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Under the agreement, the United States can still penalize Iran for behavior such as its development of ballistic missiles or support for terrorism, but it cannot simply reapply the same sanctions that were lifted under a different guise. Iran has the right to appeal to a joint committee and make the argument that the U... |
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Austrian town: The name is thought to derive from a sixth century noble called Lord Focko
An Austrian political party has defended a decision to promote a local beer called F***ing Hell - named after a village in the country and the German word for 'lite'.
The extraordinary brand name was initially banned when the pr... |
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump made much of his $1 trillion infrastructure promises. Today, the specifics remain largely ambiguous and ill-defined, with one exception: the desire to cut away pesky layers of bureaucratic red tape and streamline the permitting process for taxpayer-funded federal infrastructure proje... |
In the aftermath of the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, millions of people displaced, the horrors of the Holocaust a recent memory and an uneasy peace splintering the European continent, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded.
NATO tied the security of European democracies to American milit... |
Two years ago, researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab discovered their corporate network was infected with malware that was unlike anything they had ever seen . Virtually all of the malware resided solely in the memory of the compromised computers, a feat that had allowed the infection to remain undetected for six m... |
The almost 1 million young undocumented people who have applied for Daca protections gave the federal government their addresses, fingerprints and more
Donald Trump’s decision to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program from next March will leave almost a million young immigrants in fear tha... |
UPDATE 04.07.12 -- We are both humbled and excited to announce that we've made our goal! We are absolutely touched by the support we've received from everyone who encouraged this campaign to succeed. Every single one of your contributions helped us surpass this milestone, and now we know with absolute certainty that "B... |
There is a thought I have been mulling over about romantic relationships as well as what sort of audience I would like to reach with this site. How can we create the relationships we desire? We all know people in clearly unhealthy and dysfunctional relationships, what are the things they are doing that make them dysfun... |
Searchers are scouring Lemon Creek area for a Juneau woman missing since Sunday afternoon.
Kristina Elizabeth Young, 36, may have been wearing a green top when she disappeared. She’s described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 140 pounds, blond hair and blue eyes.
Lt. Dave Campbell of the Juneau Police Department said ... |
We suggest that signal convergence between the sexes may reflect strong selective pressures on kin recognition, whereas signal convergence within the sexes may arise as its by-product or function independently to prevent competition between unfamiliar relatives. The link between an individual's genome and its olfactory... |
Both of these are fixable -- the first problem can be fixed by intercepting NM_CUSTOMDRAW and forcing it to return 0, thus restoring the built-in redraw code, and the second one by sending another LVM_SETTEXTBKCOLOR message to restore an opaque background color. With these two fixes, the C# app runs as smoothly as the ... |
(NaturalNews) The Veterans Administration (VA) is issuing a warning that the popular anti-smoking drug Chantix has been linked to an elevated risk of suicide. This warning comes months after the FDA first expressed concerns over the psychiatric effects of the drug.Chantix helps people quit smoking by simulating the eff... |
Every team needs a scapegoat, a hacktastic hitter or struggling reliever. Remember Gregor Blanco last year? Sure you do. If you're in the mood for some yuks, scroll through the #FreeGaryBrown movement, being careful to weed out the ironic mentions. People were so very mad at Blanco, mad enough to completely forget how ... |
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during general elections in Jaunmarupe on October 4, 2014 (AFP Photo/Ilmars Znotins)
Riga (AFP) - Latvia's ruling centre-right coalition led by Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma scored a resounding majority in Saturday elections overshadowed by alarm over a resurgent Mosc... |
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With all of the Windows 8, Xbox One, and Microsoft tablet-based news circling the Internet lately, it’s easy to forget that Microsoft also has a dedicated research sector that is always dabbling in new and innovative technologies. Today, via IEEE Spectrum, we’re getting a glimpse at one such Microsoft Research p... |
They say 'new 'do, new you' and that certainly seems to be the case with Taylor Swift. The Shake It Off singer has been flashing a lot more flesh since chopping off her flowy locks into a shaggy bob.
From the plunging Alexandre Vauthier gown she slipped into for the Vanity Fair Oscar party to the bandeau top and match... |
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Application Design with PHP
How to design applications with PHP: making them modular, maintainable and best-practice. Basic procedural, functional and object-oriented aspects of the language are covered in 'accelerated' segments, however the focus is not PHP but how to use it effectively. This course will serve i... |
Successfully engaging students often requires educators to perform a tricky balancing act. Oversimplifying a lesson may cause students to tune out, but planning a lesson that students find too difficult could lead them to become frustrated and give up.
A special report from Indiana University revealed that 2 out of 3 ... |
Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece. I understand everyone has had different experiences with parenting.
This is a post trying to raise awareness of the struggles single dads go through. Discrimination against dads as legitimate parents has been going on too long. Coming from someone who was raised by her dad from th... |
The Kremlin critic was leaving to get a train to the provincial city of Nizhny Novgorod to hold a rally when he was arrested (AFP Photo/Evgeny FELDMAN)
Moscow (AFP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who aims to unseat Vladimir Putin in presidential elections next year, was detained by police ahead of a rally... |
Sabbath mode, also known as Shabbos mode (Ashkenazi pronunciation) or Shabbat mode, is a feature in many modern home appliances, including ovens[1] and refrigerators,[2] which is intended to allow the appliances to be used (subject to various constraints) by Shabbat-observant Jews on the Shabbat and Jewish holidays. Th... |
Story highlights A common criticism against Obamacare is that the federal law mandates that "essential health benefits" be covered
"You can figure out a way to change the state that you live in," Mulvaney said
(CNN) President Donald Trump's budget director said Friday that Republicans' health care bill would shift de... |
(CNN) There were wild celebrations in the Zimbabwean capital Harare when Robert Mugabe bowed to the inevitable and resigned as President on Tuesday . But as Zimbabweans feted his demise, it was unclear whether they would welcome the man in line to succeed him with such enthusiasm.
Until Mugabe fired him as vice presid... |
RIYADH, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian man suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus during a recent business trip to Sierra Leone died early on Wednesday in Jeddah, the Health Ministry said.
Saudi authorities and international laboratories certified by the World Health Organisation are testing samples from th... |
Gear Flashback: Our Flat Cat Gear Bobcat Titanium Stove System
When we were preparing for our PCT thru hike in the spring of 2012, we were looking for an alcohol stove that would give us great performance and utility while still being packable and durable. We experimented with several homemade options including the we... |
Tehran: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to Iran, Indian refiners have made first euro payments in four years to clear a part of the $6.4 billion in past oil dues.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has paid $500 million and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOC) $250 million over the past two da... |
Abortion-rights advocates said the law would shut more than half of the clinics remaining in the state. Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion law ruling
The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted two Texas requirements that would have forced more than half of the state’s abortion clinics to close on Wednesday.
With... |
Haile Selassie, the emperor of Ethiopia, was overthrown in 1974, and his downfall was caused to a considerable extent by his regime’s failure to confront the famine that year. A decade later, famine swept the north of Ethiopia once again. For most of 1983, it went on without much of the rest of the world paying it any ... |
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elcome to First Step, a video series featuring athletes engaging the communities most affected by today’s social issues, from education and unemployment, to child hunger and homelessness among LGBTQ youth. In this second installment, former Packers wide receiver Donald Driver takes a first step to help the unemploye... |
?GoBots are the Rodney Dangerfields of ’80s toys: they get no respect… and they’re completely dead and never coming back. They’ve never been able to escape the reputation of being low-rent Transformers knockoffs, despite hitting U.S. toy shelves first and being a popular line that outlasted many other ’80s toylines.
N... |
Speaking as both a fan and a critic, I'm of the opinion that fanservice is like a spice; just the right amount in the right recipe and it's fantastic, but too much overpowers the dish. Not every anime series needs to be a subtle masterpiece of moving, insightful screenwriting. There's room on the shelf for risque pleas... |
We should have seen this one from a mile away.
Sports Illustrated's Peter King reported Wednesday that the NFL's locked-out officials have been preparing for their eventual return.
One lingering concern about the referees is how much prep time they'd require to get back on the field. Estimations have placed that anyw... |
The German team stands behind its national flag at the start of the group-stage match of the FIFA U-20 World Cup between Germany and Vanuatu in Seogwipo, South Korea, on May 26. (Wallace Woon/European Pressphoto Agency)
For decades after the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II, Germans had trouble de... |
Download the 5K+ podcasts and take your running to the next level.
Each 5K+ podcast provides a structured run with running music and coaching to develop your running technique, speed and stamina.
The podcasts were produced with sports music experts AudioFuel, who specialise in music to help you run faster and for lon... |
A federal grand jury in Texas returned a two-count indictment for wire fraud against Charles Banks, a financial adviser who is alleged to have mishandled more than $20 million in investments of his ex-client, retired San Antonio Spurs All-Star Tim Duncan.
The indictment was unsealed Friday in a San Antonio courtroom, ... |
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One day after Uganda’s President signed into law a bill making homosexuality punishable with life imprisonment, several countries have already said they will cut aid to the country.
President Yoweri Museveni signed the draconian Ant... |
Image copyright AFP Image caption Thousands of Catalans took part in the demonstration, held on Catalonia's National Day
Thousands of Catalans have rallied in Barcelona, Spain, demanding the right to hold a referendum on independence.
Participants, waving Catalan flags and wearing the flag's red and yellow colours, s... |
For the fourth year running, here are some of my favorite articles, videos, games, photography, discussions, and design pieces that I linked to in 2007. After you’re done with these, try the lists from 2004, 2005, and 2006.
The streets of Portland are an ice skating rink for cars in this video.
Reconsidering the orig... |
Senator Mary Landrieu: South Dakota Borders on Canada, You Know
I'm pretty sure that South Dakota implies a more northerly Dakota.
Remember, these people are all super-smart, per the media, who are all super-smart themselves (Also per the media.)
Some possible movies:
In a land of mystery and confusion, one intrepi... |
The Senate health care bill, being drafted by Republicans behind closed doors, finally came to light.
The Washington Post got a draft of the legislation Wednesday afternoon, which was being passed among lobbyists and aides.
The bill would repeal most of the taxes that pay for Obamacare, roll back expanded Medicaid co... |
Whiskey lovers are more full of it than they seem, and may be exaggerating their ability to even tell rye and bourbon apart, a study by Drexel University found. Instead, the average consumer is more swayed by brand, age and alcohol content.
The fashion for drinking whiskey appears to be overtaking people’s knowledge o... |
Remember when the internet fittingly lambasted the ridiculous Catwoman zero cover? Then the artist, Guillem March, even poked fun at his work with an R. Crumb style parody? DC Comics took the hint and replaced the cover with a less anatomically-challenged version of Catwoman (also drawn by Guillem March). The new, supe... |
Two administrators' wives among those traveling on the university's tab
This Aug. 28, 2014, photo shows the Elliott Tower on the campus of Oakland University in Oakland County. An event is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, to dedicate the bell tower in the heart of campus. (Photo: Oakland University / AP)
Oakland... |
It has been revealed, though unofficially, that an anime adaptation of The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan is currently in production. The news was revealed visiting the Haruhi website via an android device. The anime has been reported to air in April 2014. Additionally, another series titled The Jump of Asahina Miku... |
Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism
Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism
A one-sentence description of Gnosticism: a religion that differentiates the evil god of this world (who is identified with the god of the Old Testament) from a higher more abstract God revealed by Jesus Christ, a religion that regards th... |
Pet thefts are on the rise, according to the American Kennel Club. (credit: CBS 2)
— Dogs are being stolen out of cars, yards, off sidewalks and even out of shelters at an alarming rate, according to the American Kennel Club.
“It only takes a minute for a theft to occur,” American Kennel Club spokeswoman Lisa Peterso... |
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THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Flying almost under the radar last week in the midst of headlines of attacks on numerous trans women in the city, the Washington DC Council unanimously approved a simplified process of changing gender markers on birth certificates.
The amendment, the JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certif... |
"California is once again the sixth-largest economy in the world. If you add the GDP’s of Washington and Oregon, California would surpass the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy in the world."
Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles and 2018 Democratic candidate for California governor, re... |
When Shell launched its drilling operations off the Alaska coast in 2012, it promised to employ “world-class technology and experience to ensure a safe, environmentally responsible Arctic exploration program.” What the world got instead was an epic failure:
“Shell experienced a series of problems and accidents last ye... |
Now that the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA Championship is behind us, it’s time to slowly start working ourselves back into thinking about the Browns (although that might still be tough for some, considering the streak the Indians are on right now). That means it’s time to kick off our annual training camp preview, where we... |
Sartaj Aziz, the prime minister's adviser on foreign affairs and the government's de facto foreign minister, shared the state's charge sheet against Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and a timeline of his trial in a media briefing on Friday.
At the occasion, Aziz also asked why Jadhav, who was handed the death sentence on ... |
Microsoft says it has sold 40 million Windows 8 licences in its first month - a statistic that compares favourably with 60m sold in the first two months of Windows 7 in 2009.
The announcement by Tami Reller, the new head of the Windows division following the defenestration of Steven Sinofsky, comes as Microsoft faces ... |
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Monmouth University has been named alongside 104 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, including Yale University, Princeton University, and Oxford University, in the Paradise Papers, a leak of documents and files that indicate the institutions named had affiliations with ... |
Rocket 5 Studios, a Canada-based development studio, have recently launched their latest iOS game, The Phantom PI Mission Apparition, onto the iOS App Store for only $1.99 just hours after winning the Indie Prize Critics Choice – Best In Show Award at Casual Connect. At Phantom PI Mission Apparition‘s core, it is a spo... |
Stephen Paddock’s arsenal included explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition, authorities say as emergency declared in county
Las Vegas suspect had more than 40 firearms in hotel and home, police say
The suspect in the Las Vegas shooting that has left at least 59 people dead had amassed an arsenal that inc... |
It's now been a year since the Obama administration announced their plans for the naive Iranian nuclear deal. Despite multiple warnings about how Iran would not comply with the legislation, the White House moved forward with the signatures and, as expected, Iran has not been a cooperative partner as they promised. For ... |
The world's first transgender beer will be sold at a bar in London, having been produced using hops that have undergone a 'sex change' prior to harvest.
The new beer, called No Label, is described by brewers as a 'Kolsch' which is neither strictly a lager nor an ale.
It is made with Jester hops during the brewing pro... |
Bottoms' brothers - Timothy, Joseph and Ben - also became actors
US actor Sam Bottoms, best known for his role as surfer-turned-soldier Lance B Johnson in Apocalypse Now, has died of brain cancer at the age of 53.
The third of four actor brothers, he was remembered as "handsome, tall... and very sweet-natured" by tha... |
Chaucer depicts three priests: The Friar, the Summoner, and the Pardoner. All of the them are corrupt and avaricious. The Summoner and the Pardoner are low testosterone gays, and the Pardoner is a predatory pedophile gay. The Friar has seduced many women, and been forced, therefore, to pay dowries to get them married o... |
MEGYN KELLY HAS downplayed her war of words with Fox News colleague Sean Hannity, putting it down to their Irish roots.
Kelly and Hannity made headlines this week after a back-and-forth over Donald Trump.
The former kicked things off when she said the Republican presidential nominee preferred going on Hannity’s show ... |
Downtown Cleveland looms beyond the Tremont neighborhood, where old factories and warehouses are quickly being replaced with new housing and businesses.
Downtown Cleveland looms beyond the Tremont neighborhood, where old factories and warehouses are quickly being replaced with new housing and businesses. Jabin Botsfor... |
When you sentence a person to prison, you are sentencing their families as well, says a woman whose life went into a ''tailspin'' after her partner was imprisoned.
The Hastings resident, who is using the pseudonym Helen to protect her former stepchildren, is speaking out to draw attention to the ''second sentence'' fa... |
In the previous post, we took a look at the Blackhawks’ penalty kill, so now let’s take a look at what’s viewed as the other end of the style of play spectrum: the power play.
Once again, there is a list of abbreviations listed at the bottom under “Resources” with brief explanations for your convenience. All charts ca... |
Encoding Statistical Independence, Statically
Jared Tobin Blocked Unblock Follow Following Feb 15, 2016
Applicative functors are useful for encoding context-free effects. This typically gets put to work around things like parsing or validation, but if you have a statistical bent then an applicative structure will be ... |
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It is hard to believe that just three weeks ago the entire corporate media was in uproar over Syria; specifically, about the need to 'do something' in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria, on April 4. Guardian commentator George Monbiot summed up the corporate media ze... |
The next phase of Qatari investment in the global game is coming, and television rights are the new target
Why PSG and the World Cup will not be enough for football-hungry Qatar
When Paris Saint-Germain defeated Chelsea at Parc de Princes on Wednesday, they did so as a club reborn.
Chelsea, themselves transformed a ... |
We still don’t know exactly when the latest series in Marvel and Netflix’s ongoing comic book saga The Punisher is going to arrive, but the streaming service is slowly but surely revealing a few hints of what to expect from Frank Castle’s return... including a new look for Frank.
Netflix has released the first batch o... |
China isn’t part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, but viewers of Tuesday’s Republican debate might not have realized that if not for Rand Paul.
Paul’s quick quip about China not being part of the 12-nation trade deal — made in response to an anti-China rant by Donald Trump — was the most replayed mome... |
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Approximately 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War One, and over 74,000 of them lost their lives. But history has mostly forgotten these sacrifices, which were rewarded with broken promises of Indian independence from the British government, writes Shashi Tharoor.
Exactly 100 years afte... |
By Alexi Lalas At 15, wrestling was not my thing. Singlets and those lace-up shoes that looked like ballet shoes seemed like a silly way to spend two hours of my then-still-short life. However, pretty girls and rock music were an easy sell. Definitely worth $6.50 at the Showcase Cinemas in Pontiac, Michigan, a few mile... |
Most great songs climb the charts, peak and eventually descend into the valley of cherished classics. Yet, the popularity of "Rocky Top" has continuously soared in the 50 years since it was written in August 1967. The song struck a rare chord that still resonates with music fans and was adopted as a sports anthem for f... |
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army of China at Tiananmen Square during a military parade in 2015 marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Reuters Amid a productive phone call between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese state-run media reported that 150,000 Chinese troo... |
GRAINS
grains – /grāns/ – noun
Aside from water, the most abundant ingredient in the most delicious beverage on earth is malted grains. Particularly malted barley. Yes, you can create a beer without malted barley (and most gluten free beers do so, using sorghum primarily) but odds are if you’re not ordering gluten fr... |
Mani Shankar Aiyar, who wears his bleeding heart liberalism for all things Pakistan on his sleeve, found himself in a combative situation with an unlikely panelist when he appeared as the guest of a television channel in Islamabad on Thursday.
Currently on a private visit to Pakistan, Aiyar perhaps reckoned it would b... |
This post details the process for aligning VMDK files properly. There’s a great post from Duncan Epping on why you need to do this here. In these notes, we’re dealing with NetApp storage. Duncan’s post details some other tools for other storage vendors (like UberAlign from Nick Weaver).
Before beginning this process, ... |
One of the best features of Apple Watch is how customizable it is. There are millions of watch faces variations to play with, and of course, you can use a multitude of watch bands to make your device stand out or blend in, depending on your mood.
If customizing your watch faces doesn’t cost anything, buying bands from... |
Oddly enough, I don't think I ever mentioned my PhD research on this blog. Part of the reason is that I easily get fascinated by technical questions, but I find it less natural to explain what I do in non-technical terms. However, I have to write the introduction to my PhD thesis, so I thought it was a nice excuse to s... |
At the Islamic Society of Baltimore, Obama urged rejection of policies that ‘target people because of religion’ – now congregants are anxious the ban is exactly that
Every March since 2014, the Islamic Society of Baltimore has organized a minor pilgrimage for as many as 60 of its congregants to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, th... |
Society says that once a woman becomes a wife, has kids or reaches a certain age then they are no longer allowed to express their sexuality. Women who breach this outdated social norm are slut-shamed, condemned, criticised and judged for the way they dress, act and speak.
They say ‘Is that dress really appropriate for... |
(I am the only female working in the parts department in our store. Note: at my previous job, I was involved in a violent fight against a male coworker who tried to assault me. They guy ended up at the hospital and no charges were pressed against me since I acted in self-defense. This story is well known by my current ... |
An army of build-it city dwellers, funded by the CEO of Yelp, is heading to court to force a sleepy East Bay suburb to go dense.
The San Francisco Bay Area Renters’ Federation — which goes by the name SFBarf — is suing the city of Lafayette, demanding that it resurrect a scrapped plan to build high-density housing on ... |
This article is inspired by Dmitry Ledentsov’s blog post: C++ version of ruby’s Integer::times via user-defined literals.
In this post Dmitry (aka DLed) is inspired to replicate Ruby’s syntax for repeating actions. In Ruby we can write:
42.times do ...
Where … is some bit of code to be repeated, in this case, forty-... |
The CDU would be excluded from the event this year because of certain politicians' "undignified" and "indecent" remarks arguing against marriage and equality for gay couples in recent debates, said parade organizer Robert Kastl in a statement on Tuesday.
The chancellor's conservative party reject same-sex marriage and... |
0 Former Stanly Co. deputy may not go to jail after guilty plea of taking photos of young girl
STANLY COUNTY, N.C. - Roddy Tomberlin may not have to spend any time in jail if he completes 18 months of supervised probation.
Tomberlin, who was captain at the Stanly County Sheriff's Office, pleaded guilty to taking inap... |
"It's official the Ice Rink Canary Wharf is the best ice rink in London." - Qype
Ice Rink Canary Wharf
Get your skates on, Ice Rink Canary Wharf has returned to Canada Square Park for 15 magical weeks of ice skating beneath the twinkling lights. Open seven days a week, it's the perfect place to enjoy one of London's ... |
The U.S. military has begun providing Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces with equipment and weapons, according to a new report.
The provisions are aimed at helping Kurds in the SDF fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), NBC News reported Tuesday.
NBC confirmed the aid with two U.S. defense of... |
Manama: A recruitment company has waded into controversy and will face tough action after it displayed three of its domestic helper staff at a mall in the Eastern Province city of Dhahran.
The company made the three women stand next to their pavilion it set up inside the mall for promotional purposes on Saturday.
How... |
Steve Schmidt, a Republican strategist and former campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain, tore into GOP leadership in the wake of President Barack Obama's victory on Tuesday, urging them to speak out more aggressively against the most extreme voices in the party.
Appearing on MSNBC, Schmidt referenced a recent Twitter t... |
Cigarettes, damn cigarettes and statistics
We cannot rely on correlation alone. But insisting on absolute proof of causation is too exacting a standard
It is said that there is a correlation between the number of storks’ nests found on Danish houses and the number of children born in those houses. Could the old story... |
Uber is having a hard time finding enough people with cars willing to work for them.
To solve that problem, the company has raised $1 billion to start Xchange Leasing, a sub-prime lender with the sole purpose of getting poor people into new cars so they can drive for the ride-hailing service.
If you've got a license ... |
Law enforcement sources have identified the man who attempted a bombing at the Port Authority Bus Terminal subway station in New York City on Monday morning as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah.
“Ullah is from Bangladesh and had been living in Brooklyn. He was injured when the device apparently went off prematurely and was rus... |
The Sihuanaba, La Siguanaba, Cigua or Cegua is a supernatural character from Central American folklore. It is a shape-changing spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind. She lures men away into danger before revealing her face to be that of a horse or, alternatively, a sk... |
Can Physics Rewrite History?
A compilation of physical impossibilities & overlooked evidence
in the official explanations for the destruction of the
World Trade Center Complex
truememes@yahoo.com
This report is divided into the following sections:
My independent research efforts into this matter are of a voluntee... |
It looks like Whispers of the Old Gods will indeed be the next expansion for Hearthstone. Whispers of the Old Gods will be the third expansion for Hearthstone, and will be the first official set added to the new Standard format. The set will include 134 new cards, 4 Old God legendaries, and 16 cards (cultists) that int... |
Earlier this week, Red Bull announced that the 15-year-old from Mount Kisco would become part of its young driver programme – as it bids to get a full-time American back on the F1 grid for the first time in a decade.
For Verhagen, whose successes in karts and the US Formula 1600 Championship brought him to the attenti... |
Dodd-Frank curbed lending and contributes to the ongoing decline in the home ownership rate, but the lending that Dodd-Frank prevents is the toxic lending that caused the housing bubble and crash that pummeled the home ownership rate.
For nearly 100 years, Presidential administrations crafted housing policies to maxim... |
In set theory, the cardinality of the continuum is the cardinality or "size" of the set of real numbers R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } , sometimes called the continuum. It is an infinite cardinal number and is denoted by | R | {\displaystyle |\mathbb {R} |} or c {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {c}}} (a lowercase fraktur scri... |
My dad went on his first American road trip to the South in 1979, from New Hampshire to Mobile, Alabama. This was his first Thanksgiving and the first time his white hosts had seen an Indian man. Before dinner, he was invited to the grocery store and his friend’s father grabbed a rifle off the shelf and placed it in th... |
Delegate outcomes; not actions by Evan Leybourn on
The difference between leadership and management
There’s a particular form of leadership that has difficulty in delegating. I’m not talking about micro-managers (although they would fall into this category as well), but those who delegate actions. The “I need you to ... |