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Remote Voting and Beyond: How Tech Will Transform Government From the Inside Out Add / Remove “Fail fast, fail often.” This Silicon Valley mantra has a certain resonance for dynamic, innovative startups hell-bent on rapid iteration. But for a prospective governments seeking your vote? Not so much. It’s a tension that fuels the argument that government and technology make uneasy bedfellows, and certainly there is ample evidence of politicians – and indeed whole governments – co
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PSFK 6
Budding Tattoo Artists Take to “Skin” Paper for Practice Brazilian publication Tattoo Art Magazine, in collaboration with the Lew/Lara TBWA agency, created a sketchbook to help novice tattoo artists develop their skills. The Skin Book is made up of pages that resemble the texture of human skin. It enables beginners to test their ideas and create works of art without the usual substitutes such as fruit, animal skin, or friends. Budding Tattoo Artists
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Befriend Like-Minded Strangers Offline in the Connected World Technology tempts us to harness any quiet moment to complete a productive task or partake in social activity. Personal technologies are nudging us to remain plugged-in at every turn. But this constant connection comes at a price. With our focus aimed downward and inward, we fail to embrace social happenstance; rarely do we interact with strangers that inhabit our physical space. With our connected
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MediaNama: Digital Media in India 6
Radio Indigo launches mobile app for off-air engagement Radio FM channel Radio Indigo, which operates in Bangalore and Goa, has released an app which will enable listeners and other users to connect with... .
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BBC News - World 91
Netflix experiments with trailer ads Netflix says it is testing showing programme trails at the beginning of streamed TV episodes, but denies it has plans for third-party product ads.
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BBC News - World 53
MH370 suit settled out of court Two Malaysian children who lost their father on flight MH370 have settled their negligence case with the airline and government out of court.
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Japanese balloon art hits new heights Japanese artist Masayoshi Matsumoto has taken the art of twisting party balloons to new heights with his latest animal creations.
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BBC News - World 70
Thai officer charged for trafficking A Thai court issues an arrest warrant for a senior army officer accused of involvement in the trafficking of Rohingya migrants.
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 500+
Everyday Leadership Starts With 'Hello' Hello.It's Monday morning. I walked into the office after an early meeting. My team was already at work and I felt like I was already running behind schedule. Typing emails as I walked, I went my desk. Computer on, I started staring at a bigger screen instead.   To me, it was no big deal. I had things to do. Work to focus on. I wasn't making a statement. I was just trying to get from the door to m
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SwiftCam M3 Review and Giveaway The devices in our pockets already shoot in glorious high definition, but what if you could capture perfectly smooth handheld smartphone video too? That’s exactly what the SwiftCam M3 is designed to do. Slot your iPhone, Samsung Galaxy or just about any sub-4.7″ smartphone into the adjustable grip and the three axis auto-stabilizing gimbal stops your shaky hands from ruining the shot – even when y
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Psychology Today 2
Form a Line in the Barbie Queue Doll fetishism is a type of sexual fetishism where individuals are sexually aroused and attracted to dolls and/or doll-like objects (e.g., figurines). There is also a virtual form of doll fetishism where such fantasies can be acted out online and in virtual worlds via self-created doll avatars. But what else do we know psychologically about the behaviour?
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When will we see the next rate cut? Govt knows RBI has lobbed the ball to the govt’s court as a strong food policy will be the key to control inflation and inflationary expectations
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SBI, Allahabad Bank, PSB cut base rate after RBI lowers repo rate SBI cut its base rateby 15 basis points (bps) to 9.7%
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Review: Xolo One LFC phone misses the mark The specifications are basic and there is little exclusive content in this limited-edition phone
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Reuters 33
Burundi protesters on streets after African leaders seek poll delay BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Police fired on protesters who took to the streets of Burundi's capital on Tuesday in renewed protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term in office, witnesses said.
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23 Mobile Pop-Up Shops - From Automotive Martini Bars to Fashionable Food Trucks (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) These mobile pop-up shops range from fashion food trucks to mobile champagne bars that leave visitors with a sensory experience. In recent years, temporary retail has become an important marketing...
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The Times of India 7
Father arrested for chaining his 19-year-old daughter In a bizarre incident in Chhota Udepur district’s Simol village, a father chained his 19-year-old daughter to prevent her from eloping with her paramour.
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Arun Jaitley pushes for ‘plastic’ currency After inaugurating a newly-minted facility to make special paper for currency notes at Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh a day before, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday pushed for greater use of plastic money.
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The Times of India 40
AIIMS moves HC to change Sunanda autopsy doc AIIMS has moved Delhi high court seeking permission to replace its forensic department head Dr Sudhir Kumar Gupta, who has alleged discrimination after he claimed to have refused to act unprofessionally in the Sunanda Pushkar autopsy case.
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Lifehacker 32
Have You Ever Been Audited? It’s not terribly common to get audited, but it still happens. If you’ve ever been audited by the IRS, we want to know about it.There are certain measures you can take to make sure your tax returns don’t raise any flags with the IRS, and some taxpayers may be more at risk of an audit than others. But overall, the chances of being audited are probably lower than you think. But if it’s happened to y
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Chipotle just revealed a potential new menu item Chipotle might be adding chorizo to its menu.  The burrito chain is testing the Mexican-style sausage — which consists of ground chicken and pork with paprika, cumin, garlic and red wine — in Kansas City, the Kansas City Star reports. Chipotle head chef Nate Appleman has been "chomping at the bit" to roll out chorizo since he arrived at the company in 2010, according to the Star's report
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Search Engine Journal 34
How to Write Better Titles Using Data-Driven Strategies [Infographic] by @MDMJonathan How much time did you put into the title of your last blog post? If your answer was, "Not much" don't worry, you're not the only one.The post How to Write Better Titles Using Data-Driven Strategies [Infographic] by @MDMJonathan appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Innovation Isn’t the Answer to All Your Problems What should leaders do to boost their organization’s ability to innovate? There’s a seemingly endless list of options to consider. Set up a new-growth group. Launch an idea contest. Change the reward systems. Run an action-learning program to develop the top leadership team’s ability to confront ambiguity. Form a venture investment fund. Take a road trip to Israel or Silicon Valley. Build an op
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Business Insider 31
Millennials are just like everyone else (XHB) Millennials are just like everyone else, at least when it comes to housing.  Writing for Bloomberg Briefs on Monday, Douglas Duncan and Sara Shahdad of Fannie Mae note that millennials want to own houses just as much as previous generations. "Evidence from Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey suggests that many renters aged 18-34 see their current ability to own, not a lack of desire to own,
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CNN.com - World 500+
The Gaza that you didn't know Gaza is always full of surprises.
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MediaNama: Digital Media in India 6
Zomato starts redirecting Urbanspoon users to its site Zomato has shutdown Urbanspoon, about five months after acquiring it, and has started migrating Urbanspoon users to its own platform. The company has said that... .
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SBI to cut base rate by 15 basis points The reduction follows a 25 basis point cut in the repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday, its third monetary easing this year.
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The Economic Times
Greece submits new, 'realistic' reform plan: PM Greece said Tuesday it has made "difficult concessions" in a "realistic" reform plan it has put to its creditors as a critical repayment on its massive debt looms.
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The Economic Times
Russian missile maker: MH17 shot down by Ukrainian missile Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was downed by an older version of the missile, which isn't in service with the Russian military but is in Ukrainian arsenals.
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The Economic Times 3
Gold higher as dollar softens, eyes on Greece Gold edged higher on Tuesday as the dollar fell and uncertainty persisted over whether a high-level meeting on Greece's debt crisis might herald a significant breakthrough.
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The Economic Times 17
HRD Minister Smriti Irani visits Hindu College to sort out issue fee waiver scheme After Irani's unscheduled visit this morning, the college announced that the fee waiver will be facilitated for persons with disabilities and the cheques will be issued immediately.
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The Economic Times 1
Indian IT services market grew 7.1% in 2014: IDC In 2014, the total IT outsourcing services market grew at 6.8% during the same period while support & training services grew at 6.5%.
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The Economic Times 2
GST will have double positive impact in transport sector: Study Goods and Services Tax (GST) would help the transportation sector in improving its efficiency besides reducing the logistics cost, a study has said.
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The Economic Times
Eurozone back in inflation territory as oil prices rise For the first time this year, consumer prices across the 19-country eurozone are rising, sending the euro scurrying higher.
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The Economic Times 54
Rs 4,200 crore Jal Marg Vikas project takes off | '1,100 islands to be developed' Rs 4,200 crore Jal Marg Vikas project takes off | '1,100 islands to be developed'The central government has designated the IWAI as the implementing agency, with a Project Management Unit (PMU), for the Jal Marg Vikas Project, an IWAI spokesperson said.
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The Economic Times
Iraq urges more support against IS as allies talk strategy Ashton Carter blamed Iraqi forces for the loss, saying there was "an issue with the will of the Iraqis to fight", in comments that angered Baghdad.
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The Economic Times
BJP promises interest-free agri loans to farmers in Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi however, said that such loans will be given to only those farmers who are not defaulters and "repay their loans on time".
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The Economic Times 7
'Bad monsoon this year' | Rains to hit on June 5: IMD 'Bad monsoon this year' | Rains to hit on June 5: IMDMet Department revised its forecast from 93 per cent to 88 per cent Long Period Average (LPA), with north-west region of the country expected to be hit the most.
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The Economic Times 14
Focus on governance, BJP's 'advice' to Kejriwal Focus on governance, BJP's 'advice' to KejriwalBJP had a word of "friendly" advice for Kejriwal saying that as the Delhi Chief Minister, he should focus on governance instead as it is "serious business".
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CNN.com - World 4K
The world's best restaurant is .... If you don't already have a reservation at El Celler de Can Roca, it's probably too late.
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BBC News - World 100+
Pussy Riot to appear at Glastonbury Russian punk band Pussy Riot will appear in conversation at this year's Glastonbury Festival, with the full line-up including Burt Bacharach, The Cribs, Wilko Johnson and The Proclaimers.
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Al-Shabab enters Kenyan village Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab enters a remote village in north-eastern Kenya, forcing schools to close and people to flee, residents say.
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BBC News boss denies political bias The BBC's director of news denies accusations the corporation was biased in its coverage of the general election.
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Make: 49
Utilize Carabiners to Make the Most of Your Bike Ride Carabiners are generally used for climbing, or for securing keys or other everyday objects (never to be swapped!), but could they be used on bikes? BikeHacks.com, of course, didn’t invent the carabiner, but they were the first to see its potential as a tactical bicycle implement… Or was that that […] Read more on MAKE The post Utilize Carabiners to Make the Most of Your Bike Ride appeared first on
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Charge Your Smartphone While You Ride Your Bike Bicycle dynamos are nothing new, but charge-while-you-ride technology has improved by leaps and bounds in the last few years. Affordable powerpacks in the form of portable batteries make it possible to not only charge devices, but store energy for when you really need it. These days you can charge just about any device that uses USB power using your own physical exertion, including smartphones, ta
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Business Insider 8
ALBERT EDWARDS: 'Finally!' (USD, JPY) The yen just broke. In a note to clients on Tuesday, Albert Edwards writes that the Japanese yen finally broke a 30-year support level that will set off a new round of currency turmoil.  Last September, Societe Generale's Albert Edwards said the chart of the US dollar versus the yen was the most important chart for investors.  He also predicted that the yen would fall to 145 by the end of March.
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Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips 70
Survey: 99 Percent Of Consumers Will Share Personal Info For Rewards, But Want Brands To Ask Permission Consumers repeatedly say in surveys that they want more personalization — but also more privacy. This is an apparent contradiction. But maybe it’s not. Consumers have consistently shown ambivalence about sharing their data even as they call for more “relevant ads” and... Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Business Insider 5
Russian missile maker says BUK rocket downed MH17 Moscow (AFP) - The Russian firm making missiles similar to the one the West claims downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine said on Tuesday the passenger jet was likely hit by a BUK missile system. All 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines jetliner -- the majority of them Dutch -- died when it was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year.Officials from state-cont
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 66
The Maker of This Invention Kit Wants You to See the World as Your Playground Growing up means learning how the world works. You learn things like what it means to study and do well in school, how to cook for yourself, how to nail a “business casual” dress code and what it takes to land a steady job.If entrepreneur Jay Silver has his way, though, growing up won’t mean learning how the world works; it will mean believing you can make the world work however you want it to.Hop
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Fast Company 31
This E-Textile Could Replace Your iPhone A group of academics has found a way to incorporate electronic devices into fabric's actual fibers.A honeycomb lattice made of carbon, graphene is not the flashiest of materials. But this flexible, extremely strong, and virtually transparent substance has a hidden power: At one atom thick, it is the thinnest material known that is capable of conducting electricity. A consortium of European academi
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SoundHound Unveils Hound, A Next-Generation Audio Assistant A Decade In The Making You know SoundHound as a Shazam competitor. But SoundHound isn't relying on song recognition for its future. Over the last decade, SoundHound has been tinkering in its lab, working on the next generation of natural language processing to build an audio assistant, Hound, that might make Siri look like an AIM chatbot.You know SoundHound as a Shazam competitor. But SoundHound isn't relying on song re
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Scientific American Content: Global 500+
Harsh, Critical Parenting May Lead to Anxiety Disorder Symptoms “Tiger” parents may drive kids’ brains to overreact to errors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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IndiaProperty Launches Discover, A Context-Aware Property Search Engine For Mobile IndiaProperty has launched a new mobile-first real estate search experience called ‘Discover’ that uses machine learning to serve users information relevant to them. Discover is IndiaProperty’s big bet on the mobile and also aims to reinvent the way people search for property – answering their queries by understanding what they’re looking for. The proprietary machine learning engine maps user beh
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The Times of India 85
Woman jailed for making 'loud sex noises' A woman who breached a court order barring her from causing nuisance by making "loud sex noises" was sent to jail.
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The Times of India 200+
Kerala govt removes Maggi from its outlets Food and civil supplies minister Anoop Jacob has ordered the withdrawal of all existing stock of Maggi noodles from the Supplyco outlets following complaints against the product.
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The Times of India 500+
Europe plots 'another World Cup' to Russia 2018 Europe's footballing nations will meet on Friday to discuss the nuclear option of splitting from Fifa and holding a breakaway World Cup in 2018.
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WIRED 45
This Standing Desk Rises From the Office Like a Tree Trunk BeTween accommodates those moments between staring at your desktop, running to meetings, and grabbing lunch. The post This Standing Desk Rises From the Office Like a Tree Trunk appeared first on WIRED.
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The 20 Most Bike-Friendly Cities on the Planet Investment in bicycle infrastructure is a modern and intelligent move. Many cities get this. Many don't. And many more are somewhere in between. The post The 20 Most Bike-Friendly Cities on the Planet appeared first on WIRED.
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SoundHound Just Debuted a Crazy-Powerful Personal Assistant The runner-up to Shazam has been working on much more than just a song-recognition app. The post SoundHound Just Debuted a Crazy-Powerful Personal Assistant appeared first on WIRED.
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Lifehacker 64
The Difference Between Mobility vs Flexibility, and How to Improve Them There’s more to fitness than just pure strength – flexibility and mobility matter too. You’re going to have a hard time doing exercise if you can’t bend far enough to perform any of the movements. Here’s how to improve those skills.While colloquially, “flexibility” and “mobility” may sound the same, they are different concepts with important impacts on your fitness. I think Tony Gentilcore, Co-Fou
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Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing 91
Bing Ads Editor Update Now Available: App Extensions, Paste Special And More Version 10.8 also includes more options for downloading statistics and setting bids. The post Bing Ads Editor Update Now Available: App Extensions, Paste Special And More appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Sprinklr Acquires NewBrand, The $1 Billion Social Startup's Seventh Buy In 18 Months Sprinklr founder Ragy Thomas believes that patience at large companies for fragmented social media partners is running out.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 7
MB&F Unveils HMX 10th Anniversary Watch-- Where the Time Indication is just an Illusion Does your watch offer time as an optical feat instead of just with hands on a dial? If not, it's time you take a look at the new horological machine built by MB&F in honor of the brand's 10th anniversary. The HMX supercar-inspired watch is a micro-mechanical sculpture that is actually affordable.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 22
South African Deputy President To Earn At Least $200 Million From Sale Of Investment Firm South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who featured in FOBRES’ annual ranking of the richest Africans between 2011 and 2013, has successfully sold off his stake in investment company Shanduka Group to Pembani Group, a company controlled by Phuthuma Nhleko, the Chairman of mobile telecoms giant MTN Group.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 7
IRS Adds Four Swiss Banks To 50% Offshore Penalty List WIth FATCA and the end of bank secrecy, the IRS OVDP and Streamlined programs are still vital. Even at 50%, for the listed banks, the OVDP deal is better than the alternative.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 11
Convicted Of Tax Evasion, Poker Chip CEO Faced 10 Years, Got 10 Months Tax evasion can mean jail, and payroll taxes can be dealt with especially harshly. But the maximum sentence is not always handed out.
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India Today | Top Stories 10
Rahul lauds Ambedkar where casteism simmers Rahul inaugurated the party's year-round celebrations of the 125th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar which is being seen as an attempt by it to reach out to the Dalit community.
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Be a Leader Who Can Admit Mistakes This might sound obvious, but if you want to build a more engaged workforce you need to, well, engage. That means, whether you are a CEO or a frontline manager, you need to be working hard to connect, face-to-face, with your people. That can mean anything from walking around and making pit stops in offices and cubicles to holding town hall discussions with your teams and staying to answer quest
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Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing 100
New Link Tool Crowdsources Your Disavowed Links In DisavowFiles A crowdsources tool that helps you be more confident when disavowing links pointing to your web site. The post New Link Tool Crowdsources Your Disavowed Links In DisavowFiles appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Inc.com 12
Wal-Mart to raise wages for 100,000 more employees The moves mark the next wave of wage hikes by the nation's largest private employer, which has been under pressure from labor-backed groups for the treatment of its workers.
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Inc.com 100+
As Avian Flu Rages, Hampton Creek Rises An epidemic that has wiped out millions of chickens is turning this startup into the world's fastest-growing food company, says CEO Josh Tetrick.
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Inc.com 9
Would You Hire Caitlyn Jenner? We are in a world where everyone needs to be treated equally and every small business owner must provide a workplace that is fair and accommodating.
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Inc.com 23
7 Ways to Build Your Confidence Fast Sometimes you just don't have time or room for insecurities. Use these tips to quickly boost your feelings of self worth.
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Inc.com 200+
How a Small Village Farmer Inspired Hugh Jackman to Challenge the Coffee Industry Six years ago, Hugh Jackman traveled to Ethiopia and met Dukale. That was the beginning of an inspiring story.
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Inc.com 14
Driving a Sense of Urgency: One Simple Move That Will Accelerate Energy in Your Company How to quickly increase productivity in your workplace
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Inc.com 20
Q&A with Idealab Founder Bill Gross Interview With Bill Gross of Idealab
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Inc.com 17
This Is How You Turn Around a Bad First Impression Bungled a first meeting? According to new research this is how you can turn things around.
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Inc.com 84
7 Hacks for Getting Onto 'Shark Tank' (From Someone Who Did) Less than 0.5% of companies applying to Shark Tank make it to TV. Here's what I did to get my company on the air.
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10 Inspiring Beliefs of Phenomenally Successful People The most successful people approach their work differently than most. See how they think -- and why it works.
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Inc.com 24
10 Ways to Pull Yourself Out of Any Business Rut Regardless of what has caused it, you're in a rut. Here's how to snap out of it.
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Inc.com 80
11 Things Ultra-Productive People Do Differently Ultra-productive people achieve more because they think differently.
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Business Insider 41
The US military is testing $40,000 surveillance drones that can fit in the palm of your hand US Special Forces are testing a tiny bug-like drone that could change the future of warfare. The teeny flying robot, called the PD-100 Black Hornet, weighs 18 grams with cameras and fits in the palm of your hand. The device, which can fly for up to 25 minutes with a range of 0.06 miles, also features both regular and thermal cameras. Designed by the Norwegian company Prox Dynamics, the drone’s min
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CNN.com - World 100+
Australia is so far behind on gay marriage
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Five things new Nigerian president must do
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The new world order in space China by virtue of the ambition of its space program stands out.
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CNN.com - World 65
India's emergency in slow motion
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CNN.com - World 100+
Here's how to fix FIFA Anyone hoping the corruption allegations swirling around soccer's governing body might prompt reform need only look at the headlines this weekend for a reality check.
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CNN.com - World 6K
Time to end Israel's impunity Last summer, while visiting our family in Shuafat, a neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, my son Tariq was chased, zip-tied, and beaten unconscious by Israeli police officers as he watched a protest. The protest was in response to the kidnapping and killing of his 16-year-old friend and cousin, Muhammad Abu Khdeir, by Israeli settlers the day before.
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CNN.com - World 300+
Why is this war hero being investigated?
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What Syria needs now
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CNN.com - World 500+
Why are we really interested in Caitlyn Jenner? So Bruce Jenner officially said farewell to his former male identity by introducing the world to Caitlyn Jenner Monday in, quite literally, the way only a major Hollywood figure could: via a Vanity Fair cover previewed in a tweet. As a social media connection of mine mused earlier in the week: "Sadly, this is probably the only way that (VF editor) Graydon Carter would ever agree to put a woma
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CNN.com - World 10K
Anti-Muslim hate rally inspires good "History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
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The Economic Times 9
Coal scam: Court to consider CBI report on July 2 Coal scam: Court to consider CBI report on July 2 During the hearing, CBI told the court that file was sent to the competent authority to get the sanction on January 21. The court fixed the matter for further hearing on July 2.
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The Economic Times 5
Facebook opens new artificial intelligence lab in Paris Facebook announced the opening of a new artificial intelligence lab in Paris to expand a push to make its online social network smarter and more profitable.
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The Economic Times 2
Centre seeks report on employment of minority DoPT has asked all central government departments to send details of minority people employed during April 2014 and March 2015 to it.
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The Economic Times 3
Market crash wipes out Rs 2.26 lakh crore from investor wealth The Sensex plunged 660.61 points or 2.37 per cent to settle at 27,188.38 after forecast of deficient monsoon and cautious stance of RBI on economic recovery.
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The Economic Times
Islamic State advance 'failure' for whole world: Haider al-Abadi The advance of the Islamic State group in Iraq is a "failure" for the whole world, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday.
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The Economic Times
Punjab Congress starts mass contact programme Under the mass contact programme, all 34 reserve constituencies would be covered by September 28 with two constituencies every week, Pratap Singh Bajwa said.
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The Economic Times 6
Apple's Siri has new role in new 'smart' home systems The first ``smart'' home gadgets that can be controlled by Apple's Siri are going on sale this week, just days after rival Google announced it's building its own software for Internet-connected home appliances.
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The Economic Times 3
Equity ETFs AUM soars nearly 5-fold to Rs 4210 cr The average assets under management of ETFs on the NSE has grown nearly five times to Rs 4,210 crore in the quarter ended March over the same period last year.
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The Economic Times 5
Panel report on Net neutrality to be made public in few days Net neutrality implies equal treatment be accorded to all internet traffic and no priority should be given to any person or entity or company based on payment.
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The Economic Times
Congress opposes entry tax on local commercial vehicles in Goa The government's move sparked protests on the border forcing Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar to suspend the tax.
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The Economic Times 3
Interest rate sensitive stocks dip post RBI policy review Interest-rate sensitive stocks witnessed heavy selling pressure today, falling up to 8%, after the RBI hinted that there may not be any more cuts in the near-term.
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The Economic Times
Sudan's Omar al-Bashir sworn in for another five years Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, won the elections with more than 94 percent of the vote.
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The Economic Times
Government will compensate all victims of last year's floods: J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Sayeed said the government is pursuing a comprehensive flood management plan with the Central government to initiate permanent protection measures.
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The Economic Times 4
Mufti Sayeed directs police to provide security to cell operators Sayeed took a strong note of the disruption of cellular networks in various parts of the Valley as he noted that mobile services have become the lifeline.
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Business Insider 4
The euro is ripping higher (EUR, USD, EURUSD) The euro is surging. On Tuesday morning, the euro was up by almost 2% against the dollar, surging past the 1.11 level. It's a big week for Greece, and there are signs of progress. The leaders of all the major creditors met Monday night, and Greece has finally submitted a list of reforms to its creditors. The details were not made public, but sources close to the negotiations told Reuters that ther
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Business Insider 14
A Pirate Bay co-founder has been released from prison Torrent site The Pirate Bay's history has been a long game of cat-and-mouse. Authorities shutter one version, only for another to appear — and meanwhile, its creators have been hunted across the globe. For co-founder Fredrik Neij, the hunt finally ended in November 2014, when he was arrested on the border of Thailand and extradited to Sweden. But Neij is now a free man, TorrentFreak reports, with
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Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips 54
3 Reasons Why It’s Time To Recognize Identity As The New Marketing Discipline If marketers want to truly be effective and understand their customers, they need to take identity more seriously, believes columnist Mike Sands. The post 3 Reasons Why It’s Time To Recognize Identity As The New Marketing Discipline appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Under30CEO 8
Podcast #4: Travel Hacking, Finding Cheap Flights, Living the Four Hour Work Week and Shamanic Journeys with Jamie Zeller   What’s the best day of the week to book flights?  What should you do if your airline miles are expiring?  Can you actually automate your business so you can work from anywhere?  If you have asked yourself these questions than you have to listen to my next podcast with Jamie Zeller to get some insider tips. Jamie is an Under30Experiences alum (he came with us to Costa Rica in 2013), CEO of
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BBC News - World 100+
German ex-leader 'in intensive care' Germany's former Chancellor Helmut Kohl is in intensive care after surgery on his intestine, German media reports say.
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MakeUseOf 10
Prepare for IT Security and Management Certifications for Just $59 Do you want to move up in an IT career? Are you feeling like your job just isn’t satisfying? Well, you’re in luck, because for a limited time you can this bundle of courses that will teach you everything you need to know to land key IT certifications. Normally selling for over $1,000, you can get 2 years of access for just $59. That’s right, the knowledge you need to further your career for less t
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Business Insider 15
Elizabeth Warren supporters finally give up on 2016 Much of the movement to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) into the presidential race has reportedly given up. According to a Tuesday story in The Hill, the group "Run Warren Run" will close its doors and suspend operations Monday. The pro-Warren group had relentlessly urged her to challenge Hillary Clinton in 2016, even as Warren herself insisted again and again that she had
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Psychology Today 5
5 Problems that Are Unique to High Achievers Becoming successful won't make you immune to many of life's problems. In fact, your accomplishments could bring about a whole new set of problems.
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Don't Make These 2 Mistakes With Your Cash On Hand It is hard to stay on top of your personal investments when you are a business owner. Growing your business or your new venture is your number-one priority. Sitting down and making investment decisions for your own money often gets pushed wayside.One thing you can do right now to improve your investment situation is make sure you’re not making two very common mistakes with any cash you have on han
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Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing 100+
5 SEO Problems Plaguing E-Commerce Websites Columnist Erin Everhart addresses some of the unique challenges facing e-commerce sites when it comes to search engine optimization. The post 5 SEO Problems Plaguing E-Commerce Websites appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Scientific American Content: Global 65
How Would a Low-Carbon Economy Work? Companies and governments continue to explore how a financial system could work with an economy that eliminates excess greenhouse gas emissions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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NextBigWhat 5
Uber Molestation Case: Uber Tries To Come Out Clean [You Decide] Uber is again in the scanner for the molestation case and the company’s India GM, Gagan Bhatia has shared more details of the case. Timeline of events: Trip End Time – 11:33 pm; 30th May, 2015 Email from rider – 11:48 pm; 30th May 2015 Email escalated to Incident Response Team – 11:49 pm; 30th May 2015 Uber support called rider’s mobile number and spoke to rider’s friend (was not allowed to talk t
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Call drops will be penalized: Govt to telcos In the backdrop of frequent call drops faced by consumers, telecom minister has said the government may bring in disincentives for telcos.
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The Times of India 45
IIT-M row: Student group seeks apology from dean Talks between the director-in-charge of IIT Madras and representatives of the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle -- a student group which was derecognised by the institute -- remained inconclusive on Tuesday.
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Helicopter crashes in quake-hit Nepal; 4 killed At least four people including a woman were killed today when a helicopter carrying relief materials crashed in one of the worst quake-hit mountainous regions in Nepal.
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Infographic: Celebs who declined endorsements Maggi noodle sales have been hit hard ever since it was revealed that a sample tested for quality by a government agency about two weeks back.
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Business Insider 16
Women are indeed getting screwed at work — but the solution is to change how employers treat men On Monday, Goldman Sachs took a very small step in the direction of making its workplace more friendly to women: it extended its paternity leave policy to four weeks, from two. This is still not enough. The workplace won't be truly equal until both parents are equally considered primary caregivers, which means giving (and encouraging) equal amounts of leave in two-parent household. That could be t
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Effortless Athletic Kits - The Leandra Medine x Outdoor Voices Athletic Clothing Needs No Styling (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Now that wearing gym clothes outside of the gym has become wildly popular, there's a whole market of athletic clothing dedicated to look purely “chic,” whether you actually have...
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Deadspin Under Armour Is Trying Way Too Hard To Be Cool | Gizmodo Want to Save Water? Deadspin Under Armour Is Trying Way Too Hard To Be Cool | Gizmodo Want to Save Water? Build a Pool, Says the Pool Industry | Jezebel Vanity Fair Pulled a Beyoncé to Keep Caitlyn Jenner’s Cover Under Wraps | Kotaku Screw Waldo, Let’s Find Pikachu |
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Here's The Right Way to Prepare Portobello Mushrooms Generously-sized portobello mushrooms are wonderfully meaty, and they add a boost of umami to everything from burgers to pasta. But many of us don’t realize the proper way to prep and clean them before cooking.If you think prepping a portobello’s as basic as running it under water before plopping it on the stove, think again. This America’s Test Kitchen video, which includes what parts of the mush
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Digital Marketing Integration: The Impact Of Cross-Channel And Content How do you build a successful integrated digital marketing plan? Columnist Jim Yu outlines five steps to put you on the right path. The post Digital Marketing Integration: The Impact Of Cross-Channel And Content appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Parents are flooding Instagram with photographs of their kids disconnected from technology In 2013, Monica Calderin began photographing her kids when they were disconnected from technology. Working with ten other mothers — and one dad! — she created the blog Childhood Unplugged, where parents share photographs of their children playing and exploring without computer screens or video games.  Calderin's "personal mission to get my family to take time away from electronics," and
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Jeb Bush 'is more ruthless than he looks' A new profile in New York magazine underscores the idea that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is not nearly as moderate as he might seem as he campaigns for the Republican nomination for president. News outlets have been pointing this out for months, and Jennifer Senior's article in New York is full of even more examples of Bush's record and reputation in Florida, where he served two terms as gove
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Factory orders whiff US factory orders fell by 0.4% in April, missing expectations. Economists had forecast that orders slowed down and fell 0.1% in April, according to Bloomberg. Orders for durable goods fell 1%, while orders for non-durable goods rose 0.2% In March, new orders for manufactured goods jumped 2.1%, the highest level in eight months. The gain was helped by an increase in demand for transportation equipm
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United Airlines briefly grounded all flights due to computer issues According to CNBC, United Airlines briefly grounded all flights Tuesday morning due to "automation issues." However, shortly after the CNBC report, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that the ground stop has been lifted. "United began delaying flights at approximately 8 a.m. CT to ensure aircraft departed with proper dispatching information," United Airlines spokesma
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Business Insider 39
Apple just filed a patent that solves one big problem with sharing headphones (AAPL) Apple has been granted a patent that will make it easier to share headphones with a friend and get an improved listening experience, AppleInsider reports. The earphones are equipped with different sensors that can determine if they are being shared by multiple users, according to the patent. The earphones can take different actions based on whether there are one or two users. For example, if a sin
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JPMorgan is recommending everyone read these 10 books this summer If you're trying to get in the mindset of business leaders, entrepreneurs and the big-wigs this summer, consider sifting through JPMorgan's summer reading list. The banking giant released its annual 2015 list on Monday, curating 10 titles aimed at its wealthy clientele.  The 16th annual reading list offers a wide selection of books that cover topics from the 2010 Chilean mining disaster, SNL's 40
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FIFA denies Sepp Blatter's top deputy was behind the $10 million payment at the center of the bribery scandal One of the most damning allegations from the 164-page indictment against nine current and former FIFA officials is that $10 million in FIFA money was sent to accounts controlled by Concacaf president Jack Warner as a bribe for supporting South Africa's 2010 World Cup bid. Warner kept "a substantial portion" of that money for his personal use, according to the indictment. The indictment a
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Make: 200+
New Project: Skill Builder: Styrofoam Sculpting, Surfacing, and “Sugru Skinning” The modeling technique I used in my Ergo Mouse project (MAKE Volume 38) has 3 main steps: sculpting, surfacing, and Sugru skinning. But you can apply it to any creative process requiring models to explore interactions and aesthetics, quickly and at low cost. Read more on MAKE The post Skill Builder: Styrofoam Sculpting, Surfacing, and “Sugru Skinning” appeared first on Make:.
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The Economic Times
Ford keeps plants running longer for third consecutive year Ford will shorten the traditional summer shut-down at some of its plants for the third consecutive year to meet rising demand.
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The Economic Times
Survivors pulled from China boat capsizing; hundreds missing Fifteen people were brought to safety and at least five people were confirmed dead after the Eastern Star capsized in Hubei Province.
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RBI's 0.25% rate cut not sufficient to propel growth: India Inc India Inc said it is still not sufficient to spur demand and propel industrial growth, demanding a steeper reduction from the central bank to kickstart investment cycle.
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Nestle USA to remove artificial flavors, cut salt in some foods Nestle USA said on Tuesday it would remove artificial flavors and reduce salt by 10 percent in its frozen pizza and snack products by the end of this year.
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The Economic Times 3
India setting conditions for resumption of talks ironical: Pakistan Aziz expressed surprise over Swaraj's remarks that multi- billion dollar Pakistan-China Economic Corridor is "not acceptable".
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The Economic Times 11
RBI cuts key rate by 0.25%; home, auto loans to become cheaper Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan, however, cautioned that uncertain monsoon may prevent future rate cuts, an outlook that disappointed markets.
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West Bengal government to decide on Maggi controversy tomorrow West Bengal Food Department has convened a high-level meeting tomorrow to take a view on the ongoing controversy surrounding Maggi noodles, the government said.
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The Economic Times
'Haryana Antodaya Mission' to be set up soon: Manohar Lal Khattar The BJP government would soon launch 'Haryana Antodaya Mission' to raise awareness about various welfare programmes launched by Centre and state.
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Petrobras issues $2.5 billion in bonds The 100-year bonds were issued on Monday in dollars and carry an interest rate of 8.45 percent, the company said in a statement.
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Singapore May factory activity expands, hits six-month high: Survey Expansions in new orders, production output and inventory contributed to the rise in overall PMI, the institute said in a statement.
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US-led troops launch 15 air strikes against Islamic State The United States and its allies launched 10 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and five in Syria since Monday morning, the US military said.
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The Economic Times 5
NCSC notice to HRD Secy, IIT-M over APSC row NCSC notice to HRD Secy, IIT-M over APSC rowIIT-M, in reply to an earlier notice by the Commission, asserted that there has been no curtailment of "freedom of speech" or imposition of ban on any student organisation.
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AAP not providing land for power stations in Delhi, says BJP Opposition BJP today accused AAP government of creating hurdles in setting up of four proposed substations in the national capital.
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Business Insider 4
Ivanovic into French Open semi-finals Paris (AFP) - Ana Ivanovic reached her first Grand Slam semi-final in seven years on Tuesday when she defeated Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 at the French Open.The seventh-seeded Serb, who last made the semi-finals of a major on her way to her only Grand Slam title in Paris in 2008, will face either Czech 13th seed Lucie Safarova or Garbine Muguruza, the 21st seed from Spain, for a place in S
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Pixar's only store is locked away in a gated Bay Area campus – Here are the coolest things you can buy there In its sprawling campus in Emeryville, California, Pixar makes magic happen. There, animators bring your favorite characters to life, host screenings, and sell super exclusive merchandise out of its Pixar Studio Store. The store is somewhat of a holy grail for fangirls and boys. While you can buy Pixar-related goods from Disney's online store, the campus store can only be accessed by guests. There
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Custom Floating Fitness Studios - The Nike Women's 15k Will Kick Off with Special Training Classes (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The highly anticipated Nike Women's 15k race in Toronto is fast approaching and the brand is working hard to make it an experience people won't soon forget. In addition to the race itself,...
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WIRED 44
Sugata Mitra: Learn to Think Like a Kid In 1999, educator Sugata Mitra and some colleagues cut a hole in the wall of a vast New Delhi slum and installed a personal computer with Internet access. Then they left it there unattended. Within hours, curious children flocked to the PC, quickly figuring out which actions yielded results. The kids learned to browse the Internet, create […] The post Sugata Mitra: Learn to Think Like a Kid appear
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Pakistanis respond after 'spy pigeon' detained in India Pakistani memes troll India after a pigeon was suspected of being a spy.
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Ivanovic & Safarova reach last four Serbia's Ana Ivanovic beats Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-2 and will face Czech Lucie Safarova in the French Open semi-finals.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Where are you? Why has Aung Sang Suu Kyi been silent over the Rohingya?
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Germany against World Cup boycott The head of German football has opposed a possible boycott of the 2018 World Cup finals in a protest against Fifa.
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Russia says old missile downed MH17 A Russian defence firm says an old Buk missile that it used to manufacture brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.
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Make: 47
Blacksmith Shares How to Build Crazy Curly Handrails Renovating a home can be expensive. If you need to make some minor additions, like adding or updating handrails along a staircase, blacksmith Celeste Flores suggests doing it yourself. Her company Clay and Steel offers tons of DIY instructional videos for all kinds of renovations, including forging a handrail. The […] Read more on MAKE The post Blacksmith Shares How to Build Crazy Curly Handrails
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My Robot Army @ Maker Faire For a few years now I’ve been developing an interactive army of delta robots. This ongoing project is fueled by my desire to control many mechanical extremities like an extension of my body (I’m assuming I’m not the only one who fantasizes about robots here). Since my army doesn’t have a practical application… other than producing pretty light patterns and making the user feel extremely cool for a
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How to Finance Your Business Yourself In their book Start Your Own Business, the staff of Entrepreneur Media Inc. guides you through the critical steps to starting your business, then supports you in surviving the first three years as a business owner. In this edited excerpt, the authors discuss the options you have if you want to fund your startup yourself.If you're thinking about trying to finance your business yourself, begin by do
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Stocks have turned green (SPY, DJI, IXIC, USD, EUR, USDEUR, GLD) Stocks have rebounded from a morning slump and the euro is surging on Tuesday. Near 12:08 p.m. ET, the Dow was up 23 points, the S&P 500 was up 2 points, and the Nasdaq was up 7 points. Stocks closed higher yesterday to start June in the green. The euro is having a big day, rallying as much as 2% to cross the 1.11 level against the dollar. Greece met with its creditors on Monday night and has
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Moscow’s poshest neighborhood is shockingly empty as money pours out of Russia Moscow's richest neighborhood has seen better days. Less than a decade ago, Rublyovka was one of the hottest suburbs in the world, with an influx of billionaire residents to live with the likes of Vladimir Putin and Roman Abramovich. Typical of the area was the ultra-high-end mall, Barvikha Luxury Village, opened in 2005. By 2011, however, the neighborhood was emptying out, with one third of the h
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How one company is making domain names 'sexy' Earlier this year, Rangers.com sold for a whopping $375,000. And in the domain name industry, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. A lot has changed since the first .com domain was created 30 years ago. Names that used to be free are now selling for hundreds of thousands — and sometimes even millions — of dollars. It's clear why so many people are interested in getting into this lucrative business,
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The 3 principles 'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary used to build his investment company came from his mother "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary is also the cofounder and chairman of investment fund manager O'Leary Funds. In his book "Cold Hard Truth on Men, Women & Money," he explains the "core principles on which [he] built O'Leary Funds": Never invest in a security or stock that doesn't pay a dividend or interest. Always save a consistent portion of your income. Spen
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A look at audio podcasting in India As we wait for the second instalment of ‘Serial’, a true-crime podcast, a look the audio podcasting scene in India
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Wrap Bottled Drinks in a Cloth Napkin to Easily Carry Them on a Picnic Bringing a couple bottled drinks with you on a picnic or hike is easy when you wrap them in a cloth napkin.By using a cloth napkin, you’ll add padding to stop the bottles from clinking together in your bag. The fabric will also absorb the condensation and make it easier to grab the bottles when it’s time to drink them. You can wrap two bottles in each napkin, too. Lay the napkin with a point facin
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Stress Free Travel: How to Prevent Mistakes and Minimize Anxiety Traveling has always been a stressful event for me. The long airport waits, the frantic rush to meet deadlines, the unexpected fees and price fluctuations, the potential for lost luggage or misplaced mobile phones — all of that brings a lot of anxiety my way. Maybe you feel the same way. Wouldn’t it be nice if traveling could be a blissful affair? Wouldn’t you be more inclined to travel if you cou
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A Road Map to the "Volume Control" of Genes Genes, traits and disease are linked in complex and surprising ways -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Mahindra’s Upcoming Cars Will Have Google At Their Heart Mahindra & Mahindra has joined the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) to work along with Google and bring ‘Android Auto’ into the dashboards of its future car lineup. The company said it will provide the next level of connectivity to its customers with Android Auto through its association with Google and the OAA. Mahindra has already announced that it will bring Android Auto to its flagship XUV 5
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The Times of India 1K
Call drops will be penalized: Govt to telcos In the backdrop of frequent call drops faced by consumers, telecom minister has said the government may bring in disincentives for telcos.
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The Times of India 43
SBI slashes base rate by 0.15% to 9.70% The nation's largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday reduced its base rate by 15 basis points after the RBI cut repo rate by 25 basis points.
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Grim history traced in slave ship found off S Africa On December 3, 1794, a Portuguese slave ship left Mozambique, on the east coast of Africa, for what was to be a 7,000-mile voyage to Maranhao, Brazil, and the sugar plantations that awaited its cargo of black men and women.
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Villainous Cancer Campaigns - The Med Center Compares Early Stages to Young Evil Historical Icons (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The Med Center campaign looks very medical, until people take a closer look at the details. Body parts plagued with early stages of cancer are likened to evil historical icons. Yet these characters,...
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Inside the Gorgeous and Mysterious World of Plankton Out today is "Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World," a positively stunning book that features some of the most intriguing, most beautiful plankton around. The post Inside the Gorgeous and Mysterious World of Plankton appeared first on WIRED.
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This may be worse than the Sewol sinking
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The World's Best Entrepreneur Visas Entrepreneur visas are all the rage. Born out of economic crises and restrictions on the mobility of labour, they nevertheless offer the best opportunity for countries to attract the next generation of wealth creators. I caught up with Josephine Goube, director of partnerships at Migreat.com and author of Open Borders to Entrepreneurs & Innovators – a report looking at the innovative immigrati
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IRS Says If You're Willful, Penalties Hit 100%, $10,000 If You're Not FBAR penalties are back in the news, this time with IRS guidance about what's willful and stacking of penalties.
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A Strategy For Measuring Employee Happiness (And Acting On The Result) Happiness is hard to measure, but for one company, measuring it -- and then acting on the result -- proved a winning strategy.
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Political Risk Analysis: Amidst Recent Surge of Violence Mexico Heads To Mid-Term Elections The southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero is facing a tense security dynamic in the lead-up to mid-term elections. In a recent article for Americas Quarterly I explained, Security problems in Guerrero will provide a serious test for Mexico’s elections.  The state is home to a mix of drug trafficking groups, their offshoots and affiliated street gangs, as well as militant teachers groups and armed
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 500+
Fantasy Sports Startup SportsLock Secures $5 Million It only took fantasy sports startup SportsLock two months from initial release of its mobile application to closing on a $5 million Series A round of financing.  The Series A round officially closed in early May, but has not been announced until today.  Co-founder Todd Heyden says there was no need to "scream from the mountain and let everyone know."  However, now the word is out and Spo
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How To Avoid Wasting Time In Unproductive Meetings You come to the office on Monday morning, and after running through your email inbox, you realize that you only have a couple of minutes until your first meeting. It might be your weekly sales meeting, project meeting, operations, human resources, business development, or perhaps a monthly board or quarterly advisory meeting. If you are unlucky, you might have to attend multiple meetings like thes
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How Grover Norquist's Pledge Can Hurt The Conservative Cause Insisting on adherence to the clean and simple no-tax-hike pledge has revolutionized fiscal politics. But conservatives may want to start allowing exceptions to the rule--not because of crticism from the left about the need for more revenue -- but because strict adherence to the rule does not futher their own goals.
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8 of the Greatest Commencement Quotes From Business Leaders Commencement speeches aren't typically renowned for their riveting content or brevity, but, once in a while, hopeful graduates get a speaker who is not only entertaining but also drops wisdom like a grenade and brings hungover graduates out of their seats. These eight charismatic business leaders did just that when they gave their commencement addresses, making the grade for this unofficial list o
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InMobi And Rubicon Project Add Mobile Video Inventory To Native Ad Exchange Companies aim to bring scale to programmatic buying of video and native advertising across mobile. The post InMobi And Rubicon Project Add Mobile Video Inventory To Native Ad Exchange appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Mkt crash wipes out Rs 2.26 lakh cr from investor wealth Total investor wealth of BSE-listed companies plummeted by Rs 2,26,179.25 crore to Rs 1,01,00,507 crore.
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Southern Euro stk mkts outpace weaker Greek bourse Greece must repay four loans totalling 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) to the International Monetary Fund this month, starting with a 300 million euro payment on June 5.
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French Foreign Minister says fight against Islamic State long-term "We reaffirmed our unity and common determination to fight Islamic State, but we recognise it is a long-term battle," Fabius said a news conference.
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BJP seeking urgent filling up of vacant FDA inspector posts BJP today urged the Puducherry government to take immediate steps to fill vacant posts of inspectors in the Department of Food and Drug Administration.
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The Economic Times 3
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan trashes bankers call for CRR cut for better transmission Rajan today said the mandatory ratio will continue to fetch them zero interest, and cutting the key repo rate in fact helps them better to reduce cost of funds.
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The Economic Times
Airbus wins A320 order from Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines has placed a firm order for 10 A321 and two A320 aircraft, planemaker Airbus said, in a deal worth around $1.3 billion based on list prices.
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EU says exchange of documents with Greece a 'good sign' The EU hailed as a positive step Tuesday the exchange of proposals between Greece and its international creditors, with time running out to strike a deal.
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Casualties feared after suicide attack in Nigerian city of Maiduguri Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Heavy casualties were feared on Tuesday after a suicide attack at a busy cattle market in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, civilian vigilantes battling Boko Haram told AFP.The blast in the Borno state capital happened at about 1:00 pm (1200 GMT) as traders ended business for the day, said Shettima Bulama in an account backed up by another local vigilante."We're
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Here's what happened when a reporter raced a robot to write a news story Robots are beginning to threaten even the most creative of jobs. Reporters, for example, will have to compete with incredibly intelligent systems such as WordSmith, a program created by Automated Insights that takes data and turns it into stories.  To illustrate this reality, NPR recently pitted their White House correspondent and former business reporter, Scott Horsley, against WordSmith in a new
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Snapchat is selling a stuffed animal version of its mischievous ghost icon Everyone loves the mischievous Snapchat Ghost, but did you know you can buy an official stuffed animal of the Snapchat icon? That's right: Snapchat is selling plushies of "Ghostface Chillah," the official name of the Snapchat icon, over at Amazon. The stuffed animal is available in two sizes, small and large, and costs $8.99 and $17.99 respectively. When we last talked to Snapchat CEO Ev
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Messi an extra-terrestrial - Buffon Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is "an extra-terrestrial who plays with us humans", says Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon.
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Four badly hurt in Alton Towers crash Four teenagers are seriously injured as two carriages crash on the Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers in Staffordshire.
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Turning Beautiful Spoons on a Wood Lathe It’s interesting to see what can be made using a lathe. Beyond making simple table legs, users have created everything from intricately designed pens to highly detailed jewelry using a myriad of materials. Wood, one of the more versatile materials, can be combined and manipulated with other types to create […] Read more on MAKE The post Turning Beautiful Spoons on a Wood Lathe appeared first on Ma
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Yelp Adds eCommerce for Local Boutiques Through a new partnership with the boutique shopping platform Shoptiques.com, Yelp now offers consumers the ability to purchase high-end apparel and accessories from these retailers based in the U.S., England and France. The new partnership, Yelp notes on its blog, “makes it so easy to support cool local businesses (like Olive & Bette’s in NYC or y&i Clothing Boutique in San Francisco) an
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Why the Second Time Isn't So Easy Either “So...how are sales going?”“Have you had any write-ups in the media yet?”“How long will you run this before you sell the company?”These questions, on their surface, don’t seem unusual. They’re certainly the types of questions you might ask any established business owner. But they seem a bit premature to ask someone who launched a business just three days prior, right?Apparently I’m wrong.Within th
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Liverpool is still the king of English soccer when it comes to trophies In English soccer, the ultimate goal is to win the league title. And no team has won more league titles than Manchester United (20), with Liverpool a close second (18). But when it comes to overall trophies, it's United that's chasing the Reds. Liverpool has won 41 trophies, tops among all English teams, according to SportingIntelligence.com. Meanwhile, Arsenal's win in the FA Cup final moves them
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CIA veteran: The Obama administration does not understand how to fight ISIS The Obama administration isn't capable of fighting the type of war necessary to defeat ISIS, a former CIA official told The Hill.  “I don’t think they understand the kind of war they need to fight,” Henry Crumpton, a former CIA official who led teams in Afghanistan against the Taliban, told the publication. “They’re waging the war they want to fight but not the one that will lead to success.”  The
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Schedule Shorter Meetings by Changing Your Calendar's Defaults Meetings can be notorious time wasters. To make them short and to the point, change your office calendar’s default meeting length.Harvard Business Review discusses how environment can affect behavior. They suggest that if you want to influence someone’s habits, you should analyze their environment and find ways to make “desirable actions easy and undesirable actions difficult.” In the case of sche
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Psychology Today 1
Don’t Waste Your Time (It’s Precious) I’m a ‘timeist.’ A timeist is someone who discriminates against others who waste their time. I hoard my time like misers hoard their money and animals hoard their food. Time has become truly precious to me and any second not spent with people or activities I care about feels like time stolen from me with no chance of return.
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Psychology Today 2
Divorce Bias in the News Divorce, so incendiary and viscerally arousing, can lead even the most well-meaning journalists and scholars make mistakes, sometimes due to their own, unrecognized bias. Such as an overview of new laws in Newsweek last month.
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Is Tuesday’s market fall overdone? Keeping in mind where valuations were and the possibility of further earnings downgrades, this may well be the beginning of a sharp correction
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Padmasree Warrior to leave Cisco: report Cisco’s co-presidents Rob Lloyd and Gary Moore will leave the firm late next month when new CEO Chuck Robbins takes over
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Mahindra vehicles will soon get Android Auto Android Auto will be available in Mahindra's XUV 500 and Scorpio as well as future platforms, said Pravin Shah, president and CEO, automotive unit.
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ISIS advance ‘failure’ for whole world: Iraqi PM The advance of the Islamic State group in Iraq is a "failure" for the whole world, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday, hitting back at US criticism of the loss of Ramadi to the jihadist group.
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Business Insider 18
The tallest building in China — a 2,000-foot skyscraper in Shanghai — is finally ready The 127-story Shanghai Tower is now the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world. From breaking ground to completion, the building took almost seven years to complete. It stands 2,073 feet high, behind only the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (2,717 feet).  Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this stor
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More and more of the Fed's business contacts are talking about wage pressure Bank of America Merrill Lynch came up with an interesting anecdotal measure of possible wage pressures in the near future: They counted up the number of references to increasing wage pressures in the Federal Reserve's Beige Book, a summary of regional economic conditions in each of the twelve Fed districts published eight times per year. It appears that references to increasing wage pressure might
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Game Of Internet Marketing Thrones: Who Will Sit On The Iron Throne? Which behemoth will win the war for online marketing dollars? Columnist David Rodnitzky breaks down the strategies of the biggest players and their odds of winning. The post Game Of Internet Marketing Thrones: Who Will Sit On The Iron Throne? appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Chipotle Is Testing a New Menu Item Chipotle wants to spice up your burrito.On Tuesday, the burrito chain began testing chorizo in Kansas City, reports The Kansas City Star. The Mexican sausage contains ground chicken and pork, flavored with paprika, cumin, garlic and red wine.According to The Kansas City Star, chorizo will be available through the city's 33 Chipotle locations starting today.Related: 5 Uncomfortable Questions Asked
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Depression is no longer the No. 1 mental health concern among college students Anxiety has now surpassed depression as the most common mental health diagnosis among college students, according to the New York Times. A recent study of more than 100,000 students by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State found that more than half of students seeking help at campus clinics report anxiety as an issue, and nearly one in six college students has been treated for anxi
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Sensually Disheveled Lookbooks - Josephine Skriver Models the Latest Victoria's Secret Collection (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The latest Victoria's Secret Collection is comprised of a mix of lingerie, nightwear and swimsuits—a perfect combination for the summer season. The photoshoot itself embodies the sensual...
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How Agreeable Are You? One-Minute Personality Test Discover the third of five components of your personality with this one-minute test. Just how agreeable are you in comparison to others? And what does ‘agreeable’ mean to psychologists? In […] » Continue reading: How Agreeable Are You? One-Minute Personality Test » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: How Agreeable Are You? One-Minute Personality Test
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NYC’s $1.3B Supertall Skyscraper Was Inspired by a Trash Can To be fair, the wastebasket in question is an elegant metal example by Austrian designer Josef Hoffmann. The post NYC’s $1.3B Supertall Skyscraper Was Inspired by a Trash Can appeared first on WIRED.
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This $30 Case Protects Your iPhone 6 While Adding 150% Battery Life Give your iPhone 6 protection and extra juice with this slim battery case, down to $30 today. Huge stack of 5-star user reviews. [Omaker iPhone 6 Battery Case with Two Frames, $30 with code OMAKER61]This post is brought to you by the Commerce Team. We bring you the best deals every morning on Kinja Deals, and collaborate with you to find the best products on Kinja Co-Op. We operate independently o
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Scenic Streetwear Collections - The Latest MATEU-S Lookbook Features Graphic Print Fashion (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The MATEU-S Fall/Winter 2015 lookbook highlights graphic print fashions that will appeal to the urban gentleman. Photographer Lou Yang captures the catalog that blends graphic sportswear with...
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U.S. May auto sales race to strongest pace in nearly decade DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. auto industry remained on track for the best sales year in a decade as consumers bought cars and trucks in May at the fastest pace in almost a decade.
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Maggi row: Kerala govt directs pullout | West Bengal govt to decide tomorrow Maggi row: Kerala govt directs pullout | West Bengal govt to decide tomorrowThe probe into alleged lapses of food safety standards has already been expanded to test Maggi noodle samples from across the country.
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The Economic Times
German ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl in intensive care: Reports Helmut Kohl is in intensive care in a hospital in the southwestern city of Heidelberg after undergoing surgery, media reports said Tuesday.
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Lawmakers seeking answers from Takata, US on faulty air bags Lawmakers want to know how the replacement inflators being installed are different so that they won't suffer the same defect, and how long all the repairs will take.
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Inflation in pulses may be highest this year: Assocham Increase in prices of pulses may be highest this year due to untimely rains which have severely affected 2.28 million tonnes of Rabi crop, says an Assocham study.
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Twitter shared news of Ebola outbreak before health officials Twitter was a resource for those to share news of Ebola cases prior to official announcements from the Nigerian Ministry of Health, the WHo, etc.
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We will decide whether to continue in joint panel or not: Sitaram Yechury The CPI(M) today termed as "wrong" and "untenable" the re-promwulgation of the ordinance on land acquisition by the Centre.
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The Economic Times
Scottish leader warns of backlash from British EU referendum Scotland's top politician warned that a future UK referendum on leaving the European Union could spark a new drive for independence in pro-EU Scotland.
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Future rate cuts depend on monsoon, crude prices: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan "As we get more confidence on the monsoon out-turn, the government reaction and energy prices, we will have a sense of what is possible on the policy front," Rajan said.
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Protest in Punjab against de-recognition of APSC by IIT-Madras IIT-M is in the eye of a political storm over the derecognition of APSC for allegedly criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Wall Street opens lower on Greece worries US stocks opened lower on Tuesday lower amid uncertainty over the outcome of Greece's negotiations with creditors and ahead of data that could point to the timing of a US rate hike.
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Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar waiting to betray each other: BJP BJP said both leaders were "waiting to betray each other" and that their coming together was nothing but an outcome of their fear towards the saffron party.
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Next up for Wal-Mart pay raises: Department managers Wal-Mart is raising starting wages for more than 100,000 US department managers and workers in its deli and other specialized departments.
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Do not believe in politics that divides people: PM Do not believe in politics that divides people: PMThe Prime Minister said he "neither believes in politics which seeks to divide people on communal lines nor will he ever speak communal language."
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At Ambedkar birth anniv, Rahul takes a dig at BJP At Ambedkar birth anniv, Rahul takes a dig at BJP Rahul Gandhi today made a strong pitch to end social discrimination and took a veiled dig at BJP cautioning against the "ideology that pits one against another".
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Internet of Things market to triple to $1.7 trillion by 2020: IDC The IoT market, valued at $655.8 billion in 2014, is set to grow at a compounded annual rate of 16.9 per cent, IDC said on Tuesday.
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Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing 100+
10 Ideas: How To Fix A Damning Business Review A bad review can hit your business hard, but columnist Chris Silver Smith has 10 ways to turn the negativity around and improve your customer care. The post 10 Ideas: How To Fix A Damning Business Review appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Business Insider 43
SOCIAL NETWORK DEMOGRAPHICS: Here's who's on Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and other top social networks now The top trend over the last year has been the growth of image-focused social networks — particularly Pinterest, Instagram and Snapchat — among specific demographics. In a new report from BI Intelligence, we unpack data from over a dozen sources to understand how social media demographics and preferences are still shifting.  Access The Full Report By Signing Up For A Trial >> Here are a few of the
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The Golden State Warriors refused to trade for Kevin Love last summer — and it led to a breakout year from one of their best players The Golden State Warriors shocked the NBA world last season when they decided not to trade for Kevin Love, instead keeping Klay Thompson and giving him a $70 million extension. Not only has Thompson become a pivotal player for the Warriors, emerging as one of the best two-way wing players in the NBA, the decision not to trade for Love opened the door for forward Draymond Green. Green was one the W
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15 staggering facts about Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has been front and center over the past few months as oil prices plunged in late 2014 and then saw a mild recovery in 2015. But it's worth taking a step back and looking at its unique economy as a whole and what that might mean for its future. "The oil boom of the past decade has transformed Saudi Arabia into a major global economy with a young population and large wealth that of
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Missile maker says Russia did not shoot down Malaysian plane over Ukraine MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian company that makes the BUK air defense system that was used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine said on Tuesday the plane was hit by a missile deployed by Ukraine and not widely used by Russia's military.
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Tanzanian wins innovation prize A Tanzanian chemical engineer wins a prestigious innovation prize for his water filter that could change the lives of millions of Africans.
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The Psychology Of Skyscrapers Could living in the sky subtly influence our perspective of space, distance, and height?"Living in high-rises required a special type of behavior, one that was acquiescent, restrained, perhaps even slightly mad." So declares the protagonist (rather presciently, a producer of television documentaries) of J. G. Ballard's 1975 novel High-Rise, a dystopian fable, set in a tall luxury buildin
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In Odd Facebook Post, Netflix CEO Says No Ads Coming To Netflix Mark Zuckerberg and 1,270 others like this.On Monday night, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings uploaded an image of a green dollar sign to his Facebook page, with the caption, "No advertising coming onto Netflix. Period." It was a strange response to the news reports yesterday that Netflix is testing ads before its videos.Read Full Story
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Knit Taxidermy and More Wonderful Wares We Love The San Francisco Bazaar was back again for the 2015 Bay Area Maker Faire. There were 85 booths with 90 artists showing off and selling the amazing things they’ve made. There was everything from laser cut jewelry to paintings to handcrafted metal garden art. We didn’t get a chance to interview everyone […] Read more on MAKE The post Knit Taxidermy and More Wonderful Wares We Love appeared first on
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How to Make Money and Save Lives Some rough criteria for success in developing Precision Medicine products, as applied to mental health and substance abuse treatment, that can improve treatment outcome and be commercially viable.
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The Enneagram: Teens Speak for Themselves I A taste of interviews of teens and former teens, types 1-4. See types 5-9 in my next blog June 16.
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Business Insider 45
Delta created a 'Netflix in the sky' app that lets you watch movies for free, and it's awesome (DAL) Searching for entertainment during my Delta flight from NYC to Atlanta, I took out my iPad in the unrealistic hope that some glitch would let me connect to the internet through Delta's in-flight WiFi service powered by GoGo. Of course, my efforts were in vain, and I would need to pay for access to the internet. But I've never paid for in-flight entertainment and I wasn't about to start for in-flig
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Here's how Vanity Fair managed to keep the Caitlyn Jenner cover so secret On Monday, Caitlyn Jenner became a viral sensation after debuting her new look on the cover of Vanity Fair. But it's not easy to surprise the world with an image or a story these days, and the magazine went to great lengths in order to keep the cover from leaking ahead of Monday's big reveal. A spokesperson for Vanity Fair revealed to Mashable the extreme measures that were taken during the Annie
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Here's the speech a gay valedictorian wasn't allowed to give at his graduation Evan Young, 18, was set to graduate as valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School last month, but school officials reportedly stopped him from giving his speech because it stated that he was gay. Twin Peaks principal BJ Buchmann reportedly told Young to remove that section from his speech, according to Democracy Now!, and when the high school senior refused, Buchmann outed him to his
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Ted Cruz: 'Tom Brady was framed' Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) openly pandered to a Massachusetts audience last weekend by announcing his support for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after the so-called DeflateGate scandal.  Cruz made the bold proclamation to set up a joke about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner. "Let me start by saying: Tom Brady was framed,&qu
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WIRED 100+
The Dark Web Drug Lords Who Got Away When Ross Ulbricht begins his life sentence at a federal prison in the coming weeks, he won't just be serving his own time. He'll also be serving the time of all the Dark Web drug lords who escaped his fate. The post The Dark Web Drug Lords Who Got Away appeared first on WIRED.
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Personal electroplater turns 3D printed objects to gold Add / Remove With the maker movement still in full swing, personal prototyping equipment is more in demand than ever. 3D printers have become significantly more affordable and initiatives such as Hatch in the UK and Betaversity in the US are creating a multitude of temporary, accessible maker spaces. Now, Monolith Studio is hoping to add its tabletop electroplater to the mix. The Orbit1 is a devic
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The Patriot Act Is Changing. Here's What That Means for Your Privacy This week, certain key sections of the notorious Patriot Act—the law that gives the NSA its snooping powers—automatically expired. Don’t get too excited just yet, though: they’re probably coming back with a few changes. Here’s what we know, and what it means for your privacy.What Happened to the Patriot Act?You might have heard in the news that “the Patriot Act is expiring.” This isn’t technically
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Learn Digital Art from Scratch With These 22 Lynda Courses You can draw, but your pencil and paper is feeling increasingly archaic. You’ve realized that your ink illustrations would benefit from digital enhancement and you might even be losing work because of an inability to transfer your talent from paper to screen. Alternatively, you might be starting out as a digital artist but are finding it tough, unable to learn the software shortcuts that save time
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Bing Ads Launches Automated Rules For Managing All Levels Of Your Account Now available in the web interface, schedule routine tasks and performance checks with automated rules for campaigns, ad groups, keywords and ads. The post Bing Ads Launches Automated Rules For Managing All Levels Of Your Account appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Mike Rowe: This One Thing Can Make Any Job Feel Like a Soul-Sucking Waste of Time Entrepreneurs create jobs. It's what they do. But once a position is made, it's also the entrepreneur's responsibility to make sure that job is keeping the employee motivated, challenged and satisfied. "Jobs that leave you feeling futile are bad jobs," says Mike Rowe, who is best known as host of the long-running TV show Dirty Jobs. "Walk through any place with cubicles, any place,
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This is the awkward experience Hillary Clinton faces each time she leaves an event It's hard out there for a presidential candidate. For Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other presidential candidates, dealing with a rope line of supporters can be an intense, time consuming, and almost surreal affair.  Footage captured outside of a Clinton campaign event last May demonstrates this. The video was filmed by a so-called tracker for the conservative opposition research P
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This is the most maddening part of cooking with meal delivery services like Blue Apron Meal delivery services — like Blue Apron, Hello Fresh, and Plated — make cooking more convenient, except for one thing: the cleanup. These food startups take the guesswork out of food prep by doing all the measuring and shopping for you. They then send everything in a refrigerated box that’s waiting at the door when you get home. All you have to do is follow the step-by-step instructions to make
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A father's heartbreaking essay about the untimely death of his 22-year-old Goldman Sachs analyst son In a heartbreaking essay posted on Medium, the father of a deceased Goldman Sachs analyst writes about how his son was dealing with stress at work before his untimely death this spring.   Sarvshreshth Gupta worked as a tech/media/telecom analyst for Goldman in the bank's San Francisco office. He was from New Delhi, India. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He previously did summer i
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Maggi noodles found ‘unsafe’ in Kerala, Delhi Kerala Food and civil supplies minister Anoop Jacob has ordered the withdrawal of all existing stock of Maggi noodles from the Supplyco outlets following complaints against the product.
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I don't believe in divisive politics: PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that he does not believe in politics which seeks to divide people on communal lines and will never speak communal language as he met a delegation of Muslim leaders here.
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18-year-old soccer phenom Gedion Zelalem blew everyone away in his first start for the US Gedion Zelalem, an 18-year-old Arsenal midfielder, stole the show in the United States under-20 team's 4-0 win over New Zealand at the U-20 World Cup. Zelalem, who was born in Germany but recently became an American citizen and switched his national team allegiance to the U.S., is now the most hyped prospect in the U.S. system. In his first start for the U.S. U-20's, he drew rave reviews from the
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Hunters Are Now The Hunted In the past month, I have received more "My company needs sales/bizdev talent, who do you know?" emails than any other time in my career in technology and start-ups.  The hunters are now the hunted and those hunting have a bit of desperation in their tone and some real urgency in their hunt. As ideas mature to start-ups and start-up mature to companies, those that originally created the
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Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Here's How To Know For Sure When emotional intelligence (EQ) first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This anomaly threw a massive wrench into the broadly held assumption that IQ was the sole source of success.
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Oregon Tax Court Approves Taxation Of Church Rectory As a kid I remember being fascinated by a door in the side of the sanctuary at St. John's Church in Fairview, NJ. It was very mysterious. Only the priests ever used it.  The explanation was pretty mundane.  There was an enclosed walkway over the driveway between the church and the rectory.
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How Entrepreneurial Baby Boomers Are Rethinking Retirement With all the stories about young tech startup millionaires, it’s easy to think Millennials are responsible for the bulk of entrepreneurial activity today. But people over 50 represent one of the fastest-growing groups of entrepreneurs in the United States.
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All U.S. United Flights Grounded Over Mysterious Problem All United Airlines flights in the US were grounded this morning for nearly an hour, over “dispatching information.” Though United hasn’t indicated the cause for the grounding, tweets from onboard passengers and a news report have indicated various possible reasons. “United began delaying flights at approximately 8 a.m. CT to ensure aircraft departed with proper […] The post All U.S. United Flight
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Martin O'Malley is happy to be 'the last person' Wall Street CEOs want running in 2016 When former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) launched his presidential campaign on Saturday, his speech included shots at some of his better-known rivals and one of the biggest names on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. "Recently, the CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either [Jeb] Bush or [Hillary] Clinton. I bet he would," O'Malley sa
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4 reasons narcissists can be highly effective leaders When you imagine your ideal boss, you probably don't picture someone who puts his own interests above all else. Yet a growing body of research suggests that narcissists — or those who act self-centered, crave attention, and have difficulty showing empathy — can make highly effective leaders.  We dug into some of the studies to find out exactly why narcissists can be manager material — and when the
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Inc.com 25
Square CEO Jack Dorsey Says If You're Making Decisions, You're Not Leading It's counter-logical, but leaders rarely make decisions for others. Managers make decisions for others (and dehumanize them in the process). Most people who think they are leading are only managing. Great leaders know the difference.
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8 Steps for Success in your Dream Career One of L'Oreal's top marketing leaders shares her "secret sauce" for success.
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The 4 Biggest, Most Brazen Lies Your Boss Is Telling You Bosses don't (often) tell the truth. But you really have to beware some of their biggest deceptions.
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5 Indispensable Tools for Advertising on Facebook Facebook Ads shouldn't be complicated. Make creation & management easier with these.
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8 Powerful Ways to Make Habits Stick Here's how you can make that new behavior stick once-and-for-all
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Life Experiences Jourdan Urbach, co-founder of Ocho, talks about the importance of digesting and applying what you learn.
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How to Be Fearless in Business Aleksandra Scepanovic, founder of Ideal Properties, talks about how her experience of living through war in Bosnia helped her to become a bold entrepreneur.
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Fast Company 1
The Bizarre Process We Use To Approve Exemptions To The Digital Milliennium Copyright Act Every three years, the doors to allowing legal circumvention of digital locks open up. Briefly.So you bought a game, and you play it all the time with people around the world. Three months later, the maker shuts down the network. You can still play in single-player mode against the computer-generated players, and other people can bring their consoles over for LAN parties. But the rest of the world
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The Economic Times
AIIMS forensic chief alleges pressure on Sunanda's post-mortem report Dr Sudhir Gupta, who is sought to be removed as head of AIIMS forensic department, has alleged "tacit understanding" between institute's Director and Shashi Tharoor.
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The Economic Times 51
Maggi samples found unsafe in Delhi Maggi samples found unsafe in DelhiA senior official in Delhi govt said the Maggi samples were found unsafe during testing. Sources said the govt was contemplating various options on the issue.
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The Economic Times
Acrimonious exchanges between JD(U) and RJD Sharad Yadav refused to speak on assertions of Lalu or Singh over the continued logjam and said that statements by the party leaders were complicating the issue.
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Coal scam: Recording of evidence in RSPL's case from July 17 This is first case in coal blocks allocation scam in which recording of evidence will begin after the special court was set up following a Supreme Court order in July last year.
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General Motors, Fiat Chrysler sales up as US auto sales see Memorial Day surge Sales to individual buyers were expected to rise 2 per cent, and over Memorial Day weekend they jumped 7 per cent.
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Rupee slips 12 paise to 63.82 vs US dollar Rupee depreciated by 12 paise to end at 63.82 against the American currency owing to robust dollar demand from importers amid steep losses in local equities.
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'Not enough' progress in Greece bailout talks: Jeroen Dijsselbloem Slow progress is being made in bailout talks between Greece and its international creditors but it is "not enough", the head of the Eurogroup said.
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Why US billionaires may not be able to buy the 2016 election Campaign finance watchdog groups fear heavy spending by these ultra-rich Americans will warp the election - already expected to be the most money-soaked in history.
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CBI arrests EPFO official on graft charges CBI has arrested an Enforcement Officer with the Employee's Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in Pune for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe.
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The Economic Times
OPEC hopes for further oil price recovery despite glut Last November, OPEC refused to cut output and chose instead to defend market share, adding to the supply surplus arising from booming US oil output.
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RBI looking to deepen the financial markets with new products RBI is looking to deepen the financial markets with new products and liberalise some of the existing rules to accommodate more overseas investors.
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SBI, Allahabad Bank, Dena cut interest rates after RBI move SBI, Allahabad Bank, Dena cut interest rates after RBI moveSBI said on Tuesday it would cut its base lending rate by 15 basis points to 9.7% effective June 8 after RBI cut its key policy rate for the third time this year.
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The Economic Times
Edward Snowden awarded freedom of expression prize in Norway Snowden, a former analyst at US NSA, has lived in exile in Russia since 2013 after revealing mass spying programmes by the United States and its allies.
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US House panel seeks to ban funding for US embassy in Cuba The United States formally dropped Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism last Friday, an important step toward restoring diplomatic ties.
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Business Insider 26
These earbuds don't play music, but they let you customize how the world sounds around you What if you could tweak and customize the sounds of the world around you? That's the goal of a new Kickstarter project for the Here Active Listening System, which is basically a pair of earbuds designed to filter and process the sounds of real life. The idea with the Here earbuds is to allow you to wirelessly customize how you hear events like concerts, flights, stadiums, and subways so you can en
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Friend of Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to 6 years in prison A friend of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to 72 months in prison for obstructing justice, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Dias Kadyrbayev pleaded guilty last year to obstruction of justice, admitting that he removed evidence from Tsarnaev's dorm room, specifically his backpack and computer. The Kazakhstan native befriended Tsarnaev while an exc
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Quebec separatist Parizeau dies Jacques Parizeau, the former Quebec premier who nearly led the French-speaking province to independence, dies at the age of 84.
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Boston police kill terror suspect Officials say the man attacked officers with a large knife after being approached by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent.
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Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips 87
Social Video Chart: Your At-A-Glance Guide To 7 Major Platforms A side-by-side feature comparison of the seven major social video players -- YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Snapchat and Tumblr. The post Social Video Chart: Your At-A-Glance Guide To 7 Major Platforms appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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5 Easy to Make Bike Fenders and Mudguards Not all bikes come with fenders, but they can be really handy to have. Without a bike fender, driving through a puddle can be cringeworthy. Once your wheel hits that water, your back is bound to be showered in a disgusting mess, and don’t even think of going out biking when […] Read more on MAKE The post 5 Easy to Make Bike Fenders and Mudguards appeared first on Make:.
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Meet Google’s Next-Generation Virtual Reality Platform Yesterday, at Google’s IO conference, Google showed off the future of virtual reality — and it isn’t all made up of cardboard. This is surprising, because Google’s previous ventures into the space have been, well, a little half hearted. Don’t get me wrong: Google Cardboard, a minimalist VR shell for smartphones is undeniably neat — but its limitations are clear. It’s one of Google’s famous 20% pro
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The Boy Genius and the Genius in All of Us In The Boy Who Played with Fusion, Tom Clynes tells a fascinating story about a boy’s pursuit of a passionate interest in nuclear physics, and draws some surprising conclusions about the nature and development of genius-level intelligence. Clynes considers the roles played not only by innate ability and environmental factors, but also by temperament, culture, and politics.
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How To Read People’s Minds: Everyday Mind Reading Although there is no sound evidence for ESP, there is evidence that we can develop our perceptual skills and become better at reading other people’s feelings and thoughts. Here’s how to become an everyday mindreader.
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Why Pursuit of Superiority Lowers Happiness (and Success) Most of us use the pursuit of superiority--the desire to be "better than others"--to motivate ourselves. Most of us also believe that the desire for superiority is a good thing, since it increases our chances of success and, therefore, our happiness levels. This article busts these myths.
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The Importance of Evidence-based Practice In virtually every professional field, a research-to-practice gap exists in which some practices shown to be effective by scientific research are seldom used in applied settings, but some commonly implemented practices are not empirically validated and may be ineffective or even harmful. Thus, great opportunity exists for those who employ research-based practices.
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Micromax world’s 10th largest mobile phone brand in Q1: Gartner Samsung led tally with 21.3% share, followed by Apple (13.1%), Microsoft (7.2%), LG (4.3%) and Lenovo (4.2%)
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak's former home finally sells for $3.9 million after several years on the market The former Los Gatos home of Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has finally sold after a tumultuous few years on the market.  It has been listed and delisted several times since 2013, most recently for $4.152 million. It eventually sold for $3.9 million to pharmaceutical entrepreneur Mehdi Paborji, listing agent Arthur Sharif told Business Insider. "The seller really wanted someone who appreciated
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The 4 Ingredients of Utah's Startup 'Secret Sauce' Utah’s Wasatch Front corridor has become “the next Silicon Valley”-or, as the locals call it, “Silicon Slopes.” As many of you know, I grew up in Utah and love tech. But Utah startups aren’t just all about the tech. Today, 86 of the fastest-growing companies in America call Utah home, and new companies of every kind are succeeding in the state that recently ranked #4 for starting a business and #1
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Why Mark Zuckerberg wants everyone to read 14th-century Islamic book 'The Muqaddimah' Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 2015 New Year's resolution was to read an important book every two weeks and discuss it with the Facebook community. Zuckerberg's book club, A Year of Books, has focused on big ideas that influence society and business. His selections so far have been mostly contemporary, but for his eleventh pick he's chosen "The Muqaddimah," written in 1377 by the Islamic
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Republicans are more psyched than Democrats about their presidential candidates Election season is starting to heat up, with a dozen candidates having already declared their bid for the White House in 2016 and a handful of others expected to declare later this month.  But before Americans are overwhelmed with caucuses, debates, commercials, scandals, and so on, Pew Research has asked for their opinion on their party's candidates.  Pew surveyed some 2000 adults from May 12 to
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Burger King's secret to becoming the most successful fast food chain Burger King is outperforming McDonald's and Wendy's.  The fast food chain is posting US sales gains at a time when its competitors are falling or stagnant.  Burger King owes its success to one thing: simplicity, according to a recent report by Citi Research.  "Burger King has debuted successful new limited time offers without adding back-of-the-house complexity," Citi analysts write. &qu
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Why 'The Mindy Project' won't get raunchier when it starts airing on Hulu A new phenomenon in which rejected or cancelled TV shows go from network to streaming has altered the television landscape.  The latest show to make the leap is "The Mindy Project," which was canceled by Fox on May 6 but was later picked up for a fourth season by Hulu on May 15. Since web services don't have to deal with the same censorship rules major networks have to comply with, strea
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These are the 3 apps that will reduce your anxiety "The Anxiety Toolkit" author Dr. Alice Boyes told us the 3 apps she recommends for reducing anxiety. Produced by Alana Kakoyiannis. Camera by Jason Gaines. Edited by Devan Joseph. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Lego Has Finally Created a Minecraft Competitor The inevitable has happened. Lego has finally made a video game that is a lot like Minecraft.Of course, what made Minecraft so special when it was released in 2009 is that it was so much like ... playing with Legos.The video game is called Lego Worlds. Like Minecraft, it allows players to build and interact with worlds of their own, using virtual Lego bricks. The video game was developed for Lego
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3 injured after a huge chunk of the scoreboard falls on fans at the French Open Three fans sustained "minor injuries" at the French Open on Tuesday when a large piece of metal fell on to fans, according to the tournament's Twitter account. The incident occurred at the Philippe Chatrier court during a quarterfinals matchup between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Kei Nishikori. According to the Tennis Channel broadcast, two fans were taken to the infirmary at Roland Garros an
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Mesmerising pictures of a bunch of different things in the world that are the colour yellow Yellow! It's the colour of sunshine, ripe bananas, and baby ducks.  In business, yellow is used by brands to express happiness, optimism, and friendliness.  If you want to experience the bright colour in full force, Reuters has rounded up a bunch of creative photos that illustrate yellow hues. When you view them all at once, it's almost hypnotising. Getting smacked in the face with yellow-coloured
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PAN card gets costlier by Re 1 after service tax hike PAN card gets costlier by Re 1 after service tax hikeGetting a new PAN card has become costlier by a rupee in the wake of government hiking service tax rate to 14 per cent beginning this month.
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Rising temperature to affect rubber output Kerala accounts for 90 per cent of total rubber production in India. The natural rubber production in the country was down by over 15 per cent in 2014-15 at 6,55,000 tonnes.
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Forecast of below-normal monsoon biggest worry now: Rajan "Clearly, the biggest uncertainty at this time is the outturn of the monsoons," Rajan told reporters hours before the Met Department came out with forecast.
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Telangana government plans to unveil new IT policy: Rama Rao Telangana government plans to unveil a new Information Technology (IT) policy to make Hyderabad the most attractive IT destination.
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Hate speech row: Swamy approaches SC against non-bailable warrant Swamy approached SC against order of Assam trial court issuing non-bailable warrant against him for failing to appear before it in case of alleged hate speech.
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US factory orders slump in April; 8th decline in 9 months US factory orders tumbled in April, a sign that manufacturers are struggling amid a stronger dollar and cheaper oil.
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Vedanta to extend life of Skorpion zinc mine Higher zinc supplies are likely to dampen the enthusiasm of zinc bulls expecting higher prices on the basis of mine closures this year.
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United Airlines planes grounded 40 minutes over 'automation issues' United Airlines aircraft were held on the ground across the United States for nearly 40 minutes early Tuesday for unexplained technical issues.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal meets newly-constituted governing bodies of academies Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met the members of the newly-constituted governing bodies of Hindi, Sanskrit and Bhojpuri-Maithili Academies.
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India, Russia witness decline in inflation among BRICS: OECD India and Russia are the only two BRICS nations which have witnessed a decline in retail inflation in April, OECD said today.
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Too big to succeed? Investors want 'radical surgery' at HSBC LONDON (Reuters) - No longer feared as "too big to fail", shareholders are weighing whether HSBC is now "too big to succeed", and want to know next week how the bank's bosses propose to increase profitability at a sprawling group beset by huge costs.
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Google Stakes Out a New Site for Its Wild, Membranous HQ After a major setback to its initial proposal, the search giant has picked another location for its futuristic office park. The post Google Stakes Out a New Site for Its Wild, Membranous HQ appeared first on WIRED.
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Newcastle end interest in Vieira Steve McClaren is the favourite to get the Newcastle head coach's job after Patrick Vieira is ruled out of the running.
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How Decision Making Skills Are Vital for Life It’s the end of a long, busy day, and you’re standing in line at the grocery store. You’re exhausted and just want to get home and cook dinner. As you approach the till, you’re confronted with yet another decision: should you buy your favorite candy or sweets? There’s a reason why it’s hard to resist, and that reason is decision fatigue. Let’s take a look at what decision fatigue is, how it makes
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Othermill Manufacturing Stays Close to Home It takes a village to make the Othermill desktop CNC mill, but despite current trends offshore, that village is based in the San Francisco Bay Area instead of Chinese manufacturing hotbed Shenzhen. Read more on MAKE The post Othermill Manufacturing Stays Close to Home appeared first on Make:.
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People on Tumblr are obsessed with these hypnotizing calligraphy gifs When trying to predict which gifs will go viral on Tumblr, handwriting — you know, that old-fashioned method of making letters with a pen and your hand — might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But as it turns out, calligraphy and handwriting gifs are hugely popular on the social network, which is also home to boy band obsessives, jokesters, and artsy Photoshoppers. This came to our atte
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Here's the advice Louis C.K. and Mark Zuckerberg's top digital guy gave Seinfeld when developing 'Comedians in Cars' When Jerry Seinfeld came up with the idea for “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” — his unconventional internet talk show that will premiere its sixth season on Wednesday — he initially had trouble finding the right format and backers for the program. In an interview during The Vulture Festival on Saturday, Seinfeld explained how he first went to comedian Louis C.K. for advice on how to release the
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Internet sensation 'Alex from Target' is out with a hilarious music video "Alex from Target" has decided to leave his retail job to pursue a music career. The Texas teen, whose real name is Alex Lee, became an overnight sensation after a photo of him working the checkout counter at Target went viral online and teenage girls started gushing over his looks. Now he's out with a new music video.  The 16-year-old gained nearly one million Twitter followers in a
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Another “Market Abuse” Android Complaint Filed Against Google In Europe According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) app developer Disconnect Inc. has formally complained to European regulators that Google is abusing control of Android. In April of this year, the European Commission opened a formal investigation into Android and related market abuse claims. Disconnect... Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Is a High-Tech Customer Loyalty System Right For You? Q: Are the new high-tech customer loyalty systems worth it?A: The short answer is yes, if only for the customer analytics they provide. With such systems, customers sign up online; after that, you’ll know exactly when they’re in your store, what they bought and how quickly they redeemed the promotional offer that brought them there. For a more detailed discussion, we turned to Flora Delaney, presi
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Taking Control Of Our Narrative: Lessons From Caitlyn Jenner Caitlyn Jenner's story contains lessons for all of us, regardless of our particular struggle.
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How Easily Can Someone Change Your Mind? Are you the type of person who can resist the lure of tempting ads or the pressure of someone you know to get you to change your mind? Maybe you’re not as resistant to these influences as you think so that, even without knowing it, you’re an easy target.
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Psychopaths, Public Shaming & Goats: Why You Need to See Jon Ronson at #INBOUND15 If you’re ever on the fence about someone’s deeper connection to humanity, be sure to consult Jon Ronson -- he knows psychopaths. No, really. He’s met quite a few. And he’ll tell you that they’re not only inhabiting jail cells and hospitals around the world, but they’re also seated comfortably in a corner office. One may be seated next to you right now. Author of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Th
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So, real estate wasn’t such a great idea Real estate has been overbought for a long time
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Tied model for banking channel in insurance may continue Amendments to the draft guidelines on open architecture in insurance distribution will bring respite to bank-promoted insurers
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Lithium Technologies Will Plug Klout Data Into Its Online Communities By incorporating Klout profiles on service and support sites, company aims to help brands activate influential experts. The post Lithium Technologies Will Plug Klout Data Into Its Online Communities appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Vegas Water Chief Preached Conservation While Gambling on Growth ProPublica examines the wheeling and dealing that Pat Mulroy has orchestrated over nearly three decades to find more water for Las Vegas and use it to help the city keep expanding -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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These 5 under-appreciated chemistry innovations have changed the world Did you know that the discovery of a way to make ammonia was the single most important reason for the world's population explosion from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 7 billion today? Or that polythene, the world's most common plastic, was accidentally invented twice? The chances are you didn't, as chemistry tends to get overlooked compared to the other sciences. Not a single chemist made it into Science
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Catch Drywall Debris with a Basketball When Drilling Into the Ceiling Drilling into the ceiling to install light fixtures or fans can be a messy ordeal. Drywall and ceiling debris can end up all over the ladder and floor which adds an extra step to clean up. This simple trick keeps the debris contained and is especially useful when drilling multiple holes.Deflate an old or unused basketball and cut it in half along the seam with a utility knife. Then drill a 1/2” ho
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Restructuring incomplete without Dravid: Dalmiya BCCI president reiterated that Dravid is very much in the board's scheme of things and the country's cricket would be "incomplete" without the batsman's contribution.
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SBI, 3 others cut rate; EMIs to come down In a big relief to home and auto loan borrowers, several banks led by market leader SBI on Tuesday slashed lending rates by up to 0.3 per cent after RBI cut key policy rate.
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Infographics: 9 ways prolonged sitting can harm us People with desk jobs need to be on their feet for a minimum of two hours daily during working hours and this should eventually be increased to up to 4 hours, says the first-ever UK guidance designed to curb the health risks of too much cumulative sitting time.
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Israel scraps punishment of soldier who ate pork The Israeli military on Tuesday scrapped a punishment for a US-born Israeli soldier who had caused a stink by violating the military's kosher rules by eating a pork sandwich while in uniform.
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The only time this 99-year-old Wall Streeter lost a client in the last 20 years Traders often have to reassure their clients: 'Yes we have this under control. No, we won't lose your investment, and please, don't reconsider your options — no investment bank can do what we do.' But 99-year-old Wall Street veteran Irene Bergman hasn't lost an account in the 20 years since Philippe Labaune, head of trading at Stralem and Company, has been there, Labaune said in an interview with
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Beijing — the favorite to host the 2022 Winter Olympics — has an awkward snow problem Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics bid has one glaring problem: there's no snow. Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan are the only two cities bidding on the 2022 Olympics after several European cities with democratically elected governments dropped out. On Monday the IOC released a lengthy evaluation of the two bids. The 137-page report, while complimentary overall, is open about the problems the two potent
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How to make sending email easier It's 2015 and email has long ceased to be the electronic version of sending a letter.  An email doesn't need a closing. Sincerely, best wishes, thank you,  yours truly, etc. are superfluous endings to a conversation that simply tell your reader that you, email writer, are stuck in the past. You probably still use a pager. Rebecca Greenfield at Bloomberg writes that the absolutely worst way to end
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Negotiating A Commercial Lease? Here's What You Need To Know Leases are legal contracts and should be examined closely and, more importantly, understood completely before you even consider signing one.
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Exclusive: Detainee alleges CIA sexual abuse, torture beyond Senate findings NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency used a wider array of sexual abuse and other forms of torture than was disclosed in a Senate report last year, according to a Guantanamo Bay detainee turned government cooperating witness.
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Modi's statesmanship is laudable: Bangladesh High Commissioner In an exclusive interview with India Today, Bangladesh High Commissioner Syed Moazzem Ali talks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Dhaka and Indo-Bangladesh relations.
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Was asked to change Sunanda's autopsy report: AIIMS doctor "I was asked by AIIMS director to give a post mortem report of Sunanda Pushkar as natural death which was contrary to the findings," said Dr Sudhir Gupta in his letter to Union Health Minister JP Nadda.
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Americans truly hate their cable and broadband providers Americans' satisfaction with their cable TV and internet service providers has plummeted to a seven-year low. That's according to the latest data released on Tuesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI,) which said of the 43 categories it surveys more than 70,000 consumers on — including airlines, energy utilities, and health care — TV and internet companies came rock bottom in terms
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A CEO whose business took off after appearing on 'Shark Tank' shares her unique hiring strategy Susan Petersen only hires people who remind her of "a young version" of herself. It isn't a narcissistic hiring strategy; it's a smart one.  Petersen is the founder of baby moccasin and apparel company Freshly Picked.  In 2009, after having trouble finding well-designed baby shoes for her son Gus, the very frustrated and cash-strapped mother of two bought a bag of scrap leather at a yard
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New Zealand win second Test against England, square series Leeds (United Kingdom) (AFP) - New Zealand beat England by 199 runs to win the second Test at Headingley on Tuesday and end the two-match series all square at 1-1.England, set a huge target of 455 for victory, were bowled out for 255 in their second innings, with off-spinners Kane Williamson and Mark Craig taking three wickets each.Jos Buttler was last man out for an innings top score of 73, lbw p
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Mike Huckabee: I wish I could have claimed to be transgender to ' shower with the girls' in high school Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) has a unique take on transgender rights.  In video highlighted Tuesday by BuzzFeed, Huckabee suggested that, in the current climate of increased acceptance for transgender rights, people will lie about their gender identity in order to ogle women in bathrooms. In fact, Huckabee said he would have done exactly that as a teen.  "
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If You Want To Hit FIFA Where It Hurts, Boycott Its Sponsors These anti-logos make it clear which companies (Coke, Adidas, McDonald's, Budweiser) are happy to keep associating with corrupt officials who are supporting deadly working conditions in QatarFIFA, the organization in charge of soccer across the globe, is not having a good year. Last week, 14 FIFA officials were arrested on racketeering and corruption charges. It turns out that everyone's suspicion
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Are You Ready to Receive Poo Alerts From Your Child's Diaper? A smart diaper from Acer will send notifications to your phone when your baby's diaper is soiled.This week at Computex, the annual technology show held in Taipei, Taiwan, engineers from Acer showed off small sensor module that sits inside any regular diaper and can detect moisture and methane (a sure sign of a number two).Read Full Story
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Hundreds still missing after China cruise ship sinks Rescuers pulled at least three people from the wreckage of a capsized Chinese cruise ship Tuesday as fears mounted for the more than 400 people still missing.
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Bangladesh says working to repatriate migrants Bangladeshis languishing in camps in Southeast Asia since a migrant crisis unfurled in the region will be brought home as soon as possible, an official said.
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White House threatens to veto Cuba travel curbs Republicans keen to connect with Cuban American voters have opposed Obama's plan to improve ties, citing persistent political persecution in Cuba.
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'Proactively' reached out to Gurgaon Police: Uber For the the US-based Uber, this is the second allegation of sexual misconduct by a driver partner in India. The accused has been arrested by the Gurgaon police.
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Delhi's PWD Secretary transferred to Andaman & Nicobar Islands Senior IAS officer Arun Baroka, who was holding charge of PWD Secretary in the city, was today relieved from his duty by the AAP government.
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How RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan decodes his policy stance The policy today I would characterise as neither conservative nor aggressive in some sense the goldi locks policy just right given the current situation.
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NZ PM John Key and Rajiv Pratap Rudy discuss steps to boost trade ties Rajiv Pratap Rudy met New Zealand's PM John Key on a visit to the island country and discussed prospects of strengthening trade ties between the nations.
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Wall St pares losses as data, Fed comments allay rate hike fears US stocks were lower in late morning trading, paring some of their losses earlier in the session, as weak factory orders data and bearish comments from a Federal Reserve board member allayed fears of a rate hike coming sooner rather than later.
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China's Xiaomi launches online store in US, Europe Xiaomi has launched an online accessory store in the United States and major European countries as it expands into lucrative Western markets.
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Heartening to see Sharad Pawar being a good opponent, says BJP Pawar met Fadnavis seeking relief for farmers and the party has threatened to hit the streets if its demands are not fulfilled.
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IIT-M row: SC panel summons HRD Secy, IIT director IIT-M row: SC panel summons HRD Secy, IIT directorThe national scheduled castes panel today issued notices to Union HRD Secretary and IIT-Madras Director asking them to appear before it on June 8.
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Court orders probe into alleged dredging scam at Kandla Port Bhati has also alleged that Ramjee, a 1998-batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer, made several appointments in KPT disregarding legal procedures.
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Rahul Gandhi slams Narendra Modi government over IIT-Madras row "This system explicitly explains that even today some peoples' rights are being snatched and that there is no social equality in the country," Rahul added.
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Nintendo denies it's next console will run Android — but it also has a history of denying rumors that are actually true Nintendo is reportedly sticking with in-house software to run its next game console, currently codenamed "NX."  That's what a Nintendo representative told The Wall Street Journal after a report surfaced earlier this week from Japanese newspaper Nikkei. The report claimed that the company's next game console would run a version of Google's operating system Android. "There is no truth
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Digital Décor Monitors your Body and Bedroom to Enhance Sleep People are increasingly using wearables to help get a better night’s rest, but a new invention promises to quantify both the wearer’s body and external factors that could impact on the quality of their forty winks. The Sense and Sleep Pill are items of bedroom décor that gather data on sleep patterns and the bedroom environment to provide insights into how the user can sleep better which can be ac
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Minimize Jet Lag with Glasses that Mimic Sunlight Wearable tech startup Novalogy has launched an advanced eyewear device that helps the wearer beat jet lag, wake up naturally and boost their energy levels. AYO, which is based on scientifically-backed research from Harvard and Oxford, analyzes sleep and lifestyle habits for a more personalized approach. AYO is a sleek, Bluetooth-connected device that features UV-free lighting. This clinically-tes
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Yingluck and mushrooms: An 'ordinary life' Facebook post puts Thailand's ex-PM back in the limelight
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VIDEO: Fifa news conference A news conference is being held at Fifa's headquarters in Zurich, following the arrests last week of senior officials as part of an FBI investigation.
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Jail term for Boston bomber's friend A friend of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to 72 months in prison for obstructing the investigation into the attacks.
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'Race against time' in China capsize Chinese rescuers are in a "race against time" to find survivors among hundreds of people missing in a capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River.
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NZ thump England to draw series England slip to a crushing 199-run defeat in the second Test at Headingley and a 1-1 series draw with New Zealand.
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What Does Google Know About You? Find Out and Manage Your Privacy and Security Have you ever stopped and wondered, how much does Google know about you? Turns out, it’s a lot. But for the first time, the search giant is offering a way for you to check the information it has about you, how it is gathering that data, and new tools to start reclaiming your privacy. Google has launched My Account, a new hub to find out all the privacy and security implications of using its many s
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Are Men Better Entrepreneurs Than Women? That's the Perception. Are men really better at entrepreneurship than women? People generally believe that the answer to this question is “yes,” even if they don’t say so. That’s what three separate academic studies by different authors that all involved the gold standard of scientific experiments – randomized controlled trials - showed.  The perception that men make better entrepreneurs than women might account for the
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Miscarriages: Conception Without Birth Miscarriage is a rarely discussed, almost taboo topic. Couples hit by pregnancy loss are usually unprepared and left alone to cope with grief and imagined guilt. Popular belief has it that miscarriage affects only 5% of pregnancies, but 15-20% are reported. Far greater losses occur before pregnancy is clinically recognizable, and only 25% of conceptions lead to birth.
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May the 3rd Force Be With You Rollo May, Fritz Perls, Carl Rogers, and Abraham Maslow meet in a bar.....
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This new North Korean computer looks just like an Apple iMac Does this computer look familiar? The device is built by a North Korean company called Blue Sky, but it looks really similar to an Apple iMac.  For reference, here's the iMac: The knock-off was spotted in a Korean Central Television (KCTV) report from the 18th Pyongyang Spring International trade fair, obtained by NK News. Some of North Korea's tech companies laid out their newest products at th
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Why Washing Chicken before Cooking Is Unsafe [Video] Many people believe that washing raw chicken prior to cooking is safe, or even prevents food-borne illness. In fact, the opposite is true -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Teenage driver crashes into a military tank A teenage driver took a wrong turn and collided into a military vehicle which crushed the front of her car in Berlin, Germany on Monday.
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Apple to Take on Spotify With $10 Monthly Streaming, Web Radio Programmed by Celeb DJs If Apple forever changed the music industry with the launch of iTunes in 2003, the company is now readying a giant splash into the ever-crowded streaming category, which has become the de rigeur mode of consumption among today’s music consumers.Apple already counts two streaming services, the relatively tiny Beats Music as well as its fledgling iTunes Radio -- a free, ad-supported platform that la
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Here's why Caitlyn Jenner's first 4 children refuse to appear on her new E! reality show Caitlyn Jenner's first four children support her decision to live life publicly as a woman, but they're refusing to be part of her upcoming reality show for E! Entertainment. According to the Vanity Fair cover story, Caitlyn's four children (all in their 30s) born from Caitlyn's two marriages previous to Kris Jenner — Cassandra, Burt, Brandon, and Brody Jenner — won't appear on the show because th
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How NOT to behave in 15 countries around the world Different countries have different customs. A hand gesture can be harmless in one country, but be highly offensive in another. In order to help you avoid any faux pas on your next trip, we looked at a Quora thread and did some of our own research to see what's considered to be rude in other countries.  Take a look at the guide below to see what we found. SEE ALSO:  How to dress like a local in 25
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Facebook and Google's new privacy announcements may seem huge but they still have a ways to go Yesterday Facebook and Google made two seemingly huge announcements about privacy. Facebook launched a new feature that allows users to add encryption keys to their profiles. Using these keys, the company can now send users who opt in encrypted notifications. This means that external snoopers will not be able to see the notification messages being sent to the users' emails. Google announced new fe
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2.8m Nepalis in need of humanitarian aid: UN The UN said on Tuesday that approximately 2.8 million Nepali people affected by the April 25 earthquake and aftershocks were in need of humanitarian assistance.
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Owners may need to have Takata air bags replaced more than once DETROIT (Reuters) - Millions of owners of vehicles equipped with Takata air bags may have to get repairs done more than once because of shortages of replacement parts and uncertainty over whether repair parts already installed are defective, auto industry officials and safety regulators said on Tuesday.
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6 Ways to Make Financial Forecasts More Realistic It's a rare entrepreneur who enjoys working on financial forecasts. Many feel like the time could be better spent on actually developing and running their business. Still, forecasts truly are a necessity. You need them to attract investors, but more importantly they help you develop long-term strategic plans.Unless these forecasts are fairly accurate they aren't helpful at all. Inaccurate forecast
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Will Caitlyn Jenner's Gender Reassignment Costs Be Tax Deductible? Unless you've been living in a cave, in the nether regions of a remote mountain range, that happens to be located on the dark side of the moon, you're well aware that former Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner has publicly transitioned into a woman named Caitlyn.
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Future Of Automotive Aftermarket And Car Servicing: Consumers Will Have More Channels To Shop Around Michelin buying 40% stake in French online tire retailer Allopneus, and then taking over British tire eretailer Blackcircles.
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Today's Best Deals: Logitech Anywhere Mouse, Louder Laptop Sound, More Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us find the best.More DealsToday’s Best App DealsToday’s Best Media DealsToday’s Best Gaming Deals​This Week’s Best Apparel DealsTop DealsLogitech peripherals are our favorites, and
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Make Your Grill Non-Stick with a Potato Love to grill but hate it when foods get stuck to your grill? Just rub a potato on the grill to create a non-stick surface.First pre-heat the grill so it’s hot, then cut a raw potato in half and use a fork to rub the cut side of the potato over the grill. Apparently, the starch from the potato forms a barrier between the food and the grill. JohnsonInc999’s followup video shows this tip working eve
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German ex-chancellor Kohl 'doing well' after two operations Berlin (AFP) - Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl is doing "well under the circumstances" after undergoing two operations, his office said Tuesday, in response to alarming media reports about the health of the man who oversaw reunification.Kohl, 85, had a hip operation in early May, which went well, and subsequently needed a further operation which prolonged his stay in hospital, a sta
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5 tips for dressing like a CEO — even when it’s 100 degrees outside Dressing for work is hard enough. Dressing like a CEO is even tougher. Throw in an outside temperature of 90-plus degrees (with 95% humidity), and it all seems nearly impossible.  But it turns out, with a little preparation you can look polished and professional in the warm summer months. Here are five tips for dressing like a CEO without having a heat stroke: 1. Ladies: invest in a few staple she
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Two of Cisco's most hated rivals just formed a new partnership (HPQ, ANET) HP has been trying to take down Cisco for years and today it announced a move that has some real potential. It is partnering with network industry upstart Arista Networks. The two companies have joined forces to combine Arista's networking equipment with HP's 3Par storage equipment, HP's server technology and HP's popular network management software OneView. The result is a sort of "cloud com
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Fifa President Sepp Blatter To Resign FIFA president Sepp Blatter is resigning as president of FIFA, he announced on Tuesday at a surprise press conference. "FIFA needs profound restructuring," he said in a statement. There will be an "extraordinary congress" of FIFA and a new president will be elected, at which time he will step down the post he has held since 1998. It's a shocking move. Two days after nine curren
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Too big to succeed? Investors want "radical surgery" at HSBC While shareholders accept not all their concerns will be answered at the meeting, they say no action can be too big to debate, including a break-up.
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'Naidu should be made accused in cash-for-vote case if there is evidence' Rama Rao said if there was evidence against Chandrababu Naidu in the cash-for-vote case involving Revanth Reddy, then Naidu too should be made an accused.
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To give push to 'Make In India', Railways invites bids for Rs 2,500-cr 'train set' plan To give push to 'Make In India', Railways invites bids for Rs 2,500-cr 'train set' planWhile the successful bidder will be importing two train sets, the rest would have to be manufactured in the country, said a senior Railway Ministry official.
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Fresh row between LG, AAP over ACB appointments Fresh row between LG, AAP over ACB appointments A fresh confrontation erupted today between the Delhi government and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung over drafting of five Bihar policemen into Anti-Corruption Branch.
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Cong files complaint with EC on PM's poll expenses Cong files complaint with EC on PM's poll expensesCongress filed complaint with the Election Commission alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi incurred more expenses than the prescribed limit.
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Jayalalithaa urges PM Modi to secure the release of fishermen Jayalalithaa appealed to PM Modi to secure the release of 14 fishermen who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy and their three seized boats.
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CPI(M) ups ante on land ordinance, Congress says in touch with other parties Yechury said that the party would decide about whether it should continue in the joint committee at all as the re-promulgation was "wrong and untenable".
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'Star Wars' spinoff writer tweeted 'Star Trek' fan Neil deGrasse Tyson for help on the movie Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has earned a reputation not just as one of America's leading scientists, but also as a fan and critic of science fiction. He critiqued the science behind "Gravity" and praised the accuracy of "Interstellar."  So it's not a surprise Chris Weitz, one of the writers of the "Star Wars" spin-off "Star Wars: Rogue One" tweeted a
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Leading Minds Explore Tech’s Future in Coded Documentary Whatever you think of the future potential for Virtual Reality, the be-all and end-all for the medium is videogames. No, that doesn’t mean non-gamers will be forced to experience and interact in ultra-violent fantasy worlds or risk ostracization. What it means is that VR allows non-interactive forms of media to become more interactive or, to put it another way, more like videogames. That’s what I
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ITV 'should have made dog swap clear' ITV boss Peter Fincham admits Britain's Got Talent should have made things "clearer" over the use of a stunt double dog in the winning act.
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Ex-retail boss in restraining order The retailer American Apparel has been granted a restraining order against its former boss, Dov Charney.
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Federer knocked out of French Open Roger Federer goes out of the French Open quarter-final while Jo-Wilfried Tsonga keeps French hopes of a home win alive.
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Sepp Blatter to quit as Fifa president Sepp Blatter is to resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal after 17 years in charge.
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Everything You Need to Know About Television Technology Before the days of mobile devices and laptops, our entertainment needs were mostly filled by one source, the television. The TV proved to be the single most innovative consumer technology until the computing age, and to this day, it remains a powerhouse in the entertainment realm. But how did we get here, what’s next, and how much do you know about the technology that makes the tube so popular? Le
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Retrotechtacular: Cover Your CONUS with OTH-B Radar If you’re a ham, you already know that the ionosphere is a great backboard for bouncing HF signals around the globe.  It’s also useful for over-the-horizon backscatter (OTH-B (PDF)) radar applications, which the United States Air Force’s Rome Laboratory experimented with during the Cold War. During the trial program, transmit and receive sites were set up ninety miles apart inside the great state
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Why NASA's mission to the most likely place with alien life could be a huge disappointment In humanity's ultimate quest to discover life beyond Earth, astrobiologists are looking to water-rich worlds within our cosmic neighborhood like Saturn's moon Enceladus or Jupiter's moon Europa. Looking from afar is about the only thing they'll be doing for a long while. On May 26, NASA announced a suite of instruments that will accompany the spacecraft they're designing to send to Europa — a moon
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10 Electronic Signature Options and Why You Should Use Them Electronic signatures are as valid for business contracts as signatures signed in ink on paper. That’s been the case since the year 2000, when a U.S. Federal law known as the Electronic Signatures in Global and International Commerce act, was enacted. According to Nolo.com, people have “several different ways to indicate their electronic signatures, including typing the signer’s name into the sig
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Treating Koala STDs May also Quash Their Essential Gut Microbes Koalas rely on specialized bacteria to digest eucalyptus, but antibiotics to stop sexually transmitted infections might be killing the microbes off -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Blatter rocks world soccer by quitting FIFA amid scandal ZURICH (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter rocked the world of soccer on Tuesday by unexpectedly quitting as FIFA president in the face of a corruption investigation that has plunged the game's governing body into the worst crisis in its history.
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A First Look at Oculus’ Adorable New Filmy-Gamey Thing This morning, Oculus Story Studio unveiled its latest interactive film project, and its Pixar DNA is on full display. The post A First Look at Oculus’ Adorable New Filmy-Gamey Thing appeared first on WIRED.
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These Emoji Make It Easier for Kids to ‘Talk’ About Abuse A new emoji pack wants to make discussing abuse as easy as choosing an icon. The post These Emoji Make It Easier for Kids to ‘Talk’ About Abuse appeared first on WIRED.
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8 Mistakes CMOs Make When Structuring Their Marketing Teams It’s a great time to be a CMO. Marketing and sales platforms are converging to make data-driven decisions much more attainable in a shorter amount of time. Segmenting communication to the right people at the right time in the buyer's journey, from first touch to post-sale, across multiple channels is becoming more of a reality every day.  And in a world where the customer is in charge, marketing
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Monsoon forecast, RBI cast cloud over Indian economy Sensex tanks after central bank hints at limited room for more rate cuts, IMD forecasts deficient monsoon
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Blatter resigns as FIFA president Zurich (AFP) - Sepp Blatter on Tuesday resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body.The 79-year-old Swiss official, FIFA president for 17 years and only reelected on Friday, said a special congress would be called to elect a successor.Join the conversation about this story »
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Russian has a brand new theory about what brought down a passenger plane in eastern Ukraine The Russian company that makes Buk air defense systems conceded that a Buk missile was responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 on July 17, 2014.  However, in a news conference, the adviser to the director general of the Almaz-Antei military consortium responsible for Buk systems claimed that the missile that downed MH17 was of an older variety that was no longer operated by Rus
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Why Spring Cleaning May Hold the Key to Productivity Want to get more done? You may need to clear your desk. June Saruwatari, author of the new book Behind the Clutter, says clutter makes you less productive.It's a claim backed up by research. A 2011 study published in the Journal of Neuroscience showed multiple stimuli present in the visual field compete for our attention, making it harder to focus on the task at hand. The study also showed a clutt
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Sepp Blatter resigns amid corruption scandal "FIFA needs a profound overhaul," Blatter said, but the head of world soccer's governing body won't go until fresh elections are organized. FULL STORY
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ISIS’s Biswas was guiding jihadists via Twitter Mehdi Masroor Biswas was no empty propagandist of the Islamic State , but he was allegedly tweeting details of the border crossings to those on their way to enlist as fighters with the ISIS, the chargesheet field against the 24-year-old youth has revealed.
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Satyajit Ray's wife Bijoya Ray passes away Legendary film-maker Satyajit Ray's widow Bijoya Ray died here on Tuesday after a prolonged illness.
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Federer knocked out of French Open by Wawrinka Roger Federer was knocked out of the French Open at quarterfinal stage, falling in three sets to fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka, 8th seed, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).
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Sepp Blatter steps down as Fifa president just 4 days after being re-elected Blatter announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI had raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several Fifa officials.
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How Google created the world's smartest photo app (GOOG) Google's new Photos app doesn't just store and organize your photos — it actually knows who and what are in them.  It knows what your dog looks like, when and where you last ate pizza, and can automatically pull all of the photos of your 9-year-old niece from the time she was first born up until her most recent birthday into a neat album.  Google is hoping this new Photos app becomes the single di
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Dear CFA test-takers: Here's the best advice I can give you NOTE: We've featured this post before previous CFA exams were administered.  The feedback has been positive, so we're running it again for you June 6 test takers.----------------- Dear CFA candidates, I'm not going to give you any tips on how to memorize formulas.  I'm not going to tell you how or what to eat during your lunch break. I just have one word for you: coffee. Maybe Red Bull or some oth
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Scientists have discovered that we're going to the bathroom the wrong way The toilet may be comfortable to sit on, but humankind was never meant to eliminate waste by sitting down. Our bodies just aren't built for it. Produced by Matthew Stuart Follow BI Video: On Facebook Join the conversation about this story »
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Deseed a Pomegranate in 10 Seconds Using a Wooden Spoon Pomegranates are one of the best parts of winter, but they take a lot of work to peel and deseed. Forget the bowl of water: with a wooden spoon you can deseed a pomegranate in seconds.We originally published this post a few years back using this YouTube video, but we’ve come back with an all-new video we filmed ourselves—in slow motion, so you can see the magic happening.All you need to do is cut
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Friday Is National Doughnut Day. Here's Where to Get Deals. If you love doughnuts, you should start prepping for Friday now.National Doughnut Day is traditionally celebrated the first Friday of June, which this year falls on June 5. The celebration was first established by the Chicago Salvation Army in 1938 to honor women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I.Decades later, doughnut chains are still eager to get in on the celebration. Here ar
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Maybe You Should Talk To Your Witnesses Before Quoting Them, Judge Tells Lawyers Another securities class action based on "confidential witnesses" runs into trouble after their stories don't check out.
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Tuesday's Must-Reads For Entrepreneurs: 'Too Much Profit' Today’s news and insights for business owners, including wishing a happy fifth birthday to what was once known as "UberCab."
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Education vs. Entrepreneurship: Which Path Wins? “Looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.”
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Modi for developing 1,100 islands for tourism: Gadkari The NDA government will seek Parliament nod on a Bill for converting 101 rivers into waterways, and Rs 50,000 crore will be spent on developing these in the next 2-3 years, Nitin Gadkari said.
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Ex pro-Putin Internet troll seeks to expose Kremlin 'propaganda factory' Saint Petersburg (AFP) - A Russian freelance journalist who claims she went undercover as a pro-government Internet troll says she is suing her former employer in a bid to expose the workings of the Kremlin's online army."This propaganda on the Internet is very dangerous," Lyudmila Savchuk, 34, told AFP on Tuesday. "It has to be brought to light."Savchuk has lodged a case again
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Here’s the first teaser trailer for Pixar’s long-delayed movie 'The Good Dinosaur' Pixar’s next film “Inside Out” isn’t even in theaters yet, but the studio is already starting to tease its big November feature, the dinosaur/human buddy comedy “The Good Dinosaur.” The studio released the film’s first teaser—which really doesn’t tell you anything about the movie at all, other than the fact that it takes place on an Earth that was never hit by the asteroid that triggered the d
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How Much Does It Cost to Rent an Office in Your City? (Infographic) When you're starting a business, the general rule of thumb is to keep your overhead expenses low. But when it's time to trade in your basement or the local coffee shop for an actual office of your own, what can you expect to pay?An infographic compiled by New York-based tech-focused commercial real estate platform TheSquareFoot offers a snapshot of how much space you get for your dollar (in this c
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An artist drew incredible sketches of Tokyo street life on coffee cups Whether it's to show off the fancy heart-shaped milk swirl sitting on top of their latte, or to point out the mistake the barista made in spelling their name, people enjoy using coffee as the subject of their Instagrams. Tokyo-based illustrator Adrian Hogan doesn't just Instagram coffee cups though, he makes them into art and then posts videos of them to his account. According to CNN, Hogan — an A
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GOLDMAN: We expect the Fed to hike rates in September, but there's a 'strong' case for delaying (UST) There aren't many reasons why the Federal Reserve cannot begin raising interest rates in 2015. But then maybe the Fed should wait until 2016. In a research note Tuesday, Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius makes the case for both scenarios. Goldman forecasts that the Fed will hike in September because the economy is growing as expected. Hatzius illustrates with the chart below, based on a s
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Global carbon pricing seen unlikely to be big part of Paris climate deal A global carbon emissions pricing system pushed by top energy companies is unlikely to be a big part of any United Nations' deal to curb global warming.
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Drought scare has Crisil paring GDP forecast by 50 bps to 7.4% Crisil today cut its FY16 growth estimate by 0.5 per cent to 7.4 per cent, saying a second consecutive year of less rainfalls will hurt the economy.
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EU anti-fraud body seeks to claw back 900 million euros OLAF, which investigates fraudulent use of EU funds and wrongdoing within EU institutions, said it had received 1,417 allegations of fraud last year.
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Sikorsky Aircraft cuts 1,400 jobs, consolidating facilities Sikorsky spokesman Paul Jackson confirmed the news of the job cuts, which were notified to workers and the company's union earlier Tuesday.
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Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president, four days after being re-elected Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president, four days after being re-elected Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several FIFA officials.
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China deploys frogmen, choppers to rescue ship capsized in Yangtze China dispatched 5 choppers and 140 frogmen to assist in the search and rescue mission after a passenger ship carrying 458 people capsized in river Yangtze.
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Eyeing revival of fortunes, Congress reaches out to Dalits Before the launch of the party's Ambedkar anniversary celebrations, Gandhi raised pitch on farmers' issues, touching on the contentious land Bill, among others.
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Google demands movie studios comply with subpoenas Google has asked federal judge to require three major movie studios to comply with subpoenas it believes conspired with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.
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German ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl 'doing well' after two operations Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl is doing "well under the circumstances" after undergoing two operations, his office said Tuesday.
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BJP hits back, says Rahul Gandhi's remarks seek to divide society BJP said there is no place in society for "such controversial remarks that seek to divide society" and accused Congress of not giving Ambedkar due.
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The Genius Solution to One City's Pavement Problem: Make the Potholes Tweet Pissed potholes in Panama City are stirring up a tweetstorm.“I feel terrible. I just caused tire damage to an old lady’s car,” a pothole in the bustling capital metropolis tweeted recently. “Accept it: I’m an epidemic!” another tweeted. “Will there be a cure for this outbreak of holes?”The potholes -- outfitted with RF transmitters and pressure sensors that trigger tweets whenever vehicles roll ov
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Shy Belgian town prepares to face its Waterloo Waterloo (Belgium) (AFP) - The little Belgian town of Waterloo is feverishly preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of one of history's greatest battles, hoping it can reclaim its name from a London railway station and an ABBA song.Two centuries after it became famous as the place where "Napoleon did surrender," the former farming village has become a sleepy suburb 25 kilometres (1
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Business Insider is hiring an editor to cover the c-suite Business Insider is hiring a full-time editor to launch a new section targeting c-suite executives and featuring profiles, Q&As, trends, how to's, and more.  The editor will conduct interviews, write stories, build a network of contributors, and send newsletters to help senior executives be smarter and better at their jobs. The ideal candidate will be inspired by the challenge of growing read
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Pocket-Sized Companion Helps Your Skin Outpace the Elements Within three seconds of use, WAY will give you information about your skin that you’ll be able to use to promote better health. The product is aimed toward busy professional women, mothers, or anyone else who can’t find time to otherwise see to skincare. The tips it provides can be worked into a time-saving routine. To use WAY, you place the sensor on your skin, typically the face where most oils
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Three injured in scoreboard incident Three spectators are injured as a piece of the scoreboard falls on to them in strong winds at the French Open.
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Boko Haram leader not in new video Nigeria's militant Islamists release a new video without Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appearing in it, raising questions about his fate.
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Asher-Smith heads European challenge British 100m record holder Dina Asher-Smith will run the 200m for GB & NI at the European Team Championships.
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How to Maximize Your Mental Energy Josh Davis, author of Two Awesome Hours, describes what you can do to set yourself up for the next task.
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How This Kindergarten Teacher Raised $34 Million from the Firm That Funded Apple and Google When Tami Zuckerman came up with her idea for Internet phenom VarageSale, she couldn't get anywhere with it--until she drew on a lesson from her teaching experience, which ultimately helped her catch the eye of Sequoia Capital, Silicon Valley's most storied VC firm.
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5 Aspects of Emotional Intelligence Required for Effective Leadership "The ability to control my emotions and actions sets me apart from other men." -- Navy SEAL Creed
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How to Get Your Product Closer to Perfection Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint.com and Fountain, says you need ruthless feedback and enough data to assess your product in its initial stages.
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How Much to Invest in Organic Social Media Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of social media consultancy VaynerMedia, talks about creating social media assets, first-mover advantage, and more.
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10 Best Industries for Risk Takers (Infographic) Risking your life is a heck of a way to make a living, but some people can't resist danger in their careers. Here are 10 industries that put humans in harm's way on a consistent basis.
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Facebook Opens a New Artificial Intelligence Lab The company is betting on machine learning to improve users' experience by sorting photos, video, and other material more efficiently.
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Pinterest Unveils New 'Action Buttons' The social networking site revealed the plan for its long-awaited revenue-generating feature.
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Marshall Goldsmith: How to Implement a Model of Change Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling author and executive coach, says you can become the person you want to be by asking 4 simple questions.
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10 As-Seen-On-TV Products that Made it Big Being an As Seen On TV product still has it's perks even in a digital age.
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How to Make the Most Money With a Welcome Email (Infographic) Customers open them at a vastly higher rate than other electronic missives so you better get this first impression right.
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How to find the perfect hire without lifting a resume @edwardcox88 Data analytics company HireVue just closed $45 million in funding. Here's what that means for your business's recruitment process.
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6 Ways to Master Your Memory What you focus on will dominate your reality, so rather focus on what you want and not on what you don't want.
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5 Ways to Make ‘Pay What You Want’ Work for You PWYW can also be used as a way to build a relationship with the customer.
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Don't Sell Drills, Sell Holes With Product Life Nearing Infinity, You'd Better Be Selling Solutions Rather Than Things
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7 Leaders on the “Best Advice I Ever Got” There are lessons you learn the hard way and then there are those someone is willing to teach you. Be grateful for the latter.
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Skype Translator Offers Live Interpretation in up to 50 Languages – Free Preview Now Open to All Everyone wants to speak a foreign language, but few are up to the task of learning one. I have been in Germany for 14 years now, and I still struggle with the language. I’m trying to teach the Germans the art of humor, and I have problems translating the British jokes into German (“there once was a rider called Billy, who had an enormous filly…..”). How is Skype Translator Different? Popular trans
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FIFA just spent $30M on a film about itself — and guess who plays Sepp Blatter The recent controversy surrounding FIFA isn't stopping the release of a film documenting the association's rise. "United Passions" highlights FIFA's presidents including the soon to be resigned Sepp Blatter. It cost $30 million to make and is largely funded by FIFA itself.  The film received bad reviews at Cannes, with many wondering how FIFA could afford to fund such an expensive se
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How a hedge funder made millions from the 1983 Beirut car bombing that killed 241 Americans Investor Roni Dersovitz used a little-known hedge fund strategy to make millions from his bet on a legal verdict related to the 1983 Beirut car bombing that killed 241 Americans. Unfortunately the victims of the bombing have yet to see a penny, according to the Wall Street Journal's Rob Copeland. Here's how that happened: Dersovitz' "legal funding" hedge fund, RD Legal Capital LLC, finan
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Should Anonymous Comments Be Banned on Blogs? Would banning anonymous comments keep Internet trolls away? What are the arguments for and against a ban?
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Is There a Relationship between Playfulness and Trainability Recent data leads to the conclusion that if you test a puppy's eagerness to play with a person you may actually be testing its trainability as well.
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Can a Second Language Help You Learn a Third? What role does your second language play in the process of third language learning? Is it an asset that facilitates and speeds up the process or is it an obstacle that interferes and slows it down?
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5 Things That Can Kill Your Relationship Five ways to drive love from your relationship....and how to get it back.
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This Chart Shows When to Visit US Cities for Lower Hotel Rates You can save a ton of money on a trip by visiting your destination in an off-peak season. (Think Phoenix in the summer or Myrtle Beach in the winter.) This chart from Hipmunk is a cheat sheet for seasonal hotel rates at popular US cities.Besides telling you when to visit one of these cities to save on hotel rates, the chart also tells us how much we can expect to pay for a hotel in these cities. I
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Sepp Blatter resigns as Fifa president after corruption scandal Blatter said an election to choose a new Fifa president would be held as soon as possible
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5 Ways to Balance Leadership and Parenthood It seems to be common ideology nowadays that being the leader of a company and being a parent are mutually exclusive roles, and that just isn’t true. Although it can be difficult to strike a balance and be great at both, it is not impossible. All it takes is a little bit of strategizing and commitment. As the father of two young sons, 1 and 4 years old, and the CEO of a national sandwich chain, I’
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Pinterest announces 'buyable pins' so you can finally put your pinboards into your closet You can finally start buying things directly from Pinterest, the company announced at an event Tuesday morning. You'll soon start seeing blue "Buy it" buttons next to certain "buyable" pins. Click the button, and you'll get more product images, and the option to check-out using Apple Pay or your credit card.  Later this month, the Buy button will roll out with millions of produ
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China is using one of the most dangerous conflicts on the planet as a distraction In  an effort to stoke nationalism and distract its people from a slowing economy, the Chinese government has been acting particularly aggressively in the South China Sea. This is one of the most dangerous games in the world. For over a year China has been diligently building islands on top of reefs in the South China Sea reclaiming 2,000 acres of land. In April, satellite imagery showed that the
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Instagram takes steps to open platform to advertisers (Reuters) - Instagram said on Tuesday that it is taking steps to make its ads available to all types of businesses, not just hand-selected brands.
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Altice finalises acquisition of Portugal Telecom Paris (AFP) - Expanding telecom group Altice announced Tuesday it had completed the 7.4 billion euro ($8.26 billion) acquisition of Portugal Telecom from Brazilian owner Oi.Owner of French telecom Numericable-SFR, Altice said it had finalised the Portugal Telecom acquisition after European regulators cleared the deal April 1 on conditions that Altice sell its previous Portuguese holdings to addres
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Bojangles is getting smoked (BOJA) Bojangles shares fell more than 8% on Tuesday afternoon after several analysts initiated coverage on the company and the reception was, well, mixed.  Jeffries rated the stock a "Buy" with a price target of $28.01. For the analysts, Bojangles' growth is hinged on its strong brand prescience. Jefferies wrote, "The brand is the #5 player in the $21 billion [quick service restaurant] ch
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Whether or not you watched the show 'Entourage' — you will absolutely love the movie Warning: There are some spoilers ahead I'm not going to beat around the bush here, I was a huge fan of the show "Entourage" and I knew with little doubt in my mind the movie would be awesome. I was not wrong. It makes sense, though, when you think about it. For all intents and purposes, the team that made the movie also made the show. They didn't mess with anything. If you went into the
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Those raising pro-Pak slogans should be sent to Pakistan: RSS The RSS leader Indresh Kumar also hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion of protecting rights of minorities.
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Billionaire investor Chris Sacca explains the 4 key elements of his investing philosophy Lowercase Capital founding partner Chris Sacca has developed an eye for spotting startups that will grow into global behemoths. He's been an early-stage investor in billion-dollar companies like Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Stripe, Lookout, and Automattic (maker of WordPress). Sacca tells "The 4-Hour Workweek" author Tim Ferriss in the latest episode of Ferriss' podcast that he's happy to s
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Microsoft is taking over my iPhone (MSFT, AAPL) My iPhone is starting to look like a Microsoft phone. Over the last year, Microsoft's acquisition strategy has been to buy the best mobile productivity apps. The latest is Wunderlist, a to-do list app Microsoft officially acquired on Tuesday. It's my favorite way to keep up with what I have to do each day both at work and in my personal life. With the Wunderlist acquisition, Microsoft now owns thr
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CERN's Large Hadron Collider to resume smashing particles in hunt for dark matter GENEVA (Reuters) - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will start smashing particles together at unprecedented speed on Wednesday, churning out data for the first time in more than two years that scientists hope might help crack the mystery of "dark matter".
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How Agreeable Are You? One-Minute Personality Test Discover the third of five components of your personality with this one-minute test. » Continue reading: How Agreeable Are You? One-Minute Personality Test » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: One-Minute Personality Test: How Neurotic Are You? One Minute Personality Test: Are You An Introvert, Extrovert or Something Else? What Your Facebook Posts
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'Make in India logo not inspired by Swiss bank ad' 'Make in India' logos comprises a lion with industrial wheels, while a similar picture has been noticed in the advertisement campaign of Cantonal Bank of Zurich.
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Centre to introduce bill on SC, ST in LS: Minister Centre to introduce bill on SC, ST in LS: MinisterAmid Congress attacking government of allowing to lapse an ordinance to strengthen the SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, Centre said it will introduce bill.
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Switzerland discloses more requests from India on Masoods Attempts to contact Masoods did not yield any results. The other names made public in today's gazette included that of persons from Panama, Germany and the US.
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RBI rate cut result of steps taken by Narendra Modi government: BJP BJP congratulated the government for taking steps to revive the economy, rev up growth and the country's GDP and control price rise and inflation.
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Tagore, Gandhi's ideas best way to counter terrorism: Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee today said the ideas of truth, dialogue and non-violence espoused by Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi provide the best way forward.
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GDP should not alone decide development outcomes: Sumitra Mahajan Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, said that GDP alone should not be the yardstick to measure the development outcomes.
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Gujarat government to celebrate World Yoga Day on a grand scale Gujarat government has prepared a detailed plan to celebrate World Yoga Day on a grand scale across the state on June 21, a Sunday.
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Privacy app maker files EU antitrust complaint against Google US tech firm has filed a complaint to EU antitrust regulators against Google's ban on its privacy app, accusing the Google of abusing its dominant market position.
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J-Lo gig angers Moroccan MPs A concert by the pop star Jennifer Lopez in Morocco leads to calls for the country's communication minister to resign.
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US medals for overlooked WWI heroes President Barack Obama awards two World War I army heroes, one black and one Jewish, posthumous medals for their heroics 100 years ago.
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Can Your Brain Really Be "Full"? Neuroimaging aids investigation into what happens in the brain when we try to remember information that’s very similar to what we already know -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Retargeting on Facebook by the Numbers For advertisers new to retargeting on Facebook, AdRoll analyzed performance results across advertisers to offer insights on retargeting and to educate marketers on the best way to drive results for their business. Download this report and get key performance metrics for Facebook on desktop and... Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Business Insider 91
Sepp Blatter said quitting would mean he did something wrong 4 days before his shock resignation Sepp Blatter announced he is resigning as FIFA president Tuesday at a surprise press conference. The announcement comes as a shock as Blatter won reelection last Friday and is just five days into his fifth term as FIFA president, a position he's held since 1998. FIFA and Blatter have come under heavy fire after the arrest of nine current and former FIFA executives on bribery and corruption charges
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This Man Is Revolutionizing the Storage Biz, One Bin at a Time In October 2012, Sam Rosen was traveling in Colombia when he got an emergency call. Superstorm Sandy had just hit the East Coast, and his girlfriend’s apartment in Hoboken, N.J., was flooded. Rosen flew home immediately to help with the cleanup.The couple salvaged as many possessions as they could from the condemned building and transferred them to a nearby self-storage unit. As they were about to
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Lifehacker 70
Replace "Very" with "Damn" to Improve Your Writing “Very” is one of those unnecessary words that can dull our writing. Take Mark Twain’s advice and if you get the urge to write “very,” substitute “damn” instead.You won’t or shouldn’t necessarily leave all those “damns” in, however (especially if you’re writing children’s books). As The Write Practice quotes Twain:“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very,’” said Mark Twain. “You
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Steam Is Now Offering Refunds Steam is finally getting a proper refund system. Starting today, users of Valve’s PC platform will be able to get a full refund on any game for any reason, provided it’s been less than 14 days since purchase and they’ve spent less than two hours playing.You’ll be able to get your money back for DLC, bundles, and even pre-purchased games with this new system, which will make pre-orders feel like wa
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Nigerian Mogul Jim Ovia Returns Controversial Digital Dividend One of Nigeria’s richest men, Jim Ovia, has returned a controversial telecoms frequency spectrum that was issued to one of his companies by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
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A popular website promised me thousands of new Instagram followers — but it completely backfired If you're looking for more Instagram followers, cheating your way to photo-app fame is not the way to do it.  I should know. I just tried. Last week, I was persuaded by several friends to register my Instagram handle at a site called "Instaswell." As someone who often struggles to break into double-digit likes on Instagram, I was excited to give it a try. For the record, when I first sta
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4 Podcasts I Live By I know what you're going to say: "Podcasts are so last century."The reality is, they've made a rather excessive resurgence that is largely due to considerable quality and content improvements, providing an incredible opportunity to learn from the people that you'd typically read about but can now hear in their own words -- while driving to the office. Although there are dozens of podcast
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Fast Company 100
These Smart Potholes Tweet Repair Requests To The Authorities Social media meets urban infrastructure in Panama.It doesn't really matter the size, scale, or setting, if you live in a city, you've driven over a pothole. Some cities are worse than others when it comes to these land mines of vehicular damage, and according to this case study Panama City hosts its fair share.Read Full Story
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Why Did Wu-Tang's RZA Just Join This Bluetooth Speaker Company? More than a celebrity endorsement, RZA's new partnership with Boombotix gives him a hands-on role in product development.It's 10:30 p.m. when Mustafa Shaikh's phone rings. It's RZA. It's not every night that the founding leader of the Wu Tang Clan calls his cell, so he picks up. Shaikh, the VP of marketing at portable speaker company Boombotix, is in for an earful. "I got some ideas," RZ
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The Psychology Of Why So Many People Are Anti-GMO Scientists say that GMOs are just fine. But the public thinks otherwise. Are our fears rational?Think of a science denier, and you might picture someone arguing that climate change isn't real or vaccines cause autism. But the biggest chasm between scientists and the public is actually over GMOs: 88% of U.S. scientists say genetically modified foods are safe to eat, and only 37% of Americans agree.
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Fast Company
A CareerBuilder For Spies: Why The NSA Is Building A New Job Listings Site The NSA is launching a new jobs site to lure away ex-spies who have defected to academia and the private sector.In a sign of the times, the National Security Agency (NSA) is building its own jobs website. The new job-listings site will serve as a hiring hub for America's intelligence agencies; the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the
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Business Insider 7
5 charts that show American workers are psyched about the job market On Friday, we'll get the May jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report should more or less reflect an economy in which jobs are growing and unemployment is coming down. Deutsche Bank economist Torsten Slok compiled data that shows workers are as optimistic about their jobs and wages today as they were since before the financial crisis. First off, the percentage of workers expecti
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What are the best engineering schools in America? The top engineering schools in the country are hotspots for big-name companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook to recruit fresh, new talent. We're asking you to tell us which schools those are. Last year you voted that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the best undergraduate engineering program, but has the answer changed? We've assembled a big list of schools from engineers, industry
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CNN.com - World 32
Who will succeed Sepp Blatter? Days after his re-election, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced his resignation, striking another blow to soccer's governing body. CNN's Alex Thomas reports.
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The Economic Times
Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president four days after being re-elected Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president four days after being re-elected Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several FIFA officials.
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Government ready to deal with poor monsoon: Agri Min The government is ready with contingency plans in 580 districts to deal with poor monsoon, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today.
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Deutsche Bank to launch 3 tech startup labs in 2015: Source The bank hopes to screen some 500 fintech start-ups per year, with some seeking to develop security, payments, efficiency, organisation or process applications.
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Britain to exceed government target for 15 new banks in next 5 years "We expect that to be achieved. We expect that to be exceeded," Martin Wheatley, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, told a financial conference.
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IMF economists say some countries can 'just live with' high debt Some countries with high public debt levels might be able to "just live with it," because cutting back carries its own risks, three IMF officials said in a paper that disputes decades of dogma about the benefits of austerity.
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Maharashtra appeals to companies to reduce Bt seed prices Maharashtra government has appealed to seed companies to reduce prices of Bt seeds by Rs 100 per bag due to rural distress caused by hailstorms and unseasonal rains.
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Business Insider 13
Here's why people wait in such long lines to buy salad at Sweetgreen According to Sweetgreen cofounder Jonathan Neman: "Healthy is the new luxury; it's the new cool." Capitalizing on this trend by offering locally sourced, fresh, and affordable ingredients, this salad chain is sweeping the nation. Produced by Alana Kakoyiannis. Additional Camera by Graham Flanagan and Alex Kuzoian. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Russia isn't letting OPEC take it down without a fight Saudi Arabia-led OPEC might have changed the game, but it doesn't mean everyone's declared them the de facto winner. On Tuesday, the Energy Ministry data showed that Russia's oil output was at 10.71 million barrels per day for the month of August, an increase of 1.6% from a year earlier, according to figures cited by Reuters. This number has been hovering around the post-Soviet high of January's 1
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Blatter quitting brilliant - Dyke Sepp Blatter's resignation is great news and long overdue, says Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.
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5 Signs It's Time You Need a New Job The average American spends over 100,000 hours of his or her life working. That’s nearly twelve years. Imagine spending twelve waking years of your life doing something that was neither enjoyable nor financially rewarding. Related: 10 Things All Entrepreneurs Must Do Before Quitting Their Day JobBut while it seems illogical, countless people put in this time day in and day out. The reason is that
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Opener for iOS Opens Web Links in the Right App iOS: When you come across a link in Safari, you usually have to copy and paste that link to get it into the app of your choosing. Opener allows you to open it directly in the app from Safari. Opener creates a share extension for Safari so when you run across a link online you can open in the correct app. For example, if you come across a Twitter link, it’ll open it in the Twitter app. Or if you se
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XCOM 2′s Best Idea So Far Is Launching on PC XCOM 2 will be a PC exclusive when it ships this November. Let's relish the firstie. The post XCOM 2′s Best Idea So Far Is Launching on PC appeared first on WIRED.
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Brazil expects fresh rate rise Brasília (AFP) - Brazil was bracing Tuesday for a sixth straight interest rate hike as the central bank prepared to step up efforts to tackle rising inflation amid an economic downturn.Analysts expect the bank's monetary policy committee (Copom) will Wednesday raise the key rate from 13.25 percent, already the highest level since January 2009, by 0.5 percentage points as Latin America's largest ec
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Here are the favorites to replace Sepp Blatter as the next FIFA president In a shocking move, Sepp Blatter announced on Tuesday that he will step down as president of FIFA. The move was a surprise on many levels as it came just four days after being reelected to a fifth term and just three days after sounding as defiant as ever, telling one broadcaster, "Why would I step down? That would mean I recognize that I did wrongdoing." Now attention will turn to who w
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War casualties in Afghanistan, Pakistan total 149,000
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International coalition vows unity in fight against ISIS Iraq's international partners vowed Tuesday to remain united in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, as Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for more support for his nation's forces.
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The 24 hottest honeymoon destinations right now Where a couple decides to honeymoon is a personal choice. For some, paradise is lounging on a beach with soft white sand and clear aquamarine water surrounded by palm trees. For others, it's roaming the streets and enjoying the charm of a romantic city like Paris. Either way, chances are you'll find an ideal honeymoon spot in our list of newlywed destinations that are trending now. To find these d
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Samsung is reportedly launching a giant version of its best Galaxy phone yet Samsung may announce a giant version of its latest flagship in the near future. The so-called Galaxy S6 Plus would essentially be a giant version of the Galaxy S6 Edge, according to Italian website HDBlog, which claims to have spoken with "reliable" sources. Samsung will supposedly announce the phone in the coming weeks, and it's being called "Project Zero 2" internally. Samsun
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Top 85 Retail Concepts in June - From No-Wait Coffee Shops to Shopper-Guiding Supermarkets (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Virtual reality, vending machines and social media fused with traditional sales experiences are major themes reflected in the top June 2015 Retail trends. Putting an emphasis on unconventional sales...
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New Project: Build a Simple Robot with a Tensegrity Structure Build this surprisingly resilient structure, then make it move. From our new book, Making Simple Robots. Read more on MAKE The post Build a Simple Robot with a Tensegrity Structure appeared first on Make:.
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Obama: Netanyahu stance on Palestine endangers Israel's credibility JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conditions for diplomacy that might lead to Palestinian statehood put Israel's credibility in question, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
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Mobile payments will top $800 billion by 2019, led by Apple Pay and Android Pay Apple, Google, Samsung, PayPal and others are increasing their focus on mobile wallet products, and as a result paying with phones in stores is going to become a lot more commonplace.   As part of BI Intelligence's ongoing mobile payments coverage, we look at developments in the market, including the late launch of mobile wallet CurrentC, Android Pay, Samsung Pay, and others. Access the Full Repor
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Pinterest adds shopping with 'Buyable pins' San Francisco (AFP) - Pinterest on Tuesday said it is diving into e-commerce with 'pins' that let people buy items they like at the popular online bulletin-board."Pinterest is already designed to work like a catalogue, so we wanted to find a way to weave buyable pins into the pages people already know," co-founder and chief executive Ben Silbermann said during an event at the company's h
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10 mind-melting optical illusions that will make you question reality The human brain is perhaps the most complex biological structure in evolutionary history. Yet, it's surprisingly easy to trick our brain into perceiving something one way, when in reality it's another. And scientists are only just now figuring out how some of these tricks work. They're called optical illusions, and they can teach us a great deal about how our brain and eyes work together to unders
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The NFL draft is a lot like investing in the stock market FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. What the NFL draft can teach us about investing (Institutional Investor) A research paper written by Richard Thaler and Cade Massey concluded the biggest mistake NFL teams make during the draft process is paying too much for the chance to draft top players. The two lessons lear
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Ford is cutting short its summer break again because so many people want trucks and SUVs Detroit automakers typically shut down for two weeks in the summer to ensure their production lines are in top shape. This year, however, is the third year in a row that Ford will shorten employees’ holiday to one week, allowing America's second-largest car maker to produce an additional 40,000 cars and trucks, including the redesigned F-150. "Based on strong customer demand for the company’s
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WIRED 23
The Incredible FX Behind Mad Max: Fury Road For all the attention the movie has received for its emphasis on practical effects and stunts, it's still the result of an astounding amount of VFX wizardry. The post The Incredible FX Behind Mad Max: Fury Road appeared first on WIRED.
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Mapping the History of L.A.’s Notorious Sprawl A new interactive map shows the ages of the nearly 3 million buildings in Los Angeles. The post Mapping the History of L.A.’s Notorious Sprawl appeared first on WIRED.
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Recent Advancements Improve 3D Printed Pharmaceuticals, Chocolate, and Hearts 3D Printing Pharmaceuticals Researchers in London are working on a way to 3D print pills. The shape and surface area of a pill are surprisingly important in how the drug is released into your system, so their idea is that specifically-shaped pills could meet a specific patient’s treatment needs. And futurists […] Read more on MAKE The post Recent Advancements Improve 3D Printed Pharmaceuticals, Ch
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Nightclub Uniforms Pulsate to the Music London’s Wyld nightclub will soon feature staff wear LED lights on their clothing that pulsate to the venue’s music. These LED lights move with the beats thanks to British designer Claire Barrow and clothing maker Glofaster. The lights were made give music lovers another way to enjoy the sounds while in a club. The inspiration for these designs were the disco ball that hangs from Wyld’s ceiling an
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Can’t Decide on Lunch? Print It Ordering takeout is one of the quickest ways to get the food you love to your door. But imagine if you could choose what you wanted to eat on-screen and print it in just a few minutes time? Bocusini is a 3D food printer that may be even better than pizza delivery, enabling users to design or create their own dream meals and have them prepared without having to lift a finger. Bocusini is a WiFi-en
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VIDEO: How to be 'Super Cool Biz' in Japan The government in Japan is encouraging a new approach to what people wear at work.
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VIDEO: Lion kills tourist through car window A female tourist has been killed in a lion attack at a game park in South Africa.
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VIDEO: Could this wi-fi doll give your data away? Rory Cellan-Jones examines whether connected toys, or household objects like a wi-fi kettle, could put your personal security at risk.
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VIDEO: State TV shows rescue of woman Footage has emerged showing the rescue of a woman after a cruise ship carrying more than 450 people capsized in a storm on the Yangtze River in China's southern Hubei province.
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Rodgers to stay as Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is set to stay as Liverpool manager following a meeting with the club's co-owner Tom Werner.
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Federer out as Wawrinka and Tsonga set up French Open semi Paris (AFP) - Stan Wawrinka knocked Roger Federer out of the French Open quarter-finals on Tuesday to set up a last-four clash with home hope Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.Wawrinka, the eighth seed, beat his more illustrious Swiss compatriot Federer in three sets 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).Fourteenth seed Tsonga, meanwhile, was taken to five sets by Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori before prevailing 6-1, 6-4, 4-6,
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So You Want to Start a Craft Brewery In Start Your Own Microbrewery, Distillery, or Cidery, the staff of Entrepreneur Media Inc. and writer Corie Brown with Zester Daily Contributors explain how you can get started in the craft alcoholic beverage industry, whether you want to start your own microbrewery, distillery or cidery. In this edited excerpt, the authors offer a closer look at the craft brewing industry so you can see if you'r
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Things are so bad in Russia cookie imports have collapsed There is bad news for Russians with a sweet tooth. Russian imports of cookies and other baked goods plunged 67% in the first four months of this year compared to, according to the Moscow Times. Imports fell to just 5,900 tons between January and April, compared to 18,200 tons in the same period last year, according to market analysts at the Center for Confectionery Market Research. This plunge is
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A new California law makes water hogs anonymous While few were looking, California made it a lot easier for water hogs to cover up their excessive use. A tiny provision tucked into a package of conservation laws allows groundwater pumpers to hide how much they are taking from the ground, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) points out. The laws are part of the state's attempt to preserve groundwater, an essential resource for farmers in
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6 Apps to Help You Transfer Money Between Friends Do you carry cash around with you? If you’re like me, probably not (or at least not much). I’d rather keep my money with my bank, so that if my wallet gets stolen, I can tell the bank and they’ll close my cards and refund me any unauthorized purchases. But the downside to keeping all of your money at the bank is that it’s not quite as easy if you want to pay your friends or family for something on
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Top 40 Interactive Ideas in June - From Meaningful Activity Campaigns to Braille Drink Labels (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) As seen in the top June 2015 interactive trends, the use of websites, vending machines, packaging, apps and emerging social media platforms are just a few of the ways brands are encouraging...
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Google’s Aparna Chennapragada Says Web Sites May Show In Now On Tap In Addition To Apps Google Now On Tap may show links to relevant web pages, not just relevant native Android apps. The post Google’s Aparna Chennapragada Says Web Sites May Show In Now On Tap In Addition To Apps appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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The Top 20 Cities For Young Entrepreneurs
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Squint No More! Shareable Photos Make It To The Big Screen Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sheldon Laube is championing an easy way to bring social media's shareable photos onto the big screen.
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Bill Ackman's Next Dealmaking Bet: Pershing Square Invests $350 Million In Nomad Holdings Pershing Square disclosed a 21.7% stake in Nomad Holdings a special purpose acquisition vehicle that closed a EUR 2.6 billion acquisition of frozen food company Iglo Foods Holdings on Monday.
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The 10 Best Wannabe Warren Buffett Stocks
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Your Will And Trusts Aren't Enough: Using Beneficiary Designations As An Estate Plan There are several methods of transferring property at death. A transfer of probate property by a valid will or a deed of transfer will generally involve the assistance and advice of an attorney. While transferring property through probate is unavoidable in certain cases, this does have its downsides. As the probate court becomes involved, the transfer of property can become more costly and delays
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Plants of Concern Conservation agencies in the Chicago area monitor endangered, threatened, and rare plants -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Hurricanes Can Inflict Major Damage Beyond Their Predicted Paths Hurricane season has begun and, despite predictions for a relatively quiet year, forecasters urge caution over complacency -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Running on Soft Surfaces Won’t Prevent Injury Versus Running on Pavement Running on soft surfaces (like grass or dirt) is supposed to be better for your joints than running on pavement. It makes sense that harder surfaces would be harder on your body, and so this wisdom has been passed down to plenty of runners. Too bad it’s not true. Dozens of studies have explored the effects of different surfaces on injury rates, and haven’t been able to back up the oft-repeated wis
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The 8 Biggest Mistakes on Resumes, and How to Correct Them When you’re an entrepreneur, you do a lot of searching for the right candidates to join your team. Hiring takes up a tremendous amount of time, so one of the best things you can do if you’re looking to get hired, or you’re looking to hire someone, is to pay attention to the common mistakes on resumes.As a job seeker, keeping these mistakes off your resume will help you get through the stacks of ap
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Former trading pit 'king' shows off the laser hair removal on his armpits for Bravo TV Former commodities trader Sandy Goldfarb, known as "Trot" in the trading pits, will be appearing on a brand new Bravo TV series called "Secrets And Wives."  The show, which follows a group of affluent long-time girlfriends from Long Island, premieres tonight at 10/9c.  One trader told us that Goldfarb was "king of the natural gas pit." He even made the now-defunct Wal
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'Arrested Development' producer says Season 5 will premiere next year on Netflix There's a light at the end of the tunnel for "Arrested Development" fans waiting for a new season of the cult comedy. Producer Brian Grazer said that the series is set to begin production for Season 5 on Jan. 1, 2016 and will return to Netflix around four months later in June, according to TheWrap. “Netflix is determined to do more episodes, so we’re going to do more episodes,” Grazer sa
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Fast Company 9
CEOs' Uncensored Tweets And What You Can Learn From Them Whether they lean more toward humorous, hostile, or honest, executives are taking to Twitter to shape their message and their brand.For John Legere, the foul-mouthed, competitor-bashing CEO of T-Mobile profiled in the July/August issue of Fast Company, Twitter has been a tool for bringing some much-needed edge to the buttoned-up telecom sector. In an industry where CEOs are generally seen in suits
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Fast Company
With Buyable Pins, Pinterest Finally Adds Built-In Commerce A much-awaited feature is designed for mobile shopping that's fast, safe, painless—and maybe even inspiring.From the moment it launched five years ago, people have been using Pinterest to share things you can puchase. Today, the service is home to more than 50 billion pins, a figure that's growing by 75% a year. But even though the social network was popular with shoppers from the start, you haven
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Sporting diplomacy as Cuba face Cosmos Havana (AFP) - A new era in sporting ties between the United States and Cuba gets under way here Tuesday when the New York Cosmos become the first professional American sports team to play in the Communist-ruled nation for 16 years.In pure sporting terms, the match between the Cosmos, who play in American soccer's fledgling second tier, and the inexperienced Cuban squad, ranked 109th in the world
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Lingerie Brand Expands Options for Breast Cancer Survivors Having undergone major surgery, the last thing breast cancer survivors need is problems with a simple task like getting dressed. But up until now, they have had limited options in terms of bras that fit, let alone that look and feel good. A new US-based lingerie company, which is exclusively for breast cancer survivors, aims to solve this issue. AnaOno Intimates offers styles for women of all sha
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Ancelotti turns down AC Milan offer Carlo Ancelotti rejects an offer from AC Milan to return as manager, saying he wants a break after being sacked by Real Madrid.
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Coke welcomes Blatter resignation Fifa sponsor Coke welcomes Sepp Blatter's decision to resign, describing it as "a positive step" for football.
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The Simple Phone Call is Now Smarter With These Apps Non-verbal cues and tone in a live phone call really help to make communication clearer. New apps are trying to add even more value.
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3 Mistakes You Can’t Make If You’re Planning a Kickstarter Campaign Don't use Kickstarter to validate a product - use it to supercharge your company.
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5 Tips For Adapting To The New Mobile Reality Success on mobile platforms relies on a firm understanding of your product's core values.
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What You Should Know About Lawmakers' Changing Views on Immigration Reform Politicians and experts at a panel discussion in Washington said plans for an immigration overhaul may work if the scope is scaled down.
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5 Ways to Use Social Media as a Sales Tool When it comes down to it, business is all about sales.
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5 Tips for Achieving Breakout Success To ensure your latest achievement isn't just a flash in the pan, make sure you have the right mindset.
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Harness Your Peak Activity Window By knowing your Peak Activity Window and planning around it, you can improve performance.
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3 'revolutionary steps' will let women have babies at any age Women in the US are having children later in life than ever before. The average age of a mother giving birth to her first child was 26 in 2013 — a record high, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, that includes plenty of women over 35 and even some over 40. Dr. Norbert Gleicher, founder, medical director, and chief scientist of the Center for Human Reproduction fertility c
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Need To Manage Your Google Settings? Google’s My Account is Here Wouldn’t it be nice if you had more control over what private information is collected about you? Google is rolling out two new improvements to their privacy and security tools that will do just that by putting more control over your information into your own hands. Users now have access to a personal hub for managing Google settings called My Account. On My Account, you will be able to control w
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Use Word Spellings to Read—Even in High School! A renown cognitive psychologist is touting the importance of spelling for reading achievement. He says spelling, which continues to develop even into high school, is just as important for high school and college-ready reading fluency as sounding out words in kindergarten. He’s right!
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5 Ways for Boomer Managers to Motivate Millennial Workers With each generation that enters the workplace, entrepreneurs must adapt to the ever-growing multi-generational office culture. According to a recent Deloitte Millennial Survey, millennials, or Gen Y will make up 75 percent of the workforce by 2025. Millennials (born 1980 to the mid-1990s) bring to the workplace a combination of tech savviness, social attitude, optimism and a desirable ability to
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How Your Circadian Rhythm Affects Your Health Have you ever noticed that you feel more susceptible to asthma attacks in the evening, or skin allergies in the afternoon? It’s not just random. The Wall Street Journal put together a handy chart that shows when you body is most susceptible to certain health problems.Because of the way your body works and your circadian clock, certain health risks come up at different times of the day. For example
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Instagram is going to start showing you ads based on information in your Facebook profile (FB) Instagram ads are about to get a lot more personal. For the last year and a half, you've probably seen an occasional ad in your Instagram feed from brands like Lululemon and Budweiser. Usually they look like something you'd normally see on Instagram anyway, like a hipster couple enjoying a drink on the beach.  But soon advertisers will know if you're a 20-something living in Brooklyn who likes cat
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Apple’s plan to take over your entire home will start in these two categories (AAPL) The first batch of products built on top of Apple’s HomeKit — a framework that helps develop iPhone-controlled home appliances — are finally out. The products range from a lighting dimmer and an air quality monitor to an energy consumption tracker and a door locks controller. The first HomeKit-based products show which categories will lead the way for the broader shift to a connected-home: home-en
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The CEO of a wildly popular app that was used as a giant botnet fires back at his critics It has not been a good week for Hola. The Israeli company is behind a wildly popular browser plugin and app that disguises users' identities online. Over the last few days, it has been hit with a deluge of negative press after it emerged that users of the service had had their computers hijacked and used as a giant "botnet" to attack a website.  A botnet is a network of (normally) unwitt
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Psychologists say acting like you're smarter than everyone else can make people listen to you Over the course of my career, I've worked with some freakishly intelligent people. When interacting with them, my MO has always been to keep relatively quiet, remembering the words of wisdom commonly attributed to both Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln: "Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." But what if this fear of sounding like an idio
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