prompt stringlengths 19 1.71k | forget stringlengths 18 2.94k |
|---|---|
Robert Webb risked being typecast by the popularity of TV’s Peep Show, but as he tells Nick Ahad, the stage has given him a chance to shine. As the feckless half of one of the most popular double acts on British television in the last decade, Robert Webb could have easily become a victim of his own success. Robert Webb... | actor and character must have become a little blurred. In Peep Show, Jeremy and Mark are men in their thirties, who share a London flat. They are the classic odd couple – Mark, buttoned up and career minded, Jeremy convinced that the world is just waiting to discover his musical genius – this despite his lack of abilit... |
Steve Cohen writes: We have been developing a suite of programs in C++ which allow us to do Bayesian hierarchical regression and logit/probit models on marketing data. These efforts have included the use of high performance computing tools like nVidia’s CUDA and the new OpenCL standard, which allow parallel processing ... | strong candidates to help us in developing software and analyzing data using Bayesian methods. Here’s the job description he sent: Bayesian statistician and C++ programmer The company In4mation Insights is a marketing research, analytics, and consulting firm which operates on the leading-edge of our industry. Our clien... |
Everybody likes free and with Bitrix24 you get a lot of free stuff – free private social network, free crm and invoices, free project management, free document management, free calendar and 30+ other free business tools that come handy when you run a busy web studio. Intrigued? Let’s take a closer look. Essentially Bit... | but your own. Because Bitrix24 comes with free 5GB worth of storage, it’s perfect for discussing designs, sketches and drafts. The difference between Bitrix24 and Behance or other social tools for designers is that it’s more business oriented. Rather than collaborating on designs, you collaborate on projects. CRM modul... |
Are you there? Tell iReport what you see. Get the local report from WBAY. (CNN) -- All 24 hostages held captive by a hangun-toting student in northeast Wisconsin were freed Monday night, after several hours of being confined inside a high school classroom, police said. Marinette Police Chief Jeffrey Skorik told reporte... | young male took over the classroom about 3 p.m. Monday, as classes were ending at Marinette High School. He prevented anyone from leaving the room and eventually communicated with police through a teacher, Skorik said. The chief announced shortly before 8 p.m. (9 p.m. ET) Monday that five hostages -- all students -- ha... |
2 Journalists Killed During Live Broadcast In Virginia; Suspect Has Died Enlarge this image toggle caption DAVID MANNING/Reuters /Landov DAVID MANNING/Reuters /Landov (This post was last updated at 3:43 p.m. ET.) Two journalists for Virginia TV news station WDBJ were killed by a gunman Wednesday morning while they were... | Commerce who was being interviewed. Gardner is now in stable condition, hospital officials say. A suspect in the shooting was quickly identified — in part because of video taken at the scene — as Vester Lee Flanagan, 41, a former reporter for the station who was also known as Bryce Williams. toggle caption Twitter Fran... |
Cashin' In, Eric Bolling's Saturday morning program features a group of Fox Yakkers, mainly hard core right-wingers, who pontificate on matters of finance, politics and hot news. Apparently, it's time to lend some credence to the outrageous proclamations of the GOP front runner, Donald J. Trump, and his anti-Muslim imm... | for divisiveness. Bolling seems to believe that our media, purported to be 'liberal,' has been more than culpable, especially in light of the recent Daily News headlines denouncing the recalcitrant Trump. Michelle Fields, whose rise to prominence consisted of an attempt at insulting teachers to Matt Damon, thinks that ... |
Blair Cottrell: They will call you racists, bigots, they will put pressure on you, but in order to rise above it you need to not care. You need to put your fists up, be ready to fight, to stand up, defend the history of our great nation. [Applause, cheers] Christine El-Khoury: A small but growing anti-Islamic movement ... | way to stop us now is to kill us, and good luck. [Applause, cheers] Christine El-Khoury: The language is aggressive and war-like. It's as if they see Muslims and any sympathisers as an enemy in which there will be a fight to the death. And they don't understand why their views aren't mainstream. Chris Shortis: Well, it... |
Ready to fight back? Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Sign up for Take Action Now and get three actions in your inbox every week. Thank you f... | that matter. The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Fight Back! Sign up for Take Action Now and we’ll send you three meaningful actions you can take each week. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s jo... |
First, Apple revealed a critical bug in its implementation of encryption in iOS, requiring an emergency patch. Then researchers found the same bug is also included in Apple's desktop OSX operating system, a gaping Web security hole that leaves users of Safari at risk of having their traffic hijacked. Now one researcher... | the coding library that developers depend on to build programs that securely communicate online using the common encryption protocols TLS and SSL. The full list, which isn't comprehensive given that Soltani only analyzed the programs on his own PC, is shown below. (Soltani has underlined the vulnerable application name... |
Topics: air pollutants, air pollution, health disparities, health inequities, urban health, urban populations Despite overall reductions in ambient air pollution in Massachusetts, exposure continues to fall unequally along racial/ethnic, income, and education lines, according to a new study led by a School of Public He... | groups during the study period. “Although ambient air pollution concentrations have decreased across all of Massachusetts, these reductions had a higher relative impact on populations that were already in the lowest exposure categories, hence the increase in exposure inequality,” says Patricia Fabian, research assistan... |
Despite the blur of activity by innumerable candidates, the 2016 presidential campaign so far is a mostly shapeless enterprise, save for one dominant factor: the prominence of money in the narrative. More than anything, money has been the defining characteristic of the race, highlighted by the political and private act... | or enforced. For Clinton, the story is partly about non-campaign money, about fundraising for the Clinton Foundation as well as the extraordinary amounts of money she and former president Bill Clinton have been paid for speeches since early 2014. For Bush, it is the apparent disregard for the spirit of campaign finance... |
By Ray Charlston Several weeks ago, Margaret O’Reilly began seeing a local psychiatrist in her city of Seattle Washington. Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Rahman is a licensed psychiatrist who originally practiced in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He has been practicing psychiatric medicine in the US for more than 10 years. After one session... | with verbal admonitions from him for his wife to be obedient, or to end her rebellion. The practice is designed, allegedly, not to injure a woman or to harm her, but to shame and humiliate her into compliance. The controversial treatment is allegedly about “Bringing the woman back to her senses and back to reality” acc... |
I recently filed House Bill 396 to illustrate the absurdity of government encroachment into women's personal and medical decisions currently running amok in the Kentucky General Assembly and Bevin Administration. A rash of anti-abortion bills have been filed, and one is now law that places extreme hardship and emotiona... | gain and reelection purposes. The conservative movement sweeping Kentucky has put women in the cross hairs of its battle to take over government at all levels, and it's time we recognize this hypocrisy for what it is. As these legislators and our governor increase efforts to mandate their presence in our doctor's exami... |
Hey guys, Welcome to the Official IW Avatar Design Contest! How does it work? How long do I have? How do I submit my masterpiece? What do we get for rewards? Grand Prize Runner up Official voting: Submissions #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15#16#17 The Infin... | it for IW.This is my way of letting you express that and get rewarded for it.You'll create an Avatar of your own, based on Infinity Wars themes. Doesn't have to be an existing character, doesn't have to be anything in-game if you don't want it to be. It just has to be Infinity Wars themed images.Players can submit mult... |
Kaju katli recipe with step by step photos. Kaju katli (vegan cashew fudge) recipe or kaju barfi recipe is one of the most sought after Indian sweet recipes. Here is an easy kaju katli recipe for beginners to try without sugar syrup. These thin, melt in mouth and smooth kaju katlis are just like what you get in sweet s... | Kaju katli recipe or kaju barfi recipe or Indian vegan cashew fudge recipe is a royal Indian sweet that takes a pride position in most Indian festival treats. It is one of the most loved sweets and often gifted to friends and relatives during festivals like diwali. I have tried making kaju katli recipe 2-3 years before... |
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The Detroit Lions have hired Jim Caldwell as head coach, ending a two-week search during which they interviewed only four candidates. The 58-year-old Caldwell fit a lot of the criteria Detroit had during its search. The Lions wanted someone with head-coaching experience and experience on offense, a... | a championship to our fans." Caldwell became the second minority candidate to land a head-coaching job this month, joining new Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Lovie Smith. "To be openly frank, we felt that he should be the guy," Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation chairman John Wooten said Tuesday afternoon. "We really wanted... |
Crispy Rice Crispy Rice is unaware they can edit their status GTR.co.uk seasoned Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 93 Accident: Don't do what I did.... I had a low speed crash into the back of a white van, it was a badly surfaced road, we were stopped, pulled away.... and the person infront of the van stopped for no re... | mistake I did. I thought long and hard about posting this, but i think it is important that other GTR owners see this so they aren't stung by a careless accident and the GTR Tax! I bumped into tho the white vans tow bar causing this small crack in my bumper... Unfortunately it also set off the Pedestrain Saftey system,... |
BOULDER, CO--(Marketwired - Jan 15, 2015) - The most successful business leaders in the nutrition industry for 2014 have been announced in Nutrition Business Journal's (NBJ) annual Business Achievement Awards issue. Recipients of the NBJ Business Achievement Awards will be honored during the 18th annual NBJ Summit, Jul... | attention to every single one of these companies, not only for their individual successes but also for the ways in which they support and inspire the entire industry," said John Bradley, NBJ's content director and editor-in-chief. "That goes for everyone from a Whole Foods Market down to the 15-year-old inventor of Def... |
We all know a guy like this. He spends his day on the internet telling and re-telling stories about how his martial ancestors were the toughest fighters in the world. We hear a bunch of stories about the ancestors and they all seem to imply or outright assert that their awesomeness gives the lineage snob the right to t... | lineage is real and can provide fantastic yardstick to gauge a school or martial artist? There are going to be 2 basic responses to that statement. The first usually comes from people who have created their own arts or know that their teachers weren't totally legit. Their response goes something like, "All you do is ta... |
If you’re a regular reader of this blog and its comments section, you’re probably more than a little worried about two bits of climate science in particular: Our understanding of past climates (paleoclimate) and 5-6 C long term climate sensitivity. And if you’re a frequent returner, you’ve probably figured out by now t... | parts per million. We also find that global temperatures were between 2 to 3 degrees Celsius warmer than 1880s ranges, that glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland were significantly reduced, and that sea levels were about 25 meters (82 feet) higher than they are today. (The Totten Glacier is one of many Antarctic land ic... |
Updates: Wikileaks Film titled The Fifth Estate Is A Propaganda Piece Against the Disclosures of Wikileaks Wikileaks Film titled MediaStan Is Produced By Julian Assange —- 50th Anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination – Zachary Sklar, Screenwriter of the Film: JFK November 22, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the... | involved in the planning and covering up of assassinations. Zach Sklar: The Warren Commission was a creature appointed by Lyndon Johnson. He persuaded Earl Warren to head this commission against his wishes. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time. To bolster him on the commission, the one who did most of ... |
The flag decals that were ordered taken down by Chief Bronaugh. Photographs courtesy Maywood Fire Department. Tuesday, September 9, 2014 || By Michael Romain Today, four Maywood firefighters were sent home, pending disciplinary action, for failure to comply with a direct order, according to Chief Craig Bronaugh. A CBS ... | Chief Bronaugh would modify his order. Instead, he ordered the firefighters sent home immediately, pending disciplinary action,” according to the CBS report. “Union spokesman Adam Rosen said he is ‘shocked’ that an agency of first responders would enforce such an order the week of Sept. 11. “The four suspended firefigh... |
Black Lives Matter. All Lives Matter. Two phrases that are supposed to go hand in hand but have somehow evolved into polar opposites. As I was walking through the town of Bethlehem, headed back to my room, I spotted a white man walking toward me, donning a shirt with three words: All Lives Matter. I grinned as he walke... | its creation and why people use it is downright disrespectful. Just to clarify, I’m not an activist, nor do I like to indulge in political conversations pertaining to racial conflicts. Don’t expect me to entertain your personal hot takes and refutes. I’m truly proud to be African-American. I take pride in being a part ... |
The German team stands behind its national flag at the start of the group-stage match of the FIFA U-20 World Cup between Germany and Vanuatu in Seogwipo, South Korea, on May 26. (Wallace Woon/European Pressphoto Agency) For decades after the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II, Germans had trouble def... | common. The article published by the German daily Bild sparked a heated debate about the controversial term “leitkultur” (“guiding culture” or “leading culture”). Along with less-controversial qualities, such as the typically German trait of valuing education not simply as a means to an end, the interior minister seeme... |
If you’re thinking about getting pastel hair, you should consider the pros and cons first. Just kidding. Pastel hair is awesome! If you’re torn, do it! If you’re not sure if pastel hair would suit you, do it! You’ll be glad you did. If you want to know how to get pastel hair, keep reading! Below are all the products yo... | a mixing bowl. The whole process should end up costing under 25$. [metaslider id=1039] Step 1: How To Bleach Your Hair The first step is bleaching your hair. If you have anything but light blonde hair, you absolutely need to bleach it if you want the pastel color to actually be pastel. If you have already blonde hair, ... |
Here's what you need to know... Due to harsh laws based on Reefer Madness-like myths, the personal use of steroids for aesthetic purposes can land lifters in prison or get them fined for more money than they probably have. Ironically, steroid usage in sports, which these laws were created to curb, has not decreased. St... | Politicians and those with agendas took full advantage. Although it has many medical uses and is now commonly prescribed to aging males, the illegal use of testosterone puts you into the same criminal category as a heroin addict. And science has never backed up the hysterical claims made by anti-steroid zealots. "I thi... |
After two decades of obscurity, all it took was a few choice roles to get noticed—a Nazi infiltrator here, an X-Men villain there, plus one unforgettable turn in Shame that made him a full-frontal phenomenon. His rapid rise continues this month with Ridley Scott's Alien prequel, Prometheus. But as Chris Heath discovers... | mention that we were close by his apartment until the increasingly heavy rain triggered his sense of hospitality. "Just give me two seconds to do a little bit of a sort of tidy-up," he requests. "My mother wouldn’t be happy." I wait in the stairwell, glad just to be getting no wetter, until he swings open the door. "Ok... |
Please Take Note: This is a review of the game’s final prototype. The art, game bits, and the rules discussed are all subject to change. The game is being reviewed on the components and the rules provided with the understanding that “what you see is not what you might get” when the game is published. If you like what y... | and up For 2 to 6 players Approximately 60 minutes to complete Geek Skills: Counting & Math Logical & Critical Decision Making Reading Pattern/Color Matching Strategy & Tactics Hand/Resource Management Learning Curve: Child – Untested (but presumed Easy) Adult – Easy Theme & Narrative: Collect the necessary ingredients... |
Last Friday, against the vehement and public urging of his own Attorney General and nearly one hundred of the nation’s most respected legal experts, Governor Bobby Jindal signed Senate Bill 469 into law. Quoting his press release (bold mine): Governor Jindal said, “This bill will help stop frivolous lawsuits and create... | CZMA litigation to coastal projects, allowing us to ensure Louisiana coastal lands are preserved and that our communities are protected.” If you’re wondering who, exactly, the law benefits, all you need to do is keep reading Jindal’s press release, which contains this amazing confession. Quoting (again, bold and italic... |
Almond , Peter . 1994 . We came to keep peace, not to fight a war, says Rose . Daily Telegraph 19 April:10. Arellano , Manuel Bond , Stephen . 1991 . Some Tests of Specification for Panel Data: Monte Carlo Evidence and an Application to Employment Equations . Review of Economic Studies 58 ( 2 ): 277 – 297 . Arellano , ... | Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding . New York : Cambridge University Press . Beck , Nathaniel Katz , Jonathan . 1995 . What to Do (and Not to Do) with Time-Series Cross-Section Data . American Political Science Review 89 ( 3 ): 634 – 647 . Beck , Nathaniel Katz , Jonathan . 1996 . Nuis... |
An army of build-it city dwellers, funded by the CEO of Yelp, is heading to court to force a sleepy East Bay suburb to go dense. The San Francisco Bay Area Renters’ Federation — which goes by the name SFBarf — is suing the city of Lafayette, demanding that it resurrect a scrapped plan to build high-density housing on a... | way out of the shortage of housing. The case is making a central Contra Costa County town known for good schools and cow-dotted hillsides a battlefront in a regional housing war. “Why Lafayette? It’s on BART, it’s right next to Walnut Creek, and yes, people want to live there,” said SFBarf’s 34-year-old founder, Sonja ... |
SEVENTY years have passed but the emotion remains for Australian veterans of World War II Bomber Command. During a special Australian service at an Air Forces memorial on the outskirts of London yesterday tears flowed among an aged gathering as thoughts turned to thousands of fallen comrades. About 10,000 Australians s... | Today we remember their selfless sacrifice," Major General Mark Kelly told the gathering of about 100 veterans. The veterans from across Australia are in London for the dedication of a memorial to Bomber Command by the Queen tomorrow. It commemorates the 55,573 Bomber Command aircrew killed during the war. "This is a v... |
Remember that movie from the early 2000s, ‘I Heart Huckabees’? The main character, played by Jason Schwartzman, is curious about the constant coincidences in his life, so he hires a unorthodox duo of detectives help him figure out what they could mean. At the time, I found the premise pretentious and confusing, but rig... | synchcronicities Ive experienced lately. NUMBERS At work, I’m a busy person. I’m rarely idle and I don’t clock-watch, but still, almost every single day, I find myself looking at time at 11.11, 1.11 and 3.33. Usually, those times are the ONLY three times I’ve checked my watch. In fact it’s so common that if I happen to... |
Roy Hodgson’s men became the first England team to win all of their European qualifiers. Does this mean they are nailed on to go far in France 2016? We look at the five other teams who have done this in the past and see how they performed during the finals. Spain Euro 2012 – Winners Spain are the only team in the histo... | 2-0 in the quarter finals, Portugal on Penalties before thumping Italy 4-0 in the final to lift the trophy. Germany Euro 2012 – Semi Finals Germany were also unbeaten heading into the Euro 2012 finals. They also managed to win all three group games against Portugal, Denmark and Holland. A convincing 4-2 victory over Gr... |
Man convicted of molesting a dead deer and shooting horse to have sex with it 'assaulted female cop after shoplifting from Walmart' Bryan James Hathaway, 25, was charged with assaulting off-duty policewoman Officer Kody Vedder was shopping with her daughter at the time of the incident Vedder spotted Hathaway looking sh... | pleaded no contest to shooting an Arabian horse to have sex with it A man from Superior, Wisconsin, who gained international notoriety after being convicted in 2006 of molesting the carcass of a dead deer was arrested this week for allegedly assaulting a female police officer. Bryan James Hathaway, 25, was arraigned We... |
SHARE THIS STORY: Donald Trump is aiming to pull off one of the greatest political comebacks in history. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is what’s known in the business as “hedging your bets”. Yes, CNN, the Clinton News Network, is absolutely all in for Crooked Hillary. But at the end of the day, there are bills to be paid, and th... | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue! The Republican nominee is rebounding from a summer of repeated stumbles that threatened to undermine his candidacy, underscoring his ability to claw his way back and stay competitive despite controversies that would sink any other politician. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton enter the critical... |
File photo of ex-policemen Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar (heads covered). Sirul claims he was abandoned by his superiors after obeying orders to kill Altantuya Shaariibuu. — Reuters pic KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar has claimed he was abandoned by his superiors after obeying orders ... | murder. “If I die today, I would not find peace as I did what I was told and this is what I get in return,” he said in the report. On January 13, the Federal Court reversed the acquittal of Sirul, 43, and former Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 39, of the murder of the Mongolian model and restored the mandatory death sent... |
THE Old Town in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, does not look like a den of thieves. On a summer afternoon, herds of elderly tourists—American, Japanese, British—wander between the gift shops and sip lagers at pavement cafés beneath the gothic town hall. In a park, teenagers chat and smoke cigarettes in the sun. Valdo... | one smart-looking bar Mr Pôder says he would have needed a team of at least ten officers to raid it. “We’d have to put everyone inside on the floor,” he says. “Or else we might get shot at.” Get our daily newsletter Upgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks. Crime in Estonia has fallen precipitou... |
The trials of Kevin Mitnick Mitnick ALSO: Legendary hacker signs plea bargain to win freedom in one year FULL TEXT: U.S. vs. Kevin D. Mitnick RELATED VIDEO CNN's Sean Callebs reports on Mitnick's capture (Originally aired: Jan. 16, 1996) Windows Media 28K 80K MESSAGE BOARD: Internet hackers By John Christensen CNN Inte... | Angeles in one of the most celebrated computer-related cases in history. But it was announced Thursday that Mitnick has signed a plea agreement that reportedly will set him free after serving another year in prison. He has been incarcerated since February 1995 on a 25-count indictment that includes charges of wire frau... |
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The federal government is giving the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority two final weeks to reopen Public Square to buses. The Federal Transit Administration will give RTA until March 7 to allow buses on Superior Avenue through the square before it will enforce a $12-million fee. In a Feb. 17... | the debt will be considered delinquent and trigger debt collection actions. The FTA looks forward to bringing this matter to a close soon." The FTA originally gave RTA until Jan. 19 to reopen Public Square to buses, but granted a 30-day extension until Feb. 21. Calabrese on Feb. 16 requested an extension beyond the Feb... |
By Song Zhibiao, Qiao Mu, and Mo Zhixu, published: January 6, 2016 As the year 2015 was drawing to its end, a new expression was born on China’s social media: “the Zhaos” (“赵家人”). New phrases pop up regularly online in China, but “the Zhaos” has been hailed as revolutionary. Never has an expression captured the essence... | country”) which has been in vogue for a while, “the Zhaos” brings into focus a critical divide that has never been encapsulated. It is, many believe, destined to permanently enter the Chinese lexicon. This article presents a compilation of explanations and uses of the expression, and its social and political interpreta... |
Sports Illustrated is releasing its annual list of the Top 100 players in the NBA and three Bucks appear on the list. Greg Monroe (63), Giannis Antetokounmpo (48) and Khris Middleton (39) all made the cut for the Top 100 this season, with two of them improving upon their ranking compared to last season. Antetokounmpo m... | five triple-doubles. Ben Golliver, who helped ranked the players for SI, said this about Giannis: “The individual results, as irrelevant to the standings as they might have been, were stunning: the 21-year-old Antetokounmpo averaged 19/9/7 after the break, monster numbers that bring to mind elite producers like LeBron ... |
A downtown councillor will ask the city to extend the deadline for heritage grants available to preserve 1800s-era Gore Park storefronts set for redevelopment, even though the owners have no interest in applying for the money. The city is offering up to $1.1 million for restoration of the facades of the buildings along... | Blanchard "The buildings are collapsing as we speak," said David Blanchard, who is a partner in the development company that bought the buildings in 2000. "They want to keep the facades, fine. Someone will have to pay for that." It's been a year since Coun. Jason Farr pushed forward an urgent call to designate the buil... |
Mars Observer was one of three NASA Mars missions lost in the 1990s because of technical errors, and not as part of a broader conspiracy. The dark side of space disaster theories Space disasters attract so much public attention and often involve such complex and subtle sequences of events that there’s an entire Interne... | check so as not to discourage imagination. However, once a logical reconstruction gels, is tested, and then is ultimately verified by being implemented and hence reducing future flight hazards, that official explanation achieves a substantial level of authenticity. But not to everyone’s satisfaction, apparently, as a s... |
Superior Court: Insurance company off the hook for 'ball tap' injury The "ball tap" Hearn delivered as his friend Clayton Russell played a video game in his basement rendered Russell infertile, possibly for the rest of his life. When Brandon Hearn sneaked up behind his teenage friend and delivered a playful tap to the ... | "Dance, Dance Revolution" in Russell's parents' basement when Hearn decided to give Russell a physical rebuke for playing what he considered a "little kid's game," according to the Superior Court opinion. "In our little group, if you were doing something, like, kind of stupid, that's what you — you would get a ball tap... |
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Daesh terrorists have executed more than 300 former Iraqi policemen south of Mosul following heavy losses in the ongoing battle with Iraqi forces. The executions were carried out near the recently-liberated Hammam al-Alil town three weeks ago and the victims were buried in a mass grave, th... | college close to the site of the mass grave where minutes later, he heard shots being fired from automatic rifles and cries of distress, the group said. A similar scene was repeated the next night, with between 130 to 145 men being ferried, he told the group. An unnamed Hammam al-Alil resident confirmed the news, sayin... |
On Nov. 6, 1968, the Black Student Union and a coalition of student groups at San Francisco State University known as the Third World Liberation Front began what would become the longest student strike in U.S. history. They wanted the university to institute an ethnic studies program. Beyond simply teaching students na... | obstinate elites had never formalized it in mainstream academia. At one rally, San Francisco State President S.I. Hayakawa silenced student activists by yanking the wires out of the loudspeakers. But after nearly five months, he capitulated, instituting the first College of Ethnic Studies in the nation. The movement th... |
Defending champion Matt Neal is itching to get back on-track when the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship returns at Snetterton next weekend. Neal heads Honda Yuasa Racing teammate Gordon Shedden by the smallest of margins in the title fight, just one point separating the pair, with Jason Plato 29 points behind... | first half has gone amazingly well, no one can deny that,” the three-time champion told theCheckeredFlag.co.uk, “especially considering all the restrictions they are heaping on our Civics to slow us down. “But it's only half way and we're now heading in to the half of the season where the gloves get taken off. So I jus... |
Sandra Day O'Connor frequently filed concurring opinions that sought to narrow the scope of majority rulings. | AP Photo Senate confirms first female Supreme Court justice, Sept. 21, 1981 On this day in 1981, the Senate unanimously confirmed Sandra Day O'Connor as the nation’s first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Cou... | high court. Early in her tenure, she was widely viewed as a member of the court’s conservative wing. Story Continued Below She was said to have taken her lead from Justice (later Chief Justice) William Rehnquist, a fellow Arizonan who had been O’Connor’s classmate at Stanford Law School. However, after a few terms, O'C... |
This article is about a prefix notation in mathematics and computer sciences. For the similarly named logic, see Łukasiewicz logic Polish notation (PN), also known as normal Polish notation (NPN),[1] Łukasiewicz notation, Warsaw notation, Polish prefix notation or simply prefix notation, is a mathematical notation in w... | refers to the nationality of logician Jan Łukasiewicz,[2] who invented Polish notation in 1924.[3][4] The term Polish notation is sometimes taken (as the opposite of infix notation) to also include reverse Polish notation.[5] When Polish notation is used as a syntax for mathematical expressions by programming language ... |
If you are a user of the messaging software Skype, you know that you can see the location of your contacts in the Skype interface. What you probably do not know is that there is currently a way to display a Skype user's remote and local IP address as well. A script has been uploaded to Github that offers these options.... | It basically starts an add a Skype contact request but does not complete it. The log file will display the local and remote IP of that Skype user, even if the user is not added to the list of contacts in Skype. Update: The script is no longer available. The script is for instance available on this site. Just enter the ... |
GRAINS grains – /grāns/ – noun Aside from water, the most abundant ingredient in the most delicious beverage on earth is malted grains. Particularly malted barley. Yes, you can create a beer without malted barley (and most gluten free beers do so, using sorghum primarily) but odds are if you’re not ordering gluten free... | and fill your glass because it’s learning time. Per the usual, my typical disclaimer about the fact that this is a general overview of the topic mentioned above and not an in-depth science lesson applies. The Malting Process There are plenty of grains that are used to make beer but the most common is barley (2- row bar... |
Thigh-High Politics is an op-ed column by Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca that breaks down the news, provides resources for the resistance, and just generally refuses to accept toxic nonsense. I was en route to the Sydney Airport in Australia when my cab driver asked me if I was ashamed of President Donald Trump. I immed... | ratings were far lower). Bush deceived the country as a means of invading Iraq, but even as public understanding about his actions became well-understood and global disgust morphed into widespread protest, there was still a patina of reverence associated with the Commander in Chief. At least in polite interaction, resp... |
NHL.com released a poll on Friday ranking their top 14 defensemen in the league and coming in at number 12 on this list was Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson. The Swedish defenseman is only 23 years old, but he has quickly become one of the top blueliners in not only the league, but the world as well. As ... | player at that position, it is his impressive abilities on offense that put him on a higher level. The Early Years of Ekman-Larsson Interestingly enough, Ekman-Larsson’s career in the NHL also began overseas. Selected by the Coyotes with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Ekman-Larsson made his debut o... |
FISC Judge Reggie Walton Hesitantly Amends Latest Section 215 Order To Conform With Presidential Directive from the contact-chaining-or-beer?-'less-hoppy-than-usual' dept As was noted here in January, the non-rubber stamp FISA court rubber stamped the latest NSA bulk record request without hesitation, almost as though ... | provides some more background on the NSA's minimization techniques. While Walton has no problem with the new two-hop contact chaining limit, he does seem concerned with the RAS approval being left to the court. He spends several paragraphs discussing this particular aspect, which seems a bit strange, considering he was... |
Hillary Clinton unveiled a health care proposal Saturday that incorporates much of what her opponent Bernie Sanders has pushed for, in a second move this week that is apparently aimed at securing an endorsement from Sanders. In a statement, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president announced her support to expan... | Affordable Care Act of 2010. Clinton said she would support people 55 or older to buy into Medicare while protecting the traditional Medicare program. Clinton first came out in support of giving people the option to buy into Medicare in May during the current election cycle as a result of the effect the Sanders campaig... |
Get the biggest business stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email That is the view of Mark Watts, director of multinational design firm Arup and a leading expert on sustainable planning. Mr Watts told ... | him optimistic about the future. Mr Watts outlined a model 'future city' investing heavily in cycling, electric buses, energy-generating buildings and urban farms. And he said that ecologically sound policies adopted throughout the world had often been adopted for economic, rather than environmental, reasons. Mr Watts ... |
NASCAR owners are taking a firm stance against the ‘Take a knee’ anthem protests which escalated across the NFL in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s tweets on the issue on Sunday. The gesture was started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick last season as a demonstration against police bruta... | would not condone drivers or staff taking part in the protests. Read more Richard Petty who co-owns Richard Petty Motorsports told the AP that anyone who refuses to stand for the national anthem should be forced to leave the country. “Anybody that don’t stand up for the anthem oughta be out of the country. Period. What... |
The quick down and dirty! Just in case its 3AM and you’re legs and arms are twitching and you are ready to lose it! We cannot operate on NO sleep, let alone deal with the stress of our bodies freaking out while we are not sleeping! I would find myself still pacing the floor when the morning alarm went off! So how do we... | life difficult to navigate! So…. from my hours and hours of late night research looking for answers, trying desperately to stop my mandatory committal to a “rubber room”. Here are a few points, a condensed version of what helped me. I am not a Dr. and before starting any new medical approach, review these points with y... |
Mapping the Post-human For a few days in the first week of September I was in the Breton port city of Brest (which although medieval is an architectural riot of modernity, nearly every building except its impregnable chateau having been I found it strange to be listening in to serious academic discussion of ideas that ... | movies, and SF were just as minutely and seriously anatomised. My own presentation touched on my earliest encounter with extropianism and (that cheap laugh out of the way) argued that Darwin had made post-humanism possible: first, by establishing that humanity was a species with predecessors and (by implication) possib... |
It's budget-cutting time for the U.S. Navy. And while the admirals seem fine with this, Congress is getting nervous. As reported on DefenseNews.com last week, there's a furious debate brewing between Congress and the Pentagon over the future of the Navy's cruiser fleet. In a nutshell, it goes like this: Currently, we h... | in the tooth. Built in the 1980s and '90s by contractors General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and Huntington Ingalls (NYSE:HII), most of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers are nearing the end of their lifespans. By 2028, all 22 are expected to have lived out their useful service lives, worn out and ready for retirement. And right no... |
Stephen Paddock’s arsenal included explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition, authorities say as emergency declared in county Las Vegas suspect had more than 40 firearms in hotel and home, police say The suspect in the Las Vegas shooting that has left at least 59 people dead had amassed an arsenal that inclu... | least some were equipped with scopes, devices that help the shooter identify targets at a range, police said. Nevada town where Vegas suspect lived catered to gamblers and gun lovers Read more They also recovered 19 firearms plus explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition from Paddock’s home in Mesquite, Neva... |
The CZ 75 is a semi-automatic pistol made by Czech firearm manufacturer ČZUB. First introduced in 1975, it is one of the original "wonder nines" featuring a staggered-column magazine, all-steel construction, and a hammer forged barrel. It is widely distributed throughout the world and is the most common handgun in the ... | Czechoslovak ZB vz. 26). However following the 1948 communist coup d'état, all heavy industry was nationalized and was (at least officially) cut off from its Western export market behind the Iron Curtain. While most other Warsaw Pact countries became dependent on armaments imports from the Soviet Union, most of the Cze... |
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (AP Photo/Molly Riley) This story has been updated. KANSAS CITY -- Two long-shot Democratic presidential candidates drew strong applause at a Latino conference here Monday for sharply criticizing another long-shot hopeful, Republican Donald Trump, for his incendiary remarks on Mexican immigr... | else – will be successful if dividing us based on race or our country of origin," Sanders said to thunderous applause. "We say ‘no' to all forms of racism and bigotry.” Later in the day, former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley spoke of "my disgust" at Trump’s comments. He said if Trump wanted to run for president he "... |
While the Charlotte Hornets remain above .500 and fourth in the Eastern Conference, last night’s loss against the Brooklyn Nets was another suggestion the team isn’t quite living up to it’s potential. And sure, the Hornets were never pegged by most as a team full of potential, but they’ve managed to keep their heads sl... | them, rather than with the likes of Toronto and Boston, who have figured it out, or are starting to. Along with last night, the Hornets have three bad losses this season. The first was the overtime loss to New Orleans, which would have taken them to 9-3 on the season had they won. The second was the overtime loss at ho... |
“An ancient sapphire ring. It subdues your presence, making it difficult to be detected by enemies.” The description for the Thief’s Ring in Demon’s Souls is innocuous enough, but it’s one of the most useful items in the game. When I first obtained it, I scoffed at its effects. I generally tend to be underwhelmed by “a... | a few deaths later I quickly discovered the benefits of donning the Thief’s Ring. There’s nothing magical about it, really — it simply does what it says — but its effects are very deliberately tied into the game world and its design. Here a few examples: Isolating Enemies Unlike many 3rd person brawlers, the enemies in... |
Jon Huntsman speaks at commencement for University of South Carolina on Saturday. | AP Photo Huntsman: Why I served Obama COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jon Huntsman marked his return from China to the United States with a sweeping address calling young Americans to serve their country — even if it's by working for the president of ... | Obama, told the 2011 graduating class of the University of South Carolina's College of the Arts and Sciences on Saturday. Story Continued Below The speech was Huntsman's first public appearance since returning from abroad — and his comments are his first attempt to neutralize potential attacks on his service to a Democ... |
PARIS (Reuters) - The United States has softened its stance on Syria including the future of President Bashar al-Assad to accommodate Russia, opposition coordinator Riad Hijab said, warning the opposition would face a hard choice on whether to attend peace talks this month. Riad Hijab, who was chosen by Syrian oppositi... | disagreements with the Syrian government and the United Nations over the talks’ agenda. “Sadly, there is very clear backtracking, especially from the United States, with regard to the agenda of the negotiations,” Hijab said on Tuesday. “They want the creation of a government whereby the regime would leave us, the oppos... |
May 1st, 2013 RAWTunes.exe 10 July / December 2012 RAWTunes.exe 10 is a noise-art album made in homage to the now late, (great?) iTunes 10 release. As iTunes 11 makes its way onto computers across the globe this album will remain as a media-archive of splendid noises transcoded from iTunes 10 executables. Available for... | release of my 8 track album RAWTunes.exe 10! You can listen to a selection of tracks below (making sure that all small children and dogs are at a safe distance), or buy the whole lot on iTunes for £7.99 (also at Amazon and Spotify) It took me about 20 minutes to make this album. Here’s how you can do it yourself: Using... |
Samsung SmartTV transmits data to a third party, be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information. We have discussed several times about the privacy and security issues related to the Internet of Things devices, Smart meters and Smart TV are intelligent devices that could be exploited ... | transferred to third parties, but unfortunately the majority of end-users ignore it because every time makes a purchase never reads the booklet of instructions and information provided by manufacturers. Imagine, you are watching TV on your Samsung SmartTV talking with your girl or friend, or you are watching stock news... |
Six months into a deepening drought, the weather is killing crops, threatening cattle and sinking lakes to their lowest levels in years across much of the South. The very worst conditions -- what forecasters call "exceptional drought" -- are in the mountains of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia, a region known fo... | dry years in the '80s, but I never seen it this dry, this long," Bailey added. "There's a bunch of people in a lot of bad shape here." The drought has spread from these mountains onto the Piedmont plateau, down to the plains and across 13 southern states, from Oklahoma and Texas to Florida and Virginia, putting about 3... |
Father of slain man thanks community for support OPEN LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY OF AURORA FROM THE TEVES FAMILY. ALEX TEVES DIED IN THE JULY 20 SHOOTINGS Chief Oates Aurora Police Department 15001 E. Alameda Parkway Aurora, CO 80012 Attn: Chief Oaks Chief Oates, I wanted to take a moment out of your busy day to send a le... | time of my life. It is difficult to put into words how awful Caren, Tommy, Nick and I have felt since that fateful call but I be remiss if I didn’t take time out to thank you, and each and everyone of your team. The wonderful hospitality that you showed my family, relatives and friends over those terrible initial days ... |
I've been playing with a nice way of defining models in a sort of declarative way in CoffeeScript, this is what I have so far: class Post extends Model @field 'title', default: 'New post!' @field 'body' # the default is supplied as a closure which is evaluated at object creation time @field 'created_at', default: -> ne... | => alert "Username updated to #{value}" # Print out details of posts when they are created by the user user.bind 'posts:add', (post) => alert "Post titled #{post.get('title')} was written at #{post.get('created_at')}" # Change the user's username (which will trigger the event bound above) user.set('username', 'thomas')... |
By Cruz Serrano Back when Barry Bonds’ hat size was still considered human, back when the only interleague series was in October, way back before baseball’s Summer of Love that saw Sosa and McGwire hammer their way past Roger Maris, the team of the 90s was hunting for their second straight World Series title. After win... | the National League and were prepared to take on the Yankees, one year removed from the retirement of Don Mattingly. The Braves came out firing, thanks in large part to the heroics of then 19-year-old Andruw Jones. Jones became the youngest player ever to hit a home run in the World Series, and was also only the second... |
(CNN) -- What was the name of that guy with that stuff in that place with those things? Don't you remember? Scientists have found mechanisms for how the brain creates short-term and long-term memories. We all suffer occasional lapses in memory. Some people suffer severe neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's, tha... | which are generated each day, help "time stamp" memories, according to a computer simulation by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, and the University of Queensland in Australia. The research was published in the journal Neuron. These cells do not record an exact, absolute d... |
Spread the love Pocatello, ID — There is a saying among law enforcement when they are questioned for writing asinine tickets for non-crimes and arresting well-meaning people who may be in possession of a plant to treat their child — ‘Just doing my job.’ This phrase is uttered countless times a day as police officers wr... | actually providing a community service. When it snows in his community, Mitch Fisher is ready to help. “I take care of the neighbors. They’re all elderly and I like to help them out,” Fisher said. Fisher’s community service of plowing streets and sidewalks — for free — is so highly regarded that he was featured in a se... |
Last July, shortly after the outbreak of war in Gaza, President Barack Obama declared that “Israel has the right to defend itself against what I consider to be inexcusable attacks from Hamas.” To demonstrate the general moral applicability of this position, he said that “no country can accept rocket [sic] fired indiscr... | as many cease fire violations as Hamas since December 2012. Israel’s violations of the 2012 cease fire caused the deaths of 18 people, while Palestinian violations caused none. Since the end of the 51-day war in August 2014, Israel predictably has gone on violating the most recent cease fire even more brazenly and with... |
Sega’s been awfully quiet about making noise in mobile and digital. They’re obviously active in both spaces, but we never seem to hear much about it. Or maybe that’s just us not doing our jobs. We recently interviewed two executives from the online and digital sides to find out where the company is at during this conso... | — deal with this new age of too many platforms? Senior director of digital marketing Mike Evans and director of online operations Ethan Einhorn sit down with GamesBeat to discuss. Image Credit: Sega GamesBeat: We’re in this transitional period where traditional consoles are still coming out, but the market doesn’t look... |
When Rogers Communications began promoting its Rogers@Home high-speed Internet service nearly a decade ago, the company branded it "the Internet on Cable." Years later, their service, as well as those of their competitors, is gradually morphing into "the Internet as Cable" as broadcasters, Internet service providers, a... | Payette. While cable television has its virtues -- some consumer choice, the ability to time shift programs by recording them with a VCR or PVR, and video on-demand offerings -- it is largely premised on limited consumer control. Cable distributors determine channel choices, geographic distribution, and commercial subs... |
Image caption Microsoft claims it would cost it $4bn a year if it met all of Motorola's licensing demands Microsoft has suffered a setback in a patent row over technologies used by its Xbox 360 games console. A judge at the US International Trade Commission has ruled that the firm infringed four patents owned by Motoro... | the H.264 video compression standard and wi-fi connectivity. Licensing fees This is just one of several cases involving about 50 intellectual properties that the smartphone maker says Microsoft should have licensed. Microsoft has said that if it met all of Motorola's demands it would face an annual bill of $4bn (£2.5bn... |
Dr Samuel Brisbane becomes first doctor in west African nation to die, as second US healthcare worker is infected One of Liberia's most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, a government official said on Sunday, and a second US healthcare worker has been infected in what the World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling... | served as a medical adviser to the former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, was working as a consultant with the internal medicine unit at the country's largest hospital, the John F Kennedy Memorial Medical Center in Monrovia. After falling ill, he was taken to a treatment centre on the outskirts of the capital, wher... |
Mazen Hajjar makes his 961 Beer in Beirut and exports it worldwide. Output is modest, at 200,000 cases last year. (961 BEER) “I’m the lunatic who makes beer in Lebanon!” announces Mazen Hajjar as he rises to extend his hand. That’s Lebanon in the Middle East — not Pennsylvania. Hajjar’s brewery, 961 Beer (named after t... | But this youthful 39-year-old has a remarkably varied résumé: Before brewing caught his fancy, he worked as a photographer covering the war in Serbia; he spent nine years as an investment banker; and he made an unsuccessful attempt to start the Middle East’s first low-fare airline. Within minutes we’re clinking glasses... |
BlackBerry Ltd. has created a new business unit that will combine some of its most innovative technology and patent portfolio as the company focuses away from handheld devices. The unit, to be called BlackBerry Technology Solutions, will be headed by Sandeep Chennakeshu, the former president of Ericsson Mobile Platform... | out much of its consumer-oriented businesses, sold real estate and laid off employees. He told employees earlier this month that the Waterloo, Ont.-based company — best known for its smartphones and email services — had completed its downsizing phase and was ready to make acquisitions and do some "modest" hiring in cer... |
Bernd Lange, the chairman of the European Parliament's important trade committee, has indicated that he now expects the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations will probably fail, following a major leak of confidential documents from the talks. Greenpeace Netherlands has released half of the ... | refused to do so. Even MEPs and MPs have faced extreme restrictions on what they are allowed to look at, copy, or even say when it comes to the US position. The new leak by an unknown whistleblower represents a major blow to US attempts to keep its negotiating demands confidential, and provides important information to... |
Previous Next I had gone to a lot of trouble to build my first phase of an army, all individuals with reasonably respectable backgrounds and some degree of know-how. It had required planning, subverting the gangs of a small city, subverting Fray’s plans, and then weeks and months of acclimatizing the students to life b... | already petered out. We were in the process of creeping up on a row of apartments where our guys’ carriages were still parked outside, only half of the bags still mounted on them. “Against a tenth their number,” I said. “There’s no evidence of that,” Jessie said. “There’s no telling what their numbers are.” Our guys we... |
Gambling addiction was a contributing factor in nearly 130 suicides in Victoria over the past decade, according to figures released by the Victorian coroner. The report identified 128 gambling-related suicides between January 2000 and December 2012. Almost all – 126 – were of people with a gambling addiction, while two... | their lives, of the remaining 23 deaths, 19 were linked to poker machine addiction. Two deaths were linked to TAB gambling, one to online gambling and one to roulette wheels. In addition to the suicides, the coroner reported two murders linked to problem gambling, in which someone with a gambling addiction killed their... |
FOR a politician whose party leader called a General Election because the opinion polls told her that she’d get a whopping majority, only to discover once the votes were in that she’d lost the slender majority that she had, you’d think that Ruth Davidson would be a bit more circumspect about demanding that parties in p... | Tory would have learned their lesson about relying on opinion polls, but not Ruth. It’s not even as though the opinion poll in question, which purportedly showed that 60 per cent of people oppose another independence referendum, was unbiased and neutral. It asked a ridiculously leading question, a question phrased in s... |
Detailed Response Book of Mormon Elder Christofferson Quote The absence of evidence is not proof. Here’s one small example: Matthew Roper in a FairMormon Blog on June 17, 2013, writes about a criticism repeated many times over the years about the mention of steel in the Book of Mormon. In 1884, one critic wrote, “Laban... | the Book of Mormon has pointed out the many cultural and historical anachronisms, such as the steel sword of Laban in 600 B.C.” We had no answer to these critics at the time, but as often happens in these matters, new discoveries in later years shed new light. Roper reports, “It is increasingly apparent that the practi... |
Society says that once a woman becomes a wife, has kids or reaches a certain age then they are no longer allowed to express their sexuality. Women who breach this outdated social norm are slut-shamed, condemned, criticised and judged for the way they dress, act and speak. They say ‘Is that dress really appropriate for ... | a bad role model for young women.’ They say ‘you have no self-respect.’ Well, the star who needs no introduction. The one and only Madonna recently posted a number of semi-nude photos onto her Instagram under the caption “Still Acting my Age!!!” accompanied by some choice words: “How do i know I’m still acting my Age? ... |
Protesters take to the street in Chicago after recent grand jury decisions in police-involved deaths in New York, Cleveland and Ferguson, Mo. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Congress reauthorized legislation this week that will require states to report the number of people killed during an arrest or while in po... | expired in 2006. Scott has attempted to reauthorize the bill unsuccessfully four times since then. The first time the bill was passed, it took years for data to start coming in, and it expired shortly thereafter, Scott said. "It's the way government works," he said. "You're trying to get local governments to make perio... |
Photo Read in Chinese | 点击查看本文中文版 Andrew G. Walder is a sociologist at Stanford University who has written extensively on the Cultural Revolution and life in Maoist China. His latest book, “China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed,” published this year by Harvard University Press, incorporates the latest scholarship on t... | this bleak picture, Mr. Walder helps explain why in the late 1970s, after Mao’s death, China embarked on far-reaching market-oriented economic liberalization — the basis for its prosperity and power today. In an interview, he discussed how the Communist victory in the civil war informed Mao’s approach to politics, who ... |
(CNN) When it comes to shocking developments in the winding probe into President Donald Trump's campaign, the 2016 election, the Russians, hacking, allegations of collusion, and who-knows-what-else, the revelation on Thursday that special counsel Robert Mueller had issued grand jury subpoenas somehow managed to feel li... | triggered by Moscow's meddling, is now expanding. Mueller is on the money trail, with an eye on Trump and his associates' financial ties to Russia . That is a potential rabbit hole that could lead to some very weird places, including those with no bearing or relation to the 2016 election. So again, while the panel will... |
Robbins v. Lower Merion School District U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Full case name Blake J. Robbins, Michael E. Robbins and Holly S. Robbins, individually, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons v. Lower Merion School District, the Board of Directors of the Lower Merion School ... | is a federal class action lawsuit,[2] brought in February 2010 on behalf of students of two high schools in Lower Merion Township, a suburb of Philadelphia.[3] In October 2010, the school district agreed to pay $610,000 to settle the Robbins and parallel Hasan lawsuits against it.[1] The suit alleged that, in what was ... |
Holy crap. Hockey is almost here. That means it's time to brush up on who's who when it comes to the Detroit Red Wings. What have we covered so far? The grinders have been checked off the list. Whether you prefer the wingers or centers. We've got you covered. If you're looking to read about the defensmen that we wish w... | still got a lot of experience to gain at the NHL level. Danny DeKeyser #65 / Defenseman / Detroit Red Wings Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Born: Mar 7, 1990 The Danny that we actually like and want on this team just happens to be the Danny that isn't even signed yet. The 24-year-old is still relatively inexperienced when it c... |
Quote of the Day: “Opposing the status quo generates a cloak of media invisibility regardless of party or ideology.” – Steve Dasbach, co-founder, DownsizeDC.org Lately, we’ve gotten a lot of messages accusing us of being mean-spirited Republicans. Let me be blunt in response . . . We don’t like political parties. We be... | leading Republicans do you know who would post ALL of the following new ACTION ITEMS on their blog? Frankly, the GOP is part of the problem in every one of these instances… 1. Now Playing At Security Theater: The Sting Did you know that most terrorist plots are concocted by the FBI? Want to see the proof, and then do s... |
More Than 2K Barrels Of Oil Will Continue To Flow, Even With Cap On BP’s successful capping of the damaged wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico is yet another temporary solution to the 12,000 – 30,000 or more barrels per day that have been spewing unto the ocean since April 20. According to the Deepwater Horizon respond comm... | a bad reputation at presenting factual numbers. When the math is done, however, the number of gallons that will continue to spew with the cap on will be: 2,000 to 4,000 barrels of oil per day. That’s still quite significant. Originally, the American people were led to believe that only 5,000 barrels of oil per day were... |
MYRIAD May 22-24, 2018 Details Musician, composer, and Mercury Prize nominated-producer Oneohtrix Point Never‘s world-building approach to creating works spans across the mediums of film, poetry, and visual art. Having just won the best Soundtrack Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for the film Good Time, Oneohtrix... | MoMA PS1 (2013), and Edinburgh International Festival (2015), amongst many others. Pulling from long-standing fascinations with film and television tropes, abstract sculpture, game ephemera, poetry, apocryphic histories, internet esoterica, and philosophies of being, MYRIAD generates a conceptual spectrum that is as mu... |
The Nasa 'space drink' that can rub out sun spots: Fruit juice developed to protect astronauts reduces wrinkles and reverses the telltale signs of ageing in four months These startling images may prove that a fruit drink developed by Nasa to protect astronauts from radiation can rejuvenate the skin. A groundbreaking st... | the trial, and again after four months of drinking two shots of AS10 a day. By the end UV spots were reduced by 30 per cent and wrinkles by 17 per cent. Out of this world: The dramatic effect of AS10 on pigmentation as seen through Visia photographs, before on the left and after on the right AS10 was developed as a nut... |
This article is going to be somewhat different in that I’m not really writing it for the typical embedded systems engineer. Rather it’s kind of a specialized topic, so don’t be surprised if you get bored and move on to something else. That’s fine by me. Anyway, let’s just jump ahead to the punchline. Here’s a numerical... | useful. Let’s start with a quick overview. 1. Denial Padé Approximants If you’ve done any studying of linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, you know that the transfer function of a time delay T is \( H(s) = e^{-sT} \). An exponential function. Very simple, but it’s kind of an oddball. That’s because most transfer functi... |
American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology released a statement about when and how to resume sex. Two groups are urging doctors to inform patients that sex is possible after a heart attack. (Photo11: Getty Images) Story Highlights Groups: Intimacy is possible after heart attack Sexual health is i... | Discussions should involve everything from when and how to resume sex, to what position might be best for some conditions or not advised for others, according to a consensus statement released Monday by the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology. It's billed as the first scientific statement ... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.