Can you call a watering can a canister, or is it simply a can? I've looked up the definitions, saying that a can and canister is different, but I don't quite understand why. Just thinking that maybe the "can" bit in watering can might be short for canister, but I honestly have no idea. Very confusing.
Virginia holds its legislative primary Tuesday, and several Democratic contests for safely blue seats in the state Senate have turned into expensive battles between two groups: Dominion Energy and the Clean Virginia Fund, a well-funded environmental group that is one of the mammoth energy producer’s most ardent foes. One of the most prominent recipients of Dominion’s aid is scandal-ridden Sen. Joe Morrissey, the self-proclaimed "unapologetically pro-life" lawmaker who has received close to $100,000 from the company. Читать дальше...
Glenn Greenwald remembers the Pentagon Papers whistleblower and ceaseless anti-war activist
Part of Interstate 95 collapsed on Sunday after a tanker truck caught fire beneath the roadway, causing an overpass for northbound lanes to come crashing down and compromising the southbound lane overpass as well. The portion of I-95, in northeastern Philadelphia, is now being rebuilt, which is little immediate…
Читать дальше...Certain local elections used to run on odd numbered years. This year New York State lawmakers passed a bill to change this.
Public beta testers and developers can download the update now.
There are three paradoxes that bedevil conversations about MLS' structure.
1. The league would like to expand to a lot of new markets, but as the number of clubs approaches 40 or so, scheduling becomes incredibly unwieldy and having that many teams competing for a single annual championship is something that's never really been tried and becomes doomed to rendering a lot of its action meaningless one way or the other.
2. North America's climate is such that the appealing weather... Читать дальше...
Run don't walk to see Juliet Stevenson in a production that marks her first trip across the pond in 20 years. As for the play, you're on your own.
A federal appeals court has blocked proposed restrictions aimed at saving a vanishing species of whale, saying they could put thousands of commercial fishermen out of work. The fishermen harvest lobsters and crabs off New England and they are opposed to tough restrictions on the way they fish that are intended to protect the North Atlantic right whale. The whale numbers only about 340 in the world and it’s vulnerable to lethal entanglement in fishing gear. The fishermen and the state of Maine appealed... Читать дальше...
Chris Simms apologized for insensitive comments he made following the death of a Miami Dolphins fan who trolled him as viral media personality TuAnon.
Bravely giving her first newspaper interview since gruelling operation, she admits hesitantly 'this is the first day I have felt like Amy'
The President-elect of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, has announced that retired General Óscar González will serve as the country’s next Defense Minister. Peña has also designated Enrique Riera as Interior Minister, Juan Carlos Baruja as Housing Minister, Ángel Barchinni as Justice Minister, and Rubén Ramírez Lezcano as Foreign Affairs Minister. In response to his appointment, González […]
Google today announced it is using a diffusion-based AI model to enable a new virtual try-on shopping feature in Search.
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We all saw it, we all heard it. Ref only invoked Step 1 at 90', but it was happening as early as 11'.
We all know it is reprehensible, but...certain individuals keep doing el grito.
If you read some of the commentary threads on Youtube on the Mexican side of things, there appears to be a significant chunk of folks who still think el grito is no big deal, just a normal part of game banter, and it's just Yanqui infringement on their culture...
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While thousands of people lost property, homes and businesses in the southern Alberta floods of 2013, five individuals tragically lost their lives a decade ago
Taiwan has raised concerns at the carbon tax, said people aware of the matter. India could reach out to Brazil, China and Thailand, among others, to garner support on the issue, ahead of the ministerial conference of the WTO early next year, they said.
OUTRAGE was sparked after this inconsiderate motorist took up two parking spaces – but shoppers got their revenge.
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The former president is shedding another lawyer from another matter, this time in a defamation lawsuit involving Hitler, among other things.
We’ve featured Elisabeth Egger (AUT4) as Athlete of the Day before, but we think we’ve got good reason to nominate her again.
A restaurant server revealed in a viral TikTok how she and her co-workers were trying to deal with a flooded kitchen during working hours.
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Woods pulled out of the Masters during the third round in April, saying at the time it was due to plantar fasciitis
ATLANTIC CITY – June 16, 2023 – Undefeated rising star Jaron “Boots” Ennis will defend his Interim IBF Welterweight Title against the biggest puncher he has faced in all-action contender Roiman Villa headlining action live on SHOWTIME on Saturday, July 8 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast […]
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The Los Angeles Dodgers versus San Francisco Giants game on Friday at 10:10 PM ET will feature a pair of hot hitters in Freddie Freeman and (...)