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Mr. Barr began a review of the Russia investigation this year with the stated goal of determining whether law enforcement or intelligence officials acted inappropriately in their decision during the height of the 2016 presidential campaign to begin investigating whether the Trump campaign was conspiring with Russia’s election interference. But the president has made no secret he sees a larger purpose: to validate his victory and to settle scores with his perceived “deep state” enemies.

The Justice Department said last week that it is exploring the extent to which other countries, including Ukraine, “played a role in the counterintelligence investigation directed at the Trump campaign.” At the very least, Mr. Barr has made it clear that he sees his work treading into sensitive territory: how the law enforcement and intelligence agencies of the United States’ closest allies share information with American officials.

Mr. Mueller’s investigation confirmed that Australia played a central role in the origins of the original F.B.I. investigation, even if his final report does not mention the country by name. It said that information from a “foreign government” prompted the F.B.I. to “open an investigation into whether individuals associated with the Trump campaign were coordinating with the Russian government in its interference activities.”

But like so much about the pre-election period, the episode has been the subject of a counternarrative marbled with conspiracy: that the Obama administration had dispatched the Australian official, Alexander Downer, to spy on the Trump campaign as part of a broader effort to help Mrs. Clinton get elected.

There is no evidence to support this, but the conspiracy has been advanced by some of the president’s allies in Congress, by some Fox News commentators, and in frequent tweets by Mr. Papadopoulos, who was sentenced last year to two weeks in prison for lying to F.B.I. agents in the Russia inquiry who questioned him about any contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian intermediaries.

Mr. Morrison, the Australian prime minister, met Mr. Trump in Washington this month for official meetings and a state dinner at the White House. Mr. Barr attended the dinner.

The attorney general sparked a controversy in April when he said during congressional testimony that “spying” on the Trump campaign had taken place as part of the Russia investigation, and that there was a “failure among a group of leaders at the upper echelons” of the intelligence community. He later announced that he was reviewing the origins of the Russia investigation, and President Trump said, “I am so proud of our attorney general that he is looking into it.”

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/us/politics/trump-australia-barr-mueller.html

Wilbur Scoville ganhou um Doodle do Google com direito a um jogo que simula o ‘teste da escala quente’ de pimentas. Hoje, o Google celebra o nascimento do químico há 151 anos (1865-1942). Scoville, além de receber a homenagem desta sexta-feira (22), é conhecido por ter inventado um método de avaliação do nível de ardência de vários tipos de pimenta, a famosa Escala de Scoville, disponível abaixo em app. 

Escala Scoville; app salva de pimenta ‘muito quente’

O Doodle do Google, além de animado, é interativo. No jogo, os usuários devem fazer com que um sorvete acerte a pimenta para acabar com a ardência na boca de Scoville, após o químico prová-la. O leite, muito presente no sorvete, é um dos principais componentes neutralizadores do ardor da pimenta.

Doodle de Wilbur Scoville brinca com jogo que usa ‘teste da pimenta’ (Foto: (Foto: Reprodução/Google))

A cada degustação que Wilbur Scoville prova, uma pimenta diferente e as suas propriedades e curiosidades também são reveladas. Após terminar as “lutas”, que você pode ganhar (e aí desbloquear “novas pimentas” para enfrentar) ou perder (e fazer com que Scoville caia no chão com a boca “pelando”), um sistema de compartilhamento dos resultados do jogo nas redes sociais é exibido.

Ralador de pimenta bloqueia Wi-Fi e deixa todo mundo ’em família

O Doodle foi produzido pela artista e doodler do Google Olivia Huynh. Para a designer, a melhor parte do trabalho foi desenhar as pimentas e as reações de Scoville. “O conceito de picante é universal, cômico, e foi o que tentei usar para criar esse jogo de luta”, explica Huynh, em post do Google.

“Fiz storyboards de como poderia ser, rascunhos e testamos um protótipo. Depois vieram os cenários e animações. Desenhar as pimentas e as reações de Scoville foram minhas partes favoritas”, conta. 

Doodle também é informativo, detalhando tipos de pimentas  (Foto: Reprodução/Google)

Escala de Scoville

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville nasceu em Bridgeport, nos Estados Unidos, em 22 de janeiro de 1865 e morreu em 10 de março de 1942. O trabalho do americano como farmacêutico é reconhecido mundialmente: criou o Teste Organoléptico de Scoville, que gerou a já conhecida Escala de Scoville.

Com este método, Wilbur Lincoln Scoville definiu o grau de pungência de vários tipos de pimenta, através da detecção da concentração de capsaicina, substância responsável pela ardência da pimenta.

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O teste é um Procedimento de Diluição e Prova. Scoville misturava as pimentas puras com uma solução de água com açúcar, e quanto mais solução fosse necessária para diluir a pimenta, mais alta seria sua picância. Depois disso, o método foi melhorado e foram criadas as unidades de calor Scoville (Scoville Heat Units, ou SHU).

Doodle Wilbur Scoville (Foto: Reprodução/Google)

Uma xícara de pimenta que equivale a 1.000 xícaras de água é uma unidade na escala de Scoville. A substância Capsaicina, que gera a ardência nas pimentas, equivale a 15 milhões de unidades Scoville.

A pimenta mexicana Habanero chega a 300 mil, uma “Red Savina Habanero”, modificada, tem 577 mil, e a Tezpur indiana, 877 mil.

Entretanto, este não foi o único trabalho de Scoville. “The Art of Compounding” (A Arte dos Compostos), de 1895, é um de seus livros, que foi usado como referência na farmacologia até os anos 60.

Scoville também publicou um livro com centenas de fórmulas de perfumes e outras essências, que foi chamado de “Extract and Perfumes” (Extratos e perfumes).

Em 1922, Scoville recebeu o Prêmio Ebert, e em 1929 ganhou a sua Medalha de Honra Remington e o título de Doutor honoris causa em Ciências pela Universidade de Columbia. O pesquisador morreu no dia 10 de março de 1942, deixando mulher e dois filhos.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – — A huge swath of the U.S. braced Tuesday for a major winter storm that was expected to dump heavy snow in the Rockies, ice highways, disrupt travel across the Midwest, and plunge temperatures below freezing in Texas.

Airlines had canceled more than 800 flights in the U.S. scheduled for Wednesday, the flight-tracking service FlightAware.com showed, including many in St. Louis and Chicago.

Many St. Louis area schools have already canceled classes for Wednesday and Thursday. Others have decided to go remote and hold virtual classes this week. MoDOT held a press conference today urging employers to have workers do their jobs remotely, if possible.

See the full list of St. Louis area school closings here

Winter storm watches and warnings covered a wide swath of the country from El Paso, Texas, through the Midwest and parts of the Northeast to Burlington, Vermont. The storm follows a vicious nor’easter that brought blizzard conditions to many parts of the East Coast.

Canceled flights began to mount Tuesday, with St. Louis leading the list with more than 60% of its scheduled departures for Wednesday canceled. Chicago O’Hare International Airport canceled about 90 of its departing flights, and airports in Kansas City and Detroit were also canceling more flights than usual.

During the multiday storm this week, some areas may see a mix of rain and freezing rain before it changes to snow.

“It will be a very messy system and will make travel very difficult,” said Marty Rausch, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.

Illinois lawmakers canceled their three scheduled days of session this week as the central part of the state prepares for heavy snow, ice and high wind gusts in the region.

The National Weather Service said 6 to 12 inches of snow was expected by Thursday morning in parts of the Rockies and Midwest, while heavy ice is likely from Texas through the Ohio Valley.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the weather service said 8 to 14 inches (20 to 36 centimeters) of snow was possible in parts of Michigan, including Detroit. From Wednesday through Friday morning, 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 centimeters) of snow was forecast in northwestern Ohio.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, where up to 7 inches of snow and sleet are forecast but little ice, emergency management director Joe Kralicek said the event is not expected to cause large-scale power outages based on an ice index used by the National Weather Service.

“We could see some power outages, however, it’s also suggesting that they be limited in scope and nature and very short term in duration,” Kralicek said.

Becky Gligo, director of the nonprofit Housing Solutions in Tulsa said teams are working to move homeless people into shelters ahead of overnight lows that are expected to drop into single digits by Friday night.

Source Article from https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/school-closings-canceled-flights-and-more-midwest-winter-storm-disruptions/

Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was willing to negotiate on Wednesday in an interview with a Russian television program. “I am ready to sit at the negotiating table with the opposition,” Maduro said on RIA Novosti, “so that we can talk for the good of Venezuela, for peace and its future.”

His words, however, were not all forward-looking and optimistic. Indeed, in the same interview, he accused President Trump of plotting to have him killed, although he gave no evidence to support the claim.

Russia also took advantage of its ties to Caracas to push back on what it likely sees as heavy-handed U.S. influence in negotiations with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov demanding that preconditions for talks be dropped: “We call on the opposition to refuse ultimatums and to work together independently, guided only by the interest of the Venezuelan people.”

China, which like Russia has investments tied up in Venezuela, also has criticized U.S. involvement. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang warned, “We believe that Venezuela’s affairs must and can only be chosen and determined by its own people, and we oppose unilateral sanctions.” He added, “China will continue to advance across-the-board cooperation with Venezuela to deliver more benefits to the people in both countries.”

In the United States, President Trump made clear that U.S. support for opposition leader Juan Guaido wasn’t going away. On Wednesday he spoke with Guaido and offered additional public support after imposing new sanctions against Maduro on Monday, tweeting:

Those split alliances, with Russia and China siding with Maduro and the United States and its allies backing Guaido, form the subtext for Maduro’s calls for international mediation. Any successful talks would require cooperation from both sides and their international backers.

Should those negotiations be successful, paving the way for new elections, a peaceful transition, and setting Venezuela on the path of recovery, that would be a tremendous victory for diplomacy and demonstrate that the world is not yet so polarized that world powers cannot work together to solve regional crises.

The other possibility, of course, is that entrenched differences and escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing and Moscow make negotiations impossible, leading to an ongoing standoff in Venezuela — or something worse. Given the billions of dollars at stake in lost investments, competing interests in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, and the lure of a foothold in Latin America for Russia and China, that’s not an unlikely outcome.

However the negotiations on Venezuela’s future play out, the international interests at play make the conflict a key indicator of global stability and the reality of renewed Cold War-style tensions. It’s surely a fight to watch with broad implications for future conflicts.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cold-war-like-tensions-escalate-as-world-powers-take-sides-in-venezuela

It’s Election Day. Do you know who and what is is on your ballot?

If not, there is still time to review the candidates and ballot proposals up for a decision in your part of Michigan. Across the state, voters will weigh in on municipal elections, tax proposals and more.

Voters can check their voter registration status and find other information about voting online at www.mi.gov/vote.

Find your area in the list below to learn more about what is on local ballots, as Michigan voters head out to cast their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 2:

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Absentee ballots, too, will be accepted until 8 p.m. Tuesday at your local clerk’s office or a local ballot drop box.

First-time voters or anyone who has recently changed addresses can register in person at their local clerk’s office until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Click here for details from the Michigan Secretary of State.

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Source Article from https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/11/voter-guide-to-candidates-ballot-questions-across-michigan-in-nov-2-election.html

Nada cambia cuando se enfrentan los Spurs a LeBron James (15 puntos y un pobre 6 de 17 tiros de campo, frenado por ‘MVP’ Leonard), porque los actuales campeones de la NBA ganaron 90-92 a los Cavaliers de ‘King’ James.

De nuevo también el veterano Tim Duncan, el mismo que fue verdugo de los Cavaliers en las Finales de la NBA del 2007 cuando los barrieron 4-0, a sus 38 años lideró el ataque de los Spurs que tuvieron a cuatro jugadores con números de dos dígitos.

Duncan, que logró un doble-doble de 19 puntos, 10 rebotes, repartió tres asistencias, recuperó dos balones y puso dos tapones, impuso su clase bajo los aros y en la labor de equipo.

El ala-pívot francés Boris Diaw, la carta sorpresa que se sacó de la manga el entrenador de los Spurs, Gregg Popovich, también cumplió con 19 puntos, 7 asistencias y 6 rebotes.

Pero si hubo un jugador decisivo fue Kawhi ‘MPV’ Leonard, que comienza a estar en plenitud de forma física, superados los problemas que tuvo con la infección del ojo derecho, y aportó un doble-doble de 12 tantos, 10 rebotes, incluidos nueve defensivos, dio cuatro asistencias y recuperó dos balones. Además realizó una gran defensa individual sobre LeBron, al que lo amargó y anuló como sucedió en las pasadas Finales de la NBA, cuando ‘King’ James estaba con los Heat.

Si Duncan y Diaw dirigieron el ataque, el reserva argentino Manu Ginóbili (7 puntos y 5 asistencias) se convirtió en el jugador clave de la victoria, al encestar cuando restaban 18 segundos del tiempo reglamentario. Además anotó un tiro libre a falta de 9.1 del último cuarto y dominó al alero estelar de los Cavaliers, LeBron James, para hacerle perder el balón cuando restaban 1.9 segundos para el final.

Los Cavaliers (5-5), que perdieron el segundo partido consecutivo, de momento descendieron al tercer lugar de la División Central, donde los Bulls de Chicago ( 8-3), que tuvieron jornada de descanso, sigue de líderes destacados.

El brasileño Anderson Varejao fue el encargado de dirigir el ataque de los Cavaliers, al aportar un doble-doble de 23 puntos y 11 rebotes.

Kyrie Irving llegó a los 20 tantos, pero dio sólo dos asistencias, mientras que LeBron James estuvo peor en el acierto ofensivo al anotar 15 tantos después de fallar 11 de 17 tiros de campo, aunque salvó su aportación al equipo al dar 9 asistencias y capturar 6 rebotes.

Kevin Love tampoco pudo ser factor ganador de los Cavaliers a pesar que logró un doble-doble de 10 tantos, 11 rebotes y cinco asistencias. Pero al igual que James no tuvo su mejor inspiración encestadora al fallar 8 de 12 tiros de campo.

Crawford lidera la victoria de los Clippers
El escolta Jamal Crawford aportó 22 puntos para Los Ángeles Clippers en la victoria a domicilio por 90-114 ante los Magic de Orlando. El ala-pívot Blake Griffin logró 20 tantos y el base Chris Paul llegó a los 16 puntos y entregó nueve asistencias para los Clippers, que tienen marca ganadora de 6-4.

El pívot De Andre Jordan se mantuvo como el jugador más importante dentro de la pintura al capturar 11 rebotes, incluidos 10 que fueron defensivos, y puso dos tapones.
Los Magic, penúltimos en la División Sureste, tuvieron al alero Tobias Harris como su mejor encestador al aportar 25 puntos, incluidos dos triples. El pívot suizo Nikola Vucevic también brilló en el juego interior tras conseguir un doble-doble de 19 puntos y 14 rebotes.

Hibbert toma el mando de Indiana
El pívot Roy Hibbert logró un doble-doble de 18 puntos y 11 rebotes que ayudaron a los Pacers de Indiana a ganar por 88-86 a los Hornets de Charlotte. Hibbert encabezó una lista de cuatro jugadores que tuvieron números de dos dígitos, incluidos tres titulares, y los Pacers, que ganaron el segundo partido consecutivo, dejaron marca de 5-7 y se mantienes penúltimos en la División Central.

Los Pacers tuvieron también la aportación del ala-pívot argentino Luis Scola, que fue el segundo máximo encestador al aportar 15 puntos. Scola jugó 30 minutos, en los que encestó 6 de 9 tiros de campo, y 3-4 desde la línea de personal, además de capturar siete rebotes y recuperar un balón.

Los Hornets siguen en el fondo de la División Sureste después de sumar tres derrotas consecutivas. El pívot Al Jefferson aportó 28 puntos como líder del ataque de los Hornets, que también contaron con el base Kemba Walker, que anotó 12 tantos, y el escolta Lance Stephenson, exjugador de los Pacers, llegó a los 10.

Bass lideró a los Celtics y Sixers siguen sin ganar
El ala-pívot reserva Brandon Bass consiguió 23 puntos en la victoria de los Celtics de Boston, que derrotaron a domicilio 90-101 a los Sixers de Filadelfia, que siguen sin conocer el triunfo en lo que va de temporada.

Bass fue apoyado por el también ala-pívot Jared Sullinger, que logró 22 puntos y nueve rebotes con los que los Celtics volvieron al camino del triunfo después de haber sufrido tres derrotas consecutivas.

El equipo de Filadelfia (0-11) sumó la undécima derrota de la temporada sin que hayan conocido todavía la victoria desde que se inició la competición. El escolta-alero reserva Tony Wroten anotó 21 puntos y encabezó el ataque de los Sixers, que empataron la marca de los Nets de Nueva Jersey del 2009-10, como la peor racha perdedora en la historia de la NBA en inicio de competición. El pívot Henry Sims logró 14 tantos y siete rebotes, mientras que el alero Luc Richard Mbah a Moute y el base Michael Carter-Williams encestaron 11 puntos cada uno.

Nowitzki define el quinto triunfo seguido de los Mavericks
El ala-pívot alemán Dirk Nowitzki encestó un triple decisivo y selló la quinta victoria seguida de los Mavericks de Dallas, que derrotaron a domicilio 102-105 a los Wizards de Washington.

Los Mavericks sumaron cinco triunfos seguidos, la mejor racha ganadora actual en la liga, que comparten con los Trail Blazers de Portland. Si Nowitzki definió el triunfo, el escolta Monta Ellis dirigió el ataque al anotar 24 de sus 34 puntos en la primera mitad del partido, y el base reserva puertorriqueño José Juan Barea y el alero ala-pívot Brandan Wright, que también salió del banquillo, aportaron 14 tantos cada uno.

Los Wizards, que a pesar de su derrota lideran la División Sureste, tuvieron al escolta reserva Bradley Beal, con 21 tantos, como el jugador que encabezó su ataque.
El veterano alero Paul Pierce y el pívot polaco Marcin Gortat encestaron 17 puntos cada uno y el ala-pívot brasileño Nené Hilario logró nueve tantos.

Knight sella la victoria de Bucks en regreso de Kidd a Nueva York
El base Brandon Knight fue protagonista en los tres tiempos de prórroga y al final selló el triunfo a domicilio de los Bucks de Milwaukee por 118-122 sobre los Nets de Brooklyn.
Knight falló una canasta que habría dado el triunfo los Bucks en la primera prórroga, mientras que en la segunda anotó triple para empatar y forzar a la tercera, en la que aseguró el triunfo al encestar canasta cuando restaban 5,6 segundos para el final.

El base terminó con 18 puntos y los Bucks (7-5) lograron la tercera victoria seguida y ascendieron al segundo lugar de la División Central tras la derrota sufrida en su campo por los Cavaliers de Cleveland ante los Spurs de San Antonio (90-92).

El líder del ataque de los Bucks fue el alero novato Jabari Parker, que logró su mejor marca, al encestar 23 tantos y el escolta reserva O.J. Mayo consiguió 21 que también ayudaron al triunfo de del equipo de Milwaukee que dirige el entrenador Jason Kidd, que la pasada temporada estuvo sentado en el banquillo de los Nets.

Mientras que el base griego Giannis Antetokounmpo surgió como el jugador clave en las acciones dentro de la pintura al conseguir un doble-doble de 18 puntos, 12 rebotes, incluidos 11 que fueron defensivos, repartió cuatro asistencias y recuperó dos balones.

El pívot cubano estadounidense Brook López lideró el ataque de los Nets (4-7) al aportar 26 puntos, siete rebotes, dos asistencias, y puso tres tapones, pero cometió siete perdidas de balón. Bojan Bogdanovic logró 19 puntos, incluidos cuatro triples en 11 intentos, y capturó siete rebotes, mientras que el base Deron Williams y el alero Joe Johnson anotaron 18 tantos cada uno que no impidieron la quinta derrota consecutiva de los Nets.

El ala-pívot reserva Mirza Teletovic y el veterano base Jarrett Jack consiguieron 14 tantos cada uno y completaron la lista de los seis jugadores de los Nets que tuvieron números de dos dígitos.

Martin y Timberwolves detienen mala racha y hunden a Knicks
El escolta Kevin Martin encestó 37 puntos y los Timberwolves de Minnesota detuvieron una racha de cinco derrotas seguidas al vencer 115-99 a los Knicks de Nueva York.
Con su triunfo, los Timberwolves (3-7) también abandonaron el fondo de la División Noroeste para quedar en el penúltimo lugar de la clasificación.

Los Timberwolves consiguieron la victoria a pesar de no contar con tres de sus titulares.
El alero Thaddeus Young estuvo ausente por el fallecimiento de su madre, mientras que el base español Ricky Rubio y el pívot montenegrino Nikola Pekovic siguen de baja por sendas lesiones.

El alero Shabazz Muhammad logró 17 tantos y tanto el base Mo Williams como el escolta reserva Corey Brewer colaboraron con 14 puntos cada uno.

Los Knicks (3-10), que no pudieron sumar victorias seguidas, fueron conducidos por el alero Carmelo Anthony, que anotó 20 puntos y cuatro rebotes, pero que no evitaron la derrota. Los reservas, el ala-pívot reserva Amare Stoudemire sumó 19 puntos, el pívot Jason Smith llegó a los 14, y el veterano base argentino Pablo Prigioni que encestó ocho tantos y dio tres asistencias.

Bledsoe lidera la victoria de Suns ante los devaluados Pistons
El base Eric Bledsoe aportó 18 puntos, seis rebotes, cuatro asistencias, recuperó dos balones y puso un tapón que ayudaron a los Suns de Phoenix a ganar a domicilio 86-88 ante los Pistons de Detroit.

Los Suns (7-5) sumaron dos victorias seguidas y se mantienen terceros en la División Pacífico. En el ataque de los Suns también colaboró el alero reserva P.J. Tucker con 16 tantos y capturó siete rebotes que lo dejaron como el sexto jugador de los Suns.
El base-escolta esloveno Goran Dragic, que sumó 12 tantos, repartió cuatro asistencias y capturó tres rebotes, mientras que el equipo de Phoenix encestó el 49 (37-75) por ciento de acierto en los tiros de campo, y mantuvieron a los Pistons en el 38 (33-87) por ciento de sus tiros de campo.

Los Pistons, que jugaron en su campo del “The Palace of Auburn Hills”, de Detroit, tuvieron al base Brandon Jennings de líder al conseguir 19 tantos y siete asistencias.
El ala-pívot Greg Monroe aportó un doble-doble de 18 puntos, 12 rebotes y tres asistencias, mientras que el escolta Kentavious Caldwell-Pope encestó 12 tantos, que no impidieron la tercera derrota consecutiva de los Pistons (3-9), que ocupan el último lugar de la División Central.

Source Article from http://www.marca.com/2014/11/20/baloncesto/nba/noticias/1416461043.html

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued its first ever flash flood warning for the city of New York, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida brought heavy rain that flooded subway lines and streets in the Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey.

Amid the downpour, the service said on Twitter, “this particular warning for NYC is the second time we’ve ever issued a Flash Flood Emergency (It’s the first one for NYC). The first time we’ve issued a Flash Flood Emergency was for Northeast New Jersey an hour ago.”

The storm killed one person in New Jersey, according to the Washington Post.

New York mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency shortly before midnight on Wednesday, saying “We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads.”

De Blasio declared a state of emergency at about 11:30pm and said thousands of New Yorkers had lost power.

The NWS recorded 3.15 inches of rain in Central Park in one hour, far surpassing the 1.94 inches that fell in one hour during Tropical Storm Henri on the night of 22 August, which was believed at the time to be the most ever recorded in the park.

Heavy winds, drenching rains and at least one tornado also battered Pennsylvania and New Jersey, collapsing the roof of a US Postal Service building and threatening to overrun a dam on the way.

The NWS confirmed at least one tornado and social media posts showed homes reduced to rubble in Mullica Hill, a southern New Jersey county just outside Philadelphia.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Newark Liberty International Airport, tweeted at 10:30pm that all flights were suspended and all parking lots were closed due to severe flooding. All train service to the airport also was suspended.

Video showed parts of the airport flooded with water.

Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency in all of New Jersey’s 21 counties, urging people to stay off the flooded roads.

The Metropolitan Train Authority announced that services would be “extremely limited tonight because of heavy rainfall and flooding across the region” and “strongly” recommended that commuters avoid travel if possible.

With Associated Press

Source Article from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/02/new-york-flooding-state-of-emergency-ny-city-flash-flood-nyc-hurricane-ida-remnants

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

Detenta Michele Rangel foi eleita a Garota TB, do presídio Talavera Bruce (Foto: Marcelo Elizardo/ G1)

A Secretaria de Administração Penitenciária (Seap) realizou, nesta terça-feira (24), o concurso de beleza Garota TB, que premia detentas do presídio feminino Talavera Bruce, em Bangu, na Zona Oeste do Rio. Dez mulheres foram preparadas por uma modelo brasileira e concorreram ao prêmio. O evento foi promovido pela Seap em parceria com a Rede Globo.

O evento foi apresentado pela modelo Carol Nakamura e teve a presença do secretário de administração penitenciária, coronel Erir Ribeiro. A grande vencedora foi Michele Rangel. Ela recebeu a faixa de campeã da vencedora do concurso do ano anterior.

“Quando entrei (no concurso) eu falei: não sou melhor do que ninguém. Mas vou entrar pra ganhar. Falaram que a Garota TB precisava ser bonita, simpática, carismática. E eu sou tudo isso”, disse a vencedora, arrancando risos da plateia.

As candidatas finalistas desfilaram com trajes de verão e gala e foram julgadas nos quesitos: beleza, elegância, desenvoltura nos trajes e perspectiva para o futuro, com notas de 5 a 10.

Michele foi eleita por 10 jurados em presídio no Rio (Foto: Marcelo Elizardo/ G1)

Familiares e outras detentas puderam assistir ao concurso, que teve show do MC Leozinho. Foi uma oportunidade de reencontros, como no caso da detenta Ana Claudia Gomes, de apenas 20 anos, condenada por roubo e sequestro. Sua filha, de 5 aninhos, torceu por ela na plateia.

“Meu sonho é dar um futuro melhor pra ela. Ela quer sei bailarina. Quando eu sair quero ser modelo”, disse Ana Claudia, que mostrou talento na passarela.

O concurso foi julgado por 10 jurados convidados pela Seap. Durante os desfiles, Carol Nakamura foi a responsável por animar as torcidas.

“Eu não estou aqui para julgar ninguém. As pessoas erram, cumprem penas. Esse concurso é bom pra ajudar a mudar a cabeça dessas pessoas. Para que quando elas voltarem a conviver em sociedade estejam recuperadas”, disse a apresentadora do Faustão.

Esta foi a décima-primeira edição do concurso, que tem como objetivo valorizar a beleza da mulher, incentivar a auto-estima, combater o ócio e promover a integração entre as mulheres presidiárias.

Mc Leozinho foi a atração musical do concurso Garota Talavera Bruce (Foto: Marcelo Elizardo/ G1)
Carol Nakamura foi a apresentadora do concurso (Foto: Marcelo Elizardo/ G1)
Detentas desfilaram para familiares em presídio no Rio (Foto: Marcelo Elizardo/ G1)
Ana Cláudia foi condenada por roubo e sequestro (Foto: Marcelo Elizardo/ G1)
Detenta Ana Cláudia Gomes reencontrou filha de 5 anos em concurso (Foto: Marcelo Elizardo/ G1)
Detentas desfilaram para familiares em presídio no Rio (Foto: Marcelo Elizardo/ G1)

Source Article from http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2015/11/michele-rangel-conquista-o-concurso-garota-talavera-bruce.html

Tourists who have just disembarked from a cruise liner tour Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday. The Trump administration has imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to the island by U.S. citizens.

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Tourists who have just disembarked from a cruise liner tour Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday. The Trump administration has imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to the island by U.S. citizens.

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The Trump administration is ending a nearly two-decade-old program that had become the most popular way for Americans to legally visit Cuba, banning all trips by cruise ships and other recreational vessels in the process.

The changes are intended to further squeeze the Cuban economy while keeping U.S. dollars “out of the hands” of the communist government. It goes into effect June 5.

“This administration has made a strategic decision to reverse the loosening of sanctions and other restrictions on the Cuban regime. These actions will help to keep U.S. dollars out of the hands of Cuban military, intelligence, and security services,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.

Mnuchin, who joined Trump on his first state visit to the United Kingdom this week, added that Cuba, with a population of less than 12 million people, “continues to play a destabilizing role in the Western Hemisphere, providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up U.S. adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua.”

U.S. law bars travel to Cuba for tourist activities but Americans have been allowed to go there under 12 authorized categories, including individual and group “people-to-people” travel — a subcategory of the education provision that permitted visits to the socialist country for cultural and educational purposes.

The expanded definition of these types of tour groups was first established under President Bill Clinton. It was later restricted by President George W. Bush during his first term, then loosened considerably under President Barack Obama in 2011.

In 2014, the Obama administration went even further, after re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba. Two years later, he moved to reduce licensing and paperwork requirements for tour operators, cruise lines and commercial air travel to the Caribbean island. Since then, “more than 2,203,490 passengers have traveled to the Republic of Cuba aboard more than 13,479 flights,” U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council reported, citing statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation. And the Associated Press reported cruise travel “has become the most popular form of U.S. leisure travel to the island, bringing 142,721 people in the first four months of the year, a more than 300% increase over the same period last year.”

Apparently, commercial flights will continue to be permitted and “travel for university groups, academic research, journalism and professional meetings will continue to be allowed,” according to the wire service.

“Cuba remains communist, and the United States, under the previous administration, made too many concessions to one of our historically most aggressive adversaries,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement.

Ross added that the administration “is acting to limit commercial activity that provides revenue for the Cuban regime. Holding other countries accountable remains a focus for this Administration and we will remain vigilant.”

Norwegian Cruise Lines responded to the announcement from the White House in an emailed statement saying, the company is closely monitoring these recent developments and any resulting impact to cruise travel to Cuba.”

“We will communicate to our guests and travel partners as additional information becomes available,” the company added.

Collin Laverty, who runs an organization called Cuba Educational Travel, expects the new restrictions will hurt budding Cuban businesses.

“It’s very clear that American are getting off the beaten track,” Laverty, who was speaking about tourists who arrive via cruise ships, told NPR. “They’re eating at private restaurants, they’re taking private taxis, staying at bed and breakfasts and really empowering the Cuban people.”

He acknowledged the Cuban government ultimately benefits from such transactions, but so do millions of Cuban households, he argued. “And they’re the ones who are going to suffer from these changes.”

According to the State Department, those with travel plans in-hand will be “grandfathered” in. And other categories allowing travel are still available, including faith-group trips, humanitarian projects and the nebulous “support of the Cuban people.”

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/06/04/729825471/trump-administration-clamps-down-on-travel-to-cuba-bans-cruise-ships

Wilbur Scoville ganhou um Doodle do Google com direito a um jogo que simula o ‘teste da escala quente’ de pimentas. Hoje, o Google celebra o nascimento do químico há 151 anos (1865-1942). Scoville, além de receber a homenagem desta sexta-feira (22), é conhecido por ter inventado um método de avaliação do nível de ardência de vários tipos de pimenta, a famosa Escala de Scoville, disponível abaixo em app. 

Escala Scoville; app salva de pimenta ‘muito quente’

O Doodle do Google, além de animado, é interativo. No jogo, os usuários devem fazer com que um sorvete acerte a pimenta para acabar com a ardência na boca de Scoville, após o químico prová-la. O leite, muito presente no sorvete, é um dos principais componentes neutralizadores do ardor da pimenta.

Doodle de Wilbur Scoville brinca com jogo que usa ‘teste da pimenta’ (Foto: (Foto: Reprodução/Google))

A cada degustação que Wilbur Scoville prova, uma pimenta diferente e as suas propriedades e curiosidades também são reveladas. Após terminar as “lutas”, que você pode ganhar (e aí desbloquear “novas pimentas” para enfrentar) ou perder (e fazer com que Scoville caia no chão com a boca “pelando”), um sistema de compartilhamento dos resultados do jogo nas redes sociais é exibido.

Ralador de pimenta bloqueia Wi-Fi e deixa todo mundo ’em família

O Doodle foi produzido pela artista e doodler do Google Olivia Huynh. Para a designer, a melhor parte do trabalho foi desenhar as pimentas e as reações de Scoville. “O conceito de picante é universal, cômico, e foi o que tentei usar para criar esse jogo de luta”, explica Huynh, em post do Google.

“Fiz storyboards de como poderia ser, rascunhos e testamos um protótipo. Depois vieram os cenários e animações. Desenhar as pimentas e as reações de Scoville foram minhas partes favoritas”, conta. 

Doodle também é informativo, detalhando tipos de pimentas  (Foto: Reprodução/Google)

Escala de Scoville

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville nasceu em Bridgeport, nos Estados Unidos, em 22 de janeiro de 1865 e morreu em 10 de março de 1942. O trabalho do americano como farmacêutico é reconhecido mundialmente: criou o Teste Organoléptico de Scoville, que gerou a já conhecida Escala de Scoville.

Com este método, Wilbur Lincoln Scoville definiu o grau de pungência de vários tipos de pimenta, através da detecção da concentração de capsaicina, substância responsável pela ardência da pimenta.

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O teste é um Procedimento de Diluição e Prova. Scoville misturava as pimentas puras com uma solução de água com açúcar, e quanto mais solução fosse necessária para diluir a pimenta, mais alta seria sua picância. Depois disso, o método foi melhorado e foram criadas as unidades de calor Scoville (Scoville Heat Units, ou SHU).

Doodle Wilbur Scoville (Foto: Reprodução/Google)

Uma xícara de pimenta que equivale a 1.000 xícaras de água é uma unidade na escala de Scoville. A substância Capsaicina, que gera a ardência nas pimentas, equivale a 15 milhões de unidades Scoville.

A pimenta mexicana Habanero chega a 300 mil, uma “Red Savina Habanero”, modificada, tem 577 mil, e a Tezpur indiana, 877 mil.

Entretanto, este não foi o único trabalho de Scoville. “The Art of Compounding” (A Arte dos Compostos), de 1895, é um de seus livros, que foi usado como referência na farmacologia até os anos 60.

Scoville também publicou um livro com centenas de fórmulas de perfumes e outras essências, que foi chamado de “Extract and Perfumes” (Extratos e perfumes).

Em 1922, Scoville recebeu o Prêmio Ebert, e em 1929 ganhou a sua Medalha de Honra Remington e o título de Doutor honoris causa em Ciências pela Universidade de Columbia. O pesquisador morreu no dia 10 de março de 1942, deixando mulher e dois filhos.

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Source Article from http://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/noticia/2016/01/wilbur-scoville-ganha-homenagem-do-doodle-em-seu-151-aniversario.html

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Se cree que el satélite pudo haber sufrido una fuga de gas o una explosión de batería.

Decenas de ingenieros y científicos japoneses están luchando por salvar un satélite -y más de US$250 millones de inversión- que creen está fuera de control en el espacio.

El Hitomi, que significa pupila en japonés, fue lanzado el pasado mes de febrero.

Fue diseñado para estudiar fuentes de energía en el espacio, como agujeros negros gigantes, estrellas de neutrones y cúmulos de galaxias, observando la longitud de onda de rayos como los X y los gamma.

Pero el tiempo para salvar la misión se acaba.

¿Cuándo se perdió?

El sábado 26 de marzo, el Centro de Operaciones Espaciales Conjuntas de Estados Unidos (JSpOC, por sus siglas en inglés), que monitorea desperdicios espaciales, detectó cinco pequeños objetos alrededor del satélite.

Después de esto, desde tierra se logró un breve contacto con la nave, pero luego se perdió por completo.

El satélite también pareció mostrar un repentino cambio de dirección y los observadores en la Tierra lo vieron como destellando, lo que indica que puede estar girando descontrolado.

Desde entonces, su ubicación no se conoce con exactitud.

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El profesor Goh, de la Universidad Nacional de Singapur, dijo que en general, es raro perder un satélite, pero no imposible, por lo que algunas agencias compran seguros, por si acaso ocurra.

Al día siguiente, el domingo, JSpOC se refirió al evento como una “desintegración”, aunque los expertos han aclarado que Hitomi bien puede estar intacto.

¿Qué le ha pasado al satélite?

La agencia espacial japonesa, Jaxa, dijo a la BBC que no sabía aún qué le había sucedido y que todavía estaba tratando de reestablecer la comunicación con Hitomi.

Jonathan McDowell, un astrónomo del Centro Smithsonian de Astrofísica de Harvard, explicó a Associated Press que había dos posibilidades.

La primera, que la nave haya sufrido una explosión de batería, y la segunda, que haya ocurrido una fuga de gas, que lo sacó de control.

“Saber que han tenido esta mala suerte es muy triste. El espacio no perdona”, dijo.

Pero el profesor Goh Cher Hiang, director de proyecto del Programa de Satélite de la Universidad Nacional de Singapur, dijo a la BBC que gracias al monitoreo y a sistemas de apoyo, las explosiones de batería eran muy raras.

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Los desechos espaciales alrededor de la Tierra son un peligro para los satélites, pero algunos son muy pequeños para ser detectados por un radar.

Reconoció que si bien una fuga en los tanques de combustible presurizado podría haber causado el problema, cree que “el diseñador puede dar una pista sobre este tema”.

Goh agregó que el problema del satélite podría deberse también a factores externos.

Podría haber chocado con algo en el espacio, ya sea de ahí mismo u otro objeto fabricado por el hombre”, detalló.

¿Hay esperanza de recuperarlo?

El hecho de que la agencia haya tenido contacto con Hitomi por un momento después de que los desperdicios fueran captados, es visto por algunos como una señal de esperanza, ya que podría indicar que no está críticamente dañado.

Si el satélite está fuera de control, como se piensa, podría no ser capaz de captar suficiente energía solar para funcionar hasta que se encuentre una solución.

El profesor Goh dice que se necesitan tres cosas para recuperar el satélite: comunicación, energía y controlar su computadora.

Si lo logran, Jaxa tiene una posibilidad de descubrir qué ha fallado y cómo arreglarlo.

Si lo pierden, sería un evento especialmente desafortunado para aquellos que esperan estudiar los agujeros negros, sobre todo, después de la noticia de que se habían detectado ondas gravitacionales originadas por el choque de dos agujeros negros.

Source Article from http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2016/03/160329_internacional_japon_satelite_hitomi_perdido_ppb

The U.S. has learned Venezuela’s disputed president, Nicolas Maduro, was “ready” to leave the country amid protest violence and calls for his ouster — until Russia convinced him to stay, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Tuesday night.

“He was ready to go,” Pompeo said on “Special Report.” “He was diverted by the Russians.”

He did not give any further specifics on when this apparently took place. Pompeo also noted he wanted Maduro, whom he called a “thug,” to get back on that plane.

The U.S. and about 50 other nations have taken the position that Maduro’s re-election last year was marred by fraud and that he is not the legitimate president of Venezuela, a once prosperous nation that has the world’s largest proven oil reserves.

The U.S. government said about 20,000 Cuban troops and agents have been working in Venezuela to prop up Maduro’s government, a figure disputed by Cuba.

Pompeo said the Cubans and Russians have been in direct opposition of Venezuela’s duly elected leader, Juan Guaido.

He noted that the 14 countries supporting Maduro were on the wrong side of history, and that rule of law and democracy must be restored.

“It’s time for Maduro to leave … and rebuild this once great economy,” Pompeo told Bret Brier.

The Trump administration declared quick and enthusiastic support Tuesday for the Venezuelan opposition effort to spark a military uprising against embattled Maduro, hoping for decisive action in the political crisis that has engulfed the South American nation.

In January, the administration took the unusual step of recognizing Guaido, the opposition leader of the National Assembly, as interim president. It also imposed punishing sanctions on the country’s oil sector, deepening the country’s economic crisis.

Despite these and other measures, Maduro, the hand-picked successor to President Hugo Chavez, has retained his hold on the country and the support of the security services.

VENEZUELA’S U.N. AMBASSADOR BLAMES TRUMP, OTHER ‘FOREIGN POWERS’ FOR TRYING TO DESTABILIZE REGIME

That support had seemed to crack Tuesday with the launch of what the opposition was calling “Operation Freedom,” which began with the early-morning release of a short video of Guaido alongside a few dozen national guardsmen urging people to “take to the streets.”

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Pompeo said the U.S. was anticipating this day sooner or later.

“We have planned out lots of options,” Pompeo said about how the U.S. would perhaps intervene, but he refused to go into detail.

Fox News’ Bret Baier and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source Article from https://www.foxnews.com/world/maduro-was-ready-to-leave-venezuela-before-russia-convinced-him-to-stay-pompeo-tells-fox-news

Tras seis días de búsqueda, la estudiante Karen Rebeca Esquivel Espinosa de los Monteros, de 19 años, fue localizada sin vida dentro de una maleta en el municipio de Naucalpan, Estado de México.

De acuerdo con Reforma, la joven fue vista por última vez en la farmacia San Pablo, que se localiza en la avenida Lomas Verdes y López Mateos, aproximadamente a las 15:30 horas del pasado 22 de septiembre.

Su madre Becky Espinosa de los Monteros inició junto con varios amigos una campaña en redes sociales para tratar de ubicar a la joven. Se difundió que llevaba una blusa color coral con tirantes, jeans negros y tenis.

El domingo 25, autoridades municipales hallaron los cuerpos de dos mujeres dentro de maletas en una vivienda ubicada en la calle Presa Necaxa, colonia El Tecojote. En una de las maletas se encontraba el cuerpo de Karen; de la otra víctima, no se difundió información.

La joven a quien conocían como “La China”, por su cabellera, era estudiante de la Universidad Tecnológica de México (Unitec).

Dicha institución educativa expresó su consternación por el fallecimiento de Karen y exigió a las autoridades del Estado de México castigar a los responsables.

“La Universidad Tecnológica de México expresa su consternación por el fallecimiento de Karen Rebeca Esquivel de los Monteros alumna de esta institución, y hace un enérgico llamado a las autoridades del Estado de México para que realicen una investigación exhaustiva que dé con los responsables de su muerte. Acompañamos a sus familia y amigos en este momento de profundo dolor”, expresó la institución en un comunicado.

Campaña en redes sociales

Source Article from http://aristeguinoticias.com/2809/mexico/tras-seis-dias-de-busqueda-localizan-cuerpo-de-universitaria-en-naucalpan/

Google Noticias tiene nuevo diseño.


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Google ha rediseñado su sitio Google Noticias — también conocido como Google News. La empresa ha dado a conocer a través de su blog que la nueva apariencia tiene el objetivo de resaltar la atención en las cosas que importan al momento de acceder a una historia desde este servicio.

“Para hacer las noticias más accesibles y fáciles de navegar, hemos rediseñado nuestro sitio para computadoras con el foco puesto en los hechos, las diversas perspectivas y más control para los usuarios”, explicó la empresa.

El nuevo Google Noticias permitirá ver de un solo vistazo las historias más importantes, las etiquetas de los temas más buscados y los temas relacionados.

Este diseño hace uso de las populares tarjetas de Android para mostrar de forma más sencilla los contenidos relacionados y otras noticias que podrían tener algún interés con la que estabas leyendo en ese momento.

Algo que también es nuevo e interesante es que en la parte superior podrás ver una especie de menú que te mostraría diferentes apartados: Titulares, Local y Para Ti, así como un selector de edición para que cambies de país con facilidad.

A la izquierda se mantienen las secciones de interés como si de un periódico se trata, y que van desde “Top Stories” hasta Salud, Ciencia o Tecnología.

A esto se suma la señal de Fact Check, que permite conocer qué historias han sido confirmadas por organizaciones no gubernamentales y que en el nuevo diseño tendrá una prominencia mayor a la que hasta ahora tenía en los países en los que está presente.  

Source Article from https://www.cnet.com/es/noticias/google-noticias-estrena-nuevo-diseno-mas-minimalista/

CNBC video launches on EL PAÍS and CINCO DÍAS websites


London & Madrid, 1 June 2015: CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, and PRISA NOTICIAS, the world’s leading Spanish and Portuguese language media group, have today launched a partnership that will bring CNBC’s unrivalled business and financial news content to Spanish-speaking audiences.


CNBC original short-form videos, subtitled in Spanish, will be hosted on the homepage of various PRISA online properties, primarily the websites of acclaimed Spanish titles EL PAÍS and CINCO DÍAS. Both publications and their digital platforms have a strong business news readership and CNBC’s premium content will serve this audience well.


CNBC SVP of International News & Programming John Casey commented: “We are delighted to enter this partnership, which allows CNBC to serve the Spanish speaking business community, not only in Spain, but also in Latin America where PRISA NOTICIAS publications and their websites have a strong following. Spanish is the world’s second most widely spoken language and, in its ambition to provide quality news to business audiences worldwide, CNBC is grasping the opportunity to tailor its innovative digital content to this important market”.


Manuel Mirat, CEO of PRISA NOTICIAS, hailed the agreement as “a great opportunity to increase our offer of news and information. Quality news and video are the two basic pillars of PRISA NOTICIAS. This partnership with CNBC will allow us to offer our readers premier financial and business news in audio visual format, which will complement what’s already offered by EL PAÍS and CINCO DÍAS. This deal with the prestigious CNBC network is also a sign of the strength of our brands globally.”


At least five CNBC videos each day will be subtitled and made available through this deal, which also includes co-branding commitments and opportunities for further collaboration in future.


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Media Contacts:


CNBC
Finola McDonnell
London
+44 (0)7827 937 086
Finola.mcdonnell@cnbc.com


PRISA NOTICIAS
Pedro Zuazua
Madrid
+34 913378738
pzuazua@prisanoticias.com


Note to Editors:


About CNBC
CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, is the leading pan-regional business and financial news network across Europe, Middle East & North Africa. With real-time coverage of financial markets and international business news, CNBC provides business leaders, investors and the financial services industry with the information and analysis they need.


Across the region, CNBC is available to more than 130 million households. The channel is also available in the majority of four and five-star hotels and directly on the floors of more than 1,400 banks and financial institutions. Globally the channel reaches 370 million homes and also delivers content via cnbc.com and a range of digital products.


About PRISA
PRISA is the world’s leading Spanish and Portuguese-language business group in the fields of education, information and entertainment, thanks to its multichannel range of top-quality products. Present in 22 countries, it reaches more than 60 million users through its global brands EL PAÍS, 40 Principales, Santillana. As leader in General-interest Press, Commercial TV, Music and Spoken-word radio, Education, and Publishing, it is one of the largest media groups in the world with an extraordinary range of assets. It’s presence in Brazil and Portugal and among the growing Hispanic community in the US has given the group an Ibero-American dimension and has opened up a potential global market of 700 million people.


With over 250 web sites, visited by 30 million unique monthly users, PRISA is at the forefront of multi-channel and multi-device distribution and, with the launch of an ambitious strategy for content distribution, it offers products and services tailored to the consumer habits of users through mobile phones, iPads, eBooks, PSP consoles, and all kinds of mobile devices.


PRISA Noticias is the group’s business unit that encompasses EL PAÍS, AS, Cinco Días, El Huffington Post Meristation and PRISA Revistas.


Source Article from http://www.cnbc.com/id/102720999

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A well-known businessman and television personality is offering a massive reward for information leading to an arrest following Sunday morning’s mass shooting in Miami-Dade County.

Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Camping World and host of The Profit on CNBC, has offered a reward of $100,000 “to help authorities in my hometown…arrest and convict the suspect/suspects.”

He posted the offer on Twitter.

Sunday morning, police said two people were killed and at least 20 more were injured when three people opened fire outside of a Northwest Miami-Dade banquet hall.

“This is a despicable act of gun violence,” said Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez. “A cowardly act.”

Ramirez said the El Mula Banquet Hall was rented out for a concert Saturday May 29th into Sunday morning. It’s located at 7630 Northwest 186th Street.

According to police, two of the surviving victims are on life support.

Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

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