Новости за 21.12.2017

Several reports have both the Cubs and White Sox interested in Baltimore Orioles infielder Manny Machado.

A New Orleans man was arrested for shooting a random woman Dec. 10 as she was walking her dog, police alleged. He shot the stranger in an effort to prove to his girlfriend how "crazy" he could be.  Glen Alveris, 26, was accused of causing injury to a woman Dec. 10 after randomly shooting her from his vehicle. Alveris was in the midst of a heated argument with his 20-year-old girlfriend at a party before they went for a drive. While driving, he allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend before rolling... Читать дальше...

A new photo series depicts and questions how ubiquitous telecom infrastructure is in our lives.

With most of the holes filled in with the 2 trades and free agency signing the a's done. They're almost set for next year. The a's were linked to Tony Watson during the winter meeting. So they are already on their next move. With Piscotty playing both corner outfielders. Dustin fowler will be the a's center fielder next season. There just a few more moves left for the a's could do.

“DHS should not be scanning the faces of Americans as they depart on international flights—but DHS is doing it anyway,” warns a new report that finds facial recognition practices may be violating the law.

The effectiveness of facial recognition technology leaves a lot to be desired, says a new report.

Barcelona (dpa) - Bei der Neuwahl in der spanischen Konfliktregion Katalonien haben die Parteien des separatistischen Lagers nach einer Medienprognose gemeinsam möglicherweise erneut eine knappe absolute Mehrheit der Sitze im Parlament von Barcelona errungen. Das geht aus einer Prognose der angesehenen Godo-Mediengruppe (La Vanguardia) hervor, die nach Schließung der Wahllokale um 20.00 Uhr veröffentlicht wurde und auf eine repräsentative Befragung von 3200 Wählern basiert. Die drei für die Unabhängigkeit... Читать дальше...

The FC guys have their final say for who will come out on top in Liverpool and Arsenal's Friday night clash. Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp described Arsenal as a complete team and believes the Gunners can play in a number of different styles. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said he does not plan to match the long reigns enjoyed by Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger and could even walk away if he wins a major trophy. Klopp, 50, took charge at Liverpool in 2015 after having previously managed... Читать дальше...

Up in the Austrian Alps, inside two hydropower mills, a start-up called HydroMiner keeps high-power computers, CPUs, and servers running around the clock. These machines suck in a steady 600 Kilowatts of cheap hydroelectric power as they seek to mine new bitcoins — an energy-intensive process that involves solving mathematical problems by repeated trial and error. But unlike other bitcoin miners, HydroMiner says it’s minting cryptocurrencies without harming the environment or contributing to climate change. Читать дальше...

Meghan King Edmonds is getting not one, but two sons!

The Real Housewives of Orange County star shared an adorable maternity snap to Instagram Thursday, featuring herself with husband Jim Edmonds, 1-year-old daughter Aspen and their pup Girly Girl.

Among the family are signs bearing the messages “Our family is growing by four feet and two heartbeats” and “Edmonds twin boys June 2018.”

“We’re having TWINS! Oh boy oh boy! #doubletrouble#threeundertwo,” the mom-to-be, 33, captioned the reveal. Читать дальше...

The owners of Shelburne's Must Love Yarn have built a solid following for local goods through their 3,000-subscriber podcast.

Morris “Buzz” Zelditch Jr., a professor emeritus of sociology, taught at Stanford for more than half a century and was chairman of the Department of Sociology twice.

Memphis found a very creative way around Tennessee law.

In 2016, Tennessee’s (mostly white) state legislature passed the Heritage Protection Act to protect monuments of historical figures — with a goal of stopping cities from taking down Confederate statues.

This week, Memphis took down two Confederate statues anyway — after lawmakers in the (mostly black) city found a creative workaround.

The state law prohibits the removal, relocation, alteration, or renaming of “[a]ny statue... Читать дальше...

Ivanka Trump was blasted on Twitter on Thursday after she appeared on Fox & Friends to applaud the Republican tax bill as a win for the "middle class" and predicted that it would eventually erase the federal deficit.

CAPE TOWN – The Standard Bank Proteas continued to get maximum value out of the three-day tour match between Zimbabwe and the SA Invitation XI at Eurolux Boland Park on Thursday when Temba Bavuma followed Dale Steyn’s good bowling workout on the first day with his own perfect warm-up innings for next week’s Sunfoil Test match.

An 5.2-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Iran on Thursday, less than 24 hours after a similar tremor killed two people in the capital Tehran.

Last week we wrote about the insanity of the DOJ's argument in trying to convict a group of protestors at Trump's inauguration. As we noted, the DOJ didn't even try to connect the defendants with any violence or property damage, but merely said that by being near the property damage they were accomplices, because they made the actual perpetrators harder to catch. When talking about the First Amendment and the right to assemble, Assistant US Attorney Rizwan Quereshi, incredibly, claimed that the... Читать дальше...

The five lawsuits, which are nearly identical, also want drug companies to stop what they call 20 years of "unfair and deceptive" practices.