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Now is a good time to get started on smart home plans for yourself or someone on your gift list: Today, Best Buy is selling a Philips Hue smart bulb-Google Home bundle for $199.

BI Intelligence

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Life insurance is a fundamentally hard product to sell, as it requires people to think about their deaths and promises no immediate rewards.

The way life insurance is sold makes it doubly unattractive, as consumers have to go through an paper-based, lengthy application process and a bothersome medical exam... Читать дальше...

Dr. Dre first took the music world by storm in the ’80s as part of the legendary gangster rap group N.W.A. The black-clad, scowling members of the group created a moral panic with their gritty tales about gang life in Compton, Calif. But just a few years before, Dre wasn’t so scary. He was simply...

Amber Heard has shared again her joint statement with Johnny Depp from their 2016 divorce in the wake of backlash about Depp’s casting in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” “For the record, this was our FULL joint statement,” Heard tweeted out Thursday night. “To pick&choose certain lines & quote them out of context, is not right.Women, stay strong.” The statement, which came after Heard and Depp reached a settlement following domestic abuse claims, said: “Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile... Читать дальше...

TX Midland/Odessa TX Zone Forecast for Friday, December 8, 2017 _____ 960 FPUS54 KMAF 082004 ZFPMAF Zone Forecasts for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 204 PM CST Fri Dec 8 2017 Zone forecast text represents an average of conditions over an entire zone. For point-specific forecasts, please refer to the Point Forecast Matrices product, issued by the National Weather Service Office in Midland/Odessa, WMO header FOUS54 KMAF. TXZ061-062-091030- Ector-Midland-... Читать дальше...

Courtesy of Jim Manning

Kids really do say the darndest things, especially when they're excited.

And when you've been playing Santa Claus for more than a decade, you hear it all.

So we asked Jim Manning, a full-time children's entertainer who's played Santa Jim in Boston for the past 14 years, to shed some light on the most awkward things kids say at Christmas and how he responds.

Feel free to take some notes for your own curious Santa fans.

Manning says:

'Will... Читать дальше...

SEÚL, Corea del Sur (AP) — Corea del Sur está estudiando formas para regular la compraventa especulativa de criptomonedas, en momentos en que un alza en los precios desata una fiebre por los bitcoins. La atracción es obvia: Un bitcoin valía menos de 1.000 dólares al comenzar el año. El precio del bitcoin se disparó más de 20% desde la noche del jueves, al rebasar los 17.000 dólares, antes de caer a 15,418.19 para el final del viernes. El regulador financiero de Corea del Sur informó el viernes... Читать дальше...

Southampton vs Arsenal Premier League Date: 10th December 2017 Kick off at 12:00 UK / 13:00 CET Venue: St. Mary’s Stadium (Southampton). Arsenal are looking to bounce back after last weekend’s home loss to Manchester United as they travel to St. Mary’s to take on the struggling Southampton side in the first of three Premier League ties in Sunday’s programme. Southampton Mauricio Pellegrino just can’t seem to find the winning formula with this Saints squad. They managed a hardly-fought draw in the... Читать дальше...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Fourteen states and the District of Columbia announced Thursday that they are suing the Trump administration over what they say is a failure to enforce smog standards. The US Environmental Protection Agency has not designated any areas of the country as having unhealthy air, missing an Oct. 1 deadline, according to the...

Saints coach was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct when he ran onto the field and yelled at an official late in Thursday night's game.

Philadelphia Union News

The 12 days of Union Kits-mas
In the history of the Philadelphia Union franchise, the team has worn a total of 12 official jerseys.

MLS News

Houston Dynamo complete full transfer for Juan David Cabezas
After spending 2017 on loan, Dynamo sign Colombian midfielder.

Sustainable power: Why the Sounders have a better shot at a dynasty than Toronto FC With most big-spending clubs still in the East, Toronto will have the harder time making a third-straight trip to MLS Cup. Читать дальше...

On Thursday, Dec. 7, the good folks at Lincoln Center tagged the 23-year-old piano virtuoso Conrad Tao as one of a group of upcoming musical artists worthy of recognition and support. That night, Tao came to UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall and showed everyone why. Tao was on the program with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Gemma New not once but twice — playing Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Variations on the first half and returning after intermission for Liszt’s equally... Читать дальше...

Avraam Papadopoulos was dismissed against Sydney FC. Brisbane Roar's Avraam Papadopoulos has been given a seven-match ban by the A-League judiciary for spitting on Sydney FC's Matt Simon two weeks ago. The defender's ban includes the one match he has already served, when he sat out the Roar's 2-0 win over Western Sydney. In a statement, the club said it would look at a possible appeal based on the amount of time it took for the verdict to come down. The Roar's match against Sydney FC was on Nov. 25. Читать дальше...

We know how the Steele dossier, funded by Hillary, provided by the Russians and arranged by Fusion GPS and their British contact, made it into the FBI. The intriguing question though had been how it made to the DOJ. Because Obama Inc. didn't just want the investigation they have now. They were also looking to eavesdrop and unmask Trump associates. They wanted this to look like a legitimate investigation.

From SABR member John Dewan at ACTA Sports on December 8, 2017:

As the Winter Meetings begin in Orlando next week, you can bet that the previously dormant free agent market will heat up once more. To that point, it makes sense to check in with the current crop of free agents to determine who did and did not excel in the field according to each player's Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) in 2017.

Below are this offseason's best and worst defensive free agents. Please note given the increasing... Читать дальше...

Alain Giroux a passé la moitié de sa vie derrière les barreaux. À 54 ans, il redécouvre tranquillement la vie en liberté dans une maison de transition, lieu de passage obligé pour les détenus en voie de réhabilitation. Rencontre avec un homme qui affirme fièrement que le trou l'a changé.

While most of us can shop through the florescent-lit aisles of Target in relative peace, such tranquility is not the case for Beyoncé, who attracts attention both on the stage and in the section where they sell neon-green mountain bikes.

The country music star has helped rescue 250 animals following Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

After months of breathless speculation, Mashable has confirmed that Big Little Lies Season 2 has officially been ordered by HBO, with executive producers and stars Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman once again on board.

On Monday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. in St. Louis, Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway will join Sen. Jill Schupp to discuss efforts to protect state and local government whistleblowers and add transparency to state legal settlements. The bills, which have been pre-filed, are sponsored by Sen. Schupp in the Senate and Rep. Gail McCann [...]

From SABR member Tom Shieber at Baseball Researcher on December 7, 2017:

Democrats are considering a plan that would limit — but not abandon — the influence of “superdelegates” in the next presidential primary, after a bruising 2016 primary prompted allegations by Bernie Sanders' supporters that the system was rigged.  The changes, outlined in a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press, probably wouldn’t have made a difference in last year’s primary. Hillary Clinton received at least 3 million more primary votes than Sanders. But the new proposal would dent... Читать дальше...

The Louvre Abu Dhabi said Friday that local Emirati authorities had "acquired" a $450-million painting by Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci, as reports swirled about the original source of funding.