Mischief Night

A night of innocent mischief may have been good for a neighborhood's morale, had it not turned into "vandalism night". Harmless mischief can be fun, and it can give the neighbors something to talk and laugh about.I remember, as I rode the school bus to school on Halloween day, seeing the outhouse on the same bank's lawn on the same day every year. It posed a challenge to the police year after year to prevent this, but somehow the pranksters prevailed in this mischief night tradition. As the years went by, and more and more of the area's farmland was sold off and developed, I suppose that the town's supply of outhouses dried up, and another community tradition died quietly. I do, however, wonder if the local police department took credit for...

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Dc Metro Map

Moscow just released its new metro map. We thought it would be interesting to write about the most well-designed maps of various cities’ public transit systems. Moscow’s new map took four years to develop, according to the design firm behind it, Art. Lebedev Studio. Its design is meant to be scalable to various sizes and complexity. A lot attention was paid to graphically representing the intersections of various transit lines.Graphic designer Cameron Booth, who redesigned Washington, D.C.’s Metro map as a personal project (it’s not publicly in use), answered a few of our questions about mapping. First off, Booth says transit maps are not really maps at all; they are “diagrams that show connections between points and not the accurate geography...

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Time Change

Daylight Savings Time 2010: Time Change Fall (Canada & US) – Every six months, the time changes and every six months the same question pops up – do we get one more or one less hour of sleep?On Sunday, November 7, 2010 at at 7.30 PM IST (6 AM EST) all the clocks will need to fall back again to Standard Time also known as winter time which means you will have an extra 60 minutes of sleep or partying.But have you ever wondered why do we change the time every 6 months?The concept of summer time and winter time was introduced in 1975. At the time, the world had just survived the first oil crisis in history.That is when it was decided to adjust the time once a year for the countries that are in different time zones in order to use less energy.The...

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Cocoa Beach Air Show

Well it is finally the last weekend of October and aviation enthusiasts from across the nation have come to Florida’s Space Coast for the 2010 Cocoa Beach Air Show. With demonstrations that include the F-15, F-18 and F-22 as well as the C-17 – the military is well represented. To highlight this, the Thunderbirds will be burning the blue skies red as parachutists and civilian performers show their stuff in the clouds and waters of beautiful Cocoa Beach, Florida. While the final flight of the space shuttle Discovery has slipped a day, it is still just a day after the air show’s end – worth the wa...

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Halloween Appetizers

Halloween Appetizers: Halloween Drink and Punch Recipes – Halloween event is fast approaching. Have you planned the foods that you will serve on the table? What are some of the foods that are appropriate for the Halloween celebration?Since Jack-O-Lanterns are one of the symbols representing Halloween, here is a simple Halloween appetizer recipe of a food called Jack-O-Lantern Cheese Ball courtesy of cooksrecipes.Ingredients:2 cups shredded cheddar cheese1/4 cup pumpkin puree1/4 pineapple preserves1/4 teaspoon ground allspice1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg1 large pretzel rod, broken in half4-ounces cream cheese, softenedDark rye breadRed pepperBlack olive slicesParsley sprigsAssorted crackersHow to Prepare:1. Beat cheeses, pumpkin, preserves and...

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Comedy Central

Comedy Central announced its 2010-2011 development slate which includes new series Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time, Russell Simmons Presents: Stand-Up at the El Rey, and a third season renewal for Tosh.0. The network has also acquired several high-profile world television premiere stand-up hours from comedians such as Lisa Lampanelli, Lewis Black, Kevin Hart, Whitney Cummings and Bill Burr.The 2010-2011 Comedy Central development slate includes:Russell Simmons Presents: Stand-Up at the El Rey – premieres Sunday, July 11The stand-up show, hosted by JB Smoove, will reflect the urban culture of today’s youth through stand-up comedy. Each episode will consist of three up-and-coming comics and will feature music created by DJ Cassidy.Nick Swardson’s...

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Alexandria Mills

Alexandria Mills (photos below) has won Miss World 2010 today. Alexandria Mills of the U.S. won the 2010 Miss World competition beating out Emma Wareus of Botswana, and Adriana Vasini of Venezuela. Mills, a statuesque blond beauty, is 18 and from Louisville, Kentucky.“I intend to travel the world and pursue a career in landscape and architectural photography while study at college for a degree in photography” said Mills coming into Saturday’s competition. Mills showed off an incredible body; she told news that her shape is the result of being a vegetarian since a young age. And with her beauty outside, news reports commented about Mills’ positive energy. Mills adds that she is “positive, spontaneous, open minded and outgoing person. I’ve never...

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Jon Stewart Rally

Welcome to POLITICO CLICK's live blog from the scene of Stewart and Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” We'll be on the Mall delivering you the latest sightings and scoops throughout the day. To watch a livestream of the event, click here. For more up to the minute coverage, check out our Twitter feed.***Comedy meets a sporting event: A couple of guys from "Mythbusters" have taken the stage. And they're asking the crowd to start doing the wave. (12:42)It appears to be working.***Daily Show writer Tim Carvell tweets: "I'm told we're now at 150K attendees, and they've closed 7th St. Our apologies to 7th St.—we know it had a busy day planned." #rally4sanity***A critical observation from the Mall: Singing a song by Bill Withers about...

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Alliance Air Show

FORT WORTH -- It is Sean Tucker's last performance of the season this weekend at Alliance Airport.It is also one of his perennial favorites."This show is buttoned-up," said Tucker, who flies the Oracle Challenger, a cherry-red high-performance biplane. "There are not many air shows that put so much care and thought into enhancing the visitor experience. And this area has such a great aviation history and culture that the fans are sophisticated about what you do."The Fort Worth Alliance Air Show, on Saturday and Sunday, typically attracts more than 100,000 people a weekend. Mother Nature appears ready to give organizers and performers ideal conditions, which isn't always the case for an outdoor event in late October."It's going to be absolutely...

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Trick Or Treating 2010

Trick-or-treating last night was better than expected, given LittleBrother had an ear infection and it was crazy cold and windy. I learned my lesson last year and took the car with us. The Good, too.And one more. And then a big wind blew, turned his head to one side the head of foreigners and it did. He was in the car for the rest of the trip. From time to time has turned the heads of Alien in the right way when we hear his little voice, I do not see.BigBrother, however, was a professional, as evidenced by the serious Super Trick-or-treat Face.He made three quarters of the way into the big circuit, in general this year, the race to keep up a nearly seven year girlfriend of ours. Only he did halfway last year before starting to complain, it...

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Rally To Restore Sanity Schedule

Rally To Restore Sanity Schedule To restore mental health Rally Schedule Saturday March in Washington organized by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will have musicians like Sheryl Crow and roots and a video of “Sanity and the fear of price,a report from the media revealed.This rally Tea Party satirized demonstrations conducted by Glenn Beck, who also took place in Washington.Stewart not disclosed who else will make a special appearance at the event, told the National Journal, “We’ll have surprises, we’ll have a good time.Some people hope that Oprah Winfrey is now one of the speakers, even if it has not been officially announced. Also on hand were performer Staples.Here Rally Mavis is to restore mental health todayJon Calendar Stewart,...

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Abim

Abim You write a sales letter to convince your target market for your product. But at the same time, it is necessary to demonstrate that your product does what it says. You can do this by providing evidence of past satisfied customers in the form testimonials.We can not avoid that there will be parts of the food in the fridge that will be exposed to bad bacteria that has accumulated in the refrigerator. If this happens, our refrigerator mold can develop and you become an unhealthy place for storing food.It is a basic editor. The copy must be fundamental and not too difficult. Do not use a rich vocabulary or set too many technical terms in your copy. Never be too complicated for follow.From this important railway junction, trains come and go...

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Web2mail

Web2Mail: this is a free service that works as follows: send a blank email to send[at]web2mail.co.cc with your desired site URL as the subject. After less than a minute the Web2Mail service will send you an email that contains the web page you requested in HTML format, which you can read in your email client.As you might imagine, “browsing” your desired site using this service involves receiving the initial email, clicking on a link on that page that most likely be blocked in your browser but that you would use as the subject line in another email to Web2Mail, and repeating. Not the highest quality surfing experience, but will work in a pinch.One thing I might add: the Web2mail servers are at times unresponsive and there was a point when I...

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Dean Martin

Dean Martin had both style and grace, not to mention a rather quick wit. This is an incredible video montage of him, put together to his famed song, Sway. It also features some clips of performances with Frank Sinatra. The beauty I find in this is the interaction with the crowd and how the performers of this era were not only great singers but had a stage presence and conversational piece to them that you don’t see as much today. True gentlemen and showmen at the same ti...

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Margaret Hoover

Those who accuse the once libertarian Bill Maher of becoming too much of a liberal apologist might want to clean their ears. Maher made a Juan Williams-esque confession on his program when he apprehensively noted that Mohammed has just become the most popular baby name in Britain. “Am I a racist to feel alarmed by that?” Maher asked his panel. “Because I am. And it’s not because of the race, it’s because of the religion. I don’t have to apologize, do I, for not wanting the Western world to be taken over by Islam in 300 years?”His normally boisterous crowd fell silent as the panel responded to Maher’s admission.“If you’re with NPR,” the conservative Margaret Hoover chimed, “You’d be fired.”“It’s worse,” Lawrence O’Donnell told Maher. “It’s way...

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Hurricane Tomas

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Forecasters said Shary has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane overnight, but it is headed out to the open Atlantic.Forecasters are also watching newly formed Tropical Storm Tomas, with is almost at hurricane strength as it passes near Barbados.Tomas is about 20 miles south of Barbados. It's expected to become a hurricane sometime Saturday and grow into a Category 3 storm south of Puerto Rico by Tuesday.Channel 4 hurricane expert George Winterling said a cold front will turn Tomas north over eastern Cuba by Thursday and the system could be east of Florida by next weekend.It has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. Forecasters said it's moving west-northwest at about 15 mph.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Hurricane...

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Powerbot

The PowerBot is a high-payload differential-drive robot for research and rapid prototyping. Featuring the same intelligence and maneuverability of our smaller platforms, PowerBot moves up to 1.6 m/s with a payload of up to 100 kg. It is an ideal platform for laboratory and research tasks involving delivery, navigation, and manipulation.Powerbot:PowerBot is a brand new addition in the world of robots. The robot has been made in order to carry goods and it has the capability to go through difficult paths. The robot is quite strong in its built. It has a strong metal body which protects its inner delicate parts and the motor is strong enough to make the robot run with a pace of five and a half kilometers per hour. As this robot is designed to...

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La Boheme

This is one of the better DVD releases of the Met’s unique enormously accepted live HD moviecasts. The cast sings well, the production is one of Franco Zefferelli’s less tacky creations, and La Boheme remains one of the singer-proof operas. Puccini’s music is so affecting that even rather average singers can build the experience animated.Fortunately this La Boheme has assembled a cast that is far from average. I saw the production in its opening night with the same cast. I found both Vargas and Gheorghiu’s deny to be a tad itsy-bitsy for the colossal cavernous Met, but one cannot argue with the beauty of their voices. Gheorghiu’s declare in particular has a sad, husky, fragile sounding timbre that gives us the illusion of a consumptive. Her...

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Jim Reeves

Jim Reeves has a column up at ESPN Dallas, comparing the work Ron Washington has done in his role as what appears to be the second manager in Texas Ranger history to get the Rangers to the post-season with what Johnny Oates did as the first Ranger manager to get the Rangers to the post-season.Reeves talks about Washington keeping the team confident, and expresses his opinion that this Rangers team can play with anyone in the league...

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Fairy Tail 208

Fairy Tail 208, Erza While the battle ends with the final killer Trinity Raven, Ikaruga, is that Simon Natsu, who is unconscious, go find her. If Natsu wakes up, Simon tells him what happened and asks him to Erza to rescue her former boyfriend, Jellal! At first, Natsu refuses, but then Simon reveals a tidbit of information that sends Natsu runs to help her.Erza Jellal reaches, and begins its attack, dressed in cloth. Jellal revealed a very powerful magician, fighting at super high speed and throwing spells there and yon. If it seems Erza going to be sacrificed, Natsu emerges spectacularly, as usual. He fights to the best of his ability, but he seems to lose! He takes a lot of punishment, the high speed attacks.After a sacrifice made by Simon,...

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Pumpkin Designs

I was forwarded this from my cousin Craig (Sarge) Severence, and I wanted to share it with you! I have always been interested in art & creativity, and these are completely mind boggling!All of the awesome pumpkins were done by a man named Ray Villafane and he's going to be on the "Food Network Challenge: Outrageous Pumpkins" so...

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Vivek Oberoi Wedding Pics

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Anchorage

Tomorrow, a blossoming of rallies will take place across the country, nay, the world. The purpose of these rallies will not be to protest. They will not be to incite a revolution. They will be a call for sanity…or at least a break from shouting.When John Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced their event a few weeks ago, I don’t know if they could have anticipated the wildfire effect that would take place. Soon, announcements for satellite rallies cropped up in big cities small towns. We have a friend who will be attending a satellite rally in Finland. While it may not seem like a novel idea, the message put forward resonated; people who shout and scream should not be the only ones who have a voice in our society.In that spirit, the Anchorage...

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Halloween Pumpkins

Best Halloween Pumpkins for Halloween 2010For the design, you can choose to either draw the design on a piece of paper first and then transfer it to the pumpkin, or draw directly. After you've finished drawing the design, start applying tape to the pumpkin's surface - the longer the strips the better, covering your marker's lines as you go. To emphasize lights you can use mirrors or to give a gloomy look to things you can dim the lights or use bulbs that give less light. Whatever design (or combinations of designs) you choose, you can have colorful, unique pumpkins for Halloween this year without the muss and fuss of carving! ). Growing your own pumpkin is not as difficult as you think. Nowdays its the time when devils, ghosts, orks, witches,...

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Goldeneye

Activision sent out a few character renders of classic James Bond villains in high resolution with a ton of detail, basically letting gamers know how the characters were intended to look but how they won't look on the Wii.As stated in the press release…GoldenEye 007 gives players the chance to use the lethal, gritty style of Daniel Craig’s James Bond to outwit, outmaneuver and overtake an arms syndicate that threatens the world in an innovative, modern take on the legendary GoldenEye movie. GoldenEye 007 features an unprecedented lineup of four-player split-screen multiplayer options that encourage social gaming, There are also online modes for up to eight players (although that statement alone is almost yawn inducing compared to some of the...

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Halloween H20

Halloween H20: Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema: where the tricks and the treats are indistinguishable. This is the internet’s spookiest of bad movie columns dedicated to digging up the corpses of long-dead schlock. I’m tempted to do a Vincent Price laugh, but that doesn’t come through in text too well.Every week I slash a bad movie down to size and then, through a seance of praise, invite its spirit into my own heart. The result is truly terrifying. I will then pair the film with a supernaturally tasty junkfood item to haunt your waistline as the movie haunts your brain!So, as it turns out, horror sequels win the month of October here at JFC. And being that we are just two days removed from my favorite holiday, I thought it best to wrap up...

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Takeshi Shudo

Takeshi Shudo was known for the series 'Pokemon'Died on Thursday (28) in the city of Nara, Japan, Takeshi Shudo writer, known as the creator of the animated series Pokémon.Shudo was in the smoking area of the local train station when he suffered a fainting due to a hemorrhage. Rushed to the hospital, Takeshi succumbed and died at age 61.Son of a Japanese politician, Shudo was born in Fukuoka in 1949, spending his childhood, among other cities, in Nara. At 19, he managed to sell his first screenplay, which was ridiculed shortly after the excess of emotion.After working as a novelist and written several books, such as Fairy Princess Minky Momo, Takeshi created the series Pokémon, which soon became known around the wor...

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20/20

the 20/20 headphones make use of buckminster fuller's tensegrity structure to create a flexible, yet rigid pair of high end headphones. tensegrity is a physical structure that balance elements in tension and compression to give these elements strength and flexibility. the 20/20 headphones utilize this structure to help the headphone conform the wearer’s head. the structure adjusts with no moving parts making them silent as they comfort to the head more organically that more rigid alternatives. once plugged into a portable device, the headphones can be adjusted through their own applicati...

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Voice Of Spongebob Died

Voice Of Spongebob Died: Tim Conway as the bumbling self-numbing "Dentist."That role is often named as the funniest skit on the Carol Burnett Show that was on tv from 1967 -1978.He was in Charleston today at the PAC (Performing Arts Center)presenting Tim Conway and Friends.The dental chair was there and he stabbed himself repeatedly with Novocaine just as we remembered. His long time partner on Burnett's show was Harvey Korman who died in 2008.He knows his (older) audience. It was a 3:00 pm matineeAfter the show, we still could make the Early Bird Special at a restaurant.The Burnett Show ended 32 years ago but this funny fellow has kept busy, pleasing his fans across the country with live performances.Many know him from hilarious "sports" video...

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Canon s95

I thought that when the Micro 4/3 systems came out, small-sensor cameras would no longer be of interest to serious photographers. I haven’t taken a photo with my Canon Powershot G10 since I purchased my Panasonic GF1. But recently, some of my photographer friends have been carrying around a Canon S90 or S95. Why?Although I have been an avid and sometimes professional photographer since the age of 11, my sons have always taken a much more utilitarian approach to photography. They took pictures not as a form of art, but to save memories and for posting on Facebook. So you can imagine how thrilled I was when my younger son called me and said that he was ready for a better, more versatile camera. (His birthday was coming up.) The tiny little Sony...

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Ron Artest

Ron Artest considered doing something goofy and decided against it.No boxer shorts. No fake beards. No nonsense.He played it straight on "Larry King Live," unlike his other appearances on nighttime talk shows. He did the right thing, it turned out.The Lakers forward said his website attracted 1.7 million page views during his time on Larry King's show Wednesday to promote the fact he was raffling off his championship ring to benefit mental health.In fact, Artest had too many visitors to the website, ronartest.com. It crashed temporarily."What he did for me was unbelievable," Artest said Friday. "The fans too, but what he did was unbelievable. He just boosted it up."Artest said $120,000 was raised the day he went on King's show. He plans on...

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Rally To Restore Sanity Schedule

It has been made official and confirmed that the Rally to Restore Sanity Schedule for Seattle is finally out. The demonstartion in washington DC is expected to be as successful as the Rally to Restore Sanity today. This Rally to Restore Sanity has just released its recent details during the weekend event in Washington DC. There has already been a permit issued by the National Park Service, making the Rally to Restore Sanity A Go for the event of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.There is a question that has been risen about Jon Stewart, This 10:00am Pre show will be showing huge entertainment with Music and fun. Well anyway, as for the Rally to Restore Sanity Schedule here it is with Rally to Restore Sanity Schedule in Seattle Revealed .Pre-Pre Show - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.Video montages and music...

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Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny: Talladega is the big unknown in the Chase. It’s the wildcard of the series. That’s why I love it. I know most of the drivers hate restrictor plate racing, but as a fan, I enjoy it. Do you know why Jimmie Johnson hates Talladega? Because nothing is in his control. Look for him to ride around in back to avoid “The Big One.” As Johnson’s learned in the past, that seemingly safe strategy can backfire.The Cup title won’t be won this weekend, but it will be a big factor. For argument’s sake, the Chase is a three man race…Johnson, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick.I also predicted how Johnson will approach Talladega, cautiously. Denny Hamlin isn’t known as a great restrictor plate racer, but he’s better than many people give him credit...

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Brian Kelly

There are some mistakes coaches can’t survive. Brian Kelly made one Wednesday.Before Notre Dame reaches a financial settlement with the family of Declan Sullivan, the 20-year-old videographer who died in a tragic practice accident, the school must sever ties with its first-year head football coach.Kelly should not coach the Irish on Saturday when they take on Tulsa.We don’t need a thorough and exhaustive investigation to recognize Kelly’s negligence. A coach’s most important job, particularly at the amateur level, is to take every reasonable precaution to ensure the safety of the young people under his control.Kelly failed in the worst way possible.In recent years, Notre Dame dismissed Bob Davie, Tyrone Willingham and Charlie Weis for failing...

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James Wall

James Wall, better known as Jimmy Wall, a veteran actor and longtime CBS stage manager, has died at 92, AP reports.Wall is best known for his role as Mr. Baxter, the first African American character on "Captain Kangaroo," a role he played for more than 10 years. He was also a stage manager for the “CBS Evening News” and other CBS productions.Wall had been working on "Captain Kangaroo" for six years, starting in 1962, before he convinced the producers to add an African American character to reflect the diversity of the children's show’s viewership. Wall was offered the role and began playing Mr. Baxter in 1968.Wall, who stage managed "60 Minutes," "Face the Nation," the US Open Tennis Championships and other productions, continued those duties...

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Daylight Savings Time 2010

Don’t Forget to Adjust Your ClocksOn Sunday, November 7, 2010, America leaves Daylight Saving Time and returns to Standard Time. At 2:00 am, clocks must be turned back one hour, marking the end of Daylight Saving Time.The adjusting of clocks is not some random crazy law, but, instead an attempt to save energy by taking advantage of the sun and light during the 8 month period from March through October. The practice began back during World War I as an effort to save energy for the War effort.In 2005, the Energy Policy Act set the official time and dates for Daylight Saving Time. Each year, at 2:00 am on the second Sunday of March, the clock is set forward one hour. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 am, the clock is turned back one hour.Actual...

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Unforgivable

The Supreme Court (SC) decision on a case of plagiarism involving one of its own has triggered waves of protest across the legal and academic community, which said the High Court's stand and consequent show cause order to UP law professors may send the wrong signal to teachers and students."It's either a case of outright plagiarism or a case of outright carelessness, which is equally unforgivable in this particular case," UP College of Law Prof. Ibarra Gutierrez told ANC’s The Rundown on Friday."Justice [Maria Lourdes] Sereno raised the point in her dissenting opinion to the show cause order. Essentially, what the Supreme Court did was add to the requirements as to when a person can be deemed to have committed plagiarism, and the requirement...

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