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As it turns out – and this should come as no surprise – the two challenges are actually very closely linked. I'm not referring here to the tenuous, or at least too oblique, connection between climate change in the Middle East and the crisis in Syria. Nor am I talking about the horror of the refugees hounded out by the terrorists, by the wholesale destruction of their country, or about the way we have reacted to the matter. Rather, I'm referring to that hideous attraction whereby suicide bombers prefer death and the afterlife to an earthly existence in the now.
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
Altright Autonomous Monsters
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Overheard on the radio: What we need to ask is why are so many people desperate to believe in conspiracies and fake news?
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Overheard on the radio: What we need to ask is why are so many people desperate to believe in conspiracies and fake news?
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Agency and Autonomous Monsters in the Age of Fake News
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Abstract: This poster session will analyze the uses and abuses of digital rhetorics by the "alt-right," and explore the question of whether we are preparing our students for a treacherous and unstable reality, or providing aid and comfort to the enemy. Proposal: This poster session will explore one of the deep and abiding fears of teachers of rhetoric: that our methodologies, datasets, theories and instruction may be put to use in the service of powerful institutions and organizations that may not share our most deeply-held values. As a discipline, we both crave and fear the validation that the use and abuse of our rhetorical products entails. Hart-Davidson and Ridolfo, in their intriguing #rhetops project (RSA 2016) describe the abuses of rhetoric in asymmetrical conflicts, citing as examples the outsourcing of social media propaganda by Daesh (ISIL/ISIS), the rise of fake news bots and their influence on U.S. politics, the looming threat of autonomous writing technologies, and the fragmentation of authorship. I will trace some of the historical antecedents of these legitimate anxieties, and add to the list another potential threat, that of the misappropriation of digital, rhetorical tools and theories by what has come to be known collectively as the “alt-right.” The line between a tool and a weapon is often tentatively determined by ideology. This poster session will analyze that line and the ethics and problems associated with arming or empowering our students with powerful digital tools. Tags: rhetops digitalrhetoric rhetoric altright fakenews
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Abstract: This poster session will analyze the uses and abuses of digital rhetorics by the "alt-right," and explore the question of whether we are preparing our students for a treacherous and unstable reality, or providing aid and comfort to the enemy. Proposal: This poster session will explore one of the deep and abiding fears of teachers of rhetoric: that our methodologies, datasets, theories and instruction may be put to use in the service of powerful institutions and organizations that may not share our most deeply-held values. As a discipline, we both crave and fear the validation that the use and abuse of our rhetorical products entails. Hart-Davidson and Ridolfo, in their intriguing #rhetops project (RSA 2016) describe the abuses of rhetoric in asymmetrical conflicts, citing as examples the outsourcing of social media propaganda by Daesh (ISIL/ISIS), the rise of fake news bots and their influence on U.S. politics, the looming threat of autonomous writing technologies, and the fragmentation of authorship. I will trace some of the historical antecedents of these legitimate anxieties, and add to the list another potential threat, that of the misappropriation of digital, rhetorical tools and theories by what has come to be known collectively as the “alt-right.” The line between a tool and a weapon is often tentatively determined by ideology. This poster session will analyze that line and the ethics and problems associated with arming or empowering our students with powerful digital tools. Tags: rhetops digitalrhetoric rhetoric altright fakenews
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jwz
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Why? Because the TZID doesn't refer to the name of a time zone from the IANA Zoneinfo / Olson Database, which has been the gold standard historical record of such things since just about The Epoch. (This database is an absolute treasure, documenting and clarifying an ongoing global political and technical clusterfuck of nightmarish proportions. The work that went into this thing is staggering. It is a treasure of nightmares. But I digress.)
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Why? Because the TZID doesn't refer to the name of a time zone from the IANA Zoneinfo / Olson Database, which has been the gold standard historical record of such things since just about The Epoch. (This database is an absolute treasure, documenting and clarifying an ongoing global political and technical clusterfuck of nightmarish proportions. The work that went into this thing is staggering. It is a treasure of nightmares. But I digress.)
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Man removes feds’ spy cam, they demand it back, he refuses and sues | Ars Technica
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"My client is 74 years old, he's a lawyer, been practicing for almost 50 years, he has no criminal history whatsoever, law-abiding citizen, respected lawyer and senior citizen," Raul Casso, one of the attorneys representing Palacios, told Ars. "To have put him in jail would have been—forget the indecency of it—what a way to end a career." The camera now remains in Palacios' attorneys' possession while they are attempting to ask the case's judge to allow them to formally introduce it as evidence.
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"My client is 74 years old, he's a lawyer, been practicing for almost 50 years, he has no criminal history whatsoever, law-abiding citizen, respected lawyer and senior citizen," Raul Casso, one of the attorneys representing Palacios, told Ars. "To have put him in jail would have been—forget the indecency of it—what a way to end a career." The camera now remains in Palacios' attorneys' possession while they are attempting to ask the case's judge to allow them to formally introduce it as evidence.
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RamsesThePigeon comments on If you could spend your Reddit Karma, ( 1 point being worth $1) , what would you spend it on ?
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Hire a team of analysts and consultants to examine the world and determine what small, inconspicuous changes would lead to the greatest positive outcomes.
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Hire a team of analysts and consultants to examine the world and determine what small, inconspicuous changes would lead to the greatest positive outcomes.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Crispr Gene Editing Will Transform How We Eradicate Invasive Species | WIRED
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About two years later, Kevin Esvelt, a geneticist then at Harvard University, put gene drives and Crispr together. Instead of poking a big fat glass needle loaded up with synthetic DNA into every organism that you want to change, you do it once, with a gene drive that encodes not only the gene you want (or the deactivation of the gene you don’t want) but also instructions to do that same manipulation with the Crispr technique in another genome. So when your altered organism mates, its chromosome gets to work, engineering the chromosome inherited from the mate too. This guarantees that the offspring has the desired change, plus the instructions to make the desired change. When the offspring reaches maturity and mates, the process repeats. In a perfect “global” gene drive, 100 percent of offspring have the gene drive carrying the desired trait.
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About two years later, Kevin Esvelt, a geneticist then at Harvard University, put gene drives and Crispr together. Instead of poking a big fat glass needle loaded up with synthetic DNA into every organism that you want to change, you do it once, with a gene drive that encodes not only the gene you want (or the deactivation of the gene you don’t want) but also instructions to do that same manipulation with the Crispr technique in another genome. So when your altered organism mates, its chromosome gets to work, engineering the chromosome inherited from the mate too. This guarantees that the offspring has the desired change, plus the instructions to make the desired change. When the offspring reaches maturity and mates, the process repeats. In a perfect “global” gene drive, 100 percent of offspring have the gene drive carrying the desired trait.
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Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze – arturrr
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Andrew W.K. pens a thoughtful, joyful response after being named "person of the year" by a suicide prevention group
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W.K. responded to the award with a typically thoughtful response, thanking the association for its recognition, and issuing a frankly beautiful reminder that his well-known mantra of “party party party” is not a call for mindless self-indulgence or hedonism, but an acknowledgement of the life-saving role of joy and connection in all our lives
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W.K. responded to the award with a typically thoughtful response, thanking the association for its recognition, and issuing a frankly beautiful reminder that his well-known mantra of “party party party” is not a call for mindless self-indulgence or hedonism, but an acknowledgement of the life-saving role of joy and connection in all our lives
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
American Giant’s Hoodie Can’t Save US Manufacturing By Itself - Racked
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What is your workflow? - Café Digital - Freewrite Community
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Here’s the workflow: I draft and write by hand. Output: Notebooks. I digitize with the Freewrite.Output: File. I format and do initial corrections on the laptop. Output: Pdf. I proofread and edit on the Remarkable. Output: File. I correct, delete and add on the computer. Output: A chapter. When a narrative is finished, I go back to proofreading and editing the whole thing - as long as necessary …
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Here’s the workflow: I draft and write by hand. Output: Notebooks. I digitize with the Freewrite.Output: File. I format and do initial corrections on the laptop. Output: Pdf. I proofread and edit on the Remarkable. Output: File. I correct, delete and add on the computer. Output: A chapter. When a narrative is finished, I go back to proofreading and editing the whole thing - as long as necessary …
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Ask an indie rock veteran: Should I be forcing my kid to practice their instrument?
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The days when a kid would sit down and watch somebody play piano for entertainment are sadly fading. Therefore, I would suggest a repertoire they recognize, so there’s some context for what they are doing. Unfortunately, this probably means a pretty quick transition from “Hot Cross Buns” into “Bad Blood,” but nobody said this was going to be easy.
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The days when a kid would sit down and watch somebody play piano for entertainment are sadly fading. Therefore, I would suggest a repertoire they recognize, so there’s some context for what they are doing. Unfortunately, this probably means a pretty quick transition from “Hot Cross Buns” into “Bad Blood,” but nobody said this was going to be easy.
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Severe Frostbite is Serious Business (Story and more pics in comments) : MorbidReality
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This happened because I thought it would be smart to sleep in my car and save money by not getting a motel. My boss was coming back from being out of town the next day, at which point we were going to go to Wisconsin and work there for a few weeks where we had lodging set up. My shoes were wet from walking around in the fresh snow a bit, so I took them off. I had the heat on and figured my socks would dry out pretty quickly. Some time while I was asleep I ran out of gas. I figured I could just tough it out and figure something out in the morning. My feet hurt really bad for a while. Then they just stopped hurting, altogether. I went back to sleep. A few hours later, I tried to put my shoes back on, and found that my feet were frozen solid. My hands were very painful now, and were beginning to lose most of their mobility and sensation to touch. I contacted an ambulance and went to the hospital. Once the feet began to thaw, all of the pain came back. It has been the most painful thing I have ever experienced.
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This happened because I thought it would be smart to sleep in my car and save money by not getting a motel. My boss was coming back from being out of town the next day, at which point we were going to go to Wisconsin and work there for a few weeks where we had lodging set up. My shoes were wet from walking around in the fresh snow a bit, so I took them off. I had the heat on and figured my socks would dry out pretty quickly. Some time while I was asleep I ran out of gas. I figured I could just tough it out and figure something out in the morning. My feet hurt really bad for a while. Then they just stopped hurting, altogether. I went back to sleep. A few hours later, I tried to put my shoes back on, and found that my feet were frozen solid. My hands were very painful now, and were beginning to lose most of their mobility and sensation to touch. I contacted an ambulance and went to the hospital. Once the feet began to thaw, all of the pain came back. It has been the most painful thing I have ever experienced.
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AndroidHeadlines: Support Google & The Industry By Uninstalling Ad Blockers | Androidheadlines.com
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Therefore, on behalf of myself, and all of the website owners out there, I urge you to take this opportunity to remove your ad blocker and let Google (and the industry at large) clean up the ad business once and for all to create a better user experience for everyone who uses this great place we call the internet.
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Therefore, on behalf of myself, and all of the website owners out there, I urge you to take this opportunity to remove your ad blocker and let Google (and the industry at large) clean up the ad business once and for all to create a better user experience for everyone who uses this great place we call the internet.
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My Mother’s Eclipse – By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog
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When the sun slipped behind the moon. The universe changed in ways I had never before experienced. I cannot describe what the event itself was like: the sudden darkness, the shock of the fiery corona blazing in the darkness like a sign from a time of more ancient warrior gods and goddesses. To find the heavens I’ve known throughout my life suddenly alive with a new and powerful presence, so other as to destabilize my familiar world. It was as if every electron in my body reversed and was now spinning in a new direction. I was struck dumb. Awestruck and wordless. I’d never been left so discomfited by any natural phenomenon. I was surprised by how the heavens I knew so well were changed and enlivened in an instant. I’ve often heard the word sublime, but now I understood it, and viscerally so. I still feel it in my mind’s eye.
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When the sun slipped behind the moon. The universe changed in ways I had never before experienced. I cannot describe what the event itself was like: the sudden darkness, the shock of the fiery corona blazing in the darkness like a sign from a time of more ancient warrior gods and goddesses. To find the heavens I’ve known throughout my life suddenly alive with a new and powerful presence, so other as to destabilize my familiar world. It was as if every electron in my body reversed and was now spinning in a new direction. I was struck dumb. Awestruck and wordless. I’d never been left so discomfited by any natural phenomenon. I was surprised by how the heavens I knew so well were changed and enlivened in an instant. I’ve often heard the word sublime, but now I understood it, and viscerally so. I still feel it in my mind’s eye.
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Monday, February 19, 2018
The Big Debate: OnePlus, Good For The Industry Or Just Good At Marketing? | Androidheadlines.com
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Ditto for its long history of missteps, from going back on its software support promises for older devices and cheating on benchmarks to strange design decisions that led to inverted display panels, highly dubious privacy policies that went as far as to allow it access to its customers’ phone numbers without their knowledge, and ridiculously weak e-commerce protections that compromised tens of thousands of credit cards around the world because some of the higher-ups probably wanted to save on the costs of some trivial thingy such as end-to-end encryption for transactions. Worst of all, that’s just the tip of the OnePlus iceberg, also known as “2017.” If OnePlus stopped pretending it’s a tiny startup that’s not selling rehashed OPPO devices and just advertised its offerings as delivering the best value in their price range, I’d respect the company a lot more. Even now, I feel like OxygenOS is the best custom Android implementation I ever saw in terms of responsiveness and believe that a handset with a high-end chip and plenty of RAM under $500 should be at the top of most smartphone lists for value-oriented consumers, even without stellar after-sales support and longevity you’d expect from a more expensive product. But until OnePlus stops looking up toward Samsung while tripping over its own corporate feet, nothing will improve its public image and these endless conversations about whether its brand is good or bad for the industry will never stop. As for its promotional activities, I wouldn’t just say OnePlus is good at marketing; the company’s track record with products makes me pretty convinced it’s too good at marketing given the state of its other divisions.
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Ditto for its long history of missteps, from going back on its software support promises for older devices and cheating on benchmarks to strange design decisions that led to inverted display panels, highly dubious privacy policies that went as far as to allow it access to its customers’ phone numbers without their knowledge, and ridiculously weak e-commerce protections that compromised tens of thousands of credit cards around the world because some of the higher-ups probably wanted to save on the costs of some trivial thingy such as end-to-end encryption for transactions. Worst of all, that’s just the tip of the OnePlus iceberg, also known as “2017.” If OnePlus stopped pretending it’s a tiny startup that’s not selling rehashed OPPO devices and just advertised its offerings as delivering the best value in their price range, I’d respect the company a lot more. Even now, I feel like OxygenOS is the best custom Android implementation I ever saw in terms of responsiveness and believe that a handset with a high-end chip and plenty of RAM under $500 should be at the top of most smartphone lists for value-oriented consumers, even without stellar after-sales support and longevity you’d expect from a more expensive product. But until OnePlus stops looking up toward Samsung while tripping over its own corporate feet, nothing will improve its public image and these endless conversations about whether its brand is good or bad for the industry will never stop. As for its promotional activities, I wouldn’t just say OnePlus is good at marketing; the company’s track record with products makes me pretty convinced it’s too good at marketing given the state of its other divisions.
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Army recruiter among 6 arrested in soliciting a minor sting | KSL.com
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In Livermore's case, the group Veterans for Child Rescue, a nonprofit organization dedicated to battling child sex trafficking, placed a fake ad on Craigslist for "family love in the St. George area," according to charging documents.
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In Livermore's case, the group Veterans for Child Rescue, a nonprofit organization dedicated to battling child sex trafficking, placed a fake ad on Craigslist for "family love in the St. George area," according to charging documents.
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Alex Majoli Interview in Musée Magazine No. 18 - News & Views - Howard Greenberg Gallery
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Catalonia's Crisis Revives Spain's Old Ghosts • Alex Majoli • Magnum Photos
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“I wanted to shine my flash on society and see how the photographed subjects would react. Over the years I came to realize we often reenact something that we have already seen,” he explains, citing as an influence the 1967 work of Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle. In this book, the French Marxist theorist presented his concept that the spectacle “is not a collection of images, but rather it is a social relation among people, mediated by images.”
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“I wanted to shine my flash on society and see how the photographed subjects would react. Over the years I came to realize we often reenact something that we have already seen,” he explains, citing as an influence the 1967 work of Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle. In this book, the French Marxist theorist presented his concept that the spectacle “is not a collection of images, but rather it is a social relation among people, mediated by images.”
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Scott Hamilton Was Demoted as an Olympic Broadcaster. Don’t Feel Sorry for Him. - The New York Times
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Fine — but also time to fight back in a new way. There was no chance to undergo radiation treatment again. It would only have fried his brain, he said. The tumor was still relatively small, so Hamilton didn’t need to rush into surgery. He tried to tackle the problem differently: He stopped eating sugar, red meat and other things he considered bad for his body. He started eating organic food and drinking only coffee or water with high pH. He hit the treadmill and the weight room.
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Fine — but also time to fight back in a new way. There was no chance to undergo radiation treatment again. It would only have fried his brain, he said. The tumor was still relatively small, so Hamilton didn’t need to rush into surgery. He tried to tackle the problem differently: He stopped eating sugar, red meat and other things he considered bad for his body. He started eating organic food and drinking only coffee or water with high pH. He hit the treadmill and the weight room.
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How Unwitting Americans Encountered Russian Operatives Online - The New York Times
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Facebook's complicity in Trump ad campaign
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Facebook's complicity in Trump ad campaign
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Former Trump aide Richard Gates to plead guilty; agrees to testify against Manafort, sources say
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Gates, 45, who is married with four children, does not appear to be well positioned financially to sustain a high-powered legal defense. "He can't afford to pay it,'' said one lawyer who is involved with the investigation. "If you go to trial on this, that's $1 million to $1.5 million. Maybe more, if you need experts'' to appear as witnesses.
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Gates, 45, who is married with four children, does not appear to be well positioned financially to sustain a high-powered legal defense. "He can't afford to pay it,'' said one lawyer who is involved with the investigation. "If you go to trial on this, that's $1 million to $1.5 million. Maybe more, if you need experts'' to appear as witnesses.
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Sunday, February 18, 2018
‘An Endless War’: Why 4 U.S. Soldiers Died in a Remote African Desert - The New York Times
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Trump’s Evolution From Relief to Fury Over the Russia Indictment - The New York Times
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The president’s mood began to darken as it became clearer to him that some commentators were portraying the indictment as nothing for him to celebrate, according to three people with knowledge of his reaction. Those commentators called it proof that he had not won the election on his own, a particularly galling, if not completely accurate, charge for a president long concerned about his legitimacy. What followed was a two-day Twitter tirade that was unusually angry and defiant even by Mr. Trump’s standards. In his tweets on Sunday, Mr. Trump sought to shift the blame to Democrats for Russia’s meddling, saying that President Barack Obama had not done enough to stop the interference.
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The president’s mood began to darken as it became clearer to him that some commentators were portraying the indictment as nothing for him to celebrate, according to three people with knowledge of his reaction. Those commentators called it proof that he had not won the election on his own, a particularly galling, if not completely accurate, charge for a president long concerned about his legitimacy. What followed was a two-day Twitter tirade that was unusually angry and defiant even by Mr. Trump’s standards. In his tweets on Sunday, Mr. Trump sought to shift the blame to Democrats for Russia’s meddling, saying that President Barack Obama had not done enough to stop the interference.
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Florida School Shooting Survivors Will Lead Nationwide March
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Big Magic: Elizabeth Gilbert on Creative Courage and the Art of Living in a State of Uninterrupted Marvel – Brain Pickings
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Donald Trump's Alleged Affair With Playmate: What We Learned - Rolling Stone
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McDougal claims A.M.I. thanked her for her loyalty in numerous ways, including offering up the possibility of hosting gigs or health and fitness columns in its publications. She says Pecker flew her to New York for lunch to thank her personally for not speaking about the Trump affair, and Howard allegedly sent an email a few days later addressing possible plans for her to host A.M.I.'s awards show coverage. Crawford told The New Yorker, "They got worried that she was going to start talking again, and they came running to her."
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McDougal claims A.M.I. thanked her for her loyalty in numerous ways, including offering up the possibility of hosting gigs or health and fitness columns in its publications. She says Pecker flew her to New York for lunch to thank her personally for not speaking about the Trump affair, and Howard allegedly sent an email a few days later addressing possible plans for her to host A.M.I.'s awards show coverage. Crawford told The New Yorker, "They got worried that she was going to start talking again, and they came running to her."
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Super-G: snowboarder Ledecka wins shock gold on borrowed skis with Vonn sixth | Sport | The Guardian
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The American recalled her surprise when Ledecka beat her in a downhill training run at Lake Louise in November: “But that was a training run,” she said. “This was the Olympics.”
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The American recalled her surprise when Ledecka beat her in a downhill training run at Lake Louise in November: “But that was a training run,” she said. “This was the Olympics.”
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Laser scanning reveals 'lost' ancient Mexican city 'had as many buildings as Manhattan' | Science | The Guardian
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Fisher adds that lidar is likely to lead to further developments. “Everywhere you point the lidar instrument you find new stuff, and that is because we know so little about the archaeological universe in the Americas right now,” he said. “Right now every textbook has to be rewritten, and two years from now[they’re] going to have to be rewritten again.”
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Fisher adds that lidar is likely to lead to further developments. “Everywhere you point the lidar instrument you find new stuff, and that is because we know so little about the archaeological universe in the Americas right now,” he said. “Right now every textbook has to be rewritten, and two years from now[they’re] going to have to be rewritten again.”
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Saturday, February 17, 2018
Florida shooting: A crisis counselor on responding to mass tragedies - Vox
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My Inheritance Was My Father’s Last Lesson To Me And I Am Still Learning It
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John Perry Barlow, 70, Dies; Championed an Unfettered Internet - The New York Times
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He was born on Oct. 3, 1947, in northwestern Wyoming, near Pinedale, on a ranch that a great-uncle had started in 1907. His parents were Norman Barlow, a Republican state legislator, and the former Miriam Jenkins. John attended a one-room elementary school. Brought up in the Mormon faith, he was barred from watching television until he was in the sixth grade. As a rambunctious teenager prone to discipline and academic lapses, he was dispatched by his parents to Fountain Valley School in Colorado. He described it as “a great place for people who are intelligent and intractable.”
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He was born on Oct. 3, 1947, in northwestern Wyoming, near Pinedale, on a ranch that a great-uncle had started in 1907. His parents were Norman Barlow, a Republican state legislator, and the former Miriam Jenkins. John attended a one-room elementary school. Brought up in the Mormon faith, he was barred from watching television until he was in the sixth grade. As a rambunctious teenager prone to discipline and academic lapses, he was dispatched by his parents to Fountain Valley School in Colorado. He described it as “a great place for people who are intelligent and intractable.”
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Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Ran Like a Propaganda Startup - WSJ
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Filling in the Blanks of Jane Jacobs’ Missing Chapter – Next City
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“There are two entire chapters that were cut out that I’m sorry about,” Caro told The Daily Beast. “One was on Jane Jacobs stopping the Lower Manhattan Expressway. And one was why the New York City Planning Commission has no power so that someone like Robert Moses could run over the Planning Commission. Those are very significant things. Today I get asked a lot about both those subjects, and then I always have a pang of regret that they’re not in The Power Broker.
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“There are two entire chapters that were cut out that I’m sorry about,” Caro told The Daily Beast. “One was on Jane Jacobs stopping the Lower Manhattan Expressway. And one was why the New York City Planning Commission has no power so that someone like Robert Moses could run over the Planning Commission. Those are very significant things. Today I get asked a lot about both those subjects, and then I always have a pang of regret that they’re not in The Power Broker.
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The entirely unnecessary demise of Barnes & Noble
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This is a decision that is only made if the executive level of a company is no longer interested in helping their business. This is a decision that is made only if the executive level has decided the company is dying, and don’t care if they hasten along the demise as long as they can harvest the organs for themselves and leave everyone else with the shriveled husk. Speaking of organ harvesters.
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This is a decision that is only made if the executive level of a company is no longer interested in helping their business. This is a decision that is made only if the executive level has decided the company is dying, and don’t care if they hasten along the demise as long as they can harvest the organs for themselves and leave everyone else with the shriveled husk. Speaking of organ harvesters.
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When Malls Saved the Suburbs From Despair - The Atlantic
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I was a youth in the 1980s and early ’90s, the heyday of the mall as a cultural symbol and a commercial powerhouse. In those days, mall-going really did offer some of the social benefits Gruen had imagined. The American suburbs lack the density of daily encounters that characterizes the modernist cities of Europe, and the mall provided a space where people could amble in thick proximity.
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I was a youth in the 1980s and early ’90s, the heyday of the mall as a cultural symbol and a commercial powerhouse. In those days, mall-going really did offer some of the social benefits Gruen had imagined. The American suburbs lack the density of daily encounters that characterizes the modernist cities of Europe, and the mall provided a space where people could amble in thick proximity.
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Trader Charged With Stealing $2 Million in Cryptocurrencies - Bloomberg
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When confronted, Kim told superiors he’d engaged in personal trading using about 55 Bitcoins that belonged to Consolidated’s account and invested them in short future positions, according to the U.S. He later admitted converting Consolidated’s Litecoin that he’d taken into Bitcoin.
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When confronted, Kim told superiors he’d engaged in personal trading using about 55 Bitcoins that belonged to Consolidated’s account and invested them in short future positions, according to the U.S. He later admitted converting Consolidated’s Litecoin that he’d taken into Bitcoin.
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Chemical Cleaning Product Use Linked To Lung Function Decline Among Women: Study : Health : Tech Times
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Cleaners And Non-Cleaners Results of the study show evidence of lung function decline among the women who cleaned both professionally and at home, but more so among the professional cleaners. In fact, the decline in lung function capacity among cleaners was found to be comparable to smoking almost 20 pack-years. What's more, they also found higher asthma prevalence among the women who cleaned professionally and at home than the women who did not clean. "When you think of inhaling small particles from cleaning agents that are meant for cleaning the floor and not your lungs, maybe it is not so surprising after all," said lead study author Øistein Svanes. The team surmises that perhaps the decline comes as a result of the irritation caused by cleaning chemicals on the mucous membranes that line the airways.
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Cleaners And Non-Cleaners Results of the study show evidence of lung function decline among the women who cleaned both professionally and at home, but more so among the professional cleaners. In fact, the decline in lung function capacity among cleaners was found to be comparable to smoking almost 20 pack-years. What's more, they also found higher asthma prevalence among the women who cleaned professionally and at home than the women who did not clean. "When you think of inhaling small particles from cleaning agents that are meant for cleaning the floor and not your lungs, maybe it is not so surprising after all," said lead study author Øistein Svanes. The team surmises that perhaps the decline comes as a result of the irritation caused by cleaning chemicals on the mucous membranes that line the airways.
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Friday, February 16, 2018
Donald Trump, the Playboy Model Karen McDougal, and a System for Concealing Infidelity | The New Yorker
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow - Kindle edition by Yuval Noah Harari. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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Harari is abusing the word "humanism," as a canvas on which to paint his caricature of modern liberal culture ("liberal" in the classical sense, not in the sense of left-wing politics). He is not really interested in what humanist writers and philosophers have actually said, and does not reference their works. He claims that humanism promotes the belief in a supernatural free will (when in fact, humanists value agency and freedom, but have differing opinions on free will). He claims that humanism believes in an indivisible self/soul (when in fact, psychologists since Freud have a different understanding). And he claims that humanism believes that individuals always know best about their own needs (when in fact, many have emphasized the importance of education in our development--he does not even reference John Dewey). Harari also co-opts related terms that already have other established meanings, such as "evolutionary humanism" and "liberal humanism".
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Harari is abusing the word "humanism," as a canvas on which to paint his caricature of modern liberal culture ("liberal" in the classical sense, not in the sense of left-wing politics). He is not really interested in what humanist writers and philosophers have actually said, and does not reference their works. He claims that humanism promotes the belief in a supernatural free will (when in fact, humanists value agency and freedom, but have differing opinions on free will). He claims that humanism believes in an indivisible self/soul (when in fact, psychologists since Freud have a different understanding). And he claims that humanism believes that individuals always know best about their own needs (when in fact, many have emphasized the importance of education in our development--he does not even reference John Dewey). Harari also co-opts related terms that already have other established meanings, such as "evolutionary humanism" and "liberal humanism".
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Internet rages after Google removes “view image” button, bowing to Getty | Ars Technica
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Google's Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, announced the change on Twitter yesterday, saying it would "help connect users and useful websites." Later Sullivan admitted that "these changes came about in part due to our settlement with Getty Images this week" and that "they are designed to strike a balance between serving user needs and publisher concerns, both stakeholders we value."
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Google's Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, announced the change on Twitter yesterday, saying it would "help connect users and useful websites." Later Sullivan admitted that "these changes came about in part due to our settlement with Getty Images this week" and that "they are designed to strike a balance between serving user needs and publisher concerns, both stakeholders we value."
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Can’t sleep? Blame your ageing brain | World Economic Forum
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New research suggests that as we age, we start losing the neuronal connections that pick up on sleepiness cues. Researchers from Berkeley published a paper in the journal Neuron, saying that we are less able to get the sleep we need because of changes in our brains. The lead author of the study, Matthew Walker, told Popular Science: “It’s almost like a radio antenna that’s weak. The signal is there, but the antenna just can’t pick it up.”
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New research suggests that as we age, we start losing the neuronal connections that pick up on sleepiness cues. Researchers from Berkeley published a paper in the journal Neuron, saying that we are less able to get the sleep we need because of changes in our brains. The lead author of the study, Matthew Walker, told Popular Science: “It’s almost like a radio antenna that’s weak. The signal is there, but the antenna just can’t pick it up.”
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The 3 Seconds of the Munich Olympics That Never Seem to Run Out - The New York Times
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Thursday, February 15, 2018
Survivor Of Florida Shooting Pleads To Congress: 'We're Children, You Guys Are The Adults... Take Some Action' - Digg
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Boso Peninsula Travel: Mount Nokogiriyama (Nihonji Temple)
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There are trails that go up the mountains that connect the two train stations. There's a tunnel that goes through the mountains.
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There are trails that go up the mountains that connect the two train stations. There's a tunnel that goes through the mountains.
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Steve Bannon met with Mueller multiple times over the past week - NBC News
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“The only questions he would answer were questions that had been scripted, literally scripted for him by the White House,” Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the committee, told reporters. “Whenever we sought to probe anything beyond the four corners of the specific wording of the question, he refused to answer. That’s not how executive privilege works.”
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“The only questions he would answer were questions that had been scripted, literally scripted for him by the White House,” Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the committee, told reporters. “Whenever we sought to probe anything beyond the four corners of the specific wording of the question, he refused to answer. That’s not how executive privilege works.”
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The NY Times Fires Tech Writer Quinn Norton, and It’s Complicated | WIRED
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Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand | News | The Guardian
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1) The democratic nation-state basically operates like a criminal cartel, forcing honest citizens to surrender large portions of their wealth to pay for stuff like roads and hospitals and schools. Advertisement 2) The rise of the internet, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, will make it impossible for governments to intervene in private transactions and to tax incomes, thereby liberating individuals from the political protection racket of democracy. 3) The state will consequently become obsolete as a political entity. 4) Out of this wreckage will emerge a new global dispensation, in which a “cognitive elite” will rise to power and influence, as a class of sovereign individuals “commanding vastly greater resources” who will no longer be subject to the power of nation-states and will redesign governments to suit their ends.
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1) The democratic nation-state basically operates like a criminal cartel, forcing honest citizens to surrender large portions of their wealth to pay for stuff like roads and hospitals and schools. Advertisement 2) The rise of the internet, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, will make it impossible for governments to intervene in private transactions and to tax incomes, thereby liberating individuals from the political protection racket of democracy. 3) The state will consequently become obsolete as a political entity. 4) Out of this wreckage will emerge a new global dispensation, in which a “cognitive elite” will rise to power and influence, as a class of sovereign individuals “commanding vastly greater resources” who will no longer be subject to the power of nation-states and will redesign governments to suit their ends.
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Ideologies of Boring Things: The Internet and Infrastructures of Race - Los Angeles Review of Books
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Our Moloch | by Garry Wills | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books
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The gun is not a mere tool, a bit of technology, a political issue, a point of debate. It is an object of reverence. Devotion to it precludes interruption with the sacrifices it entails. Like most gods, it does what it will, and cannot be questioned. Its acolytes think it is capable only of good things. It guarantees life and safety and freedom. It even guarantees law. Law grows from it. Then how can law question it?
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The gun is not a mere tool, a bit of technology, a political issue, a point of debate. It is an object of reverence. Devotion to it precludes interruption with the sacrifices it entails. Like most gods, it does what it will, and cannot be questioned. Its acolytes think it is capable only of good things. It guarantees life and safety and freedom. It even guarantees law. Law grows from it. Then how can law question it?
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Insider trading has been rife on Wall Street, academics conclude - In the know
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In the two years prior to the TARP, these people’s trading gave no evidence of unusual insight. But in the nine months after the TARP was announced, they achieved particularly good results. The paper concludes that “politically connected insiders had a significant information advantage during the crisis and traded to exploit this advantage.”
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In the two years prior to the TARP, these people’s trading gave no evidence of unusual insight. But in the nine months after the TARP was announced, they achieved particularly good results. The paper concludes that “politically connected insiders had a significant information advantage during the crisis and traded to exploit this advantage.”
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Timothée Chalamet Has Arrived Right on Time | GQ
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What 75 Years in the Mormon Church Taught Me About Assault
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Despite this, over the last five or six years, I have seen evidence that Mormon bishops are maybe learning to handle reports of family violence better. Many now recommend professional counseling, or in extreme cases recommend calling the police, even standing alongside a woman to support her calling the police and filing a claim. But this is still new. And these are not all Mormon bishops. Many are just like the ones that Porter’s wives described. They warn against going public or making an accusation to law enforcement, or even having the bishop talk to both of them to indicate that he knows what is going on, so as to keep the stories of abuse quiet.
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Despite this, over the last five or six years, I have seen evidence that Mormon bishops are maybe learning to handle reports of family violence better. Many now recommend professional counseling, or in extreme cases recommend calling the police, even standing alongside a woman to support her calling the police and filing a claim. But this is still new. And these are not all Mormon bishops. Many are just like the ones that Porter’s wives described. They warn against going public or making an accusation to law enforcement, or even having the bishop talk to both of them to indicate that he knows what is going on, so as to keep the stories of abuse quiet.
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Warren addresses Native American heritage claims and 'Pocahontas' slamming Trump - The Washington Post
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On Wednesday, Warren did not shy away from again stating that she was partly of Native American descent. She said her paternal grandparents had been “bitterly opposed” to her parents’ relationship because her mother’s family was part Native American, though Warren did not further specify their background. Nevertheless, she said, her parents eloped in 1932 and remained married for 63 years.
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On Wednesday, Warren did not shy away from again stating that she was partly of Native American descent. She said her paternal grandparents had been “bitterly opposed” to her parents’ relationship because her mother’s family was part Native American, though Warren did not further specify their background. Nevertheless, she said, her parents eloped in 1932 and remained married for 63 years.
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The Space-Biff! Historical Journal | BoardGameGeek
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Avatar hanibalicious wrote: Genuinely one of the few games we agree on (note- I love your writing style- indeed, over in our GCL we're talking about what makes a good review... and you specifically), and that's saying quite a bit. Thanks for linking that, if only because it's incredibly disconcerting seeing my writing discussed on the internet. I’ve never been entirely clear on how to respond to such things. Interesting, too, because even that short discussion contains an entire essay's worth of responses that I would love to write if only I had the time and inclination. Not necessarily counterpoints so much as mournful agreements. For instance, I abhor most reviewers' fear of subjectivity and the compulsion to be as positive as possible in order to keep the gravy train of review copies flowing. In fact, those are two of the main reasons that I keep Space-Biff! running. When I began, I was tired of seeing reviews that were poorly written, broke their back reaching for that mythological objectivity, didn't strive to capture the way a game felt, and came across as shills. Because of these realities, it often feels as though I'm fighting an uphill battle. When I'm positive, I'm accused of being too positive. When I'm negative, I'm accused of being too negative. When I try to write about independent titles at the expense of the stuff that will generate two hundred reviews within a month of publication, I come across as being contrarian. When I strive to discuss both the good and bad about a game, which is my main goal for any review, it seems like I'm avoiding a firm stance. The truth of the matter is that I'm being as subjective as possible. Whether I liked or disliked a game, I regard it as my "job" to explain why that was, as clearly and crisply as possible, while doing my best to ignore how a publisher (or a friend, or my audience) will feel about my conclusions. Again, I sympathize with some of your GCL-mates' perspectives on critical positivity. As someone who's now spent some time on the "inside" of this industry, I've seen many of these issues firsthand. Offers for paid previews, publishers attempting to strong-arm favorable write-ups, content outlets fearful of losing advertising money, sock-puppet legions of harassers with identical IP addresses waging war on something they disagreed with... for an industry with so much growing up ahead of us, we have our share of hair on our chest. Which is why I’m doing the best I can to keep a clear head, stay independent, and write the same type of reviews that I value whenever they pop up elsewhere: subjective, personal, expressive, and opinionated. If one of my reviews doesn’t explain why a game did or did not appeal to another person — well, it wasn’t mean to. It was meant to explain why something appealed to me. I make an effort to account for other tastes and explain enough about the game to help a prospective game-player and -purchaser make a decision, but a mind-reader is the last career I could lay claim to. Hopefully, people who disagree with my assessments will feel free to drop a comment on my site and have an open discussion about what we both value in a design. As an aside, I also got a good chuckle thanks to the fellow who wasn't very excited about my earliest reviews. We'd probably be in agreement about the majority of those. I tend to believe that it's fine to own your past, mistakes and all, which is why I keep those active rather than quietly taking them down. When I entered this hobby, my only touchstones became my first reviews, which were positive because I was having a good time with my friends and family. I like to think my tastes have matured. Hopefully. Probably a better idea to start at the back end rather than the front, is what I’m saying.
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Avatar hanibalicious wrote: Genuinely one of the few games we agree on (note- I love your writing style- indeed, over in our GCL we're talking about what makes a good review... and you specifically), and that's saying quite a bit. Thanks for linking that, if only because it's incredibly disconcerting seeing my writing discussed on the internet. I’ve never been entirely clear on how to respond to such things. Interesting, too, because even that short discussion contains an entire essay's worth of responses that I would love to write if only I had the time and inclination. Not necessarily counterpoints so much as mournful agreements. For instance, I abhor most reviewers' fear of subjectivity and the compulsion to be as positive as possible in order to keep the gravy train of review copies flowing. In fact, those are two of the main reasons that I keep Space-Biff! running. When I began, I was tired of seeing reviews that were poorly written, broke their back reaching for that mythological objectivity, didn't strive to capture the way a game felt, and came across as shills. Because of these realities, it often feels as though I'm fighting an uphill battle. When I'm positive, I'm accused of being too positive. When I'm negative, I'm accused of being too negative. When I try to write about independent titles at the expense of the stuff that will generate two hundred reviews within a month of publication, I come across as being contrarian. When I strive to discuss both the good and bad about a game, which is my main goal for any review, it seems like I'm avoiding a firm stance. The truth of the matter is that I'm being as subjective as possible. Whether I liked or disliked a game, I regard it as my "job" to explain why that was, as clearly and crisply as possible, while doing my best to ignore how a publisher (or a friend, or my audience) will feel about my conclusions. Again, I sympathize with some of your GCL-mates' perspectives on critical positivity. As someone who's now spent some time on the "inside" of this industry, I've seen many of these issues firsthand. Offers for paid previews, publishers attempting to strong-arm favorable write-ups, content outlets fearful of losing advertising money, sock-puppet legions of harassers with identical IP addresses waging war on something they disagreed with... for an industry with so much growing up ahead of us, we have our share of hair on our chest. Which is why I’m doing the best I can to keep a clear head, stay independent, and write the same type of reviews that I value whenever they pop up elsewhere: subjective, personal, expressive, and opinionated. If one of my reviews doesn’t explain why a game did or did not appeal to another person — well, it wasn’t mean to. It was meant to explain why something appealed to me. I make an effort to account for other tastes and explain enough about the game to help a prospective game-player and -purchaser make a decision, but a mind-reader is the last career I could lay claim to. Hopefully, people who disagree with my assessments will feel free to drop a comment on my site and have an open discussion about what we both value in a design. As an aside, I also got a good chuckle thanks to the fellow who wasn't very excited about my earliest reviews. We'd probably be in agreement about the majority of those. I tend to believe that it's fine to own your past, mistakes and all, which is why I keep those active rather than quietly taking them down. When I entered this hobby, my only touchstones became my first reviews, which were positive because I was having a good time with my friends and family. I like to think my tastes have matured. Hopefully. Probably a better idea to start at the back end rather than the front, is what I’m saying.
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The Haunting of Lindsey Jacobellis - The New York Times
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It is the same positive-thinking mantra athletes routinely hear. Shull does not buy it. It’s O.K., even helpful, she said, to be nervous at the starting gate, to hate a certain part of the course, to have memories of falling as the next finish line approaches. Just talk about it.
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It is the same positive-thinking mantra athletes routinely hear. Shull does not buy it. It’s O.K., even helpful, she said, to be nervous at the starting gate, to hate a certain part of the course, to have memories of falling as the next finish line approaches. Just talk about it.
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Chris Rock turns in half of a great special with his Netflix comeback
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Mocking a grieving white mother appealing to Al Sharpton for “justice for Chad” is the sort of darkly funny, righteously pissed off stuff that Rock rides all the way home.
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Mocking a grieving white mother appealing to Al Sharpton for “justice for Chad” is the sort of darkly funny, righteously pissed off stuff that Rock rides all the way home.
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I Lived On 51% Of My Income — Saving, Shopping Ban
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The Truth about Clapton and the death of our son
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[ToM] Tribe of Mentors Book Club - Day #8 - Naval Ravikant - THE WATERCOOLER / Hobbies - The Bitcoin Pub
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“Follow your intellectual curiosity over whatever is “hot” right now. If your curiosity ever leads you to a place where society eventually wants to go, you’ll get paid extremely well.”
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“Follow your intellectual curiosity over whatever is “hot” right now. If your curiosity ever leads you to a place where society eventually wants to go, you’ll get paid extremely well.”
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Penny Arcade - News - The Dumbest Timeline
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Logan Paul is making a fool of them over and over again, and perforating the platform for other creators. Now they’ve put him on timeout like the fucking child he is. They can stop paying him, but it doesn’t stop him getting paid. They made a kind of monster machine, with every possible lever thrown towards a caustic narcissism, and then they pretend to be fucking surprised when an unbroken stream of monsters emerge.
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Logan Paul is making a fool of them over and over again, and perforating the platform for other creators. Now they’ve put him on timeout like the fucking child he is. They can stop paying him, but it doesn’t stop him getting paid. They made a kind of monster machine, with every possible lever thrown towards a caustic narcissism, and then they pretend to be fucking surprised when an unbroken stream of monsters emerge.
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What the Google–Uber fight was really about.
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Iran Says Enemies Used Lizards to Spy on Nuclear Program
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“In their possessions were a variety of reptile desert species like lizards, chameleons.... We found out that their skin attracts atomic waves and that they were nuclear spies who wanted to find out where inside the Islamic Republic of Iran we have uranium mines and where we are engaged in atomic activities,” Firuzabadi said.
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“In their possessions were a variety of reptile desert species like lizards, chameleons.... We found out that their skin attracts atomic waves and that they were nuclear spies who wanted to find out where inside the Islamic Republic of Iran we have uranium mines and where we are engaged in atomic activities,” Firuzabadi said.
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Is American infrastructure crumbling? Hardly
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A recent expose by the New York Times showed that politicians and the unions that own them are to blame for the Big Apple's deteriorating subway system. For years they've raided transportation funds for pet projects, like failing upstate ski resorts. Beyond New York, a perfect storm of ribbon-cutting fetishizing, environmentalism and envy of other countries has led to high-speed rail mania. Although zippy trains are nifty, they zoom past the fact America has the best rail system — for our needs. In Europe, trucks move goods and trains move people. In America, we do it the other way around.
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A recent expose by the New York Times showed that politicians and the unions that own them are to blame for the Big Apple's deteriorating subway system. For years they've raided transportation funds for pet projects, like failing upstate ski resorts. Beyond New York, a perfect storm of ribbon-cutting fetishizing, environmentalism and envy of other countries has led to high-speed rail mania. Although zippy trains are nifty, they zoom past the fact America has the best rail system — for our needs. In Europe, trucks move goods and trains move people. In America, we do it the other way around.
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Dozens of Russians Are Believed Killed in U.S.-Backed Syria Attack - The New York Times
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“Coalition officials were in regular communication with Russian counterparts before, during and after the thwarted, unprovoked attack,” according to Col. Ryan S. Dillon, a spokesman for the American military. “Russian officials assured coalition officials they would not engage coalition forces in the vicinity.”
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“Coalition officials were in regular communication with Russian counterparts before, during and after the thwarted, unprovoked attack,” according to Col. Ryan S. Dillon, a spokesman for the American military. “Russian officials assured coalition officials they would not engage coalition forces in the vicinity.”
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The Attention Economy and the Net
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Goldhaber, Michael H.. "The attention economy and the Net." First Monday [Online], 2.4 (1997): n. pag. Web. 13 Feb. 2018 On attention's scarcity and its economic importance, see also Michael H. Goldhaber, 1989. "Equality and Education in America Now," In: Education and the American Dream, H. Holtz, I. Marcus, J. Dougherty, J. Michaels, and R. Peduzzi (eds.), Granby, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey, Chapter 6, pp. 70-76; Michael H. Goldhaber, 1992. "The Attention Society," Release 1.0, ( 26 March), No. 3, E. Dyson (ed.), New York, EDventure Holdings, pp. 1-20; Michael H. Goldhaber, 1992. "Attention: The System of Post Industrialism?" Z papers, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April-June); and, Michael H. Goldhaber, 1996-97, Web site:
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Goldhaber, Michael H.. "The attention economy and the Net." First Monday [Online], 2.4 (1997): n. pag. Web. 13 Feb. 2018 On attention's scarcity and its economic importance, see also Michael H. Goldhaber, 1989. "Equality and Education in America Now," In: Education and the American Dream, H. Holtz, I. Marcus, J. Dougherty, J. Michaels, and R. Peduzzi (eds.), Granby, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey, Chapter 6, pp. 70-76; Michael H. Goldhaber, 1992. "The Attention Society," Release 1.0, ( 26 March), No. 3, E. Dyson (ed.), New York, EDventure Holdings, pp. 1-20; Michael H. Goldhaber, 1992. "Attention: The System of Post Industrialism?" Z papers, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April-June); and, Michael H. Goldhaber, 1996-97, Web site:
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There Is No Such Thing as a Smart City - The Atlantic
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So if grand old London is smart, with its empty skyscrapers, creepy CCTV videocams, and sewers plugged with animal fat, then we probably needn’t fret about the Elon Musk sequins and stardust of digital urbanism. Better to reimagine the forthcoming urban future as a mirror of Rome, that “Eternal City,” where nothing much ever gets tech-fixed, but everything changes constantly so that everything can remain the same.
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So if grand old London is smart, with its empty skyscrapers, creepy CCTV videocams, and sewers plugged with animal fat, then we probably needn’t fret about the Elon Musk sequins and stardust of digital urbanism. Better to reimagine the forthcoming urban future as a mirror of Rome, that “Eternal City,” where nothing much ever gets tech-fixed, but everything changes constantly so that everything can remain the same.
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10 tough questions we get asked | Bill Gates
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Although we travel extensively to learn about the lives of poor people in other countries, we’ve done less of that in America. So last fall, we took a trip to the South to learn more.
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Although we travel extensively to learn about the lives of poor people in other countries, we’ve done less of that in America. So last fall, we took a trip to the South to learn more.
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Could Utah’s sales tax on food vanish? - The Salt Lake Tribune
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Billy Hesterman, vice president of the Utah Taxpayers Association, said his group prefers to broaden the tax base to lower rates, while this bill does the opposite.
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Billy Hesterman, vice president of the Utah Taxpayers Association, said his group prefers to broaden the tax base to lower rates, while this bill does the opposite.
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Monday, February 12, 2018
Inside Facebook's Hellish Two Years—and Mark Zuckerberg's Struggle to Fix it All | WIRED
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How Hollywood Salaries Really Work | Vanity Fair
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Major Neurological Conditions Have More In Common Than We Thought, Study Finds : The Two-Way : NPR
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The researchers found that the way genes express themselves in patients with autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder actually have a lot in common. Broadly, that includes fewer genes involved in signaling between neurons and more genes related to neuroinflammatory cells. There are areas of clear divergence, too — an increase in genes related to a certain kind of neuroinflammatory cell was present in patients with autism, but not those with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Major depression was very distinct, he says. "And alcoholism didn't overlap with any of them at all."
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The researchers found that the way genes express themselves in patients with autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder actually have a lot in common. Broadly, that includes fewer genes involved in signaling between neurons and more genes related to neuroinflammatory cells. There are areas of clear divergence, too — an increase in genes related to a certain kind of neuroinflammatory cell was present in patients with autism, but not those with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Major depression was very distinct, he says. "And alcoholism didn't overlap with any of them at all."
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Tokyo Drifter: Editorial and commercial photographer Alfie Goodrich on working in Japan: Digital Photography Review
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Oh, and my two sons still hate me for the fact that - with the Duke - I managed to get inside the driver's compartment of the bullet-train. You can only really do that if you have a Prince to get you in the door.
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Oh, and my two sons still hate me for the fact that - with the Duke - I managed to get inside the driver's compartment of the bullet-train. You can only really do that if you have a Prince to get you in the door.
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Tokyo Drifter: Editorial and commercial photographer Alfie Goodrich on working in Japan: Digital Photography Review
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Playing the 'stupid foreigner' card obviously is something I will do occasionally. I'm well mannered and polite but if I want a shot than I will try, within reason, plenty of things to try and get it. If pretending not to understand the rules is one, I'll do it.
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Playing the 'stupid foreigner' card obviously is something I will do occasionally. I'm well mannered and polite but if I want a shot than I will try, within reason, plenty of things to try and get it. If pretending not to understand the rules is one, I'll do it.
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Sunday, February 11, 2018
NBC fires Olympic analyst after comments infuriate South Korea - MarketWatch
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“Every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural, technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation,” said Ramo, who sits on the board of Starbucks SBUX, +1.51% and FedEx FDX, -1.65% while working as co-CEO of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s consulting firm.
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“Every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural, technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation,” said Ramo, who sits on the board of Starbucks SBUX, +1.51% and FedEx FDX, -1.65% while working as co-CEO of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s consulting firm.
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The Healthiest People In The World Eat A Lot Of Carbs | HuffPost
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Japan’s nutrition guidelines reflect the country’s traditional diet, which is high in grains, fish and soybean products, but low in fat. In the U.S., where the tide appears to be turning against grains and toward larger intakes of fat, Japan’s contrasting food guidelines are a good reminder that there’s no “correct” way to eat nutritious food — just different styles that suit different people and cultures best. Given their diet of whole, unprocessed foods, as well as their active lifestyle, it’s no wonder that Japanese people can tolerate more grains than the average American, said DiNicolantonio. “I think the best takeaway for Americans, when looking at the Japanese, is that if we restrict our intake of refined sugar, industrial seed oils, and increase [our] intake of marine omega-3s, then we might be able to tolerate eating more rice,” he said.
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Japan’s nutrition guidelines reflect the country’s traditional diet, which is high in grains, fish and soybean products, but low in fat. In the U.S., where the tide appears to be turning against grains and toward larger intakes of fat, Japan’s contrasting food guidelines are a good reminder that there’s no “correct” way to eat nutritious food — just different styles that suit different people and cultures best. Given their diet of whole, unprocessed foods, as well as their active lifestyle, it’s no wonder that Japanese people can tolerate more grains than the average American, said DiNicolantonio. “I think the best takeaway for Americans, when looking at the Japanese, is that if we restrict our intake of refined sugar, industrial seed oils, and increase [our] intake of marine omega-3s, then we might be able to tolerate eating more rice,” he said.
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Tokyo Drifter: Editorial and commercial photographer Alfie Goodrich on working in Japan: Digital Photography Review
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One of the good things I would say here is that once you make business relationships, they tend to last. In the UK I would often come across the situation of having clients disappear to someone else based on cost: if Photographer X down the road was delivering Product A for £1 less an hour, then they'd move. That doesn't happen in Japan. Trust and relationships take longer to build, which can be frustrating at first, but once you've made that relationship it isn't really ever going to go south over trifling amounts of money.
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One of the good things I would say here is that once you make business relationships, they tend to last. In the UK I would often come across the situation of having clients disappear to someone else based on cost: if Photographer X down the road was delivering Product A for £1 less an hour, then they'd move. That doesn't happen in Japan. Trust and relationships take longer to build, which can be frustrating at first, but once you've made that relationship it isn't really ever going to go south over trifling amounts of money.
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The car of the future is taking shape—and it will know how we feel about it | Ars Technica
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Tonya Harding admits prior knowledge of Nancy Kerrigan attack on ABC special
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ART; The Sinister Beauty of Global Conspiracies - The New York Times
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Another purports to show how Iraq was armed in the 1980's through a secret scheme supposedly involving the top levels of the American and British governments and Italy's largest bank, the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. Yet another follows the course by which the Bank of Commerce and Credit, International (B.C.C.I.) was accused of having become a funnel for a variety of illegal operations, including laundering drug money, supporting the Iran-Contra operation and backing Afghan Mujahedeen fighters.
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Another purports to show how Iraq was armed in the 1980's through a secret scheme supposedly involving the top levels of the American and British governments and Italy's largest bank, the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. Yet another follows the course by which the Bank of Commerce and Credit, International (B.C.C.I.) was accused of having become a funnel for a variety of illegal operations, including laundering drug money, supporting the Iran-Contra operation and backing Afghan Mujahedeen fighters.
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Making money with SmugMug?: Pro Digital Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
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Yes, you can make money with Smugmug. I have had almost 8 MILLION hits on my Smugmug site in about the last 2 years. I shoot 90% sports. But, I've created a marketing system to support the Smugmug galleries based on websites and other forms of marketing. Every one ends up at Smugmug. I've created my own niche market. I think that's important. I also do things like collages and posters which are important sales sources for me, but about 50% of my sales are from Smugmug prints. I work hard but am making a living. The Smugmug support is wonderful. Have a good one, Al http://ift.tt/2BmV5n3
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Yes, you can make money with Smugmug. I have had almost 8 MILLION hits on my Smugmug site in about the last 2 years. I shoot 90% sports. But, I've created a marketing system to support the Smugmug galleries based on websites and other forms of marketing. Every one ends up at Smugmug. I've created my own niche market. I think that's important. I also do things like collages and posters which are important sales sources for me, but about 50% of my sales are from Smugmug prints. I work hard but am making a living. The Smugmug support is wonderful. Have a good one, Al http://ift.tt/2BmV5n3
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A federal court just unsealed Trump's 20-year-old dirty secrets
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Ivanka and Eric Trump were close to being criminally charged for their roles in Trump SoHo until family fixer attorney Marc Kasowitz intervened, and was later discovered to have given a substantial political donation to the Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance.
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Ivanka and Eric Trump were close to being criminally charged for their roles in Trump SoHo until family fixer attorney Marc Kasowitz intervened, and was later discovered to have given a substantial political donation to the Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance.
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Saturday, February 10, 2018
Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Lonely Planet Tokyo (Travel Guide)
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First travel tip: anytime you take the subway just ask someone that works for train company. My Japanese friend from Tokyo had to do just that the system is just really complex. Second: If you need to find a subway exit that has a street name look at google maps, they will have the street name/exit in english. Third: google maps will get you pretty much to just about anything, the tall buildings may confuse it at some times, but it will get you there.
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First travel tip: anytime you take the subway just ask someone that works for train company. My Japanese friend from Tokyo had to do just that the system is just really complex. Second: If you need to find a subway exit that has a street name look at google maps, they will have the street name/exit in english. Third: google maps will get you pretty much to just about anything, the tall buildings may confuse it at some times, but it will get you there.
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Wow! 10 Natural Remedies for UTI That Give Fast Relief...
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Number one - antibiotics rarely kill the microbes that actually cause a UTI, particularly Escherichia coli, which is the bacteria responsible for 90% of all UTI cases. And number two - antibiotics kill off the friendly bacteria in the digestive tract, which then allows the growth of harmful bacteria. So further down the track you'll very likely end up with other problems (along with a painful re-occurrence of your urinary tract infection) such as chronic candida overload (thrush). This is a serious problem as candida fungus release toxic "candida buds" that eventually find their way into the blood stream and poison your blood!
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Number one - antibiotics rarely kill the microbes that actually cause a UTI, particularly Escherichia coli, which is the bacteria responsible for 90% of all UTI cases. And number two - antibiotics kill off the friendly bacteria in the digestive tract, which then allows the growth of harmful bacteria. So further down the track you'll very likely end up with other problems (along with a painful re-occurrence of your urinary tract infection) such as chronic candida overload (thrush). This is a serious problem as candida fungus release toxic "candida buds" that eventually find their way into the blood stream and poison your blood!
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Trump Blocks Release of Memo Rebutting Republican Claims - The New York Times
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The White Darkness: A Journey Across Antarctica | The New Yorker
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The Price-Fixing Scandal Rocking Big Chicken – Mother Jones
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In a 2017 report on Agri Stats, Bloomberg found that between 2009 and 2016, Tyson’s operating margins grew from 1.6 percent to 11.9 percent. At Pilgrim’s Pride, between 2012 and 2015, operating margins grew from 3.8 percent to 12.77 percent. The first lawsuit brought against the processors was a class action filed by a food wholesaler, Maplevale Farms, in September 2016. That suit alleged that from 2008 onward, Tyson and Pilgrim’s Pride coordinated their efforts to reduce their broiler stock and forced a “nearly 50 percent increase in Broiler wholesale prices since 2008, despite input costs (primarily corn and soybeans) falling roughly 20 percent to 23 percent over the same time period.” Maplevale claimed that consequently, it paid inflated prices for chicken over the course of several years.
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In a 2017 report on Agri Stats, Bloomberg found that between 2009 and 2016, Tyson’s operating margins grew from 1.6 percent to 11.9 percent. At Pilgrim’s Pride, between 2012 and 2015, operating margins grew from 3.8 percent to 12.77 percent. The first lawsuit brought against the processors was a class action filed by a food wholesaler, Maplevale Farms, in September 2016. That suit alleged that from 2008 onward, Tyson and Pilgrim’s Pride coordinated their efforts to reduce their broiler stock and forced a “nearly 50 percent increase in Broiler wholesale prices since 2008, despite input costs (primarily corn and soybeans) falling roughly 20 percent to 23 percent over the same time period.” Maplevale claimed that consequently, it paid inflated prices for chicken over the course of several years.
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Saturday Night Massacre - Wikipedia
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In his posthumously published memoirs, Bork claimed Nixon promised him the next seat on the Supreme Court following Bork's role in firing Cox. Nixon was unable to carry out that promise, but President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork for the Supreme Court in 1987; he was rejected by the Senate.
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In his posthumously published memoirs, Bork claimed Nixon promised him the next seat on the Supreme Court following Bork's role in firing Cox. Nixon was unable to carry out that promise, but President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork for the Supreme Court in 1987; he was rejected by the Senate.
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Producer Cardo talks making Drake's #1 hit, Kendrick Lamar's "evil genius" | Digital Trends
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He’s been making music since he was 16 years old, when Playstation’s MTV Music Generator game was his music studio in the early 2000s. He even got fired from his job selling home loans at Bank of America after getting caught making beats at his desk. “[My manager] told me to my face, ‘You not going to make it nowhere with this music shit,” Cardo recalls. What did you use to make Drake’s God’s Plan? Just Fruity Loops. Yeah, and some VST’s (Virtual Studio Technology). I can’t give away the VST’s. [Laughs]. Every magician can’t give their damn tricks out. All I’ll tell y’all is you can make anything out of anything. That’s a fucking fact.
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He’s been making music since he was 16 years old, when Playstation’s MTV Music Generator game was his music studio in the early 2000s. He even got fired from his job selling home loans at Bank of America after getting caught making beats at his desk. “[My manager] told me to my face, ‘You not going to make it nowhere with this music shit,” Cardo recalls. What did you use to make Drake’s God’s Plan? Just Fruity Loops. Yeah, and some VST’s (Virtual Studio Technology). I can’t give away the VST’s. [Laughs]. Every magician can’t give their damn tricks out. All I’ll tell y’all is you can make anything out of anything. That’s a fucking fact.
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Lift Weights, Eat More Protein, Especially if You’re Over 40 - The New York Times
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But those who did ramp up their protein gained an extra 10 percent or so in strength and about 25 percent in muscle mass compared to the control groups. The researchers also looked for the sweet spot for protein intake, which turned out to be about 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day. In practical terms, that would amount to about 130 grams of protein a day for a 175-pound man. (A chicken breast has about 45 grams of protein.) Beyond that point, more protein did not result in more muscle benefits.
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But those who did ramp up their protein gained an extra 10 percent or so in strength and about 25 percent in muscle mass compared to the control groups. The researchers also looked for the sweet spot for protein intake, which turned out to be about 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day. In practical terms, that would amount to about 130 grams of protein a day for a 175-pound man. (A chicken breast has about 45 grams of protein.) Beyond that point, more protein did not result in more muscle benefits.
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Inside the mean-girls culture that destroyed ‘Sex and the City’ | New York Post
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Sci-Fi Writer William Gibson Reimagines the World After the 2016 Election - The New York Times
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He changed the framework by resurrecting the time-travel mechanism he created in “The Peripheral” and making the world in which Mrs. Clinton won the presidency a stub, an alternate branch of reality created by a meddling time traveler. Perhaps not surprisingly, given his grim vision of the future, Mr. Gibson tries to shrug off the prophet label. He’d rather not be called a prescient visionary. “Every imaginary future ever written is about the time it was written in,” he said. “People talk about science fiction’s predictive possibilities, but that’s a byproduct. It’s all really about now.”
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He changed the framework by resurrecting the time-travel mechanism he created in “The Peripheral” and making the world in which Mrs. Clinton won the presidency a stub, an alternate branch of reality created by a meddling time traveler. Perhaps not surprisingly, given his grim vision of the future, Mr. Gibson tries to shrug off the prophet label. He’d rather not be called a prescient visionary. “Every imaginary future ever written is about the time it was written in,” he said. “People talk about science fiction’s predictive possibilities, but that’s a byproduct. It’s all really about now.”
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No one’s coming. It’s up to us. – Dan Hon – Medium
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The Enthralling, Anxious World of Vladimir Nabokov’s Dreams | The New Yorker
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Nabokov had been reading deeply into serialism, a philosophy positing that time is reversible. The theory came from J. W. Dunne, a British engineer and armchair philosopher who, in 1927, published “An Experiment with Time,” arguing, in part, that our dreams afforded us rare access to a higher order of time. Was it possible that we were glimpsing snatches of the future in our dreams—that what we wrote off as déjà vu was actually a leap into the metaphysical ether? Dunne himself claimed to have had no fewer than eight precognitive dreams, including one in which he foresaw a headline about a volcanic eruption.
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Nabokov had been reading deeply into serialism, a philosophy positing that time is reversible. The theory came from J. W. Dunne, a British engineer and armchair philosopher who, in 1927, published “An Experiment with Time,” arguing, in part, that our dreams afforded us rare access to a higher order of time. Was it possible that we were glimpsing snatches of the future in our dreams—that what we wrote off as déjà vu was actually a leap into the metaphysical ether? Dunne himself claimed to have had no fewer than eight precognitive dreams, including one in which he foresaw a headline about a volcanic eruption.
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London’s fatberg on show: ‘We thought of pickling it’ | Culture | The Guardian
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“We have lots of weapons at our disposal,” Saunders says, “but sometimes, as with the Whitechapel one, it is so impacted that a lot of it is the teams going down and chiselling away by hand.” In London, which has a magnified version of a universal problem because the sewers are so large, this work never stops. Thames Water has teams working full time; usually they are aware of five or six fatbergs that are growing. Some cause immediate blockages, others like the one in Whitechapel don’t. Saunders estimates the work costs £1m a month, but that doesn’t include the collateral damage of “sewage flooding living rooms and public spaces cordoned off and out of bounds because they are contaminated”. Because the substance itself is somewhat volatile though, and of an unusual consistency, they still had to rewrite procedure to work out how to deal with it. “We had our head of conservation look at it,” Sparkes says. “We initially thought about pickling it like one of Damien Hirst’s cows. The problem with that, we felt, was that it would likely make it liquid and runny.” What they did instead was to dry the samples. They did this at different rates, uncertain how it would respond. In the event, the one that was dried most quickly has crumbled into pieces; the other remains intact. Health and safety was an inevitable concern. “Worst case scenario if it is handled incorrectly is death,” Sparkes suggests. “It has come out of the sewer so it might contain Weil’s disease.”
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“We have lots of weapons at our disposal,” Saunders says, “but sometimes, as with the Whitechapel one, it is so impacted that a lot of it is the teams going down and chiselling away by hand.” In London, which has a magnified version of a universal problem because the sewers are so large, this work never stops. Thames Water has teams working full time; usually they are aware of five or six fatbergs that are growing. Some cause immediate blockages, others like the one in Whitechapel don’t. Saunders estimates the work costs £1m a month, but that doesn’t include the collateral damage of “sewage flooding living rooms and public spaces cordoned off and out of bounds because they are contaminated”. Because the substance itself is somewhat volatile though, and of an unusual consistency, they still had to rewrite procedure to work out how to deal with it. “We had our head of conservation look at it,” Sparkes says. “We initially thought about pickling it like one of Damien Hirst’s cows. The problem with that, we felt, was that it would likely make it liquid and runny.” What they did instead was to dry the samples. They did this at different rates, uncertain how it would respond. In the event, the one that was dried most quickly has crumbled into pieces; the other remains intact. Health and safety was an inevitable concern. “Worst case scenario if it is handled incorrectly is death,” Sparkes suggests. “It has come out of the sewer so it might contain Weil’s disease.”
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High-tech spider for hazardous missions - Research News November 2011 - Topic 1
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“We can use SLS to produce one or even several legs in a single operation; this minimizes assembly effort, saves materials and reduces the time it takes to build a robot. With the modular approach, individual parts can be quickly swapped as well. Our robot is so cheap to produce that it can be discarded after being used just once – like a disposable rubber glove,“
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“We can use SLS to produce one or even several legs in a single operation; this minimizes assembly effort, saves materials and reduces the time it takes to build a robot. With the modular approach, individual parts can be quickly swapped as well. Our robot is so cheap to produce that it can be discarded after being used just once – like a disposable rubber glove,“
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‘North by Northwest,’ the Carter Page remake | TheHill
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In March 2016, during an interview with the Washington Post editorial board, Trump brashly released a short list of advisors. “The list was a head-scratcher, a random assortment of obscure and questionable pundits,” Politico reported in 2016. “One of the names, offered without elaboration, was Carter Page, Ph.D.” The reporting paints Page as a somewhat nobody from nowhere: “[Page] claims an expertise in Russia and energy, yet who, I quickly discovered, was [not] known by Russia experts, nor energy experts, nor Russian energy experts.”
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In March 2016, during an interview with the Washington Post editorial board, Trump brashly released a short list of advisors. “The list was a head-scratcher, a random assortment of obscure and questionable pundits,” Politico reported in 2016. “One of the names, offered without elaboration, was Carter Page, Ph.D.” The reporting paints Page as a somewhat nobody from nowhere: “[Page] claims an expertise in Russia and energy, yet who, I quickly discovered, was [not] known by Russia experts, nor energy experts, nor Russian energy experts.”
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Friday, February 9, 2018
Welcome to the Post-Text Future - The New York Times
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In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger - The New York Times
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“It’s hard to overstate how significant Chile’s actions are — or how hard it has been to get there in the face of the usual pressures,” said Stephen Simpson, director of the Charles Perkins Centre, an organization of scholars focused on nutrition and obesity science and policy. The multibillion dollar food and soda industries have exerted those pressures to successfully stave off regulation in many other countries.
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“It’s hard to overstate how significant Chile’s actions are — or how hard it has been to get there in the face of the usual pressures,” said Stephen Simpson, director of the Charles Perkins Centre, an organization of scholars focused on nutrition and obesity science and policy. The multibillion dollar food and soda industries have exerted those pressures to successfully stave off regulation in many other countries.
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If we gave everyone a decent standard of living, could we sustain it? | Ars Technica
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Jon M. Huntsman Sr. Took Huge Risks to Build Chemical Giant From Industry’s Castoffs - WSJ
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Claire Danes Could Really Use a Nap - The New York Times
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Every year we spend a week in D.C. in “spy camp.” We all meet in a club in Georgetown, and from morning till night, we talk to a whole coterie of characters within the clandestine world who have real insight into what’s happening. And they are able to illuminate what’s going to surface as relevant in a year’s time. It’s incredibly valuable and terrifying. We have an amazing crystal ball.
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Every year we spend a week in D.C. in “spy camp.” We all meet in a club in Georgetown, and from morning till night, we talk to a whole coterie of characters within the clandestine world who have real insight into what’s happening. And they are able to illuminate what’s going to surface as relevant in a year’s time. It’s incredibly valuable and terrifying. We have an amazing crystal ball.
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Olympic Swimmer Ariana Kukors Accuses Former Coach of Sexual Abuse - The New York Times
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U.S.A. Swimming said that it conducted an investigation into the rumor in 2010, but that Ms. Kukors and Mr. Hutchison both “unequivocally denied the existence of a romantic or sexual relationship,” and the case was closed.
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Wealth and the Four Great Inequalities - Beastie Boys Message Board
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Thursday, February 8, 2018
Bodyhackers: Bold, inspiring and terrifying - BBC News
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One project displayed on screen showed an elderly patient struggling to remember a list of 12 words. "With direct brain stimulation they were able to recall those words in almost a seamless fashion," said Dr Sanchez.
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Keeping Up with John Perry Barlow - TipJar
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Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle - The New York Times
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Jimmy Buffett is not really Jimmy Buffett anymore. He hasn’t been for a while. Jimmy Buffett — the nibbling on sponge cake, watching the sun bake, getting drunk and screwing, it’s 5 o’clock somewhere Jimmy Buffett — has been replaced with a well-preserved businessman who is leveraging the Jimmy Buffett of yore in order to keep the Jimmy Buffett of now in the manner to which the old Jimmy Buffett never dreamed he could become accustomed.
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Jimmy Buffett is not really Jimmy Buffett anymore. He hasn’t been for a while. Jimmy Buffett — the nibbling on sponge cake, watching the sun bake, getting drunk and screwing, it’s 5 o’clock somewhere Jimmy Buffett — has been replaced with a well-preserved businessman who is leveraging the Jimmy Buffett of yore in order to keep the Jimmy Buffett of now in the manner to which the old Jimmy Buffett never dreamed he could become accustomed.
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How the Eagles Followed the Numbers to the Super Bowl - The New York Times
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An intern at EdjSports, responding to a flurry of text messages from his colleagues about the play, ran the numbers at home. The Eagles, by going for it, improved their probability of winning by 0.5 percent. Defending his decision (again) at a news conference the next day, Pederson cited that exact statistic.
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An intern at EdjSports, responding to a flurry of text messages from his colleagues about the play, ran the numbers at home. The Eagles, by going for it, improved their probability of winning by 0.5 percent. Defending his decision (again) at a news conference the next day, Pederson cited that exact statistic.
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Why Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Need to Be Disrupted
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John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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"I knew it’s also true that a good way to invent the future is to predict it. So I predicted Utopia, hoping to give Liberty a running start before the laws of Moore and Metcalfe delivered up what Ed Snowden now correctly calls 'turn-key totalitarianism.'”
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"I knew it’s also true that a good way to invent the future is to predict it. So I predicted Utopia, hoping to give Liberty a running start before the laws of Moore and Metcalfe delivered up what Ed Snowden now correctly calls 'turn-key totalitarianism.'”
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(5) "Who died and left Aristotle in charge of ethics?" | MetaFilter
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Our capacity for love increases with each person we cross paths with throughout our lives, and with each moment we spend with those people. But, too often we neglect that part of ourselves in favor of others. And by the time we realize just how important it is, we find ourselves with fewer folks around to practice with. But the seven of you have something that nobody else ever had: time. All the time in the world. Time enough to grow indescribably close. Time enough to learn how to care for each other, how to allow yourselves to be cared for.
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Our capacity for love increases with each person we cross paths with throughout our lives, and with each moment we spend with those people. But, too often we neglect that part of ourselves in favor of others. And by the time we realize just how important it is, we find ourselves with fewer folks around to practice with. But the seven of you have something that nobody else ever had: time. All the time in the world. Time enough to grow indescribably close. Time enough to learn how to care for each other, how to allow yourselves to be cared for.
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Ignaz Semmelweis - Wikipedia
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After a number of unfavorable foreign reviews of his 1861 book, Semmelweis lashed out against his critics in a series of Open Letters.[N] They were addressed to various prominent European obstetricians, including Späth, Scanzoni, Siebold, and to "all obstetricians". They were full of bitterness, desperation, and fury and were "highly polemical and superlatively offensive",[57
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After a number of unfavorable foreign reviews of his 1861 book, Semmelweis lashed out against his critics in a series of Open Letters.[N] They were addressed to various prominent European obstetricians, including Späth, Scanzoni, Siebold, and to "all obstetricians". They were full of bitterness, desperation, and fury and were "highly polemical and superlatively offensive",[57
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Quincy Jones, In Conversation
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Meet the pirate queen making academic papers free online - The Verge
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The prices rise because a few top players have positioned themselves with the power to ratchet them up with impunity. Over half of all research, according to one study, is now published by the big five of academic publishing: Reed-Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and, depending on the metric, either the American Chemical Society or Sage Publishing. That’s a significant change from 1973, when only 20 percent of these kinds of papers were published by the big five. And that’s just for natural and medical science papers; the social sciences have it worse. In 1973, only one in 10 articles debuted in the big five’s pages; now it’s more than half. For some fields, such as psychology, 71 percent of all papers now go through these players. That worked well until the domain LibGen.org, went down, deleting 40,000 papers Elbakyan had collected, probably because one of its administrators died of cancer. “One of my friends suggested to start actively collecting donations on Sci-Hub,” she says. “I started a crowdfunding campaign on Sci-Hub to buy additional drives, and soon had my own copy of the database collected by LibGen, around 21 million papers. Around 1 million of these papers [were] uploaded from Sci-Hub. The other[s], as I was told, came from databases that were downloaded on the darknet.” From then on, LibGen’s database would simply be her backup. Elbakyan created several more backup copies of Sci-Hub’s database. She rewrote Sci-Hub’s code, starting from square one, so that the service could download papers automatically. Now, once users pointed Sci-Hub toward an article, the site would check every university proxy server until it found one through which it could download the paper, and would download it automatically. They didn’t have to manually browse the publisher’s website through Sci-Hub to find the articles anymore.
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The prices rise because a few top players have positioned themselves with the power to ratchet them up with impunity. Over half of all research, according to one study, is now published by the big five of academic publishing: Reed-Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and, depending on the metric, either the American Chemical Society or Sage Publishing. That’s a significant change from 1973, when only 20 percent of these kinds of papers were published by the big five. And that’s just for natural and medical science papers; the social sciences have it worse. In 1973, only one in 10 articles debuted in the big five’s pages; now it’s more than half. For some fields, such as psychology, 71 percent of all papers now go through these players. That worked well until the domain LibGen.org, went down, deleting 40,000 papers Elbakyan had collected, probably because one of its administrators died of cancer. “One of my friends suggested to start actively collecting donations on Sci-Hub,” she says. “I started a crowdfunding campaign on Sci-Hub to buy additional drives, and soon had my own copy of the database collected by LibGen, around 21 million papers. Around 1 million of these papers [were] uploaded from Sci-Hub. The other[s], as I was told, came from databases that were downloaded on the darknet.” From then on, LibGen’s database would simply be her backup. Elbakyan created several more backup copies of Sci-Hub’s database. She rewrote Sci-Hub’s code, starting from square one, so that the service could download papers automatically. Now, once users pointed Sci-Hub toward an article, the site would check every university proxy server until it found one through which it could download the paper, and would download it automatically. They didn’t have to manually browse the publisher’s website through Sci-Hub to find the articles anymore.
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Twitter lost users in the US again, but it finally made a profit - The Verge
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Twitter blames some of the dip on an undescribed change to Safari’s third-party app integrations. Because of this change to Safari, Twitter says it lost 2 million monthly users, half of whom were in the US. Changes to tweets have apparently helped growth, though. Twitter says rolling out 280-character tweets encouraged users to spend more time on the platform and return more often.
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Twitter blames some of the dip on an undescribed change to Safari’s third-party app integrations. Because of this change to Safari, Twitter says it lost 2 million monthly users, half of whom were in the US. Changes to tweets have apparently helped growth, though. Twitter says rolling out 280-character tweets encouraged users to spend more time on the platform and return more often.
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018
How Amazon Rebuilt Itself Around Artificial Intelligence | WIRED
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Donald Glover Has Always Been Ten Steps Ahead
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Tennessee sheriff taped saying 'I love this shit' after ordering suspect's killing | US news | The Guardian
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“They said ‘we’re ramming him,’” Sheriff Oddie Shoupe of White County said on tape in the aftermath of the killing of suspect Michael Dial. “I said, ‘Don’t ram him, shoot him.’ Fuck that shit. Ain’t gonna tear up my cars.” Shoupe arrived on the scene shortly after police had shot Dial at the conclusion of a low-speed chase, clearly upset he had missed the excitement. Sheriff Oddie Shoupe. Sheriff Oddie Shoupe. “I love this shit,” Shoupe said, apparently unaware that his comments were being picked up by another deputy’s body-worn camera. “God, I tell you what, I thrive on it. “If they don’t think I’ll give the damn order to kill that motherfucker they’re full of shit,” he added, laughing. “Take him out. I’m here on the damn wrong end of the county,” he said.
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“They said ‘we’re ramming him,’” Sheriff Oddie Shoupe of White County said on tape in the aftermath of the killing of suspect Michael Dial. “I said, ‘Don’t ram him, shoot him.’ Fuck that shit. Ain’t gonna tear up my cars.” Shoupe arrived on the scene shortly after police had shot Dial at the conclusion of a low-speed chase, clearly upset he had missed the excitement. Sheriff Oddie Shoupe. Sheriff Oddie Shoupe. “I love this shit,” Shoupe said, apparently unaware that his comments were being picked up by another deputy’s body-worn camera. “God, I tell you what, I thrive on it. “If they don’t think I’ll give the damn order to kill that motherfucker they’re full of shit,” he added, laughing. “Take him out. I’m here on the damn wrong end of the county,” he said.
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Sending a Tesla into space wasn’t such a dumb idea - The Verge
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Maybe it’s my instinctive distrust of bored billionaires treating the world as their playground,
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Maybe it’s my instinctive distrust of bored billionaires treating the world as their playground,
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Tori Amos interview: The cornflake girl grows up disgracefully | The Independent
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Unrepentant Geraldines is Amos’s first “straight” album in five years, following as it does 2009’s seasonal album Midwinter Graces, 2011’s classically-shaped Night of Hunters, and 2012’s back-catalogue orchestral reimagining Gold Dust. But with the woman who shot to international fame with the beautiful but coruscating Little Earthquakes (1992), and hit singles like “Cornflake Girl”, “straight” is relative.
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Unrepentant Geraldines is Amos’s first “straight” album in five years, following as it does 2009’s seasonal album Midwinter Graces, 2011’s classically-shaped Night of Hunters, and 2012’s back-catalogue orchestral reimagining Gold Dust. But with the woman who shot to international fame with the beautiful but coruscating Little Earthquakes (1992), and hit singles like “Cornflake Girl”, “straight” is relative.
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Call of the Cauliflower - cruciferous vegetable diet | Ask MetaFilter
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1. Cut the cauliflower into small florets. 2. Toss with non-olive vegetable oil. 3. Roast in the oven at 350 until well browned. 4. Take a shitload of fresh smashed garlic cloves and shallots and cook them slowly in the pan until they are carmelized and brown and crispy. Do this on fairly low heat because you do not want to burn them. 5. Toss the roasted cauliflower in the pan with the garlic and shallots. 6. To the cauliflower, shallots and garlic in the pan add, in this order: sliced fresh chilis (which you should allow to brown slightly along with the other veg); fish sauce (a little goes a long way, but I would use a fair amount--say 1-2 tbsp for a good sized head of caulifower); fresh mint (you can add fresh thai basil if you've got it). 7. If you would like some crunch, you can roast some cooked rice (in a pan in the oven) until crispy and toss it in.
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1. Cut the cauliflower into small florets. 2. Toss with non-olive vegetable oil. 3. Roast in the oven at 350 until well browned. 4. Take a shitload of fresh smashed garlic cloves and shallots and cook them slowly in the pan until they are carmelized and brown and crispy. Do this on fairly low heat because you do not want to burn them. 5. Toss the roasted cauliflower in the pan with the garlic and shallots. 6. To the cauliflower, shallots and garlic in the pan add, in this order: sliced fresh chilis (which you should allow to brown slightly along with the other veg); fish sauce (a little goes a long way, but I would use a fair amount--say 1-2 tbsp for a good sized head of caulifower); fresh mint (you can add fresh thai basil if you've got it). 7. If you would like some crunch, you can roast some cooked rice (in a pan in the oven) until crispy and toss it in.
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Lottery winners: The myth and reality | SpringerLink
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Contrary to popular beliefs, winners did not engage in lavish spending sprees and instead gave large amounts of their winnings to their children and their churches. The most common expenditures were for houses, automobiles and trips. It was found that overall, winners were well-adjusterd, secure and generally happy from the experience.
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Contrary to popular beliefs, winners did not engage in lavish spending sprees and instead gave large amounts of their winnings to their children and their churches. The most common expenditures were for houses, automobiles and trips. It was found that overall, winners were well-adjusterd, secure and generally happy from the experience.
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Lotteries: A Waste of Hope - Less Wrong
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This is how the world’s most covetable cameras get made - The Verge
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Gene Patenting | AMA
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The AMA submitted an amicus curiae brief (PDF) in support invalidating gene patients, stating that: Gene patents interfere with diagnosis and treatment. Gene patents interfere with quality assurance. Gene patents interfere with access to health care. Gene patents interfere with scientific and medical innovation.
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The AMA submitted an amicus curiae brief (PDF) in support invalidating gene patients, stating that: Gene patents interfere with diagnosis and treatment. Gene patents interfere with quality assurance. Gene patents interfere with access to health care. Gene patents interfere with scientific and medical innovation.
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Gut Microbes Combine to Cause Colon Cancer, Study Suggests - The New York Times
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Sheeeeeeeee-it: The Secret History of the Politics in ‘The Wire’ - The Ringer
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New Hampshire winner of $560M lottery says she made a 'huge mistake'
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The woman filed suit against the New Hampshire Lottery Commission under the pseudonym Jane Doe. She says she made a "huge mistake" when she signed her real name on the back of the ticket before contacting a lawyer, who told her she could have remained anonymous had she established a trust and then had a trustee sign the ticket. The lawsuit, filed last week, describes the woman as an "engaged community member." "She wishes to continue this work and the freedom to walk into a grocery store or attend public events without being known or targeted as the winner of a half-billion dollars," the complaint said. It adds that she plans on remaining in New Hampshire and giving back "to the state and community that has given so much to her."
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The woman filed suit against the New Hampshire Lottery Commission under the pseudonym Jane Doe. She says she made a "huge mistake" when she signed her real name on the back of the ticket before contacting a lawyer, who told her she could have remained anonymous had she established a trust and then had a trustee sign the ticket. The lawsuit, filed last week, describes the woman as an "engaged community member." "She wishes to continue this work and the freedom to walk into a grocery store or attend public events without being known or targeted as the winner of a half-billion dollars," the complaint said. It adds that she plans on remaining in New Hampshire and giving back "to the state and community that has given so much to her."
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Why Concert Tickets Are Way Too Expensive, According To The People Who Really Know | The FADER
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Bob Mueller’s Investigation Is Larger—and Further Along—Than You Think | WIRED
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We know that Russian intelligence also penetrated the Republican National Committee, but none of those emails or documents were made public. This thread of the investigation may also involve unofficial or official campaign contacts with WikiLeaks or other campaign advisers, like Roger Stone, as well as the warning—via the Australian government—that former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos appeared to have foreknowledge of the hacking of Democratic emails.
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We know that Russian intelligence also penetrated the Republican National Committee, but none of those emails or documents were made public. This thread of the investigation may also involve unofficial or official campaign contacts with WikiLeaks or other campaign advisers, like Roger Stone, as well as the warning—via the Australian government—that former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos appeared to have foreknowledge of the hacking of Democratic emails.
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Monday, February 5, 2018
Unpacking the Shadowy Outfit Behind 2017’s Biggest Fake News Story – Consortiumnews
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Netflix Announced 'The Cloverfield Paradox' During The Super Bowl And Released It Right After The Game - Digg
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Roasted Turmeric Cauliflower
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Roasted Turmeric Cauliflower Recipe by: Courtney Hamilton It’s rare that a dish provides nutrition, flavor, and convenience, but this Roasted Turmeric Cauliflower is that rare powerhouse. Ingredients 1 head cauliflower 2 T coconut oil (melted) 1 t turmeric ½ t cumin ½ t crushed red pepper ½ t crushed garlic 2 T water 2 T fresh basil (chopped) Instructions Preheat oven to 400F. Chop the head of cauliflower into florets. Whisk together coconut oil, turmeric, cumin, crushed red pepper, garlic, and water. Place the cauliflower florets on a pan, pour the mixture over them, and toss well. Roast the cauliflower for 30 minutes, and top with fresh basil.
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Roasted Turmeric Cauliflower Recipe by: Courtney Hamilton It’s rare that a dish provides nutrition, flavor, and convenience, but this Roasted Turmeric Cauliflower is that rare powerhouse. Ingredients 1 head cauliflower 2 T coconut oil (melted) 1 t turmeric ½ t cumin ½ t crushed red pepper ½ t crushed garlic 2 T water 2 T fresh basil (chopped) Instructions Preheat oven to 400F. Chop the head of cauliflower into florets. Whisk together coconut oil, turmeric, cumin, crushed red pepper, garlic, and water. Place the cauliflower florets on a pan, pour the mixture over them, and toss well. Roast the cauliflower for 30 minutes, and top with fresh basil.
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How the Super Bowl halftime show gets set up in just six minutes - The Verge
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The artists don’t get paid but the production costs are covered, which can be in excess of 10 million dollars.
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The artists don’t get paid but the production costs are covered, which can be in excess of 10 million dollars.
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Breakfast in 'Groundhog Day' Is Both Heaven and Hell | Extra Crispy
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As he continues repeating the day, though, breakfast becomes a site of experimentation, and by the end of the film, when Phil politely brings breakfast to his coworkers, we sense that true change has taken place. The predicament at the heart of Groundhog Day allows Phil to try every breakfast he could possibly want, and ultimately leaves him more appreciative of the meal’s meditative potential.
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As he continues repeating the day, though, breakfast becomes a site of experimentation, and by the end of the film, when Phil politely brings breakfast to his coworkers, we sense that true change has taken place. The predicament at the heart of Groundhog Day allows Phil to try every breakfast he could possibly want, and ultimately leaves him more appreciative of the meal’s meditative potential.
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13 Writers Who Grew to Hate Their Own Books | Literary Hub
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Because of That Book: An Interview with Brian Evenson on Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
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Tamora Pierce Writes Fantasy That Changes Lives | Tor.com
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This is Why Obi-Wan Lied to Luke Skywalker About His Father | Tor.com
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Sunday, February 4, 2018
Modesty Blaise Is a Heroine for Our Time - The Atlantic
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Association of rates of household handgun ownership, lifetime major depression, and serious suicidal thoughts with rates of suicide across US census regions | Injury Prevention
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Conclusions: In United States regions with higher levels of household handgun ownership, there are higher suicide rates. This relationship cannot be explained by differences in the prevalence of two mental health indicators—lifetime rates of either major depression or suicidal thoughts.
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Conclusions: In United States regions with higher levels of household handgun ownership, there are higher suicide rates. This relationship cannot be explained by differences in the prevalence of two mental health indicators—lifetime rates of either major depression or suicidal thoughts.
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Scientists discover ancient Mayan city hidden under Guatemalan jungle | Science | The Guardian
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Lidar revealed a previously undetected structure between the two sites that Garrison says “can’t be called anything other than a Maya fortress”. “It’s this hilltop citadel that has these ditch and rampart systems ... when I went there, one of these things [was] nine meters tall,” he noted.
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Lidar revealed a previously undetected structure between the two sites that Garrison says “can’t be called anything other than a Maya fortress”. “It’s this hilltop citadel that has these ditch and rampart systems ... when I went there, one of these things [was] nine meters tall,” he noted.
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The Good Place: Mike Schur and Damon Lindelof Interview
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I mean, if you think that everybody knew about Louis … everyone knew about Kevin Spacey. I was on SNL from ’89 to 2004 and I don’t remember when he hosted, but I remember very distinctly being like, “He’s hitting on the pages. He’s hitting on the young men in the talent department.” It’s the most open secret that’s ever existed. I didn’t know the extent to which the behavior was predatory certainly, but no one didn’t know. Anyone who had ever worked with that guy knew that. Ted Danson calls me very frequently on the phone just to tell me that he had a fun time at work today. He’ll just say, like, “What fun, and the things I get to do, and it’s so wonderful, and just, thank you so much.” It’s bizarre. It feels like you’re on a prank show. I have found that my current predominant feeling is just shame that we’re allowing ourselves to live under the rule of people this stupid. You know what I mean? It’s not a new observation, it just feels like it’s shifted from anger to, like, “Oh, I feel so sad that we allowed this to happen, and I don’t know how to cope with that.” Every day I wake up and I feel like the political climate has poured a syrup of ipecac into my mouth and if I don’t vomit up my thoughts on Twitter, I’m going to die. I feel like it’s a purge of anger and frustration and fear.
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I mean, if you think that everybody knew about Louis … everyone knew about Kevin Spacey. I was on SNL from ’89 to 2004 and I don’t remember when he hosted, but I remember very distinctly being like, “He’s hitting on the pages. He’s hitting on the young men in the talent department.” It’s the most open secret that’s ever existed. I didn’t know the extent to which the behavior was predatory certainly, but no one didn’t know. Anyone who had ever worked with that guy knew that. Ted Danson calls me very frequently on the phone just to tell me that he had a fun time at work today. He’ll just say, like, “What fun, and the things I get to do, and it’s so wonderful, and just, thank you so much.” It’s bizarre. It feels like you’re on a prank show. I have found that my current predominant feeling is just shame that we’re allowing ourselves to live under the rule of people this stupid. You know what I mean? It’s not a new observation, it just feels like it’s shifted from anger to, like, “Oh, I feel so sad that we allowed this to happen, and I don’t know how to cope with that.” Every day I wake up and I feel like the political climate has poured a syrup of ipecac into my mouth and if I don’t vomit up my thoughts on Twitter, I’m going to die. I feel like it’s a purge of anger and frustration and fear.
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The Good Place season 2 finale recap: what the fork happened? (Spoilers) - Vox
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After losing myself so deeply in reading the online speculation that I missed my subway stop and didn’t realize for a solid 10 minutes, I decided to break down each side’s argument. Here are the cases for each.
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After losing myself so deeply in reading the online speculation that I missed my subway stop and didn’t realize for a solid 10 minutes, I decided to break down each side’s argument. Here are the cases for each.
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Netflix’s Altered Carbon review: TV’s raddest science fiction show - Vox
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its interest in questions of what happens when consciousness is disconnected from the body are straight out of the sci-fi movement known as cyberpunk. The cyberpunk work you’re likely most familiar with is the Matrix trilogy, where humans are trapped by machines in a simulation and hackers are our only hope, but the movement also contains a lot of great novels by writers like William Gibson and Neal Stephenson.
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its interest in questions of what happens when consciousness is disconnected from the body are straight out of the sci-fi movement known as cyberpunk. The cyberpunk work you’re likely most familiar with is the Matrix trilogy, where humans are trapped by machines in a simulation and hackers are our only hope, but the movement also contains a lot of great novels by writers like William Gibson and Neal Stephenson.
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Saturday, February 3, 2018
This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry - The New York Times
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Uma Thurman breaks silence on Harvey Weinstein, details alleged assault | EW.com
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Ilona Herman, a makeup artist for Robert DeNiro and friend of Thurman, told The Times she was present at the hotel at the time of the confrontation. She claims Thurman revealed in the cab ride back that Weinstein threatened to derail her career.
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Ilona Herman, a makeup artist for Robert DeNiro and friend of Thurman, told The Times she was present at the hotel at the time of the confrontation. She claims Thurman revealed in the cab ride back that Weinstein threatened to derail her career.
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Utah native, musician and new dad Robbie Connolly on life as a Killer(s) | Deseret News
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Given his audition, and his reputation as a guitarist, Connolly figured he’d be playing a lot of guitar. As their rehearsals progressed, though, it became clear The Killers needed Connolly more on keys. The majority of Connolly’s time with The Killers is spent on synths, organs and other keyboards, with a little guitar sprinkled in. “If you had told me I would be playing as much keyboards for a band like The Killers someday, I wouldn’t have said yes,” Robbie said while chuckling. “But it is validating. And I take it as a fun opportunity. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the flashiest piano/keyboard player, but it’s a really fun opportunity to get better and better every day.”
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Given his audition, and his reputation as a guitarist, Connolly figured he’d be playing a lot of guitar. As their rehearsals progressed, though, it became clear The Killers needed Connolly more on keys. The majority of Connolly’s time with The Killers is spent on synths, organs and other keyboards, with a little guitar sprinkled in. “If you had told me I would be playing as much keyboards for a band like The Killers someday, I wouldn’t have said yes,” Robbie said while chuckling. “But it is validating. And I take it as a fun opportunity. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the flashiest piano/keyboard player, but it’s a really fun opportunity to get better and better every day.”
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Friday, February 2, 2018
Father Of Larry Nassar Victims Lunges At Nassar During Sentencing, Wrestled To Ground By Police - Digg
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Larry Nassar: Father lunges at disgraced US doctor - BBC News
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Mr Margraves later came back in to the court to apologise for his actions, and was told he would not face charges.
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Mr Margraves later came back in to the court to apologise for his actions, and was told he would not face charges.
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Could Self-Driving Trucks Be Good for Truckers? - The Atlantic
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Making truckers’ lives better seems like it should be the major focus for trucking companies. The industry regularly promotes that there is a huge shortage of truck drivers. They don’t tend to mention that’s because the jobs are so hard—physically, emotionally, and economically—that the industry is approaching 100 percent turnover per year, according to Steve Viscelli, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream. “The labor case for self-driving trucks is really pretty good,” Viscelli says. “You got this crappy job that no one really wants to do long-term.”
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Making truckers’ lives better seems like it should be the major focus for trucking companies. The industry regularly promotes that there is a huge shortage of truck drivers. They don’t tend to mention that’s because the jobs are so hard—physically, emotionally, and economically—that the industry is approaching 100 percent turnover per year, according to Steve Viscelli, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream. “The labor case for self-driving trucks is really pretty good,” Viscelli says. “You got this crappy job that no one really wants to do long-term.”
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Tokyo Japan Street Photography Guide to City | Map, Tips, Safety
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Harajuku is the area right around Tokyo’s Harajuku station, between Shinjuku and Shibuya on the Yamanote Line. This is where you’ll see the most extreme of the Japanese teenage culture and fashion. On Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 to 5:00, the main street through Ginza is closed off for walking only. This is a great place to come to see the upscale side of Tokyo.
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Harajuku is the area right around Tokyo’s Harajuku station, between Shinjuku and Shibuya on the Yamanote Line. This is where you’ll see the most extreme of the Japanese teenage culture and fashion. On Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 to 5:00, the main street through Ginza is closed off for walking only. This is a great place to come to see the upscale side of Tokyo.
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Kanye West Finally Gets His Fashion Right - The New York Times
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Ever since he introduced his first eponymous line in Paris in October 2011 (remember that?), his shows have been marked, largely, by bombast, pretentiousness and overwhelming self-seriousness.
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Ever since he introduced his first eponymous line in Paris in October 2011 (remember that?), his shows have been marked, largely, by bombast, pretentiousness and overwhelming self-seriousness.
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Personhood: A Game for Two or More Players | Melting Asphalt
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A person (as such) is a social fiction: an abstraction specifying the contract for an idealized interaction partner. Most of our institutions, even whole civilizations, are built to this interface — but fundamentally we are human beings, i.e., mere creatures. Some of us implement the person interface, but many of us (such as infants or the profoundly psychotic) don't. Even the most ironclad person among us will find herself the occasional subject of an outburst or breakdown that reveals what a leaky abstraction her personhood really is.
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A person (as such) is a social fiction: an abstraction specifying the contract for an idealized interaction partner. Most of our institutions, even whole civilizations, are built to this interface — but fundamentally we are human beings, i.e., mere creatures. Some of us implement the person interface, but many of us (such as infants or the profoundly psychotic) don't. Even the most ironclad person among us will find herself the occasional subject of an outburst or breakdown that reveals what a leaky abstraction her personhood really is.
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What Is Chelated Magnesium? | LIVESTRONG.COM
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Avoid supplementing with magnesium if you have kidney problems or if you are taking a tetracycline, aminoglycoside or quinolone antibiotic; a muscle relaxant like orphenadrine; a potassium-sparing diuretic; a bisphosphonate; or a hypertension drug such as verapamil or nifedipine.
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Avoid supplementing with magnesium if you have kidney problems or if you are taking a tetracycline, aminoglycoside or quinolone antibiotic; a muscle relaxant like orphenadrine; a potassium-sparing diuretic; a bisphosphonate; or a hypertension drug such as verapamil or nifedipine.
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Secret Memo Hints at a New Republican Target: Rod Rosenstein - The New York Times
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Mr. Page, a former Moscow-based investment banker who later founded an investment company in New York, had been on the F.B.I.’s radar for years. In 2013, an investigation revealed that a Russian spy had tried to recruit him. Mr. Page was never charged with any wrongdoing, and he denied that he would ever have cooperated with Russian intelligence officials. But a trip Mr. Page took to Russia in July 2016 while working on Mr. Trump’s campaign caught the bureau’s attention again, and American law enforcement officials began conducting surveillance on him in the fall of 2016, shortly after he left the campaign. It is unclear what they learned about Mr. Page between then and when they sought the order’s renewal roughly six months later. It is also unknown whether the surveillance court granted the extension.
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Mr. Page, a former Moscow-based investment banker who later founded an investment company in New York, had been on the F.B.I.’s radar for years. In 2013, an investigation revealed that a Russian spy had tried to recruit him. Mr. Page was never charged with any wrongdoing, and he denied that he would ever have cooperated with Russian intelligence officials. But a trip Mr. Page took to Russia in July 2016 while working on Mr. Trump’s campaign caught the bureau’s attention again, and American law enforcement officials began conducting surveillance on him in the fall of 2016, shortly after he left the campaign. It is unclear what they learned about Mr. Page between then and when they sought the order’s renewal roughly six months later. It is also unknown whether the surveillance court granted the extension.
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
Did Ancient Greeks Sail to Canada? | Hakai Magazine
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"Sorry, Haters: My Teeth Don't Need Fixing"
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One time a DJ said, "You may have heard me describe my next guest as a snaggle-toothed singer from Alaska. Jewel, how are you?" To which I replied, "You must be that small-penised man from South Carolina I've heard so much about." I was promptly taken off the air and dismissed from the studio.
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One time a DJ said, "You may have heard me describe my next guest as a snaggle-toothed singer from Alaska. Jewel, how are you?" To which I replied, "You must be that small-penised man from South Carolina I've heard so much about." I was promptly taken off the air and dismissed from the studio.
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Harry Nilsson - Wikipedia
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In the 1970s, Nilsson and Lennon were members of the Hollywood Vampires drinking club, embroiling themselves in a number of widely publicized, alcohol-fueled incidents. At the same time, they produced one collaborative album, Pussy Cats (1974). After 1977, Nilsson left RCA, and his record output diminished. In response to Lennon's 1980 death by shooting, he took a hiatus from the music industry to campaign for gun control. For the rest of his life, he recorded only sporadically.
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In the 1970s, Nilsson and Lennon were members of the Hollywood Vampires drinking club, embroiling themselves in a number of widely publicized, alcohol-fueled incidents. At the same time, they produced one collaborative album, Pussy Cats (1974). After 1977, Nilsson left RCA, and his record output diminished. In response to Lennon's 1980 death by shooting, he took a hiatus from the music industry to campaign for gun control. For the rest of his life, he recorded only sporadically.
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Why Is America Obsessed With Perfect Teeth? -- Science of Us
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Almost never do orthodontists hear from their patients requests to preserve — let alone create — any distinction: a playful front gap, say, or scraggly teeth. (The singer Jewel has written extensively about the pressure she’s felt to correct her smile, acknowledging she is “best known for having crooked teeth” and describing the experience of wearing prosthetics for a film role as “not that I felt prettier as much as I suddenly felt … normal.”) The goal is always uniformity, with no discernible gap or overlap; viewed from the slightest distance, the teeth should resemble a gleaming-white solid strip of plastic. When I asked Burris what differentiates his smile, he cited a devotion to absolute straightness. “It’s the very upright, very visible torque on the upper incisors.”
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Almost never do orthodontists hear from their patients requests to preserve — let alone create — any distinction: a playful front gap, say, or scraggly teeth. (The singer Jewel has written extensively about the pressure she’s felt to correct her smile, acknowledging she is “best known for having crooked teeth” and describing the experience of wearing prosthetics for a film role as “not that I felt prettier as much as I suddenly felt … normal.”) The goal is always uniformity, with no discernible gap or overlap; viewed from the slightest distance, the teeth should resemble a gleaming-white solid strip of plastic. When I asked Burris what differentiates his smile, he cited a devotion to absolute straightness. “It’s the very upright, very visible torque on the upper incisors.”
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Mr. McFeely - The Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archive
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Mr. McFeely's Name and Background According to some sources, Mr. McFeely's original name was to be Mr. McCurdy. Fred Rogers had named him after the man who was the show's benefactor at the time. This idea was not liked by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation so the name was changed to Mr. McFeely -- named for the grandfather of Fred Rogers.
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Mr. McFeely's Name and Background According to some sources, Mr. McFeely's original name was to be Mr. McCurdy. Fred Rogers had named him after the man who was the show's benefactor at the time. This idea was not liked by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation so the name was changed to Mr. McFeely -- named for the grandfather of Fred Rogers.
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An Urgent Crisis of Leadership, Climate, and Water is Unfolding in South Africa – Mother Jones
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“If current patterns of consumption continue unabated, two-thirds of the world’s population will be facing water shortages as a daily reality by 2025,” Bolivian President Evo Morales said at the United Nations last year.
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“If current patterns of consumption continue unabated, two-thirds of the world’s population will be facing water shortages as a daily reality by 2025,” Bolivian President Evo Morales said at the United Nations last year.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
jwz: The Follower Factory
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The Follower Factory A data-heavy and well researched article about the "buy followers" scams. It is JUST SO WEIRD that the New York Times was able to crunch the numbers and see obvious botnets pop out, but Twitter and Facebook are incapable of this. SO WEIRD.
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The Follower Factory A data-heavy and well researched article about the "buy followers" scams. It is JUST SO WEIRD that the New York Times was able to crunch the numbers and see obvious botnets pop out, but Twitter and Facebook are incapable of this. SO WEIRD.
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Dried Apriocots = Gas Pains from Hell? - fruit apricots trapped | Ask MetaFilter
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Can I add to the mix that when you have gas pains from hell, you can take one to two green simethicone pills. A very, very safe way of ending gas pain. I have IBS, and at least once a month those pills mean the difference between lying in pain and getting on with my work and my life. I also only recently learned that IBS gas gets worse with age, as women approach perimenopause and menopause.
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Can I add to the mix that when you have gas pains from hell, you can take one to two green simethicone pills. A very, very safe way of ending gas pain. I have IBS, and at least once a month those pills mean the difference between lying in pain and getting on with my work and my life. I also only recently learned that IBS gas gets worse with age, as women approach perimenopause and menopause.
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I’m a sexual consent educator. Here’s what’s missing in the Aziz Ansari conversation. - Vox
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Studies show that most rapists are perfectly aware their victims aren’t into what’s happening. And social science has also clearly demonstrated that men (and women!) are perfectly capable of understanding social cues, even ones where someone is saying “no” without using that actual word.
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Studies show that most rapists are perfectly aware their victims aren’t into what’s happening. And social science has also clearly demonstrated that men (and women!) are perfectly capable of understanding social cues, even ones where someone is saying “no” without using that actual word.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Can You Say...Hero? - Mr. Rogers Profile Interview
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And so, every day, Mister Rogers refuses to do anything that would make his weight change—he neither drinks, nor smokes, nor eats flesh of any kind, nor goes to bed late at night, nor sleeps late in the morning, nor even watches television—and every morning, when he swims, he steps on a scale in his bathing suit and his bathing cap and his goggles, and the scale tells him that he weighs 143 pounds. This has happened so many times that Mister Rogers has come to see that number as a gift, as a destiny fulfilled, because, as he says, "the number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you.' One hundred and forty-three. 'I love you.' Isn't that wonderful?"
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And so, every day, Mister Rogers refuses to do anything that would make his weight change—he neither drinks, nor smokes, nor eats flesh of any kind, nor goes to bed late at night, nor sleeps late in the morning, nor even watches television—and every morning, when he swims, he steps on a scale in his bathing suit and his bathing cap and his goggles, and the scale tells him that he weighs 143 pounds. This has happened so many times that Mister Rogers has come to see that number as a gift, as a destiny fulfilled, because, as he says, "the number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you.' One hundred and forty-three. 'I love you.' Isn't that wonderful?"
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Piri Reis map - Wikipedia
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As far as the accuracy of depiction of the supposed Antarctic coast is concerned, there are two conspicuous errors. First, it is shown hundreds of kilometres north of its proper location; second, the Drake Passage is completely missing, with the Antarctic Peninsula presumably conflated with the Western Patagonian coast. The identification of this area of the map with the frigid Antarctic coast is also difficult to reconcile with the notes on the map which describe the region as having a warm climate.
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As far as the accuracy of depiction of the supposed Antarctic coast is concerned, there are two conspicuous errors. First, it is shown hundreds of kilometres north of its proper location; second, the Drake Passage is completely missing, with the Antarctic Peninsula presumably conflated with the Western Patagonian coast. The identification of this area of the map with the frigid Antarctic coast is also difficult to reconcile with the notes on the map which describe the region as having a warm climate.
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'Black Panther' Just Had Its Premiere — Here's How People Responded - Digg
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Amazing Goop
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(Note: Apparently "Shoe Goo" is not a trademark. Several products from differing manufacturers use the same name, in very similar packaging. Amazing Goop is the brand Justin Belshe used. Beware of imitations! — editors)
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(Note: Apparently "Shoe Goo" is not a trademark. Several products from differing manufacturers use the same name, in very similar packaging. Amazing Goop is the brand Justin Belshe used. Beware of imitations! — editors)
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The cult of Mary Beard | News | The Guardian
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“To be a true public intellectual is like offering a form of public service. A lot of people don’t realise that: they confuse being a public intellectual with their ego.” He counted off those he regarded as her predecessors: “Bertrand Russell, Kenneth Clark, Susan Sontag, Robert Hughes, Germaine Greer, Stuart Hall, Simon Schama … ” Figures like these emerge only once in a generation, he said. “She looks at the world through the deep lens of the ancient world, and she shifts arguments.”
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“To be a true public intellectual is like offering a form of public service. A lot of people don’t realise that: they confuse being a public intellectual with their ego.” He counted off those he regarded as her predecessors: “Bertrand Russell, Kenneth Clark, Susan Sontag, Robert Hughes, Germaine Greer, Stuart Hall, Simon Schama … ” Figures like these emerge only once in a generation, he said. “She looks at the world through the deep lens of the ancient world, and she shifts arguments.”
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Father buys $64,259 ad calling for police to reopen investigation into son's death - CBS News
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More than 13 years after his son's death, the former military pilot still soldiers on. "Nobody understands what it takes to get to this level, to bring this kind of awareness to it," Bell said. "The best way to describe is that it's my duty."
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More than 13 years after his son's death, the former military pilot still soldiers on. "Nobody understands what it takes to get to this level, to bring this kind of awareness to it," Bell said. "The best way to describe is that it's my duty."
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BBC - Capital - Can you work yourself to death?
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To count as karoshi, victims must have worked more than 100 hours of overtime in the month before their death – or 80 hours of overtime in two or more consecutive months in the previous six.
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To count as karoshi, victims must have worked more than 100 hours of overtime in the month before their death – or 80 hours of overtime in two or more consecutive months in the previous six.
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Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan to Target Health-Care `Tapeworm' - Bloomberg
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Amazon.com Inc., Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said they plan to collaborate on a way to offer health-care services to their U.S. employees more transparently and at a lower cost. The three companies plan to set up a new independent company “that is free from profit-making incentives and constraints,” according to a short statement on Tuesday.
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Amazon.com Inc., Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said they plan to collaborate on a way to offer health-care services to their U.S. employees more transparently and at a lower cost. The three companies plan to set up a new independent company “that is free from profit-making incentives and constraints,” according to a short statement on Tuesday.
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I've Covered Foreign Lobbying for 20 Years and I'm Amazed Manafort Got Busted - POLITICO Magazine
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In 1992, Spy magazine ranked his lobbying firm as the “sleaziest of all in the Beltway,” giving it a “blood-on-the-hands” rating of four. As I wrote in my piece: “That was a full bloody hand more than the rating accorded to runner-up Edward von Kloberg, whose clients—listed in his Rolodex under D for dictators—including Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Romania’s Nicolae Ceaucescu, and Liberia’s Samuel Doe. It’s no surprise that when asked by the Washington Times what historical figure he’d like to meet, Manafort replied: Machiavelli.” Furthermore, I added, Manafort was born to modest wealth but “monetized his misdeeds at every step of the way.” it’s quite likely that had he not been Trump’s campaign manager, Manafort would be kicking back and enjoying his allegedly laundered cash at this very moment.
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In 1992, Spy magazine ranked his lobbying firm as the “sleaziest of all in the Beltway,” giving it a “blood-on-the-hands” rating of four. As I wrote in my piece: “That was a full bloody hand more than the rating accorded to runner-up Edward von Kloberg, whose clients—listed in his Rolodex under D for dictators—including Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Romania’s Nicolae Ceaucescu, and Liberia’s Samuel Doe. It’s no surprise that when asked by the Washington Times what historical figure he’d like to meet, Manafort replied: Machiavelli.” Furthermore, I added, Manafort was born to modest wealth but “monetized his misdeeds at every step of the way.” it’s quite likely that had he not been Trump’s campaign manager, Manafort would be kicking back and enjoying his allegedly laundered cash at this very moment.
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Paul Manafort, American Hustler - The Atlantic
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Janusz Korczak - Wikipedia
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On 5 or 6 August 1942, German soldiers came to collect the 192 orphans (there is some debate about the actual number: it may have been 196) and about one dozen staff members to transport them to the Treblinka extermination camp. Korczak had been offered sanctuary on the “Aryan side” by the Polish underground organization Żegota, but turned it down repeatedly, saying that he could not abandon his children. On 5 August, he again refused offers of sanctuary, insisting that he would go with the children. According to eyewitnesses, when the group of orphans finally reached the Umschlagplatz, an SS officer recognized Korczak as the author of one of his favorite children's books and offered to help him escape. In another version, the officer was acting officially, as the Nazi authorities had in mind some kind of "special treatment" for Korczak (some prominent Jews with international reputations were sent to Theresienstadt). Whatever the offer, Korczak once again refused. He boarded the trains with the children and was never heard from again. Korczak's evacuation from the Ghetto is also mentioned in Władysław Szpilman's book The Pianist:
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On 5 or 6 August 1942, German soldiers came to collect the 192 orphans (there is some debate about the actual number: it may have been 196) and about one dozen staff members to transport them to the Treblinka extermination camp. Korczak had been offered sanctuary on the “Aryan side” by the Polish underground organization Żegota, but turned it down repeatedly, saying that he could not abandon his children. On 5 August, he again refused offers of sanctuary, insisting that he would go with the children. According to eyewitnesses, when the group of orphans finally reached the Umschlagplatz, an SS officer recognized Korczak as the author of one of his favorite children's books and offered to help him escape. In another version, the officer was acting officially, as the Nazi authorities had in mind some kind of "special treatment" for Korczak (some prominent Jews with international reputations were sent to Theresienstadt). Whatever the offer, Korczak once again refused. He boarded the trains with the children and was never heard from again. Korczak's evacuation from the Ghetto is also mentioned in Władysław Szpilman's book The Pianist:
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