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First of all we would like to thank everyone who donated to our first kickstarter earlier this year. The funds raised from that kickstarter, in addition to material and monetary donations from local businesses have led to much progress on our project.
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Ms Earl has spent the past five years of her life living and breathing onions - she says she is "passionate about the industry" - but she's never seen anything like the level of interest in the slightly smelly vegetable since Mr Abbott's fateful bite.
"I was genuinely surprised but thrilled that Mr Abbott decided to b... |
Billy Slater has no plans to follow Cooper Cronk into representative retirement, pledging to squeeze one final State of Origin series out of his rejuvenated body as Queensland brace themselves for a playmaking overhaul in 2018.
Melbourne's Big Three won't play together again after Cronk called time on his Australian a... |
You can already pre order this book that promises to be as beautiful and collectible as the other two “The Wes Anderson Collection” books. Tip: BookDepository.uk is my favorite page to buy books because they are not expensive and the worldwide delivery is free.
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Introduction Andrew: Good to know Chick is still putting together tracts, even though he is approximately as old as the earth. I don't know why he decided to suddenly do an AIDS tract now, considering that AIDS has been a scourge for almost three decades- but, what do you expect, it's Chick. The tract's conception of A... |
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CLOSE In police shooting investigations, the Riverside County DA's Office will now release "determination letters" instead of case files. Check out this video to understand why that matters to you.
Buy Photo These files, which cover a 2012 police shooting in meticulous detail, were released by the DA’s Office in Febru... |
Ryan Richter is a bit more familiar with Wilmington than the rest of his Toronto FC teammates.
Richter, a 25-year-old right back, played the Hammerheads in 2012 when he was a member of the Charleston Battery. Richter made 24 appearances for the Battery, which beat Wilmington 1-0 in the USL Pro championship game. Richt... |
As Firefighters you are well aware that there is significant unrest in our Country due to the election results. While you may have thought the protests may or may not impact us-it did tonight.
Tonight, due to the huge protests in Los Angeles, a MAJOR fire service event that supports YOU had to be cancelled for the saf... |
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The day after several major websites staged a mass blackout over proposed United States anti piracy legislation, namely the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) proposals, members of online activist group Anonymous have knocked US Justice Department, Federal Bureau of ... |
BATON ROUGE — It’s 6:19 a.m. on the last Monday in January — or more specifically, 47 hours and 41 minutes until the official start of National Signing Day — and the LSU Football Operations Center is already buzzing. Surrounded by a three-story floor-to-ceiling display of trophies and pictures, a giant video board play... |
The Michelangelo virus is a computer virus first discovered on 4 February 1991 in Australia.[1] The virus was designed to infect DOS systems, but did not engage the operating system or make any OS calls. Michelangelo, like all boot sector viruses, basically operated at the BIOS level. Each year, the virus remained dorm... |
Everyone knows that the “genuine designer handbag” going for $20 from a street vendor is neither genuine nor designer, and indeed may not even hold up as a bag. But when you go to a reputable retailer and spend what it costs to replace the tires on your car, you expect to get what the real goods. Alas, Consumer Reports... |
From the Austin Monitor:
Austinites who have spotted Google’s self-driving Lexus in the past couple of months will have a new rarity to keep an eye out for in the next week or so – the company’s “prototype” autonomous vehicle. Built for the task from the ground up, it sports a futuristic, if unusual, look.
Following ... |
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is assuring investors that Congress will meet a new deadline to increase the government’s borrowing authority and avert an economy-qu... |
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Following is the p5p (Perl 5 Porters) mailing list summary for the past week and a half. Enjoy!
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News and updates
Perl 5.25.3 is now available!
Perl 5.24.1-RC1 is now available!
Perl 5.22.3-RC1 is now available!
This month Steve Hay is in charge of several releases: 5.22.3, 5.24.1, an... |
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A St. Paul public charter school will be developing and revising several gender inclusion guidelines as part of a complaint settlement.
Before the 2015-2016 school year started at Nova Classical Academy, David and Hannah Edwards say they informed the school that their kindergartener was gender non-co... |
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear another challenge to the Affordable Care Act, Reuters reported.
The court dismissed a suit challenging central provisions of the law including the requirement that individuals obtain health insurance, according to Reuters. The petition was brought by Virginia’s Liberty... |
When Windows 95 was being developed, executives commissioned music legend Brian Eno to develop a "piece of music" to play when the operating system started up. This music would become known as "The Windows Sound." Eno is probably most renowned* for his ambient music -- long tracks with deep sound beds and drifting melo... |
Voice actor Randy Schell, the man behind promos for AMC's hit series "Fear the Walking Dead," was killed Saturday in a skydiving accident in Houston.
Schell, a licensed and experienced skydiver, collided with a second jumper in mid-air after both deployed their parachutes at Skydive Spaceland Houston, KHOU reported, l... |
The European Union’s (EU) support for Libya’s Coast Guard which has resulted in thousands of migrants being detained in “horrific” conditions inside Libya is “inhuman,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Zeid Ra’ad, said yesterday.
“The suffering of migrants detained in Libya is an outrage ... |
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States has indicated it is open to a free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand, New Zealand’s trade minister said on Sunday.
FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Trade Minister Todd McClay speaks with media during the 3rd Intersessional Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministeria... |
Jon Bon Jovi's Daughter Arrested After Suspected Heroin Overdose
Jon Bon Jovi's Daughter Stephanie -- Arrested After Suspected Heroin Overdose
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's 19-year-old daughterwas arrested at her college in Upstate New York early this morning after allegedly overdosing on heroin ... TMZ has learned.According to the ... |
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Ethos ( or US: ) is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology. The Greeks also used this word to refer to the power of music to influence emotions, behaviours, and even morals.[1] Early Greek... |
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Implementation Of Oklahoma Sharia Law Ban
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In 2010, Oklahoma voters passed a referendum blocking state judges from considering Islamic or any other form of international law when rendering decisions in Oklahoma courts. Despite widespread criticism, the refere... |
LOS ANGELES – Henry Nicholas III had the makings of a real-life “Iron Man.”
He was a 6-foot-6 genius billionaire with a chiseled frame, physical endurance and a taste for fast cars and gadgets.
He even had a secret cave.
And like the best-drawn comic-book heroes, the founder of chip-making firm Broadcom was haunted ... |
Last Saturday’s win over Real Monarchs propelled Sacramento Republic FC into fifth place in the USL Western Conference with at least one game in hand over most of the teams directly above or below them. However, the win did more than put the Republic in a good position in the league table, it gave us some things to thi... |
U.S. President Donald Trump’s election has generated a groundswell of interest in running for committeeperson from political neophytes. In turn, that’s spurred a fresh round of headlines about how millennials are going to run for office and revolutionize Philadelphia.
As in 2014, the inspiration for change seems to be... |
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You know the Environmental Working Group‘s super-helpful list of the most-pesticide-laden fruits and veggies? Well, there’s a Big Ag lobby group called the Alliance for Food and Farming that’s trying to debunk it. And the USDA just gave the lobbyists ... |
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Whether we gain or not by this habit of profuse communication it is not for us to say.
—Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room (1922)
Every technological revolution coincides with changes in what it means to be a human being, in the kinds of psychological borders that divide the inner life from the world outside. Those cha... |
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In the climactic scene of True Detective's season finale, Messrs. Cohle and Hart storm Carcosa, a creeptastically dilapidated lair perfectly suited for a serial killer.
In the realm o... |
The real mystery of our age is this: why do all the media warmongers still have jobs, after the way they goaded us into the epic disaster we’ve found ourselves in? Back in 2001, when a panicked America foolishly handed the steering wheel to pundits like Max Boot, America was at the height of its economic and geopolitic... |
BATTLE CREEK, MI - Police say the shooting deaths of two people early Sunday morning - one a Calhoun County Sheriff's deputy -- was an incident of murder-suicide.
Sheriff Matt Saxton identified 18-year law enforcement division veteran Mark Elferdink, 43, and his wife, Hope Elferdink, 38, as those deceased.
The Elferd... |
It’s official. The 2026 FIFA World Cup joint bid was announced today by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Now, with this bid expected to be the clear favorites to land the tournament, talk now begins on which cities and venues will be the ones to host matches. Under the proposed logistics agreed to by all 3 federa... |
Egyptian students opposed to the July 3 coup have clashed with police at a university campus in Cairo and set two buildings on fire, state television reported.
Two student activists have been killed, and four others were injured, during the violence on Saturday at the Al-Azhar University campus, according to the Minis... |
William Owen "Buckey" O'Neill (February 2, 1860 – July 1, 1898) was a sheriff, newspaper editor, miner, politician, Georgist, gambler and lawyer, mainly in Arizona. His nickname came from his tendency to "buck the tiger" (play contrary to the odds) at faro or other card games.[1] He later became a captain in Theodore R... |
Last week I posted a recipe for chorizo stuffed roasted poblano peppers which came out delicious, if I do say so! When I was tasting the chorizo mixture, I couldn’t help but think that it would be excellent stuffed into a chicken. I obsessed about it as I often will until I just had to try it.
I had frozen the leftove... |
Many folks, in the media and throughout American society, have been speculating about whether the nation is moving toward a “constitutional crisis” in the coming months or years. Because I get a lot of questions from students, lawyers, non-law faculty members and others these days that seem to reflect a desire to locat... |
NYCC 2017: 'Star Trek: Discovery' Cast and Showrunners Talk About the Science Behind the Show
Fittingly, New York Comic-Con's Star Trek Discovery panel was introduced and moderated by Dr. Mae Carol Jemison, the first black woman in space. As she stepped up to the podium, the huge crowd at Madison Square Garden broke i... |
Tweety Bird had it right. His biggest enemy was a cat, though cats are far more efficient killers than Sylvester, the cartoon "puddy tat" who made a fool of himself in his futile pursuit of one canary.
But Tweety’s instincts were spot on.
An Environment Canada study released Tuesday shows that more than 270 million b... |
Chelsea will resist attempts by rival clubs to secure Michy Batshuayi on loan next month as the Belgium forward prepares to make his first Premier League start for the leaders in the visit of Bournemouth to Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day.
Batshuayi, a £33.2m summer signing from Marseille, is poised to deputise for the ... |
More details have emerged about Glenn Greenwald's new journalism venture, with Reuters reporting that Greenwald has partnered with billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar for a new independently funded site. The venture will also include Laura Poitras, the documentarian who played a crucial role in the recent Snowden l... |
The trial against the ISIS members who were arrested for preparing an attack in Dusseldorf's central square in Germany, started yesterday. Saleh A. who confessed before to be an agent of the Turkish secret service MİT, testified in front of court that he was sent to Syria for espionage.
In June, 2016 two suicide bombe... |
Every time I want to play Mini Metro with a friend, we have to wait for our daily to refresh. When the daily is refreshed we both stream our Mini Metro to each other and play the daily. After the daily is done we can’t play the same seed anymore.
What would be a solution is a custom seed system, which is bad in my eye... |
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Twelvetrees and Nowell to train with England this week
Tuilagi and Launchbury continue rehab at Pennyhill Park
England will retain 17 players for the remainder of the training week at Pennyhill Park.
The starting XV from the game against Italy will train on Wednesday and Thursday before re-a... |
A man descended from a Hasidic “dynasty” is transitioning into a woman — enraging members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community she left behind.
Srully Stein — who now goes by Abby — recently came out as a woman and said she’s finally living as her true self — something she said was impossible to do growing up in her... |
The First Empire of Haiti (French: Empire d'Haïti; Haitian Creole: Anpi an Ayiti) was an elective monarchy in North America. Haiti was controlled by France before declaring independence on January 1, 1804. The Governor-General of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, created the empire on September 22, 1804. Proclaiming hims... |
As previously reported in Basic Income News, Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, submitted a report on basic income experiments to the Finnish Government on March 30. Previously released to the public only in Finnish, the report is now available in English.
Kela’s report describes and analyzes several b... |
Below is a handy pocket guide to the key elections taking place on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. For background information on these races and more, check out these roundups by Daily Kos Elections editor Steve Singiser and diarist sapelcovits.
Note: "Party" denotes the party which currently controls the office or legislative... |
The following post is releasing experimental bits for feedback purposes.
If you’re like me, a clean development environment is crucial to being effective. I used to carry around a portable hard drive with my golden image (starting point VM) and a number of other environments I’ve had already configured for the project... |
Then Ms. Lysette, the actress who played Shea, told The Hollywood Reporter that Mr. Tambor had once thrust his pelvis against her hip while on set, kissed her on the lips several times and repeatedly made sexually suggestive remarks to her.
Two of Ms. Lysette’s friends — Rain Valdez, an actress who worked as a produce... |
Sex discrimination commissioner says lack of women in Parliament impacts on major issues facing women
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Sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick says the lack of women in Parliament has a direct impact on major issues affecting women.
Speaking on International Women's Day, Ms Broderick says she supp... |
Varsha Sahu's "Revolver Rani" in UP's Bundelkhand stops wedding, kidnaps groom at gunpoint.
A young woman who kidnapped a groom at gunpoint from his wedding on Tuesday night - announcing, Bollywood-style, that she would not allow her man to marry someone else - has been arrested by the police in Uttar Pradesh's Bundel... |
West End motorists: brace yourselves for four years of traffic hell.
A main access route to the airport, the West Island and the Mercier Bridge will be closed starting Saturday at 11 p.m. and replaced by a temporary road that will have just one lane in each direction until 2019.
The entrance and exit off Highway 20 a... |
As we mentionned in August 2015, Chinese media claim the YJ-18 system is designed for the destruction of various surface ships from an enemy’s landing squadrons, convoys, carrier strike groups, as well as single vessels and land-based radiocontrast targets in conditions of intensive fire and electronic countermeasures.... |
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1. Jameis Winson took this photo at his NFL Draft party. You might have seen it online.
Jameis celebrated being No. 1 pick with his No. 1 snack. http://t.co/5jV9MZnQgC pic.twitter.com/C0BTDDfNQI — SB Nation (@SBNation) May 1, 2015
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What was po... |
The brother of famed actress and comedienne Mindy Kaling isn’t a fan of affirmative action and said he hopes President Donald Trump will finally put an end to the “racist” practice.
Speaking with CNN’s Michael Smerconish on Saturday, Aug. 5, Vijay Chokal-Ingam shared his pro-Trump sentiments regarding affirmative acti... |
Besides Ziggy Ansah, Detroit Doesn’t Have Another Solid Defensive End
The defensive line is one of the many question marks heading into 2017. While the linebacker and defensive back spots are looking for some help, no part of the defense needs more help than the defensive line. The line was ranked 30th in the league i... |
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Image caption Syria's government and rebels accuse each other of using chemical weapons
Russia says it has evidence showing a projectile that hit a northern Syrian village contained the nerve agent sarin and was most likely fired by rebels.
Moscow's permanent representative to the UN told reporters that the findings ... |
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Perez de la Santa Concepción Trujillo Veracruz Bautista (; Spanish: [roˈβeɾto tɾuˈxiʎo]; born October 23, 1964)[2] better known as Robert Trujillo, is an American musician and songwriter. He has been the bassist of the American heavy metal band Metallica since 2003. He was also a ... |
Hacking collective Anonymous has declared war on Islamic State terrorists following Friday’s gun and bomb attacks on the French capital which left over 130 people dead.
In a video statement posted online a French member of the group is seen shrouded in a Guy Fawkes mask whilst declaring war on the terror group.
The m... |
High Court Sides With Ex-Enron CEO Skilling
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The U.S Supreme Court has severely restricted the ability of federal prosecutors to bring corruption cases against public officials and corporate executives. The court unanimously imposed stark limits... |
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On ThisisFINLAND’s Facebook, a twelve-hour livestream shows unedited real-time footage of items moving along the conveyor belt at a supermarket checkout.
Finland celebrates Independence Day on December 6. Every year on December 5, thousands of shoppers visit 24/7 supermarkets to buy last-minute treats and party suppli... |
ASSOCIATED PRESS Nate Silver sits on the stairs at Allegro hotel in downtown Chicago on Nov. 9, 2012. The statistician correctly predicted the 2012 presidential winner in all 50 states and almost all the Senate races.
During the 2012 election, Republicans who hated the daily onslaught of polling showing that Mitt Romn... |
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NEW DELHI: Aviation regulator DGCA has taken action against 63 pilots of SpiceJet for operating flights beyond their stipulated duty hours, the government said on Thursday.Pilots who have exceeded the flight duty period more than once have been suspended for 15 days and warnings have been issued to those who have excee... |
Billy Crystal and John Goodman voiced the lead roles in the original Monsters Inc
Pixar's 2001 film Monsters Inc - about monsters who scare kids for a living - is to have a sequel, the Disney studio has announced.
The animated follow-up will be released on 16 November 2012, Disney chairman Rich Ross revealed.
Anothe... |
But the jury of four men and eight women rejected the defense argument, finding Rockefeller guilty on two of the four counts against him: parental kidnapping and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He was acquitted of two lesser charges, assault and battery and providing a false name to police.
The verdict ca... |
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The British government is currently lobbying the European Commission (EC) for a legal exemption to keep a south-Wales power station open, despite the fact its nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions exceed EU legal limits by 500 percent.
Concerns about Aberthaw Power Station’s emission levels have been compounded by an allianc... |
So I’ve been completely infuriated to see what that libreoffice’s mascot contest turned out to be. The absolute incompetence from the side of organizers has caught me by surprise (and continues to do so). I believe everyone can agree that TysonTan’s submission had all the rights to win or at least to currently be among... |
Story highlights Heavy snow starting Friday caused traffic woes in western Russia
By Sunday afternoon, backups on a major highway reportedly stretched 125 miles
Vehicles were finally moving better by the evening, though still only at 3 to 6 miles per hour
Some travelers griped about price gouging, lack of gas and th... |
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The NFL and the players' union did not reach a final agreement on proposed changes to the league's drug policy by Saturday afternoon, meaning suspended players potentially eligible for reinstatement -- like Denver Broncos receiver Wes Welker -- will not play Sunday.
The NFLPA voted Friday to accept a new policy that w... |
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The Reluctant Taoiseach, John A. Costello by David McCullagh
Reviewer: Martin Durack*
Barrister at Law and is a lecturer in law at Athlone Institute of Technology
David Mc McCullagh reveals a silent promise made to the portrait of John A Costello in Leinster House, Du... |
Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption Domestic violence often goes unreported
The Conservatives have pledged a new crackdown on the "hidden scandal" of domestic abuse if they win power.
They plan legislation to introduce tougher sentences for cases involving children, and a new watchdog to ensure proper support fo... |
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Stay Fluffy New to drawing love to see any ones work. Story tell so much in all art. I know everyone i have met or talked to is one way or in another having a rough time.
I wish i could become rich and get magical power to help those i hold dear or miss to talk with.
But i just want all of you fluffy buddys out there... |
ARTISTS BEHIND THE IMAGE is intended to put a name (and sometimes face) to the talented men and women who created the most iconic images to adorn horror VHS boxes and posters from ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. Their art is vital; it’s the reason I (and many of you, certainly) fell in love with horror movies in the first place.... |
Economists are studying Google searches of the unemployed to get more accurate metrics for the economy--and policymakers in need of better numbers are starting to take notice. (AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN)
If you really want to know how the economy is doing now, just Google it.
At least that’s the goal of a growing n... |
Project Everest aims to build and deploy a verified HTTPS stack
We are a team of researchers and engineers from several organizations, including Microsoft Research, Carnegie Mellon University, INRIA, and the MSR-INRIA joint center.
Everest is a recursive acronym: It stands for the “Everest VERified End-to-end Secure ... |
There isn’t a newspaper in the world that hasn’t at some point printed a typo, but the Kennebec Journal‘s front-page mistake Wednesday generated a few more responses than most.
The Augusta, Maine-based paper ran an Associated Press story on President Donald Trump’s explosive warning Tuesday to North Korea. However, th... |
Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat is reaching towards its goal of hitting $1bn in sales. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, the company had double digit revenue growth and posted record billings for the services backing its Enterprise Linux and related products, and it finished off the year with overall sales up ... |
The viable future of up to 10 of the 14 Institutes of Technology across Ireland is being questioned in a review by the Higher Education Authority.
A financial review of the Institutes of Technology (ITs) across Ireland has pointed to significant financial deficiencies.
It describes six of the ITs – Letterkenny, Trale... |
Rick Santorum sees Nazis everywhere: in the Middle East, in doctor’s offices and medical labs, in the Democratic Party, and now in the White House.
The Republican presidential candidate told a group of supporters Sunday night that this year’s election was like the time between 1940 and 1941 when Americans didn’t act a... |
Getting your menu pricing right is one of the most important aspects of running a successful food service business. With tight and ever fluctuating margins it’s crucial to keep on top of food and staffing costs, but also to understand how to extract the maximum value from your customers.
Menu pricing is often decided ... |
By Idris Okuducu
ERBIL, Iraq
The Kurdish peshmerga forces don’t receive orders from the Iraqi army, the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) has said.
In a statement released late Friday, the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs said the Kurdish forces only receive orders from the General Command in Erbil in northern Iraq.
“... |
It’s not clear the president understands the damage his pending executive order would do to the poorer and sicker people who depend on Obamacare.
For a couple of weeks now, the president has been promising — or threatening, depending on how you look at it — to accomplish by executive order what the Republican Congress... |
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The number of Saskatchewan government employees who call in sick spikes after the holidays and during football events or the release of a popular video game.
That’s according to data on the top 25 sick days taken by provincial workers in 2013-14, which the Canadian Taxpayers Federation obtained through a f... |
The media’s telling of the Japan story has been inexcusably bad. I can’t count the number of pieces about confinement breaches and radiation surges; where they are not information-free they are wrong, and where they are not wrong, they bypass what matters. Here are a few specifics.
The real story in Japan, by any obje... |
So hey, another week, another update to the GSB2 beta. Hurrah! When I look back at the change list there is actually a ton of cool stuff in this update. If I had the time, I’d make a video explaining it all…but I don’t so here it is in lovingly crafted text form!
The complete changelist is here
But the highlights are... |
There are different levels of rumour we run at Bleeding Cool. Take the Karen Berger story that just ran this morning. That came from informed New York publishing sources who corroborated each other independently. As rumour provenance goes, it’s as good as it gets without anyone actually confirming it. But it still coul... |
I am not just a ‘Netflix and chill’ kind of girl. Not the ‘Hey babe, come over now that it’s 3AM and I’m bored and lonely.’ Not the ‘close the door and make-out with me during this entire movie.’ Not the ‘let’s sit and watch thirty-five back-to-back episodes of Orange is the New Black and share this box of pizza’ type.... |
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A copy of one of the world's oldest maps has made it into space with British astronaut, Major Tim Peake.
The 700-year-old circular map shows a Medieval Christian view of the world, placing Jerusalem at the centre.
Peake tweeted a photo holding a copy of it, saying: "A copy of one of the old... |
(CNN) — The family of Michael Brown released a statement following St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch’s announcement that Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson will not be charged in the teen’s death.
The statement reads:
We are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face th... |
Welcome to Issue 22!
If you’ve been following us, you might notice certain continuities from issue to issue. Eleven Eleven is deeply invested in showcasing the literary and artistic culture of the Bay Area. In this issue, we present new translations of poems carved into the walls of Angel Island Immigration station by... |