BOISE — A jury has reached a decision on the sentence Chad Daybell will serve after he was found guilty of multiple charges this week. The decision will be announced at 11:15 MDT. The jury has been deliberating since Friday afternoon over whether or not Chad will face life in prison or the death penalty. You can watch the proceedings in the video player above. You can also follow live written updates here.
Hospitality trade where tipping scales tip in favour of managers View(s):By Mimi AlphonsusIn the three years Anthony (name changed) worked as a waiter, bartender and chef, service charge and tips consistently made up over 30% of his take-home income. Despite its importance, service charge and tips are a neglected area, unregulated and understudied. At the end of the month management divides the service charge giving the kitchen 50% and the stewards 50%. According to Jayathilaka Ranasinghe, the chief organiser for the Hotel Workers Centre at the Inter Company Employees Union, the industry takes advantage of this unique factor. Ms Goonetilleke explained that typically hotel management does not interfere in tip distribution and only strictly enforce service charge.
Many are eagerly anticipating the promised fast and reliable service by SpaceX, hoping it will be a game-changer for internet connectivity in the region. The recent availability of the Starlink internet service for pre-order in Sri Lanka has generated significant excitement among the public.
Last year, on Kishore’s watch, Cyclone Biparjoy killed fewer than 10 people. The same goes for flood deaths, Kishore said. While there are fewer deaths globally from disasters, there are still pockets in the poorest of countries, especially in Africa, where deaths are worsening or at least staying the same, Guha-Sapir said. India and Bangladesh are poster nations for better dealing with disasters and preventing deaths, especially in cyclones, Guha-Sapir said. “Fewer people are dying, but that’s not because climate change is not happening,” Kishore said ”That is despite the climate change.
Source: phys.orgHow can machine learning help astronomers find Earth-like exoplanets? This is what a new study hopes to address as a team of international researchers investigated how a novel neural network-based algorithm could be used to detect Earth-like exoplanets using data from the radial velocity (RV) detection method.
CPC reduces fuel prices with effect from midnight today. NewsPetrol Octane 92 reduced by Rs.13 to (new price Rs. 355), Auto Diesel by Rs.16 (Rs. 317), Kerosene by Rs.13 (Rs. No change in prices of Petrol Octane 95 and Super Diesel.
Weerawansa raises objections with US AmbassadorNewsChairman of the National Freedom Front, Wimal Weerawansa has raised objection with the US Ambassador in Colombo on the inclusion of Cuba into the list of states that support terrorism published by the US State Department on 16 May 2024. Mr. Weerawansa raised the objections in a letter addressed to the Ambassador Julie J. Ms. Chung. The letter also said;The US State Department began to list states sponsoring terrorism from 2nd December 1979 & included Iraq, Libya, South Yemen & Syria to its list. However, on 13th September 1990, Iraq was added to the list of states sponsoring terrorism by the US State Department accusing Iraq of “invading Kuwait”. Sudan was included to the US State Department “State Sponsor of Terrorism list” on 12th August 1993 and removed on 14th December 2022.
Criminal gang leader brought back from DubaiNewsA criminal gang leader involved in drug trafficking. operating from Dubai has been arrested and brought back to Sri Lanka today. Midigama Ruwan was arrested in Dubai two months back during a brawl at a night club. He was a suspect wanted by the international Police – Interpol. The suspect was brought to the Colombo from the Bandaranaike International Airport under heavy security.
Source: phys.orgResearchers have developed a new type of hologram, known as "metaholograms," capable of projecting multiple high-fidelity images free of crosstalk. This breakthrough paves the way for next-generation technologies including virtual/augmented reality (AR/VR) displays, information storage, and image encryption.
People on this ‘sun-kissed island’ are used to this bluff, but sadly they aren’t immune to being fooled time and time again. Wickremesinghe has always waited patiently for his opportunity in politics; not necessarily his turn to assume political power. That wait was for his turn to become the party (JVP) leader and eventually the leader of the alliance he represents. This is a country where lies help sell products and promote heroes who have clay feet. Wickremesinghe too has asked the nation to back him in his efforts to lift the country’s economy out of depression.
Source: phys.orgA research team developed new equipment that achieved fully automatic and unmanned detection of soil nutrients (such as organic matter, available potassium, available phosphorus) and heavy metals (including Pb, Cd, Hg, As, Cr). They named it High Throughput Soil Composition Intelligent Detection Robot Equipment. The team is led by Prof. Wang Rujing from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Source: phys.orgIn a paper recently published in Nature Communications, the HUN-REN-ELTE Protein Modeling Research Group (Institute of Chemistry) has laid the foundations for a mathematical method, allowing the computer-assisted comparison of the three-dimensional structures of proteins. The method is unique in that while the alternatives available so far only took into account the position of the atoms, the new technique, called LoCoHD (Local Composition Hellinger Distance), also includes the chemical information of the atoms.
Source: phys.orgTeachers need to know their material, but they must also keep their students engaged and interested. Part of that involves making eye contact with their students—all of them.
Source: phys.orgThe toe tapping behavior of various amphibians has long attracted attention from researchers and pet owners. Despite being widely documented, the underlying functional role is poorly understood. In a new paper, researchers demonstrate that dyeing poison frogs modulate their taps based on specific stimuli. The research is published in the journal Ethology.
Source: phys.orgIs artificial intelligence an unprecedented opportunity, or will it rob everyone of jobs and creativity? As we debate on social media (and perhaps use ChatGPT almost daily), generative AIs have also entered the arena of university communication. These tools—based on large language models that were optimized for interactive communication—can indeed support, expand, and innovate university communication offerings.
