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Portugal's pragmatism pays off in fitting end to Euro 2016

Edit FourFourTwo 11 Jul 2016
8 min ago. @https.//twitter.com/@JoeBrewinFFT. Joe Brewin. Topics. comments ... It wasn’t pretty, but then it didn’t need to be ... Ron's gone ... (Disclaimer ... Its good games were far outweighed by the bad, it averaged fewer goals than any major tournament since Euro 96 (even if, weirdly, it probably had the best of them all) and it was won by a team that nobody particularly rated who finished third in their group ... In my fairy tales, the baddies win ... ....

Utopian Lab: Twin Tales

Edit Skiddle 11 Jul 2016
Kings College London in London ... Twin Tales on Fri 15th July 2016 ... Twin Tales attempts to capture the ‘twin thing’ in photographs of twins by Iringó Demeter, and recordings in which the twins talk openly about twinship, the human experience, and taking part in life-saving research ... ....

Inside the Beltway: Gary Byrne's Clinton tell-all now no. 1

Edit The Washington Times 11 Jul 2016
Here is a telling tale of a book that dominated best-seller lists on Amazon for weeks before it was even published, but was virtually ignored by the mainstream media both before and after its publication in late June. Now comes the outcome. "Crisis of Character. A White House Secret Service ... ....

6 unusual Facebook Messenger chatbots you should try

Edit Venture Beat 11 Jul 2016
Chatbots for Facebook Messenger are in that awkward phase of development when they are mostly a proof of concept and a way to demonstrate potential. Most of the bots available today do not quite match the artificial intelligence you’ll find in a Tesla or at Google ... Many are powerful and useful, including the new Yahoo Weather bot ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... This bot won’t make you believe in artificial intelligence all over again, but it’s definitely weird....

Remembering Srebrenica (The FA - The Football Association)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
(Source. The FA - The Football Association). Today is Srebrenica Memorial Day. To mark it, The FA teamed up with the Remembering Srebrenica charity by releasing a special film featuring the England Women's team ... She said ... She added ... Football has the power to do that ... 'There are some incredible women in that country, some remarkable women that went through absolute hell but they're still here to tell the tale and still fighting.' ... (noodl....

Banker Sitting in U.S. Prison Has a Most Incredible Tale to Tell

Edit Bloomberg 11 Jul 2016
Eugene Gourevitch, a 39-year-old Berkeley-educated finance whiz, spends his days working in the library in a federal prison in Montgomery, Alabama ... How Gourevitch ended up as an inmate is no run-of-the-mill Wall Street tale of a promising career gone awry ... null. While aiding U.S ... His offer is the latest development in a long-running tale of alleged corruption involving former Kyrgyzstan president Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his son Maksim ... ....

Viral footage of violent Calgary police arrest shows officer worn cameras critical to public trust

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Jul 2016
Where there’s no trust, there must be cameras ... S.W., outside a pub ... But again, that’s without context or clarity ... And yes, sometimes police go too far ... Overwhelmed with recent tales of police shootings and reactive violence in the U.S.A., some Canadians are looking for signs of the same here, unfortunately failing to appreciate that this is a very different country ... Again, body cameras would take any doubts away....

Curse of the honey pot

Edit China Daily 11 Jul 2016
A woman who dates or marries a famous man doesn't have to be a gold digger, yet she should possess the dexterity to avoid certain pitfalls. Tian Pujun could be a cautionary tale in that regard. Wendi Deng might have envied Tian Pujun. The former Mrs Murdoch had all the photo opportunities with major celebrities in the world, but it was not easy for her to stay in the headlines ... Tian is not yet Mrs ... It cannot be saved ... So, she swore it off....

‘Secret Life of Pets’ chows down on both ‘Dory’ and box office records

Edit The Oklahoman 11 Jul 2016
LOS ANGELES — Taking a bite out of the competition — and a box office record — “The Secret Life of Pets,” from Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures, pulled in an estimated $103.2 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada ... 2 debut in China ... The live action retelling of the classic tale dropped only 46 percent from its debut over the July Fourth weekend for a total domestic gross to date of $81.4 million ... ——— ... _____....

'Secret Life of Pets' chows down on both 'Dory' and box office records

Edit The Miami Herald 11 Jul 2016
Taking a bite out of the competition - and a box office record - "The Secret Life of Pets," from Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures, pulled in an estimated $103.2 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada ... 2 debut in China ... 1 at the box office ... The live action retelling of the classic tale dropped only 46 percent from its debut over the July Fourth weekend for a total domestic gross to date of $81.4 million....

Migrants face torture, rape in journey from Libya to Europe

Edit The Jakarta Post 11 Jul 2016
The young Liberian man went through hell, but when he reached Libya he hoped that there he'd be able to make a living and get an education. Instead, he entered another hell of imprisonment, then near death at sea ... Instead, for many the war-torn country has meant only torture, imprisonment, rape or death ... After the initial shock from days on open water subsided, the tales of trauma and torture they endured in Libya poured out ... ....

Ka Ka Ka Po Movie Review

Edit The Times of India 10 Jul 2016
Synopsis ... Review ... The story revolves around Kavita Punyakodi (Sakshi Agarwal), a middle-class, college-going girl whose life is akin to a fairy tale — she is believed to bring fortune to people, thanks to her endless bizarre 'powers' ... A friend of hers comes up with a weird suggestion — as weird as the film's plot — to bring her life back to the good olden days, which is sure to raise eyebrows ... A tiring watch indeed! ... Recent Messages ()....

AROUND TOWN: Range Riders wrap up annual rodeo trek with awards, families

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 10 Jul 2016
Days of cowboy camaraderie, riding horseback trails through the mountains to their campsites and following an almost seven-decade, multigenerational tradition promoting the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. With that, the Pikes Peak Range Riders returned to town June 19 with tales to tell and awards to present ... There were also stories and plenty of them, not the least of which was the missing horse tale that will live in Range Rider lore ... ....
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