All good things must come to an end. Jennifer Lopez announced the final concert dates for her Las Vegas headlining residency. "Jennifer Lopez: All I Have" debuted at The Axis at...
Reported by E! Online 4 hours ago.
Jennifer Lopez Announces Final Las Vegas Residency Show Dates
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Jennifer Lopez ending her Las Vegas residency
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Major funding boost for Las Vegas security on New Year’s Eve
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the wake of the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people, state lawmakers have approved a major increase in funding to bolster security for New Year’s Eve events in the city. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports legislators on Thursday approved $357,000 so they can have a […]
Reported by Seattle Times 2 hours ago.
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SmartMetric Reports EMV chip cards in circulation worldwide exceed 6 Billion
NEW YORK, Dec. 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB:SMME) – SmartMetric, the developer of the biometric credit card and Cyber/Access/Identity multi-function security card, reports that as of the latest industry official figures more than 6 Billion Chip Cards with the EMV Chip have been issued by Banks and Credit Card companies around the World.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e5e2f34e-720b-4794-ab69-35a38c8f7bd4
SmartMetric payment chips on its biometric credit card are EMVco approved chips as well as the underlying chip software is EMVco approved. EMV chips are smartcard chips that have been specially designed for the banking credit card industry allowing for a standardized chip architecture that facilitates global interoperability on global credit card payment networks. EMVco is a standards and licensing body originally founded by Eurocard, MasterCard and Visa. All other major payments networks are now members of EMVco.
Separate licensing and approval is done with each of the payments networks allowing banks and card issuers who are connected with one or more respective card payment electronic networks to have their cards operate seamlessly across the world at retail cards reading machines and ATM’s.
“We as a company are excited with the adoption of EMV chips in credit cards globally as our biometric fingerprint in-card technology is built around the EMV chip,” said SmartMetric’s President and CEO Chaya Hendrick, today. "The SmartMetric biometric reader scans, matches and turns on the EMV card in less than 0.25 seconds. This is all done with an incredibly thin mother board with equally incredibly thin electronic components allowing a fully functional fingerprint scanner to sit inside a standard thickness credit card."
SmartMetric is finalizing key distributors in strategic locations around the world as it moves forward in its sales and marketing of its biometric credit card product to Banks and credit card issuers globally.
The company, SmartMetric Inc. presented its biometric credit card solution at the recent Money 20/20 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada where leading banking and payments card executives from around the world gathered to see and hear about the latest innovations in payments and banking technology.
SmartMetric’s current production capacity is limited to 1 million cards a month. However both its component supply chain, electronics assembly and card production facilities are able to meet a major increase to meet the expected demand from Banks and credit card issuers it is now in biometric card adoption talks with.
*ABOUT THE SMARTMETRIC BIOMETRIC CARD:* Keeping your biometric identity safe is at the center of the design of the SmartMetric biometric card. At no time does a card holder's fingerprint leave the card. A person’s fingerprint is stored inside the card and matching of the person's fingerprint is done on the card itself. This was a central design requirement of the SmartMetric biometric card solution that necessitated SmartMetric to create a self-powered inside the card, fully functional fingerprint scanner. Also, so that the card could be used at ATMs and POS (Point Of Sale) card readers the SmartMetric development team created an on card miniature power management system that recharges the card as it is being used in card readers.
To view the SmartMetric Biometric Card please follow this link - Video of the SmartMetric Biometric Card
*To view the company website: *www.smartmetric.com
Source: https://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/news/emv-cards-in-circulation-worldwide-top-6b/
*Safe Harbor Statement: *Forward-Looking Statements in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Also such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may,""could,""expect,""intend,""plan,""seek,""anticipate,""believe,""estimate,""predict,""potential,""continue,""likely,""will,""would" and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by us and our management, are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among others, if we are unable to access the capital necessary to fund current operations or implement our plans for growth; changes in the competitive environment in our industry and the markets where we operate; our ability to access the capital markets; and other risks discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which filings are available from the SEC. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
Investors and security holders are urged to carefully review and consider each of SmartMetric Inc. public filings with the SEC, including but not limited to, if applicable, Annual Reports on Form 10-K, proxy statements, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
*Contact Information
*
SmartMetric, Inc.
Head Office
+1.702.990.3687
info@smartmetric.com
Reported by GlobeNewswire 2 hours ago.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e5e2f34e-720b-4794-ab69-35a38c8f7bd4
SmartMetric payment chips on its biometric credit card are EMVco approved chips as well as the underlying chip software is EMVco approved. EMV chips are smartcard chips that have been specially designed for the banking credit card industry allowing for a standardized chip architecture that facilitates global interoperability on global credit card payment networks. EMVco is a standards and licensing body originally founded by Eurocard, MasterCard and Visa. All other major payments networks are now members of EMVco.
Separate licensing and approval is done with each of the payments networks allowing banks and card issuers who are connected with one or more respective card payment electronic networks to have their cards operate seamlessly across the world at retail cards reading machines and ATM’s.
“We as a company are excited with the adoption of EMV chips in credit cards globally as our biometric fingerprint in-card technology is built around the EMV chip,” said SmartMetric’s President and CEO Chaya Hendrick, today. "The SmartMetric biometric reader scans, matches and turns on the EMV card in less than 0.25 seconds. This is all done with an incredibly thin mother board with equally incredibly thin electronic components allowing a fully functional fingerprint scanner to sit inside a standard thickness credit card."
SmartMetric is finalizing key distributors in strategic locations around the world as it moves forward in its sales and marketing of its biometric credit card product to Banks and credit card issuers globally.
The company, SmartMetric Inc. presented its biometric credit card solution at the recent Money 20/20 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada where leading banking and payments card executives from around the world gathered to see and hear about the latest innovations in payments and banking technology.
SmartMetric’s current production capacity is limited to 1 million cards a month. However both its component supply chain, electronics assembly and card production facilities are able to meet a major increase to meet the expected demand from Banks and credit card issuers it is now in biometric card adoption talks with.
*ABOUT THE SMARTMETRIC BIOMETRIC CARD:* Keeping your biometric identity safe is at the center of the design of the SmartMetric biometric card. At no time does a card holder's fingerprint leave the card. A person’s fingerprint is stored inside the card and matching of the person's fingerprint is done on the card itself. This was a central design requirement of the SmartMetric biometric card solution that necessitated SmartMetric to create a self-powered inside the card, fully functional fingerprint scanner. Also, so that the card could be used at ATMs and POS (Point Of Sale) card readers the SmartMetric development team created an on card miniature power management system that recharges the card as it is being used in card readers.
To view the SmartMetric Biometric Card please follow this link - Video of the SmartMetric Biometric Card
*To view the company website: *www.smartmetric.com
Source: https://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/news/emv-cards-in-circulation-worldwide-top-6b/
*Safe Harbor Statement: *Forward-Looking Statements in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Also such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may,""could,""expect,""intend,""plan,""seek,""anticipate,""believe,""estimate,""predict,""potential,""continue,""likely,""will,""would" and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by us and our management, are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among others, if we are unable to access the capital necessary to fund current operations or implement our plans for growth; changes in the competitive environment in our industry and the markets where we operate; our ability to access the capital markets; and other risks discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which filings are available from the SEC. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
Investors and security holders are urged to carefully review and consider each of SmartMetric Inc. public filings with the SEC, including but not limited to, if applicable, Annual Reports on Form 10-K, proxy statements, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
*Contact Information
*
SmartMetric, Inc.
Head Office
+1.702.990.3687
info@smartmetric.com
Reported by GlobeNewswire 2 hours ago.
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Man Paralyzed In Las Vegas Shooting Learns Ways To Navigate Life Differently
Michael Caster was one of the hundreds of people hurt when a gunman opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas in October. CBS News' Adriana Diaz met Caster just two days after the massacre and has been following his progress ever since. Caster was shot in the back. His girlfriend Tawny Temple risked her life to get him to the hospital. "Well, I did take a bullet for her. So she was just paying me back."– Michael Caster Caster spoke to CBS News while he was was back at home in Indio, California, for a brief visit before heading back to Denver for therapy. Doctors said it was too dangerous to remove the shrapnel lodged in Caster's spine, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down....
Reported by WorldNews 23 minutes ago.
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Vegas shooting survivors thank first responders with baskets
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dozens of survivors of the mass shooting in Las Vegas are visiting hospitals, fire and police stations and other sites this week to thank first responders for their work during the night of Oct. 1.The survivors...
Reported by New Zealand Herald 1 minute ago.
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PIJAC’s Josh Jones Honored as “40 Under 40” in Pet Industry
Jones recognized by top industry publication Pet Age
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB) December 08, 2017
The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is proud to announce that Deputy Director of Government Affairs Joshua Jones has been honored as one of Pet Age Magazine’s “40 Under 40” for 2017.
Jones directs PIJAC’s herp legislative, regulatory, education, and engagement efforts, and is the staff liaison to PIJAC’s Herp Committee. He also coordinates PIJAC’s information technology and was PIJAC’s point person leading up to the Las Vegas, Nevada City Council’s recent decision to repeal a pet sale ban.
“It’s been an absolute joy to best represent everyone who works so hard on behalf of companion animals and pet owners,” said Jones. “I’m honored by Pet Age Magazine placing me in this list of influential young leaders in our industry.”
“In five years with PIJAC, Josh has distinguished himself as someone who cares greatly about those we represent,” said PIJAC President Mike Bober, who last year received the “40 Under 40” honor from Pet Age Magazine. “He is the person most responsible for PIJAC’s much improved relationship with herp professionals and hobbyists in recent years. His commitment to the professionals and hobbyists in the herp trade – and, of course, the animals themselves – comes across in both his day-to-day work and his travel to many shows each year.”
“Last month, Las Vegas repealed its ill-advised ban on the retailer sales of cats, dogs, and potbellied pigs not sourced from shelters or rescues,” said PIJAC Vice President of Government Affairs Robert Likins. “Josh was instrumental in this victory. He made several trips to Las Vegas in the five weeks prior to the vote, set up meetings between lawmakers and a Las Vegas store, and was in regular communication with City Council staff for months.”
Jones, the owner of two geckos, a French bulldog, a Boston Terrier, and freshwater fish, told Pet Age Magazine that “the passion and dedication” of pet professionals “to their businesses and to animal welfare” is his favorite part of the industry.
Permalink: https://www.pijac.org/press/pijac’s-josh-jones-honored-“40-under-40”-pet-industry
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Since 1970, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) has protected pets, pet owners and the pet industry – promoting responsible pet ownership and animal welfare, fostering environmental stewardship, and ensuring the availability of pets. PIJAC members include retailers, companion animal suppliers, manufacturers, wholesale distributors, manufacturers’ representatives, pet hobbyists, and other trade organizations. Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB) December 08, 2017
The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is proud to announce that Deputy Director of Government Affairs Joshua Jones has been honored as one of Pet Age Magazine’s “40 Under 40” for 2017.
Jones directs PIJAC’s herp legislative, regulatory, education, and engagement efforts, and is the staff liaison to PIJAC’s Herp Committee. He also coordinates PIJAC’s information technology and was PIJAC’s point person leading up to the Las Vegas, Nevada City Council’s recent decision to repeal a pet sale ban.
“It’s been an absolute joy to best represent everyone who works so hard on behalf of companion animals and pet owners,” said Jones. “I’m honored by Pet Age Magazine placing me in this list of influential young leaders in our industry.”
“In five years with PIJAC, Josh has distinguished himself as someone who cares greatly about those we represent,” said PIJAC President Mike Bober, who last year received the “40 Under 40” honor from Pet Age Magazine. “He is the person most responsible for PIJAC’s much improved relationship with herp professionals and hobbyists in recent years. His commitment to the professionals and hobbyists in the herp trade – and, of course, the animals themselves – comes across in both his day-to-day work and his travel to many shows each year.”
“Last month, Las Vegas repealed its ill-advised ban on the retailer sales of cats, dogs, and potbellied pigs not sourced from shelters or rescues,” said PIJAC Vice President of Government Affairs Robert Likins. “Josh was instrumental in this victory. He made several trips to Las Vegas in the five weeks prior to the vote, set up meetings between lawmakers and a Las Vegas store, and was in regular communication with City Council staff for months.”
Jones, the owner of two geckos, a French bulldog, a Boston Terrier, and freshwater fish, told Pet Age Magazine that “the passion and dedication” of pet professionals “to their businesses and to animal welfare” is his favorite part of the industry.
Permalink: https://www.pijac.org/press/pijac’s-josh-jones-honored-“40-under-40”-pet-industry
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Since 1970, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) has protected pets, pet owners and the pet industry – promoting responsible pet ownership and animal welfare, fostering environmental stewardship, and ensuring the availability of pets. PIJAC members include retailers, companion animal suppliers, manufacturers, wholesale distributors, manufacturers’ representatives, pet hobbyists, and other trade organizations. Reported by PRWeb 1 day ago.
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Vegas lawyer who stole $16M from clients headed to prison
A Las Vegas lawyer who stole $16 million from his clients' trust funds has been sentenced to 16 to 40 years in prison.
Reported by FOXNews.com 21 hours ago.
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College football: Oregon promotes Mario Cristobal to head coach
Oregon assistant Mario Cristobal was officially promoted to head coach a year to the day after Willie Taggart was introduced.
Taggart bolted Tuesday for the top job at Florida State, and Cristobal — the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach — was named interim coach for the Las Vegas... Reported by L.A. Times 17 hours ago.
Taggart bolted Tuesday for the top job at Florida State, and Cristobal — the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach — was named interim coach for the Las Vegas... Reported by L.A. Times 17 hours ago.
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Investors in SLS Las Vegas sue, claim project was never profitable
Sixty Chinese investors who were promised U.S. permanent resident cards for investing in the SLS Las Vegas hotel and casino have sued the developers of the project, saying they never received the promised green cards.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court last month, claims the... Reported by L.A. Times 18 hours ago.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court last month, claims the... Reported by L.A. Times 18 hours ago.
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Dogpatch purchase in the works, owner says
MARBLE FALLS — David Hare and Michael Bigelow, operating Heritage USA, Inc., presently out of Las Vegas, are expected to be in this area after the first of the year and it is anticipated that they will publicly reveal what…
Reported by Harrison Daily 6 hours ago.
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This top VC is investing in startups without ever meeting them — with amazing results
· *Chamath Palihapitiya is trying to blow up the old-school, biased venture capital industry in every way he can think of.*· *In the past few months he announced two new plans. One is a potentially industry-changing method of investing in startups all over the world, sight unseen.*
· *The other is a different way to fund bigger startups that's like an instant IPO. *
--------------------Chamath Palihapitiya is living an epic life. He's a true rags-to-riches Silicon Valley success story. And he's got a plan to bring that same sort of success to millions of entrepreneurs around the world in a way that's blind to a person's sex, race, color, or nationality.
Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of VC firm Social Capital, which has backed companies like Box, Slack, SurveyMonkey, Yammer. His new plan involves investing in startups without ever meeting with them.
Palihapitiya is perhaps best known as an early Facebook employee whose Facebook stock left him a wealthy man in his 30s. He's also known for his stake in the Golden State Warriors basketball team.
Palihapitiya was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Canada as a kid, a refugee. His family struggled financially but Palihapitiya has a gift for numbers and an abundance of street smarts. As a kid, he learned to count cards and won his classmates' quarters during lunchtime card games. He grew those winnings by playing Blackjack at charity gambling events.
Shortly after graduating from college with an engineering degree he landed at AOL. That's where he met Mark Zuckerberg who hired him to be an early member of his management team.
He's still a good gambler, known to host one of Silicon Valley's most popular poker games or take a spin with the World Series of Poker tournament held in Las Vegas.
And all of that makes him comfortable risking money, even his own personal fortune, which is a major part of Social Capital's investment fund.
*Ludicrous and crazy*
His plan to invest in startups sight unseen is called capital-as-a-service or CaaS, a play on the name of the cloud-based software (software-as-a-service) that has transformed the tech industry.
When CaaS is eventually released to the public – slated for 2019, he tells us, with beta testing going on now – it will involve software that automatically evaluates a startup's online fundraising application and approve it, or deny it.
"If you're only talking about a small amount of money, $50,000 to $500,000, why can't we use our software and a lot of the things we learned over seven years of building companies, why can't we use that to make a decision?" he asks. "We have learned over time signals that predict company success."
If you're only talking about a small amount of money, $50,000 to $500,000, why can't we use our software ...
Examples of those signals include the company's revenue, revenue growth, average revenue per user, lifetime value of customers, total cost of acquisition, total addressable market and so on. The software verifies that the entrepreneurs are being truthful with the numbers by tapping into the cloud apps they use to run their business, such as data stored on Google's cloud.
Palihapitiya likens the idea to the way banks treat loans. If a wealthy person asks JP Morgan for a multi-million dollar credit line, she'd get the white glove treatment in securing it. If a regular Joe is looking for a credit card, he'd submit a form and a software algorithm that predicts credit worthiness would decide.
Right now the VC industry offers only white-glove treatment and the process is loaded with bias.
"It's ludicrous the idea that you could only get funding if you found a way to come to Silicon Valley on a Monday through Friday, from the hours of 9 to 5, if you happen to be of a certain gender or age, or etc. That's crazy," he said.
If the startup succeeds and needs access to more investment, "a $15 million or $20 million check, then we'll meet with them face to face," he said.
*Eyes wide shut*
The CaaS software will allow Social Capital to extend its hours of availability to 24x7 and extend its areas of investment to anyone, everywhere in the world.
And the bonus is that CaaS is totally blind to things like gender, race, sexual identity, color, what have you.
And that has already produced some astounding results.
Women founders received a scant 2% of all VC funding in 2016, according to PitchBook, a database that tracks VC deals. But in the closed first test for CaaS, earlier this year, out of 3,000 companies that applied, Social Capital funded "about 80 companies from 22 countries and 42% were women. And a huge number of them, like 1/3, were profitable," Palihapitiya said.
"It just goes to show you, there are so many great people doing interesting things all over the world. What is not well distributed is this access [to capital]," he said.
Not only that, but by using blind data, Social Capital is funding ideas he probably wouldn't have considered.
For instance, he's now backing a company in Jakarta, Indonesia, that delivers dinner to young working women and their kids, so they could work longer hours.
Palihapitiya said that he's had hit-and-miss investments in food delivery and wasn't keen on the market. But the numbers were exceptionally good for this company serving this niche he had never heard of.
Other examples include an affordable medical diagnostic tool in Mexico, an enterprise security platform in Turkey and a Kenyan mobile market research platform.
Palihapitiya hopes that other VCs will follow his lead and invent their own version of CaaS and change the world.
"If we get millions of people to start companies, so many interesting things will get created. So many things we didn't have any knowledge of will get created. The world gets more stable. There's probably more peace and prosperity," he said. "It requires us to close our eyes and be a bit more bias blind."
He said there are amazing companies all over the world, "Let's throw a little bit of bread crumbs and tap into it."
*Reinventing the IPO*
In addition to inventing a new way to fund startups sight unseen, Palihapitiya is also trying to rejigger the way successful startups make their exits.
He recently completed a $690 million IPO for a "special purpose acquisition company" [SPAC], a type of corporation also known as a blank-check company.
He's going to use that money to buy one or more startups which will almost instantly turn them into public-traded companies, taking about 60 days via an acquisition, instead of the 18 month IPO process.
He views this as a new kind of growth stage fund designed to let growth companies keep top employees.
That's because it will give employees an easier way to sell the stock they are paid as part of their compensation.
He isn't yet talking about the companies he's eyeing to be the first beneficiaries of his $690 million publicly traded fund. But he's still gung-ho about the method's long-term prospects.
"We're in the business of providing funding to entrepreneurs," Palihapitiya said. "So we should just go and blow up the IPO process."
-Now that you've read about Social Capital's bold plans, take a deep dive into blockchains, the ground-breaking tech that could be as disruptive as the internet. -
*SEE ALSO: 50 startups that will boom in 2018, according to VCs*
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NOW WATCH: This animation shows how terrifyingly powerful nuclear weapons have become Reported by Business Insider 5 hours ago.
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It's not hard to imagine a 34-team NHL after more league expansion
Las Vegas came this year and now the league is exploring Seattle. But that might not be the end.
Reported by USATODAY.com 4 hours ago.
Reported by USATODAY.com 4 hours ago.
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How Area 51 became the center of alien conspiracy theories
Area 51 has been the focal point of alien conspiracy theories in America for decades. The remote military base in the Nevada desert has a lot of history, and has been associated with aliens almost since its inception. Here's why. Following is a transcript of the video:In the early 1950s, US planes were conducting low-flying recon missions over the USSR. But there were constant worries of them being spotted and shot down.
So … in 1954, President Eisenhower authorized the development of a top secret, high-altitude recon aircraft Dubbed Project Aquatone. The program required a remote location that wasn't easily accessible to civilians or spies. Area 51 fit the bill perfectly.
It was in the Nevada desert near a salt flat called Groom Lake. No one knows exactly why it's called Area 51, but one theory suggests it came from its proximity to the Nevada Nuclear Test Sites. The Nevada Test Site was divided into number-designated areas by the Atomic Energy Commission. The location was already familiar territory for the military, as it had served as a World War II aerial gunnery range.
In the summer of 1955, sightings of "unidentified flying objects" were reported around Area 51. That's because the Air Force had begun its testing of the U-2 aircraft. The U-2 can fly higher than 60,000 feet. At the time, normal airliners were flying in the 10,000 to 20,000 feet range. While military aircraft topped out around 40,000 feet. So if a pilot spotted the tiny speck that was the U-2 high above it, they would have no idea what it was. And they would usually let air traffic control know someone was out there. Which is what led to the increase of UFO sightings in the area. While Air Force officials knew the UFO sightings were U-2 tests, they couldn’t really tell the public. So they explained the aircraft sightings by saying they were "natural phenomena" and "high-altitude weather research."
The testing of the U-2 ended in the late 1950s; but, Area 51 has continued to serve as the testing ground for many aircraft, including the F-117A, A-12, and TACIT BLUE.
No one knows for sure what Area 51 is up to these days. The government never even publicly acknowledged the existence of the base until 2013, with the release of declassified CIA reports. But if you’re ever at the Las Vegas airport, keep an eye out for some small, unmarked, passenger planes in a fenced-off area. They're how Area 51 employees get to work from their homes in Vegas.
This video was first published on July 13, 2017.
Join the conversation about this story » Reported by Business Insider 2 hours ago.
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Las Vegas police report shooting involving police
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say there’s been a shooting involving a police. The incident occurred Saturday at North Decatur Boulevard and Vegas Drive where crime tape has been put up around a gas station. No additional information was released.
Reported by Seattle Times 2 seconds ago.
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Mooring scores 27 to lead UNLV past Illinois, 89-82 (Dec 09, 2017)
LAS VEGAS (AP) Last season UNLV didn't get its eighth win until Dec. 31, two games into Mountain West Conference action.
Reported by FOX Sports 7 hours ago.
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Farrah Abraham Demands Neon Panties & Vajazzle Kit For Green Room
Most people demand bottles of Ciroc on their riders, but not Farrah Abraham, who's gonna be busy bedazzling her lady parts in her green room. Farrah's hosting a XXXMas party at the Las Vegas stripper institution Crazy Horse III Thursday and her…
Reported by TMZ.com 12 hours ago.
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Ogawa wins vacant IBF belt
Japan’s Kenichi Ogawa claimed the vacant IBF junior-lightweight belt when he beat American Tevin Farmer on a majority points decision at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino Events Centre in Las Vegas.
Reported by SuperSport 11 hours ago.
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EarthCam Announces Its “25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2017”
EarthCam’s favorite annual tradition is back with the announcement of the 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2017! Spanning 9 countries, the 19th annual list features entertaining live webcams that have been enjoyed by millions of visitors around the world, and some outrageous newcomers that were just discovered this year.
NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 10, 2017
EarthCam’s favorite annual tradition is back with the announcement of the 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2017! Spanning 9 countries, the 19th annual list features entertaining live webcams that have been enjoyed by millions of visitors around the world, and some outrageous newcomers that were just discovered this year.
The Top 25 Webcams take you on an adventure to Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain, the world’s busiest intersection in Japan and the largest cathedral in Italy. For scenic views that will have you coming back for more, travel to peaceful Snake River in Wyoming, relax with sunset views over Lake Michigan and explore a beautiful ski resort in France with eye-popping 360° panoramas. Sports fans will marvel watching the incredible effort it’s taking to build the Chase Center, future home of NBA’s reigning champions, the Golden State Warriors. Need a snack break after all this traveling? Feast your eyes on Donair meat slowly cooking on its vertical rotisserie for hours on end, live from Nova Scotia. Other innovative applications that won this year’s prize include a landscape painter in his European art studio, a bustling hardware store in Maine and the Seoul Tower, one of the tallest viewing points on the Korean peninsula.
Head to Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, made famous by multiple hit TV shows, and watch live as Richard Rawlings and the team test drive their newest hot rod creation, or just burn rubber in their parking lot. This year proved again that webcams can be a powerful media resource, when Lauderdale-By-The-Sea webcam was streamed live on all major TV networks in the United States as a public service, extending awareness of the hurricanes that devastated Florida’s East Coast. Other 2017 winning webcams invite viewers to visit restored landmark sites, including the 17th century Kolobrzeg Lighthouse in Poland, rebuilt after World War II, and St. Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center in New York City, rebuilt after the September 11 attacks.
“Webcams have become the perfect medium to connect people around the world with locations and landmarks that they have always wanted to visit, and sometimes serve as one of the only ways to safely witness extreme weather events,” said Brian Cury, CEO and Founder of EarthCam. “Each year, we are impressed with the incredible webcam content that live camera producers share with the world, and this year is no exception.”
Animal lovers will enjoy a land, air and sea tour of animal cams featuring a king cobra in Pennsylvania, hundreds of hummingbirds in California and piranhas in Georgia. A special shout-out to the Snowman Cam in Michigan, which received a live streaming upgrade for its 10th anniversary with the EarthCam Network and has remained a fan favorite, thanks to the sightings of bears, deer and wild turkey that appear nightly in front of the camera.
EarthCam’s judging panel chose the Top 25 Webcams list based on image quality, uniqueness and overall achievements in webcam technology. This year’s panel includes Selymar Colón, Managing Editor and Senior Director, News Digital, Univision; Karen Cummings, of the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat and a 2016 Top 25 winner; Joseph “Joey Cigars” Tuzzino, Owner of Mulberry Street Cigars; Chi Ling Moy, Communications Manager, World Trade Center Construction, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey; and a third grade class from Spring City Elementary School in Tennessee, who is representing the ‘Kid’s Vote’ this year.
To see the entire list of this year’s winners, view the highlight reel and share your favorites on social media, visit http://www.earthcam.com/top25.
ABOUT EARTHCAM
EarthCam is the global leader in delivering webcam content, technology and services. Founded in 1996, EarthCam provides live streaming video and time-lapse construction cameras for corporate, tourism and government clients in major cities around the world. EarthCam's revolutionary gigapixel camera systems deliver superior billion pixel clarity for monitoring and archiving the world's most important projects and events. EarthCam's all-weather webcams, innovative software and mobile applications enable users to showcase unique views, increase exposure and generate positive public relations.
The Webby Award winning company hosts many highly trafficked tourism cams, with views of popular locations and landmarks such as Times Square, World Trade Center, Las Vegas Strip, Bourbon Street, Eiffel Tower, Andy Warhol’s gravesite, Hollywood Boulevard, Miami Beach, Atlantis the Palm Dubai, Petra in Jordan and Abbey Road Crossing in London.
To experience more of EarthCam, visit http://www.earthcam.com or download the Webcams app on your mobile device at http://www.earthcam.com/mobile/.
Complete List of the 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2017:
Amsterdam Dam Square – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cammarata Art Studio – Agrigento, Italy
Donair Cam – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elvis the King Cobra – Hatfield, PA
Farm Sanctuary Cams – Watkins Glen, NY
Gas Monkey Garage Cam – Dallas, TX
Georgia Aquarium – Atlanta, GA
Golden State Warriors Chase Center – San Francisco, CA
Happy Hound Dog Resorts Dog Daycare – Jacksonville, FL
Kolobrzeg City View – Kolobrzeg, Poland
Lake Michigan Beach Cam – St. Joseph, MI
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Beach Cam – Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL
Les Menuires Croisette Ski Resort – Les Menuires, France
Liberty Tool Company Shop – Liberty, ME
Milano Piazza Duomo – Milan, Italy
Mount Kilimanjaro Cam – Moshi, Tanzania
Seoul Tower – Seoul, South Korea
Shibuya Crossing Traffic Cam – Tokyo, Japan
Snake River – Alpine, WY
Snowman Cam – Gaylord, MI
Solar Eclipse – Upper Saddle River, NJ & Nashville, TN
St. Nicholas National Shrine – New York, NY
Studio City Hummingbird Cam – Studio City, CA
The Shrimp Boat’s St. Andrew’s Bay Cam – Panama City, FL
World Trade Center – New York, NY Reported by PRWeb 10 hours ago.
NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 10, 2017
EarthCam’s favorite annual tradition is back with the announcement of the 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2017! Spanning 9 countries, the 19th annual list features entertaining live webcams that have been enjoyed by millions of visitors around the world, and some outrageous newcomers that were just discovered this year.
The Top 25 Webcams take you on an adventure to Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain, the world’s busiest intersection in Japan and the largest cathedral in Italy. For scenic views that will have you coming back for more, travel to peaceful Snake River in Wyoming, relax with sunset views over Lake Michigan and explore a beautiful ski resort in France with eye-popping 360° panoramas. Sports fans will marvel watching the incredible effort it’s taking to build the Chase Center, future home of NBA’s reigning champions, the Golden State Warriors. Need a snack break after all this traveling? Feast your eyes on Donair meat slowly cooking on its vertical rotisserie for hours on end, live from Nova Scotia. Other innovative applications that won this year’s prize include a landscape painter in his European art studio, a bustling hardware store in Maine and the Seoul Tower, one of the tallest viewing points on the Korean peninsula.
Head to Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, made famous by multiple hit TV shows, and watch live as Richard Rawlings and the team test drive their newest hot rod creation, or just burn rubber in their parking lot. This year proved again that webcams can be a powerful media resource, when Lauderdale-By-The-Sea webcam was streamed live on all major TV networks in the United States as a public service, extending awareness of the hurricanes that devastated Florida’s East Coast. Other 2017 winning webcams invite viewers to visit restored landmark sites, including the 17th century Kolobrzeg Lighthouse in Poland, rebuilt after World War II, and St. Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center in New York City, rebuilt after the September 11 attacks.
“Webcams have become the perfect medium to connect people around the world with locations and landmarks that they have always wanted to visit, and sometimes serve as one of the only ways to safely witness extreme weather events,” said Brian Cury, CEO and Founder of EarthCam. “Each year, we are impressed with the incredible webcam content that live camera producers share with the world, and this year is no exception.”
Animal lovers will enjoy a land, air and sea tour of animal cams featuring a king cobra in Pennsylvania, hundreds of hummingbirds in California and piranhas in Georgia. A special shout-out to the Snowman Cam in Michigan, which received a live streaming upgrade for its 10th anniversary with the EarthCam Network and has remained a fan favorite, thanks to the sightings of bears, deer and wild turkey that appear nightly in front of the camera.
EarthCam’s judging panel chose the Top 25 Webcams list based on image quality, uniqueness and overall achievements in webcam technology. This year’s panel includes Selymar Colón, Managing Editor and Senior Director, News Digital, Univision; Karen Cummings, of the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat and a 2016 Top 25 winner; Joseph “Joey Cigars” Tuzzino, Owner of Mulberry Street Cigars; Chi Ling Moy, Communications Manager, World Trade Center Construction, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey; and a third grade class from Spring City Elementary School in Tennessee, who is representing the ‘Kid’s Vote’ this year.
To see the entire list of this year’s winners, view the highlight reel and share your favorites on social media, visit http://www.earthcam.com/top25.
ABOUT EARTHCAM
EarthCam is the global leader in delivering webcam content, technology and services. Founded in 1996, EarthCam provides live streaming video and time-lapse construction cameras for corporate, tourism and government clients in major cities around the world. EarthCam's revolutionary gigapixel camera systems deliver superior billion pixel clarity for monitoring and archiving the world's most important projects and events. EarthCam's all-weather webcams, innovative software and mobile applications enable users to showcase unique views, increase exposure and generate positive public relations.
The Webby Award winning company hosts many highly trafficked tourism cams, with views of popular locations and landmarks such as Times Square, World Trade Center, Las Vegas Strip, Bourbon Street, Eiffel Tower, Andy Warhol’s gravesite, Hollywood Boulevard, Miami Beach, Atlantis the Palm Dubai, Petra in Jordan and Abbey Road Crossing in London.
To experience more of EarthCam, visit http://www.earthcam.com or download the Webcams app on your mobile device at http://www.earthcam.com/mobile/.
Complete List of the 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2017:
Amsterdam Dam Square – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cammarata Art Studio – Agrigento, Italy
Donair Cam – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elvis the King Cobra – Hatfield, PA
Farm Sanctuary Cams – Watkins Glen, NY
Gas Monkey Garage Cam – Dallas, TX
Georgia Aquarium – Atlanta, GA
Golden State Warriors Chase Center – San Francisco, CA
Happy Hound Dog Resorts Dog Daycare – Jacksonville, FL
Kolobrzeg City View – Kolobrzeg, Poland
Lake Michigan Beach Cam – St. Joseph, MI
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Beach Cam – Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL
Les Menuires Croisette Ski Resort – Les Menuires, France
Liberty Tool Company Shop – Liberty, ME
Milano Piazza Duomo – Milan, Italy
Mount Kilimanjaro Cam – Moshi, Tanzania
Seoul Tower – Seoul, South Korea
Shibuya Crossing Traffic Cam – Tokyo, Japan
Snake River – Alpine, WY
Snowman Cam – Gaylord, MI
Solar Eclipse – Upper Saddle River, NJ & Nashville, TN
St. Nicholas National Shrine – New York, NY
Studio City Hummingbird Cam – Studio City, CA
The Shrimp Boat’s St. Andrew’s Bay Cam – Panama City, FL
World Trade Center – New York, NY Reported by PRWeb 10 hours ago.
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Ask Amy: Family affected by Las Vegas shooting not receiving support
Part of me wants to tell them how hurt I was (even though shooting off my mouth has gotten me trouble all during my life), and then quit the congregation, and part of me wants to carry on like nothing happened. Your advice?
Reported by Denver Post 8 hours ago.
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