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Third stop of the World Rally Championship was in Portugal. Both, Kimi Räikkönen and Ken Block made their debut last season. Actually, the history repeated itself a little bit.
Ken Block was really looking forward for the Portuguese rally because of his gaining experiences. However, he clipped a rock in a narrow section of the stage at Vale de Judeau during the shakedown. Ken and his co-driver Alex Gelsomino were taken to the hospital for precautionary checks. Thank God, they weren’t injured. Alex informed their fans via Facebook: “Thanks all for the messages. KB and I are bruised but ok. Hard to find positives from something like yesterday’s mega crash, beside the most important thing: We walked from it.”
Unfortunately, the Ford Fiesta RS WRC was too damaged to let the Monster World Rally Team drivers to start the Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Thursday. Ken was pretty disappointed. It was the biggest crash they have had in WRC.
Take a look at the horrific accident. I am really happy why both were uninjured. It looks really bad!
On the other hand, Kimi Räikkönen was only getting better and better. ICE One Racing team skipped the event in Mexico, so this was the first rally on gravel for Kimi with the new Citroen DS3.
“The country is nice but the stages are pretty tricky. It’s one of the most difficult rallies and you have to have really good pace notes. Today has been tricky but the roads are still nice. It’s more slippery today and also more difficult,” said Kimi in the interview for WRC.com about the Portuguese stages.
The Finn ended 7th overall gaining 6 more points. He’s 9th now in the FIA Drivers’ Championship standing. Team ICE One Racing is 5th at the Manufacturers’ Championship standing with lovely 16 points.
Sebastien Ogier won the Vodafone Rally de Portugal, leaving Sebastien Loeb 31.8 secs behind. Jari Matti Latvala was third.

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The 51-year-old’s resume tells the story of a baseball lifer who has been an integral part of the sport for three decades.
Here are five things to know about Ng (pronounced Ang).
She’s not only the first female GM in MLB history, but the first Asian American GM
Ng’s father, Jin, who died when she was 11, was American-born and of Chinese descent. Her mother, Virginia, was born in Thailand and also of Chinese descent. While Ng’s qualifications were clear, it took until Friday for her to break two significant barriers. Systemic racism in the sport reared its ugly head in a very public way in 2003, when New York Mets special assistant Bill Singer directed racist remarks at Ng during the general managers meetings in Arizona. At the time, Ng was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ assistant general manager; Singer was fired for mocking her ancestry.
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Decision No. 12,671
Appeal of CHRISTOPHER WITTNEBEN from action of the Board of Education of the Lindenhurst Union Free School District regarding the conduct of school board meetings.
Decision No. 12,671
(March 20, 1992)
Cooper, Sapir & Cohen, P.C., attorneys for respondent, Robert E. Sapir, Esq., of counsel
SOBOL, Commissioner.--Petitioner appeals from a decision of the Board of Education of the Lindenhurst Union Free School District not to permit public input at certain board meetings. The appeal must be dismissed.
At special meetings of the board held on November 18 and 19, 1991, respondent did not permit members of the public to address the board. Petitioner contends that respondent's failure to permit public participation at those meetings violated board policy. The record indicates that board policy no. 2202, adopted on June 26, 1984, permits the board to limit or exclude public discussion at a board meeting. There is no statutory mandate that requires a board to permit public input at its meetings (Matter of Thomas, et al., 10 Ed Dept Rep 108; Matter of Zarrilli, 5 id. 212; Matter of Kramer, 72 St Dept Rep 114; 72 Op St Compt 114). Education Law '1708(3) merely provides that meetings of a board of education "shall be open to the public"; however, it does not confer a right upon a member of the public to speak at such meetings without the consent of the board. Accordingly, respondent's actions contravened neither its own policy nor statute.
However, in Matter of Kramer, supra, the Commissioner of Education discussed the matter of public participation at school board meetings. He held:
It will be noted that in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid statute [Education Law '1708(3)] all board meetings must be open to the public. There is nothing, however, in the statute that prescribes the procedure to be followed at such meetings, leaving the same to the bylaws of the board of education. There is no requirement that the board conduct a hearing upon any particular subject or grant to any person the right to be heard. The board, of course, represents the school district and, in my judgment, wherever possible should listen to a presentation on the part of the responsible citizens upon any matter under consideration. (emphasis supplied)
Accordingly, I urge respondent to, whenever appropriate, permit public input at its meetings.
THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED.
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We have a special Memorial Day story for you today. It’s the story of a boy named Wayne Wickoren and an old man named Andrew Anderson; they lived in McLeod, east of Lisbon in Ransom County.
Although Anderson’s name had a Norwegian spelling, people around town called him “Swede” – Swede Andrew. He was a bachelor who lived in a one-room, tarpaper shack on the east edge of town. Other than a few drinking buddies, Swede Andrew had few friends; one of the few people who showed him kindness was his neighbor, Johnny Engbloom.
Because Swede Andrew was different, he routinely caught the attention of pranksters, including young Wayne. Wayne wasn’t sure how Anderson made a living. “He must have done odd jobs and a bit of carpentering,” Wayne wrote. “He did own a carpenter’s tool kit, but there weren’t very good tools in it. I recall seeing it once when he was uptown doing a little celebrating, and several of us kids went sneaking to look in his shed that was fastened to his (house).
“There wasn’t a lot to do for kids in those days,” he said, “and each age group...has its own set of stories of what they did to tease poor old Swede Andrew. There was one set of brothers who put corn flakes and syrup in his bed. Some others filled it with water that tipped all over the place. I joined my cousins and got him wild and angry to the degree that he threw a pitch fork...and just missed me. It would have served me right to have it hit me.
Wayne said Anderson never caught any of them, but they had to do some fast running. “He owned a big white stallion that he traveled on with a one-man cart, breeding mares,” he said. “That stallion was pretty wild, and when you threw stones at Swede Andrew’s barn, it would rare (sic) up and kick the boards off of the barn... The closer you stood, and the bigger the stone, the wilder the horse got. I was the youngest and the smallest, and got caught the most... Once when Swede Andrew nearly got me, my Aunt Inga came to my rescue just in time.”
Wayne says that on a hot summer day around 1938, Swede Andrew fell and broke his leg. He had a hard time making it home, and Wayne recalled he and his friends didn’t make it any easier for him. When Mr. Anderson didn’t come around for the next few days, his neighbor, Johnny, checked on him and found Andrew had developed gangrene. He died in Lisbon.
Wayne and his friends had trouble sleeping when they learned what had happened. Because Anderson had no family, his body was on view at the town hall, and after the funeral, he was buried next to the graves of other bachelors. All of his young tormentors attended his funeral and went home early that night.
The following Memorial Day, Wayne went to the cemetery with a crepe paper rose, expecting to be the only one to decorate Mr. Anderson’s grave. But when he got there, he discovered several others already on the mound. “I remember looking at those several roses and wondering if anyone had ever given him a flower as long as he lived,” he said.
Wayne said that in his own way, Swede Andrew contributed a great deal to his education in McLeod. Wayne grew up to become Reverend Wickoren, a Lutheran pastor who never married, and for many years, whenever he visited McLeod on Memorial Day, he laid flowers on the graves of the bachelors, including Swede Andrew’s.
Source: McLeod Centennial (book), 1986, pp 83, 84, 176
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Pushkar Fair Special Tour Duration: 12 Nights / 13 Days
Pushkar fair dates 2015: 18th to 25th November’2015
Pushkar fair dates 2016: 08th to 15th November’2016
Places Covered In Pushkar Fair Special Tour Package: Delhi / Udaipur / Jodhpur / Pushkar / Jaipur / Agra / Delhi
A 13 day tour that gives you the privilege of witnessing the traditional Pushkar Fair while taking a rollercoaster ride to some of the beautiful destinations of Rajasthan and North India. On this tour enjoy the magical lands and delve into the possible reasons that lure you to come back to this spellbinding land again and again. The tour starts from the lively capital city of India, Delhi followed by the beautiful City of Lakes, Udaipur. The tour then turns onto Jodhpur, known as the blue city, followed by Pushkar known for the Brahma temples, and more importantly for the Pushkar Camel fair that takes place in Pushkar each year during November. The Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan is one of the worlds largest Camel and livestock Fairs, that takes place during the holy festival of Kartik Purnima. A popular tourist attraction, the Pushkar Camel fair attracts almost half a million tourists each year. During the seven days of the Pushkar fair, thousands of pilgrims, cattle traders and breeders, farmers as well as travelers descend upon this town, and there is a flurry of activity, including livestock trading and auctions, fun activities, such as tug of war and cricket matches and Camel parades. Activities for tourists visiting the Pushkar fair include shopping at local Bazars and craft stalls, witnessing camel races, and even hot air Balloon excursions. After enjoying the frenzy of the Pushkar fair, the tour takes an interesting turn towards the Pink city, Jaipur and finally reaches to the dwelling of the world’s famous tribute of love, the Taj Mahal in Agra. The tour ends in Delhi, where you will have a chance for last minute shopping at some of Delhi’s famous Bazaars and markets.
After breakfast, the tour guide will pick you up from the hotel and take you for a guided sightseeing of Old and New Delhi. This tour includes the following places:
Red Fort: The term Red Fort is derived from the Hindi word Lal, which means red and Quila which means fort. The structure of this fort is very uneven and it is placed in a quintet shape along the Yamuna River. This fort is defined by a wall of about 2.4 kms in perimeter and is constructed of red sandstone. Shah Jahan started the construction of this fort in the year 1638 and it was successfully completed in the year 1648. The fort has a Diwan-e-Am (Hall for public audience), a Rang Mahal (a water-cooled apartment of royal ladies) and a pearl Mosque, which was constructed with white marble. Red fort has two hallways: a) The Delhi gate and b) The Lahori gate, and both this gates face the renowned Chandni Chowk.
Jama Masjid: Jama Masjid is one of the country’s major mosques where hundreds and thousands of Muslims offer their prayers even today. In the year 1658, Shah Jahan constructed Jama Masjid as an architectural extravaganza. The long stretches of stairs and the hefty courtyard are the wonders of this beautiful construction.
Chandni Chowk (Silver Street): Chandni Chowk is well-known for its colorful streets with the famous shopping spots of Old Delhi. It also has the best widespread market for textiles, electronic goods and watches. Entire Chandni Chowk was planned by Jahanara Begum, Shah Jahan’s beloved daughter and was then inhabited by the well-to-do families of that time. The famous Paranthein Wale Gali, known for its mouthwatering paranthas is also positioned in Chandni Chowk. The famous gold market, Dariba Kalan is also situated here.
Raj Ghat : A rudimentary square platform of black marble on the bank of Yamuna River signifies the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated followed by his assassination in 1948. A dedicatory ritual takes place every Friday, in his memory.
Birla Mandir: Birla Mandir is a major prayer site and comprises of idols of numerous divinities. It is situated close to Connaught Place. Birla Mandir was constructed in the year 1938, by an industrial Raja Baldev Birla.
India Gate: India Gate is a free standing, 42 metre high arch. It was built in 1931 and was formerly called the All India War Memorial in the memory of the 90,000 soldiers of the Indian Army who died in World War I. The names of the warriors are carved all along the walls of the arch. The eternal flame was lit here to honor the Amar Jawan (Immortal Soldier), in 1971.
Rashtrapati Bhavan (President’s House):The authorized residence of the President of the country, Rashtrapati Bhawan was designed by Lutyens. It was the official residence of the Viceroy when the British ruled India.
Humayun’s Tomb: Nine years after the death of Humayun, Haji Begum (widow of Humayun) constructed this tomb in 1565-66 in his memory.
Qutub Minar: This enthralling building in the Southern part of the capital was built by the Muslim King; Qutab–ud–din Aibak in 1199 A.D. The Minar (tower) is 72.5 meters tall and its base is a mosque.
Bahai’s Temple: Bahai Temple is a new architectural marvel of the Bahai cult. This temple is visible from quite a lot of spots in South Delhi. This temple is molded in the shape of a lotus and has precisely been given the name.
Overnight stay in Delhi.
After a relaxing breakfast at the hotel, you will be met by our representative and will be assisted with the check-out formalities. Then you will be escorted to the airport to board the flight for Udaipur, your next destination on the Pushkar Fair Special Tour Package.
Udaipur: Udaipur, literally meaning the city of sunshine was established by a Rajput king Maharana Uday Singh in the year 1567 and this city is now known as the City of Lakes and the Venice of the East. Udaipur is a dreamy lake city with its marble whims, striking hibiscus-covered gardens and elegant fountain porches, which symbolize the glory of Rajput era. Like many other cities in Rajasthan, Udaipur is the legacy of an honor-bound race that loved the good thing in life and often gave up their lives protecting them.
You will be received by our representative at the Udaipur airport and he will escort you to the hotel. He will then assist you with the check in formalities.
Overnight stay in Udaipur.
After breakfast, the guide will pick you up from the hotel and take you for a guided sightseeing tour of Udaipur. Tour includes following places of interest:
City Palace : The biggest palace complex in Rajasthan is the grand city palace towering above the lake. The major parts of the palace are now well-maintained as a museum with a vast collection of glass, ceramic figures and small canvases.
Jagdish Temple: The well-known Jagdish temple is situated 150 m from the city palace. This fine Indo-Aryan Temple was constructed by Maharana Jagat singh in 1651. This temple treasures a black stone image of Lord Vishnu as Jagannath, Lord of the universe. A brass image of Garuda the Hindu divinity is in a monument in front of the temple.
Saheliyon ki Bari: The Saheliyon Ki Bari or the garden of the maids of Honor is situated in the north of the city. It is small exquisite garden with fountains, stone elephants and a beautiful lotus pond.
Boat ride on Lake Pichola: Lake Pichola derives its name from the Pichali village. The lake is fenced by hills, palaces, temples, bathing ghats and ridges. There are two island palaces in the Lake Pichola, the Jag Niwas and the Jag Mandir. Jag Niwas was constructed as the summer residence of Prince of Mewar and is now the famous as the Lake Pichola hotel. Jag Madir is constructed of red sandstone with a marble ceiling. A beguiling way to end your day in Udaipur is by taking a beautiful boat ride in the evening when the city palace in the background unites with the glittering lake water.
Rest of the day you are free to relax and enjoy the scenic beauty of the city.
Overnight stay in Udaipur.
After a relaxing breakfast at the camp start your drive to Jaipur the next destination on the Pushkar Fair Special Tour Package.
Jaipur :Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and is known as the pink city because of the pink tinted construction in the old city. It is situated on a dry lake bed, bordered by barren hills vanquished by forts and broken walls. The city was set up in the year 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II. He positioned the city with rectangular blocks according to the early Hindu architecture. This city is great for shopping.
On your arrival at the hotel you will be received by our representative and will then be assisted with check in formalities.
Overnight on board train.
|Period / Category||Standard||Superior|
|Valid from 01st Nov’15 to 30th Nov’15||US$ 1736 per person||US$ 2352 per person|
|Valid from 01st Nov’16 to 30th Nov’16||US$ 1858 per person||US$ 2517 per person|
|Domestic airfare||US$ 120 per person||US$ 120 per person|
|Delhi||Vikram Hotel||The Suryaa|
|Udaipur||Udai Kothi||The Lalit Laxmi Vilas Palace|
|Jodhpur||Karni Bhawan||Welcome Hotel Jodhpur|
|Pushkar||Thar Camp||Orchard Tent|
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Poker Central Announces On-Demand Subscription Service, PokerGO
Poker Central launched PokerGO, a subscription service that will provide on-demand programming for poker's biggest events, like the World Series of Poker and Super High Roller Bowl, May 22.
“PokerGO will offer the best live and on-demand poker tournaments and content for the fiercely passionate poker fan and casual enthusiast alike - whenever and wherever they want them,” said JR McCabe, chief digital officer of Poker Central, in a release. “By pairing PokerGO with our existing network television partnerships, we will offer unique and original programming to the largest potential global audience.”
The service costs $99 annually or $10 monthly and can be accessed at PokerGO.com.
PokerGO will provide exclusive coverage of the WSOP, giving viewers a glimpse of the untelevised Main Event moments, the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop and dozens of other bracelet events this summer.
Beyond the summer's festivities at the World Series of Poker and the Super High Roller Bowl, PokerGO will also expand into weekly high-stakes cash games and later premiere poker events.
PokerGO already has original programming planned, including "Dead Money: A Super High Roller Bowl Story," a documentary mini-series about Matt Berkey's 2016 Super High Roller Bowl experience; and "Pokerography," a series looking at the greatest poker professionals in the game and their backstories.
“Poker has continually evolved over the years as a thrilling, competitive live sport with millions of fans across the world yearning to watch more and more of the action,” said Mori Eskandani, founder of Poker Productions, in a release. “PokerGO’s planned combination of unprecedented live event coverage and premium original programming will make it the ideal service to entertain the poker world with every aspect of the game.”
The service will also host the classics, playing "Poker After Dark," "Face the Ace," "Doubles Poker Championship" and more.
Be sure to complete your PokerNews experience by checking out an overview of our mobile and tablet apps here. Stay on top of the poker world from your phone with our mobile iOS and Android app, or fire up our iPad app on your tablet. You can also update your own chip counts from poker tournaments around the world with MyStack on both Android and iOS.

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Tamil Nadu assembly(File Photo)
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu assembly session, which starts on May 29, is likely to be chaotic with the opposition parties sharpening their knives against the AIADMK government on various issues, mainly the killing of 13 people in the police firing at Tuticorin two days ago.
The session is mainly to get the assembly’s nod for grants from the budget for various departments. The session starting with the debate on forest department will continue till July 9. Apart from weekends, the assembly will not meet between June 15 and June 24. The debate on home department will be for two days.
Even during the business advisory meeting on Thursday, the DMK and the Congress walked out seeking the resignation of chief minister K Palaniswami and DGP T K Rajendran on the issue of police firing at Tuticorin. Similarly, the parties are ready to raise the issue of gutka scam, with the Supreme Court giving its nod for a CBI probe.
“We are not against the assembly session. In fact, the DMK as well as other opposition parties want the session to be convened to raise several issues affecting people,” said DMK working president M K Stalin.
Analysts also say that the coming session will be an acid test for the government. “It is likely that in the middle of the session, the Madras high court may give its judgment on the disqualification of 18 MLAs by speaker P Dhanapal. Apart from this, from the start of the session itself, the government will be on the back foot on issues like police firing at Tuticorin,” said political analyst Tharasu Shyam.
“Never in the history of Tamil Nadu, the government has blocked internet in any district. Apart from people not being able to use their smartphones, even ATMs will not work if there is no internet. Thus, the situation in the state is not normal and the Centre is also watching all these developments,” he said.

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Episcopal Church holds Washinton vigil to protest against immigration policies which have seen children separated from parents.
21 June 2018
Churches in Chile are working together to create a network of host families to help provide temporary shelter for vulnerable children.
02 May 2018
An Anglican girls organisation has created a boys equivalent in South Africa so that young men and women can tackle gender-violence.
02 March 2018
Irish Church leaders issue call to protect vulnerable families from hardship ahead of Pope Francis’s visit for the World Meeting of Families.
02 January 2018
More than 35 people from around the world have been recognised with awards for outstanding service to the church in a ceremony at Lambeth Palace.
14 June 2017
The Anglican Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough, Michael Jackson, has welcomed the announcement by the Vatican this morning that the Roman Catholic Church’s next World Meeting of Families will be held in Dublin in 2018. It will be the ninth such meeting to have taken place – the last one was in Philadelphia in 2015.
24 May 2016
The Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs Council (MPA) has warned that a relaxation of the rules governing the number of hours that large stores can open on a Sunday would “erode common leisure time essential for family life”
15 October 2015
The first graduates from Gambella Theological College
The importance of youth ministry in the life of the Church
Archbishops from around the Communion have been speaking to ACNS about looking forward to the Lambeth Conference in 2020 as planning for the event gathers momentum and giving their views on the importance of the Anglican Communion.
A collection of Easter Messages issued by Primates of the Provinces of the Anglican Communion.
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I have been to Bayeux before. it was 2 years ago in late November, it was cold, a little lonely and rather damp.
Today I had the joy of sharing it with Jamie and Caroline, I’ll talk about Bayeux tomorrow.
Jamie thinks he could live here forever.
Caroline is looking forward to exploring tomorrow…she’s found that embroidery and French lace making is demonstrated daily.
Somehow it’s it’s just plain nicer with company.
After filming a little in the town….we ventured to the coast.
Let me explain about my previous trip. I had spent the day viewing the tapestry and was so overawed I pointed the car in the direction of the ocean and I got out and walked and walked despite the cold.
Today we filmed down there… the sky was blue, the seas crystal and the light mellow….gulls screamed overhead and the waves crashed onto ancient shores…
Talking of shores…. these are unique, littered with millions of scallop shells…


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This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent.
• Juneau police assisted another agency Monday at 11:02 a.m. on the 1800 block of Shell Simmons Drive.
• Police were investigating a reported violation of a domestic violence restraining order in the Juneau Area on Monday morning.
DUI/Motor vehicle crash
• A 16-year-old male was cited for DUI and driving without a license and released to a parent Sunday at 5:36 p.m. on the Douglas Highway.
• At 12:18 a.m. Monday on the 4100 block of Aspen Avenue Chester Thomas Miller, 34, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He was taken to Lemon Creek Correctional Center and his vehicle was impounded.
• A 67-year-old man reported a 19-year-old man assaulted a 17-year-old female at 6:06 p.m. Sunday in the Juneau area.
Fire and Medical
• A minor patient was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital at 1:48 a.m. Saturday from Northwood Drive.
• A man was given advanced life support and taken to the hospital Sunday from 5th Street at 2:03 a.m.
• A woman went was taken to the hospital at 5:33 a.m. Sunday from 12th Street.
• At 6:33 a.m. Sunday a man was taken to the hospital from the Franklin Street Dock.
• A woman was taken to the hospital at 7:43 a.m. from 2nd Street.
• Emergency crews transferred the scene to Juneau Police at 8:32 a.m. Saturday morning after a man was found deceased at a business on Tonsgard Court.
• A crew assisted a invalid in her home in the Juneau area.
• An incoming medevac patient was taken to the hospital from the airport at 11:03 a.m. Saturday.
• Personnel responded to an emergency incident report on Aisek Street Saturday at 5:16 p.m.. Transport was not required.
• At 8 p.m. an emergency medical incident sent a woman to the hospital from Fritz Cove Road.
• At 8:42 p.m. a woman was taken from Peters Lane to the hospital.
• AT 11:59 p.m. Saturday A man was taken from Main Street to the hospital.
• A female patient on Marine Way was given basic life support at 4:16 a.m. Sunday and taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital.
• Burnt food activated an alarm on University Drive at 6:18 a.m. Sunday. The alarm was reset.
• A woman on Valley Boulevard received advanced life support Sunday at 11:17 p.m. and was taken to the hospital.
• A man was transported from Juneau International Airport to the hospital at 7:07 p.m. Sunday.
• Crews responded to the Skater’s Cabin Sunday at 10:02 p.m. for a medical incident and took a man to the hospital.
• A mens Giant mountain bike was found at 7:42 a.m. on the 400-block of Willoughby Avenue.
• A wallet found in the Juneau area was turned over to police for safekeeping at 10:54 a.m. Monday.
Fraud, forgery and counterfeit
Police Monday morning were investigating fraud and confidential drug activity on the 8100 block of Glacier Highway.
• A cell phone was reported stolen in the Juneau area Sunday afternoon.
• Between 10 and 15 gallons of gasoline was reported stolen from a vehicle Monday morning on the 9000 block of Long Run Drive. The crime was reported to have occurred sometime during the night.

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Justin Timberlake Teases Potential Collaboration with Pharrell Williams
A new photo of Justin Timberlake in the recording studio makes it look like he has an exciting new musical collaboration up his sleeve.
It’s been over two years since Justin dropped his last album, The 20/20 Experience — 2 of 2, which included the singles “TKO,” “Take Back The Night” and “Not a Bad Thing.”
Now, it appears that Timberlake is in the studio with Pharrell Williams, cooking up something exciting for his fans.
Last week, Timberlake titillated his followers on Instagram with a photo of him in the studio with famed hip hop producer, Timbaland.


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Mazda Is Saying So Long To Spark Plugs
If a Mazda is in your future…be prepared. Starting with the next-generation SkyActiv engines, there will be NO spark plugs at all. They’ll be replaced by compression ignition, according to Road and Track.
Its official name is “Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition” and it’s a technology that promises to deliver diesel-like fuel economy from gas engines. And although HCCI isn’t a new concept, it’s mainly been used in experimental concepts and Mazda will be the first automaker to use it in production cars. It supposedly will improve gas mileage by 30% while reducing emissions, too. You can expect to see the new engine design in the 2018 Mazda3….what do you think?


The 2019 A to Z of Augmented Reality
Friday, July 26, 2019
Just over a year ago, Andy O'Sullivan published the A to Z of Augmented Reality - this is the 2019 version, necessary due to the constantly changing technology. It’s a long one so we’d suggest grabbing a refreshing beverage first …
A is for Augmented Reality (AR)
As in the placement and viewing of virtual i.e. fake / not real, objects into a view of the real world, as viewed via a lens e.g. a smartphone camera, AR glasses, the windscreen of a car or something else we haven’t seen yet.
Also interchangeably referred to as:
- Mixed Reality / MR e.g. Microsoft HoloLens
- Spatial Computing e.g. Magic Leap
- Assisted Reality e.g. Google Glass
- XR — not actually sure what this really means and I’m a professional! Mixed reality? Extended reality? Cross Reality?
It doesn’t actually matter; all the different names are primarily driven by companies / consultants trying to differentiate their offerings.
To continue reading the A-Z, the full article can be found here.


Two years ago, I visited Honeywell Aerospace’s Phoenix, Arizona, headquarters where the company was on the verge of rolling out its new Global Xpress (GX) aviation hardware JetWave.
During the visit, I and other journalists attended a panel discussion featuring Boeing, Inmarsat and Honeywell. Among the panelists was Stephen Call, then Boeing’s manager for cabin and network systems who now works as director of strategic relationships at Inmarsat. On the panel, Call said something that still resonates today and connects to a topic we cover in this issue.
“Airlines are telling us that, through the life of a plane, they will have to take this consumer electronics technology ... and change it five to seven times throughout the life of the plane,” Call said. “One of the challenges that they have given us is how can we build an airplane that will better enable them to make the changes for a 20- to 25-year-old airframe to deal with the consumer electronics that have a lifespan of three to seven years?”
As you’ll see within these pages, this is a position that both the world’s largest commercial aircraft manufacturers still hold today. As an example, American Airlines’ order for 47 new Boeing 787s will not begin deliveries until 2020. If American were to make a decision on featuring today’s latest and greatest connectivity option now, that technology might be yesterday’s news come delivery in 2020.
There’s a two-year gap between 2018 and 2020. Consider the number of solutions that have been introduced since 2016. During that time, Gogo deployed its second-generation biz av ATG network and introduced 2Ku. SmartSky deployed its own 4G LTE network. In space, Inmarsat deployed GX Aviation, ViaSat was preparing for ViaSat-2, and Iridium was in the process of launching Iridium NEXT. Not to mention UAE-based operator Yahsat’s first successful trial of a 50-mbps in-flight internet connection in October 2017.
Check out our article on Airbus and Boeing to learn more about this push for a flexible connected aircraft architecture.
Elsewhere, we provide an overview of American’s focus on enabling in-flight streaming, and our new editor, Nick Zazulia gives the latest on emerging trends in aircraft seating technologies.


A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Saudi Arabia
The United States recognized Saudi Arabia in 1931 and signed a provisional agreement regarding diplomatic and consular representation in 1933. The first permanent diplomatic mission and full diplomatic relations between the countries were established in 1940, with the Kingdom’s acceptance of Bert Fish as American Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The U.S. Legation opened in Jeddah in 1942 and was elevated to an Embassy in 1949. In 1984, the Jeddah embassy became a U.S. consulate general when the embassy was relocated to Riyadh. The U.S. consulate general in Dhahran opened in 1944.
U.S. Recognition of Saudi Arabia, 1931.
The United States recognized the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and its Dependencies on May 1, 1931, when the U.S. Minister at London Charles G. Dawes conveyed this information to the Hejazi Minister at London. The name of the state was changed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by a decree of September 18, 1932.
Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, 1940.
Diplomatic relations were established on February 4, 1940, when Bert Fish presented his credentials as U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. He also was accredited to Egypt and was resident at Cairo.
Establishment of U.S. Legation in Saudi Arabia, 1942.
The U.S. Legation in Jidda was established on May 1, 1942, with James S. Moose, Jr., as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.
Elevation of the U.S. Legation to Embassy Status, 1949.
The Legation was raised to Embassy status on March 18, 1949, when J. Rives Childs presented his credential as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
American Embassy Moved from Jidda to Riyadh, 1984.
On Sep 26, 1984, the U.S. Liaison Office in Riyadh was raised to the rank of Embassy while the Embassy in Jidda (now Jeddah) became a Consulate General.


Harrisburg geologist Kevin Reimer spoke in support of fracking.
To frack, or not to frack? That was the question at a special meeting of the Williamson County Board Wednesday night at The Pavilion of the City of Marion.
Williamson County Commissioner Brent Gentry called the meeting as a public forum on the subject of hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking.” Fracking is a practice used to bring natural gas deposits to the service by pumping a mixture of water, sand and chemicals down a well to fracture the shale that is trapping the gas.
Gentry invited anyone who would like to know more about the subject and a crowd of over 100 people filled the banquet room at The Pavilion.
The meeting brought a large group of protesters and supporters, eager to express their opinions to the board. Gentry warned, however, that no board decision would be made Wednesday. The purpose was just to listen and educate themselves, along with everyone else.
The board heard from numerous speakers who expressed concerns and offered expertise on the subject to the board.
The majority of those against fracking are concerned that the practice brings water contamination.
Liz Patula of Williamson County said that she is aware of several who have had to abandon their homes due to environments that were killing them. She also pointed out that fracking can affect residents who don’t even live on fracking land.
“Do we want industrial centers in our backyard?” Patula asked the board. “I am here to ask commissioners to find a way to prevent fracking in Williamson County.”
Others against the practice warned that fracking can cause cancer and bring negative effects to the area for years to come. One speaker also warned that banks don’t give loans on homes near fracking and insurance companies often deny support for homes near fracking.
“It is not safe and clean,” Jeff Driver said. “We need a comprehensive set of rules. The state of Illinois is not a suitable laboratory to work out concerns.”
Penni Livingtson, an attorney from Fairview Heights, Ill., has spent 25 years working to clean up the state’s environment.
When addressing the board, Livingston cautioned, “Nothing I’ve done in 25 years cleaning up the environment will even compare. Please have courage. Be the first county in Illinois to ban fracking.”
Louise Cook, a lawyer from Vienna, presented some of her research to the board. She primarily discussed the subject of water pollution and told the board that dozens and dozens of proven cases have been found.
“In every state that there’s fracking, there’s pollution,” she said.
When Gentry notified Cook that she was reaching the two-minute limit that speakers were given, Cook told the board that she will offer her services free of charge for the county or any other county for research on the subject. Cook’s promise drew a standing ovation from the crowd.
Kevin Reimer, a Marion native now living in Harrisburg, was present as a supporter of fracking. Reimer is a geologist and presented some of the positives that fracking can bring.
“There’s no signs that hydraulic fracturing has contaminated a fresh water source,” Reimer said. “I’ve got a 9-year-old and I don’t want to see our groundwater contaminated.”
Reimer explained the process of fracking as “taking a fluid and pumping it into a rock faster than it can absorb. It opens micro fracturing less than a millimeter in width and consists of 90-percent water. There are zero cases of contaminated water.”
Ron Osman of Marion also spoke in favor of fracking. Osman, a Marion attorney, spoke with 15 years of experience in the oil and gas business and has negotiated leases in several counties.
Osman noted the potential of this industry for Southern Illinois. He explained that there are 13 leasing companies in the Illinois Basin and over $100 million has been spent so far and $400 million will probably eventually be spent in just leasing. Currently, Osman said that over 30 workers from Woolsey Energy Corp. already live and work in Williamson County.
Osman stressed that business is being conducted properly.
“The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will not issue a lease without a complete contract (with the owner of the mineral rights),” Osman said. “It is not a new technique. There is no chance of groundwater contamination.”
Osman also cited a recent case in which the Environmental Protection Agency told Congress that no case of groundwater contamination has been found. Osman said the industry is regulated well.
“Technology has the capability of making Southern Illinois an industry that will create a bunch of jobs and oil,” he said. “I will not do anything based upon science that will contaminate the ground water.
“Look beyond the passion and look at the facts.”


By Daniel Hunter
The £50 million project to turn London’s Old Street roundabout in to the so-called ‘Silicon Roundabout’ has been scrapped after it wasn’t started.
It was supposed to be the project that would give Tech City a hub dedicated to entrepreneurs and startups with facilities including classrooms and office space equipped with the latest technology.
It was launched in 2012 by Prime Minister David Cameron, but after the Greater London Authority failed to start the project in time, the £50m was returned to the government.
A spokesperson said: “Given that a permanent solution for the roundabout will be technically difficult and some way off that money has gone back to general expenditure. It is normal practice for any money that hasn’t been spent to return to the Treasury to help reduce the deficit.”
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In the 1950s, medical opinion held that autism was caused by uncaring “refrigerator mothers.” That perception was smashed in the 1970s by evidence that autism was probably tied to genetic factors. However, an MIT neuroscientist now believes that autism may in fact have an environmental component, albeit one that operates through genetic, and not social, behavior.
In work that focused on specific genes crucial to developing brains, the Picower Institute’s Mriganka Sur, who also chairs MIT’s brain and cognitive-sciences department, and Alvin W. Lyckman, a former MIT postdoctoral associate now at Tufts University, used DNA microarrays to pinpoint genes expressed during a critical period of brain development in mice. They found a set of calcium-sensing genes that are particularly apt to switch their expression patterns in response to environmental influences. In humans as in mice, calcium activates signaling pathways that stimulate neuronal gene expression. Calcium deprivation could prevent some genes from being expressed; the resulting dearth of critical proteins could be one of the culprits behind autism.
“If we understood how genes changed in response to environmental influences in the developing brain, we might be able to one day prevent or reverse the changes,” says Sur.
How AI is reinventing what computers are
Three key ways artificial intelligence is changing what it means to compute.
These weird virtual creatures evolve their bodies to solve problems
They show how intelligence and body plans are closely linked—and could unlock AI for robots.
A horrifying new AI app swaps women into porn videos with a click
Deepfake researchers have long feared the day this would arrive.
Surgeons have successfully tested a pig’s kidney in a human patient
The test, in a brain-dead patient, was very short but represents a milestone in the long quest to use animal organs in human transplants.
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Two American aid workers infected with the Ebola virus in Africa will be treated at a specialized unit of an Atlanta hospital.
Dr. Bruce Ribner said Friday the patients will receive care at Emory University Hospital. Ribner oversees the isolation unit. He said he had no personal safety concerns over treating the patients of the disease.
Hospital officials did not identify the patients, citing confidentiality rules. They were previously identified as Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol.
Emory spokesman Vincent Dollard said the first patient was expected to arrive Saturday afternoon. It was not immediately clear when the second patient would arrive.
It will be the first time anyone infected with Ebola is brought into the United States. U.S. officials are confident the patients can be treated without putting the public in any danger.
The Ebola outbreak in Africa has killed more than 700 people and sickened more than 1,300.


X Factor Philippines finalist Mark Mabasa still couldn’t believe that he got the chance to perform at “Hit Man" David Foster’s concert at The Star Performing Arts Center in Singapore last November 2. He was just there to watch the concert, along with his manager Grace Mendoza, when the Canadian record producer/singer/songwriter chose him to sing before a 3,000-strong audience. “Dinala lang niya (his manager) ako dun para manood ng concert. Pero meron kasi talagang ginagawang act si David na kukuha siya ng singer sa audience. Tapos nagtaas ako ng kamay. Kapal po ng mukha ko (laughs) kasi gusto ko talaga kumanta nung time na yun,” he said during the press con of X Factor Philippines all-star album launch.
When David asked him to sing a song of his own choice, Mark immediately thought of doing “The Last Time.” He didn’t expect though that the international singer would offer to play the piano for him. “Sabi niya, ‘You only have 20 seconds to sing so sing your ass out. What song are you going to sing?’ Sabi ko, ‘I want to sing your song.’ Sabi niya, ‘Wow, that’s how to win my heart.’ Sabi ko, ‘My favorite song is ‘The Last Time.’’ ‘I know that song. You want me to play that for you?’ Tapos nagsigawan yung mga tao. Siya na rin nag-play for me. E usually banda lang tumutugtog for the audience.”
Mark further shared that he was really flattered when David told him that he sings really well. “So umakyat ulit siya ng stage. Sabi ko, ‘Shall I go up?’ Sabi niya, ‘No, no, stay there’. Tapos after two lines, sabi niya, ‘Wow, get up here.’ Umakyat ako ng stage tapos tinapos namin yung song. After the show, sinabi niya, ‘You're good.’ The next day hinahanap daw ako through Tita Grace. Gusto niya akong pakantahin nung second day ng concert niya kaya lang nasa airport na kami nun.”
Grace happens to be the former manager of Charice, which is probably why David got hold of her to inquire about Mark. But when asked if there are plans for him to sing on David’s Asian tour, Mark simply said that Grace is still in talks with David’s camp about it.


Yellowstone’s climate is changing. According to National Weather Service data there are fewer annual subfreezing nights, the growing season is lengthening, summers are warming and winter cold spells are becoming less severe and shorter-lived. And, according to near unanimous consensus among climate scientists who don’t work for fossil fuel companies, this climate change episode is human-induced. What does this have to do with the Yellowstone grizzly bear diet? Plenty. The distribution of plant and animal species in a given ecosystem depends partially upon climate. Other factors include soil, local physiography and interactions with other organisms. But climate is an extremely important factor. Remember, grizzlies are opportunistic omnivores, able to ingest a huge variety of plant and animal material. What’s important to realize, though, is that from a nutritional standpoint, all grizzly foods are not created equal.
In other words, some foods are much more nutritious than others. And if grizzlies lose some of their more nutritious food sources – meaning those with high concentrations of fat and protein – then grizzlies lose. In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem pine seeds, moths and dead mammal and fish flesh are or were among the super-rich food sources so vital to the future of the great bear. It is equally important to realize, too, that even if all were just fine in the grizzly food department (it is not), there are many other challenges to the big bear’s future. Like population growth and associated development in and around the Greater Yellowstone. But that’s a topic for another day. In the 4th and final installment of this series, we’ll look at some of the specific food challenges facing Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzlies.


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Last week, the Richmond Symphony returned to the orchestra pit for five performances of Sergei Prokofiev’s shimmering and comic 1944 ballet, Cinderella. Bringing off Prokofiev’s music, both technically and musically, often feels like solving a puzzle. Hovering somewhere between austere twentieth century Neoclassicism and moments of sudden lush Romanticism, this music is always keeping us off guard. We never know exactly how to take it. It is simultaneously humorous and sarcastic, cool and calculating (like the master chess player Prokofiev was), melancholy, and naively straightforward.
One of the most striking features of Prokofiev’s music is melody. Prokofiev’s melodies often set up our expectations and then pull us in previously unimagined and sometimes outrageous directions. They are filled with “wrong” notes, strange leaps, phrases which end too suddenly or run-on endlessly, and motives which would almost seem banal if they were not so ingenious. They stretch and bend tonality with an exuberant and infectious freedom. Equally important is the way this freedom spills over into harmony. Listen to the sudden and jarring harmonic curveball we are thrown in this passage from the third act of Cinderella. Moments like this remind us that no matter what key we’re in, an arbitrary modulation may be around the corner. We can move to any key, no matter how distant, purely for the fun of it.
Prokofiev’s two most famous ballet scores, Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (1935–36) and Cinderella, Op. 87 (1940-44) are filled with some of the composer’s most quirky melodies. Here are eight examples:
Romeo and Juliet: Masks
This spirited melody is based in B-flat major, yet it alters the conventional notes of the scale, creating some delightful surprises. The rigidly marching underlying motor is filled with harmonic ambiguity that pulls our ear in many directions. As we move from the brief “B” section back to the original music (1:21), for one teasing, “wrong” note-filled moment, we doubt that the expected dominant-tonic resolution will be successful. In the opening measures, listen to the way the unperturbed clarinet wanders onto the scene, doing its own thing.
Cinderella: Grand Waltz
This haunting waltz from the ballet’s second act follows Cinderella’s arrival at the ball. Every phrase of this wandering melody ends in a new, unexpected place. Momentarily violent outbursts recede back into the shadows amid a swirling, dreamlike atmosphere. A naively amiable melody emerges in the clarinet. The excerpt fades into a splash of exotic color.
Romeo and Juliet: Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
The quirky theme in this excerpt emerges first in the solo viola around 2:50. It rises in a passionate octave leap before falling back as a sighing lament. Each statement of the theme opens the door to a transcendent modulation involving a new set of voices. Before we get there, listen carefully to the way the shimmering and serenely beautiful opening of this excerpt evokes a blend of innocence and sadness.
Cinderella: Winter Fairy
You might not think this is much of a melody at all- just a meandering, chromatic clarinet line followed by descending scales in the violins. Yet this brief moment in the ballet’s first act opens the door to a distinct atmosphere not far from the pristine lines and sophistication of Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony. The rolling clarinet line in the opening may have influenced the splash of woodwind color at the introduction of Oh, Happy We in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide.
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Girls with Lilies
A melody which twists our ears with its chromaticism and always seems to give us the note we least expect is set against a placid backdrop which seems to suggest vaguely the Gymnopédies of Erik Satie.
The passepied was a sixteenth century French courtly dance which resembled a sped up minuet. In its opening measures, this melody sets up a fascinating harmonic ambiguity between two dueling key areas: D and G. By the end of the piece it is clear that G major is the winner. But that momentary pull to the “wrong” place is one of the details that makes this music so much fun.
Romeo and Juliet: Morning Serenade
In an earlier post, I featured the equally quirky Dance of the Mandolins from Romeo and Juliet. Now, here is another mandolin moment from near the end of the third act. From the solo mandolin, to the solo violin, to the brass choir, a unique cast of musical characters takes the stage. There is an echo of this melody around 1:24 in the Dance of the Girls with Lilies, which immediately follows the Morning Serenade in the ballet.
Cinderella: Dance of the Prince
By now, I’m sure you have noticed the strange contours of Prokofiev’s melodies, with their unexpected leaps. Perhaps the Dance of the Prince wins the prize for the most expansive jump in range. Only the most cruel music theory professor would ask a student to sight sing this melody!
We should thank Prokofiev for creating aspects of musical postmodernism and minimalism. And today’s Hollywood composers should erect a monument to him for the ideas he gave them!
– Vladimir Jurowski, principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra


Exodus leader Gary Holt recently recalled his days with Metallica’s Kirk Hammett when his band came to play in his high school. The rocker told the story of watching Hammet sing the Scorpions’ ‘Another Piece of Meat,’ which wasn’t a pleasant experience.
Before Kirk Hammett made himself known with Metallica, he was in Exodus from 1979 to 1983. He had stepped into the music world with his guitar skills with the band. The band wasn’t well known initially, and their lineup was shaky.
After the band’s guitarist Tim Agnello left Exodus, Gary Holt joined. The musician remains to be the longest-running member of the band. He became the primary songwriter, singer, and guitarist and made himself known with his contributions.
Gary Holt was only around 17 years old when he joined Exodus, and he remembered when the band came to play in his high school’s music room. Hammett had sung Scorpions’ song ‘Another Piece of Meat,’ and according to Holt, it was awful. Even though the experience of seeing the rock instruments live up close was unforgettable, hearing Hammett sing wasn’t that pleasing.
Here is what he said about Hammett’s singing:
“The first time I met Kirk was in my high school music room, Richmond High, and Exodus came and played. Tom Hunting grew up, like, 50 yards from my house, across from a park, but he went to a different school. He went to De Anza High, where Kirk did. I knew Tom, I’d see him around, but I didn’t know him that well. But I was really good friends with the other guitar player in Exodus, Tim Agnello, who I did know.
And they came in and played in the music room, and it was awesome. Even though Kirk sang ‘Another Piece Of Meat,’ it was just really awful, as you can imagine. Kirk Hammett was trying to sing Klaus Meine at his greatest; it was bad. But there was something about that. Even though I’d been to many concerts, being in a room and hearing an electric guitar that was up close and personal was kind of like a special moment for me because I’d never experienced it. I’d only seen guys on stage; I’d never stood five feet away. And it was killer. I totally knew that’s what I wanted to do.
And then we went to see Ted Nugent and the Scorpions together, and we became best of friends from that first time we hung out. And then he said, ‘You wanna learn to play the guitar?’ And I said, ‘Yeah.’ And he taught me the basics and some chords. I think the first thing he ever taught me was some Rolling Stones song and a couple of licks and all that, and six months later, I was in the band.”
You can listen to the Scorpions song below.


SEOUL/TAIPEI -- U.S. tech group Google is seeking to buy curved organic light-emitting diode screens from South Korea's LG Display, sources have told the Nikkei Asian Review.
An industry source in South Korea said that LG had been in talks with Google over panel supply for a new smartphone since last year, and that the American company had offered down payments, though nothing had been decided.
Separately, David Hsieh, senior director at research group IHS Markit, said LG Display would supply to Google from the third quarter of 2017 for a new 6-inch smartphone.
"LG and Google are working together on flexible OLED display technology and LG will start churning out these panels in the third quarter in a new facility," Hsieh said.
Google has previously sourced flat OLED screens from Samsung Electronics, considered to be the global leader in the advanced display technology, for its Pixel handsets launched in the second half of last year.
But in the long run Google may face difficulties in procuring OLED panels from Samsung as the U.S. tech group is only a minor player in the global smartphone market when it comes to hardware, according to Hsieh. It is therefore natural that the American company would want to work with LG Display, a smaller rival to Samsung, to secure supply of the increasingly popular curved OLED screens.
South Korea's Electronic Times reported earlier Monday that Google offered 1 trillion won ($874 million) to help LG Display grow its flexible OLED technology. The South Korean industry source told the Nikkei Asian Review that the number was wrong, but declined to provide an exact figure.
An LG spokesman declined to comment, saying the company cannot provide information on its customers. Google did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
While LG Display did supply curved OLED panels to Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi last year, its technology still cannot quite match Samsung's, IHS Markit's Hsieh said.
Samsung is the first company to use curved OLED screens in its handsets, and a limited number of Chinese smartphone brands also began to offer products with such displays last year. Apple is set to use OLED panels from Samsung for the first time for its upcoming premium iPhone handset, which launches later this year.
According to Jeff Pu, who covers Google Pixel assembler HTC at Taipei-based Yuanta Investment Consulting, Pixel shipments totaled 1.3 million last year, including both 5-inch and 5.5-inch models.
Pu also said that Google will release at least one new Pixel model in the second half of 2017. He estimates that Google will ship around 700,000 Pixel handsets in the first half of this year, and another 2 million in the second half.
This volume is somewhat small, considering that the world's top three smartphone makers each shipped more than 100 million handsets last year, with Samsung leading the pack with 311.4 million units in 2016, according to IDC estimates.
Still, Google is a key player in the global smartphone landscape when it comes to software. In 2016, over 80% of smartphones sold ran the Android operating system developed by Google, according to tech research group Gartner.


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Concern in Argentina for an unidentified illness
The well being authorities of the province of Tucumán (Argentina) have discovered an outbreak of bilateral pneumonia from which couldn’t be discoveredfor now, its origin and etiology. Consequently, it has been decreed preventive isolation for seven days of the Medical Gentle Sanatorium, the place the primary circumstances of the illness have been detected.
Epidemiological investigations carried out to date have dominated out quite a few bacterial and viral pathogens, together with COVID-19influenza (each influenza A and B) or hantavirus.
The Tucuman Minister of Public Well being, Luis Medina Ruiz, has indicated that “what these sufferers have in widespread is the extreme respiratory situation with bilateral pneumoniawith photographs similar to COVID-19, however that’s dominated out “
The well being officers of Tucumán have despatched the collected samples to the Malbrán Institute, within the metropolis of Buenos Aires, and belief have the outcomes “earlier than the weekend”has detailed Medina Ruiz.
The illness has already left three deaths
This unknown bilateral pneumonia has to date left three deaths. The final one is that of a 70 12 months previous affected personwho had undergone surgical procedure on the clinic, and who might be “the patient zero”, in keeping with the minister. The opposite two deceased have been a 45-year-old man with comorbidities and a well being employee.
They have been initially detected six circumstances of this illness within the Medical Gentle Sanatorium. Nonetheless, Luis Medina Ruiz defined as we speak that three extra folks have been recognized that correspond to the identical outbreak and which have the medical traits of bilateral pneumonia. These people are staff of the sanatorium and the signs started between August 20 and 23 final.
Two of these contaminated are in severe situation.
As well as, the well being authorities of Tucumán have reported that “two sufferers of the outbreak are hospitalized, mechanically ventilated and are in crucial situationwith reserved prognosis”.
In any case, the Tucuman Minister of Public Well being wished to name on residents to stay calm: “We need to reassure the inhabitants that the scenario is underneath management.. The sufferers are hospitalized, remoted and there’s strict monitoring by our groups in coordination with the hospitals and sanatoriums the place they’re hospitalized.


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In 1981 Patti Aster opened the first art gallery in East Village. She helped launch the careers of several various artists and musicians. It all started out as a small gallery, but began to gain popularity and pop up more frequently, and eventually making East Village the starting point for other art movements such as Neo-Expressionism and Street Art. The Gallery closed in 1985 due to loss of interest.
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Several thousand municipal workers from the Lisbon metropolitan area worked early yesterday to reduce the serious damage caused by the strong floods on Tuesday, which added to those last week caused by violent downpours. Fear and caution prevailed in the face of a new alert, although in the end the balance was not so negative. The succession of calamities and the chaos that exists in some areas of the city and its surroundings delay the evaluation of losses. A woman died last week, public transportation was severely affected, landslides followed one another, and multiple businesses and homes lost machinery and belongings.
“We were lucky, because the phenomena occurred during the early morning and at the end of the night. If it were in broad daylight, the consequences would be different and more serious,” meteorologist Mário Marques told RTP. He considers that Portugal was "badly prepared", with deficits in coordination and information for the public, to face a calamitous situation that appears as an acceleration of floods that are not uncommon in Lisbon.
"Phenomena that occurred 50 in 50 years are now occurring on a weekly basis," said the mayor of Lisbon, the conservative Carlos Moedas. After having come to office last year, the result of a victory that was a huge electoral surprise, he now faces the management of a crisis that is very different from his days as European Commissioner for Science and negotiator for the Passos Coelho government with the IMF troika. , the European Central Bank and the EU.
These days, Moedas has spoken of a "state of catastrophe" and a "state of desolation." He also has not stopped remembering the peculiar geography on which Lisbon sits, on the hills on the right bank of the Tagus estuary. It is about those steep slopes, the decoration of the famous tourist images of the “electric”, the yellow trams. The mayor affirms that a drainage tunnel should have been built 20 years ago and assures that he plans to build two.
Moedas has multiplied these days, at times of weather alert, appeals to citizens not to leave home, while there were numerous risks of landslides. He even went so far as to recommend not entering Lisbon. There have been dozens of road closures and traffic jams.
In the coming weeks, while the damage is assessed, it is likely that there will be a political battle over responsibilities in the past planning of the city, in which there have been conservative parentheses, but with socialist dominance, which includes the mandates of the now prime minister Antonio Costa. On behalf of his government, a ministerial deployment was observed yesterday to accompany the victims in the Lisbon region and Alto Alentejo, the most affected areas.
Costa has assured that, if necessary, Portugal will activate the European solidarity fund, in order to receive resources for recovery. But as the Minister of the Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva, insisted yesterday, there must first be an assessment of the damage.
On the ground, the media these days draw the scenario of war against raging water, especially in municipalities on the outskirts of the capital. There was a fatality, last week, a 55-year-old woman, from the Algés neighborhood, of the Oeiras city council, who could not leave her house, in a basement. Her husband was rescued by Civil Protection.
In Loures, which appears as the most affected municipality in the Lisbon area, an elderly woman reviewed the past for the RTP. She recalled the great floods of 1967, 1983, 1985 and 1986, to conclude that “none was like this one, so strong and that it took what lay ahead. I lost all my appliances.”
The question of domestic equipment has acquired a tremendous aspect in these generally modest neighborhoods, as there have already been cases of people who replaced or fixed the damaged ones last week and found that they were once again hit by the water that entered their home On tuesday night. "Now I did not fix or replace anything until all this happens," said a hotelier yesterday.
This year Portugal faced what the media called “the biggest drought ever”. The catastrophic paradox resides in the fact that what was most desired, the rainwater, came suddenly and torrentially. And the crisis is not over.


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Yup - I'm excited about this weekend... Can't wait! I'm working on my cabinet. First stop is Rona. I'm hoping to find some left over wood that I'll get them to cut into pieces for me. I want 2 shelves for my cabinet. Then I'll add the shelf supports. The cabinet will be built then...
Next step will be prepping the reverse stencil I'm adding. That'll take awhile but well worth it!
I'll also be working on my crafty tutorial for the Monthly Maker feature. I'm making Valentine's Day goodie bags for kids. Here are my supplies...
Some old wool sweaters...
And bright felt, ribbons, thread and embroidery floss... Lots of pink!
I should have a start on the reverse stencil for my cabinet and then the tutorial should be complete this weekend. It's due Wednesday so I'll get it done early. The interview is this Friday. Pretty nifty to be featured in an online arts magazine! Yay!
My latest thrift store find are these wooden cars. They were $0.25/each. Someone must have spent a bunch of time making these! The thrift store had a box of them. I was good - I held back and only bought four.
I'm going to sand these a bit then add a coat of primer. And then I'll pick some bright colours for them - maybe baby blue, turquoise... They'd be great in a boy's room as a display piece. Or I guess for playing. Who knows!
Not sure when I can work on these. Such a deal-o-rama though. Funny the things you can find in a thrift store!
Here's to fabulously crafty weekend!


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I really don’t think I had ever been to a concert where the crowd was so loud when it came to singing older songs like In The End by #LinkinPark. Bring me back to the #CarnivoreTour
Well this landed on a perfect day. This is my #tbt for today. Happy 7 years to ‘So Wrong, It’s probably one of my favourite albums. #alltimelow #sowrongitsright
Finding out about Sarah Hyland and Matt Prokop relationship for the reason it ended just made me 1000% times more upset. As they were my favourite couple in the entire world and he was my favorite American actor so just knowing my favourite actor did that just makes me feel sick and really showed that we have no idea how our actual favourite youtubers/actors/musicans really are like. They covered this up for 4 years apparently and the media had no idea just Wtf. They made it seem like they were a disney type couple but apparently not.. Everything is just a cover up.
OMG I used to ship Sarah Hyland and Matt Prokop so hard.
But now that we got the full side of things…. wow
talking about parents naming their kids ship names in like 20 years.. I kinda want to be a teacher when im older so when I have a kid in my class name like Jalex, Phan, Destiel, or Troyler. I could be like “OH.. I know why you were named that”
Michael: And if we collaborate with anyone who would we choose?
Luke: All Time Low would be sick but that would never happen.
#AFI #Winnipeg #CarnivoresTour
Is it Halloween yet? So ready to start putting up stuff around the house. Got these 2 things yesterday to put in my room, only were $2 each. #halloween #boo #eek
Went to get some notebooks for University and saw these @metowe ones so I had to get. Simply helping when just buying something I need anyways. #metowe #school #notebook
This is my new favourite thing. @jaredleto is there for everyone. “If nobody else in the world believes in you, I believe in you and your fucking dreams”. #inspiration #jaredleto #30stm #30secondstomars #winnipeg
Uh.. Yeah my favourite song of #30secondstomars. I wanted to cry. #TheKill #jaredleto #30STM #winnipeg
When Jared Leto came to the back of the arena to perform and played my fav song. I was in love! #30secondstomars #jaredleto #winnipeg #concert


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Controlled carnage - The Red Faction series is renowned for the ability to destroy terrain and structures in each instalment. Armageddon turns this trait on its head, allowing players to undo all the damage they've done with the Nano-Forge. Repairing an entire structure from nothing but wreckage can have an almost cathartic effect; particularly when you're almost walking on air as you piece a bridge back together.
The ground beneath your feet - The level of destruction that you can bring to each of Armageddon's environments is at times breathtaking, if not hilarious. In the midst of heated firefights I would use guns and Nano-Forge abilities to literally melt the structures that my enemies were hanging from. Sometimes it was annoying to use "Impact" only to find that I had destroyed the floor I was walking on; but thanks to the ability to repair anything and everything, the frustration I felt was limited.
This could hurt me more than it hurts you.
Animal magnetism - Ammo can be scarce in Armageddon - particularly towards the end - so the magnet gun with its infinite ammo and ability to throw creatures and structures for miles is a master stroke. There are few things more satisfying than sending an entire level of a structure right into an enemy's face.
On rails, in the air and through buildings - Armageddon is chock-full of varied vehicle sequences which are all a great deal of fun. Things start off pretty quietly with the L.E.O exo-skeleton, but by the end of the game you'll have piloted a Marauder Walker (my personal favourite), rode a mine cart and even taken to the air in an Inferno fighter. Each vehicle sequence features responsive controls and an array of powerful weapons which allow you to dismantle the game's environments even quicker than you could if you were on foot.
Quite the looker - Despite some questionable (read: cliched) art direction, Armageddon features technically-impressive visuals with a bright colour palette. Very rarely did I notice the frame rate dip, and some of the environments were truly captivating; particularly when I was in the midst of ripping them apart.
New Game Plus - If you're looking for easy marks from me, add a "New Game Plus" option. Armageddon affords players the ability to carry over their arsenal and ability unlocks to a new game upon finishing the campaign for the first time. Brilliant move, Volition! You also get access to Mr Toots, the most adorable and powerful weapon that Mars has ever seen.
Slow start - Despite the combat-heavy opening sequence, Armageddon takes hours to hit its stride. When you do finally get your hands on some of the more devastating weapons and you hit the slew of enjoyable vehicle sequences, the campaign seems to be paced well enough; but it never seems to wash away those first three or so cave-filled hours.
If I die, tell my wife: "Hello." - I didn't care for any of the characters in Armageddon. In more cases than should be allowable, I even forgot the names of some central characters. Every now and then I'd happen upon Chesty Love Interest and Old Army Buddy, but when I did there was no sense of warmth or connection. The anthropomorphised villains were just plain stupid-looking, dressed like bugs and all. There was not a single memorable plot twist or line of dialogue to be found either. Armageddon is about as vanilla as a shooter can get.
Mars survival tip: Cleavage CAN save lives.
Accidental villain - Though not explicitly unlikeable, Darius Mason is somewhat of an irresponsible tool. I'll try not to spoil too much, but the lead character never shows a great deal of remorse and ultimately fails to acknowledge that he is culpable for a great many civilian deaths. As a result, he is never really redeemed in spite of his many victories.
Meh-worthy multiplayer - It seems that Horde mode knock-offs - where players work together against waves of enemies - are the order of the day. There's nothing necessarily broken about it, but Infestation is never taxing - thanks to plenty of ammo pick-ups and quickly regenerating health - and lacks any shred of originality. Multiplayer offerings in the series' previous instalments have always been gimmicky, but they often had enough depth to warrant more than the glance that Armageddon deserves.
Oh, the humanity! - In a lot of the marketing material that I consumed in the lead-up to its release, I somehow got the impression that Armageddon was supposed to be a survival horror game. It is anything but, with colourful monsters and lighting effects, and unconvincing gore. On the topic of monsters, there's not enough variety in them to stave off tedium either.
I'd be scared if it weren't for all the pretty colours.
While it's lacking personality and any sense of originality, Red Faction: Armageddon still manages to offer hours of fun. The vast arsenal of weapons, upgrades and Nano-Forge abilities should do enough to keep most players happy; and I have no trouble recommending it if you find it at the right price. It doesn't offer much outside of the campaign, but thanks to an unbridled amount of destruction and some quality vehicle sequences, it is another solid entry in the Red Faction franchise.

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