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BJP leader Kapil Mishra accuses Delhi government of hiding COVID-19 deaths

By www.dnaindia.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 13:52:00 GMT

In Delhi, the total number of coronavirus cases has risen to 6,923 with 381 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. 2069 people have recovered, and 73 people died, according to the data published in the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website.


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UFC 249: Reaction to Justin Gaethje’s TKO victory over Tony Ferguson - NEWS.com.au

By news.google.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:27:02 GMT

  1. UFC 249: Reaction to Justin Gaethje’s TKO victory over Tony Ferguson  NEWS.com.au
  2. UFC boss Dana White roundly praised as UFC 249 ushers in fan-free era of sport amid COVID-19  Wide World of Sports
  3. Dana White reacts to epic Justin Gaethje vs. Tony Ferguson war | UFC 249 Post-Fight Press Conference  TheMacLife
  4. UFC 249: Justin Gaethje, Tony Ferguson result, Henry Cejudo vs Dominik Cruz  NEWS.com.au
  5. UFC 249 gets Mixed Martial Arts back underway behind closed doors in Florida  ABC News
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Coronavirus Australia live updates: Jenny Morrison's reveals "honest" life in lockdown - NEWS.com.au

By news.google.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:27:05 GMT

  1. Coronavirus Australia live updates: Jenny Morrison's reveals "honest" life in lockdown  NEWS.com.au
  2. Isolated life at The Lodge brings the Morrisons closer  The Age
  3. PM in lockdown with wife, daughters, mum and mum-in-law  Daily Telegraph
  4. Jenny Morrison reveals why she used to hate Mother's Day  Daily Mail
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Jackie Trad resigns as Queensland's Deputy Premier and Treasurer, Steven Miles and Cameron Dick to take on portfolios - ABC News

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 03:35:00 GMT

  1. Jackie Trad resigns as Queensland's Deputy Premier and Treasurer, Steven Miles and Cameron Dick to take on portfolios  ABC News
  2. Poster girl’s fall a shock for the left of politics  The Australian
  3. Corruption investigation into Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has potential to unravel Labor Government's five-year reign  ABC News
  4. Editorial: Premier, Queensland needs a new treasurer now  Courier Mail
  5. Analysis: Latest investigation not a good look for Jackie Trad  Courier Mail
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Ten arrested and police officer injured at protest against Victoria’s Covid-19 lockdown laws - The Guardian

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 08:00:46 GMT

  1. Ten arrested and police officer injured at protest against Victoria’s Covid-19 lockdown laws  The Guardian
  2. Hundreds of anti-vaxxers clash with police during protest in Melbourne's CBD  Daily Mail
  3. Coronavirus: Anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in Melbourne  NEWS.com.au
  4. Ten arrested, police officer injured in anti-lockdown protest  The Age
  5. Coronavirus Australia updates: anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne as NSW and WA set to ease Covid-19 restrictions – as it happened  The Guardian
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Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

By guyslitwire.blogspot.com
Published On :: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 16:01:00 +0000

This book. This book is grounded inside its main character's mind and body in an almost visceral way, and if you've ever had a "crazy" friend--and who hasn't, but I mean one who is actually diagnosed with anxiety disorder and/or OCD--even though this book is entertaining and wonderful and all the things good fiction should be, it will help you to "get" them in a way they might not have been able to articulate to you.

Aza is the star of the show. Or maybe she's not. She's so stuck inside her head, where twisty thoughts and logic have her spinning about the bacteria in her body and how it might just take over and kill her, that maybe she's the victim. Worse, maybe she is the bad guy. And the victim. And the star.

Life is complicated.

Aza is lucky in that she has a best friend, Daisy. Daisy, who talks all. the. time. but who sticks by Aza even though Aza isn't easy to stick by. So when Daisy suggests that she and Aza make like Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden to solve the mystery of the missing billionaire, Aza goes along with it.

Things happen. So many things. And I don't want to talk about any of them, really, because it would spoil this book, which unspools almost magically. It starts from a very clenched place and almost literally unwinds to a a better stasis.

Read it. Read it to find out what role Aza plays in her own life. To see if she can find her way out of her own head, at least a little. And to find out what the title means: "turtles all the way down."

So yeah - consider this review the equivalent of me standing next to you, shoving this book into your hands, making almost uncomfortable levels of eye contact while imploring you to read it.

But really. Read it.


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Onion John

By guyslitwire.blogspot.com
Published On :: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:01:00 +0000


Well, I was reminded of the song, "Catfish John," when I read Joseph Krumgold's Newbery Medal-winning Onion John:

Mama said: 'Don't go near that river
'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John'
Come the morning, I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn.
Catfish John was a river hobo who lived and died by the river bed

Thinking back, I still remember I was proud to be his friend. (Alison Krauss does it well, but I really like Jerry Garcia's version.)

"Onion John" is what the locals call the strange, sort of derelict man who hardly talks. "The way John spoke was his own secret. Most of the words he used were full of x's and z's and noises like ptchky and grvtch. It was a high speed language full of jokes, from the way he carried on. Every so often, talking away, he'd get too much for himself and bust out. There was no way of telling whether the jokes were that good or not. The only part of his conversation I ever understood was the end of it. He said, "Well, good day," each word separate and clear and then you knew he was finished with whatever he was telling you."

The story is narrated by Andy, a young teen. His folks don't forbid him to befriend Onion John, but they think Andy should focus on his studies, go to M.I.T., become an engineer, and/or be an astronaut.

I don't want to give away the plot, but will say this: The author won the Newbery Medal twice, which doesn't happen a lot. This one was good enough that I look forward to reading more Joseph Krumgold stories.


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Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

By guyslitwire.blogspot.com
Published On :: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000





Mark Twain famously said (or, more likely, famously didn’t say), “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” This truth is made clear in Jennifer Latham’s searing young adult novel, Dreamland. What rhymes with all too much clarity in Latham’s story is how our nation continues to fall far short of its aspirational tale of freedom and justice for all. Dreamland is the tale of one city in two different time periods, one historical and one present-day. That city is Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the historical time period is one that has been whitewashed out of too many history books.

In 1921, the city of Tulsa contained a thriving African-American community known as Greenwood. Though Greenwood thrived commercially and culturally, its residents still knew what it was to be the “other.” Will Tillman also knows something of what it means to be “other,” as he is the biracial teenage son of a white father and a mother who is a full-blooded member of the Osage Nation. Working for his father brings Will into contact with the African-American community, albeit in quiet defiance of Jim Crow laws. But his work also brings Will into contact with other members of Tulsa’s white business community, members eager to bring the noxious ideals of the Klan to the forefront of Tulsa’s civic life. Students of history will already know what happened in Tulsa in 1921, but even they will benefit from the historical detail Latham includes in her fictional narrative. What happened in the city remains a national shame, while what happens to Will Tillman and Latham's other characters in 1921 remains a mystery.

In present-day Tulsa, Rowan Chase, herself a biracial teenager with an African-American mother and a white father, finds herself connected to this deadly mystery when the renovation of her family’s home uncovers a skeleton. While Rowan and her friend James seek historical answers, the present starts rhyming in ominous ways, and Rowan is forced to confront the racial tensions that still exist in Tulsa and elsewhere in our nation.

Skillfully switching chapters, narrators, and time eras, Latham convincingly demonstrates how American carnage is not a new phenomenon. The means and methods may have changed, but the racial injustice remains. Latham also convincingly shows how individual acts of courage and conscience can lead to larger positive cultural change, however slow and halting that change may be.


Novels matter—just because they aren't "true" doesn't mean they aren't truth.  And novels like Dreamland push history to rhyme on the truths rather than the myths, helping the arc of justice straighten and move forward, . As Rowan says early in the novel, the stories are there to be told—we just need the living to listen.  Dreamland is a story well worth listening to.


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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

By guyslitwire.blogspot.com
Published On :: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:00:00 +0000




Lyrical, visceral, and wise, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz haunts the melancholy middle between heartbreak and hope.

Salvador confronts his senior year and the anxiety that accompanies this countdown to supposed independence—questions of college and new beginnings and one’s true place in this world. Add to these the accumulating stressors particular to Sal’s life: homophobic slurs against his openly gay adopted father, feeling Mexican-American but looking white, the deteriorating health of his beloved grandmother Mimi, the deteriorating home life of his friend Fito, the devastating loss experienced by his best friend Samantha.

Not surprisingly, Sal finds himself greeting more days with fists and tears. Sal desperately wants to find himself in the larger sense, but as Sáenz deftly demonstrates in this young adult novel, all growth is loss—a truth that can make growth a daunting task.

With one of many eloquent words of wisdom, Sal’s father tells him early on we must “find a way to discipline our hearts so that their cruelty doesn’t turn us into hurt animals” (13). But how do we discipline our hearts without hardening them? How do we fight the darkness without devolving into darkness ourselves?

In Sal’s case, he scrapes together every illuminating spark: the tenacity of Fito, the loyalty of Sam, the grace of his father, the serenity of his grandmother. And through the spark of The Inexplicable Logic of My Life and Sáenz’s luminous prose, we learn anew how family is forged by more than blood—and though who we are is our life’s work, identity is never a solitary act.


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Kick by Mitch Johnson

By guyslitwire.blogspot.com
Published On :: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:26:00 +0000

Budi has a plan. He wants to be a football star like his hero Kieran Wakefield.

When Budi's a star he won't have to work in the sweatshop anymore. He won't have to be beaten by his foreman when he doesn't work fast enough or makes mistakes. Most of all, he'll be able to pay for his Grandma's medication and move his family into a neighbourhood that isn't crawling with poverty, sickness and addiction.

This is Budi's life, yet he doesn't stop dreaming.
Then one evening when Budi and his friends are in the street playing football, he accidentally kicks the ball into the home of The Dragon, the most dangerous man in Jakarta. The Dragon is angry, and tells Budi to do some dirty work for him. If he refuses, The Dragon will use his influence with the police department and make life even worse for him and his parents.

Caught in an impossible situation, Budi is forced figure out a plan if he's going to protect the ones he loves.


This is a great book, and an important one. I've already written a blog post on it discussing how attractive it is for reluctant and struggling readers which you can read here.


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U.S. bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic dies at 43

By www.espn.com
Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 20:49:34 EST

Former U.S. Olympic bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic died May 3 at the age of 43, USA Bobsled/Skeleton said in a release Saturday.


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Otevřeno pro jednoho hosta. Pandemie inspirovala vznik svérázných restaurací

By www.idnes.cz
Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:48:00 GMT

Celosvětová pandemie koronaviru, kvůli které nejspíš zkrachují tisíce restaurací, inspirovala koncept švédské restaurace Bord For En (Stůl pro jednoho). Podnik bude servírovat tříchodové menu vždy jen pro jediného hosta. Stolovat se bude venku na louce, s výhledem do zeleně, uvedla ve své reportáži stanice CNN. Restaurace se otevře 10. května a bude v provozu jen přes léto.


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Doplatek cestovce za zrušený zájezd je nemorální, zlobí se Dostálová

By www.idnes.cz
Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:00:00 GMT

Zákon, díky němuž mohou cestovky místo vracení peněz nabízet vouchery, podle ombudsmana Stanislava Křečka nechrání jejich klienty. Poukazuje přitom na případ rodiny, která musí cestovní kanceláři naopak doplácet za dovolenou, která se nejspíš neuskuteční. Podle ministryně Kláry Dostálové může být takové jednání nekalou obchodní praktikou.


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Slabá koruna může zdražit zájezdy, říká zástupce cestovek

By www.idnes.cz
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:00:00 GMT

Cestovní ruch v mnoha zemích zamrzl, dovolené v zahraničí přesto mohou zdražit. Očekává to místopředseda Asociace cestovních kanceláří Jan Papež. Důvodem je podle něj oslabení koruny kvůli pandemii, kterou nazval tichou intervencí.


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Hospodářská komora kritizuje Prahu: Už tu nechceme trdla a matrjošky

By www.idnes.cz
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Historické centrum Prahy je kvůli vládním opatřením liduprázdné. Skomírají malé provozovny, jen občas je k vidění stánek s trdelníky. Hospodářská komora Prahy 1 se proto obává o osud místních podnikatelů.


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Аббарр. Пепел и крылья (4569K) - Helga Wojik - Героическая фантастика

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:50:09 +0000

Между острыми скалами и раскаленной пустыней, на самом краю света распустился Черный Цветок. Аббарр – город бистов, здесь находят приют изгои и горит зеленое пламя Бездны. Сила и слабость сплетаются узлом, оживляя древние мифы и пророчества.
Этого места нет на картах. Сюда приходят, чтобы сбежать от прошлого, от врагов и друзей, от себя самого. Тут Ашри начинает новую жизнь. Но, похоже, спокойное время позади. Зловещая тень накрыла белые стены Аббарра, обращая все, что дорого, в пепел…


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A Name To Conjure With (470K) - Donald Aamodt - Научная фантастика

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:07:40 +0000


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DFL-preses na coronagevallen bij Dresden: "Geen reden om te twijfelen" - sporza.be

By news.google.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:57:08 GMT

  1. DFL-preses na coronagevallen bij Dresden: "Geen reden om te twijfelen"  sporza.be
  2. Volledige ploeg Dynamo Dresden moet één week voor herstart Duitse competitie in quarantaine: “Kunnen 14 dagen niet spelen”  Het Laatste Nieuws
  3. Al 3 spelers besmet: "Niet twijfelen aan de voortzetting 2. Bundesliga"  VoetbalNieuws.be
  4. 2 extra besmettingen bij Dresden: team in quarantaine en duel met Hannover uitgesteld  sporza.be
  5. Geen twijfels over hervatting Duits voetbal na nieuwe besmettingen: “Vanaf het begin gezegd dat we hierop voorbereid zijn”  Het Laatste Nieuws
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IJsland wint virtueel Eurovisiesongfestival, België eindigt ... - De Standaard

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 08:39:32 GMT

  1. IJsland wint virtueel Eurovisiesongfestival, België eindigt ...  De Standaard
  2. IJsland wint 'virtueel Songfestival', België eindigt vijfde | Eurovisiesongfestival | Showbizz  Het Laatste Nieuws
  3. IJsland wint alternatieve Eurovisiesongfestival online, België wordt vijfde  VRT NWS
  4. België vijfde op (virtueel) Eurovisiesongfestival, IJsland w...  Het Nieuwsblad
  5. IJsland wint online Songfestival 'Eurostream 2020', België 5e  songfestival.be
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Zijn hitlijst was lang, zijn invloed op latere iconen zoals The Beatles en Prince immens: flamboyant rock-'n-rollpionier Little Richard (87) is niet meer - Het Nieuwsblad

By news.google.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:00:00 GMT

  1. Zijn hitlijst was lang, zijn invloed op latere iconen zoals The Beatles en Prince immens: flamboyant rock-'n-rollpionier Little Richard (87) is niet meer  Het Nieuwsblad
  2. Rock-n'-rollpionier Little 'Tutti Frutti' Richard (87) overleden  Het Laatste Nieuws
  3. Rock 'n' roll-pionier Little Richard is overleden, herontdek zijn grootste hits  VRT NWS
  4. Little Richard drukte zware stempel op de rock-'n-roll  De Tijd
  5. Muzieklegendes over Little Richard: “Als ik zijn muziek beluisterde, kon ik God horen”  Het Laatste Nieuws
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Medium-intensity earthquake strikes Delhi, adjoining areas; 3rd amid Covid-19 lockdown - Hindustan Times

By news.google.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:42:00 GMT

  1. Medium-intensity earthquake strikes Delhi, adjoining areas; 3rd amid Covid-19 lockdown  Hindustan Times
  2. Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hits Delhi-NCR  Times of India
  3. Earthquake in Delhi: Tremors felt in national capital region  The Financial Express
  4. Magnitude 3.4 Earthquake Strikes Delhi, Epicentre Near UP Border  News18
  5. Breaking news live : Eathquake tremors felt in Delhi, adjoining areas  Times of India
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US bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic dead at 43

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Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:33:13 +0000

Former U.S. Olympic bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic has died


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Youth and criminal justice in Scotland

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Youth and Criminal Justice in Scotland: the young person’s journey

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Published On :: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:40:48 +0000


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Trello - collaborative project management

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Published On :: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:30:57 +0000


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If you can't beat them, join them!

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What A Jerk

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THOSE ARE JUST SAD

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LONG JOHNSON IS LONG

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