EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says while other western premiers meeting in Yellowknife will be talking about how to spend money, she’ll be working in Alberta figuring out how to earn it.Notley says she is not attending the meeting on Wednesday because her time is better spent making sure the Trans Mountain pipeline project goes ahead.She says Alberta needs to be able to pay for important programs to be discussed at the meeting such as pharmacare.She says it’s not business as usual because B.C. Premier John Horgan is trying to shut down the pipeline and take $15 billion out of the Canadian economy.She says it might be worth going to the meeting to chastise Horgan if a decision on Trans Mountain were still a long way off, but the deadline is too close now for her to do that.Owner Kinder Morgan has set May 31 as the date by which it needs to have enough certainty to proceed with the pipeline’s expansion.Alberta sees the pipeline as key to moving bitumen from the province to the coast and from there to lucrative overseas markets. read more
VANCOUVER – Canfor Corp. says it is temporarily curtailing sawmill operations in British Columbia by about 10 per cent during the fourth quarter.The Vancouver-based forest products producer says the decision was made due to market conditions, including falling lumber prices, uncompetitive log costs and supply challenges following another difficult wildfire season.Chief executive Don Kayne says the company is working to mitigate the impacts on employees “as much as possible.”Lumber production will be reduced by cutting the number of operating days, including immediate short-term curtailments at some facilities and extended downtime over the holidays.Canfor has 13 sawmills in Canada, with total annual capacity of about 3.8 billion board feet.Lumber prices soared as U.S. export duties were initially passed on to consumers, but those have subsequently decreased.Companies in this story: (TSX:CFP) read more
The federal Liberals have come up with a $16-billion answer to Canada’s competitiveness concerns.Ottawa’s long-awaited plan to help Canada compete with the United States for investment dollars is the centrepiece of its latest fall economic statement, which forecasts slightly deeper annual deficits over the coming years.Finance Minister Bill Morneau had faced pressure to lower the corporate tax rate in response to major tax and regulatory reforms in the U.S.But in Wednesday’s economic update Morneau chose to use billions worth of extra federal fiscal space to offer tax incentives for businesses who invest in Canada.Morneau said the government is benefiting from “a very good situation – but we know that we have to consider investments in the future?. That’s why we listened to and heard the anxieties of the business sector.”By far, the biggest-ticket items among the proposed tax measures are changes that would enable businesses to immediately write off the full cost of some types of machinery and equipment, and allow companies of all sizes and in all sectors to expense a larger share of newly acquired assets.The new write-offs alone are expected to cost the federal treasury about $14 billion over the next half-decade.As part of its competitiveness plan, the government also proposes about $1.1 billion over the coming years towards efforts to open new market access for Canadian exporters. It is also looking to add another $800 million over five years to its strategic innovation fund, which supports “innovative” investments in all sectors.A stronger economy has given the government about $22 billion in extra fiscal room over the coming years, compared to what federal forecasters projected in last February’s budget. But the new initiatives will also contribute to slightly larger-than-expected annual shortfalls, beginning next year.The government is now projecting deficits of $18.1 billion in 2018-19, $19.6 billion in 2019-20 and $18.1 billion in 2020-21. After 2020-21, the annual shortfalls are expected to shrink each year to $11.4 billion in 2023-24.The fiscal update contains no timetable to eliminate the Liberals’ deficits. The government has drawn criticism from the Opposition Conservatives and some economists for failing to provide a timeline back to balance, especially with the economy running close to full strength.Following the 2015 election, the Liberal government abandoned pledges to run annual deficits of no more than $10 billion and to balance the books by 2019. Instead, it has focused on reducing the net debt-to-GDP ratio – also known as the debt burden – each year.The debt-to-GDP ratio is now projected to gradually fall from 30.9 per cent in 2018-19 to 28.5 per cent in 2023-24.Morneau’s fall economic statement also proposes additional support for the country’s struggling journalism industry by enabling non-profit news organizations to receive donations and through the creation new tax credits – all of which are part of a plan expected to reduce government revenues by $600 million over five years.The government plan also proposes $240 million towards sustaining Canada’s wild fish stocks, with a focus on Pacific salmon. read more
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Wednesday arrested Rohit Shekhar Tiwari’s lawyer wife Apoorva on charges of his murder, citing a “turbulent and unhappy” marriage as the motive, a senior police official said. Another reason behind the killing was the fact that Rohit was planning to give his share of property to his sister-in-law’s son, he said. Apporva believed that Rohit’s sister-in-law was the reason behind their turbulent marriage and held a grudge against her. Also Read – India gets first tranche of Swiss bank a/c details She tried to mislead investigators by claiming that she was getting intimate with Rohit and she might have accidentally pressed his neck, the official said, adding that police are, however, not believing this theory. The investigators said Apoorva used to change her story everyday and whenever she was confronted with facts, she would weave her story around those facts. Rohit, the son of late veteran politician N D Tiwari, was smothered to death on the intervening night of April 15 and 16, an autopsy report said. Also Read – Tourists to be allowed in J&K from Thursday The two got married in May last year, after having courted each other for a year before. They had met through a marriage portal, police said. Immediately after their marriage, the couple seemed to have had a fallout and Apoorva had left for her parental home in Indore, police said. During interrogation, Apoorva claimed that she was the president of Indian National Trade Union Congress in Indore and had political aspirations but after getting married to Rohit in May, she realised that he did not have much of a standing and his political career was not going anywhere. Within 14-15 days of the marriage, she started staying away from the house, the official said. “Sometimes, she would stay at her parents’ place and sometimes at a rented room she had in south Delhi even before she got married,” he said. “In July last year, while he was undergoing a bypass surgery, she had served him a legal notice saying she did not want to live with him. But both the families counselled them and advised them to give the marriage a second chance,” said the official, who was privy to the probe. He said the problems were compounded due to a will that had been made before she got married to Rohit. According to the will, the property was to be divided in a ratio of 60:40 between Rohit and his step-brother Siddharth. Siddharth, who did not keep well, felt he would not live longer and had said he would give his share of property to the nine-year-old son of a relative of Ujjwala’s first husband. Ujjwala is Rohit’s mother. This relative and his wife addressed Ujjwala as ‘Maa’, who was also the son of Ujjwala’s first husband’s cousin. Even Rohit had said he would give his share of property to the nine-year-old son of the relative, which angered Apoorva, the official said. Police said they were suspecting her role since day one of the investigation, after Rohit’s postmortem report stated that he was “smothered”. During interrogation, she was confronted with facts and kept changing statements often. “The suspicion on her arose because only three persons had access to Rohit’s room on the first floor of the house, two servants and Apoorva. We confronted her with circumstantial evidence and she broke down on Wednesday and confessed,” the official said. “On the night of the incident, the couple had a fight over a relative. Rohit had been drinking all the way from Uttarakhand to Delhi and was not in a condition to resist. During the fight, she pounced on him and smothered him,” Additional Commissioner of Police (crime) Rajeev Ranjan said. Rohit, along with his mother and other relatives, went to Kathgodam in Uttarakhand to cast his vote on April 10 and returned by late evening on April 15, Ranjan said. He was drinking with his sister-in-law in his car, the official said. After returning to Delhi, they had dinner with Ujjwala, Rohit’s mother, and other family members at around 11 pm. Later, his mother and other relatives returned to their Tilak Lane bungalow and his servants went to their rooms. Siddharth also retired to his room, the official said. Around 12.45 am, Apoorva went to Rohit’s room after watching TV. While they were in the room, the couple had an argument, he said. Ranjan said in a fit of rage, Apoorva allegedly smothered and strangulated Rohit. Next day, at around 2.30 pm, Rohit’s mother came to his house and enquired about him, another official said. Apoorva told her that he was sleeping, so his mother did not disturb him as she knew that he had insomnia and he used to sleep late in the evening, Ranjan said. Later at around 4 pm, one of his servants noticed that he was not responding and was bleeding through his nose, police said. Rohit’s mother was at Max Hospital in Saket for the treatment when she received a call from home that he was unwell. She then took an ambulance that brought Rohit to the hospital. He was declared brought dead by doctors and his body was sent for postmortem to AIIMS. The autopsy was done by a board of five doctors on April 17 and the report revealed that Rohit died due to asphyxiation as he was smothered and strangulated. read more
NEW YORK — Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 9-15. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.1. NFL Football: Philadelphia at Atlanta, NBC, 17.64 million.2. “NFL Post-Game,” Fox, 15.02 million.3. NFL Football: Houston at New Orleans, ESPN, 13.53 million.4. “Democratic Presidential Debate,” ABC, 12.95 million.5. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 12.91 million.6. “The OT,” Fox, 11.09 million.7. NFL Football: Denver at Oakland, ESPN, 10.95 million.8. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 9.48 million.9. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 9.4 million.10. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 8.46 million.11. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.48 million.12. NFL Football: Tampa Bay at Carolina, NFL Network, 6.67 million.13. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.69 million.14. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.79 million.15. “FBI,” CBS, 4.77 million.16. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 4.64 million.17. “Football Night in America, Part 2,” NBC, 4.6 million.18. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 4.59 million.19. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 4.58 million.20. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 4.55 million.___ABC and ESPN are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is owned by NBC Universal.The Associated Press read more
Video of launch of appeal Declaring “no one should die because they lack food and medicine that are available in surplus elsewhere,” Secretary-General Kofi Annan today launched the 2004 annual Consolidated Appeal on behalf of United Nations humanitarian agencies, calling for $3 billion to help 45 million people in 21 countries.“Let us be clear: the aid we give them is not charity, it is their right,” Mr. Annan told a ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York. He stressed that most of the proposed beneficiaries were children, women and the elderly struggling to survive displacement, loss and severe disruption to their lives in wars, conflicts and natural disasters. “Victims of natural and man-made disasters have a right to the fulfilment of their basic needs. And donors and citizens who can help have not only a moral responsibility to provide emergency and life-sustaining assistance, but an obligation to do so under international humanitarian and human rights law,” he added. Noting that the $3 billion sought amounted to “little more than $3 per person in donor countries – the cost of a magazine or two cups of coffee,” Mr. Annan declared: “With that amount we will help save lives in 21 of the world’s most serious crises – from Chechnya (Russian Federation) to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and many countries and regions in Africa.” He also stressed the security aspect of the appeal for wealthy nations. “A world where, amid increasing global prosperity, millions still live in desperate conditions, will not be a world at peace,” he said. “Indeed timely aid to those who need it most can do much to help prevent conflict.” He noted that only 66 per cent of the $3 billion sought in the current 2003 appeal had so far been received and that even that figure was misleading because funding levels remained uneven – 91 per cent of the amount requested for Iraq, a third of the total, having been funded while Burundi only received 28 per cent of the amount sought and Liberia 24 per cent. The annual appeal is put together by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and is a product of the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP), a mechanism created a decade ago by the UN General Assembly to plan a common humanitarian strategy and maximize resources. This year’s campaign is being held under the theme “Hear Our Voices,” with some of the beneficiaries telling their own stories. “We are trying to put the focus back on the people we are working for,” said a spokesperson for OCHA, Stephanie Bunker. Moderating today’s event, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, said the appeal needed generous funding from more States and donors since funding levels were remaining stagnant despite increasing needs.Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), said the launch was not about asking for permanent welfare checks. Rather, it was about strategically moving countries from relief to rehabilitation and reconstruction.For his part, Ambassador Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins of Angola, speaking in his capacity as President of the Security Council for November, said that without the CAP, the conditions of people living in conflict zones would be much worse. His own country had benefited greatly from the CAP, both during and after its bitter conflict. It had helped people regain control of their lives and had put them on the path towards self-sufficiency, he added.The crises included in this year’s appeal are: Angola, Burundi, Chechnya and Neighbouring Republics (Russian Federation), Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire (plus 3 – Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, the Great Lakes Region, Guinea, Liberia, the occupied Palestinian territory, Sierra Leone, Somalia, the southern Africa region, the Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa and Zimbabwe. read more
Dream big and reach far. Despite injuries, the Ohio State women’s gymnastics team is still pursuing its goal of winning the Big Ten Championships this year and qualifying to compete at Regionals.With 11 meets scheduled this season, only four are against conference teams. But unlike most sports, gymnastics’ open scheduling holds no weighted value on the in-conference meets.Coach Carey Fagan said conference coaches are split on their opinion of doing a conference schedule in the future. Fagan is in favor of the conference schedule because she values the opportunity to directly compare teams within the conference on a one-on-one basis throughout the season.“I think it’s one of the advantages of being part of a large conference,” Fagan said, “to be able to compete within your conference and build the strength of the conference among the teams within that. Perception wise, that one-time competition is not a lot of opportunity for an upset.”While the current system only has the Buckeyes competing against four Big Ten teams during the regular season, Fagan thinks the opportunity for more one-on-one competition among the conference members benefits everyone.“I think it’s more of a perception among the judges and your other conference opponents that winning a meet in your conference is always a big deal,” Fagan said. “Not just for your win-loss, but also for your perception of your team in terms of comparing it to the rest of the conference.”Last year, the Buckeyes placed fifth out of seven teams. Sophomore Taylor Jones said the Big Ten usually posts some pretty tough competition, but she thinks OSU has a shot.“Michigan is usually high, Penn State’s high, Illinois is good,” Jones said. “But there’s no reason we shouldn’t be in the top three too, so we’ll see.”With 12 girls on the team, and only six completely healthy gymnasts, Jones said it left the Buckeyes off balance at the beginning of the season.“We had a rough start. We were up and down and what not, but I still think we have a shot,” Jones said. “We have plenty of time [and] attitudes have a changed a little bit. We’re really trying to pick each other up and motivate each other.”Senior gymnast Hilary Dow said the team’s goals have not changed, despite the setback of injuries, but the team had to make some changes.“I think our goals are still to win Big Ten’s and to qualify for Nationals,” Dow said. “But I guess with adjustments we’ve had to be more focused, make sure everyone’s … ready to be in the gym when they’re in the gym, to prevent further injuries.Fagan said that the team’s showing in conference meets and the Big Ten Championship will help contribute to its overall score to qualify as one of the top 36 teams for Regionals. As long as the team is consistent and hits its routines, Fagan said she has no doubt they’ll be in contention for Regionals.“Our consistency has been lacking a little bit, and I think that’s in part [because of] people doing events they normally wouldn’t do [due to injuries],” Fagan said. “And I think as the season progresses and [the gymnasts] get more experience on those events, we’ll see an improved consistency and see our team score go up.”The Big Ten Championship will be the first time that all seven conference teams will compete against each conference member.“It’s the first opportunity where all seven teams are compared on the same floor on the same night in front of the same judges,” Fagan said. “It’s a great opportunity, a Championship meet, especially being able to host this year is going to be an advantage, we hope.”After losing to conference opponent Michigan State by less than three points on Jan. 30, the Buckeyes look to come back Saturday against conference opponent Iowa.While the Big Ten Championships do not play a role in directly determining who moves on to Regionals, Jones said it does help to boost individual and team scores before the 36 teams are determined.“After Big Ten’s it kind of puts your rankings in place and if you’re [one of] the top 36 teams you go on to Regionals. And then the top two teams at Regionals go onto Nationals,” Jones said about how the post-season competition works. “So Big Ten’s is like a start to Regionals and Nationals.”With seven meets left before the Big Ten Championships, the OSU women’s team looks to solidify its routines and work on consistency. Fagan said Big Ten’s will really give the team an opportunity to see where they stand side-by-side among everyone else within the conference.“I think all the Big Ten teams are comparable in terms of their scoring capabilities,” Fagan said. “The bottom line is whoever hits on any given night is going to win the meet … but we have the potential.”OSU will host the 2010 Big Ten Championships on March 27 at 2 p.m. in St. John’s Arena. NCAA Regionals follow on April 9. read more
A National Union of Students’ (NUS) campaign has become a “vehicle for extremist interests”, a report has warned.The “Students not Suspects” campaign, which has been part of NUS policy since 2015, encourages universities to rally against the Government’s flagship counter-radicalisation policy Prevent.But according to the Henry Jackson Society, a counter-extremism think tank, the campaign has led to the NUS partnering with a number of questionable organisations. “Under the pretence of wanting to abolish Prevent, leading ‘Students Not Suspects’ activists have hosted extremist speakers at a series of unbalanced events,” the report said.“Many of them belong to organisations that have Islamist links and troubling histories of intolerance and sympathy for terrorism.”In March 2015, the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act (CTSA) imposed a statutory duty on universities and other public bodies, requiring them to pay “due regard to the need to prevent individuals from being drawn into terrorism”.The bill faced a backlash from the NUS which said it would “not engage” with the strategy, adding that it would “encourage Unions and institutions to not comply with or legitimise” Prevent.The NUS claimed that Prevent sought “to monitor and control Muslim students” and forced academic staff to spy on students. Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. The report concludes that the Students Not Suspects campaign, “if left unchecked, threatens to undermine the work of Prevent coordinators” and leaves students exposed to extremist speakers and organisations. The author of the report, Richard Black, said: “While the NUS’s ‘Students Not Suspects’ campaign has not succeeded in its overall aim of ‘scrapping’ Prevent, it has encouraged numerous student unions to pass motions boycotting the policy.“It has spread misinformation and betrayed students, staff and local authorities. Far from moderating its message, ‘Students Not Suspects’ has also developed ever closer links to extremist organisations.”This divisive campaign continues to alienate moderate students and further undermines the credibility and legitimacy of the NUS amongst government, policy makers and wider civil society.”An NUS spokesperson said: “The government’s counter-terrorism Prevent strategy is fundamentally flawed, repressive and racist. The implementation of the strategy across education institutions relies on racial profiling, making Muslim students in particular a common suspect. “NUS’ Black Students’ Campaign and Women’s Campaign started the Students Not Suspects campaign out of the need to help students and students’ unions campaign against the Prevent agenda and lobby policy makers to scrap this racist and ineffective strategy.”The spokesperson said that the Students Not Suspects campaign seeks to educate people about “the realities of Prevent, the stifling of academic freedom” and fight the “climate of fear and suspicion” that it creates. The bill faced a backlash from the NUS Credit:Christopher Furlong read more
AG Copenhagen Klavs Bruun Jørgensen and Søren Herskind, AG Copenhagen’ duo on the bench, decided to left the Team, because AG’s Management have not yet extended the contracts despite the sovereign Danish Championship -gold in May.Third coach added to the squad after he lost his job as a NT Austria coach, Magnus Andersson becomes the only one now and he will lead team in the debut season in the EHF Champions League. At the beginning, AG won in Serbian Vrsac against Partizan 31:25. ← Previous Story Chambery satisfied with Bicanic – Contract extended until 2015 Next Story → Bundesliga: Hamburg with a hard-fought victory
← Previous Story Baltic Handball League: SKA and Serviti secured places in Final Four Next Story → Jan Pytlick is new advisor of ZRK Vardar Skopje The best example how big is handball world is news about the new head coach of Brunei national team. After weak performances at the IHF tournament and defeats 35-6 to the Philippines, 37-1 to Singapore, 53-8 to Thailand, 54-5 to Malaysia and 56-4 to Indonesia, Bruneian handball community finally have found the professional coach, who will try to make certain improvements in the level of handball in this small Asian country with only 400.000 inhabitants.His name is Risto Buha, Serbian, which last job was on the position of technical director of Bahrein national team. He has also worked in South Africa, Mozambique, etc… bruneibrunei handball read more
Is the self-proclaimed King of All Media ready to jump ship yet again? According to a tweet from a Sirius stock Twitter account, Howard Stern is ready to abandon satellite radio in favor of contract with iTunes,Howard Stern on the verge of signing $600 million 3 year agreement with Apple to host an Internet/TV/iTunes broadcast. Stern’s contract with Sirius is up in January of 2011, and the shock jock hasn’t announced where he intends to land after that time period. An exclusivity contract with iTunes seems like an odd fit–though staying off of terrestrial radio would certainly help him continue to run his mouth outside of the watchful gaze of the FCC.But it’s hard to take too much stock in such a high priced rumor–after all, the aforementioned Twitter account doesn’t appear to have any formal conection to Sirius–and if did, it likely wouldn’t announce the department of one of the country’s best known radio personalities, right? read more
Kevin Smith Teases Latest Addition To Cast Of Jay And Silent Bob Reboot Twitter Pinterest WWE’s Chris Jericho Cast In Kevin Smith’s Horror Movie WhatsApp Videos Articles Rob Van Dam shares thoughts on John Oliver, wrestling high in ECW, WWE Hall of Fame Rey Mysterio Shares Unmasked Photo Ahead Of WWE Crown Jewel Now Playing Up Next Now Playing Up Next The following is the full content listing for the upcoming “ECW Unreleased Volume 3” DVD & Blu-Ray that will be released in April:DISC 1:You Know Who I AmECW Tag Team Championship MatchShane Douglas & Tommy Dreamer vs. The Tazmaniac & Kevin SullivanHardcore TV • December 14, 19932 Cold Scorpio Drops BombsECW Television Championship MatchToo Cold Scorpio vs. Dean MalenkoHardcore TV • November 29, 1994ECW Championship MatchShane Douglas vs. Ron SimmonsHardcore TV • January 24, 1995I Got the Paint, Rocco!Public Enemy Paint a Portrait of SabuNo Disqualification Match for the ECW Tag Team ChampionshipThe Public Enemy vs. Sabu & TazmaniacHardcore TV • January 31, 1995Taz & Eddie Guerrero vs. 2 Cold Scorpio & Dean MalenkoHardcore TV • July 25, 1995“Olympic Rules” MatchCactus Jack vs. SabuHoliday Hell • December 29, 1995I’m Going to Call 911Rey Mysterio & 911 vs. The EliminatorsHouse Party • January 5, 1996DISC 2:Something to Strut AboutCactus Jack vs. Bam Bam BigelowJust Another Night • February 23, 1996Cactus Jack is Ruined MerchandiseECW Television Championship MatchChris Jericho vs. Shane DouglasAllentown, PA • July 12, 1996Not the Simon SystemECW Championship MatchRaven vs. Tommy DreamerHardcore TV • August 13, 1996ECW Tag Team Championship MatchThe Eliminators vs. The Dudley’sHostile City Showdown • March 15, 1997A Welcome Home Party for Mr. Monday NightTaz vs. Rob Van DamHostile City Showdown • March 15, 1997The Underrated Stevie RichardsStevie Richards’ Lifelong Journey#1 Contender Three-Way DanceSandman vs. Big Stevie Cool vs. RavenAsbury Park, NJ • May 2, 1997ECW Championship MatchTerry Funk vs. Big Stevie CoolAsbury Park, NJ • May 2, 1997DISC 3:Look What I FoundECW Championship MatchShane Douglas vs. Bam Bam BigelowHardcore TV • October 25, 1997Everything About Triple Threat is a Shoot“Tag Champion vs. Tag Champion”Lance Storm vs. Chris CandidoCyberSlam • February 21, 1998Yoshihiro “The Taz Killer” TajiriECW Championship MatchTaz vs. Yoshihiro TajiriHostile City Showdown • June 26, 1999The Greatest Tag Team of All-TimeECW Tag Team Championship MatchSpike Dudley & Balls Mahoney vs. The Dudley’sECW on TNN • September 3, 1999ECW Tag Team Championship MatchThe Dudley’s vs. Tommy Dreamer & RavenECW on TNN • September 3, 1999Raven Hits Bourbon StreetBLUEper ReelExtreme OuttakesECW Television Championship MatchRob Van Dam vs. RhinoPoughkeepsie, NY • October 22, 1999Tommy Dreamer & Dusty Rhodes vs. Steve Corino & RhinoECW on TNN • February 4, 2000Kid Kash vs. E.Z. 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The Turkish footballer has spent 18 months with Roma in the Italian Lega Serie A and he feels well adjusted to the team now.Turkish right winger Cengiz Under started his professional career with Altinordu in 2014 in the Turkish second division.But his good performances at the club gained him a transfer to the Turkish Super Lig team Istanbul Basaksehir.And after only one season, he moved to Roma in the Italian Lega Serie A in 2017.“We have made it to the round of 16 and will play Porto on Tuesday. It will be a difficult game and we will do our best to win,” he said to the UEFA official website.“I hope we can beat them and match or even surpass the success we had last year.”“We want to reach the quarter-finals; we showed that we could do this last year by reaching the semi-finals and knocking out Barcelona. We can also do the same this year,” he added.“Every footballer’s dream is to play in the Champions League. As a child, I could only watch the first halves of the games shown at 21:45 in Turkey; I would have to go to bed before the second half.”“The most memorable game for me was the 2005 Liverpool v AC Milan final that ended 3-3 and then went to penalties. It was a very big match that was played in Istanbul,” he recalled.Serie A Betting: Match-day 3 Stuart Heath – September 14, 2019 Considering there is a number of perfect starts so early in the Serie A season, as well as a few surprisingly not-so perfect ones….“Before I came here [in the summer of 2017] I was in pre-season with Basaksehir in Slovenia.”“I was waiting for some news from my agent during the night and could not sleep after I had received it,” he continued.“I had to return to Istanbul in the morning to pack my bags and fly out to Rome. I was extremely nervous. One of my biggest dreams was to play in one of Europe’s biggest teams and I was able to turn this into reality by signing for Roma.”“When I first arrived, the team were on tour in the United States and I stayed in Rome because I didn’t have a visa,” he explained.“I was going to have my first training session and [sporting director] Monchi asked me to come into the changing room.”“When I arrived, Francesco Totti was there, and I felt very nervous. We took a picture and I when I got back home I put that picture up on social media. He is every footballer’s idol, including mine,” he concluded.Çalışkanlığını ve yeteneklerini biliyorum, umarım şans da asla peşini bırakmaz kardeşim. Hem @ibfk2014’e hem de sana hayırlı olsun! Her zaman arkandayız, takipteyiz @AlicanOzfesli! pic.twitter.com/me6rl4Otwo— Cengiz Ünder (@cengizunder) January 9, 2019 read more
While ZDM CFO Andy Johns declined comment, multiple sources say the sale was an ad play for j2.”It’s pretty clear the ZDM sale was not predicated so much on the legacy media brands, but much more so on the ad network that [CEO] Vivek [Shah] established along with the clever targeting capabilities he developed for consumer tech buyers,” according to a knowledgeable industry source. “The valuation on ZDM is stunning–it’s the difference between marketing a digital pure-play business and one that was perceived to be a traditional media house.”No reports of possible reorganization or future plans for ZDM brands–including PCMag.com, ComputerShopper, ExtremeTech, Geek.com, ZiffDavis B2B and ad targeting platform BuyerBase–had surfaced as of Monday afternoon.Launched just under two years ago, BuyerBase collects, stores and analyzes real-time audience data to provide targeted advertisements based on user behavior.The ZDM sale was kept quiet until today according to a source with intimate knowledge of the market, and comes just two years after former Time Inc. digital group president Vivek Shah and investment firm Great Hill Partners (GHP) joined to purchase ZDM in June of 2010. Terms of that deal were not disclosed, although the source estimates the deal was likely between $40 and $60 million. GHP says it targets equity investments of $30 to $150 million with a holding period of three to seven years.Ziff Davis, which currently reaches over 50 million in-market buyers every month, split and sold its Ziff Davis Enterprise (ZDE) division to Insight Venture Partners in 2007 for $150 million. ZDE was then sold to lead-gen firm QuinStreet in February of this year, resulting in massive layoffs.Following the 2007 split, ZDM was one of the first media companies to file for bankruptcy in March of 2008. Emerging that summer with a deleveraged balance sheet, ZDM then shuttered or sold each of its remaining print brands to go digital-only in early 2009.The j2 purchase is the latest in a line of precipitous drops for Ziff Davis since it stood at the top of the tech media world in the late-1990s.While j2 expects to add $60 million in revenues for 2013 as a result of the acquisition, Ziff Davis was generating 10-times that a little more than decade ago-in FY1999, the company produced $535 million. Two years later it was down to $430 million, and by 2002, earnings had fallen to $209 million. Revenues in its last full year before separating, 2006, were $181 million.j2 Global provides cloud-based individual and business messaging services through brands eFax, Onebox, eVoice, Campaigner, Fusemail, KeepItSafe and CampaignerCRM In its Q3 statement, j2 reported an 8.4-percent increase in revenues (up to $93.2 million) and an EBITDA of $50.5 million. The company expects to exceed previous earnings estimates of $365 million as a result of the acquisition. To stay updated on the latest FOLIO: news, become a Facebook fan and follow us on Twitter! Cloud services provider j2 Global has acquired long-standing tech media publisher Ziff Davis Media (ZDM), the companies announced Monday.The purchase is for $167 million and is expected to be immediately accretive, according to the release. The transaction will be funded from j2’s cash on hand.”We have years of experience and significant interest in the digital media and online marketing space both as a large scale consumer of advertising and as a seller of advertising on our ad supported properties,” said Hemi Zucker, CEO of j2 Global, in a statement. “This acquisition brings scale to this effort with a top leadership team deeply committed to building the business through organic growth, which we expect to continue.” read more
Email News Cedric Gervais On Ultra Miami, “One Night” & House Music We sat down with the French-born, Miami-bred producer/DJ backstage at this year’s Ultra to discuss how the rich culture and history of Miami has created a supportive environment for dance music, and how his latest work, including the single “One Night,” demonstrates a return to his love for house music.Go ‘On Location’ In Miami With Amara La Negra, Trina & More NETWORK ERRORCannot Contact ServerRELOAD YOUR SCREEN OR TRY SELECTING A DIFFERENT VIDEO Jul 2, 2018 – 5:27 pm Cedric Gervais Talks Ultra Miami & “One Night” Cedric Gervais On Ultra Miami & House Music cedric-gervais-ultra-miami-one-night-house-music Facebook Twitter The GRAMMY-winning producer/DJ talks about the rich diversity of Miami’s music culture and discusses why he’s going back to his house music rootsNate HertweckGRAMMYs Jul 2, 2018 – 5:28 pm Ultra Music Festival in Miami is one of the hottest tickets in the dance music world, and GRAMMY winner Cedric Gervais has been there from the beginning. read more
Kakinada: The services of philanthropist Merla Subba Rao in donating five acres of agriculture land for maintenance of Gandhi Bhavan, the memorial of Gandhiji in Kakinada was hailed by Gandhi Bhavan Trust. Participating in the programme organised in memory of the donor Merla Subba Rao, Lions district governor L Krishna hailed the gesture of Subba Rao for the memorial of Gandhiji. President of Gandhi Bhavan Trust Sabbella Gangi Reddy, vice-president MVS Murthy, members DVS Sarma, S Satyanarayana and others participated.
Koena MitraFacebookBollywood actress Koena Mitra has slammed Congress leader PC Chacko for comparing Yasin Malik with Pragya Singh Thakur and said that the Kashmiri separatist leader should get third degree treatment every day.Yasin Malik, who is the chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), is in judicial custody till May 24 in connection with a terror funding case.Talking about Yasin Malik, PC Chacko, the former Congress MP from Thrissur, appreciated his courage. “If Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused, can contest an election, and in the name of separatism, Delhi is asking him (Yasin Malik) at gunpoint to surrender, anyone with self-respect will react the way Mr Yasin Malik did,” the senior Congress leader told ANI.Koena Mitra retweeted ANI post and condemned PC Chacko for falling so low, by defending Yasin Malik. The model-turned-actress tweeted, “Self respect of a Terrorist? He’s praising ‘self respect’ & ‘courage’ of a terrorist Yasin Malik who killed four Indian Air Force men and Kashmiri Pandits. Congress, you are the lowest low!!! #GetOutCongressTerrorists.”Yasin Malik condition is said to be worsening in the prison and his family is not allowed to meet him. His wife Mushaal Hussein Mullick tweeted, “#Yasin went on hunger strike for 12 days due to which his health worsened. #RAW is issuing me and my daughter life threats. I appeal to the world bodies to play their role in the release of my ailing husband from the #Indian prison on medical grounds. #Kashmir.”Fahad Shah, the Editor of The Kashmir Walla, revealed that the Kashmir leaders have given a shutdown call in protest against the treatment. He tweeted, “JKLF chief Yasin Malik is unwell in custody. Leaders in #Kashmir have given a shutdown call tomorrow against his condition in prison..”Koena Mitra retweeted Fahad Shah’s post and said that he should get third degree treatment for killing the army men. The actress tweeted, “No one cares. No one!!! He’s a terrorist who killed four unarmed jawans and danced around their dead bodies. He should get third degree treatment everyday. #terroristyasinmalik #YasinMalik.”Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, an evicted Pandit from Kashmiri, defended her opinion. He retweeted saying, “He deserves to die worst then those soldiers & innocent Kashmiri Pandits that he killed.” In reply to him, Koena Mitra, “True that. Gunda raj has to come to an end. #CongressHatao”It is no secret that Koena Mitra is a staunch supporter of Narendra Modi. She added, “Vote for Gundas even if you have to….. but defeat Narendra Modi ~ says @AtishiAAP Gundaraj has to come to an end, their desperation to Hijack our country will go in vain!! Save our Beautiful nation from these vultures. Don’t vote for @AtishiAAP. @ArvindKejriwal.”Koena Mitra requested the people of Mumbai to vote for Narendra Modi. She tweeted, “Dear Mumbaikars, It’s time to unite against terrorists, corrupts, gundas, and hafta collectors. Remember 26/11 when you vote. Please go out in big groups, motivate people to vote for peace, development and Justice!!! #VoteKar #Modihaitohmumkinhai #MumbaikarVoteKar.” read more
Heroine, Kareena KapoorTwitterThe producers of the dance reality show, Dance India Dance, must have expected to shatter all TRP records when they decided to bring in Kareena Kapoor as a judge on their show. Kareena Kapoor, who is seen for the first time on a small screen as a judge, was expected to bring some fireworks to the reality show but, unfortunately, nothing of that sort seems to have happened as yet.The show has not only not been able to feature in top 10 of the weekly TRP list but, is also not making enough headlines. There were rumours of the diva being paid the highest amount for any female celebrity on small-screen. And if a TOI report is to be believed, the diva is getting paid a whopping Rs 3 crore per episode.Recently, in an interview with The Indian Express, Kareena had spoken candidly, “You need to put a lot of hard work, especially on television. So definitely, the pay package has to be a good amount. And when a male judge can get it, why not a female judge? Also, it’s the first time that a mainstream actress has forayed into TV and a dance reality show at this point in her career. So, I think I have got what I completely deserve for the hours I will put in.”In Kareena Kapoor’s absence, sister Karisma and friend Malaika had taken up the role of the judge for a weekend. However, Kareena, who is a bankable star is not able to meet the expectations on small screen.There were also the reports of Salman Khan charging a humongous Rs 31 crore per weekend for the upcoming season of Bigg Boss. And now, Kareena’s fee makes her the second highest paid celebrity on small screen. read more
In a post on its official blog, Bungie has marked the end of celebrating its 20th anniversary, as well as ‘Bungie Day,’ and with that is bidding a fond farewell to the Halo franchise.The story refuses to show sadness or loss at handing the franchise over to Microsoft, and instead poses Bungie as joining the existing fanbase of the universe. “Halo is in great hands… yours,” it reads.Bungie recapped the online activity that has accompanied the celebrations. Special items for sale in the Bungie Store, as well as Xbox Live Avatar items, have raised “a mountain of money” for the Bungie Foundation, the company’s charitable arm, and will continue to be on sale for a few more months. The company also handed out tons of swag from their own offices and offered all Halo: Reach players the Blue Flames, a tweak that engulfs the player in cosmetic blue flames, which formerly symbolized a Bungie employee when playing online.The company then outlined its own upcoming transition. Bungie.net will start shifting “very soon,” it says, heading in the direction of the launch of its upcoming IP. More immediately, Reach playlist management will shift to Microsoft subsidiary 343 Industries on August 2nd, and presumably from there it will be a gradual migration of Bungie.net services to Microsoft. That day will also mark the release of a 20th anniversary ViDoc.“It isn’t The End,” concludes the post. Bungie is starting its creative process all over again, and players should look forward to the result.Read more on Bungie.net read more
This hands-on workshop will give you the tools to authentically connect with an increasingly skeptical online audience. September 21, 2018 Enroll Now for Free 7 min read Free Workshop | August 28: Get Better Engagement and Build Trust With Customers Now How is your organization preparing for artificial intelligence (AI)? Ask this question of businesses investing in this field today, and the answer almost always comes down to “data”– with leaders talking about “data preparations” or “data science talent acquisition.”Related: Which Countries Are Ready for AI Adoption?While there would be no AI without data, enterprises that fail to ready the other side of the equation– people– don’t just stunt their capacity for good AI, they risk sunk investment and jeopardize employee trust, brand backlash or worse.After all, people are the ones building, measuring, consuming and determining the success of AI in enterprise and consumer settings. They’re the ones whose jobs will change; whose tedium will be eased by automation; whose consumption or rejection of AI’s outcomes will be the focus.People, in short, are those who’ll feel AI’s myriad impacts. That’s why investing in AI is as much about investing in people as it is data. Related: How to Prepare Employees to Work With AII wanted to dig deeper into this issue. So, my co-founders and other industry analysts at Kaleido Insights and I surveyed more than 25 businesses that have deployed AI at scale to learn about the ways they’ve invested in people. Here is what we found:1. Investment in factors beyond technical talent Hiring a team of data scientists will not cause business processes to magically become automated overnight. Some liken this mistaken assumption to hiring electrical engineers to run a bakery: While the mechanics of ovens are important, it is the experienced baker who best knows how to innovate recipes and inspire customer delight!Across industries, we found that the successful AI deployments we saw involved at least eight distinct personae:Product leadersFront-line associates (e.g., customer support agents, field technicians)Subject matter experts (e.g., doctors, security admins, legal, etc.)DesignersSalesLeadershipEnd usersData scientists & technical buildersIn addition to identifying these stakeholders, businesses have to make AI accessible and build trust by educating people and quelling fears. The top recommendation here is to prepare stakeholders by using tactics that put AI into context for each role.Leadership requires a demonstration of ROI and visualization. AI leaders at FedEx, for example, built simulated dashboards and reports to illustrate the difference between traditional analytics and machine-learning-driven recommendations. Meanwhile, readying the sales team requires both equipping agents with the knowledge, tools and confidence to sell the benefits of AI, and re-evaluating their metrics and incentive models to preserve quality and integrity. For effective roll-out, the unique needs and pain points for each of the above staff members have to be addressed.2. Investment in addressing AI’s cultural stigmaAI is distinct from other technologies in that it can challenge people’s sense of importance and relevance. Some 58 percent of organizations in international settings have not discussed AI’s impact on the workforce with employees, according to a recent survey by the Workforce Institute. Yet AI’s success is driven by people’s willingness to adopt it.Thus, enterprises deploying AI are well advised to assess how people’s sentiments, fears, questions and insecurities impact their proclivity to adopt. Instead of ignoring concerns, companies interviewed suggested discussing and developing positions and initiatives to address:Job displacementAlgorithmic biasPrivacy, surveillanceSecurity threats Autonomous machinesSocietal manipulationEnvironmental impactsThe notion of “killer robots”These “elephants in the room” don’t just threaten employee morale, they highlight opportunities for companies to improve engagement and reinforce a healthy and trustworthy company culture. Address concerns of job displacement at your own company by evangelizing the limitations of AI. Articulate where AI will augment or accelerate human workflows. Provide clarity on governance models. And support employee upskilling and continued education programs.Microsoft’s Professional Program for AI is an example: This is a massive open online course (MOOC) designed to guide aspiring AI builders through a range of topics, from statistics to ethics to research design. Other companies, like Starbucks and Kaiser Permanente, have partnered with elearning platforms like Coursera or Linda.com to facilitate professional development.3. Investment in building an AI mindsetWhile investing in a mindset might sound squishy or disconnected from the bottom line, preparing employees with the education, ownership, tools and processes they need to engage with AI has tangible business benefits. According to a recent survey of 1,075 companies in 12 industries, the more companies embraced active employee involvement in AI design and deployment, the better their AI initiatives performed in terms of speed, cost savings, revenues and other operational measures.The following “3 D’s” of what I call the AI mindset reflect three universal truths about AI and serve as starting points for building people’s engagement in an organization’s AI journey:Think “diversified”: AI must be designed and managed by multiple skill sets. Those responsible for the day-to-day administration of the workflow are the ones who best understand where the breakdowns occur, where products fall short, where they, the staffers, spend most of their time and where customer sensitivities lie.The business benefits: Diversifying AI design and development helps companies identify important features, UX/UI needs and use cases that might otherwise go unseen, or take more resources to surface. Companies like Wells Fargo have cross-functional centers of excellence to accelerate this process, emphasizing the value of using trusted internal influencers to facilitate onboarding.Think “directional”: AI implementation is not a linear, “completed” destination, but rather one that calls for continual learning and iterations based on feedback loops.The business benefits: Instilling a “directional” mindset reduces time to at-scale deployment. Even though people want to see results quickly, the extent of experimentation determines how strong any AI model is, and how many problems it can solve. Often, deployment time is based on user adoption, and the more people who can help train and optimize the system, (again) the more problems adoption can solve. This is also why companies like SEB, a Swiss bank, deployed its virtual agent, Aida, to 600 employees; then to 15,000 employees, before rolling the agent out across its million-plus customers.Think “democratized”: AI is more sustainable when organizations enable accessible tools, training and multi-functional contribution and collaboration.Related: 5 Major Artificial Intelligence Hurdles We’re on Track to Overcome by 2020The business benefits: Democratizing access via easy-to-use tools means employees don’t have to have a data science degree to contribute value to AI systems. The more simple, reliable and “self-service” enterprise data portals become, the more employees of all stripes can activate enterprise data — an invaluable metric to any business.In sum, the culture of an organization is inextricably linked to the willingness of its people to adapt, adopt, engage and innovate. Technology is only half the battle. Hierarchies, silos, complexity, distrust and complacency can choke innovation. Given that the most powerful AI involves both humans and machines, true AI readiness must go far beyond the data, and empower the people responsible for its success. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. read more