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Loyalty360 Reads: August 14, 2019
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loyalty360.org - Programs 7-Eleven Rewards Aussies with Free Coffee For a limited time, Australians who bring a reusable cup to a 7-Eleven store will be rewarded for their eco-consciousness with free coffee. “The new…
POLITICS
Fox News Poll: Most back gun restrictions after shootings, Trump ratings down
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www.foxnews.com - House Minority Whip Steve Scalise says 'red flag' laws could pose a threat to due process. In the wake of two mass shootings, overwhelming and bipartisan majorities of voters favor background checks …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Cox: What's it like to get busted for weed in Sarasota?
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www.heraldtribune.com - Reporter Billy Cox made his first-ever trip to the Sarasota County Jail in December for misdemeanor marijuana possession SARASOTA — Blue light strobing in my rear view, I pulled onto a side street of…
POLITICS
Judge orders Georgia to get rid of outdated voting machines before 2020 election
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thinkprogress.org - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state of Georgia to stop using paperless touchscreen voting machines ahead of the 2020 election, citing security concerns. In a 153-page ruling, U.S. District …
SCIENCE
'Punch in the gut' as scientists find micro plastic in Arctic ice - Reuters
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www.reuters.com - LONDON (Reuters) - Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a U.S.-led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution poses to marine li…
HEALTH
UNAIDS welcomes the appointment of Winnie Byanyima as its new Executive Director
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www.unaids.org - GENEVA, 14 August 2019—UNAIDS warmly welcomes the appointment of Winnie Byanyima as its new Executive Director. Ms Byanyima has more than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy and…
POLITICS
Remain Would Win 55-45 In Second Referendum, Poll Shows
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www.lbc.co.uk - 14 August 2019, 16:19 | Updated: 14 August 2019, 16:20 A poll showed the vote would shift in favour of Remain in a second referendum on EU membership. The poll asked about voting intention in another…
WORLD
Corbyn: Westminster should not block second Scotland poll
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www.theguardian.com - Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he believes Westminster should not block a second referendum on Scottish independence, but said he opposed the breakup of the UK. Corbyn implicitly endorsed remarks by his…
LEISURE
Epstein had bizarre painting of Bill Clinton in dress, heels in townhouse
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nypost.com - By Larry Celona and Chris Perez It’s certainly a conversation starter. Jeffrey Epstein had an oil painting of Bill Clinton in a blue dress — lounging on a chair in the Oval Office — hanging up in his…
ADULT
Jeffrey Epstein’s Bodyguard on His Former Boss’s Lifestyle, Cruelty, and Suicide
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nymag.com - When Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution in 2008 and served a 13-month sentence under the cushiest of conditions, it was his bodyguard and driver, former UF…
POLITICS
Donald Trump to make first 2020 campaign visit to state he lost, as New Hampshire voters express 'Trumpgret'
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www.newsweek.com - President Donald Trump is set to travel to New Hampshire on Thursday, where he will deliver his first 2020 re-election campaign pitch in a state which he lost in the 2016 race. The U.S. leader is exp…
BUSINESS
Epstein Autopsy Finds Evidence He May Have Been Murdered
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www.zerohedge.com - As the public carries on with the great debate about what really happened (or didn't happen) to Jeffrey Epstein early Saturday morning in the hours before he was found dead in his cell at MCC in an a…
BUSINESS
House passes bill to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
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www.cnbc.com - The House passed a bill Thursday to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in a win for liberal activists who have long pushed to give low-wage workers a raise. The Democratic-held chamber pas…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Petition To Rename Trump Tower ‘Obama Avenue’ Receives 270,000 Signatures
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www.essence.com - Trump Tower will be getting a new address if a MoveOn petition created to rename the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets in New York City after President Barack Obama is successful.…
WORLD
Opinion | America Made Lady Liberty a Hypocrite
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www.nytimes.com - There were people right here in America, black ones, yearning to be free, and the federal government did very little to help facilitate that freedom. This week, when talking about the Trump administr…
WORLD
Jewish Groups Condemn Attack on ICE Protesters in Rhode Island
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www.latinorebels.com - The following statement was shared on Thursday afternoon by Jewish groups: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the news of a violent attack on Jewish and immigrant justice protesters during a Never Again Ac…
TECHNOLOGY
Aimia Executive Discusses Customer Centricity
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loyalty360.org - Click here to download Aimia's report, The Future of Loyalty: Disruptions That Will Revolutionize The Industry. Using customer-centric processes and strategies is extremely important for brands in th…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Stacey Abrams Spells Out How She Plans To Fight 2020 Voter Suppression
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crooksandliars.com - Stacey Abrams has decided not to run for president (darn) -- but she's opening to being on the ticket. (Yay!) Any smart Democrat would love to have this warm, brilliant dynamo on the ticket. "Stacey …
WORLD
Number of ICE detainees in solitary rises during Trump administration
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www.nbcnews.com - The Trump administration put detained immigrants into solitary confinement more often than the Obama administration during a similar time period, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement reco…
BUSINESS
China warns it could quell Hong Kong protesters; Trump urges Xi to meet them - Reuters
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www.reuters.com - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong braced for more mass protests over the weekend, even as China warned it could use its power to quell demonstrations and U.S. President Donald Trump urged his Chinese c…
TECHNOLOGY
ABC Fined $395K by FCC for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Emergency Alert Misuse
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www.hollywoodreporter.com - A Jimmy Kimmel Live! bit making fun of President Donald Trump is going to cost ABC $395,000, as the FCC is cracking down on use of the emergency alert tone in entertainment. The network agreed to pay…
LEISURE
Data From Millions Of Smartphone Journeys Proves Cyclists Faster In Cities Than Cars And Motorbikes
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www.forbes.com - Deliveroo rider speeding hot food to another hungry customer Mikael Buck/Deliveroo Smartphone data from riders and drivers schlepping meals for restaurant-to-home courier service Deliveroo shows that…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Edge’s Read Aloud Feature Now Offers More Natural-sounding Voices | Digital Trends
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www.digitaltrends.com - Robotic-sounding screen readers may become a thing of the past with a newly introduced feature of Microsoft’s flagship web browser. According to a blog post published by Microsoft on Wednesday, Augus…
ENVIRONMENT
Ein Unfall voller Unstimmigkeiten
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www.sueddeutsche.de - Silke Bigalke berichtet seit Ende 2018 fΓΌr die SΓΌddeutsche Zeitung aus Moskau. Zuvor lebte sie fast fΓΌnf Jahre als Korrespondentin in Stockholm und schrieb von dort ΓΌber Skandinavien und das Baltikum…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Reading is Not Just Fundamental, it's a Lifesaver - Gracefull by Dr Hopson
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gracefull.touchedbygraceministry.com - The pompous guy next to me at the banquet the other night asked in a “gotcha” kind of way “What’s the most important thing you’ve ever learned?” I was unnerved initially because who goes around think…
BUSINESS
American taxpayers paid over $90 billion more under Trump tax law
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finance.yahoo.com - Despite the majority of Americans receiving a tax cut, the IRS pulled in an additional $93 billion for 2018 from taxpayers on individual income taxes than it did for 2017, according to new data from …
TECHNOLOGY
Review my new book Heart Empowerment for Empaths ? - Michelle Casto
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coachmichellecasto.com - I’m happy to announce that after decades of healing and studying what it means to be an empowered empath, my new book is hot off the presses. It’s in Pre-Launch mode and this is where you come in! It…
BUSINESS
Cloudflare files for initial public offering – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - After much speculation and no small amount of controversy, Cloudflare, one of the companies that ensures that websites run smoothly on the internet, has filed for its initial public offering. The com…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Interview With Filmmaker Laura D'Antoni
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www.backblaze.com - I first met Laura D’Antoni when we were shooting B2 Cloud Storage customer videos for Youngevity and Austin City Limits. I enjoyed talking about her filmmaking background and was fascinated by her jo…
TECHNOLOGY
UPS has been quietly delivering cargo using self-driving trucks
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www.theverge.com - UPS has had autonomous trucking startup TuSimple hauling cargo for it between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, since May as part of a newly publicized partnership between the two companies. The delivery …
TECHNOLOGY
FTC Chief Says He’s Willing to Break Up Big Tech Companies
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www.bloomberg.com - The head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said he’s prepared to break up major technology platforms if necessary by undoing their past mergers as his agency investigates whether companies includi…
TECHNOLOGY
TPS Consulting Daily
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY Loyalty360 Reads: August 13, 2019 Shared by Loyalty360 loyalty360.org - Programs General Mills’ Box Tops Go Digital with Fresh Mobile App The brand’s loyalty program, long beloved by child…
ENVIRONMENT
Better flood protection for Fredericton residents and businesses
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pm.gc.ca - The climate crisis is driving extreme weather events in communities from coast to coast to coast. As these events become more frequent, more severe, and more damaging, they threaten our health and sa…
BUSINESS
13 women who transformed the world of economics
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www.weforum.org - This article is published in collaboration with Business Insider. Economist Justin Wolfers recently wrote about how female economists are airbrushed out of academic discussion when they have a male c…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Asesinan al cantante Roberto DomΓnguez frente a su familia
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www.telemundo.com - Roberto DomΓnguez, cantante de "Los Hijos del CΓ‘rtel", fue asesinado frΓamente frente a su familia y mientras cargaba combustible Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel con frase "No Que No Eras Casad…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter may soon let you follow topics you’re interested in
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androidcommunity.com - While you probably already know which Twitter accounts you want to follow based on the celebrity/influencer or what the account tweets about, there are times when you’re interested in a certain topic…
ENVIRONMENT
Protection accrue contre les inondations pour les citoyens et les entreprises de Fredericton
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pm.gc.ca - Les communautΓ©s Γ travers le pays font face Γ des phΓ©nomΓ¨nes mΓ©tΓ©orologiques extrΓͺmes provoquΓ©s par la crise climatique. Ces phΓ©nomΓ¨nes deviennent plus frΓ©quents et plus graves, menaΓ§ant notre santΓ©,…
HEALTH
CientΓficos recrean el que pudo haber sido el perfume de Cleopatra
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www.telemundo.com - Usando la arqueologΓa y escritos antiguos, cientΓficos logran recrear el perfumo que pudo haber usado Cleopatra Test de sangre podrΓa detectar Alzheimer hasta 20 aΓ±os antes que suceda Denuncian nueva…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Captan a conductor atropellando a un ciclista para luego darse a la fuga
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www.telemundo.com - ImΓ‘genes muestran cΓ³mo un conductor de transporte pΓΊblico en MΓ©xico atropellΓ³ a un ciclista para irse a la fuga Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel con frase "No Que No Eras Casado" Agentes de Patr…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Rescatan a dos niΓ±as secuestradas por su padre en California
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www.telemundo.com - Una intensa bΓΊsqueda dio con el paradero de dos niΓ±as que habΓan sido secuestradas por su padre en California Hombre desamparado le cae encima a una mujer y la tira al suelo Joven fue estrangulado po…
TECHNOLOGY
A look at the Windows 10 exploit Google Zero disclosed this week
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arstechnica.com - As you can see, we're an unprivileged local user who's not allowed to monkey with things under C:WindowsSystem32. Double-click the downloaded ctftool.exe in its own folder, then run the provided ctf-…
BUSINESS
‘This will be catastrophic’: Maine families face elder boom, worker shortage in preview of nation’s future
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www.washingtonpost.com - Albert Rose, owner of Allen's Seafood, talks on the phone while fishermen unload their catch last month in Harpswell, Maine. With a median age of 57, Harpswell is the oldest town in the oldest state,…
SCIENCE
The renaissance of silicon will create industry giants – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Every time we binge on Netflix or install a new internet-connected doorbell to our home, we’re adding to a tidal wave of data. In just 10 years, bandwidth consumption has increased 100 fold, and it w…
TECHNOLOGY
How Facebook does IT – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - If you have ever worked at any sizable company, the word “IT” probably doesn’t conjure up many warm feelings. If you’re working for an old, traditional enterprise company, you probably don’t expect a…
BUSINESS
Corey Weiner is taking over as CEO of mobile ad company Jun Group – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - After 18 years at the helm, Mitchell Reichgut is stepping down as CEO of Jun Group, with COO and President Corey Weiner taking over as chief executive. The news comes just about a year after Jun Grou…
BUSINESS
China’s Transsion and Kenya’s Wapi Capital partner on Africa fund – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion is teaming up with Kenya’s Wapi Capital to source and fund early-stage African fintech startups. Headquartered in Shenzhen, Transsion is a top-seller o…
TECHNOLOGY
Instagram says growth hackers are behind spate of fake Stories views – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - If you use Instagram and have noticed a bunch of strangers watching your Stories in recent months — accounts that don’t follow you and seem to be Russian — well, you’re not alone. Nor are you being p…
TECHNOLOGY
Traces AI is building a less invasive alternative to facial recognition tracking – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - With all of the progress we’ve seen in deep learning tech in the past few years, it seems pretty inevitable that security cameras become smarter and more capable in regards to tracking, but there are…
BUSINESS
Launching out of YC, Blair is aiming to reshape the financing of college tuition – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - It’s generally agreed that Higher Education in the United States has gradually become more and more unaffordable. Students are dependent on external financial resources for which many of them do not …
TECHNOLOGY
UPS takes minority stake in self-driving truck startup TuSimple – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - UPS said Thursday it has taken a minority stake in self-driving truck startup TuSimple, just months after the two companies began testing the use of autonomous trucks in Arizona. The size of minority…
BUSINESS
Cloudflare has a third cofounder, Lee Holloway, who’s credited with making the company what is today – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Not every cofounder is acknowledged at the companies that they help to launch. Sometimes, they quit or they’re elbowed out. Often, they’re conveniently written out the company’s history. In the case …
SCIENCE
These robo-shorts are the precursor to a true soft exoskeleton – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - When someone says “robotic exoskeleton,” the power loaders from Aliens are what come to mind for most people (or at least me), but the real things will be much different: softer, smarter and used for…
BUSINESS
Gradjoy is a Y Combinator backed fintech to help you knock out your student loans – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The right people to solve the trillion dollar student debt crisis might be the ones who are suffering from it the hardest. If you’re a recent college graduate, there’s a 50 percent chance you took on…
TECHNOLOGY
YouTube’s new AR feature lets you virtually try on makeup while watching videos – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Earlier this summer, YouTube announced its plans for a new AR feature for virtual makeup try-on that works directly in the YouTube app. Today, the first official campaign to use the “Beauty Try-On” f…
BUSINESS
Flower delivery startup UrbanStems raises $12M to fund national expansion – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - UrbanStems is announcing that it has raised $12 million in Series B funding. CEO Seth Goldman told me the startup has already been using the money to expand nationally. He explained that UrbanStems n…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple is suing Corellium – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Apple is suing virtualization software company Corellium, according to documents filed today in Florida. Corellium allows customers to create and interact with virtual iOS devices — a software iPhone…
SCIENCE
Elysium and the quest to bottle the fountain of youth – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - In the latest episode of Flux podcast, I sit down with Eric Marcotulli the co-founder of Elysium, a life sciences company developing consumer-facing health products based on aging research. The compa…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich will join us for TC Sessions: Enterprise on September 5 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Being the CTO for one of the three major hyperclouds providers may seem like enough of a job for most people, but Mark Russinovich, the CTO of Microsoft Azure, has a few other talents in his back poc…
TECHNOLOGY
WebKit’s new anti-tracking policy puts privacy on a par with security – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - WebKit, the open source engine that underpins Internet browsers including Apple’s Safari browser, has announced a new tracking prevention policy that takes the strictest line yet on the background an…
SCIENCE
Toolkit for digital abuse could help victims protect themselves – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Domestic abuse comes in digital forms as well as physical and emotional, but a lack of tools to address this kind of behavior leaves many victims unprotected and desperate for help. This Cornell proj…
POLITICS
US legislator, David Cicilline, joins international push to interrogate platform power – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - US legislator David Cicilline will be joining the next meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’, it has been announced. The meeting will be held in Dublin on Nov…
SPORTS
Apply to the TC Hackathon at Disrupt Berlin 2019 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Hey hackathon fans, get ready to pack your bags and book your tickets to Berlin. That’s right, baby, the TC Hackathon returns to Disrupt Berlin 2019 on 11-12 December. We’re looking for creative code…
TECHNOLOGY
Meet the TC Top Picks for Disrupt SF 2019 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Honestly, the creativity and quality of early-stage startups and their founders never ceases to amaze us. When we issued the call for applications to our TC Top Picks program for Disrupt San Francisc…
TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk: Spotify is “coming” to Tesla vehicles in North America – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Tesla owners in the U.S. and Canada may finally get that free Spotify Premium integration they’ve been asking for. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Wednesday night that Spotify premium integration is…
BUSINESS
Amazon launches a new program to donate unsold products from third-party sellers to charity – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Amazon will make it easier and more affordable for its third-party sellers to donate of their unwanted excess inventory and returns, rather than having the items sent back or destroyed. The company o…
LEISURE
Fitz Frames, with $2.5M in seed funding, wants your kid to have custom glasses – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Fitz Frames is today launching out of beta to offer affordable, custom-made glasses for families, and in particular, for children. The company, which has raised $2.5 million in seed funding, was foun…
LEISURE
Kitty Hawk’s Flyer personal VTOL has now flown over 25,000 times – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Flying cars, or at least their functional equivalent, edge closer to reality every day – and startup Kitty Hawk wants you to know it’s putting in the flying time to make it happen. The company, led b…
LEISURE
YC-backed Eden Farm wants to cut out the middlemen between farmers and restaurants in Indonesia – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Eden Farm is a startup with the ambitious goal of building a food distribution network for Indonesia, where many restaurants currently rely on markets for fresh ingredients. But this means high marku…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter leads $100M round in top Indian regional social media platform ShareChat – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Is there room for another social media platform? ShareChat, a five-year-old social network in India that serves tens of million of people in regional languages, just answered that question with a $10…
BUSINESS
Walmart Canada rolls out nationwide grocery delivery through Instacart – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Walmart’s relationship with Instacart deepened today with an expansion of their partnership across Canada for grocery delivery. Walmart Canada had previously run a 17-store pilot program with Instaca…
TECHNOLOGY
Huawei pushes back launch of 5G foldable, the Mate X – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - If you were desperately ripping days off of your calendar until you could get your hands on Huawei’s $2,600 5G foldable, the Mate X — which was originally slated to launch next month — it sounds like…
TECHNOLOGY
Media software Plex launches a new desktop app for Mac and Windows – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Plex today is launching a new desktop application for Mac and Windows, with the goal of eventually replacing Plex Media Player as the company’s only desktop solution. The app’s arrival also signals a…
BUSINESS
Alibaba cloud biz is on a run rate over $4B – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Alibaba announced its earnings today, and the Chinese ecommerce giant got a nice lift from its cloud business, which grew 66 percent to more than $1.1 billion, or a run rate surpassing $4 billion. It…
BUSINESS
Cloudflare says cutting off 8chan is an IPO ‘risk factor’ – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Networking and web security giant Cloudflare says the recent 8chan controversy may be an ongoing “risk factor” for its business on the back of its upcoming initial public offering. The San Francisco-…
TECHNOLOGY
New $47M fund, Fil Rouge Capital, is ready to boost Croatia’s growing startup scene – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Croatia has not exactly been known for a huge startup scene in the past, and probably its most famous tech company out of there in recent years has been Rimac Automobili, the $125.9M-raised startup o…
BUSINESS
How about earning crypto tokens to carbon-offset your Uber rides? – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Most of us, by now, are aware that all sorts of crazy stuff is happening to the planet’s climate and the blame is pretty much universally recognized as lying with humans, pumping more and more carbon…
WORLD
DΓ©claration du premier ministre Γ l’occasion du Jour national de la libΓ©ration de la CorΓ©e
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pm.gc.ca - Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a fait aujourd’hui la dΓ©claration suivante pour souligner le Jour national de la libΓ©ration de la CorΓ©e : « Aujourd'hui, nous nous joignons aux communautΓ©s corΓ©enne…
SCIENCE
Teens are being hospitalized for lung damage after vaping — "It's mind-boggling," doctor says
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www.cbsnews.com - In Wisconsin, at least a dozen people have recently been hospitalized and treated for severe lung damage. The first cases were reported last month, and the number has been growing. All of these patie…
LEISURE
How to sniff out hidden cameras in your vacation rental
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www.cnet.com - It's firmly against Airbnb's and other rental companies' policies, but that doesn't stop some hosts from putting hidden, undisclosed cameras in their rentals. Hosts have the right to use surveillance…
POLITICS
Ken Cuccinelli's Ancestry family tree suggests he would have blocked his own ancestors
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Guy Kawasaki
www.motherjones.com - Acting Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli unveils the new "public charge" rule at a White House briefing on Monday.Evan Vucci/AP On Monday, while rolling out a sweepin…
BUSINESS
21% of Your Employees May Think They’re More Qualified Than You - Small Business Trends
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Guy Kawasaki
smallbiztrends.com - In every organization, there is a system of hierarchy. And human nature being what it is, the merits of one person achieving a position of power over another is questioned. Did they really earn it, a…
SCIENCE
The Biomechanical Perfection of Simone Biles in Flight
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www.wired.com - By now you’ve seen the video—at the beginning of her floor routine at the US Gymnastics Championships last weekend, Simone Biles barrels across the mat at ludicrous speed. Without losing much velocit…
SCIENCE
Margaret Burbidge at 100: the trailblazing astronomer who wouldn't take 'no women' for an answer
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Guy Kawasaki
theconversation.com - As Carl Sagan famously said: “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff.” That’s not just a poetic bromide – there’s solid scientific proof that the calcium in our bones, the iron in our blo…
SCIENCE
Just How Different Are Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers at Work?
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hbr.org - Look around your workplace and you are likely to see people from across the age span, particularly as more Americans are working past age 55. In fact, the Society for Human Resource Management argues…
BUSINESS
What Men Can Do to Be Better Mentors and Sponsors to Women
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Guy Kawasaki
hbr.org - Advocating for women’s advancement at work is integral for improving financial results, gender balance, and diversity in our workplaces and leadership teams. Yet data from the Working Mother Research…
SCIENCE
The Must-Have Lens for your Leica SL
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om.co - You might have heard that Leica has a new lens called the Leica APO-Summicron-SL 1: 2/50 ASPH. For a few weeks now, I have had the opportunity to use a pre-release version of the lens on my SL. I’ll …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Amazon unveils first batch of casting for The Wheel of Time adaptation
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arstechnica.com - Amazon has announced its first round of casting for The Wheel of Time, the long-awaited TV adaptation of the late Robert Jordan's bestselling 14-book series of epic fantasy novels. Within that genre,…
TECHNOLOGY
Hack in the box: Hacking into companies with “warshipping”
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arstechnica.com - LAS VEGAS—Penetration testers have long gone to great lengths to demonstrate the potential chinks in their clients' networks before less friendly attackers exploit them. But in recent tests by IBM's …
TECHNOLOGY
Apple will unveil new iPhones on September 10, leak suggests
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arstechnica.com - Apple revealed the iPhone XS at a similar event on September 12, 2018. Apple released the seventh beta of iOS 13 today, and that release contained image files that seem to indicate that Apple will ho…
SPORTS
Bungie says current Destiny 2 development is “unsustainable”
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arstechnica.com - Bungie says it is taking steps "to keep our teams healthier" following a year of Destiny 2 content development that "was starting to wear people down." At the same time, though, providing the kind of…
LEISURE
Archaeologists discovered an invaluable cache of ritual artifacts at Pompeii
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arstechnica.com - Crystals, amber, amethyst, phallic amulets, glass beads, figurines, and a miniature human skull were among the many artifacts archaeologists uncovered from an excavation site at Pompeii recently. The…
POLITICS
3D-printed (and CNC-milled) guns: Nine questions you were too afraid to ask
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arstechnica.com - By now, you’ve probably seen all the news regarding Defense Distributed, company founder Cody Wilson, and 3D-printed guns. As of last week, his story has shown up everywhere from The New York Times' …
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People are still drinking bleach—and vomiting and pooping their guts out
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arstechnica.com - The US Food and Drug Administration this week released an important health warning that everyone should heed: drinking bleach is dangerous—potentially life-threatening—and you should not do it. The w…
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Microsoft will continue human voice recording review and its privacy policy says so
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arstechnica.com - Cortana integration lets Windows Phone users speak to the new Band. A wave of privacy scandals has led several major companies to end or pause their programs for human reviews of voice recordings. Bu…
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You can’t copyright a cocktail, so what’s a creative bartender to do?
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arstechnica.com - NEW ORLEANS—Anyone who fancies themselves a fan of cocktails knows the names: the Manhattan, Old Fashioned, Martini, Margarita, on and on and on. In the drinks world, such recipes have stood the test…
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Turning the Nintendo Switch into Android’s best gaming hardware
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arstechnica.com - The Nintendo Switch is, basically, a game console made out of smartphone parts. The quad-core Nvidia Tegra X1 ARM SoC would be right at home in a smartphone or tablet, along with the 4GB of RAM, a 72…
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Huawei’s $2,600 foldable smartphone delayed—again
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arstechnica.com - The Huawei Mate X uses one big wraparound display made by BOE. You get a huge 8-inch display when open and a 6.6-inch display when closed. The back has a 6.38-inch display, along with this component …
SCIENCE
President Trump praises reusable rockets, omits Moon in space remarks
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arstechnica.com - On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump spoke at a MAGA rally in New Hampshire. The president touched on his usual themes, such as immigration and guns, but he also spent two minutes talking abou…
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Disney fights streaming account sharing with help from cable industry
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arstechnica.com - Disney and Charter Communications are teaming up to fight account sharing in an attempt to prevent multiple people from using a single account to access streaming video services. The battle against a…
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The never-ending conundrums of classical physics
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arstechnica.com - During its teenage and young adult years—what is now referred to as its “classical” period—physics made a lot of mistakes. In the old physics, mass and energy were separately conserved; particles’ po…
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Dell’s new XPS 13 2-in-1—a notable redesign—goes on sale today
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arstechnica.com - The updated Dell XPS 13 two-in-one with its new 16:10 display. The redesigned hinge makes for smoother transitions. The edge-to-edge MagLev keyboard looks much like those on Apple's MacBook Pro. The …
TECHNOLOGY
Huawei announces its first operating system, HarmonyOS
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arstechnica.com - Ever since the Trump administration's export ban on Huawei threatened the company's Android phones, Huawei has been making claims that it didn't really need Android and could start its own operating …
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Brad Pitt conquistΓ³ MΓ©xico en el estreno de "HabΓa una vez en Hollywood"
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www.telemundo.com - Brad Pitt desata locura y comparte con su fanaticada de MΓ©xico en la alfombra roja del estreno de la pelΓcula "HabΓa una vez en Hollywood" El exjugador JosΓ© Gumbs llega a ExatlΓ³n Estados Unidos dispu…
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Captan a hombre secuestrando a su presunta novia luego de una discusiΓ³n
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www.telemundo.com - Una mujer fue metida a una camioneta a la fuerza por un hombre que parecΓa estar secuestrΓ‘ndola pero lo que nadie se esperΓ³ es que no era una desconocida QuinceaΓ±eras del sistema foster a punto de cu…
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Test de sangre podrΓa detectar Alzheimer hasta 20 aΓ±os antes que suceda
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www.telemundo.com - Desarrollan un test de sangre que podrΓa detectar el mal de Alzheimer dΓ©cadas antes que se manifieste CientΓficos recrean el que pudo haber sido el perfume de Cleopatra 6 ejercicios que podrΓan ayuda…
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Madre deja a su bebΓ© dentro del auto y entra en pΓ‘nico por perder llaves
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www.telemundo.com - El pΓ‘nico se apoderΓ³ de una madre que dejΓ³ por error a su bebΓ© dentro del auto y bajo altas temperaturas. La mujer enloqueciΓ³ al ver que no tenΓa las llaves Hombre desamparado le cae encima a una muj…
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Motociclista se desnuca en plena competencia de Motocross
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www.telemundo.com - Terrible accidente fue el que sufriΓ³ un motociclista en plena competencia en Bolivia durante la exhibiciΓ³n de un salto Muerte de un hombre en las puertas de un hospital causa polΓ©mica Roban reloj "Ro…
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Millonario ofrece jugosa recompensa a quien pueda seducir a su prometida
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www.telemundo.com - Un anΓ³nimo magnate estΓ‘ ofreciendo miles de dΓ³lares al galΓ‘n que logre seducir a su futura esposa Piso de apartamento se desploma junto a dos plomeros en servicio Cocodrilo descansa sobre el techo de…
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NiΓ±a muere envenenada mientras le intentaban matar los piojos
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www.telemundo.com - Padres de una niΓ±a de 11 aΓ±os intentaban matarle los piojos a su hija pero ocasionaron una verdadera tragedia en RepΓΊblica Dominicana Motociclista se estrella contra un vehΓculo y vuela por los aires…
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Agentes de Patrulla Fronteriza atacan a baΓ±istas en rΓo de MΓ©xico
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www.telemundo.com - JΓ³venes aseguran que autoridades fronterizas de EEUU los atacaron mientras se baΓ±aban en el rΓo Bravo de MΓ©xico Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel con frase "No Que No Eras Casado" Captan a conduc…
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Alpinistas crean controversia al grabarse en el crΓ‘ter de un volcΓ‘n
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www.telemundo.com - Se desata polΓ©mica en MΓ©xico luego de que unos alpinistas llegaran al crΓ‘ter de un volcΓ‘n activo rompiendo las reglas de distancia Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel con frase "No Que No Eras Casa…
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Hombre desamparado le cae encima a una mujer y la tira al suelo
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www.telemundo.com - Una mujer fue vΓctima de un hombre desamparado y perturbado que la atacΓ³ cuando intentΓ³ entrar a un edificio en San Francisco Piso de apartamento se desploma junto a dos plomeros en servicio Presenta…
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6 ejercicios que podrΓan ayudar a no engordar a pesar de la genΓ©tica
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www.telemundo.com - Expertos dan a conocer 6 ejercicios que ayudarΓan a evitar la gordura a personas con genΓ©tica de obesidad Test de sangre podrΓa detectar Alzheimer hasta 20 aΓ±os antes que suceda Crece la alarma mundi…
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Captan a una gigantesca tromba marina en MΓ©xico
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www.telemundo.com - Varias personas grabaron imΓ‘genes aterradoras de una tromba marina gigante en Veracruz, MΓ©xico CientΓficos recrean el que pudo haber sido el perfume de Cleopatra Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel…
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QuinceaΓ±eras hispanas se llevan tremenda sorpresa para su celebraciΓ³n
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www.telemundo.com - 10 jΓ³venes hispanas a punto de cumplir sus 15 aΓ±os y pertenecientes al sistema "Foster Homes" se llevan tremenda sorpresa El exjugador JosΓ© Gumbs llega a ExatlΓ³n Estados Unidos dispuesto a todo Acusa…
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Liberan a inmigrante que fue arrestado por leer un poema contra la migra
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www.telemundo.com - Joven mexicano de 22 aΓ±os habΓa sido detenido por 87 dΓas luego de leer un poema con fuertes crΓticas Crean controversia por una obra de arte sobre la inmigraciΓ³n Los niΓ±os son los mΓ‘s afectados por …
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Acusan a PlΓ‘cido Domingo de acoso sexual y abuso de poder
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www.telemundo.com - Varias mujeres acusaron al legendario PlΓ‘cido Domingo de acosarlas sexualmente durante dΓ©cadas. El tenor respondiΓ³ al polΓ©mico escΓ‘ndalo El exjugador JosΓ© Gumbs llega a ExatlΓ³n Estados Unidos dispues…
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Bandera de Puerto Rico causa controversia en vecindario de Florida
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www.telemundo.com - Complejo residencial en Florida le exige a boricuas que bajen su bandera de Puerto Rico ya que allΓ solo se aceptan banderas de EEUU Hombre desamparado le cae encima a una mujer y la tira al suelo Pi…
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Mural sobre esclavitud genera polΓ©mica en San Francisco
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www.telemundo.com - Mural de una escuela secundaria en San Francisco desatΓ³ polΓ©mica a un ex-presidente de EEUU junto a esclavos Volantes falsos de ICE crean incertidumbre en Carolina del Sur Muere un hombre luego de pa…
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How to wish someone well—in a way that will blow your life wide open. — Danielle LaPorte
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www.daniellelaporte.com - I wish you success… but not such huge success that you'd forget how valuable I was to your life/business/project, and how much of a ponce/loser/ingrate you were to me in the end. So be successful, bu…
LEISURE
Why Partnership is the Best Place for Personal Growth
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psiloveyou.xyz - If you want a great relationship, use this line as often as you can! In fact, asides from his great lines, I learn a great deal from him all the time. There is a very clear line that separates who I …
SCIENCE
Work Smarter Not Harder
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danielrmurphy.com - You’ve heard this before: work smarter, not harder. But what does it mean? How do we do that? Eric Barker recently posted on his Barking Up the Wrong Tree blog a discussion about what research has sh…
ENVIRONMENT
Ether Price Will Hit $1,000 Again, Survey Says as Altcoin Faith Remains
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cointelegraph.com - Ether (ETH) is most likely to trade above $1,000 again in the future, according to the global cryptocurrency Twitter community. According to the results of a survey administered by An Altcoin Trader’…
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10 Global Enterprises Looking to Issue Their Own Cryptos
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cointelegraph.com - The growing popularity of cryptocurrency has led to a revolution in the digital currency industry. Enterprises that were of noncrypto origin now have or plan to have their own crypto product. The 10 …
BUSINESS
Current Tether Supply Suggests Bitcoin Price Is Correcting to $20,000
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cointelegraph.com - Bitcoin price charting on a longer timeframe, market structure and the issuance of 1 billion Tether so far this year are making crypto and equities analyst FilbFilb incredibly bullish on BTC/USD in t…
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New Zealand Rules Receiving Income in Bitcoin Is Legal, Taxable
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cointelegraph.com - New Zealand's tax authorities have ruled that income in cryptocurrencies is legal and provided guidance on how exactly it should be taxed. In a tax information bulletin published on July 4, the New Z…
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5 Best Etsy Alternatives (with Market Overview) - Onextrapixel
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onextrapixel.com - Etsy has been the go-to marketplace of people wanting to sell or buy handmade products and craft supplies for many years. It provides you with features specifically created for creative businesses, s…
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Out of the Way: Corner Navigation in Web Design
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speckyboy.com - Corner navigation has been with us for a while. It is a small trend that has emerged from the popular perimeter navigation. However, unlike its predecessor, it looks less massive and more elegant, gi…
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7 surprising sources of design inspiration | Inside Design Blog
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www.invisionapp.com - It doesn’t matter if you’re an illustrator working on a glossy magazine cover or a graphic designer working on a logo mock-up for your client’s latest product. The right kind of inspiration will alwa…
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This cat font rules (and dog fonts drool)
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www.fastcompany.com - As any cat owner knows, felines are the most regal of all species. Even digging through the litter box, the mangiest cat challenges the most-buttoned-up dog. And so it’s no surprise that, while a dog…
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7 tips to increase engagement on your site - GoSquared Blog
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www.gosquared.com - We hear a lot about increasing engagement on social media, but it’s rarer to hear about increasing engagement on your site. Yet, the engagement of your website visitors is incredibly important to the…
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The (Upcoming) WordPress Renaissance — Smashing Magazine
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www.smashingmagazine.com - Leonardo Losoviz is the creator of PoP, a framework for building modular websites based on PHP and Handlebars, and powered by WordPress. He lives in Kuala … More about Leonardo Leonardo … Upgrade you…
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10 Habits of a Successful Front End Designer
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line25.com - A front end designer is responsible for creating and implementing all those visual elements that the users can see and interact within a web application. They are supported by back-end web developers…
TECHNOLOGY
Building Shared Access Shopping Cart With Angular & Firebase
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shakuro.com - Shopping and food delivery carts are a well-resourced topic but what if we take it a little further and create a shared cart for an office community or group of friends that will be useable, clear, a…
TECHNOLOGY
The Making of an Animated Favicon | CSS-Tricks
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css-tricks.com - It’s the first thing your eyes look for when you’re switching tabs. That’s one way of explaining what a favicon is. The tab area is a much more precious screen real-estate than what most assume. If d…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Marvel Phase 5 Theory Uses 'Doctor Strange 2' and Comics to Set Up 'Blade'
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www.inverse.com - Two of the most interesting stories coming in Marvel’s Phase Four are Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the Disney+ series WandaVision. Dropping right in the middle of the studio’s upco…
LEISURE
Fort King George - Many Names, Many Rulers, But Never Besieged
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www.ancient-origins.net - The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, which consists of islands situated just off the coast of South America together form one of the most populous countries in the Caribbean. The two islands have a l…
SCIENCE
The Twisty Physics of Simone Biles' Historic Triple-Double
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www.wired.com - What. The. Heck. Did you see that? Simone Biles appears to defy the laws of physics with this epic tumbling pass from the 2019 US Gymnastics Championships. It's called a triple-double. That means she…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes
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boingboing.net - Damn near every region in the world has a well of traditional music that they're able to draw cultural water from. Some musical traditions are better known than others. Most folks have likely heard T…
SCIENCE
Surgical Robots are Surging in Popularity. So Will Their Data.
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undark.org - The da Vinci, manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, is the most popular surgical robot in use today. Robot-assisted surgery is big business. Increasingly, surgeons are going into operating rooms equipp…
WORLD
To fight gun violence, Trump proposes detaining mentally ill Americans
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boingboing.net - The solution to gun violence is putting mentally ill people in those detention camps, too. Right out of the Nazi playbook, illegitimate U.S. president Donald Trump today said it's time to put the Leb…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Legion's Heady Series Finale Brought Its Time Traveling Story Full Circle
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io9.gizmodo.com - Despite Legion’s visual flair and the quartet of powerful telepathic mutants the show began focusing on as it entered its endgame territory, its season finale was a relatively quiet, contemplative re…
POLITICS
The Trump administration is setting up victims of housing discrimination to fail | Opinion
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www.newsweek.com - Under the Trump administration, the government agency that is supposed to help Americans with their housing needs wants to torpedo discrimination claims. Reports recently surfaced of a proposal by th…
POLITICS
Trump asks Congress to permanently reauthorize NSA's expiring power to access domestic call records
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boingboing.net - Trump Administration wants Congress to bring N.S.A.’s deactivated Call Records program back to life. Donald Trump's White House is seeking to reauthorize the indefinitely-halted law that allows the N…
WORLD
8 Ways to Stay Ahead of Influence Operations
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foreignpolicy.com - Influence operations are elusive to define. The Rand Corp.’s definition is as good as any: “the collection of tactical information about an adversary as well as the dissemination of propaganda in pur…
SCIENCE
A Dangerous Algae Is Killing Our Dogs—and Climate Change Is Going to Make It Worse
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gizmodo.com - A pair of tragic stories reported this past weekend are raising awareness of a threat to both people and animals in the water: algae. At least four dogs in two states along the Southeast U.S. have re…
LEISURE
4 reasons why it pays to get better at small talk
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www.fastcompany.com - There are plenty of reasons to hate small talk. First and foremost, it’s generally pretty boring. Discussing your weekend plans, the recent rain, or who won last night’s game hardly seem to inspire m…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter’s latest test makes following tweetstorms a lot easier
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www.theverge.com - Remember the epic, fingernail-biting tale of corporate intrigue where a man got his lunch stolen at the office and caught the thief by watching security tapes over the course of two days? It wasn’t e…
SCIENCE
DNA based marketing is becoming a reality, and brands are cashing in – Fanatical Futurist by International Keynote Speaker Matthew Griffin
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www.fanaticalfuturist.com - WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As gene sequencing gets cheaper, and as companies get more access to personal information, from biomarkers and wearables to big data, companies can target you in ultra-perso…
LEISURE
Two Intact Chamber Tombs Dating Back 3,300 Years Unearthed in Greece
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www.ancient-origins.net - Two large chamber tombs dated to around 1300 BC have been found in an important Mycenaean-era burial ground in Greece. Previously discovered tombs in the area were extensively looted, but these two a…
SCIENCE
Scientists found a way to create millions of virtual universes
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futurism.com - Scientists used a supercomputer to simulate the creation and evolution of 8 million virtual universes, each containing 12 million galaxies — and in the process, they discovered something new about th…
SCIENCE
"Galaxy Sized?" --The Search for Largest Black Hole in the Universe | The Daily Galaxy
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dailygalaxy.com - Is it possible that an as yet undetected galaxy-sized black hole exists somewhere in the distant universe? The reality may actually prove to be something even more bizarre. On July 26, The Galaxy rep…
SCIENCE
Greenland's ice is melting at the rate scientists thought would be our worst-case scenario in 2070
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www.businessinsider.com - Greenland is known for its glaciers, but in the past month, the island has shed ice and taken on fire. Scientists didn't expect to see Greenland melt at this rate for another 50 years: By the last we…
POLITICS
3-Star General: Tomorrow’s Troops Need Controversial JEDI Cloud
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www.defenseone.com - On Friday, Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, who runs the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, and Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy added several supporting details to the ones offered last week b…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality
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www.technologyreview.com - Meet Barry: his sole purpose in life is to listen patiently, and then protest or sob a little as you fire him from an imaginary job in virtual reality. Disposable hero: He was created by Talespin, a …
TECHNOLOGY
Misfit Vapor X launched with Wear OS, Snapdragon 3100 chipset
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androidcommunity.com - It’s been a while since we last mentioned Misfit. The wearable technology brand that was acquired by the Fossil Group back in 2015 is still in the business. A new product has recently been announced …
SCIENCE
Vivo NEX 3 sketches present curved edges, waterfall display
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androidcommunity.com - The original Vivo NEX was launched middle of last year. It made an impression with the elevating camera. The Vivo NEX 2 quickly surfaced after a few months, coming out better with triple rear cameras…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung phone with three folds, Xiaomi foldable phone rendered
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androidcommunity.com - The foldable phone category is still relatively young. We’ve had high hopes about this one especially since it’s been years since Samsung has been teasing its flexible screen technology. Royole came …
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung’s partnership with Oculus reportedly over (for now)
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androidcommunity.com - While most people were pretty excited about the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10, one thing that was noticeably lacking was that it is not compatible with the Galaxy VR. The Korean OEM did …
TECHNOLOGY
HTC Wildfire X announced in India as a Flipkart-exclusive
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androidcommunity.com - A Wildfire is about to spread as HTC has recently launched the Wildfire X phone in India. A new product teaser was released the other day with a hint of what’s coming. We’ve known about a new-gen of …
TECHNOLOGY
Sony Xperia 1 with built-in Alexa ready on Amazon
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androidcommunity.com - The Sony Xperia 1 is finally available in the United States. The smartphone went up for pre-order last June with the promise it will have HDMI support and 4K OLED display all the time. It was leaked …
TECHNOLOGY
Google I/O 2019 app’s source code ready for your perusal
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androidcommunity.com - If you’ve ever wondered about how Google developers work on their mobile apps, here’s some information that may answer your questions. The Android Dev team has recently released the source code for t…
TECHNOLOGY
Nokia promises two years of OS updates, security patches and more
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androidcommunity.com - Nokia made a comeback through HMD Global. It was in early 2017 when HMD launched its first-ever Nokia-branded phone. The Nokia 6 was just one of the few Android phones introduced by the company. The …
TECHNOLOGY
Google now lets app developers add tags for better discovery
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androidcommunity.com - There are millions of apps available in the Google Play Store and so discoverability is one of the major problems that face developers and distributors. Now it looks like Google is adding more tools …
WORLD
Feds Spent More On Marijuana Prohibition In 2018 Than Fighting Domestic Terrorism
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thefreshtoast.com - Following the tragic shootings in Texas and Ohio last week, the nation asked what more could be done to fight domestic terrorism. Donald Trump was on board to help, promising federal officers “whatev…
SCIENCE
The right trousers: Robotic shorts allow wearer to run and walk
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inews.co.uk - While a pesky pair of robotic trousers may have caused Wallace and Gromit no end of trouble, a mechanical exosuit worn like a pair of shorts has been developed to assist its wearer to walk and run mo…
BUSINESS
Stock markets stable after China trade warning
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www.bbc.com - Stock markets around the world have stabilised, after fears of a slowing global economy sparked a big sell-off on Wednesday. The main US share indexes closed 3% lower overnight, but the benchmark Dow…
TECHNOLOGY
Indiegogo presents: Hardware Startup Bootcamp
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www.eventbrite.com - Are you an entrepreneur building a tech product? Then don’t miss this exclusive bootcamp designed for innovators like you. Join Indiegogo and Arrow for a free workshop on 11 September 2019 at a priva…
LEISURE
Food Lion Offers Instant-Savings for Healthy Eaters
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loyalty360.org - It’s always great to see a program that engages consumers in a way that benefits both the consumers and the brand. Many Americans are becoming increasingly conscious of the nutritional benefits that …
TECHNOLOGY
The True Value of a Loyal Customer
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loyalty360.org - We talk a lot about customer loyalty here at IC Group; how to build it and how to keep it. Customer loyalty is undoubtedly a necessary part of any business’ success, but what is the true value of tho…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Morning Briefing: RESET DAY — Beto's Back to Bore Us
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pjmedia.com - At least seventeen people in America feel like it's Christmas today. Robert Francis Cassandra Mai-Lin "Beto" O'Rourke is going to "reset" his campaign and let us know what he's really all about becau…
SPORTS
Trump's Response Was Restrained, All Things Considered: POTUS Fat-Shames Rally Protester
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pjmedia.com - President Trump is always at his loosest when speaking at one of his rallies, never more so than at his Thursday night rally in New Hampshire, where he quickly dispatched a protesting heckler using s…
POLITICS
As Biden Flails, Lizzy and Bernie Start Making Their Moves
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pjmedia.com - Former Vice President Joe Biden (D-Del.) may still sit in what seems a comfortable position atop the polls in the race to become the Democrats' presidential nominee, but it is early and some signs of…
POLITICS
Complying with the Hatch Act Isn’t That Difficult
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www.govexec.com - The Hatch Act restricts federal employees from taking part in political activity, defined as any activity directed at the success or failure of a political party, partisan political group, or candida…
LEISURE
WIN: £600 worth of Agent Provocateur goodies
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www.ldnfashion.com - Luxury lingerie brand Agent Provocateur is currently running an unmissable competition, in celebration of the launch of its Icons campaign, fronted by the sensational Caroline Vreeland. The winner wi…
LEISURE
Best London Shops for Selvedge Denim
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www.ldnfashion.com - Selvedge denim refers to the “self-edge” of the fabric – the denim is self-finished so it won’t unravel, and is often finished in red or orange stitching, rather than overlocking – you can see this w…
LEISURE
Goodwood Revival Dress Code 2019 – What to Wear to Goodwood Revival
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www.ldnfashion.com - Goodwood Revival is not just an event for motor enthusiasts, but also the perfect opportunity for vintage fashion lovers to dress up and be seen. Set on the Goodwood Estate, the three-day festival is…
TECHNOLOGY
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (2019) First Impressions - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Lenovo has given its ThinkPad X1 Yoga an all-new personality for 2019 and is further differentiating it from the X1 Carbon. Whether that’s a good thing remains to be seen. And to be fair, the new X1 …
LEISURE
What's Patch Tuesday? - Windows Weekly 634 - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Mikah Sargent joins Mary Jo and Paul to discuss the latest news about Windows, Cortana, Office, Xbox, and more. Download this episode and subscribe Enjoy Windows Weekly on YouTube Tip of the week: Un…
TECHNOLOGY
Lenovo Reports Continued Growth of its PC Business - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Lenovo announced its 8th consecutive quarter of revenue growth, thanks largely to double-digit growth in its PC business. “This fiscal year kicked off to an excellent start,” Lenovo chairman and CEO …
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Latest IOS 13 Beta Teases Potential Launch Date for Next-Gen iPhones - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Apple released a new beta of iOS 13 to developers today. With beta 7, the company made a number of changes and fixes. But more notably, it may have just leaked the launch date for its next-gen iPhone…
POLITICS
Leadership Execution
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stevekeating.me - There are many things that can cause a leader to fail. One of those things, and one that is not often talked about, is lack of execution. Holding a leadership position doesn’t automatically make some…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Power of Redemption and Forgiveness by Randy Gage
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www.randygage.com - Home | Blog | The Power of Redemption and Forgiveness One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is the one by Tim Ferriss. But he usually only does one show a week. So after I listen to that, I scroll…
SPORTS
How to Navigate Weakness on Your Team
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leadershipfreak.blog - It’s not the work; it’s the people that drive you crazy. You love working with the people on your team. BUT there are a few things that drive you nuts. People with extraordinary strengths have except…
ADULT
08-15-2019 - [X&Y] Chase Her, Wait By The Phone, Or Do What Works...Your Choice
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TECHNOLOGY
Huawei boss: 'UK won't say no to us' in the roll-out of 5G
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news.sky.com - The founder and chief executive of Huawei has said "the UK won't say no to us" when it comes to including Huawei in its critical infrastructure. Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Ren Zhengfei also pr…
LEISURE
How Fanta Was Created for Nazi Germany - Atlas Obscura - Pocket
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atlasobscura.com - Retro bottles released by Coca-Cola for Fanta’s 75th anniversary. Photo from SKopp, cropped from the original, CC BY 4.0. It’s February 1944, and Berlin is attempting to recover from American aerial …
BUSINESS
California Credit Bill Makes the Cure Worse Than What Ails
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townhall.com - California is set to introduce yet another price control scheme that will leave families who turn to short term loans in times of financial crisis extremely vulnerable. Those desperate for a quick ca…
LEISURE
Barolo 2010 Vintage Guide - Decanter
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www.decanter.com - Quality is the watchword for Barolo 2010, Ian D’Agata finds the vintage already displaying real density of textures and vibrant acidities. Classic, balanced wines from a relatively cool growing seaso…
LEISURE
What is Freisa wine? Ask Decanter
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www.decanter.com - Freisa is the wild and more rustic kin of one of the world’s greatest cultivars, Nebbiolo. An ancient variety found in Italy’s northwestern region of Piedmont, particularly around Chieri, the Monferr…
TECHNOLOGY
How to use PPC data to drive more SEO traffic - Search Engine Watch
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searchenginewatch.com - It’s no surprise that PPC campaigns are great for driving quick results. However, it’s not the only way paid campaigns can bring profit to digital marketers. Integrating your PPC data in your SEO str…
BUSINESS
China: Paper Tiger - Daily Reckoning
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dailyreckoning.com - China’s shock currency devaluation last week begs the following questions: Is China a rising giant of the twenty-first century poised to overtake the United States in wealth and military prowess? Or …
BUSINESS
The Google Model Is Crumbling - Daily Reckoning
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dailyreckoning.com - Technology is continuing to advance, accelerating in some areas, such as cryptography and sensors, and bogging down in others, such as semiconductors and “clean energy.” We don’t even have robust dis…
BUSINESS
Three Concerns Hanging Over the Davos Elite - Daily Reckoning
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dailyreckoning.com - This week, the global elite descended private jets to their version of winter ski-camp – the lifestyles of the rich and powerful version. The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) five-day annual networking e…
SCIENCE
6 Reasons Why All Athletes Should Sprint - ELITETRACK
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elitetrack.com - I work with a variety of athletes from different events in Track & Field as well as many athletes from other sports. Although the technical and biomotor qualities necessary for success may be very di…
WORLD
Who Protected Epstein For Decades, And Why?
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www.zerohedge.com - Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Or perhaps "Epstein was an intelligence asset" is just a tissue-thin cover for a much more destructive reality: those at the top of the American st…
SCIENCE
Dr. Ben House: Training Physiology, Facts and Fallacies: Just Fly Performance Podcast #163 - Just Fly Sports Performance
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www.just-fly-sports.com - - Find the best lifts for sprinting vs. jumping - How to peak when it counts, and more! Please allow up to 12 hour to recieve response. Email may be filtered into a spam file according to your email …
WORLD
Pakistan PM Accuses India of 'Ethnic Cleansing' Ploy in Kashmir
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www.breitbart.com - Khan compared India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the Nazis. Last week, India revoked New Delhi-administered Kashmir’s limited autonomy and split the region into two fede…
POLITICS
Schlicter: Trump Won't Commit Political Suicide By Selling Out Gun Rights
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bearingarms.com - Over the last week or so, I’ve been less than pleased with the president. His apparent willingness to capitulate with progressive demands for gun control is alarming, especially when he’s already don…
WORLD
US Moves to Seize Iranian Tanker Detained in Gibraltar
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www.newsmax.com - The Grace 1 oil tanker was seized by Royal Marine commandos in a landing in darkness off the coast of the British overseas territory on July 4. Gibraltar said the tanker was suspected of selling oil …
BUSINESS
Stunning Day of Economic Gaslighting – Despite All Positive Data, Corporate Media Cheering For Recession…
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theconservativetreehouse.com - A “negative yield curve“; a pending “economic recession“. These are the obtuse and ridiculous proclamations of the Mainstream Corporate Media today. So let’s take a moment to discuss how stunningly -…
POLITICS
John Hickenlooper to End 2020 Presidential Bid
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www.newsmax.com - John Hickenlooper will drop out of the Democratic presidential primary on Thursday, according to a Democrat close to him. The former two-term Colorado governor, who ran as a moderate warning of the p…
POLITICS
Cory Booker Proposes Office to Fight White Supremacy
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www.newsmax.com - Booker said he would also require the FBI and the Justice Department to allocate the same level of resources and attention to white supremacist-inspired violence as they devote to international terro…
BUSINESS
2011: Joe Biden Claimed China’s Rise Was Good for America
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www.breitbart.com - Biden, who in recent months has come under fire for his son’s business dealings with foreign governments, including the People’s Republic of China, made the remarks during a summit hosted at the Whit…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Why are there so many music films now?
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www.bbc.com - This year will be remembered for the UK leaving the EU (maybe), England winning a Cricket World Cup (finally), and the latest utterly pointless social craze - the bottle cap challenge (nope, me neith…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
CD Baby Tip: How to Describe Your Music so it Sells | DIY Musician Blog
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diymusician.cdbaby.com - How many times have you heard this question and how many times have you answered: “It’s hard to describe,” “It’s a mix of different things,” or “It’s unique/experimental/different/eclectic.” Musician…
WORLD
Kamala Harris Proposes Red Flag Laws For Improper Viewpoints
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bearingarms.com - One of the many problems with red flag laws is that it basically gives other people the power to disarm law-abiding citizens over virtually nothing. While sometimes it’s used by those with good inten…
WORLD
Flashback: Bill Clinton gave China missile technology
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capitalresearch.org - With all this talk of Russians allegedly interfering in U.S. elections, it is worth recalling that it wasn’t too long ago that the previous Democrat in the White House betrayed America by working han…
BUSINESS
Iowa Farmers Say They're Still Backing Trump in 2020
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www.newsmax.com - Farmers in Iowa say they're still backing President Donald Trump, despite the U.S.-China trade war that is hitting their industry hard. "He's doing a good job and trying to make sure we're treated fa…
BUSINESS
US Retail Sales Up Solidly in a Sign of Consumer Optimism
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www.newsmax.com - Americans spent more at retail stores and restaurants in July, a sign that concerns over weakening economic growth and a persistent trade war that have roiled financial markets have yet to dampen con…
WORLD
Canada's Trudeau Accepts He Breached Ethics Rules, Refuses to Apologize
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www.newsmax.com - Independent ethics commissioner Mario Dion said Trudeau and his team attempted last year to undermine a decision by federal prosecutors that construction company SNC-Lavalin Group Inc should face a c…
POLITICS
Alyssa Milano announcement: Fundraising to flip Rust Belt states in 2020
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hotair.com - Never mind the huge protests in Hong Kong that I cannot look away from on my television screen, never mind the political stories in America from the campaign trail, never mind a potential economic re…
WORLD
August 15th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #938
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theconservativetreehouse.com - π¦ “—- **USA * πΊπΈ —-” Summer of MAGA ** ” —- πΊπΈ * USA** —- —– Trump Rally Day Tonight in NH at 7pm ET—– USA USA USA π¦ KAG while Making America Greater Again Thank You, Lord, for President Trump,…
WORLD
Pelosi to Bolton: No chance on Brexit-related UK trade deal without resolving Ireland issue
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hotair.com - It didn’t take Nancy Pelosi long to shoot down John Bolton’s trial balloon. Monday evening, Donald Trump’s national security adviser tried to encourage the Brits on their Brexit adventure by promisin…
SCIENCE
Epstein autopsy raises additional questions
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hotair.com - While officials still haven’t officially released the results of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy, details were leaked out last night by someone familiar with the coroner’s findings. Rat…
POLITICS
IRS staffer pleads guilty to giving Michael Cohen’s confidential info to Avenatti
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nypost.com - An IRS staffer whom authorities accused of leaking confidential financial information about Michael Cohen to Michael Avenatti has pleaded guilty to accessing and distributing that information illegal…
BUSINESS
US Productivity Grew a Healthy 2.3% Rate in 2nd Quarter
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www.newsmax.com - U.S. productivity increased at a decent pace in the second quarter, a trend that could lead to higher wages if it continues. The Labor Department said Thursday that productivity — or output per hour …
BUSINESS
China Threatens Retaliation If US Tariff Hikes Go Ahead
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www.newsmax.com - Beijing will take unspecified "necessary countermeasures," the Cabinet said in a one-sentence statement. It gave no details or any indication plans for trade talks in Washington in September might be…
WORLD
House Democrats Subpoena 8Chan Owner | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - The House Homeland Security Committee issued a subpoena for Jim Watkins, the owner of the 8chan forum. The House Democrats have ordered him to appear before the committee on September 5. “At least th…
TECHNOLOGY
Hoo boy. The UK "gender stereotype" rules are up and running
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hotair.com - Following complaints from the public over the past couple of years, the UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has implemented new rules for television and print advertising. The purpose of these regu…
WORLD
Virgin Islands Senator: Epstein Evidence 'May Have Been Lost'
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www.breitbart.com - “What’s going on here is what should have happened a long time ago,” said Benta of federal authorities investigating an island owned by Epstein. “As a result of all that has transpired, the federal g…
POLITICS
Support For Gun Control Drops Among GOP Voters
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bearingarms.com - One of the latest anti-gun talking points has been that a reported large number of Republicans want gun control. It’s been used over and over again in debates. It’s been used to justify claims that t…
ENVIRONMENT
According To The Federal Government, 19 Million Acres Of Farmland Were Not Planted With Crops This Year
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www.infowars.com - If that headline sounds really bad to you, that is because the situation that we are facing is really bad. Over the past few months, I have written article after articleabout the unprecedented crisis…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Joni Mitchell's albums – ranked!
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www.theguardian.com - Joni Mitchell is a non-conformer – which is why this is such an uncomfortable listen. She is virtually unrecognisable here, subsumed by a homogenised 80s sound that leaves you pining for the astral l…
WORLD
Video: CNN Brays For Gun Control During Coverage Of Police Standoff In Philadelphia
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www.infowars.com - While admitting that it had virtually no details about an active shooter engaged with police in Philadelphia Wednesday night, CNN immediately called for more gun control, and even used the opportunit…
WORLD
Report: FBI Officials 'Indifferent' to Clinton Hacking News
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www.newsmax.com - Senior FBI officials "seemed indifferent" to evidence showing that a foreign adversary may have hacked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's non-government email server, while officials in her …
BUSINESS
Hong Kong Activist Leader Calls For a Run on the Bank
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www.infowars.com - Prominent Hong Kong pro-independence political activist Chen Haotian has called for a run on Chinese banks, asking that everyone withdraw their money on the same day. Haotian is a founding member and…
SCIENCE
Jeffrey Epstein’s Injuries More Common in Victims of Strangulation Than Hanging
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www.infowars.com - Jeffrey Epstein’s injuries that led to his death are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation than by hanging, autopsy results have revealed. The autopsy found that Epstein sustained numer…
SPORTS
Frank Gaffney: Trump Must Declare, 'I Am a Hong Konger'
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www.breitbart.com - Gaffney addressed recent clashes in Hong Kong between police and protesters demanding independence from China. “We need to be heard from before this goes any further,” said Gaffney, advising American…
POLITICS
Thirteen States Sue Over New Rule to Limit Legal Immigration
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www.newsmax.com - A coalition of 13 U.S. states sued President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday, seeking to block a new rule that would drastically reduce legal immigration by denying visas to poor migrants.…
BUSINESS
White House Touts Wage Gains for Voters | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - “The Trump Economy is delivering incredible results for the blue-collar workers who need it most,” said the August 12 tweet. Wage data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that after-inflation …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Illegal Alien Convicted of Brutally Murdering 20-Year-Old Jared Vargas
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www.breitbart.com - A jury convicted 20-year-old Ernesto Esquivel-Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico, of brutally murdering Vargas in June 2018 and then leaving his body in an apartment complex before setting it on fi…
SCIENCE
Dillan the Bear Desperately Needs Your Help – Act Now!
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support.peta.org - UN INT Intro Text w/ Responsive Image - *Important Note* You must UNLINK this shared library component before making page-specific customizations. Neglect runs rampant at Union County Sportsmen's Clu…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Inside Nate Silver's War With the NY Times
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www.newsmax.com - Nate Silver, editor of the news site FiveThirtyEight, can't stop criticizing his ex-employer The New York Times, according to Politico. He recently called the newspaper arrogant and helped spark deba…
POLITICS
Ron Maxwell & Bruce Fein: The Constitution and the Endangered Species Act
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www.breitbart.com - “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty,” Montesquieu wrote in his famous treatise The Spirit of Laws, a …
POLITICS
Hickenlooper, we hardly knew ye
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hotair.com - And then there were … two hundred and thirty-one or so. Colorado governor John Hicklenlooper will drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination today, which might come as a surprise…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Thursday August 15th – Open Thread
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theconservativetreehouse.com - For believers in Christ it would be the most blessed of all if this year turns out to be the year of our Lord’s coming for His own. How long the present dispensation of grace will be prolonged we do …
WORLD
China Blocks U.S. Navy Ships from Visiting Hong Kong
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www.breitbart.com - The denial comes amid months of protests against the communist regime attracting millions of the city’s residents and triggering a violent police crackdown. The Communist Party has repeatedly blamed …
POLITICS
Stacey Abrams: Republicans could send off-duty law enforcement into polling places next year to intimidate minority voters
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hotair.com - Via the Free Beacon, there’s some agita online today about Abrams floating another hair-raising theory of corruption at the polls after insisting without evidence for months that she’s the rightfully…
WORLD
Scaramucci Ups Attack: Trump a 'Proven Demagogue'
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www.newsmax.com - Anthony Scaramucci amped up the rhetoric Wednesday against President Donald Trump, responding to former White House press secretary Sean Spicer's claim Scaramucci did not have what it takes to serve …
POLITICS
Philly Shootout Exposes Real Flaws In Gun Control Arguments
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bearingarms.com - Six convictions, and arrests for violent crimes such as kidnapping and attempted murder (it will be interesting to learn what happened that allowed him to beat the rap in those cases). None of that m…
LEISURE
US Flags Flying at Half-Staff on Epstein's Private Islands
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www.newsmax.com - U.S. flags on late financier Jeffrey Epstein's private islands off the coast of St. Thomas have been lowered to half-staff, according to images and videos captured by a boat captain cruising past it.…
WORLD
Jewish protest group demonstrators arrested outside migrant center
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hotair.com - About 115 protesters showed up at the Casa Sunzal facility in Houston and five of them were charged with a misdemeanor. Members of Never Again Action, a Jewish protest group, held a rally outside the…
WORLD
Canadian Ethics Commission Concludes Justin Trudeau Violated Oath of Office, Broke Law, Used Position To Influence Attorney General…
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theconservativetreehouse.com - The Canadian Office of Ethics completed their investigation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and whether he inappropriately used his office to influence and pressure the Canadian Attorney Ge…
WORLD
Report: Netanyahu Considers Barring Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib from Israel | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Israel has decided to bar US congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country, following fierce debates on the matter in the Prime Minister’s Office, Channel 12 reported on Thursd…
SCIENCE
Mystery, Anger Lingers Over Firing of Top State Department Official
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www.breitbart.com - Immediately after she was fired, Politico published a piece citing anonymous sources that blamed her “abusive” management style, including “making homophobic remarks” and accusing people of having af…
POLITICS
CNN Exclusive: New documents reveal behind-the-scenes clash over spending inside Trump inaugural committee
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www.cnn.com - The DC subpoena is the third Wolkoff has received about the inaugural's finances. The other two were from the US Attorney's office in New York's Southern District and from the House Oversight Committ…
STORIES
Tennessee priest bans black housekeeper from his property — then blames his ‘racist dog’
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www.rawstory.com - According to a report from WHBQ, a Collierville, Tennessee priest is under fire for banning a black housekeeper in the employ of the diocese from entering his church-provided home because he claims h…
BUSINESS
Trump launches maniacal tweetstorm after devastating Fox News poll shows his numbers near all-time low
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www.rawstory.com - Trump Team Terrified Tanking Economic Numbers Will Be the End of His Presidency President Donald Trump launched a massive, nonsensical tweetstorm Thursday morning, after a Wednesday evening Fox News …
POLITICS
GPS tracking of immigrants in ICE raids troubles advocates
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www.nbcnews.com - Federal immigration authorities were able to track an undocumented Guatemalan woman from the time she left her home in the morning and headed to work at a food processing plant in Mississippi, to the…
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Computers, Technology and the Future!
Loyalty360 Reads: August 14, 2019
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loyalty360.org - Programs 7-Eleven Rewards Aussies with Free Coffee For a limited time, Australians who bring a reusable cup to a 7-Eleven store will be rewarded for their eco-consciousness with free coffee. “The new…
POLITICS
Fox News Poll: Most back gun restrictions after shootings, Trump ratings down
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www.foxnews.com - House Minority Whip Steve Scalise says 'red flag' laws could pose a threat to due process. In the wake of two mass shootings, overwhelming and bipartisan majorities of voters favor background checks …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Cox: What's it like to get busted for weed in Sarasota?
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www.heraldtribune.com - Reporter Billy Cox made his first-ever trip to the Sarasota County Jail in December for misdemeanor marijuana possession SARASOTA — Blue light strobing in my rear view, I pulled onto a side street of…
POLITICS
Judge orders Georgia to get rid of outdated voting machines before 2020 election
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thinkprogress.org - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state of Georgia to stop using paperless touchscreen voting machines ahead of the 2020 election, citing security concerns. In a 153-page ruling, U.S. District …
SCIENCE
'Punch in the gut' as scientists find micro plastic in Arctic ice - Reuters
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www.reuters.com - LONDON (Reuters) - Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a U.S.-led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution poses to marine li…
HEALTH
UNAIDS welcomes the appointment of Winnie Byanyima as its new Executive Director
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www.unaids.org - GENEVA, 14 August 2019—UNAIDS warmly welcomes the appointment of Winnie Byanyima as its new Executive Director. Ms Byanyima has more than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy and…
POLITICS
Remain Would Win 55-45 In Second Referendum, Poll Shows
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www.lbc.co.uk - 14 August 2019, 16:19 | Updated: 14 August 2019, 16:20 A poll showed the vote would shift in favour of Remain in a second referendum on EU membership. The poll asked about voting intention in another…
WORLD
Corbyn: Westminster should not block second Scotland poll
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www.theguardian.com - Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he believes Westminster should not block a second referendum on Scottish independence, but said he opposed the breakup of the UK. Corbyn implicitly endorsed remarks by his…
LEISURE
Epstein had bizarre painting of Bill Clinton in dress, heels in townhouse
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Blair Semenoff
nypost.com - By Larry Celona and Chris Perez It’s certainly a conversation starter. Jeffrey Epstein had an oil painting of Bill Clinton in a blue dress — lounging on a chair in the Oval Office — hanging up in his…
ADULT
Jeffrey Epstein’s Bodyguard on His Former Boss’s Lifestyle, Cruelty, and Suicide
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nymag.com - When Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution in 2008 and served a 13-month sentence under the cushiest of conditions, it was his bodyguard and driver, former UF…
POLITICS
Donald Trump to make first 2020 campaign visit to state he lost, as New Hampshire voters express 'Trumpgret'
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www.newsweek.com - President Donald Trump is set to travel to New Hampshire on Thursday, where he will deliver his first 2020 re-election campaign pitch in a state which he lost in the 2016 race. The U.S. leader is exp…
BUSINESS
Epstein Autopsy Finds Evidence He May Have Been Murdered
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www.zerohedge.com - As the public carries on with the great debate about what really happened (or didn't happen) to Jeffrey Epstein early Saturday morning in the hours before he was found dead in his cell at MCC in an a…
BUSINESS
House passes bill to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
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www.cnbc.com - The House passed a bill Thursday to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in a win for liberal activists who have long pushed to give low-wage workers a raise. The Democratic-held chamber pas…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Petition To Rename Trump Tower ‘Obama Avenue’ Receives 270,000 Signatures
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www.essence.com - Trump Tower will be getting a new address if a MoveOn petition created to rename the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets in New York City after President Barack Obama is successful.…
WORLD
Opinion | America Made Lady Liberty a Hypocrite
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www.nytimes.com - There were people right here in America, black ones, yearning to be free, and the federal government did very little to help facilitate that freedom. This week, when talking about the Trump administr…
WORLD
Jewish Groups Condemn Attack on ICE Protesters in Rhode Island
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www.latinorebels.com - The following statement was shared on Thursday afternoon by Jewish groups: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the news of a violent attack on Jewish and immigrant justice protesters during a Never Again Ac…
TECHNOLOGY
Aimia Executive Discusses Customer Centricity
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loyalty360.org - Click here to download Aimia's report, The Future of Loyalty: Disruptions That Will Revolutionize The Industry. Using customer-centric processes and strategies is extremely important for brands in th…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Stacey Abrams Spells Out How She Plans To Fight 2020 Voter Suppression
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crooksandliars.com - Stacey Abrams has decided not to run for president (darn) -- but she's opening to being on the ticket. (Yay!) Any smart Democrat would love to have this warm, brilliant dynamo on the ticket. "Stacey …
WORLD
Number of ICE detainees in solitary rises during Trump administration
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www.nbcnews.com - The Trump administration put detained immigrants into solitary confinement more often than the Obama administration during a similar time period, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement reco…
BUSINESS
China warns it could quell Hong Kong protesters; Trump urges Xi to meet them - Reuters
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www.reuters.com - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong braced for more mass protests over the weekend, even as China warned it could use its power to quell demonstrations and U.S. President Donald Trump urged his Chinese c…
TECHNOLOGY
ABC Fined $395K by FCC for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Emergency Alert Misuse
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www.hollywoodreporter.com - A Jimmy Kimmel Live! bit making fun of President Donald Trump is going to cost ABC $395,000, as the FCC is cracking down on use of the emergency alert tone in entertainment. The network agreed to pay…
LEISURE
Data From Millions Of Smartphone Journeys Proves Cyclists Faster In Cities Than Cars And Motorbikes
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RHYS HOWELL
www.forbes.com - Deliveroo rider speeding hot food to another hungry customer Mikael Buck/Deliveroo Smartphone data from riders and drivers schlepping meals for restaurant-to-home courier service Deliveroo shows that…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Edge’s Read Aloud Feature Now Offers More Natural-sounding Voices | Digital Trends
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www.digitaltrends.com - Robotic-sounding screen readers may become a thing of the past with a newly introduced feature of Microsoft’s flagship web browser. According to a blog post published by Microsoft on Wednesday, Augus…
ENVIRONMENT
Ein Unfall voller Unstimmigkeiten
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Linda
www.sueddeutsche.de - Silke Bigalke berichtet seit Ende 2018 fΓΌr die SΓΌddeutsche Zeitung aus Moskau. Zuvor lebte sie fast fΓΌnf Jahre als Korrespondentin in Stockholm und schrieb von dort ΓΌber Skandinavien und das Baltikum…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Reading is Not Just Fundamental, it's a Lifesaver - Gracefull by Dr Hopson
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gracefull.touchedbygraceministry.com - The pompous guy next to me at the banquet the other night asked in a “gotcha” kind of way “What’s the most important thing you’ve ever learned?” I was unnerved initially because who goes around think…
BUSINESS
American taxpayers paid over $90 billion more under Trump tax law
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finance.yahoo.com - Despite the majority of Americans receiving a tax cut, the IRS pulled in an additional $93 billion for 2018 from taxpayers on individual income taxes than it did for 2017, according to new data from …
TECHNOLOGY
Review my new book Heart Empowerment for Empaths ? - Michelle Casto
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coachmichellecasto.com - I’m happy to announce that after decades of healing and studying what it means to be an empowered empath, my new book is hot off the presses. It’s in Pre-Launch mode and this is where you come in! It…
BUSINESS
Cloudflare files for initial public offering – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - After much speculation and no small amount of controversy, Cloudflare, one of the companies that ensures that websites run smoothly on the internet, has filed for its initial public offering. The com…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Interview With Filmmaker Laura D'Antoni
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www.backblaze.com - I first met Laura D’Antoni when we were shooting B2 Cloud Storage customer videos for Youngevity and Austin City Limits. I enjoyed talking about her filmmaking background and was fascinated by her jo…
TECHNOLOGY
UPS has been quietly delivering cargo using self-driving trucks
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www.theverge.com - UPS has had autonomous trucking startup TuSimple hauling cargo for it between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, since May as part of a newly publicized partnership between the two companies. The delivery …
TECHNOLOGY
FTC Chief Says He’s Willing to Break Up Big Tech Companies
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www.bloomberg.com - The head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said he’s prepared to break up major technology platforms if necessary by undoing their past mergers as his agency investigates whether companies includi…
TECHNOLOGY
TPS Consulting Daily
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY Loyalty360 Reads: August 13, 2019 Shared by Loyalty360 loyalty360.org - Programs General Mills’ Box Tops Go Digital with Fresh Mobile App The brand’s loyalty program, long beloved by child…
ENVIRONMENT
Better flood protection for Fredericton residents and businesses
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pm.gc.ca - The climate crisis is driving extreme weather events in communities from coast to coast to coast. As these events become more frequent, more severe, and more damaging, they threaten our health and sa…
BUSINESS
13 women who transformed the world of economics
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www.weforum.org - This article is published in collaboration with Business Insider. Economist Justin Wolfers recently wrote about how female economists are airbrushed out of academic discussion when they have a male c…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Asesinan al cantante Roberto DomΓnguez frente a su familia
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www.telemundo.com - Roberto DomΓnguez, cantante de "Los Hijos del CΓ‘rtel", fue asesinado frΓamente frente a su familia y mientras cargaba combustible Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel con frase "No Que No Eras Casad…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter may soon let you follow topics you’re interested in
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androidcommunity.com - While you probably already know which Twitter accounts you want to follow based on the celebrity/influencer or what the account tweets about, there are times when you’re interested in a certain topic…
ENVIRONMENT
Protection accrue contre les inondations pour les citoyens et les entreprises de Fredericton
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pm.gc.ca - Les communautΓ©s Γ travers le pays font face Γ des phΓ©nomΓ¨nes mΓ©tΓ©orologiques extrΓͺmes provoquΓ©s par la crise climatique. Ces phΓ©nomΓ¨nes deviennent plus frΓ©quents et plus graves, menaΓ§ant notre santΓ©,…
HEALTH
CientΓficos recrean el que pudo haber sido el perfume de Cleopatra
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www.telemundo.com - Usando la arqueologΓa y escritos antiguos, cientΓficos logran recrear el perfumo que pudo haber usado Cleopatra Test de sangre podrΓa detectar Alzheimer hasta 20 aΓ±os antes que suceda Denuncian nueva…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Captan a conductor atropellando a un ciclista para luego darse a la fuga
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www.telemundo.com - ImΓ‘genes muestran cΓ³mo un conductor de transporte pΓΊblico en MΓ©xico atropellΓ³ a un ciclista para irse a la fuga Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel con frase "No Que No Eras Casado" Agentes de Patr…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Rescatan a dos niΓ±as secuestradas por su padre en California
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www.telemundo.com - Una intensa bΓΊsqueda dio con el paradero de dos niΓ±as que habΓan sido secuestradas por su padre en California Hombre desamparado le cae encima a una mujer y la tira al suelo Joven fue estrangulado po…
TECHNOLOGY
A look at the Windows 10 exploit Google Zero disclosed this week
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arstechnica.com - As you can see, we're an unprivileged local user who's not allowed to monkey with things under C:WindowsSystem32. Double-click the downloaded ctftool.exe in its own folder, then run the provided ctf-…
BUSINESS
‘This will be catastrophic’: Maine families face elder boom, worker shortage in preview of nation’s future
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www.washingtonpost.com - Albert Rose, owner of Allen's Seafood, talks on the phone while fishermen unload their catch last month in Harpswell, Maine. With a median age of 57, Harpswell is the oldest town in the oldest state,…
SCIENCE
The renaissance of silicon will create industry giants – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Every time we binge on Netflix or install a new internet-connected doorbell to our home, we’re adding to a tidal wave of data. In just 10 years, bandwidth consumption has increased 100 fold, and it w…
TECHNOLOGY
How Facebook does IT – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - If you have ever worked at any sizable company, the word “IT” probably doesn’t conjure up many warm feelings. If you’re working for an old, traditional enterprise company, you probably don’t expect a…
BUSINESS
Corey Weiner is taking over as CEO of mobile ad company Jun Group – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - After 18 years at the helm, Mitchell Reichgut is stepping down as CEO of Jun Group, with COO and President Corey Weiner taking over as chief executive. The news comes just about a year after Jun Grou…
BUSINESS
China’s Transsion and Kenya’s Wapi Capital partner on Africa fund – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion is teaming up with Kenya’s Wapi Capital to source and fund early-stage African fintech startups. Headquartered in Shenzhen, Transsion is a top-seller o…
TECHNOLOGY
Instagram says growth hackers are behind spate of fake Stories views – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - If you use Instagram and have noticed a bunch of strangers watching your Stories in recent months — accounts that don’t follow you and seem to be Russian — well, you’re not alone. Nor are you being p…
TECHNOLOGY
Traces AI is building a less invasive alternative to facial recognition tracking – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - With all of the progress we’ve seen in deep learning tech in the past few years, it seems pretty inevitable that security cameras become smarter and more capable in regards to tracking, but there are…
BUSINESS
Launching out of YC, Blair is aiming to reshape the financing of college tuition – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - It’s generally agreed that Higher Education in the United States has gradually become more and more unaffordable. Students are dependent on external financial resources for which many of them do not …
TECHNOLOGY
UPS takes minority stake in self-driving truck startup TuSimple – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - UPS said Thursday it has taken a minority stake in self-driving truck startup TuSimple, just months after the two companies began testing the use of autonomous trucks in Arizona. The size of minority…
BUSINESS
Cloudflare has a third cofounder, Lee Holloway, who’s credited with making the company what is today – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Not every cofounder is acknowledged at the companies that they help to launch. Sometimes, they quit or they’re elbowed out. Often, they’re conveniently written out the company’s history. In the case …
SCIENCE
These robo-shorts are the precursor to a true soft exoskeleton – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - When someone says “robotic exoskeleton,” the power loaders from Aliens are what come to mind for most people (or at least me), but the real things will be much different: softer, smarter and used for…
BUSINESS
Gradjoy is a Y Combinator backed fintech to help you knock out your student loans – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The right people to solve the trillion dollar student debt crisis might be the ones who are suffering from it the hardest. If you’re a recent college graduate, there’s a 50 percent chance you took on…
TECHNOLOGY
YouTube’s new AR feature lets you virtually try on makeup while watching videos – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Earlier this summer, YouTube announced its plans for a new AR feature for virtual makeup try-on that works directly in the YouTube app. Today, the first official campaign to use the “Beauty Try-On” f…
BUSINESS
Flower delivery startup UrbanStems raises $12M to fund national expansion – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - UrbanStems is announcing that it has raised $12 million in Series B funding. CEO Seth Goldman told me the startup has already been using the money to expand nationally. He explained that UrbanStems n…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple is suing Corellium – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Apple is suing virtualization software company Corellium, according to documents filed today in Florida. Corellium allows customers to create and interact with virtual iOS devices — a software iPhone…
SCIENCE
Elysium and the quest to bottle the fountain of youth – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - In the latest episode of Flux podcast, I sit down with Eric Marcotulli the co-founder of Elysium, a life sciences company developing consumer-facing health products based on aging research. The compa…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich will join us for TC Sessions: Enterprise on September 5 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Being the CTO for one of the three major hyperclouds providers may seem like enough of a job for most people, but Mark Russinovich, the CTO of Microsoft Azure, has a few other talents in his back poc…
TECHNOLOGY
WebKit’s new anti-tracking policy puts privacy on a par with security – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - WebKit, the open source engine that underpins Internet browsers including Apple’s Safari browser, has announced a new tracking prevention policy that takes the strictest line yet on the background an…
SCIENCE
Toolkit for digital abuse could help victims protect themselves – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Domestic abuse comes in digital forms as well as physical and emotional, but a lack of tools to address this kind of behavior leaves many victims unprotected and desperate for help. This Cornell proj…
POLITICS
US legislator, David Cicilline, joins international push to interrogate platform power – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - US legislator David Cicilline will be joining the next meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’, it has been announced. The meeting will be held in Dublin on Nov…
SPORTS
Apply to the TC Hackathon at Disrupt Berlin 2019 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Hey hackathon fans, get ready to pack your bags and book your tickets to Berlin. That’s right, baby, the TC Hackathon returns to Disrupt Berlin 2019 on 11-12 December. We’re looking for creative code…
TECHNOLOGY
Meet the TC Top Picks for Disrupt SF 2019 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Honestly, the creativity and quality of early-stage startups and their founders never ceases to amaze us. When we issued the call for applications to our TC Top Picks program for Disrupt San Francisc…
TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk: Spotify is “coming” to Tesla vehicles in North America – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Tesla owners in the U.S. and Canada may finally get that free Spotify Premium integration they’ve been asking for. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Wednesday night that Spotify premium integration is…
BUSINESS
Amazon launches a new program to donate unsold products from third-party sellers to charity – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Amazon will make it easier and more affordable for its third-party sellers to donate of their unwanted excess inventory and returns, rather than having the items sent back or destroyed. The company o…
LEISURE
Fitz Frames, with $2.5M in seed funding, wants your kid to have custom glasses – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Fitz Frames is today launching out of beta to offer affordable, custom-made glasses for families, and in particular, for children. The company, which has raised $2.5 million in seed funding, was foun…
LEISURE
Kitty Hawk’s Flyer personal VTOL has now flown over 25,000 times – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Flying cars, or at least their functional equivalent, edge closer to reality every day – and startup Kitty Hawk wants you to know it’s putting in the flying time to make it happen. The company, led b…
LEISURE
YC-backed Eden Farm wants to cut out the middlemen between farmers and restaurants in Indonesia – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Eden Farm is a startup with the ambitious goal of building a food distribution network for Indonesia, where many restaurants currently rely on markets for fresh ingredients. But this means high marku…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter leads $100M round in top Indian regional social media platform ShareChat – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Is there room for another social media platform? ShareChat, a five-year-old social network in India that serves tens of million of people in regional languages, just answered that question with a $10…
BUSINESS
Walmart Canada rolls out nationwide grocery delivery through Instacart – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Walmart’s relationship with Instacart deepened today with an expansion of their partnership across Canada for grocery delivery. Walmart Canada had previously run a 17-store pilot program with Instaca…
TECHNOLOGY
Huawei pushes back launch of 5G foldable, the Mate X – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - If you were desperately ripping days off of your calendar until you could get your hands on Huawei’s $2,600 5G foldable, the Mate X — which was originally slated to launch next month — it sounds like…
TECHNOLOGY
Media software Plex launches a new desktop app for Mac and Windows – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Plex today is launching a new desktop application for Mac and Windows, with the goal of eventually replacing Plex Media Player as the company’s only desktop solution. The app’s arrival also signals a…
BUSINESS
Alibaba cloud biz is on a run rate over $4B – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Alibaba announced its earnings today, and the Chinese ecommerce giant got a nice lift from its cloud business, which grew 66 percent to more than $1.1 billion, or a run rate surpassing $4 billion. It…
BUSINESS
Cloudflare says cutting off 8chan is an IPO ‘risk factor’ – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Networking and web security giant Cloudflare says the recent 8chan controversy may be an ongoing “risk factor” for its business on the back of its upcoming initial public offering. The San Francisco-…
TECHNOLOGY
New $47M fund, Fil Rouge Capital, is ready to boost Croatia’s growing startup scene – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Croatia has not exactly been known for a huge startup scene in the past, and probably its most famous tech company out of there in recent years has been Rimac Automobili, the $125.9M-raised startup o…
BUSINESS
How about earning crypto tokens to carbon-offset your Uber rides? – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Most of us, by now, are aware that all sorts of crazy stuff is happening to the planet’s climate and the blame is pretty much universally recognized as lying with humans, pumping more and more carbon…
WORLD
DΓ©claration du premier ministre Γ l’occasion du Jour national de la libΓ©ration de la CorΓ©e
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pm.gc.ca - Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a fait aujourd’hui la dΓ©claration suivante pour souligner le Jour national de la libΓ©ration de la CorΓ©e : « Aujourd'hui, nous nous joignons aux communautΓ©s corΓ©enne…
SCIENCE
Teens are being hospitalized for lung damage after vaping — "It's mind-boggling," doctor says
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www.cbsnews.com - In Wisconsin, at least a dozen people have recently been hospitalized and treated for severe lung damage. The first cases were reported last month, and the number has been growing. All of these patie…
LEISURE
How to sniff out hidden cameras in your vacation rental
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www.cnet.com - It's firmly against Airbnb's and other rental companies' policies, but that doesn't stop some hosts from putting hidden, undisclosed cameras in their rentals. Hosts have the right to use surveillance…
POLITICS
Ken Cuccinelli's Ancestry family tree suggests he would have blocked his own ancestors
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www.motherjones.com - Acting Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli unveils the new "public charge" rule at a White House briefing on Monday.Evan Vucci/AP On Monday, while rolling out a sweepin…
BUSINESS
21% of Your Employees May Think They’re More Qualified Than You - Small Business Trends
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smallbiztrends.com - In every organization, there is a system of hierarchy. And human nature being what it is, the merits of one person achieving a position of power over another is questioned. Did they really earn it, a…
SCIENCE
The Biomechanical Perfection of Simone Biles in Flight
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www.wired.com - By now you’ve seen the video—at the beginning of her floor routine at the US Gymnastics Championships last weekend, Simone Biles barrels across the mat at ludicrous speed. Without losing much velocit…
SCIENCE
Margaret Burbidge at 100: the trailblazing astronomer who wouldn't take 'no women' for an answer
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theconversation.com - As Carl Sagan famously said: “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff.” That’s not just a poetic bromide – there’s solid scientific proof that the calcium in our bones, the iron in our blo…
SCIENCE
Just How Different Are Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers at Work?
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hbr.org - Look around your workplace and you are likely to see people from across the age span, particularly as more Americans are working past age 55. In fact, the Society for Human Resource Management argues…
BUSINESS
What Men Can Do to Be Better Mentors and Sponsors to Women
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hbr.org - Advocating for women’s advancement at work is integral for improving financial results, gender balance, and diversity in our workplaces and leadership teams. Yet data from the Working Mother Research…
SCIENCE
The Must-Have Lens for your Leica SL
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om.co - You might have heard that Leica has a new lens called the Leica APO-Summicron-SL 1: 2/50 ASPH. For a few weeks now, I have had the opportunity to use a pre-release version of the lens on my SL. I’ll …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Amazon unveils first batch of casting for The Wheel of Time adaptation
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arstechnica.com - Amazon has announced its first round of casting for The Wheel of Time, the long-awaited TV adaptation of the late Robert Jordan's bestselling 14-book series of epic fantasy novels. Within that genre,…
TECHNOLOGY
Hack in the box: Hacking into companies with “warshipping”
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arstechnica.com - LAS VEGAS—Penetration testers have long gone to great lengths to demonstrate the potential chinks in their clients' networks before less friendly attackers exploit them. But in recent tests by IBM's …
TECHNOLOGY
Apple will unveil new iPhones on September 10, leak suggests
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arstechnica.com - Apple revealed the iPhone XS at a similar event on September 12, 2018. Apple released the seventh beta of iOS 13 today, and that release contained image files that seem to indicate that Apple will ho…
SPORTS
Bungie says current Destiny 2 development is “unsustainable”
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arstechnica.com - Bungie says it is taking steps "to keep our teams healthier" following a year of Destiny 2 content development that "was starting to wear people down." At the same time, though, providing the kind of…
LEISURE
Archaeologists discovered an invaluable cache of ritual artifacts at Pompeii
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arstechnica.com - Crystals, amber, amethyst, phallic amulets, glass beads, figurines, and a miniature human skull were among the many artifacts archaeologists uncovered from an excavation site at Pompeii recently. The…
POLITICS
3D-printed (and CNC-milled) guns: Nine questions you were too afraid to ask
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arstechnica.com - By now, you’ve probably seen all the news regarding Defense Distributed, company founder Cody Wilson, and 3D-printed guns. As of last week, his story has shown up everywhere from The New York Times' …
SCIENCE
People are still drinking bleach—and vomiting and pooping their guts out
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arstechnica.com - The US Food and Drug Administration this week released an important health warning that everyone should heed: drinking bleach is dangerous—potentially life-threatening—and you should not do it. The w…
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft will continue human voice recording review and its privacy policy says so
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arstechnica.com - Cortana integration lets Windows Phone users speak to the new Band. A wave of privacy scandals has led several major companies to end or pause their programs for human reviews of voice recordings. Bu…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
You can’t copyright a cocktail, so what’s a creative bartender to do?
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arstechnica.com - NEW ORLEANS—Anyone who fancies themselves a fan of cocktails knows the names: the Manhattan, Old Fashioned, Martini, Margarita, on and on and on. In the drinks world, such recipes have stood the test…
TECHNOLOGY
Turning the Nintendo Switch into Android’s best gaming hardware
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arstechnica.com - The Nintendo Switch is, basically, a game console made out of smartphone parts. The quad-core Nvidia Tegra X1 ARM SoC would be right at home in a smartphone or tablet, along with the 4GB of RAM, a 72…
TECHNOLOGY
Huawei’s $2,600 foldable smartphone delayed—again
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arstechnica.com - The Huawei Mate X uses one big wraparound display made by BOE. You get a huge 8-inch display when open and a 6.6-inch display when closed. The back has a 6.38-inch display, along with this component …
SCIENCE
President Trump praises reusable rockets, omits Moon in space remarks
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arstechnica.com - On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump spoke at a MAGA rally in New Hampshire. The president touched on his usual themes, such as immigration and guns, but he also spent two minutes talking abou…
TECHNOLOGY
Disney fights streaming account sharing with help from cable industry
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arstechnica.com - Disney and Charter Communications are teaming up to fight account sharing in an attempt to prevent multiple people from using a single account to access streaming video services. The battle against a…
SCIENCE
The never-ending conundrums of classical physics
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arstechnica.com - During its teenage and young adult years—what is now referred to as its “classical” period—physics made a lot of mistakes. In the old physics, mass and energy were separately conserved; particles’ po…
TECHNOLOGY
Dell’s new XPS 13 2-in-1—a notable redesign—goes on sale today
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arstechnica.com - The updated Dell XPS 13 two-in-one with its new 16:10 display. The redesigned hinge makes for smoother transitions. The edge-to-edge MagLev keyboard looks much like those on Apple's MacBook Pro. The …
TECHNOLOGY
Huawei announces its first operating system, HarmonyOS
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arstechnica.com - Ever since the Trump administration's export ban on Huawei threatened the company's Android phones, Huawei has been making claims that it didn't really need Android and could start its own operating …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Brad Pitt conquistΓ³ MΓ©xico en el estreno de "HabΓa una vez en Hollywood"
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www.telemundo.com - Brad Pitt desata locura y comparte con su fanaticada de MΓ©xico en la alfombra roja del estreno de la pelΓcula "HabΓa una vez en Hollywood" El exjugador JosΓ© Gumbs llega a ExatlΓ³n Estados Unidos dispu…
HEALTH
Captan a hombre secuestrando a su presunta novia luego de una discusiΓ³n
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www.telemundo.com - Una mujer fue metida a una camioneta a la fuerza por un hombre que parecΓa estar secuestrΓ‘ndola pero lo que nadie se esperΓ³ es que no era una desconocida QuinceaΓ±eras del sistema foster a punto de cu…
HEALTH
Test de sangre podrΓa detectar Alzheimer hasta 20 aΓ±os antes que suceda
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www.telemundo.com - Desarrollan un test de sangre que podrΓa detectar el mal de Alzheimer dΓ©cadas antes que se manifieste CientΓficos recrean el que pudo haber sido el perfume de Cleopatra 6 ejercicios que podrΓan ayuda…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Madre deja a su bebΓ© dentro del auto y entra en pΓ‘nico por perder llaves
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www.telemundo.com - El pΓ‘nico se apoderΓ³ de una madre que dejΓ³ por error a su bebΓ© dentro del auto y bajo altas temperaturas. La mujer enloqueciΓ³ al ver que no tenΓa las llaves Hombre desamparado le cae encima a una muj…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Motociclista se desnuca en plena competencia de Motocross
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Al Rojo Vivo
www.telemundo.com - Terrible accidente fue el que sufriΓ³ un motociclista en plena competencia en Bolivia durante la exhibiciΓ³n de un salto Muerte de un hombre en las puertas de un hospital causa polΓ©mica Roban reloj "Ro…
ADULT
Millonario ofrece jugosa recompensa a quien pueda seducir a su prometida
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www.telemundo.com - Un anΓ³nimo magnate estΓ‘ ofreciendo miles de dΓ³lares al galΓ‘n que logre seducir a su futura esposa Piso de apartamento se desploma junto a dos plomeros en servicio Cocodrilo descansa sobre el techo de…
LEISURE
NiΓ±a muere envenenada mientras le intentaban matar los piojos
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www.telemundo.com - Padres de una niΓ±a de 11 aΓ±os intentaban matarle los piojos a su hija pero ocasionaron una verdadera tragedia en RepΓΊblica Dominicana Motociclista se estrella contra un vehΓculo y vuela por los aires…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Agentes de Patrulla Fronteriza atacan a baΓ±istas en rΓo de MΓ©xico
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www.telemundo.com - JΓ³venes aseguran que autoridades fronterizas de EEUU los atacaron mientras se baΓ±aban en el rΓo Bravo de MΓ©xico Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel con frase "No Que No Eras Casado" Captan a conduc…
HEALTH
Alpinistas crean controversia al grabarse en el crΓ‘ter de un volcΓ‘n
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www.telemundo.com - Se desata polΓ©mica en MΓ©xico luego de que unos alpinistas llegaran al crΓ‘ter de un volcΓ‘n activo rompiendo las reglas de distancia Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel con frase "No Que No Eras Casa…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Hombre desamparado le cae encima a una mujer y la tira al suelo
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www.telemundo.com - Una mujer fue vΓctima de un hombre desamparado y perturbado que la atacΓ³ cuando intentΓ³ entrar a un edificio en San Francisco Piso de apartamento se desploma junto a dos plomeros en servicio Presenta…
HEALTH
6 ejercicios que podrΓan ayudar a no engordar a pesar de la genΓ©tica
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Captan a una gigantesca tromba marina en MΓ©xico
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www.telemundo.com - Varias personas grabaron imΓ‘genes aterradoras de una tromba marina gigante en Veracruz, MΓ©xico CientΓficos recrean el que pudo haber sido el perfume de Cleopatra Rayan auto a hombre acusado de infiel…
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QuinceaΓ±eras hispanas se llevan tremenda sorpresa para su celebraciΓ³n
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www.telemundo.com - 10 jΓ³venes hispanas a punto de cumplir sus 15 aΓ±os y pertenecientes al sistema "Foster Homes" se llevan tremenda sorpresa El exjugador JosΓ© Gumbs llega a ExatlΓ³n Estados Unidos dispuesto a todo Acusa…
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Liberan a inmigrante que fue arrestado por leer un poema contra la migra
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www.telemundo.com - Joven mexicano de 22 aΓ±os habΓa sido detenido por 87 dΓas luego de leer un poema con fuertes crΓticas Crean controversia por una obra de arte sobre la inmigraciΓ³n Los niΓ±os son los mΓ‘s afectados por …
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Acusan a PlΓ‘cido Domingo de acoso sexual y abuso de poder
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www.telemundo.com - Varias mujeres acusaron al legendario PlΓ‘cido Domingo de acosarlas sexualmente durante dΓ©cadas. El tenor respondiΓ³ al polΓ©mico escΓ‘ndalo El exjugador JosΓ© Gumbs llega a ExatlΓ³n Estados Unidos dispues…
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Bandera de Puerto Rico causa controversia en vecindario de Florida
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www.telemundo.com - Complejo residencial en Florida le exige a boricuas que bajen su bandera de Puerto Rico ya que allΓ solo se aceptan banderas de EEUU Hombre desamparado le cae encima a una mujer y la tira al suelo Pi…
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Mural sobre esclavitud genera polΓ©mica en San Francisco
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www.telemundo.com - Mural de una escuela secundaria en San Francisco desatΓ³ polΓ©mica a un ex-presidente de EEUU junto a esclavos Volantes falsos de ICE crean incertidumbre en Carolina del Sur Muere un hombre luego de pa…
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How to wish someone well—in a way that will blow your life wide open. — Danielle LaPorte
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www.daniellelaporte.com - I wish you success… but not such huge success that you'd forget how valuable I was to your life/business/project, and how much of a ponce/loser/ingrate you were to me in the end. So be successful, bu…
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Why Partnership is the Best Place for Personal Growth
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psiloveyou.xyz - If you want a great relationship, use this line as often as you can! In fact, asides from his great lines, I learn a great deal from him all the time. There is a very clear line that separates who I …
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Work Smarter Not Harder
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danielrmurphy.com - You’ve heard this before: work smarter, not harder. But what does it mean? How do we do that? Eric Barker recently posted on his Barking Up the Wrong Tree blog a discussion about what research has sh…
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Ether Price Will Hit $1,000 Again, Survey Says as Altcoin Faith Remains
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cointelegraph.com - Ether (ETH) is most likely to trade above $1,000 again in the future, according to the global cryptocurrency Twitter community. According to the results of a survey administered by An Altcoin Trader’…
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10 Global Enterprises Looking to Issue Their Own Cryptos
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cointelegraph.com - The growing popularity of cryptocurrency has led to a revolution in the digital currency industry. Enterprises that were of noncrypto origin now have or plan to have their own crypto product. The 10 …
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Current Tether Supply Suggests Bitcoin Price Is Correcting to $20,000
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cointelegraph.com - Bitcoin price charting on a longer timeframe, market structure and the issuance of 1 billion Tether so far this year are making crypto and equities analyst FilbFilb incredibly bullish on BTC/USD in t…
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New Zealand Rules Receiving Income in Bitcoin Is Legal, Taxable
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cointelegraph.com - New Zealand's tax authorities have ruled that income in cryptocurrencies is legal and provided guidance on how exactly it should be taxed. In a tax information bulletin published on July 4, the New Z…
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5 Best Etsy Alternatives (with Market Overview) - Onextrapixel
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onextrapixel.com - Etsy has been the go-to marketplace of people wanting to sell or buy handmade products and craft supplies for many years. It provides you with features specifically created for creative businesses, s…
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Out of the Way: Corner Navigation in Web Design
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speckyboy.com - Corner navigation has been with us for a while. It is a small trend that has emerged from the popular perimeter navigation. However, unlike its predecessor, it looks less massive and more elegant, gi…
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7 surprising sources of design inspiration | Inside Design Blog
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www.invisionapp.com - It doesn’t matter if you’re an illustrator working on a glossy magazine cover or a graphic designer working on a logo mock-up for your client’s latest product. The right kind of inspiration will alwa…
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This cat font rules (and dog fonts drool)
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www.fastcompany.com - As any cat owner knows, felines are the most regal of all species. Even digging through the litter box, the mangiest cat challenges the most-buttoned-up dog. And so it’s no surprise that, while a dog…
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7 tips to increase engagement on your site - GoSquared Blog
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www.gosquared.com - We hear a lot about increasing engagement on social media, but it’s rarer to hear about increasing engagement on your site. Yet, the engagement of your website visitors is incredibly important to the…
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The (Upcoming) WordPress Renaissance — Smashing Magazine
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www.smashingmagazine.com - Leonardo Losoviz is the creator of PoP, a framework for building modular websites based on PHP and Handlebars, and powered by WordPress. He lives in Kuala … More about Leonardo Leonardo … Upgrade you…
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10 Habits of a Successful Front End Designer
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line25.com - A front end designer is responsible for creating and implementing all those visual elements that the users can see and interact within a web application. They are supported by back-end web developers…
TECHNOLOGY
Building Shared Access Shopping Cart With Angular & Firebase
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shakuro.com - Shopping and food delivery carts are a well-resourced topic but what if we take it a little further and create a shared cart for an office community or group of friends that will be useable, clear, a…
TECHNOLOGY
The Making of an Animated Favicon | CSS-Tricks
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css-tricks.com - It’s the first thing your eyes look for when you’re switching tabs. That’s one way of explaining what a favicon is. The tab area is a much more precious screen real-estate than what most assume. If d…
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Marvel Phase 5 Theory Uses 'Doctor Strange 2' and Comics to Set Up 'Blade'
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www.inverse.com - Two of the most interesting stories coming in Marvel’s Phase Four are Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the Disney+ series WandaVision. Dropping right in the middle of the studio’s upco…
LEISURE
Fort King George - Many Names, Many Rulers, But Never Besieged
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www.ancient-origins.net - The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, which consists of islands situated just off the coast of South America together form one of the most populous countries in the Caribbean. The two islands have a l…
SCIENCE
The Twisty Physics of Simone Biles' Historic Triple-Double
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www.wired.com - What. The. Heck. Did you see that? Simone Biles appears to defy the laws of physics with this epic tumbling pass from the 2019 US Gymnastics Championships. It's called a triple-double. That means she…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes
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boingboing.net - Damn near every region in the world has a well of traditional music that they're able to draw cultural water from. Some musical traditions are better known than others. Most folks have likely heard T…
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Surgical Robots are Surging in Popularity. So Will Their Data.
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undark.org - The da Vinci, manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, is the most popular surgical robot in use today. Robot-assisted surgery is big business. Increasingly, surgeons are going into operating rooms equipp…
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To fight gun violence, Trump proposes detaining mentally ill Americans
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boingboing.net - The solution to gun violence is putting mentally ill people in those detention camps, too. Right out of the Nazi playbook, illegitimate U.S. president Donald Trump today said it's time to put the Leb…
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Legion's Heady Series Finale Brought Its Time Traveling Story Full Circle
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io9.gizmodo.com - Despite Legion’s visual flair and the quartet of powerful telepathic mutants the show began focusing on as it entered its endgame territory, its season finale was a relatively quiet, contemplative re…
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The Trump administration is setting up victims of housing discrimination to fail | Opinion
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www.newsweek.com - Under the Trump administration, the government agency that is supposed to help Americans with their housing needs wants to torpedo discrimination claims. Reports recently surfaced of a proposal by th…
POLITICS
Trump asks Congress to permanently reauthorize NSA's expiring power to access domestic call records
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boingboing.net - Trump Administration wants Congress to bring N.S.A.’s deactivated Call Records program back to life. Donald Trump's White House is seeking to reauthorize the indefinitely-halted law that allows the N…
WORLD
8 Ways to Stay Ahead of Influence Operations
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foreignpolicy.com - Influence operations are elusive to define. The Rand Corp.’s definition is as good as any: “the collection of tactical information about an adversary as well as the dissemination of propaganda in pur…
SCIENCE
A Dangerous Algae Is Killing Our Dogs—and Climate Change Is Going to Make It Worse
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gizmodo.com - A pair of tragic stories reported this past weekend are raising awareness of a threat to both people and animals in the water: algae. At least four dogs in two states along the Southeast U.S. have re…
LEISURE
4 reasons why it pays to get better at small talk
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www.fastcompany.com - There are plenty of reasons to hate small talk. First and foremost, it’s generally pretty boring. Discussing your weekend plans, the recent rain, or who won last night’s game hardly seem to inspire m…
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter’s latest test makes following tweetstorms a lot easier
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www.theverge.com - Remember the epic, fingernail-biting tale of corporate intrigue where a man got his lunch stolen at the office and caught the thief by watching security tapes over the course of two days? It wasn’t e…
SCIENCE
DNA based marketing is becoming a reality, and brands are cashing in – Fanatical Futurist by International Keynote Speaker Matthew Griffin
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www.fanaticalfuturist.com - WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As gene sequencing gets cheaper, and as companies get more access to personal information, from biomarkers and wearables to big data, companies can target you in ultra-perso…
LEISURE
Two Intact Chamber Tombs Dating Back 3,300 Years Unearthed in Greece
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www.ancient-origins.net - Two large chamber tombs dated to around 1300 BC have been found in an important Mycenaean-era burial ground in Greece. Previously discovered tombs in the area were extensively looted, but these two a…
SCIENCE
Scientists found a way to create millions of virtual universes
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futurism.com - Scientists used a supercomputer to simulate the creation and evolution of 8 million virtual universes, each containing 12 million galaxies — and in the process, they discovered something new about th…
SCIENCE
"Galaxy Sized?" --The Search for Largest Black Hole in the Universe | The Daily Galaxy
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dailygalaxy.com - Is it possible that an as yet undetected galaxy-sized black hole exists somewhere in the distant universe? The reality may actually prove to be something even more bizarre. On July 26, The Galaxy rep…
SCIENCE
Greenland's ice is melting at the rate scientists thought would be our worst-case scenario in 2070
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www.businessinsider.com - Greenland is known for its glaciers, but in the past month, the island has shed ice and taken on fire. Scientists didn't expect to see Greenland melt at this rate for another 50 years: By the last we…
POLITICS
3-Star General: Tomorrow’s Troops Need Controversial JEDI Cloud
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www.defenseone.com - On Friday, Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, who runs the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, and Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy added several supporting details to the ones offered last week b…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality
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www.technologyreview.com - Meet Barry: his sole purpose in life is to listen patiently, and then protest or sob a little as you fire him from an imaginary job in virtual reality. Disposable hero: He was created by Talespin, a …
TECHNOLOGY
Misfit Vapor X launched with Wear OS, Snapdragon 3100 chipset
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androidcommunity.com - It’s been a while since we last mentioned Misfit. The wearable technology brand that was acquired by the Fossil Group back in 2015 is still in the business. A new product has recently been announced …
SCIENCE
Vivo NEX 3 sketches present curved edges, waterfall display
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androidcommunity.com - The original Vivo NEX was launched middle of last year. It made an impression with the elevating camera. The Vivo NEX 2 quickly surfaced after a few months, coming out better with triple rear cameras…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung phone with three folds, Xiaomi foldable phone rendered
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androidcommunity.com - The foldable phone category is still relatively young. We’ve had high hopes about this one especially since it’s been years since Samsung has been teasing its flexible screen technology. Royole came …
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung’s partnership with Oculus reportedly over (for now)
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androidcommunity.com - While most people were pretty excited about the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10, one thing that was noticeably lacking was that it is not compatible with the Galaxy VR. The Korean OEM did …
TECHNOLOGY
HTC Wildfire X announced in India as a Flipkart-exclusive
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androidcommunity.com - A Wildfire is about to spread as HTC has recently launched the Wildfire X phone in India. A new product teaser was released the other day with a hint of what’s coming. We’ve known about a new-gen of …
TECHNOLOGY
Sony Xperia 1 with built-in Alexa ready on Amazon
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androidcommunity.com - The Sony Xperia 1 is finally available in the United States. The smartphone went up for pre-order last June with the promise it will have HDMI support and 4K OLED display all the time. It was leaked …
TECHNOLOGY
Google I/O 2019 app’s source code ready for your perusal
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androidcommunity.com - If you’ve ever wondered about how Google developers work on their mobile apps, here’s some information that may answer your questions. The Android Dev team has recently released the source code for t…
TECHNOLOGY
Nokia promises two years of OS updates, security patches and more
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androidcommunity.com - Nokia made a comeback through HMD Global. It was in early 2017 when HMD launched its first-ever Nokia-branded phone. The Nokia 6 was just one of the few Android phones introduced by the company. The …
TECHNOLOGY
Google now lets app developers add tags for better discovery
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androidcommunity.com - There are millions of apps available in the Google Play Store and so discoverability is one of the major problems that face developers and distributors. Now it looks like Google is adding more tools …
WORLD
Feds Spent More On Marijuana Prohibition In 2018 Than Fighting Domestic Terrorism
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thefreshtoast.com - Following the tragic shootings in Texas and Ohio last week, the nation asked what more could be done to fight domestic terrorism. Donald Trump was on board to help, promising federal officers “whatev…
SCIENCE
The right trousers: Robotic shorts allow wearer to run and walk
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inews.co.uk - While a pesky pair of robotic trousers may have caused Wallace and Gromit no end of trouble, a mechanical exosuit worn like a pair of shorts has been developed to assist its wearer to walk and run mo…
BUSINESS
Stock markets stable after China trade warning
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www.bbc.com - Stock markets around the world have stabilised, after fears of a slowing global economy sparked a big sell-off on Wednesday. The main US share indexes closed 3% lower overnight, but the benchmark Dow…
TECHNOLOGY
Indiegogo presents: Hardware Startup Bootcamp
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www.eventbrite.com - Are you an entrepreneur building a tech product? Then don’t miss this exclusive bootcamp designed for innovators like you. Join Indiegogo and Arrow for a free workshop on 11 September 2019 at a priva…
LEISURE
Food Lion Offers Instant-Savings for Healthy Eaters
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TECHNOLOGY
The True Value of a Loyal Customer
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loyalty360.org - We talk a lot about customer loyalty here at IC Group; how to build it and how to keep it. Customer loyalty is undoubtedly a necessary part of any business’ success, but what is the true value of tho…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Morning Briefing: RESET DAY — Beto's Back to Bore Us
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pjmedia.com - At least seventeen people in America feel like it's Christmas today. Robert Francis Cassandra Mai-Lin "Beto" O'Rourke is going to "reset" his campaign and let us know what he's really all about becau…
SPORTS
Trump's Response Was Restrained, All Things Considered: POTUS Fat-Shames Rally Protester
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pjmedia.com - President Trump is always at his loosest when speaking at one of his rallies, never more so than at his Thursday night rally in New Hampshire, where he quickly dispatched a protesting heckler using s…
POLITICS
As Biden Flails, Lizzy and Bernie Start Making Their Moves
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pjmedia.com - Former Vice President Joe Biden (D-Del.) may still sit in what seems a comfortable position atop the polls in the race to become the Democrats' presidential nominee, but it is early and some signs of…
POLITICS
Complying with the Hatch Act Isn’t That Difficult
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www.govexec.com - The Hatch Act restricts federal employees from taking part in political activity, defined as any activity directed at the success or failure of a political party, partisan political group, or candida…
LEISURE
WIN: £600 worth of Agent Provocateur goodies
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www.ldnfashion.com - Luxury lingerie brand Agent Provocateur is currently running an unmissable competition, in celebration of the launch of its Icons campaign, fronted by the sensational Caroline Vreeland. The winner wi…
LEISURE
Best London Shops for Selvedge Denim
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www.ldnfashion.com - Selvedge denim refers to the “self-edge” of the fabric – the denim is self-finished so it won’t unravel, and is often finished in red or orange stitching, rather than overlocking – you can see this w…
LEISURE
Goodwood Revival Dress Code 2019 – What to Wear to Goodwood Revival
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www.ldnfashion.com - Goodwood Revival is not just an event for motor enthusiasts, but also the perfect opportunity for vintage fashion lovers to dress up and be seen. Set on the Goodwood Estate, the three-day festival is…
TECHNOLOGY
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (2019) First Impressions - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Lenovo has given its ThinkPad X1 Yoga an all-new personality for 2019 and is further differentiating it from the X1 Carbon. Whether that’s a good thing remains to be seen. And to be fair, the new X1 …
LEISURE
What's Patch Tuesday? - Windows Weekly 634 - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Mikah Sargent joins Mary Jo and Paul to discuss the latest news about Windows, Cortana, Office, Xbox, and more. Download this episode and subscribe Enjoy Windows Weekly on YouTube Tip of the week: Un…
TECHNOLOGY
Lenovo Reports Continued Growth of its PC Business - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Lenovo announced its 8th consecutive quarter of revenue growth, thanks largely to double-digit growth in its PC business. “This fiscal year kicked off to an excellent start,” Lenovo chairman and CEO …
TECHNOLOGY
Latest IOS 13 Beta Teases Potential Launch Date for Next-Gen iPhones - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Apple released a new beta of iOS 13 to developers today. With beta 7, the company made a number of changes and fixes. But more notably, it may have just leaked the launch date for its next-gen iPhone…
POLITICS
Leadership Execution
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stevekeating.me - There are many things that can cause a leader to fail. One of those things, and one that is not often talked about, is lack of execution. Holding a leadership position doesn’t automatically make some…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Power of Redemption and Forgiveness by Randy Gage
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www.randygage.com - Home | Blog | The Power of Redemption and Forgiveness One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is the one by Tim Ferriss. But he usually only does one show a week. So after I listen to that, I scroll…
SPORTS
How to Navigate Weakness on Your Team
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Bob Burg
leadershipfreak.blog - It’s not the work; it’s the people that drive you crazy. You love working with the people on your team. BUT there are a few things that drive you nuts. People with extraordinary strengths have except…
ADULT
08-15-2019 - [X&Y] Chase Her, Wait By The Phone, Or Do What Works...Your Choice
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TECHNOLOGY
Huawei boss: 'UK won't say no to us' in the roll-out of 5G
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news.sky.com - The founder and chief executive of Huawei has said "the UK won't say no to us" when it comes to including Huawei in its critical infrastructure. Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Ren Zhengfei also pr…
LEISURE
How Fanta Was Created for Nazi Germany - Atlas Obscura - Pocket
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Earl Castro
atlasobscura.com - Retro bottles released by Coca-Cola for Fanta’s 75th anniversary. Photo from SKopp, cropped from the original, CC BY 4.0. It’s February 1944, and Berlin is attempting to recover from American aerial …
BUSINESS
California Credit Bill Makes the Cure Worse Than What Ails
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Dave Dube
townhall.com - California is set to introduce yet another price control scheme that will leave families who turn to short term loans in times of financial crisis extremely vulnerable. Those desperate for a quick ca…
LEISURE
Barolo 2010 Vintage Guide - Decanter
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Kelly Mitchell
www.decanter.com - Quality is the watchword for Barolo 2010, Ian D’Agata finds the vintage already displaying real density of textures and vibrant acidities. Classic, balanced wines from a relatively cool growing seaso…
LEISURE
What is Freisa wine? Ask Decanter
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Kelly Mitchell
www.decanter.com - Freisa is the wild and more rustic kin of one of the world’s greatest cultivars, Nebbiolo. An ancient variety found in Italy’s northwestern region of Piedmont, particularly around Chieri, the Monferr…
TECHNOLOGY
How to use PPC data to drive more SEO traffic - Search Engine Watch
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searchenginewatch.com - It’s no surprise that PPC campaigns are great for driving quick results. However, it’s not the only way paid campaigns can bring profit to digital marketers. Integrating your PPC data in your SEO str…
BUSINESS
China: Paper Tiger - Daily Reckoning
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dailyreckoning.com - China’s shock currency devaluation last week begs the following questions: Is China a rising giant of the twenty-first century poised to overtake the United States in wealth and military prowess? Or …
BUSINESS
The Google Model Is Crumbling - Daily Reckoning
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dailyreckoning.com - Technology is continuing to advance, accelerating in some areas, such as cryptography and sensors, and bogging down in others, such as semiconductors and “clean energy.” We don’t even have robust dis…
BUSINESS
Three Concerns Hanging Over the Davos Elite - Daily Reckoning
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dailyreckoning.com - This week, the global elite descended private jets to their version of winter ski-camp – the lifestyles of the rich and powerful version. The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) five-day annual networking e…
SCIENCE
6 Reasons Why All Athletes Should Sprint - ELITETRACK
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elitetrack.com - I work with a variety of athletes from different events in Track & Field as well as many athletes from other sports. Although the technical and biomotor qualities necessary for success may be very di…
WORLD
Who Protected Epstein For Decades, And Why?
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rockingjude
www.zerohedge.com - Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Or perhaps "Epstein was an intelligence asset" is just a tissue-thin cover for a much more destructive reality: those at the top of the American st…
SCIENCE
Dr. Ben House: Training Physiology, Facts and Fallacies: Just Fly Performance Podcast #163 - Just Fly Sports Performance
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www.just-fly-sports.com - - Find the best lifts for sprinting vs. jumping - How to peak when it counts, and more! Please allow up to 12 hour to recieve response. Email may be filtered into a spam file according to your email …
WORLD
Pakistan PM Accuses India of 'Ethnic Cleansing' Ploy in Kashmir
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Chris From WI
www.breitbart.com - Khan compared India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the Nazis. Last week, India revoked New Delhi-administered Kashmir’s limited autonomy and split the region into two fede…
POLITICS
Schlicter: Trump Won't Commit Political Suicide By Selling Out Gun Rights
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Chris From WI
bearingarms.com - Over the last week or so, I’ve been less than pleased with the president. His apparent willingness to capitulate with progressive demands for gun control is alarming, especially when he’s already don…
WORLD
US Moves to Seize Iranian Tanker Detained in Gibraltar
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Chris From WI
www.newsmax.com - The Grace 1 oil tanker was seized by Royal Marine commandos in a landing in darkness off the coast of the British overseas territory on July 4. Gibraltar said the tanker was suspected of selling oil …
BUSINESS
Stunning Day of Economic Gaslighting – Despite All Positive Data, Corporate Media Cheering For Recession…
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Chris From WI
theconservativetreehouse.com - A “negative yield curve“; a pending “economic recession“. These are the obtuse and ridiculous proclamations of the Mainstream Corporate Media today. So let’s take a moment to discuss how stunningly -…
POLITICS
John Hickenlooper to End 2020 Presidential Bid
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Chris From WI
www.newsmax.com - John Hickenlooper will drop out of the Democratic presidential primary on Thursday, according to a Democrat close to him. The former two-term Colorado governor, who ran as a moderate warning of the p…
POLITICS
Cory Booker Proposes Office to Fight White Supremacy
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Chris From WI
www.newsmax.com - Booker said he would also require the FBI and the Justice Department to allocate the same level of resources and attention to white supremacist-inspired violence as they devote to international terro…
BUSINESS
2011: Joe Biden Claimed China’s Rise Was Good for America
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Chris From WI
www.breitbart.com - Biden, who in recent months has come under fire for his son’s business dealings with foreign governments, including the People’s Republic of China, made the remarks during a summit hosted at the Whit…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Why are there so many music films now?
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MARCOME
www.bbc.com - This year will be remembered for the UK leaving the EU (maybe), England winning a Cricket World Cup (finally), and the latest utterly pointless social craze - the bottle cap challenge (nope, me neith…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
CD Baby Tip: How to Describe Your Music so it Sells | DIY Musician Blog
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diymusician.cdbaby.com - How many times have you heard this question and how many times have you answered: “It’s hard to describe,” “It’s a mix of different things,” or “It’s unique/experimental/different/eclectic.” Musician…
WORLD
Kamala Harris Proposes Red Flag Laws For Improper Viewpoints
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bearingarms.com - One of the many problems with red flag laws is that it basically gives other people the power to disarm law-abiding citizens over virtually nothing. While sometimes it’s used by those with good inten…
WORLD
Flashback: Bill Clinton gave China missile technology
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capitalresearch.org - With all this talk of Russians allegedly interfering in U.S. elections, it is worth recalling that it wasn’t too long ago that the previous Democrat in the White House betrayed America by working han…
BUSINESS
Iowa Farmers Say They're Still Backing Trump in 2020
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www.newsmax.com - Farmers in Iowa say they're still backing President Donald Trump, despite the U.S.-China trade war that is hitting their industry hard. "He's doing a good job and trying to make sure we're treated fa…
BUSINESS
US Retail Sales Up Solidly in a Sign of Consumer Optimism
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www.newsmax.com - Americans spent more at retail stores and restaurants in July, a sign that concerns over weakening economic growth and a persistent trade war that have roiled financial markets have yet to dampen con…
WORLD
Canada's Trudeau Accepts He Breached Ethics Rules, Refuses to Apologize
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www.newsmax.com - Independent ethics commissioner Mario Dion said Trudeau and his team attempted last year to undermine a decision by federal prosecutors that construction company SNC-Lavalin Group Inc should face a c…
POLITICS
Alyssa Milano announcement: Fundraising to flip Rust Belt states in 2020
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hotair.com - Never mind the huge protests in Hong Kong that I cannot look away from on my television screen, never mind the political stories in America from the campaign trail, never mind a potential economic re…
WORLD
August 15th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #938
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theconservativetreehouse.com - π¦ “—- **USA * πΊπΈ —-” Summer of MAGA ** ” —- πΊπΈ * USA** —- —– Trump Rally Day Tonight in NH at 7pm ET—– USA USA USA π¦ KAG while Making America Greater Again Thank You, Lord, for President Trump,…
WORLD
Pelosi to Bolton: No chance on Brexit-related UK trade deal without resolving Ireland issue
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hotair.com - It didn’t take Nancy Pelosi long to shoot down John Bolton’s trial balloon. Monday evening, Donald Trump’s national security adviser tried to encourage the Brits on their Brexit adventure by promisin…
SCIENCE
Epstein autopsy raises additional questions
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hotair.com - While officials still haven’t officially released the results of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy, details were leaked out last night by someone familiar with the coroner’s findings. Rat…
POLITICS
IRS staffer pleads guilty to giving Michael Cohen’s confidential info to Avenatti
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nypost.com - An IRS staffer whom authorities accused of leaking confidential financial information about Michael Cohen to Michael Avenatti has pleaded guilty to accessing and distributing that information illegal…
BUSINESS
US Productivity Grew a Healthy 2.3% Rate in 2nd Quarter
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www.newsmax.com - U.S. productivity increased at a decent pace in the second quarter, a trend that could lead to higher wages if it continues. The Labor Department said Thursday that productivity — or output per hour …
BUSINESS
China Threatens Retaliation If US Tariff Hikes Go Ahead
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www.newsmax.com - Beijing will take unspecified "necessary countermeasures," the Cabinet said in a one-sentence statement. It gave no details or any indication plans for trade talks in Washington in September might be…
WORLD
House Democrats Subpoena 8Chan Owner | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - The House Homeland Security Committee issued a subpoena for Jim Watkins, the owner of the 8chan forum. The House Democrats have ordered him to appear before the committee on September 5. “At least th…
TECHNOLOGY
Hoo boy. The UK "gender stereotype" rules are up and running
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hotair.com - Following complaints from the public over the past couple of years, the UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has implemented new rules for television and print advertising. The purpose of these regu…
WORLD
Virgin Islands Senator: Epstein Evidence 'May Have Been Lost'
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www.breitbart.com - “What’s going on here is what should have happened a long time ago,” said Benta of federal authorities investigating an island owned by Epstein. “As a result of all that has transpired, the federal g…
POLITICS
Support For Gun Control Drops Among GOP Voters
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bearingarms.com - One of the latest anti-gun talking points has been that a reported large number of Republicans want gun control. It’s been used over and over again in debates. It’s been used to justify claims that t…
ENVIRONMENT
According To The Federal Government, 19 Million Acres Of Farmland Were Not Planted With Crops This Year
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www.infowars.com - If that headline sounds really bad to you, that is because the situation that we are facing is really bad. Over the past few months, I have written article after articleabout the unprecedented crisis…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Joni Mitchell's albums – ranked!
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www.theguardian.com - Joni Mitchell is a non-conformer – which is why this is such an uncomfortable listen. She is virtually unrecognisable here, subsumed by a homogenised 80s sound that leaves you pining for the astral l…
WORLD
Video: CNN Brays For Gun Control During Coverage Of Police Standoff In Philadelphia
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www.infowars.com - While admitting that it had virtually no details about an active shooter engaged with police in Philadelphia Wednesday night, CNN immediately called for more gun control, and even used the opportunit…
WORLD
Report: FBI Officials 'Indifferent' to Clinton Hacking News
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www.newsmax.com - Senior FBI officials "seemed indifferent" to evidence showing that a foreign adversary may have hacked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's non-government email server, while officials in her …
BUSINESS
Hong Kong Activist Leader Calls For a Run on the Bank
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www.infowars.com - Prominent Hong Kong pro-independence political activist Chen Haotian has called for a run on Chinese banks, asking that everyone withdraw their money on the same day. Haotian is a founding member and…
SCIENCE
Jeffrey Epstein’s Injuries More Common in Victims of Strangulation Than Hanging
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www.infowars.com - Jeffrey Epstein’s injuries that led to his death are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation than by hanging, autopsy results have revealed. The autopsy found that Epstein sustained numer…
SPORTS
Frank Gaffney: Trump Must Declare, 'I Am a Hong Konger'
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www.breitbart.com - Gaffney addressed recent clashes in Hong Kong between police and protesters demanding independence from China. “We need to be heard from before this goes any further,” said Gaffney, advising American…
POLITICS
Thirteen States Sue Over New Rule to Limit Legal Immigration
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www.newsmax.com - A coalition of 13 U.S. states sued President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday, seeking to block a new rule that would drastically reduce legal immigration by denying visas to poor migrants.…
BUSINESS
White House Touts Wage Gains for Voters | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - “The Trump Economy is delivering incredible results for the blue-collar workers who need it most,” said the August 12 tweet. Wage data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that after-inflation …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Illegal Alien Convicted of Brutally Murdering 20-Year-Old Jared Vargas
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www.breitbart.com - A jury convicted 20-year-old Ernesto Esquivel-Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico, of brutally murdering Vargas in June 2018 and then leaving his body in an apartment complex before setting it on fi…
SCIENCE
Dillan the Bear Desperately Needs Your Help – Act Now!
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support.peta.org - UN INT Intro Text w/ Responsive Image - *Important Note* You must UNLINK this shared library component before making page-specific customizations. Neglect runs rampant at Union County Sportsmen's Clu…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Inside Nate Silver's War With the NY Times
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www.newsmax.com - Nate Silver, editor of the news site FiveThirtyEight, can't stop criticizing his ex-employer The New York Times, according to Politico. He recently called the newspaper arrogant and helped spark deba…
POLITICS
Ron Maxwell & Bruce Fein: The Constitution and the Endangered Species Act
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www.breitbart.com - “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty,” Montesquieu wrote in his famous treatise The Spirit of Laws, a …
POLITICS
Hickenlooper, we hardly knew ye
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hotair.com - And then there were … two hundred and thirty-one or so. Colorado governor John Hicklenlooper will drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination today, which might come as a surprise…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Thursday August 15th – Open Thread
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theconservativetreehouse.com - For believers in Christ it would be the most blessed of all if this year turns out to be the year of our Lord’s coming for His own. How long the present dispensation of grace will be prolonged we do …
WORLD
China Blocks U.S. Navy Ships from Visiting Hong Kong
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www.breitbart.com - The denial comes amid months of protests against the communist regime attracting millions of the city’s residents and triggering a violent police crackdown. The Communist Party has repeatedly blamed …
POLITICS
Stacey Abrams: Republicans could send off-duty law enforcement into polling places next year to intimidate minority voters
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hotair.com - Via the Free Beacon, there’s some agita online today about Abrams floating another hair-raising theory of corruption at the polls after insisting without evidence for months that she’s the rightfully…
WORLD
Scaramucci Ups Attack: Trump a 'Proven Demagogue'
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www.newsmax.com - Anthony Scaramucci amped up the rhetoric Wednesday against President Donald Trump, responding to former White House press secretary Sean Spicer's claim Scaramucci did not have what it takes to serve …
POLITICS
Philly Shootout Exposes Real Flaws In Gun Control Arguments
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bearingarms.com - Six convictions, and arrests for violent crimes such as kidnapping and attempted murder (it will be interesting to learn what happened that allowed him to beat the rap in those cases). None of that m…
LEISURE
US Flags Flying at Half-Staff on Epstein's Private Islands
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www.newsmax.com - U.S. flags on late financier Jeffrey Epstein's private islands off the coast of St. Thomas have been lowered to half-staff, according to images and videos captured by a boat captain cruising past it.…
WORLD
Jewish protest group demonstrators arrested outside migrant center
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hotair.com - About 115 protesters showed up at the Casa Sunzal facility in Houston and five of them were charged with a misdemeanor. Members of Never Again Action, a Jewish protest group, held a rally outside the…
WORLD
Canadian Ethics Commission Concludes Justin Trudeau Violated Oath of Office, Broke Law, Used Position To Influence Attorney General…
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theconservativetreehouse.com - The Canadian Office of Ethics completed their investigation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and whether he inappropriately used his office to influence and pressure the Canadian Attorney Ge…
WORLD
Report: Netanyahu Considers Barring Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib from Israel | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Israel has decided to bar US congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country, following fierce debates on the matter in the Prime Minister’s Office, Channel 12 reported on Thursd…
SCIENCE
Mystery, Anger Lingers Over Firing of Top State Department Official
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www.breitbart.com - Immediately after she was fired, Politico published a piece citing anonymous sources that blamed her “abusive” management style, including “making homophobic remarks” and accusing people of having af…
POLITICS
CNN Exclusive: New documents reveal behind-the-scenes clash over spending inside Trump inaugural committee
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www.cnn.com - The DC subpoena is the third Wolkoff has received about the inaugural's finances. The other two were from the US Attorney's office in New York's Southern District and from the House Oversight Committ…
STORIES
Tennessee priest bans black housekeeper from his property — then blames his ‘racist dog’
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www.rawstory.com - According to a report from WHBQ, a Collierville, Tennessee priest is under fire for banning a black housekeeper in the employ of the diocese from entering his church-provided home because he claims h…
BUSINESS
Trump launches maniacal tweetstorm after devastating Fox News poll shows his numbers near all-time low
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www.rawstory.com - Trump Team Terrified Tanking Economic Numbers Will Be the End of His Presidency President Donald Trump launched a massive, nonsensical tweetstorm Thursday morning, after a Wednesday evening Fox News …
POLITICS
GPS tracking of immigrants in ICE raids troubles advocates
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www.nbcnews.com - Federal immigration authorities were able to track an undocumented Guatemalan woman from the time she left her home in the morning and headed to work at a food processing plant in Mississippi, to the…
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