellfish, Foster said. Follow Rachael Rettner @RachaelRettner. Follow Live Science @livescience , Facebook & Google+ . Original article on Live Science .
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Ford Motor Co (F.N) will invest 11.4 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) to expand research and development in China, Chief Executive Mark Fields said on Monday. Fields, speaking at a corporate event in Shanghai, did not offer a time frame or further details on how the money would be spent. ($1 = 6.3303 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Adam Jourdan; Writing by Jake Spring; Editing by Kazunori Takada)
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Cem Özdemir, co-chairman of Germany's Green Party, accused Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan of deliberately fuelling tensions across the country in the wake of Saturday's twin attacks in the capital Ankara, which killed almost 100 people. Özdemir further accused the Turkish president of having no interest in reaching a ceasefire agreement with Kurdish insurgents. "Erdogan knows that if the November 1 elections were to take place on a straight-forward manner and on a democratic platform, he would once again not manage to gain a majority vote," the Greens politician told the daily regional newspaper "Passauer Neue Presse. "It is evident that he is working hard to prevent orderly and fair elections from taking place," he added. Özdemir: Erdogan unfit head-of-state Özdemir, a veteran politician of Turkish origins, later said that Germany should not take any action until the elections, which might be interpreted as support of Erdogan. He also demanded that any talks regarding Turkey's ascendency to the EU should be put on the backburner. "Someone, who is willing to plunge his own country into such chaos in a bid to avoid another defeat at the polls and the subsequent prospect of being held accountable for his actions, is not a reliable partner," Özdemir said. "Someone, who is happy to condone scores of deaths among his own citizens, police force, and military, cannot deserve serving as head-of-state." No 'dirty deal' to curb refugees The Green Party co-chair added that Europe should not expect to find a competent partner in Erdogan's Turkey to help tackling the ongoing refugee crisis either. He advised against settling for a "dirty deal with an authoritarian ruler," saying that any compromise with Erdogan would only exacerbate the situation in the Middle East. "The only thing that Erdogan can accomplish by fighting against the Kurds in northern Iraq and Syria is to strengthen IS while aggravating the causes for migration," Özdemir explain referring to the self-declared "Islamic State" ("IS"). Blame game The Turkish government has accused IS of being the masterminds behind the attack among other suspects, but the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (HDP) said that a series of shortcomings on part of the government implied a certain level of government complicity. The government, in turn, has been campaigning against the HDP, saying it didn't distance itself from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which the Turkish military has been fighting for over 30 years. After uniting a number of pro-minority movements under one party, the HDP had managed to gain 13.1 percent of the vote in elections earlier this year, resulting in a pro-Kurdish party entering parliament for the first time and with 80 seats. New elections were called for November 1 after Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) failed to build a coalition government. Politicians including Cem Özdemir have warned that amid the mutual accusations further attacks could come ahead of the elections. Turks in Germany Gökay Sofuoglu, the leader of the Turkish Community, an organization in Germany dedicated to addressing the needs of the 3-million-strong Turkish diaspora, also warned of further attacks and violence spilling over - all the way to Germany. Sofuoglu said there could be severe clashes between Kurds and Turkish nationalists in Germany: "There could be a further escalation of matters even in Germany, simply judging by the way that things are going in Turkey right now." "This goes back all the way to when Erdogan first became president, leading to a great deal of polarization among Turks in Germany," he told the daily regional newspaper "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger" on Monday. Sofuoglu said that PKK members had repeatedly called for retaliatory attacks, organizing marches without getting municipal clearance first. However, he also stressed that radicalized members in both communities remained in minority numbers. Sofuoglu also urged authorities to monitor social media for extremists. ss/kms (AFP, dpa, epd)
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Ugandan troops will start leaving South Sudan by the end of this week, according to the head of the Ugandan force in the country. This was a key rebel demand during drawn-out talks which led to a peace deal in August. All foreign forces were meant to have left by 10 October. Meanwhile, a rebel leader has told the BBC the deal is unlikely to work and said he may take up arms again. Tens of thousands of people have died since the civil war began in 2013. Africa Live: BBC news updates Uganda has not revealed how many troops it has in South Sudan supporting the government. But they are stationed in three bases: The international airport in Juba; in Nesitu just south of the capital and at their biggest base in the town of Bor, which is hosting some 3,500 soldiers. The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in Uganda says that a neutral regional force is meant to step in once Uganda withdraws but it is not clear when that will happen. Senior rebel leader Gen Johnson Oloni said he might resume fighting because of President Salva Kiir's recent decree creating 18 new states. He called the plan a "naked power-grab", the BBC's Tim Franks reports from South Sudan. He also said the government was undermining the deal with attacks on civilians. The rebel leader said land appropriations had pushed his ethnic group to use force in the past and they could do so again. Gen Johnson is head of the Shilluk militia, which has been accused by the UN children's agency Unicef of abducting hundreds of boys and forcing them to become child soldiers. The US had proposed that he should be subject to a travel ban and assets freeze, along with an army chief, but this was blocked by Russia and Angola at the UN Security Council. South Sudan's elusive peace: At least seven ceasefires agreed and broken since conflict started in December 2013 Nearly one in five South Sudanese displaced by the current conflict, from a total population of 12 million Former rebel leader Salva Kiir became president of South Sudan, the world's newest state, when it gained independence in 2011 South Sudan has been at war for 42 of past 60 years Five obstacles to peace in South Sudan Men of dishonour South Sudan gained independence from neighbouring Sudan four years ago making it the world's youngest country. Two years later, in December 2013, a conflict erupted after President Salva Kiir accused Riek Machar, his sacked deputy, of plotting a coup. Mr Machar denied the allegation, but then formed a rebel army. Much of the fighting has been carried out along ethnic lines, between Mr Machar's Nuer group and Mr Kiir's Dinka, the two dominant ethnic groups in South Sudan.
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Four Israelis have been stabbed in Jerusalem - the latest in a string of such attacks in the past fortnight. Police said two youths were stabbed by two assailants in the Pisgat Zeev district, one of whom was shot dead and the other shot and wounded. Earlier, a policeman was wounded near the city's police headquarters, while another was stabbed in the Old City but saved from injury by a protective vest. The two attackers were shot, with one killed and the other wounded. Four Israelis and dozens of Palestinians, including several assailants, have been killed in the recent upsurge of violence. In the first attack on Monday, an Arab man stabbed a policeman in the Old City after being stopped when he was seen acting suspiciously, police said. It occurred near the Lions' Gate, scene of several other previous stabbings. Later, an Arab woman stabbed a policeman near police headquarters in the Ammunition Hill area of East Jerusalem, police said. The policeman, who was lightly wounded, managed to shoot and injure the attacker. Two Israelis aged 16 and 20 were seriously injured in the attack in Pisgat Zeev, the Magen David Adom ambulance service said. Police did not immediately identify the two assailants. Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have soared recently, fuelled by clashes at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and across the Gaza border, as well as the wave of stabbings. There were more stabbings at the weekend. Several Palestinians were also killed in clashes with Israeli troops and by an Israeli air strike on a militant site in Gaza in response to rocket fire on Israel. What is happening between Israelis and Palestinians? There has been a spate of stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians since early October, and one apparent revenge stabbing by an Israeli. The attacks, in which some Israelis have died, have struck in Jerusalem and elsewhere, and in the occupied West Bank. Israel has tightened security and clashed with rioting Palestinians, leading to deaths on the Palestinian side. The violence has also spread to the border with Gaza. What's behind the latest unrest? After a period of relative quiet, violence between the two communities has spiralled since clashes erupted at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site in late September. It was fuelled by rumours among Palestinians that Israel was attempting to alter a long-standing religious arrangement governing the site. Israel repeatedly dismissed the rumours as incitement. Soon afterwards, two Israelis were shot dead by Palestinians in the West Bank and the stabbing attacks began. Both Israel and the Palestinian authorities have accused one another of doing nothing to protect each other's communities. Is this a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising? There have been two organised armed uprisings by Palestinians against Israeli occupation, in the 1980s and early 2000s. With peace talks moribund, some observers have questioned whether we are now seeing a third. The stabbing attacks seem to be opportunistic and although they have been praised by militant groups, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said Palestinians are not interested in a further escalation.
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Five others were also wounded after a British helicopter crashed at NATO headquarters in Afghanistan's capital The NATO led military coalition did not provide details of the nationalities of those killed in Sunday's crash, but Britain's ministry of defense said two Royal Air Force members were killed in what it described as an accident. "The incident is currently under investigation but we can confirm that it was an accident and not the result of insurgent activity," the ministry of defense said in a statement on Monday. The accident occurred hours after a Taliban suicide bomber attacked a British convoy in Kabul, killing three civilians. No British casualties were reported. Afghan security forces have come under increasing pressure from the Taliban in recent weeks. Taliban forces briefly took over the northern city of Kunduz in late September in what was viewed as a significant blow to NATO trained Afghan forces ahead of a planned gradual withdrawal of forces from the country. While government forces have since recaptured most of the strategically important city, the Taliban has since gained territory in the neighboring provinces of Takhar, Baghlan and Badakhshan. A resurgent Taliban has forced NATO forces to intervene with air support and Special Forces to back up Afghan troops. NATO maintains a force of some 12,000 soldiers - largely made up of about 10,000 from the US - as part of a train and assist mission. In early October, a US military transport plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing six US soldiers and five civilian contractors. cw/kms (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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HIGHGATE, Vt. (AP) The wife of actor Randy Quaid has been jailed in Vermont on $500,000 bail for skipping out of the country after the couple was charged with vandalism. The Quaids were detained at the Canadian border Friday night while trying to re-enter the United States after Canadian officials said they'd be deported. Evi Quaid entered a not guilty plea at her arraignment Monday morning on a charge of being a fugitive from justice; Randy Quaid was expected to be arraigned later Monday on the same charge. They're wanted in Santa Barbara, California, to face felony charges filed in 2010 after they were found squatting in a guesthouse of a home they previously owned. The pair skipped several court appearances and went to Canada.
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The NHL is rolling out 3-on-3 overtime this season in an effort to add some excitement to the game. This is the latest evolution of the NHL's methods of determining a winner since disposing of ties going into the 2005-06 season. The AHL has implemented its own version of this overtime format, which starts with 4-on-4 and after three minutes if no one has scored, goes to 3-on-3 for four minutes, and then the shootout. According to the NHL, with these rules, 75 percent of games that weren't decided in regulation were decided before the shootout. When operating with the straight five-minute 4-on-4, only 35.3 percent of AHL games were decided before the shootout. MORE: Lightning, Ducks among NHL's most promising for 2015-16 Stanley Cup | Big goalie contracts a big mistake in cap era Given these results, the NHL decided to move forward with 3-on-3 overtime. What is the format for 3-on-3 NHL overtime? Unlike the AHL's version, the NHL overtime will be 3-on-3 for the entire five-minute sudden death period. There will be no more 4-on-4 overtime played in the NHL. What happens if the game is still tied after the 3-on-3 overtime period? The shootout rules remain the same. If the two teams are tied after the overtime period, they will have a best-of-three shootout, and if still tied, will go to a sudden death shootout. What happens if a team takes a penalty during the 3-on-3 overtime? If a team takes a penalty during the 3-on-3 overtime, the other team gets to add a skater. There will never be fewer than three skaters on the ice for either team. If a team commits two penalties, the other team will get a fifth skater. If a team needs to carry over a power play from regulation, the overtime period will begin as a 4-on-3 (or 5-on-3, if necessary). Can a team pull its goalie in overtime? A team is permitted to pull its goalie for overtime to get an extra attacker. However, if its opponent scores on the empty net, that team forfeits the point that is automatically awarded for an overtime loss. For example, if the Blackhawks pull Corey Crawford during overtime to get four skaters, but Lightning forward Steven Stamkos scores into the empty net, the Blackhawks don't get a point for getting to overtime. What does 3-on-3 overtime look like? The Lightning and Flyers played the first official overtime game on the second night of the season. Jason Garrison scored the winner for the Lightning at 2:17. Lightning coach Jon Cooper's word to describe the new format? "Lunacy." See for yourself. This is the whole overtime period. And this is Garrison's winner.
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Some morning in the future, you take a pill maybe something for depression or cholesterol. You take it every morning. Buried inside the pill is a sand-sized grain, one millimeter square and a third of a millimeter thick, made from copper, magnesium, and silicon. When the pill reaches your stomach, your stomach acids form a circuit with the copper and magnesium, powering up a microchip. Soon, the entire contraption will dissolve, but in the five minutes before that happens, the chip taps out a steady rhythm of electrical pulses, barely audible over the body's background hum. The signal travels as far as a patch stuck to your skin near the navel, which verifies the signal, then transmits it wirelessly to your smartphone, which passes it along to your doctor. There's now a verifiable record that the pill reached your stomach. This is the vision of Proteus, a new drug-device accepted for review by the Food and Drug Administration last month. The company says it's the first in a new generation of smart drugs, a new source of data for patients and doctors alike. But bioethicists worry that the same data could be used to control patients, infringing on the intensely personal right to refuse medication and giving insurers new power over patients' lives. As the device moves closer to market, it raises a serious question: Is tracking medicine worth the risk? Making each pill count The new device looks to tackle one of the simplest and least discussed problems in medicine: patients don't always take their prescriptions. Most studies find around half of patients skipping out on prescribed medicines, which makes it hard for doctors to know if a given medicine isn't working because it's badly suited to a patient or because it isn't being taken at all. Some patients forget medication, endangering their treatment, while others stop treatment early, needlessly prolonging illnesses. It's a massive source of waste in the medical profession, and solving it would add billions to hospitals and insurers' bottom lines. Proteus was formed with an eye towards solving that problem, according to the same health-tracking logic as Fitbit and Apple's HealthKit. If patients can see how well they're doing, they'll want to do better, and adding in external measurements can give them a direct sense of how the medication is helping them get better. "Once a patient is using our solution, they can see how they're using their drugs, they can see how it affects their body, and we can create all kinds of behavioral tools that enable them to keep doing that," says Proteus CEO Andy Thompson. The Proteus device will still only monitor pill intake, but it can be paired with other metrics for a much more comprehensive picture of how your body responds to the medication. "It means much, much more than just that we can track your compliance," Thompson says. "It means patients are going to be actively engaging with their health care on a regular basis just by using their smartphone." Self-tracking or surveillance? But not everyone's convinced that the ability to track pills will be good news for patients. The right to refuse treatment is an important, fragile principle in health care. Many are worried that tracking whether a pill is being consumed will be the first step towards punishing patients that don't comply. While doctors can't force a patient to take a pill, court orders frequently mandate treatments involving specific drug regimens. NYU bioethicist Arthur Caplan says he can imagine a judge using Proteus to enforce medication as part of a sentence: miss a pill, and your parole is revoked. "The temptation in the legal system to say, 'I can monitor you and make sure you're not a threat' is going to be huge," Caplan says. "Maybe that's good, maybe it's bad, but it's a different world than saying I consent to taking these pills." Those court orders are rare at the moment, since there's no way to ensure a patient is taking medication outside of a controlled treatment facility but as pill-tracking becomes easier, those measures could become much more common. That's particularly likely given the way Proteus is entering the market. The device's first partnership bundles it with Abilify, a powerful antipsychotic most commonly used to treat mood disorders, schizophrenia, and Tourette's. The most common effects are improved concentration and decreased hallucinations, but it comes with extreme side effects like increased suicide risk and a lower seizure threshold. It's most often prescribed in cases of severe mental illness, often in psychiatric institutions or as part of a court-mandated treatment program exactly the scenarios bioethicists like Caplan are most worried about. Another tool for courts Patient's biggest protection are medical privacy laws like HIPAA, which prevent medical data from being shared with anyone outside the hospital system. That would stop your boss or your parents from using Proteus to make sure you haven't fallen behind on your anti-anxiety medication. But those laws won't keep data out of the hands of healthcare providers, and Caplan is concerned the pill could also be used to enforce compliance. Insurers might offer a discounted rate on tracked pills, then hit patients with a $100 co-pay for every treatment they miss. It's not as oppressive as a court order, but the end result would be similar. Proteus says it's already consulting with patient advocates and bioethicists on the ethical issues involved, but acknowledged that there are serious questions at stake. "We think Dr. Caplan has thoughtfully raised important points," the company said. "We agree with everything he says." Still, those concerns are unlikely to keep Proteus out of the hands of doctors. The upcoming FDA approval will focus largely on safety and efficacy, leaving the larger ethical challenges to be solved after the drug is released to doctors and patients at large. With the technology available, it will be up to the courts to decide when it's legal and ethical to use it. As far as Proteus is concerned, the power of the technology outweighs the risks. "There are challenges with bringing digital into any sector," a company representative said. "The reason to embrace the challenge in health care is because the need is so great."
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What would we ever do without alarm clocks? One possibility would be to take a cue from Industrial Revolution-era Britain and Ireland and hire a knocker-upper . Back then, alarm clocks were pricey and erratic, meaning workers needed something (or someone) else to wake them up. Their solution was to hire a person to knock on their windows during the morning hours to ensure they made it to their jobs on time. They'd either make arrangements beforehand, or they'd post the time they wished to be woken up on a door or window. In turn, the hired hand called a knocker-upper would show up and rap on the customer's windowpane until they were roused from slumber. Knocker-uppers earned a few pence per week, and were mainly freelancers trying to gain some extra cash. However, some larger factories and mills apparently valued punctuality so much that they hired full-time knocker-uppers for their workforce. How did knocker-uppers reach second-story windows without hauling a ladder around town? The resourceful early birds used long sticks of lightweight wood, which they attached to wire or a knob. In the 1920s, alarm clocks became both reliable and affordable, and the knocker-uppers dwindled into obscurity. However, if you're tired of your own alarm clock's shrill sound, you could always glean inspiration from their role and hire an early-bird relative or roommate to take their place. [h/t: Modern Notion ]
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In Sunday's Hat Trick, the Canadiens improved to 3-0 thanks to rookie Mike Condon while Bruins' Brad Marchand is out indefinitely with a concussion.
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Parents of public school students support the use of standardized tests, but think they're overused and not necessarily helping their children improve. That finding one of many from a new survey of parent attitudes released Monday by the nonprofit communications organization Education Post lies at the heart of the nation's ongoing testing saga, which has been marked by thousands of students opting out of state assessments and a growing number of states struggling with how to administer and use new tests designed to align with more rigorous standards. The poll figures, which were culled from a 20-minute online survey of more than 1,000 parents, show that 44 percent of parents believe standardized tests are fair, compared with 38 percent who said they are not and 18 percent who are unsure. In addition, 44 percent of parents said standardized tests have a positive impact on schools overall, while 30 percent of parents said they feel the impact is negative, and 25 percent are not sure. Overall, however, 49 percent of parents think their children take too many tests, compared with 40 percent who think they take the right amount. "We're hearing from parents that they generally see value and promise in testing, but their experiences with testing do not come close to matching what they want for their kids," Education Post Executive Director Peter Cunningham said in a statement. "Parents told us that they see standardized tests as a tool for the system. They want them to be used more as a tool to help their kids learn." The role of testing is a major debate in the ongoing congressional efforts to rewrite No Child Left Behind, the federal K-12 law that is widely thought to have ushered in an era of high-stakes testing by requiring states to increase the number of students deemed proficient in reading in math each year. The federal government requires states to test students 17 times before graduation: Annually in math and reading in grades 3 through 8, once in those subjects during high school, and then once in science during elementary, middle and high school. But states and districts require additional tests, largely put in place to ensure students are keeping pace with federal proficiency requirements, which many say creates a vicious testing cycle. Florida's Broward County became the poster child for the problem this year when it was revealed the county was administering more than 1,300 tests to students, one for each course offered. The survey also found that 29 percent of parents believe standardized tests "put too much stress on my child," and another 43 percent believe the tests are stressful but that the stress is manageable. "Testing, accountability, standards these are all issues that are being hotly debated and that affect parents and students every day," Cunningham said. "[Parents] want fewer tests and want them to be used to empower parents and teachers instead of just measuring results."
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The land border between the US and Mexico is 1,933 miles in length, and Donald Trump would like to see all of it sealed off as would nearly half of all Americans, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center . (At 46%, the share of those who favor putting a fence along the entirety of the US' southern border has not changed since 2007 although in the latest poll, released Oct. 8, the profile of supporters skewed whiter, older, and more Republican.) Erecting an end-to-end barrier would be a complicated and costly endeavor, though. Here's a look at the fencing that currently runs along roughly a third of the border, based on reports from the US Congressional Research Center (pdf) and the Government Accountability Office (pdf). Most of the fencing was built between 2005 and 2011, although barrier construction along the border dates back as far as 1990 (pdf). At those costs, the price tag to seal the rest of the border would be between $2.2 billion and $8.3 billion although the final tab could be much higher because some of the areas that remain unfenced are remote and inhospitable, and presumably would be more expensive to build on. Trump isn't suggesting that the US foot that bill. (In June, he told CNN that he would build it, but make Mexico pay for it.) But there would be other expense hurdles to consider legal costs, for example. When the US government tried to secure land to put up the existing wall, a flurry of lawsuits ensued, some filed by the government and others filed against it . Federal officials also had to fight environmentalists concerned that the fence would disrupt wildlife. In the end, blocking off at least parts of the border has not been enough to dissuade smugglers. To get around the current fence, they've cut holes in it , carved tunnels under it , and even used a catapult to launch their contraband over it. A longer, sturdier wall might just yield more creative solutions to overcome it.
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Basically the theme of fall is "You look hot when you're comfortable because we're all freezing, who cares." @misstweedxo / @inessahulka via Instagram 1. Putting on a beanie makes every single person on earth look cute I do not know if the fact that no matter what you're wearing or how crappy your hair looks you can put on a beanie and look like Karlie Kloss is associated with witchcraft, but it feels like it is. @fairfield_lymcrew via Instagram 2. Hot coffee in the winter is the most ~*bomb*~ accessory there is Iced coffee in the summer is an accessory, yes, but hot coffee in the winter (or a hot cup of literally anything) gives you something to nervously hold and sip adorably. I cannot explain to you why every girl looks infinitely more adorable while holding a cup of coffee but she does and we both know it. @kellyinthecity via Instagram 3. You can wear bold lipsticks without looking like you're going to a goth costume party Also because it's totally possible you're about to go to a goth costume party. @misstweedxo via Instagram 4. You don't have to keep your hair up in a sweat-proof sticky ponytail You're free to wear it down and also have it act as a makeshift source of warmth. Plus, you get to see the layers you spent so much money on (and also have you seen a girl in braids wearing a sweater? The cuteness factor is beyond). @chrisgreenehair via Instagram 5. You no longer look like a greasy sweat monster from hell You can actually wake up in the morning and put on makeup and know that about two hours later it's not running down your face like you just got caught in a Mac Foundation rainstorm, which, you know, definitely doesn't hurt. @inessahulka via Instagram 6. Putting on a flannel feels like wearing pajamas that are socially acceptable Scientists have yet to figure out why every girl looks cute in flannel, but it is truly the fabric of our people. Let us not ask why. @sarahkjp via Instagram 7. You can wear mittens and look like an adorable elf princess Or a tiny kitten. Have you seen a kitten wearing mittens? They look just as cute as you do when you're wearing mittens. Seriously, how often are we able to be possess equal cuteness with kittens?! Never/only in fall. @madebymilchschaum via Instagram 8. Scarves that make you look like a sexy professor "Yes, yes, I got this scarf if another country while I was studying anthropology and blah blah something about Rome." -If your scarf look could talk. @thedarlingdetail via Instagram 9. Rosey cheeks that make you look like a Pixar cartoon You can smear all the cream blush you want all over your cheeks and never get it to look this good. Nature must do it for you, which makes it extra dope. @camerondiaz via Instagram 10. You can keep your coat on and leave it unbuttoned like a cool as hell fashion blogger because it's not really that cold yet Every time I have to take off my coat in the fall I want to sigh and mumble, "Ugh, but that was part of my look, just so you know. Now this is just a t-shirt and jeans, but that jacket made it an ~*enSEMble*~. @blaireadiebee via Instagram 11. You can actually exercise without dying of heatstroke or frostbite So basically you can get into Ronda Rousey shape far more easily (or, you know, your version which looks completely different and cannot compete nationally in anything). @gisele via Instagram 12. Wearing rain boots makes you look like a fancy lady who rides horses "Why can't it rain every day so I can look like an uppity rich lady with a riding crop?!" you say to yourself before remembering how annoying it is to carry a soggy umbrella around for hours. @jademenard via Instagram 13. You can actually walk in all your winter shoes so you don't look like an awkward deer when you move Basically the theme of fall is "You look hot when you're comfortable because we're all freezing, who cares." @megs.jem via Instagram
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is opening the door to changing the filibuster in response to growing pressure from Republicans angered that Democrats have blocked legislation from reaching the White House. McConnell has appointed a special task force to explore changes to the filibuster rule and other procedural hurdles including whether to eliminate filibusters on motions to proceed to legislation. That's a tactic the minority often uses to shut down a bill before amendments can be considered. McConnell has tapped his close ally, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), and Senate Rules Committee Chairman Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to form a task force with Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and two other freshmen to weigh various reforms. They hope to implement the changes at the start of next year. "We're going to take a serious look at whether Senate rules ought to be changed in order to make the Senate work more effectively," Alexander said. "A number of the new senators have come in looking around saying, 'Why are we doing things this way and not that way,'" he added. The other two members of the task force are Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Both McConnell and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) have come under pressure in recent years to change the filibuster, which requires the Senate to have 60 votes to overcome procedural hurdles. After last year's midterm elections, Republicans held majorities in both the House and the Senate, where the GOP has a 54-46 advantage. The GOP hoped the new majorities would allow Republicans to send conservative legislation to the White House, which would at least force President Obama to use his veto pen. Instead, bills have been bottled up by Senate Democrats, and Obama has only vetoed one piece of legislation this year a measure to build the Keystone pipeline. Frustrated House Republicans joined by GOP presidential candidate and freshmen senators are clamoring for change. "At times, the rules and practices of the Senate have left Americans and members of the Senate deeply frustrated. Senate systems that should serve the nation are currently blocking debate and slowing progress, instead of promoting it," said Lankford. McConnell, a Senate traditionalist, doesn't want to do away with the filibuster. He and other Republicans fear a decision to gut the filibuster further would boomerang on the party especially if Democrats retake the Senate in next year's elections. But McConnell and his allies have taken note of the growing pressure, especially after Republicans were unable to block funding for Planned Parenthood or to stop President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a GOP presidential candidate, called on the Senate last month to junk the filibuster in order to pass resolution disapproving of the Iran deal with a simple majority. "I think they ought to go to the nuclear option in the United States Senate," he said, referring to a controversial procedure for changing the Senate rules with a simple majority vote. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday the difficulty of passing bills in the Senate has caused frustration to boil over in the House. "That's the primary cause of the division in the House is the filibuster in the Senate," he said. McConnell publicly dismissed the criticism last month. "We appreciate all the good advise we're getting from members of the House of Representatives and candidates for president about how to run the Senate," he told reporters. "That'll obviously be a decision we'll make ourselves." But the issue came up within the Senate Republican conference recently when freshman Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) asked during a meeting what could be done to get more bills moving, according to a Senate GOP source who attended. A spokeswoman for Daines did not respond to a request for comment. One senior senator said freshmen are pushing to get rid of the filibuster on the motion to proceed, which Democrats have deployed to block spending bills this year. The chamber's old bulls pushed back by warning that Republicans would regret curbing or eliminating the filibuster once Democrats regained the majority. Alexander, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) delivered floor speeches defending the status quo. "The framers designed the Senate to serve as a necessary fence against the fickleness and passion that drives hasty law making," Hatch, the Senate's most senior Republican, reminded his newly arrived colleagues. Alexander notes that since World War II, Democrats have controlled the presidency and both chambers of Congress for 22 years while Republicans have only had such a lock on power for six years. "There's a lot of talk. There's some talk in the presidential debate about the filibuster and there's some talk from members of the House of Representatives about it. So I thought and I guess Sen. Hatch and Grassley thought it was a good time to remind people of the importance of what makes the Senate unique," he said. But even Alexander is beginning to shift his position. In 2011 and 2013, when he negotiated rules reform with New York Sen. Charles Schumer, the third-ranking member of the Democratic leadership, he thought the key to getting things done was to persuade his colleagues act more civilly. He now thinks a rules change is the way to go. "I argued at the time that what we needed was a change of behavior more than a change of rules. But I've changed my mind about that. And I think the world around us has changed and that the Senate itself has changed and that we probably need a change in rules," he said. Still, killing the filibuster on motions to proceed would have a limited effect on the minority, which could still use the filibuster to prevent the majority from ending debate on legislation. In 2013, Reid and Democrats voted to eliminate the filibuster on most nominations. To do so, they used a legislative maneuver known as the "nuclear option" that allows changes to Senate rules to be adopted by a Senate majority. Reid and Democrats at the time were frustrated with GOP procedural delays on a string of President Obama's nominations, and Reid was under pressure from the left. The change did not apply to Supreme Court nominations, or to legislation. Senior Republicans pledge they will not invoke the nuclear option. Any rules change must win Democratic support and 67 votes, the threshold for reforms under regular order, they say. "Invoking the nuclear option? That's not happening," said a Senate Republican leadership aide. Alexander said the goal is to implement reforms early next year when neither party will be sure of who will control the Senate after the 2016 election. "Several senators suggested the way to do it would be to make the changes this Congress to take effect in the next Congress. In other words, do it before we know who's going to be in the Senate majority," he said. Still, the real question for McConnell and his allies may be whether the steps they are planning will be enough to satisfy calls from the right. And if the GOP wins the White House in 2016 and controls both chambers, the pressure on McConnell to end the filibuster will grow even stronger.
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Study: E Coli and MRSA can linger on airplane surfaces for days. Elizabeth Cohen talks to Anderson about the report.
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The freedom to wear sweatpants all day, set your own hours, and take phone calls from your couch makes working remotely sound fabulous. And that might be why a whopping 64 million Americans now do so at least part-time an 80 percent increase since 2005. But as more U.S. companies give employees the freedom to "WFH" (work from home), many people, myself included, have discovered challenges that traditional employees don't have. The biggest benefit of working remotely is the added control over how, where, and when you work. It's no surprise that remote workers are more productive and satisfied than traditional employees. Studies also show that skipping the office and an unhealthy commute reduces stress. 1 But the same technology that enables our remote lifestyle like 24/7 access to email can blur the boundary between personal and professional life, causing telecommuters to end up working five to seven hours more per week than their office-bound counterparts, according to one study . I've worked from Vienna for the last two years for Lantern , a mental health startup based in San Francisco. Working 6,000 miles away during different hours than my coworkers has forced me to learn how to develop a happy and healthy work-life balance . Here's how I accomplish it my tips could help you too. 8 Ways to Eliminate Stress When You're Working Remotely 1. Clearly define what work means. This might sound like a no-brainer, but hear me out. Just like your bed should only be used for sex and sleep, your daily allotted working time should only be used for work. Work falls into three categories: A specific project you're completing for your boss or a client Networking to generate more work or meet new clients Professional development Additionally, I suggest making a list and posting it next to your desk of a few activities or goals you can always turn to so you don't waste time if you're having a slow day or finish a project early. This could be staying up to date on industry news, getting more active on LinkedIn or another relevant social network, or checking in with past clients. 2. Visually define your workspace. I work from a standing desk in the corner of my dining room. When I'm there, I'm in work mode and I make sure not to work on anything personal in that space. Even if you live in a tiny studio, it's important to find a visual cue that tells you it's time be productive. For instance, you could put a desk mat and mouse on your dining table to transform it. Or try sitting on the opposite side of a table than you normally do. You'll train yourself to associate that different view with work. If you use the same computer for work and personal use, close all applications and turn off work email and chat notifications at the end of your work day. Same goes for your phone: Customize your settings to turn off notifications after a certain time each day. 3. Get out of the house. Supplement your lack of in-person chatting at work by finding a community: Joining a coworking space or making your favorite coffee shop your second home can kick a midday slump. You'll feel less isolated by getting some of the same social signals that people get in the workplace, such as saying hello or getting a smile. 4. Stick to a daily schedule. Even though your schedule might be flexible, it'll make you feel grounded to create a routine. If you've ever felt like your work just expands to fill the time available, you're already familiar with the adage called Parkinson's law . Giving yourself a constrained amount of time for each task forces you to be more efficient, which in turn makes you feel satisfied with the job you've done. Try to dedicate eight hours a day to work in order to be as productive as your in-office peers. Consider arranging a typical day like so: If your roommate leaves for work at 8 a.m., leave for a coffee shop at the same time even if you want to sleep in. Structure the rest of your day at home, and if you wrap up your client work early, remember the other two types of work: networking and professional development. Lastly, make a commitment to meet a friend for dinner or attend a yoga class at the end of the day to create external accountability and not allow work to bleed into your night. If you don't have a date lined up, leave the house and take a walk around the block as a mental signal that your work day is finished. 5. And don't forget to include strategic breaks. This may sound counter to everything just said, but non-work time is key and should be treated with the importance of a normal meeting. Take advantage of your daily energy lull, which is around 3 p.m. for most, and put a defined amount of time on your calendar to run errands or exercise. Research shows that a short break at least once an hour will help you maintain your focus. To stay most productive, try time-blocking your day by scheduling priorities in defined time periods. This will keep you from task switching, which can lower your productivity by 40 percent . At the end of each project (if it's a big project find natural stopping points), take a 15-minute break so you feel re-energized and ready to switch to the next task. There is one exception. Some experts believe that if you're really on a roll, you shouldn't take a break just because the clock says it's time. Working over an extended period can be invigorating if it's your choice. 6. Meet people face-to-face daily. One-on-one conversations matter to your emotional and physical health (seriously, they may even keep you from catching a cold ). Conversations keep you feeling socially connected and engaged with life outside work. But interacting with others can make some nervous. As an expat who doesn't speak the local language, I look for events, groups, and volunteer gigs that relate to something I'm interested in. It could be a cooking class, a lecture followed by a reception, or even a professional group meeting (I'm a member of Impact Hub and also mentor entrepreneurs). These types of settings where the attendees have a common interest provide plenty of material and focus for conversations. It may take time to find the group or event that's right for you, but keep trying even a quick convo will benefit you. When all else fails, run an errand where you have the opportunity to speak with someone. Ask for a recommendation at a local wine shop or for a new book at your library. It's not as beneficial as making a personal connection, but it's a good alternative. 7. Keep in touch with friends and family. Sometimes the best cure for loneliness is just calling mom. If you're working in a separate city from close friends or family, a phone call (or Skype date) can be a great way to make you feel connected again. Put your call on your calendar take it just as seriously as you would a work meeting. Be ready to be as engaged as possible during the conversation, not distracted by walking around or making dinner. Quality is more important than quantity to reap the benefits of these one-on-one conversations. 8. Learn something new. If you're not getting the in-person feedback on your work that you crave, you can supplement that with personal achievements. Pick up a new hobby in order to feel like you're making progress. You'll boost your self-efficacy and supplement the lack of professional feedback with personal feedback (as in, getting to see improvements week-to-week). That added confidence will spill over into your work-life. And don't feel like you have to pick a hobby that you'll do perfectly. Being a beginner is an important counterpoint to striving for perfection. A few years ago, I joined a triathlon team. I'd never swam laps or biked longer than a few miles. After months of training, I finished my first triathlon. My body has never been so tired, but I've also never been so proud of myself for finishing something outside my comfort zone. Works Cited The good, the bad, and the unknown about telecommuting: meta-analysis of psychological mediators and individual consequences. Gajendran RS, Harrison DA. The Journal of applied psychology, 2008, Jan.;92(6):0021-9010.
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The fallout from USC football coach Steve Sarkisian's unexpected indefinite absence continues, as the nation's top tight end prospect has now backed out of a long-planned official visit to the Trojans in favor of Alabama. As noted by Isaac Nauta himself on Twitter, the 6-foot-4, 237-pound IMG prospect has "flipped" his official visit from USC to Alabama, where he will take in the Crimson Tide's forthcoming contest against LSU and Heisman Trophy frontrunner Leonard Fournette (the idea of "flipping" an official visit as opposed to a commitment is a new one, but that's a subject for another blog post). I have decided to flip my official from USC to Alabama for the LSU game #rolltide 🐘 ICE ❄️❄️❄️❄️ (@inauta18) October 12, 2015 Nauta's decision came hours after Sarkisian was reportedly sent home from USC practice and officially took an indefinite leave of absence. It remains to be seen how long he will be out, or if he will return this season. He joined U.S. Army All-American linebacker Daelin Hayes as moving away from the USC program in the hours after Sarkisian's issues were brought to public attention. When he does return, Sarkisian will have to rally to maintain as much of his recruiting class as he can, a scramble that will be made even harder as momentum against the program continues.
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A group of New Hampshire Democrats tell Alisyn Camerota what they're hoping to see in Tuesday's debate.
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Already bored with fall? Pack those bags, and plan your escape! Krystin Goodwin (@krystingoodwin) has four fabulous destinations you'll want to take this season!
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DENVER A tangy fermented tea called kombucha has moved from the natural foods aisle to the mainstream. But it's also moved into the hot seat amid renewed concerns that it can contain low levels of alcohol. Five years after alcohol levels detected in kombucha prompted nationwide recalls, federal authorities again are warning producers to relabel their products to indicate alcohol content or face fines. But this time around dozens of producers are resisting, and have asked for new federal tests to help them avoid running afoul of alcohol laws. Kombucha is a tea that has been fermented with bacteria and yeast, giving it a tart, vinegar-like zip and high levels of bacteria that some believe impart health benefits. And it's hugely popular. Sales of kombucha jumped nearly five times between 2013 and 2015, to about $600 million a year, according to retail analysts at Markets and Markets. The tea's fermentation process dates back centuries, but its popularity in recent years has landed kombucha in the sights of the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. That's because the fermentation process can give the drink too much alcohol for it to be legally sold as a non-alcoholic beverage. Kombucha makers complain that the alcohol threshold that triggers the law 0.5 percent is too low to intoxicate people, pointing out that many fruits naturally ferment on shelves to about the same level. But federal authorities over the years have sent kombucha makers letters threatening fines when tests indicate that kombucha on store shelves is too alcoholic. Kombucha tea naturally walks the line of what federal authorities consider an alcoholic beverage. Yeast and sugars in the tea create both the desired bacteria and alcohol. A kombucha tea can edge toward 1 percent alcohol if it is aged and not refrigerated. That's about a quarter as strong as a Bud Light, which is 4.2 percent alcohol, but still is too alcoholic to be sold to minors. The latest federal intervention in the kombucha market came late this summer, when fine letters went to an undisclosed number of kombucha makers nationwide, said bureau spokesman Tom Hogue. He declined to specify how many brewers' products failed alcohol tests, or how many producers have been fined. "What we're concerned about here is that when a consumer picks up a product, they know the product is alcoholic," Hogue said. The letters have kombucha brewers on edge. "It's almost like a witch hunt," said Tom Nieder, founder of Companion Kombucha in St Louis. He hasn't received an enforcement letter, but said brewers are fighting comparisons to alcohol or other drinks. Kombucha is one of many fermented foods enjoying a renaissance. From kimchi (a Korean pickled cabbage dish) to kefir (fermented milk with a yogurt-like tang), fermented foods deliver "good bacteria" to the digestive system. Some fermented drinks such as pulque, a milky agave drink native to Mexico that often is about 3 percent alcohol have always been sold as alcoholic beverages. Kombucha brewers say the agency needs a new alcohol test specific to fermented drinks. They say the commonly used test to determine alcohol by volume (often listed as ABV on alcoholic beverages) doesn't account for naturally occurring sediment in kombucha, from bits of tea leaves to strands of yeast. "We're working on a more accurate test that will show people that kombucha is not an alcoholic beverage," said Hannah Crum, head of the Los Angeles-based Kombucha Brewers International group, an industry advocate. The federal agency says it is interested in an alcohol test specific to fermented beverages. But in the meantime, it says it won't stop issuing fines when it gets reports of products that exceed alcohol limits using existing tests. The kombucha testing dilemma caught the interest of a Colorado congressman who wrote to the bureau seeking a reprieve for some fined kombucha makers. In his Sept. 14 letter, Democratic Rep. Jared Polis argued that kombucha stays below the alcohol threshold when refrigerated. "Eight spoiled kombuchas are roughly the equivalent of one beer, but that doesn't mean we should regulate it like we do alcohol it makes absolutely no sense," Polis wrote. The agency politely declined the reprieve request, saying it won't hold off fining kombucha makers until there's a new test. Instead the agency re-released an industry bulletin about the testing policy. "Punishing kombucha producers for a grocery store's or consumer's error is like punishing a farmer when a supermarket sells spoiled milk," Polis wrote back via an email. ___ Kristen Wyatt can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/APkristenwyatt
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The Australian Reptile Park needs to collect more funnel-web spiders to make an anti-venom to save people from the spiders' deadly bites. As Mara Montalbano (@maramontalbano) tells us, they're asking the public to safely help them out.
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DALLAS Southwest Airlines said this morning that it had fixed technology problems that delayed hundreds of flights on Sunday, and it expects a normal day of operations. MSN Travel: Check your flight status The Dallas company had been warning passengers to arrive at the airport two hours early today and print boarding passes beforehand. When asked early whether fliers should continue with those precautions, an airline spokesman said customers should expect a normal day today. Southwest suffered intermittent technical issues on its website, mobile app and in its phone centers and airports check-in systems Sunday. It was using backup systems to check-in travelers lacking printed or mobile boarding passes. Airline representatives have not said what was causing the problem, but a spokesman has said there was no indication that hackers were involved. There were about 450 delays out of 3,600 flights scheduled Sunday. Passengers reported long lines at several locations across the country, including major airports like Los Angeles International, which provided water and canopies to those stuck waiting in line outside. This morning, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport tweeted that operations were returning to normal with few delays and diminishing passenger lines.
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The UCF women's soccer team was all tied up with Tulsa over the weekend before junior Carol Rodrigues decided to take over the match. After receiving a pass in traffic in the box, she set herself up before letting an amazing bicycle kick rip. The result? A stunned defense and a lead for her Knights. What makes this play amazing is that she was heavily guarded the entire time. This wasn't just a case of having a lot of room to work with. Rodrigues felt the defenders on her back, so she kicked the ball up to herself to give her the room she needed. The defense looked a bit shocked that she even attempted the shot, so they were stunned when she found the back corner of the net for the goal. Rodrigues is pretty used to scoring, as she leads the team with nine goals in 14 matches this year. It's pretty safe to say that "Carol's Crazy Cycle" on Sunday might just be the one everyone will remember.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been detained in Iran for more than a year on charges including espionage, has been convicted, a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary said. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi confirmed the verdict in comments aired on state TV late Sunday night. "He has been convicted, but I don't have the details," he said. Ejehi discussed Rezaian's case during a press conference earlier Sunday that was restricted to Iranian media. Initial Iranian media reports, which quoted Ejehi as saying that a verdict has been issued, didn't include any comment that Rezaian had been convicted leading to confusion surrounding the decision. Only the semiofficial ISNA news agency eventually reported the conviction comment, and later in the day state TV broadcast Ejehi's comment that Rezaian has been convicted. State TV aired selected video of the press conference and called Rezaian an "American spy." Ejehi said Rezaian is eligible to appeal the conviction within 20 days. The Post's executive editor, Martin Baron, called the guilty verdict "an outrageous injustice." "Iran has behaved unconscionably throughout this case, but never more so than with this indefensible decision by a Revolutionary Court to convict an innocent journalist of serious crimes after a proceeding that unfolded in secret, with no evidence whatsoever of any wrongdoing. For now, no sentence has been announced," he said in a statement Monday. The paper is working with Rezaian's family and legal counsel to swiftly appeal the verdict and push for his release on bail pending a final decision, Baron said. "The contemptible end to this 'judicial process' leaves Iran's senior leaders with an obligation to right this grievous wrong. Jason is a victim arrested without cause, held for months in isolation, without access to a lawyer, subjected to physical mistreatment and psychological abuse, and now convicted without basis. He has spent nearly 15 months locked up in Iran's notorious Evin Prison, more than three times as long than any other Western journalists." Baron reiterated the Post's position that Rezaian is innocent and that he should be exonerated and set free. Leila Ahsan, Rezaian's lawyer told The Associated Press on Sunday "there are no new developments" and said she had not yet received the verdict. Ahsan was not reachable for comment on Monday. Rezaian was detained with his wife, who is a journalist for The National newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, and two photojournalists on July 22, 2014. All were later released except Rezaian. Rezaian, the Post's Tehran bureau chief since 2012, has dual Iranian-American nationality. Iran does not recognize dual nationality for its citizens. Rezaian faced multiple charges including espionage in a closed-door trial that has been widely criticized by the U.S. government and press freedom organizations. He reportedly faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. ___ Associated Press writer Adam Schreck in Dubai, United Arab Emirates contributed to this report.
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DAMASCUS, Syria Russian jets intensified their airstrikes Monday in central Syria as government forces battled insurgents in a strategic area near a rebel-held province and a government stronghold. The government push is the latest in a bid to regain the Sahl al-Ghab plain, which is adjacent to Latakia province, a stronghold of President Bashar Assad and the Alawite religious minority to which he belongs. After a heavy barrage of Russian airstrikes, the fighting was focused on the village of Kfar Nabudeh, which officials said had been seized by government troops. Activists said Syrian rebels repelled the attack. Capturing Kfar Nabudeh would cut off a major highway, giving the pro-government forces access to the northwestern province of Idlib. A rebel coalition that includes the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front drove Assad's forces out of Idlib in September, in a major setback for the government. Their hold on the province threatened Latakia. The Russian Defense Ministry said it has struck 53 alleged Islamic State targets in the past 24 hours, destroying command centers, ammunition and fuel depots as well as training camps allegedly used by foreign militants. The ministry said the IS positions were in the central provinces of Homs and Hama, as well as in Latakia and Idlib. IS has a limited presence in Hama, away from where the fighting has been concentrated. Russia insists it is mainly targeting the IS group and other "terrorists," but the multi-pronged ground-and-air offensive is being waged in areas controlled by mainstream rebels as well as the Nusra Front. The government ground offensive began on Oct. 7, a week after Russia began its airstrikes. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 30 airstrikes were carried out in Kfar Nabudeh, while government troops and Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters entered the village from the south. Another activist-run monitoring group, the Shaam News Network, said the insurgents ambushed government forces inside the village, which is reportedly laden with tunnels. The Syrian military said in a statement that it took control of the village and others nearby. Activist Hadi Abdullah, who travels with insurgents to report from the front lines, said the fighters had regained control of the village. It was not possible to reconcile the two accounts. The Observatory reported that the fighting and air raids on Kfar Nabudeh left nine militants and five troops and pro-government gunmen dead. Later Monday, Syrian state media and the Observatory said government forces captured the village of Mansoura on the northern edge of Hama province. During the last six days of ground operations, government troops have seized at least two villages in eastern Hama province, Atshan and Tal Sukayk, and a third in the plain area. Activists say rebels seized a village south of Idlib. The Russian defense ministry statement said its jets have hit mortar positions around Tal Sukayk in the last 24 hours, as well as a training camp for foreign militants in Mastouma, in Idlib. The ministry said it used Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25SM planes to strike the targets. "The terrorists in the past days were desperately trying to transport ammunition, armaments, fuel and supplies from Raqqa to the front line," the ministry said, in reference to the northern province controlled by the Islamic State group, adding that a "significant part" of their supplies have been destroyed by Russian airstrikes. The Syrian military statement also said troops gained control of an area in rural Aleppo province. It was not immediately clear whether the area had previously been controlled by IS or other insurgents. In a separate development, the French Defense Ministry said it cannot confirm whether some French citizens were killed in its airstrikes last week on the IS group's de facto capital, Raqqa. "We know that this camp aimed at training combatants to attack Europe or France. Some of them might be French citizens or French speakers," the ministry said in a statement Monday. The ministry said it could not yet confirm details about the strikes. France joined the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq last year and expanded its campaign to Syria last month. Britain has acknowledged its airstrikes targeted citizens in Syria. The Observatory's chief Rami Abdurrahman said 16 militants were killed in the airstrike, and there were no reports of French citizens among them. One of those killed was believed to be Belgian, he said. ___ El Deeb reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow and Sylvie Corbet in Paris contributed to this report.
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After a long bull market, investors have recently started to get nervous, with the summer months bringing the first market correction to the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 in years. Many investors are now bracing for the next bear market, and that has brought back fears from the market's plunge in 2008 and early 2009. Yet one thing that many people don't fully realize is that the average American can fare quite well over the long run by following a simple strategy: contributing toward your retirement savings either through an employer-sponsored retirement plan like a 401(k) or by using an independent IRA provider. As a new study shows, the typical person following this strategy produced impressive market gains even when you measure returns from before the market meltdown. Click ahead to see three elements of this strategy. 1. Staying the course is the key A recent study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows just how successful the average American has been over time in building up retirement savings. The EBRI looked at the workers in its database who had access to 401(k) plans at work and who had consistently participated in their plans between 2007 and 2013. The findings were encouraging for savers. As you'd expect, the average participant's 401(k) balance plunged during the bear market in 2008, losing more than a quarter of its value. Yet gains from 2009 to 2013 more than made up for those losses, and by the end of 2013, the average participant had a balance of about $148,400. That balance rose at a rate of 11% per year when you consider the full six-year period, including the 2008 bear market. Even looking beyond averages, typical Americans who participated consistently in their 401(k) plans saw even bigger gains. Many see the median balance as a more accurate figure in reflecting a typical person's experience. Although the midpoint of 401(k) balances was lower at about $75,350, that figure was up an even more dramatic 16% per year -- even though it included that massive market drop along the way. 2. Think long term and keep adding money Three main factors led to this long-term success. First, most of those who consistently had 401(k) plan accounts during the period regularly contributed additional money, which of course helped to boost account balances. Moreover, the vast majority of employers that the EBRI looked at add their own contributions on top of money that their employees set aside, pushing overall balances even higher. Finally, participants took advantage the market's big rebound from 2009 and 2013, with substantial allocations to equities even in the aftermath of the losses they had suffered in 2008. 401(k) participants of all ages enjoyed solid gains in their account balances, but younger workers fared the best. The average worker in their 20s saw their 401(k) balance rise nearly tenfold between 2007 and 2013, as the impact of new contributions was highest. For those in their 60s, gains were more modest, but even they saw an overall jump of 45% in their balances over the six-year period. 3. Keep feeding your piggy bank It's tempting to think that you can do better than the average American by moving your retirement savings out of stocks before a bear market hits. That way, if you can miss out on a big downward move like the 25% hit that the average 401(k) participant suffered during 2008, then you'll have that much more in savings in your retirement plan when you decide to quit working. Yet two big challenges come into play with that strategy. First, you have to predict accurately when the bear market is going to happen. That can be tough, as many market commentators have expected marked declines for years now even as the bull market has thwarted their predictions. Second, even if you do accurately predict a bear market, the next question is when to get back into stocks. Throughout the recovery since 2009, countless investors have remained on the sidelines, convinced that another leg downward in the bear market would give them a better opportunity to move their retirement savings back into the stock market. If you're even the slightest bit late to the game, it can eat into or even outweigh any money you saved from selling out of the market. As simple as it is to have money automatically moved into your 401(k) paycheck after paycheck, the discipline to do that and leave your investments alone can be very hard to maintain. Nevertheless, what these figures show is that the average American can make a lot of progress toward a financially secure retirement by following that simple strategy. SPONSORED: The $15,978 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook A handful of little-known "Social Security secrets" could help ensure a boost in your retirement income. Once you learn how to take advantage of all these loopholes, we think you could retire confidently with the peace of mind we're all after. Simply click here to discover how you can take advantage of these strategies. More on MSN Money: Top 10 states for credit success 14 signs you're about to get a job offer Money mistakes to avoid in your 40s
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E.T. was the perfect extraterrestrial: Cute, smart and best of all a perfect pacifist. Unfortunately, scientists aren't so sure that an actual intelligent alien would be so benign. In a recent interview with El País , famed physicist Stephen Hawking posited that an alien visitation would put Earthlings in the same position as Native Americans when Columbus landed on their shores. "Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach," Hawking speculated. [ 7 Huge Misconceptions About Aliens ] The likelihood that intelligent life is out there is up for debate; less discussed are the conditions necessary to evolve a life-form that's both smart and nice. But the lessons from Earth suggest that intelligence and aggression might evolve hand-in-hand. Evolving smarts No one really knows how humans got to be so clever. What's clear is that hominin brains began expanding wildly about 2 million years ago. (Hominins include those species after the human lineage the genus Homo split from the chimpanzee lineage.) By around 100,000 years ago, humans made the never-before-seen leap to inventing language . And by at least 40,000 years ago, our ancestors were making art . "We have brains that are three times bigger than those of our closest relatives," said Mark Flinn, an anthropologist at the University of Missouri who has researched the emergence of human intelligence. Humans have unprecedented abilities to think about each other's thoughts and motivations, he said, to play out social scenarios in their brains and to think about the past and future. "The general presumption is that this is just sort of a natural outcome of the evolutionary process, but that's really giving short shrift to the very special circumstances of human evolution ," Flinn said. Huge brains are expensive. They take an enormous number of calories to grow and function (up to 50 percent of intake in infancy and childhood, Flinn said) and make humans basically helpless for years after birth. "Our babies are born as larvae, basically," said David Carrier, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Utah. Many anthropologists and evolutionary biologists have tried to pinpoint the special circumstances that make these huge brains worth the expense. Charles Darwin suggested that perhaps males developed cleverness to attract females, much as a male peacock developed showy tail feathers to prove to potential mates that he could strut his stuff. But if brains were just for sexual display, scientists would expect to see big differences between male and female intelligence females, not having to attract mates, shouldn't waste so much effort on their brains, much as peahens don't waste effort on growing shiny feathers (theirs are dull and brown). And female humans are just as smart as males. Social pressure Would smart aliens have energy-intensive brains? Hard to say perhaps E.T. could evolve a more efficient, yet just as clever, organ. But if aliens were sending signals into space or building rockets, they'd have to have achieved an intelligence that far exceeds what is needed to survive. [ 13 Ways to Hunt for Intelligent Aliens ] Humans have done the same, and researchers can't quite figure out why. The brain could have evolved to allow humans to use tools, but chimpanzees use tools without developing complex languages, art and culture. One provocative theory holds that pathogens play a role: The brain is vulnerable to infection, wrote Hungarian researcher Lajos Rózsa in a 2008 article in the journal Medical Hypotheses . Showing off one's cleverness may be a way of showing off how resistant one is to infection. After all, if you're smart enough to invent language and art, you must be pretty good at battling brain parasites. So perhaps intelligent aliens might be subject to alien parasites. Flinn and his colleagues favor another theory, though. They argue that humanity underwent a runaway cycle of brain evolution because of hominins' social nature. The ecological dominance-social competition hypothesis works like this: Human ancestors reached a point in which their interactions with one another were the most important factor in whether they'd survive and pass on their genes. Finding food and shelter was still important, Flinn said, but it wasn't the main factor determining evolutionary success. The difference between clever humans and, say, caribou, is that intraspecies relationships drove evolution the fastest in humans, Flinn said. A herd of caribou has social interactions, to be sure: Males have to fight for mates, for example. But a more pressing concern would be avoiding predators and finding food. For hominins, these external issues became relatively less important, the theory goes, while their ability to form coalitions, to have empathy and to behave in such a way as to win friendships from others became key to their survival. [ 10 Things That Make Humans Special ] In this heavily social context, it became very important to be smarter than the competition. Each generation got a little smarter and a little better at building complex social relationships, which created a feedback loop in which even smarter brains were beneficial. "The thing about social competition is it's a dynamic challenge and it's also creative," Flinn said. "You need to have the better mousetrap every time. The competition adjusts to the current winning model, so you need to be one better than the current winning strategy." The model seems to work with other clever animals , too, he added. Dolphins, orcas and chimps all form social coalitions with each other and depend on their social groups to survive. It's possible that this social factor would hold for species on other planets, too. The evolution of aggression A key part of this theory is competition. Chimps form coalitions that battle against other chimps. And humans are far from peaceful. So if an alien species were to evolve intelligence, would aggression be an inevitable part of the package? Perhaps. The evolution of aggression is a question unto itself. Fights to the death occur only in species where the options are mate or die, Carrier said. [ Fight, Fight, Fight: The History of Human Aggression ] "If you can walk away from a fight and reproduce another day, you do that," he said. "But if circumstances are such that your ability to reproduce is threatened by a competitor, in that situation it makes sense to fight." Environmental factors may determine whether a mate-or-die system emerges. For example, chimpanzees are a particularly homicidal (chimpacidal?) species, Carrier said. Work by primatologist Richard Wrangham at Harvard University and colleagues finds that chimp "wars" arise from a chimpanzee's territorialism. Small groups of foraging chimps may come into contact with other chimpanzees; killing these competitors (particularly when the foragers have numbers on their side) can be beneficial by opening up access to more resources. Deadly male-male competition is less of a way of life for bonobos, humankind's other closest primate ancestor. Male bonobos stick by their mothers and the species is less territorial than chimpanzees. Bonobo foraging groups are also larger, perhaps because their food sources are more abundant, studies have found . Would aliens act more like bonobos or chimps? Hard to say. Researchers are even split on whether humans are more inherently aggressive or inherently peaceful. A controversial theory holds that aggression was a driving force in human evolution. The "Killer Ape" hypothesis argues that the human ancestors who thrived were those better adapted for fighting. For example, Carrier said, modern humans can form fists , which our closest primate relatives cannot. This particular hand configuration may have evolved primarily for better manual dexterity but it also could have come in handy as a club. Likewise, when human ancestors started walking on two legs, their face bones also evolved to be stronger and less delicate. This could be due to diet, Carrier said, but male face bones are more robust than female face bones, a sign that male-male competition could be at play. In other words, thick facial bones could be a defense against the fist, a weapon that would have become available once human ancestors became bipedal. Kind aliens If intelligence evolves in the context of social competition, and aggression is the natural outcome of competition, it's hard to imagine that clever aliens could also be kind. Is this the end for hopes of sweet little E.T.? Maybe not. The social competition model doesn't work without cooperation, after all. Humans fight, wage war and sometimes murder each other. But humans also form coalitions, care for each other and even build coalitions of coalitions, such as nation-states. "There are two sides to our nature," Carrier said. "It's not that one is any more real than the other. It's just who we are." Humans are unique among Earth life in forming long-lasting alliances between groups, not just individuals, Flinn said. Chimpanzees can't pull that off, he said, so it's not clear that aliens could, either. "On Planet X, it may not be inevitable that social competition results in a morality and a creativity of the sort that allows these intelligent life-forms to negotiate with us for a mutually beneficial outcome," Flinn said. On the other hand, chimpanzees don't explore space. Perhaps a civilization that can band together to reach for the stars has to be cooperative by definition. If that's the case, humanity might be a greater threat to aliens than aliens are to humanity. Luckily, evolution has given humans the tools for peace. "We can, in effect, rise above the design, potentially," Flinn said. "If we understand what our brains are designed to do, we are going to be way more capable of rising above those tendencies that we have." Follow Stephanie Pappas on Twitter and Google+ . Follow us @livescience , Facebook & Google+ . Original article on Live Science. 7 Things Most Often Mistaken for UFOs 4 Places Where Alien Life May Lurk in the Solar System 7 Theories on the Origin of Life
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Oct 12 (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co is working to deliver late bags and shuttle displaced passengers after a software failure led to some 500 delays on Sunday, a spokesman said in a statement. The U.S. budget airline expects its technical systems to perform "normally" Monday, according to spokesman Brad Hawkins. The disruption slowed boarding for Southwest flights nationwide and impacted the process for booking new travel. Hawkins said there was "absolutely no evidence" that a cyber security breach caused the application failure. The delays follow several high-profile computer problems faced by U.S. airlines in recent months. Industry consultants say the impact of computer disruptions will keep growing as airlines automate an increasing chunk of operations, outfit their planes with Wifi and distribute boarding passes on smartphones. In September, American Airlines Group Inc stopped domestic takeoffs for nearly two hours to three of its largest hubs because of "connectivity issues." In April, it delayed flights when an iPad application used by pilots to view airport maps malfunctioned. A router error in July temporarily locked rival United Continental Holdings Inc out of its reservations records, blocking check-in and boarding. Southwest, which says it carries more passengers in the United States than any other airline, resorted to back-up procedures so 75 percent of its flights operated on-time Sunday, Hawkins said. It is letting customers with travel plans through Monday change their itineraries online. (Reporting by Jeffrey Dastin in New York; Editing by W Simon)
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Boss's Day is this Friday, Oct. 16, and it's time to kill it. If you've never heard of Boss's Day, count yourself lucky. While it hasn't infiltrated every office in the country yet, it's growing in popularity and spreading fast. The idea is to mark a particular day to show appreciation to managers for the work they do. Amusingly, it turns out that Boss's Day was created in 1958 by someone who was working for her father at the time, according to several websites. It might have been a kind (if daughterly) impulse at its start, but it's since grown into an unwelcome obligation that many workers feel bound to celebrate not only with cards, but with actual gifts. In fact, I regularly hear from people who have been pressured to donate cash to workplace collections to purchase expensive gifts for their managers. It's time for us to retire Boss's Day. Sorry, bosses. But as a manager myself, I know all too well that the day is, well, a crock. You probably know it too. After all: 1. Bosses are … the boss. It's not that being a manager isn't hard work it is. Managing often involves difficult decisions and tough conversations , and rarely is it a job that ends when you leave the office at night. But it also comes with plenty of rewards, many of them monetary. The position also comes with power dynamics that make it inappropriate to solicit recognition from people below you, especially to make them feel it's obligatory. And speaking of obligatory… 2. Obligatory appreciation doesn't count for much. Of course, it's nice to hear sincere appreciation for one's work. But one of the problems with Boss's Day is that it makes all appreciation offered up under its auspices suspect. Managers have no way of distinguishing between the employee who's sincerely glad for the chance to tell her boss how much she enjoys working together and the employee who is acting out of obligation (real or perceived) in an effort to maintain her standing with the person who signs her paychecks. And speaking of paychecks … 3. It creates inappropriate monetary pressure on employees. Boss's Day observances are no longer confined to handing the boss a simple card. In many offices, the expectations have turned into celebrations that involve money employees' money to buy gifts and meals. Because these are often group expenditures, employees often worry that not chipping in will make them look bad, and that kind of pressure is inappropriate in the workplace. Employees should never feel pressured to dip into their own funds to pay for a gift to the boss. 4. Good bosses don't want gifts from their subordinates. Good bosses are sensitive to the power dynamics (and often financial disparities) that exist between managers and employees, and they don't want employees feeling even slightly obligated to shell out for this type of thing. So the holiday ends up rewarding the bosses who don't care that their subordinates feel pressured to give them gifts, while making the good bosses feel awkward and uncomfortable. 5. It flies in the face of etiquette. Traditional etiquette says quite clearly that any gift-giving in the workplace should be from a boss to an employee and not the other way around. The idea is that people shouldn't feel obligated to purchase gifts for someone who has power over their livelihood, and managers shouldn't benefit from the power dynamic in that way. So, given all that, what should you do when Boss's Day rolls around this Friday? Well, if you're a manager , make it clear to your team ahead of time that you don't expect or want your staff to do anything for the day. Of course, if someone gives you something anyway, be gracious about it but do what you can to head it off beforehand. And if you're an employee in an office where people are starting to talk about taking up a collection for a Boss's Day gift, do your co-workers the service of being the one to stand up and say: "You know, I don't think Jane would want us to spend money on her. I vote for letting her know we appreciate her throughout the year instead." Chances are good that most of your co-workers will appreciate it and be breathing a sigh of relief. Alison Green writes the popular Ask a Manager blog , where she dispenses advice on career, job search and management issues. She's the author of "How to Get a Job: Secrets of a Hiring Manager," co-author of "Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Manager's Guide to Getting Results" and the former chief of staff of a successful nonprofit organization, where she oversaw day-to-day staff management. Copyright 2015 U.S. News & World Report
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A brand new South African innovation uses optical senses to collect real-time physical data about your body. CNN's Robyn Curnow reports.
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Why shell out for a whole new outfit when some simple tweaks to last year's costume can transform you into a whole new character? Jen Markham (@jenmarkham) has some tips.
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AB InBev's offer to buy SABMiller (LSE: SAB) has ended around a decade of will-they-won't-they speculation. AB InBev now looks set to hike the amount it's prepared to pay for SAB ahead of the deadline on Wednesday, after the latter rejected a £42.15 per share offer last week. Under Takeover Panel rules, AB InBev must make a formal offer to acquire SAB by 5 pm on Wednesday or walk away for six months. Colombia's Santo Domingo brewing dynasty, which owns 14% of SAB and has two board seats, voted to reject the first offer put forward by AB InBev. The suitor needs to appease this majority shareholder before a deal goes ahead. However, it is now believed that AB InBev could raise its offer for SAB to £44.00 per share, a full 750p or 20% above SAB's current price. If a higher offer is rejected once again, AB InBev could decide to make an offer for Diageo (LSE: DGE) instead. No stranger to bid talk Diageo is no stranger to bid talk. Over the summer it was reported threat Brazil's richest man, Jorge Paulo Lemann, was weighing up a bid for the company via his private equity firm 3G Capital. 3G's flagship investment is AB InBev, so if the AB InBev's deal with SAB falls apart, it's likely 3G could swoop on Diageo. It seems that no acquisition is too big for 3G. During the past year alone the company has been rumoured to be looking at acquiring both Coca-Cola and Pepsi . But the private equity group is perhaps best-known for partnering up with billionaire Warren Buffett, for the acquisition and merger of Kraft Heinz . Still, having said all of the above, AB InBev is unlikely to swoop on Diageo. The group has stated in the past that it intends to remain a beer company for the foreseeable future. And it's easy to see why. The spirits market is much more complex than the beer market, with marketing costs accounting for a larger portion of sales. Marketing costs for distillers tend to be in the high-teen percentages as a proportion of sales, versus high single digits for brewers. Diageo's operating margin currently stands at 29%, 4% below AB InBev's operating margin of 33%. But even if AB InBev did try and pounce on Diageo, there would be competition concerns just like with SAB. City analysts have stated that the possibility of regulators allowing such a deal is slim. Quality for a price Away from the world of mega-mergers, there's a chance that Fevertree Drinks (LSE: FEVR) could become a bid target. I should say that, as yet, there's nothing to suggest that Fevertree is in play, but the company has all the qualities of an attractive bid target. Growth is taking off, the company is debt free, and operating cash flow doubled during the first-half of the year. City analysts expect Fevertree to report earnings per share of 9.3p for full-year 2015 and 10.8p for full-year 2016. Unfortunately, Fevertree's growth doesn't come cheap. The company trades at a forward P/E ratio of 46, falling to 40 next year. Under the radar If Fevertree's premium valuation is too expensive for you, our analysts have just discovered a company that files under the radar of most investors. The company in question has been touted a one of the market's hidden gems , and, if our forecasts are correct, has the potential to increase sales by 300% to 500% during the next few years . To find out more download our free report today . The report will be delivered to your inbox immediately, and there's no further obligation. This is something you do not want to miss! Rupert Hargreaves has no position in any shares mentioned. The Motley Fool UK has no position in any of the shares mentioned. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.
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Adult can still have candy at their Halloween parties. As Mara Montalbano (@maramontalbano) shows us, they just use it in a different way.
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Two U.S. service members were among five killed Sunday when a British helicopter crashed in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the third mass-casualty event involving transport aircraft in the war-torn country in three months, coalition forces in Afghanistan said Monday. The other dead were two British service members and a French civilian contractor in what the NATO-led military mission described as a "non-hostile incident." The crash involving a British Puma Mk 2 helicopter happened at 4:15 p.m. local time at Camp Resolute Support in Kabul, and an investigation is underway. "We're deeply saddened by the loss of our teammates," said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner, military communications chief in Afghanistan. "Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families and friends of those affected in this tragic incident and we pray for the full recovery of the injured." An Afghan security guard who witnessed Sunday's crash told the Associated Press the helicopter struck a monitoring balloon as it was landing. "It seemed like the cable was turned around the helicopter rotor," the security guard, Najibullah, said. Like many in Afghanistan, he goes by one name. He said the helicopter went down and then black smoke rose from the area. A second helicopter circled the area three or four times and then landed at a nearby airport, he said. U.S. Army Col. Brian Tribus, a spokesman in Afghanistan for U.S. and NATO forces, confirmed the accident involved a NATO aircraft and an observation balloon, according to the Military Times . The monitoring balloon was severed from its mooring in the incident, he said. On Oct. 1, a C-130 transport plane crashed near Jalalabad, killing six U.S. servicemembers and five civilian contractors, as well as several Afghan civilians on the ground. At the time, President Obama said the deaths served as a reminder "of the sacrifice brave Americans and our Afghan partners make each and every day in the name of freedom and security." A helicopter crash in a remote region in southern Afghanistan in August killed 17 Afghan soldiers. That crash was initially blamed on technical problems and was among the deadliest events for the Afghan military since U.S. and NATO forces concluded their combat missions and shifted to a support and training role last year.
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Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa is a grizzled veteran by hockey standards, but the 36-year-old intends to continue playing as long as he's having fun. Hossa admitted the party is still going, perhaps with a big assist as a result of playing on a team that has won the Stanley Cup three times in six seasons. However, will Hossa still be having fun into his 40s - like 43-year-old Jaromir Jagr of the Florida Panthers? "That's unbelievable that he's still playing in a high-paced game," the five-time All-Star told Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times . "There aren't many players like him. But as long as I'm healthy and having fun, I would love to play." Hossa, who signed a 12-year, $62.8 million deal in July 2009, has notched two assists in the first three games of this season. The 12th overall pick of the 1997 draft, Hossa has scored 486 goals and set up 572 others in 1,175 career contests with the Ottawa Senators, Winnipeg Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings and Blackhawks. (h/t Chicago Sun-Times )
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is trying to stay a step ahead of potential car hackers by hacking cars itself. The agency showed Consumer Reports what's possible now as part of its ongoing research.
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After Elian Gonzalez was sent home to Cuba with his father in 2000, his life never quite returned to normal. See what he's doing today and hear what he has to say about the United States. CNN's Patrick Oppman reports.
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In honor of Super Bowl 50, here are 50 things we learned in Week 5: 1. Bengals-Seahawks. Redskins-Falcons. Bears-Chiefs. Browns-Ravens. Hard to top those endings, happening simultaneously as the early games came to a close. Wow. 2. Dear Boss: Don't ever cancel the Red Zone Channel. Thank you. 3. Obviously lots to like about the New England Patriots offense, but we want them to give the ball to Dion Lewis on every play. You never know what's going to happen when the ball is in hands. 4. We never jumped off the Cincinnati Bengals bandwagon when they fell behind Sunday. But we knew where the emergency exit was. 5 . Wonder if we will see a tweet from Marshawn Lynch's mom after the game Thomas Rawls had for the Seahawks on Sunday. 6. Browns tight end Gary Barnidge's between-the-legs touchdown catch wins the day. And maybe the season. 7 . Charles Woodson picked off a Peyton Manning pass for the first time in his career. Then he did it again. Wish he had hit the Heisman pose, but he is classier than we are. 8. Who is Howard Jones? The world knows now. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker had quite the debut, recording two sacks in his first NFL game action. 9. Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins deserved better. Whoa, we fell down as we were typing that. 10. If nothing else, the Buffalo Bills are consistent. They recover a fumble on the opening kickoff inside the Tennessee 10-yard line. But wait. Bills offsides. Play nullified. 11. Jamaal Charles. Damn. 12. Buccaneers fans must have thought it was a dream. Their new field goal kicker was actually making kicks and the team won at home after losing its last 11 there. 13. Break up the Bears! Oh wait, they are already doing that. 14 . Make sure you catch the replay of St. Louis Rams RB Todd Gurley picking up the Clay Matthews blitz. Wow. 15. And, of course, that just angered Matthews. The Packers LB later just buried Rams QB Nick Foles with a hit that made us hurt just watching it. 16. Remember all of the talk about the Giants' 0-2 start? Big Blue now is in first place in the NFC East. 17. Hoyer to Mallett. Back to Hoyer. Trick play? No, just Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien mishandling the QB situation through the first five weeks. 18. Fantasy Tip I: The fantasy running back picture in Kansas City without Jamaal Charles is going to be ugly. You're better off chasing someone from another team like the Seahawks' Thomas Rawls or the Tennessee Titans' Antonio Andrews than to rely on Charcandrick West or Knile Davis to be your savior. 19. We know he turned it around, but Sam Bradford threw two interceptions in the end zone in the first half. Heck, Tim Tebow could have done that for Chip Kelly. 20. On their first drive, Cincinnati scored a touchdown against Seattle, the first time in 21 drives the Seahawks have allowed a TD. 21. On the first nine touchdowns scored Sunday, the PATs were all good. Same for the first four FG attempts. We figured that had to be some kind of record this season, so we stopped counting. 22. But there was this kicking gem: Matt Bryant of the Atlanta Falcons had an unusual day. He missed two FGs and both clanged off the uprights. He couldn't do that again if he tried. 23. Browns QB Josh McCown threw for 457 yards in a huge win over the Ravens. Maybe Mike Pettine was right. Sorry, Johnny Manziel. 24. The Seahawks have now lost the last four times they have faced an AFC team on the road. Makes them happy they switched conferences in 2002. 25. Look at Joe Flacco run! Elite. 26. The New Orleans Saints and Seahawks both intercepted their first passes of the season on Sunday. So that happened. 27. If nothing else, the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens provided good cover for the University of Maryland, which announced the the firing of Randy Edsall while both teams were playing. 28. Aaron Rodgers' first-quarter TD pass was his 49th at Lambeau Field since he threw an interception there. Rodgers, of course, then threw an interception. And then another. And lost a fumble. Saved it all for one day, Aaron? 29. We're told that this is Rodgers' first three-turnover game since 2009. During that same span, Jay Cutler has done that 12 times. Sorry, Bears fans. 30. To be fair, Cutler played his second straight good game. We don't get to write that much. 31. New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts is next week. Deflategate II. And another reminder if Roger Goodell was judged on his record in court and arbitration decisions, he would be watching games with Joe Philbin on Sundays. 32. With 197 total yards on Sunday, Falcons running back Devonta Freeman has gained at least 149 yards in his first three starts. 33. One thing we learned before the game's even started: Terry Bradshaw still has a fastball . 34. It probably has been forgotten already, but Matt Hasselbeck's performance Thursday night was as gutty as we have seen in awhile. One for the old guys. 35. The Titans have blown two straight double-digit leads at home. Not good for ticket sales. 36. The 49ers need to give Carlos Hyde, who had 93 yards on 21 carries against the Giants' previously top-ranked run defense, at least 25 touches per game. 37. The Bears put eight defenders on the goal line when the Chiefs had the ball at the 22 late in the half with no timeouts. They dubbed it the "Red Rover" defense. We love it. 38. Lions QB Matthew Stafford was benched for Dan Orlovsky after throwing throwing three interceptions against the Cardinals. Another fun week for Jim Caldwell is ahead. 39. The Baltimore Ravens are 1-4. Yes, we have the names of everyone who picked them to win the AFC. 40. Other teams want to pursue Sean Payton, according to an ESPN report. The way he is coaching, he certainly wants out of New Orleans. 41. At one point, the Eagles scored on five straight possessions. That's not a typo. 42. When is a fair catch not a fair catch? Don't ask Pacman Jones. 43. The Lions can't blame the officials for four turnovers less than 20 minutes into the game. 44. The Patriots were tied 3-3 after the first quarter in Dallas. It is the latest in a game this season they were tied or behind. 45. It's one thing for the Chiefs to lose three in a row to teams that were all unbeaten, but to the Bears at home? Andy Reid has some explaining to do now. 46. From a pure football stance, you can see why there was a bidding war for Greg Hardy's services this offseason. 47. Fantasy tip II: Blake Bortles' big day signals that he might be the next young quarterback to emerge, at least for fantasy players. But not enough people are talking about how dangerous this Jaguars passing attack has become. 48. Jadeveon Clowney has zero sacks through nine career games. But let's give him a bit more time before we throw around the "bust" label. 49. If San Diego Chargers TE Antonio Gates catches a touchdown pass Monday night, he will become the second tight end in NFL history with 100 TD grabs, joining Tony Gonzalez (111). 50. Oh, Derek Carr. You can't throw that pick-six when you have a division opponent on the ropes. Lesson learned, we hope. PHOTOS: Best of NFL Week 5
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British economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 Nobel Economics Prize for his work in analyzing consumption, poverty and welfare. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
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A Hong Kong photographer detained for carrying a bullet proof jacket and helmet in Thailand will face trial after pleading not guilty to a weapons possession charge.
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It started as a class assignment: Write a business plan for a company you'd actually want to start. Leigh Ann Tona, then a senior at the University of Delaware, dreamed up I Don't Give a Fork a food truck that's all about forkless fare. Success followed, but it wasn't instant. It took lots of planning, help from her professors and parents, and time spent scanning Craigslist for a used cart (she later moved up to a truck). Tona opened for business in September 2012, four months after she graduated with a degree in business management. She's been serving up sandwiches including her signature item, the Mac & Cheesesteak full time ever since. Like Tona, some students pursue entrepreneurship straight out of college, or even while they're still in college. In 2014, a quarter of U.S. entrepreneurs were ages 20 to 34, according to the 2015 Kauffman Index: Startup Activity report. While more than half of 18 to 24 year olds see entrepreneurship as an opportunity, only about a third say they have the skills to start a business , according to a 2014 entrepreneurship report by Babson and Baruch colleges. If you're a college student looking to launch a business, here are five tips to help you find success. 1. Take advantage of your status as a student. Follow Tona's example and take entrepreneurship classes, using assignments to do feasibility studies and market research about the business you want to start. Interview owners of existing businesses in the field you want to enter. They'll share insights with students that they wouldn't normally tell another business owner, says Erik Monsen, an associate professor at the University of Vermont's Grossman School of Business. "Find out all the difficulties in starting the business, because you'll probably have similar challenges," Monsen says. If your product or service targets college students or young people in general, turn to groups such as sororities, fraternities and clubs to test your ideas. Ask what they like and dislike about your competitors. Then use that feedback to improve your offerings. 2. Participate in school-sponsored entrepreneurship events. If you're still in college, don't just learn about entrepreneurship practice it. An entrepreneurship program that offers guidance for starting a real business, as opposed to theory-based curriculum, is more likely to help you become a successful entrepreneur, according to a study Monsen co-authored in the Journal of Small Business Management this year. Many colleges and universities host hackathons and startup competitions, and some campuses have accelerators and incubators that offer office space, mentorship and sometimes funding. After Tona turned in her business plan assignment back in 2011, her professor encouraged her to apply to the school's business plan competition. Tona tied for first place and won $1,000. That's wasn't a lot of seed money, but "winning was validation," she says. 3. Leverage relationships with your professors. Tona graduated three years ago, but she's still in touch with her business professors, many of whom are former business owners themselves. They give her advice on planning and growth , and she speaks to their business classes about what she's learned as an entrepreneur. Monsen says he likes it when his former students stay in touch, and he has facilitated internships for current students with alumni who are looking for part-time help. He adds that alumni groups can be an unexpected source of advice, customers and even funding. 4. Be business-minded. Although this tip may seem obvious, many people get so caught up in their passion whether it's cooking, jewelry making or coding that they neglect their business plan and budget. So when you choose to launch a company, make sure you're committed to running it as a business, not just as a hobby. If you're already out of college and need help doing market research, writing a business plan or creating a budget, visit your local Small Business Development Center . There are hundreds of these federally sponsored centers around the country that offer free, objective business consulting. 5. Compare your financing options. Finding startup financing is one of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs face. Getting a bank loan is nearly impossible until you've been in business at least two years; that's why nearly a third of entrepreneurs rely primarily on personal savings to fund their business, according to a 2014 report by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Atlanta, Cleveland and Philadelphia. As a college student or recent graduate, you probably won't have that kind of savings especially if you're saddled with student loans. Online lenders are more willing to lend to new businesses, and their application processes are much faster and more convenient than those of banks. Their rates and fees, however, are more expensive than those on bank loans, and many still require that you be in business at least one year.If you need a small business loan, compare your options to get the best deal. Last month, Tona celebrated three years in business with I Don't Give A Fork. She's planning on using the winter, when her business shuts down because of the cold weather, to plan for the future she'd love to open a café in addition to the truck. Longer term, she'd like to teach college entrepreneurship courses because it was valuable to her to learn from adjunct professors with real business experience. "I want to be able to give back to those students who were like me," Tona says. "If I can do it, they can do it, too."
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Oct 12, 2015; 8:20 AM ET A waterspout on Sunday, Oct. 11 had its way with some vehicles in Tampa Bay, Florida. A U.S. mail truck caught the worst of it as it tipped and was torn apart with mail flying everywhere. The driver managed to escape.
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Many of today's yoga classes that are all about breath-based movement, resulting in that sweaty, stretched-out feeling that you love. The bad news? Many "power" or "flow" classes move so quickly that you forget to practice proper alignment. That's why I created a series of 60-second yoga fixes for Greatist. In this video, I'll tackle warrior I, a power pose that opens your chest, stretches your calves, and strengthens your thighs and ankles. It's one of those basic yoga poses that everyone thinks they know how to do, but there's a lot going on, so listen carefully! Fix 1: Traditional Ashtanga yoga calls for heel-to-heel alignment, but feel free to take your legs wider apart for more stability. Fix 2: Make sure your front knee is directly over your ankle and bend as close to a 90-degree angle as possible. Fix 3: Check that your back foot is at 45 degrees, pressing your heel down. Fix 4: Take your hands to your hips and press so much into your back heel that it helps square your hips toward the front of the room. Brett Larkin teaches vinyasa flow yoga at top San Francisco studios and on her YouTube channel , where thousands of students have studied with her for more than 5 million minutes. Find free yoga playlists, yoga teacher training tips, and free dance, yoga, and meditation classes at BrettLarkin.com .
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College graduates are often urged in commencement speeches to pursue their passion and live the dream. Workers who do just that -- abruptly quit their stifling jobs with six-figure salaries to travel around the world -- make the rest of us feel wistful. For some, though, careers are not meant to serve as dreams realized. Even so, the work can be rewarding and the paycheck fulfilling, leading people to enjoy lifestyles that are very comfortable if not lavish. Click through to see 10 jobs that come with $100,000 paychecks. 1. Accountant Spending years steeped in numbers, spreadsheets and solitary calculations might sound like the definition of tediousness. But for those who enjoy the rationale of basic mathematics and who prefer to work independently rather than as part of a team, accounting can prove to be a lucrative career fit. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the top 10 percent of accountants earned roughly $114,000 in 2013. These top earners worked primarily in securities and commodities located in New York City, Newark, N.J., and San Jose, Calif. 2. Information technology Sitting in a cubicle, staring at a computer all day might make some people cringe. But skilled IT professionals -- programmers, network administrators, database engineers and others -- are delighted to take home that six-figure salary. With demand for skilled technology workers consistently on the rise, job opportunity, security and wage growth seem unlimited in this sector. Salary.com boasts a long list of six-figure IT employment opportunities. 3. Gastroenterologist Gastroenterologists might spend much of their time performing routine procedures -- think colonoscopy -- but the average annual payout is $298,000. In addition to astronomical income levels, Payscale.com reports high levels of job satisfaction among these specialists. 4. Plumber It's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it, and those who do can command six-figure salaries with just a few years of experience. The top 10 percent of master plumbers enjoy an annual average salary of $102,000. No need to rack up college debt either. The majority of plumbers get their training through low-cost community colleges, trade schools and apprenticeships. 5. Technical writer As mind-numbing as equipment manuals, operational handbooks and appendices can be as reading materials, writing these informational guides can be a lucrative earnings proposition. According to the BLS, the top 10 percent of technical writers enjoyed an average income of $108,460 in 2014. Some high-paying employers include corporate giants IBM , Amazon, and [ Alphabet 's] Google. 6. Air traffic controller Air traffic controllers specialize in the safe flow of traffic. They work in control towers, approach control facilities and in route centers to keep aircraft a safe distance from one another. It might not be as exciting as the thrill of flight but the salary is nothing to sneeze at. The BLS reports the median annual pay for air traffic controllers is $122,530. 7. Human resources manager Dealing with other people's problems, paperwork and the minutia of employee benefit programs provide a surprisingly solid source of income for human resources managers. With a national average salary of $97,808, the potential for six figures is well within reach for these professionals, particularly at corporations with vast employee networks to manage. HR managers are also in demand. Glassdoor put that job on its list of 25 highest-paying jobs in demand, making the prospect of breaking into the field less daunting. 8. Insurance sales agent A job in insurance won't likely be as entertaining as the industry's advertising icons -- think Progressive's quirky Flo or Geico's charming gecko -- but the practice can still prove quite lucrative for the average Joe. According to the BLS, the top 10 percent of insurance agents made more than $117,830 in 2013. Some agents work for insurance companies directly, selling their company's products exclusively such as auto policies. Some work for independent brokerage firms and sell products from multiple companies. Around 20 percent are self-employed. For most, commissions are a critical source of income. 9. Construction manager Overseeing the construction of roads, buildings and other structures might not seem very exciting. But construction managers can earn high six-figure salaries without an expensive college degree. Often dismissed as menial manual labor, construction experience can pave the way to a more lucrative management future. Top earning construction managers can make more than $146,000 per year in metropolitan areas like Edison, Vineland and Atlantic City, all in New Jersey. 10. Database administrator No child grows up with aspirations of becoming a database administrator. The title itself sounds like jargon pulled from the script of "Office Space," but the position is real and the pay generous, with the top 10 percent of database administrators earning nearly $121,000 in 2013. Like the title suggests, database administrators administer, test and implement computer databases. They coordinate changes to those databases and implement security measures to safeguard them. The most profitable industries for these professionals include chemical and product manufacturing as well as securities and commodities. Jobs that are perceived as boring get a bad rap in this day and age of passion over paycheck. But a six-figure salary is reason enough to reevaluate those negative assumptions and give these propositions a second look. Your future self, who will be enjoying a bulging retirement savings account, and your future financial planner will thank you. This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com.
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INCHEON, South Korea The best Presidents Cup in 10 years revealed exactly what the Americans need to do if they want to win the Ryder Cup. Lobby for an increase in points. The International team long believed that playing more matches gave the Americans an advantage because of their depth, and the fact this Presidents Cup wasn't decided until the final match suggests some truth to that. It was a petty argument. The International team was disappointed the matches were not reduced from 34 to 28, and the Americans were irritated by a compromise that reduced them to 30. This was as close as the Presidents Cup has ever come to hard feelings. That's why the two cups only the look the same from the outside. One contains a bone dry martini, the other a lava flow. And that's why the Americans should celebrate great golf and a great victory without thinking it was a big step toward solving their recent Ryder Cup woes. It's not going to hurt. The assistants that U.S. captain Jay Haas had with him last week were Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III, Fred Couples, Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker. At least three of them will be central figures at the Ryder Cup for the rest of the decade or more. The idea behind that Ryder Cup Task Force was to build some continuity. Even so, the Presidents Cup is more like a dress rehearsal compared with opening night that is the Ryder Cup. The theater was full at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, and cheers resounded from across the course for great shots. The players just couldn't figure out what they meant. The Koreans had never seen such a collection of golf stars before. Except for Bae Sang-moon and Danny Lee, this was not a partisan crowd. During one of the early practice rounds, as five players were in one group and there were laughs all around, one of the coaches was hopeful that the Americans could take this relaxed mood with them to Hazeltine for the Ryder Cup next year. But they can't. Or at least they haven't. The Ryder Cup is different. The stakes are higher, the scrutiny more intense. The competition is tougher. Golf gets personal that week. International captain Nick Price spoke all speak about how difficult it was to pull together 12 players from seven countries on three continents who spoke six languages (more considering Anirban Lahiri also speaks Bengali and some Punjabi), and how proud he was of how well they bonded. What he didn't mention is that the flag is manufactured, and so is the name of the team. The running joke in the early days of the Presidents Cup was that it was the United States against Florida because so many were PGA Tour members. That hasn't changed. Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand was the only International player who won't have full PGA Tour status next season. That's what prompted Couples, golf's version of Yogi Berra, to say, "They're all Americans, they were just born in a different country." But this is about more than a country, a continent or even a flag. The Ryder Cup rivalry is about a tour. It's the European Tour "country cousins" is the term Padraig Harrington once used against the PGA Tour that is so rich and powerful that it's where most Europeans want to play. You can create a rivalry, but not a chip on the shoulder. That's personal. And you can't transfer that winning feeling from one cup to the other, either. They are separate events. Americans play loose and make putts in the Presidents Cup because that's all they've been doing since it started in 1994 (except for 1998 in Australia, when a lot of them were shopping online for Christmas). Europe is loose and making putts in the Ryder Cup because they've been winning. It takes the Americans winning the Ryder Cup, and winning it again, to change that. And the Americans haven't won consecutive Ryder Cups since the year Jordan Spieth was born. The tide is shifting in the Ryder Cup. The youth movement is strong, and most of it resides in America Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Fowler, Patrick Reed, with a host of others who will make it harder than ever to get on a team. That ebb didn't start Sunday in South Korea. It won't start until next fall in Minnesota. Among the guests last week on a bone-chilling Sunday was Derek Sprague, the PGA of America president who already is doing his part to boost U.S. chances by not making the Ryder Cup about him. Love was driving by when he saw Sprague, called him over and said. "I've already some ideas for next year." Sprague went over to hear them. "Hand warmers," Love said.
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STOCKHOLM Princeton University's Angus Deaton has won the Nobel prize in economics for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Monday. Deaton, 69, was born in Edinburgh but now works at Princeton in New Jersey. He holds both U.S. and British citizenship. The academy said Deaton's research concerns issues of "immense importance for human welfare, not least in poor countries" and has "greatly influenced" practical policymaking as well as the scientific community. It said Deaton's work revolves around three central questions: How do consumers distribute their spending among different goods; how much of society's income is spent and how much is saved; and how do we best measure and analyze welfare and poverty? In a press conference following the announcement, Deaton described himself as "someone who's concerned with the poor of the world and how people behave, and what gives them a good life." He said he is delighted to have won the prize and was pleased that the committee decided to award work that concerns the poor people of the world. And though he said he expects extreme poverty in the world to continue decreasing, he insisted that he doesn't want to be "blindly optimistic." He said there are "tremendous health problems among adults and children in India, where there has been a lot of progress." He noted that half of the children in the country are "still malnourished" and "for many people in the world, things are very bad indeed." Last year, French economist Jean Tirole won the 8 million Swedish kronor (about $975,000) award for his research on market power and regulation. The economics award is not a Nobel Prize in the same sense as the others, which were created by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel in 1895. Sweden's central bank added the economics prize in 1968 as a memorial to Nobel. Monday's announcement concludes this year's presentations of Nobel winners. The medicine prize went to three scientists from Japan, the U.S. and China who discovered drugs to fight malaria and other tropical diseases. Japanese and Canadian scientists won the physics prize for discovering that tiny particles called neutrinos have mass and scientists from Sweden, the U.S. and Turkey won the chemistry prize for their research into the way cells repair damaged DNA. Belarusian investigative journalist Svetlana Alexievich won the literature award while the peace prize went to The National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia for its contribution to building democracy in Tunisia following the 2011 Jasmine Revolution. The awards will be handed out on Dec. 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel's death in 1896, at lavish ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo.
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Privately held Dell is expected to announce Monday a takeover of storage technology firm EMC in a deal worth more than $50 billion. For a deal expected to be the largest tech deal of all time, it is telling that top executives at Dell, who would have normally been consulted ahead of the deal announcement were not informed of the talks. Many of them were traveling overseas when the news first leaked, sources briefed on the talks. The talks between the companies have been conducted directly between CEOs Michael Dell and EMC's Joe Tucci, sources told Re/code . The secretive nature of the talks hints at the fact that numerous terms had not been finalized as of late Sunday night. One of those terms, sources said, is a collar intended to protect both parties from movements in the value of EMC shares after the deal is announced. The deal also contains a go-shop provision that will allow EMC to seek superior offers from other companies. That term is seen as window-dressing, as the only other realistic suitors for EMC Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Cisco Systems and IBM are considered unlikely to bid. Sources say the offer will include cash amounting to $27.25 per EMC share, plus the additional value of tracking stock to account for the value of EMC's stake in the cloud software firm VMware that would bring the value of the transaction to over $30 per share. Dell intends to maintain majority control of VMware but will likely sell or distribute a portion of EMC's equity in VMware to raise cash and offset some of the debt it will have to raise to finance the purchase. Dell is seeking to raise cash by issuing high-yield bonds that will be linked to equity in the combined company. It's a risky bet on debt markets especially given that U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates before the end of the year. A higher interest rate would raise the cost of financing and make the bonds themselves less attractive to debt investors. Also uncertain is whether Elliott Management, the activist hedge fund that is EMC's seventh-largest shareholder, will support the deal. Elliott has pressured EMC to spin off its stake in VMware as a way of boosting shareholder value. Representatives of Elliott, Dell and EMC were not immediately reachable. The timing of the announcement was first reported by Bloomberg and a provision to continue to seek other offers by EMC was reported by Reuters.
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A new study in the Journal of Pediatrics finds lithium is safe and effective for treating children with bipolar disorder.
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Another Halloween season, another new line of inexplicably sexy costumes. Because what's sexier than dressing up as an ear of corn? Sean Dowling (@seandowlingtv) has the most head scratching ensembles.
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A toddler in the Philippines has become an internet star in her own country, thanks to her online cheerleading videos.
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Raven-Symoné has managed to get the twittersphere talking after making some controversial comments. The View co host said that she is very discriminatory and would not hire someone with a unique name such as "Watermelonalondrea". Her comments came after the group watched a YouTube video titled "Top 60 Ghetto Black Names". Raven laughed and said "I'm not about to hire you if your name is Watermelonalondrea, it's just not gonna happen". Raven has since penned an apology, saying on Facebook, "My comments about discrimination have spun out of control" she goes on to say "I have never discriminated against a name, even though I said I would, it's not true."
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing an estimated 610,000 people each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported . Perhaps these numbers would be lower if people drank more cranberry juice or at least that's what new research presented at the Cranberry Health Research Conference in Wisconsin on Monday suggested. The Cranberry Institute funded the study. According to the National Institutes of Health , cranberries are rich in an antioxidant compound, called polyphenols that have been of great interest to researchers in the last 15 years. Of all the antioxidants, polyphenols show the greatest promise to not only help improve circulation, but to also improve kidney function, hormone delivery, and waste filtration. And as a plant-based nutrient (phytonutrient), cranberries could serve as a natural way to prevent poor heart health. "Cranberry juice is a rich source of phytonutrients," said the study's lead author Dr. Ana Rodriguez-Mateos, a cardiology professor at the University of Duesseldorf in Germany, in a press release . "Due to this robust profile of polyphenols, our team sought to evaluate the immediate vascular impact of drinking...cranberry juice with a different range of concentrations of cranberry-polyphenols." Rodriguez-Mateos and her team had ten healthy men between the ages of 18 to 40 drink just under two cups of sweetened cranberry juice (450 milliliters). Each juice was concentrated differently, ranging from 0 to 117 percent, where the amount of cranberries-to-water ratio increased with the concentration. To detect any changes, researchers took blood and urine samples at the start of the study, and again at hour one, two, four, six, and eight. The samples showed incremental improvements in men's blood flow, arterial stiffness, and blood pressure over the course of 24 hours. All the cranberry juice concentrates, even the cocktail ones sold at local grocery stores made with 25 to 27 percent cranberry juice, had a positive effect. Because of how effective it was at improving blood flow, researchers believe it could lower the risk of atherosclerosis , a disease that occurs from a build up of plaque inside the arteries. Reduced blood flow "is a central feature in the development of atherosclerosis." In 2013, researchers found similar benefits with cranberry sauce, in which the sauce was found to help protect against certain infections, decrease inflammation, and lower the risk of heart disease. Given that polyphenols are often consumed through fruits and vegetables, it would make sense that a higher intake could potentially protect against artery-clogging damage but according to the Harvard School of Public Health , researchers can't say for sure if this powerful antioxidant is capable of fighting off disease on its own. This study, however, would suggest we're a step closer to finding out. "Our results lay the groundwork to better understand the array of potential vascular and cardiovascular health benefits of cranberry polyphenols," notes Rodriguez-Mateos said. "Significant improvements in vascular function from drinking two cups of cranberry juice suggest an important role for cranberries in a heart-healthy diet." Source: Cranberry Health Research Conference. 2015.
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Work is underway on a glass walkway China says will be the highest and longest in the world. Paul Chapman reports.
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Now in its fourth generation, the latest MX-5 Miata sticks to the successful fun-to-drive roadster formula, but adds more room and features. Lighter, shorter, and less powerful, it avoids the industry trend of bulking up.
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Olivia Wilde stunned at the premiere of her film "Meadowland". Olivia plays the lead 'Sarah' who becomes unhinged after an unimaginable loss. She was joined by her husband Jason Sudeikis as the pair worked the red carpet. For the event Olivia opted for a long gown. It featured a floral design that left her shoulders on show and showed some skin with tasteful waist cut outs. She kept the colour theme going with a bright red lip. Co-star Juno Temple wore her curly hair in a ponytail and opted for a pantsuit. She added some edge to her look with a plunging neckline and statement jewellery. Luke Wilkinson was sharply dressed in a dark suit while Kelly Rutherford was bright in white.
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USA TODAY Sports' Tom Pelissero explains why the Cincinnati Bengals are one of the best teams in the NFL.
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Serbia's successful candidacy to join the European Union depends on the number of refugees it agrees to accept, according to a Serbian political official. The eastern European country is expected to become a vast camp for refugees, who are largely from Syria and fleeing conflict in order to seek asylum within the EU, said Bosko Obradovic, chairman of the Devri political group, reported Sputnik News. "Serbia must oppose the dictates from Brussels that plans to turn Serbia and other Balkan states into the largest refugee reception point, an immigrant colony, as it might thus become another condition of Serbia joining the European Union," Obradovic said. As many as 7,000 refugees were expected to arrive this week into the Serbian town of Bujanovac from neighboring Macedonia, Serbia announced this past weekend, the Mehr News Agency reported . About 172,000 undocumented immigrants have already arrived to Serbia and been processed in the refugee reception camp located in the town of Presevo. The 28 countries already belonging the EU have been mandated to accept a definite number of refugees, a quota that has not been embraced by all of the bloc's members. As part of that quota, 20 Eritreans were flown to Sweden from Rome this past weekend as the first group of refugees assigned to a particular country, the Guardian reported . A total of 160,000 refugees are expected to be a part of the quota. The refugee quota, which was decided by a majority vote instead of a unanimous one, has divided EU countries. Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia all voted against it. "Only the future will show what a mistake this was," Czech President Milos Zeman said last month, according to the BBC . "There is an unwritten plan to redirect a refugee flow through non-members of the European Union, such as Macedonia and Serbia, instead of allowing asylum-seekers to continue their journey to Western Europe through EU member-states such as Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania," Obradovic said, according to Sputnik.
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This week, I went to an interesting event (sponsored by Yoplait Yogurt, to promote their new product Plenti , though I was just a spectator). The theme of the night was "habits," a topic with which we are all very familiar. All the talk about habits got me thinking: What about the habits we have in our relationships? Can a relationship be made better by changing our habit strategy? Lucky for you, I'm a psychologist who has worked on many studies that have teased out why some couples are deliriously happy, while others are not. Here are the five top relationship habits that we have found keep happy couples as blissful as they seem! Habit #1: They do one relationship thing a day, a week and a month Happy couples don't consciously acquire habits, but instead they do what they do, and then we observe them. What we find is that they do indeed have daily habits, weekly habits and monthly habits that are 100 percent relationship-centric. The best part is that each of these habits are individual to the couples, so the details of what works for some may not work for all, but the habit is the same. Here's what I mean: Allison and Troy are a couple that we studied. They have coffee together every morning, go to the movies once a week and treat themselves to one expensive meal a month. Eric and Isabella are more athletic. They meet at the gym every day after work, go on a 30-mile bike ride every Saturday morning and do a couples massage once a month together. The activities differ, but all of our couples have a daily habit, a weekly habit and a monthly habit. Habit #2: When they fight, they avoid the "red zone" The "red zone" is that place you go during an argument where there's no turning back. Either you've said something too hurtful, or you've pushed a button that may change the person's view of who you are in the relationship for a long, long time. Happy couples have a habit of not going there because they don't want to hurt the person they love. What we've found is that happy couples have gotten into the habit of walking away and calming down before they lash out. This not only gives them a chance to get a perspective on the argument, but it also reduces the chemical reaction the brain has when you're angry. As you become angry, chemicals known as catecholamines are released in the brain, causing you to experience a burst of energy lasting up to several minutes. If you walk away for a moment or two, those chemicals will subside, and you can discuss rather than yell. Habit #3: They touch On the surface this may seem obvious, but it isn't. If you observe happy couples, you will see them touch, almost, subconsciously. They will be at a party with dozens of people, but will still have a hand on a knee, or stand so close their arms touch. Or they will be walking down the street or at the theater and will instinctually grab each other's hand. Why are they doing this? It's not so much sexual as it is emotional. Study after study have found that touch is about communication. You are communicating to the group that you are together, and to each other that there is a deeper emotional connection. Habit #4: They check in This is the simplest and easiest habit of them all. Happy couples are in the habit of checking in with their partner over the course of their day in a meaningful way. They call to say, "How did that meeting go?" or "Here's the update on grandma's health." The key here is the meaningful check in. They have something to say other than, "Hi, just checking in," which can be misinterpreted more easily. Habit #5: Sex Happy couples don't necessarily make sex a "habit" per se. What they do have is a similar libido habit and a sense of being on the same page, sexually. This is another habit that is measured individually, and one that you and your partner should negotiate early. Our studies have found that happy couples are on the same page with frequency (how often) and content (what they like to do when they do it). Building habits takes time and patience. A Duke University study found that if you start small and build on that, behaviors will become habits . If you continue to improve your relationship one moment at a time, you'll see that over the years you will collect many happy single moments that, taken together, amount to a happy relationship.
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Iran State TV says Jason Rezaian has been convicted
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The U.S. national team set to face Costa Rica will look rather different than the squad that fell in the CONCACAF Cup. Coach Jurgen Klinsmann has added five players for Tuesday's match in Harrison, New Jersey, with goalkeeper Bill Hamid, midfielders Mix Diskerud, Lee Nguyen and Brek Shea, and forward Andrew Wooten earning call-ups. The U.S. also has released eight veterans from the 23-man CONCACAF Cup squad: goalkeeper Nick Rimando, defenders DaMarcus Beasley and Matt Besler, midfielders Michael Bradley, Kyle Beckerman and Graham Zusi, and forwards Clint Dempsey and Chris Wondolowski. Midfielder Alejandro Bedoya, who was removed from the CONCACAF Cup roster because of illness, is on the team set to face Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena. Here is the updated 21-man roster: GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Tim Howard (Everton) DEFENDERS (7): Ventura Alvarado (Club America), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchenglandbach), Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana), Tim Ream (Fulham), Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City) MIDFIELDERS (7): Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution), Brek Shea (Orlando City), Danny Williams (Reading), DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland) FORWARDS (4): Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Bobby Wood (Union Berlin), Andrew Wooten (Sandhausen), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Authorities reopened a key southbound stretch of Interstate 95 through South Carolina on Monday, more than a week after an historic storm dumped as much as 2 feet of rain that shut off the main East Coast highway from Miami to Maine. The state Transportation Department said Monday that 13 miles of southbound lanes were open again to traffic and that the northbound lanes were expected to reopen late Monday or early Tuesday. The busy interstate had been closed for more than a week, causing delays and motorist headaches while crews checked 13 bridges crossing streams and swamps in the middle part of the state. The department says crews spent about 4,000 man hours repairing the spans while divers also checked on the repairs. The closing forced drivers to take an almost 170-mile detour to the state capitol of Columbia instead of the normal 75-mile drive along the interstate from Interstate 26 to Interstate 20. In recent days the detour has resulted in traffic delays on another interstate southeast of Columbia, the state capital city flooded in many parts by the days of rain. While the interstate is reopening, parts of about 225 state roads remained closed Monday morning because of recent flooding. In additional almost 100 bridges are closed either because of flooding or so they can be checked for damage. The Transportation Department also said that, beginning Monday, it will begin removing debris from four counties hard-hit by the storm, Crews planned to be out in Georgetown and Horry counties on the coast and in Lexington, Richland and Sumter counties in the Midlands near the state capitol of Columbia. Charleston officials also announced that crews would be out Monday cleaning up storm debris. Rain-swollen rivers in eastern South Carolina are finally beginning to recede. The National Weather Service reports that the Waccamaw River at Conway was at 15.9 feet on Monday, down from 16.2 feet over the weekend. But still there is major flooding in the area where flood stage is 11 feet. The Santee River near Jamestown is at about 21 feet, down a foot from over the weekend. There is still moderate flooding in the area where flood stage is 10 feet. And in Orangeburg, the north fork of the Edisto River is back down to 8 feet. That's flood stage in the area. But with weekend rains, that river is expected to rise again, cresting at over 9 feet by Thursday, causing minor flooding. In Columbia, the city continues the laborious process of repairing its water system where the storm breached a canal that holds the city's water supply. On Sunday, the city lifted a boil water advisory for water customers in some of the city's northern and northwestern suburbs. City officials hope the advisory can be lifted for all the systems 375,000 customers in the next week or so.
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