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The U.S. government agency that manages federal government buildings is set to announce Tuesday it is scrapping the contentious, decade-long push to build a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The move comes three years after the General Services Administration decided on three potential location... |
Halloween became unsettled for me after the ninja, drifting from one cultural reference and conceptual pun to the next, eventually clinging onto whatever the group was going to do. It took more than a decade to find something real to go as.
In a souk in Marrakech, I met a man wearing a robe similar to the ones I'd bee... |
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One, returning to Washington from a weekend in Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. lawmakers expect to unveil this week the text of long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace... |
I recently bought AT&T DSL and documented their frustratingly over-engineered registration process. In short: a simple web-form system shouldn’t end up installing Internet Explorer 8 for you. I think it’s interesting particularly because no lean startup would ever ever do this in a million years, yet we aren’t particul... |
It's time to get back to some normalcy; the Boston Celtics kick off their five-game summer slate Sunday morning at 11 a.m. Entering a transition season, this set of Summer League games will be extremely important for the players participating this coming week. Even though assistant Jay Larranga will be coaching the sum... |
"The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
Although at the time, he probably didn't realize it, Jack London would come to fulfill his own words during a life full of adventure, controversy and undeniable tragedy. Jack London was an adve... |
A Philippine national identified as RQG, aka Bobong, has been arrested by members of the Tomohon Police's mobile brigade for allegedly possessing a 38-mm-caliber revolver without a permit.
Tomohon Police spokesperson Sec. Insp. Johnny Kreysen said Bobong was arrested in the Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi, after the po... |
Cal Crutchlow sees no other solution than the current flag-to-flag rules in the MotoGP World Championship in the event of inclement weather.
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez breezed to a commanding victory on Sunday after pitting at the end of lap two to swap bikes, getting the jump on his main rivals and effectively putti... |
Ford has announced details of its special edition Falcon XR6 Sprint and XR8 Sprint, showing unique styling and boosted performance.
Just 1400 Falcon Sprints will be produced, 550 XR6s and 850 XR8s, with New Zealand set to recieve 50 of the XR6 and 100 of the XR8.
But the big news is what’s under the bonnet. The XR6 S... |
The new tax year, starting on 6 April (2016) will see record numbers of self‑employed workers, according to new data published by Co-operatives UK.
The Not Alone report tracks current levels of self-employment and the ways in which co-ops can help freelancers meet shared needs. Key findings are:
At 15% of the workfor... |
Golden Gloves Social House, 401 Pearl Parkway, at Avenue B is open.
The bar concept is a partnership between the Boulevardier Group (spearheaded by Jeret Peña of The Brooklynite and the forthcoming The Last Word) and Chris Erck, who owns Swig Martini Bar, The Worm Tequila & Mezcal Bar and Taco Land.
“It’s an amazing ... |
Computational imaging is undergoing a revolution. This is the discipline of making images using computational techniques rather than optical ones. Its best known breakthrough is the ability to record high resolution images and movies using a single pixel. But researchers have also used it to build lensless cameras, 3D ... |
Men and women make moral decisions differently, according to new research published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin — but not necessarily in the ways scientists thought before.
The study, a meta-analysis of 40 studies with 6,100 total participants, revealed a more nuanced distinction between two common s... |
The Danish ambassador to Germany singled out the US for criticism for not taking more refugees, and said that Danes do not want more refugees than they already have.
© REUTERS / Asger Ladefoged/Scanpix Denmark/Files Tough Legislation Allowed Denmark to Reduce Influx of Migrants
The Danish ambassador to Germany has sa... |
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Lucy Parsons is the Haymarket Square widow who internationalized the struggle for the eight-hour day and whose work led to the May Day rallies held around the world, except in the U.S., to celebrate International Workers Day. I have known about Lucy Parsons most of my adult life but have read little of wh... |
We aren't too far removed from the death of Windows XP -- sure you can still use it, but you do so at your own peril as the operating system is no longer supported by Microsoft (businesses can pay for extended support -- protection money, if you will). That hasn't stopped many individuals, and indeed even businesses, f... |
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Sky Duels #8: Spain on fire
The Spanish Civil War was a challenging test of Soviet and German technical preparedness for a major conflict. And it was in Spain where many fut... |
Who would have thought that Greece would be on the verge of another crisis? Actually, lots of economists forecast that this would happen. But what next?
The Greek public finances have been mismanaged for many years. Much of Greek government spending has been wasted, including on ludicrously early retirement in the pub... |
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“And then he told me that my takoyaki was ‘too sticky.’ I mean, that is…what does that even mean? It’s takoyaki, for crying out loud! That’s just how I make it, and if his poor wittle stomach can’t take that then how is it my problem? So anyway, the next morning…”
Junko Kaname, for her part, sighed inwar... |
[+]Enlarge Harran (right) sits with his attorney, Thomas O’Brien, in court on June 20. Credit: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times
SETTLEMENT TERMS Harran must: - Acknowledge and accept responsibility for lab conditions - Make no public statements denying responsibility - Adhere to state employee safety standards - Cooperate wi... |
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Shadow and Bone
Sinister forces plot against a young soldier when she reveals a magical power that might unite her world. Based on Leigh Ba... |
Real IRA: We killed spy Donaldson - it had nothing to do with Sinn Fein chief Gerry Adams BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A former Real IRA leader has said that the dissident paramilitary group - not the Provisional IRA - killed British spy Denis Donaldson. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/real-ira-we-ki... |
Russian president breaks ranks with Bashar al-Assad for the first time since the start of protests in Syria six months ago
The Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, has urged his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, to reform or leave office – the first time the allies have publicly diverged during Syria's six-month upr... |
In 2013, Manhattan Institute’s health policy team launched the Obamacare Impact Map—an interactive guide to understanding the financial impact of President Obama's signature health-care legislation. The map demonstrates the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on insurance costs state-by-state.
Since the election o... |
On October 23, 1887, when St. Albans first turned on the ladies of Taylor Park, the effect around town was nothing short of electric.
“Those who arose early saw them amid the shining glories of the rising sun … the attractive figures upon the fountain. The graceful and handsome maiden … the shapely figures about the b... |
Ethereum design studio ConsenSys has launched BTC Relay, an open source project enabling Ethereum-based networks to interoperate programmatically with the Bitcoin network and eventually other Ethereum and Bitcoin-based systems.
BTC Relay is a fully decentralised smart contract for the community that does not grant spe... |
The official website for Toei's Niji-Iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsu Yasumi~ (Rainbow-Colored Fireflies: The Eternal Summer Vacation) anime film began streaming the first 20 minutes of the film on Monday. The video is available to watch until May 18, the day before the film premieres in theaters in Japan.
Based on Masayuki ... |
As you'll hear from the video's narration, three Nitrous-based RTS games are currently in production and Oxide believes that these titles will represent a major leap forward for the real-time strategy genre thanks to the "epic scale" permitted by the high population limit.
"It's a difference of at least an order of ma... |
AN EMPLOYEE reported that Dollar Tree, 5316 N. Milwaukee Ave., was robbed at about 10:20 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.
The employee reported that a man entered the store, displayed a handgun and took $110 from the cash register, according to police.
AN EMPLOYEE reported tha... |
Economists around the world are struggling to break free of the clutches of the financial crisis but a Canadian girl explains exactly what needs to be done.
Victoria Grant, 12, became an overnight Internet sensation after a video of her slamming Canada’s banks and the government for robbing the people, went viral.
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RUGBY league journalist Paul Kent has slammed Jarryd Hayne’s return to Parramatta from the Gold Coast, blasting the NRL to allow a deal that “stinks” to go through.
Hayne signed a one-year contract with the Eels last week for a reported $500,000 a season — a far cry from the $1.2 million a year he was earning at the T... |
Property owners may be entitled to compensation if the state government fails to act to halt pollution that is a “known and longstanding public health hazard,” Maryland’s highest court has ruled.
In a case that advocates say puts the state on notice to enforce environmental laws, a divided Court of Appeals declared in... |
LATE NIGHT Jon Stewart picks apart conservative case against gay marriage
From there, he spent some time picking apart the slippery-slope arguments made by conservatives like Sen. Lindsey Graham and Justice Antonin Scalia.
“It is hard to overstate how big a deal this could be for gay marriage,” Stewart declared.
Ste... |
The news of President Trump's executive order on immigration from Muslim countries drew opposition from around the country yesterday, including a large protest at SFO's international terminal and a smaller one that marched through the city's streets.
Now, organizers are gearing up for a larger protest, set for 3pm thi... |
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With the Sound and Visions series, Vulture explores the future of movies and the movie industry. We hope you’ll plug us directly into your cerebral cortex.
In 1947, MGM tried a new narrative trick. The studio wanted a way to mimic the first-person narration of Raymond Chander’s Philip Marlowe... |
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Nearly two weeks after a faulty coolant valve crippled the International Space Station, two NASA astronauts took on a rare Christma... |
The Petalhue hair dye and Spirit hairpin accessories are made from bits and pieces of the creatures the citizens worshipped: Florie wings for hairpins and Orochi snake fluids for the dye. The Florie wings secrete a fluid that brings out a person's desires, corrupting them in the process. The two girls who went to the f... |
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Jurgen Klopp insisted Divock Origi was ideally suited to facing Borussia Dortmund after the young Liverpool striker shone in the 1... |
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The optional CL-12 linear fader controller significantly expands the mixing capability of the 664. The CL-12 offers 12 100 mm linear faders and sunlight-viewable, 22-segment LED metering with limiter activity. It also offers three user programmable buttons, as well as numerous dedicated back-lit buttons for quic... |
I've been on the road here in Iowa, covering the caucus and the aftermath of the close-number-three outcome in the Ron Paul world, for an upcoming feature article in the April print issue of Reason (subscribe right away!)
Herewith, a free-range gambol through some things I've learned or seen here, on the ground, in Io... |
Christos Papakostas bid a tearful goodbye to his pitbull Wicca at the Montreal courthouse Monday afternoon. The dog was then taken away to be euthanized.
In June, the city of Montreal said Wicca bit a woman and then an ambulance technician who arrived on the scene to treat her.
Papakostas said his dog simply jumped a... |
Senator decries US aid to Israel as ‘welfare’
WASHINGTON – Tea party favorite Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said in an interview published Friday that the GOP’s proposed budget cuts were inadequate and fretted that his party may not have the courage to make a dent in the deficit.
“It’s really not going to touch the problem,”... |
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The president of the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) and vice-president of the Russian Football Union (RFU), Sergey Pryadkin, in an interview with Russian news agency TASS has weighed his rather heavy opinion on how the new Premier League season is undertaking and insights into new regulations on the prospec... |
Tampa’s downtown commercial real estate market has positioned itself, since the recession, in such a way that is has become increasingly attractive to investors and developers-both local and from outside the market area. Great press and significant media attention about proposed future projects have come to heighten bo... |
After a week off, the Six Nations 2019 continues with England leading the table going into round three but face second placed Wales in Cardiff. Below we have all the fixtures, kick off times and TV channels, as well as details on how to watch online for free.
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Helen Borgers, the legendary DJ on KKJZ (K-Jazz) for 38 years, died Sunday after complications from surgery. She was 60.
Friends said Borgers will be remembered for her infectious laugh. In a 2012 K-Jazz YouTube video, Borgers broke through the soft jazz music as she showed a contest winner the audio board she worked ... |
Yesterday, the office of the controller general of patents, designs and trademark contradicted its 2015 decision and granted a patent to the US drug company Gilead for its hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir (also known as "sofo," and sold under the name Sovaldi).
Sovaldi had been approved for sale in the US in December 2013,... |
A former ambassador to NATO, he will work with both sides of urgent, deadly conflict
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has seen a chance for progress in the conflict in Ukraine and has tapped Kurt Volker, executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, a unit of Arizona State University, t... |
Cases against people who refused to complete the 2011 census in England and Wales are starting to come before the courts. Judith Sambrook , who declined to fill in her form in protest at the government's contract with WMD manufacturer Lockheed Martin to process census data, had a preliminary hearing at Wrexham Magistra... |
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I've been seeing your amazing LoL pumpkin carvings all over the place, and I KNOW there are more out there I haven't seen yet!
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PHILADELPHIA – Waiting to see what Flyers GM Ron Hextall has up his sleeve?
Here’s how he can do it:
Threaten the Columbus Blue Jackets that he'll sign restricted free agent Ryan Johansen to an offer sheet.
Now that would get the hockey world talking because Johansen, 22 on July 31, is a 6-foot-4 center who’s one of... |
Danielle Brazell, executive director of Arts for L.A. since 2006, was nominated by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be the fifth general manager of the Department of Cultural Affairs. With a core budget of $9 million, the DCA generates and supports arts and cultural experiences through grant making, community arts pr... |
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By Abdullah Bozkurt
A Turkish al-Qaeda militant who had been involved in kidnapping for a ransom to raise revenue for the radical armed group was saved by the government of Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who hushed up the probe, thwarted the trial hearings and eventually secured the release of all ... |
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DANCING WITH THE STARS - MARLA MAPLES - The stars grace the ballroom floor for the first time on live national television with their professional partners during the two-hour season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars," which airs MONDAY, MARCH 21 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC... |
EXPECTATIONS of a tight season have only been confirmed during the pre-season with no team winning every game and 10 of the 27 games decided by 10 points or less.
Forgetting the vagaries of nine-point supergoals, weather conditions and the obvious selection and game time discrepancies, AFL.com.au put together a ladder... |
Image caption Fat around the waist is a particular risk factor for health problems
Christmas may be a time of indulging for many, but health experts believe it is the perfect time to tell a loved one they are overweight.
The National Obesity Forum and International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk said it was important ... |
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If you've been waiting for the first signs of a discount on the recently released 2nd generation Nexus 7, then today is your day! Ebay Daily Deals has the 16GB model for $30 off at only $199(Play Store price is $229)...and with Fr... |
Once or twice a week, I get a letter taking me to task for Slate’s commenting policy. The reader wants to tell me that I suck, but he doesn’t want to log in to Slate’s comment system using his credentials for Facebook, Google, Yahoo, or Twitter. Obviously this requirement doesn’t bother everyone; hundreds of people hap... |
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The Moroccan Minister for Human Rights, Mustapha Ramid, has received criticism, after he called homosexuals “scum” last month.
Yesterday he refused to take back his words, justifying that his remarks were against homosexuality itsel... |
The LG V10 was one of the most under-rated smartphones of last year. Prized by those that took a punt on it but largely ignored by everybody else. It was big, beastly and heavy, but that turned out to be perfectly OK with those that loved its unique second screen, next-level audio and military spec impact resistance. S... |
DUBAI (Reuters) - Four Arab states sought on Monday to pile pressure on Qatar over charges it backs terrorism, saying the publication of a previously secret accord between Riyadh and Doha showed Qatar broke a promise not to meddle in the affairs of Gulf countries.
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (2-R... |
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It is never not the season for Marx-bashing among the high-flown successors to the New York Intellectuals of decades past. Louis Menand (or Mundane, as he is sometimes called) steps up to the proverbial plate, in a recent New Yorker (Oct.10) to remind readers that Marx the “Scientific Socialist” helped bring totali... |
We hope everyone in Cincinnati had a great time watching baseball’s All-Star Game, seeing Pete Rose step on a Major League Baseball field and witnessing Mike Trout secure home-field advantage during the World Series for the American League.
It’s only a few more weeks until the National Football League’s Bengals and ow... |
Between 125 to 150 athletes are expected to take part in Arkansas' Advance Camp today.
Registration is from 10 am to 11 and the camp should start a shortly afterward. The camp should end around 3:30.
Below are just some of the prospects expected:
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Legendo Entertainment is the next studio to step up and announce that is has games on the way to Apple TV.
There are three of them, in fact, each one quite different from the others. Only one of them is a new game while the other two have been out on iOS for some time.
Still, it's better than nothing, so let's have a... |
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Take a look at this alarming claim right at the beginning of an article entitled "The Religious War against American Scholars of India" recently published in Inside Higher Education:
Highly respected professors face intimidation, threats and smear campaigns for deviating from the views of the Hindu right. A cultural a... |
20-Oct-2017: This post originally appeared in the main Excelsior blog back in January 2015. We have started moving relevant technical posts over to this new blog.
A number of old tests get a new life every time we add support for another target architecture or platform. Here comes a fresh record from our labs.
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In the wake of a series of shooting deaths by local police forces in Seattle, Tacoma and the metropolitan region, most clearly justified, but with at least one seemingly something of a tragic mistake, local Anarchist groups are going wild, calling for more copkillings. (This in fact echoes the call of local NAACP Pres.... |
Well the holiday season is in full swing and so are the parties. And parties mean party food! If I had not been sicker than sick for onion day, this would have been my entry. But alas the forces of nature did not allow that and so I am presenting my dish to you now. I love this dish and bring it often to parties. This ... |
7 Ways to Support a Friend Who's Questioning Their Sexuality
Being a supportive, helpful friend is the best thing you can do for someone who is questioning their sexuality.
If you proudly identify as a member of the LGBT community, you may have a friend secretly tell you that they're questioning their sexuality. Whil... |
Donald Trump’s most senior business representative has warned any post-Brexit deal with Washington will hinge on the UK scrapping rules set by Brussels, including regulations governing imports of chlorinated chicken.
Wilbur Ross, the US commerce secretary, suggested European regulations governing the safety of imports... |
Accusing President Trump of neglecting storm victims in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, House Democrats on Thursday pressed both the administration and congressional Republicans to step up their response to Hurricane Maria.
The lawmakers charge that Trump is applying a double standard when it comes to storm r... |
Both sides went into this fixture without a league win this season, what resulted was a convincing performance and victory for Liverpool, with Luis Suarez scoring a hat trick.
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Norwich made wholesale changes to their team that beat Doncaster 1-0 in the League Cup. Grant Holt was again left out of the starting... |
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King Henry VIII is the best-known of the English Kings, a man who turned from a talented and admired renaissance prince to an autocratic, fat, tyrant. He ... |
A complaint filed with the FTC alleges unfair and deceptive practices on the part of WhatsApp, which has decided to share phone numbers and data with Facebook.
Alleging a trail of broken promises, two privacy-focused advocacy groups yesterday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against a recent WhatsAp... |
Summit A Chance For Obama, GOP To Tone It Down
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On the eve of his White House summit with congressional leaders, President Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for civilian government workers and warned the newly empowered GOP not to interpret ... |
ATHENS (Reuters) - A group of Afghan refugees in Greece protested against their living conditions on Monday by chanting “Liar!” as they tried to block a minister from entering the former Athens airport terminal where they have been stranded for months.
Refugees and migrants, most of them Afghans, block the entrance of... |
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd L) waves next to Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi (R) as he arrives in Cotonou April 14, 2013. Ahmadinejad arrived in Benin on the first stop of a west African tour that will also take him to Niger and to Ghana. Picture taken April 14, 2013. REUTERS/Charles Placide (BENIN - ... |
Trevon German, 24, is charged with gunrunning. View Full Caption DNAinfo; Chicago Police Department
COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A South Deering man has been charged with illegally buying and selling five guns, including one that was used in an attempted murder in 2015.
Trevon German, 24, was ordered held on $50... |
26-mile Jiaozhou Bay crossing connects Qingdao to Huangdao, took four years to build and uses 5,000 pillars
China, which seems to complete mammoth infrastructure projects on a routine basis, has claimed another world-beater with the opening of the longest sea bridge.
The 26-mileJiaozhou Bay crossing connects the bust... |
“Hey, buddy, you need a limo into the city? Seventy bucks.”
Arriving at a strange airport can be unnerving, especially when some unsavory character with a chauffeur cap sidles up to you at the baggage carousel, looks furtively around the terminal, and whispers something like that.
Most of us are smart enough to give ... |
So there I was happily contemplating the blue parts, now done, all was going well, until …
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President Obama tops Republican Mitt Romney in a head-to-head matchup, according to the latest Fox News poll, which finds American voters feeling more positive about the economy.
Obama would have an advantage of 46 percent to 39 percent over Romney, if the election were held today. Three weeks ago the candidates were ... |
Bobby Wood has found the back of the net today for Hamburg in the second round of the DFB Cup. Hamburg have been mired in a horrendous slump in the Bundesliga and sit at the very bottom of the league table.
There’s nothing like a little match-up with a third-division side in the cup to bust you out of a slump. That’s ... |
Woman attacked by 2 men on Washington and Old Dominion Trail in Virginia, police say. (Photo
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is alerting users of a popular Northern Virginia trail about an attempted sexual assault.
The Sheriff's Office says on Tuesday, a woman in her early 30s reported the crime, which she says h... |
A 25-year-old suspect ran down a bike messenger, "sped off" and stashed a car in the Boston Common garage, leaving behind his car rental agreement in the glove compartment, prosecutors said today at the arraignment in the fatal Back Bay hit-and-run.
Malone Mesfun Kidanemarium, 25, pleaded not guilty this morning in Bo... |
The driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal accident involving a trooper sat down with WYFF News 4 on Tuesday.Like all who knew Taylor Miller, Lauren Rowe is in mourning over his death but unlike Miller’s other friends and family, Rowe is charged in the crash that took Miller’s life.Rowe and her attorney sat down with ... |
Len Wallick weighs quality and quantity in his consideration of Mercury’s approaching Libra retrograde, and in the context of two other air-sign retrogrades this year. Once you have made some qualitative connections between the two previous Mercury retrogrades of 2015, sniff the air you are moving in now. See if you ca... |
“Bridges to the Neverland” (CC) George Grie
To prevent civilizational collapse, a bridge may be necessary—specifically for geeks—between systematic rationality and fluid, meta-rational understanding. (Not to be alarmist or anything.)
This is an obscure and superficially implausible claim. Here’s why I think the bridg... |
If there's one doctor who irritates me possibly more than any other, it's got to be "America's Doctor," a.k.a. Dr. Mehmet Oz, thanks to The Dr. Oz Show. He's been an all too frequent topic on this blog and at my not-so-super-secret other blog. Of course, I refer to him as "America's quack," because, well, that's what h... |
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This commentary aired on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered on January 16, 2008 in response to much talk about the the need to create a stimulus package to avert a recession. Audio is here.
Love that word—stimulus. It sounds so scientific. With the right stimulus, you can even make the leg of a dead frog tw... |
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Testers have been putting the new version of the Lync 2013 desktop client and Lync Server 2013 through their paces for a few months.
But there's another Lync product in the family -- an Lync app built specifically for Windows 8 and Windows RT. This is the product to which Microsoft officials previously referred as Lyn... |
Last picture of tragic teenage girls killed in hit and run: Victims, 14, and 16, pose happily for camera just two hours before they died
Jasmine Allsop, 14, and Olivia Lewry, 16, died early on Sunday morning
They had happily smiled and posed for the camera just two hours earlier
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Understanding Gravity
When most people think of gravity, they think of a force that keeps keeps things together: it keeps people on the surface of the Earth, it keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun, and it even keeps entire galaxies together. This way of thinking about gravity — as a long range force of attraction ... |
When Obamacare was rammed through Congress without a single Republican vote way back in 2010, conservatives warned that the massive government program would ultimately require bailing out health insurance companies that gladly signed on.
Fast forward five years and it's that time. Today on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are ... |
Nvidia's Tegra 4i — a mobile processor introduced in February and billed as a cheaper, smaller, more power-efficient alternative to the ultra high-performance Tegra 4 found in the Shield handheld — is already being shown in an upgraded form this week. Previously demonstrated with support for 100Mbps LTE, the latest ver... |