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• Fox Sports: We Will No Longer Air National Anthem Before NFL Games
• Trump Dedicates Golf Trophy To Hurricane Victims
• Cavaliers Owner Was Sent 'Vile' Abuse Over LeBron Tweet
• Hezbollah leader warns Israel as Shiites mark Ashoura
• Marshawn Lynch Showed Up On Game Day Wearing 'Everybody Vs. Trump' Shirt
• White House Aide: Administration Working On Puerto Rico
• The Number Of Puerto Ricans Without Water Grew To More Than Half: DoD
• Open-plan offices don't work and will be replaced by the ‘coffice’, says BT futurologist 
• More trafficking victims turn to hotline with pleas for help
• 'Lone wolf' suspected in Canada terror attack, police chase

Fox Sports: We Will No Longer Air National Anthem Before NFL Games Posted: 02 Oct 2017 04:56 AM PDT Fox Sports will no longer air coverage of the national anthem before its NFL games, the network said on Sunday in a statement to Sports Illustrated. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Trump Dedicates Golf Trophy To Hurricane Victims Posted: 02 Oct 2017 03:11 AM PDT As millions of Puerto Ricans struggle to recover from Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump attended a golfing event Sunday. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Cavaliers Owner Was Sent 'Vile' Abuse Over LeBron Tweet Posted: 02 Oct 2017 12:06 AM PDT Dan Gilbert said he didn't realize how much racism there was in the U.S. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Hezbollah leader warns Israel as Shiites mark Ashoura Posted: 01 Oct 2017 10:51 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Shiite Lebanese militant group Hezbollah warned Israel against pushing the region into war on Sunday as supporters and other Shiite Muslims marked the Ashoura holiday with rallies, prayers, and self-flagellation. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Marshawn Lynch Showed Up On Game Day Wearing 'Everybody Vs. Trump' Shirt Posted: 01 Oct 2017 09:47 PM PDT It's probably safe to say Marshawn Lynch won't be supporting a re-election bid for President Donald Trump. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

White House Aide: Administration Working On Puerto Rico Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:13 PM PDT The aide said Trump had been briefed throughout the weekend on the situation. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

The Number Of Puerto Ricans Without Water Grew To More Than Half: DoD Posted: 01 Oct 2017 07:56 PM PDT The number of people without drinking water in Puerto Rico increased by more than 10 percent toward the end of last week, even as President Donald Trump on Sunday was characterizing the hurricane relief efforts as "amazing." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Open-plan offices don't work and will be replaced by the ‘coffice’, says BT futurologist  Posted: 01 Oct 2017 06:20 PM PDT They were supposed to generate a sense of camaraderie, enhance teamwork and encourage an open flow of ideas between colleagues after decades of segregation in booths. But open-plan offices are actually bad for productivity, allowing workers to be interrupted every three minutes by a range of distractions, a futurologist at BT has warned. Dr Nicole Millard, an expert in data, analytics and emerging technology, said that large offices are inefficient, especially for introverts who work better when they are not disturbed, and predicted they will soon die out. Instead, she has forecasts that employees in the future will become 'shoulder-bag workers' carrying their offices in backpacks and collaborating in small teams in coffee shops - or 'coffices.' Our technology has shrunk so we can literally get our office in a small bag. We are untethered, we don't have to have a desk anymore.Dr Nicole Millard, BT Although many firms believe large, open-plan workspaces help collaboration, in fact, unless staff are in close proximity 'you might as well be in Belgium', said Dr Millard. However research has shown that put workers too close together and they clam up, as if being stuck in a lift together. "The trouble with open-plan offices is they are a one-size-fits-all model which actually fits nobody," Dr Millard said at New Scientist Live in London yesterday. "We're interrupted every three minutes. It takes us between eight and 20 minutes to get back into that thought process. Email. We get too much. Meetings, colleagues. It's all distracting. "Is being switched on making us more productive? The answer is no. The problem of the future is switching off. The big damage is task-switching. You can tell you have been task switching when you switch off your computer at night and find there several unclosed windows or unsent emails still there because you were interrupted. "So we will become shoulder bag workers. Our technology has shrunk so we can literally get our office in a small bag. We are untethered, we don't have to have a desk anymore." People will be using coffee shops and hotel lobbies more frequently than offices in the future  Credit:  Tim Robberts Source: Getty Images However Dr Millard said that offices are still important, if only for socialising. "We need a balance between we and me," she added. "We need to give people options of how they can work, such as home working. "But I do go a tiny bit nuts if I am just at home, so I think we will start to embrace 'the coffice' I need good coffee, connectivity, cake, my wifi wings to fly me into the cloud. I like company. The 'coffice' could be a coffee shop or a hotel lobby." Inside Google's funky fourth floor 01:23 Dr Millard said the ageing workforce will also change how offices work, because older people will no longer want to work nine to five or commute for long distances.   By 2039 the Office for National Statistics expects that the number of people aged 75 and over will have risen by 89pc to 9.9 million and one in 12 of the population will be 80 or over. When the state pension was introduced in 1909 it was intended to aid those aged 70 or older at a time when the average man died at 59 and the average woman at 63. "The average pension pot is designed to last only 18 years, so we're going to be working a lot longer," she said.   "We have an older workforce, which is fantastic because they have accumulated experience gained over many years but they are probably not going to work nine to five, or commute into work. In fact, I can't remember the last time I worked from nine to five." Robots are unlikely to take over most jobs in the workplaces  Credit:  Anadolu Agency Source: Anadolu She also said that it was unlikely the robots would take most jobs. "A lot of these technology won't replace us they will help us to the dirty, dull and dangerous jobs that we don't want to do. It's very difficult for robots to replicate humans. They don't have the dexterity, the empathy, the gut feelings. "I think the rise of the droids is a positive trend and can make us feel more valuable as human beings." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

More trafficking victims turn to hotline with pleas for help Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:42 PM PDT The tipster's account was grim. A woman had suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung at the hands of a man who for nine years had been forcing her into prostitution. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

'Lone wolf' suspected in Canada terror attack, police chase Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:01 PM PDT EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — A car and knife attack on a police officer outside a football game and a high-speed chase of a moving van that left four people injured was the work of a single suspected terrorist, a Somalia refugee who was known to police, Canadian authorities said Sunday. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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