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Timbers clinch playoff berth with 5-2 win...

PORTLAND. Ore. (AP) — Jaroslaw Niezgoda scored a pair of first-half goals and the Portland Timbers clinched a spot in the playoffs with a 5-2 victory over the LA Galaxy on Wednesday night. It is the fourth straight season that the Timbers (10-5-5) have made the postseason. Cristian Pavon scored twice for the Galaxy (5-11-3), who have lost eight of their past nine games and are sitting in last place in the Western Conference. The Timbers were coming off…

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Samsung reports record sales amid questions about...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The flood of obituaries for Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-Hee since his death over the weekend have mostly shared his most defining quote: “Change everything except for your wife and children.” Lee’s rant against what he saw as complacency during a senior management meeting in 1993 reflects the demanding leadership that helped the company grow from an obscure maker of cheap televisions into a technology giant. Questions loom over what’s next as Samsung, South…

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 29, the 303rd day of 2020. There are 63 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 29, 1929, “Black Tuesday” descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling and thousands of investors were wiped out as America’s “Great Depression” began. On this date: In 1901, President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gahsh), was electrocuted. In 1940, a blindfolded Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson…

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Artificial intelligence model detects asymptomatic Covid-19 infections...

Asymptomatic people who are infected with Covid-19 exhibit, by definition, no discernible physical symptoms of the disease. They are thus less likely to seek out testing for the virus, and could unknowingly spread the infection to others. But it seems those who are asymptomatic may not be entirely free of changes wrought by the virus. MIT researchers have now found that people who are asymptomatic may differ from healthy individuals in the way that they cough. These differences are……

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We need new business models to burst...

Nik Milanovic Contributor Nik Milanovic is a fintech and financial inclusion enthusiast, with a decade of work across mobile payments, online lending, credit and microfinance. The opinions expressed in his articles do not reflect those of his employer(s). More posts by this contributor Build products that improve the lives of inmates Now more than ever we need fintechs to lead on consumer transparency Access to information in the United States is fragmenting along social lines. This goes beyond the……

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Tokyo Metropolitan Building Staff Cafeteria in Tokyo,...

There are a number of reasons to visit the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. It’s the tallest city hall in the world, evokes a gothic cathedral wrought in metal, and includes observatories and gift shops. But don’t forget to grab a bite to eat at the staff cafeteria in Tower One, which is a cut above, as well as 32 stories above the ground.  Visitors are welcome, and menu items are often in both Japanese and English. A seat at……

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Sasabonsam Enforced the Rules of Renewal in...

Among the Akan people in West Africa, there’s a story of a hunter. He had come from a long, storied lineage, and knew the rules of the land. He knew when he could hunt, when he could not, and where he could hunt, where he could not. But one day, for reasons unknown, he resolved to flout these traditional rules and pursue a kill on a day when humans were forbidden to enter the forest. As he tracked his……

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The Proud, Demanding Vodyanoy Rules Russia’s Rivers...

During the reign of Tsar Nicholas I in the mid-19th century, there lived a farm laborer with three sons, the story goes. The youngest, Ivan, was foolish and lazy. When it was time to mow, he dropped his scythe and slept in the hay. When it was time to fish, he paddled around the lake and did not cast his net even once. One cold, dark spring night, Ivan was returning home from a nearby village, his boots thick……

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The Body Snatchers of Aboriginal Australia’s Legends

It was with bemused condescension that a 2018 financial news article reported on a unique challenge facing a mining company at a new site in Western Australia. According to local Martu lore, the massive dry salt bed was home to a tribe of human-eating monsters. This didn’t dissuade Reward Minerals. For the firm operating in the dusty Outback region of Pilbara, Lake Disappointment presented a lucrative opportunity—“the next Saskatchewan” of potash mining, for what it’s worth. But for the……

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Testing sewage to home in on Covid-19

Covid-19 is a respiratory illness that spreads when infected individuals shed the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes it. While this seems to happen chiefly through close contact and respiratory droplets, evidence has mounted that the disease can also spread through airborne transmission. Distancing, masks, and improved ventilation are all critical interventions to interrupt this spread. Many suffering from Covid-19 also shed the virus in their stool. With adequate plumbing, this is an unlikely source of virus transmission — but……

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Designing new mirror materials for better gravitational-wave...

Nicholas Demos, a physics graduate student, didn’t travel a conventional path to MIT. A first-generation college student, Demos didn’t have a clear trajectory in mind when he first attended California State University at Fullerton after high school. “It was kind of the path of least resistance,” Demos says. When his father passed away in the middle of his undergraduate studies, Demos left school to run the family business, Novatech Lighting Systems, which makes handheld spotlights. He ran the company……

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11 Key Technology Trends Emerging in the...

Technology is a crucial part of the tourism and travel industry, helping businesses with day-to-day operations, while also improving the customer experience. For this reason, it is important that hotels, airlines, restaurants and other companies keep up with the latest technology trends within the travel industry. This is especially vital in the era of COVID, The post 11 Key Technology Trends Emerging in the Travel & Tourism Industry appeared first on Revfine.com….

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Truncated immune system receptors may regulate cellular...

MIT Media Lab researchers have discovered that shortened versions of immunity-related protein receptors, long written off as incomplete and therefore nonfunctional, can bind with their natural counterparts on the cell membrane and may represent pathways to new medications, therapies, and bionic body parts. Although chemokine receptors with truncated structure have previously been considered biologically inconsequential, a paper published in Cell Press’s iScience journal reports that truncated versions of two such receptors, CXCR4 and CCR5, bind with their corresponding ligands and play……

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Castle Rock Badlands in Quinter, Kansas

Utilized as a landmark for Native Americans and European settlers for centuries, Castle Rock itself stands 70-feet high on the otherwise gently rolling western Kansas prairie. It’s all that remains after the erosion of what was once the floor of the Western Interior Seaway from the Cretaceous Period. This particular layer of rock is known as the Niobrara Chalk: lending its name to the University of Kansas’ Rock Chalk chant. The chalk is full of fossils from the sea such as giant clams,……

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