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Here’s an extract from an advertisement for a research post at the London School of Economics:The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science [London School of Economics] is seeking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Officer to contribute to the AHRC [Arts & Humanities Research...

No, not Al Gore with rhythm ya meatheads, some nefarious group or evil genius testing the waters perhaps? via sda: It's Probably Nothing A single algorithm ......last week placed and cancelled orders on the Nasdaq accounting for 4% of all quoted traffic in the US. Not only...

Not my kinda thing but the lighting effects make it pretty cool: The Best of Tron Legacy - (Amazing Dance) HD - YouTube

Police have shut down part of downtown Vancouver after a distraught man with a handgun walked into the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel early this morning. Police say the man, believed to be in his 20s, walked into the lobby of the hotel around 2:30 a.m. PT and showed his gun to staff. He is...

An electromagnetic pulse attack — the ‘other’ Iranian nuclear threat Just what might happen if the Iranians got their hands on a nuclear weapon? Would they fire it at an Israeli city, causing tens or hundreds of thousands of casualties? Or would they use it as a geopolitical weapon...

MONTREAL - Some of North America's largest retailers have taken Quebec's language office to court over its demands that they modify their outdoor signs to comply with the province's language laws. Costco, Walmart, Best Buy, Gap, Old Navy and Guess have officially petitioned Quebec's...

via Zip: UK Government Report: Global Warming Stopped 16 Years Ago… | Weasel Zippers Still not going to stop the MSM from obsessively hyping it. Via Daily Mail:The world stopped getting warmer almost 16 years ago, according to new data released last week. The figures, which have triggered...

Good going. (CNN) -- Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who came under fire from his own troops just hours before, took to his country's airwaves Sunday, saying the shooting incident was an accident. "I want to reassure all citizens of my well-being after the accident...

Should be a go soon after a couple hours of ascent, then it'll all be over soon enough. 115,000 feet in 5 minutes and a wee 5.000 foot parachute ride. Watch live for the 'excitement': Live Broadcast | Red Bull Stratos 2 miles high and rising.

via Fark BERLIN - If you've ever forgotten where you parked your car (and who hasn't?) you are sure to appreciate this story. A man in Bavaria, in southern Germany, has been reunited with his car, two years after he forgot where he left it. Hope he didn't leave the lights on. Officials...

Well done. Two Navy vessels collided this afternoon off the coast of northeastern Florida, there were no injuries aboard the submarine and cruiser involved in the collision. According to a Navy statement the submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) and the Aegis cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56)...

BANGOR, Maine — A Thomaston man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to five years and three months in federal prison for having 2,400 doses of bath salts with an estimated street value of $170,000 hidden in his apartment and car. Travis Griffin, 27, also was sentenced to three years...

Daniel Greer, 24, was hit with four tickets when he went through three red lights while wearing headphones. Idiot. An avid cyclist says he’s the one being taken for a ride after getting slapped with a whopping $1,555 in fines for a single traffic stop in Brooklyn last month...

via smalldeadanimals: Your Modern Educators, Hard at Work The Florida State Board of Education has passed a new strategic plan: For reading at or above the grade level, the goals are as follows: - 90 percent of Asian students - 88 percent of White students - 81 percent of...

via small dead animals: We Don't Need No Stinking Giant Fans Breitbart; A Danish wind turbine company whose subsidiaries received over $50 million in U.S. stimulus dollars announced on Friday it has cut more than 800 jobs in the United States and Canada this year and may be...

Armored car company "either lost or misplaced" five bags of money, says they've checked the couch cushions and their pants pockets, and they would really appreciate it if you would return the large bags of unmarked cash if you happen to find them It's a case of missing money, a lot of...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Unknown thieves stole a "large amount" of newly-designed $100 bills bound for a Federal Reserve facility in New Jersey on Thursday, the FBI said. Frank Burton, Jr., spokesman for the FBI's...

A company that specializes in helping businesses prevent accidents and fires had an explosion this morning that gave an employee third-degree burns. According to Pasco Fire Department Chief Bob Gear, Oxarc called his office just before 1 a.m. this morning. An employee at the 716 South...

Sounds like excellent news. via Zip: From bad to worse. BEIRUT (AP) — A shadowy jihadi group believed to be linked to al-Qaida fought alongside rebels who seized a government missile defense base in Syria on Friday, activists said, heightening fears that extremists are taking...

Yawn-worthy but still, just like kids in school man: One of the bitterest Congressional races in the country descended into physical confrontation at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California Thursday night. Rep. Brad Sherman and Rep. Howard Berman — each fighting for his political...