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9 years ago
Current Event fractalScientists record biggest ever coral die-off on Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Warm seas around Australia's Great Barrier Reef have killed two-thirds of a 700-km (435 miles) stretch of coral in the past nine months, the worst die-off ever recorded on the World Heritage site, scientists who surveyed the reef said on Tuesday.
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10 years ago
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What Happens Next Will Amaze You
Good morning! Today's talk is being filmed, recorded and transcribed, and everything I say today will leave an indelible trace online. In other words, it's just a normal day on the Internet. For people like me, who go around giving talks about the dystopian future, it's been an incredible year.
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10 years ago
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Son of detained human rights lawyer among Chinese citizens missing in Burma
Around noon on October 6, 2015, Chinese citizen Bao Zhuoxuan (包卓轩, also known as Bao Mengmeng 包蒙蒙), the 16-year-old son of lawyer Wang Yu (王宇), and two grown men Tang Zhishun (唐志顺) and Xing Qingxian (幸清贤) were taken away by Burmese police from Room 8348 of Huadu Guest House (华都宾馆) in Mongla (also known as Little Mongla) near the border with China while traveling during the National Day holidays.
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10 years ago
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Level 20
fractal is now level 20 with 480,655 XP.
View Unlocks- Invite Codes You have been awarded 2 invite codes to invite your friends to join you here at Snapzu.
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10 years ago
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Glowforge - the 3D laser printer
Glowforge is a 3D laser printer: a new desktop tool that uses laser cutter/engraver technology to shape wood, leather, fabric & more.
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10 years ago
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Spencer Stone, Airman Who Foiled Terrorist Attack in France, Is Stabbed
Airman First Class Spencer Stone, oNe of the three Americans who helped foil a terrorist attack On a PaRis-bound train in August, was stabbeD in Sacramento early Thursday, officials said.
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10 years ago
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A NASA Experiment Is Going to Light Up the Sky With Beautifully Colored Clouds Tonight
If you’re on the east coast tonight, keep an eye on the sky between 7pm and 9pm: NASA is launching a test of some new tech that will include releasing colorful vapor tracers 130 miles above the Earth. It sounds like it’s going to be beautiful.
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10 years ago
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Strong placebo response thwarts painkiller trials
Potential pain treatments are struggling to prove their worth over a rising placebo effect seen in US trials.
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10 years ago
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Norway to Start Withdrawals From Oil Fund to Plug Deficits
Norway predicts it will for the first time need to withdraw cash from its $820 billion sovereign wealth fund as western Europe’s biggest oil exporter uses a record chunk of its petroleum revenue to cover budget holes and stimulate the economy.
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10 years ago
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Hat Trick
Maintained a 3 day login streak 15/15 times! Congratulations fractal on this achievement!
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10 years ago
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China's first glass-bottom bridge opens
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10 years ago
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Ryanair next fleet of planes.
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10 years ago
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At U.N., China uses intimidation tactics to silence its critics
Beijing is blunting scrutiny of its rights record at the venue created to protect victims of state repression – the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Its success is evidence of China’s growing ability to stifle opposition abroad.
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10 years ago
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As America’s economic supremacy fades, the primacy of the dollar looks unsustainable
If hegemony are good for anything, it is for conferring stability on the systems they dominate. For 70 years the dollar has been the superpower of the financial and monetary system. Despite talk of the yuan’s rise, the primacy of the greenback is unchallenged. As a means of payment, a store of value and a reserve asset, nothing can touch it. Yet the dollar’s rule has brittle foundations, and the system it underpins is unstable. Worse, the alternative reserve currencies are flawed.
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10 years ago
The surface book is really looking sweet. I might buy one at the end of the year, let's wait for some real world users to give some feedback.
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10 years ago
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China's powerhouse industrial belt falls by the wayside
Once-thriving northeast factories waylaid by '90s economic reforms as millions of former 'employees-for-life' laid off.
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10 years ago
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The two Estonians taking on the banks at currency exchange
How two Estonians took on the banks and changed the face of currency exchange
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10 years ago
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Top EU court says U.S.-EU data transfer deal is invalid
A system enabling data transfers from the European Union to the United States by thousands of companies is invalid, the highest European Union court said on Tuesday in a landmark ruling that will leave firms scrambling to find alternative measures.
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10 years ago
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How We Turned Our Lives Around In 30 Days
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10 years ago
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Neighbors turn up the heat on Indonesia over forest fires
For weeks now, the quality of life in parts of Southeast Asia has been left to sheer chance — the direction of the wind. Every day, it alone determines which city will be shrouded by peaty white smoke blowing from burning forests in Indonesia.
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10 years ago
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The most polluted place on Earth
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