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Indigo Pilots Up In Arms Over ‘Foreign Hands’ At Higher Salary

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first_imgA recent advertisement issued by IndiGo, India’s largest private carrier, looking to hire commanders and senior pilots from South Amercia and West Asia, has got its existing pilot community up in arms.Read it at Business Standard Related Itemslast_img

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How Indian Biotech Is Driving Innovation

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first_imgAnu Acharya was in her twenties when the human genome was first mapped in its entirety. In 2000, the young Indian entrepreneur was just breaking into the biotechnology arena with her first start-up — the genomics and bioinformatics company Ocimum Biosolutions in Hyderabad. She saw the Human Genome Project’s achievements as opening up a new world of possibilities in personalized medicine, informed by an individual’s genetic profile and predispositions — but at the time, the field of genomic medicine was dominated by Western science.Read it at Nature Related Itemslast_img

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ECI advises Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Gopal Bhargava to be ‘more careful’

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first_imgActing on a complaint filed by the Congress against Madhya Pradesh Leader of Opposition Gopal Bhargava saying the Congress candidate for the Jhabua by-election represented Pakistan, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has advised Mr. Bhargava to be “more careful in future”, according to the order dated on Monday and published on Wednesday. The ECI’s order cited the complaint by J.P. Dhanopia of the Congress state unit on September 30. It said Mr. Bhargava said at an election rally that day that BJP candidate Bhanu Bhuriya “represents India”, while Congress candidate Kantilal Bhuria “represents Pakistan”. He asked the crowd not to vote for the ‘candidate representing Pakistan’.Such statements, the ECI order said, “have an effect of aggravating differences between the supporters of the two contesting candidates by referring them as representatives of two countries, namely India and Pakistan (sic)”.The order cited the MCC (model code of conduct) saying, “No party or candidate shall indulge in any activity which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different caste and communities, religious or linguistic.” Finding that Mr. Bhargava’s statement violated this provision of the MCC, the ECI advised “him to be more careful in future while addressing public in any meeting, public processions, public rallies, road shows and interviews, public utterances in media (electronic, print, social media), etc. in connection with the ongoing bye-elections.”The Jhabua bye-election, which will be held on October 21, was necessitated as the sitting BJP MLA, Guman Singh Damor, got elected to the Lok Sabha from Ratlam.last_img read more

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Suresh Kalmadi wants to attend London Olympics; moves court

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Manchester City poised to sign Riyad Mahrez for club-record £60m

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first_imgShare on Facebook Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Messenger Barcelona Read more Transfer window: deals you may have missed because of the World Cup Share on Twitter news Transfer window Leicester City Jack Wilshere joins West Ham on three-year deal after Arsenal exit Arthur helped Grêmio win the Copa Libertadores last year and arrives just one day after compatriot Paulinho left the Camp Nou and returned to China’s Guangzhou Evergrande.The clubs initially agreed that Arthur would join Barcelona next January, but the departures of Paulinho and Andrés Iniesta – and a serious knee injury suffered by academy player Carles Aleñá – resulted in the transfer being brought forward. Reuters Topics Read more Share on WhatsApp The proposed transfer had stalled because Leicester wanted the City winger Patrick Roberts as part of the deal but it is thought that demand has been dropped. Mahrez had been holding out for a sizeable sum he believed Leicester owed him, and this may now have been resolved.Pep Guardiola turned to the Algerian in the January transfer window when his first choice, Alexis Sánchez, opted to sign for Manchester United. A move failed to materialise after Leicester demanded around £95m. No formal offer was made then.The total value of the current deal is expected to rise to around £75m, its basic £60m fee eclipsing City’s record £57.2m paid to Athletic Bilbao for defender Aymeric Laporte in January.Joe Hart, the former England and City No 1, participated in Monday’s opening day of training with his future in limbo. The 31-year-old will almost certainly depart after being loaned out by Guardiola for the past two seasons.Angus Gunn, the No 3 goalkeeper, is set to join Southampton.Barcelona sign Grêmio’s Arthur for £35.5mBarcelona have confirmed the signing of Brazilian midfielder Arthur from Grêmio on a six-year deal.The club said in a statement that the transfer fee for the 21-year-old, who joins immediately, was an initial €31m euros (£27.5m) with an extra €9m (£8m) in “variables”. The total value of the deal is therefore thought to be €40m (£35.5m). Share on Pinterest Manchester City are optimistic Riyad Mahrez will be unveiled as their £60m record signing by Friday, after they made a breakthrough with Leicester City. Manchester City Reuse this contentlast_img read more

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Korean Register Launches IHM Service Wins NSC Deal

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first_imgzoomIllustration. Image Courtesy: Pixabay under CC0 Creative Commons license NSC Group has signed an agreement with Korean Register (KR) for the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) classification society to provide inventory of hazardous materials (IHM) services across the group’s fleet of container vessels, bulk carriers, conbulkers, car carriers and tankers.KR will be working with partners HMI GbR (QSU & exag) and NautilusLog GmbH to deliver the specialist IHM service.“We are very satisfied that we have found the right partners following an intensive tendering process. We appreciate the value offered by KR, HMI GbR (QSU & exag) and NautilusLog GmbH as they work together as a consortium, to offer a complete comprehensive service package as one team,” Sebastian Völchner, Project Manager NSC, said.From December 31, 2020, all existing ships sailing under the EU-flag and ships flying the flag of a third country calling at an EU port or anchorage must have on board an IHM verified by the relevant authorities or a recognized organization like KR.The same rules came into effect for EU-flagged ships on December 31, 2018. The regulation is expected to improve safety, protecting people and property onboard the ship and meeting any mooring requirements.“We are happy to be working with KR to provide this specialist service in direct response to increasing demand from industry as the entry into force date gets closer. We anticipate that demand will outstrip supply over the next year or so, creating a ‘bottleneck’ simply because there are a limited number of HAZMAT experts and specialist laboratories providing this service,” according to Frank Schneider, Managing Director of HMI GbR (QSU & exag).“We are proud to support our partners with the best digital tools allowing them to serve more ships in less time and effort,” Otto Klemke, NautilusLog GmbH founder and managing Director, commented.An IHM report will be linked to the entire lifespan of the vessel, eventually covering the building stage, its operational stage and the recycling stage.last_img read more

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UKs Johnson offers new health funds to meet Brexit promise

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first_imgLondon: Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised new funds for Britain’s state-run national health service (NHS) on Sunday, seeking to fulfil one of the promises of his 2016 Brexit campaign. Johnson pledged an extra 1.8 billion pounds (2.0 billion euros, USD 2.2 billion) to immediately help frontline services, in a move that further fuelled speculation he is preparing for a snap election. During the referendum on Britain’s European Union membership, Johnson’s “Vote Leave” campaign promised to divert USD 350 million a week sent to Brussels to the NHS after Brexit. Also Read – Saudi Crown Prince ‘snubbed’ Pak PM, recalled jet from USBut the claim was misleading — Britain’s gross contribution to the EU budget is USD 350 million but it gets a USD 85 million a week rebate. In an article in the Sunday Times, Johnson paid tribute to NHS staff but noted “the pressures, the delays, the cancellations and the obvious need to get more funding to the front line”. “Which is why I am so determined to deliver now on the promises of that 2016 referendum campaign: not just to honour the will of the people, but to increase the cash available for this amazing national institution,” he wrote. Also Read – Record number of 35 candidates in fray for SL Presidential pollsHowever, the main opposition Labour party questioned whether the money would ever be delivered and said that even if it was, it would not make up for a decade of spending cuts. The Nuffield Trust health think tank said the NHS has a ?6 billion maintenance backlog and the new funds were only a “fraction” of what was needed to fulfil Johnson’s pledge to modernise 20 hospitals. Critics also argue that spending plans will never be fulfilled if there is a “no deal” Brexit.last_img read more

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HydroQuebec Q3 profits drop on electricity contracts with aluminum producers

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Hydro-Quebec Q3 profits drop on electricity contracts with aluminum producers AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterTwitterShare to FacebookFacebookShare to RedditRedditShare to 電子郵件Email MONTREAL – A hit to electricity contracts with aluminum smelters reduced Hydro-Quebec’s profits in the third quarter.Excluding a charge related to the planned closure of the Gentilly-2 nuclear reactor, the public utility’s profits fell 6.9 per cent to $376 million for the period ended Sept. 30. That’s down from $404 million a year ago. Including the charge, Hydro-Quebec lost $1.46 billion.Hydro-Quebec lost $61 million more than a year ago from its contracts with aluminum producers. The causes were aluminum prices which slowed production, the high Canadian dollar, and the purchase from Rio Tinto Alcan of $45 million of electricity. Hydro was forced to make the purchases because of the lockout of employees at Rio Tinto’s Alma plant, which ended last summer.This shortfall was largely offset by an increase of $51 million in revenue from net electricity exports.Quarterly expenditures rose 2.3 per cent, while revenues grew just 0.3 per cent to $2.62 billion.Hydro-Quebec also released Monday its second-quarter results, which were never made public for an unknown reason. The net profit in the quarter fell 13.4 per cent to $402 million, from $464 million in the prior year.Revenues for the second quarter totalled $2.65 billion, down four per cent. by The Canadian Press Posted Nov 26, 2012 3:38 pm MDT read more

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New Kraft Vending Machines Read Your Face Tell You What to Eat

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first_imgIf you thought all of the high-tech action ended earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, you were wrong. Right now, the National Retail Federation is having their annual trade show, and among the gadgetry at the event is the new Kraft Store Kiosk, developed through a partnership between Kraft Foods and Intel – yes, that Intel. The Kraft Store Kiosk has cameras built into the front, and uses what Intel calls “Anonymous Video Analytics” to scan your face to instantly determine your age, gender, and uses that information to suggest something for you to eat that the kiosk can provide. The goal is to use the demographic information that Kraft is already collecting about its customers to help make it easier for you to choose what to eat for dinner, since the machine will know all about you (the “royal” you, that is) and be able to suggest something you’d like. Whether the kiosk is designed to read your weight or anything wasn’t explicitly, but since the Kiosk dispenses Kraft foods, we should expect lots of macaroni and cheese, Wheat Thins, Philadelphia cream cheese, and Oreos. Who knew the future would be so bad for your arteries. [via FastCompany]last_img read more

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Opera trims developer staff by 91 as the move to WebKit begins

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first_imgOpera has substantially reduced the number of developers in its core technology group over the past couple of months, cutting 91 staff in total.It’s got everything to do with the recent announcement from the company that shocked the technology world: Opera was officially pulling the pin on its own rendering and JavaScript engines and moving to WebKit and V8. With the company’s focus now on building a new browser around the Chromium core, the teams responsible for Presto and Carakan were rife for downsizing.Norwegian online newspaper Digi.no believes that several members of Opera’s core team took severance packages just before Christmas last year. Somewhere between 50 and 70 additional staffers followed their lead in January. In total, Opera’s roster has dropped to 840 from 931. Not all Opera core developers have moved on to greener pastures. Some have accepted reassignments to other areas within the company, including the mobile browser group — which is becoming more and more important to Opera’s future plans.The shift to WebKit may only have been partly responsible for the internal restructuring at Opera. The company also recently announced that it had acquired Skyfire. The cloud-powered mobile browsing upstart hasn’t been absorbed by Opera, but even as a wholly-owned subsidiary the purchase instantly increased the amount of developer talent Opera now has at its disposal.Opera’s executive VP of human resources Tove Selnes doesn’t seem too worried about the futures of the departing members of the core technology group. She knows they’re all highly skilled and have plenty left to contribute both at home and abroad.last_img read more

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Zammit trial starts in Greece

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first_img Facebook Twitter: @NeosKosmos Instagram The trial of the nightclub doorman in Greece who has been charged with the fatal beating of a 20-year-old Australian tourist on the holiday island of Mykonos went on trial on Wednesday.Marios Antonopoulos, 25, is charged with voluntary homicide over the July 2008 death of Doujon Zammit following an argument outside a nightclub, while three other Greek men have been charged as accessaries in the death.George Chatzioannou and Dimitris Varonas have been charged as accessories to both murder and attempted murder. Bar owner Stamatis Daktylidis is charged with supplying the weapons used.The trial opened Wednesday on the island of Levos after Greece’s Supreme Court on December 8 rejected an appeal by the criminal case defendant against a lower appeals court ruling indicting him on intentional homicide charges in the death of Zammit.The nightclub bouncer accused of the murder of Maltese-Australian Doujon Zammit has admitted injuring the 20-year-old but denied he intended to kill him.The trial was told that the four claimed they were policemen when they stopped Doujon and his friends, lined them against a wall and searched them, before beating them up. They had chased them out of a disco after claims, since dismissed, of having stolen wallets and handbags.Present in court were the victim’s father Oliver and mother Rose and his two brothers, who flew to Greece for the court procedure, together with Costas Gribilas, who received Doujon’s heart in a transplant after the parents donated Doujon’s organs after the young man was declared clinically brain dead.“We are putting our faith and trust in the Greek justice system and its lovely people who have supported us so far to send out the right message that this is not Greek behaviour that has been shown,” Oliver Zammit said, adding that the perpetrators must be punished.Zammit’s lawyer Alexis Kouyias said his client was seeking murder convictions for all four defendants.“Their position is that all four defendants were responsible for the boy’s death,” Kouyias said.“We will use all the legal means necessary so that the court issues a verdict that corresponds to this position.”last_img read more

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Le café diminuerait le risque de cancer de la peau

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first_imgLe café diminuerait le risque de cancer de la peauD’après une étude parue lundi aux Etats-Unis, une consommation régulière de café permettrait de réduire les risques de développer une certaine forme de cancer de la peau, le basaliome. Un bienfait observé chez les femmes, et chez les hommes mais dans une moindre mesure. C’est une découverte qui va beaucoup intéresser tous les amateurs de café. Depuis plusieurs années, les études scientifiques se multiplient pour suggérer que cette boisson mondialement appréciée aurait des bienfaits sur le risque de développer certains cancers, en particulier celui de la prostate et du col de l’utérus. Ainsi, de la même manière, des recherches publiées en août 2011 et menées par des chercheurs de l’Université de l’Etat de Washington avaient montré chez des souris une relation entre de la caféine appliquée sous forme de pommade et la réduction du risque de cancer de la peau. Toutefois, un tel lien n’avait pas été établi chez l’homme, du moins jusqu’ici.En effet, une nouvelle étude présentée lundi lors d’une conférence de l’American Association for Cancer Research à Boston vient tout juste de confirmer le lien chez l’homme : consommé régulièrement, le café diminuerait le risque de basaliome, une forme de cancer de la peau. Pour arriver à une telle conclusion, Fengju Song et ses collègues ont étudié les données de deux vastes études, l’une a porté sur 72.921 participants entre 1984 et 2008 et l’autre sur 39.976 personnes suivies de 1986 à 2008. Un risque réduit de 9 à 20% C’est ainsi qu’ils ont constaté que les femmes buvant plus de trois tasses de café par jour voient leur danger de développer un basaliome se réduire de 20% comparativement à celles en consommant peu ou pas du tout. Un bienfait également observé chez les hommes mais dans une moindre mesure. Selon les résultats publiés, les hommes consommant plus de trois tasses quotidiennement ont également présenté un risque réduit, mais de seulement 9%, sans que les chercheurs parviennent à expliquer cette différence. D’ailleurs, ceux-ci se sont eux-mêmes dits surpris de ces résultats.  À lire aussiCancer : définition, causes, types, qu’est-ce que c’est ?Pour l’heure, les auteurs de l’étude ignorent toutefois le mécanisme et les molécules impliqués dans cet effet, car en vérité, le lien établi chez les souris n’est pas tout à fait le même. Au cours de l’étude réalisé chez les rongeurs, les chercheurs américains ont en effet montré que la caféine appliquée en pommade avait des effets protecteurs au niveau moléculaire en neutralisant une protéine. Une molécule qui joue un rôle clé dans la multiplication des cellules de la peau endommagées par les rayons ultraviolets du soleil. Ici, en revanche, le café est bu, suggérant ainsi un mécanisme différent.Le café, une solution préventive ?  Au vu de ces résultats, l’étude suggère donc que la consommation de café (non-décaféiné) pourrait être une option importante pour aider à prévenir ce cancer de la peau, qui est souvent soignable et est le plus fréquent, a souligné Fengju Song cité par l’AFP. Boire du café, même avec des effets protecteurs modestes, pourraient ainsi avoir un grand impact sur la santé publique. Néanmoins, les scientifiques ont appelé à davantage de recherches pour mieux comprendre la relation entre la consommation de café et une moindre fréquence de ce cancer de la peau.Le 25 octobre 2011 à 09:59 • Maxime Lambertlast_img read more

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Friday Night Rally Night in the Bahamas

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first_imgFacebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppBahamas, April 21, 2017 – Nassau & Grand Bahama – Friday night and if you weren’t at a rally somewhere across the Bahamas, you were probably tuned in via Television or Facebook.  All three parties sought to capitalise on the LIVE feature on Facebook in the lead up to the 2017 polls. With numbers on the PLP and DNA pages fluctuating from 180 to 260 views, while the FNM seems to have to highest online viewership of 900.Shares via facebook ranked the highest for the FNM coming in at a whopping 27,000 views and 2,000 shares, while the PLP recorded just about 700 views and 14 shares. DNA live saw just over 1,100 viewed and 35 shares.  The comments sections is not being spared either, as supporters take full advantage posting their support for their party or are either defending ‘haters’ ‘trolling’ the page with negative comments.Most rallies got on start around 8pm tonight and are expected to continue til midnight, as parties gear up their support into weekend walkabouts.Story by: Kimberly Ramkhalawan#MagneticMediaNews#FridayNightRallyNightBahamas Related Items:#FridayNightRallyNightBahamas, #magneticmedianews Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApplast_img read more

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Sitka and Juneau elect new mayors in municipal elections

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first_imgCommunities across the state elected new mayors and enacted new measures in local municipal elections yesterday.Listen nowSitka elected a new mayor, 79-year-old Gary Paxton. Paxton said that once he gets the mayor’s gavel in his hand, his first priority was to “bring a sense of peace and work together to solve our problems.”“Have more open meetings perhaps, less executive sessions, so that we can stop some of the conspiracy theories which are always prominent,” Paxton said.Sitka was quick to weigh-in on a a new a new statewide smoking ban that went into effect the day before the election, which prohibits smoking at bars and restaurants. State statute includes an opt-out provision and – while staff at Ernie’s Old Time Saloon rallied to get the necessary signatures to put this question on the ballot – Sitka voters turned it down.Establishments that once allowed smoking must now remove ashtrays and put up no-smoking signs, and smokers now have to take it outside.In the Juneau mayoral election, Beth Weldon pulled ahead of her opponents early and managed to earn almost half of the total vote in a four-way contest. The small business owner and former Juneau Assembly member said she appreciated the positive campaigns her opponents ran.“We kept it to issues and it was a fun campaign and I’ll enjoy talking to them and getting their viewpoints on issues in the future,” Weldon said.Weldon said she hopes to tackle crime problems and affordable child care first once in office.In the Mat-Su Borough mayoral race, incumbent Vern Halter ended Tuesday with a sizable lead over challenger Bruce Walden. After the initial count, Halter is listed with just over sixty percent of the vote.The Mat-Su election also had three ballot initiatives that ended the night with more votes in the “Yes” column than the “No” column.Proposition B-1, an advisory vote on whether the borough should look into obtaining police powers, saw the most approval from voters. Proposition B-2 is a road bond package with around fifty-seven percent approval. Proposition B-3 would move the borough’s election day from October to November. Proposition three has the lowest margin of approval after Tuesday at around fifty-two percent.This story contained reporting from Adelyn Baxter with KTOO – Juneau, Phillip Manning with KTNA – Talkeetna and Emily Kwong with KCAW – Sitka.last_img read more

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Washington Awaits Nunes Memo Anxiously

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first_imgDrew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe Justice Department and the FBI — and the rest of national security Washington — are bracing for what could be a major change in their relationship with Congress.The political hurricane that could bring about the release of a controversial memo on Friday has blown the American ship of state off the map.Not only has a congressional committee seldom if ever released secrets “owned” by the executive branch. Not only has Washington, D.C., seldom seen a law-and-order party in power commit to such a sustained flogging of its own FBI and Justice Department.President Trump who has reportedly seen the memo and approved its release, weighed in Friday morning in a tweet, saying “The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans,” which he said was “something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago.” Trump went on to say “Rank & File are great people.”The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans – something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2018But people in the spy world warn that making public the Republicans’ snooping memo, authored by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., could finally kill the already poisoned relationship between Congress and the agencies it’s supposed to oversee.“It’s a complete perversion of the intelligence oversight process,” former CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin told NPR Thursday. The relationship between the committees on Capitol Hill and the spy agencies “has been unraveling for some years,” he said, “and with this latest episode, it descends into fecklessness.”After President Nixon, the deal was supposed to be that Americans’ elected representatives would take stronger control over the work and “products” of the FBI, CIA, National Security Agency and the rest of the alphabet soup now known as the intelligence community.In exchange, McLaughlin said, the spy agencies got assurances they’d be dealt with professionally and without partisanship.Fast forward to Friday, when Congress may release a secret document in which Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, makes the case that a “biased” FBI and Justice Department abused their spying powers — also regulated by Congress after Watergate — to launch a scurrilous investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.Nunes and Republican leaders said the memo isn’t about denigrating the FBI, Justice Department or any of their individual leaders.“What this memo is: Congress doing its job and conducting legitimate oversight over a very unique law,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Thursday alluding to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.“And if mistakes were made and if individuals did something wrong, then it is our job as the legislative branch of government to conduct oversight over the executive branch if abuses were made,” he added.The Justice Department and the FBI say they haven’t done anything wrong and members of Congress know it. Instead, they argue, Nunes is using his privileged access to secret information to handpick points to make his case. The bureau says it has “grave concerns” about “material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy.”Click on each page below to scroll to the right: If Congress does discover abuses, there are procedures for dealing with them the right way, national security insiders say. And if America’s top spies can’t trust that the secrets they brief to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees will stay secret, they have a major incentive not to share them.That’s why critics argue Congress must not get into the business of using intelligence to fire shots at political opponents, and warn that Nunes and Republicans’ tactical strategy of tarring the FBI and DOJ to raise doubts about the agencies’ Russia investigation could have strategic implications down the line.“I wouldn’t want to release these memos for partisan advantage when we run the risk of exposing some sensitive sources or methods,” Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., said at the GOP congressional retreat on Thursday. “I wouldn’t do it.”The road appears clear for the Nunes memo to come out, however, and that sparked all kinds of teeth-chattering in Washington, D.C.How will the foreign governments that share intelligence with the United States react to the spectacle of Congress releasing a classified document about foreign intelligence practices? How might the leaders of the FBI and Justice Department respond?Eyes were rolled at some of the scare headlines on TV about FBI Director Christopher Wray or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein resigning in protest.All the same, those who have read the Nunes memo said it makes an incisive case against Rosenstein, which could mean he gets singled out next for a turn in the barrel over the waterfall.House Speaker Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have tried to put up some guardrails as Republicans have gone on offense in the latest phase of the Russia imbroglio. They’ve been careful to say they think the Nunes memo has nothing to do with special counsel Robert Mueller, that Mueller’s work should continue and that Rosenstein also is doing a fine job.In short, the play is to go along with denigration of the feds and DOJ — but not more dismissals, following Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey and his reported onetime attempt to fire Mueller.But if the release of the memo leads to a Friday Night Massacre in which Wray and Rosenstein decide to jump on their own, the capital will have an even bigger storm on its hands than the one that has been raging over Nunes and his memo.Other members of Congress who oversee the bureau and the Justice Department say that accountability at the leadership level is exactly the point here.“The FBI is a premier law enforcement organization in the world,” said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. “But there is a problem with several people in some of the highest levels in the bureau and that needs to be investigated, and the American people need to understand why.”No, said the former CIA boss McLaughlin — the leadership in the House has broken something that can’t easily be fixed.“Speaker Ryan is actually complicit in destroying intelligence oversight as it has been conducted in the best of times,” McLaughlin said. “He’s an ex-officio member of these committees, the committees have the responsibility for protecting sources and methods, for doing this in a nonpartisan way, and if he really believed [in] that, if he really favored transparency, he would hold all of this up.”Because the process associated with the release of the memo is unprecedented, there were no clear guidelines about how or when exactly it might appear on Friday. A senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Conaway, told NPR that it would ultimately be published in the Congressional Record.The House must convene for members to enter material into the record, and a pro forma session is scheduled for Friday afternoon. After all the turmoil, that could at last be the debut of the memo.And it could bring another twist in the saga. Republicans used their majority on the House Intelligence Committee Monday to authorize the release of the Nunes memo — starting the clock on the process set to conclude on Friday — and to block the release of the rebuttal memo put together by the committee’s Democrats.But attorney Andrew Herman, a member of Washington, D.C., law firm Miller & Chevalier who has worked with Congress, wondered whether what’s good for the goose might also be good for the gander.“The Democrats’ reaction to this is going to be fascinating,” he said. “I’m sure there will be a strong temptation for them to get their own report out one way or another.”Herman cited the example of former Sen. Mark Gravel, D-Alaska, who in 1971 read the then-secret Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. Members of Congress are shielded from prosecution for releasing classified material when they do so on the floor of the House or Senate or via the record. So Herman said Schiff and Democrats could use that precedent and try to get their own rebuttal out on Friday, too.“Go to the floor, read it and dare the committee or the House writ large to sanction you for that,” Herman said. “Because that’s the only sanction that a member could face.”As Washington and the nation wait to see what might happen, some people in the mix called for decorum and for cooler heads to prevail.Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee said they weren’t part of the memo madness — they haven’t been permitted to read the Nunes memo, they aren’t involved with its potential release and they are continuing to do their own work.Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., also pointed out that Russia’s ongoing campaign of active measures, which began in the 2016 presidential election cycle, continues even now. The reality that a foreign government continues to meddle within the United States is “a big issue,” he said.Even after the memo comes out, the Senate Intelligence Committee, at least, will aim to release a bipartisan report about the active measures and, Lankford said, try to go about its business as before.“It doesn’t have to be this way,” he said.NPR correspondent Susan Davis contributed to this report.Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. Sharelast_img read more

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Heres Everything Coming to Amazon Prime Video in August 2019

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first_img Before you know it, summer is over. But it’s OK. Amazon Prime Video is ending your binge watching-filled summer with a superhero bang — Avengers: Endgame will be available to rent or purchase starting August 13. And if the Marvel blockbuster is not enough to end summer in style, the streaming service also has one of our favorite movies of 2019: Detective Pikachu, the first full-blown live-action Pokémon movie.Other new arrivals include the Amazon original Carnival Row, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne; the most recent Mission: Impossible film, Fallout; and a documentary series exploring the stories and triumphs at the heart of the sport of soccer, This Is Football, all available to stream free for Amazon Prime members.Below is everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in August 2019. If you’re not an Amazon Prime member yet, start your free trial here.August 2300This Is Football (Season 1) Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 6The Souvenir Available for Rent or Purchase on Prime VideoAugust 7All I See Is YouAugust 9Free Meek (Season 1) Amazon Prime OriginalPete the Cat (Season 1 Part 2) Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 12Andy Irons: Kissed by GodAugust 13Avengers: Endgame Available for Rent or Purchase on Prime VideoAugust 16Photograph Amazon Prime OriginalJim Gaffigan: Quality Time Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 20Pokémon Detective Pikachu Available for Rent or Purchase on Prime VideoPoms Available for Rent or Purchase on Prime VideoTolkien Available for Rent or Purchase on Prime VideoAugust 21A Simple FavorAugust 23Mission: Impossible — Fallout#IMomSoHard Live Amazon Prime OriginalMike E. Winfield: StepMan Amazon Prime OriginalAlice Wetterlund: My Mama Is a Human and So Am I Amazon Prime OriginalAlonzo Bodden: Heavy Lightweight Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 26The Lincoln LawyerAugust 27A Dog’s Journey Available for Rent or Purchase on Prime VideoAugust 30Carnival Row (Season 1) Amazon Prime OriginalAugust 31A Cadaver Christmas Boy Computer Chess Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand / Manuscripts Don’t Burn Failure to Launch Far From Home Firstborn Flashback Glissements Progressifs du Plaisir / Successive Slidings of Pleasure Godzilla Hellboy II: The Golden Army I, Frankenstein Jack Frost Kicking the Dog Klip / Clip Korkoro La Maison de la radio Looking Glass Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter Music From the Big House Naples ’44 Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist Parting Glances Pirate Radio Poltergeist II: The Other Side Sacred Ground She Must Be Seeing Things Sucker Punch Surviving Progress Ten Dead Men The Bog Creatures The Collectors The Fifth Element The Hills Have Eyes Part II The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby The Oyler House: Richard Neutra’s Desert Retreat The Penguin Counters The Uninvited This Ain’t No Mouse Music Top of the Food Chain Top Spin Vito Za Ji Wang Ming DuiMore on Geek.com:‘The Boys’ Final Trailer: Good Guys Go After World’s Worst SuperheroesWhat to Stream on Amazon Prime This WeekendBest Space Documentaries to Stream Stay on target These Are the Games You Should Play This MonthBest Skywatching Events in August 2019: ‘Shooting Stars,’ New Moon, More last_img read more

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The very idea Kitchen gadgets powered by microwave leaks

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first_img Explore further Researchers develop “rectenna” to convert radio waves to electricity Credit: Yoshihiro Kawahara et al. Citation: The very idea: Kitchen gadgets powered by microwave leaks (2013, September 22) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2013-09-idea-kitchen-gadgets-powered-microwave.html Their experiment actually did show that it was possible to harness energy from the microwave and use it for other appliances. “Our experimental results showed that the leakage received by a dipole antenna was about 0 dBm (1 mW) at a point 5 cm in front of the door. A rectenna consisting of a dipole antenna and charge pump can convert the leaked microwave energy into a DC current. When a microwave oven is operated for 2 min, 9.98 mJ of energy was harvested.”[A rectenna is an antenna which is used to convert microwave energy into direct current electricity.]They demonstrated that this energy was enough. They said, “The energy accumulated over 2 min was found to be suf?cient for the operation of some of low-power kitchen tools for a few minutes and operate wireless sensor node for 2.5 hours.”Reporting on their work, Scientific American noted that “A microwave oven uses a device called a magnetron to generate electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of 12.5 centimeters and a frequency of 2.4 gigahertz – enough for vibrating water molecules to heat food. Although a waveguide delivers the microwaves into the food chamber some still escape through the gap around the oven door and through the metal-meshed window.”In the bigger picture of power consumption today, the authors noted that, because of the reduced power consumption of electronics devices, quite a few battery-operated devices such as kitchen tools only consume a few dozen microwatts. The reduced power requirements are accelerating power harvesting from various ambient energy, they wrote. ” As energy ef?ciency continues to improve, the energy requirements to power electronic devices will continue to drop; this in turn means it is feasible to power more devices by a small amount of energy of about a few dozen microwatts.”Authors of the paper are Yoshihiro Kawahara, Xiaoying Bian, Ryo Shigeta, Rushi Vyas, Manos M. Tentzeris and Tohru Asami. The paper appears in UbiComp 13 Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. More information: Power harvesting from microwave oven electromagnetic leakage: dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2493500www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2013/program.phpwww.newscientist.com/article/d … kitchen-gadgets.html © 2013 Phys.org (Phys.org) —Can your microwave oven power other gadgets in your kitchen? That is the question explored in the paper, “Power Harvesting from Microwave Oven Electromagnetic Leakage,” by researchers from the University of Tokyo in Tokyo and Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. They presented their work at the Conference on Ubiquitous Computing in Zurich earlier this month. “In this paper,” said Yoshihiro Kawahara, an associate professor in the field of ubiquitous computing at the University of Tokyo. and colleagues, “we present the feasibility of harvesting and storing a small amount of leaked energy from a microwave oven and operate low-power devices without battery in a domestic environment.” 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.last_img read more

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The Thai Queen who Drowned Because an Ancient Law Forbade Touching a

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first_imgThere is an entire catalog of almost unbelievable deaths of royal people. Such as Henry I, who was king of England from 1100 until 1135. He died a rather bizarre death, supposedly caused by a meal of lamprey eels. The king dismissed his doctor’s warnings–they had advised him against consuming the suspicious dish. He contracted a disease and, after a short while, passed away at the age of 67. Another European king, Alexander of Greece, was just 27 when he died in his own bizarre fashion in 1920. The Greek king was taking a stroll in his summer palace near Athens when a monkey attacked his pet German Shepherd, Fritz. The monkey was reportedly a Barbary macaque that belonged to a palace employee. The king attempted to break up the fighting animals and ended up a victim himself, as the monkey hurt his leg as well as biting him all over his body. The wounds became infected and less than a month later the king was pronounced dead.Queen Sunandha Kumariratana, Queen consort of King Chulalongkorn of Siam.It’s not only in Europe that members of royal families have died in unusual circumstances. One of the most hard-to-believe such stories is of the queen consort of Siam (modern-day Thailand), Sunandha Kumariratana. She was the first of the three wives of Siamese King Chulalongkorn, who is known for introducing some progressive reforms within his kingdom, like abolishing slavery.Princess Kannabhorn Bejaratana, daughter of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V the Great) of Siam, with her mother, Queen Sunandha KumariratanaAt the time of her death, Sunandha Kumariratana already had one daughter and was expecting another child. In May 1880, when Sunandha was just 19 years old, she was on a trip to the royal family’s bountiful Bang Pa-In summer residence, outside of Bangkok. She was accompanied by Princess Karnabhorn Bejraratana, not even two years old, and a group of guards and servants.Bang Pa In Royal Temple Palace, Ayutthaya, ThailandRoyal Crematorium of Sunandha Kumariratana 1881But reaching the palace required crossing Chao Phraya River, Thailand’s biggest river. The queen consort and the princess were escorted to a separate boat which was dragged by a bigger boat to carry them over the river.Related Video: 6 Cleopatra Myths DebunkedHowever, the royal vessel capsized in strong currents and both were plunged into the water. None of the royal entourage proceeded to help them. Supposedly everyone followed the lead of the main guard, who did not assist them or urge anyone else to help the drowning royals–all three lives were lost while their attendants just stood and watched.Queen Sunandha Kumariratana,The guards, and everyone else on the scene, were adhering to an old and rigid Siamese law that did not allow any ordinary person to touch a member of the royal family. Breaking this law was punishable with death.Statue at Bang Pa-In PalaceAccording to Misfit History, besides the law, any desire to help save the life of the queen could have been diminished by a superstitious belief as well. Allegedly, saving a person who was drowning in the river was associated with misfortune. If someone offered help to the person that meant meddling with the spirits who lived in the water.Queen Sunanda Kumariratana Memorial, Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส –CC BY-SA 4.0After this incident, where three lives could have been easily spared with a little help, King Chulalongkorn proceeded to imprison the attendant who did not give any orders to attempt a rescue.The king greatly grieved the death of his spouse, who is said to be the one he loved the best of all. The funerary procession that was accordingly arranged for the queen was possibly the most expensive funeral in the history of this Asian kingdom.Related story from us: Queen Mary I of England was not known as “Bloody Mary” until more than a century after her deathThe king also carried out a great deal of work to complete the royal summer residence, which his revered wife was due to visit on the day of her unfortunate demise. In the backyard of the palace, he placed a memorial to Sunandha Kumariratana and the children, a reminder of the extraordinary circumstances that ended their lives all too soon.last_img read more

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Greek premier Bill Clinton discuss investments

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first_img Top Stories ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to discuss foreign investment in Greece.Clinton is in Greece to promote the “Hellenic Initiative,” an initiative by businessmen of Greek origin living abroad who want to facilitate foreign investment in the debt-ridden country and to raise $100 million to help charities active in Greece.Later, Clinton and Samaras will be joined by a team of Greek-American businessmen and Greece’s foreign, defense, finance and development ministers. New high school in Mesa lets students pick career paths Comments   Share   Men’s health affects baby’s health too Meghan McCain to release audiobook on conservatism, family Clinton is scheduled to speak to a select audience of Greek-American businessmen and will depart Athens on Sunday afternoon.(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)center_img Sponsored Stories Four benefits of having a wireless security system 5 things to look for when selecting an ophthalmologist Think Tank analyzes the second round of Democratic debates More Valley freeways to be closed this weekend for improvementslast_img read more

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HUD OIG Recoups 1B

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first_img October 12, 2014 447 Views Share in Daily Dose, Government, Headlines, News HUD OIG Recoups $1Bcenter_img The Office of Inspector General for HUD announced that civil investigations of some of the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) largest lenders have resulted in significant settlements in the last year.The civil investigations were conducted to enforce the FHA origination rules against lenders that falsely certify insurability of loans under FHA’s insurance program. Investigations of three of those lenders alone have totaled nearly $1 billion in money recouped, which has helped replenish FHA’s insurance fund. Another $650 million has been awarded for the benefit of other government entities.”These settlements are the latest step in a continuing effort to bring to light significant problems that we have identified in the loan underwriting practices of a number of large FHA-approved lenders, which have or will provide a meaningful financial boost to the FHA insurance fund,” HUD OIG David A. Montoya said.Every component of HUD OIG contributed to the investigations in the last year. Auditors served subpoenas for lender records, scrutinized lender underwriting practices, participated in the underwriting of thousands of loans, and reviewed many documents. As part of the investigations, OIG special agents interviewed many current and former employees of lenders as well as borrowers and many other individuals. The OIG’s Legal Office provided important guidance and advice to those conducting the investigations and coordinated their efforts with the U.S. Department of Justice and HUD.The staff in OIG’s Fort Worth Regional Office, Chicago Regional Office, and Joint Civil Fraud Division led these investigations and reviews. FHA HUD Inspector General Settlements 2014-10-12 Seth Welbornlast_img read more

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