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Feb152021 by adminNo Comments

Rangers probe follows break up of Glasgow house party by police

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Rangers have launched an internal investigation after police broke up a party in Glasgow in the early hours of Sunday morning.Covid-19 lockdown restrictions mean no indoor mixing of households is allowed in Scotland under normal circumstances.The Scottish Premiership club issued a short statement on Twitter."Rangers are aware of an alleged incident which is subject to an internal investigation," the Scottish Premiership leaders said. "We will make no further comment."A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We received a report of a gathering at a property in Hayburn Lane, Glasgow, around 1.10am on Sunday, 14 February."Officers attended and those in attendance left. Ten people were issued with fixed penalty notices for breaching coronavirus regulations."It is not clear if any Rangers players wer...

Apr152020 by adminNo Comments

Timing of Earth’s biggest earthquakes follows a ‘devil’s staircase’ pattern

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April 14 (UPI) -- The timing of large, shallow earthquakes across the globe follows a mathematical pattern known as the devil's staircase, according to a new study of seismic sequences. Previously, scientists and their models have theorized that earthquake sequences happen periodically or quasi-periodically, following cycles of growing tension and release. Researchers call it the elastic rebound model. In reality, periodic earthquake sequences are surprisingly rare. Instead, scientists found global earthquake sequences tend to occur in clusters -- outbursts of seismic events separated by long but irregular intervals of silence. The findings, published this week in the journal Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, suggest large earthquakes increase the probability of subsequen...

Oct162019 by adminNo Comments

Zoe Kravitz follows Berry and Hathaway in playing Catwoman

Entertainment

Comic book fans will be purring with delight at the mews that Zoe Kravitz will play Catwoman opposite Robert Pattinson in the next Batman film.Kravitz as good as confirmed her casting when she responded to an Instagram post by Aquaman star Jason Momoa in which he said he was "freaking stoked" by her latest role."Love that Aquaman and Catwoman spend the holidays together from now on," wrote the 30-year-old, best known for her appearances in Big Little Lies and the Fantastic Beasts films.Kravitz, daughter of rock star Lenny and actress Lisa Bonet, previously provided Catwoman's voice in 2017's The Lego Batman Movie.The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves and starring Pattinson as a young Bruce Wayne, will be released in the UK in June ...

Apr162019 by adminNo Comments

TED 2019: Twitter boss offers to demote likes and follows

Technology

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has again admitted there is much work to do to improve Twitter and cut down on the amount of abuse and misinformation on the platform.He said the firm might demote likes and follows, adding that in hindsight he would not have designed the platform to highlight these.He said that Twitter currently incentivised people "to post outrage".Instead he said it should invite people to unite around topics and communities."It may be best if it becomes an interest-based network," he told TED curators Chris Anderson and Whitney Pennington Rodgers.Rather than focus on following individual accounts, users could be encouraged to follow hashtags, trends and communities.Doing so would require a systematic change tha...

Apr152019 by adminNo Comments

Tiger Woods: Masters win follows career doubts and changes children’s perspective

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Media playback is not supported on this device Tiger Woods says his Masters triumph is "right up there" with his greatest achievements, having faced "serious doubts" he would ever contend again.Woods, 43, won a fifth Green Jacket at Augusta National on Sunday, his first major win in 11 years and a first since having four operations on his back.The 15-time major winner said he "could barely walk" before surgery and his children had seen golf cause "pain". "We're creating new memories for them and it's just very special," he said."I was very lucky to be given another cha...