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Day: December 23, 2019

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Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming today on YouTube TV

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Earlier this year, PBS announced it had secured streaming agreements for its member stations on YouTube’s live TV service, YouTube TV. Today, that deal goes live. PBS says over 100 of its local stations are now available on YouTube TV by way of dedicated live channels for both PBS and PBS Kids, as well through on-demand programming. More stations are expected to be added in 2020, PBS notes. YouTube TV’s service is available to 75% of U.S. households, significantly broadening PBS’ reach among cord-cutters. Before today, PBS programming has been…

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Inside a cathedral at Christmas

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Image caption The cathedral is run on a paid staff of 13 people as well as many volunteers Image caption Gareth Price said: “It’s a very busy place, I’d miss it if it wasn’t here” “I have come in for the contemplation and thinking time,” he said. “Sitting here works somewhat and I don’t know whether it’s saying it to someone else. “It’s a very busy place, I’d miss it if it wasn’t here.” Richard Wainwright, a verger at Wakefield, has worked at the cathedral for 20 years. “It’s never…

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Here are the best ‘Hot Ones’ episodes for you to binge

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There are truly an absurd number of celebrity talk shows. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,The Ellen DeGeneres Show,The Late Late Show With James Cordenthe list goes on. However, one talk show currently stands head and shoulders above the rest: Hot Ones. Online food culture mag First We Feast produces Hot Ones, a web talk showthat features various celebrities ranging from musicians to actors. The stars work their way through 10 progressively hotter wings as they answer questions. This premise alone makes the show more engaging than its competition. Moreover,…

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Van Drew says this was the final straw for him to switch parties

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Washington (CNN)New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew said the “final sign” for him to switch parties was being told that he had to vote in support of impeachment of President Donald Trump. Van Drew, who had been an outspoken critic of impeachment before switching parties, was facing a tough reelection in his New Jersey district and becoming a Republican would allow him to avoid a Democratic primary. CNN previously reported that internal polling showed Van Drew was losing major support among Democrats. Van Drew said that he felt he did…

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You Can Get 2 Free Apple Pies From McDonald’s With This Uber Eats Deal

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Courtesy of McDonald’s/Uber Eats McDonald’s Free Apple Pie Deal On Uber Eats Is Here For The Holidays By Cianna Garrison Dec 13, 2019 Just in time for the holidays, McDonald’s and Uber Eats are getting in the giving spirit. Specifically, McDonald’s free Apple Pie deal on Uber Eats means you can order your fave Mickey D items and get rewarded with two free McDonald’s Apple Pies. It’s a tasty holiday treat. As of Friday, Dec. 13, customers who spend more than $15 on a McDonald’s order from Uber Eats will…

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Attempt was made to ditch ferry contract in May

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Derek Mackay, the finance secretary, announced last Wednesday that the cost of completion takes the total cost to well over double the £97m in the fixed price contract signed in 2015. Image copyright PA Media When Ferguson Shipbuilders went bust in the summer of 2014 it seemed the last shipyard on the lower Clyde was heading for oblivion, more than a century after it was founded by the four Ferguson brothers. But within weeks, in a deal brokered by the Scottish government, a white knight stepped forward in the shape…

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10 Last-Minute Gifts You Can Get On Amazon | Betches

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but if there is something wrong with getting what I just decided I wanted with free two-day shipping, then I don’t want to be right! Obviously, Amazon is the holy grail of online shopping 365 days a year, but the one time it really comes in handy is during the holidays. If you, too, hate waiting, here are ten of our favorite gifts to shop on Amazon. If you order in the next two days, you can get free delivery by 12/24.  1. Amazon Fire Stick, $24.99 idiots2. Slip Queen…

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Christmas lottery ‘El Gordo’ reveals winning ticket in annual event

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Spain’s Christmas lottery, known as El Gordo or “The Fat One,” dished out its biggest prize on Sunday worth $436,000. In total, the lottery dishes out $2.43 billion in prizes. (AP Photo/Paul White) While other lotteries have bigger top prizes than $436,000, this lottery — held on Dec. 22 each year — is ranked as the world’s richest for the total amount of prize money involved. El Gordo is the second-oldest lottery in the world, according to Spain’s The Local news outlet, which explains that only certain lottery shops sell…

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Design may be the next entrepreneurial gold rush

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Ten years ago, the vast majority of designers were working in Adobe Photoshop, a powerful tool with fine-tuned controls for almost every kind of image manipulation one could imagine. But it was a tool built for an analog world focused on photos, flyers and print magazines; there were no collaborative features, and much more importantly for designers, there were no other options. Since then, a handful of major players have stepped up to dominate the market alongside the behemoth, including InVision, Sketch, Figma and Canva. And with the shift in…

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