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“When I run, I never try to beat anyone in my age group, I try to beat everybody. I think I am just a 25-year-old wolf.”
These were the words of 54-year-old American Doug Fernandez on winning the Harrisburg Marathon in 2:40:23 last Sunday.
He added: “The key is not to put age barriers in your mind, and you’ll do so m... |
T26E1-1 Super Pershing: Under a Panther Mask
How do you make a good tank even better? Upgrade its armor and weaponry, of course! Meet the T26E1-1 Super Pershing – the mighty successor to the beloved by many Pershing!
The American M26 Pershing is an excellent tank – it’s maneuverable, has a good cannon and decent armo... |
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Freed hostage Stephen McFaul's son Dylan: "I just can't wait to see him"
The fate of a number of British hostages held in a desert gas complex remains unknown in the wake of an Algerian military attempt to free them.
They were among foreign nationals held nea... |
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Young adults who spend a lot of time on social media during the day or check it frequently throughout the week often get less sleep than their peers who u... |
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System have drawn the scorn of education activists, administrators, union members and politicians.
The coalition against the college-dropout governor isn’t complete without freshman ... |
Working to alleviate climate change can often seem like a lost cause. Just this week, fears about a change in the jet stream set off more apocalyptic headlines suggesting it's too late for us to reverse the damage to our environment (other scientists strongly disagreed).
But now we have proof that not all is lost: a s... |
Four officer-involved shootings. Eight days. One county.
The most recent was a shootout Sunday in the parking lot of a Publix on Hoffner Avenue. What investigators said they started as a domestic violence situation ended as a deadly encounter when deputies arrived on the scene.
On Monday Orlando Police Chief John Min... |
[Haskell-cafe] I think we should stop "fixing" other people's packages on Hackage silently
I'm writing this after having spent many hours of debugging why the packages "entropy" and "happy" have different compile-time behaviour when taken from Hackage vs when taken from their upstream git repositories. After lots of f... |
I was surprised as I turned on my computer this morning. I muddled through some emails, and then opened the Tiny Buddha page where one of my posts was published recently. 25 comments! I had not expected that. Reading through others’ stories, I suddenly realized, I’m not so alone! I had always thought I was “weird” with... |
Few people realize that washing our cars in our driveways is one of the most environmentally un-friendly chores we can do around the house. Unlike household waste water that enters sewers or septic systems and undergoes treatment before it is discharged into the environment, what runs off from your car sweeps down your... |
I started writing this story just to point out that Natural Selection 2 is going to have a free weekend over the next few days, and that if you hadn’t yet bought it then you should take a look. It’s a really good indie multiplayer shooter that managed to overshadow Aliens: Colonial Marines in every possible way, and th... |
Mercedes-Benz has announced a massive $1 billion investment into a factory that’s largely responsible for production of Mercedes’ electrified vehicle components.
Here are the parts (related to electric cars) of the announcement:
The Untertürkheim plant will become a center of competence for highly efficient engines, ... |
wow the support and reception I've had for this fic have been absolutely amazing. Anon (and you know who I'm talking about) your reviews give me life. I don't wanna confirm or deny anything at this stage yet, but just be aware that the climax will be rather angsty. on the plus side, there's a lot of writing between the... |
Above: The New Deal experimental town of Greendale, Wisconsin
Steven Conn’s smart, witty, and even funny book is an excellent overview of how a deep mistrust of cities and strong anti-urbanism among urban planners themselves shaped American urban policy through the twentieth century. This is an important addition to t... |
Paul W.S. Anderson doesn’t get a lot of respect for his work. It’s easy to look at the collection of films that he’s made and look down on them. There are cliches in the dialogue, a lack of heart and empathy built into the characters to make us care about them (which extends to characters not having reasons to care abo... |
According to the latest NPD group report, during the month of December Blu-ray players held 60 percent of the HD media player market -- despite the fact that HD DVD players were considerably cheaper. While that might've helped Warner in its decision to go Blu, the move has definitely had a dramatic effect on player sal... |
NOW that the economy is at last growing again, the burning issue in Britain is the cost of living. Prices have outstripped wages for the past six years. Politicians have duly harried energy companies to cut their bills, and flirted with raising the minimum wage. But the thing that is really out of control is the cost o... |
One simple example in the Flex manual is a scanner that counts characters and lines. The program is similar in Nex:
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/{ nLines++; nChars++ } /./{ nChars++ } // package main import ("fmt";"os") func main() { var nLines, nChars int NN_FUN(NewLexer(os.Stdin)) fmt.Printf("%d %d
", nLines, nChars) }
The syntax resemble... |
Biologists from Madagascar and Germany led by Dr Andreas Hapke of the Johannes Gutenberg University’s Institute of Anthropology have described a new, extremely rare species of dwarf lemur that inhabits three isolated forests in the extreme south of Madagascar.
“Together with Malagasy scientists, we have been studying ... |
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UPDATE, 2:06 PM: Looks like a former Time Lord and a Hogwart wizard will be sitting down for supper with President Barack Obama tomorrow night. The Guardian will be bringing ex–Doctor Who star David Tennant and Alan Rickman, who played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter pics among his many roles, to the White House Corr... |
Mar 12, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Washington Wizards forward Kelly Oubre Jr. (12) in the fourth quarter against the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. The Nuggets defeated the Wizards 116-100. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Washington Wizards’ new head coach, Scott Brooks, will give everybody on th... |
Mr Obama delivered the strong message during his summit with leaders of 10 south-east Asian nations, which included Thein Sein, the Burmese prime minister.
Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said that Mr Obama had called on Burma to free Ms Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, and end oppression of minor... |
Even I am not immune to Halloween. I love coming up with costumes and the whole fun spirit of the holiday. I don’t however, love what Halloween means in college. (tiny little slutty outfits and drinking ’till you drop)
Fortunately for me, I’ve got a group which goes to a school sanctioned, alcohol free hustle lesson. ... |
If there was ever a backdrop for a heist film, the last few weeks would have been it. In preparation for the launch of the new $100 bill, pallets of millions of dollars worth of bank notes emblazoned with Ben Franklin’s visage arrived in US Federal Reserve banks across the country. The new C-note is chock-a-block with ... |
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Beijing: China will come bearing small gifts, and take the measure of the man who has become the wildcard of global politics, eyeball to eyeball. Ahead of the first meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Florida on Thursday, Chinese analysts say both leaders have stro... |
Dennis Parks is Curator Emeritus of Seattle’s Museum of Flight.
Ever since the conception of the light airplane in the 1920s, the magnitude of flights achieved by pilots using light planes never ceases to surprise, especially when used for around-the-word tours. Such trips would seem to be in the provenance of larger,... |
Fox is starting to make decisions about which comedies will return next season. And the first two confirmed for the schedule are Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Last Man on Earth.
“We’re so proud of these comedies," Fox Broadcasting Company entertainment president David Madden said Thursday in a statement. "Each has its ow... |
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Cockney Rhyming Slang Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London . Many of its expressions have passed into common language, and the creation of new ones is no longer restricted to Cockneys. Up until the late 20th Century, rhyming slang was also common in Australian slan... |
The Arab world is rife with political turmoil and violence. The Sunni Muslim Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and other jihadi terrorists are continuing their savagery within its boundaries, and Iran’s theocratic terrorist rulers are still exporting and/or solidifying their brand of the Shiite Muslim Islamic Revolution ... |
A year ago today, Riley and I went on our last date. It had been snowing for a couple of days and was starting to melt. He told me we should go up Mt Cargill, play in the snow and take some photos.
Driving there was a nightmare, it was frosty and snowy even though it was late morning. We parked up at Bathun’s Gully at... |
With interest and investment in food and agriculture startups reaching record levels, new entrepreneurs are entering this important sector, bringing fresh ideas and perspectives on how best to feed the world.
While numerous opportunities exist to make a difference in this space, I’ve noticed some common pitfalls for n... |
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The most interesting health benefits of gotu kola include its ability to prevent hair loss, speed wound healing, aid in skin care, boost cognition, soothe nervous disorders, treat respiratory issues, reduce toxicity, protect the heart, enhance mood, and heal the circulatory system.
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ISSUE 44
Greetings, fiction-faithful! Welcome to issue double-quattro of Canon Fodder, forged in the fires of launch-time preparation. Last week we chatted with 343 Industries Franchise Development Director Frank O’Connor about Halo: Saint’s Testimony and Hunt the Truth. Speaking of which, by now you will have been ab... |
To read too far into Matt Forte's tweets from over the weekend would be a tad irresponsible, but there's no denying the running back, based on his posts from over the weekend, is at least a little concerned about his standing with the Chicago Bears.
Forte posted a story about potential trade options for the running ba... |
Something which has been a problem people have run into, is that google sheets have a problem with automatically updating figures from custom functions. You’ll often find functions which suggest having a useless reference to a cell which you can then use to trigger the updates.
This is obviously somewhat suboptimal. S... |
DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland is happy with the talented core of forwards who comprise his top two lines. And he'll be delighted with his top four defensemen if Nicklas Lidstrom returns.
Holland's focus is shoring up the bottom portion of the roster. And it won't take many moves to do that.
... |
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Rescuing General Motors and Chrysler is expected to end up costing the government money. The Treasury has recouped $37 billion of the $61 billion it invested in the two companies, but has already written off $11 billion in losses, the CBO said.
The government actually turned a profit on the most visible... |
Who is Donald Trump going to name as his Treasury Secretary? He desperately wanted J.P. Morgan C.E.O. Jamie Dimon for the job, but then, shockingly, after being turned down, reportedly lost all respect for him. The president-elect has since met with a host of candidates who were considered second choices last week, bef... |
The day I became a dry suit diver, a whole new world unfolded before me. I didn’t need to wait anymore for the diving season or my next holiday to tropical locations: I could dive anytime, anywhere. It took me some time to buy my own, but then for 3 years, my Aqua Lung Blizzard 7mm neoprene drysuit has been my best bud... |
Chinese officials have refuted allegations about the Chinese army aiding militants from India’s northeastern states, saying the charges are "absurd" and such a linkage is "impossible".
Any claim that officers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) may be in touch with leaders of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nag... |
The Government’s manifesto made a commitment to respect the will of the British people as expressed in the 2011 UK Parliamentary elections voting system referendum and keep the First Past the Post system for elections to the House of Commons. The Government, therefore, has no plans to change the voting system for elect... |
General mango allergy happens mostly when the mango is ingested. The least severe signs are watery eyes, a runny nose, and sneezing. Milder signs of an allergic reaction to mangos include abdominal pains and diarrhea. The most common symptom is trouble swallowing or breathing due to swelling of the throat and lips. Thi... |
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Editor's note: On June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court, delivered its long-anticipated ruling in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics. In a victory for the American Civil Liberties Union, the Court ruled that genes cannot be patented. The ruling invalidated Myriad’s key ownership c... |
A memorial is being unveiled for Jo Cox later and a choir will sing in Birstall town centre to mark a year since the MP's murder.
The event has been organised by her sister, Kim Leadbeater, and comes as school assemblies, street parties and picnics are held around the country this weekend to honour her.
Mrs Cox who w... |
Lazy WatchKit tables
Hey, this is an old post! If you’re on watchOS 2, you probably don’t need these optimizations. I encourage you, however, to read my view model diffing post, which continues to be useful even with a native SDK.
In Practical and efficient WatchKit tables with view model diffing, I presented a way o... |
On the flip side of the debate about whether Flash is ill, in rude health, or simply untroubled by Apple's wilful refusal to countenance it on the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, we have an analysis from Peter-Paul Koch, a "mobile platform strategist, consultant and trainer" who says (with plenty of swearing to boot, if you're... |
The FBI’s release of their Clinton email investigation files just days before the election shows that Cheryl Mills illegally deleted emails from Clinton’s email server after the scandal broke in the press.
From the FBI.gov website:
Hillary Rodham Clinton served as U.S. Secretary of State from January 21, 2009 to Febr... |
Artificial brains are man-made machines that are just as intelligent, creative, and self-aware as humans. No such machine has yet been built, but it is only a matter of time. This website tracks the latest scientific and technological progress. read more… are man-made machines that are just as intelligent, creative, an... |
About the game & The Next World Police and Fireman Games in 2019 In August 2013 we welcomed 7,000 competitors from 67 countries for the World Police & Fire Games (WPFG), the third largest international multi-sport event in the world and the largest sporting event to ever take place in Northern Ireland. ABOUT THE GAMES ... |
RENO, Nev. – Reno 1868 FC has officially signed Thomas Janjigian, pending league and federation approval. Janjigian, 21, is expected to play a key defensive role alongside Brenton Griffiths, Jimmy Ockford, and Brent Richards.
“Thomas is a good, young, left back that likes to get forward and attack,” said Ian Russell, ... |
Early this morning (Sept. 6), the sun released two powerful solar flares—the second was the most powerful in more than a decade.
At 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 GMT), an X-class solar flare—the most powerful sun-storm category—blasted from a large sunspot on the sun's surface. That flare was the strongest since 2015, at X2.2, ... |
So far the attacker, whose Dogecoin wallet address can be derived from the source code, has already carried out operations involving 1,853 Dogecoins. This sum was raised in just three days. The Dogecoins collected have a conversion value of about €1.94 (as of 26 February 2014). Even though this only sounds like a small... |
From This Might Be A Wiki
To celebrate the upcoming release of his children's album, No School Today, Danny Weinkauf has agreed to conduct an interview with TMBW. Since the wiki is both by the fans and for the fans, we are letting you, the fans, submit questions you would like Danny to answer. Now is your opportunity ... |
Annelise Coberger (born 16 September 1971) is a New Zealand former alpine skier. Born in Christchurch, she became the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to win a medal at the Winter Olympics when she won silver in the slalom at Albertville in France in 1992. For this success, at the annual Halberg Awards she was... |
For more than 130 years, thanks to the pioneering explorations of A. E. Nordenskiöld, people have known the daunting Northeast Passage, an Arctic shipping route that cuts atop the northern coasts of Europe and Asia, was surmountable. Like the Northwest Passage, first navigated by Roald Amundsen in a three-year voyage t... |
Mexico Safety
I don’t care what other travelers say, Mexico is dangerous. We followed the travel warnings issued by the U.S. State Department but still found ourselves in multiple situations where we felt unsafe. I researched as much as I could to prepare for leaving the safety of the U.S and our upcoming travel to Me... |
It’s supposed to be New York’s most devastating snowstorm, and I’m stuck in my apartment with half of Awful Records. KeithCharles Spacebar is trying to remove the bandage from his pinky, which he broke during a fight with RichPoSlim. I’m holding his brace in position while he manually redresses it. There’s a towel unde... |
Pastel de nata ( Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐʃˈtɛɫ dɨ ˈnatɐ]; plural: pastéis de nata; Chinese: 葡式蛋撻, Japanese: パステルデナタ), also known as Portuguese custard tart is a Portuguese egg tart pastry dusted with cinnamon.[1] They are also popular in former Portuguese colonies and in other countries with Portuguese populations... |
There is usually no mistaking the act or intent of extending a middle finger.
Take John Swartz, for example. In May 2006, Mr. Swartz was a passenger in a car in a rural part of upstate New York when he spotted a police car that was using a radar speed-tracking device.
Mr. Swartz, a Vietnam veteran and retired airline... |
It was a beautiful August morning here in sunny Florida. I took my CX singlespeed onto the Legacy trail in Venice to get in some miles and carve through a few local parks. For some reason my seat was not cooperating, it squeaked and twisted under my weight giving me some early saddle pains. I was not off to a good star... |
Mike Welch of Pittsburgh was shopping at the Pittsburgh Mills mall but hadn’t heard the news.
“They’re selling the mall?” Welch said. “It’s about time.”
He hadn’t yet heard that a sale date had been set for the struggling mall in Frazer.
“The stores are empty, so I’m not surprised,” he said.
The mall property, whic... |
This report represents our third or fourth trip to Burstall Pass. We’ve gone so many times I can’t remember. Even though it is often a busy place – something I’m not really fond of but can live with – we always enjoy our visit and I am certain we’ll return again. It’s just that nice! And this explains why it’s so popul... |
A new material being developed by scientists at Harvard University could achieve the feat of creating harvesting drinking water literally out of the air. Inspired by biology, this synthetic material is unique in that it mimics and fuses water collecting strategies from a number of plant and animal species including the... |
Image copyright AFP Image caption Tarun Vijay is a senior member of the ruling party of India
An Indian politician who said Indians were not racist because they lived alongside south Indians has sparked a strong response on social media.
Tarun Vijay, of the ruling BJP, was speaking to al-Jazeera about recent attacks ... |
Hi everyone, Today we wanted to give you guys an update on how our new demo is going. That’s been our main focus over the past couple months, and we’re really happy with how it’s turning out so far. Just like the first demo, this will be the majority of the “common route” of the game, and will end right around where th... |
“Our members are pronounced individualists, not easily scared by criticism, and filled with the spirit of pioneers.” – Donald Watson.
Suddenly this pioneer thing is catching on. Whether for health, for climate justice, or for animals, we’re hearing a lot about famous people going vegan. But do they know what they’re r... |
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The man who claims to be the whistleblower behind the revelation that the National Security Agency is gathering troves of data on individuals' telephone and internet use stepped forward on Sunday.
Edward Snowden asked Britain's Guardian newspaper -- which along with The Washington Post first brok... |
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mobile World Congress Americas 2017 -- Apple's forthcoming iPhones don't support one of latest 4G upgrades now being talked up by US operators: Gigabit LTE.
Light Reading spoke to several people at the new MWC Americas show who said the vendor isn't implementing Gigabit LTE in the iPhone X and 8. (See... |
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In Baitadi, a 12-year-old boy receives Rs 300 a year from the state to attend school. If he hauls goods on the back of his donkey, he earns Rs 9,000 a month. The earning goes higher if he listens to the voice of his community and leaves for Mumbai in India.
The boy is a part of an ongoing research educa... |
Two senior editors at the Moncton Times & Transcript are no longer with the newspaper, after an internal ethics probe by Brunswick News Inc.into one editor's acceptance of a trip to Larry's Gulch, according to the company’s ombudsman.
Meanwhile, the provincial government will conduct an internal review to expedite the... |
The House Freedom Caucus announced Thursday it will oppose reauthorizing the FISA Amendments Act, the legal basis for U.S. surveillance programs, without "substantial" reforms to the law.
Section 702 of that law has come under fire recently after revelations that this provision was used to capture communications of Pr... |
Larry Lavern Ball (born September 27, 1949) is a retired American football linebacker.
Ball was drafted out of University of Louisville in the 1972 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions. During his National Football League career, he participated in 79 games... |
Hey guys,
Since no staff members or moderators are providing ANY assistance on this issue, I've gone ahead and made some progress on my own.
For those of you who may not be aware of which issue I am talking about it's the one where you get stuck on the spaceship loading screen after pressing "PLAY" and the loading ci... |
(CNN) Donald Trump thinks anti-slavery icon Harriet Tubman is "fantastic" -- but he says the move to have her replace seventh president Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill is "pure political correctness."
"Well, Andrew Jackson had a great history, and I think it's very rough when you take somebody off the bill," Trump said... |
Hillary Clinton Just Told Five Blatant Lies About WikiLeaks
Caitlin Johnstone Blocked Unblock Follow Following Oct 16, 2017
As part of her ongoing “Thank God You Didn’t Elect Me” tour, Hillary Clinton made her debut on Australian television last night in an interview with the ABC’s Sarah Ferguson. Though she didn’t r... |
THIRD class travel could be brought back to the East Coast Main Line for the first time in 50 years after Transport Minister Stephen Hammond admitted that new private bidders for the franchise would be “free to consider such initiatives” in a bid to make the route profitable.
In a written question, MP Alex Cunningham ... |
From their perfectly manicured gardens to their impeccable style, the Crane Clan are the true personification of beauty and grace in Rokugan. The Crane bring this sense of sophistication to the courts of the Emerald Empire, where they dominate political conflicts with unmatched technique. Their warriors and courtiers a... |
MR WILLIAM BENNETT, newly appointed as President Bush's "drug tsar", once suggested that the campaign he now heads was a war that America is losing. He was right. The lost battles bring personal disaster to many Americans and menace civil peace in some of its big cities. Moreover, the defeat is a calamity for several p... |
Date 22 Oct 2014 Tags IOC News
IOC grants provisional recognition to Kosovo Olympic Committee
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today granted provisional recognition to the Kosovo Olympic Committee and proposed that the NOC be granted full recognition at the next IOC Session to be ... |
New York City and its neighbouring states have emerged as the new fighting hub for Muay Thai.
Super-welterweight champion Kem Sitsongpeenong is expected to fight at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut.
While the Big Apple's sports administrators consider allowing the full rules Thai weaponry of knees, elbows and gr... |
When it comes to whether voters think President Donald Trump’s inauguration or the Women’s March on Washington was more widely attended, political affiliations seem to drive perception.
Overall, respondents in a recent Morning Consult/POLITICO poll said the women’s march attracted bigger crowds than Trump’s inaugurati... |
A set of camera traps placed by researchers from WWF-India in northern Sikkim has captured the first photos of the endangered big cat.
Snow leopards photographed by camera traps in northern Sikkim [image by WWF-India]
Yak herders in the area have been telling scientists that there are snow leopards in northern Sikkim... |
This Week In Servo 98
In the last week, we landed 127 PRs in the Servo organization’s repositories.
We started publishing Windows nightly builds on download.servo.org. Please test them out and file issues about things that don’t work right!
Planning and Status
Our overall roadmap is available online, including the ... |
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Daniel Michael Quirk (July 19, 1982 – May 28, 2005)[1] was an American professional wrestler, known by his ring name Spider, who competed in several Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including Assault Championship Wrestling, Chikara, the Mille... |
In this day and age of fast food journalism, with technology pundits vapidly expunging their opinions on that day’s technology fare, we sometimes miss something that is truly seminal that happened in our industry. That “something” would be Tim Cook’s refusal to turn over the keys to the kingdom – the security of the iP... |
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After tasting sweet success with its glucose powder brand Glucovita, Care & Lighting (WCCL) now plans to launch the product in the tablet form as well, a senior executive has said.
"We are going to launch a tablet Glucovita. You can have two and get instant energy. You will not need water with it which makes it very e... |
Apparently their using the Rapidstrike to help show off the accessory on the box.
It looks like Nerf is embracing the digital age bit by bit, and the this Mission App Rail Mount that’s been pictured on the back of the Centurion box art is apparently going to be on sale sooner then later it seems. A Baidu user, that Go... |
It’s my own damn fault. I should have never listened to Mike. This morning I installed Twhirl on my desktop in a failed attempt to keep up better with Twitter and Friendfeed. I was hoping it would help me manage the never-ending flow of information from those two services—which, I admit, I’ve been increasingly ignoring... |
Like any self-respecting UI designer, I have a microscope sitting on my desk. Here are some pictures comparing a bunch of different screens. They’re all taken at approximately the same magnification. At the scale that the pictures were taken, the width of this bar equals about 1mm:
Note that not all screens are orient... |
“Recent history has repeatedly proven that nothing said by Washington and its officials should be accepted at face value. No other government in the world has been implicated in so many egregious lies as the United States.” Bill Van Auken, “US lies and hypocrisy on Gaza and Ukraine“, World Socialist Web Site “Mendaci n... |
The only matchup of undefeated teams this weekend is between the Saints and the Dolphins, neither of whom were expected to be 3-0.
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By anyone. I mean, you might have expected both teams to improve from their 7-9 records — in the Saints’ case, tied for the worst in the Drew Brees era, which ... |
CALGARY – The man police have been investigating in the disappearance of a missing Calgary family has been formally charged with their murders.
Douglas Garland was arrested near Airdrie on Monday morning, as the search for five-year-old Nathan O’Brien and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathryn Liknes, turned into a homic... |
WEC - FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 Super Season
The FIA World Motor Sport Council has confirmed the exciting and unique 2018/19 calendar for the World Endurance Championship which will see the WEC switch to a new look championship that will end each season at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The 2018/19 season wi... |
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Dear Richard, I’m 18 years old, and have been an atheist since I was about 13, although back then I certainly wasn’t the confident, unashamed non-believer that I am today. I am fortunate enough to have been raised in a very liberal and open-minded house... |
Starting November 28th, 2016, citizens will be able to use the late night Owl Bus service more conveniently. The N65 bus, which will operate in the Southwest area of Seoul, will be added to the fleet of the night-only Owl Bus service. In addition, the number of buses serving the existing routes will be increased, short... |
Image caption The Hall of Supreme Harmony is one of some 980 buildings in the Forbidden City
Two employees of Beijing's historical Forbidden City have been stabbed to death in a lunchtime brawl, Chinese police say.
Police have arrested a 49-year-old suspect in the attack at one of China's most popular tourist attract... |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Buddy is the athlete of the group. He lives and breathes physical fitness and excels in everything athletic. He is always trying to organize teams, programs, and activities. Buddy is into health food, too, and lectures on its virtues until he's blue in the face. The others gladly p... |