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Jill Abramson, the executive editor of the New York Times, was fired this week and replaced by Dean Baquet, the paper’s managing editor, but the central mystery remains: Why did Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the Times’s publisher, do it? Was it one too many clashes with the newspaper’s CEO Mark Thompson? Or was Abramson […]
“He’s already won in so many people’s hearts. He’s won already for me.”
India's month-long election results are due to be announced on Friday, May 16.
Gayatri Patel, the owner of the restaurant, has lived in the U.S. for 11 years and is an American citizen. In a phone call to BuzzFeed she said, “It doesn't matter whether we live here or in India, I still care about my country, and I am just supporting my country to have a better leader.” Patel said she admired Modi's thinking and believed he would bring India progress.
“I think he's going to do something good for the country and I'm looking forward to it,” she said.
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“I just visited the country from January to March and there's a huge difference in the state of Gujarat,” Patel continued. “He did so much there. I saw a lot of development. I see a better future if he's going to be the P.M. of India.”
Industry watchers believe the agreement with Shanghai Media Group gives Australian TV the greatest potential access to the Chinese TV market of any Western broadcaster.
Negative reviews can actually boost business as long as the reviewer uses a “marker of politeness.”
These days, technology isn’t just at our sleeves, it is in them. Slowly, but surely, companies have been creeping towards a future right out of a science fiction novel. Hopefully, not one of those apocalyptic sort of science fiction novels that are so popular these days. When it comes to “wearable technology,” the mind immediately drifts to the upcoming Google Glass that puts the internet right in front of your eyes, but that isn’t quite out yet. However, there are a great many fun and functional gadgets that are already on the market.
Read more at: http://www.infobarrel.com/The_Advent_of_Wearable_Technology_-_Tech_Your_Can_Wear_Right_Now
In the wake of yesterday’s pharma-deal madness (Novartis swapping assets with GlaxoSmithKline and selling its animal health division to Eli Lilly; Valeant and Bill Ackman making a hostile bid for Botox-maker Allergan), Bernstein analyst Geoffrey Porges sent a note out to investors asking what it might all mean for biotech […]
It’s with some bemusement that I’ve been reading, lately, occasional dire warnings in the watch enthusiast press and on the Internet about the terrible coming crisis facing the Swiss watch industry. The threat, so the story goes, is coming from smart watches –networked information nodes for the wrist that have […]
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Habitual synthetic weed smokers are being urged to seek help or face violent withdrawals after being forced to go cold turkey by the New Zealand government’s sudden reversal on its synthetic drug laws last week. Until then, the country had been attempting to regulate the drugs rather than criminalizing them, as bans often just resulted in manufacturers coming up with new compounds that weren't covered by the law.
The original long-term goal was to make it possible for New Zealanders to get high on a variety of synthetic drugs that had all been tested and proved to be low-risk. In the interim there were 36 products that could be purchased at approved dealers around the country. But parliament just passed a bill that makes it illegal to possess, sell, or supply any party with pills or synthetic cannabis. Violators could be sent to prison for up to two years or fined up to NZ$500,000 ($433,500 in American dollars).
The decision follows increasing reports of aggression, addiction, and insanely long lines of people waiting to get their highs. Prime Minister John Key conceded that the attempted regulation of designer drugs had failed, telling the press, "We should have removed all of them from the start."
The sudden ban meant there was a lot of product on the shelves to be dealt with. Anecdotal tales emerged of synthheads stockpiling and gangs taking hold of leftover drugs for black-market purposes, alongside very real stories of last-minute armed robberies and massive drug bonfies. Meanwhile, scores of people who have been using synthetic weed on a regular basis are set to suffer potentially serious withdrawal symptoms as their supplies dry up.
The Ministry of Health has advised hospitals to prepare for a surge in people seeking help after being forced to quit the potent dope substitutes cold turkey. Social worker Maggie Wood told Radio New Zealand that she had clients who were “terrified” because of the rapid change paired with a lack of support. “I'm working with a client right now that's in a real mess because of it, because it's got nothing available for him once it stops so what are we expected to do with the mess that's been created,” she said.
Because synthetic cannabinoids are a recent creation, information about their effects is limited, but toxicology experts have warned that severe withdrawals from synthetic cannabis can cause violence, psychosis, and suicidal thoughts. Paul Rout, CEO of New Zealand's Alcohol Drug Association, told me that over the last two years calls to the association’s helpline regarding synthetic drugs have increased tenfold, and are now on par with methamphetamine and marijuana.
Rout said he expects the helpline will only receive a “modest” increase in calls following the ban, but added that since publicity has emerged around the law change the number of people calling has jumped 63 percent, a figure which includes friends and family members of addicts seeking guidance.
“I think some people will move to other drugs such as natural cannabis as a way of managing their withdrawal symptoms,” Rout said. “But there will be a group, and we don’t know how big, that are likely to have significant problems withdrawing or want to stop and have found it is difficult to do so, so need some help.”
Like many people, Rout assumes the ban may simply push the drugs underground, where minors will be able to buy them. People may also turn to other, more harmful illegal substances. With the changes in law still so fresh, that all remains to be seen. But at least one person has already been caught selling back-alley synthetics and charged with selling a prohibited substance since the changes came into effect last week.
From here on out, any psychoactive substances that manufacturers want to peddle in New Zealand will have to undergo a rigorous testing process, paid for by the manufacturers, to prove that the product is relatively safe before it is allowed to be sold. One undeniable upshot of the legislative changes is that controversial animal testing was taken off the table for good.
All the talk around the subject of synthetic cannabis has renewed calls for legalizing the real deal. NORML spokesperson Chris Fowley said that as long as cannabis remains illegal, there will always be demand for synthetic substitutes.
“We stand with the vast majority of New Zealanders who believe cannabis is the safer choice," he told me. “We also believe that in the absence of comprehensive cannabis law reform, people will continue to use synthetics, but in even more risky ways.”
The country’s overall drug policies are due for review later this year.
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Buried deep in House Ways & Means Committee Chair Dave Camp’s tax reform plan is a proposal to require donor-advised funds to distribute contributions within five years. The proposal would be a major change for these charitable vehicles, where funds currently can sit indefinitely. Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are an easy, low-cost […]
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Jenny Dawson has won the Veuve Clicquot New Generation Business Woman Award for her chutneys and jams made from produce that would otherwise be discarded. She tells how she set up a company that’s both successful and ethically sound
A famous Taiwan plastics fortune has not spared Walter Wang his travails.
But the plucky scion’s luck could turn again and let new wealth flow.
One of the most close-knit fandoms in comics has rallied around a character who’s only recently found her way to the front lines.
1) Don’t change the two most important people in the organisation at the same time Sir Alex Ferguson had been manager of Manchester United for 27 years and David Gill had racked up a decade as chief executive when the duo stepped down last summer. For manager and chief executive at […]
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That Neighbors topped the box office this weekend is as irrelevant as Amazing Spider-Man 2 being in second place. What matters is their respective amounts, and the fact that Neighbors did real damage to the Spidey sequel by sucking up a healthy portion of the audience demos that otherwise might have gone to Spider-Man 2 version 2.0 this […]
Billionaire casino mogul trades punches with former best man.
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At a ceremony in Hollywood, those who knew him said the star of “Ben Hur” and the original “Planet of the Apes” was unafraid of stirring political controversy.
ABC’s 2014–2015 schedule includes dramas from Shonda Rhimes, 12 Years A Slave’s John Ridley, Gossip Girl ‘s Josh Schwartz, and more.
ABC is once again betting heavily on dramas next season, adding six new hour-long series to the network's schedule, including projects from Shonda Rhimes, Steven Spielberg, and Josh Schwartz, among others. They join returning shows Castle, The Goldbergs, Grey's Anatomy, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Middle, Once Upon a Time, Resurrection, Revenge, and Scandal, which all received renewals from ABC.
Despite the issues with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the network is betting on Marvel again, ordering Agent Carter, which centers on the Captain America character and is set in the 1940s.
The broadcast networks officially present their 2014-2015 schedules to advertisers beginning May 12.
Here are ABC's new shows so far:
Who's in it? Viola Davis (The Help), Katie Findlay (The Carrie Diaries), Matt McGorry (Orange Is the New Black), Liza Weil (Scandal), Billy Brown, Aja Naomi King, Karla Souza, and Charlie Weber
Who created it? Written by Peter Nowalk (Grey's Anatomy), who executive produced with Shonda Rhimes (Scandal) and Betsy Beers (Grey's Anatomy). Michael Offer (Last Resort) directed the pilot.
What's it about? Brilliant professor Annalise Keating (Davis) gets entangled with four law students from her eponymous class, who are attempting to cover up a murder. Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned in her class to real life. TL;DR: Shonda enters the legal world with an Oscar-nominated actress at the helm!
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Who's in it? Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), Timothy Hutton (Leverage), Penelope Ann Miller (The Artist), Earl Brown (Chicago Fire), Richard Cabral, Caitlin Gerard, Benito Martinez, Elvis Nolasco, and Johnny Ortiz
Who created it? The pilot was written and directed by John Ridley (12 Years A Slave), who executive produces with former ABC Studios head of drama Michael J. McDonald
What's it about? News outlets are swarming the story of a brutal attack on a young couple in their home; a young war vet was killed while his wife remains unconscious. Both his parents and hers are at her bedside, hoping for a miracle, as four suspects are about to be arrested.
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Who's in it? Lily Rabe (American Horror Story), Barry Sloane (Revenge), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes), Derek Webster, Brianna Brown, Catalina Denis, Kylie Rogers, and Kyle Harrison Breitkopf
Who created it? Written by Soo Hugh (Under the Dome), who exective produced along with Steven Speilberg (E.T.), Justin Falvey (The Americans), Darryl Frank (United States of Tara), and Dawn Olmstead (Prison Break). Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) directed the pilot.
What's it about? Aliens begin their invasion by inhabiting the world's children, who are unwittingly helping unseen enemies as the clock counts down in a race to save humanity. Luckily, Rabe has experience with extraterrestrials from American Horror Story: Asylum. (Yes, we all wanted to forget about that. Sorry.)
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I admit that I have been obsessed about what has transpired at The NY Times for the last two days. I have read every single piece that has come out of this awful scrum which has really has become about gender, power, leadership and pay equity. I have been profoundly […]
A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: Jules Kroll, Founder, Chairman and CEO, KBRA… Jules Kroll is a man on a mission and the clock is ticking. His KBRA (Kroll Bond Ratings Agency), a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSO) is out to reinvent the bond […]
To communicate that writing is important across the STEM disciplines, we decided to try something new: engage faculty from all departments to teach WRIT 1, our first-year, half-semester introduction to college writing.
In an interview with THR at the Shanghai Film Fest, the exec explains his big bets in China, including new equity investments from a state broadcaster and a local investment firm, and a distribution deal with a government agency.
Violence against Chinese-owned factories in Vietnam has spread to mayhem at factories run by South Korean, Taiwan and Singapore companies as well. It’s as though Vietnamese were protesting not only the heavy-handed construction by China of an oil rig within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea but also […]
The 19-year-old singer was accused of attempted robbery on Monday night in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, the LAPD confirmed to THR.
We love Gangsta Boo here at VICE. She paved the way for lady MCs as the only female member of the legendary Southern rap group Three 6 Mafia. Her hard-hitting bars have always enshrined her as a sexy, independent woman you wouldn't want to fuck with. We're super proud to have the opportunity to premiere Boo's latest music video, for the song "Bitchy," which hails from Witch, her collaborative album with fellow Memphian La Chat. The track has a banging beat produced by Three 6's DJ Paul and features a great guest verse by rapper Mia X. Watch the video below and look out for Witch on iTunes in May.
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