Monday 25 July 2016

TV Aerials in Sheffield


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Friday 15 July 2016

Printing Services Wakefield


Printers Wakefield is here for you and your business when you need urgent or short run full colour Digital printing. FurtherMore, because our Wakefield Based in-store digital services are the answer. But with the latest digital presses, we can produce anything from business cards to Leaflets and even presentation folders. Also, Whatever your business needs we will be there to help. So if you need something bigger, like a poster or an exhibition stand that will not be a problem, take a look at our large format printing services Wakefield and we can design and deliver it to you. Always Remember our Wakefield Printing service is just a phone call away on 07711846332.
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Saturday 25 June 2016

Police driver acquitted of all charges in Freddie Gray death


BALTIMORE (AP) — It was supposed to be an open-and-shut case: The 25-year-old black man was healthy before his arrest, and arrived at the nearby station dying from a broken neck.But a judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors failed to prove any crime was committed by Officer Caesar Goodson , who drove the van where Freddie Gray suffered his fatal injury during a six-stop, 45-minute odyssey after he tried to outrun a police patrol.After three trials and no convictions, it's increasingly clear that the evidence against six Baltimore police officers in charged in Gray's death is too weak to sustain the hopes of citizens desperate for reform.Police union president Gene Ryan called on State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby on Thursday to reconsider her "malicious prosecution," since he's certain the remaining officers also will be acquitted.Gray's death became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement, fueling outrage nationwide over the treatment of black people by the criminal justic
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Paris sun scorches Kate Moss and David Beckham at Vuitton


PARIS (AP) — Africa was the theme in more ways than one at Louis Vuitton's menswear fashion show as the Paris sun scorched shades-wearing celebrity attendees Kate Moss and David Beckham.Here are the highlights of the day's spring-summer 2017 shows.HEATED CELEBRITIESInside the storied courtyard venue — inside the Palais Royal — Moss wore a marbled Louis Vuitton silk shirt and pants and posed for cameras under the sun, followed by a rather wintery looking Beckham in a black knit sweater.Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade, 34, appears naked on the cover of ESPN The Magazine's latest "Body Issue."But in the Paris heat it was his clothes the three-time NBA Champion was rocking at Thursday's Louis Vuitton front row — alongside the NFL's Victor Cruz and soccer star Rio Ferdinand."Today I've relaxed and chilled with my Louis V.," he told the Associated Press in Vuitton suit with chic colored markings.Wade, who likes to make time to attend fashion shows when he's not competing
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We tried Burger King's new Mac n' Cheetos — and they're an 'affront to nature'


Burger King is contributing to the fast food battle to create the most bizarre food items possible with their new "Mac n' Cheetos." They are deep-fried mac n' cheese sticks covered with Cheetos flavoring. They will officially debut on June 27th, but we were lucky (?) enough to grab some at a New York location that was already selling them.
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At least 4 tornado touchdowns confirmed in northern Illinois


CHICAGO (AP) — At least six tornadoes touched down in northern Illinois Wednesday night as powerful storms swept across the upper Midwest, damaging rural communities and forcing thousands of soccer fans to seek shelter during the Copa America semifinal in Chicago.The National Weather Service said an EF-2 tornado with estimated top wind speeds of 115-125 mph cut a path more than 11 miles long and about four football fields wide through the city of Pontiac, injuring four people Wednesday night. Survey crews also identified three EF-1 tornadoes, with maximum winds up to 110 mph, that struck Cissna Park, Ottawa and West Brooklyn. No injuries resulted from those storms.Survey crews were investigating damage along three separate supercell paths, the weather service said."We are fortunate things are not worse and are thankful there were no fatalities," Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said in a Thursday morning statement.The storm system produced dime-sized hail in some areas, and its high w
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Maple Leafs' overhaul continues with 1st pick in NHL draft


BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Hiring coach Mike Babcock and general manager Lou Lamoriello last offseason was the Toronto Maple Leafs' first major step in their high-priced bid to restore relevance to one the NHL's most recognized franchises.The next significant piece in the Maple Leafs' rebuilding plan will be added Friday night, when Toronto has the first pick in the NHL draft. Though Lamoriello has been careful not to tip his hand, the consensus is the Maple Leafs will usher in the 100th year of pro hockey being played in Toronto by pinning their future on Arizona-born center, Auston Matthews.The 18-year-old Matthews, who played pro hockey in Switzerland last season, is ranked first by NHL Central Scouting. Matthews has the chance to be the seventh U.S.-born player selected No. 1, and first since Patrick Kane by Chicago in 2007.The next two rated players are Finnish-born forwards Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi.The Maple Leafs have plenty riding on their selection.They're in the mid
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Is Lending Club's crash a preview of fintech's future?


What’s really going on in financial technology?
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California wildfires stall, other Western blazes grow


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters battling fires raging through Western states are contending with weather and human interference, but some progress is being made. Here is a look at some noteworthy fires Thursday:CALIFORNIACooler weather helped crews fighting two fires that burned more than 8 square miles of chaparral and brush in the Angeles National Forest and foothill communities northeast of Los Angeles. The fires were 15 percent contained.More than 1,300 homes were evacuated during the 4-day-old blaze, but around half have been allowed back.On Thursday, authorities let hundreds of evacuated residents return briefly to homes in Azusa and Duarte to gather belongings. Residents might not be allowed back permanently for several more days, officials said.One of fires broke out Monday when a car ran off a highway.No homes have burned.Near the San Diego County border with Mexico, a nearly 11-sqaure-mile fire was 20 percent contained after burning five homes. The blaze still threaten
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Here's why you get sick of your favorite song


It happens all the time. A new album comes out, you listen to it, and before you know it, you have a new favorite song. So you play it again. And again. And again. It’s on loop for days: in the car, at home. Maybe you even hum it to yourself while you work. But then, all of the sudden, it changes. You get sick of that same song you once loved. So why does this happen? We asked Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, author of “On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind” and director of the Music Cognition Lab at the University of Arkansas, for the answer. The brain listening to music Every time we listen to music, our brain responds. Researchers have shown, using fMRI brain scans, that when listening to music, not only does the auditory cortex (that part of the brain responsible for processing sounds) light up, but other parts do as well, including brain regions involved in movement, planning, attention and memory. This means when we listen to music, we aren’t just processing so
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THEN & NOW: The cast of 'Independence Day' 20 years later


When "Independence Day" was released in the summer of 1996, anticipation was high. And the movie still managed to smash expectations. The film grossed $817.4 million worldwide. It was lauded for its groundbreaking visual effects and paved the way for
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The Latest: All eyes on Boston on this draft night


NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest from the NBA draft at Barclays Center in New York.(all times local):7:10 p.m.All the players invited to New York for the NBA draft got up on stage at Barclays Center for the usual group picture.A quick fashion take: It seems bow ties are the favorite sartorial item this year.The "Green Room" is full of future NBA players, their parents, friends, college coaches and agents. The crowd at Barclays Center is sparse so far but thanks to a late trade with Indiana, the Brooklyn Nets have a first-round pick at No. 20 so crowd will have something to cheer about — or boo about.___6:50 p.m.All eyes will be on long-presumed No. 1 pick Ben Simmons when the NBA Draft gets started, and then it's Brandon Ingram's turn when the Los Angeles Lakers make the No. 2 pick.After that, the intrigue begins.Boston holds eight picks in this draft, including the No. 3 selection. And what Danny Ainge does or doesn't do with that selection will likely shape many of the other 5
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Red Sox beat White Sox 8-7 in 10 innings, avert 4-game sweep


BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts singled in the game-winning run in the 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 8-7 on Thursday and averted a sweep of their four-game series.Chicago led 3-0, 4-1 and 7-5 before Boston sent it into extra innings with a run in the seventh and another in the eighth. The White Sox loaded the bases with nobody out in the 10th, but Craig Kimbrel (1-3) got J.B. Shuck on an infield popup and then struck out Tim Anderson and Adam Eaton.In the bottom half, Matt Purke (0-1) walked two before Bogaerts lined one up the middle and Mookie Betts scored easily from second.James Shields pitched his best outing in four starts since being acquired by the White Sox on June 4. Jose Abreu hit a three-run homer and Alex Avila had four hits for Chicago.Betts, Bogaerts, Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez had two hits apiece for the Red Sox, who improved to 8-12 in June. Boston's leadoff hitter reached safely seven times in 10 innings.David Ortiz walked th
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Up to 210,000 gallons of oil spills from California pipeline


VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — An underground pipeline spewed thousands of gallons of crude oil Thursday near the Southern California coast but the foul-smelling goo was contained in a lengthy stretch of ravine and never reached nearby beaches.About 29,000 gallons of oil spilled and flowed at least a quarter-mile in the canyon near Ventura, fire authorities said.Resident Kirk Atwater said he called 911 after smelling and hearing the flowing crude."We started getting this horrendous smell and I knew right away what it was," he said.Atwater, 56, said he went up the canyon on his motor scooter and found the oil gushing from an above-ground box that he surmised covers equipment."It was just pouring out like water coming out of a fire hydrant," he said.He said he found a posted phone number and reported the leak to the pipeline company.Fire crews responded and a pump house operating the line was shut down. Firefighters built a dam of dirt to keep the oil from moving farther.The oil left a bl
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Agent: LeBron James to skip Rio Olympics


AKRON, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James has all the gold he needs this summer.Days after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA title, James said he will not play in the Rio Olympics.James' agent, Rich Paul, told The Associated Press that the two-time gold medal winner informed USA Basketball of his decision Thursday.The 31-year-old James was named MVP of the Finals after leading the Cavs past Golden State, ending Cleveland's 52-year championship drought.James and his teammates were honored Wednesday with a parade in Cleveland that drew an estimated million spectators.He left the rally clutching the golden Larry O'Brien Trophy, the only shiny reward he'll chase this summer.James is being celebrated with a similar event in his hometown Thursday night.The four-time league MVP waited until after the season to announce his decision on Rio. He's the latest big-name to withdraw from the American team, joining Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, James Harden and others.Join the c
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How to Use BigQuery for Large-Scale SEO (Or Whenever Excel Fails)


Posted by Dom-Woodman[Estimated read time: 13 minutes] What will this post help you do Work with very large amounts of data. E.g. internal link audits, backlink audits, log file analysis Perform complicated queries on data quickly. Improve how you work on problems by forcing you define exactly what you’re looking for, rather than wandering aimlessly through data. What do we do when the workhorse fails?What do you do when Excel fails? Maybe you have more than a millions row of data. Perhaps you’ve tried to filter a large dataset with a VLOOKUP and Excel has decided to lay down and die. Excel is a fantastic tool, but that doesn't mean it’s what we should use for everything. What should you use? The traditional answer is SQL, but setting up a SQL server if you haven't done it and you're not technical is a challenge. The free interfaces for working with it are typically very visually busy and not intuitive for those looking to get started quickly. Enter BigQuery. What is
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Friday 24 June 2016

Check It Out: Moz Content’s Q2 Feature Updates (Tons of New Stuff!)


Posted by tylermurrayIt’s been a busy quarter for the Moz Content team, and we’re excited to share the results of our hard work! During the first few months after launch, we focused most of our energy on improving the Content Audit workflow with a few stability- and speed-related updates sprinkled in. This quarter we’ve had the opportunity to explore exciting ideas that create unique insights for you, our awesome users! These are the first (but definitely not the last) round of innovative additions for the year. I want to see these updates in action! One of the more challenging aspects of building and executing on a content strategy is the ideation phase. The proverbial question of “what should I write next?” is a constant theme in our customer and industry feedback. That’s why we've focused a majority of our efforts on taking the pain out of content ideation. With that, here are the goods from Q2:Tracked Audit redesign Fully interactive historical
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The Latest: Business leaders endorse Clinton


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT):6:37 p.m.Establishment Democrats may want Bernie Sanders to drop his bid for president now that Hillary Clinton has clinched the party's nomination.But Judi Gardner doesn't. She's and elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention, and she says she'll stick with Sanders through the gathering in Philadelphia.Gardner, 69, waited more than six hours for Sanders' speech Thursday in New York City, titled, "Where we go from here."Sanders is not expected to drop out of the race or endorse Clinton. He said this week that he understands he's apparently not going to be the party's presidential nominee.Sanders, of Huntington, N.Y., says, "The political revolution is continuing," adding of Sanders' populist movement, "this will not end here."___3:45 p.m.The State Department says former Secretary Hillary Clinton failed to provide a copy of a key message involving problems caused by her use exclusively of
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Are Coworking Offices Eligible for Google My Business Listings?


Posted by MiriamEllis[Estimated read time: 7 minutes] Coworking office spaces have existed for more than a decade around the globe, and I consider it a testament to their growing popularity for start-ups and agencies that I’ve been seeing an increasing number of questions about them in recent times at places like the Moz Q&A forum and elsewhere. The burning question on everybody’s mind is: do coworking locations meet or fall afoul of the official Guidelines for Representing Your Business On Google? This article attempts to provide the most thorough possible answer to this important question. Image courtesy of Manuel Schmalstieg on Flickr Google isn’t always completely transparent in their guidelines, so I went for the next best thing. In researching this topic, I communicated with Google My Business Community forum Top Contributor, Colan Nielsen, and want to thank him for conferring about best practices with me. Virtual vs. coworking offices Let’s sync up with
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The Latest: Australian leader urges Britain to stay in EU


LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's referendum on whether to leave the European Union (all times local):12:15 a.m.The "remain" side has scored only a narrow victory in the large northern English city of Newcastle.Official figures show that 50.7 percent of voters in Newcastle backed U.K. membership in the European Union and 49.3 percent wanted to leave.The odds of a "remain" victory fell from almost 90 percent to 72 percent on the Betfair exchange, and the pound — which had soared after polls suggested a "remain" victory — fell by 1.5 cents against the dollar to $1.4830.University of Strathclyde political scientist John Curtice told the BBC "it may be possible that the experts are going to have egg on their face later on tonight. It may be the first sign that the 'remain' side are not going to do as well as those early polls suggested."___12:05 a.m. FridayThe vote counting in the northern England area of Leeds and neighboring Kirklees was briefly abandoned for a min
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Keyword Explorer Upgrades: New Features, More Lists, and Better Metrics


Posted by randfishIt's been 5 weeks since Keyword Explorer's launch and in that time, more than 75,000 folks have tried out what is, in my opinion, the best keyword research tool on the market. And I'm not alone: And that's just a sampling of the many, many kind pieces of feedback we've received the last few weeks (OK, there's even more than that... it just keeps on going). But today, we're upgrading it further with three of the most requested features since launch. Keyword volume is now internationalSince launch day, KW Explorer has only had support for US volume, but as of today, that's no longer the case. Russ Jones has been working with the team to support a larger capacity for international volume data, and we've got significant coverage for UK, Canada, and Australia, more moderate data for other Western languages and countries, and a small amount in regions and languages beyond those. Over time, we'll be refining and adding to the keyword volume corpus so we can continue to impr
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Long Tail SEO: When & How to Target Low-Volume Keywords - Whiteboard Friday


Posted by randfishThe long tail of search can be a mysterious place to explore, often lacking the volume data that we usually rely on to guide us. But the keyword phrases you can uncover there are worth their weight in gold, often driving highly valuable traffic to your site. In this edition of Whiteboard Friday, Rand delves into core strategies you can use to make long tail keywords work in your favor, from niche-specific SEO to a bigger content strategy that catches many long tail searches in its net. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab!Video TranscriptionHowdy, Moz fans, and welcome to another edition of Whiteboard Friday. This week we're going to chat about long tail SEO.Now, for those of you who might not be familiar, there's basically a demand curve in the search engine world. Lots and lots of searchers are searching for very popular keywords in the NBA world like "NBA finals." Then we have a smaller number of folks who are searchin
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Why We Only Accept 1 Out of Every 10 Guest Blog Pitches


Posted by BopDesignThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Moz, Inc.[Estimated read time: 6 minutes] We’ve been pitched a blog post about hoverboards. While hoverboards are pretty cool and I’d like to own one, our business and our blog have absolutely nothing to do with hoverboards. Why did we get pitched a post about hoverboards? Most likely because the person pitching the post saw we have a decent domain authority and they wanted to get a piece of it by getting a backlink from us. I’m sure their blog post on hoverboards would have been very interesting, but it likely would have caused our audience of B2B marketing professionals to scratch their heads in confusion. We know who we are, and who we are not We are a boutique digital marketing firm that focuses on creating websites and providing conte
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"A Complete Failure": What Tech Businesses Can Learn from a Sports Blog's Scandal


Posted by RuthBurrReedy[Estimated read time: 16 minutes] On February 17th, sports news and opinion blog SB Nation posted a longform story titled “Who is Daniel Holtzclaw?” The story, which took a sympathetic viewpoint on convicted rapist Daniel Holtzclaw, sparked a huge amount of controversy among SB Nation readers and garnered the blog a great deal of media attention. It took less than 24 hours for SB Nation to pull the piece, calling it “a complete failure.” In the aftermath, SB Nation’s parent company, Vox Media, convened a panel of editors and journalists to investigate how a piece taking such a controversial stance on such a sensitive topic could have been published on the site without anyone saying “Hang on, is this a good idea?” What does this have to do with digital marketing? When I read the peer review report, I was expecting a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of a very popular media site. What I wasn’t expecting was
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Why Listing Accuracy is Important - Whiteboard Friday


Posted by George-FreitagWhether you manage a single local listing or hundreds, the consistency of your NAP data across the web can either help grow your business, or serve as a barrier to customer discovery. With answers for business owners, SEOs dabbling in local search, and those at enterprise-level searching for a broad solution, Moz Local's George Freitag stars in this week's Whiteboard Friday covering all the boons and secrets of listing accuracy (give him a warm welcome, folks!). Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab!Video TranscriptionHi. My name is George Freitag with Moz Local, and today I wanted to talk about listing accuracy. The reason why I wanted to talk about it was because it's one of those topics that is brought up a lot in local search. If you work in local search directly or if you work with an agency or an SEO on local search, it's one of those things that you've probably heard a lot about, you understand it's something
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Using Google Tag Manager to Dynamically Generate Schema/JSON-LD Tags


Posted by serpschris[Estimated read time: 7 minutes] One of the biggest takeaways from SearchFest in Portland earlier this year was the rapidly rising importance of semantic search and structured data — in particular Schema.org. And while implementing Schema used to require a lot of changes to your site's markup, the JSON-LD format has created a great alternative to adding microdata to a page with minimal code. Check out Mike Arnesen's deck from his SearchFest talk, "Understanding & Facilitating Semantic Search," for a great overview on using structured data. What was even more exciting was the idea that you could use Google Tag Manager to insert JSON-LD into a page, allowing you to add Schema markup to your site without having to touch the site's code directly (in other words, no back and forth with the IT department). Trouble is, while it seemed like Tag Manager would let you insert a JSON-LD snippet on the page no problem, it didn't appear to be possible to use other Tag Mana
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Context is King: A Million Examples of Creative Ad Campaigns Getting it Right


Posted by Daniel_Marks[Estimated read time: 6 minutes] This was one of the first television commercials to ever air: Talking to the camera on a mic was the obvious way to leverage television: after all, that's how radio commercials worked. Now, advertisers could just put radio commercials on television. What an exciting new advertising medium! As it turns out, putting radio commercials on television wasn’t really the best use of this new medium. Sound familiar? This seems awfully similar to the current practice of turning your television commercial into a YouTube pre-roll ad. However, the difference this time isn’t the media format, which is largely similar (YouTube videos are still video, banner ads are still text + image, podcast sponsorships are still voice, etc.) Instead, the difference is how people are consuming the content; in other words, the context. A television commercial is a relatively static experience: 30 seconds of video placed within a few appropriate time
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Martha Stewart just unleashed some epic tweets from Cannes


Martha Stewart does not care about your rules. This week, at age 74, the homemaker extraordinaire
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Wildfires rage across Southwest, but homes mostly spared


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cooler, more humid weather gave at least some temporary help Wednesday to crews battling dangerous wildfires in Southern California, while other blazes across the West were on the move.Improved weather in the aftermath of a severe heat wave allowed firefighters to make progress against two fires in the steep San Gabriel Mountains 20 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Some evacuations below in the foothill city of Duarte were lifted, but the calm was not expected to last."We will have stronger winds, so it could push the fire," incident commander Mike Wakoski said.He expected gusts of up to 25 mph in the afternoon and evening, posing additional problems for hundreds of firefighters attacking the flames. A fleet of helicopters and air tankers and other resources are helping fight the fires totaling about 7
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Michigan attorney general sues 2 companies over Flint water


FLINT, Michigan (AP) — Michigan's attorney general filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against two water engineering companies, saying their negligence caused and exacerbated Flint's lead-tainted water crisis and demanding what could total hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.Veolia and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, also known as LAN, were sued in Genesee County Circuit Court. The firms already are facing suits from Flint residents over the disaster, in which improperly treated water from the Flint River scraped toxic lead from pipes into tap water.Houston-based LAN — whose Flint office in 2013 and 2014 helped the city of nearly 100,000 switch to the Flint River as its primary water supply after decades of buying treated water from Detroit — was accused of professional negligence and public nuisance.Veolia, a French multinational corporation with U.S. offices, faces the same allegations along with a fraud count.Veolia was hired in 2015 after Flint began encountering
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Clinton fires back at Trump for recent attacks: I 'really got under his skin'


Hillary Clinton shot back at Donald Trump during a
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Here's why the 'stage is set' for an oil rebound


The price of oil is still alarmingly low, hovering now at just under $50 per barrel, and no one can agree on when it will rise again. But a new report from Macquarie claims that everything is actually already in place for an oil rebound —
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House Democrats stage protest in dispute over guns


WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebellious Democrats shut down the House's legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures before lawmakers' weeklong break.Exasperated Republicans were forced to recess while cutting off cameras that showed the protest. But in an unprecedented step, C-SPAN used live video feeds from one lawmaker's Periscope account and another's Facebook page to transmit words and images from the House.Nearly 100 Democrats led by Georgia Rep. John Lewis demanded a vote on measures to expand background checks and block gun purchases by some suspected terrorists in the aftermath of last week's massacre in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people in a gay nightclub."No bill, no break," shouted Democrats, who demanded that Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., keep the House in session through its planned break next week to vote on gun legislation.Democrats accused Republicans of political cowardice by
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Brady heroics take Ireland into Euro last 16


Lille (France) (AFP) - Robbie Brady struck with just five minutes remaining as the Republic of Ireland claimed a dramatic 1-0 win over Italy in Lille on Wednesday to reach the knockout phase of Euro 2016.Brady's goal arrived just when it looked as if Ireland were heading out due to a combination of Italy goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu and Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan.Ireland had to win the match at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy against an Italian side already assured of first place in Group E and got the win they needed to set up a last-16 tie against hosts France.Before Brady struck, Sirigu, standing in for Gianluigi Buffon in the Italian goal, made a superb save to deny Daryl Murphy while Hategan twice waved away Irish penalty appeals in the first half.Coach Martin O'Neill made four changes to the side that lost 3-0 to Belgium last weekend in Bordeaux as Ireland looked for their first win over Italy in a competitive match since the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
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5 useful things you can do with your Android phone and Chrome on your computer (GOOG)


The Mac/iPhone combo is hard to beat when it comes to little features that make a big impact — but Google's own Chrome/Android ecosystem has some pretty great tricks up its sleeves, too. You could even argue that it's better than Apple's Mac/iPhone combo because you can use these features with both Macs or Windows computers and almost any Android phone. Some of these features even work with iPhones! Essentially, all you need to do is activate Google Now on your Android phone, and you need to be logged in to the same Google account on both your Android phone and Chrome on your computer. Check out these five useful features that make the Android/Chrome combo hard to beat. If the features below don't work with those two basic requirements, check out Google's own instructions on how to link your Android phone to Chrome on a computer.SEE ALSO:
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Abortion pill requests spike in Zika outbreak countries


NEW YORK (AP) — Online requests for abortion pills spiked dramatically this year in Brazil, Ecuador and some other Latin American countries that ban abortions, an indication that women may be choosing to end pregnancies rather than risk birth defects stemming from a Zika virus outbreak.Researchers reported the trend after trying to understand how pregnant women are responding to the threat of Zika-related birth defects in countries where abortion is banned but the government is warning women to avoid pregnancy because of Zika outbreaks.The study, which was published Wednesday, has some major limitations. Researchers analyzed requests for abortion pills from just one online service, which is not believed to be representative of all the women in any of the nations studied. And the research does not answer how many abortions actually occurred in those countries.But it gives a first-of-its-kind look at an issue many have been wondering about. In the U.S., the states where Zika outbr
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Cleveland parties as Cavs' NBA title celebrated with parade


CLEVELAND (AP) — Cheered by a sea fans spilling off sidewalks and choking the streets, LeBron James and the Cavaliers paraded and rallied as NBA champs in a once in a generation party for Cleveland.The city's title drought is over. The party — and procession slowed to a crawl by a mass of humanity — is just getting started."For some crazy reason, I feel like I'm gonna wake up and it's going to be Game 4 again" with the Cavs down 2-1 to the Warriors, James told hundreds of thousands of fans before thanking each of his teammates one by one.James gave those hometown fans even more reason to celebrate Wednesday by telling reporters he intends to stay in Cleveland, skipping the drama of previous splashy announcements when he decided to go to Miami in 2010 then come back to the Cavaliers four years later."I'm just one man. I'm one man with a plan, with a drive, with a determination," James said.The crowd, some fans arriving Tuesday night to camp out so they could get as cl
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Scientists discover how to make healthy chocolate using electric fields


Researchers from Temple University, with funding by Mars Chocolate, Inc., zapped chocolate with an electric field in the manufacturing process to get a lower-fat treat. Produced by Brad Streicher. Original reporting by Rebecca Harrington. Follow TI:
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The Latest: Buffon out for Italy, Walters out for Ireland


PARIS (AP) — The Latest at the European Championship (all times local):___11:15 p.m.Turkey was ousted from the European Championship by Ireland's victory over Italy.Ireland's 1-0 win gave the team four points in Group E, putting it into the round of 16 as one of the four best third-place teams.Ireland will next play France in Lyon, while neighbor Northern Ireland now knows it will play Wales in a British derby in Paris on Saturday.Turkey had only three points after beating the Czech Republic on Tuesday and would have advanced only if Ireland and Sweden failed to win.Sweden lost to Group E runner-up Belgium 1-0, but Ireland scored an 85th-minute goal to beat Italy.Belgium will next play Hungary in Toulouse on Sunday.___10:57 p.m.The round of 16 lineup is now known at the European Championship:Saturday: Switzerland vs. Poland (Saint-Etienne, 3 p.m.); Wales vs. Northern Ireland (Paris, 6 p.m.); Croatia vs. Portugal (Lens, 9 p.m.)Sunday: France vs. Ireland (Lyon, 3 p.m.); Germany vs
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One of the world's longest wars is on the verge of ending


The Colombian government and the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) took what appears to be the last major step toward ending one of the longest-running wars in the world on Wednesday, when a joint communique announced an agreement on a bilateral and final ceasefire. The agreement covers ending
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See the Northern Lights from a glass igloo in the middle of the Finnish wilderness


What could be better than seeing the Northern Lights? Seeing them from bed. And at the
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Von Miller gets back on the football field _ at his camp


ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Back in his element, Von Miller danced to the delight of his audience, got his hands on plenty of footballs and infused every minute with hearty laughter.Just like that night four months ago when he was tormenting Cam Newton, the Denver Broncos' star linebacker served as the center of attention Wednesday as he hosted his first youth football camp."All these guys are excited and whenever you've got all this energy around, it's always fun," Miller said. "This is my very first football camp and I can see myself doing this all summer."Nearly 600 kids and dozens of coaches joined Miller at Englewood High School not far from Broncos headquarters, which Miller has avoided since shortly after leading Denver to victory in Super Bowl 50.That marked the franchise's first championship since John Elway was its quarterback. Now as its general manager, Elway is proving harder to pin down that Newton was on that night back in February.Elway has refused to meet Miller's c
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Southwest boosts efforts to keep visitors safe amid heatwave


TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Last year, a French couple died while trying to make sure their 9-year-old son had enough water on a broiling summertime outing at a New Mexico national park.This past weekend, two Germans visiting Arizona for a conference died after taking a hike in perilous, record-breaking heat.The U.S. Southwest has seen its share of heat-related visitor deaths.Amid another staggering heatwave, local governments and businesses in the region are increasing their efforts to alert tourists when summer rolls in and safe outdoor conditions roll out.They're improving brochures and signs by providing information in different languages. And they're educating hotel employees on what to tell tourists with outdoor travel plans.But it's not just those from out of town at risk. Law enforcement officials say most people who end up in trouble when the temperature soars are locals who ignore warnings.Join the conversation about this story
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Secretive $20 billion startup Palantir is buying $225 million of stock back from employees — in exchange for their silence


Palantir, the secretive $20 billion data-mining startup cofounded by Peter Thiel, is buying $225 million of stock back from employees. The catch, reports BuzzFeed's William Alden, is that employees and "certain" ex-employees are only eligible for the buyback offer if they agree to a variety of conditions,
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Subway workers reveal the grossest thing they've ever made


After eating nothing but Subway for a week, I thought I'd encountered some pretty disgusting sandwiches. However, now I know I only just scraped the surface. An "Ask Reddit" thread, with the question "What is the worst Subway sandwich possible, using actual ingredients from Subway?" exploded with replies on Tuesday and Wednesday. Many of these replies were from Subway customers
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18 photos that show where celebrities are vacationing this summer


Summer is officially here, which means it's time for a vacation, if you haven't taken one already. If you're looking for your next getaway, celebrity social media accounts could provide you with some great ideas.
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Here's how the original 'Independence Day' cast has changed over 20 years


When "Independence Day" was released in the summer of 1996, anticipation was high. And the movie still managed to smash expectations. The film grossed $817.4 million worldwide. It was lauded for its groundbreaking visual effects and paved the way for
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Tuesday 7 June 2016

Someone hacked the NFL's Twitter account and said the commissioner was dead (TWTR)


Someone hacked the National Football League's Twitter account on Tuesday and announced that the commissioner had died. "We regret to inform our fans that our commissioner, Roger Goodell, has passed away. He was 57. #RIP," the tweet read, which was quickly shared across Twitter. In truth, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is alive and well. The unknown hacker also managed to rattle off a couple more tweets before those were deleted, and the NFL got back its account. How the account was taken over was not entirely clear. It's possible the
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Optimizing for Accessibility + SEO: Images, Video and Non-Text Elements


Posted by Laura.Lippay[Estimated read time: 12 minutes] (header photo is the search result for "scene" in the Blind Photographers Flickr photo pool.) In the first two posts in this series we covered site and page structure overlaps, and formatting and linking overlaps. In this final post we’ll cover accessibility and SEO overlaps when coding for media elements. Images and non-text elementsAs you can imagine, images online can be problematic for visually impaired visitors to decipher, but luckily we’re using technology here so you and I can help solve that issue with the proper coding on and around images and non-text elements. Some examples of images and non-text elements are: Images, including graphs and charts, word art, decorative and background images, webcam images, photographs Infographics Image maps Animations Graphical buttons Captchas Here are some of the things you can optimize around images and non-text elements for better accessibility. Alt attributesImage alt
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