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AUSTIN, Texas | Two years after Texas became one of the last states to allow transgendered people to use proof of their sex change to get a marriage license, Republican lawmakers are trying to reverse the decision.
Advocates for the transgendered say a proposal to bar transgendered people from getting married smacks o... |
Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2011 July 11
A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan
Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Luc Dauvergne (Ciel et Espace); Mus... |
As is true every fall, UC Berkeley students are returning to classes and are hoping to live near campus. What they are discovering (or already know) is that in the last several years, rents have skyrocketed in the city of Berkeley. The campus has expanded enrollment without a commensurate increase in the number of unit... |
PoliZette Liberals Target First Amendment with Cries of ‘Fake News’ Democrats escalate 'fake news' rhetoric, demand social media giants increase censorship
On Thursday, Hillary Clinton came to the Capitol and paid tribute to outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
There, standing in a place where the Constitution... |
'Normal' Bacteria Vital for Keeping Intestinal Lining Intact
August 1, 2014 — (BRONX, NY) — Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that bacteria that aid in digestion help keep the intestinal lining intact. The findings, reported online in the journal Immunity, could yield n... |
"We need to know who is crossing our borders. By November, we will propose an automated system to determine who will be allowed to travel to Europe. This way we will know who is travelling to Europe before they even get here." – President Jean-Claude Juncker, 2016 State of the Union Address
The Commission is today pro... |
ResponsiveSlides.js v1.55
Simple & lightweight responsive slider plugin (in 1kb)
ResponsiveSlides.js is a tiny jQuery plugin that creates a responsive slider using elements inside a container. It has been used on sites like Microsoft's Build 2012 and Gridset App. ResponsiveSLides.js works with wide range of browsers ... |
Make-ahead Alfredo Sauce! Ready in 10 minutes. Keeps for a week in the fridge and reheats quickly. Toss with pasta or serve over vegetables, potatoes, fish, or chicken.
Photography Credit: Emma Christensen
Easy Alfredo Sauce in 10 Minutes
Here’s a nifty meal helper for when you have a busy week coming up: make-ahead... |
Back in 1909, a super-rich French banker named Albert Kahn decided to create a photographic record of the world using the new color photography process that had just appeared, the Autochrome Lumière. He commissioned 4 photographers to take their cameras to places all over the world. One of the cities they documented wa... |
LA TRINIDAD, Philippines—The remains of two miners were recovered by a team of volunteers digging through mud and rocks in a landslide-hit area in Mankayan, Benguet on Monday, police said.
The bodies of Rocky Mangrubang, 19, a native of Aurora province, and Ronald Paul Angel, 19, a resident of Mankayan, were recovered... |
A Software Tester's Guide To Usability
By Claire Reckless
A Holistic Look At Usability Testing
Usability is an important quality to consider when building software for your users. An application built using cutting edge tech, offering the latest features, won’t generally be well received if the usability is poor. We... |
Elon Musk wants us to prepare for the worst. The tech entrepreneur recommended a new book released on Tuesday, written by MIT professor Max Tegmark, which tackles the thorny issues of how artificial intelligence will change every aspect of society.
“Worth reading Life 3.0 by @Tegmark,” Musk said on his Twitter page Tu... |
Staff Reports - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) - The Lafayette Police Department responded to an explosion that rocked a neighborhood on Friday night.
Police responded to calls of an explosion and observed that the door to the refrigerator in the apartment seemed to be the source of the explosion, because it had been blown of... |
Netflix has taken global rights outside Italy to Italian director Andrea Molaioli’s teen pregnancy pic “Slam,” which is based on the novel by the same title by British writer Nick Hornby, known for “High Fidelity,” “Fever Pitch” and “About a Boy.”
The deal is being touted as the streaming giant’s first global launch o... |
Photo: Daniel Meigs
It has been 735 days since Megan Barry delivered a victory speech to a crowd of supporters packed into the Nashville Farmers’ Market after sealing her election as Nashville’s first female mayor. And she says they’ve flown by.
They certainly haven’t been dull. In fact, the mayor’s first two years i... |
The tissues of the heart are mechanically tough and electrically conductive, and they keep a strong, rhythmic beat—properties that are tough to mimic in the lab. But a new hybrid material that combines cell-friendly gel, strong, conductive carbon nanotubes, and living cardiac cells mimics natural heart tissue more succ... |
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And to all men and women of good will.
In recent decades, the Republican party has been a vehicle — imperfect, like all human institutions, but serviceable — for promoting causes at the center of Catholic social concern in the United States: (1) providing legal protection for unborn children, th... |
If you've just read the Q4-2010 issue of Automated Trader Magazine, you'll no doubt have picked up Marc H. Malek's description of Conquest's strategy as "systematic with a discretionary overlay". Here's Marc's analysis of the current macro picture.
It is tempting to highlight the performance of equities, commodities, ... |
By: Naomi Baron, Posted on: January 5, 2017
Do students learn as much when they read digitally as they do in print?
For both parents and teachers, knowing whether computer-based media are improving or compromising education is a question of concern. With the surge in popularity of e-books, online learning and open ed... |
The Krampus - who is sometimes referred to as "evil Santa" or the "Christmas devil" - dates back to pre-Christian Germanic traditions. (Photo credit: Tom Wait)
— It’s the time of the year when Christmas decorations adorn houses for blocks in communities throughout the Southland.
But one entry in the Annual Holiday Ho... |
A reader I hope is young and not being serious asks:
Let me get this straight: you, a presumably rational individual who writes science fiction stories for a living, sincerely believes that the creator of our 13.7 billion year-old universe of 70 sextillion stars magically impregnated a human female about 2000 years ag... |
Trump's Budget Would Eliminate A Key Funder Of Research On Coastal Pollution
Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Joyce/NPR Chris Joyce/NPR
For 51 years, a small federal program has been paying scientists to keep American waterways healthy. It's called Sea Grant — part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin... |
Each shop looks basically the same: a row of tired young people typing frantically at mismatched computers; a clattering press in back; and every spare foot filled with boxes or customers.
The frenzy is palpable. "They're always moving," said Jay Baez, a UPS deliveryman who has had the Market Street route for 10 years... |
This is a list of video game accessories that have been released for the Game Boy handheld console and its successors. Accessories add functionality that the console would otherwise not have.
Game Boy [ edit ]
Game Boy Pocket Sonar [ edit ]
Pocket Sonar The component parts of the
The Game Boy Pocket Sonar is a peri... |
The Silence of the Liberal Muslim
By Hasan Suroor
10 February 2015
While Muslims rightly resent being called upon to condemn every act of Muslim extremism by arguing why the community should be held accountable for the actions of individual members, the Shirin Dalvi case is about standing up for a fellow Muslim bein... |
SINGAPORE - A 20-year-old woman has been arrested for being involved in multiple cases of online purchase scams, including offering discounted tickets to the Universal Studios Singapore theme park, as well as Coldplay and Ed Sheeran concerts.
She is believed to be involved in more than 10 cases of cheating, with the P... |
Working out the job market
All of us are born unemployed and single, and if we want that to change, we will have to start looking for a suitable match
Supply and demand is a fundamental economic concept, and unemployment is a totemic economic problem. But apply the concept to the problem, and you will not get very fa... |
While assault weapons bans are in effect in some states, that doesn’t mean that an AR-15 rifle is out of their reach. There are a number of companies that make AWB-compliant rifles for those markets, but the vast majority of those manufacturers take the approach of simply neutering the existing design and selling a sub... |
For GOP, Obama's 'Very Ideological' Speech Not Wearing Well
Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP
If President Obama's second inaugural address did anything for conservatives, it was to reaffirm their suspicions of the president as an unreconstructed liberal with whom they won't find m... |
Four of sports' biggest stars used the opening moments of Wednesday night's ESPYS broadcast as a call to promote social change.
Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James took the stage together at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles and urged their fellow athletes to be active socially.
"Generations ... |
I think there were multiple historical examples but one of the most interesting example is Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands. They took a similar stance against a Trump-like politician at that time (Let call him X). As a communist party, they strongly opposed capitalism while paying less attention on other issues. So,... |
Curtis Stone, founder of Green City Acres, grosses $80,000 to $100,000 per year working 3 seasons out of the year, while taking winters off. The most amazing part of this, is that he farms on only about 1/3 of an acre.
He grows 15 different crops and sells his produces to medium to high end restaurants and once a week... |
This is an article for curious people. A NASA worker recently found in a desk drawer a box with a rather striking inscription "Film captured on the moon". What was his surprise when he opened it and discovered that it was nothing more or less than several rolls with fragments of 70mm film belonging to the mission of Ap... |
Blackspace
Darkfall Unholy Wars
Dawn of Fantasy
Dragon's Lair
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Gear Up
Kinetic Void - Space Adventure
The Light
No Time To Explain
Primordia
Sang-Froid : Tales of Werewolves
StarForge
Waking Mars
Action! Screen Recorder
Bandicam: Game Recorder
Construct 2
Display Fusion
HitFilm 2
... |
Her time to shine! Eminem's beloved teen daughter Hailie Scott is all grown up as she's crowned Homecoming Queen
Eminem has name-dropped his beloved daughter countless times in his music.
But it seems that Hailie Scott earned her very own moment in the limelight on Friday as she was crowned Homecoming Queen at her Mi... |
Shortly after 11 a.m. ET a press e-mail came out with an announcement that there would be a conference call with Spike TV and Randy Couture on February 5. Obviously with Spike, the home of Bellator, and Couture, an MMA legend, it didn't take a significant amount of imagination to see where this was going.
But Loretta ... |
As #Benghazi fever rises among Republicans, the Hill reports this morning that the House GOP has “gone quiet” on Obamacare. There are no scheduled votes or hearings on the Affordable Care Act. Contacted by the Hill, most GOP campaign committees won’t say whether they will be launching any new attacks on the law.
As th... |
Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain recently provided a special Christmas surprise for local schoolchildren - watch the kids' priceless reactions now.
The Liverpool trio headed to St Paul's Catholic Junior School, based in the shadow of the club's Melwood training base in West Derby, to inte... |
OXFORD, Mississippi --- No. 15 Ole Miss was unable to get runners home most of the night as the Rebels fell to Memphis 4-1 at Swayze Field on Wednesday.
Auston Bousfield scored the Rebels' only run on the night and Ole Miss (11-2) left 11 men stranded despite tallying nine hits. The junior went 3-for-4 at the plate wi... |
It’s always a great feeling when a writer blindsides you in the telling of a story. There you are, you’ve been taken in hand and gently guided into another world, and things are moving along and it all feels perfectly normal … basically, you’ve been quietly seduced, and you’re not even aware of it, until a scene arrive... |
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Hundreds of homeless people were given Christmas dinner when a city centre pub opened its doors for a special festive event.
Earlier thi... |
Miguel Layun has become the first player to leave Watford on transfer deadline day, joining Porto on a season-long loan deal with a view to a €6 million permanent move.
We reported yesterday the 27-year-old Mexican international would be joining the Portuguese giants on loan.
Layun told Porto's website: “I feel great... |
Downing Street has tried to play down reports senior officials are preparing a "Plan B" in the event of a sharp economic downturn.
But the prime minister's official spokesman did not deny the existence of such a document.
According to the Financial Times the confidential paper was written by cabinet secretary Sir Gus... |
Globe Telecom issued a statement on Friday, December 15, disputing the assertion by the government that the combined capacity of the country’s telcos is only at 2 Tbps.
The Ayala-led telco said its international connectivity capacity is more than 16 Terabits per second (Tbps), which is “sufficient to service the bandw... |
There are so many great episodes that come to mind when I think about The X-Files, including a particularly memorable one that served as an homage to John Carpenter’s The Thing. But there’s one episode that stands out amongst all the rest, as it hasn’t left my mind since I saw it so many years ago.
That episode was ‘H... |
I straddle this line, it has always been a hard one for me to separate and at times I still struggle.
Nostalgia v. Dwelling.
Is there a difference or has changing my perception allowed me to create a difference in my head?
As a rule, I don’t like to dwell on things – as in I don’t like to make that my home or launch... |
WASHINGTON — Jim Graves has said he’ll decide by April 1 if he’ll challenge Rep. Michele Bachmann again in 2014.
Graves told the St. Cloud Times’ Mark Sommerhauser that he’s watching Bachmann’s movements closely and will decide whether to jump into the race depending on how she handles congressional debates over the d... |
Amazon is departing from its commercial-free video formula with a new ad-supported streaming TV show.
The Fashion Fund is a reality show about a fashion-design competition, featuring Diane von Furstenberg and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The first episode of season 3 is now free to watch on Amazon.com, Amazon’s... |
“Winston Churchill spent a lot of time in this place,” says Ramon Castenada, manager of the nautical-themed bar HMS Bounty (See map below). “Back then, in the ‘40s, it was called The Gay Room.” Ramon, who’s been working here for 53 years, pulls up a chair and pours me another drink. “Lee Marvin used to sit here, “ he s... |
(This version of the May 12 item, corrects paragraph 3 to show that episode lasts 90 minutes, not an hour)
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Melissa McCarthy took her impersonation of Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, to the streets of New York City on Friday, rolling through midtown traffic ... |
The second season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge will get underway next weekend, with the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. The 2017 edition of the Australian endurance classic arguably has the best entry list of its existence, with some of the best GT drivers in the world racing on the epic Mount Panorama circuit.
W... |
It’s unlikely Charity even set hoof in the city, says the farmer who raised her.
Markham’s most famous show cow, who was recently honoured for her place in the city’s history with a controversial statue erected in the middle of a quiet subdivision, never actually lived in Markham.
“She never went to Romandale Farm (i... |
Cubit
an approximate matching
peer-to-peer overlay
What is it?
Cubit is a system that provides fully decentralized approximate keyword search capabilities to Azureus as a standard plugin. Approximate search means that you can use Cubit to find a movie, song or artist even if you don't know which spelling variation ... |
– The U.S. Chess Championship tournament went from bad to horrible for Minnetonka’s Grandmaster Wesley So as he forfeited his game Friday for a rules violation.
The incident, which rocked the national championship competition, led him — and the Minnetonka family that has taken him in like a son — to reveal a tale of w... |
Kyle Spivey (Photo: Provided by IMPD)
An Indianapolis man faces charges for his role in the accidental shooting of his 4-year-old daughter and her mother.
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced charges Friday against 27-year-old Kyle Spivey, according to a news release. Spivey has been charged with neglect of... |
NEW YORK—More and more folks are embracing over-the-air television. Recent findings from market researcher GfK indicate that 17 percent U.S. TV households rely on “broadcast-only” television reception, up from 15 percent in 2015. Concurrently 25 percent now have no cable and satellite reception.
“The fact that a stati... |
People who use the scientific method to make observations about the world establish theories to explain the patterns they see. Creationists do not establish their own coherent theories. Instead they spend time poking holes in actual scientific theories. The claims they make against true science frequently even contradi... |
Nov 16, 2015 | Morthrod | Nov 16, 2015 |
Do you hate chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cows? If not, then why are you eating their corpses? Realize that someone slit that animal’s throat or chopped its head off, so that you could eat something that is NOT a necessary part of your diet. Remember the five food groups? Meat a... |
Laxmi has come to terms with her reality
Eastern India's most prominent mental health institute, in the city of Ranchi, has recently published a list of 98 patients "abandoned" by their families. They were brought here for treatment and even though they are now stable, they are languishing because their families refus... |
The Uruguay international was frustrated at the Parc des Princes last season but he insists that he has finally settled in the French capital
Edinson Cavani insists he is no longer unhappy at Paris Saint-Germain, revealing that he now feels he has the support of the club.
The striker joined the Ligue 1 outfit from Na... |
Just as you should not accept a sexually-used woman into your life, Western societies should never welcome back politically, culturally, and, yes, sexually-used former ISIS girls. One of these girls, teenager Linda Wenzel, is currently doing her best to sob and attract the attention of her native Germany in the hope of... |
Figure 1: Left: Skyrmions are whirling patterns in the magnetic orientations of atoms. Under an external magnetic field (purple arrows), atoms on the outside of the skyrmion align their magnetic moments (red) with the field, while those at the core of the skyrmion point in the opposite direction (blue). Right: Skyrmion... |
On the morning after US President Donald Trump had declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel, a Muslim wrapped in a Palestinian flag arrived at the Israeli-owned Carmel kosher restaurant in Amsterdam and smashed its window, Israeli media reported.
The man approached the restaurant shouting, “Allahu Akbar,” and seconds ... |
Pokémon Gold Version and Silver Version[a] are role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. They are the first installments in the second generation of the Pokémon series. They were released in Japan in 1999, Australia and North America in 2000, and Europe in 2001. ... |
Canadian Cities Most and Least Likely to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse Last week I found this blog post , which ranks the US states based on how likely they are to survive a zombie apocalypse. As the post men...
McDonald's Monopoly Stats Man, was I ever excited when I saw that McDonald's Monopoly was back this year! I... |
Kung Fury is a 2015 English-language Swedish martial arts action comedy short film written and directed by David Sandberg. It pays homage to 1980s martial arts and police action films.[3][4] The film stars Sandberg in the title role, Jorma Taccone, Leopold Nilsson, and a cameo appearance by David Hasselhoff.
The film ... |
Why Radio Stations Probably Couldn't Just Play David Bowie Music As A Tribute: Copyright Law Is Messed Up
from the just-the-latest-example dept
Please could every radio station around the globe just play David Bowie music today - I think the world owes him that. — Eddie Izzard (@eddieizzard) January 11, 2016
No more... |
"That is a large and growing opportunity that should no longer be left untapped. It is time to remove all barriers to those who want HBO.
"So, in 2015, we will launch a stand-alone, over-the-top, HBO service in the United States. We will work with our current partners. And, we will explore models with new partners. Al... |
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
Oct. 1, 2013, 7:53 PM GMT By Steve James
Here's the price tag for the first government shutdown in 17 years: about $1.6 billion a week, $300 million a day, or $12.5 million an hour.
That e... |
The long-awaited expansion of Dartmouth General Hospital took a big step forward today with the first tender issued for construction.
"The tender is for site services, excavation, underground services, foundations and structural concrete for the new addition and a new emergency generator building," the Nova Scotia He... |
“Feminism did not need a guilty drunk!”
For years I bought into the old saw that says the second novel is the hardest one to write. It seemed to make sense. When starting out, most writers pour everything from the first 20 (or 30, or 40) years of their lives into their debut novel. It’s only natural that on the second... |
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A charity bookshop is begging women to stop handing in second-hand copies of steamy novel Fifty Shades of Grey .
Women who bought t... |
Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, addresses LGBT issues Tuesday at the Pittston Memorial Library. Attending the news conference were, left to right, Pittston Mayor Jason Klush, Cassandra Coleman, regional director for Gov. Tom Wolf; Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania Physician General; and C... |
At a big, athlete-filled event in New York City, Nike has announced the new Nike+ Fuelband SE. The band is mostly the same, only with some color: it comes in yellow, pink, or red accenting an otherwise black body. Besides the slightly updated design, the biggest addition is Bluetooth 4.0. This enables users to track in... |
LA County Sheriff's Deputies found a structure in the Tujunga Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary in Sunland furnished with bunk beds, tables, shelves, a rock patio and barbeque. Investigators say the man who built the home lived there for more than a year. Gordon Tokumatsu reports from Sunland for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on July... |
On September 2, 1964, actor, director, producer and musician Keanu Charles Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Throughout his career, Keanu performed in numerous smash hits, such as POINT BREAK (1991), SPEED (1994), THE MATRIX (1999), and HARD BALL (2001). In honor of his birthday, DMG Entertainment takes a trip down m... |
September 4, 2017 In News
Say ‘howdy’ to more vinyl, says its founder.
Gold Rush Vinyl, a new 8,400 square-foot record pressing plant, is opening in North Austin, Texas this December, reports the Austin American Statesman.
Read next: New pressing plant to open with world’s first “fully automated” record presses
Run... |
A new report from the Heritage Foundation attempts to count the number of laws in the federal criminal code. Author John S. Baker, Jr. estimates we have about 4,500 laws, with another 10,000 if you include federal regulations that can be criminally enforced. But Baker cautions that the code is so Byzantine, vague, and ... |
"The British Army; rarely ever start a war, but know how to finish one in style."
-Anon.
Undoubtedly the finest military organisation... IN THE WORLD - and the complete opposite of civilians
The Army has its own language including:
Unlike the Royal Navy, the British Army has historically been the ugly stepchild of ... |
Five people are in a serious condition and at least 72 others are injured after a gas cylinder exploded in a restaurant near Malaga.
The explosion happened during a festival in Velez-Malaga, southern Spain, a destination popular with British tourists.
Girl, 6, begged babysitter to ask her pedophile husband to stop ki... |
A look at the second half of the president’s first year in the White House.
A look at the second half, so far, of the president’s first year in the White House.
A look at the second half, so far, of the president’s first year in the White House.
When John Adams wrote into Massachusetts’s Constitution a commitment to... |
iSeeYou: Now Google even watches what you buy offline so it can target you with more personalised ads
Any collected data will be protected through safeguards allowing for the anonymity of customers
Watching you: Google will now collect data on users both online and in the real world
Just when you thought Google coul... |
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio has started shipping 4G SIM cards and Mi-Fi devices to Reliance Digital stores across metro cities, as the telco prepares to commercially launch 4G services in coming few days.According to a TelecomTalk report , Reliance Digital stores have already started selling LYF-branded smartphone... |
About This Game The official version of one of the best board games - Steam: Rails to Riches.
Take control of a railway company, issue shares, build railroads, deliver goods along an ever changing network of tracks and stations and make profit to expand.
* Can you finance both the most extensive track network and the... |
Welcome to the debut of “Keep It 100.”andset out tofind the key to making a grand debut. They’re joined by OSW Review’sto discuss the best and worst character intros of all time. Also, the man with one of wrestling’s most infamous debuts, WCW Superstar, opens up about the importance of first impressions.--
I'm a big b... |
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Manchester United were moving closer to securing David De Gea’s long-term future last night.
De Gea has entered the final 18 months of his contract at Old Trafford, but United are confident tha... |
Must-read: ACT Auditor-General Maxine Cooper's report on dodgy land deals. Credit:Stuart Walmsley Perhaps, but a searching examination by the Auditor-General may well show that the citizens who have been most truly dudded by the LDA have been younger folk keen to get into the housing market. People are now forced to pa... |
MSG products include Premium and Standard choices, which go through a rigorous selection process, he said.
MSG All Trading International Pvt Ltd, a Dera Sacha Sauda firm, on Sunday said it has introduced 151 products including food items.The products, launched by the sect's head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, included basma... |
A note that Albert Einstein gave to a courier in Tokyo, briefly describing his thoughts on happy living, has surfaced after 95 years and is up for auction in Jerusalem.
The year was 1922, and the German-born physicist, most famous for his theory of relativity, was on a lecture tour in Japan.
He had recently been info... |
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Thursday morning commute was anything but ordinary for some straphangers in Brooklyn.
Sara Linda arrived to catch the Q train at the Avenue H subway station in Brooklyn around 10 a.m. and spotted a man lying on the tracks.
A Manhattan-bound train was headed into the station.
Linda and sev... |
The indignant Sally Kern, a Republican state representative in Oklahoma, is no stranger to Queerty readers. She was 2008’s runner-up to our Homophobe Of The Year award, thanks to her noted bigotry, out of touch logic, anti-gay obsession, and her public shunning of her own gay son Jesse. So why mention her name again? B... |
Building a Deep Learning Camera with a Raspberry Pi and YOLO
Amazon has just announced DeepLens, a smart webcam that uses machine learning to detect objects, faces, and activities like playing a guitar on the camera itself. The DeepLens isn’t available yet, but the idea of a smart camera is exciting.
Imagine being ab... |
It was a cold day a few weeks ago when I went out to the mailbox and there was a package in there. Being Christmastime, I figured that my roommate must have ordered a present for his dad, but the package wasn’t for him and it had a return address of Simon & Schuster’s office in Tennessee. You can probably guess that it... |
This is probably the most revealing picture I will ever post of myself on the Internet. Look at my belly! I'm coming up on 36 weeks now; in this picture I'm at 31. I officially have the pregnant lady waddle, and getting from a sitting to standing position is way harder than I ever realized it could be. Sometimes she ki... |
The city of Timgad, in today’s Algeria, was founded as a military settlement by Emperor Trajan around AD 100 and its original scope was to be a defensive bastion against the Berber invasions. The city had a peaceful existence for the first centuries of its life, but was sacked by the Vandals in the 5th century and cons... |
Owing to rapid progress in the field, potential users face a variety of choices about how to implement CRISPR-Cas technology. Here we discuss some of the parameters to consider when applying the methodology.
Choice of gRNA platform.
It is important to note that the efficiency of Cas9 activity for any given locus can ... |
Experience the history of an aircraft carrier first hand! Master thrilling missions that focus on gigantic warships and their captains.
Take command of entire squadrons! Instead of controlling just one airplane, you can control all of the planes in your squadron.
Experience the most famous battles of the War in the P... |
Deepdetect is a young open source deep-learning server and API designed to help in bridging the gap toward machine learning as a commodity. It originates from a series of applications built for a handful of large corporations and small startups. It has support for Caffe, one of the most appreciated libraries for deep l... |
Archangel Adrigon: On Free-Will and Choice
Greetings, it is I, Lord Adrigon, presiding over the Pleiadian High Council and many other councils, as well. It is with great reverence and joy that we continue our discussions.
Last night, as our scribe communicated with her Sirian friend (who is also incarnated on GAIA) s... |
Formula One’s new American owners Liberty Media have big plans for broadening the sport’s appeal, but Ferrari isn’t quite sure about where this is going, reports ESPN. Now Ferrari chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne is threatening to quit if they change things too much and Ferrari doesn’t like it.
Liberty Media’s been ... |
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