Matt Levin Published 9:11 am CDT, Wednesday, June 29, 2016 The Administration Building at Rice Institute was built in an empty field outside of Houston's existing city limits. The building is now known as Lovett Hall and still serves as an administrative building. The Administration Building at Rice Institute was built in an empty field outside of Houston's existing city limits. The building is now known as Lovett Hall and still serves as an administrative building. Photo: handout Photo: handout Image 1 of / 55 Caption Close Image 1 of 55 The Administration Building at Rice Institute was built in an empty field outside of Houston's existing city limits. The building is now known as Lovett Hall and still serves as an administrative building. The Administration Building at Rice … [Read more...] about Here’s what Rice University looked like a century ago
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Ducks fall to Blues, reach All-Star break looking like a team in need of one
By Elliott Teaford | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: January 23, 2019 at 9:51 pm | UPDATED: January 23, 2019 at 9:59 pm The Ducks’ Troy Terry, left, shoots under the defense of the St. Louis Blues’ Tyler Bozak during the third period of Wednesday’s game at Honda Center. The Blues won 5-1. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) The St. Louis Blues’ Alexander Steen, center, is pressured by the Ducks’ Josh Manson, left, and Ryan Getzlaf during the first period of Wednesday’s game at Honda Center. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSt. Louis Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly, left, falls to the ice after colliding with Anaheim Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Anaheim Ducks’ Brandon Montour, right, fights for the puck with St. Louis Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly, center, and Brayden Schenn during the first … [Read more...] about Ducks fall to Blues, reach All-Star break looking like a team in need of one
When resistance looks like a hallaca
By Leena Trivedi-Grenier Updated 1:26 pm PST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Candy Brito, Chiquy “Boom” Mejia and Isabella Delgado dance during a traditional Venezuelan holiday gathering at the home of Siury Pulgar of Galipan Catering in San Jose. Candy Brito, Chiquy “Boom” Mejia and Isabella Delgado dance during a traditional Venezuelan holiday gathering at the home of Siury Pulgar of Galipan Catering in San Jose. Photo: Josie Lepe / Special To The Chronicle Photo: Josie Lepe / Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close Image 1 of 7 Candy Brito, Chiquy “Boom” Mejia and Isabella Delgado dance during a traditional Venezuelan holiday gathering at the home of Siury Pulgar of Galipan Catering in San Jose. Candy Brito, Chiquy … [Read more...] about When resistance looks like a hallaca
“It’s just the price of doing business”: Why CU’s $10.3 M buyout of Mike MacIntyre looks like a relative bargain
BOULDER — If you got heartburn watching former Colorado football coach Mike MacIntyre walk away from the storm with his framed bison under one arm and $10.3 million under the other, imagine the indigestion they’re feeling down in Louisville right about now. The Cardinals fired Bobby Petrino on Nov. 11. And handed him $14.1 million as a going-away gift. “I’m sure we’ve been shaking our heads now for some time,” chuckled Chuck Neinas, the Boulder-based athletics consultant and a longtime mover-and-shaker in big-time college sports, when asked about buyouts. “It’s just the price of doing business.” And that price keeps going up. Of the nine public universities whose football teams are listed among the top 10 of the College Football Playoff rankings, their coaches have contracts with buyout clauses that cost an average of $20.9 million as of Dec. 1. An estimated $75 million was spent by Football Bowl Subdivision schools last … [Read more...] about “It’s just the price of doing business”: Why CU’s $10.3 M buyout of Mike MacIntyre looks like a relative bargain
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Zoey Chong, provided by 10:47 pm PST, Wednesday, November 7, 2018 The AI are "cloned" from real-life anchors, according to Xinhua's report, sporting the same faces and voices. The AI are "cloned" from real-life anchors, according to Xinhua's report, sporting the same faces and voices. Photo: Powerofforever/Getty Images . . Photo: Damian Dovarganes /Associated Creepy, real technologies that could be on the next 'Black Mirror'Impossible meat substitutesA Redwood City-based company named Impossible Burger had people waiting in lines outside upscale restaurants to eat it in 2017 with its meatless burger patty that looks and tastes like meat and even appears to bleed like it. The secret sauce is a genetically engineered molecule called soy leghemoglobin (heme for short), which comes from the root of soy plants. Heme is also found in meat. The … [Read more...] about Watch this creepy AI anchor talk like a real person