An “intentional” blast has injured at least 29 people in the Chelsea district of New York City, officials say.
The cause of the blast on September 17 remains unclear.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio described the explosion as “intentional” but said that there were no known links to terror.
The force of the explosion blew-out windows and could be heard several blocks away.
Officials later told media that a device was found at a second location in the same district.
None of the injuries is life-threatening but one is serious, New York’s fire commissioner said.
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Most of those hurt suffered cuts and other minor injuries from glass and other debris.
The blast occurred around 21:00. Witnesses said people ran in all directions following the “incredibly loud” blast.
Unconfirmed reports said the explosion went off in a dustbin. Several blocks have been closed down by police.
Bill de Blasio said: “We do not see a link to terrorism.”
The mayor said it was too early to determine the cause but added: “We believe it was intentional.”
Bill de Blasio also said there was no evidence of a link to a pipe bomb explosion in neighboring New Jersey hours earlier.
According to law enforcement officials, the device found at the second Chelsea location appeared to be a pressure cooker attached to wiring and a mobile phone. Police said it had been removed safely.
Chelsea is among the most fashionable districts of Manhattan and its bars and restaurants are usually crowded at the weekend.
President Barack Obama is being kept up to date on the investigation, a White House official said.
Hillary Clinton told reporters she had been in touch with New York officials.
“Obviously we need to do everything we can to support our first responders and pray for the victims,” the Democratic presidential nominee said.
“I’ll have more to say about it when we actually know the facts,” she added.
Speaking at a rally in Colorado before police had commented on the cause of the blast, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told supporters that a “bomb” had gone off.
He said: “Nobody knows exactly what’s going on, but boy, we are living in a time – we better get very tough, folks.”
The earlier bomb explosion in Seaside Park, New Jersey, on September 17 came shortly before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity race there. No injuries were reported.
On September 20, President Barack Obama and other world leaders are due to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari plagiarized quotes from President Barack Obama in a speech promising change in his country, according to a statement by the presidential office.
Muhammadu Buhari has blamed an “overzealous” staff member for plagiarizing parts of the speech.
He made the address on September 8 to launch a campaign entitled “Change begins with me,” part of his credo to end corruption in Africa’s biggest economy, which is gripped by mismanagement and poverty despite sitting on vast energy reserves.
Several passages of his speech overlapped with President Obama’s address after winning election in 2008.
Muhamamadu Buhari’s office admitted the sentences were “too close to be passed as coincidence”.
The Nigerian president and Barack Obama are due to meet at the UN General Assembly next week.
“There was a mistake by an overzealous staff and we regret that this has happened,” Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu wrote on Twitter, saying those responsible would be punished.
“President Buhari urges Nigerians to look beyond this incident and focus on the message of change which the country needs in order to restore our cherished value systems.”
Muhammadu Buhari’s speech read: “We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long.”
Barack Obama’s speech read: “Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”
Nigeria, which ranks 136 out of 168 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index for 2015, has struggled for years to fight corruption among its political elite.
But since Muhammadu Buhari was elected to power in 2014 on a campaign that vowed to root out corruption, anti-fraud agencies have arrested several senior politicians accused of embezzlement.
Earlier this year Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, was accused of plagiarizing portions of Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech.
Donald Trump is facing criticism after appearing to hint at the assassination of Hillary Clinton for a second time.
The Republican presidential nominee suggested Hillary Clinton’s security detail should give up their guns and “see what happens to her”.
Donald Trump told supporters his rival Democratic candidate wanted to “destroy your second amendment” – referring to the right to own guns.
Hillary Clinton’s team has accused Donald Trump of “inciting people to violence”.
Speaking at a rally in Miami on September 16, Donald Trump, apparently sarcastically said: “I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons. They should disarm, right?
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“Take their guns away, she doesn’t want guns. Take their guns and let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away. OK, it would be very dangerous.”
Robby Mook, a spokesman for Hillary Clinton, said: “Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of Commander in Chief.
“This kind of talk should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate.”
Hillary Clinton has called for tighter gun control laws but has also stressed her support for the second amendment, telling the Democratic Party Convention in July: “I’m not here to take away your guns.”
Donald Trump’s remarks echoed a controversial speech last month which many Democrats condemned as a call for Hillary Clinton’s assassination.
Speaking in North Carolina, Donald Trump claimed that Hilalry Clinton wanted to abolish the second amendment, adding: “By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the second amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”
The Trump camp later said he was referring to action through the ballot box, not violence.
The latest comments came just hours after Donald Trump was forced to reverse his long-held position that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
Speaking at a campaign event in Washington, Donald Trump said: “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.”
Donald Trump went on to accuse Hilalry Clinton of starting the so-called birther controversy.
“Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it,” he said.
There is no evidence to link Hillary Clinton to the birther conspiracy.
A sinkhole has opened up at a Florida fertilizer plant, causing about 980 million litres of radioactive water to leak into one of the state’s main underground sources of drinking water, state officials say.
The huge sinkhole opened up under a phosphate fertilizer plant near Tampa, damaging the stack where waste water was stored.
The water contained phosphogypsum, a slightly radioactive by-product from the production of fertilizer.
The phosphate company Mosaic said the leak posed no risk to the public.
The company added the contaminated water had not reached private supplies and it was recovering it using pumps.
Mosaic official David Jellerson was quoted as saying by the AP: “Groundwater moves very slowly.”
However, Jacki Lopez, Florida director of the Center for Biological Diversity, told Reuters: “It’s hard to trust them when they say <<Don’t worry,>> when they’ve been keeping it secret for three weeks.”
Dee Ann Miller, a spokeswoman for Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection, said Mosaic was updating state and federal agencies on the situation.
She said her agency was doing frequent site visits to safeguard public health.
“While monitoring to date indicates that the process water is being successfully contained, groundwater monitoring will continue to ensure there are no offsite or long-term effects,” Dee Ann said in an email to Associated Press.
The sinkhole – about 45ft in diameter – at Mosaic’s New Wales facility in the town of Mulberry was discovered by a company worker on August 27.
The sinkhole later caused the waste pond to drain, and the contaminated water has now seeped into the aquifer.
Aquifers are massive underground systems of porous rocks that hold water.
Nick Gordon has lost a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Bobbi Kristina Brown.
A Georgia judge upheld the plaintiff’s case against Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend as he repeatedly failed to meet court deadlines.
The lawsuit alleged that Nick Gordon physically abused Whitney Houston’s daughter and took money from her estate without her permission.
Bobbi Kristina Brown died on July 26, 2015, at the age of 22, several months after being found unresponsive in a bath at her suburban Atlanta home.
David Ware, a lawyer for the Brown estate conservator, said outside court: “The court agrees with us, by striking Mr. Gordon’s answer that he is legally responsible for her death.”
No lawyer was listed for Nick Gordon in online court records.
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Two attorneys who are defending Nick Gordon against any criminal allegations said they were not involved in the case.
Nick Gordon has missed court appearances twice, which meant Brown’s conservator won by default, according to Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford.
No criminal charges have been filed against Nick Gordon.
A jury trial will be set to determine how much Nick Gordon will be required to pay in damages, the judge’s order stated.
Bobbi Kristina Brown was the only daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
She died at a hospice in July 2015, six months after she was found unresponsive in a bath.
Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death was a result of immersion in water and drug intoxication, according to medical records.
An autopsy showed Bobbi Kristina Brown had morphine, marijuana, alcohol and prescription drugs in her body at the time of her death, but the cause of death was “undetermined.”
The lawsuit, which was filed in 2015, sought $50 million in damages.
The conservator of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate first filed a $10 million lawsuit after Whitney Houston’s daughter was moved to a hospice, alleging that Nick Gordon fraudulently claimed to be Brown’s husband in order to access her multimillion-dollar inheritance.
The lawsuit was later amended to include an allegation of wrongful death, seeking additional damages.
Whitney Houston took in Nick Gordon at age 12, according to the reality TV series, The Houstons: On Our Own.
Nick Gordon lived with the family for years before he and Bobbi Kristina Brown began a romantic relationship.
Whitney Houston was found dead in a hotel bath in Los Angeles in 2012.
Bobbi Kristina Brown was the sole heir to Whitney Houston’s estate.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? author Edward Albee has died aged 88.
Edward Albee’s assistant said the playwright died on September 16 at his home on Long Island near New York. No cause of death was given.
A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Edward Albee was arguably America’s greatest living playwright after the deaths of Arthur Miller and August Wilson in 2005.
He was awarded Pulitzers for A Delicate Balance, Seascape and Three Tall Women.
Edward Albee’s plays explored the darker sides of marriage, religion, raising children, and American life.
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His best-known work, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a portrait of a decaying marriage set over one evening, was denied the 1963 Pulitzer Prize after debuting on Broadway the previous year.
The prize’s advisory board ruled that the work was not sufficiently “uplifting” because of its profanity and s**ual themes.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf did win a Tony Award for best play, and was later adapted for a film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
In 1996, Edward Albee described the effect of the play’s success: “I find Virginia Woolf hung about my neck like a shining medal of some sort – really nice but a trifle onerous.”
The same year he was awarded a National Medal of the Arts by President Bill Clinton.
He continued to write into his 70s, and 2008 saw the premiere of a new play, Me, Myself and I, about identical twins.
A few years ago, before undergoing major surgery, Edward Albee penned a short statement to be published at the time of his death: “To all of you who have made my being alive so wonderful, so exciting and so full, my thanks and all my love.”
Edward Albee’s longtime partner, sculptor Jonathan Thomas, died in 2005.
As the price of higher education continues to rapidly increase, many universities believe that they have found the key to keeping tuition fees down by offering online courses. For the past few years, online education has grown in popularity – what started out as a few courses which were offered by exclusively online schools has now taken off, with a range of reputable colleges such as MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology now offering courses which can be taken completely online. If you’re thinking of applying to college and are worried about the cost of tuition, could learning online help you to save money?
Lower Tuition Fees
One of the advantages of online schools is that they do not need to charge tuition fees as high as those charged by physical colleges. Since online courses are run completely on the internet, colleges don’t need to worry about a range of different costs, such as utility bills for heating, cooling or lighting classrooms, building maintenance costs, and more. This allows them to charge much lower tuition fees and still be able to make a profit. With some popular, reputable universities offering courses such as a public health degree online at a fraction of the price of their in-house course, you can gain a degree from a top university, without getting into nearly as much debt.
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Flexibility to Work
One of the disadvantages of studying for a degree is that during the course of your education, you will need to commit a lot of time to studying and therefore may not be able to work as much as you would like. Although of course most students say that going without much money whilst studying is worth it once they graduate and get a well-paid job, why should you sacrifice working when you don’t have to? Since online degrees give you the option to design your own study schedule that fits around your current commitments, it’s completely possible to study for a degree such as a masters in public health online whilst working full-time at the same time, meaning that you’ll have more money to live off as a student whether you plan to put it towards your living expenses, tuition fees, or both.
Lower Cost of Living
Studying online also means that you won’t need to pay as many of the costs that most students need to when they enrol on a degree course at a physical college or university. For example, even if you’re studying online at a university which is located some distance from your home, there’s no need to pay to relocate in order to be closer to campus. Since you’ll complete the vast majority of your course at home, there’s also no need to budget for commuting costs! Along with that, many online courses will also provide you with all of the textbooks and study resources that you need to complete your course free of charge, meaning that you’ll save money on expensive books, too.
If you’re considering going to college but don’t want to break the bank, online learning provides a cheaper, more flexible solution.
I suppose all people remember the happiest period of time when we were students. We made a lot of crazy things without thinking of consequences. Yeah, it was a great period in my life too when everything was so easy and I enjoyed every second of my life. It is a time when the most popular request to Google was “essay help online”. You know, I remembered how I and my friends spent time together and decided to share with you this experience. You will be able to become ideas generator in your company. And when you will hear the question, “Guys, what our plans for today?” without any doubts you will immediately offer some ideas. Be ready to know all secrets of great time spending!
Money doesn’t matter if you are creative!
Communication is very important for us. It helps us to be happy and to feel that someone is always near. That’s why friends play a great role in our life. I think you agree with that even when your friend does something silly, you just accept it and sometimes support to show that you think in the same way. When my friend wanted to miss the lesson and I wanted to stay, I always supported her and we escaped from the college. But it is a very bad experience so forget about it. Students as no one else know how to enjoy free time! But sometimes scholarship doesn’t let us spend a time in Soho style. Good news: there a lot of ways how to enjoy time together without spending a huge amount of money. You should just be creative!
TOP 6 the best ideas of spending time with friends!
#6
Home theatre
Yes, I know that you aren’t surprised and you can say that it is the most ordinary and usual way of spending time. But now I want to show you which details can make it creative and original. You can also ask me why home theater, why not a cinema?
Home theater VS Cinema:
At home, you can choose film or funny cartoon by yourself. To make it more interesting offer your friends to draw lots, it will make a choosing process interesting!
At home, you can find a lot of snacks or prepare something together!
You can express your emotions, discuss or comment a film
Final decision: Home Theatre is a winner!
#5
It’s time to remember board games!
Make a travel in childhood and remember your favorite board games! Such games will be ideal for loud companies and nobody will be bored (belive me, I checked it!). Everybody will be involved in the competition and you will feel some childish aura and that’s great!
#4
The king of cooking!
Offer your friends a cooking party. Invite them but with one condition: everyone should bring the dish he prepared. And in the end, you can choose a winner!
#3
Picnic!
While planning a picnic we should know some tips to prepare a great picnic.
Snacks
Music
Games
Remember this simple tips and it will be the best picnic in your life!
#2
Be discoverers!
Sounds rather interesting, doesn’t it? Discover unknown places in your city! I am sure that even if you live in this town for a long time there are a lot of places you have never visited! Take your friends and with help of special maps which show such unknown places, become real discoverers!
#1
Party like a rockstar!
What can be better than a beach party? In my opinion, it is the best way to have a real fun with your friends!
3 steps to organizing a perfect beach party:
Buy as many snacks as possible and don’t forget about drinks!
Choose an appropriate beach
Invite your friends!
You should just be careful with choosing an appropriate beach. Now you are ready to prepare the best party in your life!
Donald Trump’s campaign has acknowledged in a statement that President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
Donald Trump had been a leader of the “birther” movement that questioned Hawaii-born Barack Obama’s citizenship.
However, the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign now accuses his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of introducing the “smear” during the 2008 Democratic nomination contest.
There is no evidence to link Hillary Clinton to the birthers.
In reaction Hillary Clinton tweeted that Barack Obama’s successor “cannot and will not be the man who led the racist birther movement”.
Donald Trump campaign’s statement signed by senior Trump advisor Jason Miller is far from an admission of error.
Instead, Jason Miller laid the genesis of the birther rumors wrongfully at the feet of Hillary Clinton and her 2008 presidential campaign team.
When they raised questions, Jason Miller said, it was “vicious and conniving” behavior. By broaching the topic three years later, Donald Trump had done a “great service” to the public and president, Jason Miller said.
The statement follows an interview with the Washington Post in which Donald Trump had declined to say Barack Obama had been born in the US, saying instead that he did not want to answer the question.
The claim is a conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was actually born in Kenya and is therefore ineligible to be president.
Reports in various US publications suggest it was circulated in 2008 by die-hard supporters of Hillary Clinton as it became clear that she was not going to win the Democratic nomination.
However, there is no evidence that Hillary Clinton or her then campaign had anything to do with it.
The claim enjoyed a revival with some supporters of Republican candidate John McCain as he fell behind Barack Obama in polls, the Fact Check website reported.
Donald Trump became a vocal questioner of Barack Obama’s citizenship as he was running for a second term as president.
In April 2011, Donald Trump challenged Barack Obama to show his birth certificate, gaining approval from Republicans including former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Weeks later Barack Obama released his actual birth certificate from his native state of Hawaii. At that year’s White House correspondents dinner, President Obama made light of the allegations, mocking Donald Trump.
In 2012, Republican candidate Mitt Romney referred to the discredited theory at a campaign rally, joking that no-one had asked to see his birth certificate – drawing swift condemnation from the Obama campaign.
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has hit out at a critical report by the House of Representatives intelligence committee.
The report rejected Edward Snowden’s view of himself as a whistleblower, and said he was a disgruntled employee whose actions did nothing more than help US enemies.
It comes a day after two rights groups launched a campaign for President Barack Obama to pardon Edward Snowden.
The White House has rejected the possibility of a presidential pardon.
The release of the report, two years in the making, also coincides with that of the movie Snowden, directed by Oliver Stone.
In a series of tweets, Edward Snowden dismissed the report’s findings, writing: “Their report is so artlessly distorted that it would be amusing if it weren’t such a serious act of bad faith.”
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, has been living in Russia since 2013, when he gained notoriety for releasing thousands of classified documents that revealed mass phone and internet surveillance put in place after the 9/11 attacks.
Releasing a summary of its 36-page investigation into the case, the House committee said Edward Snowden had fallen out with his colleagues and lied about his background while at the NSA.
The report says that most of the material Edward Snowden leaked related to military secrets that had nothing to do with Americans’ privacy but were to “protect American troops overseas and… provide vital defenses against terrorists and nation-states”.
Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union launched their “Pardon Snowden” campaign on September 14, urging President Barack Obama to do so before he leaves office in January 2017.
According to Amnesty, no-one should be prosecuted for exposing human rights violations, which, it claimed, is what “indiscriminate mass surveillance of communications” amounts to.
The ACLU acts as Edward Snowden’s legal adviser, and called him “a great American who deserves clemency for his patriotic acts”.
Domingos Montagner has drowned in a river where the crew had been recording scenes for Brazil’s most popular soap opera, Velho Chico.
The 54-year-old played the leading role in Velho Chico, a soap opera named after the Sao Francisco River where he died.
One of Brazil’s best-loved TV actors, Domingos Montagner had gone for a swim with fellow actress Camila Pitanga after a day of shooting in the north-eastern state of Sergipe.
She said he was dragged away by the river’s strong currents.
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Camila Pitanga cried for help but local people failed to act initially as they believed the drowning was a scene in the soap opera.
Authorities said there was little that anyone could have done.
In the soap opera, Domingos Montagner played a farmer who often fought off local gunmen. In one of those clashes, he was shot multiple times and appeared to drown in the same Sao Francisco River, but reappeared weeks later.
Police chief Antonio Francisco Filho told O Globo: “They thought they had chosen a safe spot to swim, but that is one of the most dangerous areas in the town of Caninde and usually avoided by locals.”
One person, on average, has drowned every year in the town since 2005, reports said.
Four hours after the incident, rescue teams found Domingos Montagner’s body underwater, some 984ft from where he drowned.
Domingos Montagner was born in Sao Paulo and had a career in the circus before becoming a TV actor, in 2008.
This was his 12th role on television. His first significant soap opera role was in 2011, and he had his film debut in 2012.
Domingos Montagner had been married for 14 years to actress Luciana Lima, with whom he had three children.
The news of the actor’s death has caused commotion in Brazil, where fellow actors and social media users have paid tributes to the actor.
The soccer team he supported, Corinthians, praised him also for his success as a handball player for the club’s affiliate in the 1980s.
Domingos Montgner’s latest film, Um Namorado Para Minha Mulher (A Boyfriend For My Wife), was released two weeks ago.
Schools require a lot of money to stay functional throughout the school year. As the school year is starting right about now, it seems a good time to look at how budgets are divided up and spent in the education system. There are more things that need to have money spending on them than you might realise. Of all the things that are financed by the state, the education system is right up there as one of the most expensive of them all. It’s a price that has to be paid though. Without a top quality education system, a society wouldn’t be functional.
The modern world has had an impact on how schools function too. These days, the cost of running a school is only going up not down. More school places are needed, and the equipment used in the classroom is more costly than ever before. So, read on to find out how money is spent on schools.
Teaching Staff and Assistants
The biggest expenditure in the education sector is in teaching staff. Teachers are the most important factor when it comes to determining whether a child will get a good education or not. Of course, there are many other things that matter too. But without a good teacher, it’s very difficult for any child to get the start in life they need. Teacher salaries and the salaries of teaching assists take up a large chunk of the education budget. This is not something that can be cut back without damaging standards in schools though. The main problem is in encouraging more people to enter the profession.
Every school has to have a library. This is one the essential services that schools offer to children. It gives them the chance to read more, which is essential when their minds are still developing. And for older pupils, libraries can be used for them to expand their knowledge of a certain topic they’re studying. It costs a lot of money to buy all the books to fill those libraries. Schools can often get discounted rates though. There are also the textbooks that need to be used in the classroom, as well as the librarians to work in the libraries.
Classroom Furniture
Classrooms need to have desks and chairs, first of all. This is the basic furniture that no school can be without. Student chairs need to be able to offer support and comfort to pupils. They get distracted far more easily when they are not given the right chairs to sit on during the day. And desks need to be at the right height as well. That’s not all that schools need when it comes to classroom furniture though. Storage spaces and cabinets are equally important because there are all kinds of files, books and supplies that have to be stored.
New Technology
These days, technology plays a big part in the learning process. Many modern schools use things like tablets to aid learning. And those kinds of gadgets don’t come cheap. Interactive boards are usually used to make it easier for teachers to engage pupils and get them involved. Each of these innovations can help children to learn in better ways. But technology changes and improve rapidly. So, there is a continual need to update and replace the equipment that’s currently in place. This means that quite a lot of money has to be spent on technology.
Food
The school has to provide food that can be bought at lunch time by pupils. Most pupils will pay for their own food, but there is more that goes into the process that purchasing the food itself. There are canteen workers that are involved in the preparation and cooking of the food throughout the morning. It takes a team of people in order to feed so many children by a set time. So, this is something that has to be taken into account by whoever sets the budget. There are also cleaners and attendants that have to do their jobs during and after the lunch break.
It’s often the boring and dull stuff going on behind the scenes that keep a school functioning. Without a strong administration team, many other things wouldn’t be possible. They take care of any databases and registers. This means they are the ones holding information on pupil attendance, health files and other important matters. They will also take care of the school budget and make sure that money is allocated in the right ways at the right times. There are usually three to five people taking care of the admin tasks. But the size of the team will depend on the size of the school.
Building Maintenance and Expansion
Keeping the actual building of the school in good condition is essential. Obviously, when it is used by hundreds of people every day, it will sustain damage and experience wear and tear. But it’s also vital that these repairs are carried out carefully and quickly by someone who knows what they’re doing. Safety is understandably a big concern for anyone involved in running a school. The pupils’ safety has to be the number one priority at all times. That’s why a caretaker or janitor is hired in every school. And the expenses grow even further if new space has to be built to accommodate more pupils.
Sports Equipment and Maintenance
Sports equipment doesn’t come cheap, but it is an important part of the school experience for children. Physical education lessons are mandatory for all children. And keeping children active is becoming an even bigger priority. It allows the children to stay in shape and avoid any potential health problems that result from growing levels of childhood obesity. Maintaining pitches and playing surfaces also cost money. And money has to be spent on any after school sports activities that the school offers to children as well. Most schools do have these kinds of sports teams that children can join and get involved in if they want to.
Fiat Chrysler has decided to recall 1.9 million vehicles over an air bag defect that may be linked to three deaths and five injuries.
The defect may stop air bags deploying and seat belts tightening in a head-on crash.
The auto maker is recalling certain Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Lancia vehicles from 2010 to 2014.
In 2016, there have been a number of car industry recalls for serious air bag-related issues.
Most of the Fiat Chrysler cars being recalled are in the United States, but 224,860 were sold in Canada and Mexico and 284,051 were sold outside North America.
Models including the Chrysler Sebring, 200, Dodge Caliber, Avenger, Jeep Patriot and Compass SUVs are part of the recall.
Fiat Chrysler said it would contact owners and replace the parts free of charge.
In June, Toyota recalled 1.4 million cars over faulty airbags.
Donald Trump is in “excellent physical health,” according to a letter from his doctor.
The Republican nominee released the letter following a recent physical examination by Dr. Harold N. Bornstein.
Donald Trump, 70, is listed as 6ft 3in and weighing 236lb.
The letter comes as Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail after time off with pneumonia, appearing briefly to reporters.
Boarding a plane in White Plains, New York, Hillary Clinton spoke to journalists as she flew to North Carolina to hold a rally, her first campaign event since the weekend.
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Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have faced public scrutiny over transparency about the state of their health.
“He takes a lipid lowering agent (rosuvastatin) and a low dose aspirin,” the letter said.
“He does not use tobacco products or alcohol.”
Donald Trump’s weight and height give him a body mass index of 29.5, according to US measurements, which is within the “overweight” range but close to the “obese” mark at 30.0.
The Republican discussed his health with talk-show host Dr. Mehmet Oz in a taped interview, which is set to air on September 15.
Donald Trump first revealed the letter, which is dated September 13, in his appearance on The Dr. Oz Show.
“I feel as good today as I did when I was 30,” Donald Trump said on the show, according to a clip.
Dr. Harold Bornstein, a gastroenterological specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, has cared for Donald Trump since 1980, according to the letter.
The note continues to detail parts of Donald Trump’s medical record, including that he was only in hospital once at age 11 for an appendectomy.
Although the letter provides some insight, it does not include Donald Trump’s detailed medical history.
Although big events are a lot of fun to plan and participate in, they can also leave a large mess behind. An acceptable plan to minimize waste is good for the environment, but it’s also good for the costs associated with your event. In fact, even a minimal recycling program can reduce waste costs by up to 20 percent. Whether you’re planning a major public or private event, use these tips to minimize and streamline waste cleanup.
Clearly Mark Recycling Stations
Recycling stations are an important part of keeping your event clean and green, but confusing or unmarked sorting stations can cause people to throw all their trash away in one container. Set up recycling stations around your event that feature one trash container, one compost container, and one recycling bin. Then create a sign to hang above each container that clearly states what should go in each. Use images or photos on your signs to keep the message simple. The clearer each station is, the easier it is for guests to sort their trash into the correct container.
If possible, consider reusable plates, cups, utensils, and linens for your event. These offer no more cost over time than disposable items, and they have a less negative effect on the environment. Making a paper plate expels around 3.8 grams of carbon emissions, requires 8 gallons of fresh water, and needs wood from a tree. Thus an event for 100 people will waste trees, use 800 gallons of water, and emit around 380 grams of carbon for just the paper plates alone. If it’s not possible to use reusable items, consider using those that are easy to recycle.
Buy in Bulk
Whenever you can buy your products in bulk, you can cut down on waste. This is especially true for prepackaged items such as snacks and cookies. Buying in bulk also cuts down on waste of single-use items such as salt, pepper, and creamer. To really reduce waste during your event, serve condiments such as ketchup and mustard in bulk containers instead of individual packets. If you end up buying too much, consider donating what you didn’t use to a food bank or charity. You can also donate items that are usually considered trash, such as cardboard tubes and containers, to a school or daycare for use in art projects.
Use Rental Equipment
Many events require large equipment such as carts, tables, and chairs. You can cut down on waste by renting this equipment instead of buying it. Additionally, renting portable toilets is another way to keep your event clean and sanitary. Having enough toilets available for your guests keeps everyone comfortable and happy. Even if you’re planning an upscale event, you can choose to rent a luxury portable toilet that is more spacious and that has a flushable unit or even a VIP portable toilet, which includes extra space, a flushable unit, a sink, and a mirror.
By incorporating these eco-friendly tips, you can put together an event that cuts down on waste and cleanup yet that is still enjoyable and entertaining.
More and more companies are switching over to new technology such as video conferencing and cloud based storage, allowing for their offices to run much more smoothly and productively in the process. But it can still be annoying to sign up and pay for a dozen different services and constantly switch between them. What many still don’t realise is that there are many programs available which combine two or more functions into one monthly subscription service. Cloud webcasting is just one of them. Many of these online programs are only available through download, but some use cloud technology for ease of access, and also utilize cloud storage. Here are three benefits it can have for your company, clients, and customers:
Product Launches
A press conference or launch of a new product or service no longer needs to be restricted to a boring meeting or sending out press release documents to journalists in the hope that somebody will read them. Webcasting to dozens, and even hundreds, of attendees all at once can enable you to reach a wider audience from day one of your product entering the market. You can both make a good impression and save your company money in having to lay things out for journalists.
The option of playing video clips during your presentation only benefits launches further. Many systems will allow you to upload a clip and play it during the meeting for all attendees to view in real time. The meeting host can even pause or speak over the video with more robust platforms. There are many advantages to this approach. Just some of them, listed by Shutterstock, are telling engaging stories, keeping the audience’s attention, and increasing the chance of sales. There are many creative things you can do with an online product launch, such as playing case studies or footage of satisfied customers. Or you could invite other experts in the field as guest speakers for the presentation. Even sharing the video files with attendants is more memorable than simply sending out a press release document.
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Job Interviews
The work place today is expanding beyond the office and going global, with many companies hiring employees all over the world and working from their own homes in order to cut expenses. While there are always advantages to meeting and working together in person, you can still reach people in another location through online conferencing and open up your hiring options to more than just your direct area. If you only need someone for a short term job or on a freelance basis, virtual hiring saves time and effort. Video job interviews are an ideal way to do this. A cloud webcasting tool such as BlueJeans makes it easy. You can not only conduct the interview, but you can also save it in cloud storage to look back on and consider your potential candidates.
Interviews are a stressful event for the jobseeker, so being able to conduct them from their own home will enable them to be more relaxed and focused on your questions. They can even play their own clips, perhaps their video resume or a show reel for people in the entertainment industry. Even if you are still hiring only in your own town, online interviews still open up a lot of options that the traditional interview doesn’t allow for.
Seminars
A useful but often overlooked marketing tool is online seminars. These are short presentations lasting a few hours at a time conducted using webcasting tools, in which invited guests can access the talk and sometimes even attend a Q & A session. Many businesses owners have already used them to increase their sales. For instance, if you sell an information product, you can share some of your tips through a webinar, answer customer questions through the question and answer session, and mention at the end that they can access more in depth information through your product. Much like playing clips during a product launch, it allows you to engage with your core customer base, increase your chance of making sales, and share useful information about your product or service.
Customers today don’t like to feel that they are being directly sold to and have started to switch off from traditional marketing methods. Sharing some useful information through a webinar is an ideal way around this, essentially giving your customers a free sample of what you provide. It makes your company name more memorable so that the target market is more likely to buy.
Businesses and individuals are thinking up creative uses for their webcasting tools every day. As the technology develops further, these uses will only increase. They will make working, hiring, and selling even easier. Try out some of these and think of some more creative solutions to your work problems that can be solved by online cloud based conferencing.
According to a former death squad member, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the murder of political opponents while mayor of Davao.
During a Senate hearing, Edgar Matobato revealed he and others killed about 1,000 people over a 25-year period.
Edgar Matobato, 57, gave gruesome details of gangland-style hits, including feeding one victim to a crocodile.
Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman rejected the allegations, saying investigations into his time as mayor had gone nowhere.
Edgar Matobato said he was a member of the Davao Death Squad, a notorious vigilante group allegedly responsible for hundreds of killings.
He said: “Our job was to kill criminals like drug pushers, rapists, snatchers.”
Edgar Matobato also claimed that Rodrigo Duterte’s opponents were targeted too, including four bodyguards of a local rival for mayor, Prospero Nograles.
Victims would be shot or strangled, he said, with some disemboweled and dumped into the sea so fish could eat them.
He told the Senate panel he went from a witness protection program into hiding when Rodrigo Duterte became president, fearing for his life.
Edgar Matobato also alleged Rodrigo Duterte ordered the bombing of a mosque in retaliation for an attack on Davao Cathedral in 1993.
On this claim Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman, Martin Andanar, said: “I don’t think he is capable of giving those orders.”
Martin Andanar said the country’s Commission on Human Rights had failed to even prove the existence of the Davao Death Squad.
Prospero Nograles’ son Karlo, a Davao city representative, denied Eduardo Matobato’s account relating to his father’s bodyguards.
“I don’t know what this guy is talking about.
“I can only suspect that this guy is being manipulated by some people to only serve their own selfish interests,” Karlo Nograles wrote on Facebook.
The woman leading the Senate inquiry into extra-judicial killings, Leila de Lima, is a strong critic of Rodrigo Duterte and has been accused by him of having links to the illegal drug trade, something she denies.
Rodrigo Duterte became mayor of Davao in 1988, and his tough stance saw crime rates plummet, an approach he has vowed to replicate at national level.
Since his election this year more than 3,000 drug users and dealers have been killed amid international alarm over human rights violations.
Rodrigo Duterte has dismissed concerns over his drugs policies, calling UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon “a fool” and insulting President Barack Obama as, something he later said he regretted.
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s solid-gold toilet, titled America, is due to debut in the Guggenheim Museum’s Upper East Side bathroom on September 16.
The Fifth Avenue museum describes the piece as “a bold, irreverent work”.
The lavatory replaced one of the Guggenheim’s porcelain toilets in a one-person, unisex restroom.
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Visitors who pay museum admission will be able to use it as they wish.
The Guggenheim said the piece is “ultimately reminding us of the inescapable physical realities of our shared humanity”.
According to the museum, the exhibit is aimed at “making available to the public an extravagant luxury product seemingly intended for the 1 percent”.
“Its participatory nature, in which viewers are invited to make use of the fixture individually and privately, allows for an experience of unprecedented intimacy with a work of art,” said the Guggenheim.
Maurizio Cattelan, a 55-year-old Milan-based artist and a truck driver’s son, hinted earlier this year that his creation had been inspired by economic inequality.
The exhibit has also drawn comparisons with Marcel Duchamp’s avant-garde Fountain, the porcelain urinal he exhibited in New York in 1917, causing a sensation in the art world.
Maurizio Cattelan is known for his provocative sculptures, including La Nona Ora (The Ninth Hour), which depicted Pope John Paul II floored by a meteorite.
A Donald Trump anti-Clinton speech has been cut short by the pastor of a Michigan black church.
Rev. Faith Green Timmons interrupted Donald Trump as he attacked his Democratic rival’s support for global trade deals.
The Bethel United Methodist Church pastor said: “Mr. Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we’ve done in Flint, not give a political speech.”
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“Oh, oh, OK, that’s good,” Donald Trump responded, shuffling papers on his podium.
Donald Trump went on to make a few remarks about fixing Flint’s drinking water problems, but some in the crowd began to heckle.
One woman shouted out that Donald Trump had used discriminatory housing practices in his buildings.
The Republican nominee responded: “Never, you’re wrong. Never would.”
Rev. Faith Green Timmons interrupted again, this time to reproach Donald Trump’s hecklers, saying: “He is a guest in my church and you will respect him.”
Donald Trump abruptly ended his speech, which had lasted six minutes.
Hillary Clinton’s personal doctor, Lisa Bardack, says the Democratic nominee is “healthy and fit to serve” as US president as her campaign released updated medical information.
The statement said Hillary Clinton “continues to improve” after a pneumonia diagnosis.
The disclosure came as Donald Trump released health data of his own on The Dr Oz Show.
Hillary Clinton aides say she will return to the campaign trail on September 15 after falling ill in public at the weekend.
Both candidates, among the oldest ever to run for the White House, have been under intense pressure to share more medical information.
Health issues have dominated the race for November’s election since a dizzy spell forced Hillary Clinton, 68, to leave a 9/11 ceremony in New York on September 11.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign said on September 14 that her physician found her complete physical examination was “normal” and she is in “excellent mental condition”.
Dr. Lisa Bardack said Hillary Clinton was “recovering well with antibiotics and rest”.
The campaign said Hillary Clinton had a chest scan on September 9 that showed a “mild, non-contagious bacterial pneumonia”.
Hillary Clinton – who has been recuperating at her suburban New York home – was treated with an antibiotic called Levaquin, which she was prescribed for 10 days.
Dr. Lisa Bardack said: “She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States.”
The physician said Hillary Clinton was up to date on all vaccines, including two given to help prevent pneumonia, Prevnar and Pneumovax.
The letter did not state when she received those vaccines.
Hillary Clinton’s blood pressure (of 100 over 70) and total cholesterol (189) were all within healthy levels, according to the letter.
The former Secretary of State also had a normal mammogram and breast ultrasound, said the doctor.
Hillary Clinton takes thyroid and allergy medicines and the blood thinner Coumadin, prescribed after she suffered a blood clot resulting from a 2012 concussion.
The blood clot was said to have been in a vein in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear.
The complication led Hillary Clinton to spend a few days in hospital and take a month off from her job at the State Department.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, has said he is planning to release details this week of a recent physical.
The Republican White House nominee handed over a one-page summary of that examination while appearing on The Dr Oz Show.
Donald Trump told Dr. Oz he is 236lb and 6ft 3in tall, which would make him clinically overweight.
The Dr Oz Show will not be broadcast until September 15 and the campaign declined to immediately disclose the results.
Donald Trump told a rally in Canton, Ohio, on September 14 that he doubted Hilalry Clinton would have the stamina to lead one of his events.
The Republican asked the crowd: “You think Hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this? I don’t think so, I don’t think so.”
Donald Trump later said she was “lying in bed, getting better”.
The 2016 U.S. Presidential election is just over two months away and there are four main candidates running, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, Hillary Clinton and Jill Stein. Clinton is currently holding a lead over Trump, but just a 5% edge. Clinton’s lead increased to 10 percentage points and has a 45% to 35% edge against her competitors.
Consequently, there’s a high probability that Clinton could be the next U.S. President. Therefore, a lot of her statements have pull. Now, we’ve seen this in the biotech market most recently. According to binary options broker, Stern Options, this can have major implications as the elections near.
For example, Hillary Clinton has been voicing her opinion and is largely against price gouging in the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals industry. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s tweets have caused biotech and pharmaceuticals to fall and those invested in these industries should proceed with caution.
Clinton Wants Lower Drug Prices in 2016
As we saw in 2015, Clinton’s tweets carry a substantial amount of power. This is still the case in 2016. Clinton added to the pressure of pharmaceuticals and biotech industries, which have been underperforming the S&P 500 Index as of September 9, 2016.
The S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index is down 12.90% YTD and the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index is down 17.62% YTD. Now, one could argue that some investors are selling their shares because Clinton becoming the next president could be a reality. Therefore, she may move to change legislation, which could hurt these industries.
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Any statements that Hillary Clinton makes about the pharmaceuticals and biotech industry should send stocks in those industries into a frenzy. For example, Clinton most recently tweeted and issued statements about Mylan’s significant price hike of the EpiPen, an allergy treatment used widely around the world.
Clinton tweeted on August 24, 2016 at 2:02 PM ET and wrote, “EpiPens can be the difference between life and death. There’s no justification for these price hikes.” Clinton’s comments solidified her stance on the pharmaceuticals industry, noting that she may move to change legislature if she is elected in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election. Clinton’s plan to address price gouging in the drug industry has shaken the industries.
This caused leading biotech and pharmaceuticals stocks to suffer losses, in turn, this caused a substantial drop in the Nasdaq Biotech Index. The index fell from 3098.47 at the close of August 23, 2016 to a low of 2,986.97 on August 24, 2016, over a 3% drop. Consequently, IBB fell from $296.18 to $286.23, a 3.35% in just one day. As of September 9, 2016, IBB is down 17.54% YTD and 18.95% over the past year.
Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL), the company that raised the price of EpiPens, suffered a major one day drop due to Clinton’s tweet. The stock lost 5.41% of its market value in just one day. In just seven trading days, as of September 1, 2016, Mylan lost 8.05% of its market capitalization.
Mylan’s stock price is still getting hammered in early September 2016. The stock is down 26.23% YTD and may continue to succumb to the selling pressure that was caused by Hillary Clinton’s tweet.
Clinton’s Strengthening Campaign
Clinton’s campaign has been gaining traction and more people are donating to her efforts. Clinton raised $143 million in August, for her campaign, the DNC and state parties. Consequently, this should increase her lead in the polls leading up to the election. The campaign donations will allow Clinton to reach millions of voters across the U.S. and, perhaps, convince many Americans to vote for her.
According to Stern Options Analyst, Anthony Di Maggio, he believes U.S. Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton will increase her lead over Donald Trump, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein in September. Di Maggio also noted that investors should be gearing up and consider taking off some positions in the biotech and pharmaceuticals industry because there is a high probability that Clinton may become U.S. President. Therefore, she may move to increase regulations in those industries, causing them to lose value.
Prince’s first wife, Myate Garcia, has announced she is writting an “intimate memoir” about her life with the musician.
The Most Beautiful will chronicle her relationship and marriage with Prince and the painful loss of their son in 1996.
Publisher Hachette said the book was due for release in April 2017, marking the first anniversary of Prince’s death.
Mayte Garcia said: “Ours was a rare, almost otherworldly connection.
“I want to share our love story, and with it the highs and lows – always coming from a loving place, as this man is still part of my family and always will be.”
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Mayte Garcia and Prince were introduced backstage at one of the singer’s concerts in 1990, when Garcia was just 16.
An accomplished dancer, Mayte Garcia had caught Prince’s attention after her mother sent a video of her belly dancing to the singer in the hope he might hire her.
Mayte Garcia and Prince stayed in touch and two years later she joined his touring band. After falling in love, they married on Valentine’s Day, 1996. White doves were released as they exchanged vows.
She became pregnant almost at once, but their son Ahmir Gregory died just a week after birth due to Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare defect of the skull.
That loss, followed by a miscarriage not long afterwards, tore the grieving couple apart and they divorced in1999.
In 2001, Prince married Manuela Testolini in a private ceremony; she filed for divorce in May 2006.
In a statement announcing the memoir, Mayte Garcia said: “Prince was loved the world over but few knew him intimately.”
The book’s title refers to Prince’s song, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, which she inspired.
Prince was also in the process of writing a memoir before his death. It is not known if the book was finished, or whether it will see the light of day.
Prince died on April 21 following an accidental overdose of the painkiller Fentanyl. He was 57.
A tribute concert is planned in Prince’s home town of Minneapolis for next month.
Puerto Rico beauty queen Kristhielee Caride has lost her bid to reclaim her tiara taken from her for poor behavior.
Kristhielee Caride had violated the terms of her contract as Puerto Rico’s representative for Miss Universe, a judge ruled.
She had refused to attend a designated hair salon, and failed to appear on a TV program because she said the traffic was too bad.
Kristhielee Caride was seeking $3 million in damages from the organizers.
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The week-long court case has gripped Puerto Rico. TV stations interrupted regular programming to show proceedings in court and Kristhielee Caride’s testimony.
The ruling by Puerto Rican Supreme Court Judge Eduardo Rebollo dismissed the lawsuit filed by Kristhielee Caride.
The judge said Kristhielee Caride had given terse answers to questions during a newspaper interview and that she did not love cameras.
Desiree Lowry, the national director of Miss Universe Puerto Rico, told the court that Kristhielee Caride had refused to apologize to the newspaper reporter after the interview.
She also said Kristhielee Caride had used her own stylist instead of a hair salon hired for her.
The beauty queen defended her decision and accused salon employees of disrespecting her.
Kristhielee Caride lost the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2016 title in March and was replaced by another candidate.
