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posted on 30/3/20

The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox video game originally released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 2011. The game has been ported to a wide range of platforms, selling over 180 million copies, including paid mobile downloads. Grand Theft Auto V is the only other game to have sold over 100 million copies. The best-selling game on a single platform is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sales for the Wii console.

posted on 30/3/20

Same problem as Jamie Oliver. I can do better pasta at home for £5 for 2 of us (well... I could.... not so much Pasta about now....) whereas with Carluccio's you end up paying £60 for a pretty mediocre meal.

You also wonder (as with other kitchens) how much is weeks old frozen sauce simply reheated.

posted on 30/3/20

If it goes into next year, the Premier League of its affiliates or associates would probably be riddled in debt. It would be better to wind up the Premier League company and register a new company.

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If we're just almost halfway through the lifespan, then it's fairly mind-boggling to recognize the games players have already gotten, including Super Mario Odyssey, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, as well as the games to come, including the next Luigi's Mansion and Animal Crossing games and a sequel to Breath of the Wild. The latter is almost unprecedented, but it suggests that the Switch will be around to stay past the normal cycle experienced by previous Nintendo consoles.

posted on 30/3/20

The Gambia national football team,represents The Gambia in men's international football and is controlled by the Gambia Football Federation. Until 1965, the team and the country, were known as British Gambia. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations finals. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

posted on 30/3/20

Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev (born 21 August 1973) is a Russian politician and former professional boxer. He competed in boxing from 1993 to 2009, and held the WBA heavyweight title twice between 2005 and 2009. Standing at a height of 2.13 metres (7.0 ft) and a peak weight of 149 kilograms (328 lb), Valuev is best known for being the tallest and heaviest world champion in boxing history.

posted on 30/3/20

Valuev is one of five heavyweight champions to have retired without having suffered a stoppage loss during his career. The others are Gene Tunney, Rocky Marciano, Riddick Bowe and Sultan Ibragimov.

posted on 31/3/20

Convenience stores selling Easter eggs are facing interference from “heavy-handed” officials trying to restrict the range of goods they can sell under coronavirus curbs, a trade body says.

Some shops have been told by police and local councils that the chocolate eggs are considered non-essential goods.

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) blamed “overzealous enforcement and a misreading of the rules”.

It has told shopkeepers to carry on selling a full range of goods.

posted on 31/3/20

Millions of plants, shrubs and trees could be binned in the coming days and weeks, meaning ruin for UK growers.

The closure of 2,000 garden centres and nurseries mean makers of what's called "ornamental horticulture" have no outlet for their plants.

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is asking the government for financial assistance of up to £250m to help the industry avoid collapse.

It warned that up to a third of producers could go bust.

Ornamental plant growers' main assets are their inventory of plants - and they are facing a loss of nearly their entire 2020 income, according to the HTA.

posted on 31/3/20

The Swiss cheese plant displays the most interesting looking leaves and needs a grower to be prepared to provide some extra space within a home (it grows fairly tall when it matures).

This climbing shrub is an ideal plant for a conservatory or large rooms, including a hotel or restaurant foyer.

posted on 31/3/20

The Switch has, thus far, proven to be a wildly successful console. Blending two markets together, it has captured a wide audience for what could be a long period of time. And, if future releases are any indication, Nintendo is surely not about to let go of it any time soon.

posted on 31/3/20

It is a shame to see empty shelves.

Disregard for older people, nurses and professionals who have to keep our system running whilst we are asleep.

Selfishness in all of us is unreal.

posted on 31/3/20

Bobby Ray Parks Sr. (November 26, 1961 – March 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player from Grand Junction, Tennessee. He played for Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) from 1980-1984 and played internationally in the Philippines, Indonesia and France. As one of the most celebrated "import" players in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), Parks became the second American ever inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 2009.

posted on 31/3/20

Philip Warren Anderson (December 13, 1923 – March 29, 2020) was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. Anderson made contributions to the theories of localization, antiferromagnetism, symmetry breaking (including a paper in 1962 discussing symmetry breaking in particle physics, leading to the development of the Standard Model around 10 years later), and high-temperature superconductivity, and to the philosophy of science through his writings on emergent phenomena.

posted on 31/3/20

Families with children eligible for free school meals in England will be able to claim weekly shopping vouchers while schools are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, say ministers.

The scheme will allow schools to issue vouchers worth £15 a week per child.

Headteachers have warned that even with the vouchers, some parents will struggle to feed their children.

But the Department for Education says the rate exceeds that normally paid to schools for free school meals.

posted on 31/3/20

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged by a group of MEPs to delay his Brexit deadline as countries around the world battle the coronavirus.

The European Parliament’s largest group of MEPs said the pandemic puts pressure on the chance of securing a trade deal by the planned date.

The PM’s spokesman insisted there were no plans to change the timetable.

It comes as EU and UK representatives met to discuss implementing the Brexit withdrawal agreement over video link.

posted on 31/3/20

Seems like the best sub for this.. I plan on getting a Kate Winslet as Rose portrait tattoo on my arm on April 15th, I can't decide on a good picture. Anyone wanna help link me good quality pics of Rose from the movie?

I've tried Google images but it's a mixed bag. Any websites or sources anyone knows of that has a lot of up close and high def pics?

posted on 31/3/20

Maybe the picture of her when she gets out of the automobile with the large hat? I can’t really get a link but I’m assuming you know what I mean

posted on 31/3/20

If Kent leaves his house he’s basically a murderer

posted on 31/3/20

Kent should call the police immediately if he sees his neighbour walking

posted on 31/3/20

If Kent doesn’t clap for the NHS he’ll die

posted on 31/3/20

Coronavirus: UK mortgage market goes into lockdown

posted on 31/3/20

So ten years ago we all clubbed together (i.e. the government clubbed us into giving away our money) and bailed out the banks.
Now we need a bit of help and the banks have lost interest in the game. If a business needs some help they have to sign away their own house before the banks will give a loan.
Seems a bit one sided - no surprise there then.

posted on 31/3/20

Exactly what we don't need. So anyone coming to the end of a fixed-term mortage will be put on the more expensive "standard variable" rate with no option to switch to a better rate unless they have 40% equity.

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