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Kosovars use bricks, tear gas protesting EU agreement – Al Jazeera English
Pristina, Kosovo – Hundreds of demonstrators cheered outside Kosovo’s parliament last Monday morning when news of the opposition lawmakers using tear gas again inside the assembly chamber was shouted over an activist’s loudspeaker.
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Nigeria army: Teen girls kill nine in ‘suicide’ attacks – Al Jazeera English
At least nine people have been killed and dozens injured after female suicide bombers detonated explosives in the northeastern Nigerian district of Benisheikh, according to the Nigerian military.
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Malawi ‘suspends’ anti-homosexual laws – BBC News
Malawi has imposed a moratorium on anti-homosexual laws pending a decision on whether to repeal the legislation, Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu has said. Mr Tembenu also ordered the release of two men charged with having sex “against the order of n…
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Get excited as the most dangerous villains in London are about to unravel their cunning plans! Meet Lil, Sophie and Billy who work in a new department store and read how they encounter on a journey of a lifetime as they try to stop the criminals.
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Worlds Collide: How NASA Is Making ‘Star Wars’ Real
This weekend, fans will flock to the opening of the new “Star Wars” film, “The Force Awakens,” and see intelligent droids, agile spaceships and stunning views of a galaxy far, far away.
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How anti-Muslim sentiment plays out in classrooms across the US | US news | The Guardian
While watching a TV news report on the Paris attacks with her seventh-grade class, Farah Darvesh became acutely aware that she was suddenly the center of her classmates’ attention.
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The Best Video Editor for Android
Oh, finally we can write this post. Video editors have sucked on Android for a long time. Too long. But now, Adobe Premiere Clip brings basic, easy-to-use video editing to Android. You can trim clips, mix multiple clips together, and add your own so…
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‘The Hateful Eight’: Hell is Other People | New Republic
The strangest thing has happened to Quentin Tarantino in the last five years: His movies have turned into blockbusters. His last two films, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, both crossed the $100 million mark, making more money than three o…
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12 Days of Christmas Songs: The Quiet Universality of ‘Silent Night’ – The Atlantic
Welcome to The 12 Days of Christmas Songs: an attempt to uncover the forgotten history of some of the most memorable festive tunes. From December 14 through 25, we’ll be tackling one secular song and one holy song each day. It was December 1914. Wor…
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AquaBounty: label the salmon, for everyone’s sake | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian
It’s been barely a month since the US Food and Drug Administration approved a genetically engineered salmon for human consumption, and the fish continues to be the subject of editorials and talk shows, all converging on the controversial issue of la…
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Iranian hackers ‘targeted’ New York dam – BBC News
Iranian hackers penetrated the computers controlling a dam near New York, reveals the Wall Street Journal. The 2013 attack did no damage but revealed information about how computers running the flood control system worked, said the paper.
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Voluntary Birth Control Is A Climate Change Solution Nobody Wants To Talk About | New Republic
In Ethiopia, environmental activism might appear a little uncustomary to some. Health workers can be seen going door-to-door delivering pamphlets about restoring the country’s forest—and they might be handing out condoms while they’re at it.
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Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack – BBC News
A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses.
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Space in Images – 2015 – 12 – Sparkling Stephan’s Quintet
The Stephan’s Quintet of galaxies was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1877. At the time, however, he reported the discovery of ‘new nebulae’, as the concept of other galaxies beyond our Milky Way was only formalised in the 1920s.
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Space Station Astronauts Taking Spacewalk Today: Watch It Live
Two American astronauts will take a short, but unplanned, spacewalk today (Dec. 21) to fix a stuck railcar on the International Space Station in time for the arrival of a new cargo ship later this week.
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Afghan police fear Taliban capture’ in Helmand’s Sangin – BBC News
Afghan police battling the Taliban in Helmand province say militants have laid siege to the police headquarters and supplies of ammunition are low. Mohammad Dawood, police commander of Sangin district, said his officers had been surrounded, and, wit…
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Driver Plows Onto Las Vegas Strip, One Dead | Al Jazeera America
The vehicle was in the northbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard near Bellagio Way when it drove up onto the sidewalk about 6:30 p.m. in front of the Paris Hotel & Casino and struck pedestrians, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Peter Boffe…
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This New ‘Earthrise’ Photo from NASA Is Simply Breathtaking
The photo, which was captured by NASA’s robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), shows a sunlit Earth looming above a rumpled moonscape banded with shadow.
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Watch Steve Harvey announce the wrong Miss Universe / Boing Boing
Keep fucking that chicken. Retired US Army lieutenant colonel and Fox News commentator Ralph Peters’s comment on live TV after President Obama’s Oval Office address yesterday about ISIS: “We’re angry. We’re pissed off. We’re furious. We want to see …
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For one brief, shining moment on Sunday night in Las Vegas, Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutiérrez Arévalo, was crowned Miss Universe. And then the pageant’s host, Steve Harvey, realized that he had misread the card on which the winners were listed.
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Africa blighted by multiple Jihadist threats – BBC News
Boko Haram was recently rated as the world’s most deadly terrorist organisation – eclipsing even so-called Islamic State (IS) – but it is far from the only Jihadist group posing a threat to stability in Africa.
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Following Patent Deal, Every Time Apple Sells An iPhone, Ericsson Gets A Bit Of Money | TechCrunch
Telecommunications infrastructure company Ericsson just announced that it has reached an agreement with Apple over an ongoing patent dispute. For the next seven years, Apple will pay a fraction of its iPhone and iPad profit to Ericsson in royalties.
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D&D in Virtual Reality Is Better than the Real Thing | Motherboard
We were faced with two deep pits, one of which had spikes at the bottom. Through some clever problem-solving, I decided to throw the little halfling in my group across one pit so he could set up a rope on the other end for us to cross.
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SpaceX Now Planning Monday Falcon 9 Launch and Cape Canaveral Landing
Orbcomm posted this photo Dec. 17 of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket poised to carry its 11 satellites to orbit.Credit: Orbcomm View full size image Update 5:58 p.m. Eastern Dec. 20: SpaceX reset Sunday’s launch attempt for 8:33 p.m. Monday (Dec.
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Obama and the Wrong Side of History – The Atlantic
Barack Obama has always evinced a fascination with history. He announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois, recalling Abraham Lincoln. He modeled his own cabinet after Lincoln’s “team of rivals.
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Study Shows Shame May Be the Secret to Donald Trump’s Success Online – The Atlantic
Donald Trump isn’t shy about his poll results. It took less than five seconds of scrolling through his Twitter feed last week—I timed it—to find the latest tweet celebrating good numbers (“New Reuters Poll – thank you!).
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Deadly suicide blast reported on joint US-Afghan patrol – Al Jazeera English
At least five soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on joint US-Afghan patrol near Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, a district governor said. In a tweet, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility and said 19 soldiers had…
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NORAD’s Santa Tracker and the Spirit of Christmas – The Atlantic
Perhaps you’ve heard the legend of Harry Shoup. The gruff Air Force colonel stood watch on December night 60 years ago, in a secure bunker at Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), guarding against a nuclear strike.
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Pay for Success in Recidivism – The Atlantic
Every year, the government spends billions of dollars on programs designed to help America’s neediest citizens. In many cases, whether these programs work is anyone’s guess.
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African Lions to Be Added to Endangered Species List (nytimes.com)submitted 22 minutes ago by loading…
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BBC to end Formula 1 television contract early – BBC News
BBC Sport is to “reluctantly” end its Formula 1 television contract three years early as part of savings across the corporation. The BBC’s F1 broadcast rights will cease from next season.
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FIFA Bans Blatter, Platini For 8 Years | Al Jazeera America
FIFA’s ethics committee on Monday slapped eight-year bans on the governing body’s outgoing president Sepp Blatter and European soccer chief Michel Platini in a stunning removal of the sport’s most powerful leaders.
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BBC Sport – Zamalek quit Egyptian league over refereeing
Egyptian champions Zamalek have quit the current Premier League season, the club has announced on its website. Zamalek’s board met after a 3-2 loss to El-Gaish on Sunday evening and decided not to complete the competition.
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Poem of the week: Visiting Star by Stanley Moss | Books | The Guardian
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The Pentagon Is Preparing to Go to War With ISIS…on Twitter | Mother Jones
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) complained at last week’s GOP presidential debate debate that the US isn’t doing enough to beat ISIS in the online propaganda battle. “Every war we have ever been involved in has had a propaganda informational aspect to it,…
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Campaign Finance Regulators Won’t Do Their Job. Can a Lawsuit Force Their Hand? | Mother Jones
It’s a case that has haunted campaign finance watchdogs for years. The Commission on Hope, Growth, and Opportunity (CHGO) emerged in early 2010 as a nonprofit that would not engage in political work.
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Blatter: ‘Sorry that I am still somewhere a punching ball’ – BBC News
Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation. They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a $2m “disloyal payment” made to Mr P…
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Did Israel Just Start Another War with Hezbollah? – The Daily Beast
In the early hours of December 20, a Hezbollah commander, along with several civilians, were killed by airstrikes in Damascus, calling up questions as to whether or not this was the result of opposition groups in Syria or another targeted assassinat…
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British Islamist in Syria fighting against IS – BBC News
The BBC has gained exclusive access to a British Islamist who says he is in Syria fighting against both President Assad and the group calling itself Islamic State.
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Smog shrouds Beijing and Shanghai – video | World news | The Guardian
Smog continues to cover Beijing and Shanghai on Monday, as China’s government issues a ‘red alert’ for the capital. Factories were ordered to cut back or suspend production as levels of harmful particles hit seven times their safe limits.
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Every year, the world’s Earth and space scientists converge on San Francisco for the fall American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting. Around 25,000 scientists attended this year, most of whom do research relevant to climate change.
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Is lusting after a Volkswagen an environmental sin? | Grist
A reader is conflicted about whether to buy a new VW, what with all the recent emissions-evading sneakiness — so advice maven Umbra Fisk suggests a few rules of the road.
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Venezuela releases detained Pepsi workers – BBC News
A number of employees who were detained at a Pepsi plant in Venezuela on Friday have been released, the local PepsiCo division announced. Polar, Venezuela’s largest food and drinks producer and the owner of the local Pepsi division, said the workers…
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Despair and anguish for Moroccans stuck on Greek border – Al Jazeera English
Idomeni, Greece – As the sun gradually dimmed into night, 20-year-old Hamza Chimawi hung off the side of a train car with one arm and swung himself down to the platform at the Idomeni crossing on the border of Greece and Macedonia.
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Greece moves to recognise the state of Palestine – Al Jazeera English
Greece is set to recognise the state of Palestine in a parliamentary vote to be attended by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, a government source said. Abbas arrived for a two-day visit in Athens and is meeting President Prokopis Pavlopoulos…
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter and European soccer boss Michel Platini were both banned from soccer for eight years on Monday for ethics violations, leaving the global game leaderless as it fights a swirl of corruption cases.
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Spain election: Tough talks ahead after historic result – BBC News
Spain’s political parties are facing a struggle to form a stable government after a historic election that broke the traditional two-party dominance. The incumbent conservatives took most votes, but the surge of two new forces stripped it of its maj…
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Bushfires destroy homes in eastern Australia – Al Jazeera English
Dry summer weather, combined with exceptionally warm conditions and strong, gusty winds, has resulted in scores of bushfires in several Australian states. Victoria and New South Wales have been particularly badly affected.
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Russian jets could escort Assad on Iran trip: reports – Al Jazeera English
Russia has proposed sending four fighter jets to escort the plane carrying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad when he makes a visit to the Iranian capital, regional media outlets have reported. It is expected Assad’s plane will fly to Iran through Ira…
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China landslide: Shenzhen rescuers search for 91 missing people – BBC News
More than 30 buildings in an industrial park in Shenzhen were buried under tonnes of mud and construction waste. Stephen Evans reports.
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‘Two held’ over Air France bomb scare – BBC News
Police in Paris have detained two people who were on an Air France flight forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya when a fake bomb was found on board, reports say. The couple were reportedly taken into custody by border police on their return t…
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Activist actor James Cromwell arrested in power plant protest | Film | The Guardian
James Cromwell has been arrested after protesting against a power plant in New York State. The Oscar-nominated star of Babe and L.A.
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WASHINGTON — In the span of a mere 11 days this month, $1 billion in future federal tax payments vanished.
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How does it feel to be a refugee? – Al Jazeera English
Beirut – On a cold December evening in the main reception room of a grand, run-down 1930s villa in west Beirut, a group of Syrian and Syrian Palestinian actors sat huddled on the floor, surrounded by their audience.
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The Apollo 12 Crew’s Casual Photography Looks Like Space Age Instagram | Motherboard
Apollo 12 was definitely the comedic interlude of the American Moon landing program.
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Qihoo, a Beijing-based developer of security software and Internet browsers, announced on Friday that it will go private in a deal worth $9.3 billion. As Reuters notes, this makes Qihoo the latest in a growing list of U.S.-listed Chinese tech firms …
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New web error code draws attention to internet censorship | The Verge
The internet might be available worldwide, but varying legal systems in different countries often lead to sites being blocked or filtered for reasons that aren’t always clear. A new internet error code aims to solve the lack of transparency associat…
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Turkey’s Kurdish issue: From peace to low intensity-war – Al Jazeera English
It wasn’t long ago when optimism was the gist of the day on Turkey’s Kurdish issue. Many believed that there was about to be a substantial settlement of this century-old problem. In the early days of 2013, the armed conflict ceased. Peace as a new n…
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The Hateful Eight is Quentin Tarantino at his most sophisticated and sloppy | The Verge
One of the most common complaints about Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 alternate-Nazi fantasy Inglourious Basterds is that the entire movie isn’t more like the opening scene.
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What should you get your kids for Christmas this year? (Hint: Don’t buy it!) | Grist
We’re looking right down the barrel at Christmas, the annual celebration of capitalist greed. No! It’s about love and family, or so a certain celebrated British romantic comedy would have you believe.
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If I could give you one gift this Christmas, it would be a box of silver dollars, buried by the creek. Or perhaps a book nailed to a tree. Maybe a sugar bowl, brimming with arsenic.
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Argentina Davis Cup team – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Argentina Davis Cup team represents Argentina in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis. As of 2011, the team has competed in the World Group since 2002 and reached the finals four times (1981, 2006, 20…
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Blatter and Platini banned by FIFA for eight years – Al Jazeera English
FIFA’s ethics committee banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini from football for eight years. The ruling in Zurich on Monday came after the two most powerful men in football were suspended pending a criminal investigation into a cash transfer that B…
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Secret of the Tombs: The Dragon Path by Helen Moss – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
The Dragon Path is the second Secret of the Tombs book. The main characters are Ryan and Cleo. In this book, Cleo and her parents are in China excavating an archaeological site and Ryan is there because his mum is a journalist writing about the dig.
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Whodunnit Solved, But This Isn’t The End of ‘The Affair’ – The Daily Beast
There will be a third season of The Affair, Showtime has said, which is just as well as we know now that vain, manipulative novelist Noah (Dominic West) didn’t kill ne’er do well, and even more screwy Scott Lockhart (Colin Donnell). But this recogni…
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Exeter have signed Queensland Reds’ Australia international prop Greg Holmes on a two-year contract from the summer of 2016. The 32-year-old has spent his entire career at the Australian Super Rugby franchise, playing 132 times for the club in 10 ye…
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It’s practically impossible to define “GMOs” | Grist
Have reproductive rights in this country gone over to the Dark Side? We’re all waiting for A New Hope.
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Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting Free Online: Season 2 Is Now on YouTube | Open Culture
Briefly noted: Back in October, the internet celebrated the announcement that you can watch Season 1 of Bob Ross’ long-running TV show, The Joy of Painting, free online. Now, a scant two months later, comes Season 2, in its entirety.
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Delhi juvenile gang rapist: India court rejects plea to stop release – BBC News
India’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the release of the youngest convict in the notorious 2012 Delhi gang rape case. The rapist, who cannot be named as he was a minor at the time of the crime, was sentenced to a maximum three years …
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BBC Sport – Fifa: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini get lengthy bans
Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation. The bans come into force immediately.
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Free read! The Winter Wolf by Cliff McNish | Children’s books | The Guardian
Winter Wolf: a snow filled story for you to read! Illustration: Rob Larson
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Las Vegas car crash that injured 36 described as intentional – video | US news | The Guardian
One person has died and 36 are injured after a car ran into a group of pedestrians on the Las Vegas strip in an incident police have described as intentional. The driver, a woman in her 20s, was in custody after reportedly attempting to leave the sc…
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Take a closer look inside DJI’s flagship drone store | The Verge
DJI, the world’s best-known drone maker, has opened its first store. The 800-square-meter flagship, located in the Chinese city of Shenzen, boasts a theater, a lounge, a repair counter, and a flight area, and — thankfully — looks markedly better tha…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child announces lead cast – BBC News
The eagerly anticipated, two-part play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has cast its lead characters. Jamie Parker, currently starring in the West End show Guys and Dolls, will star as an adult Harry in the production, set 19 years after JK Rowling…
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Beijing’s smog ‘red alert’ enters third day as toxic haze shrouds city | World news | The Guardian
Beijing has ordered 2,100 factories to suspend or reduce production as part of its “red alert” measures to deal with smog, the government has said, as the city remained shrouded under a toxic haze for the third consecutive day on Monday.
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Myanmar political prisoners hunger strike for freedom – Al Jazeera English
Yangon, Myanmar – The activists cracking jokes and ambling through the wards of Yangon General Hospital in Myanmar seemed too jovial to be political prisoners.
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Taliban gain ground in fight for Afghanistan’s Helmand – Al Jazeera English
The Sangin district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province has fallen to the Taliban just a day after Helmand’s deputy governor used Facebook to plead with the Afghan president for help holding the group off.
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The 15 Best Books of 2015 | Brain Pickings
Rewarding reflections on time, love, loss, courage, creativity, and other transformations of the heart.
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What’s left of the Latin American left? – Al Jazeera English
Rumours of the Latin American left’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
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Miss Universe shock as wrong winner crowned – BBC News
The host of the Miss Universe beauty pageant has apologised after the wrong winner was crowned. Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez was declared the winner before the presenter revealed she was actually the first runner-up to Miss Philippines, Pia Alonz…
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Miss Universe host mistakenly crowns Colombia over Philippines – video | World news | The Guardian
Miss Universe 2015 host Steve Harvey announces Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo from Colombia as the contest winner, only to return to the stage moments later to correct himself: “OK, folks, um, I have to apologise … The first runner-up is Colombia. Miss…
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The Affair is such an amazing, internal show, that this season two finale feels plot-driven more than anything. But after twentysome episodes, it was about time for The Affair to tell us who killed Scott Lockhart.
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Australia’s Tasmania may raise smoking age to 25 – BBC News
The Australian state of Tasmania is considering raising the legal age for buying cigarettes to at least 21 and potentially as high as 25. If the plan goes ahead it will give Tasmania some of the toughest tobacco laws in the world.
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A Love Letter to Winter: Adam Gopnik’s Ardent Defense of the Cold Season | Brain Pickings
Albert Camus wrote in what remains one of the most beautiful and enlivening thoughts ever committed to words.
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Bus passengers killed in Kenya ambush – Al Jazeera English
At least two people have been killed in an ambush on a passenger bus in Kenya’s northeast near the border with Somalia, an official and residents said.
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US lacks political will for energy efficiency | Al Jazeera America
At the end of this year, the targets set by the United Nations in 2000 for developing countries will expire. In this project, we take those Millennium Development Goals and examine how some communities in the United States measure up. We have applie…
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Toshiba predicts record $4.5bn loss – BBC News
Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba has said it will report a record 550bn yen ($4.5bn) annual loss as it undergoes a restructuring in the wake of an accounting scandal. The company, whose activities range from laptops to TVs to nuclear energy, i…
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In Gaza’s Khuzaa caravans, families fear another winter – Al Jazeera English
Khuzaa, Gaza Strip – As cold, late-autumn rain poured down on the Gaza Strip last month, Yousef al-Najjar watched as his makeshift home sunk deeper into the mud, its thin laminate floors cracking.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens destroys box office records on opening weekend | The Verge
As expected, The Force Awakens has achieved a historic opening weekend, toppling box office records like Ewoks knocking over AT-STs.
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“I’ve had a lot of human input—I get peopled a lot, but I’m not a people person,” said Henry Rollins, the punk philosopher who’s been attracting fans with his brand of unabashedly loud and clear-eyed bluntness since his days as the lead singer of Bl…
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Obama Administration to Protect Lions | Al Jazeera America
The Obama administration is expected to extend Endangered Species Act protections for two breeds of lions, in response to a large decline in their numbers in Africa over the past two decades.
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Belgium Detains 1 Person in Paris Attacks Probe | Al Jazeera America
Belgian authorities investigating their country’s links to last month’s attacks in Paris have searched a house in Brussels and detained an unidentified person for questioning.
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Every December, there seems to be only a handful of holiday songs, but a multitude of versions of each. This year, we’re throwing down in a Christmas Carol Cage Match to decide the definitive version of some of the most common seasonal cuts.
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Looked at one way, the most significant character in 45 Years hasn’t a single line of dialogue, appears only in still photographs, and died a half-century before the events of the film. Her name is Katya, and she was young and beautiful when she plu…
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The best TV performances of 2015 · Best of · The A.V. Club
When the TV critics of the The A.V. Club started discussing the year’s best television performances, it began as an informal survey of the turns we’d most enjoyed in 2015.
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It’s WWE Week! No, it really is. · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Monday, December 21. All times are Eastern. WWE Monday Night RAW (USA, 8 p.m.
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Our favorite games of 2015, part one · Best of · The A.V. Club
Every December, instead of searching for a group consensus, Gameological looks back at the year in games through individual perspectives.
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When Michael Moore’s latest documentary was announced as part of the Toronto International Film Festival lineup a few months ago, only its title, Where To Invade Next, was provided—no synopsis or log line.
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The best movie trailers of 2015 · Best of · The A.V. Club
What makes a great movie trailer? As with the films they sell, there’s no one answer. Some trailers provide a strong impression of their “product,” letting viewers know what to expect without spoiling the twists and turns.
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The Best Space Stories of the Week — Dec. 20, 2015
Astronauts head to the International Space station, while a damaged launchpad is refurbished; scientists ponder methane on Mars and the declining output of geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, and a physicist tries to determine if a “Star Wars”-esque…
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David Beckham on buying Victoria Christmas presents – BBC News
Former England football captain David Beckham has been describing Christmas in the family household. The star said that he normally celebrated a traditional Christmas in London, and that his wife Victoria was not hard to buy presents for.
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Prison Chaplain Charged With Rape Studied Minister Accused of Sex Abuse – The Daily Beast
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas prison chaplain Kenneth L. Dewitt was charged last week with 50 counts of third-degree sexual assault for allegedly pressuring three inmates at a women’s state prison into providing him sexual favors.
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Cops Disarmed Him, Then Shot Him in the Back and Killed Him – The Daily Beast
The menacing order was made by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Ruiz as he and his partner, Deputy Albert Murad, struggled to pin down and allegedly disarm Noel Aguilar. Ruiz backed up the threat by putting his pistol to Aguilar’s head.
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In an exclusive interview, the NBC News chief talks about MSNBC’s rebrand, Brian Williams’ rehabilitation, relations with the RNC, and Today. When Andy Lack returned to 30 Rock in April after a more than 14-year absence, the former NBC News presiden…
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The Stimulus Act Started a Cyber Crime Wave of Medical Data Theft – The Daily Beast
Cyber criminals are coming after your medical data and you can blame Congress for that. In May, the Ponemon Institute found that criminal attacks on health care organizations are up 125 percent since 2010.
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Hey, Hipsters: Please Save Us From Ted Cruz – The Daily Beast
Now is the time for all good Millennials to come to the aid of their country! Young people of the U.S.A., you must save our nation. Because America’s old people have gone completely insane. Look who they’re supporting for president.
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Inside Marco Rubio’s Vegas: Where the Son of a Bartender Started – The Daily Beast
LAS VEGAS—Driving through the working-class, northern Las Vegas neighborhood where Marco Rubio grew up, with his cousin narrating in the shotgun seat, you get the sense that—in a slightly different world—Rubio might have become a rising star in Demo…
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Conspiracy Theorists Terrorized Our Town – The Daily Beast
The mock mass shooters who tried to terrorize the University of Texas at Austin were no ordinary Second Amendment advocates, it turns out.
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The Quiet Greatness of Tom Courtenay – The Daily Beast
He’s one of Britain’s best actors, and the unassuming Tom Courtenay shines in the brilliant relationship drama 45 Years opposite Charlotte Rampling.
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The Best Photography Books of 2015 – The Daily Beast
Despite the great innovations in photographic technology there doesn’t seem have been concomitant progress to a better or more perfect art form.
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Hey, GOP, Here’s Why Millennials Hate Us – The Daily Beast
Donald Trump’s candidacy is an outright disaster for the Republican Party. Millennial voters, a voting bloc that will be crucial for decades to come, are not likely to embrace Trump’s extreme proposals.
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Navy’s Ships of the Future, Sunk – The Daily Beast
After years of work costing billions of dollars, the U.S. Navy is scaling back its controversial effort to build a fleet of small, speedy, flexible warships for near-shore patrols—a fleet plagued by design flaws, mismanagement and technical malfunct…
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A British conservationist is taking to the skies next year for a daring and uncomfortable 4,500-mile journey across the Russian Arctic to help save the UK’s smallest and shyest swan.
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A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite via NASA https://t.co/EA7196VH7O https://t.co/Eb3Oi3UHib https://t.co/kJtCc1tQU5
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APOD: 2015 December 20 – A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite
Explanation: There is something very unusual in this picture of the Earth — can you find it? A fleeting phenomenon once thought to be only a legend has been newly caught if you know just where to look.
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Water Spirit Dragon Guardian Station Tower Library https://t.co/rQrM4q4D7O https://t.co/L61nX9Ylje
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Water Spirit Dragon Spiral Tower 1
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Water Spirit Dragon Spiral Tower
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Just How Big Is ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens?’ Huge. – The Daily Beast
According to pal/mentor Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams was very, very nervous about how his Star Wars: The Force Awakens would perform at the box office.
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Police probe fatal crash near Las Vegas casino – BBC News
Police in Las Vegas say there has been a “major accident” near a hotel and casino where the Miss Universe pageant was being held. It has been confirmed that one person was killed and at least 37 people have been taken to hospital – seven of them are…
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Spanish election: PM Rajoy’s party loses majority – BBC News
Spain’s governing conservative party has won the most seats in the general election but has lost its majority and must now try to form a coalition. The Popular Party (PP) had 123 seats, the Socialists 90 and the anti-austerity Podemos party 69.
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I know I’m not on the jury, and I know I’m not hearing the whole story, and I know I’m being manipulated by the filmmakers at least a little bit, but after episodes five and six of Making A Murderer, I’m feeling some pretty damn strong reasonable do…
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(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s 28-year-old grandson, Jeremy, has died, Carter told a church gathering on Sunday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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Romania’s drama festival to rehabilitate prison inmates – Al Jazeera English
Bucharest, Romania – Men and women from six prisons in Romania, condemned for crimes such as drug dealing, theft, attempted murder and tax evasion, took to the stage of one of Bucharest’s leading theatres as part of the MultiArt Festival for Inmates.
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Brussels police make arrests in Paris attack probe – Al Jazeera English
Belgian police have searched a home in the centre of Brussels and made two arrests in connection with the investigation into last month’s attacks in Paris, federal prosecutors said.
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Sanders says DNC’s timing of Saturday night’s debate was meant to ‘protect’ Clinton : politics
Look, the DNC is broke and these debates arn’t exactly cash cows for the network. Two and a half hours with only 3 breaks, all less than 5 minutes with announcers speaking at a halfway between the break. The democratic debate isn’t a clowncar so its…
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Billionaire James Packer resigns as Crown director – BBC News
Australian casino operator and billionaire James Packer has announced his resignation as director of Crown Resorts Limited. The move follows his resignation as chairman in August and has added fuel to speculation he wants to buy out Crown and take i…
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7 Beloved Characters Who Were Never Supposed to Stick Around | Vanity Fair
This post contains some light spoilers from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you want to remain unsullied when it comes to the biggest movie in the world, well, good luck! You can start by leaving this post. Are they gone? Good. Then let’s get right…
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We Call Bullsh*t: International Media Sensationalizing Beijing Pollution : environment
None of this mentions that other international cities, namely New Delhi, consistently experience worse air pollution than Beijing, and yet receive only a fraction of the coverage. Beijing is a more important business capital than New Delhi. China’s …
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Splintered Spanish vote heralds tough coalition talks – Al Jazeera English
Fragmented Spanish election results heralded weeks of talks to form a coalition government, with neither the ruling conservatives nor left-wing parties winning a clear mandate to govern.
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North Korea’s Abduction Project – The New Yorker
On the evening of July 31, 1978, Kaoru Hasuike and his girlfriend, Yukiko Okudo, rode bikes to the summer fireworks festival at the Kashiwazaki town beach. They whisked down the winding lanes of their coastal farming village, a hundred and forty mil…
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In the bleak midwinter | Environment | The Guardian
“Aye,” says the postman, after dragging the heavy gate to one side and before driving on through. “Delivering Christmas cards to Uldale House farm can be an expedition.” Christina Rossetti’s carol In the Bleak Midwinter says it all. Drifts. Shot ice…
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Steve Harvey Announces Wrong Winner in Miss Universe : videos
Miss Universe 2015: Directed by M. Night Shyamalan What a twist!
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Las Vegas driver crashes into crowd – BBC News
At least one person has died and 36 have been injured after a car ran down pedestrians in front of a hotel in Las Vegas, officials said. Police said it was not yet clear whether the deadly crash outside the Paris Las Vegas Hotel was intentional or n…
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Online storm after Miss Universe gaffe – BBC News
Shock and disbelief have erupted online after the wrong Miss Universe winner was crowned. Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez was announced winner of the 2015 beauty pageant before organisers revealed she was actually the first runner-up.
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This happy guy got adopted at the shelter I work at. : aww
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This happy guy got adopted at the shelter I work at. via /r/aww https://t.co/vLKdD0ACgZ https://t.co/sy4R2Uv0cz https://t.co/ZazxIRVJqK
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Fog history of Atacama reconstructed – BBC News
It is hard to imagine you could reconstruct a record of fog dating back thousands of years, but this is exactly what Chilean scientists have done. The low-lying cloud is seemingly so transient and intangible, and unlike rivers and glaciers it leaves…
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Crown slips as Miss Universe 2015 host names the wrong woman | US news | The Guardian
The Miss Universe 2015 contest has ended in confusion and disarray after the host mistakenly named the wrong woman as the winner.
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Spain’s Election Shows How Much Trouble the Establishment Is In – In These Times
Sunday night, Spain’s insurgent left party Podemos (“We can”) made history, breaking the country’s two-party control for the first time since the fall of the Franco dictatorship by winning 20.7 percent of the seats in the Spanish parliament.
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Infant Star’s Artistic Outburst | ESA/Hubble
The artistic outburst of an extremely young star, in the earliest phase of formation, is captured in this spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
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Lone Tree in a Lake Image, New Zealand – National Geographic Photo of the Day
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Why Business Leaders Need To Take On The Education Revolution | TechCrunch
Have you hired someone straight out of college in the last decade? If you have, it comes as no shock that today’s education system simply isn’t creating job-ready employees. Far from the differentiator it once was, the college diploma has become an …
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I went to a burger restaurant where their ottomans look like cheeseburgers (imgur.com)submitted 17 minutes ago by loading…
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The Arizona Cardinals can check division champions off their to-do list. David Johnson ran for 187 yards and three touchdowns, Carson Palmer threw a TD pass and the Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles 40-17 on Sunday night to clinch the NFC West …
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Minority killings by IS ‘should be recognised as genocide’ – BBC News
The killing of minorities by so-called Islamic State should be recognised as genocide, more than 60 parliamentarians have said in a letter to the PM. They urge David Cameron to use his influence to reach an agreement with the UN that the term genoci…
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The wrong woman was crowned Miss Universe. Watch the moment when everyone realized it. – Vox
Ariadna Gutierrez was Miss Universe for 15 seconds. Then she went back to being Miss Colombia.
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‘Stoner sloth’: Australia anti-marijuana campaign criticised – BBC News
An Australian anti-marijuana campaign that features an intoxicated sloth has drawn expert criticism and online mockery. The Stoner Sloth campaign, financed by the New South Wales state government, aims to stop teens smoking marijuana.
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Las Vegas crash: multiple casualties after car ploughs into pedestrians | US news | The Guardian
Las Vegas police said on Sunday night they were responding to a “major accident” near the hotel and casino where the Miss Universe pageant was held, with local media reporting that dozens may have been injured.
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I’m a Canadian living in America. I’ve lived in a single-payer system, and have seen the stark contrast that represents the American system. Honestly, Hillary’s a smart woman. She’s championed for health care reform. She’s seen the “18 Trillion” WSJ…
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As precise and process-driven as counter-intelligence work is, it’s essentially a faith-based discipline.
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Ian the Climate Denialist Potato and his family celebrate Christmas Illustration: First Dog on the Moon for the Guardian
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TIL that when Kim Peek managed payrolls of 160 people, he was able to complete this task in just hours without a calculator and when he was fired to be replaced by computer, it took two full time accountants plus the computer just to replace him. (e…
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Navy SEALs won’t change standards for women, admiral says – MilitaryTimes : news
Good. If they want to be part of a fighting force then they should elevate themselves to the standard. It’s the right call. Women simply aren’t cut out to do those things.
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LAGOS, Nigeria — Suspicious neighbors and landlords pry into their private lives. Blackmailers hunt for victims on the social media sites they use to meet others of the same sex. Police officers routinely stop them to search for incriminating images…
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Steve Harvey Accidentally Crowns Wrong Miss Universe | Vanity Fair
For a few brief shining moments, Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez thought she had won the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant. But after putting on the crown, the sash, accepting the bouquet, and walking to the end of the stage, host Steve Harvey realized his…
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Nothing is as refreshing as instant iced tea. At -40 degrees, that shit would be Brisk.
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Looks delicious! mmmm ramen. What kind of ‘noods?
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Steve Harvey’s Epic Miss Universe Pageant Fail: Host Announces the Wrong Winner – The Daily Beast
The 2015 edition of the Miss Universe Pageant was bookended by two moments that were fascinating for very different reasons.
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US Steel, Union Reach Tentative Contract | Al Jazeera America
U.S. Steel Corp. and the United Steel Workers Union (USW) have announced tentative agreement on a new contract covering about 18,000 workers at more than a dozen facilities across the country.
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Mojave Star Rise, Joshua Tree CA. [OC] [2560×1600] https://t.co/Ig1t9rzR0k https://t.co/pva6DMPvAB
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Spain election: Political uncertainty after split result – BBC News
Spain faces political uncertainty after two new movements won nearly a third of the seats in the country’s election. Anti-austerity party Podemos and liberal Ciudadanos made big gains as the conservative Popular Party (PP) lost its majority.
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Did anyone just see Steve Harvey announce the wrong Miss Universe? Easily the most cringe worthy thing I’ve ever seen on TV. (self.television) Does anyone have a video? That was horrifying and hilarious.
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Open thread for night owls: Violence against Muslims is rising in the U.S.
A member of the Islamic Society of Coachella Valley stands watch at the Masjid Ibrahim Mosque December 12 after a fire burned the lobby of the building. Authorities said it was arson and arrested 23-year-old Carl James Dial and detained him in lieu …
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Water Spirit Dragon Spiral Tower
Water Spirit Dragon Spiral Tower https://t.co/t3zyW8xPpx https://t.co/jpVSZ03qjR
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Clamour intensifies for Jarryd Hayne recall after latest 49ers injury blow | Sport | The Guardian
The San Francisco 49ers’ running back injury curse has struck again and it could elevate Jarryd Hayne back into the beleaguered NFL team’s game day squad.
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So maybe I was premature in wishing Flesh And Bone was a show mostly about ballet because that’s what “Full Dress” was, or at least tried to be more than any other episode.
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Tina Fey is done explaining her jokes to the internet · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Netflix’s The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was widely regarded as an aggressively delightful show, but one storyline in particular stuck out to a lot of viewers as being a bit rough. It was—as much as some people may hate the word—problematic.
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Pussy Riot On Trump: We Laughed When Vladimir Putin Rose To Power, Too : politics
Pussy Riot On Trump: We Laughed When Vladimir Putin Rose To Power, Too https://t.co/8E2kkbFD8J https://t.co/ekFmnX1xVR via /r/#politics
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No they didn’t. Putin was highly respected in the world, and definitly after Russias economical recovery in the early 2000’s anyone saying othereise is lying. Pussy Riot doesn’t like Putin because he doesn’t like gay people. That’s about as deep as …
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Why Season 5 of Homeland Might Be the Best Yet | Vanity Fair
In order to get green-lit, a drama usually needs a great gimmick. The Sopranos had a mob boss who goes to a shrink. Mad Men had a frightened farm boy masquerading as a Nietzschean über-mensch. Homeland had a war hero who was—or was he?—a closet terr…
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This is how you dump tea at -40c : pics
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If you do this, fuck you. : pics
If you do this, fuck you. via /r/pics https://t.co/81NVPBZJYk https://t.co/oL6PfCnsty https://t.co/V2Uhldf6Sa
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Science needs more average, non-white, non-male scie…
Scientists like to think of themselves as a progressive lot, especially these days. Certainly they have made huge strides in inclusiveness over the past century.
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The closest no goal ever : gaming
The closest no goal ever (gfycat.com)submitted 18 minutes ago by loading…
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The Diminishing Middle — And Why That Widens The Gap Between Us : NPR
I was thinking about a friend of mine from back in the day. Or, more accurately, I was thinking about his parents, who were — how should I put this? — special. Don’t get me wrong: They were the nicest people you’d ever want to meet.
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Scores Missing After Massive Landslide in China | Al Jazeera America
A landslide at an industrial park in southern China buried more than 20 buildings when a pile of construction waste collapsed on Sunday, state media and local authorities said. At least 90 people are missing as more than 1,500 emergency workers sear…
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The Raid on NATO Was Just a Symptom of Poland’s Deeper Troubles – The Daily Beast
WARSAW — Until recently, Poland was the brightest star among the former communist countries of Central Europe. But for the last few weeks it’s been having a very rough transition from one ruling party to another.
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Porter Ranch gas leak a catastrophe not seen since the BP oil spill (msnbc.com)submitted 47 minutes ago by loading…
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Porter Ranch gas leak a catastrophe not seen since the BP oil spill : environment
Porter Ranch gas leak a catastrophe not seen since the BP oil spill https://t.co/WCIy0ovjXx https://t.co/iPyjTURNlu via /r/environment
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Porter Ranch gas leak a catastrophe not seen since the BP oil spill | MSNBC
Porter Ranch gas leak a catastrophe not seen since the BP oil spill https://t.co/WCIy0ovjXx https://t.co/iPyjTURNlu via /r/environment
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Noodle doing a little loaf : Catloaf
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Bi-plane pilot recreating Amy Johnson’s flight reaches Asia – BBC News
Bi-plane pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor is attempting to become only the second woman to fly single-handedly from the UK to Australia – something not achieved since Amy Johnson’s famous flight of 1930.
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The iPhone’s camera is so good because 800 people are working on it | The Verge
Apple was the subject of a wide ranging but not very hard hitting 60 Minutes segment on Sunday night. Charlie Rose steered the conversation through topics that Apple and its CEO Tim Cook have addressed repeatedly over the last few years. (Yeah, thos…
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Tonight, “60 Minutes” is airing a segment on Apple, in which interviewer Charlie Rose talks with CEO Tim Cook about running a modern-day tech giant and the challenges the company faces daily, from a world filled with terrorists to criticisms that it…
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Republican candidates, lost in ‘The Wilderness’
But the fact that Romney’s humiliating defeat might finally expose the GOP’s moneyed, Waspy, corporatist breed of country-club patricians for the frauds that they were— well, that was cause for celebration in the Paul household. For Rand, this was p…
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Google exec Michelle Guthrie to head up Australia’s ABC – BBC News
Google executive Michelle Guthrie has been hired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to replace Mark Scott as its managing director. It is the first time the broadcaster has hired a woman for the position.
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Congress wants to make me a second-class citizen and restrict my travel, even though I have U.S. citizenship. Why? Because my father is an Iranian citizen. Oh, and they snuck this into a funding bill. (thehill.com) Jesus, what wasn’t in this bill?
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A picture in 365 slices. Each is one day of the year! : pics
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“We were aware ahead of time that it was going to be disturbing but we did not expect there would be people in Congress talking about it,” Game of Thrones director Jeremy Podeswa said of his controversial Season 5 episode “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.
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Matt Damon politely tries to support his friend’s silly comic book movie · Newswire · The A.V. Club
When a person asks for their friend’s opinion on some new thing—like a haircut or an outfit—they’ll often say that they want the friend to “be totally honest.” This is obviously a trap, though.
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Putin ‘Seducing’ Iraq’s Tribes – The Daily Beast
BAGHDAD, Iraq — In the last Iraq war, the U.S. military helped beat ISIS’ predecessors with the help of the Sunni tribes. Now, Russia is trying to take a page from the old American playbook, and forge its own tribal alliances. Two U.S.
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Suspected gas leak is cooked sauerkraut : nottheonion
There’s clue number one that it wasn’t a gas leak. I, for one, am a rocket sciencetits.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Hezbollah commander whom Israel reluctantly released in 2008 — nearly 30 years after he took part in a notorious terrorist attack — was killed in an airstrike in Syria, Hezbollah and his family said on Sunday.
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You know, that was worth the read! Goddamn that is one fresh meme. I can practically taste the dankness from here.
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Snowmobile triggers fatal Montana avalanche that buries three | World news | The Guardian
An avalanche in southern Montana has buried three people, killing a 33-year-old man. The Park County sheriff’s office said two snowmobilers were able to dig themselves out on Saturday from the avalanche, which struck north of Cooke City on the Monta…
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Steelers rally past Broncos while Packers, Chargers, Bengals win on road | Sport | The Guardian
Ben Roethlisberger passed for 380 yards and three touchdowns as the Steelers rallied for a 34-27 win over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
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I’ve made my Christmas Party dress the last three years in a row… Here they are 😀 (imgur.com) Yeah? Well I built a a gate for my back deck and I’ll have you know I only had to run to Home Depot twice to do it.
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Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s wet nurse might have been his sister | Culture | The Guardian
Archaeologists believe Maia, Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s wet nurse, may have actually been his sister Meritaten. Related: Tomb raiders: what treasures could lurk inside Egypt’s lost chambers?
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China landslide: Rescuers search for 59 people still missing – BBC News
Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide buried 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Seven people were pulled from the rubble with minor injuries but 59 people are still missing, state media said.
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Chile airport workers end strike that left thousands stranded – BBC News
Airport workers in Chile have agreed to end a four-day strike that led to major disruption. Most flights coming out of or landing in Chile’s main airports were cancelled or delayed.
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Meet The New Harry Potter, Ron Weasley And Hermione Granger
Since October, we’ve known that a new story set in the Harry Potter universe, The Cursed Child, would be coming as a stage play in the summer of 2016. Now, we know just who will be headlining the play.
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>90% oppose trophy hunt in BC; in response, gov’t to allow 3x more killed (huffingtonpost.ca)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Idris Elba stars as African warlord in Netflix hit – BBC News
A film starring Idris Elba as an African warlord who uses child soldiers has been achieving high viewing figures after being released online by streaming service Netflix.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens takes $517m as box office records tumble | Film | The Guardian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattered box office records with an estimated $517m in worldwide ticket sales up until Sunday, a staggering debut that re-established the celebrated space saga as a global phenomenon under Disney.
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UK steel industry: ‘Little action’ taken to combat crisis – BBC News
It was not alert enough to the impact of collapsing steel prices and failed to push for EU action on cheap Chinese imports, the business committee said. In response to the report, the government said the issue was “complex” and it had met “key indus…
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24 Delightful Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cameos You Might Have Missed | Vanity Fair
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Polluted Nuclear Weapons Site Developing Tourism | Al Jazeera America
The nation’s most polluted nuclear weapons production site is now its newest national park and thousands of people are expected next year to tour the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, home of the world’s first full-sized nuclear reactor, near Richland, a…
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Environmental Peace Ecology is out! https://t.co/6zTdtOQ07B
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Hassan Aboud’s practiced baritone belied the malevolence in his words. That state is the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, the terror group that controls territory in Syria and Iraq and has recently projected violence to Ank…
Hassan Aboud’s practiced baritone belied the malevolence in his words. That state is the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, the terrorist group that controls territory in Syria and Iraq and has recently projected violence to … -
Slow photojournalism: The rise of long-term assignments – BBC News
Long-term photography projects are not new, but increasing numbers of photographers are embracing in-depth storytelling and creating series over longer periods of time, juggling this work alongside commissioned assignments. Gemma Padley explores thi…
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Protection of our oceans must go hand-in-hand with the fight against climate change: Our Pacific island nation of Palau has created an ocean sanctuary bigger than California. But more countries must take action to help save the environment. (theguar…
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Illegal migrant makes good as plumber in Nigeria – BBC News
Nearly 15 years ago, successful Nigerian businessman Anselm Okoukoni was one of the desperate African migrants prepared to do anything to get to Europe.
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Burning through over 9.8 million acres — an area roughly the size of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined — the 2015 wildfire season was one of the worst on record. (thinkprogress.org)
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Is Russia still a key world power? – BBC News
Whether Russia, one of 15 successor states to the USSR, which broke up in 1991, is still a genuine world power in 2015 is open to question. But the economic base for these capabilities is steadily declining.
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Human rights reform still a long way off – BBC News
One of the treats in store for 2016 is the government’s much-anticipated announcement on human rights reform.
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Watching the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night, I kept flashing back to George W. Bush’s acceptance speech at the 2000 Republican National Convention.
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Records show that Donald Trump applied to trademark the phrase “Make America Great Again” six days after President Obama was elected to a second term. (thedailybeast.com) Trump has my vote to “Make America Great Again.” Go Trump!
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Obama’s struggle to realise anti-war rhetoric – BBC News
For a president who was going to end America’s involvement in endless wars overseas, Barack Obama spends an awful lot of time defending his war strategies.
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TV reporter spends retirement investigating brutal murder – BBC News
After a long career in television, Bill Proctor could have spent his retirement out of the spotlight. Instead, he has been trying to track a killer. The clock was running down on Bill Proctor’s 40-year career in broadcast news.
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Sex, love and money: Nigeria’s new Instagram agony aunt – BBC News
Unlucky in love? Husband cheating on you? Did you unwittingly sleep with your future father-in-law? Help is at hand from an agony aunt using Instagram to solve relationship problems in northern Nigeria.
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Drawing the horror of a Syrian detention centre – BBC News
A Syrian artist who was accused of being an opposition activist and tortured in a detention centre has drawn pictures of his experiences – and described how he became numb to death, as dead bodies were piled up in the cell he shared with dozens of o…
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The yoga guru turned company boss – BBC News
Baba Ramdev is arguably India’s most famous yoga guru, well known for his TV exercise shows. But now he’s using his brand to sell everything from shampoo to cereal, and detergent to instant noodles.
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British Islamist on fight against IS and President Assad – BBC News
The BBC has gained exclusive access to a British Islamist who says he is in Syria fighting against both President Assad and the group calling itself Islamic State. The man says he is prepared to carry out suicide attacks against them.
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Ash Faces His Most Terrifying Opponent Ever on Ash vs Evil Dead
“Ashes to Ashes” brought Ash back to where it all began at last: the Evil Dead cabin in the woods. It was a not-so-sweet homecoming—as Ash’s past came back to haunt him (literally), and some of his worst fears came true. Ok. No Ruby in this one.
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My Christmas Wish: Stop Warmongering for Political Gain – The Daily Beast
It ain’t me. It ain’t me, I ain’t no senator’s son, son John Fogerty wrote those lyrics in 1969, a year when our involvement with the war in Vietnam began to slowly wind down. Yet nearly 12,000 Americans still died that year in a war fought for old …
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TV reporter spends retirement investigating brutal murder – BBC News
After a long career in television, Bill Proctor could have spent his retirement out of the spotlight. Instead, he has been trying to track a killer. The clock was running down on Bill Proctor’s 40-year career in broadcast news.
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‘SNL’ Made A Genius Ad For The Absurd And Dangerous Hoverboard Craze – Digg
1 digg Funny Entertainment Late Night Despite their tendency to spontaneously combust, people are still scratching to grab hoverboards for Christmas. “SNL” made a great ad reflecting the realities of the hoverboard, while maintaining a healthy level…
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Quiz of the Year: 52 weeks 52 questions, part one – BBC News
It’s the first part of the Magazine’s quiz of the year. Test your recollection of 2015 over the next four days with four sets of 12 questions – themed on the lines of “who?”, “what?”, “why?” and “where?” – and a four-part puzzler. Today it’s “who”:
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How Outlet Stores Trick You Into Thinking You’re Getting a Great Deal
Outlet stores are supposed to be places where you can get great deals on brand name clothing, but they aren’t always what they seem. This video explains how some outlet stores are ripping you off, and some red flags to watch out for.
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I’m thinking from the Dad’s gait that it’s not hot chocolate in that mug, but straight vodka. Just watch how he’s putin it away.
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The Entrepreneurial Journey Is More Darkness Than Light | TechCrunch
One of my seed founders reached out to me recently, requesting an immediate weekend sit-down. He needed advice because his “company was imploding.” The company had in the bank most of the money it had raised from its seed round.
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iHere 3.0 Tracking Device (Gen 2) | Digg Store
Don’t you hate it when you’re rushing out the front door, but can’t find your keys or wallet? Try just pushing a button, and finding them in an instant. Attach the iHere 3.0 Tracking Device to whatever it is you lose most often, and click the app on…
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New shark “eco-barriers” for Ballina and Lennox Head beaches, on the NSW north coast, will not be installed until after the Christmas holiday period.
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Canada is selling its clean air to China : nottheonion
Canada is selling its clean air to China (washingtonpost.com)submitted 9 minutes ago by loading…[–]PM_Me_Yer_Guitar [score hidden] 4 minutes ago(0 children)http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/scroob-air-590×330.
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Defenders of austerity have lately taken to citing Spain as a success story; actually, as I and others have argued, Spain’s recent growth reflects the combination of a leveling off of austerity and the slow effects of very painful internal devaluati…
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Supergirl may soon get a Bizarro visitor · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It sounds like CBS’ Supergirl might be introducing a certain backwards-talking doppelgänger once the show comes back from its winter break early next year.
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Dumbledore is book-loaf. via /r/Catloaf https://t.co/nQkxfsLiNY https://t.co/83SArT6I4L https://t.co/luuefrF3MZ
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Afghanistan: Taliban ‘take centre of Helmand district’ – BBC News
The centre of another district in the southern Afghan province of Helmand has fallen to the Taliban, officials say. The militants are reported to have taken over the police headquarters in Sangin, with fighting continuing in other parts of the distr…
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Itch.io Is Like Steam for Experimental and Independent Games
Windows/Mac/Linux: While Steam has its share of indie titles, it doesn’t have everything. If you’re looking for video games really off the beaten path, Itch.io is a store and app that features all kinds of experimental and independent titles. Like S…
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The Force Awakens Has Obliterated Box Office Records In Its First Weekend
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was always destined for a huge box office debut. The question has been how much of a huge opening would it have? The answer came this weekend: A staggering $238 million in North America and $517 million globally.
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Conventional wisdom holds that mass moviegoing is the pastime of another era. The cultural heat emanates from television now. Hollywood churns out only banal sequels and forgettable action films. Netflix is the new multiplex. Well, the movies just s…
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Hear Cheap Trick’s Anthemic New Single ‘No Direction Home’ | Rolling Stone
Fresh off being named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016, Cheap Trick celebrated their induction by unveiling a new song titled “No Direction Home,” the first single off their upcoming LP Bang Zoom Crazy… Hello.
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Bolshaya Ipelka and Opala : Image of the Day
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photograph of two snow-covered volcanoes in Russia’s Far East. The image is centered on Bolshaya Ipelka.
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Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: December 20 – The Daily Beast
The morning-after analysis of the Democratic debate included plenty of reaction from Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner whose name Democrats invoked several times.
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The GOP presidential debate, lies, and media fraud
Watching the most recent GOP debate was exasperating, but if you’re a political junkie it was still a must. Based on the ratings (it drew 18 million viewers), it was the third most-watched debate ever.
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Digging Deeper Makes The Case For The Lost World’s Relevance In The Jurassic Park Franchise
Digging Deeper has impressed us before with some interesting analysis on Joss Whedon’s Serenity, and now, they’ve gone and taken an in depth look at The Lost World, making us look at it in a bit of a different light.
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Tonight’s SpaceX Launch Has Been Scrubbed
Space X was supposed to launch its most powerful rocket this weekend, but has just scrubbed their launch. The reason? They want to stick the landing this time.
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SpaceX delays historic launch for better weather—to land | Ars Technica
In what may be a first in spaceflight history, SpaceX delayed the commercial launch of a satellite payload on Sunday to wait for better weather not to liftoff, but rather to land the booster of its Falcon 9 rocket.
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Our cat Jelly Bean, fell asleep like this. : aww
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How “Homeland” Helps Justify the War on Terror – The New Yorker
In October, a few days after U.S. air strikes on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, General John Campbell testified in a Senate hearing about the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan.
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The American Papers that Praised Hitler – The Daily Beast
“The train arrived punctually,” a Christian Science Monitor report from Germany informed its readers, not long after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. “Traffic was well regulated” in the new Germany, and policemen in “smart blue uniforms” kept o…
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With RAISE Act, Congress Paves Way For Private Secondary Markets | TechCrunch
On December 4, 2015 President Obama signed into law the FAST Act, which is mainly about transportation funding.
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Mistletoe, sacred plant of the druids: Country diary 100 years ago | Environment | The Guardian
Mistletoe is dear this year, but holly has never been more plentiful and thickly berried. I have even seen a variant on the traditional spruce fir Christmas tree, in a magnificent young holly tree, covered with fruit. It seemed superfluous to decora…
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Slovenia rejects gay marriage in referendum – BBC News
Slovenians have rejected same-sex marriage by a large margin in a referendum. Almost two-thirds of voters said no to a bill that defined marriage as a union between two consenting adults.
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Amazingly, ‘Turok: Dinosaur Hunter’ Still Holds Up | Motherboard
The first thing I noticed when I started playing Turok: Dinosaur Hunter this week, a first-person shooter I haven’t touched since it was released on the Nintendo 64 in 1996, is the swaying.
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Steve McCurry’s portrait of India is a feast for the eyes – BBC News
Celebrated American photographer Steve McCurry has been coming to India for more than three decades. The photographer, who has visited India more than 60 times, once said the country had taught him to watch and wait on life.
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Israel minister Silvan Shalom resigns over harassment allegations – BBC News
Israel’s Interior Minister Silvan Shalom has resigned after a series of sexual harassment allegations. Mr Shalom, who is also stepping down from his position as deputy prime minister, said he was doing so to spare his family any more suffering.
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Taylor Swift’s exclusive new documentary tour special is a major get for Apple Music, but things don’t seem to be working quite according to plan.
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Spain election: voters bury two-party system; Podemos surges | Fusion
Voters appeared to have decisively put an end to the two-party system in Spain on Sunday, as the country’s general election delivered a hung parliament and turned two upstart parties into potential kingmakers.
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Martin Shkreli Twitter hacked – Tech Insider
Martin Shkreli has had quite the week. On Friday, he resigned as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, following pleading not guilty to charges of securities fraud. Now, it appears Shkreli is going on quite the tweet firestorm or his Twitter account has b…
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‘Oh, Bring Us Some … ‘ Wait. What Is Figgy Pudding? : The Salt : NPR
This holiday season, one popular Christmas carol has been raising some questions here at NPR headquarters. Namely: Wait. What is figgy pudding?
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St Louis officer who fatally shot teen quits after drunk driving inquiry | US news | The Guardian
A St Louis police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old VonDerrit Myers Jr last year has resigned after being accused of driving his patrol car while intoxicated and crashing into a parked vehicle.
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President Obama on Sunday paid tribute to Zaevion Dobson, a 15-year-old high-school football player from Tennessee who died on Thursday night after he shielded three girls from gunfire. The shootings that killed Dobson began Thursday night, said Kno…
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To halt Venezuelan currency news site, Central Bank sues in US court | Ars Technica
The US-based website that publishes a daily unofficial exchange rate between American dollars and Venezuelan bolivares has recently filed a vigorous defense in a strange international lawsuit.
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NFL round-up: Carolina Panthers survive furious New York Giants’ rally | Sport | The Guardian
Cam Newton continued to prove he is worthy of being the NFL’s Most Valuable Player as he first led undefeated Carolina to a huge lead over the New York Giants and then took them 49 yards in seven plays to set up game-ending field goal in the Panther…
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This List Tells You How to Navigate Ten Popular Hub Airports
Especially around the holidays, you can expect hub airports to be pretty crowded. With a little preparation, you can navigate through your terminal with ease. This cheat sheet from the New York Times gives you specific details about the layout of te…
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Slovenians Vote Down Same-sex Marriage Law | Al Jazeera America
Slovenians rejected same-sex marriage by a large margin in a referendum on Sunday, according to near-complete results, in a victory for the conservatives backed by the Catholic Church in the ex-communist European Union nation. The results released b…
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Jimmy Carter’s grandson Jeremy Carter dies at 28 | US news | The Guardian
Former president Jimmy Carter’s 28-year-old grandson, Jeremy, has died, Carter told a church gathering on Sunday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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Medical marijuana is no longer banned at the federal level. The near 2,000-page federal spending bill that was passed the other day included a provision that lifts the medical marijuana ban. The war on medical marijuana is now nearly over. (inquisit…
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Facebook Can Now Help You Find Events Nearby to Go To
iOS: Facebook has become the de facto method for organizing events, simply because everyone’s on the platform. Now, if you want to get out of the house (and have an iOS device), you can browse a new section of the app designed to pair you with a par…
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Goffstown, NH–As the third Democratic debate faded to a five-minute commercial break, Hillary Clinton had exactly one minute and 45 seconds to walk out of the gymnasium at St. Anselm College to the ladies’ restroom and one minute and 45 seconds to r…
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You Should Watch The Way You Punctuate Your Text Messages — Period : All Tech Considered : NPR
How many times have your teachers or editors told you that every word counts? Now, it turns out that every character you send counts, too.
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Fresh Off A Grammy Nod, Pentatonix Gets Back In The Christmas Spirit : NPR
Pentatonix members Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado, Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi and Kevin Olusola perform onstage during the Rockefeller Center tree lighting in New York City on Dec. 2.
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Interfaith Round-Table: A Conversation On Theology : NPR
Jonathan Brown of Georgetown University, Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission and Karen Danielson of the Muslim American Society talk to NPR’s Michel Martin.
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From Family Fare To Oscar Bait, The Big Pictures To See At Year’s End : NPR
The final weeks of the year are chock-full of huge movies. People Magazine film critic Alynda Wheat offers reviews of some popular year-enders, including Joy, The Hateful Eight and Concussion.
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Do Christians And Muslims Worship The Same God? : NPR
Larycia Hawkins, a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois, decided to wear a head scarf during the Advent season as a gesture of solidarity with Muslims. In doing so, Hawkins quoted Pope Francis, saying that Christians and Muslims “worship the sam…
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Macy Gray’s Christmas Wish List Has A Few Surprises : NPR
Christmas is coming, and by now you’ve probably heard all the standards, whether you want to or not — the chestnuts, the jingle bells, the usual deal.
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Fact-Check: The Democratic Debate : NPR
The third Democratic presidential debate focused on foreign policy and national security. Do the candidates’ statements on the issues check out?
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Next season of Game Of Thrones might have less rape · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It may seem like an ancient controversy, given the internet’s short attention-span, but Game Of Thrones generated quite a lot of strong reactions over the last few seasons due its depiction of sexual violence.
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Josephine, our Siamese kitten. via /r/cats https://t.co/gkHazIRGow https://t.co/vapMAlRBKd https://t.co/rfcIr4tYgG
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Josephine, our Siamese kitten. via /r/cats https://t.co/gkHazIRGow https://t.co/vapMAlRBKd https://t.co/rfcIr4tYgG
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, Proud of her puppies via /r/aww…
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Given the astronomical box office returns, it’s safe to assume that most of you watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens at some point this weekend. In fact, a lot of you probably watched it more than once.
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Scrooge was right: the case for holiday humbuggery – Quartz
Confession: I’m a bit of a Scrooge. Every time I turn on the radio only to hear Christmas carols in early November or see holiday decorations spring up before Thanksgiving, I hear an inner Dickensian voice exclaiming: Bah! Humbug!
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In 1983, If You Wanted To Pirate A Movie, You Needed A Gun
Welcome to this week’s Reading List, where you’ll find the best popular culture and science fiction stories on the internet assembled in one delightful package.
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This holiday train brings joy to children and food to the needy | The Verge
Every Christmas, employees at the Canadian Pacific Railroad assemble a special train and decorate it with Christmas lights.
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Science museum in Rio looks towards Brazil’s future – Al Jazeera English
The huge structure that looks like an airplane wing is fast becoming a symbol of Rio’s ambitious renegeration projects ahead of the 2016 games. “The museum is centred around a philosophical concept. A concept that tomorrow is not ready. Tomorrow is …
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Why is Burundi rejecting African Union peacekeepers? – Al Jazeera English
The AU is giving Burundi until Tuesday to agree to accept a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force – or it will send the soldiers anyway. Burundian government leaders are warning they would not accept foreign soldiers.
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Scores $238 Million Weekend | Rolling Stone
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Scores Record-Setting $238 Million Weekend ‘Episode VII’ also earns $279 million internationally to bring overall opening weekend haul to $517 million
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A risky trip to Greece and ‘God’s will’ – Al Jazeera English
The refugees I saw in Athens were all young – in their teens and early 20s. They appeared broke, tired, and hungry. They waited outside the gate of a camp, which Greek authorities had allocated for refugees, at Ellinikon in Athens.
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The background of this image is real. : pics
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David Bowie – Rebel Rebel – YouTube
Rebel rebel
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A Mission To Venus Goes Poorly In Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
For this weekend’s Weekend Matinee, we’re going back to 1965, with Curtis Harrington’s Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet. In it a crew of astronauts land on Venus and are attacked by its inhabitants.
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Motherboard coffee table : pics
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Andy Murray has been voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the second time in three years. The 2013 winner helped make history by guiding Britain to a first Davis Cup victory for 79 years.
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The most vulnerable House members in 2016, in two charts
It’s hard to remember that there’s a presidential election happening in 2016, what with the huge amounts of attention generated by the epic fight for control of the U.S.
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Putin’s Shaky Tsardom – The New Yorker
Almost fourteen hundred reporters gathered in the Kremlin on Wednesday for Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference. The most anxious ones held signs with the name of their region, their outlet, or the topic of their question.
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NASA Probes Giant Magnetic Explosions Around Earth | Motherboard
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Hillary vs. Barack, Round LXXXVIII – The New Yorker
The Democratic National Committee has been criticized for scheduling its debates at times when few Americans are likely to be tuning in, like last night: a Saturday before Christmas when voters are out shopping, watching the new “Star Wars,” or vaca…
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Obviously, this story involves a thing that happens in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you haven’t seen it yet and don’t want to know about anything that happens in it, you should leave. Also, you should probably just go see the movie or get off th…
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Watch Climate Change Eat This Canadian Island | Motherboard
The waterbound Pacific nation of Kiribati isn’t the only island that’s being swallowed by the ocean.
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Justin Bieber is a Canadian who has a hit song called “Sorry”. : Showerthoughts
Justin Bieber is a Canadian who has a hit song called “Sorry”. (self.Showerthoughts) Love him or hate him, he’s living the Canadian dream.
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An Investment Opportunity In Trash | TechCrunch
As incredible as it might seem, processing trash may represent a future unique investment opportunity. Consider the new technologies that will operate on the micro scale, breaking the bonds of molecules through bio-mechanical means, which could be a…
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Paul McCartney Finally Won A Free Brooklyn Nets T-Shirt | Vanity Fair
Paul McCartney has sold more than 100 million albums. Paul McCartney has won 21 Grammys. Paul McCartney has almost $2 billion. Paul McCartney is a knight. Your mom would leave your dad for Paul McCartney. Your dad would be totally fine with it.
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Over ten million fans tried to buy tickets to Adele’s North American tour | The Verge
There’s only one thing that can make people angry with Adele. Yes, you guessed right, it’s Ticketmaster — the service we all love to hate.
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Spanish Election Strong Showing by Upstart Parties | Al Jazeera America
The exit poll for the state-owned RTVE channel gave the Popular Party 26.8 percent of the vote. The main opposition Socialist Party, with 20.5 percent, was running neck-and-neck for second place with new far left party Podemos, with 21.7 percent, th…
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Snowden: Clinton’s Call for a ‘Manhattan-Like Project’ Is Terrifying | Rolling Stone
O’MALLEY: Martha, may I — Martha, may I… RADDATZ: No, no, not yet, Gov. O’Malley.
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Be careful what you wish for via /r/pics https://t.co/TupWVqoscr https://t.co/amhtAG2dW3 https://t.co/cVfT01ImcU
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Be careful what you wish for : pics
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Laquan McDonald settlement: attorneys demanded $1m per gunshot | US news | The Guardian
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that to be higher than the 33% typically earned by lawyers in such cases. Lawyers Jeffrey Neslund and Michael Robbins first demanded $16m from the city – $1m for each shot fired by officer Jason Van Dyke into the 17-ye…
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The 2050 diet: How to save the planet and eat sustainably for a planet of 9 billion people for $10 a day (greenfastlane.com)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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Spanish Election Strong Showing by Upstart Parties | Al Jazeera America
The exit poll for the state-owned RTVE channel gave the Popular Party 26.8 percent of the vote. The main opposition Socialist Party, with 20.5 percent, was running neck-and-neck for second place with new far left party Podemos, with 21.7 percent, th…
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My kitten just got back from the vet : aww
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Found a loaf under our christmas tree : Catloaf
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Surrender to the big hooks of a brand new Cheap Trick single · Newswire · The A.V. Club
A new tune from soon-to-be Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Famers Cheap Trick, has made its way online. The first single from the band’s upcoming album Bang Zoom Crazy Hello, “No Direction Home,” was released yesterday via the Cheap Trick website, where it’s …
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Hundreds Protest Release Of New Delhi Gang Rapist After Just Three Years | ThinkProgress
Hundreds of protesters in New Delhi gathered on Sunday to protest the news that one of the men convicted 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old intern has been released after just three years in prison.
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Everybody At The White House Is Posting Star-Wars Themed Instagrams | Vanity Fair
On last night’s SNL, Kate McKinnon stepped into Hillary Clinton’s pointy-toed bedtime shoes and shared why, this time around, the campaign trail is particularly exhausting: “It’s not enough to just work hard. We have to be cool, but tough. Soft, but…
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In which Mr. Simpson will plant this flag as an eternal symbol of man’s contempt for nature…
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Tales From The Loop Is A Stunning Book Of Alternate Nostalgia
We’re enormous fans of Simon Stålenhag’s artwork around here, ever since we first came across his artwork in 2013. His work mixes high-tech futurism with scenes from every day Sweden. Now, his art has been collected into one brilliant volume, Tales …
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I think she secretly likes wearing silly clothes : cats
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Trim seeks out and destroys awful monthly subscriptions | The Verge
In the age of Netflix, Spotify, and unwanted LinkedIn Premium subscriptions, it can be difficult to keep track of where your money is going on a monthly basis.
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Firefighters across US suing siren maker over their hearing loss | US news | The Guardian
There were times by the end of his shift that firefighter Joseph Nardone’s head would be pounding and his eyes crossing, because of the noise of the siren on his truck. “The siren was so loud inside the cab that it actually physically hurt,” said th…
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Trump on Putin’s crackdown on journalists: ‘it’s never been proven’ | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump on Sunday defended Russian president Vladimir Putin’s record on press freedom, challenging journalists to provide him with evidence that the Kremlin has ever sponsored efforts to murder reporters.
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Know Your Language: PHP Lurches On | Motherboard
Presumably there are people that think the PHP language is awesome. An afternoon spent writing PHP code is like a fine meal and a backrub in one transcendent coding experience while JavaScript and client-side scripting can just go to hell.
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This was the year that fear nearly won. We can’t let it | Opinion | The Guardian
Fear almost won this year, didn’t it? And that was before terrorists attacked Paris for the second time, taking 130 lives and devastating far more. This was capital T terrorism, set to do exactly as the word implies.
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Greyhound bus crash kills one woman and injures 17 people in Texas | US news | The Guardian
Authorities said a woman died after the vehicle she was traveling in stalled on a North Texas interstate after crashing into a barrier and was hit by a Greyhound bus. . Arlington police spokesman Christopher Cook said the accident happened about 5.3…
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Clinton sets sights on Republicans with eye to general election campaign | US news | The Guardian
In the Republican debate this week in Las Vegas, the audience could have been excused for believing the party’s Democratic rival for the White House had already been chosen.
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New York mayor and police chief honor officers shot in car one year ago | US news | The Guardian
New York City’s mayor and police commissioner on Sunday honored two officers who were shot to death one year ago, while sitting in their cruiser on a Brooklyn street.
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Bun bun meets flutterbug : aww
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Spain’s Ruling Conservatives Win Election — But Fall Short of Majority | VICE News
The People’s Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won Spain’s general election on Sunday, exit polls showed, although it will have to rely on other parties if it is to govern for another four-year term.
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Politicians raise concerns for Irishman in Egypt jail – Al Jazeera English
Irish politicians have intensified a call to release a hunger-striking Irishman held in an Egyptian jail who is accused of carrying out violence during a protest, a day after a mass trial was adjourned for the eleventh time.
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Yemen Parties Agree on Broad Framework for Peace | Al Jazeera America
The United Nations said Sunday following talks in Switzerland that warring parties in Yemen have agreed on a broad framework for ending their war but that, following wide violations of a weeklong truce, both sides must first assent to a permanent ce…
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Suspected Russian raids kill dozens in Syria’s Idlib – Al Jazeera English
At least 43 people were killed on Sunday in air strikes carried out by suspected Russian warplanes in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. Rescue workers confirmed 43 dead, adding at least 30 more bodies had been retrieved that had st…
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Has the World Trade Organisation failed poor countries? – Al Jazeera English
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has come under renewed criticism for failing poor and developing countries in their 14-year-long battle to achieve a breakthrough in key agricultural trade talks.
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Spain elections: Exit polls give ruling party the lead – Al Jazeera English
Spain’s ruling Popular Party has won the largest share of votes in Sunday’s general elections, exit polls showed, but fell short of an absolute majority. The new anti-austerity Podemos party is predicted to come second, ahead of the Socialists and t…
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Hezbollah Fires Rockets into Israel After an Israeli Strike Kills a Senior Leader – The Atlantic
On Sunday morning, Arab media outlets reported that Israeli forces launched a missile strike that killed Samir Kuntar, a senior Hezbollah leader, and several others in Syria. At 10:15 p.m.
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PM Rajoy’s party ‘leads Spanish poll’ – BBC News
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
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Fire traded over Israel-Lebanon border after militant’s death – BBC News
Fire has been traded over the Israel-Lebanon border hours after a Lebanese militant was killed in a rocket strike in Syria. The Israeli army said had fired artillery shells into southern Lebanon in response to rocket fire. There are no reports of in…
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Most polluted US nuclear weapons building site plans for influx of tourists | US news | The Guardian
Thousands of people are expected next year to tour the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, home of the world’s first full-sized nuclear reactor and the most polluted US nuclear weapons production site.
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This Weather Presenter Makes 12 Star Wars Puns In 40-Seconds
Weather Forecaster Sian Welby for Channel 5 had some fun on her broadcast last Tuesday, dropping 12 Star Wars puns in just 40 seconds. This takes some serious skill, and it’s completely awesome.
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When Sir Alec Douglas-Home visited Beijing in 1972, his Chinese hosts greeted the foreign secretary with a carefully crafted joke about London pea soupers. Replying, Sir Alec rather snappishly referred to the Clean Air Act of 1956, which he said had…
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Drug Charges Against Scott Weiland’s Bassist Tommy Black Dropped | Rolling Stone
Drug Charges Against Scott Weiland’s Bassist Tommy Black Dropped Bloomington, Minnesota police announce they won’t pursue possession of a controlled substance charges against Wildabouts bassist
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New Video: Cops Shot Detainee In The Back | ThinkProgress
Last year, an alleged “known gang member” was shot and killed by police in Los Angeles. But a video released on Friday by OC Weekly shows 23-year-old Noel Aguilar was hit in the back by two Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies, who ignored his pleas …
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Remember our miners as industrial heroes | Letters | Business | The Guardian
It is appropriate that the Guardian had a quote from Dennis Skinner before the last shift at Kellingley colliery (Last bow for King Coal, killed by cheaper, greener options, 18 December), although I feel sure that he would leave the last word to the…
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Government’s miserable record on energy policy | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
The business leaders, academics and environmentalists warning that we need a major U-turn in UK energy policy (Government ‘must change course’ after climate pact, 14 December) were clearly correct.
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Adorable & Cute Snow Ball : cats
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Some unusual plane designs throughout history : pics
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AS we celebrate the holidays, let’s remember that this is one of those savage epochs when some families must choose between their faith and their lives. It is an echo of when Nero burned Christians alive, or when self-described Christians unleashed …
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Fancy printer review: Epson SureColor P600 / Boing Boing
My Canon 9000 died last year after many years of infrequent but dutiful service. The Epson SureColor P600 isn’t just an upgrade on cheaper wide-format photo printers; the prints are significantly better than the aging model that it replaced.
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Looks Like Martin Shkreli’s Twitter Got Hacked | Motherboard
It seems like a malcontent with a mission managed to get into Martin Shkreli’s Twitter account and post a number of troll tweets, including the statements “I’m so god damn ugly” and “Giving away WUTANG album RT for a chance to win.
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Why isn’t it ‘terrorism’ when the perpetrators aren’t Muslim?
Since September 11, there were nine foreign-inspired “Jihadist” terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that killed 45 Americans, while 18 domestic-inspired far right terrorism attacks killed 48 people.
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The Founder of Pirate Bay Is Copying 100 MP3s Per Second to Prove a Point | Motherboard
Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde has built the perfect perpetual piracy machine, to demonstrate a point that file copies on their own are meaningless.
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Suspicious Object on Plane Was a False Alarm | Al Jazeera America
Air France staff decided to land the Boeing 777 at the nearest airport — in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa — after a passenger found the object in the bathroom late on Saturday and alerted crew, the airline’s chief executive officer, Frederic Gagey…
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Tonight, SpaceX Will Attempt to Launch and Land Its Most Powerful Rocket Yet | Motherboard
Since its inception, SpaceX has been working towards a vision of workhorse rockets that can be launched, landed, and saddled up with a new payload.
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Review: Pusha T’s Darkest Before Dawn is a skeletal and steely stocking stuffer | The Verge
Barring some kind of Christmas miracle — think turkey dinner in the studio with Kim and North manning the boards — Kanye West isn’t releasing a new album this year.
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Those Were the Days by Terry Wogan – digested read | Books | The Guardian
He wondered where the years had gone. When he’d started as a clerk, the bank had only been open four hours a day and life was all the better for it, to be sure it was. If there’s one thing that could be guaranteed to ruin a good business, it was cus…
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You’ll Never Believe How We Got You to Click on This Video – YouTube
Clickbait isn’t art, it’s a science. Click and find out how it works.Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 CONNECT WITH WIREDWeb: http://wired.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/WIRED Fac… https://pinterest.com/wiredGoo
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What people really need to consider: The media has time to cover Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Bush, and Carson 24/7, Bush gets more coverage than Sanders and Bush is polling at 3%. The media has plenty of time to talk about multiple Democratic candidates if …
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ISIL hits Afghan airwaves to drum up support – Al Jazeera English
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has launched a radio station in Afghanistan to recruit fighters and stir up anti-government sentiment.
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Force Awakens beats Jurassic Worlds’ opening weekend with an estimated $238 million : movies
While we usually don’t allow weekend box office reports till actuals come in Monday, there’s no doubt The Force Awakens has completely smashed the opening weekend record so we are keeping this up. Now the question is what token of thanks is Universa…
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NASA’s instructions on how to attach the Space Shuttle to a 747 carrier aircraft : space
NASA’s instructions on how to attach the Space Shuttle to a 747 carrier aircraft (i.imgur.com)submitted 10 minutes ago by loading…
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Brought Their Dope Squad to SNL | Vanity Fair
There’s an inherent joy in watching Tina Fey and Amy Poehler together. No matter what these lifelong friends are doing—co-hosting the Golden Globes, scheduling dentist appointments—it’s clear they’re having a blast, and we’ve just been scheduling ou…
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My hometown has been trying to get Taylor Swift to come meet a young cancer patient that is entering hospice care. This just happened yesterday. We did it! (m.eonline.com)
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Most U.S. Christians now okay with homosexuality : dataisbeautiful
Most U.S. Christians now okay with homosexuality (pewresearch.org) Strange way to phrase the question, but I guess it highlights how much this change is needed. Christians are very clearly told to not judge people who don’t claim to be Christians.
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Amy Poehler, Tina Fey Reprise Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin on ‘SNL’ | Rolling Stone
Just hours after Hillary Clinton once again faced off against Bernie Sanders at the Dem Debate, “Hillary Clinton” was greeted by “2008 Hillary Clinton” in a hilarious Saturday Night Live sketch that found former SNL cast member Amy Poehler reprising…
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In The Middle East, Increasing Startup Opportunities Bring Hope | TechCrunch
Finally, entrepreneurs in the Middle East have reason to feel good.
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Weightless Water – Experiments In Zero Gravity – YouTube
Why does water behave in such weird ways in microgravity? We went on a parabolic ‘vomit comet’ flight to investigate.Check out the interactive 360 footage from this flight: https://youtu.be/mVJvyteAH0EDay 16 of our advent calendar: …
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Our Christmas tree is a very special one | Letters | Life and style | The Guardian
Re the study by a team of researchers at Leiden University into the effect of watching horror movies on coagulation levels in the blood (Horror is truly blood-curdling, study finds, 18 December), a much more interesting and serious research topic wo…
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Your Star Wars spoiler zone: Ars fully discusses The [REDACTED] Awakens | Ars Technica
On some galaxies far, far away, it’d be a bad idea for a reputable news outlet to dedicate an entire article to spoiling and excavating the secrets of a four-day-old movie. But not this one.
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‘I did it by working at night,” says Gill Handy, explaining how, in the early 1990s, she juggled three kids, her own job, and all the housework for a miner husband on early shifts. “In the evening, I’d set the breakfast table and put cereals out for…
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Dark Christmas ahead for nearly 1,000 axed staff of solar panel company | Business | The Guardian
The Christmas tree in the reception of what used to be Mark Group – an energy company with more than 1,000 staff – looks jaunty enough but underneath it there are barely a handful of presents. “They’re fake,” confides one of the few remaining staff.
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PROBABLY no one tracks concussions among young athletes in the United States more closely than Dawn Comstock, and in many ways, she’s encouraged by what she sees.
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Updated, 12:06 a.m.
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TO the dismay of economists and retailers, the American consumer keeps holding back. Consumer spending this fall has barely budged upward and many store chains are struggling with low sales and falling stock prices.
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Essex teenager wins Scalextric world championship title – BBC News
A 14-year-old boy has been crowned this year’s Scalextric World Champion after fans of the classic slot car racing game took part in the final heats.More than 200 people competed in six car 10 lap races around a 28ft (8.55m) circuit at simultaneous …
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Yemen crisis: Peace talks to resume on 14 January – BBC News
Peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen have broken up in Switzerland without agreement. UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the talks will resume on 14 January at an as yet undecided location.
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3.3 Million Hello Kitty Accounts Exposed In Database Hack
A database for the Hello Kitty community sanriotown.com containing 3.3 million accounts has been discovered online in an apparent breach.
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Sunday’s Best Deals: Your New Vacuum, The Walking Dead, Hot Tubs
Vacuums, hot tubs, and stainless steel straws lead a solid set of deals today. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and Advertising, and if you buy something through our pos…
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Star Wars on course to land US box office record – BBC News
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is on course to smash the record for the biggest box office debut weekend in North America, Disney has said. Ticket sales are estimated to have made $238m (£159.7m) – the previous record was held by Jurassic World, which…
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BBC Sport – Real Madrid 10-2 Rayo Vallecano
Gareth Bale scored four goals as Real Madrid hit nine-man Rayo Vallecano for double figures in a remarkable game. Real trailed before Tito’s red card – Danilo putting the hosts ahead before headers from Antonio Amaya and Jozabed.
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Release of youngest Delhi gang rapist causes widespread protests – BBC News
Police have broken up a protest in Delhi against the release of one of those involved in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in 2012. The man has served the maximum prison term available under India’s juvenile court system.
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Photorealistic drawing skills : pics
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Christmas came early for me today. : pics
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The 13 funniest TV shows of 2015 – Vox
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Black-ish (ABC), Bob’s Burgers (Fox), The Carmichael Show (NBC), Kroll Show (Comedy Central), Parks and Recreation (NBC), Please Like Me (Pivot), Nathan For You (Comedy Central), Rick and Morty (Cartoon Network) -
At the halfway point of its short first season, the rude, braying awfulness of F Is For Family’s world has begun to hem in the Murphys.
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CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker. New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton 42%. Martin O’Malley 1%. Bernie Sanders 56%. No preference 1%. (d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net) Sanders has increased his lead with 7% since the last CBS poll.
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Inside the Christian app boom | The Verge
The American public is becoming less religious and less likely to attend church than in decades past, according to research like the Pew study released last month.
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Seeing Yourself Eat Cake Makes It Less Delicious, Study Finds | Motherboard
So I have this, uh, “friend” (never mind his/her name) who really likes eating cake.
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Land of the free, home of the fearful
On March 4, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States of America. He was coming into the office of president as the nation was still in the depths of the Great Depression. In his inaugural address, he…
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The simple trick Australia is using to reduce smoking rates – Vox
Cigarette packs in Australia look different from anywhere else in the world. There are no brand logos, no bright colors. Every pack is the same shade of dull brown, plastered with graphic images showing the health impacts of smoking.
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Russian planes suspected in Syrian air strikes | Al Jazeera America
Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed scores of people in the center of the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest Syria on Sunday, rescue workers and residents said.
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Turkish Offensive Kills Over 100 Kurdish Fighters | Al Jazeera America
Armed clashes persisted on Sunday across Turkey’s southeast, where an operation by Turkish forces intensified on the sixth day of a campaign that security sources said had resulted in the death of 110 Kurdish fighters.
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Protests Erupt in Turkey as Military Campaign Intensifies in Country’s Southeast | VICE News
Armed clashes persisted on Sunday across Turkey’s southeast, where an operation by Turkish forces intensified on the sixth day of a campaign that security sources said had resulted in the death of 110 Kurdish militants.
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The CIA Secret to Cybersecurity That No One Seems to Get | WIRED
If you want to keep yourself up at night, spend some time reading about the latest developments in cybersecurity. Airplanes hacked, cars hacked, vulnerabilities in a breathtaking range of sensitive equipment from TSA locks to voting booths to medica…
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Animal Sex: How Manatees Do It
Despite their languid nature and bulky bodies, manatees are surprisingly graceful in their watery habitat. But do the mating behaviors of these so-called sea cows rival the elegance of synchronized swimmers, or are the mammals even more cowlike than…
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Wait, [Redacted] Appeared In The Force Awakens?
Now that The Force Awakens is now out in theaters, we’re learning even more about the little details of the film, including a couple of surprise cameos. Spoilers ahead.
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Utah’s Unicorns, How “Silicon Slopes” is Gaining Momentum | TechCrunch
It’s snowing this time of year along the Wasatch Front, a patch of connected cities spreading from Ogden to Provo, that some in Utah refer to as the “Silicon Slopes.
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Trump on Putin: Take His Word For It – The Daily Beast
George Bush may have had a sense of his soul, and Barack Obama may have wanted a reset, but Donald Trump wants you to take Vladimir Putin at his word.
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TWO years ago, a student of mine named Nicole was torn on where to start her career. While applying for jobs in finance, technology, consulting and marketing, she suddenly realized that her biggest concern wasn’t what she did, but where she worked.
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Bernie Sanders did. That’s why he voted against it. I’m so disgusted with congress. I need the name of everyone who voted for that stupid bill then.
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Nobody read the $1.1 trillion omnibus bill : politics
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How Intelligent Lighting Is Ushering In The Internet Of Buildings | TechCrunch
The LED revolution is over. To no one’s surprise, LEDs have won. Solid-state lighting is changing how we light the world, successfully displacing traditional illumination sources across every part of the global lighting market. Over the next few yea…
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China landslide: Area searched after buildings collapse – BBC News
Several buildings have collapsed in a landslide at an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. About 900 people have been evacuated, with four people pulled alive from rubble with minor or no injuries, the local government said. No …
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How Big Can a Black Hole Get? | Motherboard
Most of us would have a hard time imagining 50 billion anything, let alone the 50 billion Suns that would equate to the universe’s largest possible black hole.
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Syria conflict: Dozens killed in suspected Russian strikes – BBC News
At least 43 people have been killed in a series of air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian planes in the Syrian city of Idlib, according to activists and residents. A marketplace, homes and official buildings were all hit, reports s…
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World Trade Organization strikes ‘historic’ farming subsidy deal – BBC News
Countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) have agreed to abolish subsidies on farming exports. Developed countries agreed to stop the subsidies immediately and developing nations must follow by the end of 2018.
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Hey Hey, My My, Strong Encryption Will Never Die | TechCrunch
There are two types of people in the world: people who will encrypt and people who will not. The former cohort is far smaller than the latter. That should change, but it won’t. In essence the argument over what anyone means about the “Manhattan Proj…
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Donald Trump: No Proof That Putin Kills Journalists | ThinkProgress
On ABC’s This Week, GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump dismissed reports of reporters killed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime as unproven. “They are allegations. Yeah sure there are allegations. I’ve read those allegations over the ye…
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Here’s How Your Smartwatch Can Reveal What You’re Typing | Motherboard
Could your smartwatch or fitness tracker give hackers a way to see what you type into your computer keyboard, home security system, or ATM? That’s the ominous idea behind a new paper by Tony Beltramelli, a masters student at the IT University of Cop…
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Nicki Minaj goes ahead with controversial Angola gig – BBC News
US rapper Nicki Minaj has gone ahead with a concert in Angola despite a rights group asking her to cancel it. The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) said in a letter that the money to pay her came from “government corruption and human rights violations”.
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Why Dictators Don’t Bring Stability To The Middle East | ThinkProgress
Presidential candidates are finding an oddly-timed nostalgia for ruthless autocrats. Sens.
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Manhattan blows up an atomic bomb in the best season finale of the year – Vox
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Every Sunday, we pick a new episode of the week. It could be good. It could be bad. It will always be interesting. You can read the archives here”Jupiter,” the season two finale of WGN America’s Manhattan. No TV show of the fall impressed me with it… -
Caffeine-spiked peanut butter offers a bittersweet buzz | Ars Technica
Last month, New York Senator Charles Schumer brought to our attention the existence of caffeinated peanut butter, which immediately seemed like something we should try.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens — The Verge’s deep-dive roundtable discussion | The Verge
Note: Major Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers are in this video. It’s been a long and mysterious road on the way to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but with the movie now out in theaters it’s time to react. And respond. And reveal.
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Afghan Official Warns President on Facebook That Province Is Falling to the Taliban | VICE News
VICE News is covering the ongoing fight for the future of Afghanistan. Click here for more from the Enduring Freedom blog.
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Maybe it’s my liberal leanings, but all I could think during episodes three and four of Making A Murderer was, “Oh man, this poor kid.
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Living With Depression: A Reading List : Longreads Blog
The holiday season isn’t easy. Even the most well-adjusted person has to deal with stressful family members, strained finances, and travel logistics. Mental illness exacerbate these stressors even more.
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Watch: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler bring Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton back to SNL – Vox
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When Tina Fey and Amy Poehler returned to Saturday Night Live to co-host on December 19, they also brought back two of their most significant political impressions to date: Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. -
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What happens when four like-minded adventurers head into one of the world’s wildest mountain ranges with nothing but their mountain bikes and enough food to survive for 10 days? The answer? What doesn’t happen? Terrifying lightning storms. Raging-ri…
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How ‘Star Wars’ changed the way we think about toys
Somewhere in a temperature-controlled storage unit not far from my house, stacked box upon box, lies the entire collection of Star Wars toy vehicles and play sets I collected with my cousin. We began sometime around the original theatrical release o…
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The surprising history of ‘Star Wars’ and high fashion
You probably know to look for Star Wars collections in your local toy store, but what about on the runway? For nearly four decades, Star Wars has struck creative sparks in the fashion world as designers churn out shoes, jewelry, purses, and whole co…
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The Omnibus Budget bill that Paul Ryan crammed through Congress last week didn’t just harbor a domestic mass surveillance law and a bunch of nonsensical dog-whistles about ACORN and pornography, it was also full of grotesque pork for rich people and…
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Advanced Alien Life –“May Be a Billion Years Old, With Technology Beyond Matter” (Weekend Feature)
“I think it very likely – in fact, inevitable – that biological intelligence is only a transitory phenomenon… If we ever encounter extraterrestrial intelligence, I believe it is very likely to be postbiological in nature, writes Arizona State’s Paul…
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DURING the tumultuous wartime summer of 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt fielded an incredible proposal. His Republican opponent from 1940, Wendell Willkie, would quit his party and join the president in a new, liberal coalition.
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Air France Plane Diverted on the Way to Paris Over Fake Bomb – The Atlantic
An overnight Air France flight carrying 459 passengers from Mauritius to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris was diverted on Sunday after a passenger discovered a suspicious device in the lavatory.
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Suspected Israeli Airstrike Kills Hezbollah Leader Samir Kuntar in Syria | VICE News
A suspected Israeli airstrike has killed Samir Kuntar, one of Hezbollah’s militant leaders in Syria, according to reports from the Lebanon-based group and the Syrian state media.
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Belgian Grand Prix in 1965 : OldSchoolCool
Modern day eau rouge… gt vs F1 comparison That’s the first time I’ve actually understood just how fast formula 1 is. Crazy fast.
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I have nightmares about these things : creepy
Reminds me of the recent-ish King Kong remake with Jack Black and Naomi Watts. The giant bugs on the island really nailed the way real bugs move and grab onto stuff. It was really creepy The game even trumped the movie. Every dinosaur encounter had …
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Starbucks, wake up and smell the coffee: Palm oil is destroying our planet. : environment
Starbucks, wake up and smell the coffee: Palm oil is destroying our planet. (ecowatch.com) Palm oil is in a lot of food, not just Starbucks crap. Go to your grocery store and if you are buying anything processed, read the ingredients list. DOn’t bla…
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TIL a guy from Sweden rode his bicycle to Nepal, climbed Everest alone without Sherpas or bottled oxygen, then cycled back to Sweden again. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The 3rd Democratic debate, in charts – Vox
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As in previous debates, Hillary Clinton came out ahead last night, getting the most airtime and number of mentions during the last debate of 2015. She spoke more that her two opponents, getting almost eight minutes more than Sen. Bernie Sanders and … -
Over 100 Kurdish fighters killed in Turkish operation – Al Jazeera English
The number of Kurdish fighters killed during a large-scale military offensive in Turkey’s restive southeast has jumped to 102, a security source said on Sunday as the operation entered its fifth day.
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Taliban close to taking over Helmand: Afghan official – Al Jazeera English
Afghanistan’s Helmand province is on the verge of falling to the Taliban with 90 soldiers killed in two days of fierce clashes, its deputy governor said.
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Air France flight bomb scare a ‘false alarm’ – Al Jazeera English
A bomb threat that forced a flight from Mauritius to Paris to make an emergency landing in Kenya was a “false alarm”, Air France said on Sunday.
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Yemen peace talks called off amid new clashes – Al Jazeera English
Peace negotiations between Yemen’s warring factions in Switzerland ended without agreement and will resume in mid-January in Ethiopia as heavy fighting continued in the country.
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Has the climate change deal really averted catastrophe? – Al Jazeera English
After years of fruitless negotiations, world leaders finally reached an agreement to combat climate change, agreeing to cap greenhouse gases in an effort to slow down global warming. It was very interesting to see this mirror between what politician…
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Gravity Visualized In Live Show – YouTube
Gravity Visualized In Live Show.
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Dozens missing after massive landslide in China – Al Jazeera English
A landslide at an industrial park in southern China buried more than 20 buildings and left 27 people missing on Sunday, state media reported, as more than 1,500 emergency workers searched the scene.
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GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — In his opening remarks at the Democratic presidential debate on Saturday, Senator Bernie Sanders railed against “establishment politics and establishment economics” and then the nation’s “rigged economy.
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on ‘SNL’: 3 Sketches You Have to See | Rolling Stone
One of the biggest challenges for Saturday Night Live on a weekly basis is managing expectations when it comes to the show’s hosts. If a Josh Hutcherson or LeBron James episode turns out to be not-half-bad, we’re all pleasantly surprised and relieve…
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How Intelligent Lighting Is Ushering In The Internet Of Buildings | TechCrunch
The LED revolution is over. To no one’s surprise, LEDs have won. Solid-state lighting is changing how we light the world, successfully displacing traditional illumination sources across every part of the global lighting market. Over the next few yea…
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The U.S. Supreme Court and American Empire – The Atlantic
The dawn of this century has marked the rise of the American periphery. To understand what I mean, consider presidential politics.
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There’s no such thing as 100 percent safe. By pretending there is, GOP makes things more dangerous
It’s still all about Dick Cheney. When it comes to the Republican approach to national security and terrorism, it is his philosophy that governs.
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Clinton, Sanders Clash on ISIL and the Economy | Al Jazeera America
U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton backed elements of President Obama’s strategy to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a debate on Saturday in which she clashed with top rival Bernie Sanders over national…
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Hezbollah Leader Killed in Syria | Al Jazeera America
An Israeli air strike killed Hezbollah leader Samir Kantar in Damascus early on Sunday, the Lebanese group and Syrian state media said.
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Hi I’m Graham Hughes, British adventurer, filmmaker and the first person to visit every country (all UN member states plus Palestine, Kosovo, Taiwan and Vatican City) without flying… an adventure that took over 4 years and encompassed over 215 cou…
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Watch Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney Sing ‘Santa Claus’ on ‘SNL’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, ‘SNL’ Cast Sing ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’ The E Street Band also delivers “The Ties That Bind” and debuts “Meet Me in the City” in first ‘SNL’ performance since 200
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British Columbia’s energy regulator has confirmed that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in northeast British Columbia in August was caused by fracking and is likely to be the largest fracking induced seismic event ever recorded. (digitaljournal.com) That …
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Air France bomb: Kenya confirms explosive device found in toilets of plane carrying 473 people from Mauritius to Paris (independent.co.uk)submitted 13 minutes ago by loading…
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Live streaming NOW! Internet Archive telethon / Boing Boing
Here’s your chance to give back to the Internet’s library of everything, home of the Wayback Machine, and friend to all Internet people, everywhere. They’re livestreaming until 12h Pacific today. If you’re in San Francisco, you can also drop by 300 …
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Copyright infringement “gang” raided by UK cops: 3 harmless middle-aged karaoke fans / Boing Boing
The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit’s breathless press-release about their raid on a “gang suspected of uploading and distributing tens of thousands of karaoke tracks online” obscures the truth: they busted three middle-aged…
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What the Frack: Energy Companies Want Judge to Dismiss Historic Lawsuit Over Oklahoma Earthquakes – Energy companies are trying to legally distance themselves from the fracking-linked earthquakes currently rattling the Sooner State. (alternet.org)
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This is Lilly. She likes to use me as a pillow : cats
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The rise, fall, and return of Star Wars Galaxies
Victor Popovici, the project lead of SWGEmu, was a student pursuing a degree in computer science and mathematics at the University of Barcelona in Spain when his friends introduced him to Star Wars Galaxies in early 2005. It grabbed him immediately.
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Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour documentary is now streaming on Apple Music | The Verge
Taylor Swift’s Christmas gift for you is here. Well, if your an Apple Music subscriber, at least. The pop star’s world tour documentary for her massive hit album 1989 is now available to stream.
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To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
I read this book like I eat chocolate, always intending to indulge in just a little bit, then finding myself inexorably unwilling to stop. This was not due to any gripping plot twists, not to witty repartee or romantic involvements that I just had t…
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The Verge Animal Review: alligator gar | The Verge
This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now rectifying this oversight. Few animals alive today ha…
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The emperor’s mighty brother | The Economist
BY THE middle of May, the snowline in Yushu prefecture has retreated to the peaks of its steep valleys. Nomads who have spent the winter at the bottom of them have begun to herd their yaks and goats to higher pastures, where the first shoots of gree…
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What the Führer means for Germans today | The Economist
IN GERMANY, as in the rest of Europe, copyright expires seven decades after the author’s year of death. That applies even when the author is Adolf Hitler and the work is “Mein Kampf”.
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The Democrats Still Aren’t Having a Conversation About Race | New Republic
Not all that long ago, voters and pundits alike pondered why civil rights protesters with Black Lives Matter and other organizations were choosing to only interrupt campaign events starring Democratic presidential candidates, and not Republicans.
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Christmas is rarely the snow-covered idyll that British people see on their advent calendars, but we do at least expect it to be nippy.
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US warns citizens to avoid Tunisia shopping mall amid reported threat | World news | The Guardian
The US embassy in Tunisia warned its citizens to avoid a major shopping mall in the capital Tunis on Sunday, because of a reported threat of a potential militant attack there. Tunisia is under a state of emergency following a suicide bomb attack on …
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Game Of Thrones Creators: The Outcry To Last Season’s Rape Scenes Has Had An Influence
In the last season of Game of Thrones, there was some pretty horrific moments depicting rape, which has added on a level of scrutiny to the HBO show and its depiction of sexual assault. Now, it looks like showrunners are reacting to the criticism fo…
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Ed Milband aims for cross-party climate change coalition | Politics | The Guardian
Ed Miliband has vowed to build a “high-ambition coalition” of UK businesses, trade unions and civic society to challenge the government’s “backward” environmental policies.
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Use an Egg Carton to Transport Pastries, Hors D’oeuvres, and other Small, Delicate Dishes
Whether you’re going to family’s for dinner or a pot luck with friends, getting your treats from your kitchen to where they’ll be eaten in one piece is a challenge.
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Netflix’s F Is for Family resurrects the ‘70s, warts and all – Vox
One weird television trend that took hold in 2015 was the six-episode sitcom that channels the look and feel of the best comedies of the ’70s — especially those produced by Norman Lear, of All in the Family fame.
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A court has blocked the Brazilian assets of mining giants Vale and BHP Billiton to ensure they pay for damage of a deadly toxic discharge that buried villages. The spill caused Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. (dw.com)
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Clinton Backs Obama’s Strategy Against the Islamic State — And Wants to Oust Assad | VICE News
Hillary Clinton backed elements of President Barack Obama’s strategy to fight the Islamic State in the third Democratic presidential debate on Saturday, in which she clashed with top rival Bernie Sanders over national security and the economy.
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The World’s 1st Tiny-Home Suburb, Coming to a Colorado Mountain Town Near You – In Colorado, small units could be the solution to a chronic mountain-town problem: lack of affordable housing for the people who work there (outsideonline.com)submitted …
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What It’s Like to Be Noam Chomsky’s Assistant – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The first time I didn’t meet Noam Chomsky was in 1992, when a TV news channel asked him to interview me about my ability to talk backward fluently. He said no.
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British Columbia’s energy regulator has confirmed that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in northeast British Columbia in August was caused by fracking and is likely to be the largest fracking induced seismic event ever recorded. (digitaljournal.com)
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No, Lettuce Is Not Worse For The Environment Than Bacon (thinkprogress.org)submitted 1 hour ago by loading…
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SUNRISE, Fla. — As Eddie Pereira helped his 15-year-old nephew fire a semiautomatic assault rifle for the first time, Mr. Pereira’s son, a more experienced shooter, snapped pictures of the rite with a phone. Mr.
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No, Lettuce Is Not Worse For The Environment Than Bacon : environment
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In a first, East Texas judge hits patent troll with attorneys’ fees | Ars Technica
The most litigious “patent troll” of 2014 has been effectively shut down, and will have to pay attorneys’ fees to several defendants.
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Leading Anti-Immigration Senator: Ted Cruz Is Really One Of Us | ThinkProgress
After days of struggling to explain his inconsistent record and rhetoric on immigration, GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz got a strong endorsement of his anti-immigration bona fides on Saturday. Sen.
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Hillary Clinton Is Already Running a General Election Campaign | New Republic
For Team Hillary, each Democratic primary debate is one step closer to the general election.
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Jeb Bush says it is “a little liberating” to be campaigning against Donald Trump, who is 30% or more ahead of the former Florida governor in recent opinion polls.
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Kenneth Dixon breaks NCAA touchdown record as La Tech downs ASU | Sport | The Guardian
Kenneth Dixon capped an extraordinary career at Louisiana Tech by setting NCAA touchdown and scoring records, all while leading the Bulldogs to a bowl victory.
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LA police officer fatally shoots man in hospital emergency room | US news | The Guardian
A Los Angeles police officer fatally shot a vandalism suspect inside a hospital emergency room after the man reached for a gun during a struggle, authorities said Saturday.
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No more maybe for the Dallas Cowboys. They are finally eliminated from the playoff chase. Maybe no more Matt Cassel, either.
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It will be happening, this weekend, all across the US. The country’s front lawn feuds over the disruptive leaf blower have been at full-blast for decades.
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Why did Alex Salmond take so long to turn on Donald Trump? | Anthony Baxter | Opinion | The Guardian
One of the reasons for Donald Trump’s baffling dominance of the polls in the Republican presidential race is the fear factor. The billionaire property developer preys on American voters’ fears over immigration and the perceived threat of terrorism.
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A Chicago neighborhood’s endless battle to stop open air drug markets | US news | The Guardian
Chris had not taken heroin for 34 days but was taking nothing for granted as he sat with his baby at a treatment center, waiting for a ride to court. Just outside the center, drug dealers flooded the streets of Chicago’s west side, ready to sell her…
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The Fed has spoken. Now you need to look at your interest rate policy too | Business | The Guardian
The Fed has spoken. For the first time in nearly a decade, policymakers this week boosted key short-term interest rates. Now that the deal is done it is time for you to start looking at your interest rate policy too. Banks, having read the signals, …
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San Diego polar bears have surprise snow day – video | World news | The Guardian
San Diego Zoo’s three polar bears, Kalluk, Tatqiq and Chinook, have fun in 26 tons of snow, specially prepared for them to enjoy.
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How Hillary Clinton is building an army of millennial women supporters | US news | The Guardian
If you’re a woman of a certain age (say, 18-34), you may have noticed that Hillary Clinton has been spending a lot of time hanging out with members of your cohort: Uzo Aduba, Lena Dunham, Abbi and Ilana from Broad City – to name a few.
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Android on the desktop: Not really “good,” but better than you’d think | Ars Technica
Android is the most popular mobile OS on the planet, and Google has brought the OS to cars, watches, and televisions. And, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Google will soon be bringing Android to yet another form factor: desktop a…
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Air France Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Suspected Bomb Found in Toilet | VICE News
An Air France flight from Mauritius with 473 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa early Sunday morning after a suspicious object was found in the plane’s toilet.
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Watch: The Dem Debate In Just 2 Minutes – The Daily Beast
In case you missed it, and you very well may have, there was another Democratic debate last night.
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Wait, [Redacted] Was Supposed To Die In The Force Awakens?
Now that The Force Awakens has awoken in theaters, various details are emerging about some of the directions NOT taken in the latest Star Wars film. Among them? One character that was supposed to perish after a short amount of screen time. Potential…
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‘Aviary Attorney’ Looks Like the Best Game About Bird Lawyers in 1848 Paris Ever | Motherboard
If the high school pigeon dating simulator Hatoful Boyfriend had you thinking that any game genre could be made better with birds, then a new Steam game ought to excite you.
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Fight back against the rising Islamophobia in America
Muslim Americans gather at their mosques (also known as masjid) for Jummah (communal prayer) on Fridays, just as many Jews go to shul on Saturdays, and Christians of most sects attend church on Sundays.
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The true cost of Christmas – why are humans so wasteful? It’s pure greed! 230,000 tonnes of extra food waste alone in the UK! Surely this isn’t what Christmas is about? (Infographic) (businesswaste.trade)
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SpaceX Will Launch (And Land?) Its Most Powerful Rocket Yet | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Guys, SpaceX is back—and it’s bigger than ever.
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Twitter was torn over refugees in wake of Paris: study – Al Jazeera English
Twitter users were deeply divided on whether the flow of Syrian refugees to Europe – or Islam – could be blamed for the Paris attacks, a new study has shown.
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BBC Sport – River Plate 0-3 Barcelona
Barcelona won their fifth trophy of 2015 after clinching the Fifa Club World Cup for a third time with a comprehensive victory over River Plate. River could not cope with Barca’s Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar.
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How to make Syria peace talks work – Al Jazeera English
The dark cloud of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) may yet have one silver lining. Its attacks have managed to galvanise the international community’s efforts for a Syrian peace process.
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Indonesia ‘foils attack plot on Shia and Christmas’ – Al Jazeera English
Indonesian counter-terrorism police have carried out a series of raids and arrested at least seven people suspected of plotting attacks for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, local media reported The reports said the group planned to target S…
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Costa Rica at 99 percent renewable: Are others on the same path? The Central American nation is leading the world in cutting fossil-fuel pollution by relying on hydropower and other forms of renewable energy. Is this a model other countries could fo…
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Europe Is Prepping Its Railways for Extreme Space Weather | Motherboard
If you had found yourself in Cuba on September 1, 1859, odds are you would have noticed something pretty unusual about the night sky. You’d have found it to be awash with the brilliant colors of the aurora borealis, a phenomenon rarely ever seen so …
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‘Look Who’s Back’ and Hitler: Why Nazi Comedies Still Matter – The Atlantic
At the beginning of the recent German film Look Who’s Back, Adolf Hitler wakes up in a courtyard from a long and uncomfortable sleep. He staggers to his feet. Then he wanders the streets of Berlin, nearly colliding with a Segway tour and eventually …
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FOR the first six years of the Obama era, many Republicans made an apocalyptic case against the president’s health care law. It was unconstitutional, immoral, borderline tyrannical.
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How the Movement to Teach Creationism in Public Schools Has Lived On and Evolved – The Atlantic
Call it survival of the fittest policy.
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‘Mele Kalikimaka’: The Anti-‘Let It Snow’ – The Atlantic
Welcome to The 12 Days of Christmas Songs: an attempt to uncover the forgotten history of some of the most memorable festive tunes. From December 14 through 25, we’ll be tackling one secular song and one holy song each day.
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Wild elephants have village on edge for half a year (bangkokpost.com)submitted 30 minutes ago by 786yhtloading…
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The debate moderators missed the opportunity to ask about a real Democratic divide – Vox
The debate moderators missed the opportunity to ask about a real Democratic divide https://t.co/jTuAntzkeY https://t.co/jvLPWiP6W6
So far, none of the presidential debates — Democratic or Republican — have asked about K-12 education. That’s a huge missed opportunity. -
Wild elephants have village on edge for half a year : environment
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Wild elephants have village on edge for half a year | Bangkok Post: news
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Crime Blotter: Pangolin Scales, Tiger Skins, and More
Every Sunday, Wildlife Watch notes some of the previous week’s wildlife crime busts and convictions around the world.
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What’s Best, Worst, and Most Weird About American Food
Matthew Gavin Frank sampled everything from clam chowder in Connecticut to beaver-tail stew in Arkansas to deliver what he calls an “anti-cookbook cookbook.
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Book Review: The Astronomer and the Witch – Scientific American
Clara Moskowitz is Scientific American’s senior editor covering space and physics. She has a bachelor’s degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University and a graduate degree in science journalism from the University of California, Santa Cru…
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Going on a bear hunt: experiencing a pastime that has divided New Jersey | US news | The Guardian
Louis Webber has shot a black bear. He proudly poses with the animal as it is weighed, the butt of his shotgun wedged in his armpit. The tableau is punctured by the shouts of a handful of people who are holding placards.
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Mountain lion kitten spotted near Los Angeles fuels conservation hopes | US news | The Guardian
Conservationists are celebrating after sighting a young mountain lion they did not know existed amid a tiny, threatened population of the animals in the hills around Los Angeles. Wildlife experts were amazed both that they had not previously spotted…
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Kosovars use bricks, tear gas protesting EU agreement – Al Jazeera English Pristina, Kosovo – Hundreds of demonstrators cheered outside Kosovo’s parliament last Monday morning when news of the opposition lawmakers using tear gas again inside the assembly chamber was shouted over an activist’s loudspeaker. tags: Pocket al jazeera english…
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