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Source: Yıldız Tar, “Constitutional Court of Turkey: Referring to gays as “perverts” is hate speech”, 17 July 2014, http://kaosgl.org/sayfa.php?id=17105 For the first time, hate speech on the ground of sexual orientation is among rulings of the Constitutional Court. The Court acknowledged that calling gays “perverts” i... |
At midnight, staff at Cardon Children’s Medical Center checked on 5-year-old Helious Griffith and his mother, who was staying with him at the hospital in Mesa, Arizona. Helious and Tami Griffith appeared well. But just two hours later, in the early hours of Saturday, during the next check, they were found dead, police ... |
Solving Open Source Discovery Andrew Nesbitt Blocked Unblock Follow Following Mar 16, 2015 Today I’m launching Libraries.io, a project that I’ve been working on for the past couple of months. The intention is to help developers find new open source libraries, modules and frameworks and keep track of ones they depend up... |
The death of legendary mixed martial arts head coach Robert Follis has been ruled a suicide by the Clark County (Nev.) Coroner, a spokesperson from the coroner’s office told MMA Fighting on Monday. Follis, the former coach at Xtreme Couture and a founding member of Team Quest, died Friday of a gunshot wound to the head... |
…as their default operating system, though it still has its uses. The overwhelming majority of you say you use a 64-bit version of Ubuntu as your primary OS. In a poll result that will surprise precisely no one asking it this side of the decade, a mammoth 92% of you say you use some shade of Ubuntu 64-bit. Six Years Is... |
Perhaps the most fundamental confusion in the evolution of financial services regulation is the equation of financial stability with the survival of established institutions. If I had a million pounds for every time I have heard a possible reform opposed because “it wouldn’t have prevented Northern Rock or Lehman Broth... |
Over the last few years my Lulzbot AO-100 has been good to me, and has served as my workhorse. Unfortunately, as with every machine, heavy use equates to wear and tear. At just over 3-years old my AO-100 is starting to show its age, and its tolerances are not as tight as they once were. This morning I took about an hou... |
Contents show] History Look out, world--Stephen Colbert's back in action! -- Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert was a candidate for President of the United States who ran as a third party candidate. After departing from a campaign event with a poor turnout, he saw Spider-Man battling Grizzly. He tried to help Spider-Man i... |
Barclays: 'Blockchain Could Be the Most Significant Innovation to Impact Africa in 100 years' Africa has been “late to the fintech party,” according to a report by African news service Quartz. However, peer-to-peer payment processors like M-Pesa and digital currencies such as Bitcoin are providing greater accessibility... |
A group of American spring break revelers reportedly chanted “Build that wall!” during a family show on an evening cruise in Cancun, SF Gate reported. The Daily Mail reports that the group was aboard the Captain Hook Pirate Ship dinner cruise with other revelers when they broke out into the chants, shocking other touri... |
The Myth of the Objective A young but earnest Zen student approached his teacher, and asked the Zen Master: “If I work very hard and diligent how long will it take for me to find Zen.” The Master thought about this, then replied, “Ten years.” The student then said, “But what if I work very, very hard and really apply m... |
Illustration by Remie Geoffroi If you spend enough time in San Francisco, you’ll notice sharing economy workers everywhere. While you’re waiting to get some food, look for the most frantic person in the lineup and you can bet they’re working with an app. Some of them are colour-coded: workers in orange T-shirts are wit... |
Thousands of mainly white, Afrikaans-speaking South Africans have taken to the streets to protest the ongoing epidemic of savage farm murders sweeping the country. The October 30th #BlackMonday protests were organised after civil rights group AfriForum released figures claiming the murder rate for South African farmers... |
By: Luke Easterling | January 18, 2017 10:40 am ET As the 2017 Senior Bowl draws closer, some of the top invitees are making their decisions to attend or decline. Top names like Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and Alabama’s Jonathan Allen and Reuben Foster have chosen not to attend, while Crimson Tide tight end O.J. Howard wi... |
Although I have explained this before in various places, I keep getting the same basic question, (what is your program?) and I am going to tackle the question again, hopefully in a more effective way than I have done in the past. Step One: The backbone of our program is 3 main workouts, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday af... |
‘There are no rules or regulations,’ says senator putting forward one of three bills competing to create a framework for how medical marijuana is grown and sold Nearly 20 years after voters approved the medical use of marijuana in California, the state’s cannabis trade is a wild west of legitimate enterprises, outlaws ... |
Men may make more money than women on average, but women earn more college degrees, and have done so since 1982. Even so, the 177 women's centers on American college campuses show no sign of closing. Ostensibly pushing for "gender equity," these centers seem to have achieved their purpose. If they continue to advocate ... |
Mr. Mackey, Jr. is the elementary school's counselor at South Park Elementary, best known for saying "m'kay" at the end of most of his sentences. He also serves on the City Council as head of Public Health. His first name is unknown. Contents show] Background Singing Mackey is known to have a talent in singing and has ... |
During last night’s GOP presidential debate, Ben Carson flatly denied having any relationship with a nutritional supplement company, Mannatech, that has been accused of deceptive marketing and come under fire for promoting quack treatments for cancer and autism, dismissing the charges as “total propaganda.” “It is abso... |
Although the Hellboy Universe is an expansive series of titles, it has always drawn from a relatively small group of core writers. This year brought Chris Roberson (“iZombie”) into the fold, and now he’s writing “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.,” “Rise of the Black Flame,” and “Witchfinder.” Over the next few weeks we’ll be t... |
… a more fundamental proposition [is] that any large change in commodity prices – irrespective of whether it is in favour or against the primary producers – tends to have a dampening effect on industrial activity; it retards industrial growth in both cases, instead of retarding it in the one case and stimulating it in ... |
New evidence adds strength to arguments that doctors should be extremely cautious about using a procedure performed on about 50,000 women a year during surgery to remove the uterus because of the risk that it may spread cancer. The procedure, power morcellation, uses a device to cut uterine tissue into pieces before re... |
Mike Millikin, the uber-editor of Green Car Congress , played professor and handed out grades to 12 battery and ultracapacitor companies in an article published by EnergyTechStocks . Because the article was written for a financial site, we can assume that part of the criteria used to rate the companies has to do with c... |
House Democrats try to strike positive tone ahead of health care repeal vote By Felicia Sonmez Hours ahead of a planned vote on a bill that would repeal the national health care overhaul, House Democratic leaders and Obama administration officials tried to strike a positive tone, seeking to depict health care reform as... |
Before an operation, surgeons have to obtain the most precise image possible of the anatomical structures of the part of the body undergoing surgery. University of Basel researchers have now developed a technology that uses computed tomography data to generate a three-dimensional image in real time for use in a virtual... |
The FOG Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of FOG 1.3.5. With this release the FOG Client is now updated to 0.11.1. This release adds a few new features and fixes numerous bugs found within 1.3.4's release. FOG Client BUG Fixes Stop race condition when shutting down a computer FOG BUG Fixes Fix snapin... |
This is the thirteenth entry of an ongoing series exploring Jewish feminism. I am a Jewish feminist because my mom decided to put on a tallit and tefillin when I was 10. I remember that she asked my younger brother and me if we were okay with this decision. After all, she was also our teacher at Jewish day school, and ... |
The Montreal Alouettes announced Wednesday that the club has signed import quarterback Troy Smith to a two-year deal. Smith won the Heisman Trophy with Ohio State in 2006, leading the Buckeyes to the BCS National Championship game, where they lost to Florida 41-14. In three seasons as the Buckeyes' quarterback, Smith c... |
An Early (Very Early) Look at the 2014 Astros by Ray Kuhn Yesterday, Harris County residents voted to reject Proposition 2, which called for a $217 Million renovation to the Astrodome. This decision spells almost certain doom for the iconic Houston stadium. Your politics aside, I think we can all agree that Houston is ... |
Star Wars fans want to know more about the Big Bad in the Sequel Trilogy, Supreme Leader Snoke, but it sounds like they may be waiting a long time to find out what they want. Vanity Fair is doing an AmA on Reddit, and they explained that we probably won’t get much about Snoke in Episode VIII: “I asked Rian Johnson abou... |
Dan Siegel, long-time Oakland civil rights attorney, partner in the Oakland law firm Siegel & Yee, and long-time friend, and former legal adviser, to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan , is running for Mayor of Oakland. Siegel joins an already very strong list of people running for Mayor of Oakland in 2014: Bryan Parker, Joe Tuma... |
Houston to see scattered showers through weekend Scattered showers expected in Houston through weekend Muggy heat and a chance of rain are on tap today and through the weekend as thunderstorms move toward the Houston region from the east. The showers will be scattered and some of the thunderstorms could be strong with ... |
Safar-Zee Fundraising Update! Following our Safar-Zee fundraising efforts we wanted to update you all on where some of the donations are going! We changed up our donation process this time around and instead of donating one lump sum to a single organization we have been making smaller donations to various animal and wi... |
We recently saw an update to the Mail and Calendar apps for Windows 10 go into testing with Insiders, bringing along fresh Fluent Design flourishes. That update now appears to be making its way to everyone on the release version of Windows 10. The refreshed design adds a cleaner look to both Mail and Calendar with some... |
Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip on Monday fired a major barrage of 10 test rockets out to sea from the ruins of a former Israeli village in the evacuated Gush Katif area, apparently in order to test range and accuracy, Israel’s Channel 2 News reported. It was unclear whether Hamas personnel or members of... |
Facebook is well-known for home grown efforts in building its own data and IT infrastructures, but the social network is getting a little security help from a new friend. The world's largest social network has just announced a new partnership with IT security vendor ESET. The goal of the alliance is to prevent maliciou... |
The Mariners and Indians have announced a deal that sends righty Shawn Armstrong to Seattle. Coming back in return is $500K in international bonus pool money, Paul Hoynes of the Plain Dealer tweets. Armstrong, 27, worked to a 4.38 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 in his 24 2/3 MLB innings in the 2017 season. That said, he... |
Lower house approves ban on clothing that covers faces, including burqa and niqab, in official buildings, schools and hospitals The lower house of the Dutch parliament has approved a limited ban on “face-covering clothing”, including the burqa and niqab. The legislation, approved on Tuesday by a large majority in the 1... |
Some big guys come through wearing normal clothes. They don't look like guards, they look like ordinary people, but the way they respond to Sumiko's orders gives them away as guards. They grab Hanako by the arms. She vainly struggles a little, reminding me of a cat that doesn't want to be picked up. She looks understan... |
Senators Say Binding Arbitration Helps AT&T Dodge Accountability AT&T was a pioneer in using fine print to try and ban their customers from suing them via class action, instead forcing users into binding arbitration where corporations win more often than not. Despite the fact that many lower courts repeatedly declared ... |
Ironically, as Americans commemorate how Native Americans helped save the Pilgrims in 1621, Indian-rights activists are under attack today in defense of land that a 1868 treaty guaranteed as theirs, observes Nat Parry. By Nat Parry @natparry Making official a quintessential American tradition dating back to the 1621 fe... |
Cindy Crawford is officially saying goodbye to the modeling world. The legendary supermodel, who will turn 50 on Feb. 20, told United Airlines’ Rhapsody magazine that she plans to retire once she hits her sixth decade. The Brief Newsletter Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. View Sample Sign ... |
Twitter’s live video streaming app Periscope is out with a big update today adding a key promised feature. Periscope for iPhone version 1.1 now lets you find live streams around the world based on location using a new map view from the global tab. This lets you jump into streams going on around you or watch something i... |
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Hank Aaron watches his 715th career home run leave the yard on April 8, 1974. (Photo: Herb Scharfman, Getty Images/Sports Imagery) Today is Hank Aaron Day. Or at least it should be. It was on this date, April 8, in 1974 that Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record. In a sport like baseball with so many historical momen... |
It has been suggested here by a local government official that cities need to spend money to make money. Will it work? "Don't know" was the answer, which is true. Public officials at the local level rarely, if ever, even bother to measure whether or not something is working before they proceed confidently to the next b... |
Mourinho... in his own words: Read the FULL transcript from his Chelsea unveiling Jose Mourinho was paraded at Chelsea on Monday lunchtime after signing a four-year deal to return to Stamford Bridge. Here is the full transcript from his fascinating press conference... Look who's back: Jose Mourinho was paraded at Stamf... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday pledged independence from President Donald Trump, bristled at his criticism of the judiciary and said not even the president is above the law amid Democratic concerns he would be beholden to the man who selected him. Answering questions from sena... |
.- Racism is not going away. Catholics can’t pretend that it will just disappear, the chair of the U.S. bishops’ new anti-racism committee said on Monday. “The problems of racism are deep and widespread, and will take time to heal,” Bishop George Murry, S.J. of Youngstown, chair of the U.S. bishops’ new Ad Hoc Committe... |
TILLSONBURG, Ont. - Hundreds of people will be losing their jobs in Tillsonburg, Ont., after a major international company announced the closure of a factory manufacturing wind turbine blades. Siemens Wind Power Ltd. has announced the factory that employed 340 workers is not large enough to build the sorts of bigger tu... |
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