NHS England to expand jobs scheme for mental health patients
Thousands more people who want to return to work to have access to IPS
support service Thousands more people in England with mental health
problems are to receive support finding a job, it has been announced. A
scheme aimed at helping patients who wish to return to work will be
rolled out to 28 new local NHS areas, NHS England said. Continue
reading...
Gunfire and blasts reported after unknown attackers battle security
forces in Kabul Suicide attackers stormed the Afghan ministry of
communications on Saturday, killing at least seven people. The assault
came the day after the collapse of long-anticipated peace talks between
the Taliban and a broad spectrum of their Afghan opponents. The attack
also ended weeks of relative calm in the Afghan capi
It’s time to step away from the sneakers and invest in a pair of
sandals as the weather heats up. A practical trek style is ideal for
warmer months Continue reading...
As rising temperatures threaten to sweep away the remaining cedar forests, a tiny green grub is making matters worse.
We speak with the Bangladeshi human rights activist about his arrest and why his government thinks he's a threat.
Woman writes to 22 judges, charging Gogoi with unwanted sexual advances, while he calls the allegations 'unbelievable'.
Our
correspondent found both sorrow and resilience in one of the poorest
corners of the planet after a savage storm left tens of thousands
homeless.
The
ruling B.J.P. party has not yet delivered the “good days” it promised
to farm voters, who make up half of the electorate. In debt and despair,
some wonder if anyone can.
India’s
election is the largest in the world. With roughly 900 million eligible
voters, polling is a challenge. Our animated video explains how the
government pulls it off.
Idai
was the deadliest cyclone to hit southern Africa in over a century.
Augusto Brás and his wife, Amélia, lost their home and their son in the
flooding. Now, with their crops ruined and the next big harvest a year
away, staying alive is a daily struggle.
Some people get everywhere on the BBC... 19:00 For the Many not the One
Show Alex Jones and Ore Oduba are joined by Ash Sarkar and The Vamps.
19:30 Still On TV At All Hours Granville's selling 'designer' sausages,
and Ash and Cyril go on TV again. 20:00 A Question of Communism With Sue
Barker, Matt Dawson, Phil Tufnell. Colin Jackson, Jazz Carlin, Ash
Sarkar and Dom Parsons. 20:30 NorthLondoners
The former BBC and ITV presenter has become a campaigner for greater
BAME representation in British sports media and is determined to see
radical change to a stark issue Leon Mann tells a story which, by his
own admission, is as depressing as it is amusing. It goes back to his
early days at the BBC and when he first found himself in the company of
the presenter Damian Johnson. “I remember asking
The
former Manchester United winger talks about a visit from Ferguson, his
relationship with Beckham and the brain infection that could have killed
him “If I arrived at the hospital one day later than I did, this
interview would not happen. I arrived at the hospital too late to find
out the root of the infection; they put me straight into a coma. After I
woke up, they asked me what my name was and
Daniel
Pollack-Pelzner on “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” a sequel to
the Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy, by the playwright and performer
Taylor Mac.
Eric
Lach writes about Bernie Sanders’s tour through the Midwest—Wisconsin,
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—as a Democratic candidate for
the 2020 Presidential election.
From
The New Yorker’s archive, a selection of pieces by Adam Gopnik, Jill
Lepore, Malcolm Gladwell, Andrew Solomon, Philip Gourevitch, and Emily
Witt about Columbine and the epidemic of school shootings that have
followed it.
Ben
Taub shares some of the essential reading that he did for a recent
story about Guantánamo Bay and interrogation during the war on terror.
For those who missed Frankie Boyle's New World Order this week (all of
you?), here's a sample of his jokes. Enjoy! (Or not): Piers Morgan has
said that Donald Trump has asked him to interview him in the White
House, so Al-Qaeda, if you're watching, pop that one in the diary. Nigel
Farage launched his new Brexit party for the EU elections and one of
the candidates is Annunziata Rees-Mogg, Jacob Re
We're not about to make assumptions here, but we'd wager that the
starving artist myth is partially perpetuated by the fact that design
programs are so darn expensive. A subscription to a single app alone can
sometimes require you to fork out hundreds of dollars you don't have.
We don't know about you, but that's plain robbery. You don't have to put
yourself in the red just to score apps that wil
Editor's note: Mashable and PCMag are both owned by Ziff Davis. We’re
lucky to live in such technologically-advanced times, but there are
moments when it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. Because we
tend to scoop up the latest and greatest in tech as soon as the products
drop, we ultimately overload ourselves and end up with tons of devices —
more than we could even attempt to use in o
The million-dollar question: why hasn't Apple made a PDF editor
available as a fallback app on new MacBooks? If you don't have a
third-party editor installed on your computer, then editing and
modifying PDFs is a recurring exercise in torture. The act of manually
editing a doc often unfolds as such: convert PDF into Word doc, do
editing, take a water break, fix messed-up formatting, eat a cookie,
Wireless earbuds seem to be everywhere now, bulky wires gone the way of
the audio port. (RIP.) That goes double for the new Powerbeats, the new
Apple earbuds that are meant to be a sporty alternative to AirPods .
SEE ALSO: 10 of the best wireless headphones, according to Amazon
reviews But Powerbeats are fairly pricey, especially for folks
unaccustomed to the jacked-up pricing of wireless listeni
Police have charged 21 suspects in connection with the stolen vehicles
that were reported missing from the Car2Go app this week Car-sharing
service Car2Go was out of service in the Chicago area on Friday after
dozens of its vehicles were stolen through the app this week. Up to 100
cars were reported missing on Wednesday, the Chicago police department
confirmed. Most cars have since been recovered
More accurate investigation technique finds 1.8m quakes over course of a
decade, though most were tiny Scientists counted 1.8 million
earthquakes in California from 2008 to 2017, most of them so tiny that
no one feels them. Using a more accurate way of finding teeny tiny
earthquakes, scientists recorded far more temblors than the current
catalog of just under 180,000 for that decade, according to
The Newsnight presenter and author on her lazy whippet and 3am Amazon
shopping habit Born in Canada, Maitlis, 48, studied English at Cambridge
University and began her career in business journalism with NBC Asia.
She has been part of the BBC Newsnight presenting team since 2006, and
was recently made lead host . Her book, Airhead: The Imperfect Art Of
Making News , has just been published. She is
Try rich aubergine and ricotta balls or gnocchi with miso butter as
mains, and finish with spiced rum and currant dumplings in a caramel
sauce There are two types of dumplings and, like my two children (who
are also rather dumplingy), I love them both equally. I adore the
stuffed ones – the dim sums and pierogis of this world – for the
contrast between the springy casing and soft, steamy inside.
Rahel on Kim: ‘He plays east African pop music and his girlfriend has
taught me how to dance to Leg Over’ I met Rahel through a friend who was
her former flatmate. I didn’t know she was 63 when I met her – you
can’t tell. The age gap has never been an issue. Continue reading...
Town took out £15m, compared with £14.7m, despite vastly smaller
population, data shows The people of Romford in east London borrowed
more money via payday loans in 2018 than the entire population of Leeds,
according to official data. A study based on the figures named
Birmingham as “the payday loan capital of the UK”, with its residents
borrowing a total of £37m in 2018 as their personal finance
I’m concerned that the Trump administration’s neglect of Puerto Rico is based in racial bias.
Labour frontbencher ‘sincerely sorry’ after tabloid publishes photo of
her on Overground The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, has
apologised after a photo was circulated showing her drinking a mojito on
public transport in London. The Labour frontbencher said on Twitter :
“A photo of me drinking from a can of M&S mojito on the Overground
has been circulated. I’m sincerely sorry for drinking o
With Brexit now on hold for up to six months, it is a good time to take
stock and look back at the major moments of the last three years. It’s
been a turbulent, confusing series of events which have not led the UK
any closer to a solution Continue reading...
Three-day referendum on constitutional amendments could extend President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's mandate until 2030.
Two civilians have been killed in the attack that began with an explosion at the entrance to the multi-storey building.
Lucy Bronze’s Lyon play Chelsea in a Champions League semi-final on
Sunday but the full-back, who could win four trophies, is already
preparing for her summer with England Lucy Bronze sent a message to her
Lyon teammates last weekend: “If you want to watch Chelsea, it’s on BBC
One.” If they found a way to watch they will have seen a dominant
Chelsea side fall on their own sword late on as Magda E
Surely no one is feeling any emotion as intensely as the happiness
currently experienced by the staff, and especially the cleaners, at the
Ecuador embassy Everyone knows that like fish, guests need chucking out
after three days, and while other people’s awful relationship stories
are always interesting, I’m far more fascinated with terrible
overstaying houseguest stories. There is something about
Transitioning meant that Freddy McConnell finally felt comfortable in
his skin. Then he began a quest to conceive and carry his own child
Freddy McConnell takes out his phone and shows me a film of his baby
snoring contentedly. Jack is gorgeous, with blond hair, blue eyes and
heavy eyelids, and McConnell is the classic doting dad – albeit more
hands-on than most. It’s a year since he gave birth t
From prehistoric cave paintings to buried nuclear waste, underground
spaces record how humans have lived. To explore Underland means voyaging
into the deep past – and raises urgent questions about our planet’s
future We live in an age of untimely surfacings. Across the Arctic,
ancient methane deposits are leaking through “windows” in the Earth
opened by thawing permafrost. In the forests of easte
The fire at the Notre Dame cathedral, the protest in Sudan, Tiger Woods
winning the Masters and Holy Week in Spain – the week captured by the
world’s best photojournalists Continue reading...
After two decades away, Rory Carroll reflects on going back to Dublin
to cover everything from Brexit and border issues to abortion law and
Game of Thrones I managed five months back in Ireland before falling
into a bog. The patch of green moss looked firm, but when stepped on it
dissolved into a pool of dark water. It swallowed my leg and encased a
foot in muck, heralding a long day of squelchin
Months after a Which? investigation into the manufacture of misleading
reviews on Amazon, most are still active Consumers continue to risk
being ripped off as a result of fake review “factories” on Facebook that
manufacture misleading Amazon product reviews, says Which? It told
Guardian Money that “nearly all” of the Facebook groups it uncovered
last autumn were still active this month. Earlier t
From Jenna Orkin Mueller Report: Searchable for NYT Subscribers Bees
Living in Notre Dame Cathedral Roof Survived Fire Nearly Everyone Is a
Socialist Now 'Church' to offer 'miracle cure' despite FDA warnings
against drinking bleach Mueller referred 14 criminal matters to other
prosecutors, but only 2 of them are public so far A journalist has been
shot dead in a 'terrorist incident' during riots
Formula is everything. Go back to basics by offering your skin some
calming respite April is Rosacea Awareness Month and this year it feels
much needed. I see more highly sensitised, flared and flushed
complexions now than at any other time in my career, and can’t help
feeling that on top of the inherent, unlucky and complex cases we’ve
always seen, frequently summoned or worsened by otherwise in
Too many yolks after baking? Make a mayonnaise, cure them in salt to
grate like parmesan or crack them into this recipe for carbonara When a
recipe calls for egg whites , don’t discard the excess, sunshine-orange
yolks: they are a magical ingredient that can transform a drab dish into
something divine and spectacular. At its simplest, a whole yolk can be
used as a dressing, to top a salad or plat
Detectives arrest two men, aged 18 and 19, under the Terrorism Act over the killing of Lyra McKee, police says.
The
police in Northern Ireland said they had arrested two men in connection
with journalist’s shooting, during a night of unrest in Londonderry.
In Silence We Wait
Police arrest two teenagers under anti-terror law after shooting of
journalist in Derry A new breed of terrorist is coming through the ranks
in Northern Ireland, the detective leading the hunt for Lyra McKee’s
killers said. Police on Saturday arrested two teenagers in connection
with the murder of the journalist in Derry. Officers suspect they are
members of the dissident republican group New IRA
Pope Francis the reformer is being challenged by his conservative
predecessor – who now has a far-right backing including Steve Bannon In
his pre-Easter address to pilgrims gathering in Rome, Pope Francis
highlighted Jesus’s words as he died on the cross on the first Good
Friday: “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.” We all,
the Argentinian pontiff stressed, need to find the cou
The
death of a young journalist at the hands of dissident republicans is a
tragedy linked to the province’s ongoing political crisis The murder of
the 29-year-old Northern Irish journalist and author Lyra McKee late
last night is a tragedy for those who knew her. But her shooting, during
rioting in Derry, is of political as well as terrible personal
significance. There could hardly be a starker wa
Group’s ongoing peaceful disruption in London is gaining it global
attention and new members On Monday morning a strange sight appeared,
edging its way through the buses, taxis and shoppers on Oxford Street in
London. A bright pink boat, named Berta Cáceres after the murdered
Honduran environmental activist, was being pulled carefully through the
traffic, eventually coming to a halt in the middle
Three
dead after new wave of cyclones hit Mississippi and Alabama and
egg-sized hail falls in Texas At least three people have died after a
second wave of powerful tornadoes and thunderstorms battered the US
south and Midwest. One person was killed after a tree fell on his
vehicle in Neshoba County, Mississippi, Thursday afternoon, local paper
the Neshoba Democrat, reported. A second death in the
Remember
when climate modelers told us fossil fuels cause longer snow seasons?
No neither do I. Albany, snowboarding, earliest snow, WA, 2019. It is
the earliest recorded snow event in a calendar year in the state’s
history. Statistically, we can tell how anomalous this is by the
behaviour of the local wildlife – seen snowboarding in shorts on the
driveway in Albany. (Even going across the road).
This is worth thinking about. First though it is essentially impossible
to replace the original timber structure itself, not do I think we
should. It would always be vulnerable to fire and non original
electrical systems are always going to endanger. The good news is that
we have lost the timber roof but the stone work remained largely
untouched. Thus removing the remnants will leave us a complet
Without question the whole concept of work as we are all taught to
envision it is in need of a thorough overhaul. I do see the specific
need of the four hour morning shift which engages almost all except
those contracted out for longer tasks demanding higher skills or even
mastery. Part of this is that a four hour shift also opens up the
prospect of an additional four hour shift or even an eight
This is a technology problem. It will remain so for a long time and
certainly matches the problem of creating the Holodec. Recall that what
we do observe in the brain is a derivative of a vastly complex neuro -
network we are anable to map or grasp, let alone understand. Now grasp
my conjecture which says that memory relies on addressing a physical
point in space and time outside our present. Thu
Once again we find another example of the giant sloth. It shreds the
game to set up a maggot farm. That it his primary sustenance. Obviously
they typically den up in caves in particular and old sheds work as well.
All this conforms to what we have now extensively discovered to date.
It also clearly preys on dogs in particular. Red-Eyed 'Demon Dog'
Wednesday, April 03, 2019 https://www.phantomsand
by Noah Today is April 20th. To Republicans, 4/20 is Hitler's birthday.
To many of the sane among us, today is known as 420 or "Weed Day," a
national holiday for cannabis culture culture. While I haven't smoked
weed in decades, I support it's legalization and it looks like that
might happen in New York where I live. I'm particularly interested in
and supportive of marijuana's benefits for us when
Hurricane
Michael, which devastated a swath of the Florida Panhandle last fall,
was actually stronger than initially measured, prompting forecasters to
upgrade it from a Category 4 storm to a Category 5 storm, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday. Michael was the
first hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. as a Category 5 since
Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and only th
From 1 Diagon Alley to Good Girl Gone Bad, test your knowledge with the
Weekend quiz 1 What wound was inflicted by Saint Longinus? 2 Which
drummer sketches every hotel room he stays in? 3 Where was the Golden
Pavilion Temple burned down by a monk in 1950? 4 Who founded the DVF
fashion line? 5 What US body claims to be “diligent protectors of the
Second Amendment”? 6 Paris-Bordeaux-Paris in 1895 w
Our pick of this summer’s smaller festivals features cool sites in the
countryside, as well as art, crafts, yoga – and great sounds Returning
to Gilcombe Farm (a couple of miles from Bruton village’s train
station), for a fifth year, Shindig still aspires to be a party with
friends rather than a full-scale festival. There’s an onsite pub, local
stalls and several smaller performance areas rather
Buy a few basics, and each of these recipes – for Singapore noodles,
tagliatelle, paella and a vibrant arrabbiata – should come in under a
pound a head Prep 5 min Cook 25 min Serves 1 Continue reading...
Sara Kenny, 23, earns £8,700 working for a charity while studying for a
master’s degree in human rights and political science Name: Sara Kenny
Age: 23 Occupation: Part-time student and digital content campaign
manager Salary: £8,700 I realised part way through my zoology degree
that I didn’t see a long-term career in it. I wasn’t as passionate about
zoology as some fellow students, who ate, breat
Ryan Murphy’s hit show brings New York’s ballroom culture to the BBC.
Its stars talk about taking the subculture to the masses The songs of
Pose Ballroom culture has been merging into the mainstream for a while,
but last year it was inescapable. There was voguing in Yorgos
Lanthimos’s award-winning The Favourite and the video for Calvin Harris
and Sam Smith’s Promises ; it even crops up in a rece
It’s an eye-catching offer popping up in Facebook newsfeeds this month.
But, in the wake of a controversial mini-bonds scandal, people are
wary. As one financial expert advises ‘stay away’, we spell out the
facts It’s an advert that’s been popping up in many people’s Facebook
newsfeeds during the last few weeks, for a “Platinum Isa” that pays a
fixed 8.24% a year. That’s certainly an eye-catching
I live in the new ultra-low emissions zone, so I’ll have to pay £12.50 a
day. What should I do? Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a
question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the
best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper. I have a 15-year-old
diesel car in south London. I live in the new ultra-low emission zone,
which from 2021 will mean I have to pay £1
The competition to repair the Paris cathedral will attract global
interest. Architects give their views It is less than a week since the
fire at Notre Dame Cathedral and the response has swung from global
grief at an architectural tragedy, to relief that the damage was not as
extensive as it could have been, and on to matters of reconstruction.
President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the 13t
Love isn’t spontaneous weekends away, it’s getting from first date to
death without succumbing to resentment When my wife and I promised the
rest of our lives to each other, I doubt either of us suspected that
life would involve quite so much TV. I am working long hours at the
moment, and every day I call my wife and say something along the lines
of: “When I get home, shall we just snuggle up and
Soaring house prices leave millions of young adults unable to afford to
move out How do the finances work for ‘boomerang’ generation families?
Would you want to move back into your parents’ home after university?
How much rent, if any, should you pay? Can you survive socially into
your 20s and even 30s living with your parents? Those are the dilemmas
faced by millions of young adults as soaring h
Primal yoga is billed as a slowed-down version, but don’t mistake slow
for easy There’s a phrase in yoga that comes up a lot (though this could
just be at my yoga place, to which I am so studiously loyal that to go
anywhere else would feel like the betrayal of a vow): “This could take a
few months to master. This could take 10 years.” Why, cheers, yogic
soothsayer. How am I supposed to work with
I want to tell that you didn’t need to put on makeup, you didn’t even
need to get dressed – certainly not on my account You open the door with
a smile, I see you are tired. You walk slowly and carefully. I wonder
if you are in pain. I notice you are dressed, you’re wearing makeup. I
wonder if this is for my benefit. Probably. I sit and do my paperwork,
conscious of the long lists of visits that w
Continue reading...
Tom, 25, actor, meets Ciera, 23, teaching assistant What were you
hoping for? Someone I had a genuine connection with and would enjoy
spending time with. Continue reading...
Slate Money talks the Zoom and Pinterest IPOs, the CFPB, and Notre Dame.
I look towards the oldest one out of the corner of my eye and see…
nothing. The room ripples as I turn his way I am standing by the till at
the optician’s, wearing my new glasses. As I turn my head to survey the
room, the world around me undulates like a sail billowing in a lazy
breeze. “Whoa,” I say. “Be careful on stairs,” says the man behind the
till. Continue reading...
Clare Balding meets the female players gearing up for this summer’s
World Cup. Plus: Sara Cox hosts a new chatshow. Here’s what to watch
tonight The women’s game continues to increase in visibility: this new
six-part series sees Clare Balding begin the build-up to this summer’s
World Cup in France, which will also be shown on Channel 4. The show
focuses on action from women’s leagues around Europ
In February, Michael Murphy was jailed for 16 years for sexual offences
against children. Helen was a mother he befriended, Isla her daughter.
They tell their story He was “Uncle Mike”, a friend of my dad’s. I think
he began grooming my parents after my mum went to meet my dad at work
when my older sister was a toddler. So he was a family friend from
before my twin sister and I were born – he was
Yesterday
As the world's largest democracy votes, Al Jazeera visits a village to understand the festering crisis in rural India.
Algorithm that predicts who will reoffend may give rise to ethical
concerns such as bias A computer tool used by police to predict which
people are likely to reoffend has come under scrutiny from one force’s
ethics committee, who said there were a lot of “unanswered questions”
and concerns about potential bias. Amid mounting financial pressure, at
least a dozen police forces are using or consider
Hipster watering holes in formerly run-down neighbourhoods are the new
cathedrals The best place to live in Britain today is Salisbury. So says
the Sunday Times. The Office for National Statistics disagrees. It says
the best place is Farnborough. No, says the Royal Mail, it is
Winchester . The Provident says it is Worcester. The Halifax says it is
Stornaway. And so it goes. This is listicle seaso
Top lawyers including Michael Mansfield say move would help all ranks
of the profession Barristers, solicitors, paralegals and all who work in
the law are being urged to join a single trade union aimed at unifying
the notoriously individualistic profession. Following the failure of
repeated attempts to sustain industrial action over cuts to fees and
legal aid , several senior lawyers including Mi
Many say poor behaviour is making them want to leave the profession,
NASUWT finds One in four teachers in the UK say they experience physical
violence from their pupils at least once a week, and many say poor
behaviour is making them want to leave the profession, according to
figures compiled by a teaching union. The NASUWT union found that 24% of
the nearly 5,000 teachers who sent in feedback sa
Mueller report reveals how staff told to do illegal things did not but
some say that doesn’t mean Trump is not guilty of a crime Support the
Guardian’s independent journalism and make a contribution The myth of
Donald Trump presents him as a man of authority, a leader loved and
feared, a boss who demands loyalty – and gets it. Related: The 14
current Republican senators who voted to impeach or co
Subscribe to Radio Atlantic : Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher |
Google Play On Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr ordered
immigration judges to stop releasing asylum seekers on bail. The move
signals an even fiercer immigration policy that could include the return
of family separations. A few weeks ago, the president threatened to
close the southern border . Days later, he fired his Depar
PARIS—The weather suddenly turned warm here this week. In the sidewalk
cafés, they’re now sipping rosé, and on the Île Saint Louis, facing the
back of Notre-Dame, the café-sitters burst into applause whenever
firefighters pass by in their bulky red uniform. It’s touching, even a
bit sentimental, but this is now the mood in Paris, a city that has,
once again, been struck by tragedy and, once again
Guest
essay by Eric Worrall Actress Emma Thompson flew from LA to London, to
give her support to protests demanding the end of mass air travel.
Police told to use ‘full force’ of law against Heathrow climate change
protesters Heathrow is “working with the authorities” to address any
protests which could “disrupt the airport”. By…
Marshwood Vale, Dorset: These saplings will help improve the landscape
near the line of pylons that stalk the area We are in a barn, harnessing
the strength of spring to make new apple trees. Smooth, supple twigs –
scions – lie before us in labelled bundles. Hairy bunches of rootstock
wait in a barrow, shrouded in plastic to stop them drying out. It’s
perilous preparing scions for grafting. You c
Via:
USA Today: It used to be that the vast majority of children ended up
earning more than their parents. Today, however, the situation is
considerably different. According to recent research on
intergenerational mobility, approximately 90% of those born in the 1940s
earned more than their parents, while only about 50% of those born in
[…]
A
married singer was caught on video embracing an actress, and then
apologized abjectly. Officials were quick to put his humiliation to use.
Tales from a three-hour wait: What you can do to avoid making it even
worse. -by Reese Erlich Perhaps you’ve heard the horror stories of
people waiting five hours to renew their driver licenses at the always
friendly California Department of Motor Vehicles? Well, there’s some
good news. It’s down to three. I don’t intend to analyze the myriad ways
the state government has screwed up the DMV. Nor
The
Interior Department acted illegally when it sought to lift an Obama-era
moratorium on coal mining on public lands, a court found.
Via:
CBS: A University of California, Berkeley professor is drawing
attention to a gasoline “mystery surcharge” in the state – unexplained
price increases in gasoline which have cost drivers $20 billion since
2015. Severin Borenstein, professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of
Business and former chairman of the state’s Petroleum Market Advisory
Committee, has spent […]
What does Nelson Mandela have to say about pandas?
One issue has become so important as to define the entire system Most
people would regard the Good Friday Agreement as a Very Good Thing.
Certainly, it was so at the time and 21 years later, that broadly
remains so. Despite the continuing background presence of dissident
political violence – sadly this week coming into the foreground – the
Agreement brought peace and an agreed political structure
Enjoy comprehensive security solutions that give you some extra peace of mind
Group to hold ‘effective alternative healing’ event in Washington state
in which they peddle a ‘sacrament’ known to be industrial cleaner A
group calling itself Genesis II Church of Health and Healing plans to
convene at a hotel resort in Washington state on Saturday to promote a
“miracle cure” that claims to cure 95% of all diseases in the world by
making adults and children, including infants,
Award-winning British singer’s representatives say there will be ‘no
further comment’ Adele and her husband Simon Konecki have separated. The
pop singer’s representatives Benny Tarantini and Carl Fysh confirmed
the news on Friday in a statement. Continue reading...
A
look at a blaze that ravaged a symbol of Paris, prompted calls for
people to unite in restoring it and spurred inquiries into how such a
catastrophe could have been prevented.
On today's BradCast : It looks like Trump Attorney General William
Barr's willingness to beclown himself to the level of Donald Trump
didn't help much in protecting the President against his own clearly
criminal and impeachable behavior as detailed by even the redacted
version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report. And
Democrats in both the House and even the Senate are finally
An investigation reveals shady practices, and a complaint is filed by the IRS
The Gospel of John shifted the blame for the death of Jesus from Roman authorities to the Jewish people as a whole
The Massachusetts senator is the most senior Democrat to call for the
start of impeachment proceedings against Trump Elizabeth Warren on
Friday became the most senior Democrat, and the first 2020 presidential
candidate, to call for the start of impeachment proceedings against
Donald Trump following the release of the special counsel’s report on
Russian interference in the 2016 US election and the
Guest
essay by Eric Worrall In two separate incidents, Extinction Rebellion
protestors have attempted to disrupt coal transport in Queensland,
Australia. Protesters stop coal train in Brisbane By AAP 1:13pm Apr 19,
2019 One protester is in custody and another was taken to hospital after
activists stepped in front of a moving coal train headed…
Lyra McKee, 29, was a rising star in journalism in Northern Ireland and
abroad. Her death was condemned by nearly all political factions there.
(Image credit: McKee family/AP)
The latest Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures short takes us to the forest
moon of Endor, where Princess Leia gets separated from the rest of the
Rebel Alliance and encounters a small but feisty native: Wicket the
Ewok. Read more...
Lucifer , formerly of Fox but rescued by Netflix , will launch its
fourth season starting May 8. There’s still time to catch up on the
previous seasons, but the truth is you don’t need a deep grasp of the
material to enjoy the show (this ain’t Game of Thrones ). Read more...
There was this moment last year when I was sitting in the quietest
place in the U.S. and a plane flew overhead, breaking the cocoon of
natural sound. It was the sonic emulation of the world we’re creating,
writ large. Humanity has crept into every nook and cranny of the planet,
and now we’re being forced to confront… Read more...
In a statement, the senator and 2020 presidential candidate said
initiating impeachment proceedings is the ‘constitutional duty’ of
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2.00am BST We’re ending our live coverage for the day, thanks for
following along and have a nice weekend! Here’s a summary of some
Hutchins says he regrets his actions and will continue ‘keeping people
safe from malware attacks’ A British computer security researcher once
hailed as a “hero” for helping stem a ransomware outbreak and later
accused of creating malware to attack the banking system said on Friday
he had pleaded guilty to US criminal charges. Marcus Hutchins, whose
arrest in 2017 stunned the computer security com
Film director was removed last year from organisation behind Oscars
after sexual misconduct Roman Polanski has asked a judge to restore his
membership in the organisation that awards the Oscars nearly a year
after he was expelled for sexual misconduct. Lawyers for the 85-year-old
fugitive on Friday petitioned Los Angeles Superior Court to compel the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to
Police say the man threatened Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Eric Swalwell and Cory Booker.
I
put out a few articles over these last few months, and stated in
several weekend rants my own opinion on the present decline of the
nation of South Africa... I will NOT pull any punches in stating the
truth that the rapid decline of that nation that was once the most
advanced nation in all of Africa is absolutely related to the criminal
and horrendous actions of the Black majority government in
When Beto was running for the Senate he brought the Texas Democratic
Party to life. Friends of mine down there told me that wherever he went,
a long-moribund Democratic Party was reinvigorated. Local candidates
saw their own campaigns catch fire just because of association with
Beto. 10th district congressional candidate Mike Siegel always told me
that a little of Beto's star power would rub off
Top US Democrats reiterate demand to view the full, unredacted report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Beyoncé makes black feminism accessible in her Coachella film, building on the education she's delivered for years
A professor alleges students were required to use a $120 program just to turn in their assignments
Foreign secretary also defends austerity as Tory leadership race heats
up Jeremy Hunt has raised the plight of persecuted Christians around the
world in an Easter message, after launching a trenchant defence of the
Conservatives’ economic record following criticism from Jeremy Corbyn.
The foreign secretary, who is expected to be in the running to succeed
Theresa May as Tory leader, has written 40
With Microsoft's move to Israel, Israel now has full and total access
to all home, business, corporate, and soon, military computers - The
Pentagon Cloud Contract (JEDI). A sick, psychotic racial and religiously
supremacist state with an ultra-right-wing extremist at the helm has
the planet at its fingertips. by Brendon O'Connell (henrymakow.com)
Microsoft Windows 10 is now fully coded in Israel.
The five-year-old was a good second at Kempton last month and looks
well placed to land a £62,000 first prize at Musselburgh The Easter
racing programme is always more about quantity than quality but a
£62,000 first prize is more than some Group-race winners receive and the
Queen’s Cup at Musselburgh on Saturday has attracted a strong field of
stayers as a result. Ulster has been making up for lo
What We’re Following San Francisco’s out-of-control housing crisis is
about to get a lot worse. The hub of Silicon Valley’s tech giants is
swimming with rich people pushing up housing costs. But this year, a
slew of major companies headquartered in the city—from Uber to Lyft to
Pinterest—are expected to go public, injecting the city with a yet
another crop of millionaires. One software engineer f
Female
hyenas keep their clans in line by virtue of their complex social
networks. Jason G. Goldman reports. -- Read more on
ScientificAmerican.com
Female
hyenas keep their clans in line by virtue of their complex social
networks. Jason G. Goldman reports. -- Read more on
ScientificAmerican.com
We all wear different hats throughout life that we change as
circumstances require. The person you are with your loved ones is not
the person you are with your enemies, and that person is different than
the person you are when you’re all by yourself. The heroes in this
week’s best new comics all have fairly solid… Read more...
Earlier
in the day, it was reported by The Libya Observer that Field Marshal
Khalifa Haftar's army had regained control over the Tamanhint Base
following the withdrawal of the South Protection Force loyal to the
Government of National Accord (GNA). The Interior Ministry of Libya's
internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on
Thursday accused France of supporting the head of th
The meme combines fandom shipping with art to produce viral magic. If
you’ve spent any time on Twitter this week, you may have noticed an
outpouring of fandom art as part of the viral “ship dynamics” meme — in
which people, mostly fanartists, are sharing their love of their
favorite kinds of relationships through stick figures. For anyone
unfamiliar with the concept of a “ship,” it’s a very popul
Two
weeks ago, I tweeted a triptych that read: "How censorship happens: a
story in three parts." The first image was of a recent Vice headline
stating that Facebook was moving to ban white nationalism and white
separatism. The second was a tweet by left-wing activist Anthony Watson
referring to Quillette as a "right-wing, white-nationalist website." The
third was a tweet thread in which two Canadi
Bronfman, 40, admits credit card fraud and immigration charges Plea
means Nxivm founder Keith Raniere will stand trial alone The Seagram
liquor heiress Clare Bronfman pleaded guilty on Friday to harboring an
undocumented immigrant and enabling credit card fraud as part of an
alleged sex cult based in upstate New York , where women have reported
they were branded with the initials of the founder.
Former Sen. Bill Nelson's 2018 warning on Russian cyberattacks might not have deserved those "Pinocchios"
Two of the biggest music streaming services—Amazon Music and Youtube
Music—now offer free versions available for an array of various smart
speakers and smart home devices. Read more...
Constructive criticism can be the bane of the workplace environment.
It’s hard to give without putting the receiver on the defensive. (It’s
also hard to accept.) That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t ever talk about
each other’s performance; to not discuss how we’re doing would make for a
stagnant environment in which… Read more...
The home owners have spoken , and Delta’s Touch2O edged out the trendy
Kraus Nola to take the title of our readers’ favorite kitchen faucet.
Read more...
Looking to work on your home this weekend? If you’ve been on the market
for new light bulbs and fixtures, you’re going to want to check out
Home Depot’s sale . You can update all of the old bulbs in your home if
you’ve been looking to make the switch to LED. Add a statement piece to
your dining room or living room,… Read more...
As Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I
get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and
try to help out. This week we are discussing the loss of trade-in value
for a recent accident, when to fix a high-mile car or cut it loose, and
expensive leases on the new… Read more...
Shun that thoroughly stinking rebellion. I’ve been seeing and reading
all about this alleged ‘youthful” rebellion. Started by a middle age
woman, of course. Dr. Karen Bradbrook- Born in 1972 . Making her 47
years old. Hardly a young waif. Gail Bradbrook started Compassionate
Revolution[10][11][12] which morphed into Rising Up!, and then rebranded
itself into Extinction Rebellion (XR) She’s clearl
Packed alongside supplies and equipment bound for the International
Space Station on an otherwise routine SpaceX resupply run , something
rather special is headed to orbit next week: a refrigerator-sized
instrument that’ll measure the glow of Earth’s plant life. Read more...
The
largest genetic study of its kind ever to use accelerometer data to
examine how we slumber has uncovered a number of parts of our genetic
code that could be responsible for causing poor sleep quality and
duration. The international collaboration, led by the University of
Exeter and published in Nature Communications, has found 47 links
between our genetic code and the quality, quantity and tim
If Mueller’s report feels familiar, it’s because so many of the incidents it documents have already been reported.
A rare photo of R.S. smiling Being a blog mainly devoted to questions
of BBC bias, but explicitly not only devoted to that, may I recommend to
all lovers of poetry hereabouts an unfamiliar poem by my second
favourite poet (after George Herbert), R.S. Thomas. It's religious
poetry for Good Friday. I was brought up traditionally Anglican, with
the lightest, least-bothered-about touch on my parents'
David Gates, “Suite, Clouds & Rain”
“Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million
light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation
Hydra, the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are
loaded with luminous blue star clusters, pinkish starforming regions,
and dark dust lanes. Still, for astronomers NGC 3621 has not been just
another pretty face-on spiral galaxy. Some of its br
"We're all sinking in the same boat here. We're all bored and desperate
and waiting for something to happen. Waiting for life to get better.
Waiting for things to change. Waiting for that one person to finally
notice us. We're all waiting. But we also need to realize that we all
have the power to make those changes for ourselves." - Susane Colasanti
“The Ring of Truth” by Chet Raymo “In Salley Vickers' novel, ‘Where
Three Roads Meet,’ the shade of Tiresias, the blind seer of the Oedipus
myth, visits Sigmund Freud in London during the psychoanalyst's final
terrible illness. In a series of conversations, Tiresias retells the
story of Oedipus- he who was fated to kill his father and sleep with his
mother- a story at the heart of Freud's own the
Southwell, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by!
The
largest genetic study of its kind ever to use accelerometer data to
examine how we slumber has uncovered a number of parts of our genetic
code that could be responsible for causing poor sleep quality and
duration. The international collaboration, led by the University of
Exeter and published in Nature Communications, has found 47 links
between our genetic code and the quality, quantity and tim
“The World Is Too Much With Us” “The world is too much with us; late
and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see
in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be
howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For
this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves
"Beyond Freedom and Dignity" "In this profound and profoundly
controversial work, a landmark of 20th-century thought originally
published in 1971, B. F. Skinner makes his definitive statement about
humankind and society. Insisting that the problems of the world today
can be solved only by dealing much more effectively with human behavior,
Skinner argues that our traditional concepts of freedom an
She stands alone in the 2020 field in calling for impeachment proceedings.
"Compassion In the Presence of Difficulty" by Madisyn Taylor, The
DailyOM "True compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive
between ourselves and others are an illusion. Compassion is the ability
to see the deep connectedness between ourselves and others. Moreover,
true compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between
ourselves and others are an illusion. When we fi
NASA
has a new social media campaign to gear up its audience for Earth Day,
an annual event to celebrate our planet – and the importance of
protecting the environment – on April 22.
Isaac
Chotiner speaks with Neal Katyal, who served as acting Solicitor
General under Obama and helped draft the special-counsel regulations,
about whether the Mueller report went far enough.
Ultimately,
both successful and unsuccessful efforts to influence an official
proceeding violate the obstruction statute if done with corrupt intent.
It’s Friday, Game of Thrones is back, and we’re having a party. A gif
party, to be precise! We’re celebrating the return of Game of Thrones ,
now on its eighth and final season. So sit yourself on the Iron Throne,
grab yourself a glass of Cersei’s wine, and share your favorite gifs,
because it’s Gif Party Time! Read more...
At a certain point in life, you realize the movies you loved as a child
don’t look the same through mature eyes. People who didn’t see those
childhood favorites until later often think they’re terrible. The
Goonies is a good example of a film that most people enjoy if they saw
it when it came out, but people who saw… Read more...
For the last few years, a wave of legislation has been decriminalizing
the recreational use of marijuana all across the United States. Cannabis
advocates have long said that it should never have been illegal. The
story of how the substance became outlawed in the first place combines
willful ignorance, petty careerism,… Read more...
The current Black Panther title is a fascinating sci-fi remix of
Wakandan concepts and characters, taking readers away from Earth as
T’Challa finds himself in the middle of an intergalactic war with no
memory of his past. He’s surrounded by new versions of significant
figures from his past, and he’s getting closer to… Read more...
Brighton manager confident of Premier League survival but slump towards
drop zone has raised questions about recruitment and leadership Chris
Hughton resorted to rattling off the positives. There were the recent
away performances, “apart from the Chelsea one”, at Crystal Palace and
Wembley. Going back further and Wolves, Saturday’s opponents, had been
beaten last autumn in trademark Brighton fash
• ‘We concede a lot but we score a lot. We won’t change’ • City host
Champions League conquerors Spurs on Saturday Pep Guardiola is emphatic
he will never change Manchester City’s attack-first style despite being
knocked out of the Champions League in draining manner by Tottenham
Hotspur on Wednesday. Related: Manchester City v Tottenham: match
preview Continue reading...
"Weird: Everyone Who Attended Bernie Sanders’ Town Hall Has Reported
Their Wallet Missing" by The Babylon Bee NEW YORK, NY—"Well, this is
more than a little odd. Every single attendee of Bernie Sanders’ town
hall meeting on Fox News earlier this week has reported that their
wallet has mysteriously gone missing. “I know I had my wallet in my
pocket, but after meeting Bernie Sanders, shaking his ha
Thoughts on what Congress and 2020 candidates should do with the report’s explosive findings.
US attorney general says redacted findings show 'no collusion' with Russia, but Democrat critics demand full disclosure.
"Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness." - James Thurber
A
slavery-themed ad for Ancestry.com exposes the awkward relationship
between America's darkest history and the current boom in family-tree
building.
Move by court of appeal 'opens the way' for opposition politician's return from exile in Belgium, says lawyer.
Lyra McKee, 29, has been remembered as a talented and accomplished investigative journalist.
Solid-state
sodium-ion batteries are far safer than conventional lithium-ion
batteries, which pose a risk of fire and explosions, but their
performance has been too weak to offset the safety advantages.
Researchers have now reported developing an organic cathode that
dramatically improves both stability and energy density.
Physicists
have developed an amazingly simple device that allows heat to flow
temporarily from a cold to a warm object without an external power
supply. Intriguingly, the process initially appears to contradict the
fundamental laws of physics.
After
two years of gaslighting the public while it blew smoke up America's
ass, the Jacobin news media enjoyed its final feeding frenzy with the
release of the 400-page Mueller report. They expected 1000 pounds of raw
filet mignon, but it turned out to be tofu fried in olestra. The
ensuing fugue of hyperventilating
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