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Will Joe Biden Decide to Run for President? – The New Yorker
The Times report that Vice-President Joe Biden is seriously considering entering the 2016 Presidential race isn’t exactly news. He’s been mulling such a move for at least a couple of years.
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Garlic in Fiction – The New Yorker
This is the final piece in a three-part Page-Turner series featuring Shirley Jackson’s lectures on writing. They are drawn from “Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings,” a collection of Jackson’s work which is out August 4th from R…
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Meet Rick Perry’s Sugar Daddy Hunting Buddies | ThinkProgress
Rick Perry has always enjoyed the finer things is life. From his $25 million renovated Governor’s Mansion to his nearly $1 million annual security budget for non-official travel, Perry has relished the high life — and often on the taxpayers dime.
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Shock-jock radio host throws sexist, racist questions at Michael B. Jordan and Kate Mara
Eighteen months after Michael B. Jordan was cast as the Human Torch in Fantastic Four, we assumed that everyone had gotten all the stupid, racist comments out of their systems. Apparently not.
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Jeb Bush’s Weirdly Imperial Plan To Dominate Congress | ThinkProgress
Late last month, Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush cast the Constitution’s model for separation of powers to the winds with a 15 second video centered around one proposal — “If Congress skips votes or hearings Je…
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The Moral And Scientific Urgency Of EPA’s Clean Power Plan | ThinkProgress
The next few years are unprecedented in human history.
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How to Get Money on Kickstarter or Kiva: Be Thin, White, and Attractive – The Atlantic
The Internet is awash with guides for finding success on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. A quick search yields (in numerical order): And so on.
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The Key to Digital Learning? Bring It Into the Real World | WIRED
Caption: Connected Worlds, an installation at the New York Hall of Science, teaches kids about environmental science by immersing them in it. Design I/O
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Can We Adapt Sex Ed For The New LGBT-Inclusive America? | ThinkProgress
After the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality, the conversation within various groups in the LGBT community is “What’s next?” There is still workplace and housing discrimination. There is still police abuse and targeting of LGBT pe…
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Greenpeace adds a new string to its bow with musical protest at Shell | Environment | The Guardian
Greenpeace activists handed workers copies of the music and leaflets calling on them to blow the whistle, on what was the first day of a month-long run of protests outside Shell’s offices on the South Bank. Shell has invested billions into its Arcti…
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Johns Hopkins ‘AfterWards’ Program Helps Doctors Process Their Emotions – The Atlantic
For physicians who treat sick children, professional “masks,” such as white coats and detached demeanors, can be both a help and a hindrance.
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As night fell over East London on February 17, Renu Begum sat wondering why her sister hadn’t returned home from the wedding she had left for that morning. “We had no clue whatsoever where she was,” Renu said. “We expected her to be home at 5, 6 o’c…
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How to eat: quiche | Life and style | The Guardian
Quiche is, arguably, the world’s most politically loaded food. To the right (and particularly when it is made with wholemeal flour), quiche defines left-wing joylessness. It smacks of self-denial, sandals, 1970s communal living.
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Premier League 2015-16 preview No12: Norwich City | Barry Glendenning | Football | The Guardian
Soon after masterminding victory over Middlesbrough in the play-off final to steer Norwich into the Premier League, Alex Neil announced he would “need to add quality to the squad” but confirmed he was planning to “stick with the hardcore group who h…
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John Terry: Community Shield defeat could be wake-up call Chelsea needed | Football | The Guardian
John Terry said that defeat to Arsenal in Sunday’s Community Shield could serve as “a wake-up call” to his side as they prepare to defend their Premier League title. The Chelsea captain said: “It was a different atmosphere in the dressing room after…
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Will Black Lives Matter At the Republican Presidential Debate?
This weekend gave us another one of those every-four-year stories about this presidential election being the one in which the Republican Party finally breaks through and wins more than a one-in-10 share of the black vote.
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60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll: Are All Men Created Equal? | Vanity Fair
What do we think about inequality? Well—all things being unequal—it kind of depends on who we are. That line from the Declaration of Independence about how “all men are created equal”? It rings true for most Americans but for a higher percentage of …
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An Endeavor to Take Trump Seriously – NationalJournal.com
A FEW WEEKS AGO, two of my editors ambushed me in the newsroom. Grinning mischievously, they said they had an urgent assignment for me: a story on Donald Trump.
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You wish you were as cool as the man who surfed on his dirt bike
We still can’t walk on water, but riding across it is now an entirely different story. Robbie “Maddo” Maddison has been trying to surf on water with his dirt bike for two years, but he finally made his “pipe dream” happen by taking his dirt bike for…
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Greek Stock Market Plummets on Eurozone Fears | Al Jazeera America
Greece’s stock market suffered heavy losses on Monday, plunging nearly 23 percent at the open before recovering slightly, after a five-week shutdown brought on by fears the country was about to be dumped from the eurozone.
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The independent police watchdog has launched a formal inquiry into claims that Wiltshire police did not properly investigate allegations of sexual offences against children involving the former Conservative prime minister Edward Heath.
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French beach closed for Saudi king’s holiday reopens – BBC News
King Salman had been due to stay for three weeks on the French Riviera, but left after only eight days to travel to Tangiers in Morocco. But the beach was reopened on Monday morning, and a lift installed for the king was being dismantled.
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Iran nuclear deal: John Kerry tries to ease Gulf concerns – BBC News
US Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Qatar to try to reassure Gulf allies over the nuclear deal with Iran. The US has argued that the deal, aimed at stopping Iran from making a nuclear weapon in exchange for sanctions relief, will make the r…
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VICE News Meets Abdul-Haqq: The Islamist Boxer | VICE News
Former professional boxer Anthony Small, has been cleared of plotting to leave Britain to join Islamic State militants in Syria. Small’s flourishing boxing career came to an end when he converted to Islam at the age of 24.
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Fats in the Brain May Help Explain How Human Intelligence Evolved – Scientific American
Forget the insult “fathead.” We may actually owe our extraordinary smarts to the fat in our brain.
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It may be true that speculation about an author’s personal history can prove not especially illuminating to reading their books. We generally think it best to read a literary work on its own terms.
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How your phone’s battery life can be used to invade your privacy | Technology | The Guardian
A little-known feature of the HTML5 specification means that websites can find out how much battery power a visitor has left on their laptop or smartphone – and now, security researchers have warned that that information can be used to track browser…
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Unmissable show? Game Of Thrones. How did I feel about the shock ending of last season? Well, like any show, it’s become part of writing, it increases the stakes. So I welcome it.
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Stylewatch: Derek Zoolander is back | Fashion | The Guardian
We got this insight into the inner workings of the male model’s mind by watching the new trailer for what we’re going to term 2oolander, the much-anticipated sequel to the 2001 film.
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Here are the best excuses to ‘work from home’
Last week, I wrote about Work From Home: Ninja (WFH: Ninja), a side-project by Christina Ng, that crowd sources ‘working from home’ excuses to tell your boss when you really can’t face the office.
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Natural Disaster Recovery Is Harder for the Poor – The Atlantic
The systems in place to provide aid after natural disasters often fail those who need help the most. Ruinous floodwaters, pipe-bursting cold, and destructive wind do not discriminate when it comes to victims.
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Sony launches Xperia M5 and C5 Ultra Android smartphones, with focus on perfect selfies
Sony has announced two new Android smartphones – the selfie-obesessed Xperia M5 and Xperia C5 Ultra – that will go on sale around the world in mid-August.
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Rest stop distance: how is the placement of rest areas on highways decided?
Rest stops are a comforting staple of the American highway system, but sometimes when you need one—really need one—in the midst of a long road trip, the closet exit to relieved bladders and stretched legs can seem miles away.
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Philae: Rosetta comet lander’s first science results.
The European Space Agency has just released some fantastic close-up images taken by the Philae lander of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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One Minute Mediterranean Migrants – Al Jazeera English
Lea Tsemel discusses the deportation and detention of Palestinians, torture, and discriminatory laws in Israel. Murder of Palestinian baby and stabbing spree at Jerusalem Gay Pride parade renews debate about settlement expansion.
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On Aug. 9, one year ago, Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown after a brief scuffle in the middle of a small street in Ferguson, Missouri. There wasn’t any video of the encounter, but many bystanders and local residents saw the afterm…
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Edinburgh festival 2015: you can’t fail with these shows | Stage | The Guardian
There is nothing nicer in Edinburgh than finding yourself watching a show from a company you know little about, and realising it’s something really special. But hunting out those gems takes time and money. I’m in a hugely privileged position: I can …
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One Minute FIFA – Al Jazeera English
Lea Tsemel discusses the deportation and detention of Palestinians, torture, and discriminatory laws in Israel. Murder of Palestinian baby and stabbing spree at Jerusalem Gay Pride parade renews debate about settlement expansion.
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Drones and powerful chips face China export limit – BBC News
National security concerns have led China to restrict exports of high-performance drones and supercomputers. The new regulations cover drones that can stay airborne for longer than an hour, handle bad weather and reach altitudes of 1 mile (1.5km).
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Mafia boss Matteo Denaro’s henchmen ‘used sheep code’ – BBC News
A mafia boss on the run since 1993 communicated with fellow criminals using a code based around sheep, Italian police say.Officers arrested 11 men they say are linked to the fugitive head of the Sicilian Mafia, Matteo Messina Denaro.
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Greek stocks fall after five week closure – BBC News
Greek shares have plunged as trading resumed on the main Athens stock index. Piraeus Bank, National Bank, Alpha Bank, and Eurobank were the biggest fallers, all down by 30%.
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Mobile Marketing And Analytics Startup WizRocket Lands $8M From Sequoia And Accel | TechCrunch
WizRocket, which helps companies increase user engagement by fine-tuning mobile, web, and e-mail notifications, has raised $8 million in new funding from Sequoia Capital and returning investor Accel Partners.
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Bernie Sanders has come out against open borders, claiming they are a “right-wing proposal” that “would make everyone in America poorer.
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Eoin Morgan is to sit out Middlesex’s next four games as he seeks to recapture his form before the one-day internationals against Australia.
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MH370 Investigators Are Meeting in France to Begin Debris Analysis | VICE News
In what could be a landmark shift in one of the biggest mysteries in the history of aviation, French and Malaysian investigators are meeting in Paris today following the discovery of a wing fragment which many hope could be from missing Malaysia Air…
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John Oliver will convince you that D.C. deserves statehood
John Oliver just made a strong argument for creating a new U.S. state—and it’s a place that has already been part of the country for centuries. Washington, D.C., is in a very weird situation when it comes to voting rights.
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Cilla Black wasn’t just the girl next door | Suzanne Moore | Comment is free | The Guardian
One of Cilla Black’s greatest gifts was apparently that she had “the common touch”. This has been mentioned in tribute after tribute. This ability to get on with common people is a rare and unusual thing.
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Calais crisis: ‘1,700 intrusions’ at Eurotunnel terminal – BBC News
There were 1,700 “intrusions” by migrants who managed to break into the Channel Tunnel’s freight terminal overnight, French police have said. But disruption was better managed than previous nights, a police union said, with extra security and riot o…
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Rickie Lambert hopeful West Brom move can help him win England recall | Football | The Guardian
Rickie Lambert is hopeful his move to West Bromwich Albion will help him win back his place in Roy Hodgson’s England set-up, and says he will “never give up” on an international recall.
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Apparently Richard Dawkins does not exist – which is awkward, given everything he says about God. Dawkins is one of the latest Twitter users to have “disappeared”.
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We no longer need to pickle foods, but we should | Everlasting Meals | Life and style | The Guardian
People who grew up in households where pickles were fermented recall, shiny-eyed, the sound of the lids of ceramic crocks clattering all night long as cucumbers and green tomatoes made their way from vegetable to pickle.
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Cilla Black’s career in clips: from Blind Date to the Baftas | Television & radio | The Guardian
Cilla Black always wanted to be remembered as a singer, not a TV presenter. However, for generations of viewers, especially the one that grew up in the 1980s, Cilla was – and would always be – the walking personification of weekend television. Here’…
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Good Monday morning from Washington, where the Senate is considering defunding Planned Parenthood and where President Obama will articulate a new climate change plan that is sure to spur discussion on the campaign trail.
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County cricket: the week’s final over | Sport | The Guardian
Having won three games in five days (you are keeping up with this competition aren’t you?) and with a no-result counting one point, Surrey sit at the top of Group A, their season going from strength to strength.
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‘Between the World and Me’ Book Club: Black Rhetoric Without Religion – The Atlantic
In departing from the religious rhetoric of hope and focusing on the “struggle,” Ta-Nehisi Coates retains the ability to relate to his multiple audiences. When you review Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic lots of people email you to tell you what you…
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Police arrest 11 suspects linked to fugitive head of Sicilian mafia | World news | The Guardian
Italian police on Monday arrested 11 suspects linked to the fugitive head of the Sicilian mafia, including one who ran a secret message system for the mobster using a sheep-based code.
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The air campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has killed more than 450 civilians, according to a new report, even though the US-led coalition has so far acknowledged just two non-combatant deaths.
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Significant Digits For Monday, August 3, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. Ronda Rousey KO’d Bethe Correia in 34 seconds in a UFC match Saturday. I think my colleague Andrew Flowers had the right of it when he said she fights l…
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Hundreds of businesses including eBay, Nestle and General Mills have issued their support for Barack Obama’s clean power plan, billed as the strongest action ever on climate change by a US president.
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Ecuador spied on Amazon oil plan opponents, leaked papers suggest | Environment | The Guardian
Ecuadorian spies may have broken the law by obtaining personal information on MPs, environmentalists, indigenous groups, human rights activists, academics and political opponents of president Rafael Correa who opposed the exploitation of oil from an…
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The Daily Show: A Comedy Vortex That Launched a Thousand Stars | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Since Jon Stewart took over hosting duties on The Daily Show in 1999, he and his correspondents have vaulted to super- or at least moderate stardom.
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‘Snowball Earth’ Might Be Slushy
Imagine a world without liquid water — just solid ice in all directions. It would certainly not be a place that most life forms would like to live. And yet our planet has gone through several frozen periods, in which a runaway climate effect led to …
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Why Men and Women Battle Over the Office Thermostat | WIRED
It’s midsummer, and you came to work dressed appropriate for the weather outside, but you had to bring a scarf and sweater to survive a day in the meat locker otherwise known as “the office.” Meanwhile, the guy next to you is doing fine. He even has…
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One Way to Fight California’s Drought: Desalting the Ocean | WIRED
The drought currently shriveling the West Coast comes with an irony that the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge would recognize. There’s water, water, everywhere out there—literally an ocean’s worth—but you can’t drink it or irrigate with it for the salt.
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How Vice’s Feminist Channel ‘Broadly’ Plans to Get Women Right | WIRED
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The Hellish Beauty of California’s Wildfires | WIRED
Caption: August, 2014. The Way Fire burns in the Sierra National Forest near Kernville. Stuart Palley There have been more than 3,600 wildfires in California this year, the most recent Rocky Fire devouring some 50,000 acres and requiring 12,000 peop…
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Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs | WIRED
The common wisdom when it comes to PCs and Apple computers is that the latter are much more secure. Particularly when it comes to firmware, people have assumed that Apple systems are locked down in ways that PCs aren’t. It turns out this isn’t true.
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Brazil police ‘killed hundreds’ in Rio – Amnesty – BBC News
Campaign group Amnesty International says Brazil’s military police have been responsible for more than 1,500 deaths in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the last five years.
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Speedway rider Lewis Kerr in coma after ‘horrific’ crash in Peterborough | Sport | The Guardian
Lewis Kerr, an up-and-coming speedway rider, is in a coma following a “horrific” collision with a barrier at a race meeting in Peterborough on Sunday. The incident was witnessed by Kerr’s parents and his pregnant wife, Jessie.
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Buckeye dam is not much to look at. It is not a towering monument to engineering like the Hoover dam. It does not contain a mighty river or spin electric turbines.
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Picky eaters may grow into depressed and anxious kids, research suggests | US news | The Guardian
For many in the toddler-rearing parent populationdinner-time can be a battle: their children are picky eaters, and have divined what seems like a both arbitrary and immovable set of guidelines for their foods.
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Is That Really Alien Life? Scientists Worry Over False-Positive Signs
An artist’s concept of a planetary lineup, featuring five exoplanets that may be similar to Earth: (L to R) Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-452b, Kepler-62f and Kepler-186f, with Earth on the far right.
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Planned Parenthood: Rand Paul resists call for shutdown in defunding fight | US news | The Guardian
As a Monday Senate vote on withdrawing federal funding from Planned Parenthood approached, one of the bill’s 24 Republican sponsors said he did not support a potential government shutdown over the issue.
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International Astronomical Union Meeting Kicks Off in Hawaii
Quek ZongYe of Singapore captured this image of the Milky Way glowing over Hawaiʻi’s Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on Sept. 12, 2012. The image was released on Oct. 14, 2013.
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Nokia’s digital mapping bought by German carmakers – BBC News
A group of German carmakers, including Audi, BMW and Daimler, are buying Nokia’s Here digital mapping business for €2.8bn (£2bn).The company is developing technology that it hopes will help create self-driving cars.Here uses cloud technology to buil…
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Future London underground to serve 200 million a year – Al Jazeera English
It has taken 10,000 workers more than six years, but now London’s newest underground train tunnels are almost ready for their rails. One of the most advanced lines ever built, the system will service up to 200 million people each year.
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The Tricky Ethics of the Lucrative Disaster Rescue Business | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. KATHMANDU, NEPAL In retrospect, the choice to book a ground-floor room was a sound one.
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US authority warns hospitals over use of hackable drug pump – BBC News
The US Food and Drug Administration is now “strongly encouraging” hospitals not to use a leading brand of drug pump over hacking fears. Hospira, which made the Symbiq Infusion System pump, had already discontinued the product for business reasons.
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Bomb discovered in Northern Ireland cemetery | UK news | The Guardian
Pensioners were evacuated in the middle of the night as security officials were alerted to the discovery of a motor bomb on Saturday at a cemetery in Strabane. Searches had began in the early hours of Saturday morning and ended on Sunday at 8.30pm.
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Cilla Black ‘knew she was dying’, friend says – BBC News
Cilla Black was ailing and “willed herself to die”, according to a long-time friend. The star, who had a string of pop hits in the 1960s before presenting TV shows like Blind Date and Surprise Surprise in the ’80s, died on Saturday, aged 72.
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‘So revealing and wacky’: Hillary Clinton emails deride David Cameron | US news | The Guardian
US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s contempt for David Cameron before he became prime minister has been revealed in the release of her private emails.
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Rafael da Silva closing on move to Lyon from Manchester United | Football | The Guardian
Lyon are closing in on the signing of the Brazilian right-back Rafael da Silva from Manchester United. The defender was told he could leave United this summer after being left out of the squad for the pre-season tour of the United States.
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Tube strike expected to go ahead | UK news | The Guardian
Hopes that this week’s planned Tube strike might be cancelled are fading, with unions expected to reject an offer made on Friday by London Underground.
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Long catwalk home: can Ben Stiller make audiences care about Zoolander 2? | Film | The Guardian
With Arnie heading back, or perhaps forward, or perhaps both simultaneously, in Terminator Genisys, Stallone refusing to let Rocky go down without a fight in upcoming spin-off Creed and Tom Cruise rumoured to be feeling the need for speed, even at h…
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Good morning on this blazing Monday. It was August at Citi Field, the time of year when hope usually ebbs for Mets fans, but instead they were on their feet.
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Nairo Quintana to race in Vuelta a España | Sport | The Guardian
The Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana is to race in the Vuelta a España. The Colombian climber will be joined by his Movistar team-mate, the former Vuelta champion Alejandro Valverde, the third-place finisher at this summer’s Tour.
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Representative Adam Schiff: The Iran Deal Is Good for the U.S., and for Israel – The Atlantic
California Representative Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, plans to announce his support for the nuclear agreement on Monday.
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‘I really thrived in Norway when we did our Arctic warfare training’ | Football | The Guardian
Dave Robertson says he seldom talks to his Peterborough United team about what he did before coaching because “the last thing I want to do is turn into Uncle Albert and have the players going: ‘Oh, here he goes again, how many ships did you sink?’” …
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GOP field gets ready to rumble | TheHill
Thursday marks the true opening salvo in the GOP presidential race, as the top 10 candidates are slated to face off in the long-awaited Fox News debate.
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Myanmar flooding leaves dozens dead – BBC News
At least 47 people have died and tens of thousands of people have been affected by flooding in Myanmar. Some areas have seen 1,000mm (3.3ft) of monsoon rain in the past week.
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Kempelen’s chess-playing automaton – Aeon Video
Generations before sophisticated artificial intelligence was widely thought possible, automatons – elaborate machines frequently intended to mimic lifelike movements – were the closest that humans had come to simulating life.
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What’s the best way to get rid of rats? | Grist
Q. We have a rat in the house. How can we get rid of it? Kristin M. Gabriola, BC
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August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist | The Nation
On this day in 1948 Whittaker Chambers, an editor at Time magazine, accused Alger Hiss, a former government official and then president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, of having been a Communist; later Chambers added that both he …
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What drives the urge to explore? – Veronique Greenwood – Aeon
First, there is nothing. From all appearances, the fast ferry, whipping through the water in the early morning sun, is headed out into the cold wastes of the Atlantic. But then a shimmering line appears on the horizon.
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There’s No Perfect Way To Sort The Candidates For A Primary Debate | FiveThirtyEight
At this point in past presidential primary campaigns — about six months before any voting is scheduled — it was easy to mostly ignore early polls. This year is different, because the Fox News debate this Thursday is using national polls to sift a to…
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A new study has just been prepared for an upcoming climate meeting of the US Climate Variability and Predictability Program. This group has an annual summit and this year will have a special science session with papers and presentations devoted to t…
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Senate inquiry recommends national standards on windfarm noise levels | Environment | The Guardian
An independent scientific committee should be created to set national standards on the level of sound emitted by windfarms, the final report of a Senate inquiry into turbines has recommended.
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Canada’s tar sands landscape from the air – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Skip to main content Environment Canada’s tar sands landscape from the air – in pictures A new book of aerial photographs, Beautiful Destruction, captures the awesome scale and devastating impact of Alberta’s oil sands with stunning colours, contras…
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Clint Dempsey is back – and the Seattle Sounders are still bad | Sport | The Guardian
The consolation for Seattle might be that their annual slump came early this year, and they still have time to find their way back into form in time for the playoffs.
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Myanmar inundated by floods – Al Jazeera English
The story behind Nigeria’s domestic movie industry, the second biggest producer of films in the world. An investigation into the role of one of the most influential banks in the world.
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Ronaldo ‘gives football agent Mendes Greek island’ – BBC News
The multi-millionaire Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has given his agent Jorge Mendes a Greek island as a wedding present, media reports say. The island has not been named but the price tag could run into the millions, reports say.
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India blocks access to 857 porn sites – BBC News
India has blocked free access to 857 porn sites in what it says is a move to prevent children from accessing them. Adults will still be able to access the sites using virtual private networks (VPNs) or proxy servers.
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Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza warns against vengeance – BBC News
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has warned against vengeance following the assassination of a senior general. Mr Nkurunziza won a third term last month, amid deadly protests over his decision to run for office again.
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Good morning. President Obama today unveils a set of environmental regulations devised to sharply cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants and to ultimately transform the electricity industry.
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Why are we still addicted to burning waste? | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian
MEPs are calling on the European commission to ban the incineration of recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2020 as part of the latest plan for the EU circular economy package.
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I am what you might call a grandchild of Louisiana. My father was born there as were many of his friends and relatives.
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Dr Death does comedy – video | Society | The Guardian
Dr Philip Nitschke is better known as Dr Death. For a fee, he will teach you how to kill yourself. The Australian Medical board expelled Philip last year, and an investigation by the Metropolitan police stopped him from giving his annual London suic…
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Last summer, while staying in the Swedish archipelago with my wife and young daughter, a neighbour came by with his own daughter. ”Would you mind looking after her for a while?” he asked from a distance, blocking the evening sun with his hand.
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter opts against standing for re-election to IOC | Football | The Guardian
The departing Fifa president Sepp Blatter’s 16 years as an International Olympic Committee member ended on Monday after he opted against seeking re-election.
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Israel, Palestine, Jordan unite to save revered river – Al Jazeera English
In a rare show of political unity, Israel, Jordan and Palestine have united for a common cause: to clean up the Jordan River. The river, believed to be the site of Jesus’ baptism, has been suffering from pollution and could be in danger of drying up.
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ATHENS — The Athens Stock Exchange plunged 22.8 percent when it reopened on Monday after a five-week shutdown imposed by Greek authorities as part of efforts to prevent a financial collapse.
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VICE News Capsule – Monday, August 3 | VICE News
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Iraqi protesters call for rescue of Yazidi women and girls, UN peacekeeper killed in the Central African Republic, Pakistan frees imprisoned Indian fishermen, and Yemen’…
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Holocaust survivors’ grandchildren call for action over inherited trauma | World news | The Guardian
Jewish activists in Scotland have started a campaign to support the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors across the world, saying the trauma of the extermination camps continues to haunt the descendants of those who suffered there.
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Which books can help us after the killing of Cecil the lion? | Children’s books | The Guardian
My children were devastated by the killing of Cecil the Lion. They want to know about how animals in the wild can be protected. Are there any good books that might inspire them?
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For months, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been telling crowds, the news media, and anyone else who will listen that she “always thought this would be a competitive race.”But she did not, at least until this past weekend, seriously anticipate the compet…
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Xiaomi Regains Top Spot In China’s Smartphone Market, Ahead Of Huawei And Apple | TechCrunch
Xiaomi regained its crown as the top smartphone firm in China during Q2 2015, according to reports from two analyst firms. The Chinese company, which is valued at more than $40 billion and recently launched in Brazil, topped the scales in China with…
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BoardVitals Raises $1.1 Million To Make It Easier For You To Become A Doctor | TechCrunch
BoardVitals is essentially a repository for hard questions. Aimed at doctors to be, the service wants to change the way medicine is taught and is beginning with the medical boards, test taken by doctors in specific fields to become licensed to bleed…
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Barnardo’s gets £3.1m to tackle child sex abuse in Rotherham | UK news | The Guardian
Barnardo’s has said it would use the funds to hire 15 specialists to help victims and those at risk of child sex exploitation. The announcement follows the Jay report of last year, which revealed that 1,400 children had been sexually exploited in Ro…
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California wildfire doubles in size on fifth day – BBC News
A wildfire raging through northern California more than doubled in size on its fifth day on Sunday, expanding to 84 square miles (220 sq km).The blaze, in Lake County north of San Francisco, has destroyed 24 homes and displaced about 12,000 resident…
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Cilla Black: Tributes paid to ‘huge talent’ – BBC News
Tributes have been paid to singer and TV star Cilla Black as a post-mortem examination is due to take place later. The performer, whose showbusiness career spanned 50 years, died at her home in Spain aged 72 on Saturday.
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Malema trial to resume in South Africa after delay – Al Jazeera English
The trial of Julius Malema, the leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters and a former leader of the ANC youth wing, is set to resume in a South African court after being postponed from last September.
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VICE News Daily: Iraq’s Yazidis Demand Return of Captured Women | VICE News
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Iraqi protesters call for rescue of Yazidi women and girls, UN peacekeeper killed in the Central African Republic, Pakistan frees imprisoned Indian fishermen, and Yemen’…
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MH370 investigators meet in Paris before test on part – BBC News
Malaysian officials are meeting French investigators in Paris before tests are carried out on a wing part suspected of being from missing flight MH370. Malaysia’s transport minister says the part belonged to a Boeing 777 – the same make as the Malay…
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ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND, Alaska — America’s Far North cherishes its image of wild purity in a landscape so vast it can sometimes seem barely touched by people.
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Israel’s culpability in settler violence – Al Jazeera English
The Israeli government has shed crocodile tears over Friday’s killing by settlers of Palestinian toddler Ali Saad Dawabsheh. Much media attention was given to Israeli officials’ description of the attack as terrorism, which must be fought “regardles…
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With lab-grown meat, can have our animals and eat them too? | Grist
Quick question: Which of these images is less appealing to you? A few weeks ago, we were trying to decide which one to use in a story about animals genetically modified to grow extra muscle. In a non-unanimous decision, the full-bull glamour shot wo…
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Tom Cruise: Mission accomplished at US box office – BBC News
Tom Cruise has proved there’s still some gas in the tank after Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation topped the US and Canada box office over the weekend. The fifth instalment of the franchise earned $56m (£36m), the second-highest opening for the seri…
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BBC Sport – Leaked IAAF doping files: IOC will act with ‘zero tolerance’
The International Olympic Committee will act with “zero tolerance” should allegations of widespread doping in athletics be proven, says president Thomas Bach. The data belongs to the International Association of Athletics Federations.
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Has Israeli society failed to confront its intolerance? – Al Jazeera English
Thousands have protested in Israel against the killing of a Palestinian baby in a firebomb attack and last week’s stabbing during Jerusalem’s Gay Pride parade. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered strong words of condemnation.
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The NBA’s first Palestinian? Sani Sakakini’s remarkable basketball odyssey | Sport | The Guardian
Outside of a gym on the edge of the glowing city, the Palestine’s first professional basketball player is talking about about a dream. That Sakakini has come from Ramallah on the West Bank to play basketball for a living is remarkable.
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From Amy Schumer to Bill Murray, baseball pain breeds great comedians | Sport | The Guardian
Supporting a terrible baseball team is a unique kind of sports fan misery. If your favorite NFL or soccer team stinks, it’s one or two days a week.
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Death toll rises as Myanmar faces flood emergency – Al Jazeera English
Rescue workers in Myanmar are racing to help tens of thousands of people facing severe floods, as the death toll climbed to at least 46, officials have said.
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A Kuwaiti island frozen in time – Al Jazeera English
Failaka Island, Kuwait – About 20km off the coast of Kuwait City, tiny Failaka Island stands as a constant reminder of the Iraqi invasion a quarter-century ago.
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A government plan to require landlords to evict tenants living in Britain illegally from their properties without a court order could lead to violent confrontations, the National Landlords’ Association has warned.
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Warplane crashes into Syrian town, say reports | World news | The Guardian
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and Syrian umbrella organisation the Local Coordination Committees, gave no immediate death toll.. The town of Ariha, once a government stronghold, was captured in May by opposition fighters and Isla…
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DU Battery Saver gives control over your phone’s battery life
As our thirst for dazzling ultra HD screens and beautiful graphics grows, sadly the humble battery supplying these smartphone experiences hasn’t been able to keep up. C’est la vie.
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SoftBank Leads $100M Investment In India-Based Budget Hotel Network OYO Rooms | TechCrunch
SoftBank is back investing in India after it lead a $100 million round for OYO Rooms, a two-year-old startup that runs an online marketplace for affordable hotels in the country. OYO Rooms was founded by 21-year-old Thiel Fellow Ritesh Agarwal, and …
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As murders soar, El Salvador gangs want to talk truce – Al Jazeera English
San Salvador, El Salvador – ‘Santiago’, as he prefers to be called, joined El Salvador’s 18th Street Gang when he was 17 years old. “I had few options. My family was poor. They made me feel like I belonged,” he said.
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Marshland: an Andalusian killer thriller haunted by Franco’s ghosts | Film | The Guardian
It’s 20 September 1980, Spain. Franco is five years in the ground. A new Spain is struggling to its feet after 40 years under the Generalissimo’s deadening rule. Eta has today killed four Guardia Civil officers in the north and, on the TV, crowds th…
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Syrian government warplane crashes in Idlib province – BBC News
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Calais migrant crisis prompts plan to turn Kent airport into lorry car park | UK news | The Guardian
The M20 in Kent was open in both directions and Channel tunnel trains running on Monday morning, as plans were being developed to avert further delays being caused by desperate migrants in Calais.
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California wildfires destroy forests and threaten homes | US news | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/02/california-wildfire-lower-lake)Wildfires blazing across western US states have destroyed forests and threatened residentsout, particulary in northern California where dozens of blazes are raging and hom…
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If You’re an Adult Watching Disney’s Descendants, Drink. Heavily.
On Friday, the Disney Channel premiered Descendants, a TV movie about the children of Disney heroes and villains. No surprise, it is basically a mix of Once Upon a Time and High School Musical. Sober, it is a rough sit. Drunk? It is a delight.
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UK government further cuts stake in Lloyds | Business | The Guardian
The government has sold a further portion of its stake in Lloyds Banking Group amid expectations it could soon start selling shares in Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Premier League 2015-16 preview No11: Newcastle United | Football | The Guardian
At their best under Alan Pardew, on those all too rare good days when European competition felt almost within touching distance, Newcastle United were undeniably exciting to watch.
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The Mt.Gox Arrest Is The End Of The First Age Of Bitcoin | TechCrunch
The former head of bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox, Mark Karpeles, screwed a lot of early adopters. It is unclear at this point how much Karpeles allegedly lost or took, but the Japanese police are claiming he lost about $387 million while Mt. Gox was in bu…
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Kerry holds talks on Iran deal with top Gulf leaders – Al Jazeera English
John Kerry, the US secretary of state, is meeting senior officials of Arab Gulf states to reassure them over last month’s nuclear deal between world powers and Iran.
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Mexican authorities uncover drugs tunnel close to US border – video | World news | The Guardian
Mexican authorities find a drug smuggling tunnel close to the US border. Discovered in Tijuana, just two blocks from the border, this is the third tunnel found in the area since April. The unfinished passage emerges in a building belonging to an imp…
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North Korea and Christianity – uneasy bedfellows – BBC News
There has been concern recently that Christian communities face destruction in parts of the Middle East. But there are other parts of the world where they also have extreme difficulty, with Christian groups often citing North Korea in particular.
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Try this typewriter simulator: See how many mistakes you make
Read next: The TNW Handwriting Challenge – Has typing made your penmanship worse? #TNWwrites
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If a journalist doesn’t distrust brands, you shouldn’t trust them
…and was fair enough, I was being snarky. But, Josh’s jibe got me thinking. Do I really hate brands? A couple of months back I wrote a piece about why brands trying to be your friends on social media is the worst thing about Twitter, Facebook and th…
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Nokia’s HERE maps sold to car manufacturers for $3 billion
After weeks of rumors surrounding the sale of Nokia’s HERE maps, the company has confirmed today that it’s sold the product to a group of car manufacturers for $3 billion (€2.8 billion). AUDI AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG formed a consortium to purch…
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Uniqlo founder says sex video shot in Beijing store is ‘disgusting’ | World news | The Guardian
The founder of Japanese retailer Uniqlo says he was appalled by a viral sex video shot inside its flagship Beijing store, describing it as “disgusting”. The film became an internet sensation in China last month and sparked government outrage.
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The “starry-eyed, hard left” economic strategy of Jeremy Corbyn would hand the Tories at least another decade in power and end up hurting the poor by leading to higher inflation and interest rates as well as cuts in public spending, the shadow chanc…
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Australian and New Zealand troops train Iraqi forces – BBC News
Australian and New Zealand forces are training Iraqi soldiers in the hope that their guidance will help in the fight against Islamic State militants. The fall of Anbar a few months ago to IS demoralized Iraqi troops.
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Netanyahu vows to go after ‘fanatic’ Israeli attackers – Al Jazeera English
Israel’s security cabinet has approved new measures allowing “administrative detention” against Israelis who attack Palestinians, a plan which critics say is ineffective unless the issue of settlements is resolved.
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Every night when I turn on the news these days, I feel ashamed to be German. Almost every day there is an attack on asylum seekers’ homes somewhere in my country, and in many places the opening of such buildings is accompanied by racists taking to t…
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What do Katie Hopkins and a Sheffield brothel have in common? | Television & radio | The Guardian
If you hold any truck with the idea of a professional troll, then Katie Hopkins has cornered the market. When she walked out of the Apprentice boardroom to a squall of public hatred, she thought: “You’ve got to work with what you’ve got.
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Paintings by Maria A. Aristidou Artist Maria A. Aristidou’s medium is coffee, and lately, she’s been garnering a lot of attention for java-based portraits of such cultural luminaries as Einstein, Darth Vader and The Beatles.
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This colourful bubble is a planetary nebula called NGC 6818, also known as the Little Gem Nebula. It is located in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer), roughly 6000 light-years away from us.
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Zimbabwe accuses 2nd American of illegal lion hunt | Al Jazeera America
Zimbabwe has accused a Pennsylvania doctor of illegally killing a lion in April, as it seeks to extradite a Minnesota dentist who killed a well-known lion named Cecil in July.
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Give me your tired, your poor … the Europeans embracing migrants | World news | The Guardian
Judging from the headlines, it sometimes seems no one in Europe wants to help refugees. Record numbers are arriving in Italy and Greece this year, and yet other European governments have agreed to share less than a fifth of them. Hungary is building…
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South Africa’s economy is having a tough time. The country is struggling to escape the effects of the global financial crisis and mining companies – one of South Africa’s key economic sectors – are laying off workers in response to falling commodity…
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BBC Sport – Kaiser Carlile: Baseball batboy, 9, dies after being hit by bat
Kaiser Carlile was struck by a warm-up swing on Saturday while acting as the Liberal Bee Jays’ batboy – a youngster who carries and arranges equipment. The game in Wichita, Kansas was against the San Diego Waves in the National Baseball Congress Wor…
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Greece debt crisis: Athens stock market falls 23% after reopening – live | Business | The Guardian
Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of the corporate and business world, global markets and the eurozone crisis. It’s a big day in Athens as the stock market reopens there after its five-week suspension. Trading is scheduled to resume a…
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Egypt 1332 BC, and in front of a rowdy crowd a man awaits his execution, for poisoning Akhenaten, the pharaoh. The man is defiant though, so first his wife is dragged to her death behind a chariot. Ouch.
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Wildfire continues to burn in California – video | World news | The Guardian
The so-called Rocky Fire burns for a fifth day in northern California, having scorched about 54,000 acres and destroyed 24 homes.
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Simone Weil on True Genius and the Crushing Illusion of Inferiority | Brain Pickings
“Many of the tenets of sainthood are also to be cultivated in the committed writer,” Melissa Pritchard observed in her beautiful meditation on art as a form of active prayer.
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Snapdeal, one of India’s biggest e-commerce companies, has scooped up $500 million in funding from Alibaba, Foxconn, and SoftBank, according to Re/code.
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“Sticky Wicket” · The Brink · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Despite some emotional heavy-handedness, rushed character development, a handful of terrible lines of dialogue, and a little too much Foreign Policy 101, “Sticky Wicket” is a decent episode of television.
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Back in 2001 two French economists, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, circulated a seminal research paper (formally published two years later) titled “Income inequality in the United States, 1913-1998.
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JERSEY CITY — A police officer was among a group of people who were struck and injured by a speeding vehicle in Jersey City on Sunday, officials said. The accident happened shortly after 8 p.m. when the vehicle hit a second car, sending it onto a si…
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Rian Dundon had to go back to high school for nine months last year. Mind you, he was already a working photojournalist. His assignment was to create a visual narrative for the Common Core, the educational initiative that has generated as much contr…
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Iraqis protest over power outages and poor services – Al Jazeera English
Thousands of Iraqis have demonstrated against the government over the lack of basic services across the country, as rampant electricity cuts exacerbate a sweltering heat wave.
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The Ebola vaccine we dared to dream of is here | Jeremy Farrar | Comment is free | The Guardian
For more than a year and a half, three of the world’s poorest countries have struggled against the most devastating Ebola epidemic in human history. Containing this unprecedented outbreak would have been a huge challenge for Guinea, Liberia and Sier…
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Not surprisingly – given this newspaper’s history – the Labour leadership race, and in particular the candidacy of Jeremy Corbyn, has generated powerful feelings among readers, not all in favour of the Guardian’s coverage.
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Do Nigerians really drink as much champagne as the French? | World news | The Guardian
What do Africa’s super-wealthy spend their money on? Much the same things that rich people around the the world do: cars, houses and champagne, according to a BBC Africa report on the shopping habits of rich Africans.
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My wife has put on weight and I don’t find her attractive any more | Life and style | The Guardian
My wife and I were 26 when we met, and had an intense mutual sexual attraction. We have been together for six years and now she has stopped going to the gym and let herself go. (We both have pretty busy schedules with work.) I love her very much but…
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Bronx Legionnaires’ Outbreak Kills 4, Sickens 67 — NYMag
Over the weekend a fourth person died of Legionnaires’ disease in the South Bronx and the number of reported infections in the borough since July 10 rose to 71.
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How the New Routemaster came full circle: back to a regular old London bus | Cities | The Guardian
On a mid-December day in 2011, London mayor Boris Johnson posed for photographs in Trafalgar Square standing triumphantly aboard the policy result that symbolises most completely the thinking that has guided his seven years at City Hall.
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Can you solve it? Are you smarter than a Japanese schoolchild? | Science | The Guardian
Hello Guzzlers. It is with huge pleasure that I introduce today’s puzzle, which is already a big deal in Japan. It’s called Menseki Meiro, or Area Maze, and I hope you find it as brilliant as I do.
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Lucas Duda watched the ball soar into the night, his mouth agape, listening as the Citi Field crowd reacted. The fans had shot out of their seats, throwing their arms up as if they were on a roller coaster. As the ball ricocheted off the facing of t…
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EU Kosovo mission accused of trying to silence whistleblower | World news | The Guardian
The European Union’s biggest foreign mission has been accused of using its powers to try to silence a whistleblower who claims to have uncovered evidence of possible corruption. Eulex, the foreign mission in Kosovo, is being taken to an employment t…
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Military aircraft interceptions have surged: Top Gun … but for real | World news | The Guardian
World powers are reporting surges in airspace violations and instances where aircraft are scrambled to intercept foreign jets, amid a sharp rise in geopolitical tensions in Europe and Asia.
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UK, France Urge Eu-wide Action on Migrants | Al Jazeera America
Britain and France on Sunday urged other European Union states to help them tackle the growing crisis in northern France caused by thousands of migrants seeking to make illegal and dangerous crossings into England.
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“Like most people we love your attractions, but we found some problems with some of them and those problems are stereotypes.
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MH370 investigators to meet in France ahead of debris analysis | World news | The Guardian
Five days after the discovery of a Boeing 777 wing fragment on La Reunion island, French and Malaysian aviation experts will meet together with police and magistrates in Paris Monday to coordinate their work in the investigation into the disappearan…
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On the ground floor of Mailuu-Suu’s central hospital, pharmacist Ainagul Parpibaeva says she’s had enough. “We’re full of illness. Many people have cancer, leukaemia. I think this is because of the uranium, but the government never tells us anything…
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Can You Spot the International Space Station As It Crosses the Moon?
That tiny speck in the middle of this photo is the International Space Station. The photo was taken earlier today, August 2nd, as the ISS passed the moon going roughly five miles per second. Contact the author at katharine@io9.com.
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“There are contradictory impulses in everything,” Susan Sontag observed in lamenting how our inability to sit with duality makes us fall into perilous polarities.
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Obama’s big climate plan is now final — and it’s even stronger than expected | Grist
It’s finally here, the biggest climate action of Obama’s presidency: On Monday morning, the EPA will issue a final Clean Power Plan rule that will, for the first time, govern carbon emissions from power plants.
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Monsoon rains leave 100 dead in India | World news | The Guardian
Heavy monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in India in the past week and forced tens of thousands of people to take shelter in state-run relief camps, India’s home ministry has said. More than 200 medical teams using 120 boats have reached…
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Nokia Sells HERE Mapping Business To Group Of European Car Makers For $3.07B | TechCrunch
Nokia has announced that it has sold its HERE mapping business to a consortium of automobile makers for $3.07 billion, ending months of speculation about the future of the unit.
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Monday’s best TV | Television & radio | The Guardian
A 10th series for the culinary contest where top chefs face off for the chance to cater for a special event.
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Hillary’s First Ads Focus on Her Mom — NYMag
Parents were the hot accessory in campaign ads during last year’s midterm elections, and it looks like the trend will continue in the 2016 race.
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Zoolander 2 trailer: The real star is a 31-year-old synthesizer
You’ll recognise the voice, it’s Stephen Hawking, right? Well, not quite. The narrator of the Zoolander 2 trailer is credited by name in the end card – DECtalk by Dennis is a 31-year-old synthesizer, born in the same year as me – 1984.
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The alternative city guide to Ghent, Belgium | Travel | The Guardian
Twenty years ago, if you were walking around with a camera in Ghent, you were probably an art student. Today, the chances are you’re a tourist.
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What to wear in August: five summer outfits for every temperature | Fashion | The Guardian
Muggy with a chance of rain, 22-24CJumpsuit, £125, by Madewell from net-a-porter.comTop, £7.99, hm.comHairslide, £11.50, jcrew.comClogs, £169, swedishhasbeens.com Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close
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At a time when, despite the occasional hiccup, market forces appear to be triumphant everywhere, up pops Channel 4’s economics editor, Paul Mason, to predict that the end is nigh.
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More than 100 killed in India floods – BBC News
Heavy monsoon rains in India have killed more than 100 people in the past week and forced tens of thousands of people to take shelter in relief camps, India’s home ministry has said. A cyclone struck the state of West Bengal, killing 48 people in fl…
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This Week in Fiction: Michael Cunningham – The New Yorker
Your story in this week’s issue, “Little Man,” is one in a series of rewritten fairy tales that you’ll be publishing as a collection, titled “A Wild Swan and Other Tales,” in November.
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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons August 10 & 17, 2015 – The New Yorker
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Cover Story: Joost Swarte’s “Summer Adventures” – The New Yorker
Swarte’s love of cartoons has inspired him to launch a magazine, Scratches, whose first issue will be published in early 2016. (The second issue will appear in the presentation of Dutch and Flemish literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair, in 2016.
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In Praise of the Rant – The New Yorker
A few days before the Adam Sandler movie “Pixels” was released, Bob Chipman saw an advance screening. “I was bored within two minutes, angry after five, and by the time all hundred minutes had run out I was sad and numb,” he later said.
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Why Do Working Class Voters Love Donald Trump? – The New Yorker
Donald Trump’s campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again!” A better one might be “Only in America.
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Jason Isbell Settles Down – The New Yorker
Back when Jason Isbell was drinking, he spent a lot of his New York City downtime at the Lakeside Lounge, on Avenue B. “It’s gone now,” Isbell, an Alabama-born singer-songwriter, said on a recent visit to the city. “I spent every hour I wasn’t worki…
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The Ghostly Love Triangle of the Mission School – The New Yorker
Early on the morning I went to see the San Francisco artists Barry McGee and Clare Rojas at their weekend place, in Marin County, a robin redbreast began hurling itself at a window in their living room. “It won’t stop,” Rojas said.
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“Each Day Unexpected Salvation (John Cage)” – The New Yorker
Forest shade, lake shade, poplar shade, highway shade, backyard shade, café shade, down-behind-the-high-school shade, cow shade, carport shade, blowing shade, dappled shade, shade darkened by rain above, shade under ships, shade along banks of snow,…
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“Halt and Catch Fire” and “Deutschland 83” Reviews – The New Yorker
In 1983, when I was a teen-ager, my brother told me that you could reach a BBS—an early online community—through our phone line, using a modem. I dialled in, and was met by that digital shrieking sound, the now nostalgic “handshake.
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What if you had a child? If you had a child, your life would be about more than getting through the various holiday rushes, and wondering exactly how insane Mrs. Witters in Accounts Payable is going to be on any given day.
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews – The New Yorker
Spectacle, by Pamela Newkirk (Amistad). In 1906, Ota Benga, a Congolese man, was put on display at the Bronx Zoo as a “pygmy,” often caged and left in the company of an orangutan.
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The Chinese Lingerie Venders of Egypt – The New Yorker
The city of Asyut sits in the heart of Upper Egypt, at a crescent-shaped bend in the Nile River, where the western bank is home to a university, a train station, approximately four hundred thousand people, and three shops in which Chinese migrants s…
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The Fight for Free Speech – The New Yorker
Fitzgerald’s is an Irish pub in Chapel Hill, near the campus of the University of North Carolina, that counts among its attractions cheap burgers, flip-cup tournaments, and jolly music.
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Renegade Music Returns – The New Yorker
Harry Partch, the rigorous wild man of American music, wrote, in 1935, “This isn’t Germany, and this isn’t the eighteenth century, and I’m trying to give myself, and others, a good basis for a new and great music of the people.
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“Heaven Is a Heavy House: Axe, Drawknife, Auger, Crosscut Saw” – The New Yorker
You fell the trees, You limb them, peel them, And skid them out. You raise a heavy house With heavy rooms, A heavy loft.A heavy wet snow Falls in May, Snows you in For five days.That snow makes new grass heavy, And heavy with flowers.
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The Man Who Shot Michael Brown – The New Yorker
Darren Wilson, the former police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an eighteen-year-old African-American, in Ferguson, Missouri, has been living for several months on a nondescript dead-end street on the outskirts of St. Louis.
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Coming This Fall – The New Yorker
I’ve been in the television business for eleven years, long enough for people to start calling me “seasoned.” Seasoned means a cross between “old,” “disagreeable,” and “only wears slacks.
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Activists-in-Training – The New Yorker
On a recent Wednesday, Olivett Tisson, a rising senior at the Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, in Brooklyn, stood with a group of her classmates at the edge of Cadman Plaza Park, holding a stack of leaflets.
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“Black Maps And Motel Rooms” · True Detective · TV Review · The A.V. Club
It’s the pieces you take your eye off of that get you in the end. The second season of True Detective should know that well, what with its recurring tableaus of two people (one of whom is usually Colin Farrell) squaring off over a table, an invisibl…
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“She was always biting us”: 6 TV pets hated by their castmates · Inventory · The A.V. Club
When Frasier raced to the front of the sitcom pack in 1993, its breakout character was the one member of the Crane family who never needed a witty retort to score a laugh.
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I watched lambs being slaughtered so I could appreciate meat more | Life and style | The Guardian
It was an invitation I couldn’t resist. “We’re slaughtering some lambs on the farm, would you like to come over and watch, perhaps help?”
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Significant Mother · Season 1 · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Jimmy and Nate are best friends. Jimmy also happens to be screwing Nate’s mom. That’s the premise of The CW’s Significant Mother, a comedy so slight, you might not even notice it is there.
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UnREAL’s first season is really ending · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Monday, August 3. All times are Eastern. UnREAL (Lifetime, 10 p.m.): Another Monday, another chance for UnREAL to take the Top Pick spot yet again.
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Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don’t know beforehand what roles we’ll ask them to talk about. The actor: Toby Huss has had a bit of a strange run in Hollywood, and t…
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“Just think about something sad,” says Jessica St. Clair to Lennon Parham. The creators, producers, writers, and stars of Playing House are in a remote part of Malibu shooting a scene for the sixth episode of the show’s second season in a hot tub wi…
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UnREAL, I Am Cait, and accidental authenticity in reality TV · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
By now, the formulas that lurk behind “reality television” are well known: the obvious ADR, the carefully crafted conflicts, the markedly high correlation of competitive-reality contestants, and the determination to not acquire friends.
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Lady And The Tramp is Walt Disney’s most grown-up film · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
A rich, sheltered girl falls for a guy from the wrong side of the tracks. He steals her heart but also introduces her to a far more dangerous world.
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The 100 best novels: No 98 – Underworld by Don DeLillo (1997) | Books | The Guardian
As this series approaches the present, the process of making a final selection from great contemporary fiction becomes progressively more contentious.
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‘Ultimate Frisbee’ recognised by International Olympic Committee : worldnews
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‘True Detective’ Recap: Burning Down the House | Rolling Stone
To quote the traveling bards of California weirdness, what a long, strange trip it’s been. It took the show’s second season long enough, but in “Black Maps and Motel Rooms,” tonight’s penultimate episode, it finally delivered the kind of show it cou…
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HSBC profits rise 10% boosted by bumper Hong Kong earnings | Business | The Guardian
The international banking group HSBC reported a 10% increase in earnings for the first half of the year, boosted by bumper profits in Hong Kong as the lender considers whether to move its headquarters from London to the Asian hub.
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Five thoughts on 2015’s sunny, packed, exhausting RideLondon 100 | Environment | The Guardian
So, if you were among the 26,000 or so people who rode yesterday’s RideLondon-Surrey 100, how was it for you? Now in its third year, the event, beginning at the Olympic stadium in Stratford, east London, and building to a thrilling finish on the Mal…
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APOD: 2015 August 2 – Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater
Explanation: On the Moon, it is easy to remember where you parked. In December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon in the Taurus-Littrow valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overh…
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Drawing Lessons From July’s Jeep Hack | TechCrunch
If you were anywhere near the internet in late July, you probably read the news: Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, two security researchers who specialize in hacking cars, figured out how to remotely take control of a Jeep.
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HSBC’s profit up 10% in first half of the year – BBC News
Profit at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, was up 10% in the first half of this year compared to a year ago on strong earnings in Hong Kong. Its profit before tax was $13.6bn (£8.7bn) in the first six months, compared to $12.3bn a year ago – beating for…
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MAYAGÜEZ, P.R. — The first visible sign that the health care system in Puerto Rico was seriously in trouble was when a steady stream of doctors — more than 3,000 in five years — began to leave the island for more lucrative, less stressful jobs on th…
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Remote, abandoned and hidden in plain sight | Environment | The Guardian
Built from rough-cut, closely packed igneus rock, the disintegrating dry stone wall looks like a pile of crude cannonballs glistening darkly in the rain. It has lost a lot of height, but its half-life is long; perhaps a hundred years old or more, it…
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“Ends” · Ballers · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Since the vapid and offensive “Machete Charge,” Ballers has found some of its charm again by focusing on the toned-down, low-key drama that made its first few episodes engaging, if not exactly riveting television.
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Inside the complicated world of online wildlife trafficking | Vital Signs | The Guardian
If you live in the continental US, have $4,850 and an internet connection, this large, full-body, mounted African lion, with a shaggy red mane, can be yours. “This is a fantastic buy for someone who wants a good Lion,” the eBay ad reads.
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Pancreatic cancer urine test hope – BBC News
They found a protein “signature” only present in people with the disease. Pancreatic cancer is often very advanced by the time it is diagnosed – and only 3% of patients are alive five years after diagnosis.
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This Adult Swim Short Is Completely Messed Up. In the Best Way.
Sometimes, one hundred seconds and not a single word of dialogue is all you need to make something eerie as hell. “Vagabond Mutant Liquid,” written, directed, animated, and sculpted by Toby Stretch, was aired on Adult Swim’s Off the Air, in the epis…
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“Mortynight Run” · Rick And Morty · TV Review · The A.V. Club
One of the challenges of reviewing Rick And Morty—and boy, it’s just so damn hard sometimes y’know?—is to not raise the bar of expectation so high that no work of fiction could ever actually cross it.
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My friend told me he was in the middle of building a flight simulator in his basement. When he showed it to me I somehow wasn’t expecting this. (i.imgur.com) I’m going to build a flight simulator in my basement.
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The sky in Michigan right now. : mildlyinteresting
The sky in Michigan right now. (imgur.com) Looks like a giant wave of water. What in the world is that?
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Kerry arrives in Qatar to meet with Gulf leaders – Al Jazeera English
John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has arrived in Doha to meet with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to reassure them over last month’s nuclear deal between world powers and Iran.
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‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Season Finale Recap: Westward Ho! | Rolling Stone
They made up their mind to make a new start, they’re going to California with an achin’ in their hearts. Halt and Catch Fire ended tonight’s season finale by packing up and heading west, abandoning the Lone Star state for the Golden one.
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Climate change: Obama to unveil Clean Power Plan – BBC News
US President Barack Obama is due to unveil what he called “the biggest, most important step we have ever taken” in tackling climate change. The aim of the revised Clean Power Plan is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from US power stations by nearly a…
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Australia’s political leaders are “wilfully blind” to the challenge of climate change, with the country at risk from an “economically reckless” reliance upon fossil fuels, the former head of the National Australia Bank has warned.
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Travis Scott was arrested by Chicago police Saturday after the rapper encouraged Lollapalooza attendees to climb over security barricades and storm the stage. The Houston rapper’s festival performance lasted just five minutes before being shut down …
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Hong Kong protest over ‘breast as weapon’ conviction – BBC News
Dozens of bra-wearing men and women have protested in Hong Kong after a woman was jailed for assaulting a senior policeman with her breast. Ng Lai-ying, 30, had accused Chief Inspector Chan Ka-po of touching her breast during a protest in March.
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Rolling Stone Finds New Managing Editor — NYMag
Here’s another item for your list of Gwyneth Paltrow gripes: her ostensibly enlightened term for divorce is now being used to describe what happens when you and your employer part ways following an embarrassing scandal.
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Nigeria rescues 178 people from Boko Haram – Al Jazeera English
Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 178 people held by the Boko Haram group in Nigeria’s Borno state in raids that destroyed several camps in the country’s northeast.
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China factory activity falls to weakest in two years – BBC News
Factory activity in the world’s second largest economy, China, shrank the most in two years in July as new orders fell more than expected. The private Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 47.8 in July from 49.4 in …
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“The Silver Angel” · The Strain · TV Review · The A.V. Club
After last week’s dull episode, season two of The Strain gets back on track with “The Silver Angel,” ditching the previous episode’s self-serious tone and instead shooting for a lot more humor and a solid dose of backstory.
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“Undue Influence” · Masters Of Sex · TV Review · The A.V. Club
A commenter posted last week that although he got why last week’s Tessa scene, in which she was forced to do a sex act, had to happen, it still wasn’t very enjoyable to witness.
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“Heaven Is A Place” · Halt And Catch Fire · TV Review · The A.V. Club
In the end, everyone is who she is. As the second season of Halt And Catch Fire ends, Cameron and Donna take what they’ve learned and triumph, while Gordon and Joe revert back to who they were and are left behind. Not that the lead characters of sea…
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Having Babies Makes You Better at Work — The Cut
Women worry a lot about how having kids will ruin their lives and destroy their careers. I worried about the same things before I had kids. After all, I was a busy professional with a full-time job. I never felt like I had time to work out or do my …
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Open thread for night owls: ‘A whole other level of incivility’
On a night of riots at the Democratic convention in Chicago, Buckley and Vidal had their own climactic on-air clash. Vidal called Buckley a “crypto-Nazi,” prompting a reaction that still stuns.
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Bills suspend coach Aaron Kromer for six games over beach chair incident | Sport | The Guardian
The Buffalo Bills have suspended offensive line coach Aaron Kromer without pay for the first six games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. The suspension was announced by the Bills president Russ Brandon on Sunday …
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TIL that Dr Dre has beaten a couple women. Years ago he publicly beat a female reporter at a party while his bodyguard held the crowd back. He also beat his ex girlfriend while they were together. (digitalmusicnews.com) Both inspired him to create B…
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Mitt Romney Wants Pancakes From Colbert — Vulture
Stephen Colbert is a lot of things: America, comedian, magician, and pancake liar. But, most importantly, he’s also about to become a major late-night host (and potential Romney enemy). Here to remind you of all that are three very new, very Colbert…
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Photojournalist Slain in Mexico City | Al Jazeera America
Mexico City officials said Sunday they are pursuing all lines of investigation into the killing of a photojournalist whose body was found in the capital, where he had fled because of harassment in the state he covered.
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As Hillary Clinton seeks the nation’s highest office for a second time, a central theme of her pitch has been the story of her mother as a lesson in resilience. And now, in the first ad buy of her presidential campaign, Clinton is introducing voters…
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Motivated by a sidewalk. There’s a first for everything. [image] : GetMotivated
Motivated by a sidewalk. There’s a first for everything. [image] (imgur.com)
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Malaysia seeks help to widen MH370 search – Al Jazeera English
Malaysia will seek help from territories near the Indian Ocean island where a suspected wing part from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was discovered in an attempt to find more plane debris.
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This bed refuses to let you hit the snooze button
He’s already invented a knife that toasts bread as it cuts, and now YouTube star Colin Furze has solved another one of life’s big issues: getting out of bed on time.
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Jason Fine, the editor of Men’s Journal, will take over as the managing editor of Rolling Stone as part of what the magazine’s publisher, Jann S. Wenner, described as a “shake-up.” Mr.
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“Episode 6” · Humans · TV Review · The A.V. Club
This morning I woke up to a news story that took me back to 2006 when Facebook commenters poured one out for Pluto despite the fact that nothing actually happened to the little guy when it was downgraded to a dwarf planet and beyond that, who knew a…
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AMC picks up Robert Redford’s Western docu-drama · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Last year, we reported that The Discovery Channel was working with Robert Redford on a docu-drama called The West that would tell the stories of a bunch of famous cowboy dudes from the 40-or-so years in between the end of the Civil War and the start…
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Government Should Think Before Imposing Heavy Regulation On Fintech | TechCrunch
On July 16, the U.S. Treasury Department finally made a move that many fintech professionals have expected – and some dreaded – for years. They issued a Request for Information (RFI) for online marketplaces.
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Olympic chiefs to order testing for viruses in Rio’s sewage-polluted waters | Sport | The Guardian
The International Olympic Committee said Sunday it will order testing for disease-causing viruses in the sewage-polluted waters where athletes will compete in next year’s Rio de Janeiro Games.
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Though Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Class stands perfectly fine on its own, one of the distinct joys, for fans of the original 2001 film, are all the Easter Eggs, callbacks, and origin stories of beloved characters.
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Memory Is A Rabbit Hole Of Answers In The Latest Episode Of Killjoys
When things start going really well for you, that’s when you know something’s about to go wrong, especially in television. On the latest episode of Killjoys, Kiss Kiss, Bye Bye, the crew discovers what happens when you go too far down the rabbit hol…
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As the number of people sickened in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the South Bronx climbed to 71 on Sunday, health officials were still piecing together where the illness, a form of pneumonia spread through airborne water droplets, might ha…
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Why are BBC presenters dancing with lions? – BBC News
Chinese lions have helped BBC presenters Rico Hizon and Sharanjit Leyl celebrate the opening of the BBC’s new studio in Singapore.
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WASHINGTON — The issue of climate change played almost no role in the 2012 presidential campaign. President Obama barely mentioned the topic, nor did the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney. It was not raised in a single presidential debate. But as Mr.
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BALTIMORE — On Christmas Day in 2013, Donyelle Hall and her husband, Roland Jr., gave a party for friends and family at their apartment. Mrs. Hall, a nurse’s aide for the severely disabled, had recently taken a college course in medical terminology …
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In New York, toy guns must walk a fine line: Be convincing enough for a child, but not convincing enough for an adult.
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GELUGOR, Malaysia — The young woman had been penned in a camp in the sweltering jungle of southern Thailand for two months when she was offered a deal. She fled Myanmar this year hoping to reach safety in Malaysia, after anti-Muslim rioters burned h…
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Nigeria: Army Rescued 178 People From Boko Haram | Al Jazeera America
Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several of the group’s camps in the northeast of the country, an army statement said late Sunday. Spokesman Col. Tukur Gusau said in an emailed statement that Nigerian troo…
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The CW may be putting as many eggs as it can in the DC Comics basket, but Jane The Virgin is still the network’s biggest critical hit.
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It may have been addressed to his son, but ‘Between the World and Me’ speaks to all of us
And I remember thinking that even though we lived in the same nation, we occupied different countries, James Baldwin and I. He lived in a world that I had never known existed even though it occupied the same city streets.
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August 2, 1990: Iraq Invades Kuwait | The Nation
On this day in 1990 Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait, which he promptly declared Iraq’s 19th province. It was largely a bid for Kuwait’s oil, billed as an attempt to prevent Kuwait from stealing Iraq’s own oil through “slant drilling.
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Ricky Dillon, 23, who is known for creating quirky online videos, has millions of followers on Instagram and Twitter. His YouTube channel has more than 2.5 million subscribers.
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Nigeria Boko Haram crisis: Army rescues 178 people – BBC News
The Nigerian military says it has rescued 178 people from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northern Borno state. In a statement released on Sunday, it said that 101 of those freed were children and a further 67 were women.
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The Sleep Inn in Brooklyn is newly built, featuring rooms with tasteful flower pictures, mini-refrigerators and fresh towels. Many of its first patrons have never stayed in such a nice place.
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Deals among the nation’s largest health insurers in recent weeks have been almost head-spinning. But whatever the details, if the combinations are finalized, the result will be an industry dominated by three colossal insurers.
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Ending the cycle of gang violence in El Salvador – BBC News
It is Sunday morning in San Salvador and San Rafael hospital’s accident and emergency department is full. People are lying in the corridors on spare hospital beds waiting their turn.
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As five of the 2016 Republican presidential candidates descended on an exclusive donor conference hosted by the oil-billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch, Donald J. Trump had a message for his rivals.
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WASHINGTON — It may be the Summer of Trump, but the publicity-hungry real estate magnate is not the only Republican presidential candidate relishing all his attention. Donald J. Trump’s surge in the polls has been met with barely concealed delight b…
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The tram that survived the Hiroshima bomb – BBC News
One of the few remaining trams which survived the Hiroshima bomb has been restored to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attack. It has been repainted its original colours – blue and grey – and has video testimony from survivors on board.
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Joshua Wong: ‘We had no clear goals’ in Hong Kong protests – BBC News
Wherever Joshua Wong goes in Hong Kong, the teenage political activist is instantly recognised. In the space of just half an hour in the Admiralty district, two young professionals and a group of middle-aged women greet him warmly, asking to pose fo…
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China stocks trader counts his losses: ‘I was too greedy’ – BBC News
Plato got his nickname when he was a student in Manchester. But he’s not feeling like the philosopher king now. His finance degree helped him get a management job at a Beijing hospital. But it didn’t warn him off the rollercoaster Chinese stock mark…
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French riot police spray migrants with chemicals – Al Jazeera English
French riot police have sprayed chemicals on migrants who attempted to cross the Eurotunnel from Calais into Britain. More than 200 migrants tried to cross the undersea tunnel from Calais on Sunday.
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What Rebecca Francis Can Teach Us About the Wild — NYMag
In an age of social-media shaming, a single tweet can launch a crusade. But maybe Ricky Gervais should have picked another woman to mess with.
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The eurozone’s nagging problems – BBC News
The eurozone’s crisis has passed, at least for now. Greece is not heading for the exit just yet. But there are plenty of other festering sores around. They are not immediate existential threats to the currency union, but serious problems nonetheless.
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The Jihadist of Copenhagen | The New Republic
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on February 14, Omar El-Hussein cut down a back street in Østerbro, a quiet neighborhood near the center of Copenhagen. Dressed in a bulky black parka, the 22-year-old strode purposefully toward to the Krudttønden cultural…
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When Donna Yip, a lawyer who lives in the financial district, went into labor with her second child in June, she had more than just her husband and medical team in her room at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.
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Will Joe Biden Decide to Run for President? – The New Yorker The Times report that Vice-President Joe Biden is seriously considering entering the 2016 Presidential race isn’t exactly news. He’s been mulling such a move for at least a couple of years. tags: Pocket john cassidy news newsblur stories…
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