Yikes! Another country to add to the list of split capitals.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:39 pm In late 2018 news (didn't feel like bumping the old thread), Burundi has moved its political capital city from the easily-remembered Bujumbura to the less-stickily-named Gitega. Bujumbura remains the economic capital.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -to-gitega
2019 Current Events Study Guide
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South Africa and Bolivia are the other two that come to mind. Are there more?Woof wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:27 pmYikes! Another country to add to the list of split capitals.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:39 pm In late 2018 news (didn't feel like bumping the old thread), Burundi has moved its political capital city from the easily-remembered Bujumbura to the less-stickily-named Gitega. Bujumbura remains the economic capital.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -to-gitega
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Croatia. Oh, wait, Zagreb is the capital.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:29 pmSouth Africa and Bolivia are the other two that come to mind. Are there more?Woof wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:27 pmYikes! Another country to add to the list of split capitals.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:39 pm In late 2018 news (didn't feel like bumping the old thread), Burundi has moved its political capital city from the easily-remembered Bujumbura to the less-stickily-named Gitega. Bujumbura remains the economic capital.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -to-gitega
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... e_capitalsopusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:29 pmSouth Africa and Bolivia are the other two that come to mind. Are there more?Woof wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:27 pmYikes! Another country to add to the list of split capitals.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:39 pm In late 2018 news (didn't feel like bumping the old thread), Burundi has moved its political capital city from the easily-remembered Bujumbura to the less-stickily-named Gitega. Bujumbura remains the economic capital.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -to-gitega
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Clemson beats Alabama 44-16 to win the national championship.
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They played the worst I have seen under Saban but I think they are still #2.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:55 amRanking tomorrow:
Clemson
Alabama
Ohio St.
or
Clemson
Ohio St.
Alabama
Oklahoma, Georgia and Notre Dame can all go...
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Surprised these haven't been listed.
January 3 - China lands the Chang'e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon
January 5 - Bartholomew I, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, recognizes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and grants it self-governance
January 3 - China lands the Chang'e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon
January 5 - Bartholomew I, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, recognizes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and grants it self-governance
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But then how will motorcyclists make all of that obnoxious noise?MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:12 pm Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle: LiveWire ($29,799)
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They can always fix a card in the spokes with a clothes pinalietr wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:39 pmBut then how will motorcyclists make all of that obnoxious noise?MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:12 pm Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle: LiveWire ($29,799)
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MacKenzie Bezos is back on the market! And I suppose that means her now ex-husband Jeff is too...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46814557
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46814557
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are to divorce after a 25-year marriage.
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Jeff Bezos, 54, who founded Amazon, is the world's wealthiest man according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, with an estimated wealth of $137bn, some $45bn ahead of Bill Gates.
The 48-year-old MacKenzie Bezos is a novelist, the author of The Testing of Luther Albright (2005) and Traps (2013).
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Latest movies (1-10): Shadows (5), Foxy Brown (7), Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6)
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Andy Murray is retiring from tennis this year. His plan is after Wimbledon, though his hip may have other ideas.
https://deadspin.com/andy-murray-will-r ... 1831657906
https://deadspin.com/andy-murray-will-r ... 1831657906
An emotional Andy Murray used a press conference Thursday ahead of the Australian Open to announce that the remainder of his tennis career will come down to hoping his bum hip holds out long enough for him to retire from tennis on his own terms, six months from now, after Wimbledon.
The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
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Legendary Broadway actress Carol Channing has died. She was 97. Channing came to prominence by playing showgirl Lorelei Lee in the musical Gentleman Prefer Blondes. She is best known for playing Dolly Levi in the musical Hello, Dolly! She also was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Muzzy Van Hossmere in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/entertai ... index.html
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Someone's gotta post it, so it may as well be me....
A new record for the most-liked photo on Instagram has just been set by a picture of an egg. Just a plain brown egg. As of this post, it has over 43.5 million likes, easily more than doubling the previous record of 18+ million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/styl ... LXbHRYQuif
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/0 ... ternet.amp
A new record for the most-liked photo on Instagram has just been set by a picture of an egg. Just a plain brown egg. As of this post, it has over 43.5 million likes, easily more than doubling the previous record of 18+ million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/styl ... LXbHRYQuif
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/0 ... ternet.amp
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That egg has more use than Kylie Jenner ever will.ouachiouat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:10 pm Someone's gotta post it, so it may as well be me....
A new record for the most-liked photo on Instagram has just been set by a picture of an egg. Just a plain brown egg. As of this post, it has over 43.5 million likes, easily more than doubling the previous record of 18+ million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/styl ... LXbHRYQuif
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/0 ... ternet.amp
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Would you accept a friendly amendment: substitute "the entire Kardashian-Jenner extended family" for "Kylie Jenner"?RJRouge wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:02 amThat egg has more use than Kylie Jenner ever will.ouachiouat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:10 pm Someone's gotta post it, so it may as well be me....
A new record for the most-liked photo on Instagram has just been set by a picture of an egg. Just a plain brown egg. As of this post, it has over 43.5 million likes, easily more than doubling the previous record of 18+ million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/styl ... LXbHRYQuif
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/0 ... ternet.amp
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While I certainly agree, the only reason I used her specifically is because she was the previous "record-holder."Blue Lion wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:07 amWould you accept a friendly amendment: substitute "the entire Kardashian-Jenner extended family" for "Kylie Jenner"?RJRouge wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:02 amThat egg has more use than Kylie Jenner ever will.ouachiouat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:10 pm Someone's gotta post it, so it may as well be me....
A new record for the most-liked photo on Instagram has just been set by a picture of an egg. Just a plain brown egg. As of this post, it has over 43.5 million likes, easily more than doubling the previous record of 18+ million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/styl ... LXbHRYQuif
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/0 ... ternet.amp
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Lifetime movie: Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
Christina Ricci starring as Nellie Bly
No J! clue about Bly since March 2017 so she is overdue.
Nellie Bly born as Elizabeth Cochran.
She went undercover (1887) at Women’s Lunatic Asylum on New York’s Blackwell’s island working for New York World (under Joseph Pulitzer) newspaper.
In 1889 Nellie Bly completed an around-the-world journey inspired by Verne's fictional Fogg.
Blackwell's Island called Welfare Island 1921-1973
Renamed Roosevelt Island in 1973
Christina Ricci starring as Nellie Bly
No J! clue about Bly since March 2017 so she is overdue.
Nellie Bly born as Elizabeth Cochran.
She went undercover (1887) at Women’s Lunatic Asylum on New York’s Blackwell’s island working for New York World (under Joseph Pulitzer) newspaper.
In 1889 Nellie Bly completed an around-the-world journey inspired by Verne's fictional Fogg.
Blackwell's Island called Welfare Island 1921-1973
Renamed Roosevelt Island in 1973
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‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ Lead Oscar Nominations With 10 Each
First Best Picture nomination for streaming-service Netflix for 'Roma'
Will Gaga deny Glenn her elusive first Oscar?!
First Best Picture nomination for streaming-service Netflix for 'Roma'
Will Gaga deny Glenn her elusive first Oscar?!
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