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One of the few permitted vices in Nineteen Eighty-Four is Victory Gin, which oils the outer party and offers suggestions of Englishness and party power: it's always served with clove bitters, implying that Oceania's boots are on the ground in Asia. Chemistry professor Shirley Lin wrote an interesting post about gin's place in Orwell's dystopia. In the last paragraph of the book, Winston’s tears at the end of the book are also “gin-scented” (page 297). While I was unable to find any studies examining the presence of alcohol in human tears... Читать дальше...

Shocking internal International Olympic Committee emails obtained by Sputnik reveal that in 2016 a bronze medal winning South African triathlete tested positive for a "performance improving" drug, without providing a Therapeutic Use Exemption from his doctor.

In 2016, fewer babies were born to Vermont mothers than in any year of the twentieth century. And probably since the early 1800s.

London (dpa) - Lawmakers in the British parliament‘s elected lower house approved Prime Minister Theresa May‘s EU withdrawal bill late Wednesday, after rebels in her Conservative party warned that she faces stronger opposition in the upper house.Members of the House of Commons approved the bill, which assimilates EU legislation into English law, by 324 to 295 votes.But several pro-EU Conservative lawmakers warned May during the two-day debate ahead of Wednesday‘s vote that she faces a much tougher... Читать дальше...

If there had been high school yearbook-style awards distributed to the freshman class of Mets and Yankees after the 2016 season — first-time New York players, be they rookies or veterans — little doubt exists over which honor would’ve gone to Jay Bruce: Least Likely to Stay Here Long Term. Yet there Bruce stood Wednesday...

Former White House Strategist Steve Bannon reached a deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday. Bannon agreed to speak to dirty cop Mueller and his investigators rather than appearing before a Grand Jury, according to a Reuters report. Reuters reported: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has reached agreement with U.S. Special […]

Illinois public health officials are confirming a second case of measles in a person who was at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Bitcoin fell as much as 20% on Wednesday, piercing below $10,000, while other cryptocurrencies took similar spills due to investor fears that regulators could clamp down on them in an effort to curb speculation. The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency at one point lost 30% of its value since Tuesday. Bitcoin, despite some stabilisation in late US trading, was half its record peak of almost $20,000 set on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange a month ago. Ethereum and Ripple, the No. 2 and No. Читать дальше...

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• The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump paid off a porn star with hush money ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
• Legal experts say there's pretty much nothing about such a payment that would put Trump in legal jeopardy.

The Wall Street Journal published a salacious story on Friday alleging that President Donald Trump paid $130,000 in hush money through his lawyer to a porn star a month before... Читать дальше...

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Caroline Wozniacki’s got the look of love both on and off the court. The 27-year-old tennis star, who rallied Tuesday against Croatia’s Jana Fett in the second round of the Australian Open, believes her newly engaged status has boosted her performance professionally. “Just having that stability and happiness, everything going smoothly off the court, it...

Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens will become the new chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee starting next season, and three new Power Five ADs will join the 13-member panel. Mullens will be the third chairman, replacing Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt. Hocutt replaced Jeff Long, who held the position for the first two seasons of the playoff. Mullens will serve a two-year term. College Football Playoff also announced the addition of six new committee members, replacing those whose terms ended.

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All eyes turned to doctor and rear admiral Ronny Jackson as he gave his report on President Donald Trump's physical at a press conference on Tuesday, wearing a slick military suit displaying his various honors.

Jackson delivered his findings without the kind of fanfare and over-the-top bravado that Trump's personal doctor Harold N. Bornstein used when he said that Trump would be the "healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency" in 2015. But the Navy... Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A member of the Republican leadership team in the Kentucky Senate has introduced a bill aimed at legalizing marijuana. Sen. Dan Seum said Wednesday that Kentucky should join the legalization trend flourishing elsewhere. Eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use. His bill would allow adults 21 or older to legally use marijuana. It also would legalize production and sale of pot. Seum estimates the cash-strapped state would generate... Читать дальше...

Longtime Hollywood execs Jeff Sagansky and Harry Sloan have partnered on their fourth venture, launching media-focused Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. on Wednesday with a $325 million initial public offering.

New video by CoreyCooper: The small town of Venice, LA is a wild place. The last touch of civilization before the Mississippi River spills into the Gulf of Mexico. It's a place where red fish schools are the size of football fields, the pelicans are giant and people who didn’t much like “outsiders”. It is safe to say that the Frenette family is legendary in this small town. So we spent a few days with Red & Brown, to glimpse the way of life for their family and the small group of people... Читать дальше...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Democrats in charge of Maryland's legislature are telling President Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Washington that "enough is enough." They urged them Wednesday to reach a budget agreement to avoid a federal government shutdown. In a letter Wednesday, House Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said they were speaking "on behalf of a state that is exhausted from being whipsawed by the inaction in Washington, D.C." They say the federal tax overhaul "blows a $1.

What did we think of him last night? Been waiting for him to get his chance - thought he was in and out as you'd expect but there were some little moments of magic in there.

Very gifted kid with that low centre of gravity, intelligence and a terrific strike on him, if he gets chances he may turn out to be another find the way Sterling has.

Ironically the thinness of our squad (and the approach of our new manager) could lead to some really good players coming through our system and into the first team. Читать дальше...

NORMAN, Okla. – Authorities say a man arrested for trespassing when he refused to leave a Norman hospital has died after being found unresponsive in the Cleveland County jail. Sheriff Todd Gibson says the man was found unresponsive in his cell shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The inmate’s name hasn’t been released. Gibson says the man went to Norman Regional Hospital earlier Tuesday complaining of a headache and asking […]

Shaka Hislop and Ross Dyer sift through the latest transfer rumours from around world football, including Man City's chances of landing West Brom's Jonny Evans. There are two teams called Benfica in Lisbon. One is SL Benfica, the Portuguese champions famous around the globe. The other is CF Benfica, a tiny club established about three decades later in 1933, known locally as Fofo and totally unrelated to the Eagles. If fact, CF could claim to be the true bearers of the name, because they are actually situated in the Benfica district. Читать дальше...

From the time mothers give birth to their babies, they’re faced with one of the biggest question i.e. whether to breastfeed or offer formula milk to their newborns. People start offering all sorts of advice and even those who have never raised a child before tend to come up with their own suggestions and perspective. Imagine all of this when you’re still trying to cope up with your body, health and mental condition. The trouble increases two fold when your family members come up with several old... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police say they are looking for a woman accused of punching a 12-year-old boy at a bus stop. Nola.com/The Times-Picayune reports that 35-year-old Carmenetta Brown is wanted regarding a simple battery of the juvenile. A New Orleans police news release says the boy was waiting at a bus stop last...

Emirates

• Airbus may shut down the A380 superjumbo program without an additional order from Emirates.
• However, Airbus failed to secure an Emirates order in November because the airplane maker couldn't commit to the A380. 
• Airbus needs at least one major order to keep its A380 production slots filled for the next decade. 

Rumors of the A380's demise have been swirling since Airbus failed to secure a highly-anticipated order for the plane from Emirates at the Dubai Air Show in November. Читать дальше...

There are few television friendships that rival that of “Community”s Troy Barnes (Donald Glover) and Abed Nadir’s (Danny Pudi) — an unlikely match that stole the hearts of fans everywhere from pretty much Episode 1.