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☆ Remote undersea volcano believed to be erupting in Pacific Ocean
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

HONOLULU — A volcano is probably erupting deep beneath the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, but scientists don’t know for sure because it’s so inaccessible. All indications are that the Ahyi Seamount began erupting in mid-October, the U.S. Geological Survey said Monday. The Ahyi Seamount is one of a long string of submarine seamounts at the northern edge of the Northern Mariana Islands. Ahyi seamount is a large conical submarine volcano. “There are no local monitoring stations near Ahyi Seamount, which limits our ability to detect and characterize volcanic unrest there,” the agency said.

☆ Midterm elections live updates: Pennsylvania races, New Hampshire Senate race too early to call
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Brandy Zadrozny | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Sahil-Kapur-Headshot.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +109 min

Share this -Link copiedWisconsin Senate and governor's races too early to call It is too early to call the Senate and gubernatorial races in Wisconsin, according to NBC News. Share this -Link copiedNew Hampshire Senate race too early to call The Senate race in New Hampshire is too early to call, according to NBC News. Share this -Link copiedPennsylvania Senate and governor races are too early to call After polls closed at 8 p.m. While Maricopa County election officials initially categorized the problem as a “hiccup,” it took hours before a solution was identified early Tuesday afternoon. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said.

While Maricopa County election officials initially categorized the problem as a “hiccup,” it took hours before a solution was identified early Tuesday afternoon. According to the poll, 46% of voters said their family’s financial situation is worse than it was two years ago. Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, filed a similar complaint Friday against state election officials. The app and portal had been down for part of the morning and the state's election hotline also briefly experienced issues. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said.

By the end of Election Day, approximately 21,000 total interviews will be conducted. Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, filed a similar complaint Friday against state election officials. The app and portal had been down for part of the morning and the state's election hotline also briefly experienced issues. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said. Share this -Link copiedSunny weather in most battleground states on Election Day It’s a bright and sunny Election Day in many battleground states!

☆ Australian watchdog to take Dell to court for alleged misleading cost claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said on Friday it would take the local unit of U.S. computer firm Dell Technologies Inc (DELL.N) to court for allegedly misleading people about the cost of buying add-on monitors. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said between August 2019 to Dec. 16, 2021, Dell Australia allegedly made false or misleading representations on its website and the potential savings a customer got when an additional monitor was purchased with a computer. In an emailed statement, Dell said the issue affected about 2,100 customers due to an error in its pricing processes which led to incorrect information being displayed on its website about the pricing and savings associated with certain monitors. The company added that it was actively working to update its systems to prevent the error from re-occurring. Reporting by Jaskiran Singh and Upasana Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi AichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Judge approves independent monitor to oversee Trump Organization financial reporting in win for New York AG
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Christina Wilkie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The entrance to Trump Tower on 5th Avenue is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, May 19, 2021. A New York state judge has approved the appointment of a special monitor to oversee the Trump Organization's financial statements and reports, and has barred the company from transferring any non-cash assets without notifying the court and the state attorney general's office in advance. The suit accused the Trumps and other senior Trump Organization officials of decades of fraud related to financial statements. Engoron's written order said the appointment of an independent monitor was justified given the "persistent misrepresentations throughout every one of Mr. Trump's [Statements of Financial Condition] between 20112 and 2021." The monitor would "ensure there is no further fraud or illegality that violates" the New York state law prohibiting fraud.

☆ The Trump Organization got an unwanted sidekick courtesy of a Manhattan judge: a court-ordered watchdog
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Donald Trump and the Trump Organization suffered a big legal setback in Manhattan on Thursday. In arguments before the judge hours before the ruling, Trump attorney Christopher Kise called the idea of monitoring "drastic" and likened it to "nationalizing" the company. In Thursday's 11-page ruling, Engoron credited the attorney general's lawsuit with having made a "compelling" case for fraud. In one, Engoron cited Trump's triplex penthouse at Trump Tower on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. Trump claimed on 2011 financial documents that the triplex was worth $80 million, the judge noted, referring to the attorney general's evidence.

☆ A secretive US special-operations base in Syria is taking fire from a shadowy Middle East war
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Rachel Nostrant | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

US troops at the al-Tanf outpost in Syria have been conducting counter-ISIS operations since 2016. Israeli, Syrian, and Iranian forces are also active around the base in southeastern Syria. The base was established in 2016, when US forces were in the thick of combat operations against ISIS in Syria. Al-Tanf — in southeastern Syria along the M2 Baghdad-Damascus highway and near the borders with Iraq and Jordan — was the ideal location. DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesRussia's war in Ukraine may create new problems for US troops at al-Tanf.

☆ Donald Trump finally gets served $250 million NY fraud lawsuit after 3 weeks — and a court order
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NY's attorney general, Letitia James, sued the Trump Organization back on September 21. Reps for Donald Trump and Eric Trump finally got served, the AG said Thursday. Service took three weeks — and a judge's order — with the AG accusing Trump of 'gamesmanship.' Lawyers for all of the suit's other defendants, including Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., had meanwhile quickly accepted service. Habba and Robert have not responded to Insider's requests for comment on the delay in service of the lawsuit.

☆ Donald Trump may learn on Halloween if a court-imposed monitor will oversee his real-estate and golf empire
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York's attorney general has asked a Manhattan judge for a quick ruling in her Trump fraud case. The AG, Letitia James, wants the judge to immediately order Trump to submit to financial monitoring. James' office is hoping for a Halloween order barring the Trump Organization "from engaging in any fraudulent or illegal acts," according to court papers filed earlier Thursday. She has also asked the judge to appoint an independent monitor "to oversee compliance" with whatever ban on fraud or asset-shifting the judge imposes. Engoron repeatedly made same-day rulings after prior oral arguments involving James' probe of alleged financial wrongdoings at the former president's business.

☆ IMF sees ad hoc taxes on excess profits as 'problematic'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Vitor Gaspar, who heads the IMF's fiscal affairs department, said taxing excess profits could provide permanent revenue for a country's budget, but the European Union initiative now being considered was "problematic" because it violated tax certainty. Gaspar, a former Portuguese finance minister, said the IMF believed that the tax system should be clear, predictable and ruled by law, which meant a proposal to tax windfall profits "on profits that have already occurred is a problematic initiative." But the IMF believed that an ad hoc windfall profits tax would violate the principle of tax certainty. In its new Fiscal Monitor, the IMF said a permanent tax on windfall profits from fossil fuel extraction could be considered if another adequate fiscal mechanism was not in place. Doing so could raise revenues for a government without increasing inflation or reducing investment, and avoided distortions from a temporary tax on windfall profits, it said.

☆ In a blow to the NRA, judge allows New York's attorney general to seek a court-imposed monitor and demand Wayne LaPierre forfeit millions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A court ruling Thursday lets New York's attorney general continue to seek stiff penalties from the NRA. AG Letitia James is suing CEO Wayne LaPierre for millions in back salary; she also wants the NRA subjected to financial monitoring. "It's really just interference with his ability to do his job the way his members want him to do it, in the way his board wants him to do it," LaPierre attorney P. Kent Correll said. "You have the attorney general of a state trying to interfere with the operation of a not-for-profit organization — that happened in the '50s," Correll told the judge. The NRA is attempting to read the law "so narrowly" that no attorney general would ever be able to monitor "how funds are used by an organization such as this," the judge said.

☆ 11 best exercise bikes in 2022 for indoor cycling
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Justin Krajeski | Justin Krajeski Is An Associate Editor For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +16 min

LEARN MORE Best exercise bikes to shopWhen it comes to deciding which stationary bike is best for you, it’s important to determine how much you’ll exercise — as well as where and when. Maybe you want to easily adjust the bike’s resistance, move its handlebars or just need something quiet for nighttime sweats. Best exercise bikes to shopWe highlighted stationary bikes that cost less than $700, focusing on those with great customer reviews. (Unlike most of the higher-end models, budget stationary bikes don’t list how many resistance levels they have.) (Unlike most of the higher-end models, budget stationary bikes don’t list how many resistance levels they have.)

☆ Ethereum's massive software upgrade just went live — here's what it does
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The overhaul to the ethereum network fundamentally alters the way the blockchain secures its network and verifies transactions. But with the upgrade, ethereum has migrated to a system known as proof-of-stake, which swaps out miners for validators. "But the network as a whole — because of the redundancy across all this different software — will very likely be stable and fine." The rewards for validators are much smaller than those that went to proof-of-work miners, meaning that less ether will be minted as a result of this upgrade. Next few hours, days are keyThe next few hours and days will be key to gauging the health of the ethereum network post upgrade.

☆ Apple's new MacBook Air is a near-perfect update, but don't rule out the older model
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-14 | by ( Todd Haselton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

In this article AAPLA new MacBook Air running M2 chip is seen displayed during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, June 6, 2022. The 2022 MacBook Air offers the biggest redesign to the MacBook since 2010. What's goodApple typically sends a high-end MacBook Air for testing, but this year it sent me the entry-level $1,199 model. It's back to the tried-and-true version from that of the M1 MacBook Air. You don't need to upgrade if you have the M1 model, but it's definitely a big bump from the older Intel versions.

☆ 10 Best Home Office Upgrades We Love for Remote Working
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-09 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

Instead of pressing cmd/ctrl + ~ I have a custom key that’s red and on the thumb part of the keyboard. It makes things so much easier, especially if you are a designer or someone who works with software with lots of shortcuts. As a creative director, I use a handblown glass timer for 15-minute tasks during a full day of design work. It’s a small thing, but it feels like you’re being kind to yourself by simplifying your work setup. It’s made with botanicals and smells clean and refreshing, as if you just stepped out of the shower.

☆ Monitorul EWM4Moldova: Pilotarea mecanismului de avertizare timpurie a războiului hibrid
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +4 min

Aceasta este una din concluziile principale ale Monitorului #EWM4Moldova, care testează mecanismul de avertizare timpurie a „războiului hibrid”, elaborat de Institutul pentru Politici și Reforme Europene (IPRE). Totodată, cadrul metodologic a cuprins colectarea și analiza cantitativă a datelor pe dimensiunea a 3 indicatori contextuali, dar și a 11 sub-indicatori, prezentați mai jos în cadrul figurii nr. Procesul de colectare a datelor a inclus (1) revizuirea principalelor resurse și documente publice relevante și (2) analiza știrilor și informațiilor reflectate în 10 entități mass-media, indicate în cadrul figurii nr. În condițiile în care distribuția vaccinurilor a fost echitabilă pentru fiecare unitate administrativă, au existat alți factori care au influențat decizia locuitorilor anumitor regiuni de a se imuniza sau nu. Autorii documentului mai menționează că exercițiul de colectare a datelor a presupus acumularea și sistematizarea acestora din resursele publice de informații.

Locations: Republicii Moldova, Regatului Țărilor de Jos, Republica Moldova

☆ PAS – prezentat în context negativ de portaluri media, iar BeCS – preponderent neutru, API
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +3 min

PAS – prezentat în context negativ de portaluri media, iar BeCS – preponderent neutru, APICinci concurenți electorali au fost prezentați de zece portaluri media monitorizate de Asociația Presei Independente (API) exclusiv în manieră neutră. Este vorba despre Partidul Politic Noi, Partidul Oamenilor Muncii, Partidul Verde Ecologist, Mișcarea Profesioniștilor „Speranţa-Надежда” și Partidul Regiunilor. PAS a fost cel mai des prezentat în context negativ. BeCS a fost prezentat preponderent în context neutru, dar și context defavorizat sau favorizant. Timpul.md a promovat masiv agenda electorală a concurentului AUR, defavorizând și discreditând în special PAS și BeCS.

Persons: BeCS, Petru Macovei, Agora.md, Maia Sandu, Actualităţi.md, Unimedia.info, Timpul.md Organizations: Asociația Presei, Partidul Politic Noi, Partidul Oamenilor Muncii, Partidul Verde Ecologist, Mișcarea, Partidul Regiunilor Locations: IPN, Actualităţi.md, Găgăuzinfo.md, defavorizând, SUA

☆ FOTO // Un elefant a spart cu capul peretele unei case din Tailanda și scotocea cu trompa prin sertare după mâncare
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaFOTO // Un elefant a spart cu capul peretele unei case din Tailanda și scotocea cu trompa prin sertare după mâncareO femeie din Tailanda a fost trezită la primele ore ale dimineții în weekend de niște zgomote puternice care veneau din bucătărie. Când s-a dus să vadă despre ce e vorba, a găsit un elefant care băgase capul prin peretele casei și căuta ceva de mâncare. Ea a mers să vadă ce se întâmplă și a descoperit că un elefant spărsese peretele casei cu capul. Scotocea cu trompa prin sertare și dărâma oale și farfurii. Vin întotdeauna în zilele de piață, pentru că miroase a mâncare”, a declarat Itthipon Thaimonkol, responsabil al parcului.

Persons: Ratchadawan Locations: Tailanda

☆ Un elefant a spart cu capul peretele unei case din Tailanda și căuta cu trompa prin sertare după mâncare (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O femeie din Tailanda a fost trezită la primele ore ale dimineții în weekend de niște zgomote puternice care veneau din bucătărie. Când s-a dus să vadă despre ce e vorba, a găsit un elefant care băgase capul prin peretele casei și căuta ceva de mâncare, scrie The Guardian. Ea a mers să vadă ce se întâmplă și a descoperit că un elefant spărsese peretele casei cu capul, scrie digi24.ro. Vin întotdeauna în zilele de piață, pentru că miroase a mâncare”, a declarat Itthipon Thaimonkol, respoinsabil al parcului. El a mai spus că voluntari locali și un agent al parcului național monitorizează împreună elefanții și folosesc zgomote puternice și alte metode pentru a-i alunga înapoi în pădure.

Persons: Ratchadawan, . Organizations: Guardian Locations: Tailanda

☆ Tactica partidelor clonă, reactivată în ajun de alegeri: O formațiune politică și-a schimbat denumirea în „PAȘ”
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-21 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.mdTactica partidelor clonă, reactivată în ajun de alegeri: O formațiune politică și-a schimbat denumirea în „PAȘ”În ajunul alegerilor parlamentare anticipate, se revine la strategia partidelor clonă, utilizată și anterior pentru a rupe din voturile formațiunilor cu cele mai mari șanse de câștig la scrutin. Partidul Noua Opțiune Istorică, formațiune politică înregistrată în 1999, și-a schimbat denumirea în Partidul Alternativă și Șanse, potrivit ultimului număr al Monitorului Oficial. Reprezentanții PAS au calificat momentul ca pe o acțiune disperată a „oligarhilor care luptă să supraviețuiască și să evite pușcăria”. „Ce fel de campanie în care oligarhii luptă să supraviețuiască și să evite pușcăria, fără partide clonă? Acesta însă se regăsește lista partidelor și altor organizații social-politice care au dreptul să participe la alegerile parlamentare anticipate din 11 iulie.

Persons: Dumitru Organizations: CEC

☆ De sărbători, cu toții „VIN la fapte bune”
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-24 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +9 min

În perioada campaniei „VIN la fapte bune”, la licitație vor fi scoase următoarele sticle de vinuri:- Leuntea-Vin Cabernet Sauvignon, roada anului 1999. (Vinăria Poiana);- Crama Mircești Riesling, roada anului 2019 (Crama Mircești);- Cronolog Merlot, roada anului 2017 (Vinăria Lupașcu);- Carpe Diem Bad Boys, roada anului 2016. (Vinăria Carpe Diem Wines);- Temelia Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, roada anului 2019 (Pomușoara Dulcișoara);- Mihai Sava Muscat Ottonel Desert, roada anului 2019 (Sava Winery);- Vinăria DAC Rezerv, roada anului 2013. (Novak Winery);- Domeniile Pripa Feteasca Neagră, roada anului 2016 (Domeniile Pripa);- Unicorn Estate Symbioz Pinot Noir, roada anului 2011. Moldova a moștenit „uzine” de vin din perioada sovietică, iar legislația de până la 2010 făcea practic imposibilă existența micilor producători de vin.

Persons: Lupașcu, Diem, Sava Muscat, Sava, Novak, GOGU, GOGU Winery, Arcadie Foșnea, Igor Belei, Dionysos Organizations: Facebook, Pinot, Sociale, Viei Locations: Moldova, Suediei, Călărași, Mircești, Boys, Desert, Muscat, Hamburg, Republicii Moldova, străinătate, VinulMeu, copywriteri, Vinului

☆ Micii Producători de Vinuri vor scoate la licitație mai multe sticle rare de vin. Suma colectată va fi donată unui Centru Comunitar
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +9 min

Loturile participante la licitație vor fi publicate pe parcursul campaniei, pe pagina de Facebook a Asociației Micilor Producători de Vinuri din Moldova. În perioada campaniei „VIN la fapte bune”, la licitație vor fi scoase următoarele sticle de vinuri:# Leuntea-Vin Cabernet Sauvignon, roada anului 1999. (Vinăria Poiana);# Crama Mircești Riesling, roada anului 2019 (Crama Mircești);# Cronolog Merlot, roada anului 2017 ( Vinăria Lupașcu);# Carpe Diem Bad Boys, roada anului 2016. (vinăria Carpe Diem Wines);# Temelia Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, roada anului 2019 (Pomușoara Dulcișoara);# Mihai Sava Muscat Ottonel Desert, roada anului 2019 ( Sava Winery);# Vinăria DAC Rezerv, roada anului 2013. (Novak Winery);# Domeniile Pripa Feteasca Neagră, roada anului 2016 (Domeniile Pripa);# Unicorn Estate Symbioz Pinot Noir, roada anului 2011.

☆ CNTM recrutează experţi pentru a elabora un studiu
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-08 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +2 min

Conform Strategiei CNTM, actualmente sunt stabilite 5 direcții de activitate strategică a CNTM: (i)Educația tinerilor; (ii)Drepturile tinerilor și incluziunea socială; (iii) Dezvoltarea organizațiilor și inițiativelor de tineret; (iv) Politici de tineret și (v) Abilitarea economică a tinerilor. Fundaţia Est Europeană a inițiat un program de consolidare a efortului de advocacy a organizaţiilor societăţii civile care lucrează direct pentru a promova drepturile şi interesele grupurilor vulnerabile – prin creare grupurilor tematice de advocacy. Analiză independentă a Strategiei de Dezvoltare a Sectorului de Tineret 2020.Pentru mai multe detalii accesați ToRPrin Hotărârea Guvernului Nr. Acest document prevede implicarea directă a tinerilor, lucrătorilor şi organizațiilor de tineret şi a altor actori de imediată tangență în viața politică, economică, socială şi culturală a ţării. Totodată , urmează a fi măsurat și impactul procesului de implementare a SNDST, cu precădere fiind elucidat și gradul de implicare a tinerilor în procesele ce vizează participarea lor în procesele decizionale, dar și beneficierea de alte beneficii soldate de pe urma implementării SNDST, inclusiv și efectele acestora.

Organizations: Tineretului, Europeană, Tineret Locations: Moldova, Republica Moldova

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