Новости за 21.12.2017

Drew Brees leads the New Orleans Saints against Atlanta while the Los Angeles Rams travel to Tennessee in Sunday showdowns between playoff contenders on the penultimate week of the NFL season.

Why we should worry about the “Overton Window”

“Don’t normalize this” has become a kind of rallying cry during President Trump’s first year in office -- a reminder to not get too acclimated to Trump’s norm-breaking and erratic behavior.

But the real danger of the Trump presidency might have less to do with Trump’s abnormality and more to do with how “normal” he makes other Republicans look by comparison.

There’s a concept in political theory developed by Joseph P. Overton... Читать дальше...

The Errol Spence Jr. vs. Lamont Peterson undercard on January 20 will be well represented with IBF World lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. (20-0, 14 KOs) defending his IBF belt against former 130 lb. champion Javier Fortuna (33-1-1, 23 KOs) in the co-feature bout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Spence-Peterson and Easter Jr. vs. Fortuna will be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing.

Google’s Pixelbook has been out since October, but at that time the company had only released the base and mid-range models of its flagship Chromebook. But now the most powerful Chromebook on the market — the Pixelbook with an i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD — is finally available, via Phandroid.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman says her ex-boyfriend was attempting to kill her when he shot at her from a slain Kansas woman's car and then killed himself when the plot failed. The Kansas City Star reports that Bryanna Spencer says Kareem McCoy-Lee used the car of 18-year-old Mikayla Norris on Tuesday to chase her as she was driving to a job interview in Liberty, Missouri. Spencer escaped with the help of a worker who happened to be nearby and said Wednesday that she felt burdened... Читать дальше...

The fight for racial justice continues because people like Hines are willing to stand up.

A sports fan's guide to attending the many high school, college and pro games that Phoenix and Arizona have to offer during the holiday season.

CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who tried to storm into an Ohio hospital's psychiatric emergency room while carrying two handguns shot and wounded a security officer, fired at a police officer, missing him, and then killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot, police said Thursday. Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac identified the gunman in the Wednesday afternoon shooting as Isaiah Currie, 20, of Cincinnati. Some of the drama that unfolded at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center complex was captured on surveillance video and 911 recordings. Читать дальше...

U.S. oil futures bounced back from early weakness to end modestly higher Thursday, with analysts citing a backdrop of strong refinery demand and falling crude inventories, though upside remained capped by concerns over rising domestic production. West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 27 cents, or 0.5%, to close at $58.36 a barrel.

Mexico and Canada abstained from the vote, which could be seen as a continental understanding that Trump. Is. Temporary.

Re-live the best parts of 2017's golf majors, in four supercut videos

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The future of media looks like it's going to be a fascinating place, as new technologies keep disrupting traditional storytelling and publishers and editors grow nimbler in their efforts to keep up. At IGNITION 2017, data and marketing company Sailthru sponsored talks with some of the leaders of the media world to get their insights. Here are just a few of the highlights:

Claudia Grimaldi Marks, senior art director and content producer at Getty Images, sat down with Piera Gelardi... Читать дальше...

There are a lot of panicky men out there. And they are panicky because they know their doom may be only one tweet away.

Palm Springs, Calif., says it will remove a row of trees dividing a neighborhood and a golf course after residents complained that the trees evoked feelings of “segregation” and “discrimination.” After a recent meeting with residents of a historically African-American neighborhood, Mayor Robert Moon and other city officials said the tamarisk trees and chain-link fence...

Summer signing Sead Kolasinac has found himself a surprising omission from Arsenal’s recent starting XIs in the Premier League. Despite being deemed by many as one of the best value-for-money acquisitions of the last transfer window, he was left out of the scoreless draw with West Ham and last weekend’s 1-0 win over Newcastle. In fairness, it’s hard to dispute the decision on Wenger’s part. Arsenal have claimed four points from a possible six in the 22-cap... Читать дальше...

I am not a big pudding fan. We had too many when I was younger. Thick sticky suet puddings were my Grandmother's speciality: Sticky apple dumpling, roly-poly, syrup pudding. My brothers were both 'fine strapping lads', the eldest a terrifically physical rugby player. His energy came from Nana's puddings, (and the half loaf consumed before most meals).

My mother was a great trifle maker.  Her sherry trifle contributed to an 'Egon Ronay' rating during her time catering at The Eagle & Child in the 1970s. Читать дальше...

Having suggested that a three-man defence was an effective guard against counterattacks, the Arsenal manager has played a back four in the last three matchesThree weeks ago, before Arsenal lost to Manchester United, Arsène Wenger suggested playing a back three had helped his side combat the counterattack which, of all their many weaknesses over the past decade, has probably been their biggest.It was a claim that prodded interest at the time and has become more intriguing only in the days since. The... Читать дальше...

By Dmitry Solovyov and Tom Miles MOSCOW/GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday he would take part in the latest round of Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana on Friday, with a month to go before he hopes to break the deadlock in political talks in Geneva. De Mistura's Geneva peace process reached deadlock this month, missing what said was a "golden opportunity" to close out almost seven years of war. Blaming intransigence on both sides... Читать дальше...

Three strikes, you’re not out. Bob Bowman, a top executive for Major League Baseball, left his position last month with a slew of bombshell allegations surrounding him, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Bowman, the architect of MLB Advanced Media, has a long history of accusations that MLB allegedly was aware of, but two...

Three strikes, you’re not out. Bob Bowman, a top executive for Major League Baseball, left his position last month with a slew of bombshell allegations surrounding him, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Bowman, the architect of MLB Advanced Media, has a long history of accusations that MLB allegedly was aware of, but two...

Three strikes, you’re not out. Bob Bowman, a top executive for Major League Baseball, left his position last month with a slew of bombshell allegations surrounding him, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Bowman, the architect of MLB Advanced Media, has a long history of accusations that MLB allegedly was aware of, but two...

WA Pendleton OR Zone Forecast for Thursday, December 21, 2017 _____ 998 FPUS56 KPDT 211934 ZFPPDT Zone Forecast Product for Northeast Oregon and South Central Washington National Weather Service Pendleton OR 1134 AM PST Thu Dec 21 2017 This is an automatically generated product that contains an area forecast using an average of the gridded forecast data for each zone. The forecast may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site-specific forecast...please... Читать дальше...

Apple, the American multi-national technology company, has acknowledged it has taken action that slows the performance of its older iPhones. After Primate Labs, which makes an application that measures the speed of iPhone processors, disclosed data Monday that seemingly showed the iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 models perform slower as they aged, Apple addressed the claims two days later. Apple said it released software last year that makes those models operate more slowly to countervail problems with their aging lithium ion batteries... Читать дальше...

A study finds a link between crop-harming weather and asylum applications to the European Union.

Arsenal do not really need to sign a defensive midfielder when they already have stars like Elneny, Xhaka and Coquelin, who can effectively play in the DM position. Still, recent, reports have linked Sevilla’s holding midfield star Steven N’Zonzi with Arsenal. According to Daily Mail, the 29-year-old midfielder is in London and will hold talks with the likes of Arsenal and Everton as he is set to leave the Spanish club in the January transfer window. Also Read: Arsenal Ready to Release $47million to Sign Star Few days back... Читать дальше...