By Dan Shepler The difference between grounding out and smashing a hit might very well come down to the right bat. With more options than ever, finding the right fit for your physique and hitting style can be a challenge. Here are some simple tips to help boost your stats. Type Years ago, wood bats […]
ONE SIMPLY CAN NOT TRUST THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
– nor an imperialist Princess If today’s vote for the Olympics will go to Tokyo, we know that the International Olympic Committee is as corrupt as the International Whaling Commission or the Nuclear Power Mafia. (Update: Yes, it did!) But first of all: The Japanese Government is lying to the world every day – and […]
The End of Software; The Fall of IBM
The computer industry goes through technology cycles. With each cycle, a new crop of companies emerge that dominate the industry. The winners in the previous cycle usually fade into oblivion. Who remembers Burroughs, Digital Equipment, Wang, Prime Computer or Control Data? The leaders in this cycle are cloud companies, Facebook, Google and Amazon. The winners […]
What does the Internet know about you?
The recent media storm regarding Kent’s Youth Crime Commissioner Paris Brown is an example of where the collective memory of the Internet can cause problems. A series of dubious tweets sent several years ago unseated Ms Brown after just one week in the job. It is entirely possible that Paris Brown had completely forgotten all […]
Emergency Supplies for Afghan Bomb Victims Diverted and Sold Off
Investigation indicates that large consignment of medical supplies was diverted and sold off illegally. By Abdul Maqsud Azizi – Afghanistan Bombs have become so common in Afghanistan that the attacks themselves, still less the human costs months and years later, are rarely reported. When a bomb went off at a clinic […]
War-Torn Bosnian Village Struggles for Survival
Two decades on from conflict, Bosniak villages in Serb-majority area have been rebuilt, but not many former residents have chosen to remake their lives there. By Dražen Huterer, Nejra Suljovic – “I said I’d never go back to Rizvanovici, and now I’m wondering why I did,” Adila Aliskovic said with a slight shrug of […]
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