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4 weird ways climate change could end civilization

Don't read this if you are in a bad mood. Or a good mood, really.




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Up to 100,000 cattle dead in South Dakota blizzard

A rare, early October blizzard has devastated the South Dakota rancher community, after as many as 100,000 head of cattle may have died following the October 3rd storm.




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"Peak Fertilizer" To Make Manure A Valuable Commodity

Synthetic fertilizer is likely to become significantly more costly for US farmers. This trend will make manure a valuable commodity once again (as it was prior to the 1950s). There are two main reasons for the




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Computer program solves mysteries of fossilized leaves

The new program can learn and classify leaves so well that it could reveal the "tree of life" of ancient plants.




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Geodesic pergola of recycled timbers revitalizes rural village

In a nod to Buckminster Fuller's design philosophy of "maximum gain with minimal input," the wooden supports for this lightweight canopy are recycled from a village renovation project.




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Mushrooms Could Drastically Cut Fertilizer Use in Agriculture

Yesterday Mike reported on the use of mushrooms to break down disposable diapers, and the day before I posted a video of how mushrooms can clean up pollution, kill pests and recycle




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Globalized Beef, Palm Oil & Timber Corporations Now Main Cause of Tropical Deforestation

Confirming what previous studies have shown, new research from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that the main threats to tropical forests are no longer from




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People are realizing how badly they need nature

Only it can provide the rejuvenation and entertainment that cannot be found elsewhere.




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No more real fur for Queen Elizabeth

All new clothing items from now on will be made with fake fur.





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Abbott's iDesign System Creates 3-D Map of the Eye for Precise, Personalized LASIK Vision Treatment - NASA’s Newest Space Telescope is Calibrated by the Same Technology Used in LASIK

Years ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope launched with an error in the telescope’s mirror, which blurred its images for its first years in orbit. For NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope that is traveling much farther out in space, there can’t be a mistake. Abbott scientists created a technology to calibrate the mirrors on NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, which is now the same technology used in the iDesign System that allows ophthalmologists to map the human eye with great precision for a highly personalized LASIK treatment.




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Cuomo says it's 'shocking' most new coronavirus hospitalizations are people who had been staying home

Early look at data from 100 New York hospitals shows that 66% of new admissions related to the virus are people who were at home, Cuomo said.




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Hydroxychloroquine fails to help hospitalized coronavirus patients in US funded study

Hydroxychloroquine, a decades-old malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump, didn't appear to help hospitalized patients with Covid-19, according to a new observational study.




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Wedbush's Kulina: The key for big tech earnings has been signs of stabilization in April

Joel Kulina of Wedbush Securities discusses the key takeaways from Facebook, Microsoft and Tesla's earnings reports, and whether big tech companies may largely get a pass for a downturn in business in the latter part of Q1.




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Payroll processor ADP CEO says hiring data indicate the jobs market has begun to 'stabilize'

After weeks of record unemployment claims across the country, "we have seen a couple of indicators of some bottoming," ADP CEO Carlos Rodriguez told CNBC.




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Market correction could hit once Wall Street realizes fewer rate cuts are coming, Blackstone warns

Blackstone's Joseph Zidle predicts the Fed will cut rates but says Wall Street won't get what it wants, and stocks could fall as much as 20%.




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Op-ed: How the US can use the Covid-19 crisis to reimagine the energy world, save jobs and stabilize markets

The U.S. role as the world's leading oil and gas producer doesn't feel as empowering as it recently did, with oil prices heading into negative territory for the first time ever this week.




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Trader lays out how to play Activision Blizzard ahead of earnings

Tony Zhang on a bearish Activision trade. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Options Action Traders, Carter Worth and Mike Khouw.




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DSP A.C.E. Fund (Analyst's Conviction Equalized) - Series 2 - Regular Plan - Growth

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DSP A.C.E. Fund (Analyst's Conviction Equalized) - Series 2 - Regular Plan - Dividend Payout

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DSP A.C.E. Fund (Analyst's Conviction Equalized) - Series 2 - Direct Plan - Growth

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DSP A.C.E. Fund (Analyst's Conviction Equalized) - Series 2 - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout

Category Income
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DSP A.C.E. Fund (Analyst's Conviction Equalized) - Series 1 - Regular Plan - Growth

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DSP A.C.E. Fund (Analyst's Conviction Equalized) - Series 1 - Regular Plan - Dividend Payout

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DSP A.C.E. Fund (Analyst's Conviction Equalized) - Series 1 - Direct Plan - Growth

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DSP A.C.E. Fund (Analyst's Conviction Equalized) - Series 1 - Direct Plan - Dividend Payout

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Go hands-on with interactive AI visualizations

Artificial Intelligence systems can recognize our voices, forecast the weather and help decide who gets a loan. Given the increasing ubiquity of AI, it’s important that everyone is able to understand more about it.

Like any system or technology, AI doesn’t always get it right. And understanding why AI systems break is often not easy for people who aren't experts in the field; research results are shared in dense papers filled with formulas.

Of course, people who haven't studied AI still need to be able to ask critical questions about these systems. To help support these kinds of discussions, we've created AI Explorables, a series of interactive explanations of key AI concepts. They’re specifically geared toward non-experts (even though we think and hope that experts will also find them interesting and thought-provoking). 

The first two Explorables walk you through an assessment determining whether an AI system is fair and unbiased. Measuring Fairness weighs the trade-offs involved in building a machine that diagnoses a disease—and lets you try tuning it to be fairer.

In another Explorable, called Hidden Bias, we examine a system that predicts student's grades. Biased by the data it has learned from, the system predicts lower grades for women. Trying to fix this by hiding gender from the system doesn't always work (and, in some cases, can actually increase the bias in the system). 

In the coming months we plan on sharing more Explorables on other fairness issues (how do feedback loops affect the biases of an AI system?), interpretability (why did the AI system decide to do that?) and privacy (what does it mean in the context of an AI system?).

People and AI Research (PAIR) is committed to making machine learning more participatory, and we believe that Explorables will help expand the conversation around machine learning and make it more inclusive. You can find more updates about Explorables and our other work at the (new) PAIR Medium channel.




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Caramelized Sesame Chocolate Bar Recipe

Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook!

Not long after my second son was born, I received a message from Audrey, a reader I’d been conversing with […]

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The human rights of marginalized groups are more than just “identity politics”

Last month, Senator Bernie Sanders spoke in a notably all-white panel at a Sanders Institute conference, and reiterated a frequent talking point of his, as well as many in his sect of often white, male progressive thinkers who reject what they call “identity politics” and “social issues.” According to Sanders, the experiences of rural Trump […]




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Twitter Thread: Lizard Creates Hilarious Havoc In Garden

Graham doesn't play by the rules. Clearly, Graham is busy enjoying life to the fullest. We just need to make sure that Graham doesn't get behind the wheel after knocking back all that Coors. 




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Tax-News.com: Philippines Aiming To Finalize Tax Reform By End Of October

Benjamin Diokno, the Philippines' Budget and Management Secretary, says the Government should secure the passage of all the remaining comprehensive tax reform bills within the next two months.




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Elizabeth Hurley shares picture in bikini top, denim shorts during quarantine: 'Spring has sprung'

It seems like English actor and businesswoman Elizabeth Hurley is taking some time to soak up the nice weather amid self-isolation. The 54-year-old British model took to Instagram on Friday to share a photo of herself. She was seen rocking a hot pink bikini top featuring gold chain detailing from her swimsuit line paired with denim shorts while she stood outside, raising her arms in the air.

 
 
 
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Spring has sprung #stayhome 😘

A post shared by Elizabeth Hurley (@elizabethhurley1) onApr 24, 2020 at 12:11pm PDT

Hurley captioned the picture as, "Spring has sprung #stayhome," reminding her social media followers to continue to social distance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

She has been quarantined in her Herefordshire country home alongside eight other family members, including her 18-year-old son Damian and widowed mother Angela.

Earlier this month, the star opened up about what it was like living with her relatives, comparing it to a '70s series 'The Waltons". It followed a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression.

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Tax-News.com: India Finalizes Details Of New Real Estate GST Regime

India's GST Council has put flesh on the bones of its plans to introduce a new goods and services tax regime for real-estate transactions.




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Tax-News.com: EU Demands Belize Remove Harmful Tax Regimes

The European Union Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) has warned the Government of Belize that the jurisdiction will be placed on the EU's blacklist of non-cooperative territories unless it commits to amend or abolish certain tax rules considered "harmful."




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Blood Thinners Help Improve Survival Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

In treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients, anticoagulants or blood thinners help improve their chances of survival, reported Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center researchers.




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Tax-News.com: Italy Finalizes Rules For New Patent Box Regime

Italy's tax agency on July 30, 2019, published a definitive version of the rules for the operation of the country's patent box regime.




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Tax-News.com: EU, Japan Finalize Landmark Free Trade Deal

The EU's new free trade agreement with Japan, finalized by negotiators from both sides on December 8, 2017, has been described as the European bloc's most comprehensive yet.




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Personalized Cancer Vaccines Could Soon be a Reality

Highlights: Personalized therapeutic cancer vaccines are likely to be available soon A new type of deli




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Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Worsening of Heart Failure Before Hospitalization

Highlights: A sensor based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been developed The sensor can inst




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New Miniature Dental Device Leads to a More Personalized Dentistry

The new 'tooth-on-a-chip' was found to enable more personalized dentistry, giving dentists the ability to identify dental filling materials that work




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CEA partners with IWMI to improve Colombo’s municipal waste management and farmers’ access to organic fertilizers

Colombo, December 10, 2013. At the request of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organized a stakeholder meeting to discuss improvements that can be made to the management of municipal waste in the City of Colombo. The meeting was held at the […]