Новости за 13.12.2017

Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers, excoriated Senate Democrats in a 2010 blog post for not moving quickly enough to seat Republican Scott Brown after he won a special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts.

Black women didn’t vote to “save” Alabama last night. They voted to protect themselves. 

The record sums raised by the major political parties on Sunday could point to a renewed enthusiasm after the general election and hints of the start of a revival for the PN under Adrian Delia, according to political commentators. Between them, the Nationalist and Labour parties raised a staggering €1.23 million in their annual fundraising telethons – with individual records for both parties of €620,497 and €611,319 respectively. For the PN, the success was particularly striking in the context of... Читать дальше...

Today’s Blind Items – Daytime Deviants

With all the cleaning house going on in the industry, maybe it is time someone took a blowtorch to the set of this daytime show. It is without a doubt the worst show out there with the way it treats people. I don’t think it is any coincidence that the owners of the show have had some of the worst offenders out there. They live for this kind of culture. There is a long history of the producers having the ugliest casting couch scenes out there. Men or women, legal or not. Читать дальше...

India’s recovery from the economic deceleration during the last quarter has been sluggish due to rising crude oil prices and cold private investment growth, according to the ADB.

Pretoria - The African National Congress (ANC) Tshwane caucus has on Wednesday come out strong in criticising the city’s mayor Solly Msimanga saying it will be reporting issues of “gross financial mismanagement, maladministration and total disregard to constitutional and legal dictates” to the office of the Public Protector before Christmas.

Tel Aviv, 13 dic (dpa) - El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, aseguró hoy no estar impresionado por las declaraciones de los palestinos, en un aparente referencia a las palabras del presidente Mahmud Abbas durante la cumbre de la Organización par la Cooperación Islámica (OCI) en Estambul.La cumbre de la OCI, integrada por 57 países musulmanes, reconoció hoy en su declaración final Jerusalén oriental como capital de un Estado palestino.Durante el encuentro, Abbas dijo que pedirá a la... Читать дальше...

Three Panthers assistant coaches show up at same time as six top D-I prospects from Lee County - four not committed - during scheduled photo shoot.

Friendship bracelets? Please. George Clooney is an expert at gift-giving. We’re talking cold hard cash — some serious dinero.

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• Communicating via text — whether email or social media — makes us more likely to dehumanize the people we disagree with. 
• A study found that hearing the voice of the person you disagree with helps foster respect, even for a different opinion.
• The power of voice extends into the work place and job applications.
• If you need to discuss something with a colleague, you will be more persuasive in person than over email. Читать дальше...

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Security,

And will now have to face even more of them. 

The study found that sustainment of the two per year Virginia-Class submarine production rate during the procurement years of the Columbia-Class SSBNs is achievable and that it provides significant benefit to the Navy and the SSN (Attack Submarines) force structure, Navy officials told Scout Warrior. Maintaining a two-per year Virginia Class build-rate will help the Navy reach its goal of 66 SSNs, as identified... Читать дальше...

The Cardinals didn’t get Giancarlo Stanton, but don’t worry, the Marlins are going to end up trading all of their outfielders.

This may save 2018 for you. Millions of Americans make financial New Year’s resolutions every year and this year, saving more looks to be a popular one. In a survey released this week from Fidelity, 55 percent of Americans who made financial resolutions said their top resolution was to save more money, up from 50...

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan will talk about the political fallout from Democrat Doug Jones winning Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat in Alabama. The hosts will also discuss tax reform, Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and more current events.

The National Football League’s Washington Redskins won’t be getting a name change as some websites appeared to suggest Wednesday morning. Several website appeared Wednesday sporting fabricated articles about an upcoming name change for the team sparking confusion among fans. Websites designed to look like reputable news sources, like The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN, appeared online featuring the site logos and various headlines declaring that a name change for the team was official.

Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced Wednesday morning. The show will air live Jan. 21.

ORGANISERS of this year’s Edinburgh Hogmanay have launched a vibrant tartan to mark the celebration.

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered a way to identify smartphones by analyzing just a single photo taken by the device. The researchers centered on a flaw in digital imaging called photo-response non-uniformity (PRNU) to do so.

Stephen Tiffney believes he will have an edge over Edinburgh rival Lewis Paulin in their Scottish featherweight title clash this weekend.

Target said Wednesday it was acquiring same-day grocery delivery service Shipt for $550 million, helping the US retail titan step up its challenge to Amazon and its recently acquired Whole Foods supermarket chain.

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We’ve entered the most profound era of change for financial services companies since the 1970s brought us index mutual funds, discount brokers and ATMs.

No firm is immune from the coming disruption and every company must have a strategy to harness the powerful advantages of the new fintech revolution. Читать дальше...

Südafrikas Präsident Jacob Zuma hat vor Gericht erneut eine Niederlage erlitten: Das Oberste Gericht in Pretoria forderte Zuma am Mittwoch auf, binnen eines Monats eine Untersuchungskommission zum Thema Korruption an der Staatsspitze einzusetzen. Zuma habe "äußerst rücksichtslos" gehandelt, indem er die Empfehlungen der nationalen Anti-Korruptions-Beauftragten vor Gericht angefochten habe.

The United States will provide the Lebanese army with its first attack helicopters in a bid to bolster border security and fight jihadist groups, US officials said Wednesday in Beirut.