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All kinds of architecture is being inexplicably erased from the Baidu Total View image database (analogous to Google Street View) … and whoever is behind it is doing an oddly haphazard job of removing things. Freelance photographer Jonathan Browning encountered this mystery a few years ago. He was searching for locati...
Getty Images Eight of the original eight San Francisco Pro Bowlers passed on a chance to go to Honolulu. As it turns out, a ninth Niner said no, too. Joining the eight who won’t be joining the NFL’s all-stars is safety Donte Whitner. Per a league source, Whitner was the original choice to replace Seahawks safety Ear...
this is not a digitial archive How digitized* changed historical research Michelle Moravec Blocked Unblock Follow Following Aug 23, 2016 Digitized archival collections are going nowhere. Any historian conversant with archival debates will be aware of this. The pressure for “more product less process” and the backlog...
Buried beneath all the news about Apple this week, another story about digital privacy broke in Maryland — less glamorous, but arguably just as impactful to many people. On March 1st, the Washington Post reported that the Maryland Senate again delayed action on a bill that would have clamped down on the recording of co...
IN THOMAS PIKETTY’S bestseller, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, Japan appears as another rich country in which wealth is becoming ever more concentrated. It is certainly another rich country in which the book is selling well. Mr Piketty visited Tokyo this month, to a rapturous reception. Yet Japan may be the pla...
Central Ohio’s newest brewery is opening on Monday, October 26th if all goes according to plan — interior and exterior construction is still underway, but proceeding at a furious pace. The Brew Brothers Brewery and Restaurant is located in an entirely new wing on the north end of the Scioto Downs Racino. The real-life...
End of an era: Steelers cut ties with Hines Ward Hines Ward caught more passes for more yards and more touchdowns than anyone in Steelers history and he introduced the devastating wide receiver block -- almost always delivered with a smile on his face -- to the modern NFL. Wednesday, the Steelers delivered the toughe...
A: Dear the whaaaaaaaaaaaale, I can most definitely answer this question seriously. As we all know, Nemo and Marlin and all their fishy friends lived in the Great Barrier Reef, which is off the northeast coast of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef is over 1,600 miles (or 2,600 kilometers) long, so already we have a pr...
Just what is the deal with the new Ork codex? I’ve spent a significant amount of time pondering it, because it’s a bit tricky. Of course, the first book of a new edition is always tough to work out, but the Ork codex in particular has a strange mix of things that were left exactly the same and things that changed just ...
The notion that the Apollo Moon landings were hoaxes perpetrated by NASA and other agencies has appeared many times in popular culture. Not all references to Moon landing conspiracy theories are in support of them, but the ideas expressed in them have become a popular meme to reference, both in humor and sincerity. In...
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf is disputing a federal payment database that shows he received a financial benefit from a major drugmaker while on a trip last year. According to agency records, Califf received $363 last year from pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline for lodging and food expenses, a ben...
A Barrie man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly held a duck by the neck while taking a selfie. The police marine unit was patrolling the area around Johnston’s Beach on Sunday afternoon when they noticed two men drinking alcohol and causing a disturbance. The Barrie officers said they also saw one of the m...
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — A group of gay university alumni and allies is challenging the Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, over its inclusion of homosexuality in its course on “deviant behavior.” The group, Gay Alumni and Allies of Catholic Universities, said that Franciscan University, a conservative Catholic i...
You often hear about visual effects artists 'doing their research' in order to achieve the most photorealistic shots possible. But in the case of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, the Double Negative team - aided by the film's scientific adviser Kip Thorne - really did. Now they've published a paper entitled Gravitatio...
Nine people are showing signs they have been infected with tuberculosis bacteria after a staff member at a Sydney childcare centre developed the disease, tests have found. However, none of the people have developed the tuberculosis disease, meaning they are not contagious and their bodies have been able to fight the b...
Occupy Seattle is the local manifestation of the Occupy Wall Street protests that are still growing in New York (watch the latter unfold via LiveStream). While there are many voices and concerns being expressed in this burgeoning movement, one clear theme resounding across the board is that the needs and demands of av...
Start at Cresta Run Coordinates: Cresta Run Location in the Alps of Europe The Cresta Run is a natural ice skeleton racing toboggan track in eastern Switzerland. Located in the winter sports town of St. Moritz, the 1.2125 km (0.753 mi) run is one of the few in the world dedicated entirely to skeleton. It was built in ...
Tabletop gaming is many things to many people. People can prioritize interactive storytelling, getting together with a few friends, or the pure, fun escapism of it all. But it’s most important to remember that tabletop gaming is just that: a game. I’m not saying this in the mid-80’s moral panic sort of way. That, “Don...
Iris Robinson obtained £50,000 for Kirk McCambley with whom she was having a sexual relationship Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson is coming under increased political pressure over allegations about his wife's financial affairs. A BBC programme asked why the DUP leader did not tell the authorities his wi...
Filipino specialties, like stewed mung beans and blood-spiked pork stew, at restaurant Sariling Atin outside Chicago, near where chef Dale Talde grew up. William Hereford “I know you didn't want me to cook tonight,” Eva Talde says, greeting us at her home in Niles, Illinois. “But I did. And dinner will be ready in 15 ...
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Square Enix hosted a Final Fantasy 30th anniversary livestream today and announced the western release date for Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. The HD remaster of the PS2 title will be hitting the PS4 on July 11 in North America and Europe. The Zodiac Age is essentially a port of the international version of Final F...
According to multiple sources, the San Antonio Spurs have signed former San Diego State forward Josh Davis to a multi-year, partially guaranteed contract (most likely a training camp deal). There has been no official word yet from the Spurs about this signing. When he first stepped on SDSU's campus, Davis was nickname...
Freshman Hires Former Senator Turned Lobbyist As Chief of Staff Share This: Newly minted Rep. Chip Cravaack has hired former Sen. Rod Grams as his chief of staff. Grams served the state of Minnesota as senator from 1995 to 2001. In an interview with The Daily Caller Grams discusses his post-Senate career as a business...
Get the biggest daily 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 Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool players sent messages of support to the grieving son of South African rugby great Joost van der Westuizen....
Special By By Justin King Oct 29, 2013 in World The Black Bloc has been blamed for the May Day violence in Seattle. Most of the media treats it as a coherent anarchist organization, but a former participant in Black Bloc activities explains why that is not entirely accurate. A typical Black Bloc operation involves show...
When the male penguin of a mated pair returned to their nest to find another male, he went on the offensive—with disastrous consequences for both male birds. A Nat Geo Wild video showing the intense battle went viral Friday, resonating with hundreds of thousands of viewers. Penguins are known for fidelity to their ma...
Story highlights National airline announces airport will be closed until July 17 Fighting is threatening civilians with violence happening also along airport road Brigades from Zintan have controlled the airport since 2011 Rival Libyan militias battled for Tripoli International Airport on Sunday, leaving nine people...
Image copyright PA The third runway at Heathrow Airport could involve planes taking off from a "ramp" over the M25 motorway, the transport secretary says. Chris Grayling said this would be "cheaper and quicker" than building a tunnel for the M25 under the new runway and would cause less disruption for drivers during ...
ASSOCIATED PRESS Mitch McConnell is struggling with The Donald just like everyone else. WASHINGTON -- Republican senators facing tough re-election contests may have to figure out how to distance themselves from the party's presidential nominee, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Sunday. "Senate ...
LT. N.P. KLINKER 91ST ARMO. F.A. BN. APO 251, ℅ PM, NYC April 12th, I think MISS DONNA REED 2304 S. BEVERLY GLEN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA Dear Donna, Have just received your letter from the eight of December. And believe me or no, it was the first piece of mail I have received in the past two months. By the soun...
It looks like many of you really don't like this SOPA thing! And best of all, you're actually doing something about it: US Senate contact pages are being hammered so hard, they're crashing. What Is SOPA? If you hadn't heard of SOPA before, you probably have by now: Some of the internet's most … Read more Read Adverti...
Hull play their last show ever at Brooklyn's Coco 66. Greg Cristman for the Village Voice “Did we finally sell out a show after eleven years?” asked guitarist Nick Palmirotto from the stage. “I’m gonna fucking cry.” Snow, slush, and wintry rain couldn’t keep a throng of metalheads from packing the house at Coco 66 Sa...
Chris Herhalt, CTV Toronto Rob Ford’s office has responded to online rumours that the former mayor had died, saying that he remains in hospital fighting cancer. Rumours were rampant online that Ford, a longtime Toronto politicians, had passed away. “With his family beside him, Coun. Ford is currently in hospital as ...
Data leakage of the highest order is at the center of an unfolding story that finds a Massachusetts scientist under indictment for allegedly conveying trade secrets about organic pesticides developed by Dow Chemical to a university in China. From a story in the Boston Globe: A federal judge in Worcester is pondering ...
< 50 inhabitants per km2 50 to 100 inhabitants per km2 100 to 150 inhabitants per km2 150 to 300 inhabitants per km2 300 to 1000 inhabitants per km2 > 1000 inhabitants per km2 no data available Population density in the EU and EFTA countries, including candidate countries (2007) Figures for the population of Europe va...
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about giving good criticism. Giving good, constructive criticism is hard. There are countless ways to give criticism, and some of them are effective. Finding something to criticize is easy; there are always different ways to do things. Being constructive as you tear apart s...
Nintendo Australia has revealed that select Club Nintendo members in the land down under will receive an exclusive email code for the Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version from 15th October onwards, with the demo to be made publicly available at selected retailers (yet to be disclosed) starting from ...
At least 600 Russians and Europeans are fighting alongside the rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “It is known that there are at least 600 people from Russia and Europe fighting along with opposition...
Ever since the euro crisis broke out, the Mediterranean has been portrayed as nothing but a hotbed of problems. That’s a monumental error, writes German political scientist Claus Leggewie, who shows the way towards a new federal Europe oriented towards its southern shores. “When we dream of human accomplishment, of th...
France tops global food sustainability index France has topped the rankings of an index which compares major countries on their actions to deliver food sustainability, thanks to its robust approach on food waste and agriculture. More than 30 countries are ranked across the three pillars of sustainable agriculture, nu...
Denuvo is one of the most famous anti-piracy systems in use today. Earlier this month the protection was properly cracked for the first time on Rise of the Tomb Raider, but that was after the game had been out for 193 days. Now, similar protection on the game 'Inside' has been defeated in just six weeks. Dozens of ant...
OTTAWA—The Liberal leadership race has taken a more combative turn, with contender Marc Garneau openly calling out front-runner Justin Trudeau to deliver more than empty rhetoric. “He has told Canadians that we need a ‘bold’ plan and a ‘clear vision’ without defining either,” Garneau, a Montreal MP and Canada’s first m...
Lead image by Uranranebi Agbeyegbe via Facebook. In a harsh rebuke of "sunny ways" Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Toronto described him as a "white supremacist terrorist" over the weekend. A YouTube video taken from an anti-Islamophobia protest in downtown Toronto Saturday appears...
Super Smash Bros. Melee is over a decade old, Nintendo has released two official sequels since its release, and fans have even modded one of those sequels # to have gameplay similar in spirit to its aforementioned predecessor. Ten years after its release, Super Smash Bros. Melee still remains a beloved industry anomal...
Showing his support: Daniel Radcliffe backs the campaign (Picture: Supplied) Daniel Radcliffe is among the celebrities giving a ‘thumbs-up’ this week to a campaign boosting deaf youngsters. The Harry Potter star can be seen signalling the message ‘good morning’ in British sign language in a number of busy Tube statio...
Jewish community centers around the country were again targeted with bomb threats Wednesday morning, a week after a spate of similar threats against many centers. Centers in at least 17 states were targeted Wednesday with bomb threats. Centers in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, ...
Time to Lift the Veil of Secrecy from the Crop Insurance Program The head of the crop insurance industry's trade group is objecting to an EWG analysis that found that crop insurance companies could easily absorb cuts to their taxpayer-guaranteed rate of return. But a study commissioned by his own organization shows ju...
Academics are — slowly — adopting the view that publicly funded research should be made freely available. But data released yesterday suggest that, given the choice, even researchers who publish in open-access journals want to place restrictions on how their papers can be re-used — for example, sold by others for comme...
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Despite the ongoing failings in the current teachers’ strike, British Columbia is ranked first in Canada when it comes to education and is only behind Finland and Japan among peer countries. The Conference Board of Canada has released its first report card and British Columbia was revealed to be the top-ranking provin...
Extremely hot temperatures over land have dramatically and unequivocally increased in number and area despite claims that the rise in global average temperatures has slowed over the past 10 to 20 years. Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science and international colleagues made the findin...
When F is not equal to m a: classical examples of effective mass The world of electrons is a strange place. It’s not that the actual physical environment in which electrons dwell is so odd; the weird thing about electrons is that they seem to follow a very different set of rules than the every-day objects around us. ...
Richmond has made three further changes to its playing list, with Matt Thomas announcing his retirement from league football and Matt Dea and Nathan Gordon being delisted. Thomas, 28, played 102 games all-up in a 10-year AFL career (87 for Port Adelaide and 15 for Richmond). The tough, inside midfielder was taken by ...
WASHINGTON -- Chinese hacking attempts on American corporate intellectual property have occurred with regularity over the past three weeks, suggesting that China almost immediately began violating its newly minted cyberagreement with the United States, according to a newly published analysis by a cybersecurity company ...
Simple React Patterns Dealing With Side-Effects In React I've been writing React applications for a few years now, and I've noticed that some patterns tend to repeat themselves. In this post, I'll review these patterns which will summarize about 99% of the React code I write every day. As a sample spec, let's build ...
Greetings Commanders, For the past week player factions have been campaigning for your votes in the first stage of the Dangerous Games to decide which five groups will battle it out in a mini-series of CGs in their bid to become an official Power in the game. The results have been counted and checked and they are as ...
Fetch Park & Ice House, “Atlanta’s first full-service dog park bar + restaurant,” is scurrying toward completion at the southwestern tip of Old Fourth Ward. Located along Decatur Street at Boulevard, the dog-friendly greenspace, complete with full-service bar and restaurant, is coming together between King Memorial MA...
PORTLAND – Five people suffered heroin overdoses in a span of 24 hours in Portland this week, and one of them died. City officials say the surge in overdoses is alarming. Related Headlines Northern New England seeing surge in heroin use They attribute it to users who have switched to heroin from the painkiller OxyCo...
A FEMALE cop is reportedly in a critical condition after being gunned down at a metro station in the city of Munich. The shooting reportedly happened at the Unterfoehring subway station in the city this morning. German media is saying a police officer was killed after a passenger apparently snatched her gun and shot h...
Amer­ic­ans for Prosper­ity, the ad­vocacy group fun­ded by the wealthy Koch broth­ers, is launch­ing a new round of anti-Obama­care ads against vul­ner­able Demo­crats. AFP an­nounced new tele­vi­sion ads Tues­day at­tack­ing Sens. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., and Mary Landrieu, D-La., for vot­ing to pass the Af­ford­able Care...
Hi, I thought it would be a good idea to inject some humour into the land. I've posted this in the A Room to try and avoid any offence that could be caused (I know some people are easily offended). Although - if its inappropriate, feel free to lock/remove this thread. So, any jokes/funny stories on Religion or Atheism...
On paper, “Inside Out” sounded like another lunatic gamble: an adventure that takes place entirely within the head of an 11-year-old girl, featuring her Emotions as characters — although if anyone could pull off a logline like that, it would be the team that made us care about rats who cook, toys that bond, and robots ...
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2015 file photo, Saudi Arabia's King Salman attends a ceremony at the Diwan royal palace in Riyadh. Salman on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, redrew the line of succession, appointing a counterterrorism czar as crown prince and placing his own defense minister son in line for the crown, in a dramatic...
WIRED The Raspberry Pi Foundation has merged with teaching initiative Code Club. The move makes Code Club a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Foundation, which claimed that little would change for the organisations teachers and volunteers. The Foundation added the deal would further its aim of turning people into "maker...
At least when it comes to pornography, one sociologist found, religious leaders are relying on other authorities to back up their points of view. (Photo: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock) The term secularization is typically used to describe the process by which something becomes increasingly distant from, irrelevant to,...
A New Hampshire court ordered a home-schooled Christian girl to attend a public school this week after a judge criticized the “rigidity” of her mother’s religious views and said the 10-year-old needed to consider other worldviews as she matures. Ever since the judge’s ruling came out in July, the case has aroused the ...
A performance of traditional music organized by a travel business at the 2013 Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival Day / PHOTO: HUU THANG The lack of cooperation among Vietnamese agencies is worsening the already poor and ineffective promotion of the country's tourism. Last month it was announced that the Vietnam Internat...
Lebanon's Hezbollah is preparing for a possible war with Israel to relieve perceived Western pressure to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, its guardian ally, sources close to the movement say. The radical Shi'ite group is watching the unrest in neighboring Syria with alarm and is determined to prevent the West fro...
Airports are generally not a pleasant place to be — filled to the brim with frantic souls yet simultaneously alienating, the less time spent in them the better. This playful design by architecture firm Nikken Sekkei for Terminal 3 of Tokyo’s Narita Airport, is therefore a breath of fresh air, with its brightly-colored ...
Conservative talk show host Michael Savage told his listeners earlier this week why he goes “in and out of my belief in God,” explaining that the political success of President Obama and Hillary Clinton have made him doubt that God exists. “I go in and out of it lately,” Savage said. “When I see what Obama gets away w...
A US soldier facing murder charges for allegedly killing Afghan civilians for sport has been linked to the deaths of several unarmed Iraqis back in 2004, it has emerged. A US soldier facing murder charges for allegedly killing Afghan civilians for sport has been linked to the deaths of several unarmed Iraqis back in 2...
At the Stewart Hotel in midtown Manhattan, Shakur Stevenson shadowboxes from his seat, throwing punches in a flurry as if no one else is in the conference room. "I'm just so used to it,'' Stevenson said. "It keeps me on my toes.'' Stevenson could be in a supermarket, in the mall, or walking down the street, when he i...
There’s good news for cyclists, and particularly those who like to ride toward downtown Los Angeles from the southeast edge of the San Fernando Valley. But you’ll have to wait until the next decade for it to become a reality. Metro is aiming to close an 8-mile cycling gap with a bike path that would take you through d...
Game of Thrones: Hackers post scripts of five episodes, demand ransom from HBO Updated Hackers using the name "Mr. Smith" have posted a fresh cache of stolen HBO files online, and demanded the network pay a ransom of several million dollars to prevent further such releases. Key points: The hackers claim it took abou...
Sledgehammer is bringing a fresh new perspective to its new Nazi Zombies mode that will ship alongside Call of Duty: WWII on November 3. Like its spiritual predecessors, this Zombies experience is cloaked in mystery and mystique. Luckily, Sledgehammer’s Cameron Dayton and Jon Horsley are giving us a peek behind the cu...
Get the biggest daily stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email A charity working with male victims of sexual assault from Coventry and Warwickshire say they have been ‘‘inundated” with new clients following a series of high profile a...
By Max "Misanthrope" Ximenez Martial Archetype: Musketeer Musketeers are elite combatants trained to make the best use of both new, devastating munitions and familiar, elegant arms to dominate the battlefield at all ranges. Steel and Smoke Starting at 3rd level, you ignore the loading property of any weapon with wh...
New statewide regulations restrict planting invasive species By Pamela Doan Aggressive, non-native plants and wildlife deemed “biological pollution” in new regulations from the Department of Environmental Conservation will be prohibited and regulated beginning next year. The action comes as the devastation and threat...
And so this years CeBIT comes to an end. But don’t worry, more posts on CeBIT 2014 are still coming. It was pretty good show with some certainly interesting speakers. Check out the Steve Wozniak keynote, and photos from CeBIT 2014. End-of-show report for CeBIT 2014 (10–14 March) Frese: CeBIT’s new start a complete ...
Cork’s Oliver Plunkett Street was today named the best in Ireland and the UK. The street was the only one in Ireland in the running for ‘The Great Street Award 2016’, and was announced as the overall winner at the Urbanism Awards Ceremony in London this afternoon. Oliver Plunkett Street - the city centre’s longest st...
VERY few people on Facebook are complaining about proposed new laws on pornography, it has emerged. After the government announced a list of sex acts Britons will now longer be able to watch, social media users have unusually failed to make any sort of outcry. Facebook user Susan Traherne said: “I don’t agree with wh...
When Republicans assume control of the full Congress next week, they will act swiftly to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline and pass a pair of measures adjusting portions of Obamacare, Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Illinois, said Saturday in the weekly GOP address. One measure targets the law's definition of a 30-hour workwe...
So there's a Godlike Today, but I actually didn't post about it cause it was hard for me to know just how many people were going, turns out its probably going to be a small turnout this month. I'm still gonna show up and probably steal a setup for SG, but most importantly I'm going to try and ask around about the upcom...
Guo’s Residence by Z-AXIS DESIGN Architects: Z-AXIS DESIGN Location: Taichung, Taiwan Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Z-AXIS DESIGN Description: An old house in Taichung City, originator infused cutting edge style into the general region to layout basic and perfect space line. By utilizing vast bits of materials and d...
Patrick Shunn, 45, and Monique Patenaude, 46, were last seen Monday. Neighbors reported the couple missing Tuesday afternoon after finding their livestock untended, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said. Two days after a married Arlington couple disappeared under suspicious circumstances, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office ...
The Washington Post‘s Catherine Rampell devoted a column (12/24/15) to a popular Washington pastime: trying to get young people angry at their parents and grandparents so that they are not bothered by the enormous upward redistribution of income taking place in this country. She begins the piece by telling readers tha...
The official Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America — the oath you take when you’re a new citizen — ends with the words “so help me God.” There is a modified version of the oath available for anyone who doesn’t want to say those words, but the default includes the phrase. For that reason, 4...
The most expensive and most secretive bitcoin startup 21 has found a new way to use their bitcoin miners. They recommend to connect to it climate sensors and sell received data to interested parties. According to instructions published on 21 Inc website, to turn a bitcoin miner into a factory of saleable data you need...
Some educational sites and universities offer non-credit, self-guided tutorials that focus on the development or use of computer software. These can take the form of lectures, PDF files and video presentations. Students don't need to register to view the materials. Although some resources may include the original assig...
Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan is likely to miss the next month of football due to a foot injury he sustained in last Sunday’s match against Essendon at the MCG.A record of incredible durability owned by the 2011 Brownlow Medallist has been interrupted by a plantar fascia injury in his left foot which is expected to ...
FROM: Project Lead TO: Arma 3 Users INFO: 1.44 Plans, Content Licensing, Game Capture Artist, Array Sorting PRECEDENCE: Flash SITUATION In the short-term we are looking towards the 1.44 update, which will focus on bringing the new BattlEye anti-cheat version to main branch. We've tried to implement it in an unobtr...
GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns In Dimondale, Michigan Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally August 19, 2016 in Dimondale, Michigan. The GOP standard bearer cancelled two events in Oregon the next day, citing scheduling conflicts that arose after visiting flood-ravag...
Volkswagen emissions scandal Without proper sanctions against manufacturers that cheat, there is little to stop a similar scandal from happening again. The Report considers the implications of the VW scandal and makes proposals on how vehicle type approval should be reformed. The Government has been complacent in ide...
Commoner than you’d think ONE year ago bears on China were a rare species. People scoffed at Jim Chanos, a well-known short-seller, who predicted that China would end up “like Dubai times 1,000, or worse”. Nor did they heed Hugh Hendry, the eccentric boss of Eclectica Asset Management, who posted a homemade video of h...
Billy Hamilton has been a lightning rod of sorts for the Cincinnati Reds, and I don’t just mean that he makes electrifying plays. He can change a game with his speed, both in the field and on the bases. That last part comes with the caveat of, at least in the past, when he gets on base and for some, he’s never been abl...
Prolific Mexican politician and intellectual Jorge Castañeda believes that a greater North American community — a “North American Union” — with economies tied together under a European Union-style system, complete with open borders and a unified currency, is the wave of the future. In a new interview with Web site Big...
In most eSports games, supports find it hard to make it into the spotlight. Since offensive heroes are always the ones to finish off the enemies, they usually stand at the center of attention. However, here’s a pro who changed all that- Ryujehong, a MVP healer for Lunatic-Hai, who led his team to victory in Overwatch A...
Sunday, June 14, 15 Hi all, Greetings from the stunning campus of Ohio University, Athens Ohio. I’m here because this is the host site for the International Space University’s annual Space Studies Programme, a 9 week intensive postgraduate professional development programme about all things Space. Yes, that’s what I ...
In May, I wrote that the scoring team is responsible for roughly 60% of the points it scores, while the opponent is responsible for 40% of those points. In other words, offense and defense both matter, but offense tends to matter more. I was wondering the same thing about passing yards. When Team A plays Team B, how m...