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Growth & Sustainability A test ride through Denver's light rail transit Expanding light rail gets high marks.
Last night as we passed through this stretch it didn’t seem terrifying at all — just another piece of suburbia, with its strip malls and car dealerships and parking lots. But we were in a car then. Now, on a w... |
Nathaniel Clyne has given Saints fresh hope that he could yet sign a new contract with them, by revealing he is happy to stay at the club.
The right-back is approaching the final 12 months of his current deal, with a number of high-profile sides, including Manchester United, said to be seriously interested in him.
Ne... |
Passengers were stuck in the train without lights for about five minutes, and were guided to the station as much as 40 minutes from the time the train broke down, an eyewitness says.
SINGAPORE: Some passengers found themselves walking on the Light Rail Transit (LRT) tracks in near-darkness in Sengkang on Tuesday eveni... |
The ‘Last Hurrah Caucus’ Now Has The Power To Kill Trump’s Agenda In The Senate Of course, that doesn’t mean they’ll use it. Filed under Congress
Republicans still have a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate. But they may no longer have a real governing majority on every issue.
Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake announced Tuesd... |
(Reuters) - Kongar-ol Ondar, a Tuvan throat singer credited with popularizing the centuries-old musical tradition of his homeland to Western audiences, died on Thursday after emergency surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage, friends said. He was 51.
Ondar died at a hospital in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva, a Central Asian ... |
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Opinion A column or article in the Opinions section (in print, this is known as the Editorial Pages).
The New York Times building. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
The The New York Times on Wednesday appended a correction to a ... |
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has been repeatedly criticized for providing opaque accreditation to aspiring medical colleges in India. Many of its members have been accused of taking bribes in order to fast-track accreditation. Bribes reduce the legitimacy of all accredited colleges and thereby compromise medical ... |
President Trump tweeted a garbled late-night message that baffled everyone on Twitter. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)
Only President Trump knows what was going through his mind — and his smartphone — when he tapped out a confusing statement containing the non-word “covfefe” just after midnight.
But that didn't s... |
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Despite recent troubles within the ranks of our historic national police force, Canadians surveyed by QMI Agency overwhelmingly have a favourable view of the RCMP and see it in a much better light than many other national institutions. But most wouldn’t trust a Mountie to watch their children.
Abacus Data surv... |
Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) said on Tuesday that he supports the Cleveland Cavaliers signing retired NBA guard Allen Iverson.
“That’s been a rumor,” the presidential candidate said when asked by TMZ about the former professional basketball player.
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“I’d love to have Iverson back in Cleveland,” he said. "A... |
Microsoft has just unveiled a new look and feel to its corporate logo. Following 25 years from its former iteration, this is the first major Microsoft logo change in the company's history. The new logo includes a multicolored symbol that's typically found on the company's Windows products — the first time the wordmark ... |
President Trump praised Christopher Columbus for being a "skilled navigator" in his Columbus Day proclamation Monday, despite the fact that the famed Italian explorer somehow ended up on the east coast of the Americas while looking for the East Indies, which lie on the other side of the world. "Columbus, and most other... |
When the summer weather finally starts to fade, and the crisp air brings the changing of the seasons, one thing is for sure – fall is finally here and the holiday season has begun. First up? Halloween and two of our favorite things: costumes and candy.
Whether you decide to get decked up and go all out for Halloween o... |
An addition to the Analysis of the Garrott
To All
As far as I know, no one has actually challenged what I allege to be proof of the amateurism at the garrote scene. Still, there are those (mostly on other forums) who continue to express or imply that the knots are "complicated," "sophisticated" and "professional." Th... |
An Uber self-driving car drives on March 28 in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Two weeks ago, a driver failed to yield to another vehicle making a turn at a cross street just minutes away from my office in Tempe, Arizona. The two cars collided, causing the one making the turn to roll on its side. Sadly, th... |
Two Michigan state senators are pushing a bill to allow pharmacies to sell medical marijuana—if the federal government approves—the Detroit Free Press reported last week.
“The voters decided that medical marijuana was a good thing for the state of Michigan, but unfortunately, very few parameters were put around that,”... |
The news that Al Gore is suing Al Jazeera America for millions of dollars owed him from the purchase of his Current TV network rocked the media world last week. After all, who knew Al Jazeera America still existed?
But AJA is still there (probably), snug in the old Current TV channel slot on your cable guide. It’s jus... |
The regular season is about the team. The preseason is about the individual. This is the month for rookies and running backs. It's about position battles and injuries. The next four weeks are a pale imitation of the real thing, but you can still learn plenty if you know what to look for.
Below, you'll find my watchabi... |
Oded Balilty / AP A man flies a kite at Tiananmen Square on a heavily polluted day in Beijing, Dec. 27, 2007
While Steven Spielberg's withdrawal from his role as an artistic adviser was a public relations blow to the Beijing Olympics, the announcement this week that Haile Gebrselassie would not run in the marathon at ... |
RK Singh who took oath today, joined BJP before 2014 national election and contested and won in Bihar
Highlights RK Singh, then an IAS officer, arrested LK Advani in 1990 in Bihar A 1975-batch officer of Bihar cadre, he was Home Secretary under UPA He joined BJP before 2014 polls; contested and won from Arrah in Bihar... |
The UK brokerage platform of Citibank, Citigroup's (C) consumer division, is now offering clients access to Ether exchange traded notes (ETNs), according to XBT Group, a Sweden-based company that is providing the cryptocurrency investing platform.
Ethereum is the second most popular cryptocurrency with investors after... |
Strict & StrictData
This page explains the motivation, semantics, and implementation of the new language extensions StrictData and Strict .
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The Problem
High-performance Haskell code (e.g. numeric code) can sometimes be littered with bang patterns, making it harder to read. The re... |
Reuters Steel union boss Chuck Jones just accused President-elect Donald Trump of lying "his a-- off," saying Trump's announcement that he had saved over 1,000 jobs from leaving the U.S. was nonsense.
The number is more like 800, Jones told the Washington Post. Trump angrily responded to Jones on Twitter, attacking hi... |
With an action-packed December on the verge of ending (happy holidays, MLBTR fans!), the most entertaining moments of Major League Baseball’s Hot Stove season have likely passed. As evidenced by what’s left of a free agent class that was uninspiring from the outset, the majority of this winter’s top available players h... |
UK PM May faces parliamentary rebellion over refusal to publish Brexit plans
By Kylie MacLellan
LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a rebellion among her own lawmakers when parliament debates whether the government should set out its Brexit plan before triggering formal divorce talks wi... |
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Jan. 16, 2016, 10:56 PM GMT / Updated Jan. 16, 2016, 10:58 PM GMT By Maggie Fox
A baby born in Hawaii with a birth defect that affects head size had also been infected with Zika virus, stat... |
Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens wasted no time wading into national politics on Tuesday at a University of North Texas lunch event.
"I am so into this election," he said as soon as he took the stage at the Hilton Anatole Dallas. "I wanted to ask everybody in here, could they vote for Donald Trump?"
A few scattered ... |
Counseling important as divorce rates increase in the South Asian community.
By Eva Mendes
In the last several years, marriage has become an increasingly challenging endeavor evidenced by the sharp rise in divorce rates in the Indian or South Asian community (Ravindra, 2013). If more couples received marriage counsel... |
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to UK novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
Born in Japan in 1954, the author's family moved to England when he was five years old.
The writer, "in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world", the Nobel Prize... |
Ajay Bhatt is seen with his new fence. Bhatt was fined by Montgomery County for rebuilding his back fence near the Capital Crescent Trail, seen at left. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)
The $500 fine that Montgomery County levied against Ajay Bhatt for building his backyard fence on county property might ha... |
A Chinese government report published on Friday accused the United States of “serious infringes on human rights.”
Beijing's announcement is widely seen as a response to an earlier U.S. State Department report that expressed concern over abuses of human rights in China.
The Chinese report, titled “The Human Rights Rec... |
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to People Can Fly's first-person shooter, which reviews describe as "an intelligent, nuanced design with fathoms of depth."currently earns a score of 86 out of 100 at Metacritic.com.David Houghton at Games Radar scoresat 10 out of 10 . "," he begins, "i... |
Whitey GZ decided to try to rob the victim instead of filming his music video, police said. View Full Caption NYPD and Instagram/benfranklins
THE BRONX — A videographer who has "Achieve the Impossible" and "Dream for Success" tattooed into his arms decided to rob a musician instead of filming him, police said.
The su... |
I’m pleased to announce that Cetita Protocol 1.0.0-Alpha2, Cettia JavaScript Client 1.0.0-Alpha2 and Cettia Java Server 1.0.0-Alpha2 have been released. The theme of this release is offline application, which provides a flexible way to deal with disconnection making it highly annoying to build real-time application.
I... |
“I hate cold calling.”
“Cold calling is dead.”
“Cold calling doesn’t work.”
It’s interesting the effect a core set of beliefs can have on your sales results. Many of the salespeople I know that struggle to produce results prospecting have a very negative set of beliefs about cold calling.
The salespeople I know tha... |
“We’re excited to announce this new agreement and continue our partnership with the Mallards,” said Wild Assistant General Manager Brent Flahr. “Quad City offers a great organization that will provide our players an excellent opportunity to continue their development.”
Under the affiliation agreement, the Mallards wil... |
Donald Trump will assemble a group of high-powered lobbyists Thursday, so they can pitch him on their special interests behind closed doors at Trump Tower.
The “Trump Leadership Council,” as it has been dubbed, was formed to provide the presumptive Republican nominee with guidance on various industries. Thursday’s mul... |
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We’ve seen transforming robots before, and I’m not talking about anything related to Hasbro.
Researchers from MIT are among many engineers and tinkerers trying to design robots that perform different functions by changing their shape or appearance.
Japan-based Brave Robotics has designed a 1/12-scale RC car th... |
Every Torontonian has a TTC horror story: trapped on an overflowing platform unable to board an already full train, packed tight in a stationary car for a delay to clear, paying a fare only to find the line is out. I could go on, but you already know how it goes.
After finally getting released from a queue behind a di... |
The issue of the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus (Isa) is rejected by most Muslims, but similar to Christians they believe that Jesus will return before the end of time. Most Muslims believe Jesus was not crucified, but was raised bodily to heaven by God. A similar belief is found in the Gospel of Basilide... |
Buy Photo Oscar Wong and Leah Wong Ashburn stand around the newly installed and functioning solar panels on the rooftop of Highland Brewing in Asheville. The brewery powers all of its production with the panels, and Ashburn said she hopes to power everything in their building with solar energy. (Photo: Katie Bailey/bkb... |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission on Monday said “yes” to a controversial proposal to diver... |
Image caption Patriarch Kirill (R) met President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday evening
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said the Kremlin should heed the recent mass protests over ballot-rigging and adjust its policies.
In a televised message on Orthodox Christmas Day, Patriarch Kirill said it would be a "very ... |
What are the odds of that? £40,000-a-week Muslim Premier league star who refused to wear shirt sponsored by loan firm Wonga is spotted GAMBLING in casino
Senegalese Papiss Cisse is refusing to wear shirt with new sponsor
Under Sharia law, Muslims must not benefit from lending money
Cisse has offered to wear a charit... |
CLOSE Attorney Merrida Coxwell said the $250,000 bond was excessive for his client, a respected attorney who has no criminal history
Buy Photo Attorney Mark Mayfield listens to his attorney John Reeves during his initial apperance in court in Madison Thursday. (Photo: Rick Guy/The Clarion-Ledger)Buy Photo
Authorities... |
Left: Worldwide corn production chart; Right: Iowa corn (2011).
The production of corn (Zea mays mays, also known as "maize") plays a major role in the economy of the United States. The US is the largest corn producer in the world, with 96,000,000 acres (39,000,000 ha) of land reserved for corn production. Corn growth... |
Joshua Severance, 26, was visiting his dad in Rutland City, Vermont on Monday when he was detained and handcuffed by police for openly carrying a gun.
Severance was walking down a street to his father's apartment, when police took notice of him and a 9 millimeter semi-automatic handgun clipped to his belt.
"There was... |
In Ohio, Kaptur ousts fellow Democrat Kucinich from House
USA Today
March 7, 2012
FLASHBACK: (Infowars June 2011) On the Democratic side, Paul’s closest ally Dennis Kucinich is facing the prospect of losing his district altogether with immediate effect in Ohio, following the state’s loss of two House seats. Kucinich... |
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Subway riders beware – the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has uncovered another skimming device at a MetroCard vending machine – this time at the busy 59th Street-Columbus Circle stop in the heart of Midtown.
The discovery prompted the MTA to look at each and every subway station to see ... |
I think you’ll agree this limited time online offer is more than fair for a simple system designed to quickly give you the gift of confidence and power that comes with mastering the skills that will keep you and your family safe.
Yet we’re happy to get this into your hands at such an affordable price because we’ve see... |
This is Smoky, a female Yorkshire Terrier that served in World War II.
Taken on Biak Island, Indonesia in Sept. 1944. About 5,000 enemy soldiers were trapped in caves two miles away.
Smoky was found in a foxhole by an American solider during the war and later sold to Cpl. Bill Wynne. She became a wartime sensation, b... |
Even in the most basic scenario you can picture, where the logic of an application’s core is boiled down to just pulling in a few records from the database, bringing some domain objects to life, and then dumping them to the screen through an API of some basic rendering mechanism, there’s always an ongoing transaction b... |
Comment Andy Warfield, Coho Data's cofounder and CTO, thinks Pure Storage's FlashBlade design is misconceived.
Warfield says Coho's engineering team went down a very similar route, found it to be wrong, and refocussed elsewhere.
What happened was that, in 2013, the team thought it a good idea to build the densest net... |
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Leading Free Messaging And VoIP Platform Unveils Windows And Mac Versions With Video Calls; Launches Version 3.0 Of Its Platform, Completely Redesigns Viber for Android, Supports Eight Additional Languages And Announces It Has 200 Mil... |
Do Catholics pray to Mary?
An Evangelical friend said, "When I go to a doctor I don't want to talk to his mother." That is an interesting analogy. However, this Evangelical talks regularly with his pastor and asks the pastor to pray for him. The pastor doesn't turn him away by saying, "Don't talk to me! Don't ask me t... |
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AMY GOODMAN:
In one of his first acts as president last week, Barack Obama signed an executive order setting new rules on the role former lobbyists can play in his administration.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: As of today, lobbyists will be subject to stricter ... |
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As reported in the news, Yahoo have been not so much popped, as exploded.
I think the key points here are:
Passwords as an authentication technology are rapidly becoming obsolete. We’re seeing many more internet organisations using familiarity signals and behavioural biometrics ... |
The Central Valley of California has the perfect climate for almond trees, but they need a lot of help. So, every year, the valley hosts the largest controlled pollination in the world.
There are about 6,500 almond farms in the Central Valley and they produce 50 to 80 percent of the world’s almonds. There aren’t nearl... |
Authorities say a northeast Florida woman who didn't like her neighbors had their mobile home demolished.
According to an arrest report, Ana Maria Moreta Folch of St. Augustine told a heavy equipment operator that she owned the trailer and wanted it and its septic tank destroyed.
The Florida Times-Union reports that ... |
More than 200 people have died in their attempt to scale Mount Everest. The mountain offers seemingly endless options for kicking the bucket, from falling into the abyss to suffocating from lack of oxygen to being smashed by raining boulders. Yet climbers continue to try their skills – and luck – in tackling Everest, d... |
For thanks to the detailed wording of F1's Sporting Regulations, removing the uncertainty about Austin on the eve of the new season will mean teams are on course to get another engine for the season ahead.
Four engine limit
F1 had long been set on a plan to reduce power unit usage over the duration of the turbo hybri... |
There's an action movie cliché in which a cop inspects the body of a felled assassin or foot soldier and discovers a curious tattoo that ultimately leads to a rogue black-ops squadron, a secret religious sect, or an underground drug trafficking ring.
The trope isn’t entirely Hollywood fantasy, but the reality of emerg... |
Long Island Medium star Theresa Caputo has split from her husband Larry Caputo after 28 years together, Us Weekly can confirm.
“After 28 years of marriage, we have decided to legally separate,” the couple said in a statement to Us on Sunday, December 3. “We will always love each other and our two wonderful children. W... |
Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Has Its First English Screenshots
By Ishaan . May 28, 2014 . 12:31pm
Story of Seasons, better known as Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land, will be published in North America this Winter, Xseed Games have announced. Yes, Xseed are publishing the new Harvest Moon, not Natsume.
And that... |
I knew the package had arrived at my parents' house and I was eager to come pick it up! The minute I stepped into the house I made a beeline to where my Dad keeps the mail. Sure enough a box with my name on it was waiting for me!
My Secret Santa really did his homework!
I got: A lovely note describing the gifts, refe... |
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Play Alright, let's go! I'm the Ayanami-class destroyer, Amagiri! Take care of me, Admiral!
さあ~いってみよう!綾波型駆逐艦、天霧だ!今日もよろしく、提督!
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Play I'm the 5th ship of the Ayanami-class destroyer, Amagiri! Yeah! A heavily armed special-type destroyer! ...What? I'm slightly an older type? ... |
Звездный крик
Загадочные космические вспышки гамма-излучения, продолжавшиеся от нескольких секунд до нескольких минут, впервые были обнаружены в 1968 году американскими спутниками, предназначенными для наблюдений за советскими ядерными испытаниями. На небосводе гамма-вспышки наблюдаются появляются раз в день. По совре... |
Image copyright Linda Cook Image caption Linda Cook normally plucks her chin as part of her daily beauty routine
A woman has raised hundreds of pounds for charity event Movember by growing what she calls a "misstache".
Linda Cook, who describes herself as "quite a hairy girly", did not pluck, wax or remove any of her... |
Image caption John Hemming MP said he would raise the matter in Parliament
An MP is to raise the case of a woman who he says had her baby forcibly removed by Caesarean section, and taken by social services in Essex.
Liberal Democrat John Hemming said the Italian woman had had a panic attack linked to her bipolar diso... |
A King County Superior Court judge ruled on Monday that Initiative 27, which would prohibit funding and operation of safe injection sites, is invalid and cannot be on the ballot.
Judge Veronica Alicea Galvan cited Washington state law, which says local legislative bodies have the authority to determine budgets, and I-... |
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Limbaugh took aim at Powell's comments about the GOP.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Rush Limbaugh fired back at Colin Powell for his critical comments earlier this week, saying Wednesday that the former secretary of state should join the Democratic Party.
"What Colin Powell needs to do is close the loop and become... |
Pontiff’s reply to journalist asking about church’s position is not change in stance, but will disappoint advocates of change
Pope Francis has ruled out a woman ever serving as a priest in the Roman Catholic church.
The declaration is not a change in stance for the Argentinian pope, who has always said the door was c... |
North Korea’s nuclear test site has experienced several post-test tremors since the rogue regime detonated a staged thermonuclear bomb in September.
The occurrence of multiple earthquakes in the aftermath of North Korea’s sixth and largest nuclear test to date triggered speculation that North Korea may have severely d... |
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On June 7, members and allies of Alliance Against Displacement occupied the B.C. Housing office in Vancouver to demand the Liberal government address the city's homelessness crisis.
There are at least an estimated 116... |
Democratic leaders in New York scored two major progressive policy wins in their recent budget deal with Republicans who control the state senate—a $15 minimum wage by 2021 and 12 weeks of paid family leave for all workers. But a third progressive prize—a sweeping ethics reform package proposed in the wake of recent hi... |
UPDATE 11/10 9:45 AM EST: The filmmakers behind Basmati Blues has released an official comment regarding criticism of the trailer for their production.
Monique Caulfield and Danny Baron said in a statement:
“We deeply regret any offense caused by the Basmati Blues trailer. We have heard a number of voices that have u... |
LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Scotland is likely to win self rule in the next few years while the economic divide between the international powerhouse of London and the rest of the United Kingdom will deepen, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch said on Sunday.
Murdoch, whose global media interests stretch from movies to newspa... |
UofL should reinstate, and play freshman Brian Bowen.
First, it must be said that the NCAA has no credibility as an organization. Its history of hypocritical actions — against its own stated mission, “… to be an integral part of higher education and to focus on the development of our student-athletes,” — demonstrates ... |
LGBulleTIn #82 - The week in LGBTI news
March 24-30, 2017
Friday, March 24
European Union releases report on LGBTI asylum seekers
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has issued a report entirely dedicated to the situation of LGBTI asylum seekers, highlighting how member states need to step up by providing informat... |
1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak In this picture, there are two independent tornadoes on the ground marked by large debris clouds at ground level and are located a few hundred yards away from one another. The smaller tornado on the left is the first F1 to hit Grand Island. The 0.25 mile-wide tornado on the right is t... |
HONG KONG, May 5 (Reuters) - Eleven crew of a Chinese cargo ship are missing following a collision with a large container ship in the waters off Hong Kong on Monday, authorities said.
Hong Kong is one of the world’s busiest shipping channels, although serious accidents are rare.
The cargo ship Zhong Xing 2 sank after... |
As feathers settle at the end of yet another Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this year's event—celebrating its 69th birthday—showed that, despite its staunch old age, material at the fest is increasingly relevant to contemporary discourses on social media, research, science, and technology.
These topics underpinned many of... |
Widnes Vikings have entered into an exciting partnership with the RFL that will see the club play a leading role in the development of the Cumbria Regional Academy.
The Academy provides a career path for the elite young talent in West Cumbria and the link with Widnes Vikings will provide those players with access to t... |
Join us on a guided walking tour through some of the most beautiful homes in Dayton. The Grafton Hill Historic District is rich with history, gorgeous architecture, and wonderful neighbors. Enjoy beautiful holiday decor and refreshments as you travel through some of our City’s most notable homes! The tour will take app... |
A clear majority of Americans now want to see marijuana legalized. Fifty-six percent believe it should be treated like alcohol or tobacco. Only thirty-six percent defend the status quo. What's more, the trend has been moving towards the pro-legalization position, and continues to do so.
It is about time. The entire dr... |
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has touted its use of local ingredients and fresh produce to help differentiate it in a crowded fast-food market. Now a string of disease outbreaks is forcing the once-scrappy upstart to act more like the big chains it long has derided.
Chipotle expects to lower its use of locally sourced i... |
TOULOUSE, France – Satellite builder Thales Alenia Space and six partners are investing their own money, plus grants from the French government, into the Stratobus high-altitude platform station (HAPS) on the assumption that the development yields a contract in 2017, the program manager said.
The Stratobus backers are... |
NY Daily News reports that the Department of Justice has announced that the NYC Board of Elections broke federal law when it improperly purged nearly 120,000 Democratic Brooklyn voters from the rolls ahead of last April’s presidential primary. This latest report adds to widespread allegations that the Democratic Party ... |
[Related to: Specific vs. General Foragers vs. Farmers and War In Heaven, but especially The Gift We Give To Tomorrow]
They say only Good can create, whereas Evil is sterile. Think Tolkien, where Morgoth can’t make things himself, so perverts Elves to Orcs for his armies. But I think this gets it entirely backwards; i... |
Two women in their 20s, both SAS Nagar residents, were arrested for allegedly assaulting a traffic cop and tearing his uniform on Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday late evening after a 29-year-old woman allegedly jumped a traffic light in Sector 43 and did not stop on a cop’s signal.
Following this, the cops ga... |
Obama can’t defeat ISIS with soft power, though ISIS could beat him with soft power assuming its Caliph ever decided to agree to sit down at a table with John Kerry without beheading him. Iran has picked up billions in sanctions relief and the right to take over Yemen and raid ships in international waters in the Persi... |
Welcome back to our Weekly Backers Exclusive Mini-game, Pick-a-Magnus! It was a one sided vote last week so we're going to make it a little harder this time around. It will be no fun if most of the votes go to the same Magnus and we're pretty sure it's going to be more challenging today. As usual, here are the rules of... |
Merida, 27th November 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – 30,000 security cameras will be installed across Venezuela under a scheme inaugurated by President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday, amid ongoing efforts to tackle street crime.
“We're establishing a support system at the highest technological level,” Maduro stated during t... |
I delivered this sermon Sunday, September 27, 2015 at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The weather was hot and the service long, yet the music, words, and energy shared made for a moving morning. Photo credit: Daniel Sauvé
“Which side are you on?”
It’s a controversial question—and, in this time of Black Lives Ma... |
A sunny and warm Good Friday in the Greater Toronto Area had crowds of cyclists reaching for their bikes to take advantage of the first really nice riding day of the spring. While many took the opportunity to put in their first relatively big ride of the year, two students from the University of Toronto decided to take... |
As expected, Microsoft today announced that OneDrive now supports files up to 10GB in size, a significant jump from the previous 2GB cap. Support for larger files is included on the Web and in the Windows, Mac and mobile apps.
Business users can also look forward to the increased limit, though Microsoft didn’t specify... |
Tech gadgets' plastic and metal bodies can be pretty tiresome, offering little personality and warmth - especially considering how integrated they are with our lives. Recently, wood has stepped in to fill the unnatural void. One of the oldest known materials used to build things, wood is warm, timeless and beautiful. I... |
Gone Home
Completed the game.
39.0%
Rare 60.60%
Common
Letters to Katie
Completed the game having found all 23 of Sam's journal entries.
5.7%
Very Rare 23.47%
Uncommon
Meow Meow Meow
Found Mitten's secret diary.
6.2%
Very Rare 25.47%
Uncommon
Homerunner
Completed the game in less than 1 minute with no M... |
Any restaurants, snack shops and retail stores wishing to open at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will be required to include labor peace agreements as part of their proposals, after a resolution the Austin City Council approved Thursday.
The move comes ahead of expected concessionaire solicitations for a n... |
A Peek At Other Computer Technicians Workbenches #4
Keeping with what has almost become a Technibble tradition, its time again to take a peek at the Technibble forum members workbenches. Its a great way for technicians to get inspiration for your own setups, see how others are doing it and for the owners to show off a... |
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Random Short Text Sample
The query retrieves a random text with approximately 1000 to 1100 words, which provides basic filtering but limited analytical insight.
Short Text Samples Up to 100 Words
This query retrieves up to 100 text entries with at most 100 words, providing limited insight into the dataset's content.