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3 days ago
Current Event gottliebFacebook will not remove fake news
Facebook says it will not remove fake news from its platform because it does not violate its community standards. The social network is currently running an advertising campaign in the UK that declares "fake news is not our friend". But it said publishers often had "very different points of view" and removing fabricated posts would be "contrary to the basic principles of free speech". Instead, it says posts that it deems to be fake news will be "demoted" i...
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5 days ago
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Robin Williams gets his just due in documentary ‘Come Inside My Mind’
Robin Williams gets the documentary he deserves with “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind,” which debuts on HBO on Monday, July 16. It explores every period of his life, using interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and clips of him in performance, to create a portrait not just of a career, but of a person. Indeed, it’s as a person that Williams most touched people. The outpouring of grief that followed his death in 2014 was unusual, even for a beloved celebrity. People felt that they knew h...
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5 days ago
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First human scanned with novel 3D, color x-ray scanner in New Zealand
A new 3D color medical scanner invented by father and son scientists in New Zealand recently scanned its first human subject, according to a news release from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. The novel imaging device, called the MARS spectral x-ray scanner, can capture enhanced detail of the body's chemical components—such as fat, water, and disease markers—by measuring the x-ray spectrum to produce images in color. Producing more detailed images than MRI or CT may allow phy...
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13 days ago
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Australian parents who refuse to vaccinate their children will now be given monthly fines
Australia has strengthened its “no jab, no pay” policy by issuing further financial sanctions to parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. Parents will now lose A$28 (£16) a fortnight from their tax benefits for each child not up to date with their immunisations. Previously, parents whose children were not up to date with vaccinations would lose an end of year payment to their family tax benefit, worth A$737.
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2 weeks ago
Comment gottlieb
Maybe in 100 years this can happen in the US too.
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2 weeks ago
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Cat Freaks out After Owner Disappears
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2 weeks ago
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Cruising on the highway
Hillbilly rim job is too hot to handle.
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2 weeks ago
Current Event gottlieb
Trump told G-7 leaders that ‘NATO is as bad as NAFTA’: report
President Trump earlier this month reportedly told Group of Seven member leaders that NATO was “as bad as NAFTA,” according to Axios. At the G-7 summit in Canada, Trump reportedly said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was “too costly for the U.S” and compared it to the North American Free Trade American that he has often targeted as a bad deal. "It will be an interesting summit. NATO is as bad as NAFTA. It's much too costly for the U.S.," Trump said during the meetin...
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2 weeks ago
Current Event gottlieb
France to bring back national service for 16-year-olds
France's Government has introduced a plan to bring back national service for all 16-year-olds, a move it says will give the country's teenagers a sense of national unity and civic duty. President Emmanuel Macron initially proposed the idea of national service during his presidential run in 2017.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis gottlieb
The Obsessive Search for the Tasmanian Tiger
Could a global icon of extinction still be alive?
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3 weeks ago
Current Event gottlieb
Up to 10,000 police officers and SAS to guard Donald Trump on visit to UK
As many as 10,000 police officers will be on hand to protect Donald Trump from mass protests and a possible terror attack when he makes his visit to Britain next month. Hundreds of van filled with frontline officers are set to be drafted in to stop any planned protests turning violent when the controversial POTUS makes his highly anticipated visit to the UK. Special elite armed officers and counter-terror ‘robocops’ who train alongside the SAS will also be on standby in case of attack, accor...
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3 weeks ago
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Charon at 40: The Discovery of Pluto’s Largest Moon
The largest of Pluto's five moons, Charon, was discovered 40 years ago today by James Christy and Robert Harrington at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona – only about six miles from where Pluto itself was discovered at Lowell Observatory. They weren't even looking for satellites of Pluto – Christy was trying to refine Pluto's orbit around the Sun.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event gottlieb
Crude oil pours from derailed train in US
Around 30 train cars came off the tracks, which are thought to have been weakened by recent flooding in Iowa state.
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3 weeks ago
Analysis gottlieb
Why One Island Grows 80% of the World's Vanilla
Now, it's more valuable than silver.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event gottlieb
Face scans for international travelers at Florida airport
Florida's busiest airport is becoming the first in the nation to require a face scan of passengers on all arriving and departing international flights, including U.S. citizens, according to officials there. The expected announcement Thursday at Orlando International Airport alarms some privacy advocates who say there are no formal rules in place for handling data gleaned from the scans, nor formal guidelines on what should happen if a passenger is wrongly prevented from boarding.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event gottlieb
Coal Is Being Squeezed Out of Power Industry by Cheap Renewables
Coal will be increasingly squeezed out of the power generation market over the next three decades as the cost of renewables plunges and technology improves the flexibility of grids globally. That’s the conclusion of a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which estimated some $11.5 trillion of investment will go into electricity generation between now and 2050. Of that, 85 percent, or $9.8 billion, will go into wind, solar and other zero-emissions technologies such as hydro and nuclear, the ...
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1 month ago
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This 101-year-old Florida man still volunteers for Meals on Wheels
Edward Kydd has traveled 13,332 miles in 1,742 hours of service for Meals on Wheels. The Rockledge, Fla., man drives two routes every Monday, accompanied by his traveling companion — his 73-year-old daughter, Janet von Berg. Kydd is 101, by the way.
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1 month ago
Current Event gottlieb
Mechanical camera sliders are the coolest terrible idea of 2018
Oppo’s Find X and Vivo’s Nex are the two most recent and exciting Android devices of the year. Why exciting? Well, they bring us closer to the dream of a truly bezel-less phone, and they do it in dramatic style. Instead of putting a notched area at the top of the screen, both of these phones hailing from China give us pop-up selfie camera modules. Vivo’s is like a miniature periscope, while Oppo’s elevates the entire top of the phone.
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1 month ago
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Tarpon Fish Hunting