Mattis warns North Korea of 'overwhelming' response to nuclear use

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Mr Mattis has been holding talks with his South Korean counterpart, Han Min-koo



The US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said any use of...

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Japan bonds, yen take a wild ride as central bank puts kibosh on yield rise

The BOJ said the move was aimed at bringing the yield back down to its target of around zero percent, Reuters reported.
But why, if the market knew the BOJ’s yield curve control program sets the 10-year yield at around zero, did the yield wander so far from its baseline?
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Delaware prison officer 'saved lives'

(CNN) – As inmates forced Delaware corrections Sgt. Steven Floyd into a closet, he tried to warn his colleagues rushing into the building.
“Even in his last moments, as the inmates attempted to take over of the building, Sgt. Floyd told a couple of the lieutenants to get out of...

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The developing world needs more than numbers : Nature News & Comment

Most scientists know that journal impact factors are a crude and sometimes misleading measure of published research. But the appeal of simple metrics will not go away. We see this in last month’s launch of a rival to the impact factor by the publishing giant Elsevier, and in the continued...

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TOP10 WEB STORIES | Tech Learning

1 Edtech in a Trump Administration
Leaders in edtech, government policy, and schools consider implications for digital access and personalized learning.
2 15 Ideas and Tons of Resources to Try with Learners in 2017
These tools, apps, and links will help motivate students to be more creative,...

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Milo Yiannopoulos event at Berkeley canceled after protests

The university blamed “150 masked agitators” for the violence, saying they had come to campus to disturb an otherwise peaceful protest.
Black-clad protesters wearing masks threw commercial grade fireworks and rocks at police. Some even hurled Molotov cocktails that ignited fires....

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Funding Request for FY2018 - UETN

About UETN
We network for education.
Who do we serve?

819,627 students

67,173 educators

70+ rural and urban hospitals, clinics and health departments

135 public libraries and branches


What services do we provide?

Network ServicesWe connect Utah...

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