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"I try to encourage people to obsess about the stuff I make, but I don't bother to check in to see if they are - I just take it for granted that they are." Dan Harmon knows a little bit about obsessing, and engendering obsession. His NBC - later Yahoo! - show Community evolved from regular sitcom to geek treasure acros... |
Death rates from heroin overdose nearly quadrupled in the United States between 2002 and 2013, when the number of people reporting past-year heroin abuse or dependence rose to 517,000, a nearly 150 percent increase from 2007. In 2014, the use of heroin and other opioids killed 1,256 people in Massachusetts, an increase... |
My husband and I were going from our home in S-W Austin to a show in downtown Austin Friday night (Feb. 1, 2013). It was just after 9:30. We had come east on Highway 71, and then turned north on I-35. Our exit was to be the 6th-12th street exit. Traffic is always somewhat heavy, and although I didn't check our mph, I g... |
A child was killed in a serious crash allegedly caused by a retail theft suspect along Route 13 in Tullytown Tuesday afternoon. The multi-vehicle wreck happened at the entrance to the Levittown Town Center along Route 13 around 12:15 p.m. Police who were responding to the shopping center for the retail theft saw the cl... |
What was a mountain 108 years ago is today a pit more than than three-quarters of a mile deep (that's more than 200 stories high) and more than two and three-quarter miles wide across the top. (Image courtesy of Kennecott Rio Tinto A US court has ruled in favour of Rio Tinto’s (LON, ASX:RIO) Kennecott in a lawsuit over... |
Last year Kyu-shirataki Station made headlines around the world for staying open just to send one girl to school, but now that she’s graduating, it’s time to pack it in. News of delaying closures along the “Shiraktaki Series” of stations to accommodate a single student began to make headlines in Japan last year and by ... |
The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is launching a 50 Shades of Grey bear. The stuffed toy will be released on Feb. 13, right in time for Valentine’s Day. The highly anticipated 50 Shades movie will be released the same day. The teddy bear has gray eyes, gray fur and it comes with a suit and silk tie, a mask and a pair of h... |
UPDATE posted Friday, Dec. 5, 2014: The U.S. Forest Service has completely reopened Larch Mountain Trail No. 441 after a landslide made hiking unsafe. Original Story: HOOD RIVER, Ore. - Part of the popular trail system at Multnomah Falls was closed Thursday after a landslide made for some unsafe hiking conditions in th... |
This is a really outrageous story. But it has a happy ending. Not only did the jerk get arrested, but a group of women fought back in quite a unique manner. And there’s video. And the arrest record is online – I’m printing it here since a number of conservatives, including PJTV, seem to be suggesting the guy never did ... |
Path of the Aristoi "'Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans." –Illiad, Proemic Verse The warrior-aristocrats of old fought with weapons of bronze, riding to battle in mighty chariots and hurling javelins like the thunderbolts of the gods. Many were fighters ... |
It’s August of an odd-numbered year, but the 2014 cycle is heating up. That means dozens of candidates are visiting us at The Rothenberg Political Report and Roll Call in anticipation of the midterm elections. Some of them will win, but most will lose. So we've started taking notes on some sure-fire ways that candidate... |
netjeff.com Humor collection 46 Things that never happen in Star Trek Ad: netjeff recommends rShopping app for Android, for your shopping list needs. 46 Things that never happen in Star Trek 1) The Enterprise runs into a mysterious energy field of a type that it has encountered several times before. 2) The Enterprise g... |
Crown Prosecution Service says three escorts will not be charged over death of Angolan refugee on deportation flight Three guards who worked for the security firm G4S have been told they will not face manslaughter charges over the death of Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan refugee who collapsed while being escorted on a flight... |
SANDY — Sebastian Velasquez looked giddy. Spying an opening in the Sacramento Republic FC defense, the Real Monarchs midfielder sprinted onto a long through-ball from teammate Chandler Hoffman. He outraced Republic defender Jeremy Hall, then slotted the ball inside the far post past Republic goalkeeper Evan Newton for ... |
OnePlus has just launched the OnePlus 5 yesterday. The company has enjoyed some massive support recently. The OnePlus 5 comes with all the highest-end hardware you could think of starting at $479. OnePlus has two variants of the OnePlus 5, a 6GB/64GB variant and an 8GB/128GB variant that come in two colors, grey and bl... |
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes is out on the PC and some PC gamers found tools to unlock the game’s data. By doing this, they opened up the possibilities of modding the game itself. Not only that, but some new details about The Phantom Pain have emerged due to the files found in Ground Zeroes. According to Ground Zero... |
We’ve written a bit, both here on the LB and in the WSJ, on whether Luzerne County, Pa., judges Michael T. Conahan and Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. would be granted immunity from civil suits filed by juveniles and families who claimed to have been hurt by their allegedly corrupt judicial rulings. (Click here for a recent LB ... |
FORMER Rangers director Dave King has warned that Rangers could go into administration by Christmas unless Charles Green lowers his asking price and sells up. The South African based businessman is looking to acquire a controlling stake but has branded the current share asking price ‘absurd’. Former Rangers chief execu... |
The Google Doodle on Tuesday celebrates the anniversary of a remarkable discovery in the study of evolution. Naturally, everyone is furious. Today’s doodle, the nickname for the modified version of its logo Google puts on its homepage, shows the evolution of one of our ancestors into a human being. It marks the 41-year... |
Another Superfund Site in New York City: Newtown Creek to Get a Makeover The March designation of the Gowanus Canal in New York City as a Superfund clean-up site was an important step forward, and is now being followed by a leap: on Monday Newtown Creek, which runs between Queens and Brooklyn received the same designat... |
Mitt Romney’s campaign strategy seems to be twofold: make life as hard as possible for your most devoted followers; convince everybody else that you’re the stereotypical and heartless capitalist brute of Democrat caricature. In the past 24 hours, he’s executed this strategy very effectively. If you watch the secret foo... |
Twitter and some in the left-wing media, like AOL, are all abuzz talking about how “hot” the funny looking Tim Kaine was when he was young. The left likes the world of illusion and delusion. If you have lemons, you make lemonade. AOL said everyone is talking about this: Once Virginia Senator Tim Kaine was named Hillary... |
Google’s (S GOOG) Chromecast streaming stick could soon get support for HBO Go: DroidLife discovered earlier this week that Google’s Chromecast product page briefly listed HBO (S TWX) Go as one of the supported apps. The reference has since been removed, but HBO previously said that it was “actively exploring” Chromeca... |
Ohio poised to take center stage in natural gas drilling debate as it considers tapping park lands Ohio has a new Governor and it looks like John Kasich is in favor of opening up drilling in the State. State Park land is at risk as one of the first areas to be exploited. “the Ohio Department of Natural Resources is bus... |
A review by unit: OFFENSE: A++++++ No fumbles, no interceptions, no plays for a loss, and not even a single punt on the night. Jeff Driskel appeared comfortable at the line, leading the offense to their best performance in years. Efficient, error-free, and perfect are strong words, but they are reasons for hope for fan... |
If you own an Amazon Fire TV, you can now use Firefox to browse the web on your TV. As Mozilla and Amazon announced today, Firefox, which joins Amazon’s own Silk browser on the device, is now available for all your browsing needs. “Bringing Firefox to Fire TV is an exciting new way to reach our users and serve up more ... |
In His Own Words Awards Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war --for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more. Source: http://www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/ authors/quotes_lennon_john.html Booze "When ... |
Keith Richards: The 'Fresh Air' Interview The guitarist for the Rolling Stones has a new solo album, Crosseyed Heart. Richards is also the subject of the new Netflix documentary, Under the Influence. Originally broadcast Oct. 25, 2010. DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies in for Terry Gross. Rolling St... |
The graphic extent to which a man aboard a flight from Seattle to San Jose last Thursday allegedly exchanged plans to molest children was exposed on Monday, after a federal complaint concerning the case was unsealed. Michael Kellar, 56, from Tacoma, was flying into the northern California area on Southwest Airlines whe... |
FORT COLLINS, CO – OCTOBER 31: Head coach Mike Bobo of the Colorado State Rams argues for the retention of a lost fumble under review against the San Diego State Aztecs during the first half of play. The Colorado State Rams hosted the San Diego State Aztecs at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium on Saturday, October 3... |
“The entire federal government is leaning very far forward on putting people on lists,” Russell E. Travers, a deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said at a recent Senate hearing. Before the attempted attack on Christmas, Mr. Travers said, “I never had anybody tell me that the list was too small.” N... |
It’s time for some wild, reckless bonsai styling!! (Sorry, short digression…..consider the word reckless. Now the word wreck-less….weird, huh?) This is that second buttonwood from the last post. I got it from Mary Madison two years ago (she likes to challenge me, she’ll say “Hey Adam, look at this one, it’s really stra... |
There aren’t many games I’ve played more than Fallout 4, so you might think I was over it when Bethesda announced it was bringing the wasteland to virtual reality last year. Well, you’d be wrong. I was sooooo excited to charge up my Power Armor, head into Boston and look a crazed Super Mutant right in the eye before I ... |
Technology moves at a fast pace, and on a monthly basis new advancements are announced, powering rapidly changing technology that people interact with on a daily basis. One of the most interesting recent announcements involves tech giant Microsoft and their announcement of a new OS for ‘Connected Cars’. Smart phones ha... |
Donate Originally appeared at Memoriabg, translated by Valentina exclusively for SouthFront Ivan Zapryanov is a military expert on defense and security. He graduated from the National Military University, ‘Vasil Levski’, Veliko Tarnovo, specialty ‘Military Intelligence’. He served in the Special Forces brigade. Between... |
Image caption The absence of memories from our earliest years could be explained by neuron growth The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of life, say Canadian researchers. The formation of new brain cells increases the capaci... |
Original: http://dota.replays.net/page/20120929/1731493.html Short interview with xiao8, gives a bit of insight into LGD, etc. Interviewer: Hello xiao8, thank you for doing this interview. LGD has a lot of fans, go ahead and say hi to everyone. xiao8: Hello everyone, I am LGD team’s xiao8. Interviewer: Lately you haven... |
Hamas claims to have captured a dolphin that was spying for Israel, Army Radio reported Wednesday. The dolphin was said to have been equipped with “spying equipment” including cameras. It was captured off the Gaza coast by the naval unit of the Hamas military brigades, the radio report said. Get The Times of Israel's D... |
More than 1,000 students in India were expelled this week for openly cheating on highly important 10th and 12th grade exams. Since the Bihar School Examination Board tests started Tuesday, hundreds of students have smuggled in textbooks, used WhatsApp to text about the questions and caught answer sheets folded into pap... |
Xavier Woods may have suffered a knee injury as The New Day were facing Breezango and SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos at tonight's WWE live event in Texarkana, Arkansas. According to Wrestling Inc. correspondent Stephen A. Love ( @BigStevieCool95 ), who was in attendance, the injury came when Woods went for a jum... |
Workers for the No Land Tax Party say they are worried about not being paid up to $1 million in wages owed to thousands of its election-day staff. Kristal Young, like many of the thousands of others in yellow vests who handed out for the party at polling booths across NSW on Saturday, responded to a flyer in the mail a... |
Update 25/8: I suck at math - I originally posted that pages loaded 74% faster. They actually load 3.9x faster - and the time to load is reduced by 74%. I've edited the below post to reflect this. 2 months ago I wrote about what I accomplished in an hour with Safari Content Blocker. What started off as a one page exper... |
The round-trip property ... a hastily-written post about the power-to-weight champion of property testing. Parse farce Computers need to talk to one another, which means programmers need to agree on things. This is the worst, for various reasons, but mostly because it leaves us sitting around implementing parsers and p... |
Yaya Toure could leave Manchester City in the summer after it was confirmed that Pep Guardiola will take over as manager, his agent has told The Sun. On Monday, City announced that Guardiola, who sold Toure to City when boss of Barcelona in 2010, would take over at the Etihad in the summer. And agent Dimitry Seluk reve... |
Preface: There has been much discussion in comments and other answers about how to interpret the term "Wi-Fi"; what it should or does mean by virtue of historical and common usage and implied meaning. There is no "right answer" to that. This answer can only address what the term is officially supposed to mean, and the ... |
By American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation said that a House proposal to extend the current farm bill for one year fails to move the nation any closer to securing a comprehensive, long-term farm bill and the organization would stand in opposition. American Farm Bureau Farm Policy Specialist ... |
Last Updated 5:19 p.m. ET (AP) LONDON - The finale was a formality, more a coronation than a contest. Michael Phelps headed into the retirement the only way imaginable with another gold medal. Reclaiming the lead with his trademark butterfly stroke, the one seen in his Olympic debut as a 15-year-old in Sydney a dozen... |
The scale of the car upgrade that the Maranello team was able to deliver at Barcelona, despite new wind tunnel and CFD restrictions, prompted suggestions from other teams that the outfit could be exploiting the regulations. One theory was that Ferrari was making use of extra wind tunnel time through its technical partn... |
The risk of the regional bloodbath through Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and throughout the Middle East turning into a global bloodbath is high and getting higher by the day. America's Middle East gambit has become considerably more dangerous since the Russians have defiantly announced that they will be sending S-300 anti-a... |
The two high points of tonight's Democratic debate—and, as far as I'm concerned, the two high points of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign—came when the moderators raised the topic of foreign policy. Sanders has criticized Hillary Clinton for backing the Iraq war before, but this time he used that as a springboard f... |
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