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The majority of notifications on his Twitter might be talking about retirement, but that was never a consideration for Dominick Cruz.
The former UFC bantamweight champion said on a media conference call Tuesday that he is completely confident he will be able to return from a third ACL surgery and he never once thought... |
Ice Cube's 'Barbershop: The Next Cut' and older-skewing action film 'Criminal' open opposite 'Jungle Book,' which already is doing big business overseas, earning $57.1 million to date.
Holy Mowgli!
Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, the latest offering from Disney's live-action studio, is doing huge business in its debut... |
CLOSE Obama orders 'surge' to border to speed up deportations as thousands of children are crossing into the U.S. illegally. Obama is enacting a plan to help their home countries prevent them from heading to the U.S.
Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on TV from their holding area in Nogales, Ariz., where ... |
CLOSE A male senior student at Cornell University has filed a Title IX lawsuit against the university stemming from a party that happened the night of Sept. 17, 2015. Chance Cook / staff video
The lawsuit states the student attempted suicide in April 2016.
Cornell University (Photo: File photo)
A male senior student... |
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Making the Table
10 He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.
12 And he made a rim around it a handbreadt... |
Volkswagen has denied claims that another one of its diesel-powered automobile engines is using hidden software to cheat on emissions tests. The US Environmental Protection Agency filed a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act earlier today, claiming a 3-liter diesel mill used in a variety of VW, Audi, and Porsche mo... |
Look closer, my friend Cast metal ring transforms to a telescope
Larger lens can be used as magnifying glass
Small magnetic compass in the body of the ring
We love steampunk style. The tiny top hats, the goggles (they do nothing!), the corsets, the leather, the crazy weapons. We love that there's no canon, no offici... |
Parts of a national forest in California have been evacuated and closed down after a squirrel was found to be infected with the plague.
Los Angeles officials say visitors were ordered to leave the Angeles National Forest as a precaution after the rodent was trapped in a routine check.
They said no people in the area ... |
Richard Patterson, a 65-year-old Florida man accused of murdering of his late girlfriend Francisca Marquinez, 60, was found not guilty on Monday.
He gripped the nation and almost changed legal history forever with his initial defense of claiming his girlfriend choked on his giant penis during oral sex, and with his la... |
Ever since the announcement that Beyoncé will be headlining Coachella 2017, there's been an understandable excitement for this year's land of flower crowns and Instagram-worthy photo opps. But you might want to know more about the Philip Anschutz, the owner of the event, and his views before you fork over your money fo... |
So I did get my original gift a few days after the final notice and it was okay... and I felt pretty bad now because I already was assigned a regifter but.. these things do happen. So I got my gift!! And it looked pretty similar to gifts I had sent before: Handwritten address, fun packing tape, old reused amazon box.
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Volkswagen is in big trouble over its emissions cheating scandal, but that's not stopping its workers from getting a healthy raise and bonus.
The company said Friday that 120,000 of its workers in Germany will get a 5% raise over the next year and a half.
The pay increase applies to about 20% of Volkswagen Group's (V... |
This year’s Golden Globe nominations have been announced, and of note were two wrestling related nods for John Cena’s “Ferdinand” and the Netflix show GLOW.
GLOW”s lead actress Alison Brie was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical of Comedy, and “Ferdinand” was nominated for Bes... |
[Editor's note: Dec. 1, 2017. The provincial government announced a public consultation on “professional reliance” in managing natural resources Friday.
The approach, introduced a decade ago by the Liberal government, lets companies hire consultants to approve their plans rather than subject them to review by governme... |
Okay, so is this the ultimate time traveller's watch? Well, the battery can't die on you because there isn't one (solar power FTW) and while quartz timing packages and integrated circuits can and do fail, they're largely most vulnerable when there's a greater risk of moisture intrusion and this is a pretty well-sealed ... |
A little more than a year after a massive wildfire forced the full evacuation of Fort McMurray in Alberta, another set of extreme wildfires in British Columbia is again forcing major population centers to empty. In the region of Williams Lake and Cariboo City, 17,400 people have been forced to flee as a wildfire is thr... |
TORONTO - It wasn't the prettiest effort the Toronto Maple Leafs have put on the ice lately. Against the struggling Dallas Stars, though, it was more than enough.
The Leafs played a turnover, mistake and penalty-filled game, but their offence kept clicking on the way to a 5-3 victory on Tuesday night. Toronto won for ... |
BEIRUT – The Army of Islam has cut the key M5 highway leading from Damascus toward Homs in the northeastern outskirts of the Syrian capital in an operation the rebel group said involved thousands of fighters.
Pro-Syrian regime outlets reported that heavy fighting near the regime-controlled Dahiyet al-Assad suburb of D... |
Whether it is enforcing the terms of the license, educating the public about their rights to use and share software, or promoting software and devices that respect users, the FSF's Licensing and Compliance Lab works hard to keep the GPL's promise and make sure it is shared as widely as possible. We wish to share with y... |
Jose Mourinho takes training at Cobham the day before Chelsea's game against Dynamo kiev
Jose Mourinho has rubbished "a very sad accusation" that some Chelsea players are not trying for him.
Cesc Fabregas on Tuesday responded to suggestions he is at the heart of a revolt against Mourinho, blaming "individuals on the ... |
One of the arguments Creationists love to bring up is that evolution is a lie because we can’t see it happening in real time. We can try to explain that natural selection occurs over many generations and long time-scales, but they can’t handle that sort of nuance.
Thankfully, there are actually plenty of examples of e... |
The California Coastal Commission ruled Wednesday that scofflaw Donald Trump can keep the illegally erected giant flagpole that's been up for nearly a decade at his Trump National Golf Club, provided that Rancho Palos Verdes changes its existing height rules, reports the Daily Breeze. Seeing as how RPV's height limit i... |
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption David Bowie has won only two Brits previously, including an honorary award in 1996
Rock legend David Bowie has been named best British male at the Brit Awards in London, although he was not there in person to collect his award.
Arctic Monkeys won both best group and best alb... |
Against all advice, President Donald Trump is insisting that the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration is so flawed that it should either be revised or scrapped altogether. He’s flat-out wrong, and dangerously so.
Never mind that Iran has warned all bets are off if the U.S. pulls out of the agreemen... |
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Date Written: July 21, 2017
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Prominent scholars criticize terrorism research for lacking sufficient empirical testing of arguments. Interestingly, one of the most widely-cited estimates in terrorism studies has not been evaluated using the many data sources now available. Rapopor... |
If you are going to commit five weeks of your life to an event, you want to know what you’re in for, right? In preparation for walking the Camino de Santiago, I thought I had read everything about the Way of St. James. Turns out that there are a few realities on the camino that no one talks about. The author of the bes... |
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This photo provided by the Alachua County Sheriffs Office shows William Fears. Police say three men, Fears, Colton Fears and Tyler Tenbrink were arrested after a shot was fired after an argument with a group of people following the appearance of white nationalist Richard Spencer, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, at the Univers... |
'Miracle treatment": Larisa Rule with her parents Jaylene Siery and Peter Rule. Photo: Marina Neil. Photo: Marina Neil
She is blind, partially deaf, has cerebral palsy and can suffer up to 60 epileptic seizures a day. To say 23-month-old Larisa Rule's life so far has been a heart-breaking struggle is an understatement... |
Facing a(nother) looming budget showdown, conservatives in Congress wasted no time in steering negotiations toward conservative goals, like so-called “pro-life policy” such as focusing on abortion coverage and promoting abstinence-only sex ed.
Nevermind that abstinence-only ed is a monumental failure; nevermind that a... |
The drivers of some of the busiest bus routes in Phoenix will no longer strike at 12 a.m. Tuesday.
Union officials announced Monday afternoon that the strike would begin at midnight, but just before 10 p.m. they said the strike will be postponed pending the outcome of further talks with Transdev. The city pays Transde... |
Airline company Ethiopian highly values the role women play in our society. The organization stands by the “Women Empowerment for a Sustainable Growth” core value. The airline company will do something it has never done before. On November 19th, 2015 an all-women crew will operate the Addis Ababa – Bangkok route. Ethio... |
Catherine Dunphy was trained as a Roman Catholic Chaplain before becoming an atheist, and she is now a graduate and board member of The Clergy Project. On May 6th, she delivered the following sermon about her deconversion at West Hill United Church (a relatively Humanistic church) in Toronto, Ontario.
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Secret internal reports and memos by one of George Soros’s left-wing front groups reveals the socialist billionaire’s subversive reach within the Obama administration, the United Nations, and the governing structures European Union, especially as it relates to the manufactured refugee/migration crisis.
Among the many ... |
So you want to grow your own hops, huh? The long and short of it is that the things grow as fast as bamboo and need constant management from April to September. Still want to grow hops? Awesome, here’s one way to set up a small backyard hops garden that yielded almost a pound of wet hops, in year one, and proved to pro... |
Chimney sweep's cancer, also called soot wart, is a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the scrotum. It has the distinction of being the first reported form of occupational cancer, and was initially identified by Percivall Pott in 1775.[1] It was initially noticed as being prevalent amongst chimney sweeps.
Pathogen... |
Germany plans to send two German Federal Police boats and up to 100 border patrol officials to the Greek coast as of March 1, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Thursday.
De Maiziere said Greece deserved additional support from Europe on account of its geographic position and the sheer numbers of migrant... |
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A Delhi court has ruled that sex between a husband and wife, "even if forcible, is not rape."The judge's decision, which was made public Saturday, upheld section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which does not recognize "sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not b... |
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BHUBANESWAR: Defying all odds, an 11-year-old football prodigy from an impoverished area of Bhubaneswar has been selected to train at Germany’s most iconic club Bayern Munich, as an academy player for two months.
Chandan Nayak, hailing from Sabar Sahi slum of the city, endured a tough upbringing and journey in... |
Living in space can take its toll on an astronaut’s back, causing the muscles within the spine to weaken over time, a new study confirms. In microgravity, these muscles are prone to atrophy, and that causes the bones in the spine to stiffen and straighten out. Such body changes could explain why so many astronauts suff... |
Maribel Matias of Voorhees never expected little Sophie would be born Wednesday. She wasn't due for another week.
But Wednesday morning Maribel started feeling contractions. Afraid it was a false alarm, she told the baby's father, Valeriano Reu, she wanted to wait to go to the hospital.
The proud new parents spoke to... |
By the end of the lunch hour on Jan. 2, the highest paid chief executive officers in Canada will have earned as much as the average Canadian makes all year, a new survey of CEO pay shows.
The top 100 CEOs in Canada earned $7.7 million on average in 2011, the latest data collected by an Ottawa-based think tank found.
... |
These podcasts are sure to make you a better software engineer. They are in no particular order but I’ve found each one useful in their own way. I usually listen to these as I’m driving to and from work. It’s a great time to grow when you aren’t really doing anything else productive or mentally intensive at the same ti... |
Airbnb told Portland officials Tuesday that it would block local users from listing multiple properties in violation of city rules.
The website, which allows homeowners to rent their private residence to vacationers, said its new "one host, one home" policy would help protect Portland's housing stock from being conver... |
While I was writing the post comparing the new Qualcomm server chip, Centriq, to our current stock of Intel Skylake-based Xeons, I noticed a disturbing phenomena.
When benchmarking OpenSSL 1.1.1dev, I discovered that the performance of the cipher ChaCha20-Poly1305 does not scale very well. On a single thread, it perfo... |
Nagpur: As the new academic session gets underway, private schools say they are facing a financial crunch due to non-payment of entire fees by government for admissions given under Right To Education (RTE) Act. Schools have warned about taking ‘strong steps’ if the state continued to delay payments this year as well.
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Fears of a nuclear meltdown in Japan have subsided after a reactor that was damaged in Friday’s devastating earthquake reportedly emerged intact from an explosion.
A day after the country was thrown into chaos by a fierce tsunami triggered by the largest earthquake in Japan’s history, the country was, for a few terrif... |
Writing for his college paper, Cory Booker once admitted that he groped a friend when he was 15 years old.
Now the mayor of Newark and a candidate for New Jersey’s open Senate seat, a college-aged Booker described the experience of grabbing the girl’s breast and having his hand pushed away.
“Telling one’s own persona... |
Zhu spells out the names of his new Genesis Series collaborators through an interactive online word hunt.
Nine collaborators open up about the anonymous artist's creative process.
When ZHU released his Genesis Series EP last September via a cryptic online word puzzle, it was fitting that its focus was on his collabor... |
It is with profound disappointment that we write to express our opposition to your collective vote against Debo Adegbile, President Obama’s recent nominee to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. In a manner entirely consistent with Washington politics, Mr. Adegbile’s failed confirmation vote was plag... |
We’re always looking for correlations around housing prices and how they relate to various factors, so today we’re looking at racial density to see if it has an impact on Toronto real estate prices. The interactive map above shows the density of visible minorities – the darker the blue, the higher the concentration. Mo... |
The United Nations to exempt China from stricter CO2 regulations?
Yesterday Barack Obama appeared at the United Nations climate summit and he said that global warming was such a threat to the world and to our way of life that he was willing to take Executive action in order to help combat the problem.
This Executive ... |
Story highlights A 73-year-old woman called 911 after her fitness tracker showed an elevated heart rate
A scan revealed dangerous blood clots in both lungs
(CNN) Quick feedback from a Connecticut woman's Fitbit confirmed her suspicions that her shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat were cause for alarm.
Patricia L... |
A General Motors plan to spend $328 million at its plants in the Town of Tonawanda and Lockport reassured workers at the two sites who once worried about their future.
GM on Wednesday pledged to invest $296 million in the Tonawanda site for a new engine line, committing to retaining 854 jobs and creating 67 new jobs a... |
Diagnosing medical conditions can be a tricky business at the best of times, but University of Virginia medical student Ryan Jones recently made the perfect call during a training exercise.
During the simulation last March, medical actor Jim Malloy's job was to accurately and convincingly portray a patient with the sy... |
Sleep Walking into a War The Great Cyber War: Part 1 Tobias Stone Blocked Unblock Follow Following Nov 30, 2017
Russian rioters handcuffed by police, Tallinn, Estonia 2007. Photo: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images
We are 10 years into a war. A war most people don’t realise is happening, and which our governments are only jus... |
The demonic skull can be purchased from the Mage of Zamorak in the Wilderness for 550,000 coins after the Abyss (miniquest). When worn, it gives increased experience in certain skills while in the Wilderness. A demonic skull icon is shown above the player's head while it is equipped. It is always lost when killed in Pv... |
Monday is the last day for candidates to file for next year's election, and there are 12 candidates in the race to fill the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Joe Barton. (Published Monday, Dec. 11, 2017)
Candidates Up Against the Last Day to File for 2018 Primary
Monday was the deadline for candidates to file for next... |
Another cop was placed on administrative leave with pay in the handcuffing of a Utah hospital nurse who refused to take blood from an unconscious patient.
Salt Lake City’s mayor and police chief apologized Friday to Utah Hospital nurse, Alex Wubbels, who is seen in body cam video screaming “help me” after Detective Je... |
Even the literature that seems most rooted in one place is animated by writing from elsewhere – and trying to keep that influence out is profoundly dangerous
Culture is not a purely national business. I work as a poet and translator and would find it inconceivable to read Chaucer without being aware of the figures of ... |
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” swung into theaters and snagged an estimated $73 million domestic debut this weekend from audiences looking for a blockbuster with brains.
The 20th Century Fox release unspooled across 3,967 U.S. theaters and was fueled by a glowing reviews, with many critics calling it the summer’s be... |
We’ve already seen signs of mission creep in Syria. This week, the Trump administration completely reversed its position on Assad’s political future. Having stated that removing Assad was no longer a priority, the administration then announced that there was no place for the dictator in Syria’s future, and “steps are u... |
Ephraim Katzir (Hebrew: אפרים קציר Efrayim Katsir; 16 May 1916 – 30 May 2009) was an Israeli biophysicist and Israeli Labor Party politician. He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.[1]
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Katzir was born Efraim Katchalski, son of Yehuda and Tzila Katchalski, in Kiev, in the Russian... |
Japan 'ignoring laws' as it starts whale hunt
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Conservation groups have accused the Japanese whaling fleet of ignoring international law as the fleet prepares to head off on its annual whale hunt.
Every November the Japanese whaling fleet heads to the Southern Ocean for its so-called scientific research progr... |
Entity Framework and Open Source Thursday, July 19, 2012
The Entity Framework has advanced significantly over the last few years. A little over a year ago we released EF 4.1, which introduced the new DbContext API and EF “Code First” support. Earlier this year we delivered EF 4.3, which provides Code First Migration s... |
Niketas Oryphas or Oöryphas (Greek: Νικήτας ὁ Ὀρύφας or Ὠορυφᾶς, fl. 860–873)[1] was a distinguished Byzantine official, patrikios,[2] and admiral under the Byzantine emperors Michael III (r. 842–867) and Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867–886), who achieved several naval victories against the Cretan Saracen raiders.
Biog... |
The economist and Glasgow research fellow on why stopping benefit payments is counterproductive and must not be rolled out more widely
The workhouse aside, there’s never been a social security programme that delivered as much pain for so little gain as the “great sanctions campaign” imposed on unemployed people over t... |
Updates from Haiti below -- Follow the latest breaking news via our Haiti Twitter list -- See the latest images here -- Find out how you can help here.
Also note that in order to keep page loading smoothly we've archived earlier posts, which you can access by scrolling to the bottom and clicking on the respective page... |
Since a number of people state that they will not allow divorce in Malta because it is forbidden in the Bible, I would like to ask them some questions to help me live a better life.
• Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. Since Ma... |
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Our little purple friend Spyro is upon us! Your eyes do not deceive you and the words you are reading are definitely real! After a long wait and lots of requests from you, the community, Spyro the Dragon is coming to EU PSN on 12th December 2012!
Hugely successful when release... |
Tea Partiers Explain What Makes Them Boil
With the Tea Party hoping to put its mark on the 2010 midterm elections, the national movement is thriving -- without a central leader. A group of Tea Partiers in Lynchburg, Va., discuss what propelled them into activism -- and, in some cases, placed them at odds with the Repu... |
Top 15 Internet Hoaxes of 2014 January 27, 2015
Edgar Allan Poe, writing in the short story “The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether,” once said to believe “nothing you hear, and only one-half that you see.” That story was published in 1845, but going on two centuries later, most Internet users still haven’t gotten th... |
Took a while to get this done seeing how there was a good bit of text and that it was 40 pages long and that I have had the coldand cough for about 5 days now, but aside from that, this chapter was pretty darn good. It was funny, interesting and rather entertaining overall. Very excited for the next chapter. However, b... |
If you plan on hitting the beach this summer, you might want to think about what sunscreen you’ll be using.
Scientists have found evidence that oxybenzone (benzophenone-3), a chemical found in most sunscreen products harms coral reefs.
Read: Climate Change Impacts: American's Health Hurt By Global Warming, Doctors Sa... |
Comic-Con International announced today that Open Registration for San Diego Comic-Con 2015 will take place next Saturday, February 21, at 9AM PT. Are you prepared?
Just in case you’re not, we’ve put together a guide and tips on making sure you are ready for this weekend.
You can also join us, whether you’re buying a... |
Gyro aiming and touch controls (and perhaps both at once if you play with detached Joy-Cons in tabletop undocked) are excellent assurances, signifying to me that whether or not I pick this up, port quality won't be the barrier. This doesn't clarify anything we've already heard, though. Motion aiming is a hard requireme... |
RIAA
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the case of Joel Tenenbaum, who illegally downloaded music during college and now faces a $675,000 fine.
Tenenbaum’s been battling the music industry since 2007, over charges that he downloaded 31 songs online. A federal jury slapped Tenenbaum with a $22,500-per-son... |
A day after several Seahawks players talked about joining cornerback Jeremy Lane in possibly sitting during the national anthem before Sunday’s opener against the Dolphins — and with Bobby Wagner saying the players might decide to do something as a team — the tenor appeared to change.
On Thursday, players appeared to ... |
Though regularly drowned out by the clanging of major developments—I mean, holy crap!—one of the biggest guessing games in Washington right now revolves around Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and his role in James Comey’s firing. Specifically: What the hell was he thinking?
I was struck by this exchange between rep... |
Koko the gorilla can understand 2,000 words of spoken English
Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller claim they were told to show their nipples to the gorilla, Koko, as a way of bonding.
Sign language requests from Koko, the "talking" gorilla, were allegedly relayed to the women by the Gorilla Foundation's head, Francine Pa... |
DHARMAPURI: Outraged by the suicide of a man who felt humiliated after his daughter married a dalit boy in secret, a mob of non-dalits went on the rampage in three villages of Dharmapuri district, looting and burning houses of dalits late on Wednesday, police said.The 2,500-strong mob set ablaze 148 houses in Natham, A... |
Scotland drew against Portugal in the Gold Coast Sevens event
Amid the shock of seeing Edinburgh winning and Glasgow losing you may have missed the Gold Coast Sevens at the weekend.
It was the beginning of the World Series that was won last year by New Zealand and the year before by, er, New Zealand and the year befo... |
A season ago the Indiana Pacers were 31-7, sitting on top of the Eastern Conference standings and looking good in their meetings with the Miami Heat. Lance Stephenson was looking like a possible All-Star as he shot over 50% from the field and averaged 13.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists a game as part of that suc... |
Please STFU, Susan Sarandon
Bianca Delarosa Blocked Unblock Follow Following Nov 26, 2017
So, here we go again. Like always, Susan Sarandon is in desperate need of attention, and she knows just how to get it. Hating on Hillary. And for some strange reason, she took a nasty swipe at feminism in general.
To Susan, it’... |
Judit Polgar, Jon Speelman and Malcolm Pein are leading a petition to remove the new anti-cheating rule that requires players to inform an arbiter when they want to go to the toilet. The petition argues the rule is absurd, humiliating, unworkable and can help opponents while penalising players who are nervous, older or... |
Warner Bros. has gotten shellacked at the 2015 box office, so far. CEO Kevin Tsujihara spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the studios struggles, which could have been offset by Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice opening up on its original July 17, 2015 release date. Though, Tsujihara can already see the benefit o... |
Hey Shovelers and Shovelettes! It’s been way too long! First, a quick update on our progress. We have been working to square away the last of the business proceedings so we can jump into the game in full. In the meantime, we have been working on Propeller Knight stage and developing bleeding-edge tech like animated til... |
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Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский; né Eidelstein (Russian: Эйдельште́йн); born 25 April 1946) is a Russian politician and leader of the LDPR party (formerly Liberal Democratic Party of Ru... |
A huge THANK YOU to all of our Backers, friends, family, crowdfunding peers, journalists, bloggers, and last but certainly not least, Kickstarter, without whom SIMPLcase would not be possible!
To see what else we're up to, stop by and visit our website: lgcldesigns.com
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Friends Shela Lowe and Victoria Osborn taste a beer at the Royal Ale Festival at Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie.
Emmett McCanlies gives water to his 8-year-old dog "Rocco" while walking at the Art on the Greene Art Festival at Richard Greene Linear Park near the Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, Fri... |
DC Dispatch Trump’s contradictory promise: Bring back coal and boost natural gas Experts say low natural gas prices are the biggest cause of coal’s downturn.
If there was any doubt that energy and climate change would loom large in the coming presidential election, that was dispelled when Donald Trump gave his first m... |
Copyright Trolls Now Threatening College Students With Loss of Scholarship, Deportation
from the sweethearts dept
In all of our coverage of copyright trolls, those rent-seeking underdwellers that fire off threat letters to those they suspect of copyright infringement with demands designed to extract cash without havi... |
Dear Senators McCain and Obama:
For our entire lives, America has been polarized by an angry culture war over such divisive issues as abortion and gay rights. It has been a fight marked by sincere passion and principles on the one hand, but also by stridency, vituperation, and lack of respect for the opposing sides’ m... |
Bandcamp Embraces Pirate Googlers, Turns Them Into Customers
from the it's-not-so-hard-to-compete dept
A common complaint from the legacy movie and music industries is that when people Google things like "watch movies online," unauthorized sources rank higher than legitimate ones (for some crazy reason, it seems like... |
Scutellaria baicalensis (SB), a traditional herb with high pharmacological value, contains more than 10% flavone by weight. To improve the biological activity of flavones in SB, we aimed to enhance the bioconversion of baicalin (BG) to baicalein (B) and wogonoside (WG) to wogonin (W) in SB during fermentation using bet... |
The Gang of Eight may make a comeback, even if not with the original cast.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who ran in the presidential primary for the 2016 election, says he is intent on relaunching the bipartisan Senate group that drafted a comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2013.
Graham says ... |
An exhibition in Vienna probes our attitude towards nudity - people in the West have become accustomed to the naked female form, but male nudes can still shock. Before the show opened, the museum even covered up parts of its own posters, saying they had caused public outrage.
Five naked male statues on a pedestal conf... |
A Republican congressman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan on Sunday looked back at the Iraq war and declared that it was a “just and noble war.”
During an interview on CNN, host Candy Crowley asked Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) for his views on the war 10 years after the U.S. invaded.
“The Iraq war noble and just war,” th... |
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"UFC is a money making machine. The most important thing for this organization is a brand and it's marketing. They have a couple of good fighters and there are also some very good champions; but they are trying to keep everyone at the same level. The most important th... |
As I write this, I’m sitting in a hotel room in Port St Lucie, FL and my 12 year old son is asleep in the bed next to me. I wish I could just push the “life pause button” right now. He’s at that age of still being my little boy but displaying those great traits of maturing into his teenage years.
Sigh.
Other than the... |
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