Every year, one of the most interesting predictions on the NFL is the win total. If a handicapper can accurately predict an NFL team’s win total, the winnings could be easy pickings. Here’s some predictions that might help you along the way. Carolina Panthers – The total here seems a little low. Last year’s team was […]
Rep. Royce on the desperate fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
On June 17, 2015 Representative Ed Royce of California asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for the purpose of discussing the situation with ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Rep. Royce is the very influential Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and has served in that role […]
Game Theory in the Corridors of Power
Greek Prime Minister Tsipras at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Thursday, March 12, 2015 J Iddhis Bing Alex Tsipras and ministers of his government – among them, the Alternate Minister for International Economic Relations, Euclid Tsakalotos, and a certain Minister of Finance, name of Varoufakis – were in Paris on Thursday […]
Bay Area Cement Plants and Global Warming
Article by Chris Amico CUPERTINO, California–From the lip of the quarry at Hanson Permanente cement, all of Santa Clara stretches out in panorama. (Photos here). Few plants in California are this close to this many people. Most of the state’s 11 kilns are well away from population centers, close enough for workers to commute, but […]
Croatia Marks Anniversary of Operation Storm
Posted by Sinisa Boljanovic to Global Voices Online On the 4th of August 1995 the largest European land offensive since World War II started in Central Croatia, in the area of Krajina. Until then Serbian Croats were the majority population there, but a few days later there were no Serbian families left in this area. […]
Part 9: El Camino de Santiago
Camino Day 10 Buenos dias los amigos! Today’s stage took us from Beldorado to the last village outside of Burgos, Ages (Pronounced Ajez) (ahh-hace). Today was by far my most enjoyable day on the Camino so far! I know this might come as much of a surprise to you as it has to me, but today […]