Good grief! A wealth of “Arrested Development” references, including all references to Peanuts.
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Watch out for that stair car… and any of the other numerous running jokes from resurrected cult hit “Arrested Development.”
In honor of the show’s triumphant return to Netflix, with 15 new episodes set to start streaming May 26, NPR has compiled, logged, and cross-referenced all the recurring gags from the show’s original three seasons to make sure you don’ [...]
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Good grief! A wealth of “Arrested Development” references, including all references to Peanuts.
(Credit:
Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET)
Watch out for that stair car… and any of the other numerous running jokes from resurrected cult hit “Arrested Development.”
In honor of the show’s triumphant return to Netflix, with 15 new episodes set to start streaming May 26, NPR has compiled, logged, and cross-referenced all the recurring gags from the show’s original three seasons to make sure you don’ [...]
Pro-drachma party launches in Greece
18 May 2013
Last updated at 14:01 ET
Plan B wants to see a return of the old Greek currency, the drachma
Greece has seen the launch of a new political party, Plan B, which supports leaving the euro and returning to the drachma.
Its leader, Alekos Alavanos, told the conference in Athens that he opposed the austerity measures imposed on the country.
He argued that Greece could not emerge from recession as long as it was locked into a common currency.
But opinion polls suggest most Greeks favour retaining the euro.
The pros [...]
Clermont Auvergne 15-16 Toulon
Jonny Wilkinson added the Heineken Cup to his long list of achievements after he kicked 11 points to help Toulon beat Clermont Auvergne in Dublin.
A penalty apiece for Wilkinson and Morgan Parra was all there was to show from an uninspiring first half.
The all-French final burst into life as Clermont quickly scored twice through Napolioni Nalaga and Brock James.
But Delon Armitage scored in the corner to give Toulon hope and the trusted Wilkinson kicked his side to victory.
Many had predicted a final where attritio [...]
Google and NASA Aim to Give AI a Quantum Leap
To discover the deepest mysteries of the universe, no ordinary computer will do. Solving some of the most challenging computer science problems — notably toward the advancement of machine learning — will require quantum computing. To that end, Google announced that it is launching the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab with NASA’s Ames Research Center, which will host the lab.
This facility will house a new quantum computer from D-Wave Systems and the Universities Space Research Association. Researchers from around the [...]
Students can’t resist distraction for two minutes … and neither can you
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A woman checks her phone while at the computer.
Are gadgets making us dumber? Two new studies suggest they might be. One found that people who are interrupted by technology score 20 percent lower on a standard cognition test. A second demonstrated that some students, even when on their best behavior, can’t concentrate on homework for more than two minutes without distracting themselves by using social media or writing an email.
Interruptions are the scourge of modern life. Our days and nights are fu [...]
Gunmen kill anti-terror policeman and family as Iraq violence continues
A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country’s main highway to Jordan and Syria, as a wave of violence continued to grip the country.
The shootings and bombings follow three days of attacks that killed 130 people in both Shiite and Sunni areas in scenes reminiscent of retaliatory attacks between the two groups that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007. The spike in bloodshed in recent weeks has raised fears the country [...]
England wobble as NZ fight back
By Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord’s
The first Test between England and New Zealand hangs in the balance after a riveting third day at Lord’s.
England looked to be batting New Zealand out of the game when the in-form Joe Root (71) and Jonathan Trott (56) put on 123 for the third wicket.
But a late collapse which saw the hosts lost four wickets for 12 runs left a low-scoring match delicately poised with the hosts on 180-6, 205 ah [...]
How to really, really make your naked Snapchat photos disappear
To erase or not to erase? That is the question.
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The attractions of Snapchat are essentially intellectual.
In creating the conditions for a spontaneous “now you see me, now you don’t” aspect to your life, it allows for a greater and more nuanced level of excitement to permeate human relationships.
Recently, however, there have been concerns that the topless, bottomless, or merely hapless shots sent by Snapchat users might not truly disappear.
They remain stored in the net [...]
US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport
By David Jones
NEWARK, New Jersey |
Sat May 18, 2013 1:15pm EDT
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said.
Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members, landed safely at 1 a.m., and passengers were evacuated on the [...]
Father of Assad spokesman kidnapped
18 May 2013
Last updated at 13:23 ET
Faisal Mekdad is deputy foreign minister
Gunmen in Syria have abducted the elderly father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, one of the most powerful voices in the government.
The man, said to be in his 80s, was seized from his village home in the southern province of Daraa, government and opposition sources said.
No group said they had carried out the abduction but rebels have targeted the families of officials in the past.
Relatives of one of the suspected kidnappers were rep [...]
Bradford City 3-0 Northampton
Bradford City came back to Wembley with a vengeance. Three months after being walloped by Swansea City in the Capital One Cup final, the Bantams returned to the scene of that pain and spanked Northampton Town to win promotion to League One. Phil Parkinson did not care that his team’s dominance meant the play-off final was devoid of the sort of drama that makes the format so popular, as first-half goals by James Hanson, Rory McArdle and Nahki Wells made the outcome obvious long before the referee confirmed a triumphant end to a memor [...]
Single-pixel camera makes 3D image
16 May 2013
Last updated at 19:13 ET
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A projector displays patterned light on the face on a mannequin. These patterns are used to produce a 2D image. A 3D image is then formed using a technique called “shape from shade”
Scientists in Glasgow have discovered a low-cost way to create 3D images.
Their system uses detectors which have a single pixel to sense light instead of the [...]