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The Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious Information by David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace.

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader




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Vincent is his community's coronavirus messaging translator in a fight against misinformation

If Vincent Uwimana had not started translating important messages about COVID-19, Congolese refugees may still believe hot water and onions could protect them.




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Father of missing backpacker Theo Hayez pleas to press for information on missing son




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Victoria Police offer $500,000 reward for information on Melbourne rape

Police announce a $500,000 reward for information about the rape of an 18-year-old woman in Melbourne's CBD last year, as the victim speaks about the "traumatic" attack for the first time.





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Police appeal for information after a woman's body is found in Melbourne park

Victoria Police are appealing for members of the public to come forward with information after a woman's body was found in a park in Melbourne's inner north.




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'No reason' churchgoer was shot in the face, police say as they offer reward for information

Police say there is "no reason" a man was shot as he was driving two women home from a church service, and they hope a $250,000 reward will help find answers for him.




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Police appeal for information after newborn's body found abandoned

NSW Police are appealing for any information after the body of a newborn baby was found in Stockton, near Newcastle.



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Driver Reviver rest stops' popularity wanes but visitor information centres step into the role

The free cuppa and bikkie offered at the once-popular Driver Reviver sites on the nation's major highways have been slowly losing their appeal to tired motorists.




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Earthquake panic in WA's north sparks calls for better emergency information

There are calls for clearer emergency information after residents fled their homes during the Kimberley earthquake.





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Cape York community's fight to save Iron Range rainforest devastated by Cyclone Trevor

A remote Cape York community is in the fight of its life to save a unique rainforest that was devastated by a cyclone.




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Wild dog attacks woman cooking dinner in Cape York rainforest home

A woman is recovering in hospital after a wild dog, believed to be a dingo, burst into her Cape York house and attacked her while she was cooking dinner.




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Rainforest more flammable than grass amid fears Iron Range will take decades to recover from fires

Scientists fear Cape York's Iron Range (Kutini-Payamu) National Park could take decades to recover after weekend fires.




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Deadly Asian fungus, poisonous to touch, found in Far North Queensland rainforest

The world's second-deadliest fungus, the poison fire coral, is found in Far North Queensland for the first time, a long way from its usual home in the mountains of Japan and Korea, and can cause a "horrifying array of symptoms".




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Man dead, woman seriously injured after 10-metre fall from zipline in Far North Queensland rainforest

A man is dead and a woman seriously injured after falling more than 10 metres from a zipline in the Daintree rainforest in Far North Queensland, police say.




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Gold Coast hinterland fire prompts question can rainforests burn?

Acting Queensland Premier Jackie Trad says the Gold Coast hinterland fire that swept through the area over the weekend included areas of rainforest a highly unusual event, but one that experts say is occurring more frequently in recent times.




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Adani facing prosecution for allegedly providing false information in Carmichael mine report

Mining giant Adani is being accused of providing false information to Queensland's environment department over land clearing at the site of its proposed Carmichael mine.




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Information Management

IBM Business Partners can access easy-to-manage, easy-to-afford Information Management solutions for their midmarket clients.




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A brief introduction to the beauty of Information Theory




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Health experts don't understand how information moves | The Atlantic

If the authorities can’t satisfy the public’s desire to know more, others will fill the void with misinformation. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at the UW, is mentioned.




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Experian Information Solutions v. Nationwide Marketing Ser.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed in part and reversed in part the summary judgment in favor of defendant in a copyright case. Plaintiff compiled a listing of individual consumer names with their addresses and sought copyright protection. The District Court found in favor of the defendant and against the copyright claims. The 9th Circuit held that the compilation of names and addresses is copyrightable, but plaintiff had failed to establish that its copyright had been infringed. Affirmed as to the infringement claim for the defendant, but reversed as to the state law trade secret claim.




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Milligan v. CCC Information Services Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Held that an automobile insurance policyholder who was unhappy with the handling of her claim for the total loss of her vehicle did not have to submit the dispute to a panel of appraisers, as set forth in the policy. Affirmed the denial of the insurer's motion to compel appraisal in this proposed class action.




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Electronic Privacy Information Center v. IRS

(United States DC Circuit) - Affirmed the dismissal of a nonprofit organization's lawsuit seeking President Donald Trump's income tax records. Held that no one can use a Freedom of Information Act request to demand to inspect another's tax records. The case involved a FOIA request filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center shortly after the 2016 election.




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Radcliffe v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - In an ethics and professional responsibility action, arising out of a dispute between class plaintiffs over conflicts of interest among class counsel, the district court's rejection of the motion to disqualify counsel is affirmed where California does not apply a rule of automatic disqualification for conflicts of simultaneous representation in the class action context and the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that counsel will adequately represent the class.



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InfoSpan, Inc. v. Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that there was no basis for personal jurisdiction over a United Arab Emirates bank in a commercial dispute with a technology firm. The firm argued that the bank had waived its personal-jurisdiction defense through its litigation conduct. Disagreeing, the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded with directions to dismiss the case because the bank lacked sufficient minimum contacts with the U.S.




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UT Lighthouse Ministry v. Found. for Apologetic Info. and Research

(United States Tenth Circuit) - In an action claiming trademark infringement, unfair competition, and cybersquatting, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) trademark infringement and unfair competition claims failed as plaintiff did not show that "Utah Lighthouse" was protectable, that defendant's use was in connection with any goods or services, and that defendant was likely to cause confusion among consumers as to the source of goods sold on its online bookstore; 2) defendant lacked a bad faith intent to profit from the use of plaintiff's trademark in several domain names under the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act (ACPA); and 3) defendant's website met safe harbor conditions of the ACPA since it was a parody.




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Charity Scam - Further Information :

A response from Fang Wengen, the lawyer of Mrs Yang Huiyan




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Experian Information Solutions v. Nationwide Marketing Ser.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed in part and reversed in part the summary judgment in favor of defendant in a copyright case. Plaintiff compiled a listing of individual consumer names with their addresses and sought copyright protection. The District Court found in favor of the defendant and against the copyright claims. The 9th Circuit held that the compilation of names and addresses is copyrightable, but plaintiff had failed to establish that its copyright had been infringed. Affirmed as to the infringement claim for the defendant, but reversed as to the state law trade secret claim.




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The Indie Spotify Bible - Contact Information For Over 3000 Spotify Playlists!

Each Playlist Is Categorized By GENRE So You Can Easily Contact The Curators




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Electronic Privacy Information Center v. US Dept. of Commerce and Bureau of the Census

(United States DC Circuit) - Remanded for dismissal. The Electronic Privacy Information Center sued following a US Department of Commerce announcement that citizenship would be among the questions included in the 2020 census. EPIC sought to enjoin the question because they claim their members were entitled to a Privacy Impact Assessment. However, EPIC lacked standing to proceed with the suit.




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11 tips voor een productievere werkdag [infographic]

To-do-lijstjes die groter worden in plaats van kleiner, deadlines die zich opstapelen en een bomvolle agenda met afspraken. Het kan frustrerend zijn als je na een lange werkdag niet alles afgerond hebt wat je graag af wilde hebben. Zeker in deze periode waarin thuiswerken de normaalste zaak ter wereld is en alles op afstand moet. […]




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Trinity Warner v. Experian Information Solutions

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed Defendant’s summary judgment against Plaintiff, holding that the Fair Credit Reporting Act did not require Defendant to initiate a reinvestigation of incorrect credit report items because Plaintiff did not directly notify Defendant of disputed items.




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Tech companies step up fight against bad coronavirus info

Potentially dangerous coronavirus misinformation has spread from continent to continent like the pandemic itself, forcing the world’s largest tech companies to take unprecedented action to protect public health.




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Police Appeal For Info: Ramesh Phillipe Dusoruth

Ramesh Phillipe Dusoruth — who was arrested and charged regarding allegations of misuse of millions of dollars of investors’ money – failed to appear in Court, and police said that it appears that indicate Mr. Dusoruth “absconded from Bermuda,” and a Red Notice has been circulated via Interpol for Mr. Dusoruth “with a view to […]

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Police Appeal For Information: Yuval Abraham

Police have appealed for information on the whereabouts of Yuval Joshua Abraham — who is alleged to have defrauded Hiscox of approximately $1.8 million — saying that Mr. Abraham “left Bermuda before an arrest could be made.” Acting Detective Superintendent Nicholas Pedro [Crime Division] said, “Following a complaint from Hiscox Group of Companies, officers of […]

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BMRA To Host Info Desk For Bermuda Charge

The Bermuda Charge Race Committee and the Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Association [BMRA] will host an information desk for local racing prospects who would like to compete in motorcycle or touring car road races at the September 2020 event. The information desk will be set-up at the Transport Museum on Sunday 2nd February. Local riders and […]

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Additional Information On Sea Turtle Relocation

Starting this week, America’s Cup Bermuda [ACBDA], in cooperation with the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo [BAMZ], are coordinating the collection of sea turtles in anticipation of increased marine traffic in the Great Sound over May and June. “It is well known in the sea turtle conservation community that where there are turtles and boats, […]

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Dr Gibbons: ‘Trump-Like Misinformation On AC’

It’s “unfortunate” that the new PLP government “continue to spin Trump-like misinformation about Bermuda’s highly successful financial management and hosting of the recent 35th America’s Cup,” Shadow Minister of Economic Development Dr Grant Gibbons said today. Premier Tables Supplementary Estimate Earlier today, Premier and Minister of Finance David Burt tabled a Supplementary Estimate in the […]

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Case Remains Open, BPS Appeal For Information

The police are renewing their appeal for any information about the disappearance of Rudy Smith, who was last seen alive in July 2012, with the police saying that his disappearance is “being treated as a murder investigation and remains an active case.” A police spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Police Service is renewing the witness appeal for […]

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Police Appeal: Information On Taylor Grier Murder

The Bermuda Police Service [BPS] is renewing the appeal for information regarding the murder of Taylor Grier, who was fatally shot on Court Street in Pembroke on July 27th, 2018. Crime Stoppers video appeal released in October 2018: A police spokesperson said, “Mr. Grier was fatally shot on Friday 27th July 2018, one year ago […]

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TRB Webinar: Load-Carrying Geosynthetic-Reinforced Bridge Abutments

Construction of load-carrying geosynthetic-reinforced bridge abutments are surging worldwide. The design directly supports the load of bridge girders without the need of deep foundation. TRB is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM Eastern that will provide an overview, comparison, and discussion of methodologies used in the design of such bridge abutments. They have the potential of alleviating the “bump at the bridge,” expediting construction, and requiring comparatively smal...




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Subsurface Utility Engineering Information for Airports

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 34: Subsurface Utility Engineering Information for Airports examines ways in which information on subsurface utilities is collected, maintained, and used by airports, their consultants, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to help increase the effectiveness of, and enhance safety during, infrastructure development programs at airports. The report also compares the current state of technology and effective processes from other industry se...



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Looking for a new IT gig? Here are vacancies around the world for developers, cloud engineers, infosec analysts, Jira admin, and more

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Job Alert This week we've got job openings from all over the globe to tempt you, your friends or your past colleagues back into work, or indeed into new ventures.…




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Featured - Is bioinformatics the new hot career choice for scientists?

Anyone with strong bioinformatics skills looking for a job with a fantastic energetic new PI at the University of Arizona? Today I spent time with a friend and new PI at the University of Arizona talking about her metagenomics projects. She's been advertising for an opening for a computational biologist for quite a while.  She tells me that she can't find anyone to fill this position beca; (read more)

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TurboTax accounts hacked, delaying tax refunds, compromising personal information, impairing credit rating

Online criminals have been systematically targeting TurboTax, filing fraudulent tax returns of individuals, and diverting their tax refunds to prepaid debit, cards, stealing their personal information, and using and impairing their credit ratings. Continue reading




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The Weather Company and PRISA Noticias Collaborate To Offer Comprehensive Weather News and Information across Spanish-Language Media

The Weather Company, an IBM Business, and PRISA Noticias, one of the world’s leading Spanish-language media groups and owner of EL PAÍS newspaper, announced today a collaboration to combine the most accurate forecasts with one of the Spanish-speaking world’s largest media groups. The Weather Company will provide in-depth weather data and forecasts, as well as tailored content across PRISA properties. In turn, PRISA Noticias will provide locally relevant articles, photos and video content within the Spanish versions of The Weather Channel app and website (weather.com). The collaboration will also enable local marketers to access advanced data-driven advertising solutions from IBM Watson Advertising (formerly The Weather Company’s ad sales business) across both companies’ properties.




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IBM Watson provee información cognitiva en el Torneo de Tenis US Open 2016

IBM y la Asociación de Tenis de los Estados Unidos (USTA por sus siglas en inglés) anunciaron que IBM Watson participará en el campeonato US Open por primera vez por medio de una nueva característica de consejería cognitiva piloteada en las aplicaciones móviles oficiales del torneo, a fin de mejorar la experiencia de los aficionados presentes en el Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.




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Euro-Information, groupe Crédit Mutuel, et IBM France s’associent dans l’univers des offres de services innovantes

Dans l’objectif d’une recherche permanente d’innovation et d’anticipation, cette alliance stratégique couvre le co-développement de nouvelles offres commerciales pour l’installation et la maintenance de systèmes informatiques, monétiques et d’objets connectés. Ce domaine représente un potentiel de marché dont la croissance est estimée à 12% par an.




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KOMENTÁŘ: Jak čelit koronavirovému informačnímu přetížení

V době koronavirové pandemie nás bombardují ze všech stran nejrůznější informace. Informační přetížení je tak značné, že v mnohých lidech vyvolává strach a stres. Jak tomu čelit, komu věřit a jaké informace ignorovat, se v komentáři zamýšlí psycholog Jan Urban.



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