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Produced by Chris Young Ritzen, Tamara Weitzman and Patti Aronofsky
On Nov. 20, 2014, a jury in Seminole County, Florida, took less than three hours to convict Anita Smithey of second-degree murder. Anita admits she shot and killed her estranged husband, Robert Cline, but, she says, he was raping her and she thought h... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Lawrence Eugene Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier. A native of Camden, South Carolina and three-sport all-state athlete while in high school in Pater... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Shock and Awe
Gabe Newell is about to make a promise. It's 11am on an overcast morning in Bellevue, Washington, and Newell, the impresario behind Valve, lumbers into the company's starkly decorated 10th-floor conference room. He pulls out an Aeron chair, plops himself down, and runs his stubby hands through his reddis... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The Best Answers to Tough Interview Questions
Tell me about yourself.
This is really more of a request than a question. But these few words can put you on the spot in a way no question can. Many quickly lose control of the interview during the most critical time- the first five minutes. This is not the time to go int... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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Cop Accused Of Brutality—A 9th Time
by Melinda Tuhus & Thomas MacMillan | Jan 7, 2011 3:02 pm
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When Alvaro Garzon filed an official complaint accusing Officer Dennis O’Connell of choking and tasing him while he was han... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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newswire article coverage global faith & spirituality | imperialism & war | legacies Bush & MKULTRA Satanic killer who Bush pardoned while Governor, BOTH in same cult in '80s author: repost Bush covers up likely MKULTRA issues. Plus, Bush himself has been associated with mass murder Satan cult rings at Brownsville, Tex... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
I last visited McDowell County, West Virginia, over 40 years ago. Even then, I was already an outsider, a visitor to my family's past.
Sometime around 1950, my grandparents and all six of their grown children pulled up stakes and left McDowell behind. My grandfather bought a dairy farm 100 miles away in Clinchburg, Vi... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
In grammar, a future tense (abbreviated FUT) is a verb form that generally marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future. An example of a future tense form is the French aimera, meaning "will love", derived from the verb aimer ("love"). English does not have a fu... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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Do you remember the girl that made you feel the way that no one else could? The energy, excitement and tension that made you feel so alive and you wanted the moment to last forever.
Imagine being with this woman, getting along just perfect, deeply in love, and having a great connection every day.
Bliss…
If any of th... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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Whether you prefer your reading sexy and satirical, political and polarizing, or simply amusing, the year's best releases are guaranteed to hit the spot by providing some much-needed escapism, while challenging the status quo and sparking timely conversation. The best books of 2017 have guided us through this messy yea... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The OS and the disk
1: The client sends a write command to the database (data is in client's memory).
2: The database receives the write (data is in server's memory).
3: The database calls the system call that writes the data on disk (data is in the kernel's buffer).
4: The operating system transfers the write buff... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The Pawnee are a Plains Indian tribe who are headquartered in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Pawnee people are enrolled in the federally recognized Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. Historically, they lived in Nebraska and Kansas.[1] In the Pawnee language, the Pawnee people refer to themselves as Chatiks si chatiks or "Men of Men."[2]
H... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator.
October 2009
(This essay is derived from a talk at the 2009 Startup School.)
I wasn't sure what to talk about at Startup School, so I decided to ask the founders of the startups we'd funded. What hadn't I written about yet?
I'm in the unusual position of being ab... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Donna Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century," in Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (New York; Routledge, 1991), pp.149-181.
AN IRONIC DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR WOMEN IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
This chapter is an effort to build ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States. It was organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and carried out under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy in the wake of K... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Are you tired of big summer blockbusters ultimately just being an advert for the next instalment in the franchise? Are you fed up with incomprehensible CGI action scenes and two hour plus runtimes? Do you miss the days when a muscle-bound kickboxer with a strange European accent was a bigger box office draw than Iron M... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Official Party Document The veracity of this document is ensured by the National Council and editing of this page is limited to members of the National Council.
The Party also adopted several Position Statements that cut across and combine several aspects of this platform, or apply Pirate principles to a specific issu... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrawVulcan
Rabindranath Tagore "A mind all logic is like a knife all blade: it makes the hand bleed that wields it."
A Straw Vulcan is a straw man that is used to show that emotion is better than logic.
It starts by having characters who think "logically" try to solve a pr... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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Ivanpah Solar Plant. Photo: Kollibri terre Sonnenblume.
The deserts of the American Southwest have come under a new assault in the last decade. The few, fragmented areas of these austere, rugged, yet delicate landscapes that had managed to survive relatively intact from mining, ranching, military use (including nu... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
Reality continues to ruin my life.
Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
It’s psych... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Most life-long drug addiction begins during adolescence. Important structural and functional changes in brain occur during adolescence and developmental differences in forebrain dopamine systems could mediate a biologic vulnerability to drug addiction during adolescence. Studies investigating age differences in psychos... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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Trying to sort out GoPro editing software? You're in the right place! While GoPro makes it easy to shoot video, it takes the right software to edit all those clips into something useable and shareable. Learn about the best GoPro video editors for Windows and Mac (and Linux).
In this post, you'll le... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Introduction by Neal Gorenflo, Publisher of Shareable
One of the legacies of socialist “Red Vienna” in the 1920s is a huge stock of quality housing owned by the city available at below-market rates. This not only makes affordable housing widely available, it keeps a lid on overall housing prices. This undoubtedly adds... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Right, Tatum, Julez, and I had an interesting little convo last night involving Harry Potter ... it's sexy. pixxxie87: Can you believe it?? CherryVixxen840: what? CherryVixxen840: pigs are flying? pixxxie87: about Christina pixxxie87: my little buddy's growing up pixxxie87: *sobs* pixxxie87: j/k CherryVixxen840: oh...f... | blog | human-written | 1 |
Editor's note: This story was updated on November 22, 2016.
In 2011, the Arab Spring changed the region and the world: Ordinary people lost their fear and shattered the perception that their rulers were invincible.
In Tunisia, the now famous “jasmine revolution” began with protests triggered by the self-immolation of... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
A COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) is herein exposed, including a series of illegal projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as overseen by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The aim of this "black-op" is to investigate and disrupt dissident political organizations with... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The Toledo Auto-Lite strike was a strike by a federal labor union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) against the Electric Auto-Lite company of Toledo, Ohio, from April 12 to June 3, 1934.
The strike is notable for a five-day running battle between nearly 10,000 strikers and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Gu... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
“Alpinism is the art of freedom,” wrote Voytek Kurtyka, the great Polish alpinist who redefined the limits of Himalayan climbing and exploration in the 1980s.
Voytek is perhaps best known for his alpine-style first ascent of the Shining Wall on Gasherbrum IV with Robert Schauer in 1985. Their harrowing ascent had them... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
What a week for prospects! Dansby Swanson was promoted by Atlanta, Yulieski Gurriel was promoted by Houston and Alex Bregman is starting to look like a stud again. Obviously there are going to be some owners scared of Gurriel just because every Houston Astros’ prospect promoted this season has struggled early, but the ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
A/RES/43/58 71st plenary meeting 6 December 1988 Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories A The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and by the principles and provisio... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
This one’s important, so read it and grok. You either know it already, great, or it’s news and you may not believe me. Even if you don’t believe, keep it in mind for the day you see dark edges around your cutouts or decals, or mipmap levels that are clearly too dark.
The short version: if you want your renderer to pro... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
He is also forthright on worldly matters that he deems important. He dedicated the Fourth Symphony last year to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was an oil oligarch before he ran afoul of Vladimir Putin, the former president and current premier of Russia; since 2003, Khodorkovsky has been imprisoned for fraud and tax evasion.... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Pushing Swift to the Server
Chris Bailey at Swift Summit San Francisco, 2016
Transcript
Chris : Okay, while we get that set up. Yes, I'm Chris Bailey. I'm part of the Swift @ IBM engineering team. We've been working on Swift since its announcement as open source in December last year, looking at how to help Swift co... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor.[1] He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936, 1938, and 1940, making him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards.
Early life [ edit ]
Brennan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, less than two miles from h... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The late-career arc of Steve Bannon, Washington insider, was by any measure a supreme anticlimax. Bannon, you may recall, was unceremoniously nudged out of the White House back in the late summer, and in lieu of easing into a lucrative lobbying job or academic sinecure he resumed his prior office as head of the right-w... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
During World War I and World War II, the Swiss Confederation maintained armed neutrality. Consequently, it was of considerable interest to belligerent states as the scene for diplomacy, espionage, and commerce. Additionally, it was a safe haven for refugees.
World War I [ edit ]
Alliances in Europe in 1915. Switzerla... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Dozens of new students crowded into a lobby of the University of Delaware's student center at the start of the academic year. Many were stylishly attired in distressed jeans and bright-colored sneakers; half tapped away silently on smartphones while the rest engaged in boisterous conversations. Eavesdropping on those c... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
It’s the most explosive question of the 2016 presidential campaign: Could Hillary Clinton get indicted for her handling of sensitive materials through her home email server?
A POLITICO review of dozens of recent federal investigations for mishandling of classified records suggests that it’s highly unlikely — but not i... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Disgruntled Defense of the Ancients 2 players even made an incarnation of their frustration with the lack of Diretide up for download to the game. (Photo by Steam)
Just before Halloween, a commentator covering Valve's most popular game, Defense of the Ancients 2 (Dota 2), tweeted it would not have the seasonal event "... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
There has been no spectacle in the history of televised sport as compelling and atrocious as the night of 29 May 1985, when 39 Italians were killed on the terraces of the Heysel stadium, Brussels, in the murderous prelude to a European Cup final.
It should have been a balmy evening of festival and triumph between Live... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Blood On the Tracks
Photography by Marley Kate | Styling by Grant Woolhead
In a pop world dominated by sneering EDM sexpots, roaring cartoon pinup girls, and self-aggrandizing hip-hop filthmasters, Devonté Hynes is an anomaly. The singer, songwriter, and producer’s music — a sleek, midtempo blend of R&B, funk, old-sc... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor
Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is a British business magnate, media personality, politician and political adviser.[5][6] According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sugar became a billionaire in 2015. In 2016 his fortune was estimate... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Throughout Europe and North America, a considerable portion of the contemporary radical scene takes for granted the notion that animal liberation is an integral part of revolutionary politics. Many talented and dedicated activists in anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian movements came to political maturity in the con... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
May 18, 2017
Paul Le Blanc , the author of numerous books, including Lenin and the Revolutionary Party and Left Americana: The Radical Heart of U.S. History , surveys accounts and profiles of the Russian revolutionary leader from through the years, in an article based on a planned talk for an upcoming conference in Bu... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
For another ship of the same name, see ARA General Belgrano (1896)
ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982.
Originally commissioned by the U.S. as USS Phoenix, she saw action in the Pacific theatre of World War II before being sold by the United States Navy to Argentin... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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From the Spring 2012 Speaking in Tongues issue
By Christa Hasenkopf
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia—As the sun rises over the frozen steppes, mothers and grandmothers across Mongolia emerge from their homes—white, felt-covered, round ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Washington, DC, January 24, 2014 – A recently declassified transcript of a telephone conversation (telcon) between Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President Gerald Ford in December 1975 indicates tensions between Kissinger and Donald Rumsfeld's Defense Department over the SALT II arms control agreement. Telling ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
She is 74 years old, and she is ripped.
Sculpted deltoids, carved biceps and a stomach chiseled into a glorious six-pack that rises and falls into magnificent little hills and valleys.
It is the first thing you notice when you see Ernestine Shepherd in the front of the class, teaching body sculpting at a gym north of... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The following is a little more than I normally write… I have been working on this for a few months now and it is finally complete. Enjoy!
TL;DR Mad Max: Fury Road isn’t MEDIOCRE
“Mad Max: Fury Road” isn’t good, great, or even fantastic. “Mad Max: Fury Road” (I will refer to it as MMFR from now on) is a modern masterp... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
A degree of mystery attends the buildup to my meeting with Abel Tesfaye, the 26-year-old Ethiopian-Canadian who for some time now – ever since his stealth emergence as a recording artist in Toronto in 2010 – has been making varied, often exceptional, ever more popular music under the assumed name of the Weeknd. It is e... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Stardust was a 390 kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2, as well as samples of cosmic dust, and return these to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En route to comet Wild 2, the... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
On-Field Economics
During the hot stove season, there is a lot of discussion about which teams are major players in the free agent market and who can really benefit from the big names that are out there in any given year. Since this talk is among members of the media and the public, it’s safe to say that only the fans... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
November 10, 2009
IN YOUR new book, you allude to right-wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, which promote a "free market" ideology. How successful have these organizations been in shaping public attitudes about capitalism? Do you think that attitudes are beginning to ch... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The 20th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival is going on now from Sept. 25-Nov. 16, 2015. It’s the first time in the festival’s 20-year-history that global marketplace experiences, now numbering more than 30, have expanded from the park’s World Showcase into Future World.
Here are our Top 10 Must Eats of t... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
1. The Many Forms of Friendship
Utility friendships: This a relationship between two or more individuals whose primary value lies in the instrumental gains that can be achieved through the friendship by one or more of those individuals. For instance, you might value your wealthy friends not so much for who they are bu... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Local on the 8s Also known as Local Forecast (1982–1996, 1998–2002) Created by The Weather Channel Based on Weather forecast Narrated by Dan Chandler (1987–1995)
Allen Jackson (2000–2015; IntelliStar and WeatherSTAR XL systems only)
Jim Cantore (2010–present; IntelliSTAR 2 systems only) Composer(s) Various Country of... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Attempt to locate the e-mail sent to you when you first registered, check your username and password and try again. It is possible an administrator has deactivated or deleted your account for some reason. Also, many boards periodically remove users who have not posted for a long time to reduce the size of the database.... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Mapuche or Mapudungun[6] (from mapu 'land' and dungun 'speak, speech') is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from mapu 'land' and che 'people'). It is also spelled Mapuzugun and Mapudungu. It was formerly known as Araucanian,[6] the name given to the Mapuc... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
On a sweltering afternoon, an unmarked white jetliner taxies to a remote terminal at the international airport here and disgorges dozens of criminal deportees from the United States. Marshals release the handcuffed prisoners, who shuffle into a processing room.
Of the 70 passengers, at least four are members of Mara S... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The UK road tax system, or Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) frequently changes. Given road tax generates around £5 billion a year for government coffers, small tweaks to the system can yield significant losses or gains in duty for the Treasury.
In April 2017, for example, the carbon dioxide-based road tax system was replaced... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
“We want to emphasise the lesson often repeated by history, that it is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas. Great empires crumbled while the ideas survived, Bourbons and Czars fell, while the revolution marched ahead triumphantly.”
– Bhagat Singh, Red Pamphlet.
References in the slogans of (rowdy) ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
It’s strange to see the media turn its attention to places like my hometown in coal-country Pennsylvania and find that my experience there, as part of the non -white working class, is still invisible.
BuzzFeed News / Flickr Creative Commons / Via Flickr: macgodbrad The Market Street Bridge over the Susquehanna River i... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
It seemed like one of those mad questions that only arises after a few many drinks or one too many comments on the internet.
Who would win in a fight, controversial yet talented dual code rugby superstar Sonny Bill Williams or erstwhile world title challenger Frans “The White Buffalo” Botha?
And yet here I was, watch... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Nine Minutes
Summary: During the final fight with Crocodile, Luffy makes a mistake and ends up dead. His heart stops beating for over nine minutes, before he is finally resuscitated. Who knew what a difference those nine minutes would make?
This story begins during Chapter 209, or Episode 126, and provides an alterna... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
President Barack Obama’s late April visits to Asian countries were assessed in Korean papers as an attempt to make the “pivot” to Asia more sophisticated with special emphasis on their implications for the Korean Peninsula. The increasing nuclear threats from the DPRK, the more complicated geopolitics in the Northeast ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Who’s your daddy? It’s a fair question. A meta-study published in 2006 by a University of Oklahoma anthropology professor estimated that 30 percent of men who have low paternity confidence about a child were justified in their suspicions. Even among men with high paternity confidence (that is, they’re married to the mo... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
The Bourne Legacy is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Tony Gilroy, and is the fourth installment in the series of films adapted from the Jason Bourne novels originated by Robert Ludlum and continued by Eric Van Lustbader, being preceded by The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
1) The model is not described very well. It is difficult to understand how the simulation model worked. It does not seem to be possible, based on the material in the paper, to reproduce the figures, for example: What is N? Is it a multiple of T? Why not have N=T? What is the vertical axis in Figure 4? How does the RP w... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
An in-depth Spinoff investigation reveals exactly who invented What Now gunge and unravels the mystery of the secret recipe. Calum Henderson reports.
“I was gunged while wearing a huge chicken suit in 1999.”
“I was gunged in the presence of Lana Coc-Kroft.”
“I was gunged on completion of the High Flyers course durin... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
No statistical methods were used to predetermine sample size.
Sample acquisition
Metagenomic samples were obtained from the following locations: AB (Aarhus Bay, Denmark), LC (Loki’s Castle hydrothermal vent field)51, LCB (Lower Culex Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA)52, RP (Radiata Pool, Ngatamariki, New Zealand... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Being an entrepreneur comes with benefits – a big one being job satisfaction. This makes sense as business owners tend to start their companies around topics they enjoy. Being successful in your role is dependent on how you handle situations – but also, how you learn. Learning how to learn is important in every facet, ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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The Dodge Spirit R/T: 224 Horsepower Four-Cylinder Sedan
In 1989, the Dodge Spirit was introduced to provide reliable transportation in a traditionally styled four-door sedan, building on the architecture of the Reliant. Enthusiasts ignored it, though it gained a following among normal customers.
Then, i... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Christmas trees are burned in a fire pit at Seattle's Golden Gardens beach park in what has become an annual post-Christmas tradition. During the event people bring trees, most via bicycle, as part of a weekly bike ride organized by .83, an online group for cyclists. About 100 bicycle riders carried the trees to the po... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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AMY GOODMAN: As we continue our coverage of Edward Snowden on the run, looking for political asylum, the foreign minister of Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño, is in Vietnam holding a news conference as we broadcast. He’s holding it in Spanish, but the rough translat... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
HOUSTON -- Chris Myers leans over his baby Keane, cradled in his wife's arm in Room 18 of Memorial Hermann Hospital.
When they named him Keane, they didn't know the name's roots meant "fighter" and "handsome." Between his parents, still groggy and numb, the 6-month-old boy continues to fight through his next challenge... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
“My dear Lydia Lova – You will not remember me but I remember you so well. We were at Ravensbrück together. I just want to say how very happy I am for you that the French Government have recognized all the good you have done for France and for all of us. I read yesterday that you were given the Légion d’Honneur by Gene... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Blackmoon. Monthly Digest. December, 2017
Blackmoon Blocked Unblock Follow Following Dec 13, 2017
Blackmoon Crypto team is anticipating 2018 and thinking big by introducing profound changes into a yet somewhat chaotic but quickly emerging crypto universe as we currently know it. So please fasten your seat belts and g... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Parking at Bedrock.LA is an exercise in inefficiency. Rather than conform to normalcy, the designers of the inconspicuous Echo Park studio doubled the spaces lengthwise, leaving visitors with three options: block someone in, submit yourself to obstruction, or be that jackass who uses two spaces.
Though he sits at his ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a little chat I did with Ms. Thelma Schoonmaker. While she's most famous within movie fan circles as being the brilliant editor who cuts all of Martin Scorsese's films, Ms. Schoonmaker is also a passionate film advocate and has spent a great deal of time restoring classics alongside Scors... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Relentlessly resourceful.
This is the essential quality of a good startup founder according to Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator. When asked by Forbes what he looks for in founders, four out of the five elements relate to resourcefulness. He’s written two essays (Relentlessly Resourceful & A Word to the Resourcef... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Today marks the publication of the 50th review in my ImmerseOrDie indie book review series. For those who don’t regularly follow it, the premise is simple: every morning I step onto my treadmill, open a new indie ebook, and begin my daily walk, reading the book for as long as I can maintain my immersion. When that imme... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
by Genevieve Valentine
Author spotlight
So hook yourself up to an airship
Strap on your mask and your knife
For the wide open skies are a-calling
And oh, it’s a glorious life!
—Conductors Recruitment Advertisement, 1890
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The balloon of a Phoenix-class airship is better than any view from its cabin windows; hal... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Content warning: This post contains discussion and accounts of trafficking, debt bondage, and exploitation, both in the context of sex trafficking and trafficking in another industry. There are also brief references to experiences of domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, custody loss, structural violence from cri... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Tatsuo Kimura Sensei Instructing
“Sagawa Sensei entered the world of Aiki when he was 17 years old. However, his younger brother Hiroshi Sagawa, said, ‘My brother could throw anyone when he was 17 years old, but it was after he became 50 that he reached Takeda Sensei’s level where the hands of his opponent no longer l... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
THANK YOU!
We are so grateful for all of your support in helping us reach our $35,000 goal! With your help, the Never Built New York exhibition will be on view from September 17, 2017 to February 18, 2018. We cannot thank you enough!
$50K STRETCH GOAL
Now we are thrilled to announce a stretch goal of $50,000 to help... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Nadezhda Kevorkova has worked at RT since 2010, before which she was a special correspondent for ‘Novaya gazeta,’ ‘Nezavisimaya gazeta,’ and ‘Gazeta.’ Kevorkova has also worked extensively in Russian mass-media. As a war correspondent, she covered the Arab Spring, military and religious conflicts, and the anti-globaliz... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
"We don't believe the NSA has come near our data… We have a tremendous amount of thought and procedures and security around customer data." - Devin Wenig, president, eBay Marketplace
“Unlike other e-commerce companies, eBay is one of the only ones that provides law enforcement with information on a simple request inst... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
(This was originally posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007)
I recently re-read the amazing paper Why Functional Programming Matters (“WhyFP”). Although I thought that I understood WhyFP when I first read it a few years ago, when I had another look last weekend I suddenly understood that I had missed an important message.
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During the making of Moon there was a place that I'm sure many people would have loved to visit and so I thought I'd try and give you more of an idea of what it was like there. The place is Bill Pearsons' model shop on the Shepperton Studios lot and depending on your viewpoint it is either a cramped, cold, messy shed t... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
February 13, 2009 at 17:18 Tags Articles , Pygame tutorial
This is part IV of the "Writing a game in Python with Pygame" tutorial.
Back to the Creeps After a digression into the exciting world of path-finding in the previous part, we're now back to our "Creeps" game. Here's a screenshot of our final product for this ... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
Chris Bosh spent the worst week of his life lying in a bed at Baptist Hospital in Miami, listening to the slow drip of fluid leaking from his lungs and wondering if he’d ever be able to play basketball again. “Not be able to play, not be able to live,” Bosh says. “It was that close. It was that serious.” He lifts his T... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
In 2014, we published a list of video game people to follow on Twitter. I’m not sure I’d give the same advice today.
Twitter is a very different place than it used to be in 2014, when our list of which video game people to follow was originally published. Sometimes it’s a laugh riot of interesting jokes and affection.... | openwebtext | human-written | 1 |
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