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Legal limbo: cargo ship crew trapped in Port Everglades for 3 months

Edit The Miami Herald 31 Jul 2016
Unlike all the other ships streaming in and out of Port Everglades, one cargo ship floats in legal limbo. The 11 crew members aboard the M/V Delphinus have been stuck on the ship for three months, even since it arrived at port. In April, the ship unloaded its cargo and was instantly seized by government to cover debts of the German ship owners ... visas keeping them off shore and contracts with the shipping company keeping them on board....

‘Junk’ revisits our dubious bonds with debt

Edit San Diego Union-Tribune 31 Jul 2016
The “Golden Age” in the name of Ayad Akhtar’s new play is both a sly nod to the pursuit of vast wealth and a reference to a specific time in history. The “Junk” that gets first billing in the title of this epic work should be a tipoff to what era that is. the gilded, grasping decade of the 1980s, when the idea of making piles of money by accumulating massive debt (via junk bonds and the like) first took hold ... ....

Designers give new look to classrooms

Edit The Times of India 31 Jul 2016
Nothing can drive home the point of turning waste to wealth like converting a discarded shipping container into a classroom ... Focused on the idea of upcycling and reusing scrap materials, have upped their experiments with this junked industrial metal to offer alternatives to the conventional brick and mortar style constructions which are not only eco-friendly, but also provide flexibility of building temporary structures....

Athlete of the Week Springfield High School

Edit Springfield News-Sun 31 Jul 2016
Name. Paige Laskey. School. Springfield High School. Grade. 10. Age. 15. Sports. Volleyball. Claim to fame/honors. Honor Roll and Varsity Volleyball. Words you live by. “Treat people how you want to be treated.” ... Favorite junk food....

How To Keep That Belly Flat: Follow These Tips From Chris Powell And Other Experts

Edit Inquisitr 31 Jul 2016
In the middle of summer it often hits us when donning that swimsuit or wearing that form-fitting tank, that our mid-section is perhaps not exactly as flat and fit as we would like ... A tip has already been offered about keeping junk food out of sight ... The dietitian for the Philadelphia Phillies and Flyers, Katie Cavuto, shares that you are more likely to nab fruits and veggies over junk food if they are readily available to snack on....

Coast Guard ends search for abandoned Alaska fishing vessel

Edit The Miami Herald 31 Jul 2016
Coast Guard released a statement Saturday saying it's believed that the ship sank in approximately 5,400 feet of water ... the crew to abandon ship ... There was no sign of the ship....

Asustek top local cellphone seller in second quarter

Edit Taipei Times 31 Jul 2016
Asustek Computer Inc (華碩) shipped the most cellphones of any Taiwanese maker in the second quarter of this year, according to Taipei-based market research group Digitimes Research. Digitimes on Friday said that Asustek shipped 3.3 million cellphones during the April to June period, thanks to strong demand for its ZenFone 2 series....

Amazon Takes on Alibaba With Japan Portal for Chinese Shoppers

Edit Bloomberg 31 Jul 2016
On June 30, the web retailer quietly rolled out a Chinese-language version of its shopping site in Japan, along with new, reduced shipping rates to mainland homes and businesses ... Most shipping rates to China from Japan are 500 to 600 yen, about a third less than it costs to transport similar items to Australia, according to the website....

Navy naming ships after rights figures

Edit Arkansas Online 31 Jul 2016
Navy ship will join the list ... The other ship name honorees include abolitionist Sojourner Truth, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, Robert F....

Itu Aba flotilla given hero’s welcome

Edit Taipei Times 31 Jul 2016
More than 1,200 empty plastic bottles were offered to the crowd so that they could take home water the fishing boats shipped back from Itu Aba ... Three out of the four ships docked at Itu Aba on Monday last week. One ship was not able to dock at the island because it was carrying three reporters from ... The ship instead anchored in waters off the island....

Adrianne Palicki joins Seth MacFarlane's new TV series

Edit Empire 31 Jul 2016
As the name might clue you in, it's not exactly a top of the line exploratory ship in the vein of the Enterprise ... MacFarlane, who usually prefers to be a producer or handle voice duties for his shows, is playing Ed, the captain of the ship, with Palicki as Kelly Grayson, his newly-appointed first officer......

This is what Apple’s iPhone 7 headphones may look like

Edit Deccan Chronicle 31 Jul 2016
If this is true than the question of what type of headphones Apple plans to ship with each device remains unanswered....

The Wire: The Complete Series on Blu-ray for $64 + $3 s&h; w/code WELCOME

Edit CNET 31 Jul 2016
Zavvi offers The Wire. The Complete Series on Blu-ray for $63.91 plus $2.99 for shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $34, although we saw it for $12 less last December. This Blu-ray set is region-free, and the episodes themselves will play on U.S. Blu-ray players; however, any extras and special features may not. Of note, new customers can use coupon code "WELCOME" to cut the price to $57.52 plus $1.44 for shipping ......
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