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news BREAKING NEWS: I was a sex worker. By belledejour-uk.blogspot.com Published On :: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:21:00 +0000 This morning I awoke to find a claim published in the Mail that I was not a sex worker. It is a direct attack on my integrity as a writer, to claim that I lied. And I have been prepared. When the case goes to trial, I will have to present evidence that I was a sex worker. Starting with this - an Archive.org snap of my first escorting ad from October 2003 (link NSFW). (Readers of the first book may recall this was the session with the grumpy photographer I wrote about. As I have often said, it was that experience - being made to wear terrible lingerie, awkward poses, all the rest - that first made me think, 'hey, I should be blogging this.' And if you read the third book, I made a reference to a restaurant on Old Compton Street that has the same name as my working name - that is, of course, Taro.) I will also be presenting my bank records from 2003-04, showing the cash deposits from the money I earned as an escort, and tax records from the same years showing that this income was declared to HMRC and tax paid. Here is a sample: I also have the notebook in which I recorded details of appointments, etc. In several instances I have been able to piece together entries from the notebook, deposits to my accounts, and the corresponding entries in the book. If pressed, I will name a client, but only as a last resort. The Mail also claims I didn't own nice enough clothes so couldn't have been an escort! That's from December 2003, and is the same red silk top I wore to meet the manager for the first time (as written about in the first book). The next is at Henley Regatta in July 2004, suit is from Austin Reed, the bracelet was a gift from a client. The Mail claims I was in Sheffield when writing the blog, but I moved to London in September 2003 and started escorting in October, starting blogging a few weeks later. All of which is easy - trivial, even - to prove. Oh, and the "former landlady in Sheffield, who did not wish to be named", where I supposedly lived for three years? Who apparently saw me in 'Oxfam jumpers'? Hmm... I lived one year in university accommodation (St George's Flats), one year in a shared flat with an absentee landlord I never met (Hawthorne Road), and one year on my own in a house let through an agency (Loxley New Road). All well before moving to London. So either the landlady is lying about the timing of my tenancy and having met me, or (shock, horror) they made it up. There's much more but it would be boring to put it all here. It's amazing to me the MoS made no effort at all to match anything they printed against things that are easy to find and in the public domain. But that's by the by, and will come out in due course. It matters because this is a concerted and direct attack on my work as a writer. When I was anonymous, being real was my main - my only - advantage. The Mail on Sunday have made some frankly nonsense claims, and I will be going to town on this. Because I know people do not trust the word of a sex worker, that is why I saved everything. I look forward to the opportunity to rebut all claims in court. (The MoS claim the trial is expected "within weeks." In fact it is scheduled for June 2015.) Full Article lawsuit Scotland
news News roundup: deck.js, Yahoo Kills off Maps API, Patterns for Large-Scale JavaScript Application Architecture By www.jsmag.com Published On :: Listen to this week's podcast (September 9, 2011) Patterns For Large-Scale JavaScript Application Architecture Patterns For Large-Scale JavaScript Application Architecture is a lengthy article by Addy Osmani detailing some basic principles of writing a large-scale JavaScript application. It's inspired by a classic Nicholas Zakas talk outlining some of the same principles ... Full Article
news News roundup: JavaScript under attack! By www.jsmag.com Published On :: Listen to this week's podcast (Podcast edit: I mistakenly mention Respond.js, which is actually a media query polyfill - I'm actually talking about Responsive images) Google Dart By far the biggest news of the week isn't JavaScript, but rather a language called Dart (formerly Dash?), which certain factions within Google hope will replace ... Full Article
news News roundup: Node causes cancer, node cures cancer! By www.jsmag.com Published On :: This week's podcast (I was hoping to keep it short, but I kept talking and talking... sorry!) Libraries, frameworks, and code Cube - open-source visualization for time series data chainvas - chaining sugar for Canvas JS-Forth: Forth Interpreter in JavaScript when.js is a lightweight Promises and when() implementation (from CommonJS) MongoSpy is a MongoDB monitor that ... Full Article
news News roundup: I Like Eich. 140 byte synthesizer, An End To Negativity, Sencha Touch 2.0, Dart (again) By www.jsmag.com Published On :: Listen to this week's podcast (October 29, 2011) (23:05 minutes) I'm trying a little something different this week. I hope you guys like pictures. :) Brenden Eich + "I Like Ike" mashup by @lonnen 140 byte synthesizer A while back Jed Schmidt created a simple little project on GitHub called 140 bytes ... Full Article
news News roundup: 11-11-11! insertAdjacentHTML, classes in JavaScript?, twilight of Flash and Silverlight, Yahoo! Cocktails By www.jsmag.com Published On :: Listen to the podcast for November 11, 2011 insertAdjacentHTML Mozilla has a nice overview of insertAdjacentHTML, a DOM function that's intended to supplement innerHTML. It's a bit less destructive and plays nicely with content that's already in the DOM. For instance, whereas innerHTML completely blows away whatever is inside the ... Full Article
news News roundup: tons o’ links for the New Year By www.jsmag.com Published On :: Hello there, it's been a while! Oh dear, another year has passed. And it seems that I've been stocking up a year's supply of JavaScript tidbits to dump on the unsuspecting populace! Ok, not quite, but I do have quite a backlog, that's somewhat in chronological order, ... Full Article
news News roundup: iOS Orientationchange Fix, JavaScript Patterns, jQ.Mobi By www.jsmag.com Published On :: Listen to this week's podcast (January 20, 2012)! iOS Orientationchange Fix jQuery Mobile's Scott Jehl has released iOS-Orientationchange-Fix (read his blog post). This has been a persistent annoyance on iOS since its release. You may be familiar with the mobile viewport tag, which allows you to properly fit sites to ... Full Article
news News roundup: Enyo.js, Jed, HTML5 Please, WAT By www.jsmag.com Published On :: Listen to this week's news roundup (January 30, 2012) I really should have named today's update "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", since those were all involved with my commute this unusual morning! This week's podcasts is surely enough recorded from SFO Airport, so I hope you enjoy the atmosphere and the ... Full Article
news News roundup: psd.js, turn.js, Ryan Dahl steps down from Node.js By www.jsmag.com Published On :: Listen to this week's podcast (February 6, 2012) psd.js psd.js is the beginnings of a Photoshop PSD parser in JavaScript! Right now it only essentially extracts metadata information - such as image size and layer information - but it's off to a good start! You can even drag and drop ... Full Article
news News roundup: Chrome for Android, ASCII Fluid Dynamics, Node.js: doing life wrong? By www.jsmag.com Published On :: (no podcast this week - Boo! Check back next week) Chrome for Android Google has just released a beta of Chrome for Android, which is available for those running Android Ice Cream Sandwich (aka "the 1%"). This isn't JavaScript-specific news per se, but it is HUGE news for web devs ... Full Article
news Guerre en Ukraine : Vladimir Poutine «est en train de lancer une attaque de missiles sur Kiev», avertit le chef de cabinet de Volodymyr Zelensky - CNEWS By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:40:56 GMT Guerre en Ukraine : Vladimir Poutine «est en train de lancer une attaque de missiles sur Kiev», avertit le chef de cabinet de Volodymyr Zelensky CNEWSGuerre en Ukraine, jour 994 : attaque massive sur Kiev, Blinken promet « une réponse ferme » La CroixUkraine: Kiev visée par une attaque de missiles et de drones RFIGuerre en Ukraine. Alerte aérienne, soldats nord-coréens à Koursk… le point sur la nuit Ouest-FranceVincent Hervouët : Trump mettra-t-il fin à la guerre en Ukraine ? Le Journal du dimanche Full Article
news Météo : jusqu’à quand le premier épisode de froid va-t-il durer ? - CNEWS By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:01:19 GMT Météo : jusqu’à quand le premier épisode de froid va-t-il durer ? CNEWSMétéo : alerte à la vague de froid, la neige va tomber dans tous ces départements Linternaute.comSemaine prochaine : risque d'intempéries après 15 jours de calme La Chaîne MétéoQu'est-ce qu'une "goutte froide", phénomène météo qui touche la France cette semaine ? Yahoo ActualitésMétéo. Les premiers flocons sont tombés dans l’Ain Le Progrès Full Article
news Bev Priestman out at Canada Soccer in wake of Olympic drone-spying scandal - CTV News By news.google.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:16:51 GMT Bev Priestman out at Canada Soccer in wake of Olympic drone-spying scandal CTV NewsCanada Soccer’s drone-spying redactions tell us a whole lot of nothing while it waits out the rage clock The Globe and MailKey findings from Sonia Regenbogen's independent review into Olympic drone-spying CP24What comes next in Canada Soccer drone-scandal investigation? Sportsnet.ca Full Article
news John Krasinski named People magazine's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive - CTV News By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:04:42 GMT John Krasinski named People magazine's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive CTV NewsSexiest Man Alive John Krasinski on His 'Beautiful Life' – and Wallpapering His House with His Sizzling PEOPLE Cover PEOPLEKrasinski thought he was being 'punked' CTV News CalgaryJohn Krasinski Reveals Wife Emily Blunt's Hilarious Response to His Sexiest Man Alive Title - E! Online E! NEWSEmily Blunt reacts after husband is named 2024 Sexiest Man Alive The Independent Full Article
news First Oppo Reno13 image appears online - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:09:01 GMT First Oppo Reno13 image appears online - GSMArena.com news GSMArena.comFirst look at Oppo Reno 13 shows an iPhone-like design Notebookcheck.netOppo Reno13 series to arrive on November 25 - GSMArena.com news GSMArena.com Full Article
news Ottawa businesses brace for possible Canada Post strike before the holiday season - CTV News Ottawa By news.google.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:40:58 GMT Ottawa businesses brace for possible Canada Post strike before the holiday season CTV News OttawaTougher work conditions for postal workers at the heart of labour dispute, union says The Globe and MailOttawa businesses worry about potential postal disruption CBC.caCalgary workers 'ready to go' if Canada Post, CUPW unable to reach agreement by Friday: union president Calgary Herald‘Feeling the pinch’: Potential postal strike may be first of many, Manitoba prof says Global News Toronto Full Article
news Niagara Health offering free parking after delays reported - News Talk 610 CKTB By news.google.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:46:28 GMT Niagara Health offering free parking after delays reported News Talk 610 CKTBImplementation of new Niagara Health patient info system resulting in long wait times St. Catharines StandardTemporary delays impacting registration at emergency departments Thorold NewsNiagara Health Working Through Delays 101.1 More FMNiagara Health experiencing temporary delays impacting registration and EDs Niagara Health Full Article
news Overwhelmed families surrendering custody of their children to CAS - CTV News Northern Ontario By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:54:00 GMT Overwhelmed families surrendering custody of their children to CAS CTV News Northern Ontario Full Article
news Bear encounter recorded in Whistler Village prompts conservation officer warning - CTV News Vancouver By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:03:00 GMT Bear encounter recorded in Whistler Village prompts conservation officer warning CTV News VancouverTourists 'shocked' to see man approach black bear in Whistler Pique Newsmagazine Full Article
news Trump Taps Fox News Pundit to Be Secretary of Defense - Rolling Stone By news.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:07:03 GMT Trump Taps Fox News Pundit to Be Secretary of Defense Rolling StoneTrump's defence choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host's experience CTV NewsHow Pete Hegseth went from Fox News host to Trump’s Defense Secretary pick CNNTrump Puts Allies on Alert by Handing Pentagon to Fox News Host Hegseth BloombergHouse Democrat ‘very disturbed’ by Hegseth pick as Trump Defense secretary The Hill Full Article
news Trust in news accuracy on X and its impact on news seeking, democratic perceptions and political participation By www.inderscience.com Published On :: 2024-10-29T23:20:50-05:00 Based on a survey of 2548 American adults conducted by Pew Research Center in 2021, this study finds that trust in the accuracy of news circulated on X (former Twitter) is positively correlated with following news sites on X, underscoring the crucial role of trust in news accuracy in shaping news-seeking behaviour. Trust in news accuracy also positively relates to political participation via X. Those who trust in news accuracy are more likely to perceive X as an effective tool for raising public awareness about political and social issues, as well as a positive force for democracy. However, exposure to misinformation weakens the connection between trust in news accuracy and users' perception about X as an effective tool for raising public awareness about political or social issues and as a positive driver for democracy. Full Article
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news Autoethnography of the Cultural Competence Exhibited at an African American Weekly Newspaper Organization By Published On :: 2019-04-19 Aim/Purpose: Little is known of the cultural competence or leadership styles of a minority owned newspaper. This autoethnography serves to benchmark one early 1990s example. Background: I focused on a series of flashbacks to observe an African American weekly newspaper editor-in-chief for whom I reported to 25 years ago. In my reflections I sought to answer these questions: How do minorities in entrepreneurial organizations view their own identity, their cultural competence? What degree of this perception is conveyed fairly and equitably in the community they serve? Methodology: Autoethnography using both flashbacks and article artifacts applied to the leadership of an early 1990s African American weekly newspaper. Contribution: Since a literature gap of minority newspaper cultural competence examples is apparent, this observation can serve as a benchmark to springboard off older studies like that of Barbarin (1978) and that by examining the leadership styles and editorial authenticity as noted by The Chicago School of Media Theory (2018), these results can be used for comparison to other such minority owned publications. Findings: By bringing people together, mixing them up, and conducting business any other way than routine helped the Afro-American Gazette, Grand Rapids, proudly display a confidence sense of cultural competence. The result was a potentiating leadership style, and this style positively changed the perception of culture, a social theory change example. Recommendations for Practitioners: For the minority leaders of such publications, this example demonstrates effective use of potentiating leadership to positively change the perception of the quality of such minority owned newspapers. Recommendations for Researchers: Such an autoethnography could be used by others to help document other examples of cultural competence in other minority owned newspapers. Impact on Society: The overall impact shows that leadership at such minority owned publications can influence the community into a positive social change example. Future Research: Research in the areas of culture competence, leadership, within minority owned newspapers as well as other minority alternative publications and websites can be observed with a focus on what works right as well as examples that might show little social change model influence. The suggestion is to conduct the research while employed if possible, instead of relying on flashbacks. Full Article
news To Read or Not to Read: Modeling Online Newspaper Reading Satisfaction and Its Impact on Revisit Intention and Word-Of-Mouth By Published On :: 2018-10-09 Aim/Purpose: In this research, we examined the influence of the information system (IS) quality dimensions proposed by Wixom and Todd on reading satisfaction of online newspaper readers in Bangladesh, especially the readers’ intention to revisit and recommendations through electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). Background: We identified the top 50 most visited websites, of which 13 were online newspapers, although their ranking among Bangladesh online newspapers varies from month to month. The literature illustrates that, despite the wide availability of online news portals and the fluctuations in frequency of visits, little is known about the factors that affect the satisfaction, word-of-mouth, and frequency of visits of readers. An understanding of reader satisfaction will help to gain richer insights into the phenomenon of readers’ intention to revisit and recommendation by eWOM. Stakeholders of online newspapers can then focus on those factors to increase visits to their websites, which will help them attract online advertisements from different organisations. Methodology: Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, from 217 people who responded to the survey. We used SmartPLS 3 to analyze the data collected, as it is based on second-generation analysis, which in turn is based on structural equation modeling (SEM). Contribution: This research explores the impacts of technological dimensions on readers’ satisfaction, as most of the previous research has focused on cultural or social dimensions. Findings: The results supported all of the hypothesized relationships between technological dimensions and reader satisfaction with online newspapers, except for one. The first, information, was predicted with accuracy and completeness, while the second object-based belief, system quality, was predicted by its accessibility, flexibility, reliability, and timeliness. Overall, quality factors influencing readers’ satisfaction were shown to lead to word-of-mouth revisit intentions. Our proposed model was empirically tested and has contributed to a nascent body of knowledge about readers’ revisit intentions and eWOM recommendations regarding online newspapers. It was also shown that strong satisfaction leads to higher revisit intention and eWOM. Recommendations for Practitioners: To keep the users satisfied, online newspapers need to focus on improving information quality (IQ) and system quality (SQ). If they do this well, they will be rewarded with higher revisit intention and recommendations by eWOM. Recommendation for Researchers: This study extends Oh’s customer loyalty model by integrating the Wixom-Todd model. This study reinforces an alternative rationale of the construct satisfaction. Future Research: We ignored negative stimulus like technostress, which can have an impact on satisfaction. In future, we will test the relationship between technostress and its impact on online newspaper reading. Full Article
news Information Re-Sharing on Social Network Sites in the Age of Fake News By Published On :: 2017-10-13 Aim/Purpose: In the light of the recent attention to the role of social media in the dissemination of fake news, it is important to understand the relationship between the characteristics of the social media content and re-sharing behavior. This study seeks to examine individual level antecedents of information re-sharing behavior including individual beliefs about the quality of information available on social network sites (SNSs), attitude towards SNS use and risk perceptions and attitudes. Methodology: Testing the research model by data collected through surveys that were adminis-tered to test the research model. Data was collected from undergraduate students in a public university in the US. Contribution: This study contributes to theory in Information Systems by addressing the issue of information quality in the context of information re-sharing on social media. This study has important practical implications for SNS users and providers alike. Ensuring that information available on SNS is of high quality is critical to maintaining a healthy user base. Findings: Results indicate that attitude toward using SNSs and intention to re-share infor-mation on SNSs is influenced by perceived information quality (enjoyment, rele-vance, and reliability). Also, risk-taking propensity and enjoyment influence the intention to re-share information on SNSs in a positive direction. Future Research: In the dynamic context of SNSs, the role played by quality of information is changing. Understanding changes in quality of information by conducting longitudinal studies and experiments and including the role of habits is necessary. Full Article
news Fake News and Informing Science By Published On :: 2020-01-09 The present paper identifies a variety of conceptual schemes that have emerged within informing science and consider how they might be applied to fake news. The paper begins with a brief overview of fake news. This is followed presentations of various models identified in a two-volume survey of informing science. The models presented include those dealing with extrinsic (i.e., environmental) complexity, informing transitions, and individual resonance. The potential implications for informing science research into fake news are discussed and questions that may warrant future research are raised. The paper then concludes by describing what current informing science may already be telling us about fake news, its spread and its influence. Through its analysis of the fake news and informing science literature, a number of questions are identified where informing science can possibly contribute to our understanding of fake news. These include: • Does fake news need to disinform its clients if it is to be effective? • Why are certain groups of individuals particularly credible when it comes to communicating fake news? • Under what circumstances will the emotional and social motivations to accept fake news exceed our concern for its truth? • How does the nature of the fake news content and objectives impact the disinformer’s choice of channel? • What are the circumstances under which radically transitional fake news might have an impact? Full Article
news Building an Informing Science Model in Light of Fake News By Published On :: 2020-01-09 Aim/Purpose: Many disciplines have addressed the issue of “fake news.” This topic is of central concern to the transdiscipline of Informing Science, which endeavors to understand all issues related to informing. This paper endeavors to build a model to address not only fake news but all informing and misin-forming. To do this, it explores how errors get into informing systems, the issue of bias, and the models previously created to explore the complexity of informing. That is, this paper examines models and frameworks proposed to explore informing in the presence of bias, misinformation, disinformation, and fake news from the perspective of Informing Science. It concludes by intro-ducing a more nuanced model that considers some of the topics explored in the paper Methodology: The issue of informing and disinforming crosses many disciplinary perspectives. Each discipline puts on blinders that limit what it can contribute to its understanding of research topics. It is like trying to study a forest by seeing only the trees and not the animals or the animals but not the trees. Research perspectives that cross disciplinary boundaries are needed to more fully understand complex phenomena. This paper lays out some fundamental cross-disciplinary issues including how errors find their way into informing systems, the issue of bias, and the frameworks used to model this phenomenon. Contribution: The paper introduces the competition framework for understanding informing and misinforming. This framework addresses many of the limitation of prior frameworks. Future Research: The concluding framework offers insights into understanding informing and disinforming. But this framework offers no insights into other forms of informing that are less well explored, such as song, dance, physical art, and architecture. Likewise, this framework does nothing to help the un-derstanding of informing via fideism or psychedelic revelation. Full Article
news Introduction to Series: Informing Science Perspectives on Fake News By Published On :: 2020-01-09 Aim/Purpose: This series of papers on Fake News: Bias, Misinformation, and Disinformation examines fake news from an Informing Science perspective. As such, the papers in this special series make novel con-tributions to the field by viewing the issues through the transdisciplinary lens of informing science. This series makes no claim to summarize or review all that has been written on this topic. Rather it provides a glimpse into this immense literature from the perspective of informing science. Background: It is one small step on the 20+ year quest by the editor to explore better ways to inform from an approach that transcends academic disciplines (Cohen, 1998, 1999) and a 20 year quest to under-stand the issues of how we become misinformed and disinformed (Cohen, 2000). The series pro-vided here gains thrust for two reasons. One reason is that the study has become more popular with academicians due to the blathering of politicians and the attacks by national powers on de-mocracy. The second reason is more mundane; without the deadline that the end-of-year affords, the papers would become richer, fuller, and more detailed. Recommendation for Researchers: Taken together, the results brought forth across these papers is truly scary. Due to their biases, when presented with information, people can and do generate their own misinformation. People tend to communicate such misinformation that they self-generated with others in groups sharing their beliefs, strengthening the misinformation by some and silencing those do not share these thoughts. This process creates divisions in society. How can humanity seek wise decisions when we cannot agree even upon the facts. We see the results of this syndrome in Operation SIG and cur-rent divisions within politics in the West. Full Article
news Trust in Google - A Textual Analysis of News Articles About Cyberbullying By Published On :: 2022-02-06 Aim/Purpose: Cyberbullying (CB) is an ongoing phenomenon that affects youth in negative ways. Using online news articles to provide information to schools can help with the development of comprehensive cyberbullying prevention campaigns, and in restoring faith in news reporting. The inclusion of online news also allows for increased awareness of cybersafety issues for youth. Background: CB is an inherent problem of information delivery and security. Textual analysis provides input into prevention and training efforts to combat the issue. Methodology: Text extraction and text analysis methods of term and concept extraction; text link analysis and sentiment analysis are performed on a body of news articles. Contribution: News articles are determined to be a major source of information for comprehensive cyberbullying prevention campaigns. Findings: Online news articles are relatively neutral in their sentiment; terms and topic extraction provide fertile ground for information presentation and context. Recommendation for Researchers: Researchers should seek support for research projects that extract timely information from online news articles. Future Research: Refinement of the terms and topics analytic model, as well as a system development approach for information extraction of online CB news. Full Article
news Trump names Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defence secretary pick By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:24:36 GMT Hegseth, who is also a former soldier without political experience, will lead the world's most powerful military. Full Article
news Trump says he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary By thesun.my Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:08:34 GMT WASHINGTON: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has picked Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, tapping an outsider who has railed against diversity in the military.“Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First,“ Trump said in a statement. “With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice - Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down.”Hegseth is an Army National Guard veteran and according to his website served in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Hegseth has said he left the Army in 2021 after being deemed an extremist by an Army that didn't want him anymore.“The feeling was mutual -- I didn’t want this Army anymore either,“ Hegseth said in his book “The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free.”There is already anxiety in the Pentagon that Trump aims to root out military officers and career civil servants he perceives to be disloyal.Culture war issues could be one trigger for firings. Trump was asked by Fox News in June whether he would fire generals described as “woke,“ a term for those focused on racial and social justice but which is used by conservatives to disparage progressive policies.“At a basic level, do we really want only the woke ‘diverse’ recruits that the Biden administration is curating to be the ones with the guns and the guidons?” Hegseth wrote in “The War on Warriors,“ which was published in June.“We want those diverse recruits -- pumped full of vaccines and even more poisonous ideologies -- to be sharing a basic training bunk with sane Americans,“ he said.Trump's former U.S. generals and defense secretaries are among his fiercest critics, with some declaring him unfit for office. Angered, Trump has suggested that his former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, could be executed for treason. Full Article Reuters
news Comment on Seasonal opening times – never trust Google’s answers (or Bing’s) by Google shop times might not be right | Web Search Guide and Internet News By www.rba.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 06:20:43 +0000 […] occurred to me – but Karen Blakeman has posted this advice – SEASONAL OPENING TIMES – NEVER TRUST GOOGLE’S ANSWERS (OR BING’S) (Dec 29) – information about open and closed times of shops might not be right – always […] Full Article
news Somebody, please put Google News out of its misery By www.rba.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 26 May 2018 09:00:00 +0000 I didn’t think Google News (http://news.google.co.uk/) could get any worse but I was wrong. The previous revamp was bad enough: no more advanced search, useless and irrelevant personalisation options, and don’t even think about trying to set up sensible alerts. Alerts were never that good at the best of times but were not improved one iota … Continue reading Somebody, please put Google News out of its misery → Full Article Google alerts Google Finance news Yahoo Yahoo Finance