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The Sunderland fan at the centre of a 'poo-gate' scandal has identified himself and responded to claims he defecated on his seat in th... |
Yesterday we reported that according to Peter Jahrling of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease - one of the top authorities in the world on Ebola - and who is on the front lines fighting Ebola disease in Liberia, there is something different about the current Ebola outbreak in that not only does it ... |
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Follow Akron Men's Soccer on Twitter and Facebook Purchase 2017 Men's Soccer Season Tickets Click Here A first-half goal by senior(Auckland, New Zealand) proved to be all the scoring the Akron men's soccer team needed as the 16th-rated Zips registered a 2-0 victory pa... |
1. In a prospective study of 62 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and their matched controls, HS was associated with an increased risk of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients 40 years or older when corrected for traditional risk factors.
Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good)
Study Rundown: HS is a chronic, inf... |
During Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing this week, he will be at pains to downplay the ongoing chaos in Chinese financial markets, drop in global crude prices, and lackluster Sino-Russian trade figures. Taken together, these developments are a huge disappointment for a Kremlin that just a few months ago was betting on... |
As his administration struggled to persuade Republican senators to fall in line behind a bill to repeal Obamacare, President Donald Trump on Tuesday night returned to the comfort of a campaign speech, promising a crowd in Youngstown, Ohio, that he would push forward with his agenda.
Trump responded to his critics, as ... |
He also found that slum dwellers there collected their excrement in a plastic bag and disposed of it by flinging it, calling it a “flyaway toilet” or a “helicopter toilet.”
This inspired Mr. Wilhelmson to design the Peepoo, an environmentally friendly alternative that he is confident will turn a profit.
“People will ... |
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of people and lion mascots swarmed the weekend opening of a “Make in India” drive to attract foreign direct investment, pitched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “the biggest brand that India has ever created”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the 'M... |
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya*
Recent media reports in Sri Lanka reveal that a $13.7 million USAID-funded program for ‘democracy and accountability’ is to be implemented by a private US company alleged to have links to the CIA. This has raised questions regarding the nature of the government’s relationship with the US.
D... |
K.N. Govindacharya refers to himself as a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member, and modestly says that today he is only a foot soldier, one among the 40 lakh swayamsevaks who work on the ground to spread the Sangh’s Hindutva message. In the 1990s, though, he was the... |
WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), in his second public appearance following his exit from the presidential race, struck a somewhat surprising populist tone Thursday, railing against the housing bubble burst and subsequent financial meltdown.
"Success on Wall Street shouldn't come at the expense of Main Street,"... |
Jack LaLanne, the seemingly eternal master of health and fitness who first popularized the idea that Americans should work out and eat right to retain youthfulness and vigor, has died. He was 96.
LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, Calif., his agent, Rick Her... |
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Detail of a stained-glass window from Malaga, Spain, depicting the wedding at Cana. (Shutterstock/Nancy Bauer)
Does Synod’s ‘Way of Accompaniment’ Put the Church at Risk of De Facto Schism?
COMMENTARY: Allowing different regional practices regarding reception of Communion will cause grave disunity and confusion among... |
Hong Kong’s government has abandoned plans to force school children to take Chinese patriotism classes, after more than 100,000 protesters denounced the classes as an attempt at brainwashing by mainland China.
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AFP - Hong Kong's government on Saturday backed down on a plan to force school childre... |
This past Sunday I met up with Moa Andreasson and Wilma Randler who study at the Royal Ballet School in Stockholm for a photoshoot at Rålambshovsparken. We decided to meet up at 8:00 in the morning, so we would have some time before everyone else showed up. Our plan was to first do some photos under Västerbron where th... |
OAKLAND — Federal prosecutors have placed their crosshairs on an international company based in Hayward, for allegedly selling iPhone accessories with forged Apple logos on them.
On Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed charges of trafficking counterfeit goods and covering or obscuring a required mark of importatio... |
I've got a bite... Beastly Brutus gives tourists a scary snap
The tourists had paid for a close-up view of crocodiles – and when this beast burst from the water they certainly got their money’s worth.
For when it comes to crocs, they don’t come much bigger than Brutus.
Lured by a tour guide dangling kangaroo meat fr... |
MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought
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"Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check ... |
The Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the United States (U.S.) is part of the U.S. –Canada Smart Border Action Plan. Under the Agreement, refugee claimants are required to request refugee protection in the first safe country they arrive in, unless they qualify for an exception to the Agreement. The Agreem... |
All season long, Toronto players and fans had been campaigning for then-Raptors guard Lou Williams to win the Sixth Man of the Year award. Even recording artist Drake got involved by dropping Williams’ name three times in his appropriately titled song, “6 Man.”
So when Williams succeeded and became the first Raptor to... |
Yo, it's been awhile!! I've been out a couple of weeks messing around with photoshop trying some things. You see, up until now all my pictures followed the same steps: pencil and ink on paper, scanning and colouring on PC. But these past days I decided to go all digital, drawing directly with the tablet(wich is difficu... |
Why Cling to the Past? Exclusive essay by Stephen King's publisher about Joyland
Charles Ardai looks to the past, and past angry internet message boards, to find something worth cherishing in a new novel.
Originally, we were only going to publish Joyland in paperback.
Steve grew up buying paperbacks for fifty cents ... |
A recent blog highlighted business processes and trends of the past, so this week I thought I’d turn the tables and write my wish list for future business inventions I’d like to see. Here they are, in no particular order.
1. A teleporter
Remember when Star Trek’s Captain Kirk would say ‘Scotty, beam me up’ and he’d b... |
By Roger Annis, Feb 17, 2014–Rank and File.ca has reported on the two sawmill explosions in northern British Columbia in January and April of 2012 that killed four workers and injured dozens. Many of the workers were of First Nations nationalities. There have been two substantive developments recently in the investigat... |
The clock strikes five and you hear the zipping of bags and coats as people around you ready themselves to shuffle out of the office. The work day is finally over.
But although you have the right to plan your evening as you wish, there are a few after-hours activities that can get you in serious trouble with your empl... |
Eric Worrall writes:
Professor Bob Carter, writing in today’s edition of The Australian, a major Aussie daily newspaper, warns that the world is unprepared for imminent global cooling, because of the obsession of policy makers with global warming.
According to Bob Carter;
Heading for ice age “GRAHAM Lloyd has report... |
C.E. Dyer reports that the streets of Paris, France have been devastated after mass illegal immigration from Africa has decimated one of Europe’s biggest cities and tourist destinations.
Louder with Crowder posted a YouTube video that shows what Paris, France looks like today thanks to the scourge of illegal immigrati... |
Posted by Laurence Moroney, Developer Advocate
A constraint for some Android apps is the total number of methods that the underlying compiled .dex file can support. It’s limited by 16 bits, or 65,536 values.
When you include third-party libraries in your application, you will have all of their methods in your .dex fi... |
Three seasons ago, the Miami HEAT swept the Charlotte Bobcats out of the first round of the playoffs. The HEAT were on their way towards their fourth-consecutive appearance in the NBA Finals and their swarming, high-energy defense caused all sorts of issues for a team built around the slower, post-up stylings of Al Jef... |
The next location was our final spot in New Zealand’s North Island and turned out to be pretty special.
Ohakune was our destination and was to serve as two locations within Middle Earth. One of these locations was up on Mount Ruapehu, which is the tallest mountain in the North Island and very sacred lands to the local... |
Once a rising economic power in the Balkans, a crushing economic crisis has stripped Greece of much of its wealth and pushed to ahead of only neighbors Romania and Bulgaria among the poorest countries in the European Union.
Greece is one of the poorest countries in the EU according to a research published today by a G... |
Also both sides do it and not a dime’s worth of difference.
Ralph Nader, the former Green Party presidential candidate and lifelong consumer activist, says Donald Trump’s dizzying presidential candidacy hasn’t been all bad, while Hillary Clinton is winning the Democratic nomination by “dictatorship.”
And though he ha... |
atrickomg:SpongeBuddy Mania has made it nine years on the web!The staff who has worked on it in the past and in the present want to thank all the fans and members who have come along with us on this great journey.To celebrate the ninth year of SBM, I'd like to present some updates as well as a reminder for everyone tha... |
Queensland election: Adani protesters disrupt Palaszczuk's campaign trail for second day
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Protesters against the Adani mining project in north Queensland have again made their presence felt on the state election campaign trail.
Both leaders are hoping to get over the distractions that already emerged from Ada... |
A recreational marijuana store located in southern Colorado became the first business of its kind in the state to announce the tax totals from the new industry that pot advocates say will be a boon for state education and struggling local economies.
Finance officials in Pueblo County, the tenth most populated county i... |
CLOSE Parts of Philadelphia Pike were closed Thursday night after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle just before 7 p.m. 11/18/16 William Bretzger & Damian Giletto/The News Journal
Buy Photo John L. Schultz, 84, of Wilmington was struck and killed on Philadelphia Pike, north of the Washington Street Extension, on Thu... |
Howard Phillips Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward didn't see the light of day until 1941, four years after the writer succumbed to cancer and kidney disease in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. Weird Tales had become a regular home for Lovecraft's work, and editor Dorothy McIlwraith included The Case…... |
Something that I was seeing during the first event of the Scripting Games was the use (or misuse) of implementing pipeline support for a parameter in a function or script. While most people did do this correctly, I did see a decent number of people do some things that would never work at all if someone attempted to pip... |
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CASS COUNTY, Mo. -- A teenager upset over the New England Patriots' victory in Super Bowl 51 is facing a felony charge for threatening his high school through a social media post. Prosecutors charged Jashon Taylor, 17, of making a terrorist threat, a class D felony.
A prob... |
Pyongyang: North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression as a US Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific.
US President Donald Trump, who has urged China to do more to rein in its impoverished ally and neighbour, said in a Tweet that ... |
Hamas Leader Urges Citizens to Offer Themselves as Human Shields (Video)
Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri urged Gaza Muslims to offer themselves up as human shields.
“It’s been proven effective.”
Via the IDF Blog:
What lovely people.
MEMRI has the transcript:
Interviewer: “Are people still going up to the roofto... |
There are many limits I can see a user reaching on their PCs and in the online services they use. Storage is the main concern with your Gmail account having a storage limit, your Dropbox account having a ceiling depending on your account tier, and ISPs increasingly limiting our bandwidth quotas. One limit I never thoug... |
Marlborough businessman Tony Smale is disappointed that Marlborough has been overlooked by Government and television broadcaster, with Marlburians facing the same or higher costs for Freeview than other parts of the country, for a lower quality service.
Marlborough residents will not have access to Freeview high defin... |
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While we still have a few more days to wait before Apple's latest smartphones arrive in our hands, the next-generation mobile software iOS 7 will land on devices from Wednesday.
iOS 7 is the seventh major iteration of the mobile platform, which according to latest IDC and Gartner figures powers about 14 ... |
This summer we added support for texting from your computer and it was one of our most popular updates. Today we’re bringing this same feature to Android tablets!
Texting from your Android tablet with Pushbullet is really simple. To get started, you will need to have Pushbullet set up on your phone and have SMS sync e... |
A significant amount of work on JavaScript toolkits and frameworks has centered around trying to fix, normalize, and optimize browser implementations. Doing so requires making many assumptions about what the problems are, how our tools will be used by developers, and what we expect of the future.
The assumptions made ... |
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Fate of the Carlyle expedition we always found to be a bit easy, to be honest. It's essentially a variation on the "do X research encounters" mystery all the official Ancient Ones have, with the slight complication you have to go to a specific location and one bonus (generally beneficial) encounter... |
Nick Diaz is easily one of the most popular fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) today.
His brash microphone skills, precision boxing, durable chin and intelligent offensive output makes him one of the most well-rounded fighters in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) today, whether at Welterweight or Middleweight.
B... |
Before the advent of central banks in the early 20th century, prices were just as likely to go up as down. The world of the 1930s and the more recent lost decades of Japan give testament. Prices change – and while they usually go up these days, sometimes they do not. We are at such a moment of uncertainty.
That one or... |
The Supreme Court will take up the question of whether President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were constitutional in a case that has the potential to reshape how recess appointments are done more broadly. The DC Circuit court overturned Obama's recess appointments in a sweeping deci... |
Welcome to the 9th CX’s Weiss Schwarz deck techs! For this article, we’re going to look at the deck that won the special ACEN 2014 tournament, with a report at the end!
This deck and report are brought to you by Robert Grasso. Robert emerged victorious from the field of 34 players,most of whom were playing SAO. Englis... |
Does .999… = 1? The question invites the curiosity of students and the ire of pedants. A famous joke illustrates my point:
A man is lost at sea in a hot air balloon. He sees a lighthouse approaching in the fog. “Where am I?” he shouts desperately through the wind. “You’re in a balloon!” he hears as he drifts off into ... |
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R), the irascible TV face of Mitt Romney’s campaign, told a Granite State audience Tuesday that President Obama won reelection thanks to a base that’s “dependent, to a great extent economically, on government policy and government programs.”
That puts Sununu squarely in the “gift... |
“I am a human being, living out of all prejudice and going to the unknown,” Ms. Suleiman said. “I belong to humanity. My first and my second husbands are Sunni. I do not belong to any religion. These classifications are out of date.
“When the revolution broke out, I realized that I was a Syrian, and that my role was t... |
High above Chile, the International Space Station's crew offers up a lovely look at the glaciers gleaming in the southern Andes, as seen in this January 22 image released by NASA. (See also: "Up on the Farm? Five Reasons NASA Needs Space Greenhouses.")
Beloved by hikers, Patagonia was easy to reach for the orbiting sp... |
By:The Indian Constitution does guarantee freedom of speech, but that is subject to ‘reasonable restrictions’.Hate speech is in the news - particularly with the pleasantries being exchanged by our politicians in the run-up to the national elections. A Congress politician suggested that BJP’s PM candidate Modi deserves ... |
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, announced Wednesday that she has returned to Washington, D.C., after a weeklong “fact-finding” trip to Syria and Lebanon.
Gabbard’s office said in a press release that the Army veteran met specifically with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during her trip, as well as Lebanon’s newly elect... |
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Roberto Firmino knew “straight away” Liverpool was the right club for him, and has revealed the club’s current Brazilian duo were ... |
Oh My gosh! Oh My gosh! This is soo Exciting! After a fairly lousy day at the j.o.b, I returned home to a package at the front door. It was addressed to me and had the little reddit man on the label. I opened the box to find five gift wrapped packages. Oh My! Oh My!
It was like my Secret Santa lived next door or somet... |
Friday has come and gone. In quiet style, another U.S. bank has been closed by the FDIC: First Priority Bank of Bradenton, Florida. The appearance of reality is that a number of banks will fail in the short-term without warning. What do you do when your bank is closed by the FDIC? Don’t panic by storming the doors. Ass... |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Three hunters shot and wounded themselves on the opening day of Wisconsin's gun deer season.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Recreational Safety Warden Mark Little says the first happened in Brown County about 5:30 a.m. Saturday. A 49-year-old man was working on his firearm when it disch... |
For future reference, I'm going to title these ones LMC, because Lego Minifig Concepts takes up too much title space.
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As a continuation of my Lego stuff, I'm going to be doing more overall in this style, a clear, concise view of just the min... |
Alexis Sanchez joined Arsenal in 2014 for a fee in the region of £35m
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez is "not putting in a shift" and looks as though he has "clocked off", says Gunners legend Ian Wright.
The 29-year-old has scored four Premier League goals this season - eight fewer than at the same stage last year.
S... |
If you are a Sprint Hero owner and want the latest official 2.1 update baked into a custom ROM with root, then you currently have only one alternative - the Fresh ROM.
Custom ROMs For The Hero
There are pretty much only 2 main Sprint Hero custom ROMs - DamageControl (by damageless and TrevE) and Fresh (by flipz). Bot... |
Shoaib Mansoor with Junaid Jamshed | Dawn.com
A veteran of the entertainment business, Shoaib Mansoor has enthralled audiences in this country with unforgettable productions that have become landmarks in Pakistan Television history.
The trend-setting serialised drama Ankahi, the outrageously funny Fifty- Fifty and th... |
Free energy for sale: Steorn's impossible Orbo hits the market
Last week a small company in Dublin called Steorn started taking orders for their USB phone charger. It's on the large side, and is only good for two or three smartphone charges per day, or one tablet charge. So then, why are they asking 1200 euros (about ... |
U.S. President Barack Obama greets doctors on stage after delivering remarks on the need for health insurance reform this year, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Reuters/Jason Reed President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday laid out a timeline for the repeal and replace of the Affordable Care Act (ACA... |
It took 18 months, 1,200 man hours and the resources of one of the world’s largest automakers, but the one millionth Chevrolet Corvette ever built was returned to the National Corvette Museum today looking as if it had never fallen into a 40-foot sinkhole.
The white ‘92 convertible wasn’t the most valuable car among t... |
Pressure to examine voting machines used in the 2016 election grows daily as evidence builds that Russian hacking attacks were broader and deeper than previously known. And the Department of Homeland Security has a simple response:
No.
DHS officials from former secretary Jeh Johnson to acting Director of Cyber Divisi... |
The HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition, the last remaining Google Play Edition device, is no longer for sale. In fact, the device isn’t even listed under the “Phones & Tablets” tab on Google Play; you need a direct link in order to see it. Not that this change is much of a surprise, since the new HTC flagship is around t... |
It's common for journalists to use social media to crowdsource information. But increasingly, what appear to be innocuous questions are incurring the disgusting commentary once relegated to the darker corners of the blogosphere. Guardian journalist and Feministing founder Jessica Valenti is no stranger to this breed of... |
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EVANSTON, Ill. --- Imagine staying dry underwater for months. Now Northwestern University engineers have examined a wide variety of surfaces that can do just that -- and, better yet, they know why.
The research team is the first to identify the ideal “roughness” needed in the texture of a surf... |
Tom Brady may be the greatest quarterback in NFL history, but he also appears to be the victim of a theft. The #12 jersey Brady donned in the New England Patriots’ thrilling 34 to 28 victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI has gone missing.
Brady, who was named the game’s MVP, says he placed the game-worn je... |
We ended up not having enough chocolate, so we cut up some Hershey's kisses to get it up to the 1 cup mark. Once you get a full cup of chocolate, add that into the mixture.
Next, we need to cut up our bacon. By now, they should be relatively grease free, and much easier to cut up. Dice them up into chucks, it's easier... |
One year ago, I reviewed the Google Pixel XL and said it was Android at its best. I also wondered if that would be good enough, and it certainly has proven not to be. Instead of becoming the next iPhone, the Pixel line became the next Google Glass. Part of the problem was that there wasn’t enough supply to meet initial... |
If you are a fan of dirt rally, this is not what you’re looking for. The supposed “Sim” handling is on rails and the cars have an unrealistic
If you are a fan of dirt rally, this is not what you’re looking for. The supposed “Sim” handling is on rails and the cars have an unrealistic amount for grip. When you through t... |
According to the Hindustan Times, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) is in talks with the Indian government to set up a production plant for the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, as part of their larger plan to invest billions of dollars in the country. If the agreement goes through, Boeing will have the ability to tap into India’s highly ... |
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With VPaint, the lines composing your illustration or animation are not Bezier curves, but hand-drawn curves called edges. You can conveniently set the width of drawn edges by holding CTRL. If you are using a pen tablet, VPaint can use the pressure information to generate edges with varia... |
This weekend marks the 23rd anniversary of everyone’s favorite Mode 7ing, SEGA crushing, Super Mario World-having console, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. I could easily skim the SNES Wikipedia page and give you the rundown history of the console that you’ve seen a million times and have memorized word-for-wor... |
by Pratap Chatterjee / CorpWatch.
Raytheon, a U.S. military manufacturer, is selling a new software surveillance package named “Riot” that claims to predict where individuals are expected to go next using technology that mines data from social networks like Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter.
Based just outside of Bost... |
Either this image has been photoshopped or the owner suffers from a major case of gauge-envy. Either way, someone went through a lot of work to make the this midyear Corvette’s cockpit look like something that’s ready for the runway instead of the driveway.
Click here for a larger image.
The photo was posted in the C... |
PG&E says Oakland gas blast wasn't its fault OAKLAND
Alton Crockett visits the East Oakland duplex where his cousin, Leon Spencer, 61, was burned over 80 percent of his body in a natural gas explosion. Alton Crockett visits the East Oakland duplex where his cousin, Leon Spencer, 61, was burned over 80 percent of his b... |
On Tuesday the Seattle City Council transportation committee voted to approve an increase in the number of free-floating car share permits and operators. This would primarily benefit car2go, the German company whose blue-and-white mini cars are rented on a per minute basis. Up from 350 vehicles beginning in 2012, the c... |
So with only a week to go until Donald J. Trump officially becomes President Donald J. Trump, the world seems to have somehow gone to another level of craziness. This week BuzzFeed News released an unsubstantiated dossier full of serious allegations, including the fact that the Russian government has a compromising tap... |
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BEIJING — Vietnam said on Friday that it would conduct live-fire naval exercises off its coast next week, a step that escalated a long-running dispute with China over territory in the South China Sea that both nations claim.
The naval maneuvers follow an exchange of sharp statements on Thursday. Vietnam claimed... |
[+]Enlarge On Patrol Researchers plated Escherichia coli with the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The pathogens glow red. On the right, the E. coli have been engineered to detect the pathogens and secrete a toxin that stunts P. aeruginosa’s growth. On the left, the researchers used normal E. coli, and the P. aeruginos... |
CEDAR RAPIDS — The city of Cedar Rapids plans to convert 1,000 acres of unused, unproductive city property — mostly lawn that has to be regularly mowed and sprayed at considerable expense — to habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
The 1,000 Acres Pollinator Initiative will “promote a rapid, substantia... |
After saying on her Women of the Hour podcast this week that “I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had” in order to better empathize with the women she supports, Lena Dunham quickly became the scourge of the internet on Tuesday for “trivializing” the procedure.
No stranger to such a predicament, Dunham shared... |
1. It may be exhausting but you can put on Oscar worthy acting performances for days, weeks or even months at a time, pretending to be okay with people and things that are actually stressing you out & driving you crazy. You’re basically a super dedicated, unpaid method actor.
2. Giving attitude here and there is a sur... |
Since the Russian military’s seizure of Crimea after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution, the international community has struggled to anticipate President Vladimir Putin’s next moves. Yet as Ukraine's military and security services have expanded in response to Russia’s invasion, it is time to look more closely at debates in K... |
Exposure to toxic metals, like lead, have been linked to intellectual disability, and language, and behavioral problems, but the results of studies looking at whether toxic metals influence Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) have been mixed. Other metals like manganese and zinc are essential minerals important for proper... |
It's time for Congress to follow the Sixth Circuit's lead and update one of the main online privacy laws—the Electronic Privacy Communications Act (ECPA). In the past, the Department of Justice has used the archaic law to obtain private online communications without obtaining a probable cause warrant as the Fourth Amen... |
Posted by Theodoros II, Updated on January 7, 2017
The human body is an evolutionary marvel. It hosts the most intelligent brain on this planet (our brains can even hold up to five times more information the Encyclopedia Britannica…yikes), our bones are pound-for-pound stronger than some steels, and we are the best lo... |
A couple years ago I wrote a post about crap you don’t need for the holidays and well, it’s that goofy time of year again and thought I’d put the 2014 list together (with some help from the other DC degenerates) of more crap that ain’t nobody got time fo:
USAC License. USAC takes your money and kills fun. In fact, eve... |
Stephen J. Harper was a good prime minister — a smart, basically decent, hard-working guy who, for all his flaws, left the country better than he found it.
If you say that publicly these days, be prepared to tuck and roll. Even some former Harper stalwarts will grouse about his legacy now, if you corner them privately... |
On Wednesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said there’s no argument: The Trump administration is ready to revoke a guidance that protects transgender students from discrimination in public schools.
Spicer was disputing a New York Times report that there’s been debate within the administration about whether ... |
Fire in Bandra: A section of the Harbour Line has been closed down
Highlights Massive fire erupts at slum near Mumbai's Bandra station Railway officials say trains running normally, no cancellations Part of pedestrian bridge collapses, nobody hurt: Officials
I'm outside #Bandra station right now and the fire is BIG n... |
The big brand camera companies are committing seppuku in front of our eyes. It’s fascinating.
Last week, I bought a brand new Canon S95 camera. It’s a great point & shoot. Maybe the best out there right now. It captures beautiful 10-megapixel images. It’s great in low-light. It’s fast. And it shoots HD video. I antici... |
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