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Many of the new proposals deal with Medicare and Medicaid rules that have not been altered in decades. In general, the proposals do not affect the large number of rules issued under the new health care law, which set detailed standards for coverage offered by insurance companies and employers.
One of the new proposals... |
Few machines are as ripe for customization as motorcycles. They're pure mechanical simplicity. Two wheels, an engine, a transmission, some brakes and handlebars, and endless possibilities. Go to any motorcycle race and walk through the parking lot. You won't find two bikes that are exactly alike. If dogs are a facsimil... |
Putin and Obama, the Bobbsey Twins
For half a millennium the Russian Tsars proudly proclaimed themselves to be guardians of Christian civilization against barbarian invasions from the Asian steppes and the Muslim Middle East. Although the Tsars generally excluded Catholics from their benevolent protection, their claim... |
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Jessa (Duggar) Seewald and husband Ben have welcomed the newest member of their family — a baby boy!
“We are so happy to announce the arrival of our sweet second son,” the couple exclusively tells PEOPLE. “He was born at 4:26 a.m. this morni... |
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President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday morning to praise former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for seeking an immunity deal in exchange for talking with the Senate about ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
“Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in t... |
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I am working at the new Amazon fulfillment center in Haslet, Texas as a seasonal, part-time picker. It is winter. We aren’t workers here: we are associates. It is a job that I can do hung-over and high and I can make just enough money here... |
STEINACH AM BRENNER/Austria (Reuters) - Austrian police have started searching freight trains traveling from Italy at night to tackle illegal migration and avert further deaths after two stowaways died earlier this month.
A man and a woman from Eritrea who had hidden on a train bringing trucks from Italy were crushed ... |
A recent article by Tamar Haspel argues that the local and organic food movement can't fix our food system. If this movement were solely focused on "buy fresh, buy local" at farmers markets and upscale restaurants, we would agree. However, bigger changes are underway for sustainable agriculture. Farmers and others in t... |
The NYT Veers Neocon Many American progressives don’t want to recognize how bad the U.S. mainstream news media has become. It’s easier to praise a few exceptions to the rule and to hope that some pendulum will swing than to undertake the challenging task of building a new and honest media infrastructure. Email
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UPDATED: Viacom shares shot up 5% in the first hour of trading Thursday, indicating a positive response from investors to the turnaround plan. The stock was up 4.3% for the day, closing at $43.89.
The new regime at Viacom unveiled a turnaround plan for Paramount Pictures and its cable network group as the conglom surp... |
3 years ago
About three years ago, Burnie Burns asked me if I would be interested in becoming the writer and director of Red vs. Blue. He asked me like it was any other question in the world. Hell, he was grilling sausages when he did it and immediately followed it up with “Oh, pass me those tortillas”.
That question... |
Idea is part of package of changes to try to boost turnout, but critics say they fail to address root cause of voter apathy
Making the day of each general election a national holiday has been endorsed by MPs as part of a package of proposed changes to try to boost voter turnout in the UK.
The Commons political and co... |
A euphemism is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive or suggest something unpleasant.[1] Some euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others use bland, inoffensive terms for concepts that the user wishes to downplay. Euphemisms may be used to mask profanity or refer to taboo t... |
My son just started kindergarten. So naturally, I have been thinking a lot about the type of world and community in which I want him and our seven-year-old daughter to live. I am involved in a project to improve school lunches in our district to reinforce the nutrition lessons we teach in our home. I am a founding boar... |
CANADIAN LCD PRICE-FIXING CLASS ACTIONS New settlements have been reached in the Canadian LCD price-fixing class actions, totaling more than $37.4 million.
UPDATE: Cheques and Interac e-Transfers were issued to eligible class members on February 16, 2019.
Who can get money from the settlements?
You can get money fro... |
std::shared_ptr has a secret: a constructor that most users don't even know exists, but which is surprisingly useful. It was added during the lead-up to the C++11 standard, so wasn't in the TR1 version of shared_ptr , but it's been shipped with gcc since at least gcc 4.3, and with Visual Studio since Visual Studio 2010... |
(this post was originally published on 29 june, 2006, with the title "one seam convertible dress".)
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Winnipeg's new NHL team has reached its goal of selling 13,000 season tickets.
The number was made on Saturday, just minutes after tickets went on sale to the general public at noon local time.
"Officially Sold out! Reached our goal within 17 minutes of noon. THANK YOU!!!!" said a post on the ticket campaign's offici... |
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has clarified one of the most common misconceptions about MM to his fiancee, Crystal Harris, while in conversation with chat show host Piers Morgan on CNN.
“PIERS: What do you guys talk about?
CRYSTAL: Everything. I ask him… I want to know everything about Hef. I ask him all these question... |
One of the primary arguments of people who oppose the death penalty is the possibility that innocent individuals may be put to death for crimes they did not commit.
Since 1992, fifteen prisoners on death row have been set free when newly discovered evidence has exonerated them. For many, this indicates a possibility t... |
In September, the critic Paul Kincaid reviewed a clutch of science fiction anthologies for the Los Angeles Review of Books. His conclusion – that on the evidence of what SF itself selects as its best, "the genres of the fantastic themselves have reached a state of exhaustion" – provoked a gush of debate in the many onl... |
Bakers in Arizona will now be forced to make penis cakes for gay weddings, most women don’t know what they’re doing when they file for divorce, and a blind man who shot and killed a friend just got his guns back.
Arizona Christians Are Now Slaves to the Gays
Not everyone was happy with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s decis... |
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he had nothing to do with linking Ted Cruz's father Rafael to JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, other than pointing out a picture the National Enquirer had published alleging the two were photographed together. (Reuters)
Update: The morning after Donald Trump accepted th... |
But is there such a thing as a home court disadvantage?âyou know, where the fans arrive late and yawn during the action (assuming they show up at all). Such venues can make the opposing team feel like they're playing a low-energy scrimmage in their practice facility.
In no other sport does home court advantage matte... |
The 1986 film Transformers: The Movie didn’t just bring my favourite transforming toys to the big screen, it transformed me as well. While the television series had breathed life into all of those characters, the film killed most of them off. And I loved it.
This week saw the thirtieth anniversary of the animated film... |
The PlayStation 4 doesn't have a great selection of themes. The official Destiny one isn't too bad, and there are a couple of other additions to the PlayStation Store that are nice enough, but there's nothing available that we'd consider essential downloads.
That's changed today, however, as the fantastic Final Fantas... |
Australia Dominates Glitch Hop!
I just read a post on edm.com titled Australian Producers Are Taking Over EDM. I was like, yeah… it has seemed that way to me for a long time. However, my head was where it always is and that is the Glitch Hop scene. I figured I would take a gander at the article to see what the fellas ... |
President Trump Donald John TrumpHouse committee believes it has evidence Trump requested putting ally in charge of Cohen probe: report Vietnamese airline takes steps to open flights to US on sidelines of Trump-Kim summit Manafort's attorneys say he should get less than 10 years in prison MORE's legal team said Tuesday... |
While both leaders have agreed to a debate on Sunday, PM Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott can't agree on the details.
AN election brawl has broken out on two fronts with Labor and the Coalition at odds over leaders' debates and Government plans to continue its asylum seeker advertising blitz.
The two part... |
Epigenomics
What is the epigenome?
The epigenome is a multitude of chemical compounds that can tell the genome what to do. The human genome is the complete assembly of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)-about 3 billion base pairs - that makes each individual unique. DNA holds the instructions for building the proteins that ... |
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Japan is reportedly facing a surge in its population of snapping turtles - threatening some of the country's fragile ecosystems as well as its people's fingers.
Snapping turtles originally come from the Americas, but turned up in Japan as pets in the 1960s, Kyodo news agency reports. Some... |
More than 400 former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are urging senators to oppose President Trump’s pick to lead the department.
In a letter to the Senate on Monday, 447 former EPA employees said that Scott Pruitt Edward (Scott) Scott PruittEPA knows this pesticide is dangerous, so why did it r... |
MONTREAL — Martin Thibert, mayor of a small Quebec town by the U.S. border, was almost finished painting the interior of his kids’ public school with the help of a group of volunteers when an inspector showed up.
The provincial construction inspector told the gathering of parents, grandparents and teachers that painti... |
Modder Essenthy Onigami has finally released a new version of his amazing mod for The Witcher 3, Super Turbo Lighting Mod. Super Turbo Lighting Mod 3.1.1 revamps every zone starting with the original setting, fixes ambient occlusion in shadowed areas and increases ambient occlusion in general.
In addition, this latest... |
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A New Hampshire jury on Friday convicted Owen Labrie of five counts — including one felony — in connection with the sexual assault of another student at a prestigious boarding school, but it acquitted him of more serious charges.
Labrie, 19,... |
Shaq Fu... What's there to really say with that name?
Shaq is everywhere. On the front of the box, the back of the box... with some sort of weird pseudo martial arts pose... I mean, it's just Shaq. There is no way he cannot look goofy doing it. Getting past the comic relief, and the horrendous criticism that Shaq Fu i... |
A sensation at the International Championship Qualifiers as world number 120 Michael Wild scored a superb 6-0 victory over Judd Trump in Barnsley.
Wild scored breaks of 63, 82 and 62 on the way to this prestigious victory leaving the 2012 International Championship winner speechless.
The 34-years-old Englishman, who ... |
Assad regime says it will co-ordinate with others to fight group, while Russia says west must now put ‘common threat’ first
Syria has declared it is ready to help confront the rising threat from the Islamic State group but warned the US against carrying out air strikes on its territory without the consent of Damascus,... |
Arseblog News is aware that Arsenal will discuss the possibility of having a guard of honour for Manchester United should they arrive at the Emirates on Sunday as champions.
If United win their game against Villa tonight they’ll win the title, and at that point a decision will be taken about whether or not to applaud ... |
The publicity surrounding The Dark Knight Rises is coming thick and fast now, with Chris Nolan talking at length about Bane, Batman and his final return to Gotham.
“I didn’t know him very well,” says Nolan to Hero Complex when asked why he chose Bane as the villain of the piece. “David Goyer got me a bunch of stuff on... |
Armada FC Public Relations | July 15, 2016
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Armada will look to climb back up in the North American Soccer League Fall Season standings and increase its Coastal Cup lead at 8 p.m. on Saturday when it clashes with intrastate rival Miami FC at FIU Stadium.
Jacksonville is coming off... |
Primal Path - Dual Mind
For some barbarians their rage results from their mind being split. Your body is shared by two personalities, the rage symbols your alter ego taking control. The condition might be caused by some traumatic event, extreme loneliness, a foreign being such as a demon, a ghost, or a powerful mage u... |
UCLA researchers have found that the way to cure HIV-positive patients may be to activate the virus.
Researchers from the UCLA AIDS Institute and Stanford University developed a synthetic molecule that reactivated dormant HIV in cells. The molecule killed one-quarter of infected cells within a day. The researchers dem... |
Aircrew and SAR Techs of 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron rescued a pilot and passenger from a remote beach on the west coast after they ditched their aircraft about 100 meters from shore.
The incident occurred about mid-afternoon on April 18th, 2016, near Goose Bay, on the British Columbia mainland, about mid-way be... |
Allen Scarsella is accused of shooting Black Lives Matter protesters outside the 4th Precinct.
The 24-year-old man accused of wounding five people at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in north Minneapolis last fall appeared in Hennepin County District Court on Tuesday.
Allen Lance Scarsella of Lakeville did not ente... |
HOLEY SMOKES: From left, Danielle Mackay, 17, Mary O'Neill, 16, Zac Andrew, 14 and Arthur Hansen 12 look at some of the 75 holes punched in their boats.
Young rowers face a bleak season after arriving at one of the country's poorest clubs to find all but two of their boats smashed and strewn around the clubhouse.
The... |
Welcome back! For this week’s author interview, I’m thrilled to feature CM Muller. CM is an accomplished dark fiction author as well as the editor of the esteemed Nightscript series, an annual anthology which focuses on strange tales.
Recently, CM and I discussed the genesis of Nightscript as well as what he has plann... |
Accusations of racism abound these days. Hollywood and the Oscars are racist. Silicon Valley is racist. The Chicago police are racist. Algorithms are racist. Google search results are racist. College students who wear mustaches and sombreros to parties are racist. A New York Times writer tells liberal white folk to adm... |
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India-US nuclear deal
As the second unit of the Kudankulam power plant got synchronised, India's civil nuclear programme touched two landmarks, one being the Kudankulam project turning a page on protests and a legal challenge over its safety parameters in the Supreme Court, and second, India touching the 6,000M... |
Most homeless people in Alberta live in Calgary or Edmonton, but a growing number can now be found in rural areas as well.
New research funded by the provincial government suggests about 3,000 people outside of the two cities are homeless — and that doesn't track with how most people view rural areas.
"When we think ... |
(Corrects name of rifle in 1st paragraph to Bushmaster AR-15 from BushAR 15)
* Move follows pressure from CalSTRS pension fund
* To return sale proceeds to investors
* Cerberus shocked at killings, says Freedom not to blame
By Sakthi Prasad
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Following pressure from a major investor, U.S. private ... |
Joseph Brennan was not destined to be on this earth much longer and “he was in a lot of pain,’’ his daughter, Diane, recalled.
But “he had a little smile on his face’’ when she slipped on the head of her cancer-ravaged father his treasured Giants hat, newly signed by a punter named Steve Weatherford.
“He smiled when ... |
Despite the amped-up rhetoric and nearly non-stop coverage, Election Day 2012 is still a long way off. There’s still plenty of time for candidates to build their base of support and for a darkhorse to emerge in the Republican field to surprise everyone. That said, the stark reality for former Utah governor and recently... |
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Today is the day we get a taste of the new AMD R9 300 series graphics cards. The R9 300 range is the starting platform for what AMD will be supporting the Fury range due sometime in the near future. There have been some rumours surrounding the R9 300 range up to the 390X, that it will be a rebadged range;... |
Margaret Ferrier MP pointed out the increasing devolution of responsibilities to Holyrood.
Scotland Office: MP dubs it 'zombie department'.
An SNP MP has demanded to know why the Scotland Office "requires such an enormous increase in its budget" after receiving an almost 20% rise in the past five years.
Margaret Fer... |
California Cracks Down On Farmers Market Cheaters
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Could that beloved farmer at your farmers market possibly be lying to you, passing off supermarket produce as locally grown?
California's state officials seem to think so. Las... |
Is Jack White our last true rock star? I mean, he certainly thinks of himself that way—but should we?
I've been overdosing on White lately, which is why I ask. Earlier this week I got an advance copy of his new LP, Lazaretto; it hasn't left my earbuds since. And on Tuesday night I went to see him live—my first time—at... |
Makwan Amirkhani had one of the fastest UFC bouts of all time. 8 seconds was the time that was given after the bout at Tele2 Arena, stopping Andy Ogle making it the 5th fastest in the Octagon. “It’s not eight seconds, it’s six” says Mr. Finland that corrected Ariel Helwani on yesterday’s The MMA Hour about what he thin... |
Buy Photo Flex-N-Gate owner Shahid Khan applauds Ford Motor Co. for encouraging him to look for a site in Detroit for his project. (Photo: Robin Buckson / The Detroit News)Buy Photo
Detroit — Pegged as the largest investment in the city in the last 20 years by an auto supplier, Flex-N-Gate Corp. broke ground Monday on... |
That feeling of winning consecutive games didn’t last long.
The Miami Heat’s first step of progress in more than a month was stunted by the absence of guard Dwyane Wade. Without their leading scorer, there just wasn’t enough offensive power to offset the high-scoring Golden State Warriors.
A two-game winning streak w... |
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I am Sara and my husband's name is Jonathan - We are JADA Spices. I personally am a vegetarian who loves tasty, flavorful food. While honeymooning in Australia, we were introduced to Chicken Salt and loved it! As a seasoning, it elevated the dishes that I cooked. We never forgot our love for Chicken Salt an... |
CLOSE UofL professor Jasmine Farrier analyzes the new Bluegrass Poll data which shows most committed voters have made up their minds, but likely voters under 34 are somewhat undecided. Video by Frankie Steele, Eric Burse & Chris Feldmann
New poll shows Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell trailing Alison Grimes
Mitch McConn... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Utah Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz has sent a letter to the NFL and nine other professional sports organizations seeking information about their tax-exempt status, his office said on Thursday.
Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, recently introduced legislation to elimina... |
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While Apple and Samsung's phones and tablets battle it out on store shelves, the companies (and Google) have been battling it out in the courtroom in ongoing patent disputes. Apple has accused Samsung and Google with its Android software of copying the workings of its iPhones and iPads. Earlier th... |
HONG KONG — Thousands of Hong Kong university students abandoned classes on Monday to rally against Chinese government limits on voting rights, a bellwether demonstration of the city’s appetite for turning smoldering discontent into street-level opposition.
“University students must shoulder the responsibility of thes... |
A kayaker found a problematic creature in a surprising place in November: a coiled 6-foot Burmese python on a platform off the coast of Florida.
The snake and the platform it was found on were in Florida’s 170,000-plus acre Biscayne National Park. Ninety-five percent water, the large marine refuge incorporates four di... |
Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio said he plans to send members of his department’s volunteer “posse” to patrol schools as a response to the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
“Everybody else is talking about what their ideas are. They want new laws,” the Maricopa County sheriff told KPNX-TV on Thursday. “This ... |
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Today, IGN can reveal that Bloober Team -- the Polish studio behind PS3's and Vita's A-Men and A-Men 2 and PS4's Basement Crawl -- is working on a new game. It's called Scopophobia, and it's targeting PC and next-gen consoles.
Scopophobia may seem like a made up word, but it isn't... |
The darkness has resulted, organically, in one of the most scandal-plagued administrations in Canadian history. Mr. Harper’s tenure coincided with the scandal of Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto who admitted to smoking crack while in office and whose secret life came to light only when Gawker, an American website, broke ... |
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Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy took an emotional slap at President Donald Trump and the executive order to stop unvetted refugees from entering our nation when he tweeted this out on Friday evening.
To my colleagues: don't ever again lecture me on American moral leadership if you chose to be silent today.... |
Ali Kadri, spokesman for the Islamic Society of Mackay and Islamic Council of Queensland.
Ali Kadri, spokesman for the Islamic Society of Mackay and Islamic Council of Queensland.
MEMBERS of Mackay's Muslim community have been abused in the streets and Islamic Society of Mackay spokesman Ali Kadri said Dawson MP Geor... |
The media is abuzz about Amy Chua's book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (see this excerpt from The Wall Street Journal). Chua argues that "Chinese" mothers "are superior" because they demand absolute perfection and won't refrain from berating, threatening, and even starving their kids until they're satisfied.
Chua... |
I had the pleasure of trying out Gigantic, an upcoming team-based action game developed by Motiga, at PAX Prime and then got to sit down with gameplay designer Nick Mhley. Even though Gigantic is only in its alpha infancy, it feels polished and is a blast to play. It’s definitely a game that sticks out because it’s dif... |
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Liverpool have confirmed Conor Coady has extended his loan deal with Sheffield United.
The midfielder will remain at Bramall Lane until February 24 - the day before his 21st birthday - as per the terms of his youth loan.
Since joining the Blades in July, Coady has made 23 appearances in all competitions, scoring once... |
Image caption The image was created by the test crew of an Airbus A380
An Airbus pilot in Germany has delivered an early festive present by tracing the outline of an enormous Christmas tree during a test flight.
The crew, which was testing an Airbus A380, produced a colourful image clearly rendered on the flight trac... |
This issue is now resolved – please see https://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/2013/01/good-news-paypal-account-restored/
We have a donation page where we have accepted donations via Paypal for the project and site. This money goes towards the project, with money sent to developers, and helps covering costs etc.
Today I receiv... |
Next season starts now. The Thunder’s 2016-17 campaign ended on Tuesday night in Houston, and as a part of the wrap-up activities Head Coach Billy Donovan and the players all met with the media on Wednesday to break down the year that just passed and preview their offseason plans.
As the team discussed the resilient s... |
We’ve been hard at work, and we are just about ready to open the doors. This Friday will be the first day we open the building to the public. The pictures below show some of the latest progress leading up to this week.
The floor needed a completed redo. We used a concrete floor sander to remove the old top layer of th... |
Next week in Beijing OnePlus will take to the stage and finally unveil the OnePlus One flagship phone, unfortunelty the surprise may have been partly spoiled by this recent leak.
The above image shows what is believed to be the rear of the OnePlus One smartphone. The phone in the image features a bright “OnePlus” red ... |
PARIS (Reuters) - France will on Thursday announce a plan to raise regulated minimum food prices and limit bargain sales in supermarkets as part of a wider field-to-fork plan aimed at increasing farmers' income, a government official said.
The measures are part of a wider review promised by President Emmanuel Macron t... |
An Irish family are "absolutely delighted" to have recovered a painting and family heirloom that was stolen from their home in mysterious circumstances close to a decade ago.
An Irish family are "absolutely delighted" to have recovered a painting and family heirloom that was stolen from their home in mysterious circum... |
Like every other English-medium child of the 90s, I grew up watching a show called Captain Planet. It was a spectacular 80s cartoon about an environmentally conscious superhero and his five (presumably vegan) friends. Captain Planet sported a mullet, and at the end of every episode he would demonstrate an aspect of gre... |
Asylum seeker amnesty motion proposed by Greens voted down by Coalition and Labor
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The Coalition and Labor have joined forces to vote down a motion to grant amnesty to almost 270 asylum seekers currently in Australia.
Key points: 267 asylum seekers, including 37 babies, have been in Australia pending the High... |
After U.S. political commentator Rachel Maddow criticized a Chinese oil company with major stakes in Canada's oil sands for its past dealings with Iran, an Alberta energy expert said Canada faces a "choice" between letting Chinese companies invest in "troubled regimes" like Iran -- or allowing them to invest in Canadia... |
February 25, 2014Tim Lambesis from band As I Lay Dying sentenced to 9 years in prison!According to NBC San Diego, As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis pleaded guilty to hiring someone to kill his wife.Lambesis, 32, entered the change of plea in court Tuesday, admitting that he hired a hit man to kill his estranged wife. ... |
“Benjamin Bowles is truly an American success story. His love and interest in Classical Fencing directed him to study the criteria and proper construction of an authentic classical fencing weapon. While training as a fencer under the tutelage of both Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martinez and myself he expressed his desire ... |
Minding my own business (as I’m always wont to do), I was assailed by G-LO with another of his “great” ideas for a post. He thought it might be “fun” to try a couple of different world class porters and write it up as a post. While I might agree that it could be “fun” to try the porters, it was a lot more fun to drink ... |
One of Iceland’s most active and most famous volcanoes may be close to erupting. Volcanologists are keeping a watchful eye on Hekla, a mountain in south-central Iceland where magma is building up underground.
There is now more molten rock below Hekla than there was before it last erupted, in 2000, says Freysteinn Sigm... |
This seven-story giant boulder is the site of UFO conferences, Hopi spiritualists, and a “rejuvenation machine.”
Geologically speaking, the Giant Rock—located in California’s Mojave Desert—is roughly seven stories high and covers almost 6,000 square feet. Some say it is the largest freestanding boulder in the world.
... |
Malaria treatment wins Nobel Prize 2015
Malaria Treatment wins Nobel Prize 2015
Tu Youyou has been awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology 2015 for Medicine.
The award recognises her work in discovering in a therapy for treating malaria. With her team, she looked to traditional medicine for an effective treatm... |
Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice, LRO Radar Finds
by Staff Writers
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2012
Radar data indicate that the walls of Shackleton crater may hold ice. Actual observations (CPR) by LRO's Mini-RF instrument are compared to calculated radar values for 0.5% to 10% ice. Credit: NASA. For a lar... |
Illustration: Jim Cooke
A few days ago, Deadspin’s Kyle Wagner began to compile a list of all police-involved shootings in the U.S. He’s not the only one to undertake such a project: D. Brian Burghart, editor of the Reno News & Review, has been attempting a crowdsourced national database of deadly police violence. We ... |
There was quite a bit of Mets news and notes from Port St. Lucie today especially considering it was a Sunday. Here’s what we’ve learned.
1. With the Grapefruit League schedule kicking off on Wednesday, don’t expect to see David Wright, Daniel Murphy, Michael Cuddyer and Curtis Granderson until next weekend. Terry Col... |
Yes. But not significantly.
Sneakerheads love to lament the ever-increasing retail price of Retro Jordans. With GR prices hitting $170 and premium versions like the 5Lab3 reaching $225, it definitely feels like prices are increasing at a quicker rate than ever before. There have been two price hikes in the past two ye... |
In an environment where others struggle to survive, Tibetans thrive in the thin air of the Tibetan Plateau, with an average elevation of 14,800 feet. A study led by University of Utah scientists is the first to find a genetic cause for the adaptation -- a single DNA base pair change that dates back 8,000 years -- and d... |
Monday’s protest by Black Lives Matter Toronto got the city talking about police brutality, and about tactics the group used to reignite the conversation. Residents in the Eglinton West area where 45-year-old Andrew Loku was recently killed by Toronto police were largely appreciative of the action — hundreds left their... |
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Taeyeon’s “And One” has been officially released. The song can be downloaded from online music sites such as iTunes, MelOn (one-minute preview), Mnet (one-minute preview), and Bugs! (one-minute preview).
The translated lyrics for “And One” can be found in Soshified’s Lyrics Cen... |
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Magazine Review As a redressed version of the Truck of the Year-winning ProLite 4X4, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the ProRally scores highly as an exc... |
Telltale Games’ popular episodic series The Walking Dead may have wrapped up it’s storyline, but its not over yet. It still needs to land on next-generation consoles. We have some goods on that front that fans will like. The Walking Dead release for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One has now been confirmed through Twitter.... |
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