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Chinese fossils illuminate key evolutionary period

Edit Taipei Times 08 May 2016
four similar to Madagascar’s lemurs, one similar to the nocturnal insect and lizard-eating tarsiers of the Philippines and Indonesia, and one monkey-like primate ... The primate lineage that led to monkeys, apes and people, called anthropoids, originated in Asia, with their earliest fossils dating from 45 million years ago ... Afterward, they were dominated by lemur-like primates, with the monkey-like ones decimated....

#SundayStartup – the top five stories for tech start-ups this week (Cisco Systems Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 08 May 2016
In this week's edition of #SundayStartup - where we collect together the best tech and start-up stories from the past seven days - there's a 'CV of Failures', FinTech, warnings for the on-demand market, Twitter monkeys hitting typewriters and more ... In this case, however, the monkey is replaced by Twitter users....

Tears flow after viewing Subaru's 'Dream Weekend'

Edit The Examiner 08 May 2016
Now and then, a TV ad comes along that seems just perfect. It’s the type of ad that goes into your psyche and stays there ... Inspiration for the ad came from many places, including the canine star of the ad, an 11-year-old rescue dog that turned out to have been a retired actor whose name was Monkey. Monkey proved to be quite good at her trade. The ad called for a 14-year-old male canine lead; Monkey was anything but....

Here's why mothers are always right

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
If you grew up in a Bengali household, you'd know that `Ma' is always right. In her own, sweet way , of course ... Growing up Bengali, there are things your mother has repeated innumerable times but never got tired of ... Passive-Aggressive ... Don't be surprised ... You ... Ma ... If she thinks it's cold, you have to wear the monkey cap ... If the temperature dips below 20° Celsius, ma will mummify you under layers of clothing and the all conquering monkey cap....

'Overwatch' Open Beta Extended Another Day

Edit Forbes 08 May 2016
If you've found yourself a little pressed for time as you're leaping around as a monkey scientist or whipping chains around as Roadhog, you're in luck. Blizzard just extended the open Beta for hero shooter Overwatch an extra 24 hours, giving you a little more time to play while giving [...] ... ....

The Republican Front-Runner and 'The Hispanics'

Edit The Oklahoman 08 May 2016
“We want to bring unity to the Republican Party,” he said ... A recent Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Hispanics view Trump unfavorably. A Washington Post poll pegged that number at eight in 10, seven of them “very unfavorable.” An NBC News/Survey Monkey poll found an astonishing 86 percent of African Americans had a negative view of Trump ... ....

LSU completes incredible comeback after 'Rally Possum' appearance

Edit Yahoo Daily News 08 May 2016
When baseball is played late into the night, it tends to get weird. For evidence, look no further than Saturday night's college baseball game between SEC rivals Arkansas and LSU ... What?! ... From 'Rally Monkeys' to 'Rally Squirrels' to the 'Rally Possum,' we've witnessed quite an evolution within our beloved game. We've also now witnessed Bartolo Colon hitting a home run, which truly means anything and everything is possible....

Totally cosmic science festival for blue-sky thinkers

Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
Other highlights include Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince in The Infinite Monkey Cage live; Andrew Smith talking about Moondust, his award-winning book in which he meets all the men who have walked on the moon; Helen Keen with her award-winning It Is Rocket Science! stand-up show; and Pete Lawrence from the BBC’s Sky at Night giving a spectacular tour of the universe ... Twitter ... See membership.theguardian.com/events for further details. ....

Dan Walters: California highways leading nowhere

Edit Sacramento Bee 08 May 2016
Driving north from Bakersfield on Highway 99, a motorist soon encounters an offramp onto Highway 65, which runs up the east side of the Central Valley – but not very far. The pavement ends about 70 miles north of Bakersfield, near the farming town of Exeter ... The current legislative session includes a bill sponsored by opponents of completion that would throw a procedural monkey wrench into current efforts to close the gap ... ....

TV guide: what's on Sunday, May 15

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 08 May 2016
Compass. Prison Chaplains. ABC, 6.30pm,  ... More documentaries should follow this subtle yet impressive style. Alana Schetzer Advertisement. House Rules ... And there's a medical emergency, for which I'm sure some television executive prayed to Satan. House Rules is the renovation version of My Kitchen Rules – smart editing and repetitive explanations from contestants that even a brain-damaged monkey could understand ... ....

Players to watch – Dan Lawrence (ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board)

Edit Public Technologies 08 May 2016
(Source. ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board). During the 2016 Specsavers County Championship campaign, ecb.co.uk is running a series of features on young players to watch out for ... Cricket has been immersed into the life of Dan Lawrence from a young age, having lived at his local club Chingford CC where his father was the groundsman ... 'Getting a hundred against Surrey, it was nice to get the monkey off the back,' Lawrence added ... (noodl....

Kyle Busch keeps Joe Gibbs Racing at front of Sprint Cup

Edit Springfield News-Sun 08 May 2016
At the season-opening Daytona 500, Joe Gibbs Racing proved it was unquestionably the fastest, from Denny Hamlin taking the checkered flag to its quartet of cars leading more than three-quarters of the race. It turned out to be a harbinger of things to come ... Everybody on the team has a win except Matt Kenseth, and the former series champion finished a season-best fourth at Kansas ... It's nice to have that monkey off your back." ... ....

San Francisco Protesters Targeting Police Brutality End Hunger Strike After 17 Days

Edit Alternet 08 May 2016
But City Hall did not meet their demands ... “They have decided to listen to the community that they love ... The strikers demanded the firing of the police chief, who refused to step down and was supported by Mayor Ed Lee ... “Have you read the text messages? The texts that the monkey deserved to die, referring to an African-American person who was killed? That they wish they could burn crosses on people’s lawns like the KKK?”....
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