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Woman meets with unnamed local dignitaries.
Woman poses with unnamed children. It is unclear if they approved this airbrush filter.
Woman experiences hardship in African country.
Woman explains Will & Grace to unnamed, skeptical youths.
Woman does not learn local language from unnamed man.
Woman samples local cuisine, reconfirms her current location.
Woman wears traditional print that no one else around is wearing; ruins my life.
Messing is in Malawi working with the health initiatives PSI Impact and UNITAID. You can learn more about both organizations and the work they do here and here.
Images via Debra Messing’s Twitter.
The Norwegian Krone appreciates to the 9.71 region post-NB.
The cross drops and tests fresh 4-day lows following steady NB.
The Norges Bank left the repo rate unchanged at 0.75%, as expected.
The Norwegian currency is gathering extra steam in the wake of the Norges Bank meeting on Thursday and is dragging EUR/NOK to fresh multi-day lows near 9.7100 the figure.
The cross is down for the second session in a row on Thursday, coming under fresh downside pressure after the Norges Bank left intact its repo rate at 0.75% at today’s meeting, matching the broad consensus.
The Scandinavian central bank stressed that domestic capacity utilization approaches normal levels while underlying inflation stays close to the bank’s 2% goal. In addition, the economic growth and labour market conditions remain within the bank’s projection.
The Norges Bank also reiterated that it plans to raise rates in March amidst the continuation of the gradual tightening cycle.
As of writing the cross is losing 0.34% at 9.7160 facing the next down barrier at 9.7107 (low Jan.24) seconded by 9.7062 (2019 high Jan.18) and then 9.6525 (100-day SMA). On the other hand, a break above 9.7817 (high Jan.23) would aim for 9.8077 (21-day SMA) and finally 9.8201 (high Jan.14).
Cole Hamels has been at the center of most Boston Red Sox trade rumors at least since the midway point of the 2014 season, but despite reports that Boston General Manager Ben Cherington actually made a concrete offer for the Philadelphia Phillies’ 31-year-old All Star lefty, nothing has materialized by way of a viable deal.
In fact, at last report, the Red Sox are said to feel “no urgency” to nail down a Hamels deal, despite incessant calls from the fan base and media to add an “ace” to their starting staff.
Of course, whether the Red Sox, whose starting rotation features four new members since opening day 2014 — three of them added over the offseason — actually need an “ace” is a matter for debate. Former Red Sox starter Derek Lowe, who famously won all three postseason clinching games — ALDS Game 3, ALCS Game 7, and World Series Game 4 — in Boston’s landmark 2004 World Series run, became the latest to dismiss the necessity of a single Number One starter when he showed up at Red Sox spring training Saturday.
At the same time, Cherington has given no indication that the Red Sox have thrown in the towel on acquiring Hamels either.
So here’s a scenario that hasn’t yet surfaced — one that could at least be a start toward putting together a deal to bring Cole Hamels to Boston and provide the “ace” that the Red Sox may, or may not, need to bring themselves back to postseason form after 2104’s cellar-dwelling finish.
Via Hall of Fame baseball reporter Peter Gammons, it’s known that the Atlanta Braves called the Red Sox shortly before Spring Training opened, expressing what Gammons described as a “strong interest” in promising, but struggling, 24-year-old outfielder Jackie Bradley.
From earlier trade rumor reports, it’s also widely believed that the stumbling block to a Hamels deal has been Phillies’ GM Ruben Amaro’s insistence on acquiring catcher Blake Swihart as part of that deal — and that’s where Cherington draws the line.
But the Braves also have a prime catching prospect in 22-year-old Panamanian import Christian Bethancourt. Granted, Bethancourt is not considered to be on Swihart’s level in terms of potential, but unlike Swihart, he has already played in 32 Major League games.
Here’s the question: Would be willing to take Bradley from Boston in what would clearly be a defensive upgrade in the outfield — then ship Bethancourt to Philadelphia to complete a three-way deal that would send Hamels to the Red Sox?
The scenario would likely take an additional top prospect to move from Boston into Philadelphia’s hands, and so far, Cherington has shown an unwillingness to part with any of his organization’s top minor leaguers.
But trade rumors have also swirled around the top Boston pitching prospect, 22-year-old Henry Owens. The wisdom of dealing a high-ceiling left-hander prospect like Owens may indeed be questionable, but adding him to the the three-way deal scenario might be just enough to bring Cole Hamels to the Red Sox before April 6 when Boston opens its 2015 season — where else? In Philadelphia against the Phillies.
Correction: This article originally named Evan Gattis as the Braves current catcher, but Gattis was earlier traded to the Houston Astros.
Secret grand juries are no longer an option for cases of officer-involved killings and excessive force in California—but will it change anything?
Protestors chant during a December 15, 2014 demonstration in Oakland to protest the lack of indictments in the cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
California became the first state in the nation to ban the use of grand juries in police-involved killings and excessive force last week. Per Senate Bill 227, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed on Thursday, prosecutors—who are elected by the public—will decide whether or not to press criminal charges against local, county and state peace officers who commit violence against civilians. Sherriffs, marshalls, investigators and some port police are among peace officers.
The new law addresses the fact that grand juries tend to be secretive, aren’t subject to oversight and rarely indict officers. California prosecutors seldom use grand juries for police violence cases, but for some, removing the possibility is a necessary step to ending police brutality.
In many states, prosecutors have the option to convene a grand jury to determine if a police officer should be charged with a crime after killing a civilian. During a grand jury, citizens review evidence in a case, but there is no judge or defense attorney, no cross-examinations or objections—which critics say add up to little oversight, transparency or explanation of the law. In addition, the proceedings are typically kept secret. It’s a system that has led to decisions not to indict Darren Wilson (Michael Brown’s killer), Daniel Pantaleo (who choked Eric Garner to death) and countless other officers, leading to widespread mistrust of the process.
The company's 'Desktop App Assure' program launched in October in North America; it's now been expanded worldwide.
Microsoft this week announced that an application compatibility guarantee it gave to enterprises migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 10 has gone global.
The "Desktop App Assure" program, which launched in October and was then available in North America only, has been expanded to all markets, Brad Anderson, the executive who leads the Microsoft 365 group, said in a post to a company blog.
"We've heard loud and clear that one of the most important considerations for shifting to a modern desktop is application compatibility, and we've done a massive amount of work to ensure that Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus are now the most compatible upgrades ever," Anderson said.
App Assure is a benefit to customers who subscribe to Windows 10 or Microsoft 365, both which come in E3 and E5 plans. The service is available to those who purchase 150 or more licenses of an eligible plan.
Microsoft introduced App Assure last year, pitching it as one component of "FastTrack Center Benefit," a collection of free services and tools for deploying various enterprise-grade products, including the Microsoft 365 subscription, a bundle of Windows 10, Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility + Security.
The idea behind App Assure is just that. "If an app works on a previous version of Windows and, when you update to the latest version of Windows 10, it stops working, we'll fix it for free," wrote Chris Jackson, a principal program manager, in an Oct. 16 post. That pledge would hold whether the application needed to move from Windows 7 to Windows 10, or from one version of Windows 10 to another.
"App compatibility is always in people's minds," said Stephen Kleynhans, an analyst at Gartner Research, talking about hesitations companies have before upgrading operating systems. "Why? Number one, it's the history. Whenever there's a new anything, people ask, 'Are my apps going to stop working?' That's the first thing you think about. Number two, it's the most obvious problem (related to an OS migration)."
To allay those fears and get customers migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (mostly) or willingly accept the twice-annual feature upgrades of Window 10 (somewhat), Microsoft assured enterprises it would step in if needed. "We'll help with troubleshooting your application and suggest a remediation," said Microsoft's Jackson.
"App Assure a really good move by Microsoft to quell the concern that customers might have about upgrading to Windows 10," said Kleynhans.
Like an insurance policy, App Assure is meant not only to reduce real risk but also to reduce the perception of risk. And that perception has been overblown, implied Anderson of Microsoft. "The Desktop App Assure team doesn't exist because there are a lot of apps in need of remediation," he said. "Instead, the Desktop App Assure team was created ... so you can have confidence when you upgrade ((emphasis added))."
Anderson cited statistics that show app compatibility has been, the assurance notwithstanding, a minor problem. Out of the 7,000 application-evaluation requests customers have made to Microsoft so far, only 49 required assistance from the Redmond, Wash. company's engineers. Anderson credited prior "incredible work" by the Windows team for the extremely low rate of app incompatibilities.
Kleynhans echoed Anderson. "Generally, customers are not seeing a lot of app compatibility problems," he said of enterprises that have moved to Windows 10. "They've just not bubbled to the top for most customers."
In many cases, Kleynhans added, the incompatibility issues businesses encounter after migrating to Windows 10 do not involve a single application but instead arise from combinations of software, making it even harder to suss out the underlying cause. "Specific apps are not the problem," Kleynhans argued. "Instead, it's usually a convoluted set of apps run on a night with a full moon."
He questioned whether the App Assure program even covered situations where the problem couldn't be traced to a single application. "I'm not sure if the kind of oddball problems that really exist in the real world would be covered," Kleynhans said.
Kleynhans noted that he had never seen a terms and conditions statement for App Assure and Computerworld was unable to locate one. However, in a support document, Microsoft simply said, "FastTrack makes every reasonable effort to resolve compatibility issues."
Anderson's blog post about App Assure and other elements of Microsoft 365 was couched in relation to the looming retirement deadline of Windows 7, which will exit free support Jan. 14, 2020, or less than 12 months from now. "There's an opportunity right now to be proactive about what's next," he said.
Jason Richardson had 34 points and 10 rebounds, and the Bobcats stunned the Lakers 108-95 in Los Angeles on Wednesday night in a game where Kobe Bryant drew two technical fouls in a span of 29 seconds late in the fourth quarter and was ejected.
The loss dropped the Lakers (49-23) into a three-way tie for second place in the Western Conference with Houston and San Antonio. They trail the Hornets by one game.
Matt Carroll added 18 points and Gerald Wallace had 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Bobcats, who won for just the second time in eight games and snapped a six-game road losing streak.
Bryant had 27 points and six rebounds before leaving with 3:40 left and the Bobcats leading 99-86.
Celtics 117, Suns 97: Kevin Garnett scored 30 points, sinking the final two to an "M-V-P!" chant echoing through the new Boston Garden, and Paul Pierce had 12 of his 27 in the fourth quarter as Boston snapped a two-game skid.
Kendrick Perkins had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen had 14 points and eight assists and Rajon Rondo scored 14 with six rebounds and six assists while frustrating Shaquille O'Neal into a technical foul as Boston turned a tie game into a double-digit lead in the third quarter.
Amare Stoudemire scored 32 and O'Neal had 16 with seven rebounds for Phoenix, which has lost two straight.
Hornets 100, Cavaliers 99: David West's 17-foot jumper, coming on Chris Paul's 20th assist, with less than a second left gave visiting New Orleans its fifth straight win.
Cleveland inbounded the ball to LeBron James, whose 75-foot heave at the horn bounced off the 24-second clock at the other end.
Peja Stojakovic scored 25 points - 18 on three-pointers - and West added 20 points for the Hornets, who improved to 2-0 on a six-game road trip against Eastern Conference teams.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored a season-high 29 points with 15 rebounds for Cleveland, which had its nine-game home winning streak end.
Rockets 97, Timberwolves 86: Tracy McGrady scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and Luis Scola had 18 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for host Houston. McGrady also had 11 rebounds and nine assists to help the Rockets keep pace in the tight Western Conference race.
Al Jefferson had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota, which had won four of six.
Spurs 97, Clippers 88: Tim Duncan had 26 points and 12 rebounds and host San Antonio withstood a late rally from Los Angeles to record its fifth straight win.
Corey Maggette scored 22 points for Los Angeles, which failed to make a field goal in the final 5:58 after taking an 84-79 lead.
Hawks 115, Bucks 96: Joe Johnson scored 28 points, Josh Childress added 20 and host Atlanta maintained the eighth and final playoff position in the Eastern Conference.
The Hawks also escaped a major scare when X-rays on point guard Mike Bibby's left thumb were negative. Bibby left the game in the fourth quarter and didn't return.
Andrew Bogut led the Bucks with 27 points and nine rebounds, but the 7-foot center left the game after Marvin Williams accidentally hit him in the face midway through the fourth quarter.
Raptors 89, Pistons 82: Chris Bosh scored 21 points and T.J. Ford had 13 points and nine assists in his return to the starting lineup for host Toronto, which won for just the fourth time in 15 games.
Chauncey Billups had 24 points and Rodney Stuckey scored 14 of his 16 in the fourth for Detroit, which has lost three of four.
Knicks 103, Heat 96: Jamal Crawford scored 24 points, including the go-ahead jumper with about 2 1/2 minutes left in overtime, and New York ended its longest home losing streak in nearly 45 years.
Zach Randolph had 16 points and 14 rebounds, and David Lee added 15 points and 16 boards for the Knicks, who had dropped a franchise record-tying seven in a row at home for the first time since Nov. 26-Dec. 17, 1963.
76ers 121, Bulls 99: Lou Williams scored 23 points and Andre Miller had a season-high 18 assists for host Philadelphia.
The Sixers dominated early and led by 22 in the first half en route to their 19th victory in their last 24 games. Philadelphia (37-35) is two games over .500 for the first time all season, has won 11 of 12 at home and is 11-2 in March to charge up the East standings.
Nets 124, Pacers 117: Devin Harris had 22 points and a career-best 15 assists and host New Jersey kept a half-game behind Atlanta in the race for the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.
Mike Dunleavy had 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds to lead the Pacers, who trail the Hawks by 2 1/2 games after losing their second straight.
Kings 107, Grizzlies 106: Kevin Martin scored 36 points and made two free throws in the closing seconds of overtime to give Sacramento its 19th straight win over Memphis at Arco Arena.
Wizards 104, Sonics 99: Reserve Roger Mason pumped in five three-pointers in the fourth quarter to finish with 22 points, and visiting Washington remained a half-game ahead of Philadelphia for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Riley answers Shaq's criticisms: Heat coach Pat Riley responded to O'Neal's criticisms with some of his own, saying his former center was wrong to disparage some of his old teammates and trainers in a Boston Globe story.
"It's sad that he says those things. We shared so much here, together, for three years, good and bad, 3 1/2 years," Riley said, referring specifically to the Heat's 2006 NBA title. "I just think it's sad that he's got to do that."
Chicago Bears defensive tackle Nate Collins has been suspended for the first game of the season without pay and fined an additional game check.
The NFL announced the suspension for violation of the league’s substance abuse policy.
Collins was signed by the Bears in May and will have an opportunity to compete for a backup job with a cast of veterans like John McCargo and DeMario Pressley. In February, Collins was arrested in Virginia for marijuana possession. He was pulled over because his windows were too dark with tint and police discovered marijuana in the trunk.
Collins was with the Jacksonville Jaguars last season and they placed an exclusive rights tender on him but rescinded it after he was arrested. The 24-year-old Collins will be able to participate in training camp and preseason before sitting out Week 1 of the season.
(Newser) – Facebook: What can't it do? Its latest triumph: Despite not allowing mothers to post breastfeeding photos, the social networking site has allowed more than 70 women so far to share breast milk. Eats on Feets is a network that uses Facebook to connect women who need milk and women who have extra, Time reports. It was developed by a midwife and a breastfeeding activist, and has already blossomed into 98 local groups in all 50 states and 22 countries.
While I commend these women for their...charity, it's highly dangerous. Hep c and HIV are passed through breast milk. You wouldn't allow people to share blood through Facebook, it would be illegal, it should also be the same for any bodily fluid. I hope everyone's baby is safe.
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A 2006 settlement between an El Paso County resident and his local sheriff's department could come back and haunt the border town if the Texas Legislature passes its anti-"sanctuary cities" bill.
If the Texas Legislature passes a bill to ban so-called "sanctuary cities" in Texas, El Paso County could face a legal quagmire.
That's because the terms of a 2006 legal settlement expressly forbid the county's sheriff deputies from doing what Senate Bill 4 demands: enforcing federal immigration laws.
The legislation state lawmakers are considering would punish local governments if their county sheriffs fail to honor "detainers" — requests from federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to hand over immigrants in custody. SB 4 would also punish those government entities that enact policies preventing local law enforcement from asking people for their immigration status.
SB 4 doesn’t require sheriff's deputies or local police to ask for a person's immigration status. But it does prohibit department heads or elected officials from preventing them from doing so. Wiles said any of his roughly 250 deputies could decide they want to be de-facto immigration agents, taking them "out of the field doing that instead of the work we want them to do."
"The public expects us to guide and limit the discretion that they have because of the power and authority that law enforcement has to take away people’s freedom,” he said.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has assured El Paso County that any local lawsuits over the settlement agreement won't be successful. In a letter to lawmakers earlier this month, he wrote that the settlement didn't qualify as an actual court order.
“Parties cannot agree between themselves to trump state law,” he wrote.
Untereker said he wasn’t swayed.
“We disagree with that opinion,” he said. “A signed settlement agreement is a signed settlement agreement. We can argue as to exactly how much weight it has, but we’re going to be in violation of that” if the county is forced to follow SB 4.
The bill, which was approved by the Senate, has made its way to the Texas House for consideration. It remains unclear how much House lawmakers like the current version. State Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, who has authored a companion version of the bill, said on Tuesday that he’s been in recent discussions with attorneys and law enforcement authorities to address some concerns with the legislation. He didn’t specify what those issues were.