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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a lower court ruling that a federal employment discrimination law doesn't protect a person against discrimination based on their sexual orientation.
The court on Monday declined to take up the question of whether a law that bars workplace discrimination "because of...sex" covers discrimination against someone because of their sexual orientation.
President Barack Obama's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission took the view that it does. But President Donald Trump's administration has argued that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on gender but doesn't cover sexual orientation. Federal appeals courts are split on the issue. That means the issue is likely to come to the court again.
The case the Supreme Court declined to take involved Jameka Evans, a gay woman who worked as a hospital security officer in Georgia. Lower courts said she couldn't use Title VII to sue for discrimination.

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Antarctica’s first pride celebration
A group of 10 LGBTI people working on Antarctica, decided to celebrate the first Pride at the South Pole. They are working on the United States’ McMurdo Station about 850 miles from the South Pole. The group decided to take a photo with the rainbow flag ahead of June’s Pride month. By June, the continent is shrouded in darkness 24 hours a day. So the group had to get the photo before then.
“Why not take this photo and let people see that there’s queer representation — even at the end of the earth,” Shawn Waldron told New Now Next. The workers at the station host LGBTI events every couple of weeks. They also plan to hold a more significant and official Pride event in June.
Rainbow flags and high heels: S. Korea holds debut Drag Parade
South Korea held its first ever drag parade last weekend, a small but significant step for rights activists in a country that remains deeply conservative when it comes to gender and sexuality. Dozens of drag queens and kings marched through Itaewon on Saturday, a suburb of Seoul best known for its nightlife and a nascent but vibrant gay scene. Carrying rainbow flags, they cheered and strutted their best outfits, receiving shouts of support and the odd baffled look from those they passed. While homosexuality is legal in South Korea, same-sex marriage is not, and people may not legally change their birth gender.
As Supreme Court nears wedding cake decision, more LGBT rights issues loom
A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado baker who would not create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Courts are engaged in two broad types of cases on this issue, weighing whether sex discrimination laws apply to LGBT people and also whether businesses can assert religious objections to avoid complying with anti-discrimination measures in serving customers, hiring and firing employees, providing health care and placing children with foster or adoptive parents.
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NEW DELHI: With the farm loan waiver pitch getting shriller by the day, former RBI governor Y V Reddy today said the practice is not good for "economic or credit culture" and insisted that ultimately it is a political decision and cannot be justified in the longer run.Even former RBI governor C Rangarajan took a similar line, saying the alternative is to offer farmers a longer window to pay off.Reddy noted that every political party in India has offered such waiver in some state or the other or at an all- India level."Loan waiver is not good for economic or credit culture. Every political party in India has given farm loan waiver in some state or the other or at all India level. So, ultimately it is a political decision, it cannot be justified in the longer run," he said on the sidelines of the Inclusive Finance India Summit 2017.Rangarajan observed that instead of waiving farm loans, the government should give longer time to farmers to repay loan or perhaps waive the payment of instalment and rate of interest in that particular year."First thing to do is waiver of interest payments during the year of distress, second reschedule the loans so that the farmers will get a longer timeframe for repayment and finally, if all these things don't succeed, then the government should think of farm loan waiver," Rangarajan suggested.Both the former RBI governors' remarks assume significance, coming in the wake of such announcements by Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.Recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too tried a similar pitch during his campaign for Gujarat elections by promising farmers loan waivers if his party forms the government in the state.In 2008, the government wrote off farm loans to the tune of Rs 74,000 crore.Rangarajan pointed out that increase in growth rate in the second quarter of the current fiscal indicates that the slowdown is bottoming out."My own assessment is that in the next two quarters, rate of growth will be 7 per cent so that on an average for the year, GDP growth will be 6.5 per cent," Rangarajan said.On surge in Bitcoin prices, Reddy said, "It is better we take a definitive view on Bitcoins. I think the main problem for the government and the central bank is to decide what to do (with Bitcoins), everybody is aware that it (Bitcoin) is a big problem," he added.On sidelines of the same event, former RBI deputy governor H R Khan said investment in Bitcoins is "dangerous" and people should understand this.Earlier, participating in a panel discussion with former RBI governors Bimal Jalan, D Subbarao and Reddy, Rangarajan said financial inclusion is not an option, but a compulsion.Jalan's prescription is inclusion has to be combined with financial stability.Subbarao explained that India is a large country and what works in Nagaland may not work in Kerala, which is why "we should have a diversified model for financial inclusion".Former deputy governor Subir Gokarn moderated the session.

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India stood by the families of children who died in Gorakhpur, says PM Modi in Independence Day speech: Nearly 70,000 police personnel have been deployed across the national Capital. Hizbul Mujahideen appoints Mohammad bin Qasim its new commander in Kashmir: He was elevated to the post a day after Yaseen Yattoo alias Mehmood Ghaznavi was killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district. Gorakhpur incident is a mistake that happened at some level, says Amit Shah: The BJP president ruled out demands for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath’s resignation. BJP leaders in Ranchi stop economist Jean Dreze’s speech on communalism: He had argued that it was the most dangerous when the state itself created antagonism between communities. Britain’s Big Ben to remain silent till 2021 while it gets renovated: The 19th century bell will, however, chime for important events such as New Year’s Eve. Maneka Gandhi asks Centre to ban Blue Whale challenge from social media: The women and child development minister also urged parents to ensure their children did not participate in such online activities. Four employees of Bengaluru firm arrested for leaking ‘Game of Thrones’ episode: The company provided data services to Star India. Supreme Court reinstates lookout notice against Karti Chidambaram: The Bharatiya Janata Party had challenged the Madras High Court’s order suspending the lookout notice against the Congress politician. 21 JD(U) leaders, believed to be Sharad Yadav loyalists, suspended for anti-party activities: Former state minister Ramai Ram was also removed from the party. Wholesale inflation rose by 1.88% in July after easing for four months: Stabilising food prices led to the increase and also helped the Reserve Bank of India to reduce its key rates by 25 basis points in August.


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NEW YORK — Spotify is adding some bells and whistles to its free app.
On Tuesday, the music streaming platform announced it has redesigned its mobile app for non-paying Spotify users. It now features new tools previously only available to premium subscribers, such as new music discovery, personalization and low data mode.
The move is part of an effort to attract more paying subscribers. Spotify said 60% of premium users began on the free service.
“We’re doing this because we know it will help us drive growth,” Gustav Söderström, Spotify’s chief research and development officer, said at an event in New York City.
Users who don’t pay $9.99 per month for the premium tier can now access 15 playlists on the app, such as Daily Mix and Discover Weekly. Daily Mix learns what types of music you listen to and suggest songs you may like. The popular Discover Weekly playlist is aimed at helping user’s find new music.
Related: Spotify valued at nearly $30 billion in unusual Wall Street debut
Another new feature cuts down on data consumption by 75%. The premium app has long had an offline mode: Paying users can listen to pre-download playlists or songs without racking up cell phone bills.
There are 90 million users on its free tier, and 71 million paying subscribers. The company expects its overall audience could top 200 million monthly users by the end of this year.
The update marks the company’s first major news announcement since it went public early this month.
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Editor's note: This article was last updated on August 14, 2017, to include info on Apple Music's original video content and to update instructions to reflect changes in iOS 10.
Apple singlehandedly turned the digital music marketplace on its head when it launched the iTunes Store in 2003, and now it’s going after the current hottest trend: Streaming media. Apple Music launched in 2015 to take on the likes of Spotify, Tidal, and other streaming subscription services. Now that it’s hit it’s two-year mark, Apple Music is showing no signs of slowing down—Apple is using the platform to launch original content and television shows, as well as exclusive content from artists.
Still, whether you’re new to Apple Music or have been a subscriber since Day One, there’s a lot to take in—especially if you’re considering jumping ship from Spotify. Our guide to everything Apple Music can help set the record straight.
Antsy for more? Check out some of our other Apple Music content:
Getting started
Apple Apple music’s For You section serves up artist and playlist recommendations, based on other things you’ve listened to and your profile preferences.
What the heck is this thing? Apple Music combines subscription-based music streaming with global radio-like programming and a social feature that connects artists to fans. It’s bundled within iOS starting with version 8.4 and iTunes 12.2 (and all versions of iOS and macOS going forward). The service will come pre-installed on all iOS and macOS devices, but users will be able to stream music instead of purchase music. It’s an all-you-can-eat service for subscribers: Pay a flat fee, and you unlock all of Apple Music’s extensive 30 million-song library. Apple Music is also the new home for your personal music collection on your iOS devices.
Isn’t that the same as iTunes? Not at all. iTunes is all about media ownership, functioning as both a virtual record store and an efficient digital library for music and other media (movies, TV shows, etc) that you own personally. The software comes pre-installed on all Apple devices, and is available as a free download for non-Apple PCs and mobile devices. iTunes doesn’t require a subscription fee to use it (unless you use iTunes Match—more on that in a moment), since every song, album, movie, or show was purchased individually—either from the iTunes Store, or imported or ripped from another source.
Apple Music is all about streaming. You pay a flat fee to unlock access to Apple Music’s entire catalogue, but you don’t actually own the music you listen to. The files don’t live individually on your devices; you’re instead just listening to tracks stored remotely, that are owned by Apple. If you subscribe to any other media streaming subscription service—be it a music-only service like Spotify or Tidal, a TV service like Hulu, or a movie/TV combo service like Netflix or HBO Now—Apple Music functions the same way.
So, iTunes is dead? Not exactly. You can access your entire iTunes library from within Apple Music—just tap the My Music tab—and iTunes will still be a standalone app and media store if you’d prefer to continue to buy music a la carte. However, if you’ve let purchasing music fall by the wayside, you may never have to open iTunes again if you sign up for an Apple Music subscription.
What makes Apple Music different from Spotify/Tidal/every other music subscription service? Apple is putting a lot of emphasis on Apple Music’s three additional features: Beats 1, curated playlists, and Connect.
Apple Beats 1 is Apple Music’s 24/7 live radio station, which has a curated collection of songs and artist interviews.
Beats 1 is its radio offering, which features an around-the-clock worldwide live broadcast from DJs based in Los Angeles, New York, and London. It promises to deliver a curated selection of songs, pop culture news, and interviews with artists.
Speaking of curation, Apple Music also offers up recommendations tailored to your tastes, looking at artists you like and serving up other artists and playlists for you to listen to. But instead of being built by algorithms, they are built by real people, according to Apple. You can find these in the “For You” section of the app—but first you’ll have to set it up by following the prompts to select genres and artists you like.
Connect is Apple Music’s artist-based social networking feature, which lets fans follow artists. Artists can share special content with fans through Connect—for example, hip-hop artists Drake uses the service to post behind-the-scenes photos of his life, share snippets of new songs, and other content. Besides Drake, you’ll find Connect profiles for Pharrell Williams, FKA twigs, Chris Cornell, Bastille, Alabama Shakes, Pearl Jam, and more. Apple has also created genre-specific profiles to follow. Apple automatically has you follow artists when you add their songs to your music library, but you can opt out of this (and find other artists to follow) in your account settings.
Apple Pick your favorite genres and artists to get the best recommendations possible.
Besides that, Apple Music’s library has 30 million songs—the same number as Spotify, though the exact track listings vary. Oh, and you can also watch music videos without ads—something that no other streaming service currently offers—and watch Apple’s exclusive original content and shows.
Apple You can find Apple’s original content in the Browse tab.
Original content? As in, TV shows? Yes. Currently, Apple Music has two original series exclusive for subscribers—Carpool Karaoke: The Series, and Planet of the Apps. Carpool Karaoke: The Series is a spinoff of the popular segment regularly featured on The Late Late Show with James Corden, following the same format (celebrities in cars singing along to their favorite jams) and hosted by Corden. Planet of the Apps is a Shark Tank-style game show where developers pitch iOS app ideas to a panel of celebrity judges (Jessica Alba, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gary Vaynerchuk, and will.i.am).
Besides shows, Apple Music features other music-related content, from documentaries (like Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story) to behind-the-scenes artist interviews and exclusive concert footage (including Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour). To see Apple Music’s full video lineup, go to the Browse tab and tap “TV & Movies.”
How much does this cost? Apple Music costs $9.99 per month, or $14.99 per month for a family subscription for up to six people (which requires iCloud Family Sharing). College students can subscribe for only $4.99 per month.
Is there a free, ad-supported version? Sadly, no. Some aspects will be available to anyone who logs in with an Apple ID—namely, Beats 1, the ability to follow artists on Connect, and the ability to listen to Apple Music radio stations with a limited number of skips—but a paid subscription is required to access Apple Music’s entire library.
What devices can I use this on? Apple Music is available for all iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch models that are running iOS 8.4 or later. It’s also available on the Mac and PC (via iTunes 12.2 or later), Apple TV (running tvOS 9 and newer), and on Apple Watch. Android users can join in on the fun, too, if their device is running Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) or newer.
Wait, did you say Android? Yes! Android users can sign up and have access to Apple Music’s complete catalogue, but they’ll miss out on its full array of features (like voice commands). Music for all!
Can I try before I buy? Yes. Apple offers a three-month free trial for new subscribers.
Does it work with AirPlay? Yes! Each song or music video has an AirPlay button next to it—just tap it and select the device you want to beam to.
Which countries have access to Apple Music? Apple Music is available in more than 100 countries worldwide, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, Japan, Brazil, and India. Check out Apple’s complete list for more info.
Moving to Apple Music from other streaming services
If I subscribe to Apple Music, do I still need my iTunes Match subscription to keep my complete music collection together? According to Apple, iTunes Match and Apple Music are completely separate services, so it will be up to you to decide if you’d like to keep iTunes Match. If your personal music collection has a lot of rare tracks and content that you can’t get through Apple Music, then you may want to consider keeping both subscriptions. Check out our explainer to learn more about how Apple Music and iTunes Match work together.
I spent years perfecting my playlists on Spotify and iTunes. Can I import these into Apple Music? Your iTunes playlists will automatically be pulled into Apple Music when you set up your account, as will the rest of your iTunes library.
However, if you use Spotify, Google Play Music, or any other music subscription service, you’re out of luck—there is no easy way to directly import your playlists into Apple Music. Add “automatic playlist bridge between non-Apple streaming services” to our Apple Music wish list. There are some third-party playlist importers out there, like Stamp, but we haven’t tried any of them first hand.
All about the music
How’s the music quality? Apple Music streams songs at 256kbps, which is the same rate as iTunes Match. That’s a bit of a drop from Spotify and the now-defunct Beats Music, which use a 320kbps bitrate. And competitor Tidal boasts more than just major celebrity endorsements: It offers a high-bitrate option (1411kbps lossless FLAC) at a pricier subscription rate, the “HiFi” tier for $19.99 a month.
Does Apple Music link with Sonos? Yes! If you have Sonos speakers set up in your home, getting started with Apple Music streaming is easy: just open the Sonos app and choose “add music services.” Select Apple Music and log in.
Apple You can easily sync music for offline listening, and release those tracks back into the cloud to make more space on your device.
Can I save music to listen to offline? Yep! Apple Music lets you save tracks to listen to offline—you can save as many songs as you’d like, as long as your device has space for them. But remember: You won’t own those files and you won’t be able to offload them anywhere else. You can’t burn them onto a disc, use them in separate video projects, or put them on other devices that aren’t linked to your Apple Music account. If you decide to cancel your Apple Music subscription, you’ll lose access to those songs. However, the offline listening feature is a great option if you’re concerned about data overages, or if you know you’ll be in an area without a good wireless connection.
To save items for offline listening, tap the “More” button next to the artist, song, album, or playlist you want to save. Then select “Download” and the songs will start downloading. If you want to only view your offline music, head on over to your Library and select “Downloaded Music,” which you can then browse by Playlist, Artist, Album, or Song.
If I save too much music for offline listening, how can I delete to clear up iPhone/iPad space? The process is similar to adding music: Tap the “More” button next to the artist, song, album, or playlist you want to ditch, then tap “Remove” from the pop-up list.
When I add a playlist or album to my Library, does it auto download to my device when on Wi-Fi? No, it won’t automatically download to your device. You’ll have to mark that playlist or album for offline listening.
How will Beats 1 differ from iTunes Radio? iTunes Radio takes the Pandora-style approach to radio, where users create their own stations based around songs, artists, albums, or genres, and iTunes serves up songs that flow well around that theme. You can still use a version of iTunes Radio within Apple Music—but it’s now called Apple Music radio stations. However, iTunes Radio stations were built by algorithms, and Apple Music’s radio stations will mostly be hand-built.
Beats 1, on the other hand, is more like a traditional radio station, with a 24/7 live radio stream anchored by three DJs based in New York, Los Angeles, and London. Former BBC personality Zane Lowe is leading the effort from Los Angeles, with Ebro Darden of Hot 97 in New York, and Julie Adenuga in London. Beats 1 features a combination of songs handpicked by these DJs, plus celebrity interviews, pop culture news, and other music-related content. For now, it is commercial free—but you will hear the occasional sponsorship message—I hear quick sponsorships ads from time to time, like “Beats 1 is made possible by American Express.”
What’s really neat is that every user around the world hears the same content at the same time, and these stations take a much more curated approach to radio than iTunes Radio does.


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On Sunday June 24, 1973, dozens of patrons had gathered at the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans when an arsonist set fire to the building. Within minutes, the flames engulfed the bar, killing 32 patrons. Now author Robert W. Fieseler has come out with a new book "Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation," that details the fire and its aftermath:
WRITING THE BOOK
As a gay man, Fieseler said he thought he knew a lot about the gay liberation movement but then in 2013, his journalism professor — who was from the New Orleans area — told him about the fire: "I was fascinated and compelled. I thought that this was this inherently important history."
On a personal level, writing the book was also a way to reconnect with a relative whose death had been an important turning point in Fieseler's life, a gay man who had died of AIDS when Fieseler was 13. Attending his funeral was "life-changing" for Fieseler as he went from feeling that he was entirely alone to understanding that there were other gay men like him.
THE LIFE OF A BAR
Fieseler describes in the book how the Up Stairs Lounge had a family-like atmosphere in some ways where manager Buddy Rasmussen ran a tight ship: no hustling of patrons, no sloppy drunks and no drug use. The bar's customers often put on theatrical performances, sometimes written by the wife of a customs agent who frequented the bar. Fieseler writes the Lounge became "an oasis where regular customers felt safe, less a hook-up space than a hangout where friends and lovers could exhale and be themselves."
THE FIRE'S AFTERMATH
The fire was front-page news but only briefly. There was no public outpouring of grief and no rushing of top political figures to the scene. In the aftermath, survivors and friends of those who perished worried they might be accidentally revealed as being gay.
No one was ever arrested for the blaze, although Fieseler writes about how investigators keyed into one main suspect in the fire — a disgruntled bar patron who'd been kicked out earlier in the day and had been heard threatening to burn the place down. It wasn't until 2003 that a plaque commemorating the fire's victims was laid.
New Orleans was a conflicted place for the gay community at the time of the fire, Fieseler says. In some ways, the city was a haven for the gay community where people could be themselves. But there were also raids on gay bars, harassment, and discrimination: "An individual who was quiet and who was closeted gay, could find companionship, could find love and joy, could have a job, could have a house, so long as this individual never spoke the dreaded H. word."
PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING
About halfway into Fieseler's four-year book writing process, a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The June 2016 shooting eclipsed the Up Stairs Lounge fire as the single-biggest loss of life for the LGBT community but also re-focused attention on the New Orleans fire, Fieseler said. Posts and stories about the New Orleans fire began appearing on social media as the Pulse nightclub shooting was discussed. Fieseler said the heightened attention on the 1973 fire gave him greater emotional urgency as a "piece of history I was writing about truly spoke to the present moment."
It also spurred many people who had been reluctant to speak about the fire to come forward.
"Their reticence was replaced with urgency," he said. "In the context of the Pulse nightclub shooting they thought that telling their story and bearing witness might do a greater good."
RELIGION AND THE GAY COMMUNITY
A recurring topic in the book is the connection between the Metropolitan Community Church and the lounge. The MCC is a nationwide church started in 1968 to minister to gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people.
For a time, the MCC's New Orleans branch held services in the lounge and about a third of the fire victims were members of the church including the pastor. Troy Perry, who founded the church, came to New Orleans quickly after the fire to assist. Fieseler wanted to explore these connections in the book:
"For me, really the idea of queer faith was so compelling because I'd never really heard of it before or heard it explored in an in-depth way as it related to early gay liberation culture. And especially as I delved into the early history of gay liberation movements, it's virtually impossible to talk about that movement ... without also addressing how important these queer religious organizations were at the time," Fieseler said.
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—AP News Researcher Jennifer Farrar contributed to this report from New York.

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Question: The Mark Hotel ranked the world's best city hotel

The Mark Hotel, located in one of Manhattan's most coveted and discreet locations a stone's throw from Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, received the top rating in Bilanz, Switzerland's leading business magazine, which gave the property its much anticipated and coveted #1 rating in The World's 100 Best City Hotels Award.
The Mark is an international leader in hospitality that has become the hotel of choice for a savvy clientele of global power players since it re-opened almost a decade ago after a bold renovation by French interior designer Jacques Grange; it was Mr. Grange's very first commercial project in the United States.
Bilanz's rating follows a long list of awards and accolades The Mark has received over the years since its re-imagination by Grange, including Condé Nast Traveler's Hot List and Gold List for several years in a row, Condé Nast Traveler's Reader's Choice Awards in 2014 & 2016, U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels list in 2014, 2015 & 2017, as well as Travel & Leisure's Gold List, to name a few.

London has been named the second-best rated destination in the world and number one in the UK in TripAdvisor's tenth annual Travellers’ Choice awards for Destinations.
Paris takes the world title this year, with Rome rolling in at third place and Bali bouncing in in fourth. Interestingly, New York, a long-time favourite with travellers worldwide, slips down from fifth in 2017 to tenth place.
The award winners were determined using an algorithm that analyses the millions of reviews and ratings for hotels, restaurants and attractions collected in a single year from TripAdvisor travellers worldwide.
London has been named the second best-rated destination in the world and number one in the UK in TripAdvisor's tenth annual Travellers’ Choice awards for Destinations
Other global destinations that proved popular with travellers included Crete, Barcelona, Prague, Marrakesh and Istanbul, which came in fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.
For the UK category, the north continues to beat the south with six winning destinations.
Edinburgh, Liverpool, York, Glasgow, Blackpool and Belfast take second, third, fifth, sixth, ninth and tenth place respectively.
While in the south of the UK and Channel Isles, London, Jersey, the Isle of Wight and Bath come in first, fourth, seventh and eighth respectively.
Interestingly, New York, a long-time favourite with travellers worldwide, slid down from fifth to tenth place in the TripAdvisor awards. However, in the U.S. category, the Big Apple came out on top
Paris takes the world title this year as the top travel destination. The award winners of TripAdvisor's tenth annual Travellers’ Choice awards for Destinations were determined using an algorithm that analyses the millions of reviews collected in a single year from travellers worldwide
TRIPADVISOR'S TOP HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS FOR 2018 REVEALED The award winners of TripAdvisor's tenth annual Travellers’ Choice awards for Destinations were determined using an algorithm that analyses the millions of reviews and ratings for hotels, restaurants and attractions collected in a single year from travellers worldwide. Here are the results for 2018: World top ten 1. Paris 2. London 3. Rome 4. Bali, Indonesia 5. Crete, Greece 6. Barcelona 7. Prague 8. Marrakech, Morocco 9. Istanbul 10. New York City Europe top ten 1. Paris 2. London 3. Rome 4. Crete, Greece 5. Barcelona 6. Prague 7. Istanbul 8. Lisbon 9. Majorca 10. Santorini, Greece UK top ten 1. London 2. Edinburgh 3. Liverpool 4. Jersey 5. York 6. Glasgow 7. Isle of Wight, Hampshire 8. Bath 9. Blackpool 10. Belfast U.S. top ten 1. New York City 2. Maui, Hawaii 3. Big Island, Hawaii 4. Oahu, Hawaii 5. Las Vegas 6. Orlando 7. Chicago, Illinois 8. San Diego 9. San Francisco 10. Key West, Florida
In the U.S. category, the state of Hawaii dominated the leader board with Maui, Big Island and Oahu coming in at second, third and fourth place just after New York.
Las Vegas came in at fifth place, with Orlando, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco and Key West rounding off the list.
Commenting on this year's Travellers’ Choice awards for Destinations, TripAdvisor spokesperson Hayley Coleman said: 'This year’s awards show that the UK’s capital is still a firm favourite among global travellers as it maintains its position in the top two destination in the world.'
She revealed that budget-conscious travellers planning to visit one of the top ten destinations in the world should head to Istanbul.
The ancient city of Rome came third overall in the list released by TripAdvisor
Travellers gave Barcelona in Spain top marks for its hotel and restaurant scene, with it scoring sixth place on the global list
The average nightly rates for hotels in the colourful Turkish city come in at £78 on TripAdvisor.
To help travellers plan their next trip to the world’s top ten destinations, the site has identified highly-rated value hotels that cost less than the destination average.
In Turkey, the Dersaadet Hotel Istanbul - which comes in at £72 per night - is recommended, while in in Paris, TripAdvisor suggests the Hotel Bradford Elysees-Astotel, priced at £110 per night over the £166 average.
Over in London, The Piccadilly London West End is put forward as a suggestion, with the £176 price tag more reasonable than the £191 average.
MailOnline Travel would also recommend using the following websites to find great hotels in the destinations that have made TripAdvisor's lists -www.slh.com, www.lhw.com and www.designhotels.com.
For smaller, characterful lodgings, try www.sawdays.co.uk.
Laura Citron the CEO London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s official promotional agency, said she was delighted to hear about the British capital coming out on top.
She concluded: 'It’s wonderful to see that visitors continue to be drawn in by London’s extraordinary mix of history and heritage, cutting-edge contemporary culture alongside an array of major events and festivities.
'This year promises another jam-packed programme of blockbuster exhibitions, shows and exciting new openings to tempt visitors of all ages, interests and budgets.'


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U.S. industrial production fell in January as unseasonably warm weather caused a major drop in utilities output, offsetting gains in manufacturing and mining, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. central bank said its overall industrial production index fell 0.3 percent last month after a downwardly revised 0.6 percent gain in December.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast industrial production being flat in January. December's output was originally reported as a 0.8 percent rise. The Fed's measure of the industrial sector comprises manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities.
The bulk of the January decline was due to a 5.7 percent drop in utilities output because of reduced heating demand.
Manufacturing production was up 0.2 percent, matching analysts' forecasts, while mining output rose 2.8 percent.
With overall output declining in January, the percentage of industrial capacity in use fell 0.3 percentage point during the month to 75.3 percent. Manufacturing capacity use rose 0.1 percentage point to 75.1 percent.
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U.S. manufacturers cranked out more steel, machinery and electronics last month as factories appear to be rebounding after two years of stagnation.
Factory output rose 0.2 percent in January, its second straight increase, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday . While modest, the gain is equal to the industry's growth in all of 2016.
Manufacturers are benefiting from increased spending by businesses on industrial machinery and other equipment. Oil and gas drillers are building new rigs now that energy prices have stabilized after falling sharply two years ago. Cutbacks by drillers had caused orders for steel pipe and other drilling equipment to plummet. And weak overseas economies in Europe and China also cut into exports.
Yet those trends have largely reversed. Mining production rose 2.8 percent last month, pushed higher by a solid gain in oil and gas drilling.
Utility production fell 5.7 percent last month, as unseasonably warm weather reduced demand for heating. A broader measure of industrial production, which includes manufacturing, mining and utilities, dropped 0.3 percent.
Other measures of manufacturing output show steady improvement. Factories expanded at the fastest pace in more than two years last month, according to a private survey of purchasing managers. That survey also found that factories are hiring more.
And a separate gauge of new orders for U.S. factory goods rose in December at a solid pace, lifted by greater business spending on big-ticket items such as machinery and computers.
A strong dollar has weighed on exports because it makes U.S. goods more expensive overseas, though manufacturers appear to be adjusting to the currency's strength.


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Question: Church, Weld County sheriff pledge fix after Greeley Tribune questions campaign donation

For more information about Colorado’s campaign finance rules, or to look up donations to individual candidates, go to http://www.sos.state.co.us” ; target=”_blank”>class=”Hyperlink”> http://www.sos.state.co.us .
Officials at New Horizons Christian Church in Dacono say it's a big misunderstanding. The church shouldn't be credited with a $300 donation to Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams' re-election campaign.
That's illegal, after all.
Despite new rules passed as part of federal tax cuts this past year, which opened the door to sermons promoting candidates, it didn't change IRS code when it comes to nonprofits donating to political candidates.
"Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office," according to the IRS website.
It's a prohibition the church takes seriously, secretary Tammy Meredith said Monday.
"We can lose our 501(c)(3) status," said Tammy Meredith, New Horizons secretary. "It is very much something that government does not allow us to do."
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New Horizons Christian Church is listed as the contributor on a $300 campaign contribution, a contribution Reams said came after a speaking engagement at the church this past fall.
"Afterward, they said, 'Here's our donation to your campaign,'" Reams said.
Meredith said there was a misunderstanding, and that the money was simply a speaking fee for Reams, who was invited to tell his story as part of the church's Adopt a Cop program where parishioners send prayers to anonymous officers who request them.
Just a few minutes after The Tribune contacted him, Reams said his campaign had written a check to New Horizons to reimburse the donation. Reams is running for re-election in 2018, and he has no publicly announced opposition.
While New Horizons Christian Church appears to have run afoul of IRS rules, the donation is also against Colorado campaign finance rules, which prohibit for-profit and nonprofit corporations from donating to political candidates.
That prohibition appears to target candidates.
"Colorado law prohibits candidates and candidate committees from accepting contributions from corporations (profit or nonprofit)," according to the manual.
New Horizons Christian Church is a nonprofit corporation in Colorado, according to the Colorado Secretary of State's website.
Churches are allowed to donate to causes and campaign for ballot issues. They can, for example, campaign for tax increases for schools. They can't donate to political candidates.
New Horizons Christian Church is the only church The Tribune could find that has made a donation to a political candidate, according to those records.
The prohibition goes back to 1954, when the U.S. Congress approved an amendment by Sen. Lyndon Johnson to prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations from engaging in any political campaign activity, according to the IRS website.
"To the extent Congress has revisited the ban over the years, it has in fact strengthened the ban," according to the IRS.
Tyler Silvy covers government and politics for The Greeley Tribune. Reach him at tsilvy@greeleytribune.com. Connect with him at Facebook.com/TylerSilvy or @TylerSilvy on Twitter.

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Question: BRIEF-Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical announces 2017 dividend payment

April 25(Reuters) - Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
* Says it plans to pay cash dividend of 0.45 yuan per 10 shares (before tax) to the company’s shareholders for 2017
Source text in Chinese:goo.gl/L2nYSw
Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News)

* PREVIOUS TRADING SESSION MOVES:
* SSEC -0.4 pct, CSI300 -0.4 pct, HSI +0.1 pct
* Northbound connects closed on Tuesday
* Shenzhen->HK daily quota used 1.5 pct
* CNY official close 6.8965 per dollar, 0.5 pct softer vs US$ last 90 days
* FTSE China A50 -0.4 pct, BNY Mellon ADR China Select Index +0.4 pct
SHANGHAI, May 3 Following is a list of recent corporate and policy announcements, as well as other news that might affect Chinese financial markets. Policy, government, sector news:
* China's Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong River row
* China c.bank injects $73.4 bln of liquidity in April, 18 pct less than March
* China, HK eye July handover anniversary to unveil 'Bond Connect' -sources
* China banks hike lending rates for Beijing home buyers - sources
* China will guard against shocks from cross-border capital flows - FX regulator
Company moves:
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* China's HNA raises Deutsche Bank stake to nearly 10 pct-source
* China Everbright Bank to raise up to 31 bln yuan via H-share issue
Earnings/Performance
* Ningbo Zhoushan Port's container, cargo throughputs up
Equity changes
* Oceanwide Holdings' offshore affiliate Quam to raise about HK$5.1 bln by share placement
* Zoomlion has not bought back A-shares as planned earlier
* Anhui Xinhua Media's controlling shareholder to raise stake within 6 months IPOs
* Qingdao Weflo Valve's Shenzhen IPO 8,365.5 times oversubscribed in online tranche
* Shenzhen Genvict Technologies' Shenzhen IPO 4,280 times oversubscribed in online tranche
* Jinneng Science & Technology's Shenzhen IPO 6,189.96 times oversubscribed in online tranche
M&A
* Truking Technology to acquire stake in Germany's Romaco
* Chongqing Iron & Steel to halt asset restructuring after failing to meet regulatory requirements Regulation
* Pangda Automobile Trade probed by regulator for possible violations of regulations
* Minmetals Capital to withdraw delisting risk warning after completing restructuring Other moves (spin-offs, divestitures, deals)
* Shanghai Fosun Pharma's unit to invest in Partners Innovation Fund II
* Chongqing Changan Automobile receives government research fund of 180 mln yuan (Compiled by Luoyan Liu; Editing by Sam Holmes)


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Question: 10 things that are stopping us getting a good night’s sleep

There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep to prepare us for the new day. But sadly many people aren’t getting one.
New research reveals that the average Brit wakes up three times during the night, and for one in 10 of us it’s as many as 7 to 10 times.
Here are the top 10 reasons people say they can’t get a good night’s sleep.
1. Going to the toilet
Nearly half those surveyed (47 per cent) have to get up to use the loo during the night. This happens more often if we’ve had liquids before going to bed, and functions as nature’s own little alarm clock. Unfortunately, it usually goes off around 3am.
2. Being woken up by discomfort
A bad back or even general aches and pains are keeping 19 per cent of us awake at night.
3. Snoring
A hefty 41 per cent of us fed up of having to poke our other halves until they turn over.
4. Being edged out
A sizeable 25 per cent of us wake up to find ourselves occupying a sliver of space on the edge of the bed, as our partners have managed to occupy our side as well as theirs.
5. Tossing and turning
This affects 10.5 per cent of us too, whether it’s us doing it, or our partners.
6. Bedroom talk
10 per cent of us have to put up with our partner talking, or making other weird noises, in their sleep
7. Phone problems
10 per cent of us are woken up by our partner looking at their phone, because no matter what manufacturers say, the light that emits from them at night is still enough to wake people up.
8. Brought to book
4.6 per cent of us are woken by a partner who is watching TV or reading (presumably because they can’t get to sleep).
9. Bad dreams or nightmares
These affect 11 per cent of us - and who hasn’t woken up sweating about the bogeyman under the bed?
10. Plain old anxiety
This affects 6 per cent of us. We’re worrying about the next day at work, bills, relationships, waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to get back to sleep.
Psychologist Robert Stewart said: “There are two main reasons our sleep is good or poor, and these are our sleep hygiene and our sleep cycles.
“Sleep hygiene relates to our ‘before-bed’ routine. Not drinking or eating a lot, choosing the same time to sleep each night, and not looking at phones, laptops or TV in bed, to name a few.
“Getting these right should help in getting you off to sleep, but more importantly, there are the sleep cycles you go through.
“A person will go through 5 stages of sleep in a night and each of these vary in depth.
“Stage 5 or rapid eye movement (REM) stage is the lightest stage of sleep and this is where people are most likely to stir.
“Whilst we cannot control this, the surrounding environment, such as a partner snoring, other noise or discomfort, will impact on whether we return to sleep smoothly or are awoken.
“So to drift back to sleep seamlessly and without disturbance, ensure you have the best environment to aid this, whether it be earplugs or a comfortable mattress.”

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Question: Amazon recalls solar eclipse glasses a week before event

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — Amazon recently sent out an email to hundreds of customers to let them know their purchased solar eclipse glasses were not confirmed safe for viewing the eclipse.
Many viewers told KOIN 6 News they had received this email, forcing them to purchase new ones.
In the email, Amazon said,
To protect your eyes when viewing the sun or an eclipse, NASA and the American Astronomical Society (AAS) advise you to use solar eclipse glasses or other solar filters from recommended manufacturers. Viewing the sun or an eclipse using any other glasses or filters could result in loss of vision or permanent blindness. Amazon has not received confirmation from the supplier of your order that they sourced the item from a recommended manufacturer. We recommend that you DO NOT use this product to view the sun or the eclipse.”
Amazon also said in the email they were refunding buyers in full.
It’s currently unclear how many companies are affected by the recall. However, vendor ICSTARS later said all of their filters were safe to use.
Pam Ledbury, who lives in Damascus, said she was so excited to watch the eclipse until she received the email from Amazon, just 9 days before the solar eclipse.
“Thousands of us probably bought them because they are cheap,” Ledbury said.
However, Ledbury is grateful Amazon warned her about the potential faulty glasses.
Ledbury said, “It really was a good idea because if they are not sure, you can imagine how many people can go blind.”
She also said if she can’t find appropriate glasses by Aug. 21, she’ll watch the shadows move over her farmlands.
If you received this email from Amazon, there are other places to purchase eclipse glasses.
The American Astronomical Society has listed manufacturers of eclipse glasses on their site, which are verified to be compliant with the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard.
NASA has also listed multiple ways to view the eclipse safely.

Ina Schakaraschwili holds her glasses in place during a solar eclipse at the University of Denver's Chamberlain Observatory in this May 20, 2012 file photo
The total solar eclipse is Aug. 21, and the American Astronomical Society wants to make sure you view the event safely and don't fall victim to buying an unsafe or fraudulent product.
For a list of reputable vendors to buy your solar filters, glasses, and viewers, just click this link to visit the AAS site.
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Question: Trump cites GOP memo as vindication on Russia

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has claimed complete vindication from a congressional memo that alleges the FBI abused its surveillance powers during the investigation into his campaign’s possible Russia ties. But the memo also includes revelations that might complicate efforts by Trump and his allies to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry.
The four-page document released Friday contends that the FBI, when it applied for a surveillance warrant on a onetime Trump campaign associate, relied excessively on an ex-British spy whose opposition research was funded by Democrats. At the same time, the memo confirms that the investigation into potential Trump links to Russia actually began several months earlier, and was “triggered” by information involving a different campaign aide.
Christopher Steele, the former spy who compiled the allegations, acknowledged having strong anti-Trump sentiments. But he also was a “longtime FBI source” with a credible track record, according to the memo from the House Intelligence Committee chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and his staff.
The warrant authorizing the FBI to monitor the communications of former campaign adviser Carter Page was not a one-time request, but was approved by a judge on four occasions, the memo says, and even signed off on by the second-ranking official at the Justice Department, Rod Rosenstein, whom Trump appointed as deputy attorney general.
Trump, however, tweeted Saturday from Florida, where he was spending the weekend, that the memo puts him in the clear.
“This memo totally vindicates ‘Trump’ in probe,” he said. “But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their (sic) was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!”
The underlying materials that served as the basis for the warrant application were not made public in the memo. As a result, the document only further intensified a partisan battle over how to interpret the actions of the FBI and Justice Department during the early stages of the counterintelligence investigation that Mueller later inherited. Even as Democrats described it as inaccurate, some Republicans quickly cited the memo — released over the objections of the FBI and Justice Department — in their arguments that Mueller’s investigation is politically tainted.
A closer read presents a far more nuanced picture.
“Having decided to cherry-pick, the Nunes team picked a bunch of the wrong cherries for its own narrative,” Matthew Waxman, a Columbia University law professor and former Bush administration official, wrote in an email.
The memo’s central allegation is that agents and prosecutors, in applying in October 2016 to monitor Page’s communications, failed to tell a judge that the opposition research that provided grounds for the FBI’s suspicion received funding from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Page had stopped advising the campaign sometime around the end of that summer.
Steele’s research, according to the memo, “formed an essential part” of the warrant application. But it’s unclear how much or what information Steele collected made it into the application, or how much has been corroborated. Steele was working for Fusion GPS, a firm initially hired by the conservative Washington Free Beacon to do opposition research on Trump. Steele didn’t begin work on the project until after Democratic groups took over the funding.
Republicans say a judge should have known that “political actors” were involved in allegations that led the Justice Department to believe Page might be an agent of a foreign power — an accusation he has consistently and strenuously denied.
The FBI this week expressed “grave concerns” about the memo and called it inaccurate and incomplete. Democrats said it was a set of cherry-picked claims aimed at smearing law enforcement and that releasing the memo would damage law enforcement and intelligence work.
For one, Democrats said it was misleading and incorrect to say a judge was not told of the potential political motivations of the people paying for Steele’s research.
Beyond that, though, the memo confirms the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign began in July 2016, months before the surveillance warrant was sought, and was “triggered” by information concerning campaign aide George Papadopoulos. He pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI.
The confirmation about Papadopoulos is “the most important fact disclosed in this otherwise shoddy memo,” California Rep. Adam Schiff, the House committee’s top Democrat, said in a tweet Saturday in response to Trump’s assertion that the document vindicated him.
The timing makes clear that other Trump associates beyond Page, who was part of the election effort for only a short period and was not in Trump’s inner circle, had generated law enforcement scrutiny. The memo also omits that Page had been on the FBI’s radar a few years earlier as part of a separate counterintelligence investigation into Russian influence
The memo’s release also comes amid an effort by Trump and congressional Republicans to discredit Mueller’s investigation. His probe focuses not only on whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia but also on whether the president sought to obstruct justice.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican who has been deeply involved in hotly debated Republican issues such as the Benghazi hearings, says the GOP memo has no impact on Mueller’s Russia probe and that the significance of the dossier has been overstated.
“There is a Russia investigation without a dossier. So to the extent the memo deals with the dossier and the FISA process, the dossier has nothing to do with the meeting at Trump Tower,” Gowdy said in an interview to air Sunday on CBS’ “Face The Nation.”
Gowdy, who announced recently that he is not running for re-election, said: “The dossier really has nothing to do with George Papadopoulos’ meeting in Great Britain. It also doesn’t have anything to do with obstruction of justice. So there’s going to be a Russia probe, even without a dossier.”
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Associated Press writers Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Catherine Lucey, Matthew Daly, Desmond Butler and Jonathan Lemire contributed to this report.

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Here's what's behind the disputed four-page document and its potential fallout The buildup is over, and the memo is out. So what does the newly released four-page document from House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and his committee staff mean for the Russia investigation, key figures at the Justice Department and President Donald Trump?
Did the Nunes memo undermine its own core argument? Beyond the controversy over the timing, wisdom and true purpose of its Friday release, the Republican memo alleging anti-Trump corruption at the FBI and Justice Department contains one remarkable detail that undermines its core assertion.
Watergate reporter: Darkest days since McCarthy Carl Bernstein, one of the journalists who uncovered the Watergate scandal, reacts to the release of a disputed GOP intelligence memo that alleges FBI abuses of its surveillance authority.
Opinion: The real shock of the Nunes memo When I was a homicide prosecutor in the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, my most challenging assignment was "riding" homicide cases. I'd get paged (often in the middle of the night) and a patrol car would pick me up and take me to the grisly scene of a recent murder.
Analysis: The memo's most interesting part is Trump's reaction On Friday, we finally got the much-promised memo crafted by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) that allegedly blows the top off of the "deep state" conspiracy within the Justice Department aimed at discrediting Donald Trump's presidency.
James Comey responds: That's it? Former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by President Trump, responds to the release of the disputed GOP intelligence memo that alleges FBI abuses of its surveillance authority.
Nunes hints that there's more to come House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes hinted Friday that there would be additional memos released regarding the committee's investigation into alleged abuse of FISA warrants -- and the next one may look at the State Department.
Read the disputed memo here House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, R-California, put together this highly controversial memo, released Friday, alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools.


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Question: India’s warship aircraft carrier ‘Viraat’ to retire on March 6th

New Delhi: The world’s oldest aircraft carrier INS Viraat will be decommissioned on March 6 with a ceremonial send-off in Mumbai.
According to Indian Navy official, the ship’s name is entered in the Guinness World Records for being the oldest serving warship.
The decommissioning ceremony will be attended, by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and other dignitaries.
The gala event will see the lowering and wrap-up of the naval flag installed on the warship at sunset, marking an end to a long sea odyssey lasting 55 years, including 30 years in the Indian Navy.
Although no decision has been taken on the future of this warship till yet, but sources said that talks are on with the Andhra Pradesh government which has expressed interest in taking in the ship.
Referred to as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ in the naval community, Viraat was completed and commissioned in 1959 in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom as ‘HMS Hermes’.
It was decommissioned in 1984 and subsequently commissioned in the Indian Navy on May 12, 1987.
Aircraft like Sea Harriers, White Tigers, Seaking 42B, Seaking 42C and Chetak helicopters have been operated from the warship.
Under the Indian Navy, aircraft have clocked more than 22,034 hours of flying from INS Viraat’s decks.
The war ship spent nearly 2,250 days at sea, sailing 5,88,288 nautical miles, thereby implying that Viraat has been at sea for over six years and sailed around the globe about 27 times.

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Question: Rory McIlroy: No excuses for not performing well at Dubai Duty Free Irish Open

Rory McIlroy admits he will have "no excuses" for not performing well in this week's Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.
McIlroy won the title in 2016 but has missed the cut in four of the last five years, during which time he has had to juggle his duties as tournament host of the £5.3million event.
"I've cut back from a few things off the golf course," McIlroy said in his pre-tournament press conference at Ballyliffin. "It's not that we're not doing them, I'm just maybe not as involved in some of the stuff.
"There's been a couple of times where I just haven't felt as prepared as I could have been walking on to the first tee on Thursday. So I got here Monday morning, practised Monday afternoon and all day yesterday.
"I've done my work. So there's no excuse about not being prepared or not, and I've learned that as I went along. I felt I was underprepared at County Down [in 2015]. I felt OK at The K Club I guess. I've learnt as I went along and I feel this year I'm right where I need to be."

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Sam Torrance
Tournament of the Year
It has been an amazing year for Majors and it is very difficult to choose between the Masters and the Open Championship because of the dramatic finishes at both events.
At Augusta, Sergio Garcia finally broke his Major duck at the 74th attempt, beating Justin Rose in a play-off after coming from behind three times on the final round.
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Three months later at Royal Birkdale, Jordan Spieth triumphed in a fantastic see-saw duel with fellow American Matt Kuchar to claim the third leg of a possible career grand slam.
But I have to pick Garcia’s win at the Masters, which saw him follow in the footsteps of his heroes, Jose Maria Olazabal and Seve Ballesteros.
The Spaniard and Rose are among my favourite players on the circuit and it was wonderful to see them go head to head down the stretch on the Sunday.
Player of the Year
For the special nature of his Masters win and many other highlights in a brilliant year, I’d pick Garcia.
The 37-year-old has been a great supporter of the game throughout his career and has been at the top for so long now.
It was heart-warming to see him put on the Green Jacket after finally achieving his goal in such determined style.
Tommy Fleetwood also deserves a mention for winning the Race To Dubai. But while the Masters was the highlight of Garcia’s year, he also won two more titles – the Dubai Desert Classic and an emotional victory on home soil at the Andalucia Masters – to run Fleetwood close in the European order of merit.
Breakthrough of the Year
Jon Rahm is in a league of his own here. The Spaniard arrived on the scene like a meteor in 2017, winning three events including the DP World Tour Championship.
By the middle of his first full season playing on the main tours Rahm had gatecrashed the top 10 of the world rankings. Now he is No4. No rookie has ever achieved as much as he has this year.
The US college-educated powerhouse from the Basque Country, 23, is a hugely exciting player who has everything in his armoury. And the best news for Europe is that he’s ours.
Other highlights
Young Irishman Paul Dunne had an exceptional year, climbing from 275th in the world to inside the top 80.
The undoubted highlight was a final round of 61 at the British Masters in October that saw the 25-year-old hold off a charge from Rory McIlroy and claim a first European Tour title.
Another of the rounds of the year came from Ross Fisher.
The Englishman carded a record 61 at the Old Course at St Andrews, although that sensational performance still wasn’t quite enough to prevent Tyrrell Hatton defending his Alfred Dunhill Links Championship crown.
Players to watch in 2018
Having landed their maiden Majors this year it will be interesting to see how Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka fare with the difficult task of following that up in the next 12 months.
Fellow American Rickie Fowler is another I’ll be keeping an eye on after his incredible 11-under-par final round earned him the Hero World Challenge earlier this month.
Dustin Johnson remains world No1 after his fantastic start to the season – will he recapture that form?
No2 Spieth, meanwhile, is closing in on him and will complete the career grand slam if he wins the US PGA Championship.
From a European perspective, I look forward to seeing how Rahm, Rose and Fleetwood continue their fine seasons and how McIlroy bounces back from a disappointing year.
As much as any player, though, in 2018 I’m excited about the return of Tiger Woods.
He looked fit and healthy, and holed lots of birdies in his comeback a fortnight ago. Tiger is most definitely one to watch.
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Question: The Champions League’s most common fixture - and it’s not Arsenal v Bayern Munich

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It might feel like it but Arsenal v Bayern Munich is NOT the most common Champions League fixture.
The two teams seem to perennially play each other in club football’s most prestigious competition.
Arsenal and German giants have in fact clashed four times out of the last five seasons.
The fixture seems so inevitable that even before the round of 16 draw had been made, Bayern joked about whether they should book their flights to London...
But there are fixtures that are even more common – five other pairs of teams who have been drawn
together more often than Arsenal and Bayern.
But which is the most regular? Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid is the Champions League’s most common fixture.
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The two sides have been drawn together 11 times over the years. Six of those ties were in the semi-finals (1975/76, 1986/87, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2011/12 and 2013/14) and two were in the quarter-finals
(1987/88 and 2001/02).
However, Bayern and Real have never played each other in the final.
AC Milan vs Barcelona and Juventus vs Real Madrid are the next most common Champions League ties, with the two sets of teams being drawn together nine times.
Teams: Times drawn together
Bayern Munich - Real Madrid: 11
AC Milan - Barcelona: 9
Juventus - Real Madrid: 9
AC Milan - Real Madrid: 8
AC Milan - Ajax: 7
Ajax - Real Madrid: 6
Arsenal - Bayern Munich: 6
Barcelona - Chelsea: 6
Bayern Munich - Manchester United: 6
Borussia Dortmund - Real Madrid: 6
Porto - Real Madrid: 6

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We’re fast approaching the Champions League knockout stages (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
The 16 clubs remaining in this season’s Champions League will be waiting nervously this morning as the draw for the last 16 of the competition takes place today.
Five English clubs are involved in the knockout stages for the very first time as Manchester United, Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham all made it through the group stage.
Champions League draw – LIVE: Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool and Man City learn fate
They now join European giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of Europe’s premier competition.
Mauricio Pochettino has done a great job with Spurs in Europe this year (Picture: Getty Images)
What time is the Champions League draw?
The draw is being made at 11am today (Monday, December 11).
What TV channel is the draw on?
BT Sport 2 will be showing the drama unfold with coverage starting at 10.45am.
Who will Real Madrid play? (Picture: EPA/JAVIER LIZON)
Where is the draw taking place?
The balls will be drawn at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Pep Guardiola will be confident of beating anyone (Picture: Getty Images)
Who can the English clubs draw?
In the last 16, a side cannot draw anyone from their own domestic league, or a club from the same group from which they qualified.
Sides that finished top of their group can only play teams that finished second and vice-versa.
Possible opponents in the last 16 Manchester United: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donestk, Porto, Real Madrid Chelsea: Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Besiktas Liverpool: Basel, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Shakhtar Donetsk, Porto, Real Madrid Manchester City: Basel, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Sevilla, Porto, Real Madrid Tottenham Basel, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk, Porto
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The Golden State Warriors will absolutely try to keep the band together, and they know that the music starts with Stephen Curry. Days after they won their second NBA title in three years, the Warriors are already gearing up for a big summer of trying to keep their best assets on the floor together in order to continue their dominance over the rest of the NBA.
Warriors owner Joe Lacob is adamant that effort starts with Stephen Curry, who is an unrestricted free agent this summer. Though Curry is almost certainly returning to Golden State, how much money he returns for can impact the other roster moves the Warriors are able to make.
Rather than play games with their franchise player, Lacob told Tim Kawakami of the Bay Area News Group that his team is all-in on making sure the star point guard returns to Golden State, and will do “whatever it takes” to make that happen.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — DeMarcus Cousins will spend the rest of the 2016-17 NBA season walking on eggshells.
Having already served a league-mandated suspension for accruing 16 technical fouls, Cousins faces subsequent one-game bans for every two additional violations. Subduing emotion has always been difficult for the All-Star big man, but now the penalty for failure is more severe than ever.
Every incident that could produce a shout, scowl or diatribe against officials suddenly comes at a steeper price. Errant hands to the face of Donatas Motiejunas get extra scrutiny, for example. Reactions to low blows from Buddy Hield, obvious no-calls and every other potential outburst could result in another team-crippling suspension.
And you'd better believe it's weighing on Cousins.
"I don't know how to be myself anymore," he said softly from his locker stall at the Golden 1 Center on Friday night.
The Kings had just engineered a 22-point comeback to steal a win from the visiting Atlanta Hawks, but more importantly, it was Cousins' first night back from his initial suspension. He admitted the threat of future discipline affected his performance. Hence the miniature existential emergency.
"It's well known I'm a very emotional player," Cousins later explained to Bleacher Report. "I play with a lot of passion, a lot of emotion. I know that's what makes me the player that I am. When I'm kind of crucified for how I play, and they want change, it's hard for me to be the same type of player...It's just me trying to find the balance. I'm trying to make the adjustment, I'm trying to make the change for the better."
Can he sustain his productivity while snuffing out the fire that led to his suspension? And can he do it as the pressure of the season's stretch run intensifies?
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Cousins understands the stakes. He knows his team is within sniffing distance of the franchise's first playoff berth since 2007. And he knows one game lost to suspension here or there could be the difference between reaching what he's called his only goal and falling short again.
"The guy's trying so hard," head coach Dave Joerger said. "He's an emotional player, so it's like he's playing with one hand behind his back if he can't ever say anything. He doesn't want to hurt the team. He doesn't want to get another technical."
Cousins survived the comeback win against Atlanta without incurring tech No. 17, but it was no easy thing. He was sluggish, visibly frustrated and unable to hide the strain of, well...restraint. Is his effectiveness divisible from his emotion?
"I'm dealing with my own demons right now," he said. "I've got to focus on what's going on at the moment, and I did a terrible job of that."
Two nights later, Cousins was assessed a first-quarter technical foul for an errant swing of the arm that caught New Orleans Pelicans forward Motiejunas in the face. In order to compose himself, Cousins actually left the floor and went to the locker room.
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"It was kind of hard for me with that one because of the situation that had just occurred where I come back and the slightest thing and I'm back (facing suspension)," Cousins said. "It's hard, but I had to gather myself, refocus and get back to the main objective which is winning the game. I've got to walk the straight and narrow. It's all I can do."
Sacramento won that game as well, getting 28 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists from its best player—despite an ejection-triggering groin shot from Pelicans guard Hield. It was as if the basketball gods were testing Boogie. To his credit, he passed. Plenty of players with less volatile reputations would have snapped in that situation.
But so many more games lie ahead. So many more trials have yet to be undertaken. And, again, Cousins' margin for error is basically nil.
How he handles the challenge he's helped create for himself (despite protestations about unfair treatment from officials, he is partly responsible for his situation) will either signal the kind of growth so many have been waiting to see or reaffirm the doubts that have dogged him for years.
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He'll have help.
"I lean on all my teammates, not just Matt (Barnes). But he is the voice of our team. Everybody leans on Matt when times get hard because he's been through it all, seen it all on all levels."
Barnes, like Cousins, is no stranger to image problems.
"He's got a tough rap—the reputation he's earned," Barnes told ESPN-Tencent's Yuan Fang. "Whether it's good or bad. We both have bad and that took me my whole career to change mine and it hasn't worked. He just has to be able to adjust within his reputation and still be himself. He has to keeps his head."
Barnes has been a calming figure all season, which may seem odd given his volatile reputation. He commands respect like no on else on the roster, and you can see it in the locker room and on the floor. When the Kings found life in the second half against Atlanta, they did so after Barnes gathered his teammates together at the foul line before the third quarter.
When he motioned for a huddle, everyone—Cousins included—hustled over, leaned in close and listened to the veteran as he clapped his hands and exhorted them to perform.
"I thought Matt did a good job of really talking to us the whole game," Darren Collison said. "He was the leader when things weren't going well."
This is about more than Cousins' personal journey, though. The Kings have professed commitment to their big man, with general manager Vlade Divac saying Cousins won't be traded. A contract extension worth upwards of $200 million will likely come by July.
Cousins could validate that faith by adjusting his behavior and upping his level of play. Or he could falter and, in doing so, force the Kings to reconsider their committed stance. Worse still, he might come up short and get that max extension anyway, which would effectively consign Sacramento to another half-decade of maddening sub-mediocrity.
We've seen a lot from DeMarcus Cousins over the last six years.
He's got six weeks to show us something more.
Kings Insider's Notebook
Free Willie
Joerger is loath to play Willie Cauley-Stein with Cousins, which is probably frustrating for fans who'd like to see athleticism like this alongside the proven productivity of an All-Star big man:
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But Sacramento's defense has been untenably bad in the 119 minutes the duo has played together, and it's only gotten worse as the season has worn on. In 50 minutes since Jan. 1, the Kings have allowed 118.1 points per 100 possessions with Cousins and Cauley-Stein on the court.
That's not to say Cauley-Stein's without his uses. Lately, his energy and rim-rolling prowess have charged up the Kings' scrappy second unit. He put up 14 points, five rebounds and four assists in a Feb. 8 win over the Boston Celtics.
"He's getting to balls that are outside of his area, and I think he's a lot more comfortable with our defensive schemes and also our offensive schemes where he can find seams to get to the rim."
In limited minutes as part of a unit with Anthony Tolliver, Matt Barnes, Ben McLemore and either Darren Collison or Ty Lawson, Cauley-Stein has solidified himself as a rotation player with upside. That's good timing by him, as Cousins figures to miss a few games before season's end, which will free up minutes in the middle.
Return of the Mac
Does it count as a return if Ben McLemore's viability as an NBA player was never really certain in the first place?
Rather than worry about the details, check this out: McLemore is tearing it up since regaining a role after six consecutive DNPs.
In February, he's averaging 13.3 points per game and hitting 50 percent of his threes. His 22 points and 6-of-10 effort from long distance were vital in Friday's win over Atlanta.
"He's always been a good shooter to me, it was just a matter of time for him to really turn the corner," Darren Collison said. "One thing about Ben, even when he wasn't playing, he was always in the gym. First one in the gym, last one to leave."
Cousins, as you'd expect, was more forthright: "Ben is like a little brother to me. It's bigger than basketball, just to see him remain positive, remain professional through the bulls--t and things not going his way ... I think he's hitting his stride. I think that good karma's coming around for him now."
Digging Holes and Microcosms
It's fitting the Kings are scrambling to make up ground in the West after an uninspiring first half of the season (or 50-plus games, as the case may be). Because that seems to be the way they operate.
Here's proof:
Kings False Starts Quarter Offensive Rating Defensive Rating Net Rating First 100.7 111.9 -11.3 Second 103.5 111.4 -7.9 Third 108.8 104.9 +3.9 Fourth 108.9 105.9 +3.0 NBA.com
On the one hand, failing to show up for games before halftime is a concern. But, on the other, the Kings have been forced to develop resiliency.
"Our fight and our heart is undeniable," Cousins said. "I believe everybody here can agree with me on that. That being said, we can't keep putting ourselves in that position. We gotta make these games easier for ourselves."
Not getting blasted in every first quarter (the Kings lost all three opening periods in their three-game winning streak) would be a good start.
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All quotes obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted. Stats via NBA.com and accurate through games played Feb. 14.
Special thanks to Shock Doctor for facilitating our interview with Cousins. Cousins uses Shock Doctor's mouth guards in every game, and team-branded products are soon to be released.