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You may want to look up at the sky and observe a little more because the World Meteorological Organization just added 11 new clouds to the International Cloud Atlas, the world’s definitive guide and database for cloud classification. World Meteorological Day last March 23 also marks the publication of the new edition of the International Cloud Atlas. In this latest publication, the strange-looking, turbulent meteorological phenomenon asperitas is […]

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General Electric is planning to launch products based on what it calls a Digital Ghost, a combination of its digital twin efforts and industrial control technologies, to thwart cyberattacks. This effort, which is likely to be commercialized in the next year, aims to us physics to thwart attacks. Industrial machines would be able to sense anomalies that would trigger an autoimmune response to attacks. GE’s plans could […]

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Malwarebytes Contact centers are a weak link in the enterprise and are often “neglected” and forgotten when it comes to enterprise security investments, analysts claim. The contact center used to be the main channel for customers to connect to businesses. As email, social media, and live chat systems have expanded, there are more options for communication — however, picking up the phone and speaking to an agent […]

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Bebas says he misrepresented Muslims and legal figures say he misinterpreted the Federal Constitution. PETALING JAYA: Former chief justice Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim has earned reproach from several quarters for remarks he made yesterday at a lecture titled “Islam as the Law of the Land”. Referring to Fairuz’s assertions that all Malays would welcome the imposition of hudud and that they did not care about equality, Azrul […]

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Click image to enlarge Companies and individuals engaged in legal, real estate, agricultural, commercial and advisory services and consultancies are among the first 120 to be investigated by the Costa Rican tax administration, said the treasury department today. The names were identified in a publicly searchable database released last April during the Panama Papers scandal by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) to publicize various types […]

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I’ve been asked several times over the past few days about how to wipe an iPad ready for resale (presumably because Apple has a new iPad out). Instead of repeating myself over and over, I thought that a post was in order. It’s in fact dead easy. Tip: Remember to do a backup via iTunes first … there’s no going back from a wipe! If you paired […]

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Honey, in all its variety, has long been hailed by healers throughout the ages as nature’s gift to humanity. From its good taste to medicinal applications and anti-aging benefits, certain types of honey rule the cupboards of people’s homes. Some of the most popular are honey from Al Sidr tree, which was mentioned in the Quran as one of the plants of Paradise, and Al Samr honey, […]

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Martin Fink’s vision starts with petabyte-scale memory systems. One of the keynotes at the recently concluded Non-Volatile Memory Workshop 2017 was given by Martin Fink, a 31-year HP veteran and newly appointed CTO of Western Digital. Martin ran HP Labs, and HP’s high-end server business, and has been thinking about memory-centric computing for years. If the terms “memristor” and “polymorphic computing” ring a bell, you can thank […]

Investing

Like an old vinyl record with a well-worn groove, the needle skipping merrily back to the same track over and over again, we repeat: Today’s markets are dangerously overpriced. Being market fundamentalists who don’t believe it’s possible to simply print prosperity out of thin air, we’ve been deeply skeptical of the financial markets ever since the central banks began their highly interventionist policies. Since 2009, they have […]

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Measuring Success Three weeks later, Peggy Karas stood in the Hajjes’ living room and reached her arms out to Julia, the 9-month-old. It was six days into Month 13. Unlike many other groups, the Hajjes and their sponsors had not marked the moment with speeches or a cake; they did not seem particularly eager to note the transition. Continue reading the main story Ms. Karas carried Julia […]

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The National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra has been hailed as China’s arrival on the fine arts stage. After its formation in 2010, the orchestra primarily functioned as a support for visiting maestros and ballets, but for the last four years, the NCPA has been making a name for itself in its own right. With members aged between 27 and 31, the orchestra is viewed as […]

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The head conspiracy theorist has surrendered to a cadre of heavy hitting D.C. lawyers, employed by the humble pizza parlor keeper, James Alefantis. Earlier this week, Alefantis’ former gay lover, David Brock from Media Matters and Shareblue, suffered a heart attack. Today, Alex Jones had a change of heart, especially in light of recent events that has placed Infowars.com in Facebook’s fake news genre and Adroll refusing […]

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CJ Sereno challenges lawyers to go against the tide, stand firm in the face of pressure, and follow their conscience Lian Buan Published 2:41 PM, March 25, 2017 Updated 2:41 PM, March 25, 2017 GO AGAINST THE TIDE. Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno makes a rousing call to lawyers to “go against the tide” in the face of impunity in the country. Photo from @SCPh_PIO MANILA, Philippines […]

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Click image to enlarge Companies and individuals engaged in legal, real estate, agricultural, commercial and advisory services and consultancies are among the first 120 to be investigated by the Costa Rican tax administration, said the treasury department today. The names were identified in a publicly searchable database released last April during the Panama Papers scandal by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) to publicize various types […]

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Authored by Finian Cunningha, via The Strategic Culture Foundation, There was a time when Russophobia served as an effective form of population control – used by the American ruling class in particular to command the general US population into patriotic loyalty. Not any longer. Now, Russophobia is a sign of weakness, of desperate implosion among the US ruling class from their own rotten, internal decay. This propaganda […]

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Pressed to explain his lack of concern, Mnuchin said, “It depends on what you think of artificial intelligence.” (Image: CSPAN) Artificial intelligence won’t pose a real threat to American jobs for “50 or 100 more years,” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Friday. special feature How to Automate the Enterprise One of today’s biggest opportunities for IT to make an impact is by automating business processes, manufacturing, repetitive […]

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The Fed’s most recurring lament over the past 8 years, ever since the Financial crisis, is that there has been no measurable inflation in the US economy when using such conventional indicators as CPI, even though according to recent measurements by PriceStats real inflation, not the BLS’ seasonally-adjusted, goalseeked and politically convenient  mutant, is now running at a blistering 3.6%, the highest in five years.   That […]

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Putting on your make-up can be a struggle if the lighting is dim and space on your table is sparse. If not stored properly, lipsticks can go missing, foundation bottles can slip and crash, and brushes can lose their shape. Hand in hand with the contouring, baking and strobing beauty trends comes the need for a well-organised make-up station, where compacts are colour coordinated and lipsticks stand […]

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Interior Ministry officials said the CNRP’s promotion of Kem Sokha to party president and three officials to vice president violated internal party rules, issuing vague threats of legal consequences that could potentially imperil the standing of the opposition party’s candidates ahead of June commune elections. In a letter sent on Wednesday by Interior Minister Sar Kheng to CNRP executive committee chairman Yim Sovann, he said the party’s […]

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In almost any other part of the world, a friendly, on-camera hug between two senior politicians at a public event would have raised no eyebrows. But in the febrile atmosphere of a Hong Kong bracing itself for the “election” of its fourth chief executive since the former British colony was handed back to China in 1997, Tung Chee-hwa’s embrace of Carrie Lam during a public ceremony in […]

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On April 15, 2002, STS-110 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa works at the Remote Manipulator System controls on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis. Dr. Ochoa, a veteran astronaut, is currently the 11th director of Johnson Space Center. She became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on the STS-56 mission. Source link

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Intel has put its artificial intelligence efforts under one group led by Naveen Rao, former CEO of Nervana, which was acquired by the chip giant. special feature How to Implement AI and Machine Learning The next wave of IT innovation will be powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. We look at the ways companies can take advantage of it and how to get started. The company […]

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Predicting and acting upon financial fraud is one of the prime areas of application of advanced big data techniques like machine learning (ML). Earlier this week, a case of money laundering known as the Laundromat was uncovered by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) involving a number of global banks active in the UK. Could ML help prevent such incidents? What progress is there on […]

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Last week, a colleague received the printer’s proofs for an article that she submitted two years ago. You read that correctly. In the time that it takes to earn a master’s degree, she managed to navigate the labyrinth of academic peer review in order to publish one essay. It’s a success story, if you can maintain your sense of humor. Journal publishing in the humanities […]

Middle East

Etihad Airways has yet another nanny flying with the UAE national carrier. Etihad announced the graduation of its 2,000th Flying Nanny, continuing its relationship with Norland, the respected UK-based higher education college which specialises in early years education. This Norland-approved training ensures that Etihad’s cabin crew members who transfer to become Flying Nannies, can combine their service and hospitality expertise with an appreciation of the childcare skills […]

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Fans of “Shark Tank” might recall a recent episode in which a startup company called Sand Cloud won a deal with shark Robert Herjavec. The company’s business success to date–which helped it land the deal on the show–stems largely from how its technology strategy aligns with its target audience of millennials, according to co-founder Brandon Leibel. “Embracing technology helped us to grow enough to get on Shark […]

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ABU DHABI // Unstable weather is expected to continue into the weekend with thunderstorms predicted from Friday. High winds will continue causing poor visibility due to sand and dust with the weather on Thursday expected to be partly cloudy in general with a chance of rain, especially over western and coastal areas, according to the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology. Winds will increase in speed over […]

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“The fighting is raging on as I speak and is expected to last several weeks until the dam, airfield and city are free from ISIS control,” said Col. Joseph E. Scrocca, a spokesman for the American-led command in Baghdad. Continue reading the main story As the operation unfolded, Syrian state television and local residents asserted that at least 30 Syrian civilians were killed in an airstrike that […]

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