The Daily Populous

Wednesday April 19th, 2017 morning edition

image for Observer says 2.5 million Turkish referendum votes could have been manipulated

VIENNA/BERLIN Up to 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated in Sunday's Turkish referendum that ended in a close "yes" vote for greater presidential powers, an Austrian member of the Council of Europe observer mission said on Tuesday.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed criticisms of the vote, saying foreign observers should "know their place".

The mission of observers from the 47-member Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights body, had already pronounced the referendum to be an uneven contest.

Support for "Yes" dominated campaign coverage, and the arrests of journalists and closure of media outlets silenced other views, according to Council of Europe and OSCE monitors.

Alev Korun, an Austrian member of the Council's observer team, said there were questions about the actual voting as well.

"There is a suspicion that up to 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated," added Korun, a Greens member of the Austrian parliament.

The pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party said it presented complaints about unstamped ballots affecting 3 million voters, more than twice the margin of Erdogan's victory. »

Looking Back at r/Place

Authored by redditblog.com

We have also released a complete dataset of Place data and are looking forward to seeing what emerges on r/dataisbeautiful.

If you are wondering what all the images and iconography plastered across Place are, you may want to visit u/draemmli’s Place Atlas.

The community-sourced, interactive map provides information and metadata about the different images that make up the final version of Place. »

30 Rock: Tracy Morgan still calls Jack McBrayer Kenneth

Authored by ew.com

It’s been a little more than four years since 30 Rock went off the air, but Jack McBrayer will always be Kenneth Parcell to Tracy Morgan.

As McBrayer explained to Conan O’Brien on Tuesday’s episode of his TBS talk show, his former co-star apparently still thinks Kenneth is his real name.

“I called Tracy on his birthday back in November, and I was like, ‘Hey, Tracy. »

Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove

Authored by nytimes.com

The database is perhaps the first nonpartisan effort to create a fully integrated look at revenue and spending across federal, state and local governments.

Mr. Ballmer calls it “the equivalent of a 10-K for government,” referring to the kind of annual filing that companies make.

Using his website, USAFacts.org, a person could look up just about anything: How much revenue do airports take in and spend? »

Sask. ranchers stunned as beaver herds 150 cattle

Authored by cbc.ca

Saskatchewan rancher Adrienne Ivey may have heard of a beaver, but until now, had never seen a beaver herd — cattle, that is.

Curious about the strange behaviour, they investigated further, to find the herd of cattle following a beaver that had wandered along.

"A Canadian beaver leading around a bunch of Canadian cattle just makes it even more funny.". »