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And in my dream I saw a vast expanse.
To the horizon tawny hills did roll.
Stood nothing but a tower in stout stance,
to burden the barrenness of this knoll.

Literary events in and around Portland this week!

IN 1922, A HOUSEWIFE from Blackburn, Australia, outed a new species of orchid that imitates the genitalia of female wasps to swindle male wasps into trying to mate with it. Her story is chronicled in a book called The Wasp and the Orchid, but an infinitely more engrossing and duplicitous protagonist is featured in the Orchid & the […]

Preview Atlanta United head south to meet southern rivals Orlando City SC for the third and final time this season. So far Atlanta has taken care of business with their southern neighbors. Orlando City has yet to beat Atlanta, and has lost the last two by a combined score of 6-1. Orlando City SC had [...]

It’s time for Gamescom, the yearly show in Germany. There are lots of games here. Too many for a lone operator. We’re going to have to send a whole unit. That’s where you come in, members of the elite RPS podcast. Four of you are going to Cologne. We’ve heard reports of Cyberpunk 2077, Metro […]

The Bavarians reached the semi-final of Europe's biggest club competition last season but will find it difficult to repeat that feat this year

Heads catching on fire, witnesses sprayed with lethal chemicals, and the smell of sizzling human flesh.

Raising the prospect of his own impeachment, Donald Trump warned during a TV interview that it would hurt the economy.

One spring day in 1958, I went to a concert at Brooklyn’s Washington Temple Church of God in Christ and witnessed Aretha Franklin’s first...

BCFC were edged out 1-0 despite being the better team

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Yeah, good call on most points. Also:

Pedersen - Should be taking corners.
Colin - Looked like he was trying to take Bogle's head off with that cross.
Maghoma - Seemed to overrun the ball a lot last night. Needs better decision making when going on a run - tries to take too many on when a pass would be better.
Jota - As with Mags, tries to take too many on at times.
Bogle - Nice orange boots

In these highly partisan times, politics can be a blessing and a curse for variety shows. President Trump’s chaotic administration provides plenty of material for the comic-minded, but the news cycle is so frenetic that it can be a challenge for weekly offerings, let alone daily ones, to keep up with the political and cultural […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Malik Hooker looks around the Indianapolis Colts’ newly renovated locker room and reflects on his long journey back to football. He smiles, he laughs nervously and, naturally, he’s a little anxious to test his surgically repaired right knee. The Colts’ starting safety has never faced such a severe injury or such a complex

Slams his tweet on land ‘seizures’

COMMENT: "On my good days, I can almost pass for a normal person. On my bad days, I feel like I can't find myself ... I don't know who I am and what I am going to lose next," says Alice Howland in the ...

The beleaguered attorney general says the Justice Department won't be 'improperly influenced by political considerations.'

The anticipated featherweight fight between Yair Rodriguez and Zabit Magomedsharipov won’t be happening at UFC 228, after all.

A man has been given a suspended jail sentence in Wales after being caught with a knuckle duster made on a 3D printer.

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Or maybe I mean it’s better to be desperate than good. Either way, when you don’t have a lot of choices to make, sometimes what seems like a bad decision actually works out. In the RCL-style leagues, where daily changes are allowed and there is always a plethora of legit options to choose from on the waiver wire, you’re never going to have a guy like Mark Reynolds in your lineup when he does something like collect 10 RBI in one game, as he did back in July. Читать дальше...

Ohio State University head football coach Urban Meyer has been suspended for three games for his handling of an assistant coach's alleged domestic abuse, much to the chagrin of basically everyone who follows the sports and who isn't angry this sentence didn't start with "The." How bad are the allegations? Well, reading through the full findings ...

US economic growth will slow steadily in coming quarters after touching a four-year high in April-June, according to a Reuters poll of economists, who expect President Donald Trump’s trade war to inflict damage. Boosted in part by $1.5 trillion of tax cuts passed late last year, the US economy expanded at an annualized rate of […]