Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Original Star Trek Galileo Spacecraft - Where Is It Today? | Video
In pieces... for now.
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Pre-Civil War Baseball Team Card Going on Auction Block in Chicago
For decades, a circa 1860s Brooklyn Atlantics team baseball card was tucked away, first inside a secret drawer of a bedroom set and then between the pages of a photo album.
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Apple Music: Everything You Need to Know About the Launch
Apple will officially enter the music streaming subscription market on Tuesday with the launch of Apple Music and its accompanying Beats 1 radio station. An estimated 41 million people paid for a streaming music subscription service in 2014, according to IFPI, a London-based recording industry trade group that represents more than 1,300 record labels. Apple's huge advantage: With more than 800 million iTunes accounts...
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Here's a First Look at the New 'Ghostbusters' Uniforms
#whatyougonnawear
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Florida Man, Accused of Terrorism Based on Book Collection, Set Free
The U.S. government had produced “snippets of information from various sources, out of context, to weave together a narrative of terrorist ideation,” a Florida judge said Friday, ordering the release...
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J. K. Rowling reveals why the Dursleys dislike Harry Potter so much
Writing on the Pottermore website, author sets out back story of resentment and prejudice.
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Ten books to read in July
From stories of the American West and the Space Age to a Scottish detective hunting a mass murderer, these are the best reads for your shelf, writes Jane Ciabattari.
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Carlos Slim scraps project with Donald Trump after Mexico insults
A television company controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has canceled a project with real estate developer and TV personality Donald Trump after his comments insulting Mexicans, Slim's spokesman said on Monday. This is the third company to cut ties with Trump, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the November 2016 presidential election.
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Publish a Book and Change Your Life, or, Well, Maybe Not
If you were an attorney or an accountant and you said to someone, “I’ve been doing this job for two decades and am finally starting to make money at it,” people would look at you like you were crazy. The open secret is that literary fiction does not pay big dividends. At least not to most of its writers and publishers. Even with excellent reviews, there’s no guarantee that your book will sell.
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Bookstores Plan Rollout for Next Harper Lee Novel
Booksellers are finding creative strategies for drawing in customers for the release of Harper Lee’s second novel, including midnight openings, Southern food and discussion groups.
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Only 16 of world's highest-paid celebrities are women, Forbes finds
Katy Perry is highest-ranked woman in third place on magazine’s list as men’s greater earning power reflects gender pay gap in wider society
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50 Essential Science Fiction Books
This was a virtually impossible task. Put together a list of 50 must-read science fiction books and don’t make anyone angry. Science fiction is the most discussed and argued over genre in literature but it actually goes way beyond books and into film, TV, video games and even toys.
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Columbia University Press to Publish New Translations of Russian Literature
The project envisions dozens of new translations of Russian modern literature and classics, selected by Columbia University Press with support from a committee of Russian and American academics.
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Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser Official Trailer #2 (2015)
Joe Dirt travels back in time and becomes rich because he knows the future.
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Boys Noize - Strictly Raw Vol.1 (2015)
From Boys Noize: The idea of the Strictly Raw Vol 1. release is to take 1 drumachine + 1 or 2 synths and make a track with it. As a DJ you always look out for these timeless house or techno music and here are 9 tracks that go from breaks to techno to acid to classic house, all analog, all strictly raw !!
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Death in the snow
It was just one of those crazy little stories buried in the morning paper. A body is found in the frozen North Dakota woods. The cops say the dead Japanese woman was looking for the $1m she saw buried in the film Fargo. But the story didn't end there.
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How about a double dose of Auburn vs. Georgia?
69th AL.com/Birmingham News SEC Preseason Football Report has a rematch on the big card in Atlanta for SEC title. League voters see Alabama No. 1 in overall power poll.
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What makes the perfect Wimbledon serve?
Former champions Andy Murray and Pat Cash demonstrate what makes the perfect tennis serve for Wimbledon.
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Monday, 29 June 2015
Nearly $3 million transferred from golfer Phil Mickelson to an intermediary was part of 'an illegal gambling operation'
A 56-year-old former sports gambling handicapper, acting as a conduit for a gambling operation, pleaded guilty last week to laundering approximately $2.75 million of Phil Mickelson's money.
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Wimbledon 2015 Preview: Federer, Big Four Looking To Reach New Heights At Wimbledon
ATP World Tour’s statistical guru Greg Sharko previews Wimbledon by taking a look at Federer's statistical dominance. Part 1 of 3.
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NBC to Donald Trump: You're Fired
NBCUniversal has cut ties with Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican presidential candidate and reality TV star, for his "recent derogatory statements" about Mexican immigrants, the company announced on Monday.
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God is not on our side: The religious right’s big lie about the founding of America
Reagan and others pushed the idea that we're a Christian nation chosen by divine providence. That's not the case
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These Are the Dinosaurs Paleontologists Want to See in Movies
Therizinosaurus, the Edward Scissorhands of dinosaurs, is a popular contender.
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Remembering Nuon, the gaming chip that nearly changed the world—but didn’t
In the Wild West of Silicon Valley startups of the late 1990s, one little company looked like it might accomplish something incredible. VM Labs had some of the best engineering talent in the world, an explosive mix of bright young minds with burning ambition and experienced old hands who once held key positions in companies such as Atari, Sony, and Sega. Their business revolved around a little chunk of silicon codenamed "Project X.” Later, they officially named their dream chip the Nuon.
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Just for laughs - Blind guy is pissing on people
A man pees on passing people and gets chased away.
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It Turns Out We Really Didn't Know What People Are Dying From
Christopher Murray, a medical doctor and economist, is changing that. A new book looks at his efforts — and why advocacy groups initially were upset by his findings.
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Seth's Favorite Jokes of the Week: Confederate Flag, Cocaine Breast Implants
Seth picks his favorite monologue jokes from the week of 6/22/15.
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Yes bassist Chris Squire dead at 67
Founding Yes bassist Chris Squire has died just over a month after revealing that he was suffering from leukemia. He was 67. Asia and current Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes first reported the passing in a tweet: "Utterly devastated beyond words to have to report the sad news of the passing of my dear friend, bandmate and inspiration Chris Squire," he wrote on Twitter Sunday morning.
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Big business declares war on science: The secret story of the Chamber of Commerce’s battle against the environment, global warming action
The companies that formed the United States Climate Action Partnership were motivated, mostly, by their usual spur: profit. Their executives could see oh so clearly that Congress was poised to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. If a cap-and-trade carbon crackdown could yield a money-making opportunity or competitive advantage—-well, that was something these companies could get behind.
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Paris Hilton Thinks 'she's going to die' In Morbid Prank | Paris Hilton Plane Crash Prank
Even by TV prank standards, the one pulled on Paris Hilton by an Egyptian TV show was pretty hard core. Egyptian actor Ramez Galal specializes in producing audacious specials that air during the month of Ramadan. And in his latest series titled Ramez in Control, revealed on The Huffington Post, he seems to convince Paris she's about to die in a plane crash and persuade her afterwards that it was just a good laugh.
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Hand-knit alien puppets and William Shatner: the Clangers' recipe for stateside success
The lo-fi space creatures were the heroes of a family-focused show that aired in Britain in the late 60s and early 70s, and will now be narrated by the original Captain Kirk as an updated version moves across the pond to US television
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The Day the Moon Exploded - Review of Seveneves
The typical science fiction writer will take a concept he finds interesting—say, nanotechnology—explore and build an architecture of plot around the theme and if it all goes well something entertaining will be the end product. Not so with Neal Stephenson.
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Sunday, 28 June 2015
The Anatomy of Hell
The power of the “Holocaust” as a concept has all but obliterated other aspects of the crimes of the Nazis and the sufferings of their victims and driven the history of the concentration camps from cultural memory. By Richard J. Evans.
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Knitting for yourself this summer; book review of 'Warm Days, Cool Knits'
“Warm Days, Cool Knits” by Corrina Ferguson is a book filled with designs to help you and me find great projects to do with these cotton, bamboo and rayon yarns.
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The Blistering Stupidity of Fallout 3
This is going to be a ~7,000 word series on some of the things wrong with the central story of Fallout 3.
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When are expensive cables worth it?
Commentary: It's almost always a waste of money to spend more on HDMI, USB, optical digital and speaker cables, not to mention DisplayPort, DVI, Ethernet and VGA. But are there any exceptions to the rule? Maybe.
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David Crosby: Joni Mitchell unable to speak after aneurysm
Musician David Crosby says his friend Joni Mitchell is still unable to speak after being found unconscious in her home two months ago.
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Native American Superheroes Take Comic Books by Storm
A growing number of indigenous comic book artists are changing the face of this billion-dollar industry
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A Letter from Hunter S. Thompson that Changed My Life
Roughly 57 years ago, a 22-year-old Hunter S. Thompson wrote a letter to a friend that had asked him for advice.
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Canada Saves Public From Public Domain, Extends Copyright On Sound Recordings Another 20 Years
Lest it be left behind by other countries bullied into submission by US trade agreements, the Canadian government has now expanded copyright terms for recording artists from 50 years to 70 years. (It was previously passed, but has now received the Official Royal Assent.) While not as obnoxiously long as the terms afforded to songwriters (life plus 50 years… which will probably be life plus 70 before too long..)
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5 Powerful Books to Improve Your Life
A book is a powerful external force that can change everything about who you are
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Addiction is not a disease: A neuroscientist argues that it’s time to change our minds on the roots of substance abuse
The mystery of addiction — what it is, what causes it and how to end it — threads through most of our lives. Experts estimate that one in 10 Americans is dependent on alcohol and other drugs, and if we concede that behaviors like gambling, overeating and playing video games can be addictive in similar ways, it’s likely that everyone has a relative or friend who’s hooked on some form of fun to a destructive degree. But what exactly is wrong with them?
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The Craft Sequence: Please Do Judge These Books By Their Covers
This weekend, the NPR Books Time Machine rewinds Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence. Critic Amal El-Mohtar was drawn in by great cover art and discovered a sharp, smart, unusual urban fantasy series.
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Nina Simone: Gloriously Revived in New Netflix Documentary
The new Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? returns the extraordinary singer Nina Simone back to mass culture in a way she hasn’t been present for in decades. Director Liz Garbus had a considerable challenge — to keep the details of the life Simone led from overwhelming the presentation of her art, and Garbus succeeds in this admirably.
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"The Machines Mourn the Passing of People"
Poem by Alicia E Stallings (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
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Dark Side of the Spoon: The Moods and Recipes of Nigel Slater
Behind Slater’s carefully considered instructions are references to a very real life, one that is shaped by struggle and adjustment and that requires self-maintenance.
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Escaped Convicts Swapped Celebrity Portrait Paintings for Tools
According to the New York Times, prison guard Gene Palmer gave Matt and his fellow jailbird David Sweat a screwdriver and pliers, among other favors, in exchange for a dozen amateurish drawings and paintings Palmer later described as being “elaborate.” The two inmates used the screwdriver and pliers (along with other tools) to escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York on June 6.
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