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For every question you answer “YES” to, add one point to your total.

1. Does the grind of your job knock you down (physically or emotionally) day after day?

2. Will you rush towards any opening you see, no matter how small or inopportune?

3. Do you work on Sundays?

4. Have you ever sustained head trauma from either (a) 350-pound defensive linemen or (b) dropping your phone on your face while laying in bed during a “15-minute break”?

5. Do you ever get frustrated... Читать дальше...

The weekend is for ambitious cooking plans, or for getting too overwhelmed and playing video games instead.

Highland Park, Mich., is a small, majority-black community of three square miles, nestled in the center of Detroit, with some of the highest poverty and unemployment rates in the country. It’s suffered a series of indignities and setbacks over the years: a state emergency management takeover of the city and surrounding areas; a state takeover of the public water infrastructure; public school closures; and a collapse of tax revenue fueled by white flight, fossil-fuel-driven suburban development... Читать дальше...

Think floral cocktails, views of the River Thames and millennial-pink furniture.

The City boss hopes the Belgium international will provide goals from midfield and more creativity

Although most of us shy away from poop, it is worthy of our attention. From medical treatments to unusual chemistry, poop is intriguing.

Charity bike ride in aid of the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation to take place in May!

Given how poorly the club is managed, almost certainly not

Things are getting wild in the NBA this week. First, Anthony Davis told the New Orleans Pelicans that he would be elsewhere next season and the trade offers began to roll in.

Unfortunately for the rest of the league, the Pelican’s GM, Dell Demps, apparently isn’t entertaining many calls right now, well aware that Boston can’t do anything under NBA rules until after the season ends and Boston can offer far more than any other NBA team can. Читать дальше...

Help us vote for the SABR Analytics Awards!

Here's your chance to vote for the 2019 SABR Analytics Conference Research Award winners.

The SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards will recognize baseball researchers who have completed the best work of original analysis or commentary during the preceding calendar year. Nominations were solicited by representatives from SABR, Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs, The Hardball Times, and Beyond the Box Score.

To read any of the finalists, click on the link below. Читать дальше...

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This quiz is inspired by a video game. Recently my friend and I started a Mariners franchise in MLB The Show. The game auto generated this prospect who throws 100 MPH from the left side but just cannot seem to get strikeouts. That led me to look up the Mariners with the fewest strikeouts per nine innings in franchise history. Each of these pitchers has thrown at least 500 innings for the Mariners. Can you name them?

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When OK Sod Hydromulch in Keller closed its business in April 2015, it left behind and empty building and an empty lot at 525 Keller Parkway. However, the property owner, … Click to Continue »

The things we remember most in life are experiences. So what better way for youngsters to learn than experiencing life? That is the philosophy behind the new Dr. Sarah K. … Click to Continue »

Hans Rosling’s 2018 book “Factfulness” brought attention to many elements of life around the world that are better than most people perceive. Substantial improvements have been made in extreme poverty, … Click to Continue »

The beginning of February starts the gardening season. Once you see daffodils pushing up from the ground you know you have survived another winter so it is time to celebrate … Click to Continue »

PS4/XOne/PC End Game Preview - 'Anthem'

Demonstrating you’re not a robot is getting harder and harder

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A season long study of youth hockey players resulted in some interesting findings regarding concussions and sub-concussive impacts.

British politicians have often been taken to task for their less-than-politically-correct comments about developing countries, including in 1985 when Conservative MP for Plymouth, Alan Clark, allegedly called an African nation “Bongo Bongo land”.

Indian mills are likely to increase their domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) in February sales by about 1,000 rupees ($14) per tonne because of rising international HRC prices, particularly in China, Fastmarkets heard on Friday February 1.

Scientists have characterized the quantum behavior of buckminsterfullerene molecules, also known as buckyballs, with the hope of perhaps one day turning them into miniature quantum computers.

Wyclef's new protegèe, Jazzy Amra, is ready to burst onto the scene under the tutelage of the legendary hyphenate. Today (Feb. 1), the vivacious...

Meet Central Methodist football coach David Calloway. Check back every Friday to learn about a different coach in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.

Time flies when you're having fun, or when you have a baby, or both! Today Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's beautiful baby girl Stormi Webster turns one year old and we really have...

A traveller camp has been set up on land close to a country park.

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