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Deb Mosley undertook a 20 mile, 12 hour climb to the top of Half Dome on September 10. The climb raised money for five local breast cancer organizations. Deb Mosley, lawyer, athlete and leader in the Bay Area breast cancer community, died on Tuesday, July 22 at age 40. Deb, an associate at Morrison Foerster, was initially diagnosed with breast cancer at age 31.

Deb Mosley undertook a 20 mile, 12 hour climb to the top of Half Dome on September 10. The climb raised money for five local breast cancer organizations. Deb Mosley, lawyer, athlete and leader in the Bay Area

Deb Mosley dies; she inspired cancer patients

The last time Deb Mosley hiked Half Dome in Yosemite, she didn't make it quite to the top - but she climbed farther than anyone had ever dreamed she could, forcing herself to keep going long after pain and exhaustion had become nearly unbearable.

Ms. Mosley pushed her body and mind to extremes, despite, and often because of, a long fight with breast cancer. She died on July 22 at age 40.

In the years after her 2000 cancer diagnosis and, later, metastatic disease, Ms. Mosley raced her first triathlon, hiked in and out of the Grand Canyon and climbed Half Dome three times. In addition to her athletic endeavors, she was recognized for creating a support group specifically for young women diagnosed with breast cancer.

"I am driven to take my body beyond certain physical limits that people may be tempted to apply to me because of my diagnosis," Ms. Mosley said in October 2006, in a speech after she'd received the Susan G. Komen Hope and Inspiration Award. "I hope to challenge the way we think about what it means to live with metastatic disease. ... Every time I endure, I come face to face with my ability to persevere and I am reminded of my body's incredible resilience."

Ms. Mosley was born in Salem, Mass., and received both undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas, Austin. She came to San Francisco for the first time as a summer law intern in 1996, and fell in love - both with the Bay Area and with the woman who would become her long-term partner. Ms. Mosley and Catherine Saiki were married by Mayor Gavin Newsom on June 17, the first day same-sex marriages became legal in California.

Ms. Mosley permanently moved to San Francisco in 1997 and in 1999 joined the law firm Morrison & Foerster. Just a few months later she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Ms. Mosley's initial reaction was to fight hard and bury herself in work, Saiki said. When the cancer turned metastatic, spreading into her bones and liver, Ms. Mosley shifted away from her professional life and focused instead on a series of personal accomplishments, at the same time building a network of support for other young women with breast cancer.

She created the Bay Area Young Survivors group with a friend in 2003. The group now has about 120 members.

"Deb was really remarkable not just in the way she owned her disease, but almost celebrated it," said Ms. Mosley's long-time oncologist, Hope Rugo. "She used her disease to help a huge number of other people."

Every year, Ms. Mosley would set a challenge for herself and other women who wanted to join her, and they would raise money for Bay Area breast cancer groups, especially those that served low-income women. The first year, Ms. Mosley raised $42,000 and ran a triathlon in Napa. She would eventually lead a group of women on a hike up Half Dome in 2005, and into the Grand Canyon in 2006. In all, she helped raise more than $150,000.

The women who joined Ms. Mosley on these trips said she was an inspiration both on the trail and in the doctor's office.

On the medical side, Ms. Mosley was known for layering thick clothes and wearing her heaviest boots when she went in for chemotherapy treatments, so she would weigh more and get a larger dose of drugs. Ms. Mosley's second trip up Half Dome was less than two weeks after she underwent brain surgery in 2006.

On Ms. Mosley's final trip up Half Dome in September, Saiki said no one expected her to be able to hike very far, and certainly not the 18 miles round trip. Just weeks before the hike, Ms. Mosley hadn't been able to walk six blocks to a neighborhood coffee shop. But she hiked nearly to the top and would have gone farther if not for a two-hour wait to use the cables to finish the climb, Saiki said.

"I imagined us hiking 1 mile, maybe 2 miles. But we hit mile marker five, and Deb kept going," Saiki said. "She did it on pure determination and spirit. It was the most phenomenal display of willpower I have ever witnessed."

In addition to Saiki, Ms. Mosley is survived by brothers Mike Mosley and Steve Mosley, both in Texas; her grandmother, Catherine Louise McDavitt in Arizona; and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m Sunday at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin St.

A scholarship has been established at the Commonweal Cancer Recovery Program. Donations can be made to the Morrison & Foerster Foundation, 425 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105, with a note that it is for the Deb Mosley Memorial Scholarship Fund/Commonweal.

Summary: Ms. Mosley pushed her body and mind to extremes, despite, and often because of, a long fight with breast cancer.  In the years after her 2000 cancer diagnosis and, later, metastatic disease, Ms. Mosley raced her first triathlon, hiked in and out of the Grand Canyon and climbed Half Dome three times.  In addition to her athletic endeavors, she was recognized for creating a support group specifically for young women diagnosed with breast cancer.  When the cancer turned metastatic, spreading into her bones and liver, Ms. Mosley shifted away from her professional life and focused instead on a series of personal accomplishments, at the same time building a network of support for other young women with breast cancer.  Every year, Ms. Mosley would set a challenge for herself and other women who wanted to join her, and they would raise money for Bay Area breast cancer groups, especially those that served low-income women.  On the medical side, Ms. Mosley was known for layering thick clothes and wearing her heaviest boots when she went in for chemotherapy treatments, so she would weigh more and get a larger dose of drugs.


Alphabet’s Google on Thursday released data on its two-year-old initiative to create a more diverse U.S. workforce, saying it had more black, Latino and female employees but still lagged its goal of mirroring the population.

The company released its diversity figures for the first time in 2014 and sparked a conversation among Silicon Valley tech companies that led many of its closest competitors to follow suit.

Google’s googl overall percentage of non-white, non-Asian employees in the United States did not move at all in 2015 from the year before, remaining at 2% for African Americans, 3% for Hispanics, 3% for multiracial individuals and less than 1% for Native American and Pacific Islanders, according to the company.

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Women made up 31% of Google’s overall workforce in 2015, up 1% from 2014, and 21% of technical hires for the year, up from 19% in 2014.

White employees made up 59% of its U.S. workforce and Asians accounted for 32%. Google had about 38,670 workers in the United States in 2015, according to its report to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission based on August 2015 data.

While its percentages of minority employees did not change, the report said in 2015 Google had 880 black employees, up from 628 in 2014 and 1,782 Hispanic employees, up from 1,428 the previous year. There were 712 multiracial individuals, up from 636, and 56 American Indian or Alaska natives, up from 44 the previous year.

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Google vice president of people operations Nancy Lee said the figures do not reflect where the company wants to be and said many small changes that do not show up in the statistics are having an impact.

She pointed to conversations on diversity leading to a discussion on pay equity, which in turn resulted in a policy of paying employees according to position rather than by negotiated rates, which were often lower for women and minorities.

“It’s a journey. We’re a 60,000 person company and culture change takes time,” said Google diversity coordinator Yolanda Mangolini.

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Other initiatives include a program where Google employees use work time to serve as instructors at historically black colleges and universities.

The figures underscore challenges tech companies face in transforming cultures that critics say are too homogenous, white and male-dominated. The most recent diversity reports from Facebook fb and Twitter twtr show similar trends to Google in employment of blacks and Latinos, while Apple aapl did slightly better partially due to more diverse hiring at its retail stores.

Those companies declined comment beyond their recent diversity reports to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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William Guillory, founder of organizational development firm Innovations International, said progress is hampered by large tech companies using the same approaches to tap into a limited pool of talent.

“What I’m talking about is casting a wider net,” he said. “If don’t have the skill set you need why can’t you create some kind of Google University component that adds the layer of skills you’re looking for?”

Michael Solomon of tech talent agency 10X Management said he believes Silicon Valley companies have made sincere attempts to address the issue but need to try harder.

“I don’t think these companies are going far out of their way to discriminate but I think they need to go far out of their way to hire diversely,” he said.

Summary: White employees made up 59 percent of its U.S. workforce.


Here’s how jittery Chipotle Mexican Grill cmg investors are: A single tweet on Thursday morning by a best-selling author claiming his editor was sickened at one of the burrito chain’s New York stores was enough to send its stock tumbling.

Eric van Lustbader, author of the Jason Bourne series of thrillers, sent out a tweet at 8:20 a.m. ET saying his editor ended up in the emergency room overnight after eating at a Manhattan Chipotle. Soon after, shares fell as much as 3.4% in premarket trading. After a number of people on Twitter grilled him for further details as to how he could know it was because of Chipotle, Lustbader said the doctor blamed “unsanitary food handling” and that the timing of the incident pointed to the restaurant.

This Chipotle thing is still ongoing. My editor ended up in urgent care after being deathly ill all night from eating at Chipotle's.

— Eric Van Lustbader (@EVanLustbader) July 7, 2016

Chipotle, whose sales are still trying to recover from a series of food safety incidents last year, quickly sought to quell concerns another outbreak could be afoot.

“We are aware of the post made on Twitter, however there have been no reports of illnesses at any of our New York restaurants,” Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold told Fortune in an emailed statement. “Moreover, we have excellent health department scores throughout the city, and we continue to have the highest standards of food safety in our restaurants.”

The stock pared some of its losses after Chipotle issued its statement. Shares were trading about 48% below their 52-week highs on Thursday afternoon. Van Lustbader also clarified that he did not own Chipotle stock after some people accused him of trying to manipulate the price.

While the trading swoon would arguably be an overreaction under normal circumstances, the tweet came a few months after health officials linked E. coli, Salmonella, and Norovirus outbreaks to Chipotle’s restaurants, keeping customers away in droves and sending sales and its stock plummeting.

The tweet also came just a few days after the chain’s executive who oversaw food giveaways and other sales-boosting promotions was charged with cocaine possession and went on leave.

Summary: One tweet rattled investors.


November 22, 2014 | 8:43pm

Some family members are impossible to shop for... but these fabulous presents will win their finicky hearts. Photo: Anne Wermiel

From the hottest toys to the coolest gadgets and even their very own SoulCycle — 68 over-the-top gifts for people (and pets) who have everything.

With customizable hair, features and clothing, each Muppet Whatnot can be designed to look like its owner. $99.99 at FAO Schwarz, 767 Fifth Ave. A tandem sled - outfitted with festive cushions, no less - is double the snowy fun. $219 at llbean.com

This app-controlled toy, called Ubooly, doesn’t just tell interactive stories, it can also be a parent’s secret weapon: Program it to encourage teeth-brushing. $29.95 at ubooly.com

Because no child will let it go, give in to the “Frozen” madness with a karaoke machine complete with flashing lights. $79 at target.com

Zoomer’s a dino robot that kids can tame with voice and hand controls . . . or let it run wild, burp and chomp! $89.99 at toysrus.com

You don’t have to be a pinball wizard to love this fully refurbished vintage machine. $3,995 at restorationhardware.com

No view of the Empire State Building? No problem. Just build it. Nanoblock model kit, $49.95 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave.

What a bright idea: Kids draw on a tablet-like easel with special markers, then choose from seven effects to light up their masterpiece like neon. Crayola’s Widescreen Light Designer, $39.99 at shop.crayola.com

Swoop in to save the day by giving them this super set for PlayStation 4, which comes with games, three figures that synchronize stories and an Infinity base. Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes 2.0 Edition for Sony PS4, $79.99 at toysrus.com

This 12-inch pizza oven cooks a perfect crust in 5 minutes and is small enough to nestle on any NYC kitchen counter. Petite Pizzeria, $129.95, and Folding pizza peel, $29.95, both at surlatable.com

Show someone you care — by acknowledging their trendy diet restrictions and their sweet tooth. Gluten-free Daniel Boulud has you covered. Gluten-free sweets gift box, $99 at epicerieboulud.com

For serious caffeine addicts, this tower produces impeccably brewed iced coffee in 8 hours. Yama Cold Brew Drip Tower, $250 at clivecoffee.com

Wavy fries, carrots, apple slices - — the sky’s the limit with this undulating tool. Wavy knife, $12.99 at crispcooking.com

This nifty little gun infuses food — even salads and drinks — with smoke flavor. Polyscience Smoking Gun, $99.95 at williams-sonoma.com

An impeccably sourced, artisanal pie deserves an equally hip slicer. Fixie bicycle pizza cutter, $23 at uncommongoods.com

Why just give a bottle of fancy olive oil when you can give someone oil from their very own olive tree — from a quaint Italian orchard? Tasting notes and varietal information included with adoption paperwork. Nudo’s “Adopt your own olive tree” program, from $77 at nudoadopt.com

Macallan’s limited edition single-malt scotch is aged in Spanish oak that’s hand-picked and seasoned with sherry. Macallan Rare Cask, $300 for 750 ml at Park Avenue Liquor, 292 Madison Ave.

Everybody and their mother have tried brewing their own beer. The new DIY drink? Hard cider. Make your own cider kit, $40 at brooklynbrewshop.com

Why should the fact that SoulCycle isn’t open 24/7 stop anyone from getting their spin on? SoulCyle high-performance bike, $2,200 at soul-cycle.com

Maximalism is the new minimalism — at least when it comes to running shoes. Hoka One Clifton shoes, $130 at hokaoneone.com

Whereas most ski boots rely on padding for fit, Tecnica’s Mach1 design uses a high-tech liner that better mirrors the natural anatomy of the foot. Mach1 ski boots, $785 at tecnicausa.com

The ’70s are back in a big way on this groovy tropical-print swallowtail skateboard. Globe Graphic Bantam board, $90 at urbanoutfitters.com

Garmin’s Swim watch calculates stroke efficiency. TomTom watch, $249.99 at tomtom.com (available in December). Garmin watch, $149.99 at bestbuy.com

Any day you can start off with a slam-dunk is a good one. The Mug With a Hoop, $24 at uncommongoods.com

A gym bag that looks like something Carla Bruni would carry? Yes, please. GymTote Eva bag with water-resistant lining, $179.87 at gymtote.co.uk

Consider Tom- Tom’s Golfer watch (near right) a smart caddy: It tracks course distance and hazards, and keeps score.

Whether running a half-marathon or running errands, stay warm and look good in this lightweight, moisture-wicking topper. Skida Alpine hat, $36 at shopskida.com

Talk about home-court advantage. This basketball contains sensors that track shots, then offers advice (via an app) for improvement. $199.95 at 94fifty.com

Reward your furry friend with well-pedigreed holiday treats: peanut butter-carrot “cupcakes” and chicken “cookies” made from organic, gluten-free ingredients. Canine cupcakes, $21 (box of six), and cookies, ($11.99 and up for box of four to five), both at bubbarose.com. Rhinestone collar, $165 at caninestyles.com

Henri Bendel’s elegant container offers the perfect stowaway for any shopping hound’s Scooby snacks. Canister, $58 at henribendel.com

Get a dog’s-eye view of life by attaching a GoPro camera to your favorite pooch. Fetch mount, $59.99, and Hero4 camera, from $399.99, at shop.gopro.com

It doesn’t get much neater than an all-in-one grooming brush and vacuum. Dyson Groom, $69.99 at dyson.com

Kitty can knead her paws and rub her face against this tactile massager. Rolf C. Hagen Catit Senses 2.0 Wellness Center, $29.99 at amazon.com

Keep your pup safe and stylish with light-up booties. Kurgo Step ’N Strobe shoes, $69.99 at amazon.com

Check these pristine beauties at your own risk. Kate Spade Stowaway Luggage (yellow), $700, and Things We Love Carry-On (orange), $630 at neimanmarcus.com

Cashmere is the ultimate jet lag cure-all. Arlotta blanket and pillow, $185; eye mask, $50; and slippers, $115 at saks.com

The ultimate in selfie technology: This stick-on lens turns a phone into a DSLR-quality camera. Sony DSC-QX100 Smartphone Attachable Lens, $499.99 at amazon.com.

Karma’s a portable, pay-as-you-go ($14/GB) router box so you can take your WiFi with you. $149, at yourkarma.com (available in December)

The ultimate in selfie technology: This stick-on lens turns a phone into a DSLR-quality camera. Sony DSC-QX100 Smartphone Attachable Lens, $499.99 at amazon.com

Forget settling for hotel shampoos. Amika’s gift set packs in luxe mini-sized shampoo, conditioner, dry shampoo and spray — not to mention a brush and full-power blow-dryer. Blow on the Go set, $142 at birchbox.com

Score big with Rangers fans with a cozy “ugly” sweater and their very own Stanley Cup — which just happens to be a popcorn maker. NY Rangers Busy Block Ugly Sweater, $64.95, and popcorn maker, $99.95, both at fanatics.com

Forget going stag — this plush cotton-blend throw is practically an invitation to snuggle. $168 at anthropologie.com

A truly boss gift: “The Album Collection Vol. 1 (1973-1984),” featuring remastered editions of the first seven albums recorded by Bruce Springsteen for Columbia Records — plus a book of rarely seen photos and original press clippings. CD box set, $74.99, and vinyl box set, $199.99, at amazon.com

Yes, superfans will have already seen every episode in this limited-edition “Sherlock” gift set (seasons 1 to 3 on Blu-ray and DVD). But they don’t own these jaw-dropping Holmes and Watson busts yet. $136.29 at target.com

No need to get off the sofa to take a shot at billiards! Wink Shot Glass Billiard Set, $24.99 at c21stores.com

ick up your feet and pump up the jams with this tufted ottoman — the speakers and integrated Bluetooth receiver are built in. Sound Lounge Ottoman, $129.99 at ionaudio.com

Crosley’s three-speed portable turntable — clad in sparkly leatherette — takes the gold. $98 from urbanoutfitters.com

We may never be royals, but it’s easy to pretend otherwise in these quilted blue velvet slippers. Del Toro slippers, $325 at saks.com

At once charmingly retro and sleek, Tivoli’s Albergo alarm-clock radio lets users stream music wirelessly from any Bluetooth-enabled device. Even better, you can mix-and-match cabinet and face designs to suit. Radio in blue, from $249 (Maroni cabinet, $99.99 extra) at tivoliaudio.com

Comic-book fans will treat you like a superhero if you give them this vibrant tome collecting 75 years of Marvel covers, along with cool factoids about the artists and story lines. “Marvel Comics: 75 Years of Cover Art,” $50 at us.dk.com

Got a blank wall? This high-quality movie projector means anyone can have a screening room. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3500, $1,599 at epson.com

Inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s wardrobe in “Some Like It Hot,” these glam sunnies coo “va-va-voom.” Marilyn Monroe limited-edition sunglasses, $495 at marilynmonroeeyewear.com. OK, no one needs a short-sleeved down jacket, which makes this trifle (that peplum! the bow detail!) all the more delicious. Moncler Couper jacket, $1,195 at Moncler, 90 Prince St.

Fashion designer Prabal Gurung has dressed Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton. Thanks to his new cosmetics collection, all the lovely ladies will want him on their lips, too. Lipglass in carmine rouge, $30 at maccosmetics.com

Make a star-studded entrance in these babies. Vince Camuto VC Signature “Rimona” Bootie, $595 at vincecamuto.com.

These beaded coasters by Kim Seybert pour on the charm. $80 (for set of four) at gracioushome.com

Taylor Swift’s new album will sound even sweeter with these earbuds. Kate Spade Signature earbuds, $25 at gilt.com

For the woman who’s always entranced by the latest shiny object: Net-a-porter’s “The Bag Subscription” means a new designer bag each month (plus, priority access to preorder even more). $29,000 at net-a-porter.com

A tomboyish cap takes an unexpectedly femme turn when topped with a chic little pompom. Wool baseball cap, $150 at Paul Smith, 142 Greene St.

The “sole” of this Swarovski-crystal-studded stiletto compact pops open to reveal the Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia solid perfume. Estée Lauder Compact, $250 at Saks Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Avenue

Celebrity stylist Kate Young artfully highlights great moments in film fashion — from Elizabeth Taylor’s timeless chiffon dress in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” to Julia Roberts’ iconic “Pretty Woman” gown — in her new book. “Dressing for the Dark,” $45 at assouline.com

Photographers: Tamara Beckwith & Annie Wermiel

Prop Stylists: Sophie Strangio & Daniele Frazier/thepropstylist.com

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Summary: From the hottest toys to the coolest gadgets and even their very own SoulCycle — 68 over-the-top gifts for people (and pets) who have everything. Kids Foodies Athletes Pets Jet setters Couch potato…


Arianna Huffington is the co-founder, president and editor-in-chief of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Huffington Post. She is a nationally syndicated columnist, radio host and the author of 15 books, including her latest, “The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time.”

Huffington was born in Greece and moved to the U.K. when she was 16. She studied economics at the University of Cambridge and became president of the debating society, the Cambridge Union.

Time Magazine has named Huffington one of the most influential people in the world, and Forbes has called her one of its “Most Powerful Women.”

Huffington, 65, recently invited Rebecca Jarvis to her offices for a conversation about her secrets to success, the importance of sleep and corporate America’s changing habits.

Here are five things you may not know about her:

Published in 1974, “The Female Woman” was Huffington’s first book and first bestseller. The book was known for questioning certain ideals in the earlier feminist movement.

“I wanted to write a book on the crisis of political leadership, and it was a book nobody seemed to want to publish,” she told Jarvis on “Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis.”

Huffington got a sleep wakeup call in 2007 when she collapsed from exhaustion. She has since made a good night’s rest a top priority and encourages employees at the Huffington Post to sleep on the job and nap in the company’s sleep pods. “Sleep deprivation is the new smoking,” she said.

“My ritual is to turn off all my devices 30 minutes before I’m going to go to sleep and charge them outside my room,” she said.

“I just kind of started hearing it when I first came to New York and now my iPod is full of country music songs, some of them old, some new.”

To hear Huffington belt out her favorite lyrics, watch her interview with Rebecca Jarvis.

Summary: Arianna Huffington opens up to Rebecca Jarvis on Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis. Here are 5 fun facts you may not have known about the media mogul.


Education is good for your paycheck—even if you’re a mobster.

That’s the finding of research by a British university, which focused on the education levels of members of the Italian-American mafia between the 1930s and 1960s. It established that for each additional year of education, gangsters saw a rise in income of as much as 8.5%.

In ‘Returns to Education in Criminal Organizations: Did Going to College Help Michael Corleone?’, academics from the University of Essex used data from the United States 1940 Census of Population and information from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to study the income, education, and job characteristics of 712 Mafiosi.

The academics compared the mobsters’ returns to education with a number of other non-mafia groups, including Italian immigrants, second-generation Italian men, and a sample of neighbors who lived in close proximity to them. It found that the mobsters’ returns were only slightly behind those of their neighbors, who pulled in as much as 10% additional income for every year of education. The mafia members actually outperformed immigrants, particularly Italian immigrants.

“Overall the mobsters did quite well,” said Giovanni Mastrobuoni, one of the authors of the report. “They had returns to education that were far higher than individuals in the census of Italian origin, as well as immigrants, and they had returns to education which were similar to the US population overall.”

Mobsters tended to leave school an average of one year earlier than their neighbors, the report found, and the impact of education varied depending on the type of criminal activity an individual was involved in. Those who carried out relatively sophisticated crimes that involved running an illegal business—such as loan sharking or bootlegging—saw returns to education that were three times higher than those involved with violent crimes like robberies or murder.

“What we found was the returns to education were much, much larger for the business type of criminals, those that we think need those abilities that you learn in school,” said Mastrobuoni. “So dealing with numbers, organizing your thoughts, organizing a group, and so on … the ‘soldiers’, the ones doing the dirty jobs, we find very, very low returns to education.”

Would it be possible to carry out a similar study of organized crime groups today? Mastrobuoni isn’t so sure. The 1940 census contained a level of detail that isn’t found in today’s versions, he says, and it would be very difficult to collect the information at source. Some researchers have carried out interviews with people in prison, according to Mastrobuoni, “but even there, you are basically selecting a group of individuals who have been caught, and they might be different from those that are never caught.”

“The issue with criminals is that they tend not to respond to surveys,” he says.

Summary: Crime pays more with higher education.


Hospitality is a $5 trillion industry. No surprise there: We all eat, sleep, and travel.

For that reason, technology companies have long coveted a piece of each one of those businesses. Uber and its peers are rethinking transportation. Airbnb and HotelTonight are rethinking hotels.

There’s Caviar, GrubHub GRUB , and Seamless for takeout, certainly. But for everything else—from your dinner reservation to the bill that follows—it’s up in the air. The competition is fierce. There is Reserve, Resy, Table8, Yelp SeatMe YELP , Tock, Cover, and of course OpenTable PCLN , the largest player by far, with more than 30% market share.

Last month in New York City, OpenTable co-sponsored a one-day summit about technology and the hospitality industry. Called TechTable and organized by four women in the hospitality industry, the event sought to address a simple truth: With the industry “ripe for disruption,” as investor Steve Case (whose Revolution Growth firm invested in Sweetgreen, a fast-casual restaurant chain) said in his opening remarks, what is the best path forward?

For some companies, it’s an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink strategy. Take OpenTable, for instance. Restauranteur Danny Meyer discovered the company in 1998; he quickly became a customer (with his Union Square Café), investor, and board member. Virtually every other restaurant followed his lead and adopted OpenTable’s technology, which replaced a paper reservations book and a phone call with a computer terminal (and a monthly fee). Today the system is a fixture in restaurants and its services have grown to include reviews, rewards, recommendations, and (most recently) payments.

Similarly, from his earliest days at Reserve, a “digital concierge service” based in New York City, CEO Greg Hong’s partners urged him to unify the entire restaurant experience in a single platform. Reserve, an OpenTable competitor that paints itself as a more premium service, aims to do just that. “When it’s done right, it will become ubiquitous,” he says.

Other companies believe focus and differentiation is the way forward. The latest wave of restaurant-tech upstarts offer all manner of features, including concierge-like texting, backup restaurant suggestions, bounties on sought-after tables, improved analytics, business travel targeting, and mobile payments. Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Resy, believes there’s room in the market for each of these. “The expectation that there is one system and one reservation system that fits all is a dated idea,” he says. Resy, for instance, hopes to attract four-star restaurants (and the diners they covet).

Meanwhile Cover has focused only on payments—and still there’s plenty to accomplish. We’re nearly at the point technologically, says hospitality consultant Leiti Hsu, where one can sidle up to the bar and say, “Put it on my tab.” Cover, which is present in just three metro areas so far—New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area—has attracted more than 50,000 users and processes, on average, two million dollars each month across some four hundred restaurants. But it’s not tied to any reservation system. (The company was recently acquired by U.K.-based Velocity.)

Many restaurant groups are sitting back and waiting to see which technologies shake out. (During one panel discussion during the TechTable event, a moderator asked the crowd if they were using mobile payment technologies. Only a smattering of hands were raised.) Others, such as Mina Group president Patric Yumul, are doing the opposite and trying everything, and quickly, to see what works best. “We want to know everyone better,” says Yumul, referring to the many tech options. Rob Wilder of Washington, D.C.-based Think Food Group is also trying out the different systems—but he doesn’t see a near future without the incumbent, OpenTable, in the picture.

There is good reason to be patient. Underneath many of these services is a major business model shift that places financial risk more firmly on the guest, rather than on the restaurant, as is tradition. Nick Kokonas is the founder of Tock, a web-based ticketing system that allows for ordinary reservations as well as special event ticketing. (He also co-owns Alinea restaurant in Chicago.) He believes that restaurants should not focus on increasing average check size so much as ensuring that every seat in the house is sold––regardless of price. Why? Because with a conventional reservation, restaurants still risk being stood up by a diner—and that’s a serious financial risk for a low-margin business. Tickets that require a deposit can help avoid that. (Tock has processed more than $53 million in bookings, Kokonas says.)

“Ticketing systems bring predictability to the restaurants,” says Derek Dukes, general manager of Lazy Bear, a ticket-only restaurant in San Francisco. ” I can run the business without a crystal ball, the way most other businesses get to run. It’s liberating.”

But for all of these services, systems, and startups, there is one technology challenge that looms above all: the analog environment, whether it be the old-fashioned telephone or the fax machine or even the hand-written reservation. The sudden rush of technology into the dining room could very well overwhelm restaurants and their patrons. But if it gets a handful of establishments thinking differently about their business for the first time—well, that’s progress.

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Summary: New apps and services, from Resy to Cover, are changing the experience of dining out.


You might love Pokémon Go, but would you quit your day job over it? One man did.

A 24-year-old man from New Zealand has quit his job to become a full-time Pokémon hunter in Pokémon Go, he told The Guardian in an interview published on Thursday. According to the report, the man, Tom Currie, plans to spend two months exploring New Zealand in 20 bus trips to catch all 151 Pokémon available in the game.

“I wanted to have an adventure,” Currie told The Guardian. “I have been working for six years and I was desperate for a break. And Pokémon gave me the chance to live that dream.”

Pokémon Go has become an overnight success in the last week since it launched. The game, which launched on July 6, allows users to capture and train Pokémon they see as they travel around town using a technology called augmented reality, which places graphical elements over the real world. The title is the most popular mobile video game of all time, is making millions of dollars in revenue each day for its developer Niantic Labs, and is used by more people on Android devices in the U.S. than Netflix NFLX .

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The game, in other words, is a smash hit.

It’s not uncommon to find people walking about town looking for the digital characters and capturing them. It’s also become a social game, where people can congregate in an area and play together.

But for Currie, the game has taken on a different meaning. So far, his efforts have helped him catch 90 of the 151 Pokémon characters and he hopes to catch even the rarest by traveling to a variety of places across New Zealand. He told The Guardian that he’s walking “miles and miles” each day and has, at times, hunted for Pokémon until 3 a.m.

Since he quit his job, though, Currie needs to keep his costs down. He’s said to be sleeping on friends’ couches or in homes for backpackers.

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It’s unclear what Currie will do once he finds all 151 Pokémon, but he’s so far loving the adventure. And just in case you were wondering, his mom is just fine with it: She told The Guardian she’s behind him “100%.”

Summary: He's officially a full-timer.


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Wafdi ka socday IGAD ayaa dhawaantan tagay magaalada Beledweyne oo ay kula kulmeen odayaasha dhaqanka ee gobolka Hiiraan, waxayna kala hadleen sidii xal looga gaari lahaa arrintaasi.

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Hadaba Wakiilka IGAD ee Soomaaliya Maxamed Cabdi Afeey, oo shirka Midawga Afrika ee Kigali ka qaybgalaya ayaa sheegaya in ay rajeynayaan in arrintaasi xal laga gaaro maamulkana la dhiso ka hor doorashada Soomaaliya, Axmed Xaji Xasan ayuu u warramay.

Summary: Ururur goboleedka Igad ayaa sheegay in uu ka rajo qabo dhismaha maamul u sameynta Hiiraan iyo Shabeellaha Dhexe ka hor doorashada Soomaaliya.


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Built into a steep hillside between Marbella Old Town and neighbouring Ojén, the luxurious Urban Villa can take a bit of finding, but it’s worth it when you do. With spectacular views down to the coast and across to Gibraltar and Morocco, this is less of an urban retreat and more of a stylish, hillside hideaway with Marbella’s silky sands just 10 minutes away. Originally converted from two farmhouses, the décor has a smart, chilled-out Mediterranean feel with comfy white sofas, traditional white cotton embroidered bedspreads, Moroccan and Asian carved wood furniture and period fireplaces.

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You'll need a streak of fabulousness to feel really at home in the W – its bars and restaurants are peopled with model types, and its poolside areas can look like catalogue photo shoots on a busy afternoon. In contrast to this, and the dazzling lobby, the rooms themselves are a little subdued, but their all-glass fronts do afford spectacular views of the sea, the city or – if you're lucky, or pay a little more – both. The W’s location on the water’s edge, the sea lapping at its feet, means that beach-goers and sea-gazers will love it.

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This is one of the smartest hotels in Spain but it is not remotely flashy. You walk into an atmosphere of soothing luxury with none of the hushed pomposity often prevalent in high end hotels. With lots of space both inside and out, huge pools, great restaurants, a superb spa and a top-level golf course, you can happily just check in and switch off for the duration. In the hills just off the coast between Estepona and Sotogrande, just below the pretty village of Casares, the hotel has sweeping views down to the Mediterranean and across the countryside. The hotel’s beach club is five minutes’ away by private shuttle.

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The Balandret is a stylish boutique hotel right on the beach in Valencia. You can amble out onto the promenade for a walk or bike ride or just run into the sea. If you can’t be bothered to move, the restaurant terrace is ideal for a cold beer or two or a leisurely paella at lunchtime. The Balandret could be described as Scandi seaside chic – if there is such a thing. Designer Carlos Serra has gone for a cool Mediterranean palate of pale blues, greys and natural tones, using light materials and simple lines.

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This rambling, rather corporate, but welcoming and elegantly presented hotel stands in a great spot just back from popular Playa de Brazomar, from where it’s a leisurely 10-minute stroll along the seafront promenade to bubbly old-town Castro Urdiales and its port lined with eateries. Beyond the gleaming reception area it has wonderfully fresh, smartly outfitted rooms sprinkled with modern art, including triples perfect for families. But the real delight are those with big glassed-in balconies or terraces with brilliant beach views, like the one in room 502.

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Imagine the rugged coast of Cornwall with the gleaming Mediterranean lashing against the rocks and you’ve probably got an idea of Cabo de Gata, on the tip of Spain’s Southeast coast. The 21 room Hotel Pakyta is just yards away from the waves and couldn’t be a better choice if you want to leave cars and cares behind and just luxuriate on the beach. A stone staircase from the hotel terrace leads directly down to the beach in the small town of San José, and about 10 miles of unspoilt stretches of pristine sand.

A vast seaside hotel, with only 143 rooms, the Hotel Ra is all about space and tranquility, with a peerless spa, rooftop pool, private beach area and a number of corners where guests can read a book, sip a café con leche or watch the waves while they eat. Most whims are catered for here, as if the rooftop pool, surrounded by day beds, the large, superbly equipped gym, and private beach club aren’t enough. The spa is exceptional.

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The hotel is right by the beach between Marbella and Puerto Banús on Spain’s Costa del Sol, protected by the Sierra Blanca mountains, around 40 minutes’ drive from Malaga airport. It is a very smart address indeed. The low-rise white buildings with blue and white tiles and flowers spilling down the walls make you feel as if you are in a traditional Andalusian village as you stroll along paths flanked by subtropical plants and banana, bamboo and orange trees. A stream runs through the gardens from the mountains behind the hotel down to the sea. There are two light-filled restaurants right by the beach, Sea Grill and Del Mar, as well as a bar on the sand in summer.

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The hotel overlooks Malvarrosa beach, and is 1.25 miles (2 km) from the City of Arts and Sciences and 3 miles (5 km) from the cathedral. This is obviously a great location in the summer, when you can make good use of the outdoor pool and the gardens, and of course the beach. It might look all modern Las Vegas glitz now, but Las Arenas has history. It opened in 1898 as a grand hotel, frequented by the great and good of the day. Although it has been largely rebuilt, the pool, pavilion and colonnades give you an idea of what it was like back in the distant days of the 20th century. Today, there is a flash new spa with lots of treatments to make you feel like a film star.

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Summary: The top beach hotels in Spain, chosen by our experts, including the best for sea views, beachside restaurants, superb spas and family-friendly rooms, in locations including Malaga, Marbella, the Costa Brava, Barcelona, Valencia and Almeria


Guinea has been declared Ebola free after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia the only country still counting down for an end to the ruinous epidemic.People in the Guinea capital, Conakry, on Tuesday greeted the declaration by authorities and the UN World Health Organization with mixed emotions given the huge number of deaths, and the damage the virus did to the economy and the country's health and education sectors.

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On Wednesday, the government, together with representatives of donor nations and NGOs, will hold an official ceremony to mark the declaration.

They will also pay tribute to the 115 health workers who died fighting Ebola and eight members of an Ebola awareness team who were killed by hostile locals in Womey, in the country's forested southeast.

"Several of my family are dead. This situation has shown us how much we must fight for those who are survivors," Fanta Oulen Camara, who works for Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium (Doctors Without Borders), told the Reuters news agency."After I got better, the hardest thing was to make people welcome me. Most people that normally supported me abandoned me. Even the school where I was an instructor dropped me. It was very hard," said Camara, 26, who fell ill in March 2014.

Ebola has orphaned about 6,200 children in Guinea, said Rene Migliani, an official at the national coordination centre for the fight against Ebola.There were more than 3,800 Ebola cases in Guinea out of the more than 28,600 cases during the epidemic.

A total of about 11,300 people died, according to WHO figures.

Ebola has been combated by a classic health strategy of identifying people with the virus, containing those who were in close proximity to them, and ensuring that health workers rigorously follow a strict protocol on wearing protective clothing to prevent direct contact with the patient.

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A country is declared Ebola free 42 days after the recovery or death of the final patient and if there are no new infections.Liberia has lost more than 4,800 people to the haemorrhagic fever, but is now set to be declared virus-free in January. It was declared Ebola free in May and September, but each time new cases emerged.Sierra Leone officially ended its epidemic in November.

Summary: Liberia remains the only country still battling the disease after Sierre Leone was declared free of virus in November.


WHEN SPAIN'S MYTHICAL Iberian ham—aka jamón ibérico—was first imported to the U.S., in 2007, it was heralded as the best in the world. Turns out, in spite of the fanfare and sky-high prices, much of what was then labeled ibérico wasn't…entirely. Now, more and better hams are coming to the U.S. market, prices have dropped and companies are specifying pedigree in preparation for upcoming legislation in Spain that will require them to do so. The world's best pork is finally getting a stateside debut we can applaud unreservedly.

Ibérico is a stupendously umami-rich, silken ham that leaves Italian prosciutto and Spain's equivalent, jamón serrano, in the dust; fresh meat from ibérico pigs is juicy as rib eye and tender as filet mignon. In Spain, an acorn-fed ibérico ham on the table is the ultimate status symbol.

But for all its exquisiteness, the ibérico tradition has been beset by the same boom-and-bust syndrome, and accusations of fraud, that have plagued Spain recently. To understand, one must first go back thousands of years to Phoenician times, when black-hooved pigs (another name for the breed is pata negra, or black hoof) were introduced to an oak-grove ecosystem in southwestern Spain known as the dehesa. Pigs thrived there, gorging on acorns for months prior to slaughter. Cured hams and fresh meat from these pigs, at first a regional specialty, became, over the centuries, Spain's most prized national delicacy.

Around the turn of the millennium, Spain experienced an economic boom and an unparalleled rise in the global reputation of its cuisine. Both trends set off a revolution in the artisanal ibérico sector. A 2001 law allowed producers to crossbreed ibéricos with heartier, more productive Duroc pigs and still label the result "ibérico." This led to intensive farming in which crossbred pigs live in confinement, eating grain, and a huge increase in "ibérico" populations since 2000.

Soon, ibérico became akin to caviar, sold internationally with a mind-boggling array of quality classifications and plenty of temptation to fudge the provenance. Today, just 6% of Iberian pigs are purebreds, according to Spanish government figures. The vast majority of what is sold as ibérico in Spain comes from crossbreeds raised in confinement, a fact that has prompted outrage there. Though U.S. retailers have focused on high-end, ostensibly pure product, they say the murkiness of the Spanish market has meant they haven't always been sure ibéricos are what they claim to be.

Oversupply—due to increase in production and low consumer demand amid Spain's economic crisis—has brought several new brands to the U.S. and pushed prices down by 20% to 30% since last year, said Tim Harris, CEO of Tienda.com, an online retailer of Spanish foods. To secure authentic purebred ibéricos "and because there is so much confusion and misinformation," Mr. Harris said, Tienda just launched its own brand, Peregrino.

Lighthouse Trade began importing fresh meat from purebred ibéricos, under the brand Ibérico Fresco, two years ago, and plans to import cured meats by the end of the month. "We are trying to get people to think of ibérico as what it really is," said Lighthouse president José Ignacio Martínez-Valero, "one of the jewels of Spanish cuisine." High-end chefs across the U.S. have already begun to embrace it as such.

Brands like Peregrino, Cinco Jotas and Ibérico Fresco are ahead of the curve, but soon all companies will have to be equally clear about their pigs' provenance. Spain's new regulations, expected to pass by June, will require labels to list percentage of ibérico genetics in the breed. Imagery of the dehesa can't appear on the package if the pig wasn't raised there.

Experts quibble over how big a part pedigree plays. For Mr. Martínez-Valero, it's a "night-and-day" difference; Mr. Harris says other factors, like feed and curing, are key. Aaron Fuchs, an importer of fresh ibérico meat from Fermín, a producer that uses purebreds and 75% ibérico crosses, said that "both types have a role in the market," because crossbred, grain-fed meat can cost significantly less. More ibérico genetics, however, mean more nutty, meltable fat in the result, Mr. Fuchs said.

Steve Benjamin, executive chef at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, said he recently switched from crossbred ibérico ham to purebred. He finds it softer, less salty, with a distinctive acorn flavor. "It's the best ham in the U.S.," he said.

Labels are increasingly specifying how pure the pigs are, in advance of laws that will require them to do so. The pig's diet, where it was raised, the cut and the cure also significantly impact flavor.

The king of Iberian pork, from a purebred pig that lives its entire life in the oak groves of the dehesa, in southwestern Spain. In the last three months of its life, it grazes almost exclusively on foraged acorns. Its silky fat is full of omega-3s; it is umami-rich and deeply flavorful. About $85 per pound for whole ham (Cinco Jotas brand), laespanolameats.com

From a crossbreed, usually 75% ibérico. This pig ranges freely, feeds on grain and may also do some grazing, including on acorns. When the new labeling laws take effect, producers will have to specify the ibérico percentage in the breed. About $37 per pound for whole ham, tienda.com

Fresh, uncured meat from ibérico pigs is also exquisite: extremely flavorful and tender, with luscious, meltable fat. Add salt and pepper, sear quickly and serve fairly rare. From $6 per pound for pork belly to $26 per pound for acorn-fed hanger steak, wagshalsimports.com

Hams made from the front legs of the pig, which are smaller and slightly stronger in flavor. About $68 per pound (acorn-fed), tienda.com

Ibérico meat, both acorn- and grain-fed, is made into a variety of cold cuts, such as lomo, which is cured loin; chorizo, a paprika sausage; and salchichon, similar to salami. From $25 per pound for chorizo (grain-fed) to $80 per pound for lomo (acorn-fed), laespanolameats.com

Summary: Now we can get Spain's most swooned-over pork stateside—and know it's the real thing.


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In the first episode of the day, we followed the new Runner as he made his way into Houston and completed his daily ops, looking for cell phones hidden around a park as the Chaser teams hunted him down. Another twist in the game? The two former Runners are joining forces to become their own Chaser team! Watch below:

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Actors Ben Affleck, 25, left, and Matt Damon, 27, pose during an interview in New York Nov. 22, 1997. The two friends from high school days in Cambridge, Mass. wrote and star in the movie, "Good Will Hunting." (AP Photo/Yukio Gion)

Matt Damon, right, and Ben Affleck hold their Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture award at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 18, 1998. Damon and Affleck won for the film "Good Will Hunting." (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Two hundred years ago today, Britain's House of Commons purchased a collection of marble sculptures that were removed from the Acropolis in Athens. The man who took them was the seventh Earl of Elgin, then British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. The British people paid Lord Elgin Â£35,000 for the collection - a handsome sum at the time, but only about one-quarter of what Elgin said it cost him to remove and ship them over 15 years. The decision was controversial at the time and remains so today. To remove slabs of the Parthenon frieze, Elginâs workers had to destroy a row of marble cornice above them. The sculpted slabs themselves are half a metre deep. To lighten the load in shipping, Elgin had the backs of them sawn off. Even before the parliamentary debate took place, negative publicity surrounded the removal. In the Curse of Minerva, first published in 1811, Lord Byron, a fellow Scot, predicted the demise of the British Empire on account of the raptorial instincts that led Elgin to the removal of the Marbles: So let him stand, thro' ages yet unborn, Fixed statue on the pedestal of scorn! Though not for him alone revenge shall wait,But fits thy country for her coming fate: Hers were the deeds that taught her lawless sonTo do, what oft Britanniaâs self had done.Â The House of Commons formed a committee to investigate how Elgin obtained the marbles, and it is on the basis of that committee's report that Parliament decided to purchase them from him. âBut the committee had no independent documentary evidence. It only had Elgin's word to go on. "Did the permission specifically refer to the removing of statues, or was that left to discretion?" the committee asks. Elgin replies evasively: "No, it was executed by the means of those general permissions granted; in point of fact, permission issuing from the Porte for any of the distant provinces, is little more than an authority to make the best bargain you can with the local authorities."

As British ambassador in Constantinople, Elgin apparently used his influence to study the Parthenon - then stretched that permission. What Elgin had, in fact, obtained, and pointedly failed to preserve a record of for the parliamentary committee, was a letter, rather than an official decree, or firman. "What this letter included was that the Ottomans in Athens should be helpful to Elginâs team and allow them to draw and take casts and maybe from the debris all around the Parthenon few sculptures or pieces of marble with inscriptions could be removed - some,â says Eleni Korka, director general of antiquities at the Greek culture ministry. âBut there is a sentence in the middle of the text saying that in no possible way could there be harm to the monument."

The Greek campaign to reunite the marbles started in the 1980s. Greeks feel that Elgin removed the marbles both violently and illegally. But ownership is not the issue, they say. "I think that these sculptures, which form part of an international cultural heritage, these belong to themselves, they belong to the Parthenon, and the Parthenon is here,â says Dimitris Pantermalis, president of the board of the New Parthenon Museum in Athens, where originals are displayed alongside plaster casts of marbles now removed to London. âIf you ask people what they prefer, to have these marbles together or divided, it is very difficult to justify wanting them divided."

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Summary: Sculptures were taken 200 years ago from the Acropolis in Athens by an Englishman and then sold to a museum.


Drug-resistant infections kill hundreds of thousands of people every year.

That number could soar to as many as 10 million a year by 2050 unless the world acts now.

That is the warning from British researchers about drug-resistant bacteria.

For the first time, the researchers have set out what needs to be done to tackle the rise of so-called superbugs.

Overuse of antibiotics is raising the prospect of a future in which routine operations will become too dangerous for doctors to perform. And a simple infection could leave you fighting for your life.

How have we got to the point where infections could become untreatable? And what needs to be done to reverse the trend?

Jim O'Neill - Author, Global Review on Anti-Microbial Resistance report

Catherine Berry - Antimicrobial resistance expert with Doctors Without Borders

Adam Roberts - Senior lecturer in the department of microbial diseases at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute

Summary: British researchers warn that drug-resistant bacteria could kill 10 million people a year by 2050.


SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. reported its most profitable quarter in two years on Thursday as strong sales of its flagship Galaxy S7 smartphone helped offset a drop in profit on sales of semiconductors and display panels.

Second-quarter net profit rose 1.7% from a year earlier to 5.85 trillion Korean won ($5.2 billion), while operating profit rose 18% from a year earlier to 8.14 trillion won. Revenue increased 4.9% to 50.9 trillion...

Summary: Samsung Electronics reported its most profitable quarter in two years, helped by strong sales of its flagship Galaxy S7 smartphone.


AstraZeneca PLC posted a loss in the second quarter as it furiously invested in its next-generation drugs while battling falling sales of its aging blockbuster Crestor, and took a restructuring charge relating to a cost-reduction program.

Cambridge, England-based AstraZeneca posted a net loss of $3 million in the three months to June 30, compared with a net profit of $697 million in the same period a year earlier. Revenue slipped...

Summary: AstraZeneca posted a loss in the second quarter as it furiously invested in its next-generation drugs while battling falling sales of its aging blockbuster Crestor, and took a restructuring charge relating to a cost-reduction program.


Brexit could end up being far worse for the U.S. than many predicted.

Dow Jones industrial average futures were predicting that the gauge could open down nearly 650 points when stocks start trading on Friday, after the U.K. voted to leave the EU. The pro-Brexit vote could derail the British economy, and add uncertainty to markets. Some like George Soros predicted the pound would plunge if Britain were to vote to leave the EU. The pound did drop 10% overnight, though not as much as Soros predicted.

If stocks were to drop as much as predicted on Friday it would be the sixth worst daily point dive in Dow history. The five other worst days came during the 2008 financial crisis and the 2001 dot.com bust.

Percentage-wise—at a less than 4% drop—it wouldn’t rank in the top 15 worst days in Dow trading history.

The S&P 500 futures were predicting a bigger percentage drop in the market, showing that stocks on that gauge would be down nearly 5% on Friday.

The dive shows once again that U.S., and world markets are more prone to volatility than they have historically been. By the fundamentals, the U.K. leaving the EU shouldn’t have that much of an effect on the U.S. economy, even if it does send the pound plunging and Britain into a recession. Sales to the U.K. represent a very small part of the overall revenue of the largest companies in the U.S., slightly less than 3%. Yet, U.S. stock markets reacted violently to the news.

As Allianz CEO Oliver Baete told Fortune‘s editor Alan Murray earlier this week, ballooning financial derivatives have increased the amount of volatility in times like these. He said that there is a growing portion of Wall Street that makes money on volatility and, therefore, is determined to feed it.

The problem with that, of course, is that while financial markets may not alway move on actual economic realities, financial market moves can create new economic realities. As we saw in the financial crisis, when markets crack they can take the real economy along with it.

Read next: The Markets are Panicking Over the Brexit Vote. You Shouldn’t

The real problem with derivatives is that they can spread and amplify losses throughout the system—that’s particularly true if lots of hedge funds were making the same trade. And there is no doubt that many were positioned last night for a Bremain, not the Brexit we got.

So while there may not be huge economic losses from Brexit, there could be large market ones. It already looks that way.

This article originally appeared at Fortune.com

Summary: Stock futures predict a 650-point drop when the Dow opens


If Geoff Hurst’s third goal (England’s fourth) had instead gone over the bar, it would have landed very near us.

Another was of seeing, in that block, what appeared to be the cream of real supporters from all the London clubs – the Highbury North Bank, the Chelsea Shed, and all the rest, all united in their support for England.

In fact, we were nearly ‘outgunned’ in the final. Until

then the chant for England had been the regular club chant – clap-clap, clap-clap-clap, clap-clap-clap-clap, “ENGLAND”. But an hour before kick-off the West Germans were outchanting us with their “Uwe, Uwe, Uwe, Uwe, Uwe” – a homage to Uwe Seeler, their striker.

So in that moment was born the chant “Enger-land, Enger-land, Enger-land, Enger-land…”

These memories were collected by the Sporting Memories Foundation, which works with communities to tackle dementia, depression and loneliness. Using the heritage of sport, its activities help to keep older people connected, mentally stimulated and physically active. Donate at www.sportingmemoriesnetwork. com and follow @SportsMemNet on Twitter.

Summary: I went to the game as a fan but ,as I was an amateur photographer, I wanted to take as many pictures as possible, even though that was technically illegal at the time.


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Some of the Republican Party’s wealthiest donors on Sunday evening sipped Manhattans in a dimly lit lakeside bar and tried not to talk about Donald Trump.

About 400 donors gathered at a resort here over the weekend for the biannual meeting of the network backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch. The Kochs have publicly criticized Mr. Trump and say the network won’t spend money on his behalf, though...

Summary: Even donors who say they will vote for the New York businessman in November appeared reluctant at a weekend gathering to give to his campaign.


PHILADELPHIA— DARKENED bank branches in huge and inefficient but architecturally magnificent buildings in this city's former financial district pose a challenge to real estate brokers.

The question is how to reutilize the space.

The buildings are concentrated just south and west of City Hall, at Broad and Market Streets, the center of Philadelphia.

Walnut Street, for example, gained luster with the arrival in the last two years of prestige shops such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany near Broad Street and of the Bombay Company and Talbots a few blocks farther west, close to Rittenhouse Square. But retailing has not been the answer for all the available space.

At least six bank branches stand vacant within three blocks of the former First Pennsylvania Bank at 15th and Chestnut Streets, which closed March 25. Four of those banks no longer exist. First Pennsylvania is still in business, and the branch's accounts were moved to other offices of the CoreStates Financial Corporation, its parent, according to a bank spokeswoman, Linda Stryker.

The closed branch, with black iron gates 40 feet high, was in the historic 1924 Packard Building, one of the neighborhood's prestige addresses. Nearby were the city's grandest hotels, private clubs and banks, within a block or two of Broad Street Station.

Inside the Packard Building, the architects Ritter & Shay created two cavernous vault basements for the Pennsylvania Company, predecessor of First Pennsylvania. Two rows of structural Ionic columns, which dominate the banking floor, once set off banking counters to the left and accounts desks on the right.

CoreStates controls the property until its lease expires in July, said Jeffrey R. Seligsohn, a vice president with The Binswanger Company, which manages the building for its owner, Investcorp of New York.

"We tried to keep them, but they have three other branches within a stone's throw and price wasn't a factor," Mr. Seligsohn said. "The average new bank branch is about 4,000 square feet and this one has 12,000 square feet."

Much of the interior space is unusable, inefficient and -- since the building is on the National Register of Historic Places -- untouchable. For example, said Mr. Seligsohn, the interior bank floor might span three stories in current construction if not for the columns, which would stymie renovation efforts even if such work were allowed.

Richard Tyler, historic preservation officer of the Philadelphia Historical Commission, said the National Register has several historic districts in the downtown area, covering most buildings that are more than 50 years old, among them the Drexel & Company, Butcher & Singer and Packard buildings.

The Drexel building also was certified by the city's historical commission in 1971, and any renovation work requiring a building permit or masonry cleaning must be reviewed by Mr. Tyler's office.

National Register buildings may qualify for Federal tax credits for substantial renovation, but approval of the state's historic preservation officer and the Federal Department of the Interior is needed.

The city's commodity/financial market goes back to Colonial days but its center has been moving westward -- at near-glacial speed -- since then, and is now around 20th and Market. The First Bank of the United States, created by Alexander Hamilton, still stands in the imposing Federal-style building built in the 1790's and used until 1926. It and other venerable buildings are part of the Independence Park Historic District.

THE Stock Exchange also dates to 1790 in the historic district and has had two more modern homes in the financial center, first in a 1911 building at 1411 Walnut Street designed by Horace Trumbauer and from 1964 to 1981 in a newer building at 17th and Sansom streets, according to the Philadelphia Historical Commission.

By the late 80's, as new names such as Fidelity Investments replaced Drexel & Company, Butcher & Singer or Hopper Soliday, prominent retailers opened stores from fashionable Rittenhouse Square east to Broad Street. A block north, at 15th and Walnut Streets, Dimensions, a men's clothier, in the mid-80's occupied the first floor of what had been Drexel's building.

On March 1, 1991, Dimensions filed for bankruptcy. Now that site and others are available, but both tenants and owners are leery of making long-term deals for large properties.

Built between 1925 and 1927, the space yielded some surprises when its broker, CB Commercial, prepared to market it last year. For example, a shooting gallery had been built in the basement below the 15th Street sidewalk and beautiful marble slabs were found cracked from earlier renovations, said Bill Deasey, a senior associate of CB.

"You wait for the phone to ring with good news, but it requires a real destination store because those windows aren't great for merchandise displays," Mr. Deasey said. "They're very high up off the street."

Many properties have similar design drawbacks for today's tenants, he said -- large, high windows unsuitable for merchandise display, multiple levels that deter some customers and much higher heating, cooling and lighting costs.


Last April, more than 350 people travelled to Los Angeles, California to attend a conference against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Organised by the pro-Israel group StandWithUs, attendees gathered to strategise how to combat BDS, which advocates for economic action against Israel to pressure the Israeli government over its human rights abuses.

One of the speakers at the event was Noah Pollak, head of the Emergency Committee for Israel. Pollak had a message for proponents of the BDS movement.

"While you were doing your campus antics, the grown-ups were in the state legislatures passing laws that make your cause improbable," he said.

Pollak's message referred to an increasingly effective strategy pursued by pro-Israel groups in the United States.

BDS advocates are facing a barrage of bills that condemn the movement as "anti-Semitic" and bar state governments from contracting or funding entities that support boycotting Israel.

The aim of the bills, say pro-Israel advocates, is to prevent state contracts from funding what they see as a discriminatory movement.

"Israel's diplomatic missions in the US have expressed full support and appreciation for legislative initiatives to boycott the boycotters," said Shimon Mercer-Wood, spokesperson for the Consulate General of Israel in New York.

"The BDS movement is racist, discriminatory and hostile to freedom of speech. It is ironic that some try to paint anti-BDS decisions as a limitation of freedom of speech, since the movement itself is dedicated to silencing Israeli voices in the public space,"Â Mercer-Wood added.

Legislation that prohibits state funds from going to pro-BDS entities has been enacted in 10 states and is being debated in many more.Â However, in some states such as Virginia and Maryland, coalitions of free speech advocates and Palestine solidarity groups have banded together to defeat anti-boycott bills.

The legislative measures are the most significant challenge the BDS movement has faced in the US.

Palestine solidarity activists say that the BDS movement is not anti-Semitic, and that the measures are an attack on free speech and seek to stigmatise action for Palestinian rights. There is also fear that the legislation could chill free speech by making people fearful of punishment if they support the boycott movement.

"The rash of anti-BDS legislation that we're seeing is really a frantic attempt to stifle the success of the BDS movement," said Josh Ruebner, the policy director of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, which has lobbied against such legislation.

The BDS movement started in 2005, when more than 170 Palestinian groups endorsed the call for boycott and encouraged people around the world to join their campaign.

The goal of the movement is to end the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, to ensure equality for Palestinians living in Israel and implement Palestinian refugees' right to return to communities they and their families were expelled from in 1948, when Israel was founded.

The call to boycott Israel has since been taken up by hundreds of progressive organisations in the US.

It has found success on college campuses, where Students for Justice in Palestine chapters have helped pass student government resolutions that endorse divestment from companies supplying the Israeli military.

It has also found success in academic associations and among churches, some of which have voted to divest pension funds held in companies such as Caterpillar and Hewlett-Packard, which sell equipment to the Israeli army.

In 2013, the American Studies Association endorsed the academic boycott of Israeli universities over their complicity in Israel's control of Palestinians. The move sparked a fierce backlash in the US.

The New York State Senate became the first body to pass a bill to prohibit state colleges from funding academic groups that boycott Israel.

The New York measure ultimately did not become law. But since then, a wave of anti-BDS legislation has swept across the country.

Twenty states have considered anti-BDS laws. Nine have enacted the legislation, and in June, the governor of one state - New York - issued a first-of-its-kind executive order against the movement, according to a count by Palestine Legal,Â a group that defends the right to advocate for Palestine.

The number of anti-BDS laws debated and passed in the past year is unprecedented in scale, said Rahul Saksena, a staff attorney at Palestine Legal.

"Organising that's happening on the ground is not just gaining momentum but winning the hearts and the minds of people in this country," said Saksena. "Israel advocacy organisations are seeing that, and it's alarming them."

While some of the bills are mere resolutions that put a state on record as being against BDS, others have more teeth to them.

States such as Illinois, New York, South Carolina and others have enacted measures that prohibit state pension funds or state contracts from going to companies or institutions that support BDS.Â

These measures require the state to compile (PDF)Â a public list - called a "blacklist" by pro-Palestine activists - of institutions that support the boycott.Â These entities could range from banks that have pulled investments out of the occupied West Bank to church groups that have voted to divest holdings in companies that contract with the Israeli army.

Civil liberties groups say that these measures are unconstitutional attacks on theÂ right of activists to boycott Israel, and note that the US Supreme Court has upheld boycotts as protected advocacy under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

But Eugene Kontorovich, a legal scholar who has helped to write some of the anti-boycott laws, told Al Jazeera: "The laws in question do not prevent or punish anyone for engaging in any speech. It is well established that states can require that companies that receive state money do not engage in what the state views as discriminatory activity, even when that activity is motivated by sincere beliefs."

The dispute over whether anti-BDS bills are constitutional will most likely end up in a US court.

READ MORE: BDS is a war Israel can't win

Meanwhile, the US Congress has also joined the attack against BDS.

Last year, Congress passed a trade law that includes language requiring the US to discourage European boycotts of Israel.Â

And in February 2016, Democrats and Republicans introduced legislation, backed by the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee, that would authorise states to take funding away from companies that boycott Israel.

Ruebner, the policy head of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, expects that more anti-BDS bills will be introduced in the coming months, especially since 2016 is an election year.

Introducing pro-Israel legislation could curry favour with some voters and donors. But, he added, Palestine solidarity activists will continue to advocate and lobby against anti-BDS measures.

"Palestine solidarity activists, First Amendment rights activists, are fighting back against these bills, in many cases successfully," said Ruebner. "We're not going to allow our legislations to try to punish civil society for responding to a call for social justice."

Summary: New bills have barred state governments from contracting or funding entities that support the boycott of Israel.


Through ten years of research in America, Dr Goodwin and his team have established that body signals may be able to predict these sometimes violent changes before they happen, giving carers the opportunity to take appropriate action.

"The autistic children we're working with can't tell us what's going on. They can't say they have a headache, or 'it's too loud in here' or 'I don't like this teacher'," he said.

"If we want to understand them, we need to look at what their body is telling us – and we need to do this in a gentle, unobtrusive way."

Biometric data could help carers better support autism sufferers

For instance, a simple visualisation of colours in an app could denote the level of agitation – red could be used as a warning of behavioural change, and blue could be used to denote under-arousal, allowing a carer to understand when the person is bored and lacking stimulation.

Data from the wristbands could also be collected over time and saved on a secure server, allowing carers to understand the bigger picture of how the person responds to different situations, and to understand what interventions work best.

"I need to be clear that we are not reading minds. Bio sensors aren't magic – they still need a human to interpret them."

He added that his team would be working with manufacturers to further develop this technology so that it can be autism-specific.

The research has been welcomed by Jane Carolan, director of client services at Wirral Autistic Society, which will be showcasing the technology at its Autech 2015 conference on autism and technology in Manchester on 1 October.

"When you work with people with severe autism, as we do, you see the dramatic difference that assistive technology can make to their quality of life. iPad apps are now, literally, giving a voice to people who have never spoken. Robots are helping autistic children learn to play peek-a-boo. Who knows where this innovation may lead us," she said.

"Assistive technologies can be truly life-changing and we feel it is part of our mission as an autism charity to ensure everyone has access this information and is part of the debate about how we want to support people with autism in the future."

Summary: Wristbands that measure surface skin temperature and heart rate could   transform the lives of people with autism by predicting big behavioural   shifts


President Barack Obama said in an interview with CBS News on Thursday night that the U.S. was safe from a terrorist attack by the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, encouraging the American people to “feel confident” that they are safe and well-defended.

“The threat is real — we have to be vigilant,” he told CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell at the White House. “But we also can’t panic, and we can’t respond out of fear. [ISIS] is not going to pose an existential threat to us.”

He added: “They are a dangerous organization like al-Qaeda was, but we have hardened our defenses.”

His remarks to CBS come less than three weeks after ISIS militants killed 130 people in a string of attacks across Paris, and a day after 28-year-old Syed Rizwan Farook — who had been in touch with extremists — and his wife Tashfeen Malik fatally shot 14 at a social-work center in San Bernardino, Calif.

Support for ISIS in the U.S. has amplified to “unprecedented” levels, according to a study released earlier this month by extremism experts at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

However, Obama told CBS News that counterterrorism efforts have impeded the mobilization of many ISIS sympathizers.

“We have hardened our defenses,” he said. “If you look at the number of successful terrorist attacks that have occurred, we have disrupted a lot of them.”

The President also clarified the term “no boots on the ground” with regard to U.S. military activity against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

“When I said ‘no boots on the ground,’ I think the American people understood generally we are not going to do an Iraq-style invasion of Iraq or Syria with battalions that are moving across the desert,” he said to CBS News.

Summary: "We have to be vigilant, but we also can't panic."


Former Super Bowl winning coach

says he wouldn't have drafted

because he wouldn't want to deal with the gay factor.

Dungy -- who's currently an analyst for NBC -- made the comments to the

... saying, "I wouldn’t have taken him. Not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it."

Dungy predicts the fact that Sam is openly gay will be an issue in the NFL -- explaining, "It’s not going to be totally smooth ... things will happen."

Dungy seems to be acknowledging that Sam is talented enough to play in the NFL -- but he would have overlooked that because of his sexual orientation.

Of course, Sam WAS drafted ... and will be fighting for a roster spot on the St. Louis Rams.

Summary: Former Super Bowl winning coach Tony Dungy says he wouldn't have drafted Michael Sam because he wouldn't want to deal with the gay factor.


The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday opened the door to approving IEX Group Inc.’s bid to become a stock exchange and said it would take as much as three more months to rule on the upstart market’s application.

Under an interpretation of its rules proposed late Friday, the SEC would effectively sanction IEX’s speed bump, a feature that pauses incoming orders for 350 microseconds. IEX’s founders say the delay would thwart...

Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission opened the door to approving IEX Group’s bid to become a stock exchange and said it would take as much as three more months to rule on the upstart market’s application.


How long will you wait for the perfect cup of coffee?

Once about speed—sloshed into a paper cup and gulped on the ride to work—quick coffee now signals cheap coffee and not what customers want. More coffee shops are betting that a wait of four minutes or more is desirable. It takes that long for a cup of coffee dripped through an hourglass-shaped carafe or for a ‘pour-over’ where baristas pour hot water over a filter of coffee into a single mug.

Tad Jusczyk says he waits somewhere between five and 10 minutes for his 10:30 a.m. coffee at D Squared Java in Exeter, N.H. Three different varieties are listed on a chalkboard, and the barista brews his cup at 205 degrees Fahrenheit. On a recent morning, the 35-year old architect requested the Ethiopian Chelelektu grounds brewed on a “bee house” ceramic dripper. He paid $4 and waited while reading the second book of “My Struggle” by Karl Ove Knausgaard. “I like the fact that it takes a little longer,” he says. “It’s a mental break.”

One benefit of slower-brewed coffee is that the coffee vendor has more control over the process and, as a result, taste. Water is heated to an ideal temperature—between 195 and 205 degrees Fahrenheit—and they select the beans they want for each cup and grind them fresh.

Coffee shops are weighing costs and revenues of slower service by evaluating employees behind the counter, longer brew times, and how that affects prices and lines.

“It’s ‘how do I balance the quickness with the slowness,’” says Peter Giuliano, a senior director at the Specialty Coffee Association of America, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based trade association representing roasters, farmers and baristas. The industry term for a coffee counter that contains manual brew methods is “slow bar,” says Mr. Giuliano. “There is a surprising number of people who want to slow down and enjoy for 15 minutes.”

Consumers in their 20s and 30s who grew up around Starbucks and coffee culture’s bolder flavors are helping drive the slower service, says Spencer Turer, vice president of Coffee Analysts, a coffee consulting firm in Burlington, Vt. “They started where we evolved into,” he says. That conversation with the barista is a key part of the experience, he says. Coffee shops sometimes offer lower countertops so that customers can see their drink being made to order.

Businesses are saying “I’m going to slow from 30 seconds to five minutes, how much am I going to charge to cover loss of volume in order to make this a viable business,” says Mr. Turer. The standard coffee shop model used to be about moving 500 people through the store a day for $1.50 a cup, he says.

“To brew each cup by order takes more people, better trained people,” says Michael Phillips, director of training at Blue Bottle Coffee, which has shops in New York, California and Japan and offers several slow brewing methods. “It’s a significantly higher burden for the business.”

Starbucks, which established the taste for specialty coffee, is grappling with line speed. Slow lines turn off customers, and it now offers new technologies to help speed things along.

A mobile order and pay feature on the Starbucks app now allows customers to skip lines by ordering and paying for drinks ahead of time. The feature is “driving meaningful revenue growth,” Kevin Johnson, president and chief operating officer, told investors and analysts in a Jan. 21 call.

But Starbucks also wants to attract the slow customers. About a year ago, Starbucks opened a “Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room” in Seattle, featuring its small-batch coffees. Sourced from around the world, the coffees are roasted on-site and might be served by pouring hot water over a glass carafe ($3.50 to $6.50) or in a 24 ounce French press ($8 to $13). Starbucks is expanding the program to offer the limited-quantity coffees and specialty brew methods by opening 500 new “reserve stores” world-wide in the next five years.

Caribou Coffee, a chain of 425 coffee shops that serve elaborate drinks like Turtle Mochas topped with caramel sauce and Snickers bar pieces, will be testing a slow bar at a store in Minneapolis in June. It plans to offer French press and a nitrogen-infused coffee that looks like a beer but tastes like coffee. Slower, manual methods can take double the time of espresso-machine drinks that take two to three minutes, says Brian Aliffi, Caribou’s coffee sourcing manager. Despite operational challenges that could include more employees and longer prep times, he says, “it’s definitely something we’re looking at” offering more broadly.

In Martinez, Calif., John Cassidy, owns Mountain Grounds, a 300 square-foot coffee shop in a strip mall which typically has four to six different manual brewing devices set up on the counter. An hourglass-shaped Chemex holds a thicker paper filter. Other devices include a cylinder-shaped Aeropress and a siphon, which is a two-compartment glass brewer popular in Japan.

When the shop opened two years ago, lines would often extend onto the sidewalk. Mr. Cassidy put a pot of brewed coffee out, along with a box for cash, to tide over customers waiting for their special orders. But people started leaving after pouring a quick cup.

Now, Mr. Cassidy accepts orders by text message, and has since increased hands on deck to five from two staffers. This includes a greeter at the door who takes orders, a barista at the espresso machine, another barista working the slow bar, an assistant who juggles milk and cups, and a cashier. He charges $2.75 to $6 for a cup.

“Every business consultant has told me this is suicide,” says Mr. Cassidy, who says his business model is working and that his coffee shop, which opened in September 2013, is “in the black.”

The extra minutes also provide time for the smell and sounds of coffee, says Charles Spence, professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, who also researches consumers’ sensory perceptions for food companies. The smell and taste of coffee comes in two stages: “Orthonasally,” or the sniff of odor compounds through the nostrils. Then “retronasally” which is the aroma traveling through the back of the mouth and perceived as flavor.

At home, coffee made with a drip coffee maker is still the dominant way Americans prepare their cups of joe, according to the National Coffee Association, a trade group, but it has been declining. In 2015, 54% of coffee drinkers reported using this method in the past day, compared with 61% in 2012.

Joe Foley, a computer programmer in Silver Spring, Md., says in a pinch recently while on a boat trip, he spread a paper filter over the rim of a cup and made morning coffee by pouring hot water over the grounds. “This was the best coffee I’d had in a long time,” he recalls. He now uses a $15 device from Bodum, grinds the beans fresh each morning and boils the water over his stove before pouring it over a metal filter. From beginning to end, the process takes about 15 minutes.

The extra time, compared with his old capsule-based coffee machine, is worth it, he says. He enjoys the smell and the taste of his coffee. He even likes the process. “It’s about remembering to take the time to set your day up,” he says.

Write to Anne Marie Chaker at anne-marie.chaker@wsj.com

Summary: The rise of slow-brewed coffee methods means people are willing to wait longer for their pour over, French press or siphon cup.


A man was shot in the chest in the VIP tent at Royal Windsor Racecourse during a dance music festival.

The 27-year-old victim was attending the Tea Party Festival on Saturday when he noticed a "disturbance" on the dance floor at about 20:30 BST, police said.

He heard a quiet "cap gun" sound and realised he had sustained an injury to his chest, a spokesman added.

Det Con Tom Parker appealed to anyone with photographs or video footage of the shooting to come forward.

He said: "This occurred when the VIP tent would have been busy, so if you were there and took a photo you may have captured the incident."

The victim was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

The suspect is described as a black man, who is believed to be in his thirties.

Summary: A man is shot in the chest in the VIP tent at Windsor Racecourse during a dance music festival.


09/12/2016 AT 02:50 PM EDT

's latest single had the internet buzzing about a possible "Bad Romance" between her and

– but the singer says that's not the case.

With a driving chorus featuring the lyrics "it wasn't love," it's no wonder Gaga's "Perfect Illusion" had fans mistaking it as a breakup song. But Mother Monster insists it's not about Kinney, with whom she

"'Perfect Illusion' is about a lot of different people in my life, a lot of different things. But the record is about being so intoxicated with love, you know, so high, dilated, falling free, in a modern ecstasy that you wake up one day and you can't believe that it was not real," Gaga, 30, said, quoting some of the track's lyrics, during a Monday

. "How did that happen? How did I do that? The song is sort of raging against that experience."

Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney

"It's sort of the elephant in the room about 'Perfect Illusion': Like, 'Is it about Taylor?' is what everyone's wondering," Gaga added. "I just want to say...I love Taylor so, so much, and this song is not a hit out against Taylor. He's my best friend. This song is just about, I'm sure, not only the feelings I've had, that he's had, that my friends have had, that my sister has in her relationship. It's a record about all of us. And I would never use my song or want to use the public to hurt anyone that I love so much."

compared the couple's split to

," Gaga brushed it off.

"I don't know if I would even say it that way. I don't think that we've 'un'-anything," she said, not addressing the current status of their relationship. "We're just two people figuring it out."

, when she posted a photo on Instagram noting they are "hoping to work through long-distance and complicated schedules."

"Taylor and I have always believed we are soulmates. Just like all couples we have ups and downs, and we have been taking a break," Gaga wrote at the time. "We are both ambitious artists, hoping to work through long-distance and complicated schedules to continue the simple love we have always shared. Please root us on. We're just like everybody else and we really love each other."

Summary: Lady Gaga said "I would never use my song...to hurt anyone that I love so much" following reports "Perfect Illusion" is about ex Taylor Kinney