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Whenever a death sentence is commuted or a death-row inmate is  released, anywhere in the world, the Colosseum’s nighttime illumination  is changed from white to gold.
It’s a gesture against the death penalty, which Italy abolished in 1948.

lickystickypickyme:

Whenever a death sentence is commuted or a death-row inmate is released, anywhere in the world, the Colosseum’s nighttime illumination is changed from white to gold.

It’s a gesture against the death penalty, which Italy abolished in 1948.

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This is why Perth is considered a backwater hick town and why we cannot have nice things.

Read on to hear about the insane amount of trauma restaurateurs and entrepreneurs have to go through when they want their restaurant, cafe, bar, pub, or other venue of public enjoyment to get liquor licensing.

I’m not much of a drinker, but even I think this sounds ridiculous.

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(via geeksugar)

The US Copyright Office have announced revisions to copyright laws.

Amongst these changes are clauses relating to ripping DVDs and bypassing DRM for educational purposes, or to access features which do not infringe on copyright (such as the ‘read aloud’ feature on ebooks).

Also legal is jailbreaking your iPhone so that you can install legally obtainable applications, or use it on another telco.

Read the statement for the rest of the fair use and education related revisions.

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