Fair enough. We get het at the drop of a hat. The most persistent theme of Bill Clinton’s profoundly inconclusive 100 days in office has been the desperate search for conclusions, the tendency to see triumphs and cataclysms in the most routine ceremonies of governance. The desperation is understandable: Clinton is tough to read, at once accessible-he hugs, he weeps, he feels our pain-and yet mysterious. Is all that gushy, charming, lip-biting a pose?...
For 37 years Jack was the soul of this magazine, and the owner-proprietor of its best-stocked mind. He called himself a “cultural journalist.” He came in 1963 as an art critic, but he could write about videogames, Magic Johnson, Truman Capote or Radio City Music Hall–which his advocacy helped save from demolition. His 1963 story on Jack Ruby’s shooting Lee Harvey Oswald began: “It was as if Damon Runyon had written the last act of a tragedy by Sophocles....
This reconstruction fills the dramatically darkened final gallery of “The Royal Tombs of Sipan,” the first American exhibition ever devoted to the little-known pre-Incan civilization called the Moche. The show, which opened last week in Los An at UCLA’s Fowler Museum of Cultural History,’; stars artifacts from three 1,700-year-old burial chambers that constitute “the richest tombs ever excavated in the “Western Hemisphere,” says cocurator Christopher Donnan. They are also among the richest discovered anywhere since Howard Carter peered into the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922....
Now without Maclaren and club legend Thomas Broich, the club have gone for experience with their recruits in a bid to return to the A-League summit. 2016-17 finishing position: 3rd Coach: John Aloisi INS AND OUTS Ins: Massimo Maccarone, Eric Bautheac, Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Corey Gameiro, Mitchell Oxborrow, Peter Skapetis, Emilio Martinez. Outs: Thomas Broich, Jamie Maclaren, Brandon Borrello, Tommy Oar, Nathan Konstandopoulos, Manuel Arana, Kye Rowles, Cameron Crestani, Joey Katebian....
Students from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds were particularly impacted, while those attending private schools were most likely to have grades that remained unchanged. A total of 35.6 percent of marks were adjusted down by one grade, 3.3 percent were brought down by two, and 0.2 percent came down by three. Nearly 160,000 people have now signed a petition demanding the government ensure that there is “no marking down” of grades and that more weight is given to teachers’ assessments, “as they are better placed than an algorithm to judge us as individuals....
Are the famously fastidious Japanese just imagining flies in their soup cans? No, says Hiroko Mizuhara, secretary-general of the Consumers Union of Japan, “There have been strange objects all along, but consumers settled complaints with makers individually. What’s new about the phenomenon is that they talk to the press, go public and try to share the problems.” That’s too generous, says Koichiro Fujita, a professor at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University whose best-selling books warn that the Japanese obsession with cleanliness is breaking down their immune systems and threatening to create a new generation of biological weaklings....
The Proteas had already been knocked out of the tournament, having won just one of their first seven matches to end semi-final ambitions, but they rediscovered form in spectacular fashion at Chester-le-Street on Thursday. Dwaine Pretorius was influential with the ball, taking 3-25 to help limit Sri Lanka to 203, and then Du Plessis made 96 not out and Hashim Amla an unbeaten 80 in a match-winning 175 partnership....
Here are five Marseille players to keep an eye on in the final in Lyon: STEVE MANDANDA Steve Mandanda, voted the French league’s best goalkeeper this season, is experienced at club level and has played 26 times for his country. But while the 33-year-old France international has superb agility and can make improbable saves, he is also prone to lapses in concentration and has been known to fumble shots and crosses....
Some of the biggest clubs in the world pursue the biggest names in the game and in addition to the huge amounts of money involved in those deals, they usually turn into what the football press calls ’transfer sagas'. Top-level European clubs have all been involved in such transfer sagas and the aftermath of those long drawn out transfers are felt to this day. Here is a look at some of the biggest and thrilling transfer sagas that only captured the imagination of football fans but left them hooked to every aspect of the saga as it happened....
Vi Fortnite skin and accessories The Vi Fortnite skin is a reactive skin with two different styles. Fortnite Crew members get her pickaxe and back bling, each with two different styles, along with a new weapon wrap and loading screen. These items are called the Crooked Claw, Foxbow Quiver, Drift Shift, and Kitsunes Pursuit. Vi Fortnite skin Vi is considered part of the Fortnite Drift Tracker set and is a Legendary skin....
On Saturday, July 12, 2015, at 9.30 p.m., after an argument with her parents, 18-year-old Tiffany Valiante left the family home and walked out into the dark. Sadly, it was the last time she was seen alive. Her death was ruled a suicide but a closer look at the evidence, as seen in Unsolved Mysteries, raises questions of whether something more sinister was at play. The episode asks whether Valiante took her own life or whether her killers have got away with murder....
Stewart’s Friday afternoon press conference offered him reading a prepared statement. The words Stewart spoke were from his heart but his decision to not answer any questions or deal with the media horde was an error in judgment. Stewart noted the ongoing investigation into the death of Kevin Ward Jr., fair enough. What Stewart needed to attempt to answer was an understanding of how Tony Stewart the man is moving forward with his life....
Just two weeks after Chauvin took the life of an arrest suspect in Minneapolis, Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office in California responded to a report of a suspicious van. The 911 caller reported seeing guns and bomb-making devices inside the vehicle. When Gutzwiller and fellow deputies arrived at the scene, they saw the van leave and did what they were trained to do: They followed it....
During several hours on the witness stand in the I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby Jr. perjury and obstruction trial Monday, President Bush’s former chief spokesman was cool, unruffled, chatty and at times combative—especially when he underwent hostile cross-examination from one of Libby’s lawyers. But he stuck to his story and, in the process, delivered what may have been the most damaging testimony yet against Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff....
Friday was a day of firsts. Not just for me, a kabaddi enthusiast, but for the teams playing and also the tournament as a whole. I got to attend my first Pro Kabaddi match at the Patliputra Stadium in Patna, the home of 3-time champions Patna Pirates. Gujarat Fortune Giants’ Sachin Tanwar notched up his first Super 10 of the campaign. This was Gujarat’s first Inter Zone match this season and they were drawn against another newly-formed team – Tamil Thalaivas....
A debit card is another way of paying cash. When you put it down, you’re authorizing the merchant to take the money directly from your checking account. Most ATM cards can also serve as retail debit cards today (they have a Visa or MasterCard logo on their face). You can use them in most of the outlets that accept credit cards, including shopping sites on the Internet. Here’s why they’re so popular:...
That’s a colorful way to look at what transpired in Nevada, but it’s also wrong. The dumpster fire started weeks ago, when it became clear Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was going to be the man to beat on the way to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Bloomberg’s appearance just added a lot more fuel. While Bloomberg, a multibillionaire financial news executive and philanthropist funding liberal causes, may be the most electable candidate in the race, he’s also the one least likely to be nominated....
That being said, Fall Guys could do more to improve quality-of-life features, as well as the overall experience. The game is a far cry from what it once was, and that’s mostly for the better. However, every new season comes with the except new theme; new minigames that tie into that aforementioned theme; and a plethora of new costumes, banners, and nicknames that players can collect by leveling up. While there are multiple ways for Fall Guys to successfully keep its current players and attract more people, one of the best and most innovative strategies could be the implementation of a level editor....
