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The Works
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Flavius Josephus Translated by
William Whiston
Antiquities of the Jews
Preface to the Antiquities of the Jews
Book I -- From Creation to the Death of Isaac
Book II -- From the Death of Isaac to the Exodus out of Egypt
Book III -- From the Exodus out of Egypt to the Rejection of the Generation
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My name is Jill and I live in Berkeley. I have two kids in BUSD schools, I own a home, I volunteer for the PTA, I work for local businesses, and my politics are liberal. I am (mostly) a typical Berkeley resident. I’m also incredibly frustrated by the fact that people who don’t live here are using our town as their ideo... |
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When she was found dead at 41, Carole Myers left a statement saying she had suffered Satantic child abuse at the hands of her parents. But did she?
At 9.02am Richard Felstead answered the phone; by 9.03am he was breathless with crying. It was the coroner's assistant in Battersea with the news that his sister, Carole, ... |
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A man who dressed in a clown outfit and intimidated children outside a school has been given a criminal record.
The 18-year-old man was ... |
If capitalism is slowly on the outs, as some economists and theorists say it is, should there be a museum to preserve its artifacts? The Museum of Capitalism (MOC), an aspiring institution at the very earliest phase of development, opens its first exhibition this month in a disused warehouse in Oakland, California. Its... |
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The reality of healthcare for LGBT people is something rarely addressed. In their final years, assistance is needed but so often negative experiences come hand in hand with the need for help.
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Donald J. Trump called on Monday for the United States to bar all Muslims from entering the country until the nation’s leaders can “figure out what is going on” after the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., an extraordinary escalation of rhetoric aimed at voters’ fears about members of the Islamic faith... |
I watch sports, take care of my kids, go on date nights with my wife, wait in traffic for hours, work long shifts at my job, and waste a lot of time taking naps — not necessarily in that order. I love my life, but when I flip open my laptop I suddenly become a different person.
I have multiple online identities, the r... |
Our surveys indicate that Apple’s last iMac model, released at end-2012 with an all-new-design, shipped fewer-than-expected units in the worldwide market. We think the price was set too high and the model failed to make an impact in critical foreign markets like China. We thus think Apple may offer a budget iMac model ... |
National Lottery Region Republic of Ireland First draw 23 March 1987 Operator Premier Lotteries Ireland Chief executive Dermot Griffin Legislation National Lottery Act, 1986
National Lottery Act, 2013 Highest jackpot €18.9m (28 June 2008) Number of games 6 Shown on RTÉ One Website lottery.ie
The National Lottery (Iri... |
CLOSE The Garbage Ball made by Jerry Gallipeau, owner of 585 Rockin Burger Bar in Gates. (September 2016) Carlos Ortiz
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The Apache Directory Project is proud to announce the very first release of Fortress-core, the core library of the Fortress project. The Apache Fortress project provides a full ANSI RBAC compliant management and enforcement system that builds on existing open source applications like ApacheDS, OpenLDAP and Apache Tomca... |
Double Dragon (ダブルドラゴン, Double Dragon) is a 1987 beat 'em up developed by Technos Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito Corporation. The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos' earlier beat 'em up, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (released outside of Japan by Taito as Renegade), but int... |
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Here we go again—another rumor regarding Dwight Howard. Apparently, the Magic are considering the possibility of a three-way deal with the Lakers and Cavaliers.
The Lakers, Magic & Cavaliers are discussing three-team deal that may send Dwight Howard to LA and Andrew Bynum to CLE: tinyurl.co... |
This list ranks military generals according to their brilliance in executing successful maneuvers on the field; legacy; win/loss record, etc. This list was difficult to write succinctly, and has left off quite a few military masters who deserve mention. Thus, there are several honorables at the end.
10 Genghis Khan
T... |
A Halifax naturalist says he was "horrified" to discover at least eight hectares of protected park were levelled within the last week.
Martin Willison, a retired biology and environmental studies professor from Dalhousie University, believes a wood harvesting machine was used.
The area is just behind a strip of trees... |
Image caption Double trouble for dinosaurs: Did more than one asteroid or comet strike cause their demise?
The dinosaurs were wiped out 65 million years ago by at least two space impacts, rather than a single strike, a new study suggests.
Previously, scientists had identified a huge impact crater in the Gulf of Mexic... |
A group of 33 Mexican soldiers is back home after crossing the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge in four military Hummers.
The soldiers surprised American officials at the bridge around 1:50 p.m. Tuesday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokes man Felix Garza said nobody was injured and the incident ended... |
Actor Val Kilmer's once illustrious career has grown dim in the past decade. But over tea at the Viceroy Hotel on an overcast Santa Monica afternoon, the blond and now slimmed-down actor revealed a light within him that is growing brighter and brighter by the day. In speaking about his newest project, Kilmer confessed,... |
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A bill proposing to strengthen "noncompete" agreements — which limit a departing employee's ability to work for his company's competitors — may force state legislators to choose between two powerful forces: big business and free markets.
Under noncompete agreements, employees typically are restricted... |
Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce
Damian Paletta
Washington Post
March 12, 2017
President Trump’s budget proposal this week would shake the federal government to its core if enacted, culling back numerous programs and expediting a historic contraction of the federal workforce.
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For me, the PC arrival of PlayStation Now—Sony’s streaming service built on the back of OnLive and Gaikai that grants players access to over 400 PS3 games— raises three fundamental questions: which PlayStation exclusives are included as part of the service? Is it worth the money? And, crucially, does it actually work?
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Colorado Springs, Colo. --- San José State University's 18-game regular season Mountain West schedule was revealed by the conference on Tuesday. The Spartans open up conference play on the road at Nevada on December 28, and return to The Event Center to face Colorado State in the conference home-opener on January 4.
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Meet Aakash Ranison.
This backpacker cyclist has travelled across 80 cities in India, cycled 18,000 kms and hitchhiked for 48,000 kms. Behind the numbers that summarize his journey short is a story of resilience and the nerve to experiment with the rulebook of the world. That is exactly the definition of backpacking. ... |
NEW DELHI: In a major setback to thousands of students who pursued engineering studies through correspondence courses offered by deemed universities in the last 16 years, the Supreme Court declared on Friday that the degrees were invalid, putting them at risk of losing jobs obtained on the basis of the certificates.A b... |
Taxpayers face an even greater slug for Barnaby Joyce's relocation of a Canberra public service agency to the heart of his own electorate, with desperate bosses at the pesticides authority considering pay rises of up to 15 per cent in order to convince staff not to quit.
The pay rises would come on top of a 1.5 per ce... |
The more social media you use, the higher the likelihood that you’ll be anxious or depressed.
At least according to the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media, Technology and Health. In a study published online this month with more than 1,700 millennial adults, it found people who report using seven to ... |
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Paul Konerko has been an iconic player for the Chicago White Sox since 1999. I sat down with the “King” for a quick Q&A session.
Who is your favorite teammate of all time?
PK: A lot of guys come to mind but Mark Buehrle would have to be my final answer if you are holding me to one player. We were t... |
The sign language interpreter accused of "making up" hand gestures at Nelson Mandela's memorial service has faced charges of murder, rape, kidnapping and theft, it was reported today.
Court records uncovered by the South African news channel eNCA reported that Thamsanqa Jantjie has faced a string of criminal charges s... |
With Indiana Governor Mike Pence heading to the White House as Donald Trump‘s vice president, concern for the future of Planned Parenthood, which Pence spent his career trying to defund, is at a high among pro-choice supporters.
Donations to the organization were already skyrocketing in the wake of the election (Katy ... |
File this one under “Grey’s Anatomy‘s Triangles We Never Thought We’d See.”
Series creator Shonda Rhimes tells TVLine that, in Season 11, Meredith, of all people — yes, Meredith, that Meredith — is going to throw a monkey wrench into Alex and Jo’s still-nascent romance.
“Jo is going to be horrified to discover how mu... |
The Ferrari 488GTB is as much a study in air management as it is a garage trophy. Twin turbos coax 661 horsepower from just 3.9 liters of V-8, which propels a form that provides 50 percent less drag with 50 percent more downforce than the 458, according to Ferrari. Here's how the new mid-engine Ferrari makes the air it... |
Peter Chase spearheaded an impressive Irish attack to an emphatic 203-run win in their final ICC InterContinental Cup match to beat Scotland with a day to spare in Dubai.
The Malahide speedster took 4 for 52 – his best figures for Ireland - as Scotland were dismissed for 178 chasing an unlikely 382 for victory.
Chase... |
As a reaction to the whole Heartbleed thing two years ago, The Linux Foundation started its Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII for short) with the intention to help track down well used but still poorly maintained projects or at least detect which projects that might need help. Where the next Heartbleed might occur.
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Launch day started even earlier for Gene Kranz than for Alan Shepard. He left the hotel shortly after midnight, carpooling with MCC RETRO Carl Huss. Huss’ appearance and habits reminded many of his colleagues of a bear and, like a bear coming out hibernation, he was slow to wake up. Kranz enjoyed the early-morning sile... |
Four years ago, in a small sewing cooperative in Rwanda's capital city of Kigali, yoga instructor and author Deirdre Summerbell stepped in front of a class of a dozen frail women, each standing on a green or purple mat, and asked them to move their bodies in a series of twists and bends that make up the basic practice ... |
These tangled carbon nanotubes can harvest energy directly from breathing and ocean waves
This yarn might not make the best sweater, but when pulled, it does something even better: It generates electricity. An international team of scientists made the new material, called “twistron harvesters,” by tying a carbon nanot... |
(Reuters) - The parents of a Mexican immigrant fatally shot by police in Washington state have filed a wrongful death suit against local authorities and the officers who killed him, accusing them of excessive force, an attorney said on Wednesday.
Relatives of Antonio Zambrano-Montes carry his coffin after a funeral ma... |
Beer brewers have some early mornings, but not usually this early. It's about 2 a.m. one day in November at Indie Ale House, in Toronto’s Junction district, and as you approach the brewing kettles it gets more and more humid. Water drips from the ceiling in the brewing room.
A new shift of brewers comes in at 6 a.m. t... |
Mark Duffy, best known by his nom de plume “Copyranter,” has been fired from BuzzFeed, he tweeted on Friday.
“Got fired from BuzzFeed this week (my content wasn’t “BuzzFeedy” enough). Already freelancing, I want a full-time gig,” Duffy said.
Duffy was longtime copywriter for an ad agency whose anonymous “Copyranter” ... |
BILL Shorten insists he’s not a “rampant greenie” and believes coal has a place in Australia’s future.
The Opposition leader on Monday visited Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, where the Hazelwood coal-fired power station is set to close in early 2017.
“I am not a rampant ‘greenie’ who thinks there is no place for fossil fu... |
Reason-Rupe, Reason magazine's polling arm, is out with a really in-depth survey looking at the political preferences of Millennials (defined here as adults aged 18-29). Understandably, given that Reason's a libertarian outfit, they're emphasizing findings suggesting Millennials think government is wasteful and abuses ... |
One of the Obama administration’s final major labor regulations could deprive millions of retirement savers investment advice from financial professionals, according to a new report.
The Department of Labor proposed the Fiduciary Rule in April 2015, which would allow regulators to oversee the relationship between reti... |
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55 Pages Posted: 19 Apr 2016 Last revised: 10 May 2016
Date Written: April 22, 2016
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This paper explores the institutional determinants of persecution by studying the intensity of the Black Death pogroms in the Holy Roman Empire. Political fragmentation exacerbated rent-seeking in the Holy Roman Empire. We a... |
Apple can’t grow like this forever. No company can.
In a few short years, Apple has become the biggest company on the planet by market value — so big that it dwarfs every other one on the stock market. It dominates the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index as no other company has in 30 years.
Apple’s market capitalizatio... |
Way back in the spring, Mitt Romney called Donald Trump "a fraud" who "lacks the temperament to be president."
What a difference a couple of months makes. On Tuesday night, he was spotted at four-star restaurant Jean Georges in New York City having dinner with the president-elect. (On the menu: frog legs, scallops and... |
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The beginning of interest in post-Cold War information operations can be traced to the UN intervention in Somalia and the Rwanda Genocide. Relatively honest and direct reporting from these war zones meant that the public opinion of Western countries was a factor that had to be considered by the politi... |
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Another year, another New Year’s resolution soon to be forgotten? Resolutions often come with pressure and guilt to succeed on lofty and seemingly impossible goals. That may be why people lose faith ... |
The United States condemns in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attack today against a military checkpoint in southeastern Turkey that left many dead, including civilians, and scores more wounded. We also condemn the senseless motorcycle bomb attack near a police station in Istanbul on Thursday that was claimed ... |
Born and raised on the mean streets of New York City's Upper West Side, Katie Halper is a comedian, writer and filmmaker. She is the host of the Katie Halper Show on WBA1, writes for places like The Nation, Feministing, Jezebel and appears on places like MSNBC, RT, Sirius radio (which hung up on her once). Katie's had ... |
Published online 13 October 2010 | Nature 467, 775-777 (2010) | doi:10.1038/467775a
News Feature
…why scientific programming does not compute.
When hackers leaked thousands of e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, last year, global-warming sceptics pored over ... |
A global ban on developing artificially intelligent robot soldiers is needed to protect the future of mankind, a letter from hundreds of leading scientists including Stephen Hawking has warned.
More than 1,000 scientists and businessmen signed the open letter from the Future of LIfe Institute, calling on world leaders... |
INSIDE OUT in Bellingham: Every Photo on the Roll.
By Dave Larson
It was the best show I have ever seen.
Saturday, April 7th, 1990. The show was scheduled to happen at The Star Club, an all ages venue in downtown Bellingham that occupied a space on Cornwall avenue that had previously housed a dance club called The V... |
Back in 1980, just as America was making its political turn to the right, Milton Friedman lent his voice to the change with the famous TV series “Free to Choose.” In episode after episode, the genial economist identified laissez-faire economics with personal choice and empowerment, an upbeat vision that would be echoed... |
In a bizarre, fawning letter, Oracle has given America's broadband watchdog, the FCC, the equivalent of a telco reach-around.
The letter [PDF] from Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz's office, and signed by senior VP Kenneth Glueck, appears to have been written solely to praise FCC chairman Ajit Pai and his recent actions: a si... |
At a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona, today, Donald Trump, discussing reports that several asylum seekers in Norway had images of ISIS flags on their cell phones, wondered how the refugees got access to mobile phones in the first place.
“First of all, why are people in a migration having cell phones?” Trump asked. “It... |
This article originally appeared on DeSmog Canada.
According to an internal memorandum obtained by Postmedia's Mike De Souza, the tailings ponds holding billions of litres of tar sands waste are leaking into Alberta's groundwater.
The document, released through Access to Information legislation, confirms groundwater ... |
The Most Visually Stunning And Intellectually Captivating Libraries Of The World
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries” – Rene Descartes
Libraries have gotten a bad reputation over the years, particularly in popular media. They’re depicted as boring, quiet, stuf... |
Watching Stranger Things, it was pretty obvious big things were in store for Millie Bobby Brown. But no one could have guessed it would be this big. Like, hundreds-of-stories big.
The actress just closed a deal to star in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the sequel to 2014's Godzilla reboot, which was directed by Rogue... |
Johannesburg - A magistrate has to pay R115 000 of damages plus interest out of her own pocket to a convicted fraudster after she refused to hear her bail application because it was in Afrikaans, according to Rapport.
North Gauteng High Court judge Cynthia Pretorius ruled that Magistrate Hasina Habib's dishonesty duri... |
Chinese smartphone brands expanded their share of the Indian smartphone market in the June quarter (Q2) of 2017, continuing a trend seen over the past few quarters, shows the latest Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report by research firm IDC (International Data Corporation). This means brands including Xiaomi, Vivo and ... |
A video of protesters banging pots and pans on Quebec streets is going viral on social networks.
Posted on Friday afternoon, the beautiful black and white film shows protesters of all ages taking to the streets to protest the emergency law Bill 78. The Vimeo video quickly began showing up all over Twitter and Facebook... |
The ‘Last Hurrah Caucus’ Now Has The Power To Kill Trump’s Agenda In The Senate Of course, that doesn’t mean they’ll use it. Filed under Congress
Republicans still have a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate. But they may no longer have a real governing majority on every issue.
Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake announced Tuesd... |
Cheney Shielded Bush From Crisis
By Barton Gellman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 15, 2008
This is the second of two stories adapted from "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency," to be published Tuesday by Penguin Press. Original source notes are denoted in [brackets] throughout.
Vice President Cheney... |
House Committee Slashes International Family Planning The GOP Controlled House Appropriations Committee expanded the war on women globally yesterday. The committee slashed international family planning funding by $149 million, or 25%, reinstated the Global Gag Rule, and banned all US funding to the United Nations Popul... |
I’ll skip the dramatic and lengthy intro and just get right into it; is Cam Newton heading for the dreaded Sophomore Slump?
Three games into the season and Newton’s numbers have owners everywhere in a fit. In fact, through 12 quarters, Newton is
53-83 for 798 yards
2 TDs and 5 INT through the air
24 rushes, 84 yard... |
A poll worker in Queens, New York appeared on MSNBC with Chuck Todd last night and revealed that Democrats were submitting blank ballots rather than voting for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Why? Because they actually wanted to vote for Republican Donald Trump.
New York is a closed primary state, meaning voters mu... |
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The secret is out.
And like Gators head coach Jim McElwain said earlier in the week, the Gators will start a quarterback in the season opener Sept. 3 against UMass.
McElwain announced Thursday afternoon that redshirt sophomore Luke Del Rio is that guy. Del Rio and fifth-year senior transfer Austi... |
On his first day back in the office after a lengthy overseas trip, President Trump made clear that he's not going to stop tweeting any time soon. In five tweets over less than four hours, the president again lashed out at Germany, again brushed off accusations that Russia interfered in the election, again called for bl... |
Spoon continued their preposterously enjoyable run of very good records this year with the release of Hot Thoughts—one of 2017’s best albums so far—and today they’ve shared a video to accompany moody album cut “I Ain’t the One”. The somber blue, black and white tones of the video, which was directed by the duo of Ian F... |
A set of schematics by GeekBar on Weibo have been making the rounds today, claiming to show both NFC support for the iPhone 6 as well as ‘confirmation’ that the device will feature just 1 GB of RAM, like the iPhone 5s.
Although the site focuses on the 1 GB description at the top of the image, it turns out that the sch... |
As a bibliophile and a TV/film fanatic, I’ve always tried to curtail my expectations for adaptation of books I enjoy. It’s always been my belief that a good adaptation tries to capture the essence of a book rather than mimic it. Blade Runner is a good example of this. The film bears little resemblance to Philip K. Dick... |
It was the loss of his father nearly a year ago when he wandered away from his home in Coquitlam that led Sam Noh to team up with two other volunteers to create Silver Alert - a social media alert system to warn when people with dementia go missing. Sam's father Shin Ik Noh, 64 at the time of his disappearance last Sep... |
Intrusive thoughts are involuntary and unpleasant thoughts, images, or ideas that pop into our mind.
They are a common symptom in those with anxiety, depression, OCD, and PTSD; however, the truth is most people experience intrusive thoughts from time to time.
Common intrusive thoughts are usually associated with aggr... |
Sen. Flake: Concerns need to be addressed before tax reform 7:05 PM ET Thu, 9 March 2017 | 03:24
Mitch McConnell thinks getting tax reform done, along with repealing Obamacare, could take longer than the Trump administration claims.
Politico on Thursday asked the Republican Senate majority leader if he thinks tax ref... |
View Caption Hide Caption Here's one thing Josh Richardson never does on game days. (Getty Images)
Everybody wants an answer for this.
Josh Richardson was a dreadful 3-point shooter his first two years of college, decent after that and mostly a non-factor for the Heat early this season. Somehow, though, he is on an u... |
We all know the Moto 360 is coming “soon”. How soon, you ask? Pretty soon, if you think that at least one tech journalist is wearing it right now, and on national television of all places.
Joshua Topolsky, the editor in chief of The Verge, is Jimmy Fallon’s resident tech guru. As a recurrent guest on Jimmy Fallon’s sh... |
The library covers a broad swath of applications that range from the highly technical Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems File Delivery Protocol, which transfers large files between the NASA ground systems and a spacecraft's control unit, to the whimsical like the Spacewalk game, which is exactly what it soun... |
The most interesting part in programming is creating stuff that to you seem like the most awesome stuff but to others seem like “yeah, cool” or “why did you spent your time building this useless thing?”. That might be the reason why many of our pet projects don’t get published/released (all creators denounce their crea... |
(NaturalNews) Deniers of the link between mercury-laden vaccines and autism are going to have a hard time denying the latest findings by the Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs (CoMeD). The nonprofit group has obtained critical documents via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that exposes the US Center for Diseas... |
Claudia Ng had recently purchased a 3D printer, and one of her first projects was to create the model for a Pokémon-themed planter for a friend. She posted it online, and it quickly went viral. The first version of the planter was a little rough, as you can see.
She then put the design on Shapeways, a site that allows... |
In a rapid offensive lasting less than a month, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have recaptured the last opposition enclave in east Aleppo. On Monday evening, the army cleared street after street as artillery and air strikes pounded rebel positions northeast of Ramouseh district. By midnight, only a ti... |
Why Foreign Affairs Policymakers are More Prejudiced than Economic Policymakers
Yesterday I was intermittently watching Janet Yellen’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, and I was struck by how often she relied on the guidance of "studies" to explain her worldview on monetary policy. By "studies," Yellen w... |
TEPID ON OBAMA
“If the election for president were to be held today, over half of Americans — 52 percent — would be unlikely to vote to re-elect President Obama, 2 in 5 would be likely to vote for him and 7 percent are not at all sure,” observes Regina A. Corso, senior vice president of the Harris Poll, which surveyed... |
On October 28th the Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg published a blog post accusing that Wix, a provider of competing services, has stolen code from the WordPress codebase. To be specific, it was about the use of a rich text editing component in the Wix mobile app:
If I were being charitable, I’d say, “The app’s editor i... |
The Maldives has been plunged into a fresh constitutional crisis after police halted a presidential election due to be held today and surrounded the offices used by officials for the poll.
On what was described as a “dark day for democracy”, police officers claimed that they would not allow the vote to proceed as it w... |
This 1970 Datsun Bluebird SSS Coupe (chassis P510-244933) is the JDM right-hand-drive sibling of the common 510 model, and is notable for its swept c-pillars, SSS exterior trim, and wide rear lamp assembly with sequential turn signals. It was purchased by the current SoCal owner directly from Japan, where it was built ... |
PSYKHE
Greek Name Ψυχη Transliteration Psykhê Latin Spelling Psyche Translation Soul (psykhê)
Psyche and Cupid-Eros, Greco-Roman mosaic from Samandağı C3rd A.D., Hatay Archeology Museum
PSYKHE (Psyche) was the goddess of the soul and the wife of Eros (Roman Cupid) god of love.
She was once a mortal princess whose e... |
Marijuana varieties are displayed in West Salem Cannabis, a shop in Salem, Ore., on Sept. 27. (Andrew Selsky/AP)
Nearly 40 percent of people who use marijuana say they do so primarily to help them relax. New research from the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests that many of those folks may be overdoing it.
As ... |
When listing all the ways humanity is going to ruin the future, one that doesn’t often come up is the sun being blocked out by a horde of drone advertising blimps. But that hasn’t stopped one Swiss firm from working hard to make it a reality.
Skye Aero is a project to build 10-foot helium-filled balloons, with small p... |
Debian Installer 6.0 Beta2 release
December 8th, 2010
The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the second beta release of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze.
This release is dedicated to Frans Pop, who worked as Debian Installer Release Manager for several years. Even after he stepped out from this r... |
MasterCard's global chief innovation officer, Garry Lyons, said earlier this month that the launch of Android Pay could be more significant for the future payments infrastructure than Apple Pay given the myriad devices they would work on in comparison to Apple's.
In an interview at the opening of ANZ's new Martin Plac... |
If you witnessed someone walking on water, consistently and visibly healing the sick, casting out demons, spontaneously creating bread and fish, turning water into wine, calming storms, killing trees with a glance, and raising the dead--wouldn't you be convinced that the guy is the son of God? Even the most atheist of ... |
AMD has reached its biggest marketshare milestone in over a decade, overtaking Intel in both units sold and revenue at Germany’s largest online retailer. The data pulled from the “Newegg” of Germany, Mindfactory.de, shows AMD’s Ryzen and Threadripper CPU sales growing over several months to finally overtake Intel in Au... |
Arsene Wenger has turned his attention to the Spanish giants as he makes late-window attempts to bring marquee firepower to the Gunners' attack following a frustrating summer
'AN ARSENAL STAR IN THE MAKING'
Miguel Churruca | Goal Spain
"Despite his stunning arrival to the Bernabeu, Di Maria has never felt the starti... |
NEW YORK — Patrick Brown is on an improbable mission: Make a burger Americans love, minus the meat.
Veggie patties have been around for decades, but Brown and others want to make foods without animal products that look, cook and taste like the real thing — and can finally appeal to the masses.
“We are not making a ve... |
CLOSE Chris Cruz, Bradley Smith, and Phil Golobish talk about their arcade game Skycurser. Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar
A screenshot of "Skycurser," a brand-new game built to look like an old-school arcade game. (Photo: Submitted by Skycurser)
The scene inside Tappers the Saturday night of Gen Con was exactly what you'd ... |
Gary Kubiak has agreed to become the head coach of the Denver Broncos, the team announced Monday.
Editor's Picks How does Kubiak's hire affect Manning's return? Incoming Broncos coach Gary Kubiak has always run a version of the West Coast offense. Peyton Manning comes with his own offense. Can the two work together?... |
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