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Peruvian Chef Opens Second SF Mission Restaurant

July 31, 2019
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first_imgYeral Caldas is an ambitious restaurateur. He wants to open “not just one, but many” Peruvian restaurants in San Francisco. In the ten years since he arrived in the city, that is exactly what he’s done. Last night he hosted the grand opening of his second restaurant, El Ají.“I’m a very solid type of person, and I’m a hard worker,” said Caldas, addressing about 50 people who had come to support him and fill the 15 tables at El Ají at 3015 Mission St. Some represented local organizations that he had turned to for guidance and resources on the path to starting his businesses. “I was thinking about my goal every single day – even when I didn’t know how to do it, I knew I had to.”Caldas may be best known for his authentic ceviches, which he conjures behind a simple counter top at Cholo Soy, which began operating out of the multi-purpose Plaza Adelante building on 19th and Mission streets in 2012. It was the Peruvian immigrant’s first shot in the restaurant business, and it gave him momentum. His small eatery turned into a popular lunch stop among Mission residents, often crowded with patrons. “I was the fourth restaurant in that space and everybody was telling me not to open there, that it was a bad location,” remembered Caldas. “If I listened to them, where would I be now?”Still, he kept forging ahead.“The day after I started Cholo Soy, I was already checking this place out,” said Caldas joking about his new location. “Now that I opened this one, I’m looking for my the next [potential] restaurant – some people only look straight ahead, but my view is wide.”That open mindedness helped Caldas through less successful times. He had come to the United States in 2005 to be with his 15-year-old daughter, but later divorced from her mother. He worked as a dishwasher and as a bartender, and started thinking about returning to Peru.“I contemplated, I analyzed, I cried. And then, I figured out what I wanted most in life,” said Caldas. That’s when he united his passion for food with his business skills, and began walking the city, looking for opportunity.“I went to City Hall, and I found MEDA [the Mission Economic Development Agency]. I walked everywhere and went to check out places personally,” he said.Caldas enrolled in the organization’s financial capability workshop, which provides coaching and financial education to low-income families. The organization helped him develop a business plan, and map out his next steps. Caldas began to seek resources on his own initiative – he built up his credit, received his first loan, and sought assistance from credit unions.El Ají’s space was previously occupied by a Nicaraguan restaurant and has officially been serving food there since August 31. Caldas was able to negotiate a 5-year lease.“It’s so good to see one of the people from our community opening a restaurant in the Mission,” said Dairo Romero, community planning manager at MEDA. “This is a successful collaboration between a small business owner and many organizations. We helped him with the negotiations with the previous owner, but he found the resources necessary to take this step.”Though notably more spacious than Cholo Soy, Caldas’ new restaurant is simple in the same way, making a lot out of a little. From a minimalistic interior – white walls that are sparsely decorated give the restaurant an unassuming but clean feel – to basic ingredients true to Peruvian tradition.“In Peru, the dishes are simple – arroz, pollo, just meat and onion, nada mas. Simple,” he said.And of course, there’s always ají amarillo in some form. The pepper is comparable to Mexico’s chile and is just the right amount of hot – it is the beginning and the end of everything in Peruvian cuisine.It is also the secret ingredient in his ceviche Chalaco: Basa fish topped with a yellow ají sauce, served with a side of green corn and camote, or sweet potato.“In the north of Peru, women are more daring,” said Caldas, who is from Chimbote, the largest fishing port in northern Peru. “In Lima and other parts, they use vinegar for cooking. But in the north, they use Chicha de Jora [corn beer].”He learned this and more from an aunt whom he would assist with anything – washing onions, plates, the fish, whatever needed to be done – just for a taste of her ceviche.“‘Give me a hand and you can have some ceviche when you finish,’ my aunt always told me,” he said. “She would never use one specific fish – it was whatever was caught that day, whatever was in the market, whatever was fresh.”Guests at the opening were presented with a taste of Caldas’ cooking – lamb, chicken, beef topped with chunks of onion on a pile of arroz chaufa, or Peruvian fried rice with egg that is reminiscent of Asian cuisine.District 9 Supervisor David Campos recognized Caldas’ efforts to cultivate tradition and culture in the neighborhood with a certificate from the city.“This is arguably the toughest time that I have seen in this neighborhood – residents are being pushed out, long-term businesses are disappearing from the Mission,” said Campos. “In the middle of that, to see Yeral and his family coming into the Mission and opening a full service restaurant… gives me a sense that it is possible for us as a community to move forward – for working class, low-income people to have a fighting chance in San Francisco.”But for Caldas, opening his own business as a Latino in a neighborhood uprooted by gentrification and displacement was nothing revolutionary – it can be done, he said, with perseverance, self-confidence, and by turning to others for help.“I think that for many Latinos, it’s more than just a language barrier that keeps them from taking that step forward. I’ve met a whole bunch who are qualified and have good qualities, but they don’t know about them. They don’t see them in themselves,” said Caldas. “They walk and walk, 100 steps, but then they need one more and they don’t take it. They are afraid of losing face, of failing – it’s part of the idiosyncrasy of Latin America – they are afraid of not making it, it’s part of the culture.”And just as his guests finished their plates, Caldas began dreaming about his next endeavor.“My next restaurant will be called ‘Ucho,’” he said, which means ‘ají’ in Quechua, Peru’s indigenous language. But for that, he said, he would need a like-minded business partner. 0%center_img Tags: food • immigrants • things to do Share this: FacebookTwitterRedditemail,0%last_img read more

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SAINTS will be in no doubt about what the Carnegie

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first_imgSAINTS will be in no doubt about what the Carnegie Challenge Cup means to their Fifth Round opponents Featherstone Rovers when the two sides meet at the Stobart Stadium – Michael Shenton has made sure of that.The England centre, who joined the Club from Super League rivals Castleford Tigers at the end of last season, is acutely aware of Featherstone’s Cup pedigree and has warned his team-mates that they take Rovers lightly at their peril.“Featherstone have a great Challenge Cup tradition and they will see this game as their chance to grab another place in Cup folklore,” said Shenton. “They’ll be fired up at the chance to play against Super League opposition and this is a massive game for them.“I’ve played in Cas teams beaten by Championship opposition and it’s not a good feeling. It’s also something I don’t want to experience again.“We got a real fright in the fourth round when Sheffield Eagles gave us a big challenge and Featherstone are going to be even tougher.“I spent some time with their coach, Daryl Powell, at the recent Elite Training Squad camp and I know from what he said that they’re not going to be overawed.“Daryl played at the highest level and is a top quality coach – he wouldn’t be on the England staff if he wasn’t – so we’re expecting them to be very well prepared.“They will have seen what happened to us at Huddersfield last week and fancy they can do the same. We know we have to improve and have trained accordingly. This tie is something I’m looking forward to. So are all the boys.“One of the reasons for me leaving Castleford was to have more chances to win major honours and there aren’t many teams with a better Challenge Cup record than St Helens.“The club has been in the last five Grand Finals but they’ve missed out on Wembley in the last couple of years and that’s something we want to put right.“A good win on Sunday would take us nearer a return to Wembley and also give us the momentum we’ve been looking for in Super League.”Tickets for the game at Halton Stadium on Sunday May 22 cost from £15 (£9 concessions, £3 juniors) payable on the day or in advance by calling 01744 455 052 or visiting www.saintssuperstore.comlast_img read more

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SAINTS continued the high scoring of their previou

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first_imgSAINTS continued the high scoring of their previous win with a nine try 50-16 demolition of the Red Devils on Thursday evening, writes Graham Henthorne.They had the game won in the first quarter as their brand of uncompromising defence and sparkling attacking was too much for the home side to handle.The Saints set their stall out with their first attack of the game. A great run down the right from Calvin Wellington saw the big centre stopped short. On the last tackle Danny Richardson’s grubber was plucked out of the grasp of the home full back and slammed down under the sticks by Captain Joe Ryan.A couple of penalties waltzed the Devils up the pitch and they scored off a couple of Saints errors.But two back to back tries effectively put the game out of the reach of the home side. Jake Spedding scored the first taking advantage of an overlap down the left and Ricky Bailey crossed for the second as he scorched through a gap in the line from Lewis Fairhurst’s pass.Aaron Smith was held up over the linen the half hour before Morgan Knowles scored with five minutes to go to the break. James Nicholl and the very impressive Matty Lees both drove the ball up well to put the Saints on the front foot before Fairhurst again found the right ball to put the scorer through a yawning gap.The Saints have been guilty both this season and last of starting the second period slowly but that was not in evidence tonight as they scored five times in a blistering 20 minute spell.Dave Eccleston started the ball rolling by finishing a sweeping move. From a Salford kick Bailey ran the ball back before putting Jake Spedding away down the left. He ran around the outside of his opposite number before feeding Eccleston who was supporting from his own wing. He just had enough over 50 metres to evade the despairing tackle of the full back for the try.His second again came after fine work down the left flank. Starting on the Saints 20 metre line Spedding and Regan Grace interchanged passes before the centre put Knowles away. The loose forward’s quick play the ball caught the Salford defence still retreating and quick hands gave Eccleston enough space to dive and reach over in the corner.Josh Eaves scored for the second game in a row after an outrageous dummy at a play the ball 10 metres out fooled everyone.Smith went one better than the first half as he scored under the posts from a Ben Morris offload and the half century was brought up when Regan Grace took Spedding’s pass to score after the centre had wrenched the ball from the Salford fullback’s hands.Two consolation tries in the final 15 minutes flattered the home side somewhat and took the gloss of an impressive display from the Saints.Ryan, Lees and Knowles were at the heart of the Saints performance but as soon as the half backs spread the ball out wide the speed of the Saints backline troubled the home side all evening.Match Summary:Salford U19s:Tries : Jake Bibby, Ben Collins, Jack Cottington.Goals : Tyler Whittaker 2.Saints U19s:Tries: Ricky Bailey, Dave Eccleston 2, Jake Spedding, Regan Grace, Aaron Smith, Morgan Knowles, Joe Ryan, Josh Eaves.Goals: Danny Richardson, Lewis Fairhurst 6.Half Time: 24-4Full Time: 50-16Teams:Salford:1. Tyler Whittaker; 2. Adam Saunders, 3. Kane Ditchfield, 4. Jake Bibby, 5. Ben Collins; 6. Ben Steele, 7. Jakob Thompson; 8. Jonny Scott, 9. Matt Wilkinson, 10. Danny Rasool, 11. Adam Jones, 12. Ryan Lennon, 13. Jack Cottington. Subs: 14. Aaron Moore, 15. Jack Swarbrick, 16. Liam Bent, 17. Ethan Flowers.Saints:18. Ricky Bailey; 2. Dave Eccleston, 4. Calvin Wellington, 3. Jake Spedding, 5. Regan Grace; 6. Danny Richardson, 7. Lewis Fairhurst; 8. Ross McCauley, 9. Aaron Smith, 10. Joe Ryan (C), 11. Olly Davies, 12. Liam Cooper, 13. Morgan Knowles. Subs: 14. Josh Eaves, 15. James Nicholl, 16. Ben Morris, 17. Matty Lees.last_img read more

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KEIRON Cunningham has laid down the gauntlet to hi

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first_imgKEIRON Cunningham has laid down the gauntlet to his team following their loss to Leeds last week.He says Saints are smarting from the defeat and owe the fans and themselves a performance against Huddersfield on Friday.“We didn’t come out of the gates quick enough at all,” Keiron said. “We can’t make any excuses for our start to the game but we had chances to ‘restart’ a number of times as Leeds didn’t start great and dropped the ball a lot.“It took until about 17 minutes before we got into any kind of flowing ball movement and kick and chase. We didn’t get into the grind or the arm wrestle until it was 18-0 and against any side it is difficult to get that back.“It’s even harder when it is Leeds and they are at the top of the ladder.“We did the same against them last time out. We had a period when it was exciting and tried to come back but we shouldn’t have been in that situation.“We have learnt a lot from that and have done some soul searching over the weekend. We had a tough video session and trained hard on Monday. The boys looked sharp and on the money.“There’s no point raking over old ground now as that doesn’t change anything. I was disappointed and emotional after the game and wanted something more than I got.“It doesn’t matter what I say to the players now, or the press, or anyone, about how bad they played. No one will feel more down than the players themselves.“As a player nothing anyone could say would make me feel any worse about myself after a performance like that. The challenge is there now, the gauntlet is laid and they have to respond.”Saints face Huddersfield this Friday with Adam Quinlan set to make his debut at fullback.The 22-year-old arrived on Monday and immediately trained with his new teammates.“It is a big game this week and the Giants will be coming to play. I’d like to think we aren’t a bad side ourselves though despite what happened on Friday. I am more than confident if we turn up that we will be a tough side to beat.“We have some bumps and bruises in the camp but we are quite healthy now with the players we have missing. Adam will come in too for his debut.“He trained with us on Monday straight off the plane and was insistent on that. He has fitted in well and is a natural fullback.”Tickets for Friday’s game are now on sale from the Ticket Office at Langtree Park, by calling 01744 455 052 or online here.last_img read more

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JAMAHL Lolesi thinks this Fridays derby is the id

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first_imgJAMAHL Lolesi thinks this Friday’s derby is the ideal game as Saints look to build into the Super League season.A sell-out Langtree Park will welcome the Wigan Warriors in what is set to be a mouth-watering clash.“These are generally tasty games and I’m sure both sides will be ready to go on Friday afternoon,” the assistant coach said. “I probably didn’t understand the games before I came here but the last three years have been real eye openers.“They have been great games, big games, and something we all want to be involved in. I was part of some big games in Australia and they are similar to your origin games and test matches in terms of intensity and ferocity early on.“Over the years these games have been pretty even with a try or so in it with ten minutes to go. I have no doubt it will be tight again.“We know that when Wigan want to score points they can. They did that against Leeds and can click up a gear. They haven’t found their top form yet and neither have we. Perhaps the game comes at the right time for both of us.“Both are going relatively ok but either team hasn’t been spectacular. No one wins a Grand Final in March though. There is lots of time to build and get ready and I’d rather be playing well at the back end of the year than now.”Saints head into the fixture relatively healthy but will be without Atelea Vea.He is set to be out for the next couple of weeks with a soft tissue injury.“We’re relatively fit and we want to keep fit over Easter too as it is important for us,” Lolesi continued. “The games don’t get any easier for us, but we’ll get through Friday, see who is fit and then worry about the game on Monday. Friday is our priority at the moment“I’d imagine everyone would get a game over Easter. We have a deep squad and it would make sense to use it. The reserves comp has given us a chance to see some of the boys play against men.”Friday’s game is a sell out but there are extremely limited hospitality spaces available.For any other ticket enquiries for this game contact the Ticket Office on 01744 455 052.last_img read more

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Tommy Makinsons try vs Hull FC at the Magic Week

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first_imgTommy Makinson’s try vs. Hull FC at the Magic Weekend has been crowned as our 2017 Try Of The Season.Following a week of voting on the Club’s Twitter account (@saints1890), the winger’s incredible length of the field effort was whittled down from a choice of 16 scores in a series of Rounds to take the overall accolade.It won in a landslide vote in the final round – taking more than 84% of the vote over Ryan Morgan’s try, which followed James Roby’s improvised kick vs Catalans Dragons.Tommy was delighted with the result:“It’s great to win the Club’s Try Of The Year out of so many great efforts! In the game against Hull everything went to plan and to score a great try like that is always nice.Thanks to all our great supporters for voting for me and here’s to a few more special ones next year…”Check out the try again here.last_img

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Salvation Army Angel Tree in need of donations

July 30, 2019
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first_imgSalvation Army Angel Tree is in need of toy and clothing donations (Photo: Sarah Johnson/WWAY) NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program needs your help.The organization said that while all the angels have been adopted, they have not received gifts for more than 600 of those angels.- Advertisement – The deadline to drop off the angel gifts is this Friday, December 15.“We have until Friday so that we can make sure that your gift goes to your child that you’ve purchased for and the angel that you’ve adopted,” Salvation Army of Wilmington Corps Officer Maj. Mark Craddock said.You can drop off the angel gifts at the Salvation Army Angel Tree at Independence Mall, any Salvation Army store, or the Salvation Army’s location at 820 North 2nd Street in downtown Wilmington.Related Article: Overflo raises more funds for Florence victimsThe Angel Tree program helps about 3,000 children in our area.“When parents have to make decisions during the Christmas season — Am I providing toys for my kids and Christmas memories or am I going to pay rent or medicine or food? And so our help, your help at Christmas time through the Angel Tree gives parents the opportunity to provide for a great Christmas for their kids,” Craddock said.If you didn’t get an angel from the tree, the Salvation Army could still use your help.“Even though there aren’t angels on the tree for adopting, we’re still looking for toys, especially main gifts for boys and girls,” Craddock said. “The bigger gifts, not necessarily your big expensive gifts, but nicer gifts for boys and girls. And boys clothes are always in great need.”For more information on the Salvation Army and their Angel Tree program, click here.last_img read more

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CHEERS Brew boat comes to Cape Fear River

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first_img You’ll have to BYOB if you want to drink while you pedal, but a koozie is provided.Eileen Pye is the captain of the boat and she says the reaction has been positive in the week since the boat first set sail.“It’s a fun thing to do for people to get out, they can have a few drinks on the boat, they get a little exercise in, they’re on the water. I’m the responsible one so it’s a good time for everybody, I think,” Pye said.Related Article: Florence death toll climbs to 37Charlie and Chrissy Mize are the owners. This is their second BrewBoat, the first operates in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — If you’ve walked the streets of the Port City, you may have seen a pedal pub filled with people looking to exercise while they indulge in some spirits. Now, you can take the same kind of fun out on the Cape Fear River.The East Coast BrewBoat is docked at Port City Marina and costs $35 per person for a trip on the water. You can book up to 15 people and the boat operates from Wednesday through Sunday.- Advertisement – last_img read more

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Bradley Carter Art in Bloom Gallery partner to help NHRMC Womens Childrens

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first_imgWILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Acclaimed artist Bradley Carter is partnering with Art in Bloom Gallery to bring you ‘Colors of Expression.’The exhibit will feature a selection of fresh work from Carter. It will also benefit New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s Betty H. Cameron Women’s & Children’s Hospital.  The painting ‘What it Feels Like – Floral Impressions#44’ will be raffled off with all proceeds going to the hospital.- Advertisement – Carter says donating the painting is his way of helping the community.The painting is on display on display at Art in Bloom until December 28.There is a reception Friday, December 7 from 6 – 8 p.m. to preview the painting and see other works from Carter.  It is in conjunction with a special installation at Montieth Construction next door to Art in Bloom.Related Article: WWAY’s Randy Aldridge talks preventative tests after cancer diagnosisTickets can be purchased during normal business hours in the gallery or online.Carter is an award winning, international selling artist who grew up pursuing his passion for art in Virginia before moving to the North Carolina in 2007.  He currently resides in Wilmington.He predominately works in the medium of painting with his passion in Abstract Expressionism, but his works also include collage, paint skins, and furniture.last_img read more

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Police still searching for Wilmington woman last seen in Greenville

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first_img Greenville Police say despite search efforts, there have been no sightings of her and she has not had contact with loved ones since.Gitto also has ties to the Rocky Mount and Nash County areas.Police say they are determined to find out what happened to her.Related Article: City visits successful tech startups, wants to attract more to WilmingtonIf you have any information about Bonnie Gitto, call the Greenville Police Department at (252) 329-4300. Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for credible information. Bonnie Gitto (Photo: Greenville Police Dept.) GREENVILLE, NC (WWAY) — It’s been more than a year since a Wilmington woman went missing while visiting family members in Greenville. Detectives are still searching for answers in her disappearance.Bonnie Gitto, 70, was last seen in the 100 block of Fairlane Road the afternoon of May 18, 2018.- Advertisement – last_img

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MFSA launches consultation on FinTech Strategy Regulatory Sandbox

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first_imgThe Malta Financial Services Authority has launched a public consultation on the first pillar of its six pillar FinTech Strategy.The Regulations pillar which is currently up for scrutiny, is said to include four key areas, one of which being the creation of a testing-ground known as the Regulatory Sandbox.According to MFSA, such a scheme acts as an attractive option for Malta to become a hub for financial service companies to test out almost in a controlled laboratory setting, their regulatory or commercial projects with actual financial consumers.Read more:MFSA publishes FinTech Strategy after consultation with key stakeholdersMFSA and FIAU consultation document to ensure more clarity vis-a-vis the opening of accountsMFSA and FIAU launch guidance to companies engaging in FinTechIn order to be able to carry out the testing, companies are expected to meet a series of conditions and limits which will need to be met in order to participate in the sandbox.MFSA also says that it is also looking to work on regulatory certification of RegTech as well as calling on those working in Financial Supervision technologies (SupTech) to engage with MFSA.MFSA states that the consultation process is open until the 30th August with those interested in contributing, to submit their responses through the online survey.WhatsApp SharePrint <a href=’http://revive.newsbook.com.mt/www/delivery/ck.php?n=ab2c8853&amp;cb={random}’ target=’_blank’><img src=’https://revive.newsbook.com.mt/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=97&amp;cb={random}&amp;n=ab2c8853&amp;ct0={clickurl_enc}’ border=’0′ alt=” /></a>last_img read more

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Robot sets new world record runs faster than Usain Bolt

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first_imgAdvertisement Olympic champion Bolt’s world record for the 100 metres saw him reach a speed of 27.8 mph in 2009.However, Bolt still has some advantages – the robot can only run in a straight line on a treadmill, and needs to be plugged into power at all times.The project is part of efforts to develop robots for military use. One robotics expert said that it was “unfortunate” the Cheetah was made primarily “to kill people”. – Advertisement – It has been created by the Massachusetts robotics company Boston Dynamics and backed by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).According to Darpa, the aim is to “more effectively assist war fighters across a greater range of missions”.The Cheetah, which is powered by a hydraulic pump, broke its own record of 18mph (29km/h), recorded in February.Darpa said in a statement, “Most of the power Cheetah used was to swing and lift its legs fast enough, not to propel itself forward.”The agency plans to test the robot in the field in 2013.A concept drawing of a wireless version of the Cheetah robot, which would be able to turn quickly and run untetheredThe machine’s design has been inspired by the real cheetah, the fastest land animal, which can reach speeds of 75mph (121km/h).“Cheetahs happen to be beautiful examples of how natural engineering has created speed and agility across rough terrain,” said Gill Pratt, Darpa programme manager.“Our Cheetah bot borrows ideas from nature’s design to inform stride patterns, flexing and unflexing of parts like the back, placement of limbs and stability.”“What we gain through Cheetah and related research efforts are technological building blocks that create possibilities for a whole range of robots suited to future Department of Defense missions.”Noel Sharkey, professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield, said the robot was “an incredible technical achievement, but it’s unfortunate that it’s going to be used to kill people”.“It’s going to be used for chasing people across the desert, I would imagine. I can’t think of many civilian applications – maybe for hunting, or farming, for rounding up sheep.“But of course if it’s used for combat, it would be killing civilians as well as it’s not going to be able to discriminate between civilians and soldiers.” Source: BBClast_img read more

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BEN KEITHS BLOG Different Blags

July 29, 2019
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first_imgBlog, please spare a thought for Peter Fitchett. His fourteen year old son recently died in a tragic accident. When sorting out his affairs, he called Orange to cancel the late young lad’s mobile phone contract. Orange wouldn’t do it, saying that there was still time to run. Their suggestion from, like all of these corporate firms, a virtually anonymous representative, simply giving his first name, was that Mr Fitchett could sell his son’s phone in order to pay the bill. Absolutely disgusting. But not a surprise in this ‘computer says no’ world we now live in. The boy’s father brought his plight online and thousands of Facebookers showed their disgust. As usual, the PR department jumped into action, because god forbid they actually get found out for this type of behaviour, and they backed down with a wet excuse. The damage had already been done though. CORPORATE SCUM.In other news:Tonight, I am going to Romford Dogs. I don’t know why, I really don’t. But I can’t lie to you any longer, Blog. I must speak the truth. I miss the dogs so much. The taste of the game will never leave my mouth. A taste so easy to recognise; like blood. Immediate attack. Open warfare on the steps of the betting-ring. The sand from the track flicking up, as you turn to see the favourite’s progress towards the first bend – that vital, vital position in every race ever run. The shouts in-running from the steps, the early ‘aye, aye’s’ that go wrong, wet readdies in your hand for an instant, before they are passed over to be checked by the bag-man. I like to see a dogs bookmaker work too. Correction: I indulge myself by seeing dogs bookmakers work. Hundreds, if not thousands, of times, I went to tracks all over the country, in my teens, to see betting-rings in operation. The different versions of racing language, different ways of calling the bets to the clerk, different blags against the punters to avoid laying a dog that was clearly ‘over’. Like each sea, each ring moved differently, normally with a different ‘guvernor’, dictating which way the tide would go.There were different areas of the ring that suited certain punters and bookmakers too, some in which only the bravest fish would swim. But they swam there, in truth, because they wanted to come close to the sharks, craving that thrill. As a middle-class, privately-educated boy, at a young age, I didn’t fit in at the tracks when I first arrived, in my early twenties, to make a book. I was seen as fair game and attacked from ALL FRONTS. I learnt so much more though, Blog. The pain, the strokes, the cruel words, cutting so deep at times. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller.I am going tonight, with Belindabelle and her two Spanish friends. Accompanying us, for betting advice, are two Greyhound Racing legends: Jerry Croxford and Tom Power. Sadly, neither will be performing in the betting-ring, but I shall report back with any developments.Yours, Ben xlast_img read more

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15 million squid Heineken Wally with Brolly horse placenta – just a

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first_img[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s a superb day of sport – on paper at least.There’s sometimes a sense of a reality not proving as exciting as big matches look on paper. Just witness the Europa League Final a week ago m’lud.But there’s plenty up for grabs and I’m not just talking about the £15 MILLION pot for the Scoop 6. Surely that WILL get won today. And if it is by a syndicate I doubt they’ll get back even close to what they’ve already pumped into it, chasing week after week, especially if there are some fairly ‘sensible’ winners for a change on the selected Saturday minefields, sorry races.Derby and QPR contest the ‘richest game in football’ at Wembley for a place in the Premier League. I’ve been most impressed with Derby both in the regulation season and also in the play offs.WEATHER WARNING FOR STEVE McCLAREN: Rain is forecast at Wembley. No more repeats of the wally with the brolly please. Thanks in advance.I’m having a small bet on Derby – but my biggest worry is whether they can get the job done inside 90 minutes as it may be destined to go the full distance.And later tonight we have the treat of the Champions League Final. An all-Madrid final – in Lisbon (7.45pm, ITV and SKY SPORTS).The Estadio da Luz Stadium plays host to what (on paper at least !!) should be a cracker.It’s the fifth meeting between the two sides this season which so far has seen Real win two, lose one and draw the other game.HEAD TO HEAD RECORD(Max last 10 only)Mar 2014 Primera Liga Atl Madrid 2-2 Real MadridFeb 2014 Copa del Rey Atl Madrid 0-2 Real MadridFeb 2014 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 3-0 Atl MadridSep 2013 Primera Liga Real Madrid 0-1 Atl MadridMay 2013 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 1-2 Atl MadridApr 2013 Primera Liga Atl Madrid 1-2 Real MadridDec 2012 Primera Liga Real Madrid 2-0 Atl MadridApr 2012 Primera Liga Atl Madrid 1-4 Real MadridNov 2011 Primera Liga Real Madrid 4-1 Atl MadridMar 2011 Primera Liga Atl Madrid 1-2 Real MadridAtletico will be boosted by the likely return of striker Diego Costa (36 goals this season) who was considered a major doubt after tearing a hamstring during last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Barcelona – the result which won Atletico the Spanish title.Costa has been treated in Belgrade using horse placenta for his injury. Must pop into Boots for a dose of that myself next time the leg gives me jip.Real are going for their 10th European Cup and Atletico their first but on current form the odds are a little insulting to Atletico who don’t forget clinched the La Liga title after a dramatic draw with Barcelona last weekend.Atletico have only won just one of their last 30 games against Real Madrid inside 90 minutes which is a daunting stat but they can do enough to hold Real to a draw inside 90 minutes.RECOMMENDED BET (scale of 1-10 points)10 points DRAW at around 12/5 with Star SportsWhat’s your view? CALL STAR SPORTS 08000 521 321last_img read more

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first_img[dropcap]W[/dropcap]inner !!My recommended bet on day one, Faugheen, duly romped home in the Champion Hurdle and was part of an incredible day for Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh.That was before the massive sting in the tale with Annie Power.If you haven’t checked out the incredible Sprinter Saver offer today – it’s the lead story on the web site.Put simply, if you are considering backing SPRINTER SACRE in the Champion Chase then it’s a money back insurance offer that you have to grab. Basically, you get your money back if Sprinter Sacre finishes outside the first three (up to £500) – check the offer page for full details.Also – still time to check out the Cheltenham Preview Videos in the Cheltenham part of the site.And if you’re on course today – don’t forget to pop by and say hello at the Star Sports pitch in the main ring.Keeping things simple again today and I am going for Champagne Fever in the Champion Chase. Winner of the Champion Bumper in 2012, the Supreme in 2013 and desperately unlucky not to complete the Festival hat-trick in the Arkle last year he comes into this on the back of a smooth win at Gowran Park.With question marks over the two former champions he looks the safest play at around 9/2 with Star Sports.RECOMMENDED BETS (scale of 1-50 points)BACK CHAMPAGNE FEVER for 4 points at around 9/2 with Star SportsRETURN SINCE START OF WORLD CUP: PROFIT 113.92 POINTSWhat’s your view? CALL STAR SPORTS 08000 521 321last_img read more

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Minority Interest in Rice for Fall 1996 Increases

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first_imgAddThis ShareCONTACT: Mike Cinelli PHONE: (713) 831-4795 MINORITY INTEREST IN RICE FOR FALL 1996 INCREASESThe Rice University Admission Office expects to have a higher percentage of underrepresented minority students in the 1996 freshman class than in any previous year. The number of underrepresented minority students who have committed to attend Rice this fall increased significantly over minority students committed at this time last year. If this trend holds, based on the numbers at hand, the Admission Office expects the number of underrepresented minority students in the 1996 freshman class could be 13-15 percent higher than in 1995,Rice officials said. Preliminary figures from Rice’s Office of Admission also show that the yield-the number of students committing to attend Rice from among the number of students offered admission-will increase to 39 percent for incoming African American freshmen, up 9 percent from 1995, and to 43 percent for incoming Mexican American freshmen, up 11 percent from 1995. The number of Native Americans acceptingadmission to Rice for the fall semester is up by 20 percent.“Once again, we have recruited one of the most capable entering classes in the nation, without sacrificing a single one of our long-standing admissions goals,” said university president MalcolmGillis.“This happy outcome stems first from the extremely high quality of our applicant pool, whether minorities or otherwise,” Gillis said. “Second, it reflects our determination to maintain admissionspolicies best suited for Rice, not some other university. Finally, the persuasiveness and resourcefulness of our own students in recruiting resulted in a much higher yield on minority admissions. The results vindicate our policies.”Rice had a total of 7,002 applicants for 674 positions in the class of 2000, entering the university this fall. Overall, applications to attend Rice for the fall 1996 semester increased by 3 percent over last year’s applications. Within the overall increase, applications from African Americans increased by 29 percent, and applications from Mexican Americans increased by 10 percent. Of all students admitted, 37 percent have already put downdeposits to enroll this fall.“We are pleased by the response to our offers of admission for the class of 2000,” said Julie Browning, director of admission.“Once again, Rice’s freshman class will be among the strongest, mostdiverse classes in the country. We admitted only 23 percent of thosewho applied, and our yield of minority students is up. Students,faculty, administrators and alumni all responded generously to ouroffice’s request for help in the recruitment process, and theirefforts have yielded an outstanding class. We responded as a unifiedcommunity.” Ironically, the Hopwood decision, a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that prohibits the use of race as a factor in admission decisions, may have played a role in increasing Rice’s minority yield, said Chandler Davidson, a Rice sociology professorand chair of the Admission Committee.“Students, faculty, staff, administration and the committee were eager not to allow Hopwood to undercut minority recruitment,” Davidson said. “While we scrupulously obeyed the law as interpreted by the Hopwood opinion, we reached out to those minority students whom we accepted, and we succeeded in getting a yield that was unusually high. This has been our best year so far in attracting underrepresented minority applicants, and there’s a good chancewe’ll get the strongest minority enrollment we’ve ever had at Rice.” Overall, current statistics show the class of 2000 as 52 percent white, 15 percent Asian American, 10 percent Mexican American, 8 percent African American, 1.5 percent Native American and 1.5 percent “other Hispanic.” Some 11 percent elected not to report their race or ethnicity or identified themselves as “other.” Currently, the Admission Office expects a freshman class makeup of about 48 percent women and 52 percent men, representing 46 states and 11 foreign countries.###last_img read more

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Helping hands guide robots as they learn

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first_imgShareEditor’s note: Links to videos and high-resolution images for download appear at the end of this release.David Ruth713-348-6327david@rice.eduMike Williams713-348-6728mikewilliams@rice.eduHelping hands guide robots as they learnRice University engineers refine method to instruct robots to collaborate through demonstrationHOUSTON – (Dec. 4, 2017) – Like toddlers, robots can use a little help as they learn to function in the physical world. That’s the purpose of a Rice University program that gently guides robots toward the most helpful, human-like ways to collaborate on tasks.Rice engineer Marcia O’Malley and graduate student Dylan Losey have refined their method to train robots by applying gentle physical feedback to machines while they perform tasks. The goal is to simplify the training of robots expected to work efficiently side by side with humans.A paper on their study appears in IEEE Explore.“Historically, the role of robots was to take over the mundane tasks we don’t want to do: manufacturing, assembly lines, welding, painting,” said O’Malley, a professor of mechanical engineering, electrical and computer engineering and computer science. “As we become more willing to share personal information with technology, like the way my watch records how many steps I take, that technology moves into embodied hardware as well. http://news.rice.edu/files/2017/11/1204_ROBOT-1-WEB-zi4mk7.jpgMarcia O’Malley and Dylan Losey. (Credit: Rice University) Return to article. Long DescriptionRice University researchers led by graduate student Dylan Losey want to help humans and robots collaborate by enabling interactive tasks like rehabilitation, surgery and training programs in which environments are less predictable. In early studies, Losey and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, used gentle feedback to train a robot arm to manipulate a coffee cup in real time. Photo by Andrea Bajcsy“Robots are already in our homes vacuuming or controlling our thermostats or mowing the lawn,” she said. “There are all sorts of ways technology permeates our lives. I already talk to Alexa in the kitchen, so why not also have machines we can physically collaborate with? A lot of our work is about making human-robot interactions safe.”According to the researchers, robots adapted to respond to physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) traditionally treat such interactions as disturbances and resume their original behaviors when the interactions end. The Rice researchers have enhanced pHRI with a method that allows humans to physically adjust a robot’s trajectory in real time.At the heart of the program is the concept of impedance control, literally a way to manage what happens when push comes to shove. A robot that allows for impedance control through physical input adjusts its programmed trajectory to respond but returns to its initial trajectory when the input ends.The Rice algorithm builds upon that concept as it allows the robot to adjust its path beyond the input and calculate a new route to its goal, something like a GPS system that recalculates the route to its destination when a driver misses a turn.Losey spent much of last summer in the lab of Anca Dragan, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, testing the theory. He and other students trained a robot arm and hand to deliver a coffee cup across a desktop, and then used enhanced pHRI to keep it away from a computer keyboard and low enough so that the cup wouldn’t break if dropped. (A separate paper on the experiments appears in the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research.) Return to article. Long Description Video Marcia O’Malley and Dylan Losey. Return to article. Long DescriptionMarcia O’Malley and Dylan Losey.The goal was to deform the robot’s programmed trajectory through physical interaction. “Here the robot has a plan, or desired trajectory, which describes how the robot thinks it should perform the task,” Losey wrote in an essay about the Berkeley experiments. “We introduced a real-time algorithm that modified, or deformed, the robot’s future desired trajectory.”In impedance mode, the robot consistently returned to its original trajectory after an interaction. In learning mode, the feedback altered not only the robot’s state at the time of interaction but also how it proceeded to the goal, Losey said. If the user directed it to keep the cup from passing over the keyboard, for instance, it would continue to do so in the future. “By our replanning the robot’s desired trajectory after each new observation, the robot was able to generate behavior that matches the human’s preference,” he said.Further tests employed 10 Rice students who used the O’Malley lab’s rehabilitative force-feedback robot, the OpenWrist, to manipulate a cursor around obstacles on a computer screen and land on a blue dot. The tests first used standard impedance control and then impedance control with physically interactive trajectory deformation, an analog of pHRI that allowed the students to train the device to learn new trajectories.The results showed trials with trajectory deformation were physically easier and required significantly less interaction to achieve the goal. The experiments demonstrated that interactions can program otherwise-autonomous robots that have several degrees of freedom, in this case flexing an arm and rotating a wrist.One current limitation is that pHRI cannot yet modify the amount of time it takes a robot to perform a task, but that is on the Rice team’s agenda.“The paradigm shift in this work is that instead of treating a human as a random disturbance, the robot should treat the human as a rational being who has a reason to interact and is trying to convey something important,” Losey said. “The robot shouldn’t just try to get out of the way. It should learn what’s going on and do its job better.”The National Science Foundation supported the research.-30-Read the abstract at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8115323/Learning robot objectives from physical human interaction: http://proceedings.mlr.press/v78/bajcsy17a/bajcsy17a.pdfFollow Rice News and Media Relations via Twitter @RiceUNewsVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2YHT3giwcYLong Description Marcia O’Malley and Dylan Losey. center_img FacebookTwitterPrintEmailAddThis http://news.rice.edu/files/2017/12/1204_ROBOT-3-WEB-s3irta.jpgRice University researchers led by graduate student Dylan Losey want to help humans and robots collaborate by enabling interactive tasks like rehabilitation, surgery and training programs in which environments are less predictable. In early studies, Losey and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, used gentle feedback to train a robot arm to manipulate a coffee cup in real time. (Credit: Andrea Bajcsy)Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With 3,879 undergraduates and 2,861 graduate students, Rice’s undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice is ranked No. 1 for quality of life and for lots of race/class interaction and No. 2 for happiest students by the Princeton Review. Rice is also rated as a best value among private universities by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. To read “What they’re saying about Rice,” go to http://tinyurl.com/RiceUniversityoverview. Return to article. Long Description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xGBaM6ZlOERelated materials:Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Lab (O’Malley group): http://mahilab.rice.eduRice Department of Mechanical Engineering: https://mech.rice.eduGeorge R. Brown School of Engineering: https://engineering.rice.eduImages for download: Return to article. Long Description Rice University researchers led by graduate student Dylan Losey want to help humans and robots collaborate by enabling interactive tasks like rehabilitation, surgery and training programs in which environments are less predictable. In early studies, Losey and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, used gentle feedback to train a robot arm to manipulate a coffee cup in real time. Rice University researchers led by graduate student Dylan Losey want to help humans and robots collaborate by enabling interactive tasks like rehabilitation, surgery and training programs in which environments are less predictable. 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Google Apple Companies Protest Trump Immigration Order

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first_img Share Google, Apple Companies Protest Trump Immigration Order By The Associated Press January 28, 2017 Updated: January 28, 2017 Show Discussion FILE – In this June 13, 2016 file photo, The Apple logo is shown on a screen at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, in San Francisco. Google, Apple and other tech giants expressed dismay over an executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump that bars nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The U.S tech industry relies on foreign engineers and other technical experts for a sizeable percentage of its workforce. The order bars entry to the U.S. for anyone from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File) US center_img  LINKEDINPINTERESTREDDITTUMBLRSTUMBLEUPON   Google, Apple and other tech giants expressed dismay over an executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump that bars nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.The U.S tech industry relies on foreign engineers and other technical experts for a sizeable percentage of its workforce. The order bars entry to the U.S. for anyone from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days.The move, ostensibly intended to prevent extremists from carrying out attacks in the U.S., could now also heighten tensions between the new Trump administration and one of the nation’s most economically and culturally important industries. That’s especially true if Trump goes on to revamp the industry’s temporary worker permits known as H-1B visas, as some fear.BITING BACK“I share your concerns” about Trump’s immigration order, Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in a memo to employees obtained by The Associated Press. “It is not a policy we support.”Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) and PayPal founder Peter Thiel (C) listen as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) and PayPal founder Peter Thiel (C) listen as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) “We have reached out to the White House to explain the negative effect on our coworkers and our company,” he added.Cook didn’t say how many Apple employees are directly affected by the order, but said the company’s HR, legal and security teams are in contact to support them. “Apple would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do,” Cook wrote — an apparent reference not only to the company’s foreign-born employees, but to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the son of a Syrian immigrant.Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was forcefully blunt. “Trump’s actions are hurting Netflix employees around the world, and are so un-American it pains us all,” he wrote on Facebook . “Worse, these actions will make America less safe (through hatred and loss of allies) rather than more safe.”“It is time to link arms together to protect American values of freedom and opportunity,” he continued. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg criticized the order in similar, though more carefully couched, terms on Friday .Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Apps, at a conference during the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2, 2015. Google is creating a new company, called Alphabet, to oversee its highly lucrative Internet business and a growing flock of other ventures, including some  like building self-driving cars and researching ways to prolong human life  that are known more for their ambition than for turning an immediate profit. Pichai will become CEO of Google's core business, including its search engine, online advertising operation and YouTube video service. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) Sundar Pichai (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Technology investor Chris Sacca, an early backer of Uber and Instagram, said on Twitter that he would match ACLU donations up to $75,000 after the organization sued over the ban — and then decided to donate another $75,000 , for a total of $150,000. EBay founder Pierre Omidyar, the child of Iranians, complained that the order was “simple bigotry .”Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who has recently appeared to be cultivating a relationship with Trump, tweeted that “many people negatively affected by this policy are strong supporters of the US” who don’t “deserve to be rejected.” Musk is an immigrant from South Africa.GOOGLE GRUMBLESGoogle told its employees from those countries to cancel any travel plans outside the U.S. and to consult with the company’s human resources department if they’re not currently in the U.S., according to a company-wide note described to The Associated Press. That memo was first reported by Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal.Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in the note that at least 187 Google workers could be affected by Trump’s order. It is not clear how many of those workers are currently traveling outside the U.S. “We’ve always made our views on immigration known publicly and will continue to do so,” Pichai said in the memo.Company representatives declined to discuss the memo or to answer questions about the affected employees. In an official statement, Google said: “We’re concerned about the impact of this order and any proposals that could impose restrictions on Googlers and their families, or that could create barriers to bringing great talent to the U.S.”Microsoft also said it is providing legal advice and assistance to its employees from the banned countries, noting they are all working in the U.S. lawfully.A BIGGER ISSUEThe tech industry may be bracing for further immigration-related hits. Leaks of draft executive orders, still unverified, suggest that Trump might also revamp the H1-B program that lets Silicon Valley bring foreigners with technical skills to the U.S. for three to six years.While the tech industry insists the H1-B program is vital, it has drawn fire for allegedly disadvantaging American programmers and engineers, especially given that the visas are widely used by outsourcing firms. Trump’s attorney general nominee, Sen. Jeff Sessions, is a long-time critic of the program.Venky Ganesan, a managing director at venture capitalist firm Menlo Ventures, acknowledged that the program is “not perfect” and subject to some abuse, but noted that it provides an invaluable source of skilled workers and plays a “pivotal” role in the tech industry.“If we want to buy American and hire American, we do that best by creating companies in America,” he said. “Having the best and brightest from all over the world come and create companies in America is better than them creating companies in India, Israel or China.” Share this articlelast_img read more

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Alpine Police Believe Remains Are Missing College Student

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first_img The boyfriend of a missing West Texas college student was arrested Saturday a day after remains believed to be his girlfriend were found in a shallow grave outside of Alpine, police said.Robert Fabian, of Alpine, was arrested at a relative’s home on a charge of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence by concealing a human corpse, according to Alpine police Lt. Felipe Fierro.Sul Ross State University junior ZuZu Verk, 22 of Fort Worth, had been missing since Oct. 12 following a date with Fabian, police said. Fabian reported Verk missing two days later, and since then declined to cooperate with police, Fierro said.Positive identification was pending on the remains discovered Friday by a Border Patrol agent, but police believe the person was Verk.“Some of the information on the arrest affidavit shows that evidence at the scene, including human remains, have features that are consistent with ZuZu Verk,” Fierro said in a statement. The complete affidavit was expected to be released Monday, according to Fierro.Investigators believe the remains are Verk, but will not be certain until positive ID is made by forensic examiners, he said. Formal identification was not expected until possibly next week, police said. Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson said law enforcement personnel on foot searched the brushy area Saturday with the hope of recovering additional evidence.Fabian was being held Saturday at the Brewster County Jail, in Alpine. Bond was not immediately set, pending his appearance before a magistrate. An attorney for Fabian didn’t immediately return messages for comment Saturday.A prosecutor from the state attorney general’s office would handle the case, according to Dodson, since the district attorney in office at the time of the disappearance finished his term at the end of 2016.Alpine is 210 miles southeast of El Paso. Alpine Police Believe Remains Are Missing College Student By The Associated Press February 5, 2017 Updated: February 5, 2017 Show Discussion Share (Supplied) center_img US Share this article  LINKEDINPINTERESTREDDITTUMBLRSTUMBLEUPON   last_img read more

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Congressman Scalise Wounded in June Shooting Discharged From Hospital

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first_imgHouse Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks with Peter Welch (D-VT) before the markup of the the American Health Care Act, the Republican replacement to Obamacare, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 8, 2017. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts) Show Discussion Share this article WASHINGTON—Congressman Steve Scalise, the No. 3 Republican leader in the House of Representatives who was shot and wounded last month, has been discharged from a hospital, the medical center said on Wednesday.The Louisiana lawmaker has made “excellent progress” in his recovery and is beginning a period of intensive rehabilitation after being released from MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Tuesday, MedStar said in a statement.“He is in good spirits and is looking forward to his return to work once he completes rehabilitation,” the statement said. It did not say how long Scalise was expected to be in rehabilitation before returning to work.Scalise was among Republican lawmakers attacked June 14 in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia, by a gunman who opened fire on them while they were practicing for a charity baseball game against Democrats.Related CoverageDemocratic Party Official Fired for Saying He’s Glad Rep. Scalise Got ShotScalise, 51, was shot in the hip. He underwent surgery this month to treat an infection related to his wound.The gunman, James Hodgkinson, 66, had a history of posting angry messages against Republican President Donald Trump. He died after being wounded during a shootout with police at the ballpark. Sharecenter_img  LINKEDINPINTERESTREDDITTUMBLRSTUMBLEUPON   US Congressman Scalise Wounded in June Shooting Discharged From Hospital By Reuters July 26, 2017 Updated: July 26, 2017last_img read more

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