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September 29, 2016 at 10:02 pm
The world’s leading smartphone makers just can’t stop copying each other.
But now, things have gone way too far, reports By Z. Epstein for BGR.
So what’s the latest feature Apple ripped off from its top smartphone rival Samsung? Apparently, Apple was jealous that Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 is stealing some of the iPhone 7’s airtime, so it built an exploding smartphone of its own. Behold:
This appears to be an isolated incident, at least for the time being.
The image above was posted by Reddit user “kroopthesnoop” on Wednesday, and it shows a matte black iPhone 7 that certainly looks like it exploded. Unlike Samsung’s somewhat widespread Galaxy Note 7 problem that was due to a battery defect, however, this iP...
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September 29, 2016 at 9:56 pm
On a recent Shabbos morning, a Chevron Arab began cursing a group of Jews returning home from Shacharis at Meoras Hamachpeilah. The Palestinian chose his victims unwisely because among them was right wing attorney Ittamar Ben Gevir, a member of the Honenu legal aid association.
Noticing that the provocation was being filmed by a leftist from a nearby roof, Ben Gevir laid charges against the Arab and leftist on motzoei Shabbos, maintaining that they had behaved inappropriately in a public place by attempting to start a provocation and disturb the peace.
“We’re talking about permanent policy among extreme left-wing activists, who create a provocation and film the outcome in order to record the reaction, and then edit the footage to present the events in a distorted ...
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September 29, 2016 at 9:37 pm
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak were pushing ahead with their plans to attack Iran."
If not for Shimon Peres’s intervention, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was planning to bomb Iran, the former president revealed confidentially to The Jerusalem Post over two years ago.In a meeting at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa on August 24, 2014, Peres dropped the bombshell in a conversation with me and Jerusalem Post Managing Editor David Brinn.
I have thought long and hard about whether to publish it, and reached the conclusion that he wouldn’t have told us if he didn’t want us to.
I was editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post at the time and had established a close relationship with Peres, who had re...
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September 29, 2016 at 9:33 pm
Inspiring Jewish Quotes for Rosh Hashanah by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
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“A sudden transition from one opposite to another is impossible and therefore man, according to his nature, is not capable of abandoning suddenly all to which he was accustomed.” Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides) - (Guide for the Perplexed 3:23
Making major changes in our lives is possible, but Maimonides’ advice reminds us to take it slow, one step at a time. Taking incremental steps makes it more likely that we’ll still with new resolutions and routines.
“All beginnings are hard.” Mekhilta Yitro
Remember that while it can be hard to start to change, with effort and practice, things do get easier. Keeping this in mind can help us ov...
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September 29, 2016 at 9:28 pm
JERUSALEM – Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, was both a former president and prime minister, the only person in Israel to hold both jobs. Of Israel's 12 prime ministers, three are still living: current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, who is in prison after a bribery conviction; and Ehud Barak, who appears to be plotting a comeback.
A look at some of its prime ministers:
DAVID BEN-GURION (1886-1973)
Israel's founding father and first prime minister served from Israel's creation in 1948 until 1963, with a two-year hiatus in 1954-55. Renowned for declaring Israel's independence and building its military might, he oversaw the development of Israel's nuclear program and agreed to a historic reparations deal with ...
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September 29, 2016 at 9:22 pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that Republican opponent Donald Trump may have violated U.S. law, following a news report that one of his companies attempted to do business in Cuba.
Newsweek said on Thursday that a hotel and casino company controlled by Trump secretly conducted business with Cuba that was illegal under U.S. sanctions in force during Fidel Castro's presidency of the Communist-ruled island.
“Today we learned about his efforts to do business in Cuba which appear to violate U.S. law, certainly flout American foreign policy, and he has consistently misled people in responding to questions about whether he was attempting to do business in Cuba,” Clinton told reporters on her campaign plane....
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September 29, 2016 at 9:17 pm
The woman who died in the New Jersey Transit train crash in Hoboken has been identified as a resident of the city and young mother who recently moved to the United States from Brazil with her family.
Fabiola Bittar de Kroon was standing in a waiting area at the Hoboken station when the train, which was traveling too fast, crashed through a barrier, authorities said. She was killed by falling debris.
De Kroon, 34, worked for the software company SAP in its legal department in Brazil until earlier this year. SAP spokesman Andy Kendzie said the company was "shaken by the news" of the crash, which injured more than 100 people. He said the company expressed its deepest condolences to de Kroon's family and friends and to all of those affected by the "tragic event."
Ce...
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September 29, 2016 at 9:11 pm
Wells Fargo & Co was fined about $24 million on Thursday by federal regulators for alleged violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, piling more pressure on the bank already embroiled in a sales abuse scandal.
Wells Fargo Bank, doing business as Wells Fargo Dealer Services, agreed to pay more than $4.1 million after the Justice Department alleged it repossessed 413 cars owned by servicemembers without obtaining a court order.
The unit of Wells Fargo also agreed to change its policies, the department said.
Separately, the bank was fined $20 million for violating the same act by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
The bank violated three separate provisions of the act between about 2006 and 2016, the regulator, which did a separate investigatio...
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September 29, 2016 at 9:09 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The investigation into a New Jersey commuter train that hurtled into a station building Thursday raises many familiar issues from other crashes, including whether the tragedy could have been prevented or mitigated if a key safety technology had been in place.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation, has been calling on railroads to start using the safety technology, called positive train control, or PTC, for nearly four decades. New Jersey Transit is in the process of installing the technology, but it was not in operation yet on any of the agency's trains or tracks.
Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of New York cautioned at a news conference that not enough is known yet about the circ...
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September 29, 2016 at 9:05 pm
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The government's key witness in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal said people close to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gathered on a conference call to prep a cover story for the gridlock prosecutors contend was political revenge against a Democratic mayor.
NJ.com reported David Wildstein testified on Thursday that Phil Kwon, Christie's former pick for the state Supreme Court, and Regina Egea, who eventually served as the Republican governor's aide, helped prepare testimony that the closures were for a traffic study.
He said the pair prepped former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive Bill Baroni on what to tell lawmakers probing the incident.
Baroni is now on trial for federal crimes related to the September 201...
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September 29, 2016 at 8:56 pm
There have been hacking attempts on election systems in more than 20 states — far more than had been previously acknowledged — a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News on Thursday.
The "attempted intrusions" targeted online systems like registration databases, and not the actual voting or tabulation machines that will be used on Election Day and are not tied to the Internet.
The DHS official described much of the activity as "people poking at the systems to see if they are vulnerable."
"We are absolutely concerned," the DHS official said. "The concern is the ability to cause confusion and chaos."
Only two successful breaches have been disclosed, both of online voter registration databases, in Illinois and Arizona over the summer.
While those two hack...
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September 29, 2016 at 8:44 pm
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 29, 2016 - Rabbi Shmuel Silber gave this teshuva drasha in Kehilas Meor HaTorah last year. We post it again by popular demand.
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September 29, 2016 at 8:37 pm
This week’s Torah portion talks about the mitzva to learn Torah (Devarim 30, 14). Our Sages teach that learning Torah is so great that it is equal to all of the other mitzvos in the Torah. The following humorous true story pertains to a moral dilemma related to someone's desire to study Torah. The following is a true story that occurred in Israel. A religious Israeli man, named Avi, once called a customer service representative for some assistance. The Israeli customer service rep introduced himself as Doron and proceeded to help Avi with his query. After speaking with Avi for a bit, Doron was able to ascertain from Avi’s question that Avi was religious. After Doron finished helping Avi, Doron asked Avi if he would be able to answer some questions about Jewish ...
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September 29, 2016 at 7:06 pm
On Wednesday, we reported about a privately chartered flight to Uman that was cancelled just hours before its scheduled departure. Hundreds of people were left without a way to reach Uman. Now, YWN has learned of another incident with an airplane heading to Uman.
Sources tell YWN that at around 4:00PM on Thursday, a Lufthansa Flight from JFK to Uman returned to the gate after it had already started taxiing towards the runway.
It appears that the wing clipped another aircraft as it was being pushed away from the terminal.
All the passengers have since left the aircraft, and are in the process of finding their luggage.
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September 29, 2016 at 7:06 pm
With Rosh Hashana right around the corner, it comes as no surprise that this week’s parshah discusses the mitzvah of Teshuva (repentance).
Why does Teshuva work? Why is it that even if I sin severely, if I genuinely decide to improve, Hashem will accept that apology? This question becomes that much stronger when one realizes that even when I do teshuva with the highest level of sincerity, ultimately, I will probably sin and stumble again in the future, as no one is perfect. If so, why does Hashem accept such a temporary and fleeting teshuva?
Additionally, Rosh Hashanah is known as a yom tov, as it is the day that we crown our King and by doing so, reconnect to Him in the strongest manner possible. However, haven’t we all sinned many times in this past year? At the very least,...
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September 29, 2016 at 6:37 pm
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 29, 2016 - This Sunday night when Rosh Hashanah 5777 begins, it will not only be the beginning of a new year but will also be the first year of the 305th 19-year cycle since brias ha’olam, as indicated in the luach of the Tur in Orach Chaim siman 428. 5776 was the 19th and final year of the previous 19-year cycle which began on Rosh Hashana 5758/1997 and 5777 (2016-2017) is the first year of the new cycle.
Unlike the solar cycle of 28 years (Machzor Gadol) which is used in the Jewish calendar to calculate tkufos (seasons) and begins with the recitation of Birchas Hachama, the new 19-year cycle (Machzor Katan) will begin almost unnoticed. Indeed, we will experience Rosh Hashana night – one of the most beautiful nights of the year. But, as the sun sets and ...
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September 29, 2016 at 5:16 pm
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the State of Israel to attend the State Funeral of Former President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States, will lead the delegation.
Members of the Presidential Delegation
The Honorable William J. Clinton, Former President of the United States
The Honorable Daniel Shapiro, U.S. Ambassador to the State of Israel, Department of State
The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States
The Honorable Robert Casey, U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (CA-12)
The Honorable Steny Hoyer, Member of the U.S. House of ...
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September 29, 2016 at 5:09 pm
The late former Israeli President Shimon Peres was a “truly consequential” figure who played an “inextricable” role in the transformation of Israel from a fledgling new nation into a regional powerhouse over the past seven decades, a former US State Department Middle East negotiator who interacted with Peres told The Algemeiner on Thursday.
Peres, who died on Wednesday at the age of 93 and will be laid to rest on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Friday, was the “Forrest Gump of Israeli politics,” Aaron David Miller — currently a vice president at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington — said.
“He was there and saw it all,” Miller, who first met Peres in the late 1980s during a trip to Israel with then-Secretary of St...
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September 29, 2016 at 5:07 pm
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Researchers at Ben-Gurion University in the Negev have made a significant breakthrough in a unique study to better understand autism, discovering a particular evolutionary signature in autism genes. The breakthrough brings doctors one step closer to understanding the genetic mechanism for the disorder and being able to diagnose it prior to birth.
Dr. Idan Menashe and his colleagues, Erez Tsur and Prof. Michael Friger, studied over 650 genetic variations out of the 1,000 genes linked to autism, and found characteristics that differentiate them from other genes in the human genome.
"If we find the remaining genes out of the thousand, we will not only be able to understand autism better, but also be able to conduct a genetic test before pre...
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September 29, 2016 at 5:04 pm
The head of the Israel’s Arab political bloc tweeted an explanation for his coalition’s decision to boycott Friday’s funeral of elder statesman Shimon Peres, the Hebrew news site Walla reported on Thursday, a day before the event is scheduled to take place.
According to the report, MK Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Joint List, wrote: “The memory of Peres in the Arab (Israeli) public is different from that of the narrative that has been recounted over the past few days, and I understand that such complex messages are hard to hear after someone’s death.”
He added that credit should be given to Peres for his peace efforts and support for the Arab public during the 1990s, but said that the same populace opposes “the hawk of the oc...
