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Clinton, Sanders make all-out blitz in California primary
Anaheim: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders duelled for support Tuesday ahead of California’s presidential primary, as the Vermont senator showed few signs of backing off his efforts to boost his longshot odds for the nomination.Sanders’ campaign launched a $1.5 million ad buy in the state and announced it would seek a recanvass in last week’s Kentucky primary, where he trailed Clinton by less than one-half of 1 percent. The recanvass, which is not a recount, involves reviewing the election results but is unlikely to change the results or the awarding of delegates.
The Democratic hopefuls campaigned in California, where Clinton hopes to make a statement in the June 7 contest that will effectively end the primaries and encourage the party to coalesce around her candidacy. Clinton is targeting Latino and black voters, who have typically backed her candidacy is high numbers, as she campaigns across the state.”I can’t do any of this without your help,” Clinton told a crowd of supporters in Los Angeles. “California, I need your help.”Sanders, meanwhile, unveiled new advertising that will appear in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, underscoring his intense focus on the state. The ad urged voters to choose a “new direction” for the Democratic Party.
“If we win big in California, we’re going to go marching into the Democratic convention with a lot of momentum,” Sanders said to cheers at a rally on the outskirts of Disneyland. “And if we go marching into the Democratic convention with a lot of momentum, we’re going to march out with the Democratic nomination. And if we march out with the Democratic nomination, Donald Trump is toast.”Sanders hopes that winning a large share of the state’s 475 delegates will give him momentum heading into the party’s Philadelphia convention in July. He is barnstorming the state, holding multiple rallies a day in hopes of connecting directly with grassroots supporters.
Entering the final contests in June, Clinton leads Sanders by 271 pledged delegates according to a count by The Associated Press but the self-described democratic socialist has vowed to soldier on and amass as many delegates as possible.Clinton holds a substantial lead with party leaders and elected officials, called superdelegates, and is on track to clinch the nomination through the combination of pledged delegates and superdelegates after contests in California, New Jersey and four other states on June 7.But despite the math, some Democrats are concerned that Sanders’ tactics could make it more difficult to unite in the summer. In an AP interview on Monday, Sanders said the process of crafting the party’s platform and holding its convention could be “messy,” adding, “Democracy is messy.”
Sanders held a rally at a convention center in Anaheim, where he asked supporters, “Anybody here making a living wage from Disney?” The crowd shouted back, “No!” He said Disney offered an example of a “rigged economy” in which the corporation generates large profits but workers fail to get ahead.He does not make as many references to Clinton in his stump speech as he did weeks ago. But in Anaheim, the crowd booed when he told them that Clinton “has a number of super pacs and she is also raising significant sums from Wall Street.”
As she has for weeks, Clinton avoided all mentions of her primary opponent while campaigning in the state. Instead, she unveiled a new line of attack against Republican nominee-in-waiting Donald Trump, hammering him on his past statements over the housing crisis and suggesting that he paid nothing in taxes.”Trump economics is a recipe for lower wages, fewer jobs and more debt,” she told union workers in Los Angeles. “I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’ll never let Wall Street bankrupt Main Street again.”
Clinton devoted the bulk of her remarks to criticizing Trump’s foreign policy record, his economic policies and personal finances, an approach she has taken as she pivots to the general election.Trump shot back in a statement, saying he’s made a lot of money in down markets. “Frankly, this is the kind of thinking our country needs, understanding how to get a good result out of a very bad and sad situation,” said Trump.
Smart home gadgets need to live together
United States: Smart home technology that has long been knocking at doors will settle into the mainstream after rival gadgets and services become hassle-free guests that get along with one another, industry insiders say.While smart home offerings have been around for years, attention has been heightened by Google, Amazon and Apple maneuvering to be at the heart of managing devices capable of wirelessly taking commands or feeding information.”We need to look at problems in the home from a holistic perspective and realize it is the value of all these devices working together that will drive adoption of the smart home,” EVRYTHNG senior vice president of connected products Curt Schacker said.
He was speaking in Silicon Valley on Tuesday for the start of a 20th anniversary Connections conference devoted to smart homes and the fast-growing Internet of Things.EVRYTHNG works with businesses to manage data gathered from just about any object given a “real-time digital identity” by using computer chips, sensors or even scannable codes.”We think every single thing in the world can benefit from a digital identity,” Schacker said.Last week, Google unveiled a virtual home assistant device that will challenge Amazon Echo as the Internet giant laid out a future rich with artificial intelligence.
Google Home, about the size of a stout vase, will hit the market later this year, vice president of product management Mario Queiroz promised at the Internet giant’s annual developers conference.Home devices will incorporate new Google virtual assistant software introduced by chief executive Sundar Pichai.”Our ability to do conversational understanding is far ahead of what other virtual assistants can do,” Pichai told a packe audience.”We are an order of magnitude ahead of everyone else.”
Home devices combine machine learning, online search, voice recognition and more to allow people to get answers to questions, manage tasks or control devices by speaking naturally, demonstrations showed.When Home hits, it will challenge Amazon Echo voice-controlled assistants that have proven to be a hit since the Seattle-based online retail colossus unveiled them two years ago. Echo models are infused with Alexa virtual assistant software that can be built into anything “from a lawn sprinkler to a ceiling fan,” Amazon Echo chief evangelist David Isbitski said at Connections.
“We started thinking about Echo and Alexa and it was hard for us to imagine in a couple of years any kind of interaction with technology will not be voice driven,” Isbitski said.”It is easy to see that voice will be everywhere.”He envisioned an era of “ambient computing” in which, as depicted in science fiction, people speak commands and machines respond and obey with the help of artificial intelligence.”The Internet of Things enables these smart home scenarios we have been talking about for years,” Isbitski said.
A section at Amazon’s online retail website is devoted to smart devices that work with Alexa, an open network that invites developers to teach the software new skills.Amazon last year established a $100 million Alexa Fund to provide venture capital for innovators working with the technology.
“We are crawling; we are going to be walking pretty quick and we are all looking forward to running toward that smart home that we have always envisioned,” Isbitski said.Meanwhile, Apple has been wooing developers with a HomeKit framework for using the technology giant’s devices and Siri virtual assistant to manage smart appliances, fixtures and more.
Apple is believed to have HomeKit news planned at a press event taking place in San Francisco in June.Speakers at Connections were skeptical that one smart home device would rule them all, given the array of service providers and gadget makers along with the fact that the web of smart things is growing to include cars.Mark Skarpness chairs IoTivity, a project aimed at establishing standards that would let the gamut of smart devices work together.”I think the market will get much bigger if you are not spending all your time competing on connectivity and instead competing on what we can do for you,” he said.
An Example Of Jagan’s Arrogance
Former YSRCP leader who recently shifted his loyalties towards TDP, Jyothula Nehru made several striking comments on YSRCP President YS Jagan. In his recent interview to a noted news channel, Nehru said that his relationship with Jagan strained due to Jagan’s obstinate behavior.Nehru went on to recall more startling facts about how Jagan kept him aside while he was trying to help him improve YSRCP’s image when the party was heading towards no proper direction despite being the main opposition party in the Assembly.
Nehru said that Jagan never entertained anyone who tried to suggest him about various topics and that he always took his own decisions and made others follow. “In the process, Jagan started avoiding me and there was even a situation where he didn’t even let me sit in my own allotted chair in the Assembly,” said Nehru.
Nehru further said that Jagan wanted no one to sit beside him as he wanted to be on par with Chandrababu who also sits alone on his chair in the Assembly. Nehru then revealed that Jagan also asked him not to speak anything in the AP Assembly after the first two sessions. The senior leader revealed that he joined TDP upon Chandrababu’s invitation as he couldn’t handle Jagan anymore.
CBN’s Star Hotel Stay Vs Jagan’s Mahals!
Move over from public issues. Political parties in Andhra Pradesh are now indulging in a personal verbal war. While YSRCP is criticising CM Chandrababu Naidu’s stay at a star hotel in Hyderabad, TDP leaders are retaliating YCP’s allegations pointing at Jagan’s Mahal in Banjara Hills.
Taking on Chandrababu’s stay at a star hotel in Hyderabad, YSRCP spokesperson Ambati Rambabu on Tuesday “Even if you pay from your own pocket, you shouldn’t stay in a five-star hotel. How you’re managed to afford the expenses at star hotel?” asks Ambati. He added that it wasn’t fair for Naidu to splurge when the state itself has deficit budget.
However, TDP leaders’ are quick to counter Ambati by pointing out at Jagan’s lavish lifestyle and the mammoth house he lives in Hyderabad which has 60 rooms spread in 42,000 sq ft whereas the whole house is built in a site spanned over 52,263 sq ft (almost 1 acre) in city’s posh location. TDP leaders further defended that their chief by saying that Naidu was a CM for twice and elected for the third time and need high-security, they asked how come Jagan Reddy who hasn’t been a state minister having giant Mahals in Hyd and Bangalore.
Well, TDP leaders certainly have a valid point to make. What say folks?
Rahul Missed Out To Romance Niharika
Mega Brother Nagababu’s doting daughter Niharika Konidela who was seen hosting few reality shows is making her silver screen debut with Oka Manasu co-starring Naga Shourya. The film written and directed by Rama Raju is said to be a pure ethnic love story between the two lead pair.
As per a reliable source, Naga Shourya and Niharika were not the original choice for the movie and some other producers were to make this movie. However, things had been changed after the top news channel TV9 had joined the production.
In fact, Rama Raju initially planned to make the movie with hero Rahul Ravindran playing male lead. The producers convinced mega family to give them a chance to introduce Niharika. After getting nod, the makers had replaced Rahul with Naga Shourya owing to some reasons. So, Rahul missed out to romance the mega daughter.Sunil Kashyap composed audio album got good response from music lovers. Interim, Oka Manasu is slated for theatrical outing on June 10th.
Baahubali Flops In International Markets
Rajamouli’s epic movie “Baahubali” emerged as the all-time biggest hit in Indian domestic market. The film also performed superbly in North America. Seeing the unprecedented craze the movie has generated in India, it was sold off to international distributors for a huge amount. But “Baahubali” has failed to perform in key international markets so far.
It was released in Germany recently and some parts of European pockets and it saw disastrous results there.Last week, the movie also received cold response from Taiwan audiences. Chinese big distribution company Estar released the movie in Taiwan to test the pulse of the audiences before releasing it in Mainland China but “Baahubali” failed to bring any substantial amount.
Rajamouli and his cousin Raj Koduri also used Cannes Film Festival market last week to promote “Baahubali 2”. Except Indian media, no international media and makers showed interest in Rajamouli’s promotion there.Still, the film is all set to be screened in Latin market this weekend. How would it perform there? Let’s wait and see.
Kajal Agarwal Gets Double Shock
Kajal Agarwal is completely down with two successive “shocks” this summer. She had pinned great hopes on Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu as she felt staring opposite them would put her on top chair in movie industry.But both of them disappointed her by delivering two big duds jeopardizing her career prospects in Tollywood.
In “Sardaar Gabbar Singh”, she played the role of a princess, a great character for any heroine. It was also solo heroine role. Also it was her first pairing with Powerstar. Hence she had great hopes on the movie but it bombed like anything.Kajal Agarwal promoted “Brahmotsavam” aggressively before the release as she wanted people to forget the failure of “Sardaar”.
Although “Brahmotsavam” starred two more heroines, she got prominent character in the film and had three songs with Mahesh Babu. So she went for a kill in promotion, yet she received same result.These two movies have ruined the career of Kajal Agarwal as she is in the last stage of her career here.
Addala erased from Brahmotsavam
Superstar Mahesh Babu’s Brahmotsavam is limping at the box office. The movie is heading towards being the second biggest disaster of all time in the entire South India. The makers have removed 15 minutes of the footage from the film from second day onwards basing on the feedback from the audience. Interestingly, they have also chopped out a scene which has a little cameo of director Srikanth Addala.
Post interval, Mahesh Babu and Samantha land in Varanasi and start talking to each other in strange way. The actress is seen leans on Srikanth Addala in that scene and talking to Mahesh Babu. That scene was removed from the film. We are said that the director wanted to have it in the film but the makers have decided to remove it. Besides that, the Kolatam sequence and an entire song – “Put Your Hands Up” is also removed from the film. Nasser’s scene before the climax is also left out.
The makers of Brahmotsavam are in talks with the distributors for a possible settlement on the issue. The buyers are demanding a compensation for the heavy losses. We are said that Brahmotsavam Makers are reportedly planning to refund distributors if they failed to reach 60% recovery. No refunds if more than 60% recovered. The quantum of compensation will be decided after the movie’s run is complete.
NTR Completes 15 Years in Tollywood
Young Tiger NTR who entered Telugu film industry as a child actor, has completed 15 years today in the industry as a hero. On this day, 15 years ago, NTR made his filmy debut with Ninnu Choodalani. The movie however could not managed to succeed at the box office. But NTR staged a comeback with his next film, Student No.1 and from then there is no stopping.
At a very young age, he scored a blockbuster with Simhadri and announced the arrival of a big star. He consistently challenged big stars at the box office and amassed huge following. The actor today is one of the most popular and highest paid actors in Tollywood. Of late, the actor had slowed down a bit but he is as promising as ever.
Trade experts feel that he is just one big hit away. He recently completed 25 films and entered the 50 Crore Share club with the film, Nannaku Prematho. His next film, Janatha Garage under the direction of Koratala Siva is so promising. We wish the Young Tiger many more successful years to come in Tollywood.
India’s next PARAM supercomputer coming in 18 months
Ministry of Science and Technology Secretary Ashutosh Sharma recently said India would be getting new supercomputers as part of the government’s Rs. 4,500-crore National Supercomputing Mission. In an interview with the International Business Times, India, Sanjay Wandhekar, associate director and head of the Department of High Performance Computing at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) said the first of the 73 new supercomputers will tentatively be ready in 18 months.
According to Wandhekar, the supercomputer will be a part of the PARAM series of supercomputers C-DAC has built, and unlike most other supercomputers the country has, this one, with a computing speed of 1 petaflop, will be designed, developed and manufactured entirely in India. A “flops,” or “floating point operations per second,” is a measure of computing power. The higher the number of flops, the faster the computer. A petaflops is equal to a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion, flops.
Adding that the computer is still in its early stages of planning and development, Wandhekar said the supercomputer would operate from a yet-to-be-decided institute. He also said the exact application of the new PARAM supercomputer is also yet to be decided.The last PARAM supercomputer to begin operations was the PARAM Kanchenjunga, built by C-DAC and inaugurated by Shriniwas Patil, governor of Sikkim. The supercomputer, stationed at NIT Sikkim’s PARAM Kanchenjunga Supercomputing Centre, is expected to be used for engineering research conducted by the faculty and students at NIT Sikkim as well as researchers across the state.
The National Supercomputing Mission was launched in March 2015 and would be implemented by the Department of Science and Technology and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) through C-DAC and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
Nayanatara Denies Producing Her Lover’s Movie
The relationship between Nayanatara and Tamil director Vignesh is still a mystery. There are reports that she got married to him secretly but they are living separately for the sake of her career. There are also news that both of them were in love but broke up recently.
While the media and industry observers are speculating about her relationship status new rumors have floated around that she is turning producer. The rumors said she will be producing Vignesh’s new movie.
But Nayanatara’s PR team have denied them. “She is not interested in any wing of film making other than acting, leave alone producing movies,” her PR team sent a message.Nayanatara has her hands full with movies in Tamil and Telugu with “Babu Bangaram” and Karthi’s “Kashmora”.
