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Are psychics real? It's an interesting question. I've never believed in psychic powers. To me, it doesn't matter what you call yourself, whether it's a soothsayer, fortune-teller, medium or prognosticator, I simply don't believe that the power of faith or the energy of the mind makes one capable of bending…
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Four terror suspects have been killed following a shootout with police at a beach resort just south of Barcelona. Yesterday's attacks left 13 people killed after a driver smashed down Las Ramblas, one of the busiest tourist streets in Spain. The attack forced Spain to raise their terror warning to…
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This is a routine move for ISIS, which seeks to appear as powerful as possible, and so attaches its name to every instance of violence related to the Arab-African world. Still, this indicates the attack was terror, whether homegrown or foreign-abetted.
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One of the suspects of today's horrific car-attack in Barcelona has been killed during a police shootout as he attempted to flee the Spanish city. Local newspaper La Vanguardia says the suspected terrorist died after fleeing central Barcelona. He allegedly drove through a police barricade injuring at least one officer before being…
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The perpetrator of a Barcelona attack in the popular Las Ramblas tourist area has not been confirmed, but a photo of a suspect has been released. His name is Driss Oukabir, allegedly 20 years old, and of Moroccan-French descent. There is an active manhunt ongoing, and one person has been detained.…
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There are several important industries wherein women are significantly underrepresented, and perhaps the greatest example of this is to look at the tech industry. Back in 2015, the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) reported that as few as one in four of computing employees are female. We're slowly…
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There's something purely romantic about the western populous yearning to visit countries like Japan and South Korea. That yearning is an escape from the limitations of western civilization, to cities more beautiful than New York, as intensely beautiful as science fiction but tethered in the real and the now. Some…
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In 2017, the controversy of the President and his most unseemly supporters (David Duke and Neo-Nazis) has led to a microscopic racial lens hovering above all personality and politics. Now, using black emojis, wearing certain haircuts, and choosing not to Tweet about certain topics is considered complicity with white supremacy.…
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News reports have emerged telling of an incident in the tourist area of Ramblas in Barcelona, after a van was said to have crashed into crowds. It is believed that multiple people are dead in what police have called a "massive crash", and members of the public are being told…
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Every year on the first Monday of September, a massive party takes place in New York City, and everyone's invited. While some Americans prefer to kick back, recharge their batteries and let Labor Day pass them by in a haze of chicken wings, awkward family obligations and awful TV, the…
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Could it be you? This was the question posed to the public on the advent of a new phenomenon known as "reality television". Shows like Big Brother opened the doors to the masses and provided entertainment which was grounded in real events between real people. By allowing anyone the chance…
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Is nothing sacred? It seems as though barely a day goes by without some precious childhood memory being trampled on, or our passions of the past derided by those "too cool for school" individuals who presumably never enjoyed anything as simple as Thomas the Tank Engine in their tedious youth.…
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Is there anything better than drinking gallons of expertly selected wine and talking about how terrible the world is? Whilst the old adage warns advises us never to talk about politics with friends and family, surely it can't be a bad idea to discuss highly divisive and controversial figures such…
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School can be a hard place for everyone. Your hormones are raging, you're finally beginning to feel flutters of desire for the opposite (or same) sex, and on top of all this, you're expected to study, not to mention navigate complex social structures to find your BFF's. Unfortunately, teens also…
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The recent violence in Charlottesville has dominated the headlines over the past week or so, with plenty of debate over the prevalence and legitimacy of white nationalist groups throughout the United States. 20-year-old James Fields has been charged with second degree murder after he drove his car into a crowd,…
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It's hard to forget about the time you had "the talk". Despite being somewhat traumatising, you can't say that the rather patchy knowledge you gained hasn't proved useful. I mean, you can't exactly forget the time when all the boys and girls were herded away from each other, disappearing into…
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Often the things that scare us the most are manifest in the demonization of the quotidian. Monsters from far flung imagined worlds that bare no semblance to reality are unlikely to accrue as fearful response as an ostensibly ordinary, even recognizable figure being proven evil or demonic. The devil that…
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Kevin Hart, Stephen Colbert, Amy Schumer; some of our favourite celebrities are comedians, or at least actors and actresses highly prolific and proficient in providing a good chuckle in most of their films. There are also some non-comedian celebrities out there who are funnier than we give them credit for.…
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Reality has become an outmoded concept in our modern society. Instead, a kind of effervescent fiction has taken hold, through the filtered corridors of Instagram, and influenced, no doubt, by the front covers of glossy magazines. Such mediums purport to shape paradigms of beauty to which the general public can…
