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A century ago, economic experts thought everybody living in the present era would have it made. And broadly speaking, we do: We live longer, we seldom try benightedly to “cure” gay people, we no longer have to leave the house to watch a movie, and so on. But that’s not what the economic experts were talking about. They were talking about how much easier it would become to earn a living wage—and there, they were quite wrong.

Our office burned down last Tuesday. The little green and white rented bungalow along Route 99 was filled with art, houseplants, laughter, and sometimes tears. It was a meeting place for Latinx youth to have coffee and organize climate justice events in their community. We built folding desks so we could fill the space with volunteers while campaigning against the fracked gas pipeline a Canadian company is trying to ram through Oregon’s forests. Now those walls and desks are all rubble, still hot to the touch. Читать дальше...

It is hard to choose the worst story of the Trump era, but a whistleblower complaint filed on Monday with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is surely among them. The complaint, which was brought by a coalition of legal-advocacy and human-rights groups in the South, focuses on alleged medical misconduct at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, which houses people detained for immigration violations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It describes a litany of health and safety failures at the facility... Читать дальше...

You’ll search in vain for any Cuckoo’s Nest connections.

How Donald Trump's favorite news source became a language

Over the past two years, I talked to veteran educators across the country as I tried to answer this question.

From authoritarian leaders to White House aides to the Palestinians, tallying the winners and losers of the Abraham Accords

The new vessel could be launched later this year and could be combat-ready by 2023.

Goaltenders sharing the load is becoming the new trend in the NHL. Could the Penguins deploy a similar system next season?

Network executives are making strides in their ongoing efforts to reduce network management tool sprawl, but there's still plenty of room for improvement on the road to a consolidated, platform-based toolset.

IDC released two surveys last week with seemingly contradictory results, but there is an underlying pattern: For now, on-premises hardware sales are dipping, while cloud sales are booming.

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This is The A-Side Live Chat.

For this episode, UFC strawweight Angela Hill joins Esther Lin and Alex Savas to break down some of the top stories in MMA.

Some topics Hill’s split decision loss to Michelle Waterson at UFC Vegas 10, the state of the UFC women’s strawweight division, Juan Archuleta’s title win over Patrick Mix at Bellator 246, and Phil Davis’ second win over Lyoto Machida at Bellator 245.

The three will also look ahead to upcoming UFC Vegas 11 card... Читать дальше...

Top stories in the Russian press on Wednesday, September 16

Ever wonder what Nintendo’s outlook for the future is? I do! The Kyoto-based game maker just held an investors’ meeting, which included some longterm plans. While not specific, these plans do provide an interesting look at what to, perhaps, expect.

Presto! It’s not only an incantation to excite your audience after a magic trick, but also a name being used more and more when discussing how to churn through big data. While there are many deployments of Presto in the wild, the technology — a distributed SQL query engine that supports all kinds of data sources — remains unfamiliar to many developers and data analysts who could benefit from using it.

In the beginning, Python had no type decorations. That fit with the overall goal of making the language fast and easy to work with, with flexible object types that accomodate the twists and turns of writing code and help developers keep their code concise.

1. Manchester NHS hospital that saw 18 Covid-19 deaths last week fights an outbreak  Daily Mail
2. Tameside hospital fights fatal outbreak of hospital-acquired Covid  The Guardian
3. Boris Johnson accused of blaming public for Covid test chaos  The Independent
4. Coronavirus map LIVE: A&E panic as worried locals flood hospital to demand COVID tests  Express
5. Coronavirus tests: Bolton NHS Trust plea as 100 turn up at A&E  BBC News
6. View Full coverage on Google... Читать дальше...

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The survey by Indiaspora and Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Data on Tuesday showed that a majority of Indian-Americans still favour former vice president Biden, the Democratic Party's nominee in the November 3 US presidential election.

The 28-year-old Japan international joined Newcastle from Mainz on a four-year contract in August 2018 for a fee of around £9.5million. He has managed only two goals from 28 appearances.

In the wake of the Indo-China border dispute, New Delhi has banned close to 200 mobile applications owned by Chinese firms, imposing tariff restrictions on Chinese imports. The major Chinese apps include TikTok, UC Browser and PubG.

Gareth Bale looks set to complete a sensational return to Tottenham from Real Madrid before the end of the transfer window.

Tehran, Sept 16, IRNA – Senior officials of Tehran Waste Management Organization (TWMO) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have signed an agreement on technical cooperation on modern disposal of wastes to stem degradation of environment.

‘Ka Pae Ranasingam’ will be the first Tamil film in recent history to premiere on a pay-per-view service aired via satellite