HENGELO - Steeds meer Hengeloërs verzetten zich tegen het plan van de gemeente om inwoners zelf hun restafval te laten wegbrengen naar een ondergrondse container. Er ligt inmiddels een petitie voor behoud van de grijze container en een groep ouderen heeft om een gesprek met de gemeente gevraagd.
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Edelmira Barreira Diz has a big task ahead of her: As of earlier this year, it is now her job to get Spaniards to have more sex.
In late January, Barreira was hired as a special commissioner in Spain's government to reverse the trend of falling fertility rates in the country. According to CIA data, women have an average of just 1.49 children, well below the replacement fertility rate of 2.2 kids, which demographers say keeps a population steady.
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Samsung has disclosed the terms of its recent acquisition of virtual assistant startup Viv Labs. When Samsung made the deal for 238.93 million won on October 7, the Korean won was equal to $0.0009, meaning that the price came out to around $215 million. San Jose-based Viv Labs, whose team built Apple’s Siri virtual assistant, is now a subsidiary of Samsung Research America, according to the filing (PDF) from earlier this month. Most of the money was for goodwill, the filing shows. Since the acquisition... Читать дальше...
New Bills head coach Sean McDermott says there’s no way he’s getting rid of running back LeSean McCoy. McDermott told PFT Live that McCoy is a player he has long admired, going back to their time together with the Eagles, and that McCoy will continue to play in Buffalo. “LeSean is going to be with…