difficult this period has been. She has taken out a second mortgage, drained her savings and cashed out her retirement. She has acquaintances whom prison has left similarly strapped. “I personally know of at least 40 or 50 kids… who are either locked up, who’ve been in prison and are back on the street or on paper [parole],” she says. “All of my kids’ friends have been arrested at one point, place or time for something or little of nothing....
Should Time Machine be your primary backup software, though? Let’s weigh the pros and cons to find out. What Is Time Machine? First, let’s talk about what Time Machine is. It’s a simple backup software that comes pre-installed on every Mac with Mac OS X Leopard and above. To use Time Machine, you need a hard drive that has enough space to store multiple backup files. You can also use Apple’s Time Capsule, a wireless router that acts as a storage device for Time Machine’s backups....
No Internal Storage Expansion on PS5 Launch Day As rumors fly around that only 667GB of the PS5’s 885GB internal storage is usable, Sony has added further fuel to the fire. Despite Sony demonstrating the existence of an expansion slot during a recent teardown video (which you can view on YouTube), it has confirmed to The Verge that this slot will not be usable. At least, not for the time being....
The sources of our “gunocracy” date back at least to the Revolutionary War and our romanticized visions of citizen militias, which place the gun at the center of our national creation myth. That mythology was elaborated in heroic frontier tales and given more recent expression in Western movies, such as the John Wayne film sagas. Through the flux of people and ideas, the gun remained entrenched as an essential aspect of our identity–the icon of freedom, power and the rights of the individual....
Some of the clothes make specific references to American black culture-like the commercialized, hip-hop designs of Los Angeles-based Cross Colours, a partnership of Watts native Carl Jones, 37, and Thomas Walker, 34. Or, in a more vein, the flamboyant evening dresses of C. D. Greene, 36, inspired by the stage gowns of black musical stars of the ’40s. But others have wholly idiosyncratic and unexpected influences. The second-skin pantsuit designed by 27-year-old rising star Byron Lars was inspired by a photograph of the pioneering (white) American aviator Amelia Earhart....
As it turns out, the Ravens were trying to manage the same stunt, and they would have ended up with the 27-year-old Clowney after a trade with the Jaguars. According to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, had the NFL approved the sign-and-trade concept New Orleans and Cleveland were trying, Clowney instead would have signed with Jacksonville before immediately being dealt to Baltimore. MORE: Why Clowney chose to sign with the Titans...
Last June, news broke that the Rays were exploring a two-city concept, spending half of their time in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the other half north of the border in Montreal, Canada. On Thursday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred not only acknowledged that the ridiculous, absurd, astoundingly dumb concept still exists, but that he’s actually supporting it: “I am 100 percent convinced and, more importantly, the other owners have been convinced by Stu (Sternberg, Rays owner), that this is the best way to keep Major League Baseball in Tampa Bay,’’ Manfred said, via the Tampa Bay Times....
Many assume it’s Mustafa Ali, as the circle of lights appearing in each vignette match the lights on Ali’s palm during his entrance. However, that could easily be a red herring. Following the Twitter account, all of the hacker’s messages have been archived since the beginning. For a while now, they’ve been claiming that “The truth will be heard.” What is that truth? Well, in the most recent vignettes, it seems to have to do with possible dissension between teams or friends on the Blue Brand....
Yes, we are talking about watches—the kind made exclusively, and beautifully, in Switzerland. Their purpose is to tell time, of course, but in a timeless way that, at the apogee of the craft, is as much immune to the fashions of technology as to the vogues of apparel. Their mystique is in their movements, which are entirely mechanical and based on engineering principles that go back centuries: myriad tiny cogs, balance wheels, internal jewels machined to exquisite tolerances, then polished by hand and assembled by master watchmakers....
While the political value of “values” has been known for decades, the concept got a big boost from exit polls after the 2004 election. In an otherwise close race, John Kerry lost to President Bush, 59 to 40 percent, among voters who are married with children. And exit polls showed that 22 percent of voters cited “moral values” as their top concern. Democrats had mostly themselves to blame. They’d forgotten that millions of parents really do fight a daily war with crude popular culture for their children’s attention....
Last week, AOL announced it was a victim of its own success. Steve Case, AOL’ president, sent an unusual online message to customers explaining that because the number of people using the service has doubled since summer, AOL has to ration access during peak hours -generally 9 p.m. to midnight, Eastern time. Users will be let in on a “first come, first served” basis until AOL’s system is upgraded, probably within a month....
This was not a message most Americans wanted to hear, before or after 9/11. Atheists “are seen as a threat to the American way of life by a large portion of the American public,” according to a study by Penny Edgell, a sociologist at the University of Minnesota. In a recent NEWSWEEK Poll, Americans said they believed in God by a margin of 92 to 6–only 2 percent answered “don’t know”–and only 37 percent said they’d be willing to vote for an atheist for president....
Microsoft’s Early End for Internet Explorer Very recently, Microsoft finally made a move on its old browser and declared 2022 as the end of Internet Explorer’s support. It was an understandable move, given how good the new Microsoft Edge is. However, despite the tech giant giving everyone a year to ween off Internet Explorer, it seems to be speeding things up by removing it from Windows in a new update....
Another reason Call of Duty fans love the second Black Ops so much has to do with its other modes. While Zombies started off rough, the DLC maps included Mob of the Dead and Origins, two of the best experiences the co-op mode has ever introduced. As for the campaign, it had the tough task of following up the first Black Ops game’s twist-filled narrative. It succeeded in doing so due to complex missions with multiple endings and a split focus betwen two time periods....
The interest levels currently (for an Indian fan) aren’t the greatest either with India just finishing an ODI series in Zimbabwe and no big ticket international cricket event scheduled in the next two months. Amid these circumstances, it would be a decent academic exercise to comprehend where the Indian team stands in the build-up to the 2015 global event. Of all the players who will hog the limelight in that process, Virat Kohli is one name which will definitely feature more often....
Harry Kane scored the only goal as Tottenham overcame Newcastle United at Wembley on Wednesday, with the 1-0 result making sure they will be back in the Champions League next season. They are also certain to finish above London neighbours Arsenal and Chelsea, meaning they will be the leading club from the capital for the first time since 1995. While pointing to the achievement as a further sign of progress, Pochettino understands the pressure is now on to start securing silverware....
Android 10 was the first major release of Android to simply take a number rather than the name of a dessert, so it was always safe to assume that Google would continue on with Android 11. That has been confirmed by a listing for a session at the Android Dev Summit 2019 via the event’s official app: Image: 9to5Google As reported by 9to5Google, it shows that Google probably won’t bother using a codename for the release of Android 11 as it doesn’t have to worry about hiding the pudding name anymore....
The network on Monday announced it is replacing its now-iconic “SNF” theme song — the Jett-inspired “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” — with the Carrie Underwood-inspired “Oh, Sunday Night.” Beyond the name sounding like a bad mashup of a Christmas carol and a Four Seasons disco hit, it means we won’t be reminded of Jett’s “I Hate Myself For Loving You” every time we watch football on Sunday night....
Did America’s most popular public figure really say goodness? Well, maybe the language is a bit strong. Let’s just call it the Nicer Nineties, where a fat portfolio is no longer enough if people think you’re an s.o.b. That gives folks like Powell a chance to make the case for spending some time and money helping to rescue the next generation. If the stock market stays buoyant, 1997 may be remembered as the year it became hip to be philanthropic....
