Новости за 15.11.2015

(AP) — A California college student killed in the Paris terrorist attacks was at a restaurant with fellow Long Beach students when she was fatally shot, school officials said Saturday. Politicians and state university officials sent statements expressing their sadness and offering condolences to Gonzalez's family. Gov. Jerry Brown said flags would be flown at half-staff at the Capitol for victims of the terror attacks that killed at least 129 people.

[...] key details, including the status of Syrian President Bashar Assad and a determination of which opposition groups are terrorists, remain unresolved. At the conclusion of Saturday’s talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced agreement on a Jan. 1 date for the start of talks between Assad’s government and the opposition. Within six months, the negotiations between the Syrian sides are to establish “credible, inclusive and nonsectarian” transitional government that would set a schedule for drafting a new constitution... Читать дальше...

[...] Millennials have consistently won me over by being themselves. [...] what is my opportunity for growth? They ask about development and company purpose more frequently and earlier in the recruiting process. [...] Millennials generally tend to value meaning over money. Studies show that 55 percent of them make job choices based on companies’ corporate cause positions. According to a Deloitte survey this year, 47 percent of Millennials believe that the “purpose of business is to improve society/protect... Читать дальше...

The seemingly synchronized assaults that turned Paris into a war zone on Friday came just days after a bombing targeted a Shiite district of Beirut controlled by Iran’s ally, Hezbollah, and a Russian passenger jet was downed over Egypt. The rapid succession of strikes, all claimed by the Islamic State, suggested that the regional war has turned into a global one. For President Obama and U.S. allies, the attacks are almost certain to force a reassessment of the threat and may prompt a more aggressive strategy against the Islamic State... Читать дальше...

The sense of awe and wonder that results is very much in keeping with the nature of this music, because “Spem in alium,” written for eight choirs of five voices apiece, was designed to astonish a listener with the intricacy of its counterpoint. Voices enter singly or in groups, singing melodic lines that offer elaborate imitations of what has come before. What Cardiff adds to the equation — and what gives “The Forty Part Motet” its experiential charge — is the opportunity to interact physically with the music from a multitude of perspectives.

The politics of artistic survival is a messy and chance-ridden business, and plenty of worthwhile music languishes in libraries while performers do Beethoven and Brahms one more time. The thematic profile is out of Scandinavia by way of the more traditional German school of Brahms; the large-scale formal freedom with which Bendix organizes his material owes something to Liszt; and the orchestral palette, which is lush and ornate, has a French feel to it. The first of the symphony’s three movements opens with a broad... Читать дальше...

Today’s Bay Area arts and entertainment picks, Nov. 16 The 21-year-old New Jersey singer-songwriter (and recent Justin Bieber collaborator) is on the road in support of her debut album, “Badlands.” San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Pascal Molat, who will retire after the 2016 season, chats with American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff and will be on hand for a screening of a film about his career. 7 p.m. The Strand Theater, S.F. www.wordsondance.org Theatre Bay Area hosts its second annual regional awards... Читать дальше...

Russia could be back on the path to reinstatement for next year’s Olympic track and field competition after reaching an agreement with the IOC on anti-doping reforms. A day after the IAAF voted to provisionally suspend Russia over its doping scandal, the International Olympic Committee produced a road map Saturday that it said should bring Russia’s track and field athletes back into the fold in time for the Games in Rio de Janeiro in August. “We are confident that the initiatives being proposed by the ROC... Читать дальше...

The “gladiator,” as Raiders coach Jack Del Rio calls him, doesn’t have a special diet or New Age training tip. [...] he doesn’t have a shield, besides the one on his helmet, as he throws his body around the arena for rabid fans, attacking and then picking up the pieces at the end of the competition. Oakland’s 39-year-old safety has been feasting on quarterbacks this season, as he is tied for the most interceptions in the NFL with five. Woodson is also a glutton for punishment, as he has been playing... Читать дальше...

Klay Thompson won’t play Saturday night against Brooklyn because of back stiffness that has troubled the Warriors’ shooting guard on and off this season. Despite the pain, Thompson has averaged 15.2 points and 4.3 rebounds during the Warriors’ franchise-record 10-0 start. “He was a little stiff in shootaround this morning,” interim head coach Luke Walton said. “He was getting some treatment afterward. We were going to see if it would loosen up throughout the day... Читать дальше...

Backup quarterback J.W. Walsh threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Carr with 3:06 left Saturday, giving No. 5 Oklahoma State a 35-31 victory over Iowa State and keeping the Cowboys in playoff contention. Walsh drew the Cowboys to 31-28 with a 16-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter and OSU drove 84 yards in 11 plays for the winning score after forcing a punt. Quarterback Joel Lanning had staked Iowa State (3-7, 2-5) to the lead, running for two touchdowns and passing for another. The two teams met in a setting similar to 2011... Читать дальше...

Star Student, the only horse in the field of eight never to have run in a stakes race, rallied around his opponents from last place and won the $50,715 Oakland Stakes on Saturday at Golden Gate Fields in a 12-to-1 upset. After running in a series of two-turn races over the winter and spring, Star Student was rested during the summer. “I wanted to sprint him again before stretching him back out, but the only allowance race was on the turf, and he doesn’t like the grass,” trainer Dan Markle said. Читать дальше...

Peyton Manning bothered by sore ribs The Denver Broncos updated their injury report Saturday to add Manning’s latest ailment, a sore ribcage. Last week, it was a sore right shoulder that bothered Manning. The Chiefs (3-5) have lost seven straight times to the Broncos (7-1) since Manning’s arrival in Denver. The five-time MVP can break two of Brett Favre’s NFL records Sunday. Detroit placed cornerback Rashean Mathis on injured reserve, one day after the Lions ruled him out for Sunday’s game at Green Bay because of a concussion. Читать дальше...

Behind three touchdown passes from Kamalii Akina and a punt block and touchdown from Tre’Sean Bishop, the Lancers claimed a share of the West Catholic Athletic League championship Saturday with a 36-27 win over the Crusaders at City College of San Francisco. The game featured three ties and three lead changes in the first half before Bishop’s big play and a 36-yard field goal by Courtney Ogren, the program’s first female kicker, finally put St. Francis in charge. A chip shot field-goal attempt was pushed back twice by procedure calls... Читать дальше...

Eight people were still hospitalized Saturday, four in critical condition, after surviving a terrifying sightseeing trip that ended when their careening double-decker, open-air bus crashed into a Union Square construction site Friday afternoon. Officer Albie Esparza said the department would have “no further updates” and that the identity of the driver would only be made public if criminal charges are filed. City Sightseeing, the company that operated the bus that crashed, issued a statement Saturday... Читать дальше...

Terrorism pushes sports into the background In times of global strife, sport recedes in the mind’s eye. In the wake of Friday’s horrible attacks in Paris, a much larger game will play itself out across Europe and the Middle East in the coming days and months, and probably years. The fact that one of the perpetrators blew himself up at a major sporting event — during a friendly soccer match between the French national team and its German counterpart — assures that the fallout and analysis will include and impact the global sports landscape. Читать дальше...

In a nutshell: The iPhone app allows people in the U.S. to sign up for notifications from publishers like CNN, Vogue or Fox Sports to see the latest news or interesting stories. Cool factor: The app, made by Facebook, lets users scroll through the top headlines in one place. By tapping the screen, you can read stories without having to remember Web addresses for the news sites. You can also save the notifications for viewing later. Note: Be careful what you sign up for. Читать дальше...

In the weeks since the crash, Soren Kim and his wife, Hana, have been taking turns pulling 24-hour shifts at their daughter’s bedside at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. A few days after a driver hit the stroller Grace Kim was riding in as her mother pushed her in a crosswalk at Parker and Euclid avenues in San Francisco’s Laurel Heights neighborhood Oct. 29, the 3-year-old girl has come out of a coma. In a city where last year officials pledged to eliminate all traffic deaths by 2024 through an ambitious plan called Vision Zero... Читать дальше...

The iPad Mini 2 offers an excellent high-resolution display that rivals the iPad Air’s, a fast A7 processor, and improved Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity, with battery life that’s as good or better than the original Mini. The bad: A high price places it well above the small-tablet competition, and adding more storage or LTE makes it even more expensive. The iPad Mini 2 shrinks the iPad Air into an even more compact package, sacrificing nearly nothing. The Fire HD 8 is affordably priced and houses a microSD card slot for extra storage. Читать дальше...

The NFL released a statement Saturday vowing to increase the presence of security and law enforcement officials both inside and outside of stadiums for this weekend’s games, including Sunday’s game in Oakland between the Raiders and Minnesota Vikings. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league has been told by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI “that there are no known threats against NFL stadiums.” To help expedite security lines, the league’s statement also said, “We strongly recommend... Читать дальше...

KNBR Conversation: An edited transcript of an interview with Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford. The way the voting is set up, it’s coaches and managers throughout the league so I’m sure if you hit 20 or more home runs it opens some eyes and gets your name out there. [...] I’m sure it didn’t hurt. Other than you, who’s your favorite defensive shortstop to watch? Did it start early in your career; your emphasis on defense? Or, did something change in your career where you started to value defense so much? Читать дальше...

Foley, who is black, was named interim chancellor following the resignations last week of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe and Columbia Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin after the school's football team threatened to boycott all football activities until the administrators stepped down. The faculty group's leader, Bryana French, now an assistant professor in counseling psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, said the recent administrative shakeup "could be a start" if... Читать дальше...

USC beats Colorado, stays in Pac-12 South title hunt Defensive tackle Delvon Simmons stuck out his big, right arm to show off the bruise from blocking a field goal. Proud of that mark? “Oh, yeah,” he replied. Simmons forced a fumble in addition to blocking a kick, Cody Kessler threw three touchdown passes in the second half and USC hung on to beat host Colorado 27-24 on a frigid Friday night, keeping the Trojans’ Pac-12 South title hopes alive. Trailing by two touchdowns in the first half to a 16-point underdog... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The playwright who barred a planned production of one of his works at a western Pennsylvania university due the race of some of the student actors said his decision reflected his belief that "people of color are not simply replaceable." A mostly white cast playing Indians would be especially ill-timed at "a moment on multiple college campuses where racial tensions are undeniable and extremely dangerous," he said. According to Suh's theater company's website, "Jesus in India" is a "contemporary... Читать дальше...

Tidal music streaming service loses chief investment officer Since Jay Z bought Tidal early this year, the music streaming service has been plagued by frequent management changes and the perception both inside and outside the music industry that it is unlikely to succeed in a market dominated by Spotify, Apple and Pandora. While I am excited about my next venture, which is outside the music industry, I wish Tidal nothing but the best and am proud of the dialogue it has catalyzed to date. Within weeks... Читать дальше...