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Apologies for a technical glitch that caused a duplicate posting of the “Finishing the Pop Culture Pin Trading Co. Jigidi puzzles” post from December 24th of last year. If you received an email notification about this post earlier today, again I apologize. I have deleted the duplicate, the original is still there.

We know there are some big-time Canadian country music fans out there, but we want to know how much you know about your favourite Canuck stars.

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Obviously, some don't like her anti-establishment ways. From Politico: Democratic leaders are upset that she railed against their new set of House rules on Twitter the first week of the new Congress. Rank and file are peeved that there’s a grassroots movement to try to win her a top committee post they feel she doesn’t deserve.

Even some progressives who admire AOC, as she’s nicknamed, told POLITICO that they worry she’s not using her notoriety effectively.

“She needs to decide... Читать дальше...

There have been differences and controversies ~ the will of BCCI has prevailed, whenever it wanted to.  In those days, despite a prohibitory clause in their contracts, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri used to write syndicated columns in newspapers and magazines. The BCCI, which in any case has always been reluctant to take on, winked at the practice.  Vengsarkar too dallied with writing and went against Board’s dictat.  In 1989  a five-member disciplinary committee of the board  banned for a year six senior cricketers - Dilip Vengsarkar... Читать дальше...

Trees are everywhere we look, have been around for millions of years before humans were here and can improve the look and beauty of an area. After all; imagine a park without any trees? It would look totally different.

Most Olympic stories begin at ...

My Melody McD Japan Fry/Drink Holder

I’ve always been a Hello Kitty fan. I have fond memories of wandering through the local mall and into our Sanrio Store, filled with store made lucky bags and kawaii merchandise just waiting to be bought. Now, I never really got to buy anything from the store, as I only received a $2.00 allowance and that didn’t amount to much, but nonetheless, I fell in love with the cute characters and vibe of Sanrio and their products. That being said, I don’t actually have a large Sanrio collection. Читать дальше...

Alfonso Cauron’s latest movie has received a limited theatrical release, which sounds like a tragedy given the quality of his past output. Yet it has also been streaming on Netflix since December, so it’s available pretty much everywhere. Cauron is telling a fictional story through a period of history he himself knows. He grew up in Mexico City in the early 1970s, and he chooses to set his story here in painstaking historical detail. His vivid  backdrop is a period of great Mexican ...

Planetary Landing wasn't the be-all and end-all of Star Citizen, it was just something alongside zero-load-times data-streaming and third-person-camera view that was added in only recently. It was never part of the stretch goals of the game in its pre-$60,000,000.00 KickStarter iteration circa 2012-13.

Planetary Landing is a new thing, and as such hasn't had the time to mature in Chris Roberts' head as his tried and tested game-ideas Freelancer and Wing Commander ...

To begin with, let's understand ...

Highway driving is different from driving on city roads and interior roads. The moment you touch a highway, it becomes the game of high speed along with a feeling of freedom and liberty. But that also brings more risk and vulnerabilities. In fact, the vehicle doesn’t matter much on a highway. It could be fatal while driving any kind of vehicle to be it a motorcycle or a car. It depends on the...

Cath and Wren are identical twins and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they're off to university and Wren's decided she doesn't want to be one half of a pair any more - she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It's not so easy for Cath. She would rather bury herself in the fanfiction she writes where there's romance far more intense than anything she's experienced in real life.

Heidi had struggled with gut issues for years and they were only getting worse as time passed. She heard of a keto diet and decided to give it a shot:

I don't know if it's just me, or because I usually drive cars that are as low as other cars;  headlight beams, but headlights seem to be a lot brighter nowadays.

The whole thing is counter-productive - up to a certain level, brighter headlights improve safety (see and be seen) but I am quite sure that many cars have passed that stage - they can see better but oncoming traffic is pretty much blinded, especially as so many idiots seem to leave their headlights on full beam all the time. Читать дальше...

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Swedish indie-pop band I Was a King have released details of their new Norman Blake-produced album ‘Slow Century’ (out 8 March on Coastal Town Recordings) and unveiled brand new single ‘Bubble’.

Bursting with jangly charm and potent guitar hooks, the song is all about how important it is that friends are there for you, even in times of trouble and how ‘the best ones will stand by you right through the shitstorm’. There’s a real power in the dual harmonies... Читать дальше...

Out of all the videos we published in 2018, this was the #3 most popular one.

Manhattan.info is a name that has really been around the block. On Friday the name sold for the fifth time in 13 years.

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just like anywhere else, AI 人工智能 means everything & nothing in China, spanning core computational technologies and theoretical research as well as mundane applications of algorithms and interface gimmicks - but at least the Chinese term for it includes 人 (man) and 工 (labor) — 胡子哥 (@SanNuvola) January 12, 2019