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On March 14, 2018, renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, known for his many scientific works and brilliant mind, passed away peacefully at his Cambridge home at the age of 76. Hawking defied the odds, surviving more than 50 years longer than doctors predicted after he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Though he spent most of his life in a wheelchair, eventually only being able to communicate through a voice synthesizer... Читать дальше...

An EU plan to tackle corporate tax evasion was a compromise that suited Malta, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna told the Times of Malta. The European Council yesterday reached an agreement on proposals aimed at tackling what is known as aggressive tax planning. The draft directive, which EU Member States unanimously backed after a lengthy debate, is the latest in a number of measures designed to prevent corporate tax avoidance. The agreement will see financial intermediaries such as tax advisers... Читать дальше...

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TPM’s Tierney Sneed is now back in our Washington office after a week in Kansas to cover the trial in which Kris Kobach — one of our era’s great opponents of voting rights – defended another voter suppression law he helped spearhead. First, I want to thank Tierney as well as editors David Kurtz and Zack Roth, who together have many years of collective experience covering this critical issue. TPM was one of only a handful of non-local news organizations there to cover it in full. Thanks to you... Читать дальше...

I didn’t know how badly I needed to see two gay teens have a John Hughes happy ending until “Love, Simon” showed me what one looks like. And while this adaptation of Becky Albertali’s YA novel is safe as milk compared to the LGBTQ stories that indie and foreign filmmakers have been telling for the last few decades, it’s still a big deal that this boy-meets-boy romance was produced by Fox 2000 and is being released by 20th Century Fox into thousands of theaters nationwide. It’s an even bigger deal... Читать дальше...

Now that I’ve been overseeing a boatyard for ten months, I’ve run into the problematic issue of throwing boats away. Boats sink, catch fire, are abandoned, get too far behind on maintenance and repairs, and boats just get old. In these situations, the economically sensible thing to do is dispose of the boat.

The Wikimedia Foundation wasn’t given warning before Susan Wojcicki announced at SXSW that YouTube is planning to use its content to debunk fake news.

Joaquin Avila, a pioneering voting-rights attorney whose victories at the U.S. Supreme Court and the California Legislature helped to empower Latinos and other minorities at the ballot box, has died of cancer at his home in Seattle. He was 69. “Our nation has lost a steadfast hero-warrior for the Constitution and for human rights,” said Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, positions that Avila held from 1982 to 1985. Читать дальше...

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• Elizabeth Holmes has been charged with engaging in a "massive fraud" by the Securities and Exchange Commission
• She won't be going to jail over this
• The Department of Justice is also investigating the matter — but that's a separate case

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood testing startup Theranos, has been charged with engaging in a "massive fraud" by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC says she and the company's president... Читать дальше...

There are two types of red cards in the game of football. There are the good, the ones that stick in your memory for years due to their ridiculousness.

Reigning Masters champion Sergio Garcia of Spain became a father on Wednesday as wife Angela gave birth to a baby daughter who shares a name with an Augusta National hole.

This is a post for the fantasy baseball drafters who use Excel, Google Docs, or some other war room software that automatically totals a drafted team’s stats while in the middle of a draft. Or perhaps for those of you who do mock drafts or simulated drafts. The below grid represents my projected 75% mark in each stat category across 10/12/14/15/16 team ESPN and Yahoo default roster format leagues. These numbers should only be used directionally. Please note that each projection source projects... Читать дальше...

Remember the Mavi Marmara? The ship, one of six sailing from Turkey to Gaza in May of 2010, was piloted by activists from IHH, a Turkish radical Islamist group that several countries, including Israel, classify as a terrorist organization. Masquerading as human rights activists carrying supplies to Gaza, the ship defied Israel’s naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled strip, eager to generate a global controversy. It did just that: As Israel Defense Forces soldiers took over the vessel, a violent altercation ensued... Читать дальше...

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Wednesday that the United States would challenge Indian government export subsidies because they hurt American workers and manufacturers. Lighthizer said he had requested "dispute settlement consultations" with the Indian government at the World Trade Organization because the subsidies allow India to sell goods at lower prices. He said his office "will continue to hold our trading partners accountable by vigorously enforcing U.S. rights under our... Читать дальше...

Roger Huerta could have signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator. He said no.

COLOMBO – India’s stand-in captain Rohit Sharma returned to form with a fine 89 to set up a 17-run victory over Bangladesh on Wednesday and reach the final of their T20 tri-series.

Durban - The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is calling for the R3 million budget, set aside to deal with the rabies scourge, to be repeated for the next three years.

It said the funds made available last year “has laid a foundation to suppress the disease but not stop it”.

Stephen Hawking's computer-generated voice is so iconic that it's trademarked — The filmmakers behind The Theory of Everything had to get Hawking's personal permission to use the voice in his biopic. But that voice has an interesting origin story of its own. SEE ALSO: The world reacts to the death of the much-loved Stephen Hawking Back in the '80s, when Hawking was first exploring text-to-speech communication options after he lost the power of speech, a pioneer in computer-generated speech algorithms was working at MIT on that very thing. Читать дальше...

Stephen Hawking's computer-generated voice is so iconic that it's trademarked — The filmmakers behind The Theory of Everything had to get Hawking's personal permission to use the voice in his biopic.

Turin (dpa) - Juventus Turin hat sich an der Spitze der italienischen Fußball-Liga ein kleines Punktepolster verschafft. Der Titelverteidiger gewann am Mittwochabend sein Heimspiel gegen Atalanta Bergamo mit 2:0 (1:0) und hat nun vier Punkte Vorsprung auf den Tabellen-Zweiten SSC Neapel. Für Juve war es der sechste Liga-Sieg in Serie, Konkurrent Neapel hatte dagegen zuletzt zwei Mal nicht gewonnen. Die Tore schossen der Argentinier Gonzalo Higuaín (29. Minute) und der Franzose Blaise Matuidi (81.).... Читать дальше...

Hundreds of workers laid off at a silver mine owned by Canada's Tahoe Resources marched in the Guatemalan capital Wednesday to demand a top court order the mine reopened.

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• A California teacher accidentally shot his gun in a classroom on Tuesday, injuring three students.
• The incident is one of several mishaps in recent weeks that involved guns in schools after the Trump administration began advocating that certain teachers carry firearms.
• Critics of the proposal have highlighted the incidents as proof that arming teachers could result in deadly accidents.

A California teacher who also serves... Читать дальше...

February is a short month, so March caught me by surprise. Hence the late Dispatch. But if February had 31 days, it would be like this came out on March 11. Not that bad, right? Anyway, on with the February battles, which are heavy on books, slavery lessons, and…dances.