The company’s partnerships with cable and cellphone operators worldwide give it almost instantaneous access to potential new users without having to spend a fortune on advertising and distribution deals in markets where its brand and content are often still relatively unknown.
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Monday, February 27, 2017
In Global Expansion, Netflix Makes Friends With Carriers
To Keep U.S. Jobs, Chip Makers Share a Factory and Pin Hopes on Trump
In many ways, however, the IM Flash plant is an outlier. While companies based in the United States still dominate chip sales worldwide, only about 13 percent of the world’s chip manufacturing capacity was in this country in 2015, down from 30 percent in 1990, according to government...
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All Tech Considered : NPR
The Washington Post and other media organizations have launched Web pages outlining ways you can leak information to them confidentially.
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Ford patents a head rest specifically designed to hide a travel pillow
Ford might have just solved a question that puzzled the automotive industry for eons: Where does one store a travel pillow in a car? On the floor? In the trunk? In an NPR tote bag in the backseat? Nope. Ford wants to store a travel pillow in the head rest, of course.
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Nokia will use its Withings health devices to send data to your doctor
Nokia will use its Withings health devices to send data to your doctor | Macworld
Withings will take Nokia’s name as its parent company takes on Apple with a new medical platform.
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5G is coming, but don't get carried away, T-Mobile USA's CTO says
5G is coming, but don’t get carried away, T-Mobile USA’s CTO says | PCWorld
5G isn’t ready, but LTE can be a bridge to it, T-Mobile’s Neville Ray said at MWC
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the techies 2017 winners - GoCardless, Splunk and Wayra among winners | Startups
GoCardless, Splunk and Wayra were among the big winners at the techies 2017 last night, Techworld’s annual awards to celebrate innovation, disruption and entrepreneurship across the UK technology scene.
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NFL draft, combine prospect breakdown by Mike Mayock
Never been a big combine fan. I’ve always felt it (in part) bastardizes the draft class by getting fans and some scouts and coaches all heated up when some average college player runs fast and jumps high in Indianapolis, and pushes that so-so player up the draft board....
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U.S. Travel Restrictions Would Damage 2026 World Cup Bid, UEFA President Says
“It is the same for the fans, and the journalists, of course. It is the World Cup. They should be able to attend the event, whatever their nationality is. But let’s hope that it does not happen.”
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The Roundup—Jazz 102, Wizards 92
The Utah Jazz went into one of the NBA’s toughest arenas for a Sunday matinée, and they came away with a 102-92 victory over the Washington Wizards.
The Jazz (37-22) have now won three straight games and sit in fourth place in the Western Conference standings.
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons March 6, 2017
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Neal Brennan; 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'; 'High Noon' : NPR
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A Shocking Ending Caps A Big Oscar Night For 'Moonlight' : Monkey See : NPR
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Rhode Island Announces Statewide K-12 Personalized Learning Push - Digital Education
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Rhode Island is moving forward with a statewide personalized learning initiative that aims to support a variety of efforts to tailor education to the unique needs of each student.
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Decades Later, Translation Of Jewish Text Will Open Zohar's Gates To English Speakers : NPR
The translation of a rare Jewish text is almost done, thanks to Berkeley scholar Daniel Matt. This May, publishers will release the final volume of the authoritative English translation of the Zohar.
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Complex View of U.S. History for Grades 6-12
2/23/2017 6:00:00 AM
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Oscars 2017: And the Winner Is ... ‘Moonlight’ — Not ‘La La Land’
The producers of “La La Land” were still thanking their families and fellow artists when the interjection came that “Moonlight” had in fact won, as everyone wondered if that was a joke. But it wasn’t, and the “La La Land” people quickly exited the stage as producers and stars of “Moonlight,”...
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Float crashes, injuring 20 at Rio’s Carnival parade
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Headstones Vandalized At Jewish Cemetery In Philadelphia : The Two-Way : NPR
Melanie Steinhardt comforts Becca Richman at the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia. Police say more than 100 tombstones were vandalized a week after a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis was also desecrated.
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'Moonlight' upsets 'La La Land' for top Oscar after major gaffe | Reuters
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LOS ANGELES African-American coming-of-age tale “Moonlight” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday on a big night for Hollywood diversity that was overshadowed by an embarrassing onstage gaffe over the top award.
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Oscars mistake: Moonlight wins best picture after announcement mix-up
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And the Oscar loser is…PwC apologizes for its role in best picture drama
U.K. accountancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has apologized for its role in Sunday night’s Academy Awards drama which saw Faye Dunaway mistakenly announce “La La Land” as the winner of the best picture Oscar rather than the actual winner,...
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'Moonlight' wins Best Picture Oscar after some confusion
(CNN) – “La La Land” didn’t sweep Sunday’s 89th Academy Awards as expected, but it did take home the major awards — at least for a minute.
Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented “La La Land” as the winner of the Best Picture award, and the...
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Imaging: 3D-printed camera sees like an eagle : Nature : Nature Research
A tiny camera made of four different lenses 3D-printed on a chip can generate images with high resolution in the centre — similarly to the way the eyes of eagles and humans work.
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Saturday, February 25, 2017
In ‘Walden’ Video Game, the Challenge Is Stillness
The game — which Ms. Fullerton said is likely to cost $19.99 — takes six hours to play. It starts in the summer and ends a year later — offering players tasks like building a cabin, planting beans or chatting, virtually of course, with Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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A Lawsuit Against Uber Highlights the Rush to Conquer Driverless Cars
The legal battle also provides a rare glimpse into the high-stakes world of top technology talent, where star engineers like Mr. Levandowski, who played a central role in Google’s pioneering autonomous car project, command huge sums of money to try to help define a company’s technological...
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Internet Privacy Rules In Part Face A Halt At The FCC : The Two-Way : NPR
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit is moving to soften his predecessor’s sweeping privacy rules for Internet service providers.
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Any headphones can be Bluetooth headphones with Jack
When Apple decided to strip its flagship phones of the headphone jack, certain people were angry. Those relying on the headphone jack for non-music things were grumpy, but so were those of us who had recently dropped hundreds of dollars on new, high-end headphones. Jack — a Kickstarter...
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Cloudflare data leakage doesn’t reveal 1Password secrets
Cloudflare data leakage doesn’t reveal 1Password secrets | Macworld
A problem at a major content-distribution network that revealed private information including data from AgileBits’ Web-based shared-password system.
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For Honor review: Satisfying sword-swinging kneecapped by microtransactions and online woes
After two weeks circling opponents, sword held stiffly above my head, waiting for an opening, I think it’s time to slap an official score on For Honor. It’s not the score I wanted to give, and it’s not even a score I’m confident will apply long-term—Ubisoft has leaned heavily on...
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the techies 2017 awards in pictures
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Last night saw 19 awards handed out at the techies 2017 to some of the UK’s most innovative startups, companies and organisations including GoCardless, Moneybox, Addison Lee and Genius Hub.
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NHL Trade Deadline: Rangers should deal Michael Grabner
NHL Trade Deadline: Rangers should deal Michael Grabner | SI.com
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Feyisa Lilesa, Marathoner in Exile, Finds Refuge in Arizona
The Ethiopian government has said that Lilesa could return home safely and would be considered a hero, but he does not believe this. He lists reasons for his suspicions, and they are personal: His brother-in-law, Tokkuma Mulisa, who is in his early 20s, has been imprisoned for about a year...
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Emptying the Noggin - Bucks Get No Run Against Dominant Jazz
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Summary: The Jazz started slow but surged ahead of Bucks in a game that was never close. The Jazz had every chess move to answer the Bucks in a blowout win, 109-95.
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Oscar-Night Cartoon Lounge: The Choice Is Ours!
The choice is ours! Whose? Why, my assistant, Colin J. Stokes, and myself, Robert T. Mankoff. By the authority vested in ourselves by ourselves, in this episode of The Cartoon Lounge, we make quick but award-winning work of this year’s Oscar nominations.
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'Get Out' Mixes Satire, Race And Horror, And The Result Is A Scream : NPR
A young white woman brings her black boyfriend home to meet her parents in director Jordan Peele’s first feature film. Critic David Edelstein says Get Out is a comic thriller worth seeing.
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David Oyelowo On The Real 'United Kingdom' Marriage And Its Diplomatic Fallout : NPR
David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike play real-life couple Seretse and Ruth Khama in A United Kingdom.
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DeVos defiant at CPAC: ‘My job isn’t to win a popularity contest’
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke about her role in the Trump administration at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, Feb. 23. (The Washington Post)
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday that she intends to forge ahead with her approach to overhauling U.S....
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Mildred Dresselhaus, 'Queen Of Carbon' And Nanoscience Trailblazer, Dies At 86 : The Two-Way : NPR
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Build Multiplication Skills in Adaptive Math Game
2/24/2017 5:50:00 AM
App of the Day picks are selected from the top edtech tools reviewed by Common Sense Education, which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students...
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Obama Takes In a Broadway Show, but Shuns the Spotlight
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Live deer set aflame in Indiana
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Spicer Bars CNN, New York Times, Others From White House Press Briefing : NPR
White House reporters line up Friday in Washington in hopes of attending a briefing in press secretary Sean Spicer’s office. The off-camera briefing was limited mostly to pool reporters, broadcast networks and conservative-leaning outlets, with reporters for...
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Malaysia says will issue arrest warrant for North Korean diplomat in Kim Jong Nam murder | Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said on Saturday it would issue an arrest warrant for a North Korean diplomat wanted for questioning over the murder of Kim Jong Nam if he doesn’t voluntarily cooperate with...
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White House briefing bar: Media groups condemn exclusion
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Media groups have reacted angrily after several, including the BBC, were barred from an informal briefing with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
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Trump an ‘idiot’ on China, has ‘no clue what currency manipulation means,’ expert says
President Donald Trump may think the Chinese are the “grand champions” of currency manipulation, but he’s wrong, expert John Rutledge told CNBC on Friday.
“Trump is an idiot on this. He has no clue what currency manipulation means,” the chief investment officer...
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Witness recalls moments before, after Olathe shooting
(CNN) – Jeremy Luby was waiting on a to-go order at Austins Bar and Grill when he saw a man giving two men from India a hard time.
Luby told CNN that he was having a drink and smoking on the patio when a manager asked the man to leave. A bar regular, Ian Grillot, stepped in to help...
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Gene editing in legal limbo in Europe : Nature News & Comment
Germany and other countries in Europe are wrestling with how to regulate gene-edited plants.
Germany is having trouble deciding whether plants that are gene-edited should be regulated as if they were genetically modified (GM). Confused? You’re not alone: the issue has split the German...
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Thursday, February 23, 2017
Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture
“It seemed like every manager was fighting their peers and attempting to undermine their direct supervisor so that they could have their direct supervisor’s job,” Ms. Fowler wrote. “No attempts were made by these managers to hide what they were doing: They boasted about it in meetings, told...
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Picking a New Phone Plan? Here Are Your Best Bets
“The unlimited plan will confuse consumers even more because it’s not really unlimited,” said Toni Toikka, the chief executive of Alekstra, a research firm that analyzes wireless bills. “They think ‘O.K., it’s a great deal,’ but actually it’s not so.”
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Will The March For Science Make For Better Policy, Or Undermine It? : The Two-Way : NPR
Scientists rallied for evidence-based public policy outside the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco in December.
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Research heralds better and bidirectional brain-computer interfaces
A pair of studies, one from Stanford and another from the University of Geneva, exemplify the speed with which brain-computer interfaces are advancing; and while you won’t be using one instead of a mouse and keyboard any time soon, even in its nascent form the tech may prove transformative...
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Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson (born August 25, 1918) is an African-American physicist and mathematician who worked on calculating trajectories for NASA. Her work was critical to the success of Project Mercury, the Apollo missions, and the Space Shuttle, but her story wasn’t […]
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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Is Just $79.99 For a Limited Time If You Buy Refurbished - Deal Alert
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Is Just $79.99 For a Limited Time If You Buy Refurbished – Deal Alert | Macworld
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Freebies from Reliance Jio hasten Indian mobile consolidation
Freebies from Reliance Jio hasten Indian mobile consolidation | PCWorld
New entrant Reliance Jio has changed the economics of the mobile market
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Techworld Daily Digest - 6 March 2016
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Welcome to today’s Techworld Daily Digest. We explore the top machine learning tools for business from Microsoft, IBM, Google and more, how to use APIs in business and an update from the Apple vs FBI encryption row. Plus: take our VR...
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A.J. Bouye leads unheralded NFL free agent class
Believe it or not, Texans (for now) cornerback A.J. Bouye is eyeing a somewhat moderate purchase for March 9, when the figurative Brinks truck will show up in his driveway with a decidedly less moderate prize.
“Only thing I can think of is a truck with TVs in it,” Bouye...
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The Padres Have San Diego, and the Spotlight, to Themselves
“It stings, collectively, throughout the city, and everybody feels that,” Padres Manager Andy Green said. “I don’t think it’s really our responsibility to try to replace the Chargers; I don’t think we’re capable of doing that, nor are we trying to do that. But we’re going to try to rally...
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Trey Lyles Donates $20,000 To Former High School
While most NBA players take time for themselves during the All-Star break, forward Trey Lyles chose to use his time to fly out to his former high school, Tech Arsenal in Indiana. However, this wasn’t just a casual stopover; Lyles presented the school with a $20,000 check Tuesday night...
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Extremely Unbiased Survey on the Failing Mainstream Media
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President Donald Trump’s campaign team sent his supporters links to an online questionnaire called the Mainstream Media Accountability Survey . . . However, as many critics on social media pointed out, the survey’s...
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Trump Is 'Openly Dismissive' Of The Intelligence World : NPR
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This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. President Trump has been in office for only a month. But there’s been so much news it’s hard to keep track of it all. So we’ve asked Mark Mazzetti to guide us through some of the national...
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Seijun Suzuki, Director Of Delirious Thrillers, Dies At Age 93 : The Two-Way : NPR
Director Seijun Suzuki, center, died last week at age 93. He’s seen here with actors Zhang Ziyi, left, and Joe Odagiri, right, as they arrive for a screening at the Cannes film festival in 2005.
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Trump administration poised to change transgender student bathroom guidelines
The Trump administration plans to roll back protections for transgender students, reversing federal guidance that required the nation’s public schools to allow children to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identities.
In a letter to the nation’s schools,...
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Trump Administration Rescinds Obama Rule On Transgender Students' Bathroom Use : The Two-Way : NPR
The Trump administration has reversed federal guidance that directed public schools to allow students to use the restrooms and locker rooms that corresponded to their gender identities.
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Kim Jong-nam Evidence Being Fabricated by Malaysia, North Korea Says
Mr. Thanh, a 63-year-old veteran who was wounded in 1972 during the war with the United States, said he had seen little of his daughter in recent years. He said she left the family’s home, in a small farming village south of Hanoi, at 17 to attend community college, where she studied to be a...
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Rollins College temporarily suspends all six campus fraternities | Campus Beat News for College Students
Rollins College, located near Orlando in Winter Park, Fla., sent out a campus-wide email on Tuesday night suspending all of the university’s six fraternities “until further notice” due to “high risk behavior.”
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Cressida Dick Named Scotland Yard's First Female Top Cop : The Two-Way : NPR
Cressida Dick, work worked for Scotland Yard for 31 years before leaving to work for Britain’s Foreign Office, has been named the new commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police Service, the first woman to lead Scotland Yard in its 188-year history.
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Malaysia requests Interpol alert on four North Koreans over airport murder | Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has requested Interpol to put an alert out to apprehend four North Korean suspects in the murder of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Malaysia’s police chief said on...
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Trump rescinds transgender bathroom rules from Obama era
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How France scrapping the euro could go beyond a ‘Lehman moment’
Past performance is no guide to future returns, as investors are so often told, but the French electorate runs the risk of creating a crisis worse than the fall of Lehman Brothers if it follows the U.K. in instigating a referendum on EU membership, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank.
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Roof drove to another church after Charleston shooting
(CNN) – After killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston church, Dylann Roof drove more than 20 miles and stopped at a second African-American church, according to newly unsealed court documents.
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Pluto could be staging a comeback — and it’s not alone : Nature News & Comment
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Pluto could return as a planet — and bring lots of new friends.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Amnesty: Rhetoric from Trump, others threatens rights
In a press release announcing the human rights report, Secretary General of Amnesty International Salil Shetty listed US President Donald Trump alongside world leaders like Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Get the Word of the Day - excoriate
In Latin the verb excoriāre meant only “to strip the skin, bark, shell” (it also had an obscene sense). The modern sense “to denounce, upbraid” arose in English in the late 19th century. Excoriate in its Latin senses entered English in the late 15th century.
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In A Film Industry Focused On Youth, Older Characters Are Tough To Find : NPR
Of the 25 Best Picture nominees Stacy Smith examined, she found only two examples of an actor over 60 who was essential to the story. The characters appeared in Birdman and Spotlight — and both were played by Michael Keaton.
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WhatsApp’s New Feature Continues Facebook’s Snapchat Mimicry
Even if imitation is the highest compliment, WhatsApp executives are not admitting it. “We build things because we really hope people will want to use them even more,” Randall Sarafa, a product manager at WhatsApp, said in an interview about the new version of Status. Avoiding any direct...
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With Snap’s I.P.O., Los Angeles Prepares to Embrace New Tech Millionaires
“When Snap goes public, I hope people see these towns are hard to beat for proximity to LAX and the clean beach,” he said.
Snap is trying to help its 1,900 employees prepare for the scrum for their money. One Snap employee, who asked to remain anonymous because the details were confidential,...
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Uber Orders Investigation Into Sexual Harassment Claims : NPR
A former engineer for the ride-hailing app Uber published a blog post this weekend claiming that she faced sexual harassment while working at the company. Uber says it’s investigating the allegations.
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Fluffy dog tails could be the next step in robot-human interaction
The IEEE unearthed a fascinating 2013 study that showed that a cute dog tail does more than just amuse — it can communicate.
The study, created by Ashish Singh and James Young, posited that a Roomba with a tail attached could communicate quickly and easily with a human — a fast, excited...
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Facing sexism charges, Uber says Eric Holder will investigate
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12 things we learned at Facebook's F8 conference: Facebook F8 details
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The Real Johnny Foxborough Is Pretty Great, Too
The morning of the AFC Championship Game, a reader sent The MMQB an email about a story we’d published a few days earlier, “The Tale of Tom Brady and Johnny Foxborough.” The piece detailed the relationship between Bill Belichick and Brady, and how Belichick has coached...
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A.S. Monaco: From Billionaire’s Plaything to Soccer Prodigies’ Hub
And then, a few weeks before the meeting in Monte Carlo and on the eve of the season, Anthony Martial, a young French forward of blistering promise, had been sold to United. In 12 months, Monaco had gone from a boutique of shimmering luxury to an apparently endless fire sale. The fans wanted...
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Emptying the Noggin — Jazz get a must-win against bad defensive team
Summary: The Jazz broke a three-game losing streak heading into the All-Star break with a blowout win over the Portland Trail Blazers, 111-88.
The Jazz’s defensive plan on Lillard and CJ was terrific. They played a bit more aggressively with the big man on the ball handler and it stymied...
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons February 27, 2017
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Uncovering Presidential Secrets, From Washington To Trump : NPR
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'Moonlight' Composer Describes Process : NPR
Nicholas Britell, the composer for the Oscar-nominated score for Moonlight, describes the story behind his music.
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Interest grows in new model for school discipline and youth justice | Education Lab Blog
Monae Trevino, second from left, is embraced by a fellow student during a restorative justice meeting at Big Picture High School in Burien. Photo by Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times.
The paper hanging inside a second-floor classroom at Garfield High School spoke more pointedly than a...
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Denver Looks For Balanced Approach To School Choice : NPR
Denver’s innovative approach to school choice gets high marks from parents and pundits. The program also includes rebooting and even closing down under-performing schools, mostly in neighborhoods with some of the most vulnerable students.
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Real-time Assessment Tool a Great Fit for BYOD, 1-to-1
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Site of the Week picks are selected from the top edtech tools reviewed by Common Sense Education, which helps educators find the best edtech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip...
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Mike Pence, Uber, Greece: Your Tuesday Briefing
Britain’s House of Commons debated an online petition signed by more than 1.8 million people that called for denying Mr. Trump a formal state visit.
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Doctor convicted of botched surgery gets life sentence
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Vitaly Churkin, Russian Ambassador To U.N., Is Dead At 64 : The Two-Way : NPR
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Malaysia says still to establish what killed North Korean | Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday they had still to establish what was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and the body had not been formally identified as...
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Who is Milo Yiannopoulos? - BBC News
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Euro zone growth surges to near six-year high despite upcoming French elections
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Parolee who killed California officer linked to other...
(CNN) – A veteran California officer was killed Monday morning when a recently paroled gang member involved in an auto accident opened fire, authorities said.
The fallen officer was identified as Keith W. Boyer, a 27-year veteran of the Whittier Police Department. A second Whittier...
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Microbiology: Gut bacteria boost bee immunity : Nature : Nature Research
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Gut microbes are important for digestion and immunity in humans — and may also be beneficial to bees.
Waldan Kwong at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and his colleagues hand-reared larvae of the honeybee (Apis mellifera; pictured) in the laboratory. They allowed...
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Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon From Launch Complex 39A
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the company’s 10th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 9:39 a.m. EST from the historic launch site now operated by...
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Monday, February 20, 2017
App Helps Teens Expand Social Horizons
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App of the Day picks are selected from the top edtech tools reviewed by Common Sense Education, which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students...
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China bans coal imports to North Korea
China’s Ministry of Commerce, in a public notice jointly issued with the country’s customs agency Saturday, said the decision was made to comply with a UN Security Council resolution that China helped draft and pass last November.
Resolution 2321 imposed some of the toughest...
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Sunday, February 19, 2017
Get the Word of the Day - fress
Fress comes from German fressen or Yiddish fressn “to devour, eat (of animals).” German essen and Yiddish essn “to eat” and fressen are exact parallels in form to English eat and fret “to worry.” Fret and fress- come from Germanic fra-etan ”to eat up, eat...
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'The Good Fight' Offers Edgier Version of 'The Good Wife' In Series Debut : NPR
The Good Fight is a spinoff of CBS’s award-winning drama, The Good Wife. It brings back star Christine Baranski, whose character’s savings were wiped out in a financial scam.
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Where the World’s Wealthiest Invest Their Billions
Even though Mr. Ballmer left Microsoft, the vast bulk of his wealth remains in company stock — $21.4 billion. He has $7.3 billion more in cash. It makes his stake in the Clippers seems paltry. He also has $450 million in Twitter shares. He owns a $14 million home in Huntsville, Wash., and...
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How Mark Cuban Hangs Onto His Money
“I got a bartending job at night,” he said in a series of email interviews. “I wanted a job in technology, so I sought out tech sales jobs. I interviewed and ended up getting a software sales job.”
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More Data Collection From Maps Or Move Toward A Social Network? : All Tech Considered : NPR
Google Maps is rolling out a new feature to create lists of locations and share them with friends.
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Barbie becomes a hologram version of herself
Yes, after pulling herself out of her 1950’s rut as a swimsuit model to become everything from a doctor, lawyer, computer scientist, astronaut and even the president of the United States, Barbie has now become a 3D-animated hologram that can serve up the weather on command.
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Valentine’s Day Quotes
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All things being unequal: It makes comparing iPhones easier
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The Full Nerd Episode 17: Vega vs. GTX 1080 Ti, Ryzen Rumors, and GDC preview
The Full Nerd Episode 17: Vega vs. GTX 1080 Ti, Ryzen Rumors, and GDC preview | PCWorld
With competing events from Nvidia and AMD and just two weeks before Ryzen is supposed to launch, the Full Nerd crew goes full nerd on what to expect in hardware this...
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Quiz: Can you spot a tech myth? | Personal Tech
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Marquette basketball: Win over Xavier helps NCAA chance
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The Ultimate Pursuit in Hunting: Sheep
No other game tags come close to creating the kind of revenues that the sheep tag does, Abella said. The elk tag might attract $30,000.
“The sheep tag, it’s a whole other level,” Abella said.
The 30 or so tags auctioned annually at the convention tend to draw bids from a small circle of...
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The Roundup - Jazz 111, Blazers 88
After three straight losses, the Utah Jazz got just what they needed as the team heads into the All-Star break—a 111-88 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.
The Jazz (35-22) outscored the Blazers 71-51 in the second half to pull away for the...
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Presidents’ Day at the William Henry Harrison Museum
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Meet Enid Borden, the lonely docent at the William Henry Harrison Museum, in Vincennes, Indiana. It’s her job to welcome visitors and give them tours of the home of the ninth President of the United States, if and when they show up. So...
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Actor Mahershala Ali; James Baldwin; Director Raoul Peck : NPR
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'John Wick 2' Director On 'Hong Kong Approach' To Filmmaking : NPR
Director Chad Stahelski started his career as a stuntman. He went on to found a stunt company and directed John Wick 2, after co-directing the first in the series, which was a surprise hit.
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Betsy DeVos Sees Choice-Friendly Florida as a K-12 Model for the Nation - Politics K-12
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos may have helped to create the charter sector in her home state of Michigan. But in a recent interview she singled out another state—Florida—as offering a great blueprint for the country.
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Why This High School Band Is Only Buying Music From Composers Of Color : NPR Ed : NPR
Spring Lake Park High School junior Kia Muleta has been playing the clarinet since fifth grade. Kia wants more diversity in her band music. She is often the only black student in band, where most of the music was composed by white men.
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Norma McCorvey, ‘Roe’ in Roe v. Wade, Is Dead at 69
Her early life had been a Dickensian nightmare. By her own account, she was the unwanted child of a broken home, a ninth-grade dropout who was raped repeatedly by a relative, and a homeless runaway and thief consigned to reform school. She was married at 16, divorced and left pregnant three...
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How to Evaluate and Compare K-8 Adaptive Math Software Products
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4 more North Korean suspects at large in Kim Jong Nam's killing
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Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Florida, After Turbulent Week : The Two-Way : NPR
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Iraqi forces advance toward Mosul airport in push to capture city | Reuters
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BAGHDAD, SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq U.S.-backed Iraqi forces began moving on Sunday toward Mosul’s airport, the first target of a ground offensive to capture the western side of the city that...
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California 'bombogenesis' storm pushes north
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‘That’s How Dictators Get Started’
The Republican Arizona senator, in an exclusive interview on Meet the Press airing Sunday, admitted that the relationship between the media and elected officials can sometimes be tense — highlighted by the Trump administration’s repeated sparring with reporters and the president...
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Man dies after breaching security at Honolulu airport
(CNN) – A man forced his way into a secure area at Honolulu International Airport and died after he was detained, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said.
The incident took place at the airport’s commuter terminal Saturday morning. The unidentified man forced his way through...
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Human gene editing, a letter to President Trump and a no to homeopathy : Nature News & Comment
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Saturday, February 18, 2017
IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES IN YOUR DISTRICT
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Time is an educator’s most challenged resource. Using technology to provide teachers with actionable data that can impact instruction while automating some administrative tasks, such as...
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Japanese-Americans mark anniversary of WWII prison camps
“I remember myself as a 5-year-old boy gazing out of the front window of our living room,” Takei said at a preview of an exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
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Abraham Lincoln's Birthday - UEN
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Friday, February 17, 2017
Get the Word of the Day - oscitant
Origin of oscitant
The Latin verb ōscitāre means “to yawn, gape (of animals)”; “to turn toward the sun (of plants)”; and by extension “to be listless drowsy, inactive, half asleep.” The word entered English in the early 17th century.
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Dick Bruna, Artist And Author Of The Intricately Simple Miffy, Dies At 89 : The Two-Way : NPR
Dick Bruna at the opening of his 2005 exhibit of Miffy creations in the Hague. Bruna’s iconic white rabbit proved to be popular worldwide.
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Snap Aims for Valuation of More Than $20 Billion in I.P.O.
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Bucking Tide, Takes Public Stand Against Isolationism
Mr. Zuckerberg, 32, chose to make the statement as an update to his original founder’s letter, which was published in 2012 when Facebook went public. In that letter, he wrote that the social network “was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and...
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Yahoo Warns More Users That Their Private Information May Have Been Stolen : The Two-Way : NPR
Yahoo says it has notified an undisclosed number of users that their private information may have been accessed using forged cookies in connection with a previously disclosed hack in 2014.
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OxSight uses augmented reality to aid the visually impaired
One percent of the world’s population, approximately 70 million people, are blind.
That is not a huge number when you think of it in terms of a potential use base for a consumer product, but it is massive when you consider that there are currently few assistive technologies...
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Presidents’ Day
Although the federal government still calls the holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February Washington’s Birthday, most people (and many states) call it Presidents’ Day. Presidents’ Day began as a holiday honoring George Washington and then both Washington and […]
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33% off H&R Block Tax Software Deluxe Federal and State 2016 - Deal Alert
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Get 72% off NordVPN Virtual Private Network Service For a Limited Time - Deal Alert
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12 up-and-coming programming languages developers should get to know
Go, also known as golang, was launched in 2009, having been created by three Google employees – Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson – in 2009.
The open source language is viewed as faster and easier to use than more established languages such as Java and C, from which it...
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N.C. State may face challenge replacing Mark Gottfried
N.C. State may face challenge replacing Mark Gottfried | SI.com
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A Plane Crash Survivor and a Decimated Soccer Team Push Forward
Tall, fast and acrobatic, the 6-foot-1 Follmann left home at 13 to sign with Grêmio, the state’s most well-known team, and later played for lesser teams in Brazil’s vast interior before eventually signing with Chapecoense.
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Joel Bolomboy Named 2017 NBA D-League All-Star
SALT LAKE CITY (February 16, 2017) – Utah Jazz assignee Joel Bolomboy has been selected by the NBA Development League as a replacement player for the 2017 NBA D-League All-Star Game. The game, which will air live on NBA TV, tips off on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 12:30 p.m. MT from the...
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Women’s Difficulties That Melania Trump Feels Very, Very Strongly About
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[Melania], like others that she’s working with, feels very, very strongly about women’s issues, women’s difficulties. Very, very strongly. She’s a very, very strong...
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In 'Moonlight,' Actor Mahershala Ali Found Characters He Recognized : NPR
Mahershala Ali has been nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Moonlight.
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2 High School Teachers Throw Punches And Crude Jokes In 'Fist Fight' : NPR
Someone’s About to Get Schooled: Charlie Day and Ice Cube in Fist Fight.
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How Lesson Imaging Brings Math and Science Instruction Into Focus - Finding Common Ground
Today’s guest blog is written by Michelle Stephan, an associate professor of mathematics education with a joint appointment in the College of Education and Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Let Kids be Virtual Explorers With Top Space App
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App of the Day picks are selected from the top edtech tools reviewed by Common Sense Education, which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students...
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Martin Shkreli's Show Goes On At Harvard Despite Protests And A Fire Alarm : The Two-Way : NPR
Martin Shkreli, seen here leaving court in New York City last June, faced protests and a false fire alarm during an event Wednesday at Harvard.
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NATO, Donald Trump, Samsung: Your Friday Briefing
The German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reports that NATO officials suspect Russian influence behind unsubstantiated rape claims by German troops stationed in Lithuania.
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Mom banned from McDonald's over play areas now working with Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza
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ICE Detains A Victim Of Domestic Abuse At Texas Courthouse : The Two-Way : NPR
Demonstrators march through downtown Austin, Texas, on Thursday. Protesters are targeting recent immigration raids around the country.
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Supreme Court to set guidelines for Trump treatment of non-citizens | Reuters
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WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court will decide three cases in coming months that could help or hinder President Donald Trump’s efforts to ramp up border security and accelerate deportations of those in the country illegally.
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Robert Harward turns down Trump's national security adviser offer
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Is this last orders on the boozy lunch for London’s financial services industry?
A spokesperson from Lloyds of London told CNBC on phone that the drivers of this decision are primarily wanting to reflect better working practices, not just in the City, but across workplaces in the country.
“We fully appreciate that for people in the insurance sector, the lunchtime...
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Florist discriminated against same-sex couple, high court rules
(CNN) – A Washington florist violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when she denied a same-sex couple wedding services on the basis of her faith, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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The dark side of social media : Nature News & Comment
Some scientists peer into active volcanoes and try to read rocks. Others sift signals from space or analyse how animals behave. And then there are the cyber-ethnographers, who dedicate their careers to studying the way that people behave online. Some of these digital researchers must...
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
'Telephone terrorism' rattles 48 Jewish centers
Her daughter attends preschool there; she ran to the classroom and evacuated with the students and teachers.
While police and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the building for several hours, the teachers kept the children calm and happy at a safe spot down the street, Taylor said. No explosives...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Get the Word of the Day - sine die
Sine die “without a day (set for resuming business)” is not a technical term in Roman law, political procedure, or religion; it is a Latin phrase used nearly exclusively in modern legislative and corporate procedure. The phrase entered English in the 17th century.
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Nokia's Famously Indestructible Phone Rumored To Be Returning To Shelves : The Two-Way : NPR
The original caption for this photo of the Nokia 3310, which was released on Sept. 1, 2000, noted that the phone had advanced features like “voice dialing, picture messaging, predictive text input and games.” No camera, though. And no Siri.
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SoftBank of Japan Will Buy U.S. Private Equity Giant Fortress
“Fortress’s excellent track record speaks for itself, and we look forward to benefiting from its leadership, broad-based expertise and world-class investment platform,” Mr. Son said in a statement late Tuesday. “For SoftBank, this opportunity will immediately help expand our group...
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Intel Drops Its Sponsorship of Science Fairs, Prompting an Identity Crisis
Intel’s move away from traditional science fairs leads to broader questions about how a top technology company should handle the corporate sponsorship of science, and what is the best way to promote the education of the tech work force of the future. Intel’s move also raises the issue of the...
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Indian IT Outsourcers Anxious Over Potential Changes To H1-B Visas : Parallels : NPR
Members of the Indian media watch Rajiv Bansal, then the CFO of Infosys, during the announcement of the company’s first quarter results in July 2014 in Bangalore. Indian software services firms draw tens of billions of dollars in revenue from U.S. contracts...
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Wiivv steps on $4 million to bring your feet into the 21st century
Hardware Battlefield favorite Wiivv has announced a $4 million Series A funding and an acquisition. Not too shabby for a footwear company.
But remember: this isn’t just any shoe company. Founded by Shamil Hargovan and Louis-Victor Jadavji the team at Wiivv is making and selling 3D-printed...
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Presidents’ Day
Although the federal government still calls the holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February Washington’s Birthday, most people (and many states) call it Presidents’ Day. Presidents’ Day began as a holiday honoring George Washington and then both Washington and […]
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Facebook debuts vertical video format and confirms forthcoming TV apps
Facebook debuts vertical video format and confirms forthcoming TV apps | Macworld
Facebook continues its mission to become a “video-first” company.
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Apple smartphones outsold Samsung's in Q4
Apple has overtaken Samsung Electronics in smartphone sales for the first time in two years — but don’t count on it staying ahead for long.
Samsung sold 76.8 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, giving it a market share of 17.8 percent, but it was just beaten by Apple,...
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Quiz: Can you spot a tech myth? | Personal Tech
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Christina is audience development editor. After graduating from the University of Nottingham reading philosophy and theology in 2013, Christina joined a tech start-up specialising in mobile apps. She has a keen interest in the mobile platform and innovative tech.
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Tom Brady, in Montana, on lifestyle, legacy, NFL future
On Monday, I wrote about the Patriots’ Super Bowl comeback through the eyes of Tom Brady as part one of a two-part Brady story. It’s heavy on the play-by-play of the comeback, a rare peek into how Brady thinks on the field. In part two from Brady’s remote getaway in...
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Westminster Dog Show: Rumor Wins Best in Show
Usually, the night before a show, handlers follow a routine. Typically, Devlin would retire to her crate to rest for the big day. “Last night, she slept in the bed with me,” he said. His wife did not seem to mind.
When Garcia woke up Tuesday morning, he started to cry, he said. “This is her...
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Emptying the Noggin — Clippers impose their will on Utah
Summary: The Jazz get blown out by the Clippers, 88-72, trailing by as many as 29 late in the third quarter and offensively struggling the entire game.
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Valentine’s Day Word Problems - The New Yorker
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1. On Valentine’s Day, you go to the mall and buy a skirt for your girlfriend and a “Doctor Who” Lego set for yourself. If the skirt cost fifty dollars, the Lego set cost seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents, and you’re...
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'Jumpin' At The Woodside' Catches Count Basie And His Band Honing Their Art : NPR
A new sampler features live cuts of Count Basie’s band in New York from 1938 to 1940. Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead says Jumpin’ at the Woodside is full of “pretty terrific” music.
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James Baldwin Was 'Speaking Directly To Me' : NPR
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Key House Lawmaker Discusses What's Next for Federal Education Funding - Politics K-12
Local school leaders worried about potential cuts to major federally funded education programs may find some comfort in the words of Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Department of Education budget.
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How To Talk To Teens About Love : NPR Ed : NPR
Love — or infatuation, at least — is part of school, whether we want it to be or not. It’s often school that gives us our first crush, our first dance-induced cold sweat, and that first bitter taste of heartbreak.
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As Indonesia Votes, Jakarta Governor Battles Blasphemy Charge
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Trump OKs disaster relief as Californians return home
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FAA Investigating After Harrison Ford Flies Over Jetliner Awaiting Takeoff : The Two-Way : NPR
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Russian foreign ministry says Crimea will not be returned to Ukraine | Reuters
MOSCOW Russia will not hand back control of Crimea to Ukraine, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, responding to comments from the White House that the United States expected the Black Sea peninsula to be returned.
“We don’t give back our own territory. Crimea...
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Flynn-Russia calls: Republicans join demands for investigation
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Leading members of the US Republican Party have joined calls for a wide investigation into the former national security adviser’s links with Russia.
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Japan's Abe says Trump shares view that monetary policy is not FX manipulation
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President Donald Trump (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a joint press conference at the White House on February 10, 2017 in Washington, DC.
“I think Trump shared the view that our monetary policy is not for currency manipulation but...
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German shepherd is top dog at Westminster show
Rumor, a German shepherd, came out of retirement to win best in show Tuesday at the Westminster Kennel Club at Madison Square Garden in New York.
She’s the second German shepherd to win since the event began in 1877, according to the Associated Press.
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