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" The article FBI's McCabe, a frequent Trump target, abruptly leaves post was written on Janauary 30 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a target of frequent and aggressive criticism by President Donald Trump, abruptly stepped down from his position Monday ahead of his planned retirement this spring.
A 22-year veteran of the FBI, McCabe has been publicly and repeatedly lambasted over the past year by Trump, who has accused him of bias because of his wife's political connections and an FBI investigation that produced no criminal charges against Hillary Clinton.
McCabe, who has held a number of FBI leadership roles and been heavily involved in investigations into major crimes including the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, becomes eligible for retirement in a matter of weeks. FBI staff learned Monday that McCabe was leaving the bureau's No. 2 post effective immediately, according to people who spoke only on condition of anonymity to discuss an internal personnel move. He is expected to retire with full pension benefits.
The departure comes as FBI Director Christopher Wray makes changes to his senior leadership team, replacing two other top aides last week. Such changes are not unusual when a new director takes charge, but they are notable amid Trump's public pressure on Wray to get rid of officials who were confidants of James Comey, whom he fired as FBI director last May.
In a message Monday to FBI employees, Wray said McCabe would be retiring on March 18 and denied that the move stemmed from political pressure.
"I will not be swayed by political or other pressure in my decision-making," Wray wrote.
The exit comes amid multiple ongoing investigations, including a Justice Department watchdog probe into the actions of McCabe and other top FBI officials during the Clinton email probe. In addition, special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether the Trump campaign improperly coordinated with Russia during the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump sought to obstruct the inquiry by, among other actions, firing Comey.
McCabe has been repeatedly assailed by Trump since the fall of 2016, when it was revealed that his wife had accepted campaign contributions from the political action committee of then-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat and close Clinton ally, during a failed state Senate run. That episode is among the decisions under review by the Justice Department's inspector general, which is expected to complete its report soon.
The FBI has said McCabe received the necessary ethics approval, and that at the time of the contributions, he was not in a supervisory role on the Clinton email investigation. But that has not stopped Trump and Republicans in Congress from repeatedly asserting that McCabe, and other FBI officials, are partisan law enforcement officials harboring a bias against him.
Responding to December news reports that McCabe would retire, the president wrote: "How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin' James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?"
Another of the president's tweets from last year said: "Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation," referring to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Monday evening, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted to release a classified memo they wrote that alleges that the FBI and the Justice Department improperly used government surveillance during the Russia investigation.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Monday that Trump was not part of the decision-making process but that he stood by his criticism of McCabe. Amid the tensions, Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein traveled to the White House Monday to meet with chief of staff John Kelly, according to a senior White House official who was not authorized to discuss the meeting publicly and requested anonymity.
The FBI's No. 3 official, David Bowdich, has been named acting deputy director.
Though McCabe has pushed back against White House narratives that Comey was not well-liked within the bureau, and that an ongoing FBI investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia was not a significant matter for the FBI, he has not publicly discussed in detail his interactions with Trump or shared any personal observations of the president.
That could change upon his departure from the FBI. Comey, for instance, after his firing authorized a close friend to share with reporters details of his own encounters with the president that he said troubled him. And former CIA Director John Brennan and James Clapper, the retired director of national intelligence, have been outspoken about their own views of Trump.
McCabe became deputy director in 2016 following earlier jobs running the FBI's Washington field office and serving as head of its national security branch. A Duke University-educated lawyer, he joined the FBI in 1996 and worked on organized crime in New York.
He took over as acting director following Trump's May 9 firing of Comey, and was among the officials interviewed for the position, which ultimately went to Wray, a former Justice Department official. The Washington Post reported last week that Trump asked McCabe whom he had voted for in the presidential election. Trump has said he does not recall asking that question.
McCabe's defenders call him a thoughtful, intelligent and committed career agent.
Comey tweeted that McCabe "stood tall over the last 8 months, when small people were trying to tear down an institution we all depend on."
Former Attorney General Eric Holder tweeted: "FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is, and has been, a dedicated public servant who has served this country well. Bogus attacks on the FBI and DOJ to distract attention from a legitimate criminal inquiry does long term, unnecessary damage to these foundations of our government."
Two days after Comey's firing, McCabe appeared at a congressional hearing and contradicted a White House assertion that Comey had lost the support of FBI rank-and-file. He declared, "I can tell you that the majority, the vast majority of FBI employees, enjoyed a deep and positive connection to Director Comey."
In one of the more dramatic exchanges of the day, he was asked whether the Trump-Russia investigation was a small matter in relation to the other work the FBI is conducting.
"Sir," he told Sen. Angus King of Maine, "we consider it to be a highly significant investigation."
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Associated Press writers Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin contributed to this report. " |
" The article Napoli defender Ghoulam has 3rd operation on right knee was written on July 4 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Napoli full back Faouzi Ghoulam has had a third operation on his right knee but the Algeria international should be fit to take part in pre-season training.
Ghoulam missed most of last season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in November and fracturing his kneecap in training in February.
There were fears he had another problem after his knee swelled up on holiday recently and Ghoulam underwent further tests earlier this week.
On Wednesday Napoli says Ghoulam had "a small operation to remove the metal pin in his right patella."
It adds: "Ghoulam will follow a personalized training schedule next week." " |
" The article Roma only top 5 Serie A club to make a move on deadline day was written on February 3 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: MILAN (AP) — Roma was the only one of the top-five Serie A clubs to make a major signing as the Italian transfer window closed on Wednesday, with the capital club bringing in Argentina left back Jonathan Silva on loan from Sporting Lisbon.
Silva joined Sporting from his hometown club Estudiantes de la Plata in 2014, although he spent last season back in Argentina at Boca Juniors.
"He is a young player who has already demonstrated his personality and technical ability, attributes that have enabled him to play for a top club like Sporting," Roma sporting director Monchi said.
The 23-year-old Silva made 10 appearances in all competitions for Sporting this season and 43 in total. He also played in both Champions League matches against Juventus in the group stage.
Silva replaced Brazilian defender Emerson Palmieri, who moved to Chelsea on Tuesday in a deal worth up to 29 million euros ($36 million).
Another player to leave Serie A was Japan and Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo, who joined Galatasaray on loan.
Nagatomo made 210 appearances for Inter in seven seasons at the club, helping it to win the Italian Cup in 2011, but the 31-year-old started just nine Serie A matches this campaign.
He joins Galatasaray until the end of the season, having played more than 100 times for Japan.
Roma is fifth in Serie A, 16 points behind leader Napoli. None of the teams above it made any significant signings on deadline day.
Napoli sent midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini out on loan to Chievo Verona. The former Sunderland player started just one league match in 18 months at the club and lost his place in the Italy squad.
Meanwhile, two swap deals were agreed. Sampdoria signed goalkeeper Vid Belec inititally on loan from Benevento, with Christian Puggioni moving the other way on a permanent basis. Fiorentina sent Khouma Babacar to Sassuolo, on loan with the obligation to buy, and brought in Diego Falcinelli on loan with the option to make the move permanent.
Former Italy forward Giampaolo Pazzini left Verona to move to Spanish side Levante on loan. " |
" The article Subway blast arrest leads to discussion of immigration rules was written on December 12 2017, in the domain of sports, which states: NEW YORK (AP) — The arrest of a Bangladeshi immigrant accused of making a homemade pipe bomb and setting it off in the New York subway system has led to discussion of the nation's immigration system, with President Donald Trump repeating his refrain that it needs to be overhauled in favor of more restrictions.
What you should know:
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THE BOMBING SUSPECT
Authorities have identified the bombing suspect as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah. Originally from Bangladesh, he arrived in the United States in 2011 and was living in Brooklyn. The Department of Homeland Security says he's a lawful permanent resident of the U.S.
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HOW HE GOT HERE:
Ullah came to the U.S. on an F43 visa, issued to him through his family connection to an American citizen. The American immigration system allows citizens to apply for certain relatives — spouses, children, parents, siblings and their spouses and minor children — to be allowed to come and live in the U.S. The visas fall under different preferences, or categories; siblings of U.S. citizens come in the fourth preference, the F4, and their children come under F43s.
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WHAT'S THE HISTORY?
Since a law change in 1965 loosened what had been a very restrictive system, America's immigration policy has been based around giving preference to people with advanced education or skills or those with family ties to U.S. citizens. What that has meant is that as immigrants from places like Asia and Latin America started coming to the U.S. in larger numbers and became citizens, they applied for their family members to join them. Once naturalized, those brought in were able to then sponsor their own relatives.
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WHAT'S THE CONCERN?
Those who favor restrictions on immigration are in strong opposition to that kind of linked migration. It's an issue that's been brought up in proposed immigration reform legislation before. U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, of Arkansas, and U.S. Sen. David Perdue, of Georgia, both Republicans, have most recently proposed the RAISE Act, which would limit the number of permanent-resident visas and do away with the ability of citizens to bring over relatives other than spouses and minor children. Immigrant advocates have called the bill an attack on immigrants.
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WHAT TRUMP SAYS
Trump has made who's allowed into the United States a centerpiece of his presidency, in the form of banning residents from certain countries from traveling to the U.S., calling for the construction of a wall along the Mexican border and limiting the number of refugees allowed in.
After Monday morning's subway explosion, which seriously injured Ullah but no one else, Trump issued a statement saying, "America must fix its lax immigration system, which allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country. Today's terror suspect entered our country through extended-family chain migration, which is incompatible with national security."
Trump, a Republican, has voiced his support of the RAISE Act.
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Deepti Hajela covers issues of race, ethnicity and immigration for The Associated Press. Follow her on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dhajela. For more of her work, search for her name at https://apnews.com " |
" The article Kosovo environmentalists protest heavy pollution levels was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of business, which states: PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Environmentalists have staged a protest in Kosovo's capital Pristina asking the government to fight extremely high pollution.
Hundreds of people took part in Wednesday's protest, blaming the government and the local authorities for allowing hazardous levels of fine particulate matter, an air pollutant.
An air quality monitor installed in the United States embassy in Pristina measured pollution in the capital's air as "very unhealthy."
Pristina has severe air pollution problems due to the outdated power plants using coal, smoke from wood-burning stoves and exhaust fumes from old cars.
Local authorities decided to ban vehicles from other cities from entering the city, offering parking areas in the outskirts and free public transport. " |
" The article Julie Ertz was soccer star before Zach's Super Bowl bid was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of business, which states: Julie Ertz has a world championship and Player of the Year honors in her sport. So she's already got an edge on husband Zach — that is, if they were competitive.
She says the athletic couple doesn't really try to one-up each other all that much.
"Maybe in board games," she says with a laugh.
Julie and Zach are currently the sporting world's "It" couple. Julie is a midfielder for the World Cup-winning U.S. national soccer team, while her husband Zach is a tight end for the Super Bowl-bound Philadelphia Eagles. The joke is that they both play football, just different kinds.
Just as Zach was in Canada for the 2015 World Cup final cheering on Julie, she'll be rooting for him on Sunday in Minneapolis. In fact, she's already there, acting as a correspondent for the U.S. team's Twitter feed .
The couple was married last March after a romance that started when Julie, then Julie Johnston, was an emerging soccer star at Santa Clara and Zach was playing at Stanford.
Julie's career took off in 2015, well before Zach reached the NFL's biggest stage, when she was selected by national team coach Jill Ellis for the World Cup roster. At 23, she was the second-youngest player on the squad for soccer's premier tournament.
"You train as if whenever you're called upon you're ready," she said. "I think that was a huge mentality that was important for me. I know I really wanted to make the team, but I knew that I had a long way to go. So I tried every day to take it day by day and really learn anything I could at practice, and do every extra thing that I thought I needed to do."
Johnston played on a backline that included Meghan Klingenberg, Becky Sauerbrunn and Ali Krieger. The defense was anchored by Hope Solo, who was spectacular in goal. The group went 540 minutes during the tournament without conceding a goal on the way to a 5-2 final victory over Japan.
With her trademark baby-blue headband, Johnston quickly proved she was one of the sport's fastest-rising stars. Today, she's introspective about her world championship.
"I could give you 1,000 moments that were special, but looking back it was the journey, and everything that I learned about myself and what I didn't think I could do," she said. "I learned a lot, and it really pushed my love for the sport even more than I already loved it."
She shifted to a defensive midfielder position with the national team last year and did well. At the Tournament of Nations she came in as a substitute and scored the winner of a 4-3 victory in the 89th minute.
She played at that position the rest of the season, scoring six goals, including two against New Zealand. In December she was selected the national team's Player of the Year, earning more than half of all the votes.
But probably the happiest thing she did last year was marry Zach. The two tied the knot in March in California.
Zach, 27, is in his fifth season with the Eagles. He broke out this season with 824 receiving yards, behind only New England's Rob Gronkowski (1,084) and Kansas City's Travis Kelce (1,038) among the ends. His eight touchdowns were double his previous career high, and he had eight catches for 93 yards in the NFC championship game.
The two were apart when the Eagles clinched their spot in the Super Bowl with a 38-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Julie was in San Diego for a national team match against Denmark. She was among the players who scored in the 5-1 victory.
Afterward, when she was told Zach was going to the Super Bowl, she burst into tears .
"Zach knew I was there obviously in spirit and I was praying for him and I was excited for him and cheering him from miles away," she said. "It's a part of our job and we sacrifice a lot, and time's the biggest thing. But to find out that they are going to the Super Bowl was amazing, exciting, emotional. It's really cool to see your loved one's hard work pay off."
That's part of the mutual respect their marriage is built on.
"She understands how hard I worked and how hard this team worked to get to this point. We're each other's No. 1 fan. Our relationship wasn't built on the athletic success. We truly love each other and that's the most important thing," Zach said.
To that end, Julie said it's Zach's turn in the spotlight.
"This is his time," she said. "I'm here. I'm a fan! I'm going to be in the stands, cheering with everyone else."
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For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL " |
" The article The Latest: Self-driving tests halted after pedestrian dies. was written on March 20 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on the pedestrian death involving a self-driving vehicle in Phoenix (all times local):
10:35 a.m.
Uber says it has suspended all of its self-driving testing following what is believed to be the first fatal pedestrian accident involving the vehicles.
The self-driving testing has been taking place in Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto.
Automakers and tech companies are competing to be first with the technology.
Police in a Phoenix suburb say one of Uber's self-driving vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian on Sunday night.
Investigators say the vehicle was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel when the woman walking outside of a crosswalk was hit.
The woman died of her injuries at a hospital.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi expressed condolences on his Twitter account the company is working with local law enforcement on the investigation.
10:15 a.m.
Police in a Phoenix suburb say one of Uber's self-driving vehicles has struck and killed a pedestrian.
Police in the city of Tempe said Monday that the vehicle was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel when the woman walking outside of a crosswalk was hit.
Sgt. Ronald Elcock says in an email that the accident happened overnight but did not say whether it occurred Sunday night or Monday morning.
The woman died of her injuries at a hospital and her name was not made public.
Uber has been testing the self-driving vehicles in Tempe and Phoenix for months.
Uber says on Twitter that it is "fully cooperating" with the investigation and expressed condolences to the family of the victim. " |
" The article Twin typhoons near Taiwan next week may come under Fujiwhara effect: ECMWF was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- European and U.S. weather centers are predicting typhoons will be forming near Taiwan next week, with the European model predicting twin cyclones could interact with each other and bring heavy rains to Taiwan.
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) model predicts that Taiwan will be affected by two typhoons, one to its northeast and one to its southwest from June 8 to June 13. This may lead to the Fujiwhara effect in which the two cyclones feed each other and touch off massive southwestern monsoon rains in Taiwan.
In some cases wir the Fujiwhara effect, if the two cyclones are close enough, they can merge together to form an even larger typhoon. Based on the early European model, Taiwan would be in between the two typhoons, thus whether the two merge or just draw nearer to each other, Taiwan wil bear the brunt of the affects in the form of heavy rains and strong winds.
The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global Forecast System (GFS) predicts that a typhoon will form off of Guangdong on June 6 and then work its way up the coast of Fujian Province. The U.S. model predicts that this will generate a powerful southwest monsoon system that would pack a big punch and bring heavy rain to Taiwan.
Taiwanese meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said that because the weather simulations of the Europe, U.S. and Taiwan differ greatly at this stage, therefore more time is needed to observe conditions and it is too early to rush to conclusions.
Facebook weather site look.weather.typhoon (觀氣象看天氣), whether or not typhoons form or plum rains approach, there should be a significant increase in precipitation between June 8 and June 13. " |
" The article Mulvaney pushes name change at federal watchdog agency was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: NEW YORK (AP) — In Washington, even a name change is fraught with political drama.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pushing to be referred to as the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, a surface level, but notable change for the agency tasked with protecting consumers against debt collectors and banks.
Officials say the change reflects the bureau's legal name, but critics say it underscores the abrupt ideological turn the bureau has taken since Trump-appointee Mick Mulvaney took over. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act did create a "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection" but that name has rarely been used, except occasionally in court filings.
Under Mulvaney, the bureau has proposed revisiting the regulations and policies the Obama administration put in place, and has also reduced the number of enforcement actions it has taken. " |
" The article People Matter: William Sim, President of Heilind Asia Pacific was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--William Sim never forgot the advice he received from one of his former CEOs, and it’s something he has carried into all of his leadership roles.
When William Sim entered the world of electronics, he received a piece of advice from one of his CEOs that has remained a cornerstone of both his personal and professional life. “He said, ‘People are the single most important resource in any organization. It is the resource that drives all other resources,’” the now President of Heilind Asia Pacific tells The CEO Magazine.
William has spent most of his working life either on the manufacturing or the distribution side of electronics. He began at Philips Semiconductors, working in sales and marketing roles before getting bumped up to general manager for South Asia–Pacific. William left Philips (which had changed its name to NXP) in 2006, and became senior vice-president of Global Operations at semiconductor distributor WPG.
He then moved on to Arrow Electronics as the vice-president of Global Alliance before taking up his current role as president of Heilind Asia Pacific. A subsidiary of US-based Heilind Electronics, Heilind Asia Pacific specializes in distributing interconnect and electromagnetic products, switches, relays, thermal management and circuit protection products.
William Sim leads Eastern expansion
With its headquarters in Hong Kong, the company made a foray into the East, which was filled with challenges, especially in its first year. “We were basically unknown in Asia when we first came, so we spent a lot of time and effort on marketing activities and exhibitions to publicize our presence,” William says.
“The market at the time, and still today, was crowded with distributors that had longstanding relationships with suppliers, so we introduced the concept of ‘Distribution As It Should Be’. We spent a lot of time selling our concept and telling potential customers that we have a business model that is being used successfully in America.”
The company survived due to its business model and because it took calculated risks, something William believes is necessary in the distribution business. “We built inventory before customers placed orders. Sometimes it fails, but we have been successful more times than not. Over the course of our operations, customers have appreciated the way we do business.”
Heilind’s culture based on valuing people
Having been president since the company’s inception five years ago, William made sure he based its culture around valuing people. This has yielded positive results in terms of employee satisfaction. “We have a very low staff turnover, which is unique in the market,” William says. “For instance, in the first year, we employed about 30 people, and 27 of those are still with the company.”
William believes in empowering his staff and knows it will allow the business to achieve its goals. “We believe every individual in the organization is important. We try, as far as possible, to have all workers involved in decision making, which allows them to take ownership of what they want to do for the company,” William says.
What makes a good leader?
William says there is no one style of leadership, but as president he ensures he has:
- A distinct vision of where the company is going; - Clear KPIs; - The ability to pre-empt challenges - And courage to make changes; - An understanding that all problems stop with him; - And a belief that each person is important to the organization.
“I want our employees to feel like they belong and to learn and grow with the organization. When someone makes a mistake for the first time, they are not penalized; instead, they are encouraged to learn through the process. They know that my door is always open and they can come and talk to me about what they think we should be doing differently.”
William is also a fan of rewarding success. “Our people understand and support our business goals, and we make sure we keep them abreast of our progress and milestones,” he says. “Each time the company achieves a milestone; it gets published in our newsletter and is celebrated in the team. And every year, we have a company outing and include every single person, right down to the store hands.”
“Distribution is a relationship business”
William’s attitude towards his employees extends to his partners and suppliers. “Distribution is a relationship business,” he says. “We do not manufacture products, so we are dependent on suppliers, and on customers to buy from us. Every distributor offers the same thing, so it boils down to how well we manage relationships with all of our stakeholders.”
When the company first came to Asia, it spent a lot of time establishing relationships with suppliers, forming strategies with them on the types of services it should provide, what it should stock, and even how it should set up its offices.
“Over the years, suppliers change, so we try to keep up with what they require,” William says. Since the company brought large stock quantities into Asia, it has been able to do away with minimum order quantity and shorten turnaround times for customers.
On top of that, William adds, it doesn’t select market segments but rather provides services to everyone from the small equipment manufacturers to large original equipment manufacturers. “We are moving away from some of the bigger distributors who are very selective in the customers they want to engage. As long as customers want this kind of service, we will provide it.”
Heilind Asia–Pacific’s next step
The company’s next step is to evolve along with the shifting needs in the electronics industry. “In the past, the distribution market was basically about buying and selling, but this has since changed to a number of additional services that offer more value. In Asia in particular, we see ecommerce becoming increasingly important, so you get a lot of stockists putting their inventory into a platform where people can just go in, and buy and sell.” As a result, the company plans to make a name for itself in the digital space.
“We have been in the market for five years and have gone beyond the initial phase of transition and consolidation,” William adds. “We will finetune some strategies and make use of social media tools to continue promoting our brand because this is something that is prevalent in the market.”
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" The article Mother of baby girl found dead in a diaper box faces charges was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina mother who said her 11-month-old daughter was kidnapped before the baby was found dead in a diaper box has been charged with lying to police and improperly disposing of a body.
Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks said 19-year-old Breanna Lewis told deputies she was attacked and her baby was taken from her arms as she checked the mail Tuesday afternoon.
Brooks says officers found Harlee Lewis' body inside the box in a field hours later.
Chesterfield County Coroner Kip Kiser says he's still investigating and isn't releasing autopsy results yet.
Brooks' statement says Breanna Lewis is charged with filing a false police report for lying about the assault and improper disposal of human remains. More charges are possible.
Jail officials didn't know if she has a lawyer. " |
" The article Four Continents figure skating championships returning to US was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The ISU Four Continents figure skating championships are returning to the U.S. for the first time in seven years.
The meet is scheduled for Feb. 7-10 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, home to the NHL's Anaheim Ducks.
The competition in singles, pairs and ice dancing features skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
The U.S. team will be made up of three skaters or teams in each discipline and will be named after the U.S. nationals in Detroit on Jan. 19-27.
Last year, Americans Tarah Kayne and Danny O'Shea won the pairs title and Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc earned silver in Taipei. Americans Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker won the ice dance title. Jason Brown won bronze in the men's competition.
The event was last held in the U.S. in 2012 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. The U.S. also hosted in 2006, 2007 and 2011. " |
" The article Toronto van attack suspect was student, ex-military recruit was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: TORONTO (AP) — Details have begun to emerge about Alek Minassian, who was charged Tuesday with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 of attempted murder for driving a van into a crowded sidewalk in Toronto. Here is a look at the 25-year-old suspect in one of the worst mass killings in Canada's modern history.
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A YOUNG MAN FROM SUBURBAN TORONTO, AND A STUNNED FAMILY
Minassian lived with his family in the Toronto suburb of Richmond Hill, on a street of sizeable, well-tended brick homes. Police say he had no criminal record before Monday.
His father, Vahe Minassian, wept and seemed stunned as he watched as his son, showing little emotion, make a brief court appearance Tuesday and be ordered held without bail.
When his father was asked later whether he had any message for the families of the people killed and injured, he said quietly: "I'm sorry."
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A "SOCIALLY AWKWARD" STUDENT
Minassian attended Seneca College, according to his LinkedIn profile; a spokeswoman for the Toronto-area school didn't immediately respond to an inquiry about him Tuesday. Another student, Joseph Pham, told The Toronto Star that Minassian was in a computer programming class with him just last week.
Pham described Minassian as a "socially awkward" student who kept to himself: "He didn't really talk to anyone."
Before college, Minassian attended Thornlea Secondary School in Richmond Hill, graduating in 2011. The school declined to discuss him Tuesday, citing privacy laws.
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A STINT IN THE MILITARY
Minassian joined the Canadian Armed Forces last year, but his stay was brief.
The Department of National Defence says he was a member of the military from Aug. 23 to Oct. 25, but didn't complete his recruit training. He asked to be voluntarily released after 16 days, the department said.
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A BITTERNESS TOWARD WOMEN?
Shortly before Monday's attack on a crowded downtown Toronto street, a chilling post appeared on Minassian's now-deleted Facebook account saluting Elliot Rodger, a community college student who killed six people and wounded 13 in shooting and stabbing attacks near the University of California, Santa Barbara, before apparently shooting himself to death in 2014.
Calling Rodger "the Supreme Gentleman," the Facebook post declared: "The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys!"
The 22-year-old Rodger had used the term "incel" — for involuntarily celibate — in online posts raging at women for rejecting him romantically. Like-minded people in internet forums sometimes use "Chad" and "Stacy" as dismissive slang for men and women with more robust sex lives.
Monday's Facebook post mentions that "Private (Recruit) Minassian" is speaking, and Facebook confirmed that the post was on an account that belonged to the suspect. The social networking site took down his account after the attack, saying in a statement Tuesday, "There is absolutely no place on our platform for people who commit such horrendous acts." " |
" The article Wednesday's Major League Linescores was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of business, which states: AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 000 002 002—4 6 1 Boston 001 012 02x—6 11 1
Gaviglio, Oh (7), Tepera (8) and Maile; Rodriguez, Barnes (7), B.Johnson (9), Kimbrel (9) and C.Vazquez. W_Rodriguez 6-1. L_Gaviglio 2-1. Sv_Kimbrel (18). HRs_Toronto, Hernandez (8). Boston, Nunez (4), Martinez (18).
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Chicago 000 000 001—1 5 2 Cleveland 205 200 00x—9 13 0
Lopez, Volstad (3), Avilan (4), Rondon (5), Fry (6), N.Jones (7), Soria (8) and Narvaez; Kluber, Beliveau (7), Marshall (8), B.Taylor (9) and Gomes. W_Kluber 8-2. L_Lopez 1-4. HRs_Chicago, Sanchez (3). Cleveland, Ramirez (17), Encarnacion (13).
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Houston 000 020 001—3 7 0 New York 100 022 00x—5 8 1
Keuchel, McHugh (6) and Stassi; L.Severino, Robertson (8), Chapman (9) and Romine. W_L.Severino 8-1. L_Keuchel 3-7. Sv_Chapman (12). HRs_Houston, Stassi (5).
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Los Angeles 001 000 000—1 7 0 Detroit 100 005 00x—6 9 0
Ohtani, Bedrosian (6), J.Johnson (6), Morris (8) and Maldonado; Fiers, Jimenez (8), Greene (9) and Greiner. W_Coleman 2-0. L_Bedrosian 1-1.
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INTERLEAGUE Washington 001 000 100—2 7 0 Baltimore 000 000 000—0 4 0
Scherzer, Doolittle (9) and P.Severino; Hess, Castro (7), Hart (8), Wright Jr. (9) and Sisco. W_Scherzer 9-1. L_Hess 2-2. Sv_Doolittle (13). HRs_Washington, Harper (18).
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NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 000 000 200—2 8 1 Milwaukee 000 010 20x—3 10 1
Reyes, Gant (5), Lyons (7), Tuivailala (7) and Kelly; Guerra, Jeffress (7), Hader (8), Knebel (9) and Kratz, Pina. W_Jeffress 5-0. L_Tuivailala 1-1. Sv_Knebel (5). HRs_St. Louis, Bader (5). Milwaukee, Yelich (7).
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Cincinnati 000 402 001—7 12 0 Arizona 301 000 000—4 13 1
Romano, W.Peralta (6), Hughes (7), Garrett (7), R.Iglesias (8) and Barnhart; Corbin, Salas (7), Chafin (8), McFarland (9) and Murphy. W_Romano 3-6. L_Corbin 5-2. Sv_R.Iglesias (9). HRs_Cincinnati, Schebler (6), Duvall (10). Arizona, Goldschmidt (7), Murphy (7).
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Chicago 100 000 000—1 9 1 Pittsburgh 110 000 00x—2 9 0
Hendricks, R.Rosario (6), Mazzoni (7), Wilson (7) and Contreras; Musgrove, Crick (8), F.Vazquez (9) and Cervelli. W_Musgrove 2-0. L_Hendricks 4-4. Sv_F.Vazquez (10). HRs_Pittsburgh, Harrison (2).
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New York 000 100 111—4 9 1 Atlanta 000 000 100—1 5 0
Vargas, T.Peterson (6), Familia (8), Gsellman (9) and Plawecki; Teheran, Carle (8), S.Freeman (8), Socolovich (9) and Suzuki. W_Vargas 2-3. L_Teheran 4-3. Sv_Gsellman (2). HRs_Atlanta, Camargo (4). " |
" The article Mother of Cuban-born superstar Gloria Estefan dies at 88 was written on June 15 2017, in the domain of tech, which states: MIAMI (AP) — Gloria Estefan says her mother, Gloria Fajardo, has died at age 88.
The Grammy Award-winning singer announced the death on her Instagram account Wednesday.
Estefan says her mother died Tuesday. She didn't give a cause of death, but in previous Instagram posts, family members said Fajardo had been in the hospital for more than a month.
Fajardo was a Cuban teacher who fled with her husband to the United States in 1959 and settled in Miami when Fidel Castro rose to power and Estefan was only a toddler.
Fajardo received a standing ovation at one of her last public appearances, the February debut concert of Gloria Estefan's daughter.
In addition to Estefan, Fajardo is survived by a second daughter, Estefan's two children, and Estefan's grandson. " |
" The article Wa Wa Nee lead singer Paul Gray dies of cancer at age 54 was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: SYDNEY (AP) — Paul Gray, lead singer of the 1980s Australian pop band Wa Wa Nee, has died of cancer. He was 54 years old.
His brother and fellow band member Mark Gray said in a statement on Wednesday that Paul Gray died on Tuesday of multiple myeloma.
Wa Wa Nee formed in the early 1980s and had an Australian hit with their single, "Stimulation," in 1986.
The band later charted in the United States with the song "Sugar Free."
The band's broke up in 1989, but reformed recently in recent years to perform at 1980s revival concerts and to support British group The Human League on their Australian tour last year. " |
" The article Anne Cirkel to Receive Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Anne Cirkel, senior director technology marketing at Mentor, a Siemens business, has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award, a prestigious annual honor that recognizes individuals who have visibly helped to advance women in electronic design. The award is named for the late Marie R. Pistilli, former organizer of DAC, who placed a high value on equality, diversity, and acceptance.
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Anne Cirkel has been a significant participant in the worldwide electronic design community. In 2015, Anne served as general chair of the 52 ndDesign Automation Conference (DAC), capping more than a decade of contributing to the conference and serving on various DAC committees. In appreciation of her dedication, she was awarded the IEEE EDA Outstanding Service Award. She represented the Electronics Systems Design Alliance for more than 10 years on the DATE executive committees. In recognition of this commitment, she was named Design Automation & Test in Europe fellow and was recognized at DATE 2015 for “Outstanding Performance Servicing DATE.” In addition, Anne has served on the program committee of Embedded World. In her role at Mentor she leads the corporate technology marketing team. As a champion for diversity, Anne sees it as her mission to help promote gender neutrality in hiring decisions.
“Anne’s tenure as the general chair of the 52 nd DAC was inspiring for everyone in our industry,” said OneSpin’s McKenzie Ross, chair of the Worldwide Women in Electronic Design (WWED) committee for the 55 th DAC. “Anne was the first marketing executive to chair the conference in its half-century history. She energetically evangelized DAC by blogging weekly for the entire year leading up to the conference—which was one of the best attended in the past several years—growing it by over 18% in two years. On behalf of the DAC Executive Committee, our WWED committee members, and everyone in the EDA community, I congratulate Anne on this well-deserved achievement.”
In response to the award, Dr. Wally Rhines, CEO and President of Mentor, a Siemens Business, said, “I’m delighted that Anne’s contributions to our industry are being honored with this prestigious award. She has been a tireless advocate within Mentor for the design automation community and its flagship conference. As one of our most senior female executives, she is a superb role model for the leadership generations to come.”
The Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award will be presented to Anne Cirkel during the 55 th DAC General Session Awards presentation on Monday, June 25, 2018 at Moscone West, San Francisco, CA.
More About Anne Cirkel
Prior to joining Mentor Anne held marketing management positions at Analogy, Viewlogic, and Berner & Mattner. Anne holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration with an undergraduate in Metallurgy from RWTH Aachen, in Germany.
About the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award
Women have made important contributions and strides in the semiconductor industry for over 20 years. To recognize those who have dedicated time and effort toward these achievements, the Design Automation Conference (DAC) Executive Committee presents an annual award to honor an individual who has made significant contributions to help women advance in the field of EDA technology. The award is named for DAC’s former organizer, the late , who worked hard to further the advancement of women in engineering. Marie passed away in November 2015, but her memory and her legacy live on through her namesake award.
For a list of previous recipients of the award and to obtain details about how to nominate a candidate for 2018, please visit .
About DAC
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is recognized as the premier event for the design of electronic circuits and systems, and for electronic design automation (EDA) and silicon solutions. A diverse worldwide community representing more than 1,000 organizations attends each year, represented by system designers and architects, logic and circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers and executives to researchers and academicians from leading universities. Close to 60 technical sessions selected by a committee of electronic design experts offer information on recent developments and trends, management practices and new products, methodologies and technologies. A highlight of DAC is its exhibition and suite area with approximately 200 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon, intellectual property (IP) and design services providers. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM SIGDA), the Electronic Systems Design Alliance (ESDA), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer’s Council on Electronic Design Automation (IEEE CEDA).
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" The article Report: More than 55,000 US bridges structurally deficient was written on February 15 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says the Brooklyn Bridge and Washington's Arlington Memorial Bridge are among thousands of spans considered structurally deficient.
Although the numbers of deficient bridges have declined in recent years, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's analysis of transportation department data shows more than 55,000 bridges in the U.S. have been deemed deficient.
ARBTA says deficient bridges are crossed about 185 million times a day. The top 14 most-traveled deficient bridges are located in California.
Bridges labeled structurally deficient aren't necessarily in immediate danger of collapse. The term is applied when spans need rehabilitation or replacement because at least one major component has advanced deterioration or other problems. " |
" The article The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: iTunes Movies U.S. charts for week ending January 28, 2018:
iTunes Movies US Charts:
1. Geostorm
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. American Made
4. Ghost in the Shell
5. Only the Brave
6. A Bad Moms Christmas
7. Dunkirk (2017)
8. The Foreigner (2017)
9. It (2017)
10. Thank You for Your Service (2017)
iTunes Movies US Charts - Independent:
1. Home Again (2017)
2. The Final Year
3. Wind River (2017)
4. Marshall
5. Please Stand By
6. Loving Vincent
7. Columbus
8. Kickboxer: Retaliation
9. Brad's Status
10. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
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(copyright) 2018 Apple Inc. " |
" The article Jilted SHU student stalker slashes classmate's neck was written on December 11 2017, in the domain of business, which states: TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Just as she was headed to class, a female Shih Hsin University (SHU) student was suddenly slashed in the neck by a male student in the hallway at 10 a.m. this morning (Dec. 11), after she rejected his advances, reported Liberty Times.
After an initial police investigation, it is believed that a male third year English major at SHU surnamed Chen (陳) had an ongoing crush on a female second year Business student surnamed Shih (石). When Shih approached Chen and she rejected his advances this morning, out of anger, it is believed that he grabbed a fruit knife he had concealed and slashed her neck.
During the course of the assault, Shih sustained a three-centimeter knife wound to her neck, and though this caused continuous bleeding, she retained consciousness as she was sent to Wanfang Hospital. Shih's wounds were not deemed life-threatening, and she has already been sent home to recuperate.
A few days before the assault, Shih had already become fed up with Chen's stalking of her and on Facebook posted a message directed at him saying "Do not think I don't dare call the police." Last week, Shih also went to the Banqiao Police Station to report his behavior.
Authorities from SHU said that Chen was not on the list of students receiving psychological counseling.
Chen has been taken into police custody for further questioning. " |
" The article Ireland to collect billions from Apple in back taxes was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: LONDON (AP) — Ireland says it will begin collecting more than 13 billion euros ($15.9 billion) of back taxes from Apple, 19 months after the European Commission ruled that a tax deal with the tech giant amounted to illegal state aid.
The Commission ordered Ireland to collect back taxes for the years 2003-2014, which it estimated at 13 billion euros plus interest. Ireland disagreed, saying the ruling undermined the integrity of the country's tax system.
But Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says he will on Tuesday sign an agreement setting up the escrow account that will hold the payments while Apple and Ireland appeal. The payments should be completed by September.
Donohoe says the government "fundamentally disagrees with the ruling," but "Ireland is intent on complying with our binding legal obligations in this regard." " |
" The article Biogen and Anadarko slump while H&R Block and Southern rise was written on June 15 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday:
Biogen Inc., down 8.05 to $253.37
The drugmaker's chief financial officer is leaving to take the same role at Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
H&R Block Inc., up $2.14 to $29.13
The tax preparer had a stronger fourth quarter than analysts expected.
Southern Co., up 16 cents to $51.22
High-dividend stocks including utilities and real estate investment trusts climbed Wednesday as bond yields fell.
GameStop Corp., down 35 cents to $21.63
The Commerce Department said retail sales fell in May as people spent less at electronics retailers and department stores.
Citizens Financial Group Inc., down 30 cents to $36.58
Banks fell in tandem with bond yields, which sends interest rates on loans lower.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc., up $1.17 to $15.24
Reuters said the senior housing company may be in talks with Zhongzhong Zhuoe Group about a potential sale.
Synchronoss Technologies Inc., down 87 cents to $11.26
The mobile services company will restate two years of results because of errors in the way it recognized revenue.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., down $1.94 to $47.28
Energy companies tumbled along with oil prices Wednesday as U.S. crude prices dropped. " |
" The article Expanded Conference Glance was written on December 12 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 29 21 6 2 44 110 74 13-2-1 8-4-1 5-2-0 Toronto 31 20 10 1 41 106 88 10-5-0 10-5-1 5-1-1 Columbus 30 19 10 1 39 86 73 11-5-0 8-5-1 6-4-0 N.Y. Islanders 30 17 10 3 37 108 100 9-1-2 8-9-1 5-3-1 Washington 31 18 12 1 37 95 91 12-5-0 6-7-1 5-3-0 New Jersey 29 16 9 4 36 89 91 6-5-2 10-4-2 2-3-0 N.Y. Rangers 30 16 11 3 35 99 89 12-5-3 4-6-0 5-4-2 Pittsburgh 32 16 13 3 35 94 104 10-5-1 6-8-2 4-2-0 Boston 27 14 9 4 32 78 75 9-4-2 5-5-2 1-1-2 Montreal 31 13 14 4 30 85 99 8-7-3 5-7-1 8-1-1 Carolina 29 11 11 7 29 80 91 6-4-3 5-7-4 2-3-2 Philadelphia 29 11 11 7 29 83 86 4-6-4 7-5-3 1-0-3 Florida 30 12 14 4 28 90 105 6-6-3 6-8-1 4-3-1 Detroit 30 11 13 6 28 81 99 5-6-5 6-7-1 3-7-1 Ottawa 28 9 12 7 25 77 98 4-5-5 5-7-2 2-2-1 Buffalo 30 7 17 6 20 64 102 3-9-1 4-8-5 2-4-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div St. Louis 31 21 8 2 44 104 78 11-5-0 10-3-2 5-1-1 Los Angeles 31 20 8 3 43 97 68 10-5-2 10-3-1 3-3-2 Winnipeg 31 18 8 5 41 107 87 11-2-1 7-6-4 5-1-1 Nashville 29 18 7 4 40 95 84 11-2-2 7-5-2 8-1-1 Vegas 29 19 9 1 39 103 91 11-2-0 8-7-1 9-1-0 San Jose 29 16 10 3 35 79 69 9-6-2 7-4-1 4-1-2 Dallas 31 17 13 1 35 91 90 10-4-0 7-9-1 4-8-0 Calgary 30 16 12 2 34 88 94 8-8-0 8-4-2 5-3-0 Minnesota 29 15 11 3 33 87 87 8-3-2 7-8-1 4-5-0 Chicago 30 14 11 5 33 90 82 8-5-2 6-6-3 2-5-2 Anaheim 31 13 11 7 33 83 91 8-7-3 5-4-4 3-2-4 Vancouver 31 14 13 4 32 82 90 5-6-3 9-7-1 3-5-0 Colorado 29 14 13 2 30 92 95 8-5-1 6-8-1 4-5-1 Edmonton 30 12 16 2 26 86 99 5-9-0 7-7-2 4-1-0 Arizona 33 7 21 5 19 75 114 3-8-1 4-13-4 1-5-3
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Sunday's Games
Chicago 3, Arizona 1
St. Louis 3, Buffalo 2, OT
Toronto 1, Edmonton 0
Minnesota 4, San Jose 3, OT
Monday's Games
Colorado 2, Pittsburgh 1
Dallas 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, SO
N.Y. Islanders 3, Washington 1
Florida 2, Detroit 1, OT
Winnipeg 5, Vancouver 1
Anaheim 3, Carolina 2
Tuesday's Games
Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Washington, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Florida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Carolina at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Dallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Boston at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Florida at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Nashville at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Vegas, 10 p.m. " |
" The article Beatty, Freeman, Woody Allen fete Diane Keaton at AFI gala was written on June 9 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diane Keaton is such a special entertainer that even normally reclusive Woody Allen is appearing in a televised tribute to her.
Allen is among those honoring the actress in the American Film Institute's presentation of its 45th Life Achievement Award. The AFI's "Tribute to Diane Keaton" will premiere Thursday night on TNT.
Warren Beatty, Morgan Freeman, Reese Witherspoon, Jane Fonda and Emma Stone also paid homage to Keaton during a gala ceremony last week in Hollywood. Steve Martin and Martin Short performed a musical roast of the actress.
Allen, who directed Keaton to her Oscar-winning performance in "Annie Hall," said he owes much of what he's accomplished in his life to her. " |
" The article BC-US--Cocoa, US was written on February 1 2018, in the domain of entertainment, which states: New York (AP) — Cocoa futures trading on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: (10 metric tons; $ per ton)
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" The article Jaromir Jagr signs contract with his Czech hometown club was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: PRAGUE (AP) — NHL great Jaromir Jagr signed a deal Wednesday with a team he owns in the Czech Republic.
The move comes a couple days after the Calgary Flames placed the forward on unconditional waivers to terminate his contract.
The club confirmed the contract between Jagr and the Kladno Knights in the second-tier Czech league has been signed but no details have been immediately available. Jagr planned a news conference in Kladno for Thursday.
Kladno, just west of the capital Prague, is Jagr's hometown.
The 45-year-old Jagr had only a goal and six assists in 22 games for Calgary after signing a one-year, $1 million contract on Oct. 4 as an unrestricted free agent. He hasn't played since Dec. 31 because of what the team called a lower-body injury.
Jagr might play for the Knights as soon as Saturday but Kladno spokesman Vit Heral has not yet confirmed that. " |
" The article Commission to unveil ideas to fix college basketball's woes was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — College basketball played an entire season amid a federal corruption investigation that magnified long-simmering troubles within the sport, from shady agent dealings to concerns over athletes who'd rather go straight to the pros.
Now it's time to hear new ideas on how to fix the complex, wide-ranging problems.
On Wednesday morning, the commission headed by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will present its proposed reforms to university presidents of the NCAA Board of Governors and the Division I Board of Directors at the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. And that starts what could be a complicated process in getting changes adopted and implemented for next season.
"I expect the proposals will be strong," NCAA president Mark Emmert told The Associated Press. "They'll certainly break with the status quo. That's their charge and their mission. That's what we need.
"I think it's going to be a very good day for college sports," he said.
That would be welcome, considering there has been no shortage of bad days in recent months.
The Commission on College Basketball formed in October , a few weeks after federal prosecutors announced they had charged 10 men — including assistant coaches at Arizona, Auburn, USC and Oklahoma State along with a top Adidas executive — in a fraud and bribery scandal.
The case involves hundreds of thousands of dollars in alleged bribes and kickbacks designed to influence recruits on choosing a school, agent or apparel company. And it has entangled schools such as Kansas, North Carolina State , Louisville and Miami , among others, though prosecutors withdrew a criminal complaint in Feburary against one of the defendants, a youth hoops program director.
Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford said that case has put college sports in the position of reacting instead of proactively heading off yet-to-emerge problems.
"Sometimes unfortunately that's what it takes," Swofford told the AP. "You'd like to think that collectively the basketball world could've seen this coming and had the foresight to get out ahead of it. But that's not reality. Organizations and people, we all sometimes need wake-up calls. And I see this as a wake-up call, and therefore an opportunity."
One the Rice commission wants to seize.
It was charged with finding ways to reform and modernize rules, including looking at the NCAA's relationship with the NBA, youth leagues, apparel companies and agents. It was also set to review an enforcement process that frequently takes years to resolve complicated cases of potentially major rules violations.
The commission features several prominent names in the sport, including former NBA stars Grant Hill and David Robinson, former Georgetown coach John Thompson III, retired college coach Mike Montgomery and Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith.
"The stage is set, certainly, given what's happened with law enforcement and what we've seen in media reports around men's basketball at the collegiate level," Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey told the AP. "You involve Condoleezza Rice because you want an impactful outcome."
After Rice presents Wednesday morning, the boards will meet to consider adopting the commission's recommendations, either fully or in part. The next stop would be the Division I Council, a group mostly made up of athletic directors, to craft legislation for implementation.
Emmert said the council is already forming subgroups to deal with the targeted areas the commission is expected to address, with the goal of having legislation ready to be presented by August in time for next season.
Swofford, for one, said he'd prefer to end the one-and-done model of top NBA prospects arriving in college for one-year pit stops before turning professional, though that would also take agreement from the NBA. Swofford prefers a model similar to baseball by allowing high schoolers to go straight to the pros but require players who enter college to spend two years there.
He'd also like to see the NBA-run G League become a stronger developmental option for athletes who don't want to come to college, a path recently chosen by former Syracuse recruit and McDonald's All-American Darius Bazley.
Regardless, Swofford said, changes must be broad-based because "I don't think there's a silver bullet here" to fix everything. And he expects the commission to offer "substantive" findings.
"If we can't react to something like this in a way that brings significant improvement to the system and to what we're doing, shame on us," Swofford said.
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AP College Sports Writer Ralph D. Russo in New York and AP Sports Writer John Zenor in Birmingham, Alabama, contributed to this report.
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More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25
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" The article Business events scheduled for Tuesday was written on March 20 2018, in the domain of business, which states: Major business and economic events scheduled for Tuesday :
All times are Eastern.
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers begin a two-day meeting to set interest rates.
FedEx Corp. reports quarterly results after the market closes. " |
" The article UN peacekeeper in S. Sudan accused of inappropriate touching was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of business, which states: JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations says a Nepalese peacekeeper in South Sudan has been accused of inappropriately touching a teenage girl in exchange for money.
The allegation in the town of Aweil comes two months after 46 Ghanaian peacekeepers were recalled when some members allegedly paid local women living in a protection camp in the town of Wau for sex.
A U.N. statement says an investigation into the latest allegation is underway.
Multiple U.N. peacekeeping missions have faced allegations of sexual abuse or exploitation in recent years, with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling it a "global menace" that must end.
The U.N. has about 15,000 peacekeepers in South Sudan, whose civil war is well into a fifth year. " |
" The article Romanian police probe 'suspicious' death of journalist was written on March 20 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian police say they are investigating the "suspicious" death of a well-known journalist who was found dead in his home near the Romanian capital.
Police spokesman Ciprian Romanescu said late Monday that Andrei Gheorghe had died in suspicious circumstances 12 hours earlier.
His body was found in the bathroom of his home in Voluntari, a suburb just north of Bucharest.
The 56-year-old Gheorghe made his career as a radio and television journalist after dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown in the 1989 anti-communist revolution. He was known for his acerbic comments about current events and politicians.
Police said they received a call Monday evening about his death and are investigating the case. They declined further comment. " |
" The article Cape Town reports 1 arrest as tensions rise amid drought was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African city of Cape Town says there has been growing tension and one arrest at a source of natural spring water where residents have converged because of a severe drought.
Authorities say they might have to turn off most city taps in mid-April if residents don't save enough water, a scenario that has raised concerns about security.
The city says police and the military would help secure water collection sites if the tap closure occurs.
The city says it is taking over management of the Newlands neighborhood site because noise and traffic congestion by people collecting water around the clock is disturbing neighbors and an adjacent home for the elderly. The city says police detained one person earlier this week after a fight broke out. " |
" The article Thunder G Westbrook gets fine, tech for confronting Gobert was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: Russell Westbrook has been fined $10,000 and assessed a postgame technical foul for initiating a confrontation with Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert on Monday.
The league made the announcement Tuesday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder guard came onto the court as a substitution following a stoppage with 7:55 remaining in the fourth quarter of a 113-96 Game 4 loss to the Jazz. He intervened in an incident between Gobert and Oklahoma City backup point guard Raymond Felton.
Westbrook committed four fouls in the first half and finished with five. He had 23 points and 14 rebounds, but had just three assists and made 7 of 18 shots.
The Thunder trail the Jazz 3-1 and host Utah on Wednesday in an elimination game.
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For more AP NBA coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball " |
" The article The Latest: Parents of freed student expected to speak was written on June 14 2017, in the domain of sports, which states: CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the release of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier after months of detention in North Korea (all times local):
2:50 p.m.
The parents of a college student released by North Korea after 17 months of detention are expected to discuss their son's condition publicly.
Otto Warmbier was in a coma when he landed in Cincinnati late Tuesday night. The 22-year-old University of Virginia student was taken by ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
His parents, Fred and Cindy Warmbier, say they were told he had been in the coma for over a year.
A hospital spokeswoman didn't provide an update on his condition. She says the parents plan a Thursday morning news conference. Fox News also is expected to air an interview with them Wednesday night.
Warmbier was serving a 15-year prison term with hard labor in North Korea. He tearfully confessed to trying to steal a propaganda banner while visiting.
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1:20 a.m.
An American college student who was released from a North Korean prison is finally home but in a coma and undergoing treatment at an Ohio hospital.
An airplane carrying Ohio native Otto Warmbier landed in Cincinnati late Tuesday night. The 22-year-old was then taken by ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Warmbier was serving a 15-year prison term with hard labor in North Korea for alleged anti-state acts.
In Warmbier's hometown of Wyoming, just outside of Cincinnati, residents tied ribbons to trees and said news of his release had sent waves of shock and joy through the community.
The State Department secured Warmbier's release at President Donald Trump's direction.
A hospital spokeswoman says Warmbier's family is expected to hold a news conference Thursday morning at Wyoming High School. " |
" The article S. Korean mobile game 'Lineage M' takes Taiwan by storm was written on December 12 2017, in the domain of business, which states: TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Over the two months before its launch in Taiwan yesterday (Dec. 11), over 10 percent of Taiwan's population had preregistered to play "Lineage M," the new mobile version of the hugely popular online game "Lineage," which was created by the South Korean game company NCSoft and distributed by its local Taiwanese publishing partner Gamania Digital Entertainment Co. (橘子集團).
In the late hours of Sunday night, there were 639,000 advanced downloads of the game and 660,000 Taiwanese gamers preregistered before NCSoft officially announced the long-anticipated launch of "Lineage M" in the early hours of Monday morning.
Once the game when live, 184,577 gamers accessed the server, with that number increasing to 666,045 players within three hours, and by 1 p.m. that day, 160,000 users were simultaneously playing the game online, reported CNA.
At a press conference that day, Gamania CEO Albert Liu (劉柏園) said in anticipation of the huge new server load due to the massive fan reaction to the new launch, the company had expended NT$100 million on 45 new servers, including five just added to deal with the larger-than-expected load, and over 300 engineers. According to Gamania, over 540,000 preregistered on the first day preregistration was available and in the two month since, over 2.5 million preregistered, representing over 10 percent of Taiwan's population of 23.55 million.
Due to the massive influx of over 180,000 excited users when the game launched in Taiwan at the stroke of midnight, many were not able to access the server until after 2:30 a.m. that morning. However, the company says that the servers are operating normally now, and it is planning to offer compensation to those were not able to access the game.
The PC version of the popular Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), "Lineage," has had a loyal following for 17 years in Taiwan. Designers of the mobile version have taken great efforts at recreating the PC version's gameplay and elements, reported the Korea Herald.
In Taiwan, "Lineage M" is now available for download through both the Google Play app store and the Apple's App Store. " |
" The article Japan and new coach play it safe with 23-man World Cup team was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: TOKYO (AP) — Japan coach Akira Nishino has named his 23-man World Cup squad, relying heavily on veteran players with previous experience in the tournament.
Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa were among almost a dozen named on Thursday who represented Japan four years ago in Brazil when Japan failed to advance from the group stage.
Nishino made his debut as Japan's coach on Wednesday when his team lost 2-0 to Ghana in a friendly.
Japan fired Vahid Halilhodzic last month, only two months before Russia's World Cup opens, and replaced him with Nishino.
In two World Cup warm-up matches, Japan will face Switzerland on June 8 in Lugano, Switzerland, and Paraguay on June 12 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Japan will play in Group H at the World Cup with Colombia, Poland and Senegal in its sixth straight World Cup. It has only twice reached the knockout round, losing both times in the last 16. " |
" The article State regulators consider whether to approve Northern Pass was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — After more than two years of sometimes contentious debate, New Hampshire regulators are on the verge of deciding whether to approve the Northern Pass hydropower project.
The Site Evaluation Committee on Tuesday began 12 days of public deliberations on the $1.6 billion plan to bring hydropower from Canada by creating a 192-mile transmission line through New Hampshire for customers in southern New England. It is expected to reach an oral decision by Feb. 23 and a written decision by March 31. They could approve or reject the project, or approve it with a series of conditions.
Much of the discussion Tuesday focused on whether the utility behind the project, Eversource, has the financial and technical ability to build it. Members also debated whether the construction expected to begin as soon as April would impact local businesses and tourism, especially traffic during the fall foliage season. The project is expected to start producing power by the end of 2020.
Going forward, members must consider whether the project would negatively impact regional development as well as whether it would be detrimental to the region's air and water quality, historic sites and public health and safety.
Northern Pass has formal contracts with suppliers and a labor agreement with construction managers and unions. It's been granted permits by the Energy Department and the U.S. Forest Service, and has the support of Massachusetts energy officials. It still needs a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit related to its impact on wetlands and the power supplier, Hydro-Quebec, needs project approval from the national electric board in Canada.
Supporters say the project will create jobs, bring development to the northern part of the state and cut energy costs.
Opponents fear transmission line towers — some as high as 155 feet — will destroy scenic views, reduce property values and hurt tourism. They also argue the project offers few benefits to New Hampshire, since much of the power is slated to go to customers in Massachusetts.
Last week, the project was selected from among dozens of bids submitted last year under a 2016 law that called for a significant boost in the supply of renewable energy in Massachusetts. It would transmit enough hydropower for about a million homes.
"There are many reasons why this project is important for the state of New Hampshire. It is also important now for the state of Massachusetts and the region as a whole," Eversource New Hampshire President Bill Quinlan told reporters during a break in the hearing. "It couldn't be clearer from the experience this winter during the cold snap that a new, diverse base load power supply is important to keeping energy costs low and meeting our environmental goals."
Despite the Massachusetts decision, opponents said they remain confident the committee will reject the project.
Judy Reardon, a senior adviser for Protect the Granite State, a group opposed to the project, said the testimony thus far has shown that "Northern Pass is a bad deal for New Hampshire."
"If built, the project will devastate our environment, do significant harm to our small businesses and tourist economy while having virtually no impact on lowering our electric rates," she said in a statement. "Northern Pass will simply make New Hampshire into an extension cord to transport power to Massachusetts and southern New England, which is unacceptable." " |
" The article Arsenal loses 3-1 at Swansea to damage top-4 hopes in EPL was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: The arrival of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cannot come quickly enough for Arsenal.
A 3-1 loss on Tuesday to Swansea, which started the match as the Premier League's last-place team, punctured some of the optimism generated by the imminent signing of one of Europe's most lethal strikers.
Aubumeyang flew to London earlier in the day to put the finishing touches to a drawn-out transfer from Borussia Dortmund that Arsenal hopes will be completed on Wednesday, the final day of the January transfer window.
He would be joining a team that slipped eight points off the Champions League qualification positions as a result of the chastening loss in south Wales. Arsenal has just 13 games to claw back the deficit, or it will be out of Europe's elite competition for a second straight season.
Swansea midfielder Sam Clucas scored either side of a goal by Jordan Ayew following a dreadful error by Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech, who miskicked a clearance straight to the striker.
Olivier Giroud came on as a late substitute for what could be his last appearance for Arsenal, with Aubameyang arriving as a direct replacement for the France striker. Giroud waved to Arsenal's traveling fans before the leaving the pitch after the final whistle.
Asked about the departure of Giroud and the arrival of Aubameyang, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said all will be revealed on Wednesday morning.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan played the final half hour in his first appearance for Arsenal since joining from Manchester United in a swap deal with Alexis Sanchez.
Fourth-place Liverpool capitalized on Arsenal's slip-up by beating Huddersfield 3-0 away to move eight points clear of Wenger's team. Emre Can, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah — from the penalty spot — were the scorers.
West Ham drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace in the other game.
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" The article Don’t Ignore the Warning Signs of Depression was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2018--While it is common for everyone to feel down or sad at times, a person whose symptoms last for more than two weeks may be having a major depressive episode, according to The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA). 1 An estimated 16.2 million adults in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in 2016, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. 2
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The treatments for depression can vary and include medications, psychotherapy or a combination of the two. “Often the most difficult cases of depression can be effectively treated,” said Michael Golinkoff, Ph.D., M.B.A., president of PerformCare, a managed behavioral health organization and part of the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies. “However, the sooner the treatment can begin, the better it will work.”
Someone may be experiencing depression and not realize they have it, as the symptoms vary. About 37 percent of adults with a major depressive episode did not receive treatment. 3 It’s also important to point out that without proper treatment, the symptoms can get worse. 4
According to SAMSHA, some of the warning signs of depression4 include
Sadness, anxiety, or feeling “empty” Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, guilt, worthlessness, or helplessness Fatigue or decreased energy level Change in appetite At the extreme, thoughts of death or suicide, or suicide attempts.
The warning signs of depression should never be ignored. Anyone with these symptoms should speak with their primary care provider or a behavior health specialist. Loved ones or friends who exhibit these symptoms should be encouraged to do the same.
“If we feel physically ill we get medical treatment without giving it a second thought,” added Dr. Golinkoff. “We should think of mental illness in much the same way.”
References
SAMHSA, “Depression: Definition,” May 12, 2017, https://www.samhsa.gov/treatment/mental-disorders/depression (accessed May 15, 2018). National Institute of Mental Health, “Major Depression: Definitions,” November 2017, https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml (accessed May 15, 2018). National Institute of Mental Health, “Major Depression: Treatment of Major Depressive Episode Among Adults,” November 2017, https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml (accessed May 15, 2018). SAMHSA, “Depression: Signs and Symptoms,” May 12, 2017, https://www.samhsa.gov/treatment/mental-disorders/depression (accessed May 15, 2018).
About AmeriHealth Caritas
AmeriHealth Caritas is part of the Independence Health Group in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. AmeriHealth Caritas is one of the nation’s leaders in health care solutions for those most in need. Operating in 16 states and the District of Columbia, AmeriHealth Caritas serves approximately 5.6 million Medicaid, Medicare and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) members through its integrated managed care products, pharmaceutical benefit management and specialty pharmacy services, behavioral health services, and other administrative services. Headquartered in Philadelphia, AmeriHealth Caritas is a mission-driven organization with more than 35 years of experience serving low-income and chronically ill populations. For more information, visit www.amerihealthcaritas.com.
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" The article Champions League Draw List was written on December 11 2017, in the domain of tech, which states: NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Draw Monday for the last 16 of the Champions League:
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First Leg=
Feb. 13-21=
Juventus (Italy) vs. Tottenham (England)
Basel (Switzerland) vs. Manchester City (England)
Porto (Portugal) vs. Liverpool (England)
Sevilla (Spain) vs. Manchester United (England)
Real Madrid (Spain) vs. Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) vs. Roma (Italy)
Chelsea (England) vs. Barcelona (Spain)
Bayern Munich (Germany) vs. Besiktas (Turkey)
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Second Leg=
March 6-14=
Tottenham (England) vs. Juventus (Italy)
Manchester City (England) vs. Basel (Switzerland)
Liverpool (England) vs. Porto (Portugal)
Manchester United (England) vs. Sevilla (Spain)
Paris Saint-Germain (France) vs. Real Madrid (Spain)
Roma (Italy) vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Barcelona (Spain) vs. Chelsea (England)
Besiktas (Turkey) vs. Bayern Munich (Germany) " |
" The article Trump remaking federal policy on women's reproductive health was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: WASHINGTON (AP) — Step by methodical step, the Trump administration is remaking government policy on reproductive health — moving to limit access to birth control and abortion and bolstering abstinence-only sex education.
Social and religious conservatives praise the administration for promoting "a culture of life." But women's-rights activists and some medical experts view the multi-pronged changes as a dangerous ideological shift that could increase unintended pregnancies and abortions.
"When I ran for office, I pledged to stand for life," President Donald Trump said in a recent speech to the Susan B. Anthony List, which backs political candidates who oppose abortion. "And as president, that's exactly what I've done. And I have kept my promise, and I think everybody here understands that fully."
Most of the changes involve rules and regulations under the administration's direct control, such as a proposal to forbid federally funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions and separately allowing more employers who cite moral or religious reasons to opt out of no-cost birth control for women workers.
Trump also is appointing numerous new federal judges endorsed by anti-abortion groups.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, the president's only appointment to the Supreme Court so far, has a sparse record on abortion, but has drawn praise from anti-abortion groups and criticism from abortion rights supporters. Unlike regulatory changes, judicial appointments cannot be reversed by a future president.
Democrats say Trump is changing policy in ways that could disrupt access to family planning for some women.
A recently proposed rule would make major changes to Title X, the family-planning program, including banning clinics from sharing physical space and financial resources with abortion providers. Providers like Planned Parenthood could be forced out.
"It's across the spectrum of women's health services," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Col. "They're proposing abstinence-only sex education —which study after study has shown doesn't work— restrictions to family planning, and more and more restrictions to abortion."
Title X serves about 4 million low-income people, mainly women. Disruptions could affect women's access to long-acting contraceptives, such as implants and IUDs. Those are more effective than daily pills that can be forgotten but also much more expensive up-front.
Eight professional groups representing doctors, nurses, midwives and physician assistants say the Title X proposal "dangerously intrudes" on the patient-provider relationship. That could lead to more unplanned pregnancies, medical complications and undiagnosed diseases.
"The strange thing about this is that people who want to decrease the number of abortions are taking away access to the very services that help prevent them," said Dr. Hal Lawrence, CEO of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, one of the eight groups. Among the others are the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The administration says it supports family planning and isn't cutting funding — merely drawing a "bright line" between birth control and abortion. Officials say the doctor-patient relationship is protected because if a woman asks for an abortion referral, Title X doctors could offer a list of pregnancy services providers, including some who perform abortions.
Abortion is legal, but under longstanding law and regulations, taxpayer money cannot be used to pay for abortions. Planned Parenthood, a major provider of both kinds of services, can receive federal family-planning grants while separately providing abortions.
Trump's changes come at a time when U.S. rates of births overall, births to teens, and abortions are low.
"If we were seeing skyrocketing abortion rates and wildly high numbers on teen births, you could say we have a crisis, but this is just the opposite," said Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services under President Barack Obama, and a supporter of abortion rights. "This is playing politics and putting people in a very precarious situation."
In addition to the proposed changes to Title X, other regulatory actions include:
— Proposing a shift in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program to emphasize an abstinence-only approach.
— Proposing new criteria for federal family-planning grants that would favor applicants who promote "natural family planning" and abstinence.
— Expanding a ban on U.S. funding to foreign organizations that promote or provide abortions.
Professor Michael New, who teaches economics at Ave Maria University in Florida, agrees there's a major policy shift. But New, who opposes abortion, dismisses claims of dire consequences as "false and frankly absurd."
"President Trump is decidedly pro-life and it is his administration's prerogative to use federal funding rules to incrementally build a culture of life," said New. "The administration is seeking to redirect tax dollars away from entities like Planned Parenthood that treat abortion as a method of family planning and toward entities that affirm life and provide more holistic health care services."
Planned Parenthood, which survived attempts by congressional Republicans to deny it funding, says the administration's proposed changes to Title X could be another way of achieving the same goal. Planned Parenthood serves 41 percent of program clients, and operates 13 percent of the clinics.
Such facilities have become a specialized niche. Research from Texas after that state moved to oust Planned Parenthood showed that other local providers like community health centers were not able to easily fill the gap.
Dr. Stephanie Ho works for Planned Parenthood at a clinic in Arkansas that will have to stop offering medication abortions because of a state law that the Supreme Court this week allowed to take effect. The combination of state restrictions and administration actions worries her.
"They're pushing their views on everyone," she said. "They're ignoring scientific evidence and expert medical opinion."
Top Planned Parenthood officials say they will fight to remain in Title X, and will consider litigation if necessary to challenge new rules. HHS is expected to announce funding awards for the $260-million program this fall.
At a time when social mores on human reproduction continue changing across the world, some see the U.S. in a time warp.
"A lot of social conservative activists are still fighting the battles from the '60s and the sexual revolution," said Adam Sonfield, policy manager at The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights. "That's their ultimate goal — that some people will just give up and stop having sex."
But Kristi Hamrick, spokeswoman for Students for Life of America, said one result of the policy changes "may be that American women will find that life goes on without Planned Parenthood."
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" The article Nationalist candidate becomes German budget committee chair was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: BERLIN (AP) — A member of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party has become chairman of the German parliament's important budget committee, winning lackluster backing after opponents forced a rare vote for the post.
Peter Boehringer was elected Wednesday with votes only from his own party and the pro-business Free Democrats. The opposition Left Party opposed him and representatives of other parties abstained.
Opponents objected to past comments on various issues by Boehringer, an opponent of the euro.
Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is likely to be the biggest opposition party once a new government is formed. The budget committee post traditionally goes to the largest opposition group.
German lawmakers have blocked an AfD lawmaker from joining a committee that oversees the country's intelligence services and rejected the party's candidate for deputy speaker. " |
" The article Border wall, Hudson River project hold up spending bill was written on March 20 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: WASHINGTON (AP) — Battles over priorities in a huge government-wide spending bill are essentially settled, leaving a scaled-back plan for President Donald Trump's border wall and a huge rail project that pits Trump against Capitol Hill's most powerful Democrat as the top issues to be solved.
An agreement could be announced as early as Tuesday.
Efforts to tackle politically-charged immigration issues and rapidly rising health insurance premiums appeared to be faltering.
Capitol Hill Democrats rejected a White House bid to extend protections for so-called Dreamer immigrants in exchange for $25 billion in funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats appeared likely to yield on $1.6 billion in wall funding, Trump's official request for the 2018 budget year, but they were digging in against Trump's plans to hire hundreds of new immigration agents.
A dispute over abortion seemed likely to scuttle a Senate GOP plan to provide billions in federal subsidies to insurers to help curb health insurance premium increases.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was working on Trump's behalf against funding for a Hudson River tunnel and rail project that's important to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Republicans from New York and New Jersey.
Monday's developments were described by several lawmakers — as well as congressional aides in both parties who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks remain secretive.
House and Senate action is needed by midnight Friday to avert another government shutdown.
The bill would implement last month's budget agreement, providing 10 percent increases for the Pentagon and domestic agencies. Coupled with last year's tax cuts, it heralds the return of trillion-dollar budget deficits as soon as the budget year starting in October.
Many battles over policy riders were sorted out in marathon negotiations over the weekend. As is typical, many of the policy issues were melting away.
"We've had at least 100 that we've taken out," said Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee.
For instance, an effort to add a plan to revive federal subsidies to stabilize the individual health insurance market and help the poor cover out-of-pocket costs under President Barack Obama's health law appeared to be failing. A complicated dispute involving abortion was at fault.
Trump told Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, that he supports addressing the health insurance issue now as part of the catchall spending plan.
Alexander and Collins are seeking to revive payments to insurers, which Trump halted last fall, that reimburse the carriers for reducing out-of-pocket costs for many low-earning customers. Those reductions are required by the Obama health law, and insurers have made up for the lost federal payments by boosting premiums.
The Republicans said their subsidy plan would reduce premiums by up to 40 percent over time. They would also create a $30 billion, three-year reinsurance program that states could use to help insurers afford to cover their most seriously ill, expensive consumers.
Democrats, however, oppose GOP provisions that would forbid the federal payments from being used to help pay for insurance policies that provide abortion.
And Republicans appeared likely to fail in a bid to fix a glitch in the recent tax bill that subsidizes grain sales to cooperatives at the expense of for-profit grain companies, several aides said.
"We need to fix that problem," said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
Elsewhere, efforts to use the measure as a vehicle to extend protections for young immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival, or DACA, program appeared likely to fail, lawmakers and aides said. Trump killed the Obama-era program in September, but a court decision has essentially left it in place, for now. The White House had revived the idea in recent days — offering on Sunday a 30-month extension of DACA protections in exchange for $25 billion for Trump's border wall — but Democrats demanded protections for a broader pool of immigrants than had signed up for DACA, a request denied by GOP negotiators.
"Nobody's really moved," said No. 2 Senate Republican John Cornyn of Texas.
Trump tweeted Monday night: "The Democrats do not want to help DACA. Would be so easy to make a deal!"
The president, meanwhile, has privately threatened to veto the whole package if a $900 million payment is made on the Hudson River Gateway Project, a priority for Schumer. Trump's opposition is alarming Northeastern Republicans such as Rep. Peter King of New York, who lobbied Trump on the project at a St. Patrick's luncheon in the Capitol Thursday.
The Gateway Project would add an $11 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River to complement deteriorating, century-old tunnels that are at risk of closing in a few years. It enjoys bipartisan support among key Appropriations panel negotiators on the omnibus measure who want to get the expensive project on track while their coffers are flush with money.
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" The article BC-US--Gold, US was written on December 12 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: New York (AP) — Gold futures trading on the NY Merc Monday:
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" The article The Claro Group Announces New Managing Directors was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--The Claro Group (Claro), a financial, economic and management consulting firm, announced the recent promotions of Matt Infantino, Katie McNally, Chris Quinn, and E. Weiant Williams to Managing Director. Claro is honored to be announcing these organic, intra-organization promotions.
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Matt Infantino has been with Claro's Chicago office since the firm was founded in 2005. He has over 18 years of professional experience and specializes in the quantification and resolution of complex insurance claims and other financial disputes. His experience includes probabilistic risk analysis involving the measurement of economic damages, allocation modeling, and negotiation and settlement strategies for maximizing insurance assets. Matt also has significant experience in the management, collection and analysis of complex datasets, including the design of CAMeo, a secure web-based claims management and payment system.
Katie McNally has been with The Claro Group since its inception in 2005. She was recently named a Rising Star of the Profession by Consulting Magazine and is located in the Chicago office. She specializes in damages quantification, statistical analyses, complex claims consulting, and litigation risk analysis. In addition to her consulting responsibilities, Katie is an Adjunct Lecturer of Statistics and Economics at Northwestern University.
Chris Quinn is the Practice Lead of Claro's Corporate Recovery Services. He is located in our Houston office and has more than 20 years of experience in financial advisory services. He has been involved in numerous projects including, litigation consulting, financial and operational restructurings, valuations, accounting, insurance claims, financial recovery/bankruptcy, and complex damages analysis. Chris has authored numerous expert and valuation reports and has testified in various district and bankruptcy courts.
E. Weiant Williams is one of the original employees of Claro and is based out of its Chicago office. Through his 17 year career, Mr. Williams has assisted clients in virtually all aspects of the claim and litigation process, such as damage quantification, coverage analysis, allocation modeling, negotiation strategy, expert testimony, and international arbitration. He has extensive experience in the resolution of third-party APH (asbestos, pollution and human health) claim issues, and he has aided numerous clients in the development and preparation of first-party property damage, business interruption, and builders risk claims.
Claro has no doubt that this new crop of Management Directors will build upon their already impressive resumes and continue to deliver value-added services to their clients.
The Claro Group, LLC
Founded by former “Big 5” accounting and consulting firm partners, The Claro Group, LLC ("Claro"), is one of the nation’s top privately owned financial and economic consulting firms. Claro provides analytics and solutions in high-stakes litigation matters, investigations, insurance claims, corporate recovery, government contracts and the technology solutions that support them. Our offices are located in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Austin.
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" The article Missouri lawyer acquitted in killings of dad, his girlfriend was written on February 15 2017, in the domain of entertainment, which states: LEBANON, Mo. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City attorney has been found not guilty of killing her millionaire father and his girlfriend in a vicious attack at their Missouri lake house that prosecutors said was fueled by jealousy, even though jurors said they doubted her innocence.
Susan "Liz" Van Note, 48, of Lee's Summit, was acquitted Tuesday night of two counts of first-degree murder in the 2010 deaths of 67-year-old William Van Note and 59-year-old Sharon Dickson, The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2kx1VdE ) reports.
Dickson died at the couple's Lake of the Ozarks vacation house after being stabbed and shot. William Van Note was also stabbed and shot, but he survived and was taken to a Columbia hospital. Prosecutors say Susan Van Note subsequently forged her father's signature on power of attorney documents so she could authorize his removal from the ventilator that was keeping him alive.
Jury foreman Merri Hess said the panel felt Van Note, who specialized in end-of-life matters, was involved but that they couldn't convict her on the evidence presented.
"'Not guilty' does not mean innocent," Hess said.
Authorities allege Susan Van Note had filed for bankruptcy and was angry that her father had named Dickson to inherit the bulk of his estate, which had a net worth in 2009 of nearly $8 million. After his death, his daughter assumed the role of the estate's executor.
Lead prosecutor Kevin Zoellner described Van Note in his closing argument as a "terrible killer" who "used her mouth to tell the hospital to kill" her father. He said a call from Van Note's cellphone to her home pinged a tower near the crime scene minutes after the attack.
Her attorneys pointed to another man, who has since disappeared, as the killer. No hair, blood, DNA or fibers linked Van Note to the crime scene.
Susan Van Note's mother, Barbara Van Note, told investigators that her daughter was home in Lee's Summit when the killings happened 119 miles away in Sunrise Beach. Barbara Van Note went to prison in 2005 for forging her own mother's name to a power of attorney, and she was ordered to repay $108,000 to a trust fund.
The trial initially was to have been in June 2015, but a mistrial was declared. A second attempt at the proceedings two months later ended when Susan Van Note's lawyers challenged the admissibility of cellphone evidence.
Dickson's son, Andrew Dickson, has a wrongful death case pending against Susan Van Note.
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" The article National Hockey League was written on March 20 2018, in the domain of business, which states: All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 72 49 19 4 102 260 202 Boston 71 45 17 9 99 239 184 Toronto 72 43 22 7 93 243 204 Florida 69 35 27 7 77 210 216 Montreal 72 26 34 12 64 182 230 Ottawa 71 26 34 11 63 197 244 Detroit 72 26 35 11 63 184 224 Buffalo 72 23 37 12 58 172 236 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 72 41 24 7 89 225 214 Pittsburgh 72 41 26 5 87 237 218 Columbus 73 40 28 5 85 205 203 Philadelphia 73 37 25 11 85 218 215 New Jersey 72 37 27 8 82 217 215 Carolina 72 31 30 11 73 194 225 N.Y. Rangers 72 32 32 8 72 208 231 N.Y. Islanders 72 30 32 10 70 231 262 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 72 48 14 10 106 236 178 Winnipeg 72 43 19 10 96 240 189 Minnesota 72 41 24 7 89 224 206 Colorado 72 39 25 8 86 231 209 Dallas 73 38 27 8 84 209 197 St. Louis 72 39 28 5 83 201 193 Chicago 73 30 34 9 69 208 223 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 72 46 21 5 97 244 199 San Jose 72 40 23 9 89 219 199 Anaheim 73 37 24 12 86 206 197 Los Angeles 72 39 27 6 84 207 181 Calgary 73 35 28 10 80 202 217 Edmonton 72 31 36 5 67 201 231 Vancouver 72 25 38 9 59 186 236 Arizona 71 23 37 11 57 170 228
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Sunday's Games
Colorado 5, Detroit 1
Vegas 4, Calgary 0
Tampa Bay 3, Edmonton 1
Carolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 3
Philadelphia 6, Washington 3
Winnipeg 4, Dallas 2
St. Louis 5, Chicago 4, OT
Anaheim 4, New Jersey 2
Monday's Games
Columbus 5, Boston 4, OT
Nashville 4, Buffalo 0
Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Florida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Vegas, 10 p.m.
New Jersey at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday's Games
N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Vegas at San Jose, 10 p.m. " |
" The article Global Industrial Carousel Market - Innovations in Material Handling Equipment to Boost Growth was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018-- market research analysts forecast the to grow at a CAGR of close to 7% during the period 2018-2022, according to their latest report.
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Technavio has published a new market research report on the global industrial carousel market from 2018-2022. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Innovation in carousel market is a key trend which is expected to impact the market during the forecast period. The rising market demand for convenient and cost-effective warehouse facilities is paving the way for innovation in the material handling equipment market. For instance, horizontal carousels come with a voice recognition system that has been incorporated to reduce the cost incurred on recruiting and training labor for carousel operation. Also, voice-recognized horizontal carousels help warehouse managers to manage the inventory during peak demand.
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In this report, Technavio analysts highlight the growing global pharmaceutical market as a key factor contributing to the growth of the global industrial carousel market:
Growing global pharmaceutical market
The global pharmaceutical market grew by 9.5% during 2005-2015, and the growth phase of the market is expected to continue for the next few years. The growing healthcare reforms in developed and developing countries are triggering the growth of the global pharmaceutical market. Also, rising health insurance awareness in the US, China, and India will foster the volume sales of the pharmaceutical sector.
“The patent expiration of innovative drugs is a market triggering driver for the pharmaceutical warehouse equipment market. This is because the patent expiration of drugs increases the volume of pharmaceutical products due to the introduction of biopharma replicas of drugs by many general medicine manufacturers. The rise in the volume of pharmaceutical sales will positively affect the revenues of warehouse material handling equipment manufacturers,” says a senior analyst at Technavio for research.
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Global industrial carousel market segmentation
This market research report segments the by product (horizontal carousel and vertical carousel) and key regions (the Americas, APAC, and EMEA).
EMEA was the leading region for the global industrial carousel market in 2017, accounting for a market share of over 39%, followed by the Americas and APAC. Although APAC held the smallest market share, it is the only region that is expected to exhibit growth of over 1% in its market share by 2022, while the other two regions will witness a decrease in their market share.
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" The article Rockets beat Pelicans 130-123 for 10th straight win was written on December 12 2017, in the domain of entertainment, which states: HOUSTON (AP) — Clint Capela scored a career-high 28 points, James Harden had 26 points and 17 assists and the Houston Rockets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 130-123 on Monday night for their 10th straight victory.
The game was tied with about three minutes remaining after Harden made two free throws. Those were the first of seven straight points by Harden that put Houston up 124-119 with 1:30 left.
Jrue Holiday then scored for New Orleans, but Harden responded with a 3-pointer. Harden also made two free throws to make it 129-121 with 34 seconds left.
Holiday had a season-high 37 points for the Pelicans. E'Twaun Moore scored career-high 36 points and made six of New Orleans' franchise-record 18 3-pointers.
BULLS 108, CELTICS 85
CHICAGO (AP) — Nikola Mirotic scored 24 points, Bobby Portis added a career-high 23 and Chicago rolled to its third straight win.
The last-place Bulls built an 18-point lead in the second quarter against the Eastern Conference leaders. When Boston cut it to 12 in the fourth, Chicago pulled away for the runaway victory.
The Celtics played without star guard Kyrie Irving, who was sidelined by bruised left quadriceps.
Before Monday night, Mirotic and Portis had only made headlines together this season for the wrong reasons. Mirotic missed the first 23 games with facial fractures he suffered in a fight at practice with Portis.
Al Horford scored 15 points for Boston.
HORNETS 116, THUNDER 103
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Dwight Howard scored 23 points, leading Charlotte to the road win.
Kemba Walker had 19 points for the Hornets, who had lost seven of eight. Marvin Williams scored 18, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist finished with 17 points.
It was Charlotte's second road win of the season in 12 tries.
Russell Westbrook had 30 points and seven assists and Paul George scored 20 points for the Thunder after missing the previous two games with a right calf contusion.
Charlotte shot 53 percent from the field against one of the league's best defensive teams. The Bobcats made 13 of 25 3-point attempts.
HEAT 107, GRIZZLIES 82
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 19 points, leading the balanced Heat to the victory.
Miami shot 56.1 percent from the field and had seven players score in double figures in its second straight win. Josh Richardson had 17 points, and reserves Tyler Johnson and Bam Adebayo finished with 14 apiece.
Memphis lost for the 15th time in 16 games. Marc Gasol scored 19 points on 5-for-14 shooting and Andrew Harrison had 16. " |
" The article JPMorgan names 2 execs as co-presidents reporting to Dimon was written on Janauary 30 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase says two of its top executives will share the role of president and chief operating officer of the financial services firm.
The New York bank said Monday that Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith will assume those duties Tuesday. The 55-year-old Pinto is chief executive officer JPMorgan Chase's corporate and investment bank. Smith, who is 59, is chief executive officer of consumer and community banking. The co-presidents and co-chief operating officers will report to Jamie Dimon.
Dimon, who is chairman and CEO of the company, says he and the board agree he will continue in his current role for about five more years. The company said management succession planning is its board's highest priority. " |
" The article Rocket fire from Syria into Turkish border town: 2 hurt was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says at least two people have been wounded in a rocket attack from northern Syria on a Turkish border town.
Anadolu Agency said two rockets fired by Syrian Kurdish fighters in the enclave of Afrin struck a house and a garden wall in the town of Reyhanli on Wednesday.
Two people were hospitalized, Anadolu reported, but there was no immediate information on their conditions.
It was the latest in a string of rocket attacks on Reyhanli and the border town of Kilis since Jan. 20, when Turkey's military launched a cross-border operation to drive out the Syrian Kurdish militia from Afrin.
The attacks have killed three people — two of them Syrian refugees — and wounded dozens of other people. " |
" The article Democrats seek subpoena for info relating to 2020 Census was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are seeking a subpoena for documents concerning the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question in the 2020 Census.
Democrats have voiced concerns immigrants will dodge the survey, diluting political representation and reducing federal dollars for some communities.
Democrats seek documents in which some Census Bureau employees raised concerns prior to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' decision. The department has briefed lawmakers on the decision and promised some records, but the Democrats say the response is inadequate.
The Democrats are asking Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, the committee's chairman, to issue a subpoena or bring the matter before the entire committee if he declines to issue it himself. They say the information is needed before a May committee hearing. " |
" The article Global Artificial Intelligence Market in Education Sector - Key Industry Insights was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018-- market research analysts forecast the to grow at a CAGR of above 43% during the period 2018-2022, according to their latest report.
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Technavio has published a new market research report on the global artificial intelligence market in education sector from 2018-2022. (Graphic: Business Wire)
In this report, Technavio highlights the increasing emphasis on chatbots as one of the key emerging trends driving the . Chatbots have the ability to perform multiple functions such as answer queries and intelligently converse with students by replying to their emails. Globally, the increasing inclusion of chatbots in schools and colleges, is one of the major factor driving the growth of the market. Research on the applicability of chatbots are creating new opportunities for players in the market due to the increasing scope of chatbots.
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In this report, Technavio analysts highlight the increased adoption of ITS and IAL systems in the education sector as a key factor contributing to the growth of the global artificial intelligence market in the education sector:
Increased adoption of ITS and IAL systems in the education sector
The continuous innovation and increase in the number of ITS is one of the major factors catering to the growth of the market. A typical ITS is being used in many schools and colleges globally as it can interact with students without human intervention. Additionally, ITS can identify the student learning patterns and levels of understanding. Even though these systems are not available at a commercial level, with rapid advances in technology, they are expected to become prominent during the forecast period.
According to a senior analyst at Technavio for , “In a conventional IAL software, the AI software embedded in the content tracks student interactions with the system and collects data that includes the milestones and credits achieved by the students. In terms of feedback, this data is reported to the student, the teachers, and educators. AI entails machine learning algorithms that create patterns from data and provide insights and feedback to teachers. Such insights and feedback allow teachers to identify the gaps in teaching and determine the area in which students are struggling with the subject matter, thereby augmenting the growth of the AI market in the education sector.”
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Global artificial intelligence market in the education sector – segmentation analysis
This market research report segments the global artificial intelligence market in the education sector into the following end-users, including higher education sector and K-12 sector and key regions, including the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
Of the two major end-users, the higher education sector segment held the largest market share in 2017, accounting for nearly 67% of the market. The market share for this end-user is expected to decrease nearly 2% by 2022. The fastest growing end-user is K-12 sector, which will account for nearly 35% of the total market share by 2022.
The Americas was the leading region for the in 2017, accounting for a market share of nearly 50%. By 2022, APAC is expected to register positive growth.
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" The article Serena's marriage sparks Wimbledon debate over Miss and Mrs. was written on July 5 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams' recent marriage has shined a spotlight on one of Wimbledon's many quirky traditions.
Suddenly "Miss Williams" has become "Mrs. Williams" in the words of chair umpires — a small change that has led to bigger-picture questions about whether the All England Club is too old-fashioned.
Only the women at the grass-court Grand Slam are addressed with a title before their names to reflect their marital status.
In other words, when a chair umpire announces that Serena has won a game, it's, "Game, Mrs. Williams."
For her sister Venus, it's, "Game, Miss Williams."
And for Roger Federer, it's simply: "Game, Federer."
It's a difference that is in contrast to other moves in the name of gender equality in tennis. Since 2007, there is equal prize money for men and women at all Grand Slam tournaments. And over the first three days this week, there were more women's matches scheduled for Centre Court than men's — something that decades ago just wouldn't happen.
However, the players themselves seem rather indifferent — or even unaware — when it comes to how they are addressed.
"They call Serena 'Mrs. Williams'?" Venus asked after her second-round victory when the subject was raised. "That's cool. I mean, I remember Janet Jackson had that song and she said, 'Miss Jackson.' I like that. I am Miss Williams, so ... ."
The "Miss" or "Mrs." used to be included on scoreboards as well, but that tradition was dropped in 2009.
Federer said he hadn't realized that the women are addressed differently depending on their marital status. He's also perfectly fine with chair umpires not using a "Mr." in front of his and other male players' names.
"For me, I'm happy if they say whatever they say, as long as it is 'game' and my name somewhere, and not 'game' and the other name," Federer said with a laugh Wednesday. "That makes sense, right?"
This is Serena's first Wimbledon since she married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in November. That union has given her a new place in Wimbledon's official fact book as well — in the list that details the marriages of all past women's champions, runners-up and semifinalists.
There are no such marriage lists for the men.
"I actually never knew they had that," Williams said after her second-round victory on Centre Court. "It will be interesting to know why it's not for both sexes."
The tournament fact book shows multiple marriages as well — 1923 doubles runner-up Joan Austin had four husbands, for instance — although Williams is confident that will never apply to her.
"Hopefully," she said, "it will be just one." " |
" The article AP Interview: Chinese editor Hu Shuli steps aside, not down was written on Janauary 30 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: BEIJING (AP) — Some say China's most prominent journalist is finished.
Far from it, says Hu Shuli, founder of the financial magazine Caixin.
Hu listened one recent afternoon to the theories floating in China's chattering class about why she was handing over the editorial reins at Caixin, the only newsroom known for hard-hitting, investigative reporting in China — and dismissed them.
"Laughable rumors," Hu snapped. "I'm not stepping back or stepping down. You could say I'm stepping up."
In a rare interview with the Associated Press, Hu spoke bullishly about transitioning this month into a publisher role at the newsmagazine she co-founded in 2009, and about the prospects of the "Me Too" movement in China. She spoke more guardedly about censorship and declared Caixin as free as ever to conduct its signature muckraking reporting. China watchers say the space for independent journalism in the country, already one of the world's most censored news environments, is fast vanishing under President Xi Jinping.
"We always think there are stories to do and we don't think, 'maybe this environment should be better,'" said Hu. "We've always felt we could do anything we wanted. It was just based on what our priorities are."
Hu said she was handing the operation over to her long-time deputy Wang Shuo because of her age — she turns 65 this year. She will occasionally conduct major interviews and remain involved in major editorial decisions as an adviser to Wang, who she hired as a 25-year-old two decades ago.
Known for her political savvy, for 30 years Hu has published scoops that uncovered corporate malfeasance and government corruption without repercussions while other journalists fell afoul of authorities and landed in jail. Her publication blew open the government cover-up of the SARS epidemic in 2003 and has questioned countless deals among powerful companies, including state-backed enterprises.
Caixin's reshuffle comes shortly after Wang Qishan, an official widely seen as Hu's longtime ally, stepped down from the Communist Party's top leadership body, said Willy Lam, a political analyst at the Chinese University in Hong Kong.
"Ms. Hu is famous for being supercharged, full of energy," Lam said. "It's difficult to believe she's stepping aside because of age. It has to do with politics."
Hu declined to discuss her relationship with Wang and denied that political factors were behind her move. In any case, Wang appears to retain significant influence: he joined a parliamentary delegation this week amid speculation that Xi might soon name him vice president.
Still, at a time when Xi demands strict ideological discipline across Chinese society, particularly in sensitive industries like media, it remains to be seen if Caixin can continue to push the envelope. A liberal historical journal, Yanhuang Chunqiu, has been shuttered and influential online commentators silenced. Caixin made international headlines in 2016 when it published an interview with a Shanghai professor who criticized China's tightening censorship, and, when censors moved to block the interview, Caixin disclosed the takedown order in an unusual show of defiance.
Pressed nearly two years later, Hu shook her head, saying she doesn't remember the incident.
Even though she has not directed coverage recently, Hu said she is proud of her staff's reporting on sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement in China. Discussion of the subject has sometimes been censored on Chinese social media or branded as a destabilizing foreign movement. But the story has gained some domestic traction, including reports by state-run outlets like the official Xinhua news agency, which Hu praised.
"China also has this kind of problem ... China had the 'women hold up half the sky' revolutionary slogan — but the actual situation, the actual status of women — I think is a very profound issue," said Hu, adding that she wanted to do more to promote #MeToo.
Hu said most of her energy will be focused on developing Caixin's business model.
In October the company became the first Chinese news company to erect a paywall, a decision Hu made based on the success of leading western newspapers. She declined to discuss subscription or revenue numbers, but acknowledged that online revenues are not yet considered "substantial."
Wei Wuhui, a lecturer of new media at Shanghai Jiaotong University who was asked by Hu to consult on Caixin's paywall model last year, said the increasingly restrictive political atmosphere will affect Caixin. Apart from direct censorship, it will be hurt by the scarcity of young people willing to pursue journalism.
"Even students studying journalism don't want to do journalism now," Wei said. "In a few years, the market for investigative journalism may not exist at all."
Never mind the naysayers, said Hu.
Caixin has more fertile (and safe) areas than ever to investigate in China, she said.
Wang ticked off financial crimes and environmental protection as beats where he plans to beef up staffing.
A month after she officially relinquished the editor position, Hu still sat in her same corner office, her books and pictures untouched. Wang still works on a long narrow table with other editors in Caixin's main newsroom of 400 people.
Her advice for Wang was that "the opportunity is his to take now," she said, adding: "And I'm still here." " |
" The article Pakistan suspends Nasir Jamshed for 1 year was written on December 11 2017, in the domain of sports, which states: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan opening batsman Nasir Jamshed has been banned for a year for not cooperating with the Pakistan Cricket Board's anti-corruption tribunal in a match fixing fixing case.
"The charge leveled upon Nasir Jamshed by the PCB so far was simply one of a failure to cooperate," PCB's legal advisor Taffazul Rizvi told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday.
Jamshed is the fifth Pakistani cricketer after Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Nawaz to be fined and banned for violating several anti-corruption codes during the second edition of the Pakistan Super League this year.
The PCB had suspended Jamshed on Feb. 13 this year and he is now barred from all forms of the game until Feb. 13 next year.
Jamshed was arrested in the UK in February and was released on bail.
He appeared before the PCB's anti-corruption tribunal, via video link, in August this year from England. Prior to that, Jamshed failed to appear before PCB officials when they traveled to England to investigate the cricketer.
"No proof has been made public yet so that he (Jamshed) doesn't try to cover his tracks," Rizvi said. "If he is innocent, then shouldn't he or his client have explained why his passport has been confiscated by the National Crime Agency in London? Why is he on bail over there?"
Jamshed's lawyer Hasan Waraich challenged Rizvi, saying the PCB had no proof against his client.
"My client has been defamed nationally and internationally, and the reputation of the country has been damaged by the PCB's actions," he said.
"They kept saying they had multiple proofs against my client, and I challenged them to present those proofs to the media. They have consistently failed to do so." " |
" The article Australia: Admiral to become US ambassador to South Korea was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian foreign minister says Adm. Harry Harris, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, will become the next U.S. ambassador to South Korea instead of Australia.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters in Sydney on Wednesday she had been informed of the decision on by Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan.
Bishop says Sullivan made it clear a new appointment would be a priority for the next secretary of state.
President Donald Trump nominated Harris in February to become Australia's next ambassador. " |
" The article Former 'Glee' actor Mark Salling dead at 35 was written on February 3 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Salling, one of the stars of the Fox musical comedy "Glee," has died at age 35.
Salling's lawyer, Michael J. Proctor, tells The Associated Press the actor died Tuesday. His death comes weeks before the actor was scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on child pornography charges.
Proctor did not reveal the cause of death.
Salling pleaded guilty in December to possession of child pornography. Prosecutors say a search of Salling's computer found more than 50,000 images of child porn.
He was scheduled to be sentenced March 7.
He played bad-boy Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the long-running show, which concluded in 2015. " |
" The article Global Industrial Automation Device Manager Software Market - Demand for Real-time Data Analysis to Boost Growth was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Technavio’s latest market research report on the provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2018-2022. defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline.
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Technavio has published a new market research report on the global industrial automation device manager software market from 2018-2022. (Graphic: Business Wire)
According to Technavio market research analysts, the global industrial automation device manager software market will grow at a CAGR of over 6% during the forecast period. Increasing demand for real-time data analysis in automation activities is a major factor driving the market’s growth.
Real-time delivery and analysis of data is the next big thing from intelligent enterprises, as this can sense and respond immediately to opportunities and threats. Real-time data analysis has become the catalyst behind the increased adoption of device manager software in the end-user industries.
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In this report, Technavio highlights the integration of information and operational technologies as one of the key emerging trends in the global industrial automation device manager software market:
Integration of information and operational technologies
Information technology (IT) is responsible for organizational-level information involving backhand operations while operations technology (OT) is responsible for monitoring and maintenance at the plant level. At present, factors such as the ever-increasing complexity of managing distribution networks are fostering industrial facilities to look for enhanced methods to optimize their systems such as incorporating real-time weather information into distributed generation management and automated, rule-based control of assets.
According to a senior analyst at Technavio for research , “The convergence of IT and OT to form a single network provides decision-makers access to real-time data connectivity and information sharing, thereby enabling them to link all their resources such as suppliers, employees, plant assets, processes, and customers, which consequently increases their efficiency and responsiveness.”
With the convergence of these two technologies, organizations can monitor plant performance in real time and ensure that this information access is available to all, right from senior management to shop floor employees. This convergence helps to keep every employee in the organization on the same page. Production schedule can be better aligned with customer demand or supplier performance.
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Global industrial automation device manager software market segmentation
This market research report segments the by end-user (power industry, oil and gas industry, chemical and petrochemical industry, automotive industry, and others industry) and key regions (the Americas, APAC, and EMEA).
The global industrial automation device manager software market was dominated by the Americas which accounted for the highest market share of over 36% in 2017 closely followed by EMEA and APAC. The market share of the Americas and APAC will witness a small increase over the forecast period while that of EMEA will decline.
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With over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio’s report library consists of more than 10,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. This growing client base relies on Technavio’s comprehensive coverage, extensive research, and actionable market insights to identify opportunities in existing and potential markets and assess their competitive positions within changing market scenarios.
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" The article Asian investors embrace bitcoin, but regulators are wary was written on December 11 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: HONG KONG (AP) — The weekend launch of a U.S. futures contract for bitcoin reflects widespread acceptance of the virtual currency, especially among investors in Asia, though regulators are wary.
Japan and South Korea are among the world's top five markets for bitcoin trading, according to sites that track trading volume by currency. Here's a look at the digital currency's rise in some of the region's major markets:
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JAPAN:
Japan was home to one of the earliest bitcoin communities, but it was started by expatriate residents and kept a low profile. Until a few years ago, bitcoin and other virtual currencies were left alone by regulators.
Following the failure of a bitcoin exchange called Mt. Gox, new laws were enacted to regulate bitcoin and other virtual currencies. Japan is the only major advanced economy with a licensing regime for digital currency intermediaries such as exchanges and payment providers.
That has helped make Japan the world's biggest market for speculative virtual currency trading, said Thomas Glucksmann, Hong Kong-based head of marketing for Gatecoin, a virtual currency exchange.
"There was very little interest back than at all and now it's a complete 360," said Glucksmann. "It's the biggest market, everybody's talking about it."
Big Japanese banks have gotten involved, investing in bitcoin exchanges or letting them open bank accounts while developing their own related services. Some retailers accept payment in bitcoin.
Many Japanese are familiar with currency trading since Japan is the world's biggest retail foreign exchange market.
"You have people like hairdressers and housewives, people like that investing in crypto, in addition to the bigger players in Japan," said Glucksmann, who used to work at a bitcoin exchange in Japan. "So the regulations have helped to fuel a lot of the legitimacy in the Japanese market."
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SOUTH KOREA:
About a year and half ago, South Korea emerged as a very large market for speculative trading activities thanks to investors' high risk appetite and fears of missing out.
Now, just as the government prepares to regulate virtual currencies, big financial institutions are starting to get in on the action. Shinhan Bank is planning to offer virtual currency services like a bitcoin wallet,
Worried over risks of speculative trading, in September South Korea banned initial coin offerings, or raising money through bitcoin or other virtual currencies.
Senior officials at South Korea's financial watchdog have compared speculative trading in bitcoin to a "Ponzi scheme" and say they are mulling a ban.
"We will not let financial institutions handle transactions related to virtual currencies," said Kim Yongbeom, vice chairman at Financial Services Commission, according to a media pool report Monday. "The price of virtual currencies rises because of the expectation that the next person will buy it at the desired price and this is quite like a Ponzi scheme."
Chairman Choi Jong-gu said one option is a total ban on virtual currencies, which would require revising existing legislation or enacting new laws.
Still, bitcoin sells for a 20-30 percent premium in South Korean compared to other places, and this has spurred offshore trading to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities as South Koreans buy bitcoin overseas and sell them back home.
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CHINA:
For a brief time, China dominated bitcoin trading, at one point reportedly accounting for as much as 90 percent of volume. That dried up after Beijing tightened controls.
The lively bitcoin market had been set up by bitcoin miners, who had set up data centers taking advantage of China's cheap electricity and hardware to handle the intensive computing processes needed to "mine" new bitcoin.
China started cracked down on such activities last year just as the price of bitcoin began to surge. In September, regulators ordered all exchanges to shut down, banning initial coin offerings.
China's bitcoin exchanges have since migrated overseas or shifted to over-the-counter trading where exchanges match buyers and sellers who then connect through chat apps like Telegram. Payment is made in cash or through bank transfers and the exchange collects a fee.
Some mainland China exchanges have refocused their efforts on their Hong Kong operations, said Leo Weese, president of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong. He estimates there are about 10,000 bitcoin users in the Asian financial hub, including 1,000-2,000 active investors who have significant holdings or work for bitcoin related companies.
Weese estimates that bitcoin prices are 5-8 percent higher in mainland China than Hong Kong. Speculators who can get around China's strict capital controls to profit from the price difference are driving some trading activity in the city, Weese said.
"For them it's a way to make money," he said. "They can buy the bitcoin in Hong Kong cheaply and they can sell them at a premium in China."
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SOUTHEAST ASIA:
Bitcoin's rising popularity in Indonesia has alarmed the country's central bank, which said last week it would ban it as a payment method next year.
Bank Indonesia spokesman Agusman Zainal said more a "assertive rule" on virtual currencies is planned.
He said the bank is concerned bitcoin might be used for fraud or other illegal activities like terrorism, money laundering, prostitution, drug trafficking.
"In the context of the payment system, bitcoin is not a valid means of payment," Zainal said. "The reason for prohibiting is in order to implement prudential principles, safeguard business competition, risk control and consumer protection."
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" The article Last 2 defendants sentenced in credit card fraud scheme was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The final two defendants convicted in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the U.S. Department of Justice have been sentenced to prison terms.
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say 65-year-old Iselin resident Sat Verma was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison. He had pleaded guilty to access device fraud.
Qaiser Khan, of Valley Stream, New York, received a six-month sentence. The 53-year-old Khan had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
Prosecutors say Verma and Khan were among 22 people convicted in a scheme to create and use more than 7,000 false identities to obtain tens of thousands of credit cards.
The scheme caused more than $200 million in losses to businesses and financial institutions. " |
" The article Journalism award is rescinded over spanking allegations was written on February 1 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio University's journalism school is rescinding an award given to a former Alabama newspaper executive who recently resigned following allegations that he assaulted female newsroom employees in the 1970s by spanking them.
Because of those accusations, faculty at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism voted in January to rescind H. Brandt Ayers' 2011 Carr Van Anda Award, the school's highest honor.
Ayers had stepped down as chairman of the board of Consolidated Publishing Co. earlier in January. He has said he regrets things he did when he was younger.
At least three women have said Ayers assaulted them in the mid-1970s when he was an executive at The Anniston Star. Ayers became a nationally known voice of Southern liberalism during his tenure as editor and publisher at the newspaper. " |
" The article Cheese puffs? Iran says Haley showed fabricated Houthi proof was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: NEW YORK (AP) — To the Trump administration, the recovered missile fragments were incontrovertible proof that Iran was illicitly arming Yemen's Houthi rebels. Yet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif brushed it off Tuesday as little more than cheese puffs.
During a visit to New York, the Iranian diplomat accused U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley of displaying fabricated evidence that missiles lobbed by the Houthis at civilian areas in Saudi Arabia originated in Iran. Though Tehran supports the Shiite rebel group, it firmly denies giving them missiles. But Haley has invited journalists and U.N. Security Council diplomats to inspect missile parts recovered after strikes on Saudi Arabia, bearing what U.S. military officials said were Iranian markings and characteristics.
Zarif, in an Associated Press interview, said that one such logo was from the Standard Institute of Iran, which he said regulates consumer goods — not weapons.
"It's a sign of quality," Zarif said. "When people want to buy it, they look at whether it's been tested by the Standard Institute of Iran that your cheese puffs are good, your cheese puffs will not give you a stomach ache."
He laughed and added, "I mean, nobody will put the logo of the Standard Institute of Iran on a piece of missile."
Zarif also pointed to a truck-size section of a missile that the U.S. said was recovered in Saudi Arabia and was transferred to a military base near Washington, where it was on display behind Haley for a photo-op. Zarif noted that the missile had been supposedly shot down in mid-air.
"I'm not saying Ambassador Haley is fabricating, but somebody is fabricating the evidence she is showing," Zarif said.
Some of the fragments Haley presented, if authentic, would seem to implicate Iran's military industry more directly, including some with the logo of Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group, an Iranian defense entity under U.S. sanctions. Haley said others had clear "Iranian missile fingerprints," such as short-range ballistic missiles that lacked large stabilizers — a feature she said only Iran's Qiam missiles have.
"Just imagine if this missile had been launched at Dulles Airport or JFK, or the airports in Paris, London or Berlin," Haley told reporters late last year. "That's what we're talking about here."
Tehran's denials aside, there's broad agreement among the United Nations, Western countries and the Persian Gulf's Arab leaders that Iran has armed the Houthis with ballistic missiles, even though U.N. Security Council resolutions prohibit it. With U.S. support, a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen's civil war has been bombing the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa and much of northern Yemen.
Yet Iran's opponents have struggled to provide foolproof evidence to back up their claims, creating an opening for Iran to deny. After Haley's presentations at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, some national security experts raised questions, even drawing parallels to Secretary of State Colin Powell's 2003 speech to the U.N. making the case for the Iraq War.
The fragments Haley presented were turned over to the U.S. by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — two of Iran's fiercest critics — and U.S. military officials had trouble tracing the fragments' chain of custody. Nor could they say when the weapons were transferred to the Houthis or in some cases precisely when they were launched. " |
" The article Coffee shop wants to be Denver's first legal marijuana club was written on December 12 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: DENVER (AP) — Colorado's largest city is reviewing the first application from a business seeking to be among the nation's first legal marijuana clubs, a step that comes more than a year after voters approved a bring-your-own pot measure.
Dan Rowland, a spokesman for the Denver department that regulates marijuana businesses, said the city received the application from the Coffee Joint on Friday.
Co-owners Rita Tsalyuk and Kirill Merkulov plan to charge a $5 entry fee if they're approved for the license. Customers could use edible pot products or vaporizing pens inside, and the shop would sell food, host events and provide free coffee or tea, she said.
Denver voters approved the clubs in a 2016 ballot measure, but it took nine months for the city to start accepting applications. Advocates have complained that state restrictions preventing pot use at any business with a liquor license and the city's own rules unfairly limited potential locations for the clubs.
For instance, the city required pot clubs to be twice as far from schools and anywhere else children gather as liquor stores.
Customers buying marijuana products often ask where they are allowed to legally use it, and employees have few answers for tourists staying in hotels that ban marijuana use, Tsalyuk said.
Colorado law doesn't address pot clubs. In some cities, they are tolerated, while others operate secretly.
Other states with legal marijuana are at a standstill for developing rules governing places to consume pot products, including Alaska, where state regulators have delayed discussion of rules for retail shops until spring.
It could be months before Denver residents and tourists would be allowed to legally vape or eat pot products at the Coffee Joint. The city said it has just started to review the application and a public hearing will probably be scheduled within two to three months.
In the meantime, Tsalyuk and Merkulov want to open their business before the end of the year as a traditional coffee shop. For their 1,850-square-foot space, they plan to convert a garage to a space for "vape and paint" events, open a smaller room for private events and put in comfortable furniture.
"We want to give a better name to the cannabis industry and be good for residents, too," Tsalyuk said.
The proposal has the backing of a local neighborhood association, which submitted a letter of support to the city. Applicants have to show community support for their proposal as part of the licensing process.
Aubrey Lavizzo, a member of the La Alma Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association, said the club backers attended two of their meetings and invited members to tour the dispensary.
"They've shown us that they really want to be good neighbors," said Lavizzo, a veterinarian who has had a clinic in the neighborhood for over 30 years.
Merkulov said they are aware of the national and global spotlight on the industry.
"It's a new apex," he said. "We hope to prove this can be managed well and be safe."
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" The article 2018 Call of Duty® World League Championship, Presented by PlayStation®4, Headed to Columbus was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--The year’s biggest competitive Call of Duty® event of the season, the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship, Presented by PlayStation®4, is headed to Columbus, Ohio, on August 15 – 19. The definitive competition for the best Call of Duty® esports players from around the world will take place at the Nationwide Arena August 17 – 19 and will close a record-setting season, featuring $4.2 million in total prizing. The first two days of competition (August 15 – 16) will be streamed live from the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
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Rise Nation: CWL Seattle MVP Pierce "Gunless" Hillman, Tommy "TJHaLy" Haly, Austin "Slasher" Liddicoat, Daniel "Loony" Loza (Photo: Business Wire)
“We’re only half-way through the season and already it’s been an incredible year for the CWL. Not only are teams competing for over $4 million this season, which has raised the stakes for everyone, but the action at every event has been amazing,” said Rob Kostich, EVP and general manager of Call of Duty, Activision. “The CWL continues to grow and that’s thanks to the greatest community of players and fans in the world. We can’t wait to see what unfolds as we head to Columbus this August.”
The announcement was made prior to the Grand Final at the CWL Seattle Open where Rise Nation captured the title of CWL Seattle Open champions, after three-days of intense competition. Teams Evil Geniuses, eUnited, and Echo Fox rounded out the top four spots at the CWL Seattle Open, Presented by PlayStation®4, at the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington.
Players competed in Call of Duty®: WWII on PlayStation®4. Rise Nation will also be immortalized at a future CWL event in the G FUEL Hall of Champions, where championship teams throughout CWL history are celebrated for their achievements within the entrance of Call of Duty World League Global Open events. Rise Nation’s Pierce ‘Gunless’ Hillman was dominant while helping his team achieve victory in Seattle, earning him the title of ASTRO Gaming CWL MVP of the tournament.
Following their historic Loser’s Bracket run at CWL Seattle Open, the Rise Nation roster makes a strong argument to be named the SCUF Gaming Team of the Week, which honors top competitors in the CWL each week.
In addition to the excited crowd, the first-ever Call of Duty World League event in the Pacific Northwest was streamed to fans around the world on MLG.com/CallofDuty and Twitch.tv/CallofDuty, as well as within the in-game Call of Duty®: WWII theater on PlayStation®4.
Here are the final placements for the CWL Seattle Open:
1 st – Rise Nation 2 nd – Evil Geniuses 3 rd – eUnited 4 th – Echo Fox 5 th /6 th – Team Kaliber / Ghost Gaming 7 th /8 th – Red Reserve / Luminosity
The next Global Open event in the Call of Duty® World League calendar brings competitive action back to the Anaheim Convention Center. The CWL Anaheim Open takes place June 15 – 17.
CWL Anaheim Open tickets are available now in multiple varieties, while supplies last. General admission passes for the event are available for $59.99 (plus applicable fees and taxes). A Premium Pass for the event is also available for $89.99 (plus applicable fees and taxes) and includes an event t-shirt and one month of MLG GameBattles Premium. A $299.99 (plus applicable fees and taxes) Prestige Pass is also available and includes an event t-shirt, event jacket, one-hour early entrance to the venue, access to the Prestige Lounge and more. For tickets, visit MLG.com/CWLAnaheim.
Visit CallofDuty.com/esports and follow the Call of Duty World League on Twitter and Instagram for the latest CWL updates. For live broadcasts and Video on Demand, visit MLG.com/CallofDuty.
About Activision Publishing, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world and is a division of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P 500 company. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com or by following @Activision.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including statements about the expected dates and features of the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship and the CWL Anaheim Open and the features of the Call of Duty World League, are forward-looking statements, that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
© 2018 Major League Gaming Corp. ACTIVISION, CALL OF DUTY and CALL OF DUTY WWII are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. MAJOR LEAGUE GAMING is a trademark of Major League Gaming Corp. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.
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" The article Stoli® Cucumber Launching as First Flavor Addition to Stoli’s Award-Winning Portfolio of Premium Vodkas Since 2013 was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--Stoli ® Vodka, the original premium vodka with uncompromising quality since 1938, announced today the launch of Stoli ® Cucumber. In 1962, Stoli became the brand that introduced flavored vodkas to the spirits market and, just in time for summer, adds fresh Cucumber to complement its award-winning range. The latest flavor from Stoli is crisp and clean on the palate, bursting with savory cucumber taste and a soft, smooth finish. Stoli Cucumber will be available nationwide beginning in late April.
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Today, Stoli Vodka announced the first flavor to join its premium range in more than five years -- fresh Stoli Cucumber, just in time for summer. (Photo: Business Wire)
Stoli Cucumber will keep consumers cool and reinvigorated, whether enjoyed on the rocks or mixed in a cocktail, pairing well with mint, lemon and lime. Signature drinks include a Stoli Cucumber Spritz, Cucumber Martini, Cucumber Mule, and a Cucumber Bloody Mary. At various retail outlets, Stoli Cucumber will be sold with Tajín chile seasoning affixed to the bottle, providing a zesty garnish to coat the rims of glasses.
“Stoli has the best flavored vodkas on the market – an important and strategic segment of the overall Stoli business,” said Russell Pareti, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Stoli Group USA. “We recognized an opportunity for a high-quality premium cucumber vodka, given the rise in demand for this fresh taste in cocktails. We could not be prouder of Stoli Cucumber, which will complement our existing portfolio very well. Thus far, the reception from the trade and bartenders has been overwhelmingly positive and we look forward to bringing new consumers into the Stoli Vodka franchise with this new flavor addition.”
Stoli ® Cucumber is 75 proof, or 37.5% percent alcohol by volume (ABV), for a suggested retail price of $19.99 for a 750ml. For more information, visit www.stoli.com or follow Stoli on Instagram @Stoli, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stoli and on Twitter @Stoli.
About Stoli ® Group USA
Stoli Group USA, LLC is a U.S. importer and marketer of alcoholic beverages, headquartered in New York City. Formed in 2013, Stoli Group USA is a subsidiary of SPI Group based out of Luxemburg, one of the world's most dynamic wine and spirits organizations.
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" The article Yemeni rebels kill 20, arrest dozens in latest crackdown was written on December 11 2017, in the domain of tech, which states: CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's official news agency says the Shiite rebels have killed at least 20 people and detained dozens across the country's north since killing their top ally, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The rebels known as Houthis appear to be escalating their crackdown on any possible sign of rebellion among their one-time allies from Saleh's party, the General People's Congress. They are also shutting down the internet and tightening an already existing media blackout.
According to SABA, the official news agency now under control of the internationally-recognized government, the Houthis also blew up 20 houses in the northern province of Hajja and replaced the province's governor who was a onetime Saleh associate.
The agency reported on Monday that the Houthis also arrested 49 people in Mahwet, another northern province in Yemen. " |
" The article Pentagon chief Mattis tells NATO allies to increase defense spending by year's end or US will 'moderate its commitment' was written on February 15 2017, in the domain of tech, which states: BRUSSELS (AP) — Pentagon chief Mattis tells NATO allies to increase defense spending by year's end or US will 'moderate its commitment' " |
" The article Aldridge scores 30 as Spurs escape Nuggets, 106-104 was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: SAN ANTONIO (AP) — After their recent struggles offensively, the Spurs welcomed the chance to match baskets with the Denver Nuggets and play at a fast pace.
Even if it led to a few anxious seconds.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 30 points and San Antonio escaped with a 106-104 victory over Denver on Tuesday night.
"That young team has come leaps and bounds," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "Mike (Malone, Nuggets coach) does a great job with them. So, it's a good win for us."
San Antonio matched a season high with 33 assists while shooting 50 percent from the field.
It was a welcome change for San Antonio, which was in an offensive rut in its two previous games of a five-game homestand.
The Spurs scored 60 points in the first half against the Nuggets after averaging just 40 against Philadelphia and Sacramento, including a season-low 31 against the 76ers on Friday.
"That's definitely the Spurs way," San Antonio point guard Dejounte Murray said. "Sharing the ball, playing defense and just playing together. That's what we did and we came out with a good win."
San Antonio had four players in double figures, including 18 points each from Kyle Anderson and Pau Gasol. Anderson set a career scoring high while shooting 9 for 12 from the field.
The Nuggets were able to match the Spurs' production despite playing the second night of a back-to-back after losing at home to Boston 111-110.
Every Denver starter scored in double figures with Jamal Murray leading the way with 18 points and Gary Harris adding 17.
San Antonio had to battle to win its 11th straight at home over Denver. There were 18 lead changes and the Nuggets came within inches of a game-winning 19th.
Jamal Murray's 3-pointer with 31.6 seconds remaining pulled Denver within 106-104. After San Antonio guard Danny Green missed a 3-pointer, the Nuggets raced down the floor and furiously passed the ball three times to set up Will Barton for a 25-foot 3-pointer that rattled in and out of the rim.
"I just couldn't believe that the opportunities they penetrated, they didn't even look at the 2," Gasol said. "They were trying to set up someone for the 3. They had a great look."
The Nuggets wanted the win.
"It was great ball movement," Denver forward Darrell Arthur said. "We used the clock and we got the shot we wanted to get. It just didn't fall."
The Nuggets finished 10 for 23 on 3-pointers while shooting 47 percent from the field while San Antonio shot 50 percent.
Denver made their first five three-pointers in taking a 17-12 lead, but the Spurs responded by making their first three 3s. It set the tone for a back-and-forth, high-scoring duel.
"Well, I was watching them last night and figured they'd be a little tired tonight, but they came out hitting," Anderson said. "So, hats off to them. They were able to come in and make shots, but we knew them. We know they're a good team, so we just had to buckle down and get the win somehow."
TIP-INS
Nuggets: Mason Plumlee did not play after straining his right calf against Boston on Monday night. Plumlee remained in Denver for an MRI while the team flew to San Antonio. Malone said Plumlee is "going to be out for a little while." . Wilson Chandler was available to play but did not enter the game after being listed as probable with an illness.
Spurs: Aldridge has scored 20-plus points in 33 of 50 games this season. His previous best for 20-point games was 31 in 74 games during his inaugural season with the Spurs in 2016. . Aldridge was assessed his third technical foul this season with 4:30 remaining in the third quarter after arguing about a non-call against Denver's defense. Aldridge has 18 career technical fouls but only one ejection. . Anderson established a career high with 363 points. His previous season's best was 350 points in 2016.
OLDER GETTING BETTER
Manu Ginobili joined Sacramento's Vince Carter as the only 40-and-older players with 40 3-pointers in a season.
Ginobili finished 3 for 6 on 3s while scoring 14 points, including six in 31 seconds in the first quarter. After sinking a free throw after being fouled on a reverse layup, he drained the first of his three 3-pointers. Ginobili would later stretch for a low pass and then throw it behind his back to Davis Bertans, who would score on a runner.
FIRST START
Arthur found out Tuesday morning that he would make his first start of the season.
The veteran forward appeared in only seven games this season entering Tuesday, playing a total of 50 minutes. He played 19 minutes against the Spurs, establishing a season high with seven points in the first half and finished with 10 points.
"I'm surprised I didn't get as tired as I thought I was going to be today," Arthur said.
UP NEXT
Nuggets: Host Oklahoma City on Thursday night.
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" The article After a death, how much can 'broken heart' hurt survivors? was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: Former President George H.W. Bush's hospitalization a day after wife Barbara's funeral has raised questions about whether stress or a broken heart played a role.
Doctors said Tuesday that medical problems in a surviving spouse may not be due to stress, but it's a good time to give extra support and care.
The 93-year-old former president has an infection that spread to his bloodstream, and he is being treated at a Houston hospital.
Stress can weaken the immune system, making it harder to fight off infections. Sudden shock also can trigger a heart attack or a similar condition called broken heart syndrome.
Barbara Bush died last week at age 92. " |
" The article US blames North Korea for series of cyberattacks was written on June 15 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are blaming the North Korean government for a series of cyberattacks dating to 2009 against media, aerospace, financial sectors and infrastructure in the United States and across the world.
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning this week, saying the cyberattacks were carried out by actors within the North Korean government, known as "Hidden Cobra."
The alert issued Tuesday says that both DHS and the FBI believe Hidden Cobra will continue to use cyber operations to advance their government's military and strategic objectives. " |
" The article Group from Bahrain on Israel visit not representing Manama was written on December 10 2017, in the domain of tech, which states: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An inter-faith group of residents living in Bahrain who are visiting Israel has issued a statement saying it doesn't represent the government in Manama or any of the kingdom's authorities.
Their visit has stirred uproar on social media over the timing of their trip following the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital last week.
The group said in a statement carried by the state-run Bahrain News Agency on Sunday that it "does not represent any official entity" from Bahrain.
The group, which also has Americans and British nationals, includes Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews and Muslims.
The group's members have said they are traveling on their own initiative.
Many Bahrainis and others on Twitter criticized the visit in the wake of President Donald Trump's move on Jerusalem. " |
" The article Vaccines Contract Manufacturing Services Procurement Research - Market Trends and Spend Analysis by SpendEdge was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--, a global procurement intelligence advisory firm, has announced the release of their ‘ .’ The insights and data in this report provide a strategic analysis of the supply markets, factors influencing purchasing decisions, procurement best practices, pricing models, supplier landscape, and an analysis of the supplier capability matrix for the . This report breaks down the data and analysis behind the procurement of vaccines contract manufacturing services and acts as an all-inclusive guide for making smart purchasing decisions.
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Vaccines Contract Manufacturing Services Procurement Report. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“Increasing immunization coverage, need for new vaccines, and the rise in prevalence of chronic diseases are the factors which will influence the growth of contract manufacturing services market,” says SpendEdge procurement analyst Anil Seth. “Also, North America accounts for the largest share in the market, owing to the presence of a large number of CMOs,” added Anil.
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Paradigm shift to disposable bioreactors Use of VLPs as antigen-carriers during vaccine development Transition from egg-based to cell-based manufacturing
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Paradigm shift to disposable bioreactors
In the vaccines contract manufacturing services market, the suppliers are shifting toward disposable reactors, as it helps to save time and reduce the chances of cross-contamination. It also helps the buyers eliminate the need for cleaning.
Use of VLPs as antigen-carriers during vaccine development
VLPs are considered as the viral structural proteins that mimic the natural authentic virus. The use of VLPs will help the biopharma companies develop vaccines against lethal viruses such as influenza and Norwalk virus.
Transition from egg-based to cell-based manufacturing
In the recent years, the vaccines contract manufacturing market is witnessing a transition from egg-based to cell-based manufacturing. The cell-based manufacturing ensures faster and easier production as compare to egg-based manufacturing.
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" The article BC-US--Petroleum, US was written on December 12 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: New York (AP) — Petroleum futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday:
(1,000 bbl; dollars per bbl.) " |
" The article Envoy says Maldives will not extend state of emergency was written on March 20 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An envoy says Maldives will not extend the state of emergency that is due to expire on Wednesday amid criticism of the government over the recent political turmoil.
Mohamed Hussain Shareef, ambassador to neighboring Sri Lanka, said the government "has no intention of extending" the emergency when its 30-day period expires, "barring very unusual circumstances such as widespread violence."
Maldives declared an emergency due to turmoil following a Supreme Court ruling ordering the release of several of the president's jailed political opponents. Under the emergency law, President Yameen Abdul Gayoom had two Supreme Court judges arrested for alleged corruption and the remaining three judges annulled the order to release Yameen's opponents.
The emergency regulations gave Maldives' security forces sweeping powers, including to make arrests and search and seize property. " |
" The article Man guilty of killing ex-neighbors who reported he squatted was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man was convicted Wednesday of killing his former neighbors and hiding their bodies in the woods northeast of Seattle after one of them told authorities he was squatting at the house he sold following a devastating landslide.
A jury found John Reed, 55, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Patrick Shunn, 45, and second-degree murder in the death Monique Patenaude, 46, and the Daily Herald reported . He faces life in prison.
Prosecutors said Reed killed Patenaude and then fatally shot Shunn several hours later as he arrived home on April 11, 2016, near Oso, a small community that was the site of the nation's worst landslide in 2014.
Reed had an ongoing feud with the couple and threatened to shoot them after they cut brush next to his property in 2013, according to prosecutors. Deputies described Reed as an aggressive neighbor.
After the landslide, Reed sold his property to the county under a flood-mitigation program. Several weeks before Patenaude was killed, she reported that Reed had been illegally squatting, according to charging documents.
Reed testified last week that he shot Patenaude and Shunn in self-defense after the couple confronted him at his former property. He claimed he "panicked" and had his brother, Tony Reed, help him bury the couple's bodies and stash the couple's vehicles.
The brothers fled to Mexico after the slayings. Mexican authorities arrested John Reed more than two months later.
Tony Reed had already turned himself in and led detectives to the couple's gravesite. He was sentenced to 14 months in jail after pleading guilty to rendering criminal assistance.
Prosecutors decided not to seek the death penalty against John Reed. He also was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm after a trial that lasted over two weeks in Snohomish County Superior Court.
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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com " |
" The article Shields to fight Gabriels for vacant middleweight title was written on April 25 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: DETROIT (AP) — Two-time Olympic boxing champion Claressa Shields is looking to take over another division.
The 23-year-old super middleweight champion is scheduled to take on Hanna Gabriels for vacant middleweight title on June 22 at Masonic Temple in Detroit.
Shields, who is from Flint, Michigan, is training with John David Jackson for the first time. She has won all five of her fights, including two by knockouts.
The 35-year-old Gabriels, who is from Costa Rica, is a super welterweight champion. She is 18-1 with 11 knockouts.
Shields is the first American, male or female, to win a boxing gold medal since Andre Ward at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The only other U.S. boxer to win two Olympic gold medals is Oliver Kirk, who won titles at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. " |
" The article Boy's shooting spurs questions about armed deputies in court was written on Janauary 29 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio officer's fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy during a scuffle outside a juvenile courtroom has some people questioning whether such sheriff's deputies should carry guns while monitoring that court.
The Columbus Dispatch reports the Jan. 17 shooting of Joseph Haynes prompted an online petition demanding that deputies stop carrying guns in Franklin County Juvenile Court.
An official from the local police union that represents deputies says taking away guns from trained officers would be a mistake.
Sheriff Dallas Baldwin declined to talk about whether court security measures are being reviewed, saying such discussion would be inappropriate until the shooting investigation is finished.
Court security by armed deputies is common practice, though not universal. Connecticut and Massachusetts don't allow their court-employed security officers to carry guns in court.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com " |
" The article US confident in Olympics security despite NKorea tensions was written on February 1 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says it's not aware of any specific threat to the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea and is confident that American athletes, coaches and spectators will be safe, despite nuclear tensions with North Korea.
State Department officials overseeing security for the U.S. Olympic team said Wednesday that they had planned for all threat contingencies in preparation for the Pyeongchang Games that begin next week.
They said roughly 100 Diplomatic Security agents would be deployed to Seoul and two sites in Pyeongchang. That's about the same as have been sent to previous Olympics.
The U.S. Olympic delegation will number about 275 and an estimated 60,000 Americans are expected to attend the games.
North Korea is participating in the games. They begin on February 9. " |
" The article Russia foreign minister arrives for talks in North Korea was written on May 30 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in North Korea on Thursday for talks with senior officials.
Lavrov's visit comes ahead of a planned summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and was seen as an attempt by Moscow to ensure its voice is heard in the North's diplomatic overtures with Washington, Seoul and Beijing.
After his arrival, Lavrov met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement earlier they would discuss bilateral issues as well as the overall situation on the Korean Peninsula. Details of Lavrov's schedule in Pyongyang were not disclosed.
Despite having a border with the North and relatively cordial relations that President Vladimir Putin has seemed to want to develop further, Russia has so far remained largely on the sidelines as Kim has emerged onto the world stage this year.
Kim has already met twice with China's President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. One of Kim's top lieutenants, former intelligence chief Kim Yong Chol, is now in New York to discuss with U.S. officials the agenda for the summit planned in Singapore on or around June 12. " |
" The article National Hockey League was written on Janauary 30 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 49 34 12 3 71 175 125 Boston 47 29 10 8 66 156 116 Toronto 51 28 18 5 61 162 146 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 Montreal 49 20 23 6 46 129 156 Florida 47 19 22 6 44 132 158 Ottawa 47 15 23 9 39 124 166 Buffalo 49 14 26 9 37 114 163 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 49 29 15 5 63 150 138 Columbus 49 27 19 3 57 131 137 Pittsburgh 51 27 21 3 57 151 153 New Jersey 48 24 16 8 56 144 146 Philadelphia 49 24 17 8 56 141 141 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 N.Y. Islanders 50 25 20 5 55 172 180 Carolina 49 22 19 8 52 137 154 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 50 29 13 8 66 164 136 Nashville 47 29 11 7 65 145 123 St. Louis 51 30 18 3 63 148 130 Dallas 50 28 18 4 60 155 134 Colorado 48 27 18 3 57 157 139 Minnesota 49 26 18 5 57 144 140 Chicago 49 23 19 7 53 146 136 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 48 32 12 4 68 164 128 San Jose 48 26 15 7 59 143 133 Calgary 49 25 16 8 58 137 135 Los Angeles 49 26 18 5 57 139 121 Anaheim 50 24 17 9 57 141 141 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 Vancouver 49 19 24 6 44 127 159 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Monday's Games No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Minnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Boston, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Carolina, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Montreal at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Vegas at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Toronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m.
Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Vegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Dallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Washington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Carolina, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Vegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. " |
" The article Family of freed student adjusting to 'different reality' was written on June 14 2017, in the domain of entertainment, which states: WYOMING, Ohio (AP) — The father of an American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea and was returned to his home state of Ohio in a coma says the family is "adjusting to a different reality."
Fred Warmbier (WORM'-bir) told Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Wednesday that his son, Otto, was "terrorized and brutalized" during his 17-month detention and has been in a coma for more than a year.
The father says that he and his wife, Cindy, only learned of their son's condition last week.
The 22-year-old University of Virginia student was medically evacuated from North Korea and arrived in Cincinnati late Tuesday. He was then taken by ambulance to a hospital.
A hospital spokeswoman has not provided an update on his condition, but says his parents plan to hold a Thursday morning news conference. " |
" The article LINE messages by SHU slasher revealed was written on December 11 2017, in the domain of business, which states: TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- The Shih Hsin University (SHU) student who slashed the throat of his female classmate yesterday in Taipei, after she rejected his romantic advances, had stalked the woman for five years, and some excerpts his harassment of her on Facebook and the mobile messaging app LINE have been reveled to the public, reported UDN.
It has been learned that the 21-year-old man, a third year English major at SHU surnamed Chen (陳), has pursued the woman, now a 19-year-old second year Business student surnamed Shih (石), since her first year in high school. Despite the fact that she always rejected his romantic overtures, he this year transferred from National Taipei University of Technology, where he was a fourth year student, to SHU, even though it meant he would have to lose a year and become a third year student again.
Shih had recently become fed up with Chen's stalking behavior and on Facebook posted a message directed at him saying "Do not think I don't dare call the police." Last week, Shih also went to the Banqiao Police Station to report his behavior. However, Chen did not seem to be on the radar of SHU authorities, who said that Chen was not on the list of students receiving psychological counseling.
Yesterday (Dec. 12) at 10 a.m., as Shih was headed to class, Chen approached her and after she yet again tried to brush him off, he grabbed a fruit knife he had concealed and started to slash her with it. During the assault, she sustained lacerations to her head, ears, and suffered a 3 cm gash on her right neck. Before Chen could continue the assault, he was subdued by a teacher and assistant teacher.
Meanwhile, Shih was quickly rushed to Wanfang Hospital where her wounds were not deemed life-threatening, and she was sent home to recuperate.
Chen had been using every method to harass Shih, inlucing Facebook, constant phone calls and LINE. In each method of communication, he would say that we wanted to apologize to Shih in person for his behavior, to which she would respond by saying that she did not wish to discuss the matter further, with each subsequent attempt at apologizing only irritating her further.
Before unfriending Chen on Facebook friend last month Shih wrote, "We are just strangers, you don't owe me any apologies, let alone talk about forgiveness... even if all the men in the world died, and you were the last one, I still would not like you. I am not a swan but you are a toad, a toad that wants to eat swan meat."
The following are a series of exchanges between Chen and Shih on LINE dated Mar. 15: " |
" The article Reine-Adelaide joins Angers and Grenier goes to Guingamp was written on February 1 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: PARIS (AP) — Angers signed Arsenal midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide on loan until the end of the season as the French transfer window drew to a close Wednesday.
The 20-year-old Adelaide was widely tipped to succeed at Arsenal after winning the Under-17 European championship with France in 2015 and being named in the team of the tournament. The versatile midfielder joined Arsenal the same year from French side Lens, but has made only eight appearances for Arsene Wenger's side.
Angers, which is in 16th place in the first division, also loaned striker Enzo Crivelli to 13th-place Caen with an option to buy him at the end of the season.
Former France midfielder Clement Grenier, once highly-rated, left seven-time French champion Lyon to join Guingamp on an 18-month deal as his injury-plagued career took another turn.
The 27-year-old Grenier, a skillful free kick specialist, made five appearances for France but could never get his career fully off the ground due to a series of niggling injuries. He joins Guingamp after making more than 150 appearances for Lyon and six on loan to Italian side Roma in the second half of last season.
Lyon signed right back Leo Dubois from Nantes on a four-year contract, but let him continue the rest of the season with Nantes. No transfer fee was given but the 23-year-old Dubois was out of contract with Nantes in June.
Lyon's bitter local rival Saint-Etienne was busier, selling central defender Florentin Pogba — brother of Manchester United star midfielder Paul Pogba — to Turkish first division side Genclerbirligi on an 18-month deal.
Saint-Etienne also took back Moroccan forward Oussama Tannane after loaning him to Spanish side Las Palmas. " |
" The article Tass says Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at a Russian air base in Syria was written on December 11 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: MOSCOW (AP) — Tass says Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at a Russian air base in Syria. " |
" The article 150 skiers rescued from broken chairlift in Austria was written on Janauary 30 2018, in the domain of tech, which states: BERLIN (AP) — About 150 skiers who were stuck on a broken chairlift in central Austria for several hours were rescued safely Monday, by helicopters and mountain rescue teams, Austrian police said Monday.
Styria provincial police said on Twitter that all the skiers taken off the Rosenkranz chairlift at Kreischberg mountain north of Klagenfurt were uninjured.
The lift stopped working early in the afternoon working because of technical problems. Three helicopters and several mountain aid groups were involved in the operation, the Austrian news agency APA reported.
Local media reported that it would have taken too long to repair the broken chair lift, so authorities decided to start evacuating the skiers.
Authorities informed the stuck riders with loud speakers in several languages that they would rescue them. Members of rescue team then climbed up to the chairs from below and brought some of the people down with ropes. Others were lifted up onto helicopters.
The stopped chairs were 7-10 meters (23-33 feet) above the ground. The weather was comparatively mild, so no one suffered any ill-effects from cold. " |
" The article Clues scarce after half brother of N. Korean leader killed was written on February 14 2017, in the domain of business, which states: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — News of the apparent assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother rippled across Asia on Wednesday as Malaysian investigators scoured airport surveillance video for clues about two female suspects and rival South Korea offered up a single, shaky motive: paranoia.
Kim Jong Nam, 46, was targeted Monday at the budget terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport, said a senior Malaysian government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case involves sensitive diplomacy.
Kim, who died on the way to a hospital, told medical workers that he had been attacked with a chemical spray, the official said.
Malaysian officials have provided few other details about why they believe Kim died in a targeted killing. Police said an autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
Since taking power in late 2011, Kim Jong Un has executed or purged a slew of high-level government officials in what the South Korean government has described as a "reign of terror."
South Korea's spy service said Wednesday that North Korea had been trying for five years to kill Kim. But the National Intelligence Service did not definitively say that North Korea was behind the killing, just that it was presumed to be a North Korean operation, according to lawmakers who briefed reporters about the closed door meeting with the spy officials.
The NIS cited Kim Jong Un's alleged "paranoia" about his half brother. Still, the agency has a history of botching intelligence on North Korea and has long sought to portray the country's leaders as mentally unstable.
Multiple South Korean media reports, citing unidentified sources, said Kim Jong Nam was killed at the airport by two women believed to be North Korean agents. They fled in a taxi and were being sought by Malaysian police, the reports said.
Police were searching for clues in the closed circuit television footage from the airport, said Selangor police chief Abdul Samah Mat. The airport is in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur.
According to the Malaysian government official, Kim Jong Nam was in a shopping concourse and had not yet gone through security for a planned flight to Macau when the incident occurred.
Kim was estranged from his half brother, the North Korean leader. Although he had been originally tipped by some outsiders as a possible successor to his late dictator father, Kim Jong Il, others thought that was unlikely because he lived outside the country, including recently in Macau, Singapore and Malaysia.
He reportedly fell further out of favor when he was caught trying to enter Japan on a false passport in 2001, saying he wanted to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
A Malaysian police statement confirmed the death of a 46-year-old North Korean man whom it identified from his travel document as Kim Chol, born in Pyongyang on June 10, 1970.
Ken Gause, who is with the CNA think tank in Washington and has studied North Korea's leadership for 30 years, said Kim Chol was a name that Kim Jong Nam had traveled under. He is believed to have been born May 10, 1971.
While the most likely explanation for the killing was that Kim Jong Un was removing a potential challenger to North Korean leadership within his own family, he could also be sending a warning to North Korean officials to demonstrate the reach of the regime. It follows the defection last year of a senior diplomat from the North Korean Embassy in London who has spoken of his despair at Kim's purges.
Mark Tokola, vice president of the Korea Economic Institute in Washington and a former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, said it would be surprising if Kim Jong Nam was not killed on the orders of his half brother, given that North Korean agents have reportedly tried to assassinate Kim Jong Nam in the past.
"It seems probable that the motivation for the murder was a continuing sense of paranoia on the part of Kim Jong Un," Tokola wrote in a commentary Tuesday. Although there was scant evidence that Kim Jong Nam was plotting against the North Korean leader, he provided an alternative for North Koreans who would want to depose his half brother.
Among Kim Jong Un's executions and purgings, the most spectacular was the 2013 execution of his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, once considered the country's second-most powerful man, for what the North alleged was treason.
Gause said Kim Jong Nam had been forthright that he did not have political ambitions, although he was publicly critical of the North Korean regime and his half brother's legitimacy in the past.
Kim Jong Nam had been less outspoken since 2011, when North Korean assassins reportedly tried to shoot him in Macau, Gause said, though the details of the attempted killing are murky. South Korea also reportedly jailed a North Korean spy in 2012 who admitted to trying to organize a hit-and-run accident targeting Kim Jong Nam in China in 2010.
Despite the attempts on his life, Kim Jong Nam had reportedly traveled to North Korea since then, so it was assumed he was no longer under threat. Kim Jong Nam may have become more vulnerable, as his defender in the North Korean hierarchy, Kim Kyong Hui — Kim Jong Un's aunt and the wife of his executed uncle — appears to have fallen from favor or died. She has not been seen in public for more than three years, Gause said.
Kim Jong Il had at least three sons with two women, as well as a daughter by a third. Kim Jong Nam was the eldest, followed by Kim Jong Chul, who is a few years older than Kim Jong Un and is known as a playboy who reportedly attended Eric Clapton concerts in London in 2015. It's unclear what positon he has in the North Korean government.
A younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, was named a member of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee during a North Korean party congress last May. She has a position in a propaganda and agitation department and is known as Kim Jong Un's gatekeeper, Gause said.
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Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, and Matthew Pennington in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report. " |
" The article Coral protections in Atlantic Ocean up for key vote was written on Janauary 30 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal fishing regulators are set to vote on a proposal that could protect nearly 90 percent of the coral habitat in a key commercial fishing area off New England.
The New England Fishery Management Council is expected to vote on the proposal on Tuesday. The council approved protections in another key fishing area, the Gulf of Maine, in June.
The same council has held off on voting on protections for an area south of Georges Bank until it could get more information about how the protections would impact commercial fisheries.
The council could send a completed coral protection plan to the U.S. Department of Commerce for implementation if it makes a decision on Tuesday. Environmentalists and fishermen have debated the protections for several years. " |
" The article Eritrea's leader criticizes Israel migrant deportation plan was written on February 1 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Eritrea's president in a rare interview is expressing his displeasure with Israel's plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants, saying they deserve far more than the $3,500 offered to leave.
President Isaias Afwerki's interview posted on a government website Wednesday says the migrants from his country and Sudan paid a "high price" to human traffickers to reach Israel and deserve more like $50,000.
Many leaving the east African nation claim they fled a restrictive Eritrean regime where men are often forced into a military service with slavery-like conditions.
Afwerki claims the Eritrean migrants were enticed abroad to organize an armed opposition but that the "subversive schemes" failed and the migrants have become a burden.
He says Eritrea has offered to register all its migrants but Israeli authorities refused. " |
" The article Global Forecast-Asia was written on Janauary 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: Global Forecast - Asia as of 13:30 GMT Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Minimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day (Jan 30 except Asia and Australia where data is for Jan 31) and forecast for the current and following day in each city as of 1330 GMT:
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CITY;MIN;MAX;COND;PRECIP;MIN;MAX;COND;MIN;MAX;COND
Abidjan;25;31;pc;0.2;25;31;c;25;31;pc
Abu Dhabi;16;21;clr;0;16;22;pc;15;22;clr
Aleppo;3;14;clr;0;4;14;clr;3;14;clr
Algiers;11;17;pc;0;9;18;pc;6;14;rn
Amsterdam;3;10;rn;0;3;6;c;1;7;rn
Anchorage;-15;-8;clr;0;-16;-10;clr;-14;-10;clr
Ashgabat;-3;7;clr;0;2;14;clr;-2;9;pc
Astana;-24;-9;pc;0;-24;-14;pc;-19;-12;pc
Asuncion;25;32;rn;3.56;25;34;c;22;33;pc
Athens;8;17;pc;0;8;16;pc;12;16;pc
Auckland;21;26;pc;0;19;23;rn;17;23;c
Baghdad;3;18;clr;0;5;19;clr;5;19;clr
Bahrain;15;19;clr;0;15;20;clr;15;20;clr
Banda Aceh;23;34;rn;3.18;22;31;rn;23;32;rn
Bangalore;13;29;clr;0;13;30;clr;13;30;c
Bangkok;23;33;rn;3.38;20;28;pc;21;31;clr
Barcelona;6;15;pc;0;4;11;rn;4;11;pc
Beijing;-8;4;clr;0;-7;4;pc;-10;-1;clr
Belgrade;1;13;pc;0;7;14;pc;7;15;pc
Berlin;3;9;rn;1.78;1;6;pc;1;5;c
Bogota;7;21;pc;0;7;21;c;9;22;rn
Brasilia;20;27;rn;0;19;26;rn;19;25;c
Bratislava;2;7;pc;3.81;2;7;rn;0;4;rn
Brisbane;21;32;clr;3.81;19;25;rn;19;25;rn
Brussels;1;9;rn;2.24;1;6;pc;2;5;rn
Bucharest;-3;11;clr;0;-1;10;clr;3;12;pc
Budapest;4;6;pc;0;4;11;rn;1;8;rn
Buenos Aires;22;30;pc;0;23;31;clr;20;29;clr
Bujumbura;18;30;c;7.59;20;31;c;19;30;rn
Busan;-2;6;pc;0;-3;7;clr;-3;8;pc
Cairo;10;20;pc;0;9;20;clr;10;21;clr
Cape Town;15;24;clr;1.09;17;27;clr;15;23;pc
Caracas;19;26;pc;0.48;19;25;pc;18;25;pc
Chennai;18;31;clr;0;18;32;clr;20;31;clr
Chicago;-4;7;c;0;-14;-2;pc;-9;-6;clr
Colombo;23;31;rn;4.19;23;32;pc;23;31;pc
Copenhagen;2;5;rn;0;1;4;rn;-1;3;sn
Dakar;16;22;clr;0;16;21;pc;16;21;clr
Dallas;11;22;pc;0;4;18;pc;6;13;pc
Dar es Salaam;24;33;pc;0;24;32;pc;24;32;pc
Denver;-4;12;pc;0;-3;4;sn;1;13;c
Dhahran;9;20;clr;0;10;22;clr;10;22;clr
Dhaka;14;24;clr;0;16;27;pc;16;28;pc
Dili;25;32;rn;3.3;24;31;rn;23;31;c
Dubai;16;22;clr;0;16;22;pc;15;23;clr
Dublin;2;6;rn;2.62;0;6;pc;2;7;pc
Dushanbe;-3;9;pc;0.25;-4;9;clr;-3;9;pc
Gibraltar;13;16;rn;2.51;9;16;pc;8;13;clr
Hanoi;10;14;c;0.76;9;17;clr;8;14;c
Harare;17;27;rn;7.37;18;25;rn;18;27;c
Havana;17;24;pc;0;20;26;pc;20;27;pc
Helsinki;-3;-2;sn;7.37;-4;-1;sn;-6;-1;sn
Ho Chi Minh City;24;32;pc;0.25;23;32;pc;21;32;clr
Hong Kong;7;14;c;0.66;10;15;clr;8;17;pc
Honolulu;23;27;rn;1.12;23;28;rn;23;28;rn
Hyderabad;14;32;clr;0;15;32;clr;15;32;clr
Islamabad;9;21;c;3.56;8;23;pc;6;22;pc
Istanbul;5;11;clr;0;10;15;clr;10;15;c
Jakarta;24;31;pc;6.65;25;31;rn;24;31;rn
Jeddah;20;29;clr;0;20;29;clr;21;29;clr
Jerusalem;4;13;clr;0;4;14;clr;5;16;clr
Johannesburg;16;25;pc;2.54;17;28;rn;16;26;c
Kabul;-7;5;sn;0;-8;7;clr;-9;8;clr
Karachi;15;28;clr;0;13;30;pc;12;28;pc
Kathmandu;8;16;pc;0;6;19;pc;5;20;clr
Khartoum;14;27;clr;0;17;31;clr;18;32;clr
Kiev;-2;2;c;6.81;1;5;pc;1;7;pc
Kingston;23;30;pc;0;23;30;rn;22;29;rn
Kinshasa;24;32;c;0.23;24;32;c;23;31;c
Kolkata;13;29;clr;0;14;27;pc;14;28;pc
Kuala Lumpur;23;33;pc;2.34;23;33;rn;23;32;c
Kuwait;5;18;clr;0;7;20;clr;7;21;clr
La Paz;6;14;pc;1.27;6;13;rn;5;13;rn
Lagos;24;34;clr;0;25;32;clr;24;32;pc
Lima;20;25;pc;0;20;24;pc;20;24;pc
Lisbon;9;17;pc;0;8;14;clr;6;13;clr
London;3;9;rn;0.66;2;6;pc;2;7;pc
Los Angeles;13;27;clr;0;13;26;pc;12;27;clr
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" The article Austrian chancellor seeks to ban neo-Nazi fraternity was written on February 3 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says he's opening proceedings to have a student fraternity shut down for promoting neo-Nazi ideals.
The APA news agency reported Wednesday that Kurz told reporters he'd agreed with Interior Minister Herbert Kickl to try to shut down the small Germania fraternity after Austrian media reported its songbook contained neo-Nazi lyrics.
The report revealing the songbook lyrics focused on Freedom Party state lawmaker Udo Landbauer, who served on Germania's board. He said he's never heard the songs sung.
Still, Kurz said there should be political consequences, but that was for the Freedom Party to decide.
The Freedom Party, which was led by former Nazis in the postwar period but has distanced itself from that past, is the junior partner in Kurz's new national coalition government. " |
" The article PTC Explores the Use of Augmented Reality Technology for Autism was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of sports, which states: NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced its collaboration with Boston Children’s Hospital, the number one pediatric hospital in the United States, to explore the use of augmented reality (AR) to help children with autism and related disorders communicate and learn more effectively.
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PTC explores the use of augmented reality in early intervention for children with autism with Dr. Howard Shane of Boston Children's Hospital and professor at Harvard Medical School. (Photo: Business Wire)
April is National Autism Awareness Month, which promotes autism awareness, acceptance, and inclusion for the growing number of children with autism in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the latest estimate is that 1 in 88 children have some form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) – a 78 percent increase in comparison to a decade ago.
Dr. Howard Shane, the Director of the Center for Communication Enhancement at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Otology and Laryngology at Harvard Medical School, is at the forefront of using technology and visual supports to improve communication and learning for children on the autism spectrum. Children with autism often have difficulty understanding written or spoken language, but are extremely interested in electronic screen media. It is hoped that augmented reality may be used to help children with autism understand tasks and the world more fully, by helping to bridge the physical and digital worlds by overlaying an image onto a physical environment. Accordingly, the visual nature of augmented reality makes it a promising breakthrough technology to aid in the treatment of autism.
“The intersection of healthcare and technology is only beginning, and we are excited that PTC, a global leader in IoT and AR technology, is working with us to explore different use cases. Augmented reality addresses two of the biggest challenges facing a child with autism: communication and attention,” said Dr. Howard Shane. “With AR, a child with autism could ‘see’ a cup become a spaceship and engage in pretend play, or ‘see’ the steps to brush their teeth right in the context of their own physical environment. Simple tasks that are challenging for those with ASD can be shown and communicated with AR in a way that is more meaningful to them.”
A team of PTC employees volunteered countless hours to research and understand autism and the requirements for an effective AR solution. Once the team understood how to best develop applications for an autistic child, they quickly reached a project milestone by completing a prototype solution. In the next phase, an app, created for children with autism and a developmental age of three to five years old, will be clinically tested and evaluated for continued improvement. Dr. Shane will discuss the project in more detail for media and analysts in a session at the upcoming LiveWorx conference held in Boston on June 17-20 th.
“The immediate and overwhelming interest at PTC to volunteer and participate in this project shows the far-reaching impact of autism and the need to learn and do more,” said Don Busiek, senior vice president, corporate strategy, PTC. “Traditionally, PTC works with manufacturers and industrial enterprise companies, but we saw a unique opportunity for AR technology to make a real difference and improve lives. This project only scratches the surface of the potential uses for AR, and we are excited to support Boston Children’s Hospital in its effort to leverage technology to transform the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.”
To request a media pass to LiveWorx, please contact [email protected].
Additional Resources
LiveWorx Harvard Business Review: “Why Every Organization Needs an AR Strategy,” authored by PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann and Harvard Professor Michael Porter
About Howard Shane Dr. Shane received his PhD from Syracuse University and completed a Doctoral Fellowship at Mayo Clinic. He is the Director of the Center for Communication Enhancement and the Autism Language Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has designed more than a dozen computer applications used widely by persons with disabilities and holds two US Patents. Dr. Shane has received Honors of the Association Distinction and is a Fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association. He is the recipient of the Goldenson Award for Innovations in Technology from United Cerebral Palsy Association and author of numerous papers and chapters on severe speech impairment, lectured throughout the world on the topic, and produced numerous computer innovations enjoyed by persons with complex communication disorders.
About PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) PTC helps companies around the world reinvent the way they design, manufacture, operate, and service things in and for a smart, connected world. In 1986 we revolutionized digital 3D design, and in 1998 were first to market with Internet-based product lifecycle management. Today, our leading industrial innovation platform and field-proven solutions enable you to unlock value at the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. With PTC, manufacturers and an ecosystem of partners and developers can capitalize on the promise of the Internet of Things and augmented reality technology today and drive the future of innovation.
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" The article Trump delays effective date of travel ban amid court battle was written on June 15 2017, in the domain of business, which states: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing back on claims that President Donald Trump's travel ban is soon set to expire.
The White House released a memorandum Wednesday declaring that the effective date of the president's executive order banning travelers from six Muslim-majority countries "is delayed or tolled" until all relevant court injunctions "are lifted or stayed."
Some critics of the travel ban have said that the policy's 90-day halt to visitors from Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Libya is due to expire in mid-June, even though the ban itself has never taken effect.
The memorandum instructs the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of homeland security, and the director of national intelligence to implement the ban 72 hours after all applicable court injunctions are lifted or stayed. " |
" The article Free rides on Airport MRT for individual passengers starting Thursday was written on February 15 2017, in the domain of sports, which states: TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Limited numbers of individual passengers will be given free rides on the Taoyuan mass rapid transit (MRT) line beginning tomorrow, according to Taoyuan Mass Transit Corp.
As part of the second phase of the month-long free trial run, from Feb. 16 - Mar. 1 individual passengers will be allowed to travel for free between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., however they must first obtain a queue number, which will be available at 7:40 a.m., 9:40 a.m., 11:40 a.m., and 1:40 p.m. each day. Only 20,000 queue numbers will be provided per day, though children below the age of 6 can ride without a queue number.
During this phase, passengers will have access to all 21 stations, including Taipei Main Station and the airport stations. China Airlines and EVA Airways will have check-in counters at the Taipei Main Station, as well as their respective subsidiaries Mandarin Airlines and UNI Airways.
As long as they arrive at the Taipei Main Station check in counter three hours in advance, passengers can check their luggage and receive seat assignments and boarding passes.
Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) told the media on Tuesday that the Airport MRT will officially open to all passengers on Mar. 2 with tickets available at a 50 percent discount during the first month of operation. The trains will run from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day.
After the first month of normal operations, Cheng said passengers will receive a 40 percent discount and employees of companies of up to 300 people will receive a 50 percent discount on fares if they purchase a 3-month pass. " |
" The article The New York City police commissioner calls the subway pipe-bombing a "terror-related incident" was written on December 11 2017, in the domain of sports, which states: NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City police commissioner calls the subway pipe-bombing a "terror-related incident" " |
" The article Hawaiian first, Virgin America last in airline on-time rates was written on June 15 2017, in the domain of sports, which states: Here are the government's rankings of the leading U.S. airlines and their on-time performance for April. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives no more than 14 minutes behind schedule.
1. Hawaiian Airlines, 88.8 percent
2. United Airlines, 81.9 percent
3. Alaska Airlines, 81.6 percent
4. SkyWest Airlines, 80.0 percent
5. Frontier Airlines, 79.5 percent
6. Southwest Airlines, 79.5 percent
7. American Airlines, 78.7 percent
8. Spirit Airlines, 77.0 percent
9. Delta Air Lines, 76.9 percent
10. ExpressJet, 75.7 percent
11. JetBlue Airways, 72.4 percent
12. Virgin America, 64.6 percent
Total for all covered airlines: 78.5 percent
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Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The report does not cover smaller airlines including Allegiant Air and some regional carriers. " |
" The article Abused California sibling went to college, didn't seek help was written on Janauary 30 2018, in the domain of business, which states: RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The community college student with a page-boy haircut was quiet, never drew attention to himself and earned A's semester after semester.
Despite ample opportunities, he apparently never divulged the sickening truth that his home was a veritable torture chamber.
Authorities say the student, now about 26, was the eldest male among 13 siblings who were held captive in their California home by their parents, David and Louise Turpin.
The couple starved all but their 2-year-old daughter for years and sometimes chained their children to beds for months at a time without letting them use the toilet, prosecutors said.
However, Louise Turpin regularly drove her oldest son to classes at the nearby Menifee campus of Mt. San Jacinto College and waited outside the classroom for him.
He was on the president's honor roll in fall 2015 and spring 2016, college spokeswoman Karin Marriott said.
A transcript obtained by ABC News showed he attended classes from 2014 until at least 2016 and took up to 15 credits a semester. He earned A's in many classes, including algebra, guitar, public speaking, English fundamentals and freshman composition.
A classmate, Marci Duncker, said he was "always quiet and alone" when they attended classes. She tried to say hello to him a few times but he just looked at her and never responded.
"It was one of the most sad faces I'd seen in years," Duncker said.
The boy was usually one of the last people to leave class, she said.
None of the names of the abused siblings have been released by authorities and all were taken to hospitals when they were freed two weeks ago from the home in Perris, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles.
Authorities say the abuse was so long-running their growth was stunted.
Despite near-daily interactions with others outside the home, there's no indication the oldest son ever sought to draw attention to what was happening at home. Gale Kelley, a trainer for the International Association of Trauma Professionals, said that reluctance is understandable.
"They were born into this. This was normal for them. Some of them may not even realize they've been abused," she said. "These children have been living in isolation so they only know what they know."
Abusers often tell children they shouldn't talk about what happens at home or that they deserve to be treated that way, and that may have made it difficult for them to escape, she said.
"We don't know what kind of duress they were under as far as threats," Kelley said. "They're still seeing the world through the eyes of a scared little kid who is in constant danger."
The case has drawn international attention and compassion for the children.
The younger ones were home-schooled and there's no evidence the other older children were educated outside the home, except for the oldest girl — now 29 — who had attended kindergarten to third grade in a public school in Texas.
Sheriff's deputies rescued the children on Jan. 14 after the Turpins' 17-year-old daughter climbed out a window and called 911.
The house reeked of human waste and evidence of starvation was obvious, with the oldest sibling weighing only 82 pounds, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said.
The parents were arrested and pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges.
The siblings, seven adults and six children, will likely need years of therapy, psychological experts said, adding that if possible it would be best to keep them together for now.
"They're going to have some developmental delays, no question," said Russell Rice, a family therapist and executive director of a California residential treatment program for teenagers in Redlands. "Their brains are going to be as stunted if not more than their physical development."
Rice said more independent options exist, for example, a residential complex with a case manager on site to assist with money management or other programs. But he said that could be overwhelming for people who have been sheltered from the outside world.
"They don't even know how to shop, probably, and the concept of money," he said. "They won't be living on their own. They'll be highly supervised for quite some time."
The repeated exposure to traumatic events could make them skittish when they are out in public.
"The children have been in constant crisis mode, constant danger, and so that switch gets turned and it is always on," Kelley said. "They're expecting to see trauma everywhere and in everybody."
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Balsamo reported from Los Angeles. " |
" The article Taiwan Headline News was written on June 15 2017, in the domain of tech, which states: Taipei, June 15 -- The lead stories in major Taiwan Chinese language dailies on Thursday are as follows:
@United Daily News: U.S. calls for dialogue between Taiwan, China in wake of Panama's defection.
@China Times: Polls find half of school children suffer from learning fatigue.
@Liberty Times: Taiwan's representative to Nigeria returns as China forces name change on Taiwan's overseas missions.
@Apple Daily: U.S. Congressional GOP whip injured in ballpark shooting.
@Economic Daily News: Financial chiefs instructed not to attend cross-strait forum in China in wake of Panama's defection.
@Commercial Times: Environmental impact assessment to be carried out on 80 mines once mining act is revised. " |
" The article Florida professor fired after Newtown hoax blog loses case was written on December 12 2017, in the domain of politics, which states: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida college professor fired after publicly saying the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut was a hoax has lost a lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully terminated.
Local news outlets report that a federal jury on Monday sided with Florida Atlantic University. The school contended communications professor James Tracy was fired last year not because of his blog posts about the Sandy Hook school shooting but because he violated rules regarding reporting of outside work.
Tracy claimed his firing violated his free speech rights. He wrote on his blog that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax by the government to impose tougher gun control. Tracy sought reinstatement to his position, back pay and damages.
Twenty children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook in 2012. " |
" The article Silver Airways buys Caribbean's largest regional airline was written on April 24 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Florida-based Silver Airways has bought the Caribbean's largest regional airline.
Officials say Puerto Rico-based Seaborne Airlines will operate as a stand-alone subsidiary until the two airlines merge next year. It will continue to serve 12 airports, including those in Puerto Rico and other nearby islands such as Dominica, Anguilla, St. Maarten and Tortola.
Ft. Lauderdale-based Silver Airways said Monday that it will operate 31 aircraft as a result of the merger.
Seaborne now operates eight 34-seat Saab 340s and two 15-seat de Havilland Twin Otter seaplanes. " |
" The article 1st lawmaker expelled since #MeToo seeking office in Arizona was written on May 31 2018, in the domain of politics, which states: PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona lawmaker who became the first kicked out of a state Legislature since the #MeToo movement began because of a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct is running for office again.
Don Shooter, a Republican expelled from the Arizona House in February, said he filed around 900 signatures Wednesday to seek the GOP nomination for a state Senate seat in the same southern Arizona district he used to serve.
He wouldn't comment on the circumstances surrounding his expulsion, which came as lawmakers of both parties faced a national reckoning over sexual misconduct that began last fall.
Politicians accused of impropriety have resigned, been stripped of leadership posts and faced other repercussions. A Democratic state representative in Colorado also was expelled this year.
Sitting in the lobby of the Arizona secretary of state's office waiting to file his signatures, Shooter said "Let's dance."
He said he wants to talk about policy issues, such as the water needs of the agricultural industry and public education. Arizona teachers launched an unprecedented statewide strike this year over a lack of education funding.
"That's the only thing I miss about being away from here, was the ability to solve problems," Shooter said.
Shooter was elected to the Senate in 2010 and moved to the House in 2017. The lawmaker was known as a politically incorrect jokester who threw booze-fueled parties in his office on the last day of legislative sessions.
A female lawmaker, Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, accused him in November of propositioning her for sex and repeatedly commenting on her breasts. House Speaker J.D. Mesnard ordered an investigation after Shooter accused Ugenti-Rita of having an inappropriate relationship with a staffer, but she was cleared.
Other women soon came forward to accuse Shooter of inappropriate sexual comments or actions.
Shooter eventually apologized for what he called his "jarring, insensitive and demeaning" comments but argued that he never sought to touch anyone or have a sexual relationship with them.
An investigative report released prior to his expulsion found he engaged in "repeated pervasive conduct (that) created a hostile work environment for his colleagues and those with business before the Legislature."
In mid-April, Shooter filed a claim — a precursor to a lawsuit — saying he was targeted by the governor's office because of his efforts to expose widespread fraud in the state procurement system. It accused also Mesnard of changing House rules and policies on harassment to remove Shooter from his committee chair post and ultimately to force the expulsion vote.
To get on the November ballot, Shooter will have to win the GOP primary. Incumbent state Sen. Sine Kerr, a dairy farmer who was appointed to fill the seat, has filed signatures along with Brent Backus, a conservative who owns a consulting business.
Democrat Michelle Harris, who served in the Air Force for 21 years, also is running for the seat.
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Associated Press writer Bob Christie contributed to this report. " |
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