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WA mining lobby wins again, will households now wear cost of budget repair?
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Gold-mining families, workers and bosses stood united on the steps of Western Australia's Parliament House this week.
It was a show of force by the powerful Chamber of Minerals and Energy, designed to kill off a planned royalty hike t... |
Garrison Keillor suffered a nocturnal brain seizure over the weekend. The "Prairie Home Companion" host revealed the incident on his Facebook page Thursday afternoon.
According to his publicist, David O'Neill, Keillor was treated in Washington D.C. before doing shows this past Friday and Saturday. He is doing fine, O'... |
BRITAIN’S top general in NATO has warned Russia may have committed an act of war which could trigger World War 3.
GETTY RUSSIA: NATO could deem election hacking an 'act or war' warned General Sir Adrian Bradshaw
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, the deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said “blatant aggression” by Russ... |
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was the keynote speaker at the Washington Policy Center’s annual dinner in Bellevue. Outside, speakers railed against DeVos and her ideas.
In a hotel ballroom in Bellevue on Friday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called on Washington residents to fight for more school choice. Inside th... |
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Thousands of Sudanese called for the overthrow of veteran President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Saturday, spurred on by an opposition trying to stoke an Arab Spring style uprising.
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir stands for the national anthem on arrival at Bole International airport for the... |
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Looking back on my gameplay statistics from 2016, I was surprised to see the variety of people I played with. I played games on two continents, with several different play groups, and with player counts ranging from one to eight. But my most frequent player count by far was two. And my most frequent opponent? My wife. ... |
Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness the end of Mel Gibson's career: The recording of Gibson telling his ex-girlfriend she resembles a "fucking pig in heat" and would be "raped by a pack of niggers" has emerged online.
[Warning: The recording contains lots of profanity, so turn down your speakers or put your... |
The straightforward nature of balloons has long been appealing. In fact, they powered the very first space race. In 1931, a balloon lifted Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer to the stratosphere in a pressurized capsule, a feat described in the August 1931 issue of Popular Science as an “adventure [that] surpasses fiction.... |
This is a guest post from Douglas Schwartz, President of ELV Motors.
2014 was the turning point for electric bicycles at the Sea Otter Classic.
Frank Yohannan, President and CEO of the Sea Otter Classic, believes North America will follow Europe with embracing electric bicycles.
Throughout the four-day event, electr... |
A federal court this week said the Internal Revenue Service’s inspector general is not exempt from disclosure rules as it investigates whether the White House received unauthorized access to protected taxpayer information.
Judge Amy Jackson, with the U.S. District Court in Washington, ordered the Treasury Inspector Ge... |
Heather Whitten’s photo of her husband comforting their son in the shower went viral, and after a single complaint, they’ve been investigated by child services and the police.
In 2014, Heather Whitten took the most beautiful photo of her husband and her young son Fox. the one-year-old boy was sick with diarrhoea and v... |
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Getty Images/Stephen Brashear Microsoft is cutting about 10% of its global sales force, the company announced Thursday, confirming earlier reports of a mass layoff.
With about 50,000 people in the Microsoft sales organization, that could mean up to 5,000 jobs cut. CNBC reports that the num... |
Five Nights at Freddy's is heading to bookstores: Designer Scott Cawthon revealed on the game's Steam forum that a novelization of the popular horror series will arrive in 2016.
Cawthon and an unnamed professional writer are collaborating on the Five Nights at Freddy's book, which will release first as an e-book. It w... |
Mobile food trucks from Sacramento and other Northern California cities will gather under the freeway at Sixth and W on Saturday, April 26th, for SactoMoFo 7 . Personally, I can't wait! I love having the opportunity to check out the vegan options offered at many of these food trucks. This year's lineup even includes an... |
ALEPPO, Syria — At 3:30 a.m. Sept. 23, Syrians heard the first strikes of the international alliance against the locations of the Islamic State (IS) and others the United States considers terror groups.
In the northern Aleppo countryside, where confrontations continue between IS and the rebels along a front line that ... |
DNC Passes Resolution to Support #BlackLivesMatter – The Next Day They Chant “Pigs in a Blanket”
** 23 police officers have been gunned down this year, so far, in the line of duty.
Black Lives Matter protesters marched in Minnesota this weekend chanting, “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon.”
The panderers at the ... |
THE masters of the universe have been humbled. Over the past ten years, hedge-fund managers have underperformed not just the stockmarket, but inflation as well. After fees, investors in the average hedge fund have received a return of just 17% (see article). Where should investors now look for zippier returns?
The med... |
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Luca Waldschmidt’s 88th-minute header sealed Hamburg’s Bundesliga survival and condemned opponents Wolfsburg to a relegation play-off.
Wolfsburg, who won the title in 2008-09 and reached the Champions League quarter-finals just last season, must tackle the third-placed team from German... |
Opera made waves back in April when it announced the addition of unlimited free VPN service to its desktop web browser. VPN, or virtual private networking, is a technology that allows people to mask their actual IP addresses by routing their internet traffic through a third-party server. This way, any software that mig... |
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Liven up your party, wedding, or any celebration -- add Crazy Party String. Instead of singing Happy Birthday ... spray Crazy String that is very silly for parties. Instead of rice ... spray Crazy String. Instead of boring decorations ... spray some Silly Cr... |
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Will North Korea conduct a nuclear test in coming days? And will the United States punish it with a military strike, as Donald Trump pledged as one of the options to curb the North's nuclear ambitions?
Any military clash between the two countries could lead to the worst-case scenario of a full-sc... |
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Queensland’s licensed firearm dealers have voted to ‘strike’, and force police to shoulder the processing of up to 20,000 firearm transfers a year, over what they see as a blank refusal by the state government... |
Is there anything more “Wisconsin” than the Friday fish fry? No, no there is not. The weekly ritual of trekking out to your favorite supper club and ordering a plate of deep-fried cod—with the state-mandated sides of coleslaw and rye bread—is so ingrained in Wisconsin culture that it’s weird to think that other folks d... |
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[Seattle, WA] At 2:45pm PDT yesterday (October 10, 2012) a federal judge for Washington’s Western district ordered that Leah-Lynn Plante be remanded into federal custody for her refusal to provide federal grand jury testimony regarding activists in the Northwest. At 5pm PDT Leah-Lynn was moved to the ... |
The Witcher 3 patch 1.07 may miss this week's release [Update: CD Projekt Red responds] Even though CD Projekt Red said patch 1.07 should be released this week, they may have hinted at its delay just a few days ago.
CD Projekt Red was originally expected to release its “very large update” across all platforms this wee... |
The Committee says BT has exploited its position to make strategic decisions that "favour the Group's priorities and interests" - and is likely to have sacrificed shareholder value and customer benefit as a result. Capital investment in Openreach has been broadly flat since 2009 until this year, and quality of service ... |
WALTHAM -- The moment Marcus Smart left him behind, Jaylen Brown knew the trash talk was coming.
The two Boston Celtics youngsters were playing a game of three-dribble 1-on-1 after practice Friday afternoon. They had just gotten done bickering about whether Brown had taken three or four dribbles on one of his moves wh... |
Two officers who were trying to do a good deed ended up arresting a man Wednesday in connection with a stabbing death.
Mykel Cantrel Cooper, 23, ordered and ate a meal at a Phoenix IHOP, but he couldn’t pay for it, so employees called the cops, reports KPHO.
When they arrived on the scene, the two police officers pai... |
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Here’s a question from our good friend Gloria Furman, if it works, great. If not, no problem. Let’s hit record and see what happens. “Hi Pastor John, I think it’s great that you love Grape Nuts so much. When we were kids, my sisters and I would be made to eat Grape Nuts on occasion. We never appreciat... |
Charges: Woman bludgeoned, raped at Burien apartment complex The defendant also grabbed a teenager's bottom and peeped at girls at the pool, court records say
A 19-year-old woman was bludgeoned and sexually assaulted in the gym of her Burien apartment complex last month, causing serious injuries to her face and head. ... |
For a futurist, Richard Watson has funny ideas about time. The British writer and lecturer teaches students, governments, and businesses “disruptive futurology,” or how to think about tomorrow, while rifling through month-old Sunday papers—in print!—skimming dated headlines.
When I met him, Watson had just delivered t... |
The Vatican has been given another hostile interrogation by a United Nations committee over its record on clerical sex abuse.
One member after another of the committee against torture brushed aside the Holy See's argument that its obligation to enforce the UN convention against torture stopped at the boundaries of the... |
"We took quite a shellacking from people saying, 'How dare you support this bigot, womanizer, horrible man?' " says drummer Sy Seyler. "But I was like, 'Hey, you missed it: This is a celebration of the democratic process.'"
With news that Bruce Springsteen tribute band B-Street Band has pulled out of Thursday's Garden... |
Champions Scarlets will end 2017 as Wales' top region in the Pro14
Welsh domestic rugby says goodbye to 2017 with a final round of holiday derbies on New Year's Eve.
The matches ring out the old year which saw a Welsh team win the title for the first time in five seasons, but others struggled.
Champions Scarlets go ... |
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members pushed on Friday for the human rights situation in North Korea to be added to the council’s agenda and for a formal meeting to be held this month, a move that cannot be blocked by Pyongyang ally China.
A U.N. Commission of Inquiry report in F... |
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Charles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerBrennan fires back at 'selfish' Trump over Harry Reid criticism Trump rips Harry Reid for 'failed career' after ex-Dem leader slams him in interview Harry Reid: 'I don't see anything' Trump is doing right MORE (D-N.Y.) wants the entire Senate to meet n... |
In Brussels, the order of the day is compromise.
In scenes that can sometimes invoke ideas of the grand bargains on Capitol Hill in D.C., the EU 28 Member States need to find agreement. Additionally, seven political groups also need to cobble-together a consensus and finally, nations and parties need to find an [un]ha... |
Donuts are awesome. They’ve never really taken off here in the UK in the same way as in the US, but when we come across something as epic as this donut we’re excited! Instagram user Archie Hemmingway shared this fantastic Facehugger donut which he created for his girlfriend. He explains ““She loves Sigourney Weaver mor... |
It’s day one of the Scientology studies conference that’s been organized in Toronto by Jon Atack, and we’ve already had a blast. Yesterday, we arrived and began hanging out with a stellar list of people who appear regularly in stories here at the Underground Bunker.
When, for example, do you expect to find Gerry Armst... |
By Rebecca Kelley
It’s hard for an actor to establish himself among thousands of others who are all trying to make a name for themselves in show business, and even the most distinguished, well known actors who have been in some of the greatest movies in history have hammed it up in front of the camera out of desperati... |
"So to think about having to build that type of relationship with two people or more at the same time, that's a lot of work. It's not for the faint of heart."
Comedian DeRay Davis has not one but two live in girlfriends. “Living with two women in a polyamorous relationship is perfectly fine, and people shouldn’t be sh... |
If you’re looking to unwind over tapas and vino at Starbucks after a long day at the office, be prepared for a latte agita.
On Wednesday, the Seattle-based coffee chain unveiled a new campaign: “Starbucks Evenings,” featuring a menu of “savory small plates” and “a thoughtful selection of wine and craft beer” after 4 p... |
Fights during the latest Lunar New Year holiday have sent more than 5,000 people to hospital across Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Health.
While t he total number of fatalities has not been revealed, the ministry said on a certain peak day, there were 11 deaths out of 900 people hospitalized for injuries from f... |
Last mailbag from me for a couple weeks. Enjoy. And follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter.
Lawrence in Inglewood, Calif., writes: Each week, I scroll through the mailbag, hoping to see a Cal logo, and alas, nothing. So here's this: Sonny Dykes didn't get stupid overnight, and we all know about the injuries. Art "Not Andy"... |
Preface & Chapter 1 here. Chapter 3 here. Chapter 4 here.
On December 16, 2005, Lydia Cacho, barely recovered from the kidney failure, pneumonia and bronchitis which had put her in critical care two months earlier, was driving to the shelter, back to work. She called shelter staff, per protocol, saying she’d arrive an... |
-`Re-adjusted` all of the casting, attacking, and movement animations so that they should more fully match the hero models. -Added Earthshaker -Added Shadow Fiend (thanks Wikid on ultimate) -Added Mogul Kahn -Added Tiny -Added Enigma -Finished Phantom Lancer -Fixed hotkeys for Sunrise Tavern -Moved Taverns around a lit... |
A Colorado gun magazine manufacturer is releasing enlarged high-capacity magazines before they become illegal in the state in two weeks.
Magpul Industries is giving customers a chance to purchase a 40-round version of its popular PMAG magazine while they still can.
“[T]he PMAG 40 provides 10 more rounds of capacity b... |
While YouTube can be a great platform for viewing quality family-friendly content, there are a lot of offensive videos on there too. No, I am not just talking about PewDiePie, although some of his content is arguably questionable. Actually, I am talking about videos from other creators that show blatant racism, sexism,... |
Workers lifted my car, painted yellow lines under it and put it down... then the wardens came and towed it away
Ruth Ducker always legally parks her Volkswagen Golf around the corner from her house, so it came as a shock when she discovered it had disappeared from its spot - and in its place was double yellow lines.
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No one expected much of anything to come from The Lego Movie. When first announced, the project seemed like nothing more than a soulless cash-in off of a name brand. Then the first trailer arrived and now The Lego Movie looks to be a huge breakout hit during this typically slow season. The reason for this can easily be... |
A White House review claims that Barack Obama was unaware the National Security Agency was monitoring the communications of 35 world leaders. The Wall Street Journal reports that the White House cut off a number of phone-taps once it was made aware of the extent of the surveillance program, but that some remain in plac... |
EDF Energy
The English poet William Blake once wrote that “Energy is an eternal delight”. But then poets have rarely been charged with keeping the lights on. Some 200 years later, energy — and how to produce and harness it — is on track to become the defining problem of a generation.
The latest dark satanic mill on t... |
Geoff Cameron is one step closer to the English Premier League.
According to multiple reports out of England, Stoke City and Major League Soccer have agreed on a $2.5 million transfer fee that would send the Houston defender abroad. Stoke are still negotiating personal terms with the U.S. national team centerback and ... |
Palestinian mourners gather around the body of five-month-old baby Faris al-Mahmoum during his funeral on 18 July in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Ashraf Amra APA images
The death toll from Israel’s assault on Gaza continues to rise rapidly.
At least 61 people, at least 12 of them children, were killed on Friday alone,... |
Tim Kuik, managing director of Dutch anti-piracy gang BREIN, has publicly admitted that he's currently using a Sony VAIO laptop previously confiscated from a 'hacker'. Although he doesn't elaborate on how he obtained the machine, it is hard not to conclude that it has been misappropriated.
BREIN has made a name for it... |
Image caption President Calderon said employment and education were key to reducing violence in Ciudad Juarez
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has said murders in the country's most violent city, Ciudad Juarez, almost halved since hitting a record in 2010, when more than 3,000 people died.
Mr Calderon said job creat... |
If you've ever wondered how you'd act in a real-life zombie apocalypse, Zero Latency will let you — happily or unhappily — find out.
The Melbourne-based company have developed a system they're calling "multiplayer free-roam" virtual reality gaming. I tried it Saturday during the gaming convention PAX Australia, and th... |
“She’s the number one reason why I’m even engaged in local politics. I think she’s changed the discourse in the city.”
Like any self-described “crackpot leftist,” Seattle comedian and writer Brett Hamil just can’t help but see the problems in our progressive city that’s growing wealthier by the day.
“You can either f... |
The BMW R-series has joined the Honda CB750 and Triumph Bonneville in the pantheon of custom motorcycle platforms. With a remarkably distinctive-looking engine and a bulky, high-capacity tank, it’s not a conventionally ‘pretty’ bike. But love it or loathe it, the big BMW sure looks the business.
This is the 27th build... |
In an open letter posted online, Democrats from the House Justice Committee have called for US president-elect Donald Trump's decision to appoint his son-in-law to a senior political adviser role to be reviewed.
The White House adviser role would see real estate billionaire Jared Kushner, who is married to Mr Trump's ... |
Club Obi Wan was a restaurant and nightclub in Shanghai, China in the 1930s. Housed in a multi-story building, the club featured fine dining and lavish entertainment productions for both Chinese and foreign patrons. The business was controlled by Lao Che.[2]
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In 1935, Willie Scott was a le... |
Much of the destruction is centered in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the East Württemberg region. Authorities said a volunteer firefighter was killed while trying to rescue a flooding victim - the man he was trying to save is listed as missing.
Separately, police said one person died in an underground car park in th... |
As someone who’s been a very happy Xbox 360 owner for the past six years, I was eagerly anticipating buying an Xbox One this coming holiday season as a sort of Christmas present to myself. The console’s specs look killer, its new TV set-top box features look like nice additions and its ability to make Skype calls throu... |
The Sam Darnold offseason hype train has shifted into another gear, and not just within the college football community.
The USC quarterback stole the show at an NFL Scouting Combine he didn't even participate in. At least one fan base has even embraced its pessimistic outlook in the near future due to the possibility ... |
(Newser) – A major fundraiser for Democratic candidates, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, was charged yesterday with using bogus documents to obtain a $74 million loan from Citigroup, Reuters reports. Hassan Nemazee, who did not enter a plea, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say he fo... |
For most, Boxing Day means sleeping in and microwaving leftovers. For bargain hunters, the holiday means getting up early to score deals on TVs and computers.
Back when Karon Liu and his sister were children, Boxing Day was the day that their family opened Christmas gifts. ( Karon Liu / Toronto Star )
For mall worker... |
This week's cover. Will post first thing in the morning. pic.twitter.com/UIgR97sHS9 — jim impoco (@jimpoco) January 28, 2015
Alas, poor Newsweek.
Once the Pepsi to Time's print newsweekly Coke, in recent years the venerable publication was passed around more than your HBOgo password, briefly married to The Daily Beas... |
CLEVELAND, Ohio – You already know how the players on the Indians' 40-man roster rank from No.39 through No.21. Now here's the final countdown from No.20 through No.1 through the eyes of beat writer Paul Hoynes.
A team's 40-man roster will change several times during the offseason as players are added and subtracted b... |
By its very nature, covert intelligence work creates almost insoluble problems for a democracy.
In a democracy, after all, power is exercised with the consent of the people. If the people don’t know about the powers being exercised, they can’t offer consent. But if they do know about the powers being exercised, those ... |
HEA unveils the cover of historical fantasy Starless by Jacqueline Carey, arriving June 12, 2018. We get to share an excerpt, too!
About Starless:
Jacqueline Carey is back with an amazing adventure not seen since her New York Times bestselling Kushiel’s Legacy series. Lush and sensual, Starless introduces us to an ep... |
It looks like The Standard, Common and Q-Tip’s super group, might have gotten a new all-star member.
In today’s edition of New York’s Daily News , it was revealed that the duo are interested in adding another MC to the crew and while it has not been confirmed yet, collaborator of both living legends, Nas, is most defi... |
'Mystery aircraft' over Texas draws speculation of real spy plane
The A-12 reconnaissance aircraft was built by Lockheed and tested in 1962. Photo: CIA.gov The A-12 reconnaissance aircraft was built by Lockheed and tested in 1962. Photo: CIA.gov Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close 'Mystery aircraft' over Texas draws specula... |
Sadiq Khan
is the mayor of London, UK. He also has a habit of telling the folks there that they shouldn’t be worried about terror attacks; should not blame the people responsible for it (Muslim scum); and that Londoners should just accept the destruction of their home, because “Terrorism is all part and parcel of livi... |
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Two people got arrested and had their bikes confiscated after riding recklessly in New Dorp on Tuesday afternoon.
About time.
The arrests were announced by the 122nd Precinct just hours after the Advance published photos of a group of 20 teens riding their bikes across three lanes of traffic on ... |
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I just checked my analytics tracking this afternoon with a pleasant surprise to see a nice little spike in my traffic. I don’t get all that much traffic so even a little spike is enough to get me excited. I have been writing some articles on Node.js lately but nothing too fancy nor have I focused ... |
Following the Lalit Modi controversy, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday cancelled her trip to London, reports NDTV.
She was to travel to London on Friday for an investors' meet, along with a delegation.
The Chief Minister has cited a Niti Aayog meeting on 27 June and 28 June as reason for cancelli... |
Boost VC, the startup accelerator and immersive mentorship program co-founded by Adam Draper, will accept only bitcoin companies for its next round, known as ‘Tribe 5’.
Boost VC will include 20-30 bitcoin companies for its next three-month entrepreneurship course starting early 2015. The startups enrolled live in shar... |
So, I know that I’m really young and spent most of the feminist movement as a mere wish in my mother’s brain (well, hopefully). But I’m really confused about why an entire generation of men seems to have heard the message of feminism not as “Women want the same rights and opportunities as men” or “Women want to be seen... |
HUGH Jackman has made a cameo in a video that a man undergoing chemotherapy made for his wife.
Sydneysider Kristian Anderson, 35, has been having chemotherapy since he was diagnosed with cancer in October 2009. He made the video for his wife of seven years, Rachel, as a birthday present and a thank you for her support... |
As you may recall, Microsoft shipped Windows 10 version 1607 earlier this month for PCs and tablets, HoloLens, and IoT, and it shipped a related Summer Update for Xbox One. Windows 10 Mobile? Not so much.
But now Microsoft is jumpstarting its Windows 10 Mobile development efforts and it still plans to ship a “final” v... |
Eugene Tang and Bob Chen
Bloomberg
Friday, April 24, 2009
China boosted its gold reserves by 76 percent since 2003 and has the world’s fifth-biggest holding by country, said Hu Xiaolian, head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
The nation increased its reserves by 454 tons to 1,054 tons through domesti... |
After hearing oral arguments last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is now deliberating on a case that could determine the fate of the federal Clean Power Plan (CPP). Opponents of the CPP, which sets the nation’s first limits on carbon pollution from power plants, have sued the U.S. Environmental Pr... |
Profiting Massively From Torture: Designers Of CIA Torture Program Raked In $81 Million (And Are Still Getting Money)
from the how-do-they-sleep-at-night? dept
Neither psychologist had experience as an interrogator, nor did either have specialized knowledge of al- Qa'ida, a background in terrorism, or any relevant re... |
Reviving Exhortation (Active) - Paladins can command an unconscious ally to awaken and get back up with an immediate spike in Stamina, though the target will lose half of the regained Stamina after a short duration.
(Active) - Paladins can command an unconscious ally to awaken and get back up with an immediate spike i... |
Servicemen from several countries, Russia included, will help Damascus safely transport and destroy its chemical weapons, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Thursday.
"The defense ministry is currently holding consultations 'regarding the size of the contingent' which might be send to Syria," the newspaper quoted it... |
Remember back in early November when a cab crashed through the window at Prasino? A surveillance video of the crash taken from inside the restaurant was sent anonymously to Eater over the weekend—and it's pretty horrifying.
As earlier reported, only a handful or so patrons were dining the morning of the incident and t... |
Why aren’t Muslim and Christian extremists extremely peaceful? The answer lies in the Iron Age setting of the Bible and Quran—when literate cultures replaced the Golden Calf with the Sacred Text.
Diplomats, religious leaders, and peacemakers of many stripes keep insisting that ISIS isn’t about Islam. They point to a h... |
Realm of solids, I have returned.
On the second, I woke up to this text:
I’m delighted to say that I both had never heard of Bravest Warriors (thanks for the tip, Lizz!) and that my viscera hasn’t forgotten how to do its job. The latter blessing I attribute to my dear friend Alexandria, who surprised me with this inc... |
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus’ downtown Roswell is a ticky-tack, Kennedy-era township replete with strawberry-frosted milkshakes, sun-faded storefront facades, and charcoal-armored S.S. stormtroopers on every street corner. Supersonic warplanes blaze overhead, leaving red-and-white jetstreams in their path. A propag... |
I am moving on from Mozilla, and for the time being, taking a break from Rust projects in general.
Rust has been the kind of project one only dreams to be a part of. And I’ve had the fortune to be involved in it from nearly the beginning. I’m grateful that I was in the right place at the right time to help build somet... |
Cities are the future, again. After decades of disinvestment stretching back to the end of WW II, real estate capital, responding to changing middle-class tastes and energy trends, reversed course in the 90s, prompting a flood of urban development. The return of the middle classes brought new prestige and power to citi... |
The Grateful Dead, reuniting. We look at the long strange trip of one of the most successful bands in history.
From left to right Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir with San Francisco Giants' Tim Flannery sing the national anthem before Game 3 of the National League baseball championship series between the San Fr... |
Progressive-minded Canadians are bewildered. As the fall sitting of Parliament approaches, opinion surveys show the Harper Conservatives retain a comfortable lead over all parties and in most regions of the country, save Quebec. A Leger poll released last weekend gives the Conservative’s 37 per cent support, suggesting... |
NVIDIA has just released the latest batch of experimental GeForce 376.33 WHQL drivers, trading off optimizations with some problems, crashes, and more.
The GeForce 376.33 WHQL drivers have some notable problems including disabling SLI in Titanfall 2, Dead Rising 4 crashing if launched with Low or Medium settings and G... |
DRM has been an incredibly controversial topic the past years. Several large gaming publishers are employing more aggressive DRM methods which in several cases have left gamers who paid for a copy unable to play their legally purchased games. So why do publishers insist on such draconian DRM methods? What is this actua... |
The Battle of Loon Lake concluded the North-West Rebellion on June 3, 1885 and was the last battle fought on Canadian soil. It was fought in what was then the District of Saskatchewan of the Northwest Territories,[2] at what is now known as Steele Narrows, in Saskatchewan's Makwa Lake Provincial Park.
Led by Major Sam... |
Cleese and fellow Python Graham Chapman were in a sketch show called 'At Last the 1948 Show'
Lost episodes from a television sketch show that featured John Cleese and fellow member of Monty Python Graham Chapman have been found after 47 years.
The Radio Times reports that two episodes of an ITV sketch series, At Last... |
LONDON (Reuters) - Quiet please — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is preparing to have her swans counted.
A swan and a cygnet wait to be measured by The Queen's Swan Uppers during the annual Swan Upping ceremony, during which young cygnets are counted and assessed for signs of injury or disease, on the River Thames near She... |
Already a hit on release in 1985, family adventure film The Goonies since has amassed a large cult fanbase, who are often heard clamouring for a sequel – and they’ll be somewhat sated with the news that the film’s director, Richard Donner, is planning an immersive theatrical version of the film off-Broadway.
In an int... |
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