Mike Catalini Associated Press Published 7:48 AM EST Nov 21, 2018 Colts Neck, N.J. – Two children and two adults were found dead Tuesday at a burning mansion that was intentionally set ablaze in an upscale community near the New Jersey shore, officials said. One of the owners of the home is a technology CEO with a relative whose home also caught fire Tuesday, records show. Authorities said they were investigating whether the two blazes were connected. Three severely burned bodies were found inside the mansion in Colts Neck, and a man’s body was discovered outside, Monmouth County prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said at a news conference. Officials have not released any identities, and a medical examiner was still investigating how the four people died, Gramiccioni said. “It’s important to emphasize that we have no reason to believe that anyone in the community is in any danger at this time,” he added. Firefighters responded to the fire around … [Read more...] about 2 kids, 2 adults dead in arson fire at NJ mansion
Tech-savvy Britons shunning PCs and DVD players for smart devices
News / UK and world by Press Association November 21, 2018, 12:57 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter British shoppers are turning away from DVD players and desktop PCs in favour of smart televisions and smart watches, Ofcom figures show. Less than a third of homes now have desktop PCs, with consumers increasingly turning to smart technology, according to the regulator’s survey, released ahead of the Black Friday sales event. Smart TVs, smart watches and smartphones are among the digital devices that have seen significant increases in ownership in recent years as more people need a constant connection to the internet, with internet users claiming to spend an average of 24 hours a week online, the data shows. In contrast, MP3 players, DVD players and desktop computers seem to be falling out of fashion as smartphone use, particularly for streaming and going online, grows. Ownership of tablets and e-readers has also plateaued … [Read more...] about Tech-savvy Britons shunning PCs and DVD players for smart devices
“Every single neighborhood” will benefit from $45 million budget increase for Denver parks
The city of Denver has laid out some ambitious ideas for its parks system in the last few years: Green space for every resident. An urban forest. Changing stations for bike commuters. The only question was, “Who’s going to pay?” “All of us,” 60 percent of voters answered earlier this month, approving a new sales tax that may pump more than $45 million a year into the parks department. That’s an increase of about 45 percent compared to the city’s current spending on parks and recreation operations, maintenance and construction — the kind of change you rarely see in a government budget. It will prime the city for the biggest transformation of its parks system since Mayor Robert Speer’s era of “City Beautiful” in the early 1900s, as deputy parks director Scott Gilmore put it. “It’s huge,” said Councilman Jolon Clark, a key backer of the proposal. “I expect that every single park, every single … [Read more...] about “Every single neighborhood” will benefit from $45 million budget increase for Denver parks
Watch: Liam Neeson sings the Sash in Coen Brothers’ Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Watch: Liam Neeson sings the Sash in Coen Brothers' Ballad of Buster Scruggs BelfastTelegraph.co.uk It may have been worn in Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne - but now the Sash is getting a run out in the Wild West, at least in song. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/watch-liam-neeson-sings-the-sash-in-coen-brothers-ballad-of-buster-scruggs-37551291.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37551309.ece/98230/AUTOCROP/h342/Liam_neeson_ballad_Scruggs.jpg Email It may have been worn in Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne - but now the Sash is getting a run out in the Wild West, at least in song. Liam Neeson stars in the Coen Brothers' film 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs' which tells six stories of outlaws and settlers on the American frontier. It was first released at the Venice International Film Festival in August and has gone on to earn rave reviews and awards. The movie features a raft of Hollywood A-listers including James … [Read more...] about Watch: Liam Neeson sings the Sash in Coen Brothers’ Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Weirdest Inventions Peddled by the Miami Beach Firm Tied to Trump’s New Attorney General
At World Patent Marketing, every idea was a winner. The now-defunct Miami Beach-based scam invention company, which employed acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as a paid advisory board member, greenlighted virtually everything it was pitched. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission found that sales reps were instructed to turn down an invention only if they suspected it came from an undercover federal agent.So, to put it mildly, a lot of bizarre ideas were hawked by World Patent Marketing before it went down in flames last year, with an FTC shutdown, a nearly $26 million judgment, and an FBI investigation. Here are some of the weirdest ones. Time travel: Want to go back and kill baby Hitler? Besides Whitaker, World Patent Marketing also claimed time travel researcher Ronald Mallett as a board member, and partnered with him on something called Time Travel X. The company claimed time travel might be possible within the next decade, and was soliciting funding for … [Read more...] about The Weirdest Inventions Peddled by the Miami Beach Firm Tied to Trump’s New Attorney General