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Elephants

Paper Blog 

Firstly let me apologize for my tardiness in writing a regular blog. At present my life is like an episode of a soap opera. Anyway, I settled down for a few minutes earlier this week and wrote this short piece....

   Our old van had a registration number that included the letters ENP, so in order to help me remember the registration,  I made up this little phrase.
         
              "Elephants never party".

   So I came up with this little ...

Dance Divas: fancy footwork for a good cause

Chicago Sun-Times 

Jeremy Plummer (seated center) and Ben Wardell (second from right) perform at Dance Divas 2018. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography

At the official kick-off party for Dance For Life, performers put their drag and dance skills on campy display to assist artists in need

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Lilly Wachowski Discusses ‘Revolutionary Act’ of Creating Queer TV Characters

Variety 

Lilly Wachowski discussed her upcoming Showtime comedy series “Work In Progress” at the network’s Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, alongside the show’s creators Abby McEnany and Tim Mason, and tackling the series’ central themes of mental illness and depression. “I think comedy and humor are essential ingredients in trying to overcome mental illness and […]



Stocks post their worst week of 2019 after Trump's latest trade-war escalation - Business Insider

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  1. Stocks post their worst week of 2019 after Trump's latest trade-war escalation  Business Insider
  2. Trump threat to raise Chinese tariffs putting pressure on Fed to cut interest rates again  MarketWatch
  3. One Cheer for Low Rates  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Too soon to know if Fed rate cut will help avoid recession | TheHill  The Hill
  5. Why is everyone obsessed with the Fed?  The Week
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Ugandan activist defiant as jailed for 'harassing' president

Modern Ghana 

A prominent Ugandan activist bared her breasts and screamed obscenities in protest Friday as a magistrate sentenced her to 18 months prison on controversial charges of 'harassing' President Yoweri Museveni. Stella Nyanzi, a university researcher and rights activist who previously been detained for calling Museveni a pair of buttocks , was sente ...

Stéphanie Frappart will be first female UEFA Super Cup referee

Modern Ghana 

Stéphanie Frappart is once again breaking ground with her appointment as the referee for the European Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea, making her the first woman to officiate a major UEFA men's event. The Union of European Football Associations, UEFA, announced Frappart's appointment on Friday. It added that the 35-year old French wom ...

Mozambique urges opposition fighters to hand in weapons

Modern Ghana 

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Friday warned that any opposition Renamo fighters who chose not to turn in their weapons under an ongoing disarmament programme would be hunted down . More than 5,200 Renamo fighters are expected to surrender their weapons to the government as one of the conditions for upholding a landmark peace deal. Sig ...

E.Guinea opposition urges sanctions as ruler marks 40 years in power

Modern Ghana 

Equatorial Guinea's opposition has called for international sanctions against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema's regime as the ruler widely criticised for rights abuses marks four decades in power. Obiang Nguema will celebrate forty years in office on Saturday, highlighting his status as Africa's longest-serving head of state since he seized powe ...

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Москва

Эксперт Президентской академии в Санкт-Петербурге о компенсации части затрат на путевки в оздоровительные лагеря в рамках нацпроекта «Семья»


A fashion designer Instagrammed his shoes on top of his Ferrari, and Ferrari is threatening to sue

The Verge 

Philipp Plein

Ferrari doesn’t like what German fashion designer Philipp Plein is doing with its Italian luxury cars. In a series of Instagram posts this week, Plein claims that Ferrari is threatening to sue him because he posted images of his sneakers on the hood of his own personal supercar. Ferrari says Plein’s behavior “tarnishes the reputation of Ferrari’s brands and causes Ferrari further material damage.”

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Game Thread: Mets vs Pirates, 7:05 PM

Mets Merized Online 

Friday, August 2, 2019 • 7:05 p.m. ET PNC Park • Pittsburgh, PA LHP Steven Matz (6-6, 4.32) vs. RHP Trevor Williams (3-4, 4.77) SNY • WCBS 880 [...]

Don't Buy What Baseball's Also-Rans Are Selling

Deadspin.com 

It is one of the charms of baseball’s postseason that both good and notably less-good teams take part. Sometimes one of those less-good teams catches the Holy Ghost and tears some or all of the way through the postseason, and it is good. A Colorado Rockies team that looked like a…

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Lyft acknowledges its response to sexual harassment has fallen short

Engadget 

Lyft acknowledges that its response to sexual harassment has fallen short in some instances. Despite the ridesharing company's attempts to position itself as a mission-driven brand with a "friendly, hospitality-oriented personality," a growing number...


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