Home Blog Page 76610

U. S. Weighing Whether to Abandon the Iran Nuclear Deal

By
admin
-
0

The U. S. is weighing whether the Iranian nuclear deal serves its security interests.
The United States said on Wednesday it is weighing whether the Iranian nuclear deal serves its security interests even as Iran said it did not expect Washington to abandon the agreement.
A collapse of the 2015 deal, which U. S. President Donald Trump has called « an embarrassment » but which is supported by the other major powers that negotiated it with Iran, could trigger a regional arms race and worsen Middle East tensions.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed that his country would not be the first to violate the agreement under which Tehran agreed to restrict its nuclear program in return for the loosening of economic sanctions that had crippled its economy.
« We don’t think Trump will walk out of the deal despite (his) rhetoric and propaganda, » Rouhani told reporters on the sidelines of the U. N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders. He also ruled out the idea of renegotiating the pact.
Trump told reporters he had made a decision on what to do about the agreement but would not say what he had decided.
Matters were no clearer after Iran and the world powers that negotiated the deal – Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States – met for talks that a European source said included a long discussion between the U. S. and Iranian foreign ministers.
It was the first time that the two men, U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, had met since Trump took office on Jan. 20.
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said all sides believed there had been no violations to the deal but she was unable to say after the roughly hour and 20-minute meeting whether the United States would stick to it.
« We already have one potential nuclear crisis. We definitely (do) not need to go into a second one, » she told reporters, alluding to North Korea’s pursuit atomic weapons.
Asked if the United States had committed to staying in the pact, she appeared to be at a loss and said: « Another question. » Tillerson told reporters Trump did not wish to leave the Iran nuclear issue to the next president.
« That is the reason he is very, very carefully considering the decision of whether we find the JCPOA to continue to serve the security interests of the American people or not, » he said, referring to the pact formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
The U. S. president, who on Tuesday called the deal « one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into, » told reporters he had made up his mind whether to keep the pact but declined to disclose his decision.
Trump must decide by Oct. 15 whether to certify that Iran is complying with the pact, a decision that could sink the deal. If he does not, the U. S. Congress has 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions waived under the accord.
A senior U. S. official said Trump is leaning toward not certifying that Iran is complying with the pact and letting Congress effectively decide whether to kill the agreement.
The official said Trump could always change his mind before the deadline and noted he publicly and privately has fumed about the deal, feeling the United States was taken advantage of.
A source familiar with the U. S. discussions said the Trump administration is also considering ways to leave the agreement intact, sanction Iran for its missile tests and support for extremist groups, and then seek to strengthen the pact.
The prospect of Washington reneging on the agreement has worried some U. S. partners that helped negotiate it, especially as the world grapples with North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile development.
French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters it would be a mistake to pull out of the pact.
However, he also appeared to open the door for tougher action on Iran saying the deal was insufficient given Iran’s growing regional influence since 2015.
« Is this agreement enough? No. It is not, given the evolution of the regional situation and increasing pressure that Iran is exerting on the region, and given… increased activity by Iran on the ballistic level since the accord, » he said.
An official from a Gulf nation suggested that his country could accept the deal’s collapse. Should Trump either not certify Iranian compliance or withdraw from the deal entirely, the Gulf official said: « I think we can live with that. »

© Source: http://fortune.com/2017/09/20/tillerson-new-york-iran-nuclear-deal/
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

Polly’s teen polling app piggybacks on Snapchat

By
admin
-
0

Snapchat doesn’t technically have a developer platform, but that hasn’t stopped other startups from taking advantage of its new feature for attaching links to..
Snapchat doesn’t technically have a developer platform, but that hasn’t stopped other startups from taking advantage of its new feature for attaching links to your Snaps and Stories. Sarahah was the first, allowing people to ask fellow Snappers for open-ended anonymous feedback. But the problem is that those requests could be met with cyberbullying.
Polly is a new teen sensation that’s similarly spread through Snapchat. But the lightweight polling apps for iOS and Android protect users by allowing them to create multiple choice questions where they define the answers. It’s quick and easy enough to hold the attention of fickle teens, allowing it to rack up 20 million users and 100 million answers last month.
Here’s how Polly works. Write a request or rifle through randomized suggestions like “What’s your spirit animal?” or “What am I best at?”, make up some answers, grab the mobile web link, create a Snap promoting your poll, attach the link, and publish. Your audience can follow your cue to swipe up to open the Polly poll in Snapchat’s internal web browser, and answer without having to login.
That last fact is what’s let it grow so quickly. Those 20 million users don’t necessarily have the Polly app where you make the polls, so they could slip away if friends stop posting questions. But it’s still a mark of success for a team that’s been experimenting for years looking for a hit.
Ranidu Lankage launched electronic music discovery app The Drop in 2015 with his partner Justin Kan, who had started Twitch and sold it to Amazon. But after The Drop and several other music products didn’t quite blow up, Lankage and Kan founded Whale, a video Q&A app.
Whale aligned with the short-form video and candid social media trends of the day, and was admitted to the prestigious Y Combinator acceleator. But keeping content quality high and easy to browse on Whale proved difficult, and growth wasn’t stellar. One day on the way to YC’s Mountain View headquarters, Lankage tells me he and his co-founders James Zhang and Vicc Alexander realized “We enjoyed polls. We’d seen them on Twitter and other apps, and we thought wed’ be able to bring them to a new platform.”
They finalized the idea, and pivoted Whale into Polly to complete YC. Both Whale and Polly are about getting people to share their thoughts. Polly just simplifies that to a multiple-choice question instead of forcing people to record videos that take time and can make users feel self-conscious.
That’s pushed Polly up to the #13 social app in the US this week, passing hot startup Houseparty.
Lankage sympathizes with Snapchat not offering an official developer platform because “APIs are most of the time abused by developers. You’ve seen that with Zynga on Facebook” Lankage explains. Developers spam people’s contacts or post without a user’s permission.
“But on Polly, you have to do linking manually, so you have to build something people actually” Lankage says.
The question will be whether users and Polly’s team are creative enough to keep coming up with compelling poll questions. There’s not much to do in the app right now, so it could get stale, though Polly plans to add direct messaging and more features to keep teens hooked.
Polly will also have to compete with Sarahah and fast-rising anonymous app TBH. Polly could get a big boost if Instagram decides to allow normal users to post links in their Stories, instead of just allowing verified profiles to do that. But until then it’s at the mercy of Snapchat, which could decide to block links to Polly. Snap and Instagram could always build their own polling features too.
Piggybacking on another app is a gamble. You get easy growth, but risk your distribution suddenly disappearing, ruining the user experience. We’ll see if Polly ‘s dependence on other apps is the right answer.

© Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/20/polly-polls/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

Mexico Rescuers Work into Night to Save Trapped Girl as Quake Toll Tops 230

By
admin
-
0

UPDATE 8-Mexico Rescuers Work into Night to Save Trapped Girl as Quake Toll Tops 230
Television stations broadcast live the painstaking, hours-long attempt to rescue the girl after crews at the school in the south of the city reported seeing her hand move. They threaded a hose through debris to get her water.
The girl’s name was not made public, but her family waited in anguish nearby.
Rescuers moved slowly, erecting makeshift wooden scaffolding to prevent rubble from crumbling further and seeking a path to the child through the unstable ruins. They implored bystanders to be quiet to better hear calls for help.
It was part of the careful search for dozens of victims feared buried beneath the Enrique Rebsamen school, where officials reported 21 children and four adults dead after Tuesday’s quake. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed.
« We have a lot of hope that some will still be rescued, » said David Porras, one of scores of volunteers helping the search at the school for children aged 3 to 14.
« But we’re slow, like turtles, » he said.
By Wednesday morning, the workers said a teacher and two students had sent text messages from within the rubble. Parents clung to hope that their children were alive.
The magnitude 7.1 quake, which killed at least 93 people in the capital, struck 32 years to the day after a 1985 earthquake that killed thousands. Mexico is also still reeling from a powerful tremor that killed nearly 100 people in the south of the country less than two weeks ago.
On Wednesday afternoon, officials told bystanders to move back from the Plaza Condesa building which houses a well-known concert hall frequented by famous international acts and a popular bar in the upscale Condesa neighborhood.
The order sparked fears the massive building could collapse, just like an apartment block about 100 meters (yards) away where emergency crews spent Wednesday sifting though rubble.
Throughout the capital, crews were joined by volunteers and bystanders who used dogs, cameras, motion detectors and heat-seeking equipment to detect victims who may still be alive.
Reinforcements began to arrive from countries including Panama, Israel and Chile, local media reported.
In a statement, the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said it was sending a Disaster Assistance Response Team to help, at the request of the Mexican government.
« The United States remains committed to helping our neighbors during this difficult time, » the statement said.
U. S. President Donald Trump spoke at length with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday, the White House said. On Tuesday, Trump had tweeted: « God bless the people of Mexico City. We are with you and will be there for you. »
VISIBLE RESPONSE
Pena Nieto declared three days of mourning.
« The priority continues to be rescuing people from collapsed buildings and taking care of the injured, » he said. « Every minute counts. »
The president has been unusually visible since the two earthquakes, a sign of the political sensitivity of disaster relief less than a year before the next presidential election.
The government’s widely panned response to the 1985 quake caused upheaval in Mexico, which some credited with weakening the 71-year rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Pena Nieto, the PRI’s first president since it lost power in 2000, hopes to elect a party successor next year.
On Wednesday, the president traveled to the state of Morelos, just south of the capital, where 71 people died, to survey damage. In Puebla State, site of the earthquake’s epicenter, at least 43 died.
The earthquake toppled dozens of buildings, tore gas mains and sparked fires across the city and other towns in central Mexico. Falling rubble and billboards crushed cars, and nearly 5 million homes, businesses and other facilities were without power at one point.
Although authorities and property owners will need time to fully assess the damage, initial reports suggest that collapses were limited mostly to buildings that predated the 1985 quake, after which stricter building codes were enacted.
But even wealthier parts of the capital, including the central Condesa and Roma neighborhoods, were badly damaged as older buildings buckled. Because bedrock is uneven in a city built on a drained lake bed, some districts weather quakes better than others.
« The central part of Mexico City, in the lake bed, is always going to be a complicated place to build, » said Rodrigo Suarez, chief operating officer at Mexico City-based apartment developer Hasta Capital. « These old buildings (may) survive an earthquake or two or three, but since they weren’t built to modern code, there’s always going to be a risk in major earthquakes.”
In Puebla, some 100 miles (158 km) southwest of the capital, parts of colonial-era churches crumbled. In the town of Atzala, a row of coffins lined the street outside a church where the roof collapsed, killing 11 worshipers inside.

© Source: https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/mexico-rescuers-work-night/2017/09/20/id/814798/
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

Bernie Casey, 'Revenge of the Nerds' Actor and Former NFL Player, Dies at 78

By
admin
-
0

Bernie Casey, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ Actor and Former NFL Player, Dies at 78
Casey made his film debut in the 1969 sequel « Guns of the Magnificent Seven. » He then acted alongside fellow former NFL star Jim Brown in the crime dramas « …tick…tick…tick… » and « Black Gunn. » He played the title role in the 1972 science fiction TV film « Gargoyles, » and then portrayed Tamara Dobson’s love interest in 1973’s « Cleopatra Jones. »
Casey wrote, directed, produced, and starred in « The Dinner, » a 1997 film centering on three black men who discuss slavery, black self-loathing, and homophobia. That same year, he loosely portrayed a version George Jackson, a member of the Black Panther Party who was killed, in the drama « Brothers. »
In Martin Scorsese’s « Boxcar Bertha, » he played a heroic former slave and train robber, and then a recurring character in Bond films, CIA agent Felix Leiter. In 1981, he portrayed a detective opposite another former NFL player-turned-actor, Burt Reynolds, in « Sharky’s Machine, » which was directed by Reynolds. The two worked together a few years later on « Rent-a-Cop. »
His prolific acting career also included films such as « Revenge of the Nerds, » « Black Chariot, » « The Man Who Fell to Earth, » « In the Mouth of Madness, » « The Glass Shield, » « Mr. Hyde, » « Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored, » and « I’m Gonna Git You Sucka. » On television, he was in « Roots: The Next Generations, » « Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, » and « Bay City Blues. »
Casey was born in Wyco, W. Va., and raised in Columbus, Ohio, before attending Bowling Green State University on a football scholarship. There, in addition to his football successes, he was a record-breaking track and field athlete, and competed in the 1960 U. S. Olympic trials.
He was picked ninth overall in the NFL draft, and spent six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers before going to the Rams for two years. He retired at age 30 and finished his professional career with 359 catches for 5,444 yards and 40 touchdowns.
After leaving the NFL, he dabbled in acting, painting, and poetry. Casey received an honorary doctorate degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He advocated for arts education and served as chairman of the board at the Georgia school. Casey was both a published poet and painter, whose work appeared in galleries across the globe.

© Source: https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/bernie-casey-dies-NFL-actor/2017/09/20/id/814797/
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

Flappy Bird dead as a dodo with iOS 11 update

By
admin
-
0

It has been a rollercoaster run for Flappy Bird which made its debut four years ago. But even for the most dedicated iOS player, the time might have finally arrived to bid the game a final farewell.
It’s hard to imagine that it was only a few years ago when Flappy Bird took the world by storm. The addictive and fun game was developed by Dong Nguyen, taking only a few hours to create. Although it was released in 2013, it didn’t really gain traction until early 2014. The game easily took the top spot in Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store, but Nguyen felt the game was ruining his life and decided to remove it. While many expressed disappointment, some were caught up in the hysteria, paying thousands of dollars for an iPhone pre-loaded with the game.
It would only take several months for the game to reappear but by that time, many had already created clones in order to satiate the masses. The popularity of the game would fade and the breakout title would eventually be forgotten, making way for new games to take over the spotlight. Although it wouldn’t be at the top, the app could still be played by anyone willing to experience the adventure of one Flappy Bird. Unfortunately, with the latest iOS 11 update from Apple, the game will no longer be supported since the new OS doesn’t support 32-bit apps.
In a Facebook post yesterday, Nguyen thanked those that supported the game over the past four years, giving no indication that it would be updated. Those that are still interested in the game are now stuck with a dilemma, to continue to play the original game without an OS update or bid the game a final farewell and take advantage of all the new features iOS 11 has to offer.
Don’t forget to follow us @NeowinGaming on Twitter to keep up to date with our gaming coverage!
Source: Polygon | Image via Dong Nguyen

© Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/flappy-bird-dead-as-a-dodo-with-ios-11-update?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+neowin-main+%28Neowin+News%29
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

OVG entscheidet über Mindestgröße von Polizisten

By
admin
-
0

Ist eine vom Land Nordrhein-Westfalen geforderte Mindestgröße für männliche Polizeibewerber von 1,68 Meter zulässig? Über diese Frage entscheidet heute das
Ist eine vom Land Nordrhein-Westfalen geforderte Mindestgröße für männliche Polizeibewerber von 1,68 Meter zulässig? Über diese Frage entscheidet heute das Oberverwaltungsgericht (OVG) Münster. Geklagt hatte ein heute 32 Jahre alter Mann, der wegen seiner Körpergröße von 1,66 Meter bei der Landespolizei NRW nicht genommen wurde. Das Verwaltungsgericht Gelsenkirchen hatte dem Mann in erster Instanz Recht gegeben und entschieden, dass er nicht wegen seiner zu geringen Körpergröße abgelehnt werden darf. Gegen diese Entscheidung hatte das Land Berufung eingelegt.
Das Urteil hat voraussichtlich Bedeutung über den Einzelfall hinaus. « Es gibt sieben weitere anhängige Verfahren beim Oberverwaltungsgericht zum Thema Mindestgröße bei der Polizei in NRW », sagte Gudrun Dahme, Sprecherin des Oberverwaltungsgerichts Münster. In diesen Verfahren hatten auch Frauen gegen die bei ihnen geforderte Mindestgröße von 1,63 Meter geklagt. Bislang haben die Kläger der Verfahren vor dem OVG alle in der ersten Instanz gewonnen.
Beim Thema Mindestgröße haben Bundes- und Landespolizei laut Gewerkschaft der Polizei NRW unterschiedliche Voraussetzungen. Auch zwischen den Ländern sind die Anforderungen unterschiedlich – so verlangt zum Beispiel Baden-Württemberg für beide Geschlechter nur 1,60 Meter. « Es kann durchaus sein, dass ein Bewerber, der die Mindestgröße in NRW nicht erfüllt, in einem anderen Bundesland Polizist werden kann », erläuterte Dahme.

© Source: http://www.t-online.de/regionales/id_82238824/ovg-entscheidet-ueber-mindestgroesse-von-polizisten.html
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

Manafort offered to brief wealthy Russian during campaign

By
admin
-
0

President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, said during the presidential race that he was willing to provide « private briefings » for a Russian billionaire the U. S. government considers close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the middle of Donald Trump’s presidential run, then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort said he was willing to provide « private briefings » about the campaign to a Russian billionaire the U. S. government considers close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Manafort’s offer was memorialized in an email exchange with a former employee of his political consulting firm in July 2016. It was first reported by The Washington Post, which said portions of Manafort’s emails were read to reporters.
Manafort spokesman Jason Maloni confirmed to The Associated Press that the email exchanges were legitimate but said no briefings ever occurred. The email involved an offer for Oleg Deripaska, a wealthy Russian who made his money in the aluminum business.
The July 7,2016, email came a little over a week before the Republican National Convention, while Manafort was leading the Trump campaign’s day-to-day operations. It also occurred about a month after Manafort attended a meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower. That meeting was brokered by Donald Trump Jr., who was told in emails that the meeting was part of a Russian government effort to help his father’s campaign.
The Manafort email exchange regarding Deripaska is one of thousands of pages of material turned over to congressional committees by the Trump campaign. It is also in the possession of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether there was any coordination between Trump associates and Russians looking to interfere in the presidential campaign. Mueller is also probing Manafort’s taxes and his foreign banking as part of an investigation related to his consulting work in Ukraine.
According to the Post, Manafort wrote the email to a former employee, Konstantin Kilimnik, who had worked for years with him on political consulting for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. Manafort asked Kilimnik to pass the offer to Deripaska.
« If he needs private briefings we can accommodate, » Manafort wrote — referring to Deripaska — in the email, according to the Post.
In a statement, Maloni dismissed the correspondence as « innocuous. » He said the exchange was part of an effort on Manafort’s part to collect money from clients who owed him money. The Post reported that several email exchanges between Manafort and Kilimnik discussed money that Manafort said he was owed by former clients in Eastern Europe.
« It is no secret Mr. Manafort was owed money by past clients after his work ended in 2014, » Maloni said in the statement.
The email is the first to indicate that Manafort was attempting to reach Deripaska while he was working on the Trump campaign, but it’s unclear whether the offer ever reached Deripaska or his representatives. The Post reported that according to documents detailed to its reporters, there was no evidence Deripaska received the offer. Attorneys for Deripaska in New York and Washington did not immediately respond to phone messages or emails Wednesday evening.
The Post quoted Vera Kurochkina, a spokeswoman for one of Deripaska’s companies, who said inquiries about the emails « veer into manufactured questions so grossly false and insinuating that I am concerned even responding to these fake connotations provides them the patina of reality. » She also dismissed the email exchanges, the Post said, as scheming by « consultants in the notorious ‘Beltway bandit’ industry. »
The Associated Press reported in March that before signing with Trump’s campaign, Manafort secretly worked for Deripaska and proposed plans for political consulting work in Eastern Europe that he said could « greatly benefit the Putin Government. » In a 2005 memo to Deripaska, Manafort laid out the details of the proposal that were subsequently spelled out the following year as part of a $10 million contract, according to interviews with people familiar with payments to Manafort and business records obtained by the AP. It’s unclear how much of the work was carried out. The AP previously reported that Manafort and Deripaska maintained a business relationship until at least 2009. The two later had a falling-out laid bare in 2014 in a Cayman Islands court.
The AP cited U. S. diplomatic cables from 2006 describing Deripaska as « among the 2-3 oligarchs Putin turns to on a regular basis » and « a more-or-less permanent fixture on Putin’s trips abroad. » Deripaska has also sworn in a New York state court document that he has been granted « a diplomatic passport from Russia, and on occasion I have represented the government in countries outside Russia. »
Deripaska sued the AP for defamation over the story in May in U. S. District Court in Washington, alleging the story was inaccurate and hurt his career by falsely accusing him of criminal activity. Deripaska’s lawyers complained to the AP at the time that the article « suggests that Mr. Deripaska has been involved with Mr. Manafort more recently, » and the lawsuit said, « Mr. Deripaska severed relations with Mr. Manafort many years ago. » The AP has said it stands by the accuracy of its story, and has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
The Post reported that Kilimnik and Manafort at times referred to Deripaska as « OVD. » That shorthand is consistent with how Manafort and other employees at his former consulting business referred to the billionaire in other documents obtained by the AP. That shorthand for Deripaska was specifically used in the 2005 proposal that referred to the plan to « greatly benefit the Putin Government. »
According to other emails obtained by the AP that are in the hands of Mueller and congressional committees, Manafort had previously shut down efforts to have Trump meet with Russians during the campaign.
In mid-May 2016, a Trump campaign aide wrote to Manafort that « Russia has been eager to meet Mr. Trump for quite some time, » noting that representatives from the country had been reaching out to him.
Manafort responded to his deputy, Rick Gates, that the meetings were a nonstarter. « We need someone to communicate that DT is not doing these trips, » he wrote. The two decided that the communication should come from a person in the campaign who responds to « all mail of non-importance » so as not to send a message.
Sign up today for a free 30 day free trial of unlimited digital access.

© Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article174514921.html
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

Hurricane Maria cuts power to all 3.4 million people on Puerto Rico

By
admin
-
0

Hurricane Maria rampaged across Puerto Rico as the strongest storm to hit the US territory in nearly 90 years, knocking out power to the whole island of 3.4 million people after killing
Hurricane Maria rampaged across Puerto Rico as the strongest storm to hit the US territory in nearly 90 years, knocking out power to the whole island of 3.4 million people after killing at least nine others across the Caribbean.
Maria, the second major hurricane to roar through the Caribbean this month, was carrying winds of up to 250kmh, when it made landfall near Yabucoa, on the southeast of the island.
It ripped the roofs off buildings and turned low-lying streets into rushing rivers of debris knocked down by winds.
Its winds downed trees and damaged homes and buildings, including several hospitals, local media reported. News pictures showed whole blocks flooded in the Hato Rey neighbourhood of the capital, San Juan.
Streets in San Juan’s old town were left strewn with debris, from broken balconies and downed power lines to air conditioning units, shattered lamp posts, uprooted trees and dead birds.
« When we are able to go outside, we are going to find our island destroyed, » said Abner Gomez, director of the island’s emergency management agency. « It’s a system that has destroyed everything in its path. »
Maria brought widespread and dangerous flooding across the island, the National Weather Service said.
Thousands of people had sought safety in shelters, a spokesman for Governor Ricardo Rossello said.
« God is with us; we are stronger than any hurricane, » Mr Rossello said on Twitter. « Together we will rise again. »
By 2pm local time, Maria’s centre was heading away and located just north of the island, the US National Hurricane Centre said.
As expected when hurricanes move over hilly or mountainous ground, it had lost strength. But with top winds of 185kmh, it was still a Category 3 on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale, a major hurricane.
It was forecast to maintain strength as it passed the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic later last night.
At one point a rare Category 5 storm, Maria killed at least seven people on the island of Dominica and two people in the French territory of Guadeloupe as it barrelled through the Caribbean. It also caused widespread damage on St Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands.
Hurricane Irma, which ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, also left a trail of destruction in several Caribbean islands and Florida this month, killing at least 84 people in the Caribbean and on the US mainland.
Maria was expected to dump as much as 66cm of rain on parts of Puerto Rico, the NHC said. Storm surges, when hurricanes push ocean water dangerously over normal levels, could be up to 2.7 metres.
The Weather Undergound website said Maria was the second strongest hurricane ever recorded to hit Puerto Rico.

© Source: http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/hurricane-maria-cuts-power-to-all-34-million-people-on-puerto-rico-36153794.html
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

Mangamesse Connichi startet in Kassel

By
admin
-
0

Comicfans aus ganz Deutschland werden heute in Nordhessen erwartet. In Kassel startet die dreitägige Mangamesse Connichi (14 Uhr). Von Freitag bis Sonntag
Comicfans aus ganz Deutschland werden heute in Nordhessen erwartet. In Kassel startet die dreitägige Mangamesse Connichi (14 Uhr). Von Freitag bis Sonntag dreht sich dann im Kongress Palais der Stadt alles um die japanischen Comics. Im vergangenen Jahr kamen laut Veranstalter 26 000 Besucher.
Nach Angaben des Vereins Animexx wird die Messe zum ersten Mal am Sonntag länger bis 18 Uhr geöffnet haben und es soll mehr Programm geben. Diskussionsrunden und Vorträge werden live ins Internet übertragen. Tageskarten gibt es ab 35 Euro. Mangas sind besonders bei Menschen zwischen 14 und 24 Jahren beliebt. Die Fans kommen oft in aufwendigen Kostümen. Junge Frauen bilden die größte Fangruppe.

© Source: http://www.t-online.de/regionales/id_82238756/mangamesse-connichi-startet-in-kassel.html
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

Girl struck, hospitalized by 105 mph foul ball at Yankee Stadium

By
admin
-
0

The Yankees have discussed extending the protective netting at Yankee Stadium.
A girl was struck by a foul ball at Yankee Stadium and carried out from the stands Wednesday afternoon, an incident that will likely spur more calls for the New York Yankees to extend protective netting behind home plate.
Just six weeks after the Yankees said they would « seriously explore » extending the netting before the 2018 season following a similar incident, a girl was struck by a 105 mph foul ball off the bat of Todd Frazier in the bottom of the fifth inning.
MORE COVERAGE
More: Gregorius breaks Derek Jeter’s Yankee record
Bronx Bombers: Aaron Judge is back from an ugly August
The game against the Minnesota Twins was delayed for about 4 minutes while she was attended to and then carried from the seats as players from both teams reacted. Frazier took a knee as she was carried away.
Twins center fielder Byron Buxton prayed in the outfield and teammate Eduardo Escobar was reportedly crying .
« I thought of my kids, » said Frazier after the game, still shaken. « I have two kids under 3 years old and I just hope she’s all right. I know the dad or whoever it was that was with them was trying their hardest, but the ball’s coming at 120 miles an hour at them and the ball’s hooking. So it’s like if you’ve never seen a ball like that, which most people in the world haven’t, it’s very tough. »
 »The child who was struck with a batted ball today was given first aid at the ballpark and is receiving medical attention at an area hospital, » the Yankees said in a written statement. « The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, prevents the team from giving more information. We will have no further comment at this time. »
At a July 25 game, an Aaron Judge foul ball —- clocked at 105 mph — struck a fan in the head and he required emergency response.
Following that incident, the Yankees said they were consulting with manufacturing and design firms on how to extend the netting at their stadium.
In the wake of a grim 2015 accident in which a woman at Boston’s Fenway Park was struck in the head by a flying piece of a broken bat, Major League Baseball issued recommendations — but not requirements — for clubs to install protective netting. Many clubs proceeded to do so, most recently the New York Mets following July’s All-Star break.
The Mets extended the 30-foot protective netting by four sections on either side of home plate. Two sections beyond the dugouts have an 8-foot net.
« We’ve been trying to get these teams to put nets up, » said Twins second baseman Brian Dozier said. « Number one, you don’t bring kids down there. And number two, every stadium needs to have nets. That’s it. I don’t care about the damn view of the fan or what. It’s all about safety. I still have a knot in my stomach. »
Said MLB Commisioner Rob Manfred on July 27: “We continually are talking to the individual clubs about what they should be doing in each of their stadiums I think the reluctance to do it on a league-wide basis only relates to the difficulty of having a single rule that fits 30 stadiums that obviously are not designed the same way.”
Said Yankees manager Joe Girardi: « I’m for making everything as safe as possible for everyone at the ballpark — players, too. »
Contributing: AP

© Source: http://rssfeeds.freep.com/~/460238030/0/freep/home~Girl-struck-hospitalized-by-mph-foul-ball-at-Yankee-Stadium/
All rights are reserved and belongs to a source media.

1...76 60976 61076 611...84 902Page 76 610 of 84 902
Timeline words data

EVEN MORE NEWS

POPULAR CATEGORY

©