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www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Michael Gove to abstain from Partygate report vote

Michael Gove has said he disagrees with the parliamentary investigation that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs over the Partygate scandal, and will abstain from voting on it in the Commons.The UK levelling up secretary claimed the Commons privileges committee's recommendation that Johnson should be suspended for 90 days over repeated contempts of parliament was not merited.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Divided Tories prepare for free vote on Boris Johnson Partygate report

Conservative MPs head to their constituencies on Friday with the party facing deep divisions over Monday's vote on the privileges committee's report into Boris Johnson.The Commons will hold a free vote on Monday on whether to formally approve the report, which found on Thursday that Johnson deliberately misled parliament over lockdown-breaking parties in No 10.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson: his defence over Partygate report

Boris Johnson has launched an extraordinary fightback as he tries to wrestle back control of the narrative after the privileges committee released its report concluding that he deliberately misled parliament.A 1,700-word statement from the former prime minister sought to rip apart their findings impugning the committee's integrity, evidence and conclusions.
BBC News
9 months ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson faces calls to pay back 245,000 Partygate legal bill

Boris Johnson should pay back the public money used to cover a £245,000 bill for his lawyers during the Partygate inquiry, opposition MPs say.An inquiry by MPs found the former prime minister had deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties.The top lawyers defending Mr Johnson were paid for with taxpayer funds.
BBC News
9 months ago
UK politics

It's not the end for Boris Johnson, says ex-adviser

The decision by Boris Johnson to quit as an MP ahead of publication of the Partygate report does not mean it is the end of his political career, an ex-adviser to the former PM has said.Will Walden said Mr Johnson "had seen the writing on the wall".The Commons Privileges Committee has looked at whether the ex-PM lied to Parliament over No 10 lockdown parties.
BBC News
10 months ago
UK politics

Local elections results 2023: Conservatives acknowledge problem as poll verdict comes in

The night is old, but the long day ahead of counting is still young.So conclusions drawn must be done so with caution; caution because of the volume of results still to come, and caution because it can be crude to instantly transpose local election results to imagine a general election picture.But there is often a correlation between performance at local elections and national ones.
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allegations
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Gove disagrees' with Privileges Committee conclusion and will abstain from vote

Cabinet minister Michael Gove has said he will not vote for the report which found Boris Johnson lied to MPs over partygate because he believes its recommendation of a 90-day suspension was not merited.The Levelling Up Secretary confirmed he would abstain from casting a ballot over the Privileges Committee's findings that the former prime minister committed repeated contempts of Parliament.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

House Kills Effort to Censure Adam Schiff, Aided by Some Republicans

The House turned back a Republican effort on Wednesday to formally censure Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, for his role in investigating and impeaching former President Donald J. Trump.The vote was 225 to 196 to table, or kill, a resolution by Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican who has allied herself closely with the former president.
www.housingwire.com
9 months ago
Real estate

CFPB orders OneMain Financial to pay $20M over sales practices

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Wednesday announced that it has ordered mortgage lender and servicer OneMain Financial to pay $20 million in redress and penalties stemming from sales practices the Bureau has called deceptive.Among the allegations, the CFPB alleged that the lender pushed employees to hit sales targets and illegally withheld refunds.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

She Said She Was Fired for Being a Black Woman. A Jury Agreed.

Between 2018 and 2019, Robynn Europe, a former professional body builder, worked at an Equinox on the Upper East Side, where she managed personal trainers.Years earlier, as a scholarship student at Brearley, the girls' school several blocks away, where she began in seventh grade, commuting first from Canarsie and then Coney Island, she had experienced the coded bias of privileged teenagers.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

Deputies outlined veiled threat to county watchdog on defaced poster. Nothing happened

Last fall, investigators with the Office of Inspector General - the county's watchdog - paid a visit to the troubled East Los Angeles sheriff's station, home of the notorious Banditos deputy gang.While walking through the station, one of the investigators spotted something shocking: a poster featuring herboss, with words that seemed like a death threat.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Des O'Connor's daughter takes legal action against Met over detective comments

Des O'Connor's daughter has accused a police misconduct panel of failing to address predatory and abusive actions of a detective who said she was amazingly hot, the High Court heard.Kristina O'Connor, whose father is the late comedian and entertainer, was sent numerous inappropriate messages by James Mason after he responded to her report of an attempted robbery in October 2011, the panel was told.
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US news
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Justice Neil Gorsuch Is a Committed Defender of Tribal Rights

In a pair of opinions on Thursday, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch again demonstrated that he is the fiercest proponent of Native American rights on the Supreme Court.That does not surprise people who knew him when he served on the federal appeals court in Denver.He's from Colorado, said John E. Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Harvard Medical School Morgue Manager Sold Body Parts, U.S. Says

The manager of a morgue at Harvard Medical School has been charged with selling body parts from donated cadavers and allowing buyers to come to the morgue to choose which parts they wanted, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.Prosecutors said that the manager, Cedric Lodge, 55, and his wife, Denise Lodge, 63, both of Goffstown, N.H., and three others had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pennsylvania on charges of conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods.
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www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Johnson's desperate rebuttal to Partygate report as he blasts deranged' findings

Boris Johnson has lashed out at MPs investigating his claims about the Partygate scandal in a desperate attempt to salvage his reputation after he was accused of repeated contempts of parliament.The long-awaited report arrived on Thursday in explosive fashion, with the privileges committee recommending the ex-PMs behaviour warranted an extraordinary 90-day ban from parliament and the removal of his former member's pass.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Johnson labelled a coward' for quitting as MP before partygate report released

Boris Johnson has been accused of being a coward for quitting as an MP before the findings of a cross-party investigation into whether he lied to the Commons has been published.Angela Rayner, Labour's deputy leader, said the former prime minister had jumped to avoid facing a potential by-election in his marginal constituency.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Boris Johnson quits as MP and claims he's victim of Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt'

Boris Johnson has sensationally announced he is quitting as an MP, claiming he is the victim of a Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt.The former prime minister's resignation came as he faced a damning verdict following a parliamentary inquiry into his conduct during the Covid pandemic.Amid growing speculation that the conclusions of the Commons privileges committee could lead to his being kicked out as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, he announced his decision to stand down.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Smartphone camera lens technology to be used in skin cancer diagnoses

Tens of thousands of skin cancer patients could be diagnosed faster thanks to new smartphone camera lens which can take detailed images of moles or skin lesions.The camera lens is the size of a 50 pence piece and can attach to a smartphone to take high resolution pictures of suspect moles, spots or other skin problems.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Wealthy businesswoman should pay estranged husband more than 6.5 million'

A Swedish businesswoman worth about 250 million should hand her estranged husband more than 6.5 million following the breakdown of their six-year marriage, a judge has ruled.Louise Backstrom and Martin Wennberg, who are both in their 30s, had been embroiled in a dispute over money in a London private family court.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Vet warns pet owners of little-known signs your dog is in serious pain'

A vet has warned pet owners of signs to look out for that a dog could be in serious pain.ITV vet Dr Scott Miller said being overly sensitive or vocal can suggest a dog is in discomfort.A reduced appetite, focused attention on a certain part of the body, changed posture or strange movement can all be red flags that something is causing your furry friend pain, he told the Daily Mail.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Partygate report: key findings of Commons privileges committee

The House of Commons privileges committee has found that Boris Johnson repeatedly misled MPs when he told them he knew nothing about lockdown-breaking social gatherings in and around Downing Street.These are the main points of what is a highly damning and hugely detailed report.Key findings on wrongdoing Johnson was found to have committed five serious offences: 1. Deliberately misleading the Commons 2. Deliberately misleading the privileges committee 3. Breaching confidence (by leaking part of the report in advance) 4. Impugning the committee, and thus parliamentary processes 5. Complicity in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

Life moves on': Gove attempts to consign Boris Johnson to Conservatives' past

Michael Gove has said that life moves on after Boris Johnson's resignation as an MP, as ministers tried once again to shift attention from an embittered former leader showing little sign of wanting to leave parliament quietly.Gove, the UK communities and housing secretary, used a morning broadcast round to stress what he said were the significant contributions that Boris made, while firmly presenting him as a figure now in the Conservatives' past.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Sports

The Natural and the No. 1 Will Face Off in the French Women's Final

There is a woman in professional tennis for whom the very mention of her name has long sparked a wistfulness among her fellow players, current and past.They rave about her buttery smooth strokes, her deceptive power, that sublime balance, the sculpted physique and the seemingly effortless movement that make it so easy to imagine her running the offense on her nation's basketball team, or the center midfield on its soccer team.
Mission Local
10 months ago
Mission District

Banko Brown: Walgreens guard reveals homelessness, trauma to police

Security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony described to homicide detectives a life of housing instability, police run-ins and an unsupportive workplace in the years leading up to April 27, when he shot and killed Banko Brown, who was unarmed, after Brown allegedly shoplifted from Walgreens."I've really been on my own since I was a young teenager," Anthony says, dazed, in a long interview transcript released Monday by the District Attorney's Office.
Washington Post
10 months ago
DC food

At Kennedy Center, author Jacqueline Woodson brings inclusion and hope

Jacqueline Woodson at the Kennedy Center.(Kennedy Center)Jacqueline Woodson was in fifth grade when she began coming to some serious conclusions about literature."I realized that there weren't a lot of books with people who look like me in them," she says.More than one teacher recommended she read "Sounder," by William H. Armstrong.
time.com
10 months ago
Education

How We Can Repair Our Democracy and Build a More Perfect Union

America's civic education crisis is not new, but it is becoming increasingly dire.New data released by the Department of Educationknown as the Nation's Report Card and widely regarded as the best assessment of how well we are educating our future citizenspaints a stark and worrying picture.Eighth graders scored worse on the history section this year than in in any year since the test was first administered on the subject in 1994, and civics scores dropped for the first time since it was first tested in 1998, with less than one in every four students scoring proficient.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
Los Angeles Rams

Angels rookie Ben Joyce listed with ulnar neuritis as team awaits MRI results

(Jayne Kamin-Oncea / Getty Images)

Angels rookie fireballer Ben Joyce was put on the 15-day injured list ahead of Saturday's game against the Seattle Mariners.The right-handed reliever, who was removed from Friday's game after facing just one batter, was listed with ulnar neuritis in the Angels' transaction report.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Illegal Migration Bill breaches UK human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn

The Illegal Migration Bill breaches a number of the UK's human rights obligations, MPs and peers have warned ministers.Most asylum seekers arriving in the UK after the flagship legislation has been passed would have their claim declared inadmissible, according to a report published by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US politics

NASA Panel Says Data Problems Make Explaining U.F.O.s Difficult

Members of a NASA task force that studies unidentified anomalous phenomena said on Wednesday that they were pushing the government to collect better data to try to find answers for unexplained events that have captured the public's imagination.A Pentagon official speaking at the meeting said the Defense Department is examining more than 800 cases from the past 27 years, but only 2 to 5 percent of those incidents are considered truly unexplained.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

Eight Years Holding ISPs to Account in Latin America: A Comparative Outlook of Victories and Challenges for User Privacy

Latin American and Spanish telecommunications companies have made important advances in their privacy policies and practices, but persistent gaps and worrying trends pose potential risks for internet and mobile phone users, according to a new consolidated report published today by EFF.The report is based on the analyses and assessment of industry practices by EFF partners over the last eight years to shed light on telecom and Internet service providers' (ISPs) commitments to users' privacy, in an initiative based on EFF's Who Has Your Back
Through periodic reports within the ), have been rating ISPs and holding them to account vis-à-vis privacy best practices and international human rights standards.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price's future in doubt after damning report

Adam Price, the leader of Plaid Cymru, is understood to be considering his future after a damning review found his party had failed to detoxify its culture.Price, 54, who has led the Welsh nationalist party since 2018, apologised in response to the report and said it must do better to foster a culture that was safe, inclusive and respectful to all, but he refused to resign.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Medicine

New Mammogram Advice: What to Know

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of experts that issues guidelines about preventive care, has recommended all women start routine breast cancer screening at 40, instead of at 50, the previous recommendation.The panel continues to advise spacing the screenings at two-year intervals, although some other medical organizations endorse annual mammograms.
The Motley Fool
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI Could Have a $41 Trillion Revenue Impact by 2030: 2 Top Growth Stocks to Buy Now | The Motley Fool

Rapid advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) have been making headlines, and businesses and investors alike have been scrambling to stake claims in this groundbreaking field of technology.Why the mad rush?Cathie Wood, CEO and co-founder of Ark Investment Management, recently released the investment firm's Big Ideas 2023 report, and its conclusions are staggering: "AI should increase the productivity of knowledge workers more than 4-fold by 2030 ... If vendors were to capture 10% of value created by their products, AI software could generate up to $14 trillion in revenue."
Electronic Frontier Foundation
9 months ago
Privacy professionals

Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him

1. A New Jersey court has ruled that police must provide defendants with access to facial recognition technology when it is used in their case.
2. The ruling is a major victory for civil liberties advocates, as it reinforces the right to due process and the ability to challenge evidence used in criminal cases.
3. This ruling is an important step in the ongoing effort to ensure privacy and civil liberties are respected in the digital age.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Rowan Atkinson says he feels duped' by electric cars

Car-obsessed actor Rowan Atkinson has said he feels duped by the electric vehicle trend, despite being an early adopter.In a comment piece in The Guardian on Saturday, the 68-year-old wrote that he got his electric hybrid 18 years ago and his first all-electric car nine years later.Electric vehicles may be a bit soulless, but they're wonderful mechanisms: fast, quiet and, until recently, very cheap to run, he wrote.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Rowan Atkinson says he feels duped' by electric cars

Car-obsessed actor Rowan Atkinson has said he feels duped by the electric vehicle trend, despite being an early adopter.In a comment piece in The Guardian on Saturday, the 68-year-old wrote that he got his electric hybrid 18 years ago and his first all-electric car nine years later.Electric vehicles may be a bit soulless, but they're wonderful mechanisms: fast, quiet and, until recently, very cheap to run, he wrote.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Rowan Atkinson says he feels duped' by electric cars

Car-obsessed actor Rowan Atkinson has said he feels duped by the electric vehicle trend, despite being an early adopter.In a comment piece in The Guardian on Saturday, the 68-year-old wrote that he got his electric hybrid 18 years ago and his first all-electric car nine years later.Electric vehicles may be a bit soulless, but they're wonderful mechanisms: fast, quiet and, until recently, very cheap to run, he wrote.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Rowan Akinson says he feels duped' by electric cars

Car-obsessed actor Rowan Atkinson has said he feels duped by the electric vehicle trend, despite being an early adopter.In a comment piece in The Guardian on Saturday, the 68-year-old wrote that he got his electric hybrid 18 years ago and his first all-electric car nine years later.Electric vehicles may be a bit soulless, but they're wonderful mechanisms: fast, quiet and, until recently, very cheap to run, he wrote.
www.fastcompany.com
10 months ago
Environment

Power plants may soon go all in on carbon capture. But does it actually work?

In a remote field in Saskatchewan, not far from the border with North Dakota, the Boundary Dam coal power plant sends its exhaust into a massive system of pipes and tanks that absorb CO2 and then compress the gas so it can be shipped off to a nearby oil producer for injection underground.The carbon capture system, which cost more than $1 billion to build, first started running nine years ago.
Battery Power
1 year ago
Atlanta Braves

Spring Training stats review: Which Braves' players stood out?

Disclaimer: This post was written with Spring Training stats through Saturday's games.Since then, Eddie Rosario hit a few homers, Sean Murphy hit a homer, and there's probably some other stuff that might slightly change the conclusions herein, but probably not that much.Make whatever mental adjustments you feel are warranted accordingly.
stackabuse.com
9 months ago
Python

Finding Numbers in Various Data Types in Python

When working with Python, we often have to deal with data in the form of numbers or words.Sometimes, words and numbers are stored together, and our needs compel us to separate numbers from words.In this article, we'll explain how to define words and numbers in Python.Then, we'll see how to separate numbers from words, in case they're stored together, using different methods and in various situations.
Stack Abuse
10 months ago
Python

Python Dictionary Comprehension: A Fast and Flexible Way to Build Dictionaries

Introduction
Dictionaries are a very powerful, Pythonic way to store data.They allow us to associate a key with a value, and access them as needed.This makes it easy to store data where, for example, we need to associate a string with a number.For instance, if we need to store data related to names and associated phone numbers, then the dictionary is the best data structure to do so.
www.standard.co.uk
9 months ago
Manchester United

Manchester United takeover: Erik ten Hag reveals one plan' to improve club amid ongoing uncertainty

E rik ten Hag has pledged to fight for further Manchester United improvements this summer as he develops a plan for more growth despite the ongoing takeover uncertainty.The Red Devils have enjoyed a hugely encouraging first season under their popular Dutch boss, returning to the Premier League's top four and next season's Champions League courtesy of a third-placed domestic finish.
www.standard.co.uk
9 months ago
Manchester United

Manchester United must improve issues' to take next step says Erik ten Hag amid David de Gea questions

De Gea's kicking in Saturday's FA Cup final was often imprecise, and he made a blunder early in the second half that ultimately allowed Ilkay Gundogan to seal a brace, handing Manchester City the trophy at United's expense.It remains unclear whether De Gea will still be United's No1 next season, with the club monitoring various goalkeepers including Brentford's David Raya.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Manchester United

With no strategy, money doesn't work': Ten Hag issues United transfer warning

Erik ten Hag has warned that any extra financial muscle Manchester United have after a potential takeover must be accompanied by the right transfer strategy, as Chelsea's disappointing season following their takeover shows.United are currently the subject of bids from Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, a Qatari banker, and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the Ineos owner.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

Great white sharks more common off California coast than previously thought, study says

(Carlos Gauna / Cal State Long Beach)

If you swam off the coast of Santa Barbara or San Diego recently, chances are you had company.You just may not have noticed.A new study from Cal State Long Beach found that juvenile white sharks are more common at some California beaches than previously thought.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

In Finland, NATO's Newest Member, Blinken Details Russia's Failures'

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Friday took the stage in NATO's newest member, Finland, to say that further strengthening Ukraine's defenses against Russia was a prerequisite for diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine and to warn against short-term cease-fires that might play to Moscow's advantage.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US politics

Lawyers Unable to Find Document Trump Discussed in Recorded Conversation

Shortly after learning that former President Donald J. Trump had been recorded discussing what appeared to be classified material describing military options for confronting Iran, federal prosecutors issued a subpoena to his lawyers seeking the return of all records that resembled the document he mentioned, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

FBI declines Comer's request for a document some Republicans claim will show Joe Biden was involved in an illegal scheme

The FBI declined Wednesday to provide House Oversight Chairman James Comer with an internal law enforcement document that some Republicans claim will show Joe Biden was involved in an illegal scheme involving a foreign national.You have asked for what you say is a precise description' of an alleged criminal scheme' contained in is a single FD-1023 report.
www.france24.com
9 months ago
France news

French NGOs sue government over alleged negligence in pesticide regulation

A coalition of French environmental charities on Thursday accused the French state of negligence in regulating the use of pesticides, in a landmark legal case.Issued on: 01/06/2023 - 18:38 2 min Activists hold banners during a demonstration called by "Scientifiques en Rebellion" and "Extinction Rebellion" to reduce pesticides by 60 percent by 2023 and 90 percent by 2050 at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, March 4, 2023.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
France news

Solved at last: the mystery of why champagne bubbles go straight up

From the pop of its cork to its delicate golden hue, champagne has many features that make it a celebratory tipple but none are as recognisable as its fine fizz.Now researchers have shed new light on the quintessential sparkle, revealing why champagne bubbles rise in a straight line, unlike those of many other drinks.
www.scientificamerican.com
9 months ago
Science

Are Sperm Counts Really Declining?

Physicians Raymond Bunge and C. M. Kinloch Nelson noticed something unusual happening at their Iowa clinic in the early 1970s: a growing number of men seeking infertility treatment.To investigate whether there might be changes in sperm in the general male population, they looked at sperm samples from 386 presumably fertile menthose seeking an elective vasectomy.
www.scientificamerican.com
10 months ago
Science

The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States

Anna McCleary had her daughter in October 2019.McCleary, who works at a law firm in Chicago, had just returned from her maternity leave in early 2020 when the COVID pandemic hit.She and her husband found themselves working from home without access to day care or other help.We were just thrown into the middle of this sort of nightmare scenario of [having] all of your responsibilities, with none of the safety net that you expect when you have a kid, McCleary says.
Inverse
10 months ago
Science

This Volcanic Hellworld of an Exoplanet Might Be Habitable, Actually

This newly-discovered exoplanet is an Earth-sized version of Jupiter's notoriously volcanic moon Io, with one important difference: it just might be habitable.The tidal pull of an immense neighbor keeps exoplanet LP 791-18d's interior hot and churning, turning its surface into a volcanic hellscape.According to a recent study, however, the planet's violent volcanism may actually make it a possible, albeit very weird, home for alien life.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

ANALYSIS | Should you trust polls when it comes to Toronto's mayoral byelection? It's complicated | CBC News

It's a mayoral race unlike any we've seen in recent memory.And the byelection to fill Toronto's top job has pollsters in the field trying to map out public opinion on a weekly basis.Over two dozen public opinion polls have been conducted since former mayor John Tory resigned in February, all gauging where the large field of potential replacements stands in the eyes of voters.
Fatherly
9 months ago
Fathers

107 Clean, Funny Work Jokes You Can Tell At The Office (Or Over Zoom)

It's Monday: You're staring down another week of work and need some convincing there's a reason to feel anything but dread - something to give you hope you'll make it to Friday.You need good dad jokes to share with coworkers, like work jokes that'll help buck up the whole team.Having an arsenal of funny work-appropriate jokes at your disposal can be handy for lifting the mood and boosting morale when the stress of work (and everything else in life) gets the better of us.
Nrinaudo
9 months ago
Scala

A "quick" introduction to Tagless Final

For the past couple of weeks, I've had people ask me, or say very confusing things, about Tagless Final.This is a subject that the Scala community seems to be absolutely fascinated with, for reasons that aren't quite clear.And, weirdly, the conclusions it seems to have reached seem only vaguely related to what I understand a tagless final encoding to be.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Stanley Engerman, Revisionist Scholar of Slavery, Dies at 87

Stanley Engerman, one of the authors of a deeply researched book that, wading into the fraught history of American slavery, argued that it was a rational, viable economic system and that enslaved Black people were more efficient workers than free white people in the North, died on May 11 in Watertown, Mass.
Dataprotectionauthority
10 months ago
EU data protection

Belgian DPA prohibits the transfer of tax data of Belgian "Accidental Americans" to the USA

1. The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has recently prohibited the transfer of Belgian tax data to the United States, due to concerns about the US government's access to the data.
2. The DPA has determined that the US government does not provide sufficient protections for the personal data of Belgian
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

UN Security Council turns down request for Nord Stream inquiry

Questions remain over explosions in September that damaged gas pipelines connecting Russia and Germany.Russia has failed to get the United Nations Security Council to ask for an independent inquiry into explosions in September that ruptured the Nord Stream gas pipelines connecting Russia and Germany, spewing gas into the Baltic Sea.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

UN Security Council won't probe Nord Stream blasts

The U.N. Security Council on Monday declined a Russian request to investigate the blasts on the pipelines that move natural gas from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea.Russia, China and Brazil voted in favor of the Russian request, but other Security Council members abstained or said another investigation was unnecessary.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Trump leans into extremism at first 2024 rally as legal woes mount

Donald Trump is igniting his White House bid at a moment of unprecedented peril in the criminal investigations against him a confluence that could send America into a new political and legal collision.Trump's wild rhetoric at his first official 2024 campaign rally Saturday previewed the divisive national moment ahead should he be indicted in any of multiple criminal probes.
Silver Screen and Roll
10 months ago
LA Lakers

LeBron James weighs in on NBA investigation into referee Eric Lewis

On Saturday morning, Lakers star and possible soon-to-be retiree LeBron James took to Twitter with a simple question: "This Eric Lewis [poop emoji] true???", capping the whole thing off with an emoji of a face with one eyebrow raised.This naturally led to questions from some fans who are less online during the offseason, queries like "What Eric Lewis [poop emoji]?" and "Who is Eric Lewis?"
Luckily for them - or, presumably, you, if you're reading this article - after showing you the LeBron tweet in question, I have decided to spend my Saturday trying to answer these questions for you and more.
RT @vitalyf: The Fold Exists, But It Doesn’t Matter (), a good reminder that 66% of attention happens below the fold…
Chrbutler
10 months ago
UX design

The Rhythm of Your Screen - Christopher Butler

Length is not the problem; lack of rhythm is.It's 2023 and I'm still frequently asked by clients about scrolling.I understand why.Every design comes with assumptions about how much content will be seen by people because the space in which people access our designs is the one thing we cannot control.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

Egregious Abuse of the PTAB Process Leads to Adverse Decision Sanctions in IPR Proceeding

In a per curium order issued under seal May 3, 2023 but recently made public, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board awarded sanctions against Patent Owner, Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics, cancelling all challenged claims of its five asserted patents for its "egregious abuse of the PTAB process."
Patently-O
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

The Split on Pleading Scienter for Inequitable Conduct

by David Hricik, Mercer Law School
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) requires that fraud or mistake be pled with particularity.The Federal Circuit has held that, although inequitable conduct is "broader than fraud" inequitable conduct must be pled with particularity in Exergen Corp. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 575 F.3d 1312, 1330 (Fed.
Patently-O
1 year ago
Intellectual property law

The Brandeis Brief in Patent Cases

Louis D. Brandeis was a famous lawyer long before becoming a Supreme Court Justice.In the 1908 case of Muller v. Oregon, Brandeis represented the State of Oregon defending the state's rule restricting the number of hours that women could work in certain industries.In defense of the law, Brandeis filed a brief that presented social science research and empirical evidence to support the argument that long working hours had negative effects on women's health and family life.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

Woman Shoved Against Train Faces Very Scary Journey,' Husband Says

For days after Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy was shoved against a speeding subway train on her way to work, she lay in intensive care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.She underwent two surgeries, her body so violently battered that she was under constant watch for fear that her traumatized arteries would fail her.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

In a Speech, Mayor Adams Says Jordan Neely's Life Mattered'

More than a week after the killing of a mentally ill man on a city subway, Mayor Eric Adams gave his most forceful comments so far about the death, saying it never should have happened, in a speech in which he also called for renewed investment in mental health services.But Mr. Adams continued to urge the public to wait for an investigation into the killing of the man, Jordan Neely, before drawing conclusions.
BBC Sport
10 months ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Chelsea struggles a warning sign, says Ten Hag

Chelsea's struggles should serve as a warning for Manchester United before their takeover, says boss Erik ten Hag.Chelsea were taken over by Todd Boehly last summer and have spent more than £600m in two transfer windows.However, the 12th-placed Blues have endured a torrid season and are guaranteed to record their lowest points total in the Premier League era.
BBC Sport
10 months ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Vinicius Jr abuse shows things must change - Balague

The disgusting racist abuse Vinicius Jr receives almost wherever he plays in La Liga shows that things need to change.Vini is right to not put up with this constant racist abuse.It is outrageous that so many Spanish people think a racist insult in a stadium is banter.He has said enough is enough.And you can only agree with that statement.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Arts

The final season of the hit BBC crime series 'Happy Valley' has come to the U.S.

Sarah Lancashire plays big-hearted police sergeant Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley.BBC It wasn't so long ago that a handful of shows were commonly offered as examples of how good television can be.In America, these touchstones tended to skew extremely male The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad.
iRunFar
10 months ago
Running

'Shining Mountains' Digs Deep into Glaciers, But Keeps it Light

It's only human to feel a little heartbreak at the thought of chasing a thing in retreat.We're not good with endings, generally speaking.Breakups, funerals, the death of a pet.It's a lot easier to process continuity than The End - we want to be here forever.So you'd think that a film about a few mountain runners hunting the last vestiges of Glacier National Park's namesake natural features would strike a melancholy chord.
MarTech
10 months ago
Marketing tech

Are you getting the most from your stack? Take the 2023 MarTech Replacement Survey | MarTech

Under budget constraints but also under pressure to generate growth, marketing and marketing ops leaders have been taking a close look at the ROI on martech solutions.We want to know what conclusions you have been reaching.Have you been consolidating your existing stack?Have you been gambling on promising new tools?
MarTech
10 months ago
Marketing tech

The martech space grows as acquisitions decrease | MarTech

CabinetM has released its Q1 2023 MarTech Innovation Report, a quarterly summary of new technology introductions, feature updates and acquisitions.Key findings.Looking at new product announcements, we're seeing an uptick from previous quarters with the number of new products jumping to 121 in Q1 2023.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Unlocking the True Revenue Potential of Retail Media

In this exclusive byline, Julie Jeancolas, Global Head of Product, Strategy & Partnerships - Retail Media & Personalisation at dunnhumby outlines how retailers can make the most of the rapidly growing retail media opportunity.How fast things change.As recently as 2019, dunnhumby commissioned Forrester to carry out an in-depth review of attitudes towards the monetisation of data and media within the global grocery industry.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Clarence Page: Justice dies when politicians turn vigilantism into a campaign stunt

On his way to see whether his expected presidential bid can play in Peoria, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis upstaged himself with a newsmaking tweet."We stand with Good Samaritans like Daniel Penny," he tweeted Friday about the former Marine accused in the May 1 killing of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who had been shouting in the faces of other passengers on a New York City subway.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Cory Franklin: Why does a rich country like the US have a high COVID-19 death rate?

Following his recent retirement, Dr. Anthony Fauci reflected on his government role during the COVID-19 pandemic.When asked about the high per capita COVID-19 death rate in the U.S., Fauci replied, "Something clearly went wrong.And I don't know exactly what it was.But the reason we know it went wrong is that we are the richest country in the world, and on a per capita basis we've done worse than virtually all other countries.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Sheldon Jacobson: Would a JetBlue and Spirit merger be all that bad for travelers?

JetBlue is seeking permission to merge with Spirit Airlines.The U.S. Department of Justice is working to block the purchase.Does this make sense for air travelers?JetBlue sells itself as an upscale low-cost airline, with 34 inches of seat pitch and no-cost amenities for which other airlines charge a fee.
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
Education

Opinion: Rejected by a top-tier college? It won't hurt chances for success

There is nervousness in the homes of ambitious American high school students awaiting the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University.Will the justices upend preferences for certain racial and ethnic groups?Will they ruin the chances of many teenagers getting into a top school, which would bring them lifelong success?
Medium
10 months ago
Data science

AI Weather Prediction: How Does it Work?

Artificial intelligence is making its way into every aspect of the 21st century, and one field AI is making significant waves in is weather prediction.Weather forecasting is very reliant on computer technology to perform accurately.Artificial intelligence technology and machine learning innovations can make weather prediction even more precise.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Law

Attorneys gave closing arguments in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump

Attorneys in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Donald Trump gave their closing arguments.Jurors will determine whether Trump should be held accountable for allegedly sexually attacking Carroll.MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Attorneys in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against former President Donald Trump gave their closing arguments today, this after two weeks of testimony in which the former columnist accused Trump of raping her inside a department store changing room in the mid-1990s.
Pinstripe Alley
10 months ago
New York Yankees

Yankees Rivalry Roundup: Jays finish resounding Pirates sweep

It's hard to lose when you're winning by six and you have one of the best pitchers in baseball on the mound.But much like Han Solo, never tell the 2023 Yankees the odds.They're just like Han Solo except if Han Solo was actually Mr. Bean.That was probably the wackiest game of the day around Major League Baseball but what else was afoot among the Yankees' top rivals?
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
10 months ago
Design

Tranquil furniture collection is inspired by an enchanting moonlit lake - Yanko Design

There are many nature-inspired designs these days, but many of them take that inspiration too literally.Sometimes they'd literally have the shape of a rock or the moon, or they might even use actual natural objects like leaves or twigs.While there's definitely nothing wrong with that kind of interpretation, there's also something to be said for gentler nods toward natural things and phenomena.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
OMG science

Webb Telescope Finds a Star Cloaked in 3 Rings of Ruined Worlds

Fomalhaut, a star just 25 light-years away, is so dazzlingly bright that it blots out the faint light of other stars around it.Stargazers have been enraptured by its secrets for thousands of years.Now, with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have documented evidence that Fomalhaut is a dynamic star wreathed in cosmic chaos.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Tory losses a clear rejection of Sunak, says Labour

Labour said the Tories' dire local election results marked a clear rejection of Rishi Sunak in his first electoral test as Prime Minister.Sir Keir Starmer was celebrating wins in key battlegrounds as an indication his party was on course to win the next general election.Mr Sunak was under pressure as Conservative losses neared the 1,000 worst-case prediction senior Tories had floated to manage expectations ahead of the poll.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
NYC music

6 Takeaways From Ed Sheeran's Let's Get It On' Copyright Case

The music world turned its eyes to a federal courthouse in Manhattan over the last two weeks, where Ed Sheeran defended himself against an accusation that his 2014 hit Thinking Out Loud copied from Marvin Gaye's classic Let's Get It On.On Thursday, Sheeran emerged victorious, with a jury finding that he and his co-writer, Amy Wadge, had created their song independently.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Europe news

White House dismisses ludicrous' Russian claims US planned Kremlin drone strikes

The White House has dismissed as ludicrous claims by Russia that Washington orchestrated drone strikes on Moscow, saying the US was not involved in the attack and accusing Russia of lying.Asked about an accusation by the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, that Washington had ordered Wednesday's strike, John Kirby, the US National Security Council spokesman, said: One thing I can tell you for certain is that the US did not have any involvement with this incident, contrary to Mr Peskov's lies, and that's just what they are: lies.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
Public health

EU disease agency publishes COVID-19 insights DW 05/02/2023

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Tuesday published its conclusions drawn from the coronavirus pandemic.The EU health authority said it had identified four areas where lessons had been learned.These areas included investment in public health, preparation for the next health crisis, risk communication and community engagement and Collection and analysis of data and evidence.
RT @PeterStefanovi2: The sooner the whole rotten lot are thrown from office the better
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
UK politics

Dominic Raab resigns as deputy PM after bullying allegations

Dominic Raab has resigned as the UK's justice secretary and deputy prime minister after months of allegations about bullying behaviour in the Ministry of Justice and other Whitehall departments.The senior Conservative MP had faced multiple formal complaints over his dealings with civil servants, including claims, first revealed by the Guardian, that he bullied and belittled staff, driving some to tears or causing them to vomit before meetings.
Riggo's Rag
11 months ago
Washington Redskins

Can the Washington Commanders break draft curse of 2008?

Can the Washington Commanders break the curse of 2008 during Day 2 of what's been a fascinating 2023 NFL Draft so far?Every year, buckets of virtual ink are spilled predicting and analyzing what a team might do in the first round of the NFL Draft.Now that the Washington Commanders have Emmanuel Forbes on board, we can turn our attention to the second and third rounds, held tonight.
Battery Power
11 months ago
Atlanta Braves

Braves head to New York for four-game series against Mets

Coming off of a 3-4 homestand, the Atlanta Braves will make the trip to Citi Field where they will face off against the New York Mets in a four-game series.The Mets entered play Thursday with a 14-11 record and had lost four-straight games pending the outcome of Thursday's game against the Washington Nationals.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Covid inquiry chairwoman to sit without panel in interests of pace, PM decides

Baroness Heather Hallett will not have a panel in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Rishi Sunak has decided in an attempt to speed it up.In a written statement to Parliament, the Prime Minister said the investigation into the response to the pandemic will be most efficient and swift if its chairwoman sits without a panel.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Europe politics

EU plan to ban up to 7,000 dangerous chemicals failing badly, says study

A plan to ban up to 7,000 of the most potentially dangerous chemicals on the European market by 2030 is failing badly, according to a study.A year ago, the EU launched a roadmap to banning groups of toxic substances linked to environmental damage and serious illnesses such as cancers, hormonal disruption and reprotoxic disorders.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Artificial intelligence

In a few years' time, football coaches may be using an AI assistant | Jason Stockwood

As an entrepreneur and tech enthusiast, I have witnessed several overhyped technologies and businesses.These stretch from the first wave of the internet in the 1990s with Webvan and Pets.com, which both had multibillion-dollar valuations, to the recent Theranos scandal, where a $10bn blood testing business turned out to be a sham.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Spring enrollment steady, just not for all institutions

Rising numbers of community college students kept total enrollment across all sectors of higher education flat this spring despite a decline in the largest category of institutions by share of enrollment: public four-year universities.Data released today by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center come after enrollment declines at colleges and universities across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Gary Lineker wins 4.9 million tax battle with HMRC

Gary Lineker has won his 4.9 million tax battle with HMRC.The Match Of The Day host was told by the taxman he should have been classed as an employee of the BBC and BT Sport for his presenting duties, rather than as a freelancer.The tax authorities pursued him for 4.9 million it claimed should have been paid on income received between 2013 and 2018.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Gary Lineker wins 4.9 million tax battle with HMRC

Gary Lineker has won his 4.9 million tax battle with HMRC.The Match Of The Day host was told by the taxman he should have been classed as an employee of the BBC and BT Sport for his presenting duties, rather than as a freelancer.The tax authorities pursued him for 4.9 million it claimed should have been paid on income received between 2013 and 2018.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Perry Mason' Season 2, Episode 4:

Life, like a murder case, has its ups and downs.First, the down: Perry, Paul and Della have learned that the brothers Mateo and Rafael Gallardo have been lying and did indeed murder Brooks McCutcheon.Now, the up: Perry, Paul and Della all hooked up.Call it a glass-half-full situation.First, let's focus on the amorous success of our three heroes.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

New SNP leader Humza Yousaf congratulated but warned of challenges ahead

Scotland's outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Humza Yousaf will be an outstanding successor as she congratulated him on his appointment as SNP leader.Mr Yousaf defeated the current Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes and former community safety minister Ash Regan in what was the SNP's first leadership contest for almost 20 years.
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 year ago
Mental health

Ambivert vs. Omnivert: What's The Difference Between Them?

I've often considered myself an introvert, but lately, I've come to realize that other terms or personality types can define me better than an introvert.I'm sure you know about introvert or extrovert personality types by now, but what about ambivert or omnivert?Do you know that ambiverts and omniverts are personality types that exist on the spectrum of introversion and extroversion?
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