I did not even know this was a thing. - How Many Spaces Should There Be at the End of a Sentence? | Mental Floss:
"The question of whether you should put one or two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence elicits strong reactions on both sides...
The Chicago Manual of Style recommends, as most modern style guides do, the one-space rule.... Some people think the double space makes it easier to process sentence breaks. Some people think it’s easier to type one space, because why do something twice when you can do it once? Some people think it’s easier to type two spaces because that’s how they learned it. It would seem, then, that the spacing question is a matter of opinion. Certainly, as the Economist’s Prospero Blog points out, it is not a matter of grammar. It doesn’t have as much to do with language as it does with typing, or graphic design.
Still, even if you don’t have any opinion on the matter, when you’re typing something up, you’ve got to choose one or the other. If you are writing for someone to whom it matters—your boss, your editor, your teacher, your grandma—then you should use the standard they prefer (or the style guide they follow). These days, the two-space style is sometimes preferred for pre-publication manuscripts (e.g., as stipulated in the American Psychological Association publication guidelines), but most work is published with the one-space style. If you’re texting on your iPhone you can have it both ways—a quick double-space with your thumb will come out as a period with one space after it. That shortcut pairs the traditional typing action with the modern look, reconciling both factions through technology, the very thing that drove the wedge between them in the first place."
"Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre on the set of the next Captain America movie."
"...he feels comfortable within the structure that he's given. He likes to serve. He likes to take orders. He's like a herding dog. He needs a task. And I think the issue in the first two, "Captain America" and "The Avengers" -- well, "Captain America" was about giving him the opportunity... And on this one, it's about him trying to not just acclimate to the modern world, but it's always been Cap's goal to do what's right and to be of service, to help where he can.
In this movie, I think the question is, well, what is right? I think it was a lot easier in the '40s to know who the evil was. There's no disputing Nazis are bad. And now, it becomes a little bit more of a difficult answer. There's a lot more of a grey area. What is the right thing? And are you of service to that cause? That's where it becomes a tricky dispute for Cap because things were just done differently in the '40s. Threats are different now, and precautionary measures taken now can be questionable and somewhat suspect in his eyes. So it's a tough hurdle for him to jump...
Can you talk a little bit more about how in "The Avengers" there was that seed of distrust planted.
... it's coming out now in America. How much can we monitor internet use and phone records and text messages? Where do you draw the line? Is it okay to spy on someone before they've committed a crime? Do you take the world as it is, or as you like it to be? And it's a tricky question, and I think Cap comes from a time where there was a little more trust and a little less access.
I can go on the internet right now and learn how to make a bomb. You couldn't do that in the '40s. You didn't have to worry about it, but now you do. And where's that line? It's a tricky conversation for me, right now, and I was born in this era. I can't imagine coming from a different place, swallowing the pill of where society has gone."
"In order to stop people from getting high, the courts have decided it’s okay for police officers to stick their fingers into your anus and/or vagina to check for intoxicants. All to keep you safe, of course....
You may have read about the recent cases in New Mexico in which routine traffic stops degenerated into cavity searches, forced enemas, and even an involuntary colonoscopy. The man who was subjected to the latter (he got the other stuff, too) recently settled with Hidalgo County and the city of Deming for $1.6 million. That money will come from taxpayers and insurance, of course, not from the deputies who put him through it. (Police officials still insist the deputies did nothing wrong.) Hidalgo county is now fighting two other lawsuits by people who say they were subjected to unlawful cavity searches...
The procedures to which police subjected the New Mexico man who recently settled his lawsuit were illegal. But they were also approved by a judge. That judge is protected by absolute immunity. And, again, the police officials in Hidalgo County still say the deputies in question did nothing wrong. So the taxpayers will pay, but no one will be held accountable.
A couple of months ago, I asked a couple medical ethics specialists about all of this. They told me that the doctors who performed the procedures were also likely in violation of their professional ethical obligations. But here too, it was extremely unlikely anyone would be sanctioned. So to sum up: When it comes to cavity searches for drugs, what’s legal is bad enough. But it turns out that police and medical professionals might also do some illegal things to you that are even more awful. And despite the illegality of those procures, and that they’re medically unethical, there’s a good chance that they’ll all get away with it."
"...never fear, security at the the Super Bowl itself promises to make attendance at football's championship game an awful lot like spending several hours at a very cold TSA checkpoint—with some watery beer. Get used to it America, this massive demonstration of pointless security theater just may be a glimpse of the future...
Fan screenings begin at 2 p.m. on game day. Fans will enter heated welcome pavilions at MetLife Stadium, where they can expect to encounter walk-through metal detectors, X-ray machines, K-9 dogs and pat-down searches. They are encouraged to arrive early to avoid delays and to speed up stadium entrance.
Shockingly, MetLife Stadium points out that hotel rooms remain available. You don't say.
This multi-square-mile, prison-style lockdown must be in response to dastardly threats, right? Nope. "As of this time there are no threats directed against this event that we're aware of," New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said just yesterday. This is all just in case."
Another bad ass Grammy performance by Pink.
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