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There would be no chance of a scoop of stracciatella at Frio Gelato on Clark Street (not that anyone would want it), or Wiener schnitzel at the Berghoff Cafe downtown.

[You could get frostbite in a matter of minutes. Here’s what to do.]

Commerce slowed throughout the Midwest but the frigid conditions were unlikely to exact a lingering economic toll. In a 2015 report, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago concluded that winter weather had “a significant, but short-lived effect on economic activity.”

But economists, the report suggested, have long struggled to pinpoint the financial consequences of events like this week’s polar vortex, especially because regional and national economies are shaped by so many factors.

Still, plenty of businesses were not running as usual on Wednesday, suggesting that locally felt consequences might not surface in long-range data. Even “Disney on Ice,” which was scheduled to run on Wednesday night at Chicago’s United Center, was canceled.

[Read more here about how the deep freeze is hitting the homeless.]

Through it all, some restaurants pressed on.

At Huck Finn, a diner on the Southwest Side, there were fewer patrons than usual, said Demetri Hiotis, the general manager. But the people who did come in were cheerful, almost exuberant.

“It’s like they’re living through some kind of weather history — everyone else stayed in, and we’re here doing our thing,” Mr. Hiotis said. “There’s a sense of pride. It’s 22 below but I still went to work, got my breakfast, got my coffee and doughnut.”

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/us/extreme-cold-weather.html

Robert Durst, the real estate heir suspected in a string of killings over nearly four decades, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering his friend and confidante Susan Berman.

A Los Angeles jury convicted Durst, 78, of first-degree murder last month for the 2000 killing. Prosecutors argued that Durst had shot Berman at point-blank range in her home to prevent her from telling police what she knew about the 1982 disappearance of Durst’s first wife, Kathie McCormack Durst. The verdict marked the first homicide conviction for Durst, who has been linked to the deaths of three people in three states.

Durst’s attorneys filed a motion seeking a new trial, claiming there was insufficient evidence to convict Durst, which the judge dismissed on Thursday at the start of the sentencing.

“The defendant’s testimony was profoundly incredible and incriminating,” said Judge Mark Windham, adding that there was “overwhelming evidence of guilt”.

Thursday’s sentence was expected as prosecutors did not seek the death penalty and the jury had also convicted Durst of the special circumstances of lying in wait and killing a witness, which carry mandatory life sentences.

Family and friends of Berman told the court how Durst had robbed them of an unforgettable and loyal friend who cared deeply for other people.

“It’s been a daily, soul-consuming and crushing experience,” Sareb Kaufman, Berman’s stepson, said of her murder.

Another relative said he had visited Berman’s grave to tell her that justice had been served and she could finally “rest easy”.

Before sentencing Durst, the judge said Berman was an “an extraordinary human being” and her death was a loss to the community.

The sentencing came six years after the documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst thrust the multimillionaire into the spotlight. The series chronicled Berman’s murder, as well as the disappearance of Durst’s wife and the 2001 death of a neighbor in Galveston, Texas, where Durst was hiding out while disguised as a deaf-mute woman. He was arrested on the eve of the airing of the last episode of the series, in which Durst appeared to confess to the killings, saying to himself, “What the hell did I do? … Killed them all, of course.”

In court, the 78-year-old appeared sick and far more frail than he did in the 2015 documentary. He struggles with hearing and used a wheelchair throughout the trial. At one point, after 38 hours of cross-examination, the judge urged the lead prosecutor to stop his questions. “At some point, there’s a limit,” the judge said.

Authorities have sought to put Durst behind bars for years for his role in crimes that officials believe date back to the disappearance and probable murder of McCormack.

“Everything starts with Kathie Durst’s disappearance and death at the hands of Mr Durst,” John Lewin, the deputy district attorney, said in his opening statement at the Berman trial.

McCormack’s body was never found, though she was declared dead in 2017. Durst was never an official suspect in the case, but prosecutors argued he was responsible for her death. The couple had been fighting before she disappeared, Durst admitted, and in the preceding weeks McCormack had gone to the hospital with injuries she said Durst had caused.

Prosecutors said Durst had killed Berman, his best friend, because she was prepared to tell police how she helped cover up the killing of McCormack. Berman had reportedly told friends she had provided him with a false alibi.

Prosecutors said on Thursday that they did not believe Berman had known she was covering up a murder, and that she had instead been trying to help her friend. Durst, they said, had probably told her what happened to McCormack was an accident.

Durst had previously faced a murder trial in Texas for the death of his neighbor Morris Black. While in Galveston, the heir tried to pass himself off as a mute woman named Dorothy Ciner, but Black didn’t buy the disguise and he was shot and dismembered, prosecutors said. Durst and his legal team argued he had killed Black in self-defense, and he was acquitted.

Prosecutors in New York are expected to pursue charges against Durst over his ex-wife’s death. The Westchester district attorney’s office has reopened the investigation into McCormack’s death but has not confirmed reports of its plan to seek an indictment against Durst.

McCormack’s family had hoped to speak at Thursday’s sentencing, a request that was denied as California law mandates that only Berman’s family is eligible to offer victim impact statements in court, the Los Angeles Times reported.

“It was never really a thought that they wouldn’t be allowed to give a victim impact statement,” Robert Abrams, the McCormacks’ family attorney, told the newspaper. “When somebody is the central focus of the criminal trial, you would expect it.”

Berman’s relatives pleaded with Durst to tell the McCormack family where he buried his first wife’s body.

“Any hope of any kind of redemption you can find is in letting them know where to find Kathie,” Kaufman said.

Source Article from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/14/robert-durst-sentencing-life-in-prison-susan-berman

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Espectacular la exhibición encestadora que ofreció Stephen Curry con los Warriors, que llegaron al American Airlines Arena de Miami para vencer 97-114 a los Heat.

Curry aportó 40 puntos después de anotar 8 triples de 11 intentos, 12 de 19 de tiros de campo y 8 de 9 desde la línea de personal.

Además repartió 7 asistencias, que también lo dejaron líder del equipo en esa faceta del juego, capturó seis rebotes, recuperó tres balones y puso un tapón.

Stephen Curry llegó a los 51 partidos con al menos 5 asistencias y 5 triples en el mismo encuentro y superó al veterano Ray Allen, que llegó a los 50 y poseía la mejor marca de la NBA en ese apartado.

Klay Thompson se mantuvo en su línea de compañero perfecto a las acciones de Curry y llegó a los 24 puntos (10-19, 3-7, 1-2), que lo dejaron como segundo máximo encestador en la lista de cuatro jugadores titulares de los Warriors que tuvieron números de dos dígitos.

Los Warriors, que lograron el sexto triunfo consecutivo, poseen la segunda mejor racha ganadora de la Conferencia Oeste y de la liga, solo superados por los Trail Blazers de Portland (11-3), que han conseguido ocho victorias seguidas.

Los Heat (8-7) descendieron del segundo al tercer lugar de la División Sureste. Chris Bosh aportó 29 tantos y 9 rebotes, que se dejó arrebatar una ventaja de 16 tantos que tuvieron en la primera parte después que los Warriors antes de irse al descanso lograsen un parcial de 8-23.

Los Heat siguieron con la baja del escolta estrella Dwyane Wade que se perdió el séptimo partido consecutivo al no estar recuperado de un tirón muscular que sufre en la pierna izquierda.

Teague desplega las alas
El base Jeff Teague surgió como el líder del ataque de los Hawks de Atlanta que se impusieron a domicilio 102-106 a los Wizards de Washington en el duelo de equipos punteros de la División Sureste.

Teague aportó 28 puntos y tres asistencias y encabezó la lista de cinco jugadores, incluidos dos reservas, que consiguieron números de dos dígitos. Los alas-pivotes, el titular Paul Millsap y el reserva Mike Scott anotaron 17 puntos cada uno. Millsap también aportó un doble-doble al conseguir 11 rebotes y recuperar dos balones, mientras que Scott capturó siete balones bajo los aros, incluidos cuatro defensivos.

El base reserva Shelvin Mack surgió con los puntos decisivos en el cuarto periodo cuando los titulares de los Hawks no respondieron a la presión que pusieron los Wizards en busca de remontar el marcador adverso.

Mientras que los Wizards, que tuvieron la baja del ala-pívot brasileño Nené Hilario, por lesión, recibieron el apoyo del base John Wall, que aportó un doble-doble de 21 puntos y entregó 13 asistencias, aunque perdió seis balones de los 25 que sumó todo el equipo.
El veterano alero Paul Pierce llegó a los 14 puntos, mientras que el escolta reserva Bradley Beal anotó 13 tantos y capturó seis rebotes.

El hombre del Saco se impone a La Ceja
La figura del pívot DeMarcus Cousins consolidó su condición de líder y jugador franquicia de los Kings de Sacramento, que derrotaron a domicilio por 89-99 a los Pelicans de Nueva Orleans. Cousins consiguió un doble-doble de 22 puntos, 12 rebotes y cinco asistencias que lo dejaron al frente de la ofensiva de los Kings (9-5), en lo que fue el tercer triunfo consecutivo de su equipo.

El pívot lideró el juego interior de los Kings, que también tuvieron al alero israelí Omri Casspi –titular por primera vez esta temporada–, como su segundo máximo encestador al llegar a los 22 puntos, la mejor marca en lo que va de temporada.

La lesión del alero Rudy Gay, que sufre una contusión en el tendón de Aquiles derecho, hizo que Casspi ocupase su puesto, que fue el factor sorpresa ganador de los Kings. Este último equipo se consolidan segundos en la División Pacífico, donde los Warriors de Golden State, que también ganaron como visitantes (97-114), son los líderes destacados con una marca de 11-2.

Esta vez el líder de los Pelicans (7-6) fue el ex escolta de los Kings, Tyreke Evans que aportó 22 puntos, siete rebotes y cinco asistencias. El ala-pívot reserva Ryan Anderson llegó a los 20 tantos y capturó cinco rebotes, que lo dejaron como el sexto jugador del equipo. Mientras que la estrella de los Pelicans, el ala-pívot Anthony Davis, esta vez no pudo ser el factor ganador, ni el líder del equipo al ser dominado desde el principio por las acciones individuales de Cousins.

Davis no tuvo su mejor acierto y aportó 14 puntos al anotar 4 de 12 tiros de campo y 6 de 8 desde la línea de personal, aunque tuvo presencia en las acciones de la pintura pese a los nueve rebotes.

Knight se lleva el duelo de ‘perdedores’
El base Brandon Knight volvió a ser el verdugo de su ex equipo al dirigir el ataque de los Bucks de Milwaukee que se impusieron por 98-86 a los Pistons de Detroit y rompieron racha de dos derrotas consecutivas.

Knight, que las dos primeras temporadas como profesional las jugó con los Pistons, aportó 20 puntos y ocho asistencias que lo dejaron al frente de una lista de cinco jugadores, incluidos cuatro titulares que tuvieron números de dos dígitos.
El escolta O.J.Mayo, que salió como titular, respondió con 17 puntos, incluidos tres triples de cuatro intentos, mientras que el alero novato Jabari Parker llegó a los 14 tantos y capturó nueve rebotes.

Los Pistons (3-11) llegaron a cinco derrotas seguidas y se encuentran en el fondo de la clasificación de la División Central. El pívot Andre Drummond logró un doble-doble de 23 puntos y 10 rebotes que lo dejaron de líder del ataque de los Pistons, que tuvieron a cuatro jugadores con números de dos dígitos.

El ala-pívot Greg Monroe llegó a los 15 tantos y ocho rebotes, mientras que el alero Josh Smith estuvo a las puertas de un triple-doble tras conseguir 11 puntos, capturó 10 balones bajo los aros, repartió ocho asistencias y puso tres tapones.

Source Article from http://www.marca.com/2014/11/26/baloncesto/nba/noticias/1416976500.html

Texas mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. said the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is going to get bad fast and warned the 2019 immigration surge will seem like a “cakewalk” compared to what will happen under President Biden.

McLaughlin Jr. said Wednesday during an appearance on “America Reports” that his city of Uvalde is experiencing a dramatic surge in immigrant-related apprehensions and crimes, including an increase in high-speed car chases between police and smugglers.

“We’re having 10 to 12 chases, high-speed chases, through our communities a week now,” McLaughlin said. “We’ve never seen this before.”

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McLaughlin added the chases ranged anywhere from 95 to 105 miles an hour and also noted an increase in break-ins throughout the region by illegal immigrants. He said fault lies with the federal government for failing to anticipate and handle the rise in migrant crossings.

McLaughlin added the Biden administration needs to shut down the border immediately and have people enter the country through legal processes, or local governments in Texas will continue to deal with the fallout, including an influx of COVID-positive migrants.

Despite this, the Biden administration continues to reject calling the situation a “crisis.”

Asked about the issue during her press conference Tuesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back on adding labels to the “challenging” situation.

Psaki has maintained the administration sought to abide by COVID-19 protocols, but it’s unclear how much authorities were screening migrants for the virus.

According to Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, last week, thousands of migrants haven’t been tested. 

“Over 10,000 people have come in through the lower Rio Grande Valley,” Cuellar said to KTXS 12. “Those folks are not being tested.”

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Border agents disagreed, telling the outlet that “CBP personnel conduct initial inspections for symptoms or risk factors associated with COVID-19 and consult with onsite medical personnel, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or local health systems as appropriate.”

Fox News’ Sam Dorman contributed to this report.

Source Article from https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-mayor-border-bad-fast-biden-immigration

  • Sen. Joe Manchin dug in on his proposal to require people work for the Biden child tax credit.
  • “Tax credits are based around people that have tax liabilities,” Manchin told Insider.
  • Early research indicates that advance payments helped cut hunger among families, including those in Manchin’s state of West Virginia.

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia dug in on pushing a new requirement that parents work in order to receive the child tax credit on Tuesday as Democrats struggled to get the $3.5 trillion social spending plan over the finish line.

“They know I feel very strongly about that. Tax credits are based around people that have tax liabilities,” Manchin told Insider on Tuesday. “I’m even willing to go as long as they have a W-2 and showing they’re working, we’ve talked about that.”

It comes two days after Manchin first suggested requiring people to work and file taxes as a condition to get the advance monthly payments. He said in a CNN interview that tying the child tax credit to those with jobs would ensure federal assistance would flow to “the right people.” He maintained he supports child tax credits.

Democrats in the House and Senate, including Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, on Monday poured cold water on the idea. Opposition to the idea on Tuesday grew from other Democrats as well. The party is laboring to assemble a party-line package that can garner the support of nearly every Democratic lawmaker and turn it into law this month.

“Adding a work requirement or other stipulations to the Child Tax Credit would hurt middle-class families,” Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, chair of the 95-member moderate New Democrat coalition, said in a statement to Insider. “The Child Tax Credit is an important tax cut for middle-class families and in only two months is already having an incredible impact on American children.”

She added the New Democrat group was “all-in” on extending the benefit. 

Meanwhile, Brown told reporters on Tuesday, “I think that raising children is work.”

Other lawmakers expressed different qualms about the program. Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats, told Insider he was “concerned” about the cash benefit flowing to high-earning Americans, but said families shouldn’t have to pay taxes to access the program, known as refundability.

“This should be refundable,” he told Insider.

The Democratic stimulus law in March turned the credit into a one-year cash benefit issued in monthly checks to the vast majority of families. Individuals who earn $75,000 or less are eligible for up to either a $250 or $300 direct payment per child depending on their age. Couples earning a combined $150,000 or less also qualify for the total check amount.

House Democrats are pushing to extend the revamped credit until 2025, and ensuring that low-income families who don’t have to file taxes can permanently get the benefit. The current child allowance does not require individuals to have a job to obtain federal assistance.

But its unclear whether Senate Democrats will extend it with the same length and structure, given early resistance from Manchin.

Early research indicates the first month of payments kept three million children out of poverty and helped feed two million kids in July. Food insecurity dropped among West Virginian families as well, per an analysis last month from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.

Source Article from https://www.businessinsider.com/manchin-work-requirements-biden-child-tax-credit-sparking-democrat-2021-9

In the last year, Univision Noticias has gone through a process of digital transformation to shape its approach to online video, as a Spanish-language TV network whose aim is to “empower and inform the latino community in the United States”.

Selymar Colón, managing editor and senior director for digital at Univision, told attendees at the WAN-IFRA International Newsroom Summit in London today (23 November) that, considering its TV legacy, the broadcaster’s aim was to improve on how it produced and delivered video for online.

Between January and September 2016, Univision Noticias acquired more than 1.1 billion video views across its own website and social media platforms, and Colón said one of the biggest changes in its digital video strategy was to find the suitable pace and workflows before the newsroom started experimenting with formats.

Univision Noticias identified four ‘rhythms’ to approach online video, which she outlined as breaking news, social video, TV content and craft video – these help determine the team’s take on stories.

However, it is often the case that all four can apply to the same story, as it happened with the organisation’s video coverage of the Orlando nightclub shooting in June.

Univision Noticias started with a breaking news video on its website at 2am, showing survivors leaving the club. It then dipped into social video with a Facebook Live of news anchor Jorge Ramos on his way to Orlando, who gave viewers the latest updates before arriving at the scene, where the key moments were broadcast on TV for several hours.

The coverage was rounded off with ‘Orlando gets its pulse back’, a mini-documentary Univision published a month after the event, featuring interviews with three survivors of the massacre.

“Once you have identified the right workflow for your newsroom and you know what your story is, then you can pick the format.”

Colón highlighted five formats that Univision Noticias has been focusing on:

Interactive video

The organisation published ‘How a single piece of paper can change a family’s life’, an interactive video produced in partnership with creative production company Wondros.

Available in English and Spanish, the video showed what it’s like to live in the US both as a documented immigrant and an undocumented one, enabling viewers to choose which version of the story they wanted to watch.

“To do this, we shot exactly the same things with the same people for both versions, and the audience is the one who can choose what happens.

“It also means that you can probably get the same person to watch the same video three times, as at first they play around with it before exploring the two versions of the story.”

360-degree video

The US election gave Univision Noticias the occasion to produce 360-degree video, showing people the atmosphere inside the buildings where the presidential candidates were waiting for the results to come in and the reactions of Donald Trump aides and supporters when he won the vote in the state of Florida.

Mini-documentaries

In May, Univision Noticias produced ‘From undocumented immigrant to Harvard graduate’, a four-minute video showing snippets from a particularly important week in the life of Norma Torres, a young woman who was about to graduate from Harvard University.

As her mother was living as an undocumented immigrant in Texas, Torres flew to Houston to pick her up before they drove the 2,000 miles back to Cambridge so that her mother could attend the graduation ceremony.

Animations

“This format sets us apart from the TV content we produce on a daily basis, and it also allows us to play a little bit with the story,” Colón said.

An example is an animated video Univision Noticias created as part of an investigation into the cruising industry, produced with the School of Journalism at Columbia University.

“In this particular case, we found a woman who had actually suffered abuse while working on a ship and she agreed to talk to us, but didn’t want to show her face, so we recorded the interview with her and decided to illustrate her testimony.”

Drone journalism

In March, Univision Noticias sent a team to Bolivia to report on how the drying up of Lake Poopó, the country’s second largest lake, was affecting the life of the community living in a village that used to be located on the lake’s shores.

The broadcaster partnered with a local organisation in Bolivia to film and produce ‘Fishermen in the desert’, a four-minute video centred around drone footage of the area.

Website publishing vs social distribution

The next step after finding the right formats is to find out if they should live on your own platform or on social media, explained Colón.

On its website, Univision Noticias has focused on developing “franchises”, which are special series, exclusive interviews and regular programmes, such as a weekly interview in which an immigration lawyer answers one question about related issues.

As part of its social distribution strategy, the organisation’s approach to videos published on its website is to share a link to the content on social platforms, before uploading them as native videos 24 hours later.

Univision Noticias publishes video on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, tailoring its content according to the strengths of each platform.

“For me, social videos means we’re back to silent movies, as the majority of people on Facebook watch with the sound off and we’re competing with other elements in their newsfeed.”

For that reason, most of its videos on Facebook are “text-driven and feature illustrations”, while Facebook Live has worked both for “digital-first video and TV-style”, depending on the story.

“For huge events like the presidential debates or election night, we didn’t want to compete with TV on Facebook, so we connected the two and did some eight hours of programming on Facebook Live, gathering about 14 million video views in total.”

In 2017, Univision Noticias will focus more on a video format Colón called the ‘noon cast’, a newscast happening every day at 12pm in the newsroom, which is simultaneously broadcast on its website, Facebook Live and YouTube.

“On TV, this newscast would be 30 minutes with commercials, which is actually 22 minutes of programming.

“But for digital, you have to produce those 30 minutes because you can’t put in the same commercials, so in their place we will produce other types of content and it will be a different experience for each platform where people watch.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gunfire at a large, outdoor event in Brooklyn killed one man and injured at least 11 others late Saturday night, police said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted early Sunday that the shooting in east Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood “shattered a peaceful neighborhood event.” Twelve people were shot, including a 38-year-old man who was dead on arrival at a local hospital, a New York City police spokesman said around 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

The police spokesman said he did not know the identity of the man, who was shot once in the head.

No arrests have been made, and police did not offer details about a possible suspect or whether there was more than one gunman at the park where the event took place. As of 6:30 a.m., police said they did not have details about the conditions of the other 11 people wounded and that the investigation as ongoing.

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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 27: Maritza Ramos, wife of the victim, holds the colors as she is joined by her sons Justin, left, and Jaden, right, during the funeral of slain New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Rafael Ramos at the Christ Tabernacle Church on December 27, 2014 in the Glenwood section of the Queens borough of New York City. Ramos was shot, along with Police Officer Wenjian Liu while sitting in their patrol car in an ambush attack in Brooklyn on December 20. Thousands of fellow officers, family, friends and Vice President Joseph Biden arrived at the church for the funeral. (Photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)




At least six people had been transported to local hospitals by just after midnight, with some in serious condition, a New York City fire department spokesman said earlier. He described the scene at the time as “fluid.”

De Blasio’s tweet didn’t include details about the community event referenced, but a notice on the NYC Parks website said other programming at the Brownsville Recreation Center by the playground was canceled over the weekend because of the annual Old Timers Event.

A 2010 newsletter from the parks department described it as a celebration of “former members of the center who went on to success and fame in sports and other endeavors” that’s grown to include concerts and other events. A flyer for the dayslong celebration said Saturday’s event was to begin at 6 p.m. on Hegeman Avenue, in the vicinity of the site of the shooting.

Calls and emails to the offices of council members organizing the celebration were not immediately returned, but Council Member Alicka Amprey-Samuel shared de Blasio’s tweet and added comments of her own.

“One of the worst experiences of my life,” the council member for the 41st District tweeted. “How does such a beautiful and peaceful event become overshadowed by tragedy in seconds?”

A man who answered a phone number listed online for one of Saturday’s scheduled performers, The Legendary Intruders, identified himself as band member Khalil Shabazz. He told The Associated Press that his band had already performed and departed the venue by the time of the shooting.

Videos posted on social media showed police clearing large groups of people out of the area around the recreation center following the shooting. Photos from local news outlets showed several people taken from the scene on stretchers, including some with what appeared to be minor wounds.

Brownsville is a neighborhood that’s continued to struggle with gun violence, even as New York streets become safer than they have been in decades.

“We will do everything in our power to keep this community safe and get guns off our streets,” de Blasio tweeted.

State Sen. Roxanne J. Persaud echoed de Blasio, adding the hashtags “#StopTheViolence” and “#PutDownTheGuns” to her tweets expressing frustration with the shooting, which she called “unacceptable” and “cowardly.”

“Our community mourns again. We should be able to have fun in open spaces without fear of violence,” tweeted Persaud, whose district includes Brownsville. “Respect your community. We are better than the violence.”

Source Article from https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/07/28/1-dead-11-others-shot-at-community-event-in-brooklyn-park/23780754/

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Las estructuras de la Base no requiere ni permite el ingreso de datos ‘sensibles’ en los términos del artículo 7° y concordantes de la Ley 25.326 de Protección de Datos Personales y su Reglamentación.

Source Article from http://www.ole.com.ar/blogs/francotirador/Noticias-Torre_7_1302539737.html

Con el objetivo de tener información fiable y en tiempo real sobre la crisis en Venezuela, un grupo de profesionales desarrolla un proyecto a través de las redes sociales que ofrece noticias y datos objetivos sobre la situación en el país suramericano.

El sitio Venezuela Decoded busca recopilar la información presentada en Twitter en tiempo real agrupándola según las fuentes, ya sean del gobierno o de la oposición y separando la información en inglés y en español.

“Lo que empujó este proyecto es que hubo un aumento en la censura y la autocensura de los medios informativos en Venezuela desde las marchas de febrero”, explicó en entrevista con Efe, Ana María Carrano, periodista, editora venezolana y actual miembro del prestigioso programa Knight Fellowships de la Universidad de Stanford.

Ante casos presentados como el bloqueo de la señal de la emisora colombiana Noticias 24 que se recibía en Venezuela o la detención del político Leopoldo López, quien organizó una marcha contra el gobierno, varios periodistas venezolanos decidieron buscar una forma para presentar la información tanto de las fuentes oficiales como de la oposición para que los lectores pudieran formar sus propios criterios.

Igualmente, las fuertes restricciones a la importación de papel establecidas por el Gobierno venezolano han llevado a varios medios impresos a cerrar y a otros a reducir sus páginas teniendo que autocensurarse para poder subsistir, según explicó Carrano.

Por ello, agregó, el objetivo del proyecto es “aprovechar el valor protagónico de la información que se encuentra en Twitter y tratar de darle un marco organizativo”.

Todavía en desarrollo y con nuevas funciones en proceso que serán agregadas en las próximas semanas, venezueladecoded.com ofrece a través de un “timeline” los hechos más importantes de cada día y organiza la información más confiable y preponderante que se publica en Twitter.

Para los filtros iniciales, se hizo una evaluación de quiénes eran los periodistas que estaban haciendo seguimiento de los procesos con más regularidad y más confiabilidad, tanto en sus propios mensajes como en la repetición de mensajes de otras fuentes, destacó la periodista venezolana.

Posiblemente para la próxima semana, la página añadirá un nuevo canal denominado “Quién es quién” donde se presentará a los principales protagonistas del conflicto político venezolano, tanto del gobierno como de la oposición y se les relacionará con información complementaria.

Según comentó a Efe Martín Quiroga, también miembro actual del Knight Fellowships y arquitecto de sistemas, otra nueva adición del sitio incluirá la posibilidad de “mantenerse al tanto de una historia”.

Directamente desde el “timeline” de la página, “vamos a añadir una opción para suministrar un correo electrónico o una cuenta de Twitter y recibir la actualización de la historia”, señaló.

 

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Source Article from http://www.rpp.com.pe/2014-04-16-crean-sitio-en-internet-de-noticias-sobre-venezuela-sin-censura-del-gobierno-noticia_685122.html

Si aún no tuviste tiempo para ver las noticias más destacadas de este día, te hacemos un resumen a continuación:

1. La líder de la agrupación Tupac Amaru, Milagro Sala, fue trasladada este jueves desde el penal de Alto Comedero de la provincia de Jujuy, hasta una vivienda donde cumplirá prisión domiciliaria.

2. El periodista y escritor Jorge Asís en la mesa del programa Animales Sueltos que presenta Alejandro Fantino analizó la desaparición de Santiago Maldonado, el joven cuyo paradero se desconoce desde hace un mes, y aseguró que según sus fuentes al artesano de 20 años “lo chuparon” y “se les quedó”.

3. Cayó la “narcopaloma” que traficaba drogas en una cárcel de La Pampa. Una paloma mensajera volaba con 44 pastillas de Rivotril y Clonazepam, 3.5 gramos de marihuana e incluso un pen drive, que ingresaba a un centro penitenciario.

4. La represalia de Facundo Moyano con quienes filtraron el video con Nicole. Moyano se enteró que la gente de seguridad del edificio grabó los monitores de las cámaras de seguridad con un celular. “Esa gente fue suspendida”, aseguró Adrián Pallares.

5.Al italiano Fabio Fognini se le salió la cadena y se desubicó con una grosería. Durante el partido pasó desapercibido pero fue captado por las cámaras y tuvo que pedir perdón.

Source Article from http://www.perfil.com/trends/las-5-noticias-mas-destacadas-de-este-jueves-31-de-agosto.phtml

Tres figuras jóvenes de Alemania: Götze, Schürrle y Boateng.

Cuando el capitán Philipp Lahm levantó este domingo la Copa del Mundo en Río de Janeiro, rubricó la hazaña de un triunfo que hace de Alemania el primer país europeo que gana un Mundial de fútbol en América.

El equipo consiguió esa gesta, además, en uno de los más míticos estadios de la región, el Maracaná, y ante una de las grandes selecciones de esta parte del mundo, Argentina.

Los dirigidos por Löw rompieron así la tradición que asegura que los equipos del continente donde se juega el campeonato tienen cierta ventaja gracias a aspectos como las condiciones climáticas o el mayor apoyo de los aficionados.

Los cuatro mundiales disputados en Sudamérica hasta ahora habían sido ganados por el país local o uno del vecindario, mientras nueve de los diez disputados en Europa fueron ganados por europeos. La única excepción fue Brasil, en 1958, cuando el mundo conoció a Pelé.

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Así comentamos la final del Mundial

“Toda Alemania es campeona”, dijo tras el pitazo final del domingo Manuel Neuer, quien fue elegido el mejor portero del torneo. “No sé hasta cuándo festejemos, pero siempre nos levantaremos con una sonrisa”.

Lahm, por su parte, destacó el trabajo en conjunto. “Da totalmente lo mismo si tenemos los mejores jugadores individuales. Uno tiene que tener el mejor equipo”.

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Lea también: La fórmula de Alemania 2014, rapidez, fuerza, habilidad, talento

Una máquina bien engranada

En las palabras de Lahm se esconde precisamente una de las claves que le permitió a Alemania romper el maleficio de los anteriores siete Mundiales que se celebraron en América (ver recuadro).

El campeón de Brasil 2014 fue el equipo diferente del torneo, el que funcionó como una máquina bien aceitada cuyos elementos se combinaron a la perfección.

Löw es el primer técnico desde Beckenbauer que levanta la Copa del Mundo para Alemania.

Sin figuras rutilantes sobre las que recayó todo el peso, cada uno de los jugadores supo aprovechar el momento preciso para destacarse. Eso va desde el portero Neuer, tan importante ante Argelia, como el mismo Mario Götze, quien saltó desde la banca para anotar el gol del título, o Toni Kroos, quien jugó un partido fenomenal ante Brasil.

Ese engranaje es el fruto del trabajo del técnico Joachim Löw, quien asumió el mando de la selección tras la dolorosa eliminación del Mundial de 2006, celebrado precisamente en Alemania, y desde entonces le ha impuesto su estilo a un equipo que se caracteriza por su dinamismo y su efectividad.

El plantel, además, “se adapta rápidamente a cambios en la formación táctica durante los partidos, según las exigencias del adversario”, escribió el analista de deportes de BBC Mundo, Raúl Fain Binda.

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Lea también: Joachim Löw, el ingeniero de la máquina alemana

Otro aspecto que juega en favor de Alemania es la organización estructural de la Bundesliga y los programas introducidos por la Federación Alemana de Fútbol (DFB, por sus siglas en alemán) para preparar a las nuevas generaciones.

“La cantera produce jugadores a buen ritmo: en la final de la Liga de Campeones 2013, entre Bayern Múnich y Borussia Dortmund, nada menos que 26 jugadores de ambos planteles eran producto del sistema de academias y elegibles para representar a Alemania”, argumenta Fain Binda.

Precisamente uno de los aspectos más llamativos de esta selección alemana es la juventud de algunas de sus estrellas: el anotador del domingo, Götze, tiene 22 años; el goleador, Thomas Müller, apenas dos más, los mismos que Kroos. Y Schürrle tiene 23.

Ya no hay un bloqueo mental

Schweinsteiger fue uno de los bastiones de Alemania en el Mundial.

Pero el triunfo de un país europeo en América por primera vez en la historia también responde a la evolución misma que ha tenido el deporte.

“Dos equipos europeos disputaron la última final del Mundial que se jugó fuera de Europa -España y Holanda en Sudáfrica 2010- así que creo que ese ‘bloqueo mental’ particular ya ha sido removido”, dijo antes de Brasil 2014 Ioan Lupescu, directivo técnico jefe de la Unión de Asociaciones Europeas de Fútbol (UEFA).

“Ir a un continente diferente ya no genera las incertidumbres que alguna vez tuvo, incluso en Sudamérica”, agregó.

La UEFA recuerda cómo, por ejemplo, fue todo un desafío logístico para las selecciones europeas asistir al primer mundial de la historia, en 1930 en Uruguay, a donde llegaron en barco.

Mucho ha cambiado desde entonces, por supuesto, y también desde el último Mundial en Sudamérica, el de Argentina en 1978.

La mayoría de jugadores ahora tienen ritmos de trabajo similares, pues forman parte de clubes de las ligas europeas, y sus entrenamientos se han sofisticado hasta el punto que pueden reducir el impacto de los viajes largos o las presiones climáticas.

De ahí que el principal elemento diferenciador no sea las condiciones locales sino lo que hagan los técnicos y los jugadores sobre el terreno de juego.

Alemania dio cátedra de ello en Brasil 2014.

Source Article from http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2014/07/140713_wc2014_brasil_mundial_alemania_campeon_maldicion_geografica_tsb.shtml

The only rare earth metals-producing mine in the U.S. is facing short-term refining challenges as the nation to looks to reduce its reliance on China for the materials due to the trade war.

China dominates the refining and mining of rare earth minerals, which are key to the making of everything from iPhones to rechargeable batteries to military weapons.

“We’re it,” James Litinsky, co-chairman of MP Materials, which owns the Mountain Pass mine, said Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box. ” “If we can’t be economic, there’s no hope for the U.S. industry.”

Mountain Pass, located in California, ships nearly 50,000 tons of rare earth concentrate to China each year for processing, according to a Reuters report.

“There’s no refining capacity in the world outside of China,” said Litinsky.

China has imposed a 25% tariff on rare earth imports during the trade war, making the operator of the Mountain Pass mine the only U.S. company affected by this specific retaliation.

Meanwhile, China threatened this week to cut off rare earth mineral sales to the U.S., after President Donald Trump blacklisted Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Speculation about payback first surfaced when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited rare earth mining and processing facilities during a domestic tour last week.

The Pentagon, according to Reuters, recently presented a report to Congress on the rare earths market and how to find alternative sources from China.

A move by Beijing to follow through on its threat would be a “major escalation” of the trade war, Ray Dalio, co-founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, wrote in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Bridgewater Associates’ Dalio also called the materials a “critical import that American companies don’t produce and need to get from China.”

Litinsky estimated that Mountain Pass should be self-sufficient from China by next year and produce its own separated rare earth products.

But for now, Litinsky said, China is it when it comes to processing. “We’re talking to the [U.S.] government and hoping they’ll help us, but we’re not counting on it.”

— Reuters contributed to this report.

Source Article from https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/30/if-we-cannot-challenge-china-no-one-can-warns-only-us-rare-earths-mine.html

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New York (CNN Business)Two years ago, Boeing was on top. Its stock was up 40% over the previous year. It was one of the hottest stocks around. The outlook for sales and profit was bright. And the company was about to start delivering its new 737 Max jet.

    Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/business/boeing-737-max-crisis/index.html

    El candidato republicano a la Casa Blanca, el multimillonario Donald Trump, supera en tres puntos porcentuales a la candidata demócrata Hillary Clinton en una encuesta sobre las elecciones generales a la presidencia de EE.UU. realizada por Fox News.

    Según el sondeo, Trump lograría en las elecciones presidenciales el apoyo del 45% de los votantes frente al 42% que obtendría Clinton. El candidato presidencial del Partido Republicano se beneficia del apoyo entre la población blanca: entre los blancos sin titulación universitaria Trump tiene un 61% de respaldo, mientras que solo el 24% de este segmento social apuesta por Clinton.

    No obstante, al magnate estadounidense sigue resistiéndose el voto femenino: la mitad de las mujeres votantes se inclina por la candidata demócrata y solo un 36% apoya a Trump. Clinton también mantiene un gran apoyo entre los votantes negros e hispanos, con un 90% frente al 7% y un 62% frente al 23% respectivamente.

    La encuesta fue realizada a 1.021 votantes censados entre los días 14 y 17 de mayo, con un margen de error del 3%.

    Source Article from https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/207770-donald-trump-supera-hillary-clinton

    Aproximadamente a las 06:55 horas de este domingo, la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) de Barcelona ha publicado a través de su cuenta de Twitter, que un posible meteorito ha iluminado gran parte del cielo de Barcelona. Un evento que los aficionados describían algo así como una gran bola de fuego atravesando el cielo de la ciudad condal.

    De hecho, este acontecimiento coincide con el descubrimiento que anunciaron el pasado 31 de agosto: un asteroide de unos 20 metros. Un fenómeno que los expertos que descubrieron su existencia quisieron bautizarlo como el ‘asteroide 2014 RC’.

    El momento de máxima aproximación estará a una décima parte de la distancia desde el centro de la Tierra, es decir, a 40.000 kilómetros. Lo que esto significa que el meteorito podría observarse con los telescopios pequeños que usan los astrónomos aficionados.

    Este acontecimiento supone una bonita y exclusiva oportunidad para aquellos investigadores que quieran saber más sobre estos asteroides. Además, como su paso por la Tierra no supone riesgo alguno para nuestro planeta o los satélites, los expertos pueden disfrutar de ello sin temor.

    Pese a que el ‘asteroide 2014 RC’ de momento no supone ningún riesgo para la Tierra, los expertos lo vigilan muy de cerca porque de nuevo su órbita lo traerá con nosotros en el futuro.

    Source Article from http://www.ondacero.es/noticias/asteroide-2014-roza-planeta-tierra-ilumina-cielo-barcelona_2014090700051.html

    Maputo — The European Union election observation mission, which observed the 16 October general elections in Mozambique, has accused the publicly owned television channel TVM, and the pro-government daily “Noticias” of serious bias in their coverage.

    The final report from the EU mission carries an analysis of press coverage of the election campaign, concluding that TVM’s reporting on the campaign was “clearly tendentious” in favour of the presidential candidate of the ruling Frelimo Party, Filipe Nyusi. 64 per cent of TVM’s presidential campaign coverage was devoted to Nyusi, 19 per cent to Daviz Simango, candidate of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), and 17 per cent to Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the former rebel movement Renamo.

    The TVM coverage of the political parties was also unbalanced – 56 per cent of the time went to Frelimo, 22 per cent to Renamo, 17 per cent to the MDM and five per cent to minor parties.

    The imbalance was truly startling when it came to TVM panel discussions – overwhelmingly the guests TVM chose to invite were pro-Frelimo, and hostile to both opposition parties. The EU Mission report divided the tone used in these talk shows into positive, negative and neutral. It found that all the mentions of Nyusi were positive, while nothing positive was said about the other two candidates.

    80 per cent of the mentions of Dhlakama in these programmes were negative and 20 per cent neutral. For Simango, the TVM panels were unrelentingly hostile, with 100 per cent negative mentions.

    As for “Noticias”, the EU report found that 60 per cent of its presidential coverage went to Nyusi, 23 per cent to Dhlakama and 17 per cent to Simango. For the parties, 60 per cent of the coverage went to Frelimo, 14 per cent to the MDM, 12 per cent to Renamo and an astounding 14 per cent to the gaggle of 27 minor parties most of whom ran no campaign at all.

    The report found Radio Mozambique and the main independent media group, SOICO, much fairer in their coverage. Thus in the presidential campaign, 39 per cent of the Radio’s coverage went to Nyusi, 33 per cent to Dhlakama and 28 per cent to Simango. But Nyusi was always the first candidate mentioned in the radio newscasts.

    The EU mission thought that the radio’s coverage of the parties was also “reasonably balanced” – although Frelimo took 47 per cent of the time, compared with 23 per cent each for Renamo and the MDM and seven per cent for others.

    The SOICO television channel, STV, was clearly making a serious attempt at balance.

    The Report found that 41 per cent of its presidential campaign coverage went to Nyusi, 32 per cent to Simango and 27 per cent to Dhlakama. As for the parties, STV gave 37 per cent of the time to Frelimo, 33 per cent to Renamo, 28 per cent to the MDM and two per cent to the minor parties.

    The coverage by the SOICO daily paper, “O Pais”, came close to equality between the three presidential candidates: Simango received somewhat more coverage than either of his opponents, with 37 per cent, compared to 33 per cent for Nyusi and 30 per cent for Dhlakama.

    As for the parties, “O Pais” gave 39 per cent to Renamo, 38 per cent to Frelimo, 16 per cent to the MDM, and seven per cent to the most serious of the minor parties, the PDD (Party for Peace, Democracy and Development).

    Source Article from http://allafrica.com/stories/201502190175.html

    São Paulo – Last Tuesday evening (23rd) in São Paulo, the embassy of Oman in Brasília inaugurated the exhibition Tolerance, Understanding, Coexistence –Oman’s Message on Islam, featuring panels of photographs and texts portraying the history and the culture of the Gulf country. The show was designed by the Omani Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs, backed by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and will be short-lived, lasting until next Friday (27th). From June 30th through July 4th it will feature in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná.

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    Panels recount the history of the country

    The exhibition features books written in Arabic and 44 panels recounting the history of Oman, highlighting its culture, architecture, the role of women in society, arts and handicraft. The panels also show that in Oman, Islam, Christianity and Judaism coexist in harmony, as do the Islamic branches of the Sunnis, Shiites and Ibadis. Some of the panels depict the Arab country’s natural landscapes, its economy, the legal system, tourism and infrastructure. All photographs are accompanied by explanatory texts.

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    Al-Mamari: the show has travelled the world

     The show also features four panels with Arabic phrases and words written in relief. When lit up, the words cast shadows resembling people praying.

    World tour

    At the opening cocktail party held by the Omani embassy, the advisor to the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs, Mohammed Said Al-Mamari, stated that the exhibition aims to show the respect to diversity is a reality in Oman. The show has been to 47 cities in Japan, Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Estonia, Lithuania and Kuwait.

    “It is good to be able to hold the show in Brazil at a time when the country is in the spotlight because of the World Cup. It is a great opportunity to convey our message of tolerance and respect,” said Mamari. “We want to show that our country is a place where different people and cultures coexist peacefully,” he said. After Foz do Iguaçu, the exhibit will leave Brazil and should keep travelling for another three years. According to Mamari, cities in South and North America should host the show.

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    Artwork: religious images in the shadows of words

     Arab Chamber president Marcelo Sallum said he has travelled to Oman and that the country is a role model when it comes to being in good terms with all Middle East nations. “Commerce requires peace in order to take place. Thus being, we provide support to events of this kind with utmost satisfaction,” he told ANBA.

    Service

    Exhibition Tolerance, Understanding, Coexistence –Oman’s Message on Islam
    June 25th to 27th
    From 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
    Club Homs – Paulista Avenue, 735, Bela Vista, São Paulo – SP
    Admittance is free

    *Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum

    Source Article from http://www2.anba.com.br/noticia/21864115/arts/exhibition-showcases-religious-tolerance-in-oman/

    Glenn Greenwald blasted the mainstream media Thursday for refusing to cover the Hunter Biden controversy before the 2020 presidential election

    Greenwald, who resigned as the co-founding editor of The Intercept in October after he accused his now-former colleagues of censoring an article critical of then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden, appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Thursday and weighed in on the damage that has been done by the media during the election. 

    “We need to recognize what a historic crime and disgrace this is,” Greenwald began, “not only in journalism, but as soon as these [Hunter Biden] documents became known, the operatives in the intelligence community, the CIA, [former CIA Director] John Brennan, [former Director of National Intelligence] James Clapper, [former NSA Director] Michael Hayden — all of the standard professional liars — issued a letter claiming that this material was the hallmark of Russian disinformation, even though they had no basis for thinking that.

    “And that gave the media permission to lie to the public continuously and Silicon Valley [permission] to censor these materials,” Greenwald went on.

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    “So not only did the public not become aware of them, they were lied to. Not only by claiming Russia was involved, even though there’s zero evidence that they were and no one thinks that, but by calling it disinformation, the implication was that these documents were forgeries, when now we know that the criminal investigation that’s been ongoing is about the very transactions that these documents cover,” Greenwald explained.

    “This is an incredible crime by the corporate media [to] lie to the public and bury information before an election, but [it’s] also again domestic interference on the part of intelligence agencies in order to manipulate the outcome of our election.”

    When asked why he thought major media organizations no longer report on intelligence services with “some level of skepticism,” Greenwald responded by saying intelligence services have “partnered” with the media as part of an effort to block the Trump agenda “on the premise that Trump presidency was dangerous.”

    “If the media really wants to believe that the Trump presidency poses a danger, that’s their prerogative, but what they don’t have the right to do is to become disinformation agents,” Greenwald said. “And the CIA and all of those guys in the intelligence community, they were all open to the fact that they wanted Donald Trump to lose and they wanted to sabotage his presidency.”

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    He continued, “Remember, Chuck Schumer told Rachel Maddow in early 2017 that the CIA was going to sabotage Trump’s presidency if he continues to criticize them and that was the story for the last four years, a union between the intelligence agencies that fed lies to the media that mindlessly repeated them for their own interests.” 

    Source Article from https://www.foxnews.com/media/glenn-greenwald-hunter-biden-media-historic-crime