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The latest illustrations from artist Matt Davidson

1/30 Punch, a Lowe blow. 2/30 Scott Strangelove. 3/30 Meta in the machine. 4/30 Birds of a feather. 5/30 Pamphlet prayer. 6/30 Bubble life. 7/30 Top of the heap. 8/30 Swimming with Somyurek. 9/30 Gone to pot. 10/30 Corruption Busta. 11/30 Pricing surge. 12/30 Corker of a policy. 13/30 Lockdown lament. 14/30 The WFH experiment. 15/30 Enough super? 16/30 Dr O'Brien and Mr Guy. 17/30 Mortgage wrangling. 18/30 Through COVID-coloured glasses. 19/30 The dancing treasurer. 20/30 End of the tunnel. 21/30 Digital anonymity. 22/30 Feedback loop. 23/30 Devolved. 24/30 Meet and beat. 25/30 Keeping it in-house. 26/30 Half full approach. 27/30 The right advice. 28/30 Rotten reveal. 29/30 Roll-up roll-out! 30/30 Gene editing.

GAMEDAY Toronto Argonauts vs Hamilton Tiger-cats

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Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto Argonauts Sports Football CFL Author of the article: Frank Zicarelli Hamilton Tiger Cats wide receiver Brandon Banks runs back a kick against the Ottawa Redblacks. The Canadian Press Article content Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-5) at Toronto Argonauts (8-4) Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content 7:30 p.m. at BMO Field; Weather: Cloudy with 30% chance of rain; 8C; wind 32 km/h; TV/Radio: TSN/AM 1050; Line: Ticats by 1 point STATSPACK HAM  TOR PER GAME AVERAGES (LEAGUE RANKINGS) POINTS FOR 23.0 (3rd) 22.6 (4th) POINTS AGAINST 17.5 (2nd) 24.4 (6th) YARD RUSH 101.9 (3rd) 82.7 (7th) YARDS PASS 241.6 (7th) 271.5 (3rd NET YARDS 324.2 (6th) 338.9 (5th) YARDS ALLOWED 319.6 (3rd) 355.7 (9th) FIVE THINGS TO WATCH 1. BMO-MENTUM While the Argos are unbeaten at home, a Ticat-strong gathering will be in attenda...

Girlfriend murderer Oscar Pistorius distressing letter to victims family in parole bid

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Murderer Oscar Pistorius sent his victim Reeva Steenkamp’s parents a “distressing” letter in a move their lawyer said was “like ripping a Band-Aid off a wound”. Pistorius has been eligible for parole since July, having served half his 13-year sentence for shooting his girlfriend dead at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, on Valentine’s Day, 2013. As part of the parole process in South Africa, prisoners must “acknowledge and take responsibility for their actions”, which led him to write his letter to June and Barry Steenkamp. Their lawyer, Tania Koen, told the Mirror: “I cannot divulge the contents of that letter. “It was quite emotionally distressing for them. They did not know it was coming and it was sent to me by his attorney.” Pistorius at sentencing in 2016 ( AFP/Getty Images) Ms Koen also told of Barry and June’s distress when they learned Pistorius, 34, had been eligible for parole since ...

Can a US-China climate change pact get COP26 off life support

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Glasgow, Scotland â€" The world's top carbon polluters, China and the United States, agreed on Wednesday to increase their cooperation and speed up action to rein in climate-damaging emissions, signaling a mutual effort on global warming at a time of tension over their other disputes. The agreement was met with cautious optimism by others at the ongoing U.N. climate talks in Scotland, but it wasn't clear whether the bilateral deal might be enough to revive efforts for a much broader agreement at COP26, as the U.N. chief warned the conference's key objective was "on life support." In back-to-back news conferences at COP26, Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry said the two countries would work together to accelerate the emissions reductions required to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.   "It's beneficial not only to our two countries but the world as a whole that two major powers in the world...

Apple may have just transformed the world of computers

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By Farhad Manjoo November 11, 2021 â€" 11.25am For decades, the chipmaking giant Intel reigned as one of the most technically advanced companies in Silicon Valley. It was Intel’s co-founder Gordon Moore who famously predicted that computer chips would keep getting unimaginably more powerful. And it was Intel’s products, the x86 line of microprocessors at the heart of just about every personal computer, that turned Moore’s prophesy into a governing “law” of tech. The promise that every year, Intel’s new chips would be much faster than its old chips set the rhythm for advances across the entire industry. Because the iPhone is one of the most profitable products ever sold, the company could afford to invest billions in a custom chip operation â€" and then to repurpose its iPhone chips for the iPad, the Apple TV and now the Mac.Credit:Bloomberg But somewhere in the past decade, Intel lost the plot. It was blindsided by new trends â€" the rising utility of graphic...

RECAP Day 17 of the Reece Tansey murder trial

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Letter We vowed to never forget but sadly we already have

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ALTHOUGH established to commemorate the fallen of World War One, Remembrance Day also holds a deep significance for those who have lost loved ones in more recent conflicts. Personal grief notwithstanding, what sentiments are stirred in the heart of the British nation by the words ‘Lest we forget’? Does John Citizen still sport a red poppy as a mark of respect, a symbol of rapport with his heroic forebears as well as a token of support for our contemporary service personnel? Is the two minutes silence spent empathising with the principles fought and died for in two world wars, or our unshakeable patriotism, dedication to free speech, and devotion to family values abandoned as social standards? November 11 will see a demonstration of national thanksgiving for the inheritance granted to us by the sacrifice of millions of lives. And yet it would appear that much of what as a nation we vowed never to forget has already been forgotten. F A FORD...