Marée noire BP mise sur un nouvel entonnoir
Marée noire : BP mise sur un nouvel entonnoirÉtats-Unis – Le groupe BP a retiré samedi un entonnoir posé sur le puits de pétrole à l’origine de la marée noire qui s’étend dans le golfe du Mexique depuis le mois d’avril. La compagnie pétrolière entend remplacer cet entonnoir par un dôme plus grand et plus performant, censé pouvoir piéger la totalité du brut.Après avoir retiré samedi le premier dôme, les ingénieurs BP ont commencé dimanche l’installation d’un entonnoir capable de récupérer quelque 80.000 barils par jour, soit l’intégralité du brut qui fuit actuellement dans le golfe du Mexique. L’ancien entonnoir ne récupérait que 25.000 barils par jour environ.À lire aussiMarée noire : un oléoduc déverse des litres de pétrole dans une rivière d’AmazonieLa mise en place de ce nouveau dôme devrait être achevée dans les quatre à sept prochains jours. Toutefois, BP tient à avertir que “ce nouvel entonnoir n’a jamais été mis en place à ces profondeurs (1.500 mètres, ndlr) ou dans de telles conditions. Il n’y a aucune espèce de garantie que l’installation de l’entonnoir soit un succès ou que nous respections les délais annoncés”.Alors que quelque 400 navires pompent en ce moment le brut qui s’échappe désormais librement,BP a également raccordé un nouveau bateau de pompage, le Helix Producer, qui devait être pleinement opérationnel dimanche. Entre 2,9 et 4,9 millions de barils de pétrole se seraient déversés dans le golfe du Mexique depuis le naufrage de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon le 20 avril dernier. BP espère parvenir à endiguer totalement la fuite d’ici la mi-août, grâce aux puits de dérivation du pétrole actuellement en cours de forage.Le 12 juillet 2010 à 10:33 • Emmanuel Perrin
Obésité : le Brésil autorise un médicament suspendu en EuropeMardi, le Brésil a autorisé la mise sur le marché d’un médicament à base de sibutramine. Utilisée comme traitement d’appoint contre l’obésité nutritionnelle, cette molécule a été suspendue en 2010 en Europe en raison d’effets secondaires. Produit par les laboratoires Abbott depuis 1997, la sibutramine est un médicament indiqué comme traitement d’appoint de l’obésité nutritionnelle. Mais depuis quelques années, celui-ci est sujet à controverse suite à des décès survenus en Europe et aux Etats-Unis. Or, si la molécule se révèle plutôt efficace pour diminuer le poids des personnes traitées, de nombreux effets secondaires ont également été identifiés parmi lesquels : insomnie, hypertension artérielle, céphalées, ou encore palpitations. En février 2010, l’Agence européenne du médicament a ainsi suspendu l’autorisation de mise sur le marché du médicament, estimant la balance bénéfice/risque pas assez favorable. À lire aussiUn lion retrouve la liberté après avoir vécu en cage pendant 13 ans (Vidéo)Au Brésil, en revanche, les autorités sanitaires ont simplement songé à retirer la sibutramine du marché mais ont finalement décidé de la maintenir. En effet, mardi, l’Agence nationale de vigilance sanitaire (Anvisa) a approuvé la commercialisation du médicament, en indiquant néanmoins qu’elle ordonnait le retrait du marché de tous les traitements contre le surpoids à base d’amphétamine. “L’usage de la sibutramine est permis pour le traitement de l’obésité uniquement si le patient présente un surpoids extrême et ne souffre pas de problèmes cardiaques”, souligne ainsi le directeur de l’organisme Dirceu Barbano cité par l’agence Brasil. Pour expliquer cette décision contraire à celles des autorités sanitaires, le directeur de l’Anvisa explique que “des recherches ont montré que la sibutramine aide à perdre du poids et qu’il est possible de minimiser les préjudices sur la santé” identifiés jusqu’ici. Par ailleurs, il précise tout de même que le médicament restera sous surveillance sanitaire. Le 5 octobre 2011 à 12:18 • Maxime Lambert
L’application Slice regroupe tous vos achats en ligneÀ chaque achat en ligne, vous recevez un mail de facturation. Problème : cela fait beaucoup de mails. La nouvelle application iPhone, nommée Slice, les détecte, les regroupe et en synthétise l’information. Une unique carte localisant chacun des trois colis que doivent vous être livrés, c’est le genre de fonctionnalité magique qu’offre Slice. Il fallait autrefois se connecter sur le site de la poste, de colissimo, d’ebay ou autre livreur, séparément, à force de logins et mot de passe. À lire aussiFacebook Messenger 2.0 disponibleSlice prend ce qu’il fait dans vos mails et va chercher le colis pour vous. Il affiche sur la carte de contenu détaillé du colis, et son origine. Une notification vous avertit sur le téléphone quand le colis est arrivé.Il suffit de se connecter, et Slice épluche votre compte Gmail ou Yahoo! Mail. Le logiciel a été conçu par un grand nom de l’informatique, Eric Schmidt, ex-CEO de Google… Paradoxal, puisqu’elle n’est disponible que sur ordinateur et… iPhone !Pour le voir en action, regardez donc cette petite vidéo de démonstration. Lancé en mai, Slice a été téléchargé 4 millions de fois. Son seul concurrent est une application nommée Lemon… qui, elle, est également disponible sur Android et Windows Phone !Le 20 novembre 2011 à 18:00 • Maxime Lambert
Los Merengues lost against Girona today but for the team’s players, there’s still hope of getting the La Liga title.Goals by Christian Stuani and Portu gave Girona a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the Spanish La Liga tournament.Casemiro scored for Los Blancos first, but then the team let Girona scored twice without any answer.And after the game, Alvaro Odrizola said his team will not give up their title hopes up.“Madrid never gives up, we are alive,” Odrizola told Spanish media outlet Marca.“It’s a difficult moment, we do not have to make excuses, we have lost a battle but not the war, we were able to finish the match in the first half, but we did not do it, it’s a hard blow for everyone, but Madrid never gives up. We are alive in all competitions.”“The first goal was good and we had chances to make it 2-0, Girona has been very good, we have to give it its merit, we are going to turn this around, now we have to do self-criticism and analyzing the mistakes,” he continued.
La Liga Betting: Match-day 4 Stuart Heath – September 14, 2019 Despite it being very early into La Liga season, both Barcelona and Real Madrid have had unprecedented starts to their campaigns. With this in…“We are annoyed because we came from a really good dynamic, we have to work more than ever, it is not an excess of confidence because in Madrid every game is a final, we all have to talk and see what mistakes we made.”“We do not take it for granted, they have gone further distances, it’s possible because Madrid has shown it on other occasions,” he said about the team’s chances for getting the title.“We cannot be considered dead,” Lucas Vazquez added.“The first half was very good from the team, perhaps the worst the moment was when we did not score the second goal because we left the game open and in the second half we were not at the same level and we paid for it.”💬 Solari: “We will continue to fight for all three titles.” #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/aBDRr9Dfdc— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) February 17, 2019
Labour politician and member of Parliament for Birkenhead Frank Field (pictured) has recommended that Deliveroo establishes a guaranteed minimum payment for its riders when they make their services available to the organisation, rather than continue with the existing pay per delivery model.The proposal follows Field’s five-week inquiry, which launched on 18 June 2018. The inquiry gathered evidence from Deliveroo riders in order to better understand the living standards of individuals working as part of the gig economy. It also explored whether there is a need for additional safeguards for these types of workers.Field’s resulting paper, Delivering justice: a report on the pay and working conditions of Deliveroo riders, published in July 2018, suggests that Deliveroo implements a guaranteed minimum payment for its riders when they make their services available to the organisation. This is to ensure that riders who are logged in to the Deliveroo app and are available for work do not earn less than the national living wage if they are unable to complete delivery orders due to a lack of demand. The recommendation seeks to establish a floor, not a ceiling, for riders’ earnings.Currently, the majority of Deliveroo riders are paid per delivery rather than on an hourly basis. Prior to this pay model being implemented, some riders did receive guaranteed hourly rates of pay that were then topped up with pay linked to the number of meals they delivered per hour. The report states that guaranteed hourly rates are now used in a limited number of areas for riders who are logged in to work and available to accept all eligible orders, however this is often a time limited offer or used as a temporary means to attract new riders into certain areas.The report finds that Deliveroo riders’ hourly earnings can range between £0 to £17 an hour, with average earnings approximately between £5 an hour and £12 an hour. It calculates that riders working for Deliveroo therefore need to complete at least two deliveries an hour in order to earn the equivalent of the national living wage, although its findings also confirm that this is not always possible, due to reasons such as too many riders compared to the number of orders.The document, also contributed to by Andrew Forsey, further recommends that Deliveroo should commit to offering a form of worker status to riders who have built up a service record over a certain period of time and who want greater stability and certainty from their work. It further suggests that the director of Labour Market Enforcement should investigate sectors offering platform-based jobs and report on the various pay levels for different worker groups. This investigation should also look to the reality of the self-employed status, and the validity of organisations’ use of that classification.A Deliveroo spokesperson explained that the organisation is proud to “offer flexible well-paid work where riders on average earn well over £10 an hour”, above the national living wage.He said: “In the modern economy people want to fit their work around their lives, not the other way round. This is why working with Deliveroo is so popular as it gives riders total flexibility. Riders choose how much they want to work and when, and are very clear they want to protect the flexibility that self-employment provides.“Deliveroo believes more can be done to increase the security for riders while protecting their ability to be their own bosses, which is why we have introduced free, market-leading insurance for all, covering riders in case anything goes wrong.“But we want to go further, and have called on the government to update employment rules to end the trade-off between flexibility and security and enable platforms to offer riders even more benefits without putting their employment status at risk.”Field’s report additionally recommends that fines imposed by agencies acting for the director of Labour Market Enforcement should be put back into building a common workforce, to take a proactive approach to protecting workers’ rights. This would include increasing the number of random checks.A further proposal outlined in the document is that employment law should be reformed to require organisations to prove beyond doubt that it meets certain criteria showing that its workforce is self-employed.Field said: “The self-employed status and part-time nature of much gig economy work has given the labour market a flexibility that is still relatively new. Some of those workers who are keen to seize this opportunity view it as a short-term option while they develop their longer term earning power; setting up their own business, starting on an artistic career and the like.“But for an unknown number of workers these imposed self-employment opportunities are all there is on offer, even though their need is for stable work for at least the level of the national living wage. It is this group that we are concerned about in this report and have been in each previous report we have published on the gig economy. The reform programme we outline will, I hope, be picked up by Deliveroo and the government as a means of both protecting this group while preserving the flexibility that so many riders have said they value.”
For several years now, publication printers have been aggressively branching out to offer a full array of services to magazine companies.They’ve always offered various prepress and post-press services, but in the last decade, these services have significantly expanded and now it’s common for printers to offer not just digital editions but also Web development, content management systems, XML repositories and workflow-management tools.Now some printers taking the next steps in a transformation from old-industry giants into nimble technology companies by offering these and other services as applications, accessible to publishers through the Internet. In this report, we’ll look at some of the emerging technology solutions offered by printers, all clustered around a single concept: ASP hosting. This phrase—application service provider hosting—means that a printer hosts one or more software applications for its customers over the Web.The ASP approach is common in many industries and for many functions. Basically, it means all data and applications are hosted, maintained and upgraded at a service-provider’s facility, rather than the customer’s site. Data is accessed via a secure online connection customized for the customer. There is no discernible difference for the user between an ASP system or an in-house technology approach. The advantage to the customer of the ASP is that they no longer need to buy their own servers, hosting room, security systems, back-up equipment and associated gear. Also, an ASP generally offers the customer the option of subscription, as opposed to making major investments in software and hardware.Before I start, the strongest recommendation I can offer is that no matter what the circumstances, there needs to be a proven ROI for the publisher if it’s going to go down the road to an ASP solution. Otherwise, don’t bother. Also important: The printer has to be able to provide the service in a format that can be maintained and certainly used—even in the event that the publisher switches printers. In other words, maintain your flexibility and make sure your data and systems can be transferred.Here are a few examples of cloud-computing, from printer to publisher, magazine-industry style.Ad-Sales SupportVirtually every magazine and magazine-related Web business is searching for additional intelligence for its sales efforts, and America’s Horse, published by American Quarter Horse Association, is one of them. But unlike many others, America’s Horse has an additional weapon. The magazine uses the services of MagazineRadar, an advertising-research and intelligence firm, to track where ads are being placed in its market and in related markets with similar demographics. MagazineRadar has a partnership with Brown Printing to provide the service, which is available to members of the America’s Horse sales team via the Web. “We can perform very specific searches and create reports to see what competitors a potential new advertiser utilizes, says Gary Conway, business development account executive at the magazine. “Magazine Radar also uses our user profile to find advertisers who have historically placed ads targeting similar demographics and ultimately suggests great new leads.”Job Planning and TrackingSoftware providers that serve the magazine industry have long been challenged to find a technology solution that can manage—and integrate—the print-manufacturing process, encompassing a whole host of departments and processes. They’ve also been thwarted at every turn. The vision is to have one system that tracks advertising, starting with sales efforts through to confirmed insertions, through the production department and materials processing, through invoicing, billing and accounts receivable. Such a system would touch on three publishing-company departments, at least. But who would run it? Who would be responsible? Because of the technology issues and the cross-jurisdictional nature of the concept, it hasn’t taken off.But some vendors are moving in this direction, and providing an ASP-based approach to systems that handle job planning and tracking. The characteristics of an ASP-based system should include:• A process that enables the publisher to create and quickly update an issue map, or imposition.• Unlimited capabilities for planning the most complex of magazines, including geographic and demographic splits, while allowing the user to see the map from all perspectives: Overall; by geo/demo content and signatures; page splits; special sections; ad sections; and so forth.• An ability to display the map in various forms, including press impositions for addressing inline conflicts and the ladder perspective for saddle-stitched magazines, as well as other customizable views.• A robust conflict-alert system.• Cost-tracking functionality based on imported price schedules from the printer that would assure optimal makeup from the standpoint of both correct placement and lowest production costs. This functionality should include on-the-fly “what if?” options for a variety of scenarios.• A production schedule module. This would include multiple issues and multiple magazines, no matter the frequency.Small-to-medium size publishing operations might ask why they need such a tool—it seems like overkill. And in an industry where the vast majority of companies are smaller, entrepreneurial outfits used to seat-of-the-pants but practical approaches, that makes sense. But when you fully understand the benefits and reach of the software, software that allows for booking and then tracking ads, for editorial and circulation, you will change your mind.Also, these programs allow map creation in less than an hour, and at the same time enable map viewing in multiple formats, while also being able to see the cost of the issue as you map. Among offerings in this area, Dataplan’s JournalSuite is the only software that is printer-independent for ASP job hosting.Hosting of Online DatabasesSome printers are offering services that allow the outsourced hosting of their data (one printer offering online database hosting is Fry Communications). Sales information, along with extensive ad tracking and production data, are among the databases printers now host. In an ASP-based sales-data program, everything from file handling to proof cycles are automated. Some systems even send a soft-proof to the advertiser as soon as a page is completed. Pagination is also completely automated and can be easily edited. An accounts-receivable module is available for the billing of all placed ads. ASP Hosting of Digital EditionsAs one of several printers that offer digital production/management related software, Publishers Press offers e-Pub Xpress, which enables publishers to log in to an ASP-based program to create digital editions as well as e-mail programs. It even can host the customer’s Web site. In the last few years, printers have leveraged their natural position as the publisher’s most important supplier into a variety of new services, with ASP solutions among the fastest growing. Bert N. Langford is an independent consultant specializing in magazine production and publishing technology: visit his website at www.pubresource.com. Contact Bert via email at Bert@pubresource.com or by calling at 1-314-458-8863.
WILMINGTON, MA — A representative from State Senator Bruce Tarr’s Office will be at the Wilmington Senior Center (15 School Street) on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, from 11am to noon, to answer any questions or concerns you may have. No appointment is necessary, just stop by for a quick visit.(NOTE: The above information is from the Wilmington Senior Center’s Newsletter.)Like Wilmington Apple on Facebook. Follow Wilmington Apple on Twitter. Follow Wilmington Apple on Instagram. Subscribe to Wilmington Apple’s daily email newsletter HERE. Got a comment, question, photo, press release, or news tip? Email wilmingtonapple@gmail.com.Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… RelatedState Senator Bruce Tarr’s Office To Hold Office Hours In Wilmington On September 18In “Government”Tarr, Robertson & Gordon Secure $30,000 In State Funding For Wilmington Senior Center ImprovementsIn “Government”State Senator Bruce Tarr’s Bill Honors World War II Era Cadet NursesIn “Government”
Getty Images Facebook, Google and Amazon may start facing more heat from US regulators.The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced the creation of a new Technology Task Force, which will look into competition in the US tech industry, including past and future mergers, as well as anticompetitive practices. The task force will take enforcement action when necessary, including potentially forcing tech giants to break up past mergers or spin off parts of their businesses to encourage competition, the FTC said.”The role of technology in the economy and in our lives grows more important every day,” FTC Chairman Joe Simons said in a statement. “It makes sense for us to closely examine technology markets to ensure consumers benefit from free and fair competition.” FTC wants a task force to take on tech’s bad behavior Share your voice Now playing: Watch this: Comments Google FTC Tech Industry Politics 1:36 The new task force comes during a backlash against tech giants like Google parent Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon, which have all grown rapidly and expanded into a variety of markets. That fast growth has raised concerns that these companies are now suppressing competition and using past mergers to maintain their market dominance, such as Facebook’s previous purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, and Google’s acquisition of online advertising platforms AdMob and DoubleClick.The task force also follows congressional hearings with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, which both looked into those companies’ business practices and management of user data.”Given the increasing ‘techlash,’ especially from the anti-monopoly left that sees large firms of any kind as suspect, it is not surprising that the FTC took this step,” said Rob Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation think tank. He added that he hoped the FTC won’t be “swayed by populist furor,” and instead focus on objective analysis of the tech sector.The task force will include about 17 FTC lawyers who have expertise in areas including online advertising, social networking, mobile operating systems and apps, and platform businesses.”I’m hoping the new @FTC tech platform task force finds the courage to re-consider some of the anti-competitive tech mergers of the last 10 years,” tweeted Tim Wu, a Columbia professor who’s written about competition issues in the tech industry. “Tech is in need of a genuine shakeup.”The new initiative also got support from the Retail Industry Leaders Association, whose members include many traditional retailers like Walmart and Best Buy who’ve struggled to compete against Amazon. In a statement, Nicholas Ahrens, a vice president for the trade group, said his organization backs the task force’s work “to bring needed scrutiny to the relatively few technology platforms that control a growing share of modern commerce.”First published at 1:35 p.m. PT.Updated at 2:19 p.m. PT: Adds comment from retail trade group. 2 Tags
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan celebrated his 86th birthday on a grand note at the Raj Bhavan here on Saturday. Ministers Kodali Nani, Vellampalli Srinivas, Perni Venkataramaiah and MLA Malladi Vishnu extended greetings on behalf of the State government to the Governor since Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy was away on pilgrimage. Also Read – Three of a family commits suicide at Amalapuram in East Godavari Advertise With Us Chief Secretary L V Subrahmanyam, BJP State president Kanna Lakshminarayana and other leaders met the Governor and greeted him. Priests of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) and Durga Malleswara Swamy Varla Devastanam blessed the Governor with Vedic chants. Governor’s secretary Mukesh Kumar Meena presented a portrait of the Governor along with his wife on the occasion. The Governor took part in several social events and spent time with children, tribal and Dalit students. He distributed new clothes, sweets and notebooks to the children. Children offered roses and took photographs with him. Also Read – Saaho movie tickets pricey in Nellore Advertise With Us Several programmes including Kuchipudi dance was performed under the aegis of the Department of Cultural Affairs. The Governor later attended a blood donation camp at Andhra Loyola College organised by the Red Cross Society. He said that as the president of the Indian Red Cross Society, he was happy to see many young people participating voluntarily in blood donation camp as they wouild shape the future of our nation. Advertise With Us He said that the Indian Red Cross Society was a humanitarian organisation that serves and supports poor and helpless with concern. The Red Cross is running 18 blood banks which is providing 82,000 blood units a year. The Red Cross is also running a cancer hospital, yoga centres, old-age homes, orphanages, generic medical shops and first aid training centres. He said Andhra Pradesh Red Cross unit served victims of fire accidents, floods, and other natural calamities. Thousands of young volunteers were trained in the first aid. They offer their services to create a better and humane society, the Governor said. District Collector Md Imtiaz, DGP Gautam Sawang, city Police Commissioner Dwaraka Thirumala Rao, Additional DG Law and Order Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, Raj Bhavan Joint Secretary Arjun Rao, principals and correspondents of various colleges participated along with functionaries of the Indian Red Cross Society.
Demand in India’s consumer electrical segment seems to have relatively improved in January first week compared with the sharp fall witnessed in November 2016 after the government’s demonetisation. While demand was down around 60%-70% at the end of November, it is currently down around 40%-50%, implying a recovery of around 20%-30%, brokerage Nirmal Bang said in a research note.Digital India? Not anytime soon as country faces acute shortage of Wi-Fi hotspotsFootfalls too have improved significantly in January on account of some easing in the liquidity situation as the Reserve Bank of India infuses more cash in circulation and increase in cash withdrawal limit at ATMs. Footfalls have rebounded to around 70% of the pre-demonetisation level compared with only 20% in November last year. However, dealers of the leading electrical companies say that most of the demand revival is because of delayed purchases coming in after the sharp fall just after the note ban. Overall, some of the demand that was disrupted has come back.As a result, while some companies continue to offer discounts in the range of 40%-50% on the list price, others have rolled back the extent of incentives offered during the two months of demonetisation. According to a few dealers, Havells India is likely to reduce its cashback from 0.50% to 0.25% on payment done within the credit cycle (45-60 days). Also, the incentives given are likely to be calculated at 125% of sales target in January 2017 versus 150% in December 2016.That said, dealers remain cautious about the business outlook despite a relative improvement in demand and footfalls. They expect demand to gradually increase over the next two to four months as the liquidity situation improves. Many dealers were also concerned about the business impact in future when the Goods and Services Tax gets implemented.Even though there was a marked increase in acceptance of alternate payment methods instead of cash, retail sales continue to be subdued because of preference of cash over other payment methods. According to the brokerage, retail customers are also deterred by the levy of an additional charge of up to 2% for card payment as dealers are not willing to bear it. Most dealers are now using online payment methods through credit/debit cards, Paytm, Freecharge, Payzapp, Mswipe, Contactless Cards, etc. However, a few others still prefer only cash payment because of various constraints like card charges, a high cost of PoS (Point of Sale) machines, unwillingness to show formal transactions to avoid tax and even the fear of security threats apart from a lack of understanding/awareness of new technology. Meanwhile, those dealers selling imported Chinese products as well as unorganised brands, especially in light and luminaries categories, continue to remain severely impacted and many had to resort to stock clearance sales. The report highlighted that products imported from China through the hawala route are typically billed for only around 25% of their value and the remaining money is laundered in cash. (For the report, Nirmal Bang visited Mumbai’s Lohar Chawl, India’s largest electrical wholesale market, and interacted with more than 40 wholesalers and dealers of leading electrical companies like Havells India, Crompton Greaves, Bajaj Electricals, Philips, Usha, Eveready, Orient, Polycab, GM, Schneider and Syska.)
A Juba League leader was hacked to death by miscreants at Korbotyokhali in Sadar upazila on Thursday, reports UNB.The deceased is Sakil Ahmed Ashish, 40, son of late Moksed Ali Hawlader of Daudpur village in Kolakhali union and a Jubo League leader of union unit.SM Ziaul Haque, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said a gang of miscreants, numbering 10-15, swooped on Sakil around 12:30pm while he was returning home after appearing before a court in a case.The attackers hacked him indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.Later, he was taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.The OC said they were trying to arrest the attackers.
Embark on a fearless journey with chart topping recording artist Jonathan Nelson, as his upcoming live recording for his new album FEARLESS, takes over his church, The Faith Center, Feb. 20, in Sunrise, Fla. Recently signing to award-winning record label Entertainment One Music (eOne Music), Nelson’s live album FEARLESS is expected to be released under eOne Music in Fall 2015. Acclaimed among peers for his gifted talents in penning hit songs, the audience will get a first listen at what are sure to become new hits from Nelson at this new album recording – as the multiple Stellar Award-winning singer, songwriter and worship leader leads a soaring live FEARLESS experience – and welcomes award-winning artists Dorinda Clark-Cole, Tye Tribbett, Kim Burrell, and African gospel star Sonnie Badu, to join him for special guest performances.Growing up in Baltimore, Jonathan Nelson comes from a family that is steeped in ministry and music, and studied at the Baltimore School for the Arts, furthering his vocal training at Morgan State University. Named the minister of music at The Faith Center in 2009, Nelson continues to reach more through music and worship at the Ft. Lauderdale-area church. Joining eOne Music’s award-winning roster, Nelson is part of a diverse lineup that encompasses the sounds of contemporary gospel, and praise and worship, to urban inspiration, traditional gospel and more, including Gospel Hall of Fame legend Shirley Caesar, Gospel icon Dorinda ClarkCole, Erica Campbell, Michelle Williams, Donald Lawrence, Ricky Dillard, and William McDowell.To connect with Jonathan Nelson, visit: www.jonathannelson.us; Facebook @ jonathannelsonandpurpose and Twitter/ Instagram @NelsonJonathan
By The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Time marches ahead, usually. It’s in retreat this weekend in the United States.At 2 a.m. local time Sunday, daylight saving time is ending, and standard time returns for most people across the country. It means an extra hour of sleep, perchance to dream, for one night.Graphic to be used as a reminder to turn back the clocks an hour.The shift means it’s lighter earlier in the morning, and darkness comes sooner in the evening.Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and most of Arizona don’t observe daylight saving time, so no need to change the clocks in those places.Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 10, 2019.___Online:Time change rules: http://tinyurl.com/j9t8ybe
×Actors Reveal Their Favorite Disney PrincessesSeveral actors, like Daisy Ridley, Awkwafina, Jeff Goldblum and Gina Rodriguez, reveal their favorite Disney princesses. Rapunzel, Mulan, Ariel,Tiana, Sleeping Beauty and Jasmine all got some love from the Disney stars.More VideosVolume 0%Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcutsKeyboard Shortcutsplay/pauseincrease volumedecrease volumeseek forwardsseek backwardstoggle captionstoggle fullscreenmute/unmuteseek to %SPACE↑↓→←cfm0-9Next UpJennifer Lopez Shares How She Became a Mogul04:350.5x1x1.25×1.5x2xLive00:0002:1502:15 A new comedy podcast about feminism from the minds and mouths of Merrill Markoe and Megan Koester is coming to Audible, Variety has learned exclusively. Available for preorder on Aug. 14, the audio series, titled “The Indignities of Being a Woman” will launch on the site Sept 18.In the Audible Original, Markoe and Koester will discuss various feminist issues — past and present — from a humorous perspective. The pair will touch on both historical and present day occurrences that color women’s experiences, while drawing on their own personal experiences as two comedians from different generations.Both Markoe and Koester have had active careers in comedy. Markoe made a name for herself in the 1980s as head writer for NBC’s “Late Night with David Letterman,” in addition to hosting radio shows, doing standup, and reporting on-camera for Los Angeles news stations. Her past TV writing credits have earned her a total of three primetime Emmys. Viceland columnist Koester has contributed comedic bits and commentary to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail,” “Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen,” Viceland’s “Flophouse,” and Comedy Central’s “Corporate.” Her filmmaking credits include a short called “Unmarketable,” a selection at the 2016 New York Television Film Festival.The Audible Original is available for pre-order here.
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Credit: Tonny Watanebe Journal information: Biology Letters (Phys.org)—A team of Japanese researchers (and one from the U.K.) has found evidence in the remains of ancient Japanese people that suggests that people are not necessarily predisposed to living a violent existence or even to engaging in warfare. In their paper published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, the team describes their analysis of the remains of people that lived during the Jomon period (from 13,000 – 800 BC) in what is now Japan, which showed very little evidence of violent behavior or death. Citation: Study of ancient Japanese hunter-gatherers suggests warfare not inherent in human nature (2016, March 30) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2016-03-ancient-japanese-hunter-gatherers-warfare-inherent.html Explore further This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.
Hunter-gatherer massacre suggests groups of humans waged war earlier than we thought © 2016 Phys.org More information: Hisashi Nakao et al. Violence in the prehistoric period of Japan: the spatio-temporal pattern of skeletal evidence for violence in the Jomon period, Biology Letters (2016). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0028AbstractWhether man is predisposed to lethal violence, ranging from homicide to warfare, and how that may have impacted human evolution, are among the most controversial topics of debate on human evolution. Although recent studies on the evolution of warfare have been based on various archaeological and ethnographic data, they have reported mixed results: it is unclear whether or not warfare among prehistoric hunter–gatherers was common enough to be a component of human nature and a selective pressure for the evolution of human behaviour. This paper reports the mortality attributable to violence, and the spatio-temporal pattern of violence thus shown among ancient hunter–gatherers using skeletal evidence in prehistoric Japan (the Jomon period: 13 000 cal BC–800 cal BC). Our results suggest that the mortality due to violence was low and spatio-temporally highly restricted in the Jomon period, which implies that violence including warfare in prehistoric Japan was not common. In recent years, scientists have found evidence of many hunter-gatherer groups that behaved in a violent manner, sometimes even banding together to wage war on other people or groups. That has led to more evidence of the common assumption that humans are inherently violent and that war has generally been the result when two or more groups have different ideas of how things should be done. In this new effort, the researchers suggest such findings might be premature as they have found an example of an early hunter-gatherer culture that did not appear to wage war or even behave in a violent manner.The teams’ study consisted of analyzing the remains of approximately 2,500 people that lived in Japan during the Jomon period, looking for examples of violence, e.g. broken or damaged bones. The team reports that they found evidence of violence in just 1.8 percent of all the adult bones represented and in just 0.89 percent of the population as a whole. A very low number compared to the 12 to 14 percent seen in other hunter-gatherer populations of around the same time period (which strongly suggested a violent existence). This, the researchers claim, suggests that the people of that time lived peacefully among themselves and did not conduct war against others that might have lived nearby. And that, they add, suggests that humans may not be quite as predisposed to violence as others have suggested, which counters other arguments that it was warfare that led people to band together into groups forming communities that allowed for the promotion of intra-group altruism and even more advanced warfare against other such groups—a selective from of evolutionary behavior.
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Register Now » Drones you can fly only using your brain waves — sounds like something you’d see in a sci-fi movie, right? Thanks to a Lisbon, Portugal-based aeronautics company called TEKEVER and its BrainFlight project, that future is closer than you might think. The prospect may seem a little terrifying but really, who among us hasn’t wished (or tried when you had the house to yourself) that they could move stuff with their mind?So how does it work? The drone operator wears an electrode-covered cap that monitors electrical activity in his or her brain. The company put out a statement explaining that “the electricity flowing through the pilot’s brain acts as an input to the drone’s control system, in order to perform, on the air, a mission with objectives previously defined by the research team.” Related: NoFlyZone Wants to Help Keep Drones From Flying Over Your HomeThe pilots are reportedly trained to give the unmanned vehicles specific and simple commands by imagining moving a dot up and down on a screen, which would then translate to the drone making a right or left turn.The company conducted a successful public test flight in Lisbon this week. The scientists behind the technology foresee it being used for more than just drones. They are thinking of using the technology to pilot larger planes and jets as well, though whether that would be allowed on the regulatory side of things is an undertaking unto itself. But more than the cool factor of remotely flying planes, or operating a boat, car or train, TEKEVER wants to develop the technology further to potentially apply it to the making of prosthetics and generally help individuals with “with severe physical disabilities to interact with their surroundings in an easier way.” Related: At This Restaurant, Waiters Walk and Fly
Photo: Policía Municipal Paramedics arrived to resuscitate the couple, however, they were pronounced on scene. The highway accident happened Saturday night at 9:20 p.m. when a transport van traveling along the Ruta de los Cenotes collided head-on with an Italkia motorcycle carrying two people. The two vehicles hit at Kilometer 23 where the couple were knocked off the motorcycle and onto the pavement. The roadway was littered with fragments of the Yucatan-plated Italkia, while the transport van sustained substantial damage to its front end. 
Puerto Morelos, Q.R. — A fatal accident between a van and motorcycle has left two dead in the municipality of Puerto Morelos. Preliminary reports say the van, which was from a tour company, failed to see the oncoming motorcycle. At the scene were extensive brake marks. The bike was found in the brush approximately seven meters from the crash site. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
Monday, January 28, 2019 MELBOURNE — What’s the best way to confront a cheating spouse? Some people would dump them over text, others would go to the extreme and key their car. But then there are a few – like this hilarious bloke in Melbourne – who prefer to go viral while doing it.The unidentified man was snapped at the airport holding up a sign that read, “I know you cheated”. It’s presumed that the man was there to pick up his no-good, cheating partner while at the same time publicly calling them out for their ‘sins’.Savage!At Melbourne airport today he was waiting to greet his cheating partner… I AM DECEASED pic.twitter.com/zhqJ4TwRIp— Kryz (@KrystaalA) January 23, 2019The picture instantly went viral, with many people going so far as to blaming the man’s (unfortunate) choice in footwear as the reason why he’d be cheated on.Birkenstocks or not, you can’t deny the guy’s creative flair and bravery. Anyone who can find the humour in an otherwise painful situation deserves an ‘A’ in our book. Share You won’t believe how this man confronted his cheating partner at the airport Devin Kinasz Posted by << Previous PostNext Post >>
The vital role family plays in society Sophocleous, 79, a former guerrilla fighter, claims he was tortured for 17 straight days after his 1956 arrest, including being flogged and having the soles of his feet and knees clubbed. He said some 60 individuals already have completed questionnaires detailing what had allegedly endured. He said the lawyers will select the strongest responses to build the case.Sophocleous said such a Cypriot claim would not be about money but the satisfaction of forcing British authorities to own up to acts of torture allegedly committed during the four-year guerrilla campaign that culminated in Cyprus’ independence in 1960.“As in all turning points in history, it’s not the people who are responsible, but some leaders who are in power when these things happened and they bear the responsibility,” he said.His organization, the National Organization of Cypriot Fighters, was formed by Greek Cypriots seeking to unite the island with Greece, but a compromise deal for independence was struck amid strong opposition from the minority Turkish Cypriots. The country was split along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece.(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Construction begins on Chandler hospital expansion project Associated PressNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Cypriots who fought against British colonial rule in the 1950s plan to sue the U.K. government for torture they allegedly suffered at the hands of British authorities while in custody, an official said Wednesday.Thassos Sophocleous, president of an organization representing former Cypriot fighters, said the British law firm K.J. Conroy & Co. is now gathering information from them to build a case following this month’s landmark ruling from Britain’s High Court, which found that three Kenyans tortured during a rebellion against British colonial rule can seek compensation. Mary Coyle ice cream to reopen in central Phoenix Bottoms up! Enjoy a cold one for International Beer Day Sponsored Stories 
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Canadian star Tatiana Maslany is set to make her Broadway debut in a play with Bryan Cranston.Producers say the two will share the stage in Lee Hall’s media satire “Network,” which is set to begin performances at the Belasco Theatre on Nov. 10.The Regina-born Maslany recently made her New York stage debut in an off-Broadway production of Tracy Letts’s “Mary Page Marlowe.”In “Network,” which is based on the Oscar-winning film, the Emmy Award-winning “Orphan Black” star will play a TV executive.Maslany can be seen in the film “Destroyer,” which is screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.She’s also up for another Emmy next Monday for playing multiple clones on “Orphan Black.”“Network” is directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove. by The Canadian Press Posted Sep 10, 2018 7:45 pm PDT Last Updated Sep 10, 2018 at 8:20 pm PDT AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterTwitterShare to FacebookFacebookShare to RedditRedditShare to 電子郵件Email Actor Tatiana Maslany arrives ahead of the screening of “Destroyer” during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, on Monday, September 10, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov. 
Tatiana Maslany to star alongside Bryan Cranston on Broadway in ‘Network’