Launch of Yes campaign a stage show of pantomime proportions

Source: Herald Scotland

To those of us who value common sense over misty-eyed patriotism, the event resembled a pantomime of farcical proportions. Alan Cumming and Brian Cox, two men who spend the vast majority of time in the US, took audacity to a new level, by lecturing us al ...
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Turn On The Lights—Please

Source: Newsweek

The upcoming United Nations green summit in Rio de Janeiro is in trouble—and with good reason. The planners of the mammoth event have been unable to agree on just what to say in the outcome document, ironically called “The Future We Want ...
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Ojukwu Memorial In Germany–You Are Invited–Reports

Source: Republic Report

New York [RR] GERMANY--On Saturday 23rd June, 2012, Igbo community will celebrate Gen. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu's exit, at Saalbau Griesheim, Schwarzerlenweg ... New York [RR] ABUJA--Sowore ...
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Five Questions for John Lucas

Source: The Saratogian

Who are you? My name is John Lucas. I am a retiree who moved to Saratoga Springs last year. This is my pug, Augie. He’s going to be 19 in August. What did you do before you retired? I’m originally from New York City, where ...
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Ring of Honor Wrestling 5/27/12

Source: Pro Wrestling Digest

It’s that time of the year here when the swimming pools begin to open, when people start hitting the beach, and when summer unofficially begins! To celebrate, Ring of Honor is bringing a special sale to you the ROH faithful!!! If you’re not a Rin ...
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When the Fleet and the City Meet

Source: The Epoch Times

A woman does pull-ups near a recruitment tent at Marine Day at Battery Park May 25.(Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times) NEW YORK—New York City feels like the safest city in the country thanks to the presence of an extra nearly 6,000 sailors, ...
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Computing for particle physics in perspective

Source: Quantam Diaries

In many ways our data management and distribution problems are similar to those of Netflix streaming movies, except that their total data volume is 12 TB and ours is 20000 TB. Long-term data access and preservation is becoming a growing conc ...
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Source: Belmont Club

“Sooner or later,” my wife said, “people will have to face up to the fact that the Internet will allow perversions and twisted ideas which are statistically rare to find each other and gather force. It will become a pub ...
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Public Pensions Faulted for Bets on Rosy Returns

Source: The New York Times

Few investors are more bullish these days than public pension funds. While Americans are typically earning less than 1 percent interest on their savings accounts and watching their 401(k) balances yo-yo along with the stock market, m ...
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