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The dud deal that was never needed

The Post editorial: In February this year, Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau told her fellow councillors it would further “kill” Courtenay Place if they didn’t back a $32 million deal with a multinational company. The deal was to buy the land under the Reading Cinemas complex so the international owners could use the money to finally fix the quake-prone building and get it back open. It was […]

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Want The Dirt On Otago Soil?

ORC Land and Soil Scientist, Erik Button, has recently developed a series of free to download fact sheets on Otago soils with valuable information for farmers and growers.

The Wall Street Journal 

The FTC Goes Evidence-Free

Lina Khan’s newest strategy is to ignore years of scholarship that proves the value of Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

Deadline.com 

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Ryan Reynolds And Hugh Jackman Deliver – And Then Some – In Dream Blockbuster Pairing For The MCU

When Disney bought 20th Century Fox in 2018, Fox’s big R-rated, foul-mouthed, quippy hit Deadpool was riding high on its first sequel, which came quickly after the 2016 Ryan Reynolds-led movie broke out. Even though the character came from the Marvel label, it was hard to imagine him fitting comfortably into the less edgy PG13 […]

The Daily Dot 

The IQ bell curve meme declares what is normal and hates it

The IQ bell curve meme, also referred to as the “midwit” meme, makes use of a graph representation of the probability theory of normal distribution. This graph, commonly known as the “bell curve” for its shape, is a display of the idea that the majority will tend toward what is average while the minority make out the extremes on either side.

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Sports.inquirer.net 

Paris Olympics: Athletes enjoying first days at Olympic village

PARIS – Australian beach volleyball player Taliqua Clancy got an unexpected surprise walking around the athletes’ village at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Among the legions of other athletes from around the world, one figure stood out: French President Emmanuel Macron. “We got to see him which was cool. I was hanging around hoping to