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3 days ago
Current Event jackthetripperUN says coca cultivation hit new high in Colombia last year
Colombia’s acreage of coca, the raw material for cocaine, expanded 17 percent to hit a new record last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as the government mulls whether to restart aerial fumigation with the herbicide glyphosate. The total area of the Andean nation under coca cultivation increased to 171,000 hectares (422,550 acres) by the end of 2017, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, due to increased productivity and growers eager to expand in the hope of ge...
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4 days ago
Comment jackthetripper
A nap always helps. Just don't think more sad things when trying to fall alseep.
Posted in: What do you do when you feel sad?
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7 days ago
Current Event jackthetripper
What Really Happened to Apple's AirPower (Exclusive Details)
For those who eagerly watched the 2017 iPhone X release event last September 12, there is somewhat of an elephant in the room that Apple has so far refused to address: the AirPower wireless charging mat that it unveiled at the event with a promise of a 2018 release date.
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7 days ago
Comment jackthetripper
None of this really matters does it. The party of "family values" will still unanimously vote to confirm him.
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2 weeks ago
Current Event jackthetripper
Eminem Takes Aim At Critics On New Video For ‘Fall’
Since dropping his surprise ten studio album Kamikaze last Thursday, Eminem has set his sights on his critics with the first visual off the new album for the track ‘Fall’. Directed By James Larese, the video begins with a montage of Eminem reading scathing reviews of his last album Revival on his phone. Fed up, he gets out of the car he’s sharing with fellow Detroit rappers Royce da 5’9″ and Denaun Porter and a phantom spectre emerges from the screen and stalks Eminem throughout the vi...
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2 weeks ago
Current Event jackthetripper
Hong Kong now has more super-rich people than any other city
New York is no longer the city with the biggest super-rich population. Hong Kong overtook the Big Apple to become the top destination for the planet's wealthiest people last year, according to a study published Thursday by research firm Wealth-X. The number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) residing in the Asian financial hub rose by almost a third in 2017 to 10,000, the study said.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event jackthetripper
Almost half of Americans can't pay for their basic needs
Four in 10 Americans are struggling to pay for their basic needs such as groceries or housing, a problem even middle-class households confront, according to a new study from the Urban Institute. Despite the U.S. economy being near full employment, 39.4 percent of adults between 18 and 64 years old said they experienced at least one type of material hardship in 2017, according to the study, which surveyed more than 7,500 adults about whether they had trouble paying for housing, utilities, food or...
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1 month ago
Current Event jackthetripper
John McCain, a Maverick We Can Learn From
John McCain’s most courageous moment arguably did not come when he was near death as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. He was then frail and feverish, with two broken arms, a broken leg, a shattered knee and bayonet wounds, yet still resisting his captors even though the consequence was more beatings.
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1 month ago
Current Event jackthetripper
NASA spacecraft approaches Bennu asteroid, snaps first photo
Two years after launching from Florida, a NASA spacecraft is closing in on an ancient asteroid, Bennu, for a sample of space dust that could reveal clues to the start of life in the solar system. The spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, has even snapped its first, blurry pic of the cosmic body, which is about the size of a small mountain, about 500 yards (meters) in diameter.
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1 month ago
Analysis jackthetripper
A Songwriting Mystery Solved: Math Proves John Lennon Wrote 'In My Life'
John Lennon and Paul McCartney have differing memories of who wrote the music for
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1 month ago
Comment jackthetripper
Conspiracy! Fake news! JK
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1 month ago
Current Event jackthetripper
Dead Cells Developer at Motion Twin Reveals That All of Its Staff Receive the Same Salary Regardless of Position
Equality has been a huge topic in recent years with many companies in the industry coming under fire due to the fact that some employees get paid more than others. This undoubtedly has caused an enormous ruckus between workers, driving wedges between people and bringing down the moral within the working environment. Developer Motion Twin has come together in a very simple and efficient remedy, and that’s everyone gets paid the same, no matter who they are or what they provide for the team.
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2 months ago
Current Event jackthetripper
Asus, Philips, and others fined for price fixing in Europe
The European Commission, fresh off of handing Google a record $5 billion antitrust fine, is keeping a busy summer schedule by announcing four more fines for tech companies today. Publicized in Brussels today, the penalties affect Asus, the Denon and Marantz partnership, Philips, and Pioneer. There’s been no collusion between the four manufacturers, but the commission has bundled the four decisions into one announcement because they all boil down to the same unlawful activity.
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2 months ago
Analysis jackthetripper
Welcome to the Meghalayan Age
The official history of Earth has a new chapter - and we are in it. Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct age in the story of our planet. They are calling it the Meghalayan Age, the onset of which was marked by a mega-drought that crushed a number of civilisations worldwide. The International Chronostratigraphic Chart, the famous diagram depicting the timeline for Earth's history (seen on many classroom walls) will be updated.