By Stephanie Palagi Revive @ 5 on Wednesday will feature Rocky Watson live on stage beginning at 5 pm. Mama Inez will have delicious food available. The sponsor for the evening is Chester’s Eagle Rock Harley & Portneuf Valley HOG. The Farmers Market will be open with fresh vegetables, fruits, handmade crafts and jewelry, all
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Overcoming sunken costs
By Jeff Hough Life is full of choices—some are big, some small, others with tremendous impact and those with minimal impact. The problem with all choices is the risk of making poor ones. During a recent conversation with a client, we discussed a roadblock to good choices. The roadblock is the Sunken Cost Fallacy. The
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Hackers demand millions in ransom for stolen HBO data
By Tali Arbel and Frank Bajak/Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers using the name “Mr. Smith” posted a fresh cache of stolen HBO files online Monday, and demanded that HBO pay a ransom of several million dollars to prevent further such releases. The data dump included what appear to be scripts from five “Game
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UK cybersecurity expert still held after Las Vegas arrest
By Ken Ritter/Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A British cybersecurity researcher has a date in federal court on Tuesday in Milwaukee, but he was still being held Monday at a U.S. lockup in Nevada, authorities said. Marcus Hutchins, a hacker who won acclaim after helping in May to curb the spread of WannaCry ransomware during an
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Feds to give states more flexibility in protecting wild bird
By Matthew Daly /Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department on Monday unveiled a plan to protect the threatened sage grouse that gives Western states greater flexibility to allow mining, logging and other economic development where it now is prohibited. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the strategy for the ground-dwelling bird that has suffered
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Google exec denounces employee’s views on female workers
By Barbara Ortutay/AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Silicon Valley’s efforts to promote workforce diversity haven’t yielded many results — unless you count a backlash at Google, where a male engineer blamed biological differences for the paucity of female programmers. His widely shared memo, titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” also criticizes Google for pushing
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NYC’s long war on storefront porn reaches new tipping point
By Verena Dobnik /Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A dwindling number of peep shows, strip clubs and adult DVD stores have survived New York City’s two-decade legal war on smut and now, some of the survivors are worried a recent court decision could put them under for good. In June, New York’s Court of
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UK plans to strengthen online ‘right to be forgotten’
LONDON (AP) — Britain plans to strengthen the online “right to be forgotten” with a law making social media companies delete personal information on request. The government on Monday published details of a Data Protection Bill , including a provision allowing people to ask for personal data held by companies to be erased. The changes also would
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Prosecutors seek prison time, fines for Idaho boat builder
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of more than five years in prison, $3.2 million in restitution and a $3.7 million forfeiture judgment for a former Boise businessman. Sentencing for Christopher Bohnenkamp, who pleaded guilty in April to wire fraud and bank fraud related to his companies, which built boats and trailers,
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Idaho schools try new tactics to combat teacher shortage
By Julie Wootton/Times-News/AP Member Exchange TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Ross Parsons is surprised more people don’t go into teaching. But it wasn’t his original plan, either. Parsons’ first career was a river ranger for the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. This fall, he’ll teach sixth-grade language arts and social studies at
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