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No venue to host PBL finals and semifinals, says Bengaluru Raptors

Business Standard 

Bengaluru Raptors on Thursday expressed their inability to host the final and semifinals of the upcoming Premier Badminton League (PBL) due to "unavailability" of venue. In a series of tweets, Bengaluru Raptors made it clear that due to the unavailability of the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, they might not be able to host the scheduled matches. "Dear badminton players and Bengaluru Raptors fans, unfortunately it looks like this year we may not be able to have the Premier Badminton League finals in Namma Bengaluru. Читать дальше...

Your commute: New water main breaks, a few lingering backups

Ottawa Citizen 

There are a couple of new broken water mains to tell you about this nippy Thursday morning. A couple of collisions snarled Queensway traffic just before 8 a.m. One in the eastbound lanes at Carling and Kirkwood avenues closed the centre lane while a second blocked the right lane and shoulder on the eastbound on-ramp […]

The First Full Moon Of 2020 Is January's ‘Wolf Moon’

Huffingtonpost.ca 

The decade’s first full moon is taking place Jan. 10. 

Full moons often have special names rooted in Indigenous-American culture. 

January’s the month of the “wolf moon,” and skywatchers are definitely in for a treat because it will coincide with a lunar eclipse.

At about 2:21 PM EST on Friday, the moon will drift into the earth’s shadow.

Canadians might have a hard time trying to spot the moon because the eclipse will take place during the day.

But fear not! There... Читать дальше...

CONGRESS HAS TO RECLAIM ITS WAR-MAKING AUTHORITY

The Moderate Voice 

by John L. Micek It didn’t take long for “World War III” to become a trending topic on Twitter in the hours after news broke that a drone strike by U.S. forces resulted in the death of a top Iranian military commander. Almost simultaneously, those who’d never heard of the now-late Qasem Soleimani until cable […]

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‘Dark Souls’ on an iPhone? ‘Pascal’s Wager’ shows it’s not as crazy as it sounds

Macworld.com 

The “Crazy Ascetic” boss killed me during my first battle with him, and you know what? I was glad. It showed that Pascal’s Wager—coming January 16 to iOS—has some real cred as a viable Dark Souls stand-in on the iPhone. And here’s the kicker: I knew I died because I got cocky and not because of any failing on the game’s behalf. That’s proper Souls.

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The Deadliest Warships In All of Naval History

The National Interest 

Kyle Mizokami

Security, Americas

They're remarkable feats of engineering.

Key point: Military greatness reaches its peak on the high seas.

Great-power competition is back, and so are surface navies. As any student of history will tell you nationalist rivalries drive naval construction, going back to the days of the Greeks and the Persians. After a quarter century hiatus, shipyards are again building large destroyers and even cruiser-sized vessels.

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Bitcoin traders admit to cashing in on Iran conflict

Express.co.uk 

Opportunist bitcoin traders say they are actively hoping for tensions between the USA and Iran to escalate in order to cash in on cryptocurrency price spikes that occur during military conflict.

Judge Certification, Young Judge Academy Launch Scheduled

Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association 

Last month, the MFTHBA hosted a survey to facilitate feedback from members, exhibitors, judges and trainers within the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse breed.  The input was the first step in the process of improving the current judge certification training and selection process.  “When I began writing down the survey questions, I had hoped that we […]


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