Thursday, August 01, 2019

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  The Hayride



  • There has been a good deal of discussion within policy circles this week about a patently false claim the Louisiana Department of Health has made about the wonderful economic benefits...
  • While most politicos were wading through round 2 of the Democratic Primary debates Wednesday night, Texas Capitol observers had their ears wide open regarding a developing situation...

    • Last week, liberal actress/activist, Bette Midler tweeting a picture of black Trump supporters attending one of the President’s rallies. She alleged that these men must have...

  • If you’re a frequent Delta flyer, it’s a particularly good time to apply for a Delta Amex, as two of the airlines’ three cards just launched lucrative limited time welcome offers.Read...
  • Cree is, rather quietly, one of the biggest LED manufacturers in the world, and now they’ll sell you smart light bulbs for just $8 a pop, down from the usual $12.Read more...

    • August brings with it nine new Amazon Original series and one Amazon Original movie—a film called Carnival Row, set in a Victorian fantasy land and starring Orlando Bloom and...

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  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made the disappointing decision that the agency would continue to allow use of the brain-harming pesticide on food crops. Learn more...
  • This year, PAN has the honor of welcoming Donovan Kanani Cabebe, Jibril Kyser, and Héktor Calderón as our 2019 Fellows. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...

    • The chlorpyrifos saga continues. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made the disappointing decision that the agency would continue to allow use of the brain-harming...

  • President Trump is traveling to Cincinnati for his first rally since supporters in North Carolina taunted a congresswoman with chants of "send her back."       ...
  • Trump’s rally in Cincinnati Thursday will mark his first since chants of “send her back!” erupted at a rally in Greenville, N.C., two weeks ago.       ...

    • The House speaker and Baltimore native was referencing complaints about apartments and townhomes that the Kushner family real estate firm owns in the Baltimore area.       ...

      World news | The Guardian



  • Industry warns of job losses and higher consumer prices after president targets another $300bn in importsUS retailers were lining up on Thursday night against Donald Trump’s...
  • Our galaxy is like a distorted disc, study based on Cepheid stars confirmsThe most detailed three-dimensional map yet of the Milky Way has been revealed, showing that our galaxy is...

    • Sir Lynton Crosby’s firm CTF has built unbranded disinformation pages for Saudi Arabia and major pollutersClaims of misogynistic culture at offices of Lynton Crosby firmBrexit...

  • A few years ago, the Parma (OH) Police Department decided to turn its hypersensitivity into a criminal investigation. A local man, Anthony Novak, created a Facebook page parodying...
  • While lots of people are angling to break up the big internet companies in the belief that will lead to more competition, we've long argued that such a plan is unlikely to work. Instead...

    • If I've learned anything from the past 20 years of J-horror remakes, these documents are the last thing Motherboard's Caroline Haskins will see before she dies. At least 200 law enforcement...

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      BBC News - Home



  • The US president announces fresh tariffs of 10% on another $300bn of Chinese products from 1 September.
  • The launches are seen as a reaction to planned military exercises between South Korea and the US.

    • Eight-year-old Mady, the youngest recipient of a bionic arm in the US, requested it be bright pink.


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  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Organization Subpoenaed for Documents Related to Stormy Daniels Hush Payment  —  Investigation relates to $130,000 payment former Trump lawyer...
  • Gregg Re / Fox News: Trump urges rally attendees not to chant ‘send her back’; he also says Harris had ‘bad’ debate night  —  President Trump told reporters outside the...

    • Michael Gerson / Washington Post: Ignoring Trump's racism betrays our country's victims  —  I had fully intended to ignore President Trump's latest round of racially charged...


  • Chipzilla teases actual proper working 10nm notebook CPUs as Omni-Path 2 quietly dies Intel today waved its arms around in the air to remind us it has another family of products coming...
  • Super Cali 'leccy bikes are proving quite atrocious, even though the biz insists they really quite precocious Lyft has pulled its entire electric bike fleet from the streets of San...

    • Spreads the Openshift love around for Cloud Paks There are many reasons for IBM’s recent purchase of Red Hat, but one of them became apparent today - the Big Blue has announced that...


      BBC News - Technology




  • The company makes a rare statement that alleges fake accounts were linked to government authorities.
  • A new study across three generations shows words from nature are now used more commonly for technology

    • Two patent filings seek to set a precedent by naming an AI as their inventor.


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  • Assault and murder will no longer be justified by a victim's sexual orientation or gender identity in Connecticut. The “gay or transgender panic” defense has been declared inadmissible...
  • Court representation will be provided to mistreated animals in Maine, reducing the number of abusers walking free. This means that justice can finally be granted to animals who have...

    • Nature’s gentle giants are falling by human hands, and with them goes one of humanity’s best hopes for preventing catastrophic climate change. Help rescue coastal redwoods...


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  • Two professors have teamed up to have an artificial intelligence credited with inventing a food container. As intelligent computer systems become ever...
  • A woman has tied the knot with her canine companion during a bizarre ceremony on British morning television. During an interview on Tuesday, 49-year-o...

    • The fire-ravaged Loch Ness home of the infamous occultist has been further damaged by another fire. Situated near Foyers at the south-east side of Loc...


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  • Exclusive: Analysis includes stark assessments of potential problems including panic-buying and civil disorderThe UK is currently less able to cope with a hard Brexit than it was...
  • North Carolina billboard calls congresswomen ‘The 4 Horsemen’ in what anti-gun violence advocates call an incitement to violenceA gun shop in North Carolina has erected an...

    • Sir Lynton Crosby’s firm CTF has built unbranded disinformation pages for Saudi Arabia and major pollutersClaims of misogynistic culture at offices of Lynton Crosby firmBrexit...


  • Heavy metals were seen escaping from the top of this odd, football-shaped exoplanet.
  • The sci-fi series "V" debuted in 1983 and considered an alien occupation of Earth.

    • Here's how to see three naked-eye planets visible in August's night sky.


  • U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he was not worried about missiles being tested by North Korea, calling them very standard, short-range devices...
  • North Korea has carried out a new projectile launch, U.S. officials said on Thursday, adding that initial information indicated it was similar to two other short-range missile tests...

    • US President Donald Trump stated that Wednesday’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin was short but constructive


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  • NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with food writer Korsha Wilson about how U.S. culinary schools do not reflect the diverse cooking that's happening around the country...
  • In Bar Harbor, Maine, businesses rely on the throngs of tourists who visit Acadia National Park each summer. But too many tourists can be a problem.

    • The Greenland ice sheet is in the middle of one of its greatest melting events ever. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with climate scientist Twila Moon about what that means for sea levels...




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  • Everything was going grand for Pamela Uba as Ladies Day at the Galway Races dawned.
  • The latest radio listenership figures made good reading for RTÉ stalwart Marian Finucane, who is among those celebrating an increase in listeners in the latest JNLR results...

    • A man whose leg got trapped on the Connemara shoreline during a rising tide was brought to safety in a multi-agency rescue this evening.




      Science@NASA Headline News






  • Portal origin URL: NASA Targets Coastal Ecosystems with New Space SensorPortal origin nid: 449891Published: Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 15:49Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal...
  • Portal origin URL: Hubble Uncovers a ‘Heavy Metal’ Exoplanet Shaped Like a FootballPortal origin nid: 449854Published: Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 10:00Featured (stick...

    • Portal origin URL: Confirmation of Toasty TESS Planet Leads to Surprising Find of Promising WorldPortal origin nid: 449733Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - 10:00Featured...




      How to of the Day






  • Staircases are typically high-traffic areas that get a lot of wear and tear due to daily use. However, it’s important that they look good because they are something you see every...
  • Unfortunately, it can be really easy to fall behind on homework. Being sick or having lots of responsibilities outside of school can often lead to work piling up. But you shouldn’t...

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  • by Robert E. Hunter In the latest tit-for-tat in the battle between the United States and Iran, this week the Treasury Department, at the behest of the State Department, imposed sanctions...
  • by Eldar Mamedov As the drumbeats for war with Iran grow louder, efforts are gaining momentum to discredit those politicians and officials who advocate for diplomatic engagement...

    • by James M. Dorsey China and Russia are as much allies as they are rivals. A joint Tajik-Chinese military exercise in a Tajik region bordering on China’s troubled north-western...




  • On Tuesday night, Senator Bernie Sanders openly criticized CNN's handling of the debates. He told CNN's Jake Tapper, "Your question is a Republican talking point. And by the way...
  • Harvard professor Cornel West joins us from Detroit, where he attended both nights of the Democratic debate. He talks about the troubling legacy of the Obama administration and why...

    • Immigration rights activists abruptly interrupted Joe Biden during last night's debate, chanting "3 million deportations!"—referring to the Obama administration's deportation...




  • "I have been presented with evidence that demonstrates that the individual who was shot and killed ... may not in fact have been my uncle," his nephew, Mike Thompson, said in an affidavit...
  • The government's action grants thousands of Syrians in the U.S. an 18-month extension of a program allowing them to remain here. The State Department has said no part of Syria is safe...

    • New Defense Secretary Mark Esper will review the cloud computing contract, for which Amazon and Microsoft are finalists. President Trump has cited critics' accusations of favoritism...




  • Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is working with government officials to investigate toxic air emissions from two medical sterilization plants in the state...
  • Researchers have developed a new bioprinting method capable of creating parts of the human heart out of collagen.

    • A hospital program lets people recovering from transplants hold their former heart in their hands while learning how to care for their new one.

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      Niskanen Center


  • Conventional wisdom holds that Trump won the 2016 election by appealing to voters left behind in Obama's economy and may win re-election based on a stronger economy in 2020. But new...
  • Nationalism and cosmopolitanism ought to be defined neither by caricatures nor by extremes. There is a middle course. Lincoln’s nationalism charts it. The post Toward a Lincolnian...

    • Decency lives in the adverbs: how one intends to exercise power, within what constraints, with what underlying attitudes. The right we have now operates with all the wrong adverbs...

  • President Trump announced a new round of tariffs on China today, pledging to levy a 10 percent tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods on September 1. CEI senior fellow Ryan Young said...
  • This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it intends to withdraw the Obama Administration's preemptive rejection of the Pebble Mine project in Alaska and...
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  • Boris Johnson is spending an obscene amount on a game of bluff with the EU. Heaven help us if no deal actually happensThe £2.1bn for no-deal planning announced by the government this...
  • The German composer was all in favour of innovation, unlike the operatic conservatives who booed Le Gateau ChocolatPicture this. A black British drag artist, all decked out in a blond...

    • A lifeline for the elderly and disabled people, public toilet provision has dwindled. The cuts must be reversedYou’re running late, you need to pee, but arriving at the toilet turnstiles...

  • Provincial police are investigating a report of two young males resembling the B.C. murder suspects travelling in a suspicious vehicle in a northern Ontario town...
  • The father of a young boy who was bitten on the face by a dog says he’s relieved to learn the animal has been returned to the shelter where it came from, which is in another province...

    • Long-awaited federal legislation to speed up and simplify the process of getting a pardon for simple cannabis possession is now in force.

  • Quoting from the abstract of the study in Nature Astronomy: ‘The planets orbit close to a mean-motion resonant chain, with periods (3.36 days, 5.66 days and 11.38 days, respectively)...
  • Originally posted on polarbearscience: In late June, one of the most powerful icebreakers in the world encountered such extraordinarily thick ice on-route to the North Pole (with...

    • Originally posted on Science Matters: Recently published in Nature is a comment article Why setting a climate deadline is dangerous byShinichiro Asayama, Rob Bellamy, Oliver Geden...
    • The two of Saif Ali Khan's kids love the camera.

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  • The test comes as part of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18950.
  • This GIRF, Jio subscribers in 17 cities can avail Rs 100 off on their first booking fee during the offer period. This is an exclusive benefit for Jio users...

    • At its F8 Developers' Conference in 2017, the company announced its Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) programme -- outlining its goal to build a non-invasive, wearable device that...

  • Government has engaged NABARD Consultancy Services for the preparation of the State Action Plan for Climate Change in Goa.
  • India had announced the creation of a Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) soon after the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in New...

    • The programme includes an unmanned mission around the Moon in 2020 and a manned mission that also will orbit the Moon two years later.

  • Guilty of already violating Vienna Convention by the ICJ for thus far not providing consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, Pakistan's proposal to do so now is filled with riders...
  • Police sources have said that Adeeb may have wanted to seek asylum in the country and are interrogating him for details.

    • A delegation from the Indian Army met Chinese counterparts at Nathu La. Cultural events were held to showcase Indian and Chinese cultures.

  • Tejashwi also alleged that there was investments, new industries and employment opportunities were lacking in the state.
  • The incident took place on July 7 but the 19-year-old was in a state of shock and did not disclose it. When she was admitted to a hospital due to her critical condition, reports revealed...

    • Pakistan FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan would not let India change the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir.

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • WASHINGTON: Mounting support among Democrats in Congress for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump seems unlikely to change House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's caution...
  • RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male "guardian", the government said Thursday (Aug 1), ending a restriction that drew international...

    • WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Aug 1) he had "no problem" with North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests amid an outcry from Washington's allies and growing...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Aug 1) he had "no problem" with North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests amid an outcry from Washington's allies and growing...
  • Chinese officials are not about to bet on the 2020 US presidential election in formulating their strategic response to the trade conflict, says Stephen S Roach...

    • WASHINGTON: North Korea appears to have carried out a new projectile launch, two US officials said on Thursday (Aug 1), adding that initial information indicated it was similar...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to slap new tariffs on Chinese imports comes on the heels of unexpectedly strong second-quarter results for automakers, consumer products companies...
  • PG&E Corp on Thursday told a U.S. bankruptcy judge that it had reached agreements to cut prices by at least 10per cent on five power contracts, according to court papers...

    • Federal banking regulators had inspected Amazon.com Inc's Virginia facility earlier in April, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter...

    1 August - iGoogle Portal - MSM News

    Sydney Morning Herald RSS News Headlines

  • The man accused of bashing a retired prison officer in Ellenbrook is due to appear in court today to face charges.
  • Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton has 'slept literally the last three days' and feels he'll be ready to rock the Hungaroring on Sunday.
    • A unit block in Redfern has been evacuated and a man was found dead after a fire in the apartment building.

      The Times of India



  • Any glimmer of hope for a negotiated settlement to the vexed dispute over ownership of the 2.77-acre Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi land in Ayodhya faded with the Supreme Court-appointed...

  • India has been pushed to the seventh place in the global GDP rankings in 2018 with the UK and France forging ahead to the fifth and sixth spots, data compiled by the World Bank showed...

  • Four inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots suffocated while being transferred to another jail, officials said Wednesday, taking to 62 the number killed over...


  • Sir Lynton Crosby’s firm CTF has built unbranded disinformation pages for Saudi Arabia and major pollutersClaims of misogynistic culture at offices of Lynton Crosby firmBrexit...
  • Residents told to leave Whaley Bridge after heavy rains damage reservoir above townHundreds of homes were evacuated in a Derbyshire town on Thursday when a dam threatened to burst...

    • Rate drops by 46% from its ultimate peak in 1947 as 657,076 babies are bornThe birthrate in England and Wales has hit its lowest level since records began, government statistics have...

    PCWorld



  • Intel’s eleven new Ice Lake chips are betting big on graphics. Intel claims that its new 10th-gen Core family, launched Thursday, will offer the best integrated graphics experience...
  • In this episode of The Full Nerd, Brad’s out! And you know what that means: Gordon Mah Ung, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray dive deep into the rumor mill, discussing...



  • An update to the Nanoleaf app for iOS will add Touch Actions, a feature that lets you tap specific Canvas light squares on your wall to control your various HomeKit devices...


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  • President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he will add a new tariff on $300 billion of Chinese-made products on September 1, which would effectively put a tax on all Chinese goods...
  • Harris took a rock to the head for supporting her friend




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  • Sir Lynton Crosby’s firm CTF has built unbranded disinformation pages for Saudi Arabia and major pollutersClaims of misogynistic culture at offices of Lynton Crosby firmBrexit...