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10 Tips On Asking For More Money At Work | Life Kit | NPR

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Want to make more money? You might consider asking for a raise. If that makes your palms sweat, you're not alone. For starters, there's usually no "how-to" h...

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UK's Rishi Sunak says public finances will not be fixed overnight

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British finance minister said he would not try to fix the public finances overnight, days before he announces a budget plan that is expected to pile more borrowing on top of nearly 300 billion pounds ($418 billion) of COVID spending and tax cuts. He also would not say if he would stick to his Conservative party's promises from 2019 - before the pandemic - not to raise the rates of income tax, value-added tax or national insurance contributions, the three biggest sources of tax revenue. The Sunday Times said Sunak was planning to raise income tax revenues by 6 billion pounds by freezing the point at which people start paying the basic rate of income tax and the threshold at which they begin paying the higher rate."You talked about interest rates and you're right interest rates have been at very low levels, which does allow us to afford slightly higher debt levels," Sunak said.

UK's Rishi Sunak says public finances will not be fixed overnight

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British finance minister said he would not try to fix the public finances overnight, days before he announces a budget plan that is expected to pile more borrowing on top of nearly 300 billion pounds ($418 billion) of COVID spending and tax cuts. He also would not say if he would stick to his Conservative party's promises from 2019 - before the pandemic - not to raise the rates of income tax, value-added tax or national insurance contributions, the three biggest sources of tax revenue. The Sunday Times said Sunak was planning to raise income tax revenues by 6 billion pounds by freezing the point at which people start paying the basic rate of income tax and the threshold at which they begin paying the higher rate."You talked about interest rates and you're right interest rates have been at very low levels, which does allow us to afford slightly higher debt levels," Sunak said.
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New York governor Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by second woman

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Charlotte Bennett, a health policy adviser in the Democratic governor's administration until November, told The Times Cuomo asked her inappropriate questions about her sex life, including whether she ever had sex with older men.I never made advances toward Ms. Bennett nor did I ever intend to act in any way that was inappropriate, Cuomo's statement said. Cuomo, however, said he had authorized an outside review of Bennett's allegations. Garvey said in a statement that Bennett's allegations did not include a claim of physical contact or inappropriate sexual conduct and Bennett was consulted regarding the resolution, and expressed satisfaction and appreciation for the way in which it was handled.

New York governor Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by second woman

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Charlotte Bennett, a health policy adviser in the Democratic governor's administration until November, told The Times Cuomo asked her inappropriate questions about her sex life, including whether she ever had sex with older men.I never made advances toward Ms. Bennett nor did I ever intend to act in any way that was inappropriate, Cuomo's statement said. Cuomo, however, said he had authorized an outside review of Bennett's allegations. Garvey said in a statement that Bennett's allegations did not include a claim of physical contact or inappropriate sexual conduct and Bennett was consulted regarding the resolution, and expressed satisfaction and appreciation for the way in which it was handled.
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Fatalities feared as Myanmar police intensify use of force against protests

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Security forces in made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military staged a coup. There were reports of gunfire as police in Yangon, the country's biggest city, fired tear gas and water cannons while trying to clear the streets of demonstrators demanding that the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi be restored to power. The security forces' clear escalation in use of lethal force in multiple towns and cities across the country in response to mostly peaceful anti-coup protesters is outrageous and unacceptable, and must be immediately halted, said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for New York-based Human Rights Watch. On Saturday, security forces began employing rougher tactics, taking preemptive actions to break up protests and making scores, if not hundreds, of arrests.

Fatalities feared as Myanmar police intensify use of force against protests

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Security forces in made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military staged a coup. There were reports of gunfire as police in Yangon, the country's biggest city, fired tear gas and water cannons while trying to clear the streets of demonstrators demanding that the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi be restored to power. The security forces' clear escalation in use of lethal force in multiple towns and cities across the country in response to mostly peaceful anti-coup protesters is outrageous and unacceptable, and must be immediately halted, said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for New York-based Human Rights Watch. On Saturday, security forces began employing rougher tactics, taking preemptive actions to break up protests and making scores, if not hundreds, of arrests.
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African entertainment startups had their best ever year in 2020

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African entertainment startups had their best funding year on record last year, even as they struggle to find business models that work in the continent. The startups raised a total of $13.9 million in 2020, almost 19 times what the sector had raised the previous year and nearly 116 times what it had secured in 2018, says the report by Disrupt Africa, a website for news on African tech startups. The main funding recipient in the African entertainment sector last year was Kenya’s Mdundo, a music streaming and downloading platform. As an example, iROKOtv, one of Africa’s first mainstream movie streaming websites and an early success story among entertainment startups in the continent, has shifted its focus from Africa to African diaspora markets in North America and Western Europe in search of profit.

African entertainment startups had their best ever year in 2020

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African entertainment startups had their best funding year on record last year, even as they struggle to find business models that work in the continent. The startups raised a total of $13.9 million in 2020, almost 19 times what the sector had raised the previous year and nearly 116 times what it had secured in 2018, says the report by Disrupt Africa, a website for news on African tech startups. The main funding recipient in the African entertainment sector last year was Kenya’s Mdundo, a music streaming and downloading platform. As an example, iROKOtv, one of Africa’s first mainstream movie streaming websites and an early success story among entertainment startups in the continent, has shifted its focus from Africa to African diaspora markets in North America and Western Europe in search of profit.
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A digital firewall in Myanmar, built with guns and wire cutters

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Since the coup, the military has repeatedly shut off the internet and cut access to major social media sites, isolating a country that had only in the past few years linked to the outside world.“The military is afraid of the online activities of people so they tried to block and shut down the internet,” said Ko Zaw Thurein Tun, a president of a local chapter of the Myanmar Computer Professionals Association. Myanmar’s two foreign-owned telecom operators, Telenor and Ooredo, have complied with numerous demands from the military, including instructions to cut off the internet each night for the past week, and block specific websites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.A 36-page draft cybersecurity law that was distributed to telecoms and internet service providers the week after the coup outlines draconian rules that would give the military sweeping powers to block websites and cut off access to users deemed troublesome.

A digital firewall in Myanmar, built with guns and wire cutters

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Since the coup, the military has repeatedly shut off the internet and cut access to major social media sites, isolating a country that had only in the past few years linked to the outside world.“The military is afraid of the online activities of people so they tried to block and shut down the internet,” said Ko Zaw Thurein Tun, a president of a local chapter of the Myanmar Computer Professionals Association. Myanmar’s two foreign-owned telecom operators, Telenor and Ooredo, have complied with numerous demands from the military, including instructions to cut off the internet each night for the past week, and block specific websites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.A 36-page draft cybersecurity law that was distributed to telecoms and internet service providers the week after the coup outlines draconian rules that would give the military sweeping powers to block websites and cut off access to users deemed troublesome.
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Kim Kardashian Files For Divorce From Kanye West | THR News

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Kim Kardashian is seeking a divorce from Kanye West after nearly seven years of marriage, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed with her rep.►►Subscribe for more ...

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Kim Kardashian is seeking a divorce from Kanye West after nearly seven years of marriage, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed with her rep.►►Subscribe for more ...
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The Toxic Loops Within Mathematical Models

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A model is a simplified, abstracted representation of some process, and human beings carry within them uncountable numbers of models. The models are updated over time, as more data is fed to the model, and the recommendations will become stronger as the model understands you more. Models like these may be, for the most part, harmless; after all, what danger could such a model pose?This creates an enormous responsibility for the creators of these models to understand the data being used and to be transparent with the data and the decisions being made through the model.

The Toxic Loops Within Mathematical Models

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A model is a simplified, abstracted representation of some process, and human beings carry within them uncountable numbers of models. The models are updated over time, as more data is fed to the model, and the recommendations will become stronger as the model understands you more. Models like these may be, for the most part, harmless; after all, what danger could such a model pose?This creates an enormous responsibility for the creators of these models to understand the data being used and to be transparent with the data and the decisions being made through the model.
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14 Maintenance Tips for Mobile Phones for Better Performance.

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Sometimes when the phone is plugged into the power supply and in standby mode, the phone puts off by itself. Mobile phones use lithium-ion batteries. If you think your Android phone has a virus; the signs are pop-up ads, the battery is draining very quickly or there is a spike in data usage and many unexpected apps appear on your phone. People should know the phone’s software and the settings so they can manage to keep the phone working well for a long time.

14 Maintenance Tips for Mobile Phones for Better Performance.

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Sometimes when the phone is plugged into the power supply and in standby mode, the phone puts off by itself. Mobile phones use lithium-ion batteries. If you think your Android phone has a virus; the signs are pop-up ads, the battery is draining very quickly or there is a spike in data usage and many unexpected apps appear on your phone. People should know the phone’s software and the settings so they can manage to keep the phone working well for a long time.
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One of the Few Innovations I’ve Seen From Windows in a Long Time

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I have always maintained that the best version of Windows was Windows XP and it has gone down hill from there for a long time.I was one of the people who got a $250 Video Card (at the time) for work use because that was what Microsoft recommended for Windows Vista. My knowledge about Video Cards and Windows work use come from my extensive experiments trying to figure out how and why video cards made a difference (as I had observed at the time). Anyone who has used Windows knows:

One of the Few Innovations I’ve Seen From Windows in a Long Time

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I have always maintained that the best version of Windows was Windows XP and it has gone down hill from there for a long time.I was one of the people who got a $250 Video Card (at the time) for work use because that was what Microsoft recommended for Windows Vista. My knowledge about Video Cards and Windows work use come from my extensive experiments trying to figure out how and why video cards made a difference (as I had observed at the time). Anyone who has used Windows knows:
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The Power Of the Email

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So I started looking up “How to become a freelance writer and podcaster.” At the top of the search results was this link to Khan Academy — Freelance Journalist and Podcaster — What I do and how much I make. In it, Misha Euceph discussed how she made it as a freelance journalist and podcaster. This is not just a story of how Dustlight Productions changed my life for the better, but a story about how important a single email can be. Less than a year after sending the email, I’ve had a huge jumpstart to my audio career that I could’ve never imagined and that's all thanks to an email.

The Power Of the Email

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So I started looking up “How to become a freelance writer and podcaster.” At the top of the search results was this link to Khan Academy — Freelance Journalist and Podcaster — What I do and how much I make. In it, Misha Euceph discussed how she made it as a freelance journalist and podcaster. This is not just a story of how Dustlight Productions changed my life for the better, but a story about how important a single email can be. Less than a year after sending the email, I’ve had a huge jumpstart to my audio career that I could’ve never imagined and that's all thanks to an email.
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How Literature Student Ended up Studying Data Science

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Data Science Is The Answer To Study Human In This EraI hope you can see my path to study data science; I am obsessed with studying the human mind and behaviour. Currently, I am studying Data Science. As a data scientist, I might not have the credit to suggest what you need to learn to start your data science journey; there are a hundred articles online guiding you on preparing to become a data scientist.

How Literature Student Ended up Studying Data Science

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Data Science Is The Answer To Study Human In This EraI hope you can see my path to study data science; I am obsessed with studying the human mind and behaviour. Currently, I am studying Data Science. As a data scientist, I might not have the credit to suggest what you need to learn to start your data science journey; there are a hundred articles online guiding you on preparing to become a data scientist.
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The Feature Store for AI

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When it comes to productionizing and scaling ML models, you need to remember three things — data, data, and data. Increasingly it appears that future enterprise ML platforms will be multi-modal: working with structured as well as unstructured data to maximize the value of data unique to each company. Instead, we need a custom data format that wraps the raw parquet data but also manages the data index and metadata for the dataset itself. To truly unlock the potential of ML/AI, we must create a new generation of data tools that makes it easy to work with a large amount of unstructured data and get to insights in minutes instead of hours.

The Feature Store for AI

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When it comes to productionizing and scaling ML models, you need to remember three things — data, data, and data. Increasingly it appears that future enterprise ML platforms will be multi-modal: working with structured as well as unstructured data to maximize the value of data unique to each company. Instead, we need a custom data format that wraps the raw parquet data but also manages the data index and metadata for the dataset itself. To truly unlock the potential of ML/AI, we must create a new generation of data tools that makes it easy to work with a large amount of unstructured data and get to insights in minutes instead of hours.
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Being a Data Analyst in a Game Developer

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The next step would be using this data to analyze and understand your contribution as a data analyst. Thinking about how you measure your data is just as important, especially before the data collection phase, because your measuring process either backs up or discredits your analysis later on. After you’ve collected the right data to answer your question from Step 1, it’s time for deeper data analysis. As you manipulate data, you may find that you have the exact data you need, but it is also likely that you have to revise your original question or collect more data.

Being a Data Analyst in a Game Developer

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The next step would be using this data to analyze and understand your contribution as a data analyst. Thinking about how you measure your data is just as important, especially before the data collection phase, because your measuring process either backs up or discredits your analysis later on. After you’ve collected the right data to answer your question from Step 1, it’s time for deeper data analysis. As you manipulate data, you may find that you have the exact data you need, but it is also likely that you have to revise your original question or collect more data.
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Create, Deploy & Host React App for Free (GitHub Pages)

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If you haven’t already, you’ll need to follow the steps below to ensure we can create a GitHub Repository for our app and ultimately host it through GitHub!We’re going to need to create a new GitHub Repository for our application to live (that isn’t local). Thankfully GitHub Pages is automatically made available to us by GitHub when we create a repository. You’ve officially deployed your application to GitHub Pages absolutely free, isn’t that awesome?

Create, Deploy & Host React App for Free (GitHub Pages)

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If you haven’t already, you’ll need to follow the steps below to ensure we can create a GitHub Repository for our app and ultimately host it through GitHub!We’re going to need to create a new GitHub Repository for our application to live (that isn’t local). Thankfully GitHub Pages is automatically made available to us by GitHub when we create a repository. You’ve officially deployed your application to GitHub Pages absolutely free, isn’t that awesome?
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Mission-Driven Product Management

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This post intends to present a leadership and management model for product teams that I’ve named Mission-Driven Product Management. For Mission-Driven Product Management, I define a doctrine of product development that draws on the same Napoleonic roots as AugsfrasTaktics or Mission Command that we can use while in high uncertain domains. In terms of problem and solution, the Product Manager would define the problem. Therefore, the Product Manager's role is to give context to the team to design the best possible solution to the given problem.

Mission-Driven Product Management

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This post intends to present a leadership and management model for product teams that I’ve named Mission-Driven Product Management. For Mission-Driven Product Management, I define a doctrine of product development that draws on the same Napoleonic roots as AugsfrasTaktics or Mission Command that we can use while in high uncertain domains. In terms of problem and solution, the Product Manager would define the problem. Therefore, the Product Manager's role is to give context to the team to design the best possible solution to the given problem.
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Learning to Code at Age 81

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People believe that since they are between 30 and 40 years old. Not only did she build a game, but she has also inspired many older people to learn new things. If you want to start learning to program and you are 30, 40, or 50 years old. One year after this you will feel if you would have started one year back.

Learning to Code at Age 81

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People believe that since they are between 30 and 40 years old. Not only did she build a game, but she has also inspired many older people to learn new things. If you want to start learning to program and you are 30, 40, or 50 years old. One year after this you will feel if you would have started one year back.
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Don’t Spin The Wheel: The Fight Against Malvertising

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The world of malvertising and browser extensions has been causing headaches in the ecommerce world for years and brands are constantly looking for ways to fight back and regain control of their websites. As Gillis explains, there are many methods bad actors are using to install malicious code on ecommerce sites, including using browser extensions like Honey and Wikibuy, which are hurting brand bottom lines and disrupting the entire experience of the customer who visits a site. In the malvertising world, what we saw happening was if folks had ads on their website, they had lost control of the user experience. They had lost control of revenue because any bad actor could just buy an ad and take over the user experience and get you to spin the wheel.”

Don’t Spin The Wheel: The Fight Against Malvertising

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The world of malvertising and browser extensions has been causing headaches in the ecommerce world for years and brands are constantly looking for ways to fight back and regain control of their websites. As Gillis explains, there are many methods bad actors are using to install malicious code on ecommerce sites, including using browser extensions like Honey and Wikibuy, which are hurting brand bottom lines and disrupting the entire experience of the customer who visits a site. In the malvertising world, what we saw happening was if folks had ads on their website, they had lost control of the user experience. They had lost control of revenue because any bad actor could just buy an ad and take over the user experience and get you to spin the wheel.”
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China's factory activity expands at a slower pace in February: PMI

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity expanded in February at a slower pace than a month earlier, hitting the lowest level since last May and missing market expectations after brief COVID-19-related disruptions earlier in the year.A sub-index for employment in the official PMI stood at 48.1 in February, down from January's 48.4 as firms laid off more workers and at a faster pace. China's factory gate prices rose on year in January for the first time in a year, as months of strong manufacturing growth pushed raw material costs higher. In the services sector, activity expanded for the 11th consecutive month but at the slowest pace in a year.

China's factory activity expands at a slower pace in February: PMI

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity expanded in February at a slower pace than a month earlier, hitting the lowest level since last May and missing market expectations after brief COVID-19-related disruptions earlier in the year.A sub-index for employment in the official PMI stood at 48.1 in February, down from January's 48.4 as firms laid off more workers and at a faster pace. China's factory gate prices rose on year in January for the first time in a year, as months of strong manufacturing growth pushed raw material costs higher. In the services sector, activity expanded for the 11th consecutive month but at the slowest pace in a year.
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I Became Happy When I Let Go Of These 11 Things

I Became Happy When I Let Go Of These 11 Things

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Here are 11 things I let go of to become genuinely happy in the present:I used to think that I had to feel happy all the time to actually be happy. Let go of the idea that you have to only feel joy in order to be happy. You can be happy and still be a thousand other things at the same time.

I Became Happy When I Let Go Of These 11 Things

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Here are 11 things I let go of to become genuinely happy in the present:I used to think that I had to feel happy all the time to actually be happy. Let go of the idea that you have to only feel joy in order to be happy. You can be happy and still be a thousand other things at the same time.

I Became Happy When I Let Go Of These 11 Things
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The City Where Cars Are Not Welcome

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“If you need a car, use car sharing,” Mr. Würzner said in an interview at Heidelberg’s Baroque-style City Hall, which was nearly deserted because of the pandemic.“If you can’t use car sharing because you’re living too far outside and there is no mass transportation, then use the car, but just to the train station and not to downtown.”Heidelberg is at the forefront of a movement that is probably strongest in Europe but has a presence in plenty of communities around the world, including American cities like Austin, Texas, and Portland, Ore. Vows of fossil fuel abstinence by carmakers in the last month, including G.M., Ford Motor and Jaguar Land Rover, are a tacit admission that they will no longer be welcome in cities at all unless they radically clean up their acts.

The City Where Cars Are Not Welcome

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“If you need a car, use car sharing,” Mr. Würzner said in an interview at Heidelberg’s Baroque-style City Hall, which was nearly deserted because of the pandemic.“If you can’t use car sharing because you’re living too far outside and there is no mass transportation, then use the car, but just to the train station and not to downtown.”Heidelberg is at the forefront of a movement that is probably strongest in Europe but has a presence in plenty of communities around the world, including American cities like Austin, Texas, and Portland, Ore. Vows of fossil fuel abstinence by carmakers in the last month, including G.M., Ford Motor and Jaguar Land Rover, are a tacit admission that they will no longer be welcome in cities at all unless they radically clean up their acts.
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Africa’s biggest air polluter is now battling sewage flows into a major water source

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Years of water contamination from raw sewage is plaguing one of South Africa’s biggest water bodies, the Vaal Dam, on which about 19 million people depend, according to a report released this month by the South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Water from the Vaal Dam is pumped to 13 municipalities, 40 mines, and 926 industries in and around the Gauteng province. As if this was not enough, the Vaal is battling a new threat after water lettuce, an invasive alien species, was reported along the river for the first time. Save the Vaal Environment believes that the opening of sluice gates at the Vaal Dam in February has facilitated the rapid spread of water lettuce downstream, damaging aquatic life along the way.

Africa’s biggest air polluter is now battling sewage flows into a major water source

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Years of water contamination from raw sewage is plaguing one of South Africa’s biggest water bodies, the Vaal Dam, on which about 19 million people depend, according to a report released this month by the South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Water from the Vaal Dam is pumped to 13 municipalities, 40 mines, and 926 industries in and around the Gauteng province. As if this was not enough, the Vaal is battling a new threat after water lettuce, an invasive alien species, was reported along the river for the first time. Save the Vaal Environment believes that the opening of sluice gates at the Vaal Dam in February has facilitated the rapid spread of water lettuce downstream, damaging aquatic life along the way.
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Biden admin reverts to 2008 version of citizenship test

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On December 1 last year, USCIS implemented a revised naturalisation civics test, called the 2020 civics test, as part of a decennial test review and update process. Announcing the reversal of the Trump policy, USCIS said the 2020 civics test development process, content, testing procedures, and implementation schedule “may inadvertently create potential barriers to the naturalization process”. The decision to naturalise demonstrates an investment in and commitment to US, USCIS said, adding that it is committed to administering a test that is an instrument of civic learning and fosters civic integration as part of the test preparation process.“Applicants who filed their application for naturalisation on or after December 1, 2020, and before March 1, 2021, likely have been studying for the 2020 test; therefore, USCIS will give these applicants the option to take either the 2020 civics test or the 2008 civics test,” it said.

Biden admin reverts to 2008 version of citizenship test

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On December 1 last year, USCIS implemented a revised naturalisation civics test, called the 2020 civics test, as part of a decennial test review and update process. Announcing the reversal of the Trump policy, USCIS said the 2020 civics test development process, content, testing procedures, and implementation schedule “may inadvertently create potential barriers to the naturalization process”. The decision to naturalise demonstrates an investment in and commitment to US, USCIS said, adding that it is committed to administering a test that is an instrument of civic learning and fosters civic integration as part of the test preparation process.“Applicants who filed their application for naturalisation on or after December 1, 2020, and before March 1, 2021, likely have been studying for the 2020 test; therefore, USCIS will give these applicants the option to take either the 2020 civics test or the 2008 civics test,” it said.
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Data Governance: The Fundamental Tool for Data Management

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I took inspiration for the article from my 20 years of experience in data management, the DAMA book, numerous blogs/articles that I read, and the excellent book “Data Governance: How to Design, Deploy and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program” by John Ladley. Data Governance (DG) is defined as “the exercise of authority and control (planning, monitoring, and enforcement) over the management of data assets to ensure that those assets are managed properly”. The sentence introduces an important separation between two concepts: data management (DM) and data governance (DG). The fact that I planned to manage my inbox with labels, the labels that I use, and my dedication to manage my inbox that way are all components of the data governance of my inbox.

Data Governance: The Fundamental Tool for Data Management

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I took inspiration for the article from my 20 years of experience in data management, the DAMA book, numerous blogs/articles that I read, and the excellent book “Data Governance: How to Design, Deploy and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program” by John Ladley. Data Governance (DG) is defined as “the exercise of authority and control (planning, monitoring, and enforcement) over the management of data assets to ensure that those assets are managed properly”. The sentence introduces an important separation between two concepts: data management (DM) and data governance (DG). The fact that I planned to manage my inbox with labels, the labels that I use, and my dedication to manage my inbox that way are all components of the data governance of my inbox.
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Build a Basic Image Comparison Slider Using Javascript.

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So, the two images that will be compared in any such case would be an input image and an output image. Therefore, the first thing that we need is to be able to put the output image on top of the input image. Now we have to place the output image on top of the input image. Now we have to clip the output image from the right.

Build a Basic Image Comparison Slider Using Javascript.

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So, the two images that will be compared in any such case would be an input image and an output image. Therefore, the first thing that we need is to be able to put the output image on top of the input image. Now we have to place the output image on top of the input image. Now we have to clip the output image from the right.
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Archeologists find unscathed ceremonial chariot that survived the Mt Vesuvius eruption near Italy's Pompeii - World News , Firstpost

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The Archaeological Park of Pompeii called the chariot “an exceptional discovery” and said 'it represents a unique find — which has no parallel in Italy thus far — in an excellent state of preservation.”Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced Saturday the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made in the same area outside the park near Naples following an investigation into an illegal dig. The chariot, with its iron elements, bronze decorations and mineralised wooden remains, was found in the ruins of a settlement north of Pompeii, beyond the walls of the ancient city, parked in the portico of a stable where the remains of three horses previously were discovered. The Archaeological Park of Pompeii called the chariot “an exceptional discovery” and said "it represents a unique find — which has no parallel in Italy thus far — in an excellent state of preservation.”

Archeologists find unscathed ceremonial chariot that survived the Mt Vesuvius eruption near Italy's Pompeii - World News , Firstpost

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The Archaeological Park of Pompeii called the chariot “an exceptional discovery” and said 'it represents a unique find — which has no parallel in Italy thus far — in an excellent state of preservation.”Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced Saturday the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made in the same area outside the park near Naples following an investigation into an illegal dig. The chariot, with its iron elements, bronze decorations and mineralised wooden remains, was found in the ruins of a settlement north of Pompeii, beyond the walls of the ancient city, parked in the portico of a stable where the remains of three horses previously were discovered. The Archaeological Park of Pompeii called the chariot “an exceptional discovery” and said "it represents a unique find — which has no parallel in Italy thus far — in an excellent state of preservation.”
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Hong Kong Charges 47 Democracy Supporters With Violating Security Law

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HONG KONG — Dozens of pro-democracy figures who were rounded up and detained last month were arrested again on Sunday and charged with violating Hong Kong’s harsh new national security law, the latest blow to the dwindling hopes for democracy in the territory. The 47 politicians and activists charged on Sunday are accused of breaking the security law by helping to organize an informal election primary last year for Hong Kong’s pro-democratic political camp. Before Sunday, only a handful of people had been formally charged with violating the security law, though about 100 have been arrested on suspicion of doing so. The police said that each of the 47 people had been charged with a single count of “conspiracy to commit subversion.” They include Benny Tai, a former University of Hong Kong law professor who drafted an election strategy for the pro-democracy camp that included the informal primary.

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HONG KONG — Dozens of pro-democracy figures who were rounded up and detained last month were arrested again on Sunday and charged with violating Hong Kong’s harsh new national security law, the latest blow to the dwindling hopes for democracy in the territory. The 47 politicians and activists charged on Sunday are accused of breaking the security law by helping to organize an informal election primary last year for Hong Kong’s pro-democratic political camp. Before Sunday, only a handful of people had been formally charged with violating the security law, though about 100 have been arrested on suspicion of doing so. The police said that each of the 47 people had been charged with a single count of “conspiracy to commit subversion.” They include Benny Tai, a former University of Hong Kong law professor who drafted an election strategy for the pro-democracy camp that included the informal primary.
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Georgia gets new PM and opposition leader gets arrested

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Georgian law enforcement officers detain a man during a demonstration held by opposition supporters near the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia February 22, 2021. Protesters set up tents outside Georgia’s parliament building and blocked the capital’s main avenue Tuesday to oppose the arrest of the leader of the country’s main opposition party. Before the police raid, parliament members on Tuesday named a new prime minister, replacing one who opposed arresting Melia because of concern it would escalate the country’s political crisis. During the October election, the Georgian Dream party, which has governed Georgia for the last eight years, tallied the largest share of votes at 48%.

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At least 62 killed in Ecuadorean prison gang riots

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President Lenin Moreno has sought to control prison violence in the Andean country, declaring the prison system in a temporary state of emergency, because of the frequent confrontations between criminal gangs.“These were two groups vying for criminal leadership within the detention centers,” said Edmundo Moncayo, director of Ecuador’s prison agency. The violence erupted in prisons in Guayas, Azuay and Cotopaxi provinces, which hold about 70% of Ecuador’s total prison population according to official statistics. Ecuador has about 53 detention centers, including those for juvenile offenders, with a prison population of some 37,500 people, according to official data.

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‘There is one candidate to lead the budget department and her name is Neera Tanden’: White House

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“There’s one candidate to lead the budget department, and her name is Neera Tanden,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Tuesday as several Republican Senators are opposing her nomination, citing her past social media behaviour. The Senate Budget Committee has scheduled a vote on Tanden’s nomination on Wednesday, while the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is all set to take up the vote a day later on Thursday. Neha Dewan, national director of South Asians for Biden said South Asians for Biden stands with Tanden and Surgeon General nominee Dr Vivek Murthy, and strongly urges swift confirmations of Biden’s cabinet selections. On the Senate floor, Senator John Cornyn, who co-chairs the Senate Indian Caucus, urged Biden to withdraw the nomination of Tanden.

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Joe Biden nominates Indian-American lawyer Kiran Ahuja to head Office of Personnel Management

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US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that manages America’s more than two million civil servants. During the Obama-Biden administration, she spent six years as executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, leading efforts to increase access to federal services, resources and programmes for underserved Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs).“As the former chief of staff to the director of OPM and the former executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders under the Obama administration, she will bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to OPM that will enable her to hit the ground running on day one,” Chu added. In a statement, American Federation of Government employees said Ahuja brings a wealth of experience in federal personnel matters and her record of advocacy on behalf of women of colour is reason to be optimistic that she will make it a priority to reverse the previous administration’s active undermining of diversity and inclusion efforts across the government.

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Mars rover’s giant parachute carried secret message

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NASA's Perseverance rover descends to down down on Mars in a still image from a video camera aboard the descent stage (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot (21-metre) parachute. Another added touch not widely known until touchdown: Perseverance bears a plaque depicting all five of NASA’s Mars rovers in increasing size over the years ?

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Israel gives vaccine to far-off allies, as Palestinians wait

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The Israeli government has pledged to send thousands of spare coronavirus vaccines to foreign allies, reigniting a debate about Israel’s responsibilities to people closer to home: Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. On Tuesday, the governments of the Czech Republic and Honduras confirmed that Israel had promised them each 5,000 vaccine doses manufactured by Moderna. The vaccines allocated Tuesday were given without conditions, but they tacitly reward recent gestures from the receiving countries that implicitly accept Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, which both Israelis and Palestinians consider their capital. But the move has angered Palestinians because it suggests Israel’s allies are of greater priority than the Palestinians living under Israeli control in the occupied territories, almost all of whom have yet to receive a vaccine.

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China’s seniors, seeking retirement homes, find scams instead

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With every call and meeting, the salesperson made the same pitch: By investing just a little bit of money, Yang could secure a spot in a retirement home at a great price and make some extra cash to boot. In Beijing, for example, the monthly bill at retirement homes can be as high as $1,500, according to one report, triple the average retirement paycheck of $535 a month. Police in the city of Yiyang are investigating Heng Fuhai, the company that Yang invested in, and Yiyang Nanuo Senior Apartments, the company that took money from Cao Yinglin, the retired handyman who threw himself into the river last month. Now Yang is just grateful for the small monthly retirement money she receives.

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Ireland: Hundreds rally in violent anti-lockdown protest

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Irish police charged at the anti-curfew protesters with batons and made 23 arrests. Hundreds of people on Saturday took to the streets of Dublin for a planned demonstration that quickly turned into violent clashes between protesters and police. The protesters tried to march to a city center park to protest Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown measures but were blocked from the area by the police. Some of the protesters who had arrived were “obviously intent on violence,” Police Commissioner Drew Harris told Irish broadcaster RTE.

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Hong Kong: 47 dissidents charged with ‘subversion’

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The 47 charged were among 53 pro-democracy activists arrested by police in January. Hong Kong police charged a group of 47 prominent dissidents with “conspiracy to commit subversion” on Sunday. The 47 charged were among 53 pro-democracy activists arrested by police in January. The National Security office had ordered some of those arrested in January to report to local police stations in Hong Kong at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday.

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Israeli-owned ship docked in Dubai after mysterious blast

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The ship has been damaged by an unexplained blast at the gulf of Oman on Thursday, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. An Israeli-owned cargo ship that suffered a mysterious explosion in the Gulf of Oman came to Dubai’s port for repairs Sunday, days after the blast that revived security concerns in Mideast waterways amid heightened tensions with Iran. The blast on the ship Friday recalled a string of attacks on foreign oil tankers in 2019 that the U.S. Navy blamed on Iran. The blast hit as the ship was sailing from the Saudi port Dammam out of the Gulf of Oman, forcing it to turn to Dubai for inspection.

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Racial Impostor Syndrome: When you're made to feel like a fake

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But when I turned 15, everything changed. My family moved to Hong Kong for a year because of my mother's job with an art gallery. In my new adopted city and international school, I was fully immersed in a community with other Asian people for the first time. There were people from China, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea in my grade.

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What Exactly Is the Blood Brain Barrier?

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Our brains are choosy about what they let in, and that's thanks to the blood brain barrier. In this episode, Patrick explores how this anatomical separation ...

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Our brains are choosy about what they let in, and that's thanks to the blood brain barrier. In this episode, Patrick explores how this anatomical separation ...

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Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to Recall Governor

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Nearly 40,000 small businesses had closed in the state by September — more than in any other state since the pandemic began, according to a report compiled by Yelp. Acknowledging that the pandemic has “heavily impacted our small businesses,” the director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, Dee Dee Myers, pointed to several state programs that offer them help. They include the California Small Business Covid-19 Relief Grant Program, the California Rebuilding Fund and the Main Street Hiring Tax Credit. Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said in a statement that Mr. Newsom had “proven that he is woefully unqualified to lead the state of California.”

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Zuma Risks Arrest After Defying South Africa Corruption Inquiry

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa whose nearly decade-long tenure was tainted by breathtaking corruption scandals, refused to appear before an inquiry panel Monday, raising the possibility that he would be imprisoned for contempt. The panel’s leader, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, said he was seeking an order from the Constitutional Court, the country’s highest court, that would “impose a term of imprisonment on Mr. Zuma.”Justice Zondo’s move catapulted the simmering theme of corruption during Mr. Zuma’s term, which lasted from 2009 to 2018, into a tense showdown over the accountability of the former president. Mr. Zuma, 78, had been set to appear before the inquiry panel, the Commission on State Capture, starting Monday for a week of testimony about his role in the corruption.

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Chinese moviegoers flock to theatres after COVID-19 containment, spur new box office records - World News , Firstpost

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Only every other seat is allowed to be occupied, making it even harder to obtain tickets for the most popular films. China overtook the US as the world’s biggest market for movie ticket sales last year as the American box office took a massive hit from the closure of cinemas because of the pandemic. Only every other seat is allowed to be occupied, making it even harder to obtain tickets for the most popular films. According to the China Movie Data Information Network, 95 percent of ticket sales came from the seven top-grossing films timed for release around the Lunar New Year festival, which began this year on 12 February.

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In oil-rich Iraq, a few women buck norms, don hard hats at rig sites

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It's nearly dawn and Zainab Amjad has been up all night working on an oil rig in southern She lowers a sensor into the black depths of a well until sonar waves detect the presence of the crude that fuels her country's economy. The women, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers in Instead, they chose to become trailblazers in the country's oil industry, donning hard hats to take up the grueling work at rig sites. To work in the field, Amjad, the daughter of two doctors, knew she had to land a job with an oil company and to do that, she would have to stand out. Protests outside oil fields led by angry local tribes and the unemployed can disrupt work and sometimes escalate into violence toward oil workers.

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In Quest for Herd Immunity, Giant Vaccination Sites Proliferate

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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — With the nation’s coronavirus vaccine supply expected to swell over the next few months, states and cities are rushing to open mass vaccination sites capable of injecting thousands of shots a day into the arms of Americans, an approach the Biden administration has seized on as crucial for reaching herd immunity in a nation of 330 million. The sites are one sign of growing momentum toward vaccinating every willing American adult. In addition to using mass sites, President Biden wants pharmacies, community clinics that serve the poor and mobile vaccination units to play major roles in increasing the vaccination rate. With only about 9 percent of adults fully vaccinated to date, the kind of scale mass sites provide may be essential as more and more people become eligible for the vaccines and as more infectious variants of the virus proliferate in the United States.

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Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau renew the ties put to the test by Donald Trump

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President Joe Biden, joined virtually by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, delivers remarks from the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. President Joe Biden spoke by video conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on Tuesday, trying in his first virtual meeting with a foreign leader to restore a sense of normalcy to a core relationship brusquely upended by former President Donald Trump.“The United States has no closer friend than Canada,” Biden told Trudeau just before their meeting. Trudeau was the first foreign leader to call Biden in November with congratulations on his election victory, and the first one Biden called after his swearing-in last month.

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No charges against officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death

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Attorney General Letitia James, whose office took over the investigation, said her office had “presented the strongest case possible” to the grand jury, but couldn’t persuade it that the officers had committed a crime.“I know that the Prude family, the Rochester community and communities across the country will rightfully be disappointed by this outcome,” said James, who traveled to Rochester to announce the grand jury’s decision at a church near where Prude was fatally injured. Lawyers for the seven police officers suspended over Prude’s death have said the officers were strictly following their training that night, employing a restraining technique known as “segmenting.” They claimed Prude’s use of PCP, which caused irrational behavior, was “the root cause” of his death.A police-practices expert hired by the attorney general found some of the officers’ actions, including the “segmenting” tactic, were reasonable — but the expert said keeping Prude on his stomach for three minutes, including nearly a minute after he’d apparently vomited, “was unnecessary, unreasonable, and against accepted police practice,” James’ office said in a report.

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Managers of Texas power grid resign after widespread storm outages

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Five officials will resign from the board overseeing the Texas power grid after it was pushed to the brink of collapse by the recent winter storm, leaving millions without electricity during some of the coldest temperatures the state has experienced in a generation. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the board that governs the flow of power for more than 26 million people in the state, has been blamed for the widespread outages, prompting the governor, lawmakers and federal officials to begin inquiries into the system’s failures, particularly in preparation for cold weather. As the state was reeling from the crisis, the realization that some board members lived out of state became a source of outrage, so much so that ERCOT initially took down information about them from its website. The resignations from the board come as the state Legislature prepares to hold hearings on the power outages on Thursday.

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