Новости за 25.08.2018

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• New York University said last Thursday that it would offer free tuition to its current and future medical students. 
• NYU hopes that this move will help with the shortage of doctors in the US and encourage more students to go into primary care.
• Many physicians voiced their skepticism about this goal via Twitter, claiming that free tuition alone won't alleviate the financial barriers of pursuing a career in medicine. 

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• With hot hits people can't stop talking about, like "Set It Up" and "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," Netflix is getting a lot of credit for saving the romantic comedy.
• But the rom-com has been very much alive on TV networks with shows mostly created by and starring women, including "The Mindy Project," "Jane the Virgin," and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend."
• Without ambitious shows that subverted the formulaic genre while embracing it, rom-coms like "The Big Sick,"... Читать дальше...

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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Friday that Tesla will remain a public company.
• The announcement came two weeks after Musk said he was considering taking the company private and suggested a shareholder vote was the only remaining step in the process.
• In an email to employees acquired by Business Insider, Musk said that, while there was still a case to be made for Tesla to go private, he had determined that staying public was in the best interests of the company and its investors. Читать дальше...

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• Blake Lively has been wearing pantsuits a lot lately.
• She shared her latest look with fans on Instagram, joking in the caption that her suit combo resembled a picnic tablecloth.
• One fan commented that she should "hire a stylist" or "fire" the one she's currently using.
• Lively thanked the fan for the tip and said she's tried to fire her stylist so many times, "But that b---- just keeps coming back. She won't leave me alone."
• Blake Lively is her own stylist. Читать дальше...

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• I am a tournament Scrabble player, and people often ask me how they can improve their Scrabble skills.
• I always tell them the single easiest way to boost your score: memorize the two-letter words.
• Unusual two-letter words such as qi, aa, and xu can lead to high-scoring plays that will leave your opponents in the dust.

Scrabble is one of the world's most iconic board games, and has delighted... Читать дальше...

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• Augur is a website through which people can create prediction markets — or, crowdsourced platforms where people stake cryptocurrency on a prediction's most likely outcome.
• Winners get a payoff while losers part ways with their crypto, either Ethereum or the Augur-specific token "reputation." 
• That also makes it a great place for unethical bets — like those that predict whether a celebrity or politician will die this year.
• By betting that a politician won't make it to the end of the year... Читать дальше...

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• Former porn star Stormy Daniels says she had an affair with President Donald Trump in 2006, a year after he married Melania Trump and just months after the first lady gave birth to Barron.
• On Tuesday, Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight federal crimes, including making illegal contributions to the Trump campaign on the same day he facilitated a $130,000 payment to the porn star to keep her from speaking about the affair. Читать дальше...

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• Dollar General is bucking the retail trend and expanding rapidly in the United States. It plans to open 900 new stores by the end of the year. 
• The retailer is capitalizing on a growing trend toward more cost-conscious shopping. 
• It offers prices that are 20% to 40% lower than grocery and drug stores. Here's how it keeps its prices so low.

Dollar General is taking over the United States.  

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• During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump suggested Islam might be inherently violent, claimed that Muslims in Jersey City had cheered on 9/11, and promised to ban all Muslims from entering the US.
• It came as a surprise then that Trump was greeted by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia with deep admiration and labeled a "friend of all Muslims."
• As an international correspondent for the New York Times in Egypt... Читать дальше...

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Drone technologies continue to improve at a rapid pace and are slowly pushing the unmanned aircraft toward the mainstream. Companies in a variety of industries are now looking to use drones to cut costs, boost efficiencies, and create new revenue streams and business values, such as last-mile... Читать дальше...

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• A team of researchers at the University of Akron is developing a device that can harvest drinking water from thin air.
• The device uses nanoscale polymers to capture condensation and it could be battery-powered, according to the researchers.
• The team is now looking for funding to develop a working prototype of the water harvester. 
• "Every human should be entitled to fresh water," Dr. Josh Wong, the lead researcher on the project said. 
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• There isn't a strong link between good spelling and intelligence, but that doesn't mean spelling doesn't matter.
• Proper spelling makes people perceive you as more intelligent and can increase your chances of getting a job.
• We compiled 27 of the most common spelling mistakes in the English language.

Science has proven that there isn't a strong link between spelling and intelligence.

"The verdict is clear," writes Marilyn vos Savant in "The Art of Spelling... Читать дальше...

VW genießt in Mexiko als wichtiger industrieller Arbeitgeber einen guten Ruf — eigentlich. Denn nun hat der Autobauer den Zorn der mexikanischen Bauern auf sich gezogen. Das geht sogar soweit, dass Landwirte sich vor einer Fabrik positionieren und die Mitarbeiter hindern wollen, ihre Arbeit aufzunehmen. Das berichtet die „Welt“. Selbst ein Krisengipfel auf höchster Ebene mit Regierungsvertretern konnte die Stimmung zwischen den beiden Lagern verbessern.

• Mary McHale, of Reading, Pennsylvania, talked to INSIDER about her experience testifying in front of a Pennsylvania grand jury in 2016. 
• She said that she believes the recent report on abuse at six dioceses in Pennsylvania is "just the beginning" of allegations against the Catholic Church.
• McHale says she was 17 when a priest named in the grand jury report forced her to strip down to her underwear as part of what he called a confession program in the late 1980s.

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• Orchard Supply Hardware, owned by Lowe’s, will close 98 stores and laid off 4,000 employees since Thursday.
• Lowe’s paid $205 million in cash for the acquisition of Orchard in 2013.
• Sales are shifting to the internet. 

Orchard Supply Hardware – whose mission was, according to its site, “to be America’s neighborhood hardware and garden store focused on paint, repair, and the backyard” – is an iconic name in California going... Читать дальше...

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• Elon Musk announced on Friday that he no longer wants to make Tesla a private company.
• In a blog explaining why he made the decision, Musk insisted he could fund the move, despite widespread skepticism.
• Instead, he said that investors persuaded him that Tesla is better as a public company.
• He summarized the reaction from shareholders as "please don't do this."

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• Employee-owned businesses are now easier to form, thanks to the defense bill President Trump signed into law this month.
• Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wrote the original provision that allows the Small Business Administration to loan money to employee-owned businesses that wish to buy out retiring small business owners.
• Small businesses are sold to their managers or workers using one of three methods: an employee stock ownership plan or ESOP, a worker cooperative, or an employee trust. Читать дальше...

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Bitcoin is everywhere.

The cryptocurrency is seemingly in the news every day as investors and businesses try to understand the future of this digital finance.

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• President Donald Trump has echoed a popular right-wing talking point in recent days.
• He says the campaign-finance crimes to which his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty aren't crimes.
• The argument was first made by right-wing radio host Mark Levin.
• Campaign-finance experts said this argument was "nonsense."

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• Earlier this year, Apple debuted a new website that will let you check the value of your old Apple products.
• Apple will give you store credit for working devices, or simply recycle them if they can't be resold. 
• Here's how it works. 

Over the years, I've collected a fair amount of older computers. Obsolete laptops, phones, and accessories are simply collecting dust and growing even more out of date in a series of drawers and boxes.

Safiya Nygaard

• YouTuber Safiya Nygaard is well known for her beauty and fashion experiments, like the time she melted every lipstick at Sephora to create a new shade.
• In a recent video, the vlogger wore a $500 pair of "nine-foot-long extendo jeans" from the brand Bronze 56K.
• She compared the feeling of wearing such long jeans to wearing a "long veil" as a "denim bride."
• To wear them in public, Nygaard took inspiration from people wearing the jeans bunched up on Instagram. Читать дальше...

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• Amazon is one of the top employers of those who receive SNAP benefits, otherwise known as food stamps, in at least five states. 
• Nearly one in three Amazon employees in Arizona and 1 in 10 in Ohio were on food stamps or lived with someone who was in 2017, according to data obtained by nonprofit New Food Economy from state governments. In Pennsylvania, one in 10 Amazon employees were on food stamps.
• Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont, a prominent critic of Amazon... Читать дальше...

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Banks are going to new lengths to attract and retain customers with mobile features. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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