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Rolling Stone · 5 curiosidades sobre Uma Thurman: de Pulp Fiction a Broadway [LISTA] uol.com.br - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uol.com.br Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sideswipe: April 27: School holiday madness? Caught short? Bad parker? All three?
26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Hawking Index In 2014, mathematician Jordan Ellenberg examined the distribution of highlighted passages within Amazon Kindle books as an unscientific measure of how far the average reader gets through each book before throwing in the towel. If the popular highlights are clustered densely near the start of a book, that s (arguably) a sign that many readers abandon the book before reading much farther.
Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton, 1.9%
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty, 2.4%
Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace, 6.4%
A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking, 6.6%
Friends recall slain Stamford woman as tireless volunteer with a radiant smile
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STAMFORD Denise McLaughlin was a loving mother, a dedicated volunteer, an aspiring entrepreneur and a devout Christian, according to friends.
But the 50-year-old Jamaican native’s promising life was cut short late last month when she was stabbed to death inside of her Stamford home.
Police have since arrested her 25-year-old son, Winston Weathers, on murder charges, and state prosecutors say he has already issued a full confession to investigators.
Friends, however, are still coming to terms with McLaughlin’s death.
Marsha Wallace met McLaughlin a few years ago through a mutual acquaintance and their shared work with New York charities, and the two have been friends since.
A Huntsville mother puts up billboards demanding police reform
A new billboard in Huntsville is asking for police reform By Nolan Crane | April 5, 2021 at 4:51 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 8:15 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A Huntsville woman who lost her son in a deadly standoff with police says she hasnât seen justice.
Brad Pugh was shot 16 times and died in a police standoff in the Five Points Community.
Monday, April 5th, Bradâs mother put up a billboard at the intersection of Bob Wallace and Memorial Parkway. There will soon be three more just like it around Huntsville.