Cardiff's Jones 'joins Al Jazira'
Posted onStriker Kenwyne Jones reveals he has joined United Arab Emirates club Al Jazira Club on loan until the end of the season. read more >>> Source : BBC
Samsung urges U.S. court to overturn $120 mln patent verdict for Apple
Posted onWASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to find that a jury in 2014 should not have made the South Korean company pay nearly $120 million to Apple Inc for infringing three patents. read more >>> Source : Reuters
New Years Food Mood
Posted onEvery New Year, food-related goals make their way to my top five New Year resolutions; however, after interacting with four young founders of two food-based startups in New York City, I’ve learned to keep a more wholesome mindset as goals around food and dietary consumption create a ripple effect around food waste, healthy living, and […]
Charlize Theron Poses Nude For W Magazine's Movie Issue
Posted onCharlize Theron bares it all for W Magazine’s latest issue. The actress is just one of 31 stars who posed for the magazine’s annual Movie Issue. In the image, which was shot by Peter Lindbergh, Theron looks gorgeous sitting atop a bed, wrapped up in white sheets. She’s wearing minimal makeup and her cropped blond […]
Stocks Turn Higher; Wal-Mart Leads Dow; Small Caps Take Heat
Posted onStocks eked out modest gains in late-afternoon trading Tuesday, one day after stiff losses threw the market back into a correction. The S&P 500 added 0.4%, and the Nasdaq and Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.2% each. Small caps got crushed with the Russell 2000 down 2.3%. Volume on the NYSE and Nasdaq was tracking […]
Treatment to Cure Form of Muscular Dystrophy Advances
Posted onResearchers have found what may be a permanent cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disabling and eventually fatal genetic condition that affects approximately one in 5,000 boys worldwide. The disease, also called DMD, causes the body to make a defective copy of a skeletal protein called dystrophin that holds muscles together. That defective protein causes […]
Why Internet Platforms Don't Need Special Regulation
Posted onFrom city halls around the country to Washington, DC, and other world capitals, lawmakers and regulators lately have come under intense pressure to regulate upstart Internet market platforms such as Uber, Airbnb, UpCounsel, and Heal, as they rapidly transform entire sectors of the economy by providing simple and elegant new ways for buyers and sellers […]
VIDEO: Ford says it leads in self-driving tech
Posted onFord’s boss tells the BBC that his company is one of the leaders in self-driving car technologies. read more >>> Source : BBC
Apple expected to cut parts procurement on slow iPhone sales
Posted onAsian electronic component makers are expecting Apple to cut procurement orders by about 30 percent in the coming quarter due to weaker than expected sales of the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, according to a Japanese media report. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
A teacher had an epic dance session with his students
Posted onRon Clark is an educator who employs a progressive style of teaching at his Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. Clark, who was Disney’s American Teacher of the Year in 2000 and has been on Oprah, believes that creating a joyous educational environment will help kids learn best. “Teachers should be happy,” he told Oprah last […]
Picture Special: Jurgen Klopp's and his Liverpool players arrive for cup clash with Stoke
Posted onLIVERPOOL take on Stoke tonight in the Capital One Cup looking to put their poor form to bed. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
The value of diversification illustrated in an exquisite quilt
Posted onNo single asset class has been the market’s top performer year after year on a consistent basis. Unfortunately, no amount of skill or experience has enabled anyone to forecast how various asset classes will stack up in any of those given years. And as a result, those who try to predict and time the markets […]
A Life Changing Day on the Summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Posted onCo-authored by Frank Parrott Darkness brings out fears in many of us. Hiking to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro through the night brought out my fears, and made the challenge even harder. Just hiking to the highest point in Africa is not an easy feat. Add lack of sleep, cold and darkness, and I was […]
Finland and Estonia ponder undersea railway tunnel
Posted onHELSINKI, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Finland and Estonia on Tuesday agreed to explore the possibility of constructing an undersea railway tunnel between their capitals. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Mideast tensions will crush oil prices further
Posted onTensions in the Middle East typically drive up oil prices but the Saudia Arabia-Iran conflict will further depress prices, says Stephen Myrow. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
Director Michael Bay reveals he's worth half a billion dollars, and wants to give it all away
Posted onMichael Bay is among the five highest-grossing directors of all time (he’s currently number four with a worldwide box office of $5.776 billion), and in a recent interview with Rolling Stone he revealed that he personally is worth half a billion dollars. Well, he did it in the typical Michael Bay casual style: “I’d say […]
Bedene beats Pospisil in Chennai
Posted onBritish number two Aljaz Bedene defeats world number 39 Vasek Pospisil 7-5 7-6 to reach round two of the Chennai Open. read more >>> Source : BBC
Mel Gibson Returns to Hollywood Spotlight at Golden Globes
Posted onMel Gibson is returning to the Hollywood spotlight as a presenter at the Golden Globes. Show producers announced Tuesday that the embattled star will appear at Sunday evening’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Gibson has kept a low profile for almost a decade, following an explosive drunken-driving arrest and public custody dispute. Other presenters […]
Diversity's Marginalization
Posted onThe last few weeks have seen national attention focused on our nation’s campuses, engaged once again with the issue of diversity. Student protests are spreading, and presidents/chancellors/deans are resigning. All the while, the firestorm surrounding diversity, and most especially racial issues, on our campuses continues to grow. Protests and resignations, however, only point to a […]
Tina Fey says the life-changing job she took in her 20s barely paid anything
Posted onThe most valuable jobs are not necessarily the highest-paying ones. For Tina Fey, a career-changing job that she landed in the early 90s upon graduating from the University of Virginia barely paid anything. It was a gig at an improv and sketch comedy theater in Chicago called The Second City, she explains in her book, […]
Video shows the moment passengers realised the plane door was left OPEN
Posted onIn this footage shot by a passenger travelling to the Philippines, you can clearly make out a gap showing the door was not correctly sealed shut, as well as a strange noise coming from the frame. read more >>> Source : DailyMail.Co.UK
What We're Reading
Posted onHere’s just a few items to keep you busy over the weekend. Best wishes for the holiday season from all of us at NCSE. The North Carolina Town That’s Scared of Solar Panels, Revisited, Vox, December 18, 2015 — Dave Roberts re-examines the town which blocked a solar farm–one worry was reportedly that the panels […]
Honour to manage Real – Benitez
Posted onRafael Benitez says it was “an honour and privilege” to manage Real Madrid, a day after he was sacked by the La Liga club. read more >>> Source : BBC
Twitter considering 10,000-character limit for tweets: Re/code
Posted on(Reuters) – Twitter Inc is building a new feature that will allow users to post tweets as long as 10,000 characters, Re/code reported on Tuesday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Q&A With Ernie Manouse on Manor of Speaking, Downton Abbey and its Final Season, PBS and More
Posted onErnie Manouse, seven-time Emmy winning PBS anchor and producer, and host of the Downton Abbey after show, Manor of Speaking. Photo: Houston Public Media. If you’re a Downton Abbey fan, you might already know that one of the most delightful personalities on PBS today is seven-time Emmy winning PBS Anchor/Producer Ernie Manouse of Houston Public […]
How You Can Help Your Clients by Selecting a Niche
Posted onpikcha/Shutterstock.com What is a niche? According to Dictionary.com, a niche is, “a place or position suitable or appropriate for a person or thing, or a distinct segment of a market.” For many of us, everything about picking a niche evokes our deeply-held / innate sense of indecision, like what I experienced right now. I couldn’t […]
Under Armour reveals 'HealthBox' 24/7 activity monitor
Posted onSports apparel and accessories maker Under Armour revealed its new HealthBox — a 24/7 activity monitor that includes a wristband, scale and chest strap. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
Gun Stocks Storm To New Highs; Should You Buy?
Posted onThe new high list on Tuesday stayed slim, but investors crowded into firearms stocks for a second straight session. Amid President Obama’s new policies unveiled Tuesday aimed to curb gun violence in the U.S., Sturm Ruger (RGR) stormed to a new high of 66.93. The stock gapped up at the open and rose 4.03 to […]
Twitter might allow 10,000-character tweets and I think it's a great idea (TWTR)
Posted onTwitter is reportedly thinking about taking the character limit on its tweets from 140 to 10,000. In effect, Twitter is thinking about effectively eliminating the cap on how long tweets can be. (This post, for example, is WAY less than 10,000 characters.) Some people couldn’t help themselves from showing how ridiculous a 10,000-character message would […]
Yahoo shuts down video streaming site
Posted onInternet firm Yahoo has shut down its video hub Yahoo Screen after the website failed to attract viewers. read more >>> Source : BBC
Teams: Klopp drops Benteke after West Ham defeat, Stoke's attacking quartet start
Posted onJURGEN KLOPP has made three changes to the Liverpool side beaten by West Ham for their Capital One Cup semi-final against Stoke. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Gun lobby group NRA says Obama's new gun actions "ripe for abuse"
Posted onWASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The National Rifle Association on Tuesday said U.S. President Barack Obama’s new gun proposals are “ripe for abuse” by the government, and the powerful gun lobby group vowed to continue to fight to protect Americans’ constitutional rights to bear arms. read more >>> Source : Reuters
UPDATE 1-Brazil's Rousseff eyes fiscal-friendly stimulus measures -source
Posted onBRASILIA, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is analyzing changes to pension, tax and labor laws that would stimulate the country’s ailing economy without relaxing her government’s… read more >>> Source : Reuters
FTC: Lumosity to pay $2M for 'deceptive' ads
Posted onLumosity claimed its brain games could improve mental performance and stave off age-related cognitive decline. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
Yahoo closes online video hub
Posted onYahoo pulled the plug on an online video hub that had once been envisioned as the beleaguered company’s answer to Netflix and YouTube. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
Fraser Institute sounds warning on government debt
Posted onThe total net debt of Canada’s federal and provincial governments, which now stands at almost $1.3 trillion, is a growing problem that hurts economic growth and makes less money available for other spending, according to a research paper by the Fraser Institute. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
Exploit broker places $100k bounty on bypassing Flash Player's latest defenses
Posted onExploit acquisition firm Zerodium is offering up to $100,000 for exploits that bypass Flash Player’s latest heap isolation protection. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
15 Reasons You Should Never, Ever Visit Denver
Posted on“But the Colorado rocky mountain high I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullaby Rocky mountain high (Colorado)” –John Denver Ahhh Denver, Colorado. Sounds pretty enchanting, doesn’t it? Well, don’t let the Mile High City fool you. Here are 15 reasons why you definitely don’t […]
Rio Stadium Fires 75 Percent of Workers Ahead of Olympics
Posted onAdministrators of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium have fired 75 percent of the staff ahead of the 2016 Olympics. The arena is to be used for up to nine months by Games organizers, who are bringing in their own workers for that period. Maracana administrators said in a statement late Monday that the layoffs […]
HSBC online bank services 'returning'
Posted onBritain’s biggest bank, HSBC, says its online banking services are steadily returning, after failing for a second day running. read more >>> Source : BBC
Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Who is David Gest?
Posted onWITH just a few hours to go until the latest gaggle of famous faces enter the Celebrity Big Brother compound, we’ve found out all there is to know about David Gest. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Obama Orders More Research On 'Smart Guns'
Posted onIn a memorandum titled “Promoting Smart Gun Technology,” President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to promote further research into measures that would help prevent injury and death by firearms that are “stolen, misused, or discharged accidentally.” “Developing and promoting technology that would help prevent these tragedies is an urgent priority,” Obama wrote. So-called “smart guns” […]
Donald Trump fires back after Samuel Jackson accuses him of cheating at golf
Posted onReal-estate mogul Donald Trump took a shot at Samuel Jackson on Tuesday, after the actor suggested that he cheats at golf. Trump wrote on Twitter that Jackson “does too many commercials” and that he’s “not a fan” of Jackson. This was apparently in response to Jackson’s recent interview in United Airlines’ Rhapsody Magazine, in which […]
UPDATE 3-IMF chief welcomes Nigeria anti-corruption drive, urges flexible naira
Posted on* Buhari has promised to clamp down on corruption (Adds comments from Buhari’s spokesman) read more >>> Source : Reuters
AC Hotels By Marriott to Open 22 Hotels In 2016
Posted onJanuary 2016 is expected to bring five AC hotels, AC Guadalajara Mexico; AC Cincinnati North/West Chester, OH; AC Boston North, MA; AC Marseille, France; and AC Queretaro, Mexico. read more >>> Source : HotelNewsresource.Com