Accusations that Pentagon retaliated against a whistleblower undermine argument that there were options for Snowden other than leaking to the media. Edward Snowden has called for a complete overhaul of US whistleblower protections after a new source from deep inside the Pentagon came forward with a startling account of how the system became a “trap” for those seeking to expose wrongdoing ... “You’re playing with fire.” ... Snowden continued ... ....
Sky sources understand Jose Mourinho is set to succeed Van Gaal as United manager with his agent, Jorge Mendes due to fly into the UK on Tuesday for talks. Van Gaal's United side won the FA Cup at Wembley after beating Crystal Palace 2-1 after extra time - a game which looks like it may have been the Dutchman's final game in charge ...Sky Sports News HQ's James Cooper wished Van Gaal good luck to which he replied "No, No - it's over" ... ....
Harvest should be the time for celebrations, weddings and full bellies in southern Malawi. But Christopher Witimani, Lilian Matafle and their seven children and four grandchildren had nothing to celebrate last week as they picked their meagre maize crop. Related. 'It's a disaster'. children bear brunt of southern Africa's devastating drought . Lucy Lamble. Last year’s drought, followed by erratic rains, hit the village of Nkhotakota hard ... ....
It all started with what Nick Kyrgios insisted was an innocuous, if admittedly loud, directive to a ball kid to retrieve a towel between points — shouted above the din of spectators at the French Open's cozy Court 1. Chair umpire Carlos Ramos considered Kyrgios' bark during a first-set tiebreaker Sunday too forceful and assessed a code violation warning for unsportsmanlike conduct ... 5 Kei Nishikori, No. 23 Jack Sock and others ... ... ....
Uncle Ebo's Roverman Productions, in partnership with Airtel, Joy Fm and the National Theatre, is presenting a new play titled, Dear God, Comma... Dear God, Comma, the latest of Uncle Ebo Whyte's plays, runs at the ......
Bishops StortfordRugby Club in Bishops Stortford. Sunday 22nd May 2016. 9.00am til 3.00pm (last entry 9.00am). Minimum Age. 5. Join hundreds of cyclists and take part in IsabelHospice's seventh sponsored cycle ride through the beautiful Hertfordshire and Essex countryside!. Event Info. Venue. Reviews. . This event has now passed. Leave a review of this event » ...Silver Leys, Hadham Road, ... ....
The Texas Republican Party accidentally declared the majority of Texans were gay, due to a grammatical error. As NPR pointed out, everyone needs a copy editor ... When your high school English teacher told you that subject-verb agreement was important, she wasn’t kidding ... (emphasis added)” ... The Guardian pointed out the grammatical errors in the platform, from comma confusion to a misused verb to the absent apostrophe ... The Rev. Mr....
@MartinPengelly ...Related. Lesbian couple gets $80,000 settlement after arrest in Hawaii for kissing ... “Some are insisting the use of commas in the ‘homosexuality’ plank in the platform could be interpreted as saying that the founders and the majority of Texans are gay.”. The offending comma was the last in the sentence, which can be seen to make the “chosen behavior” one “shared by the majority of Texans” ... The comma was not the only error....
@archon @TexasMonthly They blame commas for the miscommunication, but it was clearly a problem with pluralization!. The Escapist. Encaen's Profile . Send PM Twitter. encaen . Reply ... ....
Hey, @archon, how does the OxfordComma's slander case against @TexasMonthly look to you? This is flagrantly false and inflammatory. The Escapist. Encaen's Profile . Send PM Twitter. encaen . Reply ... ....
Okay, @texasmonthly this was NOT an OxfordComma problem. I demand a correction. https.//t.co/5rst3k1aAb Can I get an "Amen." @ffronw. The Escapist. Encaen's Profile . Send PM Twitter. encaen . Reply ... ....
[The Herald] Let's be real' talk is cheap and business like they say' is always about the commas. And in business' there are few if any' who walk the talk. This is what makes the difference between those who have made it and those who are still to make it ... Ladies come dressed to the nines while men always look ele ... ....
A Texas-based LGBT advocacy helped spark a grammar debate this week over whether an errant comma in the stridently anti-homosexual Republican Party of Texas platform can be read as saying the majority of Texans are gay. The plank that was approved by delegates at the party’s convention this mo... ....
If you live in Texas, you're probably gay ... And we're not even going to touch on the Oxfordcomma. This video includes an image from Getty Images. ....
LucyNicholson/Reuters ...Grammar fanatics quickly concluded that a misplaced comma and the use of "has been" rather than "have been" conveys that all Texans are gay and homosexuality is ordained by God ... Read it at Reuters ... ....
This isn’t food to revel in, it’s food designed for a breathy, titillated voiceover on mainstream television. @marinaoloughlin. My first visit to Wales for these pages was such a blast that a press release arrives at an opportune moment ... I’m keen to see what an ex-La Bécasse chef can do ... How I wish I could say the same for our dinner ... helpful). I’m guessing those inverted commas on the menu are because this bears no resemblance to risotto....
The Western Cape town of Franschhoek is a strange place ...I’ve never seen a car guard in Franschhoek, for instance, which might be the result of notices posted all over the town a few years ago. “Please do not give money to ‘car guards’ ”, employing inverted commas to devastating effect, as if car guards’ existence elsewhere were the result of a collective hallucination ... Um — you’re welcome, I guess ... It does nestle very nicely....