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Edit Slate 21 Jul 2016

(Here's video of all the times the Trump campaign and its surrogates lied about the speech before the admission, and here's today's Trump Apocalypse Watch.) Elsewhere in Cleveland, Third Eye Blind (!) made a lot of delegates at an afterparty unhappy by talking about gay rights and climate change ... should be put in jail forever....

Fake! TV show finds Merseysiders most eagle-eyed spotting forged paintings

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 Jul 2016

The residents of Merseyside have the best eye for spotting a fake painting as 70% correctly guessed forgeries for a new Sky Arts show ... Eagle-eyed gallery visitors have been using their detective skills to spot the seven counterfeits hiding in plain sight on the walls of six galleries in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London and Manchester throughout July....

Businesses make plans to protect workers during dangerously hot weather

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 21 Jul 2016

Some occupations are just plain hot and companies will be keeping a close eye on workers the next couple days as dangerously hot temperatures arrive in Wisconsin ... ....

Addition to Corral Bluffs Open Space on Colorado Springs' radar

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 21 Jul 2016

Colorado Springs' Trails, Open Space and Parks program is eyeing land to add to Corral Bluffs Open Space, which was acquired eight years ago and remains closed to the public. Earlier this week, committee members of the preservation group under the Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services department toured some of a privately-owned 223-acre parcel edging the nearly 600 acres owned by the city ... ....

Eight joint secys in race for DoF DG

Edit The Himalayan 21 Jul 2016

Lamsal is said to have close ties with all major parties, Yadav has close ties with the CPN-UML, Paudyal has close ties with the CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist, and Khadka has close ties with the CPN-MC ... Pyakurel has close ties with the Nepali Congress, and has just two weeks to retire from his current post. Karna, who has close ties with the CPN-UML, has also not declared his candidacy, but has strong support of many foresters....

Royals gearing up for their White House visit (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jul 2016

(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). 'We actually went in Spring Training the following year,' Yost recalled. 'It was really a fun trip. The thing I recall more than anything else is I kind of really figured out what a politician was. Bill Clinton made me feel like I'd known him forever in a two-minute conversation ... CT ... How many people get to do this, let alone get honored at the White House? Most people never get close to it ... (noodl....

‘Teen Mom 2’ Javi Marroquin Prepares To Move Out Of His Marital Home With Kailyn Lowry

Edit Inquisitr 21 Jul 2016

“My roommate leaves before me man ... Work. Bfast, lunch, and dinner. Homie forever,” Javi Marroquin told fans ... The women have been close friends for years but after they were spotted kissing one another at the Asbury Pride Festival in New Jersey, many believed there could be more between them ... “They are trying to work their issues out and stay together,” a source close to Kailyn Lowry told Radar Online....

Ted Cruz booed off stage at RNC in Cleveland

Edit Penn Live 21 Jul 2016

Let's just say Sen ... The closing of his speech was barely audible as he was booed off stage.  ... He probably used the convention speech to set himself apart as he eyes another presidential run in 2020. ... We don't need .@tedcruz endorsement. We have 1 another ... // ... ....

Asian Stocks Advance as Stimulus Hopes Buoy Japanese Shares

Edit Bloomberg 21 Jul 2016

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index heading toward the highest closing level of the year, as expectations for a stimulus package in Japan weakened the yen and better-than-anticipated corporate earnings in the U.S ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average capped a ninth straight gain and the S&P 500 Index closed at a record, with technology shares pacing the advance....

As Relations With U.S. Thaw, International Productions Are Converging on Cuba

Edit Variety 21 Jul 2016

Thanks to the thaw in relations with the U.S., Cuba since January has become a Hollywood destination, attracting shoots like “Furious 8,” “House of Lies,” and the latest “Transformers.” But European productions never stopped shooting in Cuba, and they’re increasingly converging there, eager to capture the country’s end-of-an-era charm before that unique look vanishes forever.... Read more » ... ....

Outdoor summer screenings at various venues among movie events in the LA area

Edit LA Daily News 21 Jul 2016

"The Muppet Movie" (1979) is screening at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery . ....

Trump's pursuit of GOP unity proves elusive

Edit Politico 21 Jul 2016

Sources close to Cruz in the days running up to the address said Cruz was unlikely to endorse Trump on stage ... Others see it as calculating, and made with an eye to 2020 ... “This is a logical decision to unite the party and all eyes are on Ted Cruz right now ... cited similar phrasing from “My Little Pony” in making the case her speech wasn’t plagiarism....

Study suggests humans can detect even the smallest units of light (The Rockefeller University)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jul 2016

Just how dark does it have to be before our eyes stop working? Research by a team from Rockefeller University and the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Austria has shown that humans can detect the presence of a single photon, the smallest measurable unit of light ... Previous experiments designed to test the human eye's sensitivity have suffered from a lack of appropriate technology, Vaziri says....