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Linden Place Writers’ Residency welcomes Rhode Island writers to apply

The 2023 Linden Place Writers’ Residency is officially open to submissions. Beginner to advanced writers working in all genres of fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and creative nonfiction who are over the age of 18 are welcome to apply . Applicants must consider Rhode Island their primary residence (at least 9 months of the year), or reside on the Massachusetts borderlands within 25 miles of Linden Place, or be an enrolled undergrad at neighboring Roger Williams University.  Esteemed judges this year are Jennifer Lighty, a poet and Pushcart Prize nominee, Adam McNeil, a PhD candidate African American Studies scholar at Rutgers University, and Padma Venkatraman, a novelist and poet who has won numerous awards and appeared on many best book lists. The three will choose 8 writers to create new works of fiction or narrative non-fiction that somehow include an aspect of Linden Place while in residence during the month of April. Each winner will receive a fre

A Little Insight into Taylor Swift’s Bang Maintenance Routine

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Taylor Swift is a bona fide music megastar first and foremost, but she’s got plenty of acclaim in the beauty world, too. Not only can she rock a classic red lip with aplomb, her signature thick bangs pretty much always look perfect—and are almost as recognizable as her hit songs. But even Taylor has some not-so-great hair days. As the singer pointed out in an Instagram post earlier this week, it doesn’t take long for eyebrow-grazing fringe to become in-your-eyes-annoying. She took a break from working in the studio (recording her new album, we hope?!) to snap a cute selfie of her extra-lengthy locks. “My bangs are long enough to use as a sleep mask on long flights,” she commented. “So really, I just need a haircut.” From the looks of her most recent pic, Taylor was indeed able to get a trim—just in time to sip H๏τ drinks with her BFF Ed Sheeran! Whether she hit the salon or did a quick and easy DIY job, her fresh cut is a fantastic example of how to keep blunt bangs in chec

AI is helping hunt for extraterrestrial life — and it’s found 8 strange new signals

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AI’s aƄility to identify ‘technosignatures’ мissed Ƅy classical algorithмs is an exciting step forward for radio astronoмers.   Soмe 540 мillion years ago, diʋerse life forмs suddenly Ƅegan to eмerge froм the мuddy ocean floors of planet Earth. This period is known as the Caмbrian Explosion, and these aquatic critters are our ancient ancestors.   All coмplex life on Earth eʋolʋed froм these underwater creatures. Scientists Ƅelieʋe all it took was an eʋer-so-slight increase in ocean oxygen leʋels aƄoʋe a certain threshold. We мay now Ƅe in the мidst of a Caмbrian Explosion for artificial intelligence (AI). In the past few years, a Ƅurst of incrediƄly capaƄle AI prograмs like Midjourney, DALL-E 2, and ChatGPT haʋe showcased the rapid progress we’ʋe мade in мachine learning. AI is now used in ʋirtually all areas of science to help researchers with routine classification tasks. It’s also helping our teaм of radio astronoмers broaden the search for extraterrestrial life, and

Final Fantasy 14 Director Promises To "Kick It Up A Notch" For 10th Anniversary

It's been almost ten years since Final Fantasy 14 relaunched with its A Realm Reborn update, and in that time, it's become one of the highest-rated and best MMORPGs around. It's become so popular, in fact, that the Academy of Interactive Arts & Science s awarded Final Fantasy 14 its Online Game of the Year trophy at the 2023 DICE Awards. Although Game director Naoki "Yohsi-P" Yoshida wasn't able to accept the award in person, he did provide a brief acceptance speech via video conference. Related: Final Fantasy 14 Community Spotlight: Karen's Diner "This year marks our 10th anniversary since Final Fantasy 14 was relaunched as version 2.0 with A Realm Reborn," said Yoshi-P. "In celebration of this milestone, we hope to kick it up a notch and bring plenty of excitement both in and out of the Game , starting with hosting our Final Fantasy events, where we're able to meet with you all in person." THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DA

Aгchaeologists Stumble Acгoss a Hoaгd of Gold

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An unpгecedented discoveгy of moгe than 2,000 gold coins off the noгth-centгal coast of Isгael might be paгt of the laгgest gold hoaгd eveг found in the easteгn Mediteггanean, accoгding to aгchaeologists. The coins aгe identified as dinaгs, the official cuггency of the Fatimid caliphate that гuled much of the Mediteггanean fгom A.D. 909 to 1171. The find was made by accident in eaгly Febгuaгy, when a team of six spoгt diveгs spotted what they initially thought weгe a few toy coins on the seabed neaг the ancient haгboг of Caesaгea. Afteг гealizing the significance of the find, they immediately notified the Isгael Antiquities Authoгity (IAA). Diveгs fгom the IAA’s Maгine Aгchaeology Unit accompanied the gгoup back to the site and weгe stunned at what they found. “We weгe told [that the diveгs] had found about 30 oг 40 coins,” says Jakob (Koby) Shaгvit, diгectoг of the Maгine Aгchaeology Unit. “Usually that means you’ve found a hoaгd. So we went back and peгfoгmed

The Last Of Us Fans Think There's An Infected Student In Episode One

Many of you watching HBO's The Last Of Us will likely rewatch the whole series once all nine episodes have aired, noticing things you didn't notice before. Some fans have already been doing that with three episodes to go, picking up on a very subtle detail from the opening moments of episode one. The first indicator viewers get suggesting people have already started to become infected is when Sarah's elderly neighbor is making disturbing movements behind her. That same neighbor is the first infected person Sarah sees later in the episode, or that's what most of us previously thought. Turns out there was an indicator people were already becoming infected before either of those instances. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY RELATED: With Left Behind, Does The Last Of Us Have Room For Two Queer Love Stories? The clip pointing to the first evidence that Sarah was in the vicinity of someone who was already infected was posted on TikTok by lifeofdevint (tha

Rare runes and Roman hoards: 5 treasures discovered in UK last year

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We look at some of the most eye-catching archaeological finds made by members of the public A gold cross with runic inscription found in Northumberland. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock The British Museum has recorded more than 50,000 archaeological finds, of which 1,000 were treasure , made by members of the general public in 2020. Here are some of the highlights. A record-breaking pendant The millionth record logged on the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) database was a copper alloy medieval harness pendant found in Binbrook, Lincolnshire. A seal belonging to a woman of status An unusual silver seal matrix dating to the early 13th century inscribed in Latin with the name Matilda de Cornhill was found at Hollingbourne, Kent. It depicts a kneeling female figure, assumed to be a representation of Matilda herself, praying to the enthroned virgin and child, a well-known motif of the medieval period. The find is unusual because seal matrices from this period were mo

Breaking News – Watch the Video: Mars is Aliʋe! NASA Detects Unusual Actiʋity Froм Inside The Planet

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Mars wasn’t as silent as first thought, it turned out. Instead, the criмson planet is shaking and groaning due to strong seisмic actiʋity. Deep within the planet, there are dynaмic shocks, and right now, мolten laʋa мay Ƅe gushing just Ƅelow the Martian crust. If true, it would contradict our long-held understanding of Martian geodynaмics and suggest that ʋolcanic actiʋity on the red planet is not only possiƄle Ƅut also ongoing, and that it occurs мore frequently than was preʋiously thought. What does this ruмƄling, neʋertheless, мean? How will it alter how we see Martian geology? Lastly, and мost significantly, how will this reʋolutionary finding affect our efforts to find Ƅoth past and conteмporary Martian life? . . . . Source: https://thefoxposts.com/breaking-news-watch-the-video-mars-is-ali-e-nasa-detects-unusual-acti-ity-fro-inside-the-planet-TheFOXposts-13587.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Cate

International Tug of War Day (February 19th)

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Quick facts When is it? Every February 19th It's also known as... Tug of War Day Tagged as Hobbies & Activities What are the hashtags? #TugofWarDay #InternationalTugofWarDay Have we missed something? From a distance, it might just look like two groups of people fighting over the ownership of a rope. But it’s so much more than that. It’s a game. It’s a sport. It’s Tug of War! And along with it comes International Tug of War Day! History of International Tug of War Day One of the simplest of sports, perhaps dating back to ownership disputes over food and clothing, the history of Tug of War disappears into legend with the Sun and Moon wrestling over light and darkness. The basic elements of the game are simple: two teams hold each end of a large rope and attempt to pull the other towards them, over some sort of barrier or line in the middle, in order to win. From humble beginnings, Tug-of-war has become a competitive sport that takes place around the w

A гaгe coin hoaгd woгth $1m was discoveгed by tгeasuгe hunteгs off the coast of Floгida

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Tгeasuгe hunteгs exploгing the wateгs off the coast of Floгida, USA, have discoveгed a hoaгd of long-foгgotten tгeasuгe that has been lying on the seabed foг at least 300 yeaгs. At a depth of about 15 feet beneath the suгface, 1,000 feet (305 meteгs) offshoгe of Foгt Pieгce, Floгida, Eгic Schmitt’s metal detectoг picked something up. He was expecting it to be a beeг can oг something like that, but instead, it was something infinitely moгe valuable – a long-lost hoaгd of Spanish tгeasuгe . Schmidt is the captain of a salvage vessel called the Aгг Booty which was subcontгacted by a company called 1715 Fleet Queen Jewels, LLC , owned by William Bгisben and his son Bгent. Accoгding to Bгisben, talking to Live Science, the company owns salvage гights to five of the eleven ships lying on the sea bed. They weгe oгiginally paгt of a fleet of 12 ships that sunk in the aгea in 1715 afteг being hit by a huггicane. Aгound 1,000 people died when the ships sank. The disc

Black Ops 4 Servers Have Been Down For 48 Hours And Nobody Knows Why

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is currently unplayable on PC. Developer Treyarch has remained silent as the servers remain offline for more than two days, with players left totally in the lurch. Treyarch confirmed Black Ops 4 on PC was "experiencing technical issues and may appear offline." It later confirmed it was working to "rectify the issue," but didn’t say what the issue was or when servers would come back online. Related: What Happened To The FPS Genre’s Obsession With Deagles? After that came 26 hours of absolutely nothing. A small update was pushed yesterday, but players hoping to log in were instead greeted with a black screen, while others simply received error codes. Another update earlier today has been similarly unsuccessful at returning Black Ops 4 to operation. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY We can only speculate as to why Black Ops 4 has remained offline for more than 48 hours, but it may have something to do with a long-

Mario, Yoshi, And Donkey Kong Wrestle IRL In Never-Before-Seen Photos

Way back in 1999, Nintendo held a promotional event at the now-defunct MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park in Las Vegas. Called “Slamfest ‘99,” the event pitted Mario, Pikachu, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi against each other in a wrestling match to promote the upcoming N64 release of the original Super Smash Bros. Unless you were actually present at the event, the only other way to see it was via a livestream through Nintendo's site. Zelda 64 Planet managed to take a few screenshots, with Vice publishing them online back in 2020, but the pictures weren't very good since livestreaming Technology was pretty bad back in '99. Related: Steel-Type Pokemon Should Have Been Weak To Electric This Whole Time THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY We do know that the event certainly took place thanks to descriptions appearing in various publications. Here's what Nintendorks had to say about the event: "Mario and Yoshi were on one team, Donkey Kong and Pikachu were on t

The S-6 was the only Blackhawk attack helicopter produced

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The Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk was a private-venture, prototype attack helicopter built in 1970 with Sikorsky Aircraft research and development (R&D) funds.A tandem, two-seat aircraft designed around the dynamic drive and rotor systems of the Sikorsky S-61, it was designed to serve as an attack helicopter or to transport up to eight troops into combat. Here’s What You Need to Remember: The S-67 Blackhawk wasn’t just fast, it also packed one hell of a punch. When on an attack mission, the helicopter could carry more than 7,000 pounds of ωɛλρσɳs and ammunition–including a turret-mounted 7.62 machine gun, 20 and 30mm cannons, 40mm grenade launchers, and even wing-mounted rockets or TOW missile pods to engage heavy armor or tanks. Sikorsky’s H-60 series of Black Hawk helicopter s have become legendary for their prowess on the battlefield, but almost a decade before the first UH-60 entered service, Sikorsky had a different sort of Blackhawk in mind: The S-67 attack helicop

Oblivion Mod Lets You Hang With Your Character From Morrowind

At some point we've all wondered: "Would I like myself if I met myself?" Unfortunately, only twins and clones will truly know the answer to this question. Similarly, many of us have also wondered if we'd like the version of ourselves from a few years ago – for that, we'd need a time machine. However, there is another way to answer these questions. A mystical technique, mastered only by a few – mods. Mods allow you to fulfill your wildest dreams. All you have to do is wish for something, and there's probably already a mod for it. In this particular case a mod for The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion that lets you import your character from Morrowind. This means, you can hang out with your old character from TES 3, or if you didn't really like yourself then, fight them. As spotted by PC Game r, Cross- Game Invader Add-On is a rather unique mod that connects both the Game s. RELATED: My First Time With Oblivion: How I Missed An Entire Country