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Ahah! Apple does have different math! From: Tom Christiansen Date: March 17, 2009 01:34 Subject: Ahah! Apple does have different math! Message ID: 26423.1237278850@chthon March 17, 2009 01:34Ahah! Apple does have different math! As some of you know, I've been wrestling with programs giving different numeric output when... |
PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby did not practice on Wednesday, at least not in the conventional sense. Crosby, along with Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, forwards Nick Spaling and Zach Sill, and defenseman Robert Bortuzzo, surprised 40 children involved with the Little Penguins by taking the ice during a uniq... |
Xcel Energy said Tuesday it has shut down two of Minnesota's three nuclear reactors for what it called minor repairs. Neither plant released any radiation or posed any danger to citizens, the company said. The Monticello nuclear plant's single generating unit, which had been operating at 10 percent capacity since last ... |
The commenter Onjibonrenat, on my post How to Draw an Owl, adds a few more steps to the process of achieving mastery: 1. Start 2. Keep going. 3. You think you're starting to get the hang of it. 4. You see someone else's work and feel undeniable misery. 5. Keep going. 6. Keep going. 7. You feel like maybe, possibly, you... |
Photo via Project Sports Gaming Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch is still amongst the Raider headlines. Just recently, he released a star-studded video including George Lopez and Ken Jeong. At this point, it is unclear what the video below is for, but it seems to be for his Beast Mode clothing line. During t... |
Art by Local Artists Art has been enhanced for pop culture fans! John Champlin has taken a classic still life painting of a vase of flowers and rendered Gizmo from the 1984 film ''Gremlins'' as though part of the original piece. A must-have for anyone who needs a little something extra in their wall art. The framed pai... |
The word introverted gets a lot of social media buzz; sometimes declared a positive thing, other times not so much. Judging by the memes, comments, and even the content of some articles on the subject there are many who do not fully grasp its definition. So let’s start off by clarifying what introversion does NOT mean.... |
LANGLEY, VA: Confirming reports that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in one month in 2003, CIA officials officially stated that America had been put in grave peril by the agency stopping just shy of the 'magic number' of 184 waterboarding sessions during that month. "We were really close with KSM -- m... |
The mayor’s proposal came as a surprise to many at the candidates’ forum, and seemingly to former Mayor Mike McGinn, who in launching his campaign this week had called for an income tax. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray will propose a city income tax on “high-end” households, he said Thursday night during a forum for mayoral ca... |
0 Parents left without refunds after cheerleading competition suddenly canceled ATLANTA - Upset parents told Channel 2 Action News they are out hundreds of dollars because their children's cheerleading competition was suddenly canceled. The parents said the local organizer of the cheerleading competition booked a bad v... |
Bitcoin offers a whole host of benefits when compared to traditional fiat currencies, unfortunately enhanced privacy is not one of them. Currently, a handful of cash represents a more private payment option than using Bitcoin’s very public ledger. For the privacy conscious, here are five cryptocurrencies that focus on ... |
posted by Darryl on 12 Dec 2014 I ended the previous post by suggesting that a set-based approach to pluralities, as in [[John and Susan lifted the grate]] = lifted({john,susan}, {crate}) would not work well for at least two reasons: Firstly, sentences like "John lifted the crate with Susan" should mean more or less th... |
Jabari Parker—selected No. 2 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2014 NBA draft—made headlines this week for two reasons, neither of them good: 1) He suffered a season-ending knee injury, and 2) he became the seventh of the top 11 draft picks to be seriously injured. It’s hard to overlook those numbers. Seven of the ... |
THERE IS CHANGE on the way for rugby as governing body World Rugby gets set to copper-fasten a change to the residency law, bringing the requirement up from three years to five years. The residency law has been a controversial topic in recent seasons, with the likes of Jared Payne, CJ Stander, Richardt Strauss, Quinn R... |
Globalization makes it easy to send goods around the world. The cost for shipping goods has never been as low as now. However, the choice of the means of transportation does severely influence the amount of CO2 emitted for the transportation of goods. The following table shows the amount of CO2 (in grams) emitted per m... |
I received some beautiful fantasy stickers that somehow included most of my likes :-) they are beautiful fairies, dolphins, lighthouses, mermaids & a unicorn. They are very unique & are ones I would never have found on my own but if I had I would have wanted them. The artist who makes them is named Nikki Burnette. I ha... |
Extell Development UPDATE (11:20 on July 3): We've heard from a spokesperson at Extell Development (which is behind One57) who tells us that the PM of Qatar did not buy the penthouse. Additionally, Gary Barnett, president of Extell, told the Wall Street Journal that the rumor is false. But as Morgan Brennan at Forbes p... |
Advertisement Most scuba divers want to stay as far away from the gaping jaws of crocodiles as possible, but a pair of British photographers got close enough to one beast's teeth to be its dentists. Nick Robertson-Brown, 62, and his wife Caroline, 41, took close-up pictures of Niño the crocodile in December 2014 at Jar... |
A Maine man has been charged in federal court after officials say he bought and sold American eels between Virginia and New York. Richard D. Austin, of Waldoboro, Maine, is charged with one count of Lacey Act Trafficking, a felony offense. The Lacey Act bans the illegal trafficking of animals and plants in the United S... |
Freshman Nathan Ponwith's singles match win on Sunday delivered the championship while Freshman Robert Loeb won his 4th singles match in a row. ATHENS, Ga. - For only the second time in school history, the University of Georgia men's tennis program has clinched at least a share of the Southeastern Conference Championsh... |
Game of Thrones is a force unto itself. Much has been written on the way HBO’s oft controversial show has transformed the landscape not only for fantasy (by proving it can be a genre with mainstream appeal) but for television at large. With its lavish, high-budget sets, Game of Thrones, like Lord of the Rings before it... |
You might forgive Stephen Poloz if he has a lot on his mind. As governor of the Bank of Canada, he has to worry about the state of our economy, and how things like the NAFTA renegotiations might affect it, how technological change might impact inflation, and how the housing market will react to new mortgage rules. But ... |
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Glendale City Council will hold a special voting meeting Friday at 9 a.m. on an amended version of its arena-lease agreement with the Coyotes. It posted the amended agreement on its website Thursday morning. If the council approves the amendments, the city and team will reach a settlement that wil... |
Jim March Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Pittsburg, CA, USA Posts: 7,413 Just for fun: my ranking and notes on the strongest 357s out there. On this scale, the FA353 is at the very top, while a really crappy critter like the EAA Windicator in 357 is at the bottom. Freedom Arms 353: This was a five... |
Rory MacDonald made it no secret that he was going to be testing free agency after his fight with Stephen Thompson at UFC Fight Night 89. His fight with 'Wonderboy', which marked MacDonald's second consecutive loss, was the last fight on his UFC contract and the Canadian announced in March that he wanted 'to make the m... |
The days of the Arctic being a remote and frozen wilderness appear to be coming to an end, but precisely what the rapidly changing region will develop into is only just beginning to be addressed. Two competing visions for the region clashed this week when President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau annou... |
Image caption Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied at the state capitol to protest against the new law A US judge in Wisconsin has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state's new collective bargaining law from taking effect. Public-sector unions' bargaining rights would be affected by the law, if it... |
The US charge against Syria is being driven by Damascus’ alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians. While Washington is quick to intervene on moral grounds, its own checkered past regarding WMDs may put the world’s policeman under the spotlight. “Nobody disputes – or hardly anybody disputes – that chemical weap... |
WASHINGTON -- As Donald Trump makes his bid for the White House, he's also talked up his new hotel opening this fall on Pennsylvania Avenue in the District of Columbia, bragging that the hotel will open its doors two years ahead of schedule. The accelerated schedule has been picked up by several outlets. It's standard ... |
With the album “Sleep Well Beast” by indie-rock favorites The National due out in September, fans of the group’s moody, melancholic sound will get their first full dose of new songs in four years. The Brooklyn-based, Grammy Award-nominated outfit’s last album, “Trouble Will Find Me,” came out in 2013. In pop music, tha... |
Weezy says the new generation doesn't even try to grab the title he once claimed - is he right? There was a time when Lil Wayne could call himself the greatest rapper alive and he had a legitimate argument. Around 2007 and 2008 he was putting out an astounding quantity of music that was often breathtakingly creative. B... |
Oppression Mutant Deity, Machining Despot (RR) [ACT] [VG] [1/turn]: CB 1 and Flip up a G unit. If you have a “Machining” heart card, stand as many units as the number of face up “Machining” in you G zone. For each unit stood by this effect, the opponent choose two units to stun. I”m already happy with the Zoo booster a... |
Imagine you've recruited an employee who, for all intents and purposes, seemed competent enough. At least, that's what you thought when you hired him. But over the last few months, you've noticed that he is just not performing up to the standard you were expecting. Maybe he's missing deadlines, turning in incomplete re... |
The Arab League on Wednesday condemned Israel's new law requiring a referendum on land concession as "illustrating the aggressive character" of the Israeli government and its "disregard for international law." Israel "continues to place obstacle after obstacle to harm efforts to renew the peace process," Deputy Arab Le... |
Ubuntu 15.04's new features and changes We're not far from the final release of Ubuntu 15.04. So it's a good time to take a peek at the changes and new features in Canonical's latest version of Ubuntu. Unfortunately, Ubuntu 15.04 might be somewhat underwhelming for those expecting tons of new features. There are some i... |
The purpose of Garrison is to defend an outpost from attacking beastmen with up to an alliance of adventurers. The beastmen will attack in 4 waves; each wave consists of a variety of jobs including melee, mages, and ranged attackers. The final wave will include a beastman boss. To start a Garrison quest, you need to fi... |
Clippers stars score big on the promotional front Blake Griffin and Chris Paul are tapped to be the faces of TV advertising campaigns. Their value as pitchmen has increased as the Clippers have racked up wins. Later, today's Blake tells his younger self: "Stop wearing jean shorts. Just trust me." The implication: While... |
Get the biggest daily stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email Residents of Gorey, Co. Wexford were treated to a bizarre sight over the weekend as they witnessed extraterrestrial life finally make contact with the local Gardai. A tiny... |
OMAHA (FWAA) – Six semifinalists for the 2017 Outland Trophy – five offensive linemen and one defensive tackle – were announced on Thursday night during a reception hosted by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee. The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), in a call of its 2017 All-America Committee, has determin... |
Lending support to the idea that high-calorie diets, sedentariness and other aspects of the contemporary American lifestyle may be driving the obesity epidemic, UC San Francisco researchers have found that people who carry greater genetic risk for obesity were more likely to have a higher body mass index if they were b... |
The Swedish hitman is on loan at Scotland's champions and has made a big impression. As a result of that, Celtic have contacted City about a permanent deal. Guidetti, 22 is out of contract at the end of the season but the Glasgow giants want to agree an early deal to head off competition in the summer. City are also ke... |
It looks like autumn is officially here and this week I saw a couple of autumn themed origami models as well as a lot of great dinosaurs. If this is your first time here This Week in Origami is where we feature the best new origami models that were uploaded to the Internet during the past week. Let’s get started. Robin... |
WASHINGTON – Federal investigators have identified the man they believe is responsible for the burning of a CVS Pharmacy during riots that broke out following the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore this spring. Agents… WASHINGTON – Federal investigators have identified the man they believe is responsible for the burnin... |
Journalist Alex Thomson reports that Syrian rebels set him and his crew up to be killed by Syrian troops in a bid to show Damascus in a negative light. Thomson, a chief correspondent for Channel 4 news, says he and his group were deliberately given incorrect directions by a group of Syrian rebels. As a result, their c... |
This is Peter Hitchens's Mail on Sunday column It is grimly funny to listen to leaders and supporters of a supposedly ‘Conservative’ party using the word ‘unelected’ as a form of abuse. I know the Chancellor is peeved that he failed in his dismally planned and badly executed attempt to make a lot of poorly paid people ... |
The Lord of Lard, our Mighty Swine is finally back. Having disappeared for a bit and then bounce around musically pushing out a few EPs with Primitive Race (Long in the Tooth EP) and Marc Heal (Compound Eye EP), PIG itself is finally back with a new album. Let us all bow to The Gospel. For the uninitiated PIG is the se... |
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BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. — A Loya Jirga, or grand council, gathered in Kabul Thursday to debate Afghanistan’s future, notably the document that could keep thousands of United States soldiers — and billions of dollars — in the country indefinitely. But as President Hamid Karzai addressed the more than 2,000 invited delegates... |
Nutrition is the base of all performance. Make sure yours is on point by bringing these 10 Superfoods into your diet & improve all round wellbeing & Crossfit performances. ARE YOU GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR DIET? At some point, it simply won’t matter how talented you are, how much time and effort you put into sweatin... |
This most recent artist's rendering shows NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2, one of five new NASA Earth science missions set to launch in 2014, and one of three managed by JPL. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. › Full image and caption NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Oct. 12... |
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