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Mark Van Haitsma from Epic Games released an outstanding set of 380+ panels, vents, hinges, and latches ready to be used for high poly additions to your models and concepts. This pack will optimize your hard surface workflow and save you tons of time.
Models are saved out in Max 2013 format as well as obj. The artist ... |
Some £600 million in UK aid money courtesy of the taxpayer is helping big business increase its profits in Africa via the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. In return for receiving aid money and corporate investment, African countries have to change their laws, making it easier for corporations to acquire fa... |
How we are impoverished, gentrified and silenced - and what to do about it
25 July 2013
I have known my postman for more than 20 years. Conscientious and good-humoured, he is the embodiment of public service at its best. The other day, I asked him, "Why are you standing in front of each door like a soldier on parade?... |
Facebook had decided to change its news feed algorithm and the results are favourable to their friends and family of the user. The result is unfavourable to the publishers, as their content will show less in news feed significantly decreasing the traffic. It indicates that the social giant is focusing on maintaining in... |
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Could a theme park and entertainment complex in Sanford attract tourists from all over the country?Click here to watch the reportSanford Mayor Tom Cote said the results of a recent study say yes. A site in t... |
A poll released Thursday finds 48 percent of voters in Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin district want someone new to take his seat.
The poll, conducted by progressive firm Public Policy Polling on behalf of a liberal group opposed to the Speaker, also found that 51 percent disapprove of Ryan’s job perfor... |
The visual effects and the design of Creech are impressive. This manatee-octopus like creature with is the heart of the movie. He doesn’t resemble the personality of any given alien creature from old family films but resembles more of the characteristics of Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. I had to even look up... |
It’s hard to find a photo of top ranked UFC flyweight contender John Dodson without a giant grin across his face.
The former Ultimate Fighter winner loves what he does and he expresses that every time he’s at a press conference, weigh-in or even stare down in the cage as he smiles from ear to ear in preparation for th... |
By Dennis Prager - April 30, 2013
It is well known that most college students engage at one time or another in what is known as a "hookup" -- an emotionless, commitment-less sexual encounter.
Yesterday, I interviewed Donna Freitas, author of "The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, Sexuall... |
Starting with a new Ancient Gear related card. (And an Ultra Rare)
DP19-JP000 Relinquished (Holographic Rare)
DP19-JP006 Black Illusion Ritual
DP19-JP011 Pinch Hopper
DP19-JP016 鋼鉄の襲撃者 Heavy Metal Raiders
Field Spell Card
(1) The first time each DARK Machine monster you control would be destroyed by battle each t... |
This aerial view shows the preliminary site plan for the Martin Marietta Materials facility proposed east of Loveland. The circular white line depicts a future rail spur loop around the property, which is adjacent to the Indianhead Estates neighborhood to the northeast. Later versions of the plan shrank the size of the... |
DUBAI/ADEN (Reuters) - Nearly 100 people were killed on Monday in air strikes across Yemen, the Houthi-run state news agency reported, as a Saudi-led coalition stepped up attacks that are likely to weigh on efforts to broker a humanitarian truce.
The United Nations has been pushing for a halt to the air strikes and fi... |
Image copyright EPA Image caption Frauke Petry is a co-leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany
German prosecutors have asked for the lifting of right-wing politician Frauke Petry's parliamentary immunity.
The co-leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), a populist, anti-Islam party, is a member of the state p... |
The west coast of the U.S. is not only characterized by earthquakes and related myths, but also by volcanoes and also these natural phenomena became incorporated in supernatural stories.
Many mountains of the Cascade Range were feared by local tribes. The Canadian artist Paul Kane (1810-1871), who visited Mount St. He... |
BY DAN GARCIA
Stefan Ponce is more than just the producer behind your favorite records from Childish Gambino, Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper. Although his name is forever attached to some of your favorite rappers, Ponce is currently making a name for himself. Don’t label him as the Grammy-nominated Stefan Ponce, or t... |
OpenVMS is a closed-source, proprietary computer operating system for use in general-purpose computing. It is the successor to the VMS Operating System (VAX-11/VMS, VAX/VMS), that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation, and first released in 1977 for its series of VAX-11 minicomputers.[2][3][4] The 11/780 was in... |
Tim Cook had a better Thursday than you did last week.
That’s because the Apple Inc. chief executive on Thursday was awarded 560,000 vested Apple shares worth $89.2 million at the time, half of them for meeting company performance goals, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday.
Cook received 2... |
Gardaí handcuffed a man who resisted arrest during a late night investigation at a house outside Cork city, but the man still attempted to assault officers and run away.
Inspector John Deasy said the accused, Stephen McCarthy, aged 24, of Spring Lane halting site, Blackpool, did manage to get away from gardaí on the n... |
When Yukako Fukushima holds the finger to the light, there is a brief moment when it is indistinguishable from her own, real, digits. Nothing about it screams fake. To the untrained eye, it is flawless.
Japanese gang war feared as largest yakuza syndicate splits Read more
Soon it will be ready for collection by its n... |
Hillary Clinton’s coronation as the Democratic presidential nominee isn’t going so well.
She narrowly beat Bernie Sanders by the slimmest of margins in Iowa Monday and the Vermont senator is trouncing her by double-digits in New Hampshire polling.
The assured path Clinton hoped to have to the nomination is getting th... |
One man is doing his best to keep rock alive—and inclusive—in Malaysia’s outlier island-state
On weekends, the pulsating heart of northern Malaysia’s music underground spurts blood from the first floor of a battered building along the shoreline of Georgetown on eternally gridlocked coastal thoroughfare Pengkalan Weld.... |
Over the past few months, we’ve seen Donald Trump lower, again and again, the bar for political discourse. All the while, though, he’s been lowering the scientific bar, too. In May, for instance, while speaking to an audience of West Virginia coal miners, Trump complained that regulations designed to protect the ozone ... |
The UK Government is cutting £18bn from the UK's welfare benefit bill, with more cuts ahead.
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Legislation to mitigate the impact of controversial UK benefit changes has been unanimously backed in principle by MSPs.
The Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Bill will now proceed to its next stage in Holy... |
Former Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonSanders: 'I fully expect' fair treatment by DNC in 2020 after 'not quite even handed' 2016 primary Sanders: 'Damn right' I'll make the large corporations pay 'fair share of taxes' Former Sanders campaign spokesman: Clinton staff are 'biggest a--holes in American politi... |
Partners Triangle Smart Cities to Hold First Summit June 6
North Carolina State University and the City of Raleigh are hosting the first Triangle Smart Cities Summit June 6 at the Hunt Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus. The event will bring together local city, industry, and academic leaders to share ideas aimed... |
My name is Sara Slayden and I am doing research as a student at Loyola Marymount University. The following questionnaire is designed to measure non-suicidal self-injury in order to add to the growing body of knowledge on this disorder. Self-injury is defined as doing deliberate and immediate harm to the body without th... |
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The US has been given 90 days to drop a special tax exemption for the giant aerospace company Boeing because it amounts to an unlawful subsidy.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) made the order after investigating a complaint from the European Union.
The tax cut was provided by the state of Washin... |
There is no world police to compel powerful nations to comply with international justice. But there is a private sector.
The most frequently asked question since Tuesday’s ruling on China’s maritime claims has been a familiar chorus to public international lawyers: what good is a ruling without enforcement?
“Nothing ... |
The New Orleans Saints have produced some serious fantasy football assets during the record-shattering Sean Payton-Drew Brees era.
But expectations, both in fantasy and in real life, might be higher this year for 2016 rookie breakout Michael Thomas than they have been for any Saints wide receiver in that 12-year span.... |
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Astutely building on the trustworthy Silent Pro series, Cooler Master now proudly presents the Silent Pro M500 power source unit. Whether creating your own personalized tower or upgrading your old power supply to meet the stringent demands of new, power hungry hardware, this PSU has the braw... |
The American people strongly support several reforms as to how the Supreme Court is structured according to a new Democracy Corp poll. The survey found 74 percent support replacing lifetime appointments with one fixed 18 year term. The idea is very popular with Democrats, Republicans and Independents:
I’ve long believ... |
It is exactly 30 years since the extraordinarily vicious by-election that saw Simon Hughes become the Liberal (now Liberal Democrat) MP for Bermondsey as part of the Liberal-SDP Alliance, and the defeated Labour candidate Peter Tatchell subjected to an unprecedented hate campaign conducted at both local and national me... |
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (R) on Tuesday called for Gov. Jay Nixon (D) to reinstate the curfew in Ferguson to allow the justice system — which he said was a product of “Anglo-American civilization” — to do its job.
Following Monday night’s clashes with police in the wake of the death of slain teen Michael Brown, ... |
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Current query:
Jack Sharpe, age 24, male.
Place of birth: Earth, Pod 4, N America
D.O.B. April 5th, 2242
Current whereabouts: Unknown
Last known whereabouts: Europa City, Docking Pylon 2
WARNING: Subject is considered highly armed and dangerous, and... |
This Saturday, Minnesota United FC visits San Antonio, their first visit to the Scorpions' new home at Toyota Field. The teams played on opening day this year, drawing 0-0 at the Metrodome.
It's been a strange year for the Scorpions. On the one hand, they opened a new soccer-specific stadium in San Antonio, probably t... |
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Quote: Originally Posted by rootfingers Although I wish it weren't so, federal law trumps state,municipal,county all of it.
The United States Supreme Court just the other day said that it is not the job of Local Police to uphold Federal Law... |
Neil Young Launches Doomed Tech Startup, Pono by Lee McAlilly
Neil Young has waged a war against the MP3. Or, as he would call it, heavy peace. Claiming that you only hear 5% of the music when you listen to an MP3, he's launched a startup to fix the problem. It's called Pono, and I'm afraid it's about eight years too ... |
This autumn leading into the holiday season has been a tough one for a lot of Etsy sellers. In September, Etsy made some huge changes to the website and the algorithms with which listings get found. So far it’s been an abject disaster for a lot of sellers.
Just speaking from personal experience, this August and the be... |
Our analysis of psychological ratings revealed that the mean subjective happiness score was similar to that reported in a previous study19. The correlation analysis revealed that subjective happiness was negatively associated with negative emotional traits, as previously reported18, but not with the negative emotional ... |
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Air Force: F-35 3F software drop challenges resolved
The Air Force expects to operationalize the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s latest “3F” software iteration by September or October of this year, a development which will integrate additional technology and equip the stealth aircraft with a wider range of weapons,... |
* ‘Super committee’ urged to cut no more defense spending
* Automatic cuts of another $600 billion raise concerns
By David Alexander
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta chided congressional dysfunction and warned that cutting $450 billion in defense spending would take the Pentagon “to the ... |
Image copyright AP Image caption Saudi-led operations have targeted Houthi positions like this one near Sanaa
The Saudi-led air coalition targeting Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen has mistakenly hit a pro-government position, killing at least 20 troops, security officials and witnesses say.
At least another 20 people are... |
As if alcohol weren't enough of a social lubricant already, Budweiser has figured out a way to help it add to your Facebook friends list. The Buddy Cup, unveiled by the company's Brazilian arm, contains "high-tech chip technology integrated with Facebook" that makes two people friends on Facebook when they clink their ... |
MEERUT/LUCKNOW: UP police's anti-terrorist squad arrested a man from Muzaffarnagar district on Sunday who provided refuge, logistics and shelter to terrorists of Bangladesh and helped them in procuring Aadhaar cards.Associated with Ansarullah Bangla Team, an extremist organisation banned for its role in killings of blo... |
Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to
succeed faster, double your rate of failure.
Have you ever seen a child learn to ride a bike, or a toddler learn to walk? They stumble and fall numerous times before getting it right. Mistakes are learning opportunities. It takes failure after failure to cre... |
Share. "There's a lot of room for improvement." "There's a lot of room for improvement."
Watch Dogs creative director has admitted the action-adventure game was not perfect "in any way", promising a sequel would take more risks.
Speaking to GamesTM, Jonathan Morin admits that there's certainly problems with the origi... |
This week, many German citizens were appalled to hear the details of what allegedly occurred on New Year’s Eve in Cologne.
According to eyewitness accounts and a number of apparent victims, hundreds of “Arab or North African” men engaged in coordinated sexual assaults and robberies across Germany with attacks reported... |
Alessandro Gallenzi on why Italy’s most famous children’s writer is so worth loving – and about his mission to polish up lost gem The Adventures of Pipì the Pink Monkey , with help from illustrator Axel Scheffler
Carlo Collodi’s voice is one of those special ones you hear or read as a child and you then carry with you... |
Phillip Lopate describes the shape of Manhattan Island as‘a luxury liner, permanently docked, going nowhere’. This feeling of being tethered to the land, unable to get to sea, was a feature of New York life for much of the twentieth century. New York was an island without a coast. The West Side piers that once welcomed... |
David Holland, in a guest post at Bishop Hill, shows that Climategate 2.0 has provided more context on Phil Jones’ efforts to organize the deletion of documents.
Jones’ May 29, 2008 request to Michael Mann that he ask Eugene Wahl to delete his IPCC emails (and that Mann delete his own emails) was one of the more notor... |
ZURICH, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The number of banks in Iran should at least halve over the next six years, with closures and mergers needed to modernise an industry laden with toxic loans, one of the country’s top bankers said on Tuesday.
Parviz Aghili, chief executive of Middle East Bank, estimated at a conference in Zuric... |
“Star Wars” fans have been warned to stay far, far away from a Tunisian town that was the inspiration for Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine — due to the risk of being taken hostage by ISIS.
The dusty desert town of Tataouine, Tunisia, has recently been overrun with bloodthirsty jihadists who have pledged their ... |
YouTube today announced that its platform now supports high dynamic range, or HDR, video. HDR essentially allows screens with the right hardware specifications to display a more accurate and realistic range of whites and blacks, as well as a wider range of colors. Alongside 4K resolution, HDR technology is the other bi... |
For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest release, please check out the main LLVM web site . If you have questions or comments, the LLVM Developer’s Mailing List is a good place to send them.
This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 3.6. Here ... |
2012 is our eighth year of small scale farming in France and has seen us move from income dependence to financial security and independence. Looking back over the last eight years at our mistakes and our successes in getting to this point demonstrates the value of an integrated approach. When we arrived in France we ha... |
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The ZK-391 is one in a series of Czech developmental semiautomatic rifles designed by Josef Koucký. It was developed initially in 1939 (hence the "39" in the designation), and was tested by the Ita... |
Well, it’s official. Our two weeks of Southern California Spring are over and we have fully moved into summer! Ugh. Temperatures have been in the mid 80’s to low 90’s this week and for the sake of sanity, we have been in search of shade all over Los Angeles.
Franklin Canyon Park
Yesterday we headed to Franklin Canyon... |
"That is the regulatory hook for FCC review," Pai said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "My understanding is that the deal won't be presented to the commission." The WSJ notes that this would leave the Justice Department as the only governmental agency reviewing the potential deal. Time Warner has said tha... |
Many decades ago, I worked with one of the first high-tech companies on the planet. We were making the world's first-hand calculators. It had an impressive 2K chip and could barely divide. But it was enough to do basic math to one to two decimal points. And the point of this introduction is to suggest that job-hunters ... |
Courtesy of CSPAN For some reason Business Insider is being bombarded with emails from Ron Paul supporters whining about how we aren't covering Ron Paul enough.
There are two answers to that:
The truth is though, that Ron Paul supporters have an irrational belief that Ron Paul isn't getting enough attention, regardle... |
Abuse of our patent system is becoming a drag on innovation in the software and internet sectors, and it's hurting consumers.
Companies are especially concerned about lawsuits – often involving software claims – filed by patent assertion entities commonly known as "trolls."
Last year alone, more than 4,000 patent law... |
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Ron Paul is happy that the standoff between a Nevada rancher and the Bureau of Land Management ended peacefully last w... |
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This aim of this Analytical Match Report is to enhance the analysis of Rangers performance by providing a variety of advanced stats from the game. Explanations of these stats can be found in our tutorial for these reports.
Expected Goals: Rangers 2.1 Queen of the South 0.5
This was a hard... |
Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager who was arrested when his homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb, thanked his supporters during a news conference on Wednesday. Since his arrest, Mohamed has received a personal invitation from President Obama to attend an astronomy night at the White House. (Reuters)
Ahmed Mohamed is... |
Governor Scott Walker's decision to deny federal health care funds for more than 150,000 low-income Wisconsinites will result in up to 671 deaths that could otherwise be prevented, a study released Thursday found.
Wisconsin is one of 25 states where Republicans governors have declined billions of dollars offered by th... |
Syrian rebels took control of a Syrian air force base near the city of Homs Sunday, according to a report in Al-Arabiya.
The fighters gained control of a number of surface-to-air missile batteries, giving them an extra edge as they battle forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
According to the report, officer... |
From the archive of the WSWS
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004): An obituary
By David North
7 February 2011
The centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth on February 6 has prompted a new round of media mythologizing on the life and career of the 40th US president. In response, the WSWS publishes a political obituary written after... |
Donald Trump shamed his rival Hillary Clinton for not calling radical Islamic terrorists deplorable, but rather, calling millions of Americans who support his campaign “racists” and “deplorables.”
Clinton “talks tougher about my supporters than she does about radical Islamic terrorists,” Trump jabbed during his campai... |
While a number of Chinese smartphone makers are quite successful in their domestic market, not all of them make the cut when it comes to launching products that appeal to users globally. While the likes of Huawei, Xiaomi and Lenovo took their time to attain their positions as global leaders in smartphone sales, another... |
It shouldn't come as surprise that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who campaigned on fighting income inequality and wants to tax the rich to pay for public transit improvements, has a fairly dim view of private property rights. But "dim" is apparently a bit of an understatement. De Blasio flat out does not believe in th... |
There’s a little less than a month to wait until Professor Brainhov and his protégé Orville Tycoon do battle on PlayStation 3 and Vita. Canadian outfit Frima Studio – who you may remember from popular PlayStation Minis such as Widgets Odyssey and A Space Shooter for Two Bucks – is carefully applying the finishing touch... |
Earlier in the week I posted about the alternatives to Photoshop that can be downloaded for Mac and Windows. Today’s post is a list of some free alternatives for Photoshop that are available online within your browser, incase you don’t want to download a program or need to quickly edit an image. These alternatives are ... |
A backlash of anger following the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby has led to several people facing charges over comments posted on social media sites.
Incidents have been reported to police across England with arrests in Lincoln, Bristol, Woking, Hastings and Southsea.
Some have been accused of offences under the Commun... |
Just as Kentucky Fried Chicken became "KFC" to hide their connection to fried foods (and likely the state of Kentucky and the yardbird of chicken to boot), best not remember what the "D" in "DEA" stands for as you contemplate some new wikirevelations summed up in the New York Times:
The Drug Enforcement Administration... |
The Senate Democrats are starting to get serious about reforming the Senate rules to make the chamber slightly less idiotic. One of the changes they are thinking about making is forcing the minority who wants to filibuster a bill to actually speak continuously on the Senate floor. From the Huffington Post:
[Sen. Jeff]... |
Fade Friday – Levi’s 511 Rigid Dragon (20 Months, 2 Washes)
This week’s Fade Friday showcases a pair of Levi’s 511 Rigid Dragon courtesy of reader, Kostia, after 21 months of hard wear and just two washes. As part of a program in which Levi’s aims to minimize water in the finishing process, they’re constructed of a de... |
An unusual drive-by crime has gotten people in one East Nashville neighborhood talking about the problem.
Jim Chaney was walking with his pregnant wife on North 16th Street just before 9 p.m. on October 5. A car drove by and someone inside the vehicle threw water balloons at the couple. Jim was hit in the chest, and h... |
By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Twelve members of an Amish splinter group in Ohio pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a spate of beard- and hair-cutting assaults last fall on other Amish.
The 10 men and two women were indicted on seven counts, including federal hate crime charges, for... |
"We are prisoners of our time, but we are still alive. Fight for the
freedom, fight for the right, we are Running Wild!"
- Prisoners Of Our Time, 1984 -
"All liberty is dying, to reign is the sense. Leading you to war,
can't you see where it ends."
- Fight The Oppression, 1985 -
"Fly our flag, we teach them fear,... |
At a CNN town hall Thursday, businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump once again put the issue of manufacturing front and center in the 2016 race.
When CNN’s Anderson Cooper pressed Trump on whether a U.S. president ought to be sending cease and desist letters and whether he would continue to do ... |
Copyright by WCMH - All rights reserved These 18 men were arrested in a child predator sex sting in Florida.
Copyright by WCMH - All rights reserved These 18 men were arrested in a child predator sex sting in Florida.
POLK COUNTY, FL (WFLA) -- Candy, condoms, and narcotics were some of the items that suspects brought... |
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Everyone loves a controversial story and the technology industry has been serving them up left and right in 2010, typically featuring big names like Apple, Google and Comcast. Here’s a look back at the biggest such headlines so far this year:
Apple vs. Adobe and the Flash Wars
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has incurred the wr... |
Grove City Police arrest registered sex offender in murder of OSU student Copyright by WCMH - All rights reserved Reagan Tokes (CREDIT: Facebook) [ + - ] Video
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) - The Grove City Division of Police have arrested a registered sex offender in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Ohio State Uni... |
Special Report: By failing to tell the hard truth about Establishment wrongdoing, The New York Times — along with other mainstream U.S. media outlets — has destabilized American democracy, reports Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry
Whenever The New York Times or some other mainstream news outlet holds itself out as a para... |
But I did ditch the pointy black hat for furry ear muffs as I arrived a little early for Walpurgis Night on April 30, when the summit was still capped in winter's white stuff.
Indeed, women celebrate the night before May 1, Walpurgis night , in a reenacted witch-event following a long and legendary tradition.
28) Wal... |
Twitter has announced a significant increase in its data security as it moves to protect users from attacks by the "apex predators" of the internet.
An internal team of security engineers has spent several months implementing "perfect forward secrecy", which adds an extra layer of security to the widely used https enc... |
So I’ve been trying many products in my quest for a good routine and I thought this week’s post could be mini-reviews of the things I’ve tried so far.
First off, cleansers:
Su:m37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick– This product was a huge letdown. So many people consider it to be one of their Holy Grail (HG) products I wa... |
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You hear it all the time—your earbuds will cause hearing loss. And while it'd be nice to shrug this off as the same old conventional wisdom that everything fun is bad for us, it happens to be true: Prolonged use can in fact lead to hearing loss. A clever new invention being unveiled Friday may ... |
Within weeks, gas will start crossing the ocean in specially designed ships, feeding into the pipeline network for the American East Coast. Before Christmas, furnaces in Brooklyn and stoves in Washington will be burning the gas. It will be the first commercial energy production from waters north of the Arctic Circle.
... |
The ‘Music Like Water’ Fallacy
In 2002 David Bowie said, “Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity.” In early 2005, Berklee VP David Kusek and “futurist” Gerd Leonhard based their book The Future of Music on the concept of “Music Like Water,” i.e. the transformation of the music industry into ... |
When the sad news came of the sudden death this past weekend of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, I wept for my friend.
We had developed a happy friendship during the past 15 years, one which I had selfishly hoped would endure. He permitted his friends to see all of him. We knew him to be in private just as h... |
For some time now I’ve been using Atom as a replacement for Kate, KWrite and GEdit, depending on the desktop environment I’m using.
That’s because it’s much easier and faster to take notes when you’re formatting with MarkDown.
If you’ve never heard about Atom, it’s a text editor from the folks at GitHub and officiall... |
As the Queen biopic finally reaches cinemas, Shaun Ponsonby examines the back catalogue of one of Britain’s best loved, wildly eccentric and misunderstood bands.
Queen are a band very much taken for granted.
They have sold over 300 million records worldwide, their songs are sung at sporting events, played on every ol... |
WordPress ships with a lot of helper functions to speed up theme and plugin development such as the home_url() and site_url().
These two functions – home_url() and site_url() return the same value (WordPress address or URL) if WordPress hasn’t been given its own directory.
If WordPress is given its own directory, the... |
Deep Ellum Brewing Launches “Operation Six-Pack To Go” to Fight State Beer Laws in Texas
September 17, 2015
Deep Ellum Brewing Co. today launched “Operation Six-Pack to Go” a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for its suit against the State of Texas in a battle to abolish laws that limit the ability of... |
There are many celebrating the recovery as if it were already here. This is a brief post to outline my main remaining concerns for recovery of the global economy.
1) China is overstimulating its economy, and forcing its banks to make bad loans. This pushes up commodity prices, and makes it look like China is growing, ... |
Bernard and Phyllis Senske encountered many challenges over the years while operating a sheep farm in Kalkaska County, but water scarcity was not among them.
That changed earlier this year. Shortly after a Canadian firm attempted to hydraulically fracture a deep shale natural gas well nearby, the water table on the Se... |
“Break free” actions around the world aim to break the stranglehold of the fossil-fuel industry.
IMAGINE the day when oil-refinery smokestacks stop pouring toxic fumes over Fidalgo Island and fledgling herons launch into clean blue skies. That is the vision of the thousands of citizens who will gather near Anacortes o... |
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Finally, an electric motorcycle as slick as a Tesla, and even faster. But be careful, chief: Grab that throttle and you get instant and constant access to 120 pound-feet of torque—20 percent more than the quickest gas-burning motorcycle. Th... |