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Cluster comprises IBM's Opteron-based eServer 325 server and systems management software and storage devices that can run Linux and Windows operating systems | .
IBM on Tuesday announced a prepackaged and pretested cluster that is powered by Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s 64-bit Opteron processor.
IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., is combining its Opteron-based eServer 325 server—which targets scientific and technical computing users—with systems management software and storage devices to ... |
Belying expectations, Prasar Bharti has earned only Rs 58.19 crore (Rs 581.9 million) as revenue during the | Commonwealth Games last month.
The gross revenue earned by PB on account of telecasting/broadcasting of advertisements on Doordarshan channel and All India Radio during coverage of the Commonwealth Games is Rs 58.17 crore, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting S Jagathrakshakan informed the Lok Sabha on T... |
Marketers are employed in the public sector as well as the private sector.
Most people think of marketing as a strictly private sector activity, but | the reality is people with sales and marketing backgrounds are hired by government agencies in a number of capacities. Government agencies at the local, state and federal level all employ marketing professionals in areas including, but not limited to, public relations, property disposal, bond sales and purchasing.
Alm... |
MIDDLETOWN, NJ - The Middletown Township Public Library and the Township of Middletown are pleased to announce the | appointment of Kim Rinaldi as Provisional Library Director, beginning on February 24, 2014. Ms. Rinaldi will earn a salary of $95,000.00 per year.
Ms. Rinaldi comes to the Middletown Township Public Library after having served as the Library Director of the Margaret E. Heggen Free Public Library in Washington Township... |
An eagerly awaited report from the World Health Organization (WHO) states that processed meats such as bacon and sausages cause cancer, and red meat | likely does so too.
The France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, put processed meats on the top of their “things that cause cancer list”, grouping them alongside tobacco, asbestos and diesel fumes, for which there is “sufficient evidence” of cancer links.
Along the years, there... |
Was it a surprise to you that you were given the arts and culture position?
No, there is no surprise when you are a cadre | of the ANC because you are deployed anywhere. You are given a five-year contract to do a portfolio and when you are finished, you wait for another one. At no stage do you have a say.
What qualities do you bring to the position?
People say to me you are a minister here but you can’t sing; how can you survive in the sec... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Sunday warned Congress against manufacturing a crisis over federal spending in the months ahead, | as looming deadlines set the stage for a repeat of the political deadlock which two years ago triggered worldwide financial market turmoil.
In coming negotiations with Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, Democratic President Barack Obama will focus on ways to create economic gains for the middle cla... |
Im definetely with some of the above posts when saying that they left the serious open ended. I knew up until then that this was supposed | to be the final season but after seeing the last episode, I could see another see another season.
So lame that the show was cancelled…..I had so much fun copying the ideas of the shows writers for all the parties!
I am going to miss the Pakistani chick. What a body. Sweet dream!
I had NO idea the series was canceled!!... |
In case you missed it, the initials ICYMI stand for the first five words of this sentence. In the event you have, indeed, | missed it (ITEYH, I, MI has not taken off yet for some reason), it’s most likely because you’re not on the Internet much, particularly Twitter, where individuals and outlets deploy it every few seconds to bring links to the attention of others who may not have seen them. The New York Times now even has a section at th... |
Widow Of Pulse Nightclub Gunman AcquittedNoor Salman was found not guilty of charges of obstruction and providing material support to a terrorist | organization.
'It Still Hurts, It's Still Very Raw': Ceremonies Mark One Year Since Massacre At Orlando's Pulse Nightclub, Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. HistoryA rally was held near the historic Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village Monday night to honor the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the Pul... |
NEW YORK — Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching — instead of mall-hopping — on Black Friday, an event | it has traditionally ignored.
The leading network for TV shoppers promises special deals and a healthy dose of new items for sale starting on Thanksgiving night. Program host Dave James plans to stay awake for 28 hours of telethon-like coverage.
The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the biggest shopping day of t... |
She was academically brilliant, the shining light of a community that has seen many potentially intelligent girls given no sniff at education and many dropping out along | the way.
Then she got a lifeline. UCC had only ten successful applicants for their Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Chemistry program. To get more students, a special entry process was initiated. She applied, passed the exams and gained admission.
But for UCC’s inability to meet their required number of intake, an educat... |
Occasional diarrhea is a common occurrence. Most people will experience an episode of diarrhea at least once or twice a year that will disappear in a | couple of days.
Luckily, there are many foods to eat that may help a person reduce the symptoms of diarrhea. There are also some foods to avoid when dealing with a bout of diarrhea, and some additional home care tips to consider.
Anyone who is experiencing persistent diarrhea should see a doctor, as a person may becom... |
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As previously announced, WebMD Health Corp. (NASDAQ: W | BMD) will be holding its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Thursday, October 1, 2015. At that meeting, WebMD is seeking stockholder approval of, among other things, a 1,700,000 increase in the number of shares available for grant under its 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan. In connection with seeking such approval, WebMD a... |
SocialDevCamp Chicago is a weekend long conference and hackathon about the social web. It’s the event for social app developers, mobile | developers and designers. SocialDevCamp is a weekend of discussions on social platforms, apps, APIs, mobile experiences, and new media.
This starting on Friday, August 26th, and is taking place at the DePaul University Main Auditorium, located at the DePaul University Student Center 225o N. Sheffield Ave. Check here f... |
Record low and negative interest rates in developed economies are fueling a ravenous search for yield that is forcing pension funds and other conservative institutional investors out of | their comfort zones and into risky emerging markets, according to fund managers and analysts.
The reason for this has little to do with the attractiveness of EM investments. On the contrary, EM economic growth is at its lowest level since the 2008/09 financial crisis while the prospect of a U.S. monetary tightening cr... |
"When it comes to fantasy sports and betting on NASCAR races, there's nothing wrong with it," Gaughan said. |
"I wanted to go all in on gambling last year," NASCAR executive Steve O'Donnell said.
"We have so many people that are linked to the cars. I think the integrity is a big piece to it," O'Donnell said.
Nevada's effective monopoly on sports betting ended last spring, when the Supreme Court ruled the ban sh... |
The day Jeff Deardorff has been waiting a lifetime for has arrived.
Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft begins today and, by | all expectations, Deardorff shouldn't have to wait long for his phone to ring.
The most pessimistic of scenarios would have him being taken in the fifth round. The most optimistic is a first round selection. Most likely, though, the call could come sometime during the second or third rounds.
Baseball America has proje... |
Aylesbury’s new deputy area commander has been getting stuck in to his new role and says he’s determined to make himself | ‘approachable’.
Chief inspector Neil Kentish joined Thames Valley Police less than a month ago after serving in the Metropolitan police force for 14 years.
And though the role is still very new to him, he has praised his team and says he wants to find out what issues matter to people in Aylesbury.
He said: “I have a v... |
Two UAE orders for military helicopters and guided bombs capped a remarkable year for procurement in which the Emirates became the largest foreign purchaser of US defence equipment, | a Pentagon agency said.
The UAE, which has peacekeepers in Afghanistan, awarded Sikorksy Aircraft a US$171 million (Dh628m) contract for 14 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, which are used for tactical transport.
Separately, the US defence security co-operation agency, a unit of the Pentagon, said last week it had notifie... |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers must soon decide whether President Barack Obama is leading them toward statesmanlike courage or political folly.
Obama used | his first State of the Union speech Wednesday to push nervous Democrats to forge ahead on health care, despite voters' worries and opposition from newly strengthened Republicans. Sharpening his focus on the economy, he offered a hodgepodge of tax breaks and other incentives to create new jobs.
For Republicans, Obama b... |
COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Marshalltown Community College baseball team built a nine-run lead and held on to salvage a split against | NJCAA Division I No. 12 Iowa Western in Saturday’s Iowa Community College Athletic Conference doubleheader.
MCC won the nightcap 12-10 after Iowa Western claimed the opener 8-4.
The Tigers (19-29, 8-14) scored seven runs in the first inning of game two, sending 13 batters to the plate. The frame was highlighted by a S... |
Sponsored by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2019 would reauthorize | the program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through 2024 to assist firms with rebuilding or retrofitting diesel engines. The objective is for those updated engines to be able to comply with pollution standards.
The Environment and Public Works panel advanced the measure to the floor of the Senate by voice ... |
"The Echo" (2008) She landed another small role in this Jesse Bradford horror movie about a cursed apartment building.
"Cold Case" | (2009) In an episode of the CBS procedural, Linton plays a female pilot in WWII in flashbacks (with Michael Learned playing the character in modern times).
"A Smile as Big as the Moon" (2012) This ABC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" movie stars John Corbett as a special-ed teacher.
"Serial Daters Anonymous" (2014) Linton play... |
'When Travis hollered, I was definitely flattered,' Kanye West's DJ says of getting the drummer's call.
It's been | nearly a year since Travis Barker performed with a DJ, but now, he's getting ready to hit the road again, this time with Kanye West's main man behind the decks.
Barker will be teaming up with turntablist A-Trak — West's touring DJ — for a run of shows, scheduled to kick off March 9-10 at Hollywood's Roxy Theatre. The ... |
Graciousness might not seem like the most important thing in defining the success of a nation, but it is paramount for Mr Lim Siong | Guan, the Institute of Policy Studies' fourth S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.
Having served 37 years in the civil service, five of which as its head, Mr Lim said that based on his experience, there are four words to describe what Singapore needs in order to be a successful and sustainable nation state - ... |
Robert E. Gates, 65, Altoona, passed away Friday at UPMC Altoona.
Known as Flip, he was born in | Massachusetts, son of the late Patricia Gates. He married Cindy Thompson.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters: Heather Cramer (Laramy) of Coalport and Jessica Gates of Altoona; two sisters: Cheryl McKeen in Florida and Carol Martin of Indiana, Pa.; his mother-in-law, Joan Thompson; an aunt, Sandy Martin in Tennessee... |
Lynn Blake, left, teaches two hospital employees CPR at the VVMC Safety Fair. Blakeâs passion for educating | Eagle County residents came from her own Sudden Cardiac Arrest, which a bystander provided CPR and saved her life. She was just 27 at the time.
On Valentine’s Day 2007, Lynn Blake was embarking on a new job in Vail Village when she had a rude awakening. The 27-year-old suffered sudden cardiac arrest. Fortunately for h... |
Sports Academy has found “The Mamba Mentality.” The 96,000-square-foot training facility in Thousand Oaks announced a | partnership with Kobe Bryant.
The 96,000-square-foot holistic athletic training facility in Thousand Oaks announced a partnership with former Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant on Monday morning.
The deal includes rebranding the 2-year-old facility MAMBA Sports Academy and a new logo.
The deal was announced Monday with a mi... |
You cannot overestimate the mood of paranoia, hilarity and madness that pervades Westminster. Normal looking MPs seem to have messages branded on their fore | heads: "tennis court repairs", "wife's tampons", like Hawthorne's scarlet letter.
I bumped into a Labour member. "I'm forming a support group called MPs Anonymous," he said. "We'll stand round in a circle and say: 'I'm an MP, but I am determined not to relapse.' "
In the chamber, members still went through the bowing a... |
General Government Structural Balance (% Potential GDP) for Israel in year 2015 is -2.845 %. Data are on a national income accounts | basis. The structural budget position is defined as the actual budget deficit (or surplus) less the effects of cyclical deviations of output from potential output. Because of the margin of uncertainty that attaches to estimates of cyclical gaps and to tax and expenditure elasticities with respect to national income, i... |
After competing many times, local artist Ann Iungerich and her husband, David, decided to share some lessons learned Saturday in an ice- | sculpting workshop.
The concept was more sculptors might make for a better competition.
"We've done a lot of research and tried to figure out what's what. That was why we decided to have a workshop - what few little secrets we know, we're willing to share that with others," Ann explained.
Ann and David Iungerich taught... |
Why are American women dying in childbirth?
Maternal mortality rates are falling in every industrialised nation - except for the United States.
The | United States is not the first place that springs to mind when considering women dying in childbirth. So the fact that two American women die of pregnancy-related causes every day may come as a surprise.
According to the World Bank, The US ranks 50th in maternal mortality globally - falling behind every other industri... |
MOVE Systems: redesigning NYC's 1970s-era food trucks for an eco-friendly future.
Making the less-noxious food cart | into an art.
There are 5,000 licensed food carts in New York, and they’re as much of an urban icon as the MTA’s subway signage or the Chrysler building. Too bad they’re killing the planet.
It’s not the food—the grub is OK, if not exactly slimming; it’s the gas generators powering the carts. Most food carts run off a d... |
President Trump’s decision Monday to revive plans to freeze federal employee pay in 2020 and to institute a series of cuts to federal employee retirement programs | was met with great consternation from stakeholder groups, although the ideas stand little chance of becoming law.
Increasing employee contributions toward federal defined benefit annuity programs by 1 percent per year until those payments reach 50 percent of the total cost.
Eliminating cost of living adjustments for F... |
CHARLOTTE (AP) � Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks defense were too much for Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers to overcome.
| Wilson threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate with 35 seconds left in the third quarter to help the Seahawks beat the Panthers 16-12 on Sunday.
CHARLOTTE (AP) � Bruce Irvin raced by an offensive lineman and chopped down on Cam Newton�s arm as the quarterback loaded up to throw downfield.
The ball popped free and... |
Nike Inc enjoyed big sales in gains in North America and Europe last quarter and benefited from fewer markdowns, helping the maker of sports clothes and | shoes report a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit.
Total revenue rose 7.7 percent to $6.97 billion, and global orders for delivery later this year, which the company calls "futures orders," rose 10 percent excluding currency impact, suggesting Nike's hot streak will continue.
Nike shares rose 5.7 percent to ... |
Passengers on an ICE travelling from Berlin to Saarbrücken were shocked after windows were shattered by what they believe were bullets.
| Police are investigating after windows on the ICE high-speed train were shattered during the journey from the German capital to Saarbrücken in Saarland.
Some passengers said that they believed the train had been shot at by a weapon. This passenger's photos posted on Twitter show the damage to the windows.
No-one was in... |
The amount is part of the N8.8tn tax revenue needed by the government to finance the 2019 budget.
Details of how the revenue | would be generated are contained in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework Tax Revenue Projections for 2019-2021.
The document, which was submitted to the National Assembly by the Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr Tunde Fowler, was obtained on Friday by our correspondent.
In the document, the FIRS said the N8.8tn would be... |
WHEN predicting which planets beyond Earth could support life, astronomers usually follow the water. Exoplanets with rocky surfaces are declared habitable if they orbit | far enough from their star to potentially host oceans.
But as our planetary collection grows, and telescopes for studying them improve, some astrobiologists say it is time to narrow the hunt. Christopher McKay at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California has come up with an expanded “checklist” for habitability, which... |
Terrorist attacks using vehicles such as in Barcelona are 'becoming a new reality for Europeans' according to experts.
The latest attacks in Barcelona | and the seaside resort of Cambrils on Thursday has left at least 14 dead and 100 injured.
Goulet, the French senator, sits on a parliamentary panel tasked with analysing jihadist groups.
She says that one of IS's goals is turning the western world against Muslim minorities in their countries and using anti-Muslim rhet... |
Director Patty Jenkins has revealed details about the upcoming sequel.
If we've learned anything from our era of superhero movies, it's that no one | is actually really dead. At the end of Wonder Woman, Chris Pine's Steve Trevor heroically sacrifices himself to save everyone else. It marked the death of some great on-screen chemistry between Pine and Gal Gadot.
But today, director Patty Jenkins has revealed the first details about the upcoming sequel, Wonder Woman ... |
Mattel's Future: Happily Ever After?
Mattel has a plan for the rest of the year, but it seems to be playing | a shorter game.
According to its most recent earnings release, Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) seems to have become a victim of its own success. The company reported a 12% drop in revenue from its Barbie brand, while other girls' toys ate up market share. The American Girl and Monster High lines did particularly well, but the cos... |
Harry Connolly's Twenty Palaces series is one of my favorite new storylines in science fiction. After a several year hiatus Harry has brought back Ray | Lilly, and all the magic in The Twisted Path.
The Twenty Palaces series tells the tale of Ray Lilly, a former convict turned into a magician's decoy, or Wooden Man. It is Lilly's job to distract evil creatures from the deep and dark, while his master Annalise burns them with primal green fire. They keep on saving the ... |
Most gardeners think of diascias as low-growing bedding plants suited to a summer container or the front of a sunny border. |
However Diascia personata breaks the mould and produces stiff stems that grow 3ft tall. The substantial bright green foliage supports dusky pink flowers and these appear in profusion from early May to November.
Handsome, upright and show-stopping, it first came to my attention when Fergus Garrett of Great Dixter in Ea... |
After the wonderful welcome from Julian Clary's dog Valerie, the first thing you notice about his living room is the chickens. There are lots – | pictures on the walls, ornaments, even a chicken cushion. "Yes, there's a slight obsession with chickens," he says, looking around. "It must have happened when I became a rustic person." His favourite is the chicken on the mantelpiece, from his mother Brenda. It's near the sherry decanter, which is from director Neil ... |
The bill has triggered series of protest in Assam, All Assam Students Union and several other organisations have announced fresh agitation against the bill on November | 4.
BJP legislator and party spokesperson Numal Momin said that the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 will help in arresting influx of migrants from the neighbouring country.
GUWAHATI: Supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016, BJP on Wednesday said that once the bill is implemented not a single non-national even if... |
The Airline Vikings were playing for the state football championship in 1972 against Neville on a bad night for football in Monroe.
But after the team | had gathered itself, head coach Jack Gray called his seniors together.
Gray, who coached the 1967 Airline team to the state title, passed away Thursday and services are set for Saturday at 3 p.m. in Marshall, Texas, where he lived. Visitation is Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Gray’s niece, Becky Gray, is the assistant princi... |
In the summer of 1993, I had one of those experiences that stay with me for the rest of my life.
I spent 10 weeks in | Europe, beginning with a six-week law-school summer session at Charles University in Prague.
Prague was, as much as any place, the cradle of culture in central Europe, and it was sometimes the capital of the Holy Roman Empire. Its ancient center was architecturally and many other ways romantic and gorgeous. Because it... |
SANTA FE SPRINGS – A 17-year-old boy died and two men were wounded but expected to survive after a car-to- | car shooting on the 5 Freeway late Wednesday, authorities said.
Coroner’s officials did not release the dead teenager’s name Thursday afternoon, deferring all questions to sheriff’s investigators. Sheriff’s officials also did not identify him.
The three shooting victims had been riding in a minivan. They flagged down a... |
Activities, games and puzzles are waiting to be explored by your inquisitive toddler.
If you haven’t been to your local | library in a while, perhaps it’s time for a visit. Not only can you find there just about any book that you might seek, you will also find magazines, newspapers, books on CD, DVDs, music CDs and so much more.
Libraries have various displays and programs, which may rotate among libraries, pertaining to current events o... |
Ukraine has started siphoning off Russian gas bound for European customers. This follows the cutoff of gas supplies to Ukraine on January 1, after the two | countries’ gas companies failed to agree on a price for 2009.
Gazprom deputy CEO Aleksandr Medvedev is in Prague to inform the EU about the on-going gas conflict with Ukraine, blaming Ukraine for the reduction in supplies.
Gazprom's board has held an emergency meeting in Moscow where they were discussing Ukraine's sip... |
Finland faces heightened risks from links between radical Islam and terrorism, according to a fresh report by Finland’s security and intelligence police unit Sup | o. The unit points to the ongoing Syrian conflict as a source of the increased threat.
According to the Supo assessment, in spite of the increased risk of radical Islam fomenting terrorism, Finland is still not a primary target for terrorist organisations.
The security police add that the risk of al-Qaeda-led attacks a... |
1. Drew Griffin, the CNN investigative correspondent whose reporting made VA health care delays a national news story, told me that the VA ignored questions from | reporters at their peril.
His first attempt to reach VA secretary Eric Shinseki - who resigned under pressure on Friday - was way back in November. "Basically, they have tried to shut down our reporting by refusing to talk to us," Griffin said. Here's the rest of the conversation.
"These are performances and if there'... |
How it feels when J.K. Rowling gives us more "Harry Potter" information.
J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" | universe is enormous. And since closing the book on the main series in 2007, she keeps adding to it. There are spinoff books, movies, and a play in the franchise — many of which reveal new insight about Harry, Ron, Hermione, and other characters from the original series.
The wealth of "Harry Potter" material also mean... |
The Eagles, after trading LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills, might have found his replacement.
A person with knowledge of the situation, who | requested anonymity, told NJ Advance Media that the Eagles have expressed interest in free-agent running back Frank Gore.
That person said a deal with the San Francisco 49ers star could get done as early as Tuesday, the first day free agents can sign with another team.
At this point, teams are not allowed to offer con... |
GENEVA, Mar 18 2013 (IPS) - The current growth model is not sustainable. Neither the green economy nor alternative sources of energy can prevent | global warming. Solutions will come from concerted actions at the local and national levels, from the adoption of instruments and practices borrowed from other disciplines like peacebuilding, and from the move to a “no-waste economy”, according to experts here.
In its milestone report, “The Limits to Growth”, publishe... |
TURLOCK, Calif.--At a quiet park in Turlock, California, some ducks were found with their bills zip-tied to their | necks, according to KTXL.
Donnelly Park is a peaceful park in the middle of town. It's popular with families looking to spend some time by the water, under the trees.
The park is also home to several ducks.
But Sunday night, the ducks had something around their necks and Elizabeth Stevens took some pictures.
"I'm pret... |
The federal government is accelerating Canada’s transition to a lower-carbon economy, even as conservative politicians in the provinces vow to scuttle | key measures that would support that effort.
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr endorsed an advisory council report Thursday that spells out an ambitious agenda of increasing energy efficiency, switching off fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the country’s oil and gas industry.
The Generation Energ... |
Page 11, 5 October 1878 — CRAFTSMEN IN FUR.
creations of fancy, and real in so many aspects, | as the Pathfinder, as Leatherstockings, as La Longue Carabine? Who has not Killdeer in an imaginary gun-rack, and, hanging on a peg in the store-house of memory, the blanket which the Delaware chief threw back, that he might display the tortoise on his breast to his ancient tribe? Who has not seen, in air-drawn pictur... |
Smartphones can play a very positive role as a new tool with ophthalmologists, shows a new study conducted by the Emory University. |
Smartphones can be extensively used by ophthalmologists for viewing complex inner eye photos for diagnostic purpose. They can also be used for taking, sending and viewing pictures of the damage to the front of the eye or eyelids.
The study was conducted among some 350 patients who reported issues like headaches, eyesi... |
I love how old movies portray New York City at Christmastime. Snow drifts gently to the ground. Carols are sung on street corners | . Decorations light up the streets. And the tree at Rockefeller Center seems to spread it's magic throughout the city, creating a scene straight out of the carol Silver Bells.
“Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile.” I love how old movies portray New York City at Christmastime.
But I grew up in N... |
Whether it's sharing your Christmas wish list with Santa, enjoying the sounds of holiday music, or taking a trip back in time to celebrate the traditions | of the past, there will be plenty to do this holiday season. To help you celebrate we've rounded up a list of this year's happenings.
Logan County Courthouse Lighting - The RE-1 Valley Children's Chorale will give a performance starting at 5:15 p.m., followed by the lighting of the courthouse at 5:30 p.m.
Cocoa with S... |
Many people think the secret to great cooking is mastery of technique.
It helps, but it's hardly crucial. The key to cooking that tempt | s and satisfies, that brings people to the table, then brings them back for more, is understanding flavors and how they work together.
And while a culinary degree certainly helps one understand this, more important is a willingness to try new foods, as well as old foods in new combinations. Now there is a book to help ... |
The trial of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, on vague charges including espionage, began in Iran on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the trial | of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been imprisoned for nearly 10 months in Iran on vaguely defined charges, started in Tehran.
According to Iran’s official news agency IRNA, Rezaian is accused of committing "espionage for the hostile government of the United States" and spreading anti-Iranian propagand... |
California is lifting its drought emergency for most of the state after a winter of record rain and snowfall that followed a five-year dry spell. |
Gov. Jerry Brown's office announced Friday that his executive order will lift the drought emergency in California, except for Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Tuolumne counties. Those counties still face groundwater supply shortages.
"This drought emergency is over, but the next drought could be around the corner," Gov. Brow... |
Okay, okay, so maybe Delly wouldn’t fall that far down the list. But still, a Matthew Dellavedova bi | opic? That seems…random. And yet, it’s apparently going to be real thing!
According to Fox Sports Australia, Dellavedova and his Australian manager Bruce Kaider have teamed up with Los Angeles producers Zachary Green and Jason Shuman to create a film about Delly’s life. It will focus on his upbringing in Australia and ... |
CHICAGO -- A three-year-old boy died after a fire swept through his South Side home Sunday, police said.
Fire | fighters arrived at the three-story building on the 6700 block of South Dorchester Avenue two minutes after receiving calls of a fire, officials said. Three-year-old Maqkwone Jones was pulled from a second floor apartment and rushed to Comer Children's Hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest. He later died in the ... |
History is filled with stories of bold pioneers who changed the world with their visionary ideas. There exists also, in the annals of innovation, a | rich tradition of mad scientists with crazy inventions. These two notions are not mutually exclusive. In fact, many celebrated breakthroughs were initially met with scorn and ridicule. We've compiled 11 such world-famous ideas from the history of science and technology. The temptation, of course, is to include those i... |
As I alluded to previously, immigration reform seems to me like an issue where radical tactics, if people could be organized to engage in them, would | have high prospects for success. Among other things, Jose Antonio Vargas’ story today makes that clear on a number of levels.
One is that people were willing to help him in a civilly disobedient way, starting with the woman at the DMV who whispered to him that his papers were fake rather than reporting him. Another is... |
The Democratic Alliance has been in the spotlight after the party's apparent mistaken vote for the Employment Equity Act Amendment Bill, with analysts saying the official opposition | is at an ideological crossroads.
We're talking to DA parliamentary leader and head of the opposition in Parliament Lindiwe Mazibuko about the issues facing the party, along with political analyst and PowerFM talk show host Eusebius McKaiser.
Send us your questions here for the DA and join us on Friday.
The Bill, with ... |
Skiers and snowboarders from all over the country gathered in Jammu and Kashmir's popular skiing destination Gulmarg to participate in National Ski and | Snowboarding Championship.
The championship, which includes more than 21 teams, began on Sunday after a gap of four years.
The week-long championship will include, snowboarding, snow skiing and snow cycling.
President of Winter Games Association of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Shah said this event will give fillip to win... |
IF you like cricket, and like a brainy writer whose intellectualism is friendly and endearing, you’d better read this book. | Mike Brearley was a cricketer with modest abilities, but he possesses a beautiful mind. Most creditably, excelling in cricket and studies at Cambridge didn’t make him insufferable. His mind has trumped his batting feats, which are nondescript — 1,952 international runs at an average of 23.23. But he is extraordinarily... |
September 2,2008: Hamas has an image problem, and it's getting worse. It's gotten so bad that the 30 year old son ( | Mosab Yousef) of one of the Hamas founders (Hassan Yousef) has not only renounced Hamas, but has become a Christian. Mosab is fed up with the terrorism/"destroy Israel" approach the Arab world has embraced over the last sixty years. Mosad notes, as have many other Arabs, that this has not worked.
The conversion angle i... |
Top performances from Tuesday's high school action.
Avery Dyer (Lexington volleyball) – Dyer had 34 assists, four aces | , seven digs and three kills as the Lady Tigers beat Hardin County 3-1.
Aly Goodman (South Gibson soccer) – Goodman had three goals and three assists as the Lady Hornets beat Chester County 7-4.
Ashlynne Clifft (South Side volleyball) – Clifft had seven aces, 19 kills and three blocks as the Lady Hawks swept Covington ... |
U.S. President George Bush waves to reporters Oct. 11, 1992 upon leaving the White House in Washington.
Regardless of politics, most | people will acknowledge that the late President George H.W. Bush, had all the most important qualities of a human being, and as an American.
I’m not going to recount here all the accomplishments of his long life of service to our country. You probably have read it all on Facebook and in newspapers, and have seen it in... |
Content protection features in Windows Vista are preventing customers from playing high-quality video and audio and harming system performance, even as Microsoft neglects security programs | that could protect users, computer researcher Peter Gutmann argued at the USENIX Security Symposium in Boston Wednesday.
"If there was any threat modeling at all, it was really badly done," Gutmann, from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, said while giving a talk on Vista content protection. "Once the enemy is t... |
Assures reporters will not be blocked from covering Asean summit in Vientiane.
Laos yesterday defended its latest regulations imposed on foreign | journalists, saying it would not prevent foreign media from covering the 2016 Asean due to be hosted in Vientiane.
“We don’t have restrictions but procedures, the procedures that other countries also have to ensure national security,” said Laos’ Information, Culture and Tourism Vice Minister and Lao Journalists Associ... |
The scene of the fatal stabbing of a man in his 60’s at a house on Rutland Grove, Crumlin at about 8 | pm last night. Photograph: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin.
A man in is 60s who died following a stabbing incident at his home in Crumlin in south Dublin has been described as a “lovely man” by those who knew him.
Gerard Fortune (63) received stab wounds at his home in Rutland Grove on Sunday night. It is understood the s... |
CHICAGO–UAL Corp.'s United Airlines yesterday became the latest airline to begin charging $15 (U.S.) to check a | single bag on domestic flights, matching the controversial fee launched in May by AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, hoping to offset soaring fuel prices.
The parent of the Number 2 U.S. airline said it also raised the fee it charges to check three or more bags, overweight bags or items that require special handling to $1... |
Remember: presidents take an oath to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution, not Supreme Court rulings.
More great news: The | Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill stripping public sector unions of the ability to gouge taxpayers through negotiating excessive benefit plans with the people they bankrolled into office. All this after 60 hours of debate. That's how the process is supposed to work. Meanwhile, Democratic senators are still AWOL.
Republ... |
Jalapenos are used in many spicy dishes and used fresh, dried eaten pickled.
Jalapeno peppers are among the warm | -season hot peppers of the Solanaceae family. Hot peppers, like jalapenos, need a long, warm growing season and grow best when planted outdoors as seedlings. You can enjoy fresh peppers or grow them to dry and use in your favorite dishes even if you do not have room for an outdoor garden. You can grow jalapenos in cont... |
A 35-year-old cop with the Railway Protection Force had to be given four sutures on the head after a Nigerian drug peddler | clobbered him with a bamboo, the police said.
MUMBAI: A 35-year-old cop with the Railway Protection Force had to be given four sutures on the head after a Nigerian drug peddler clobbered him with a bamboo, the police said. Constable Salim Shaikh was part of a raiding team that swooped down on drug peddlers at Wadi Bun... |
HELENA – A state panel heard four hours of testimony Wednesday on bills relating to missing and murdered Indigenous women, an issue that proponents said affect | all Montanans, but could have a profound impact on the Native American community.
House Bill 21, known as “Hanna’s Act,” authorizes the department of justice to hire a missing persons specialist to work with local, state, federal and tribal law enforcement authorities on missing persons cases.
The specialist will help... |
Mismanagement and secrecy have stalled the war on terrorism—and at home its effects reverberate against civil rights.
If September 11 was this | generation's Pearl Harbor, the Bush Administration's war on terrorism is still in early 1942, when the news from the front was bad, and the home front was panicky and confused. Now the instant-gratification warriors of the press are rushing in to turn things around. Columnists William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer g... |
FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) on Thursday reported a 9 per cent increase in its net profit to Rs 1 | ,444 crore for the December 2018 quarter on account of strong volume growth and improved margins.
The company's net profit stood at Rs 1,326 crore in the October-December period of the previous fiscal.
Sales during the quarter under review stood at Rs 9,357 crore, up 12.42 per cent, as against Rs 8,323 crore in the cor... |
After the FDA found listeria in a sample of “Original Tahini Sauce,” the company initiated the nationwide recall and suspended its | food production.
Consumers with the products should toss them out or return them to the store of purchase for a refund.
The Yorgo products recalled are hommus in the Original flavor; Vegetable; Garlic; Roasted Red Pepper; Lemon Pepper; Chipotle Pepper; Sundried Tomato; Green Olive; and Garlic and Chive. Salads recalle... |
PARIS (Reuters) - Finding friends and meeting new ones could become even more important uses for global positioning chips than getting from A to B as | the technology spreads to cellphones in coming years.
Combined with mobile Internet access, GPS (global positioning system) is seen in the industry as adding a new dimension to social networking that could also have implications for the media business.
“GPS tells me that today I’m sitting somewhere at 48 degrees north... |
Thanks to Meghan Markle, black pants are no surprise on a royal outing — but when Kate Middleton decided to opt for the look, | we had to do a double take. On Dec. 5, the Duchess of Cambridge stepped out with Prince William at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, wearing black wide-leg pants and the very appropriately named Smythe Duchess Blazer ($695), which she paired with a white t-shirt and an L.K.Bennett Dora clutch ($285). And this time, the casual l... |
A key provision in the 1997 accord between the county and Basketball Properties Ltd., the Heat’s operating arm, stipulates that Miami-D | ade is to receive 40 cents of every dollar of profit after the team earns $14 million in profits. Yet, 15 years into the deal — even after a 2006 world championship and nearly two years with league Most Valuable Player LeBron James — the Heat maintains it has never come close to that magic number.
That’s because despit... |
The Transformative Fund Account formed 18 months ago at the Central Bank of Kenya to hold proceeds from the voluntary pay cuts has only Sh35.2 | million.
Super salary-scale civil servants are ceding only Sh2 million per month to the Treasury, thwarting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s effort to cut the ballooning public wage bill through voluntary pay cuts.
Treasury secretary Henry Rotich said Transformative Fund Account formed 18 months ago at the Central Bank of K... |
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I’m not one to adhere rigidly to the idea of drinking seasonally: reds when it’s cold, whites and | rosés when the weather heats up. This is textbook nonsense that makes it seem as if temperature is the only consideration in choosing a wine.
But this is winter, a time to hunker down. For many, that means seeking pleasure in long, slow cooking.
In Manhattan, where I live, the idea of a hearth may be fanciful, but the... |
A neutrino event, identifiable by the rings of Cerenkov radiation that show up along the photomultiplier tubes lining the detector | walls, showcase the successful methodology of neutrino astronomy. This image shows multiple events.
Sometimes, the best-designed experiments fail. The effect you're looking for might not even occur, meaning that a null result should always be a possible outcome you're prepared for. When that happens, the experiment is... |
The Associated Press Mining trucks carrying loads of oil-laden sand at the Albian Sands project in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
| In the run-up to December’s global climate change meeting, fissures are emerging between Canada and the United States over how to deal with the internationally contentious issue of Alberta’s vast oil sands projects, which have been responsible for a sharp increase in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions.
At an Ottawa conf... |
To help solve this problem, Andrew Foote and Emily Woods started Sanivation— No. 55 on the BI 100: The Creators — a | sanitation startup that installs in-home toilets in East Africa and turns the waste into briquettes of sustainable, environmentally friendly fuel.
Foote and Woods came up with the idea for turning waste into fuel as undergraduate students at Georgia Tech in 2011. The pair developed a thermal treatment system for human... |
Tweet Khleo Thomas showcased his acting talent with roles alongside The Rock in “Walking Tall” and with Shia LaBeouf and | Sigourney Weaver in Disney’s “Holes.” Now, the actor is focusing his energy on a music career. Thomas’ new single, “So Many Girls,” is a mere taste of what’s to come for the actor turned musician.
Q - Thank you, Khleo, for taking the time. How are you doing?
A - No, thank you. I’m feeling great, working hard and seein... |
"I intend to make Rocky the happiest man in the world for the rest of his life," the model said.
Janice Dickinson, pictured | here at the American Idol Finale in Los Angeles, is ready to walk down the aisle for the fourth time.
The "first supermodel" and famous former Top Model judge Janice Dickinson has announced that she'll be putting all those years of strutting the runway to use when walking down the aisle.
Yes, that's correct--Dickinson... |
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology is in talks to manufacture Apple’s iPhone in India, government officials said, in | a move that could lower prices in the world’s No.3 smartphone market where the U.S. firm trails Samsung Electronics and local players.
India could help Foxconn mitigate accelerating wage inflation in China, where it makes the majority of iPhones, and base production sites closer to markets where its key clients want t... |
On Jan. 12, detectives in Montgomery County received a video depicting a 65-year-old day-care operator interacting with a 2 | -year-old girl. By the end of the day, the operator, Christina Dhanaraj, was under arrest and charged with second-degree child abuse, officials said Tuesday.
In arrest records, detectives described what they saw.
"The video starts with the victim sitting quietly in a room inside a residence," they wrote, relating then ... |
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C4
This repository hosts a copy of the widely used C4 dataset, a variant of the Colossal Clean Crawled Corpus designed for training and evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) on news-like text.
C4 consists of cleaned web data from Common Crawl, specifically curated to contain more news-style content. This dataset is commonly used in language modeling tasks, text generation, and research focused on news and article-like content.
Contents
c4.json(or your actual filename): the standard set of cleaned web data with a news-like style.
Each entry contains:
{
"prompt": "...",
"natural_text": "..."
}
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("S3IC/c4")
Source
This dataset is taken from the public C4 release: https://huggingface.co/datasets/allenai/c4
License
C4 is released under the original license provided by the authors. See the LICENSE file for more details.
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