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FilmStruck's stuck; streamer's launch delayed until November

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new subscription streaming service from Turner Classic Movies and the Criterion Collection won't be launching on Wednesday as planned. FilmStruck announced Tuesday in a statement that it was delaying its widely publicized launch until an unspecified time in November. The service said it needed to "complete a seamless registration process for subscribers." FilmStruck seeks to fill what's been a void in the streaming world by featuring curated classic cinema focusing on art house, indie, cult and foreign films.

Australia air freight crunch hits flights of fancy foods

«FOX Business» (foxbusiness.com) 

SYDNEY, Oct 19 - An unprecedented shortage of air cargo space, after years of booming exports to Asia, is forcing Australian producers of top-end foods to potentially miss out on hundreds of millions of dollars in sales of everything from lobster to cherries.

The best kitchen tools, according to the pros

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

For the foodie, rows of gleaming electric meat smokers, mandolin slicers and sous vide machines call out like a siren song, but many kitchen gadgets that promise to make food prep easier or deliver restaurant-quality results end up in the…



China economic growth holds steady as retail spending rises

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

Beijing has used higher government spending and infusions of credit to avert a sharper downturn and politically dangerous job losses. Growth in service industries, boosted by a surge in real estate sales, accelerated to 7.5 percent from the previous quarter's 7.8 percent. State media have warned China's economic outlook will be "L-shaped," meaning the downturn should bottom out but growth will not rebound to the double-digit rates of the past decade. Beijing's reliance on credit to drive growth... Читать дальше...

Landowners, Exxon Mobile attorneys spar in appeals court

TheRepublic.com 

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Attorneys for landowners along a crude oil pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas in 2013 say Exxon Mobile Pipeline Co. breached its contract because the pipeline interferes with their ability to enjoy their property. The landowners are asking the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate their case, after it was

Economists React: As China Growth Concerns Ease, Risks Rise

WSJ.com 

Chinese government efforts to arrest a slowdown in the economy by expanding credit and fiscal spending seem to have worked, putting the country on track to once again reach this year’s official growth target. The world’s second-largest economy grew at a rate of 6.7% in the third quarter, the same as the previous two quarters, […]

Canucks again come from behind, deal Blues 1st loss, 2-1

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Henrik Sedin scored 1:40 into overtime Tuesday night after teammate Bo Horvat tied the score with 2:55 left in regulation, and the Canucks handed visiting St. Louis its first loss of the season, 2-1. The winner came after goalie Jacob Markstrom made a nice glove save and played the puck to keep the action moving. Christopher Tanev worked a give-and-go with Daniel Sedin, and then Tanev took a light shot that Henrik Sedin redirected for his first goal of the season. Horvat’s goal snapped a shutout streak of 177 minutes, 34 seconds by St. Читать дальше...

Provincial council member sentenced to death for kidnappings, murder

Khaama Press (Afghan News Agency) 

A provincial council member was sentenced to death by a primary court in western Herat province of Afghanistan after he was found guilty of kidnappings and murder. The provincial council member, Askar Anwari, was sentenced to death during a court hearing as he was present with his four other colleagues. The court hearing took place Read the full article...

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Microsoft Says Its Speech Recognition Software Has Achieved ‘Human Parity’

International Business Times 

Despite its potentially widespread applications, creating a speech recognition software capable of cutting through the nuances and variations in the spoken word has been a task fraught with patchy success, at best. The aim many companies have striven toward is to create a software that can recognize the words in a conversation as well as a human would — a key requisite for a truly immersive artificial intelligence experience.

Poëzie en vuilnis gaan ook samen in Duitsland

Tubantia 

Rotterdam exporteert zijn vuilniswagens met dichtregels naar Frankfurt, waar cultuurminister Jet Bussemaker vandaag op de internationale boekenbeurs de eerste twee wagens onthuld. Na Frankfurt gaan ook in Hamburg, Berlijn en Antwerpen poëzie en vuilnis hand in hand.

Landowners, Exxon Mobile attorneys spar in appeals court

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for landowners along a crude oil pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas in 2013 say Exxon Mobile Pipeline Co. breached its contract because the pipeline interferes with their ability to enjoy their property.


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