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Isolated nation has achieved significant progress despite UN sanctions for nuclear tests and long-range rocket launches.
North Korea worked through 2016 on developing components for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), making the isolated nation's claim that it is close to a test-launch plausible, weapons experts say.
Once fully developed, a North Korean ICBM could threaten the continental United States about 9,000km away.
Pyongyang's state media regularly threatens the US with a nuclear strike, but before 2016 the North had been assumed to be a long way from being capable of doing so.
"The bottom line is Pyongyang is much further along in their missile development than most people realise," said Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at the US-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.
Kim Jong-un says close to testing long-range missile
North Korea has been testing rocket engines and heat-shields for an ICBM while developing the technology to guide a missile after re-entry into the atmosphere following a lift-off, the experts said on Monday.
While Pyongyang is close to a test, it is likely to take some years to perfect the weapon.
Hanham said the North's test in April of a large liquid-fuel engine that could propel an ICBM was a major development.
"The liquid engine test was astounding," Hanham said. "For years we knew that North Korea had a Soviet R-27 missile engine design. They re-engineered the design of that engine to double its propulsion."
North Korea has said it is capable of mounting a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile, but its claims to be able to miniaturise a nuclear device have never been independently verified.
The isolated nation has achieved this progress despite UN Security Council imposed sanctions for its nuclear tests and long-range rocket launches dating back to 2006. The sanctions ban arms trade and money flows that can fund the country's arms programme.
North Korea has enough uranium for six bombs a year and much of what it needs for its nuclear and missile programmes relies on Soviet-era design and technology. Labour is virtually free.
It can produce much of its missile parts domestically and invested heavily in its missile development infrastructure last year, funded by small arms sales and by taxing wealthy traders in its unofficial market economy.
Propaganda offensive
Throughout the year, North Korean state media showed images of numerous missile component tests, some of which revealed close-up details of engines and heat shields designed to protect a rocket upon re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.
The propaganda offensive may have revealed some military secrets, but it may have also been a bid to silence outside analysts, many of whom had remained sceptical of the North's missile programme.
"They're answering the public criticisms of US experts," said Joshua Pollack, editor of the US-based Nonproliferation Review. "A lot of people had questioned whether they had a working ICBM-class heat shield. So they showed us."
Despite the research, Pyongyang has experienced considerable difficulties getting its intermediate-range Musudan missile, designed to fly about 3,000km, off the ground. It succeeded just once in eight attempted launches last year.
North Korea has fired long-range rockets in the past, but has characterised those launches as peaceful and designed to put an object into space.
Still, the South Korean defense ministry believes the three-stage Kwangmyongsong rocket used by Pyongyang to put a satellite in space last February already has a potential range of 12,000km if it were re-engineered.
Doing so would require mastering safer "cold-launch" technology, and perfecting the ability of a rocket to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere without breaking up.
"North Korea is working hard to develop cold-launch technology and atmospheric re-entry, but South Korea and the US will have to assess further exactly which level of development they have reached," South Korean defence ministry official Roh Jae-cheon told a briefing on Monday.
North Korea pledges 'tough' response to UN sanctions
North Korea began stepping up its missile development in March 2016, Roh said, but added there were no "unusual signs" related to test preparations, according to the South Korean military.
That same month, Kim Jong-un was photographed looking at a small, ball-like object that North Korean state news agency KCNA said was a miniaturised nuclear warhead - the device North Korea would need to fulfill its ICBM threat.
"2016 marked the year North Korea truly ramped up their WMD [Weapons of Mass Destruction] programme," Hanham said.
"I think we're going to see a [ICBM] flight test in 2017."
Source: Reuters news agency

Hawaii lawmakers want state officials to update plans for coping with a nuclear attack as North Korea develops nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that can reach the islands.
The state House public safety committee unanimously passed a resolution Thursday.
Committee Vice Chairman Matt LoPresti says he's not trying to spread fear.
But he wants the public to know the government is taking steps to protect them in the worst case scenario.
He's aiming to get state funding to re-equip Cold War-era fallout shelters.
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Executive Officer Toby Clairmont showed lawmakers a response plan from 1985 that hasn't been updated since.
This April 15, 2017 picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 16, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (right) attending a military parade in Pyongyang marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung
US Vice President Mike Pence (above) warned North Korea on Monday that recent American military strikes in Syria and Afghanistan showed President Donald Trump's resolve should not be questioned, but Pyongyang vowed to continue missile and nuclear tests
He says there's also a need to educate the public about what they can do for themselves.
US Vice President Mike Pence warned North Korea on Monday that recent American military strikes in Syria and Afghanistan showed President Donald Trump's resolve should not be questioned, but Pyongyang vowed to continue missile and nuclear tests.
After a huge display of missiles in Pyongyang and a failed North Korean missile test during the weekend, US officials praised China for stepping up efforts to rein in North Korea, Beijing's neighbor and ally.
But Pence and South Korea's acting president, Hwang Kyo-ahn, said they would proceed with the early deployment to South Korea of the US THAAD missile-defense system, in spite of Chinese objections.
This file photo shows the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as transits the South China Sea. The US Navy announced April 15, 2017 it had sent the USS Carl Vinson to the Korean peninsula in a show of force against North Korea's 'reckless' nuclear weapons program
At a White House Easter celebration on Monday, Trump was asked if he had a message for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and replied: 'Gotta behave.'
But senior North Korean officials remained defiant.
North Korea's deputy representative to the United Nations, Kim In Ryong, accused Washington of creating 'a situation where nuclear war could break out an any time' and said Pyongyang's next nuclear test would take place 'at a time and at a place where our headquarters deems necessary.'
North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-Ryol told the BBC that missiles would continue to be tested on 'a weekly, monthly and yearly basis.'
The North Korean government under the leadership of Kim Jong Un has carried out an alarming number of missile launches compared to that of his father, Kim Jong Il
The probability of a North Korean missile strike on Hawaii is low, but, as the above graphic points out, Pyongyang does possess an arsenal of ballistic missiles that could be developed to one day be able to reach the US
Kim Song Gyong, director general of the European Department of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, told Reuters in Pyongyang that if Washington made 'the slightest movement' to make a nuclear strike on North Korea, Pyongyang would strike first and 'destroy the aggressors without any mercy.'
He went on to clarify that the approach of a US naval strike force led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Carl Vinson to Korean waters would not be considered enough to constitute 'the slightest movement'.
Korean tensions have escalated following repeated North Korean missile tests and concerns that Pyongyang may soon conduct a sixth nuclear bomb test in defiance of UN sanctions.
Washington is increasingly worried about North Korean efforts to develop a nuclear-tipped missile that could hit the US mainland.


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Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello (C) arrives for a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Students of the University of Puerto Rico protest as a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is taking place at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Chairman of Puerto Rico's fiscal control board Jose Carrion III (2nd L), members of the board Ana Matosantos (L) and David Skeel attend a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello (L) addresses the audience during a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Students of the University of Puerto Rico protest as a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is taking place at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Police stand behind a barricade, with the writing 'Peace' on it, to block protesters as a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is taking place at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
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NEW YORK Bankruptcy for Puerto Rico is looking ever more likely as the clock ticks down toward a May 1 deadline to restructure $70 billion in debt, ramping up uncertainty for anyone betting on returns from the island's widely held U.S. municipal bonds.
When U.S. Congress last year passed the Puerto Rico rescue law dubbed PROMESA, it froze creditor lawsuits against the island so its federally appointed oversight board and creditors could negotiate out of court on the biggest debt restructuring in U.S. municipal history.
The freeze expires on May 1, however, and an extension by Congress is "not going to happen," said a Republican aide to the House Committee on Natural Resources, which is in charge of territory matters.
A round of mediated talks is scheduled to begin on Thursday. But absent an agreement soon, a growing number of analysts say Puerto Rico will seek protection from creditors under PROMESA's court-sanctioned restructuring process, akin to U.S. bankruptcy.
Forbearance deals could let negotiations continue past May 1, but a source directly involved in the talks said avoiding an eventual bankruptcy is "impossible."
The source, who declined to be named because the talks are private, said parties have grown further apart since Governor Ricardo Rossello took office in January.
The negotiating tactics of Rossello and the board have jarred investors who expected more creditor-friendly approaches from both. The board is pushing debt repayment cuts more than double those proposed by former Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, a populist whose policies had already alienated creditors.
Disparate stakeholders have united to question the legality of a fiscal turnaround blueprint approved by the board, and to resist mediation efforts.
Hector Negroni, whose Fundamental Credit Opportunities fund holds Puerto Rico debt, said he recalled "constructive comments" from Rossello and board members "about protecting the priorities of creditors" during the board's early days. "But their words are not being followed up by their actions," Negroni said.
Bankruptcy is now "the most likely outcome," said Height Securities analyst Ed Groshans, who increased loss projections for bond insurers like MBIA Inc and Assured Guaranty Ltd in an April 3 note.
Elias Sanchez, Rossello's liaison to the board, said the government holds out hope for at least partial compromise. "We feel very confident we can strike some deals by May 1, maybe not all of them," Sanchez said.
The oversight board is committed to pursuing agreements out of court, its spokesman, Francisco Cimadevilla, said. "A transaction is always better than a lawsuit," he said.
But with myriad creditor classes competing for priority, compromise over Puerto Rico - once a rising star of U.S. high-yield muni funds - could be tough.
"The more creditors insist that part of their position is that no one fare better than they do, the more difficult that is to effectuate outside of bankruptcy," said restructuring expert Melissa Jacoby, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Puerto Rico is trying to escape a crisis marked by a 45 percent poverty rate and rampant emigration.
Since bankruptcy gives debtors the ability to impose payment cuts over creditor objections, it is seen as a negative for bond markets, Jacoby said.
Trading prices of Puerto Rico's benchmark 2035 general obligation bonds have reflected that concern, falling precipitously in recent weeks.
But risk cuts both ways and Sanchez said the government wants to avoid bankruptcy as much as creditors.
Putting Puerto Rico's fate in the unpredictable hands of a judge "could go really bad for the government too," he said.
(Reporting by Nick Brown; Editing by Tom Brown)


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Vietnamese doctors have removed a pair of scissors left lodged in a man's abdomen for 18 years, it's reported.
Specialist surgeons flew from Hanoi to assist at the operation in Thai Nguyen Province in the north of the country. The 54-year-old patient visited the hospital after being involved in a road accident last month, and an ultrasound test seemed to show a sharp instrument lying to the left of his stomach. A second check in a hospital in his nearby home province of Bac Kan removed any doubt - there was a 15cm (6-inch) pair of surgical scissors nestling next to his colon, Tuoi Tre newspaper reports.
Ma Van Nhat says they may have been left inside him during a 1998 operation at Bac Kan General Hospital following another road accident, Vietnam Express reports. He had noticed nothing since that time apart from some recent stomach pain, which did not respond to painkillers. The surgeons who carried out the three-hour procedure note the rusty handles of the scissors had become stuck to some nearby organs.
The Health Ministry has ordered Bac Kan General Hospital to report on who may have left the scissors in Mr Ma by the end of the week. Hospital Director Trinh Thi Luong says she will do what she can, but doctors told Tuoi Tre that hospitals rarely keep patient records for more than 15 years. As for Mr Ma, he is expected to return home next week.
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Surgeons have removed seven toothbrushes from a woman's body after she swallowed them to spite her parents who forced her to get married.
The toothbrushes had to be taken out by doctors at a hospital in China because the objects were causing the woman intense stomach pain.
Hospital staff were stunned when they scanned her stomach and discovered the oral hygiene instruments lodged in her intestines.
She was immediately rushed into emergency surgery and underwent a six-hour operation that was met with difficulties as two of the toothbrushes had pierced her liver.
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The woman's ordeal began when her parents feared that she may never find a husband and pressured her into marrying so she didn't become a "leftover woman" - an embarrassing term often used to describe single Chinese women over the age of 30.
Despite being only 31, the woman from Ningde City in China's Fujian Province was set up on a blind date and introduced to a man who her parents believed would make a suitable husband.
However the woman opposed the decision and did not agree to a wedding.
Constant arguments with her mum put her on the brink of a mental breakdown which saw her start to swallow random items such as buttons, hair, hair bands and bracelets about six months ago.
It was only recently, when her family took her to see experts at Fujian Medical University that the toothbrushes were discovered.
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During surgery physician Chen Xianqiang made a large incision in the woman's abdominal wall - a laparotomy - and cited difficulties removing the objects.
Two of the toothbrushes had pierced her liver and four were lodged in her small intestine, while the remaining three had already made their way into her large intestine.
One-third of her small intestine was removed in the procedure, as well as about 20cm of her large intestine.
She is now recovering in hospital, but Dr Chen says two more operations will be required in the near future.


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(CNN) Weight loss is still incredibly challenging for most people, as evidenced by the growing global obesity epidemic.
According to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics , more than two in three US adults are considered overweight (defined as a body-mass index between 25 and 30), and 36.5% of US adults fall into the obese category (BMI greater than 30).
Many people also want to lose weight. According to arecent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, approximately half of overweight and obese adults report that they are trying to lose weight. Which is why my patients often ask, "Why aren't I losing weight?"
There is no simple, universal answer to this question, but after nearly two decades of working with patients trying to lose weight, and with the help of two leaders in the field of nutrition and obesity medicine, I've put together this list of some of the most common behavioral and medical reasons you might not be losing weight, even though you think you are doing everything right. I've also tried to include suggestions to get you on the right track to sustained weight loss.
You have calorie 'amnesia'
This is one of the most common and easy-to-fix issues that I see in my practice: Put simply, people often eat more calories than they realize.
Total calories consumed matters when it comes to weight loss, despite what some popular diets claim. People frequently forget about the little things during or between meals that add up calorically and can interfere significantly with weight loss.
The fix: Keep a food journal or track your food intake with an app. Research shows that this simple behavior can double weight loss, and it often helps my patients break through frustrating weight loss plateaus.
You relax your diet too much on weekends
This is another very common issue that is a bit more challenging to fix, as weekends are generally much less structured and more social than weekdays. Three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) of more relaxed eating (and in many cases drinking) can easily erase four days of more focused effort.
I don't expect you to be perfect seven days a week, but the majority of successful weight loss maintainers from the National Weight Control Registry (an ongoing study tracking people who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept the weight off for at least a year) maintain a fairly consistent diet throughout the entire week, not just on weekdays.
The fix: Try to limit indulgences if you are trying to lose weight. One night, have a glass of wine or a more indulgent entrée but not both. On another night, split a dessert, skip the wine, and try to choose a healthier entrée. Be careful with having an entire "cheat" meal -- or worse, "cheat" day -- as this can really interfere with weight loss.
Your medication is working against you
Most physicians do not receive adequate training in obesity medicine and nutrition. Many may not be aware that the medications they prescribe may lead to weight gain or make weight loss more challenging.
According to Dr. Caroline Apovian, president of the Obesity Society, frequently prescribed medications that may cause weight gain include Benadryl, Ambien, benzodiazepines, older antidepressant and antipsychotic medications, Paxil, beta-blockers (for high blood pressure), several diabetes medications including insulin, sulfonylureas and thialidazones, and some contraceptive methods, especially Depo-Provera.
The fix: If you are taking any of these medications, talk to your doctor to see whether there is a suitable alternative. (Do not stop any prescribed medication without speaking to your doctor first.) There is a full list of medications that may cause weight gain If you are taking any of these medications, talk to your doctor to see whether there is a suitable alternative. (Do not stop any prescribed medication without speaking to your doctor first.) There is a full list of medications that may cause weight gain available online
You eat too much of a good thing
It is true that recommendations concerning dietary fat have changed in the past decade, and nutrition science has found that unsaturated fat, including nuts, seeds, avocado and olive oil, plays an important role in a healthy diet.
However, you can easily eat too much healthy fat along with other healthy foods, including whole grains.
Fat has more than double the calories of carbohydrates or protein, so fat calories, even if they are healthy, add up more quickly. Whole grains have three times the number of carbohydrates as non-starchy vegetables per serving, so again, portion size matters.
The fix: Practice portion control when it comes to healthy but more calorie-dense foods such as nuts, peanut butter, seeds, avocado, olive oil and whole grains including quinoa, whole-grain cereal and pasta, and brown rice.
Your body is resistant to insulin
This is an issue I often encounter with patients and one that my colleague Dr. Michael Rothkopf, president of the National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, confirms is an often overlooked reason for weight loss failure.
It may also require specialized testing to uncover. According to the CDC, approximately 30% of adults and nearly 70% of overweight adults have metabolic syndrome , a constellation of abnormalities strongly associated with insulin resistance and excess insulin production.
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Insulin suppresses the release of stored fat and promotes the formation of fat from sugar. The metabolism of a person who has insulin resistance or insulin excess will be shifted away from fat loss and toward fat storage.
The fix: If you are a woman and your waist circumference is more than 35 inches or you're a man with a waist size greater than 40 inches, talk to your doctor about checking for insulin resistance. If you have it, there may be dietary modifications and medications that could help you lose weight.
There are other potential reasons why the scale may not be budging: short sleep duration, excess sedentary behavior, overeating after workouts, stress eating and eating a highly inflammatory diet filled with processed food and inadequate fruits and vegetables. But the above list should get you started figuring out how to get the scale moving in the right direction.

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This article is for everyone who tries to will themselves invisible at the mention of blockchain.
Imagine you’re admitted to the hospital for an emergency surgery following a freak selfie accident while on vacation on the other side of the world. Right now, there’s no way for doctors to know your full medical history, allergies, or current medications: All that information is stored in silos that you can’t access from the outside. But what if your medical records were all connected and immediately accessible—while still being totally private?
Or imagine you’re an architect in Syria and need to flee because of civil war. Your life savings might not be accessible. Your certifications and licenses are sitting in a desk back home, and may not transfer to the country you resettle in. What if you could immutably prove your identity and qualifications? What if you could send money for free all over the world?
If you like those ideas, you should care about blockchain.
Blockchain is a technology that has the potential to disrupt many of the legacy systems and centralized industries of today. Hold off on letting your eyes gloss over: Even though you’re not a hack-happy crypto-bro, this next tech revolution needs all of us to take part at the start.
Like a camera for a photo, a hammer for a nail, or a tweezer for an eyebrow, blockchain is a tool for a system. The first step to caring is understanding that blockchain is just behind-the-scenes code. That’s all. You don’t need to be the person who knows how to code for it, but you do need to know the type of systemic changes it can affect. You do need to know the industries it can disrupt. If you want the systems of the future to work for you, include yourself in blockchain.
There are many blockchain-powered systems in the works that might already be a helpful addition to your life: Credit scores that aren’t controlled by a handful of high-risk, data-breach-prone companies; credible news systems that resist censorship; efficient power grids that could lower your power bills. This isn’t incomprehensible hype: These companies are relevant, understandable, and being built by people who are not historically associated with tech.
With such great potential, we need to be more inclusive in how we talk about it, design with it, and create uses for it.
If people can’t understand, they can’t participate: As of now, much of the language about blockchain is jargon-heavy and intimidating: cryptocurrencies, ICOs, smart contracts, token sales, and mining. The more people who can understand what blockchain is at a high level, the more people who can make it better, dream up applications to new systems, and accelerate its implementation. It needs to invite broad, diverse participation and be accessible enough that non-experts can dream up potential applications—otherwise, our products and systems will continue to work well mostly for able-bodied white men.
The people who set the rules for a system have the power: It’s estimated that 93-95% of cryptocurrency assets are held by men. Why? Because technology and finance are traditionally male-dominated fields, and cryptocurrency is a mix of both domains. The current rules and methods for acquiring and using cryptocurrencies, no matter how well-intentioned the larger motivation is for their existence, are baked with the biases of their creators, and favor people like them. Part of the hype of blockchain is its decentralization and democratization potential. However, without a diverse set of people designing with it and developing it, exclusion will be built into the base of many blockchain applications.
Systems design depends on more than technology: We live in an era where humanity, technology, and large-scale systems are inextricably linked. Designers, community organizers, and organizational-behavior experts are all versed in understanding the dynamics of people and systems. What are the norms of a community? Who are all the stakeholders? What do they need? What do they value? These human-behavior questions are central to systems design and maintenance, and because blockchain is potentially a massive disrupter to our current systems, the most successful applications will incorporate insights about human behavior. In order to avoid an explosion of trashy apps, let’s get beyond the novelty of the medium, and begin to use it as a tool with a purpose. Like a camera for a photo, a hammer for a nail, or a tweezer for an eyebrow, blockchain is a tool for a system.
Include yourself in blockchain
Exclusion happens every time the hype of a new technology precedes the maturation of its actual value and applications: A new technology shows promise, the media picks up on it, most people struggle to understand what it is and why it’s relevant to them, and so they give up, leaving the tech in the hands of the tech people. This eliminates the discoveries that come when people from varied disciplines and backgrounds approach projects with their own unique lenses of life experience and expertise. We can use blockchain to reorganize banking, business, and bureaucracy, and its applications will expand exponentially if we break tech’s exclusionary habit.
If there’s anything we’ve learned from other big tech transformations, it’s that now is the time to pose the ethical questions about access, inclusion, and intention. We need a diverse set of voices critiquing not only the user experience, systems design, and code of new blockchain products, but also their biases. We need to be able to monitor the fizz before it becomes a big bubble.
So include yourself in blockchain. Start saying these words out loud, just to hear them in your voice: “I’m interested in blockchain.” Search for examples in your area of expertise that are being paired with blockchain, whether it’s “blockchain for insurance” or “blockchain for bargain shopping.”
There’s a lot more at stake than a successful selfie. Yes, there will be slips along the way, but the systems of the future will succeed if all of us stutter through and stretch to contribute.
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How do you know if someone doesn’t use social media?
Don’t worry – they’ll tell you.
I know this because for 10 years, I’ve helped companies use social media to connect with their consumers.
And for every person I've encountered who deeply believes in the power of social media, there is someone who most certainly does not.
Here are the five most common responses from people who do not use social media, when I tell them what I do for a living.
1. “I hope you’re not offended, but I don’t use social media."


Question: 10 things in tech you need to know today

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Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.
1. A self-driving Uber car hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona while in autonomous mode. Uber suspended its entire self-driving car programme as a result.
2. The UK’s data regulator has a warrant to raid political research firm Cambridge Analytica and seize its servers, after Facebook suspended the firm for misusing user data. Facebook had already sent in its own investigators to Cambridge Analytica, but “stood down” after the Information Commissioner’s Office got involved.
3. Cambridge Analytica’s chief executive, Alexander Nix, was filmed by Channel 4 boasting that the research firm could entrap politicians with sex workers. Cambridge Analytica nonetheless denied using such tactics.
4. Facebook’s stock price took a hammering through Monday as politicians lined up to slam the company over the way it policed third-party use of user data. The firm had dropped around $35 billion by close of trading.
5. A Business Insider investigation has found it’s incredibly easy to buy illegal fake luxury goods on Facebook Marketplace, with few protections for buyers in place. We spoke to sellers who tried to obtain our bank details and phone numbers.
6. Amazon is tracking how many people return to its cashierless Go supermarket after an initial visit. Shopping frequency will probably help determine whether Amazon decides to expand the concept.
7. Secretive virtual reality startup Magic Leap has given a preview of its platform to third-party developers with a “creator portal” that offers resources for people who want to build apps for its yet-to-launch headset. The portal lets people preview apps in a simulator.
8. Facebook’s longtime and vocal head of security, Alex Stamos, may leave the company in August because he disagrees with how it handles big issues like fake news. Stamos merely commented on Twitter that “it’s true” his role at Facebook had now changed, but didn’t confirm or deny his departure.
9. Google is expanding its Instant Apps program to games, meaning Android users can find a game via the Play Store, click the “try now” button, and immediately start playing without downloading an app. The idea is to help people find more new games.
10. BlackBerry’s shares rose after the firm announced a partnership with Microsoft, providing security for Office apps. The firm’s share price was up 5% on Monday.

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Karen Blaha/Flickr (CC) Good morning! Here's the tech news you need to know this Thursday.
1. Amazon is interested in buying work messaging app Slack, Bloomberg reports. The deal could value it at $9 billion or more.
2. A top Apple exec is denying an unflattering story from an upcoming book. Phil Schiller says parts of a book about the invention of the iPhone are not true.
3. Despite the high price, Microsoft isn't turning a profit on the new Xbox. The Xbox One X sells for $500 (£392) in the US.
4. Snapchat is struggling to get marketers interested. Only 7% of marketers used Snapchat in Q1 of 2017.
5. Hackers are selling Mac ransomware that could cause "real damage." A security research firm has found Ransomware-as-a-service for sale online.
6. We got a look inside the exclusive, secret version of Tinder for VIPs and celebrities. It's called Tinder Select.
7. Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says she's looking "forward to using Gmail again." Mayer worked at Google before moving to Yahoo.
8. We tried Nintendo's insane new "Super Mario Game" for the Switch. It lets you throw your hat to possess everything from enemies to dinosaurs.
9. Apple is quietly working on turning your iPhone into a one-stop shop for all your medical info, CNBC reports. The firm reportedly wants it to hold everything from a record of your doctor's appointments to your prescriptions.
10. Some Uber employees still plan to quit, they said on an anonymous app. 103 employees took part in a poll shortly after the firm's all-hands meeting on Tuesday.


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Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Friday.
1.Apple gave Uber's app "unprecedented" access to a secret backdoor that can record iPhone screens. The revelation of the app's access to privileged Apple code raises important questions for a company already under investigation for a variety of controversial business practices.
2. Uber's profits jumped 65% in the UK before it lost its licence in London. Profits surged to £3 million ($4 million) in 2016.
3. Apple's Siri briefly thought Bulgaria's national anthem was "Despacito". It's unclear why.
4. Netflix is raising prices for its subscribers. The price of the lowest-tier plan will not change from $7.99 monthly. But the most popular, the "standard plan," which allows HD and two simultaneous streams, will increase to $10.99 a month from $9.99.
5. Tesla CEO Elon Musk his the company's batteries and solar panels could help restore electricity to Puerto Rico if residents and the government decide they want to pursue that option.Musk said on Twitter Thursday that Tesla has already used a combination of its solar panels and Powerpack batteries to power a couple of small islands
6. A second government panel wants Facebook, Twitter, and Google execs to testify on the same day as their Senate appearance. They will be testifying about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election before a House of Representatives panel on November 1.
7. Business Insider ranked the 100 coolest people in the UK tech scene. It features startup founders, investors, PR people, and journalists — as well as a drone racer and a "chief emoji officer".
8. Ride-hailing service Taxify has launched in Paris, one month after being banned in London. The Uber rival claims it has 2,000 Parisian drivers on its platform already, according to local newspaper Le Figaro.
9. Sidewalk Labs — the urban innovation unit of Google parent company Alphabet — may be close to a deal to build a high-tech neighborhood on Toronto's waterfront. Called Quayside, the 12-acre project is expected to cost at least $1 billion and will prioritize smart city technologies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
10.Electric aircraft startup Zunum Aero announced its plans to introduce a 12-seat hybrid-to-electric jet by 2022. In April, the three-year-old company made news by earning financial backing from Boeing HorizonX fund and JetBlue Technology Ventures.


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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.
1. Legendary internet stock analyst turned investor Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers released her annual Internet Trends Report. This year’s report delves into data and personalisation, e-commerce innovation, and China’s rising intensity and leadership in internet-related markets.
2. Google’s new Pixel smartphone is reportedly taking a page from the iPhone X, according to Bloomberg. The Pixel 3 could feature a bigger screen, two front-facing cameras, and its very own notch.
3. Legendary investor Warren Buffett reportedly tried to invest $3 billion in Uber. The deal fell apart due to disagreements over the size and terms of the stake.
4. Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel said he regretted that his company invited scantily clad women dressed as the Snapchat deer to attend a party last year, and blamed an internal events staffer. He said mistakes like this were “frustrating” but that a young workforce should be expected to make mistakes.
5. Nintendo has 4 new Pokémon games coming to the Switch, including one that’s free. The first, “Pokémon Quest,” is already available on the Nintendo Switch, two variants of “Pokémon: Let’s Go,” will arrive later this year, and a fourth “core” game will launch in 2019.
6. A developer who worked on bitcoin early on,told Business Insider he exchanged hundreds of emails with the person or team known as Nakamoto in 2010. The experience, he said, was mostly weird.
7. Consumer Reports magazine has changed the Tesla Model 3’s rating to a “recommended buy” after the company made improvements to its breaking system. The magazine had originally criticised the vehicle.
8. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg hit back at Apple CEO Tim Cook, reviving the ongoing spat between the two companies. Sandberg dismissed Cook’s earlier comments about Facebook’s privacy issues, saying “Mark and I strongly disagree with their characterisation of our product.”
9. Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the firm is on track to go public next year. He said the firm was ready in terms of its margins and profitability.
10. Amazon has given Whole Foods employees Prime-branded outfits to wear, as it rolls out Prime discounts in stores across the US. The outfits come with an apparent new slogan for the Prime discounts: “Savings to smile about.”


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Question: Ambien-maker to Roseanne: Racism is not a side effect of our drug

Roseanne Barr recently offered an explanation as to what caused her tweet that ultimately cancelled her ABC show: Ambien.
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Sleeping drug Ambien can cause a host of side effects, but it's unlikely racism could be categorized as one, as Roseanne Barr claims.
Tuesday, the comedian wrote in a since-deleted tweet that "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." The "vj" stood for Valerie Jarrett, an Obama White House aide. This led to the cancellation of her hit ABC show Roseanne, and an apology from the comedian, who said at one point she was "Ambien tweeting," in another social media post that has since been removed.
Sanofi, who makes Ambien, tweeted a response Wednesday morning: "While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication."
Why do people take Ambien?
Ambien, also known as Zolpidem, is a sleep medication. People use it to treat insomnia.
What are some problems associated with the drug?
Barr isn't the first to blame the drug for disturbing behavior. Years ago, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's daughter Kerry Kennedy blamed Ambien for a drugged-driving incident. Ambien was also one of the drugs found in Tiger Woods' system after police found him asleep in his car in the middle of a highway.
What are the FDA's recommendations?
The Food and Drug Administration has expressed concern over how Ambien can impair activities (driving including), especially into the morning hours. For that reason, it has recommended the dose be lowered from 10 mg to 5 mg. "Patients with high levels of zolpidem can be impaired even if they feel fully awake," the FDA wrote in fact sheet about the medication.
More: Here's why Roseanne's supporters think her tweet was forgivable
More: 'Roseanne' cancellation: Valerie Jarrett, Hollywood react to ABC's decision
Side effects of Ambien include:
Nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps and/or diarrhea.
Abnormal thinking and changes in behavior: "Some of these changes may be characterized by decreased inhibition, similar to effects produced by alcohol," according to its FDA-approved labeling.
Hallucinations: "Visual and auditory hallucinations have been reported as well as behavioral changes such as bizarre behavior, agitation and depersonalization." Confusion, disorientation and aggression are also listed side effects, the label states.
The label also warns against a possible worsening of depression or suicidal thinking; impaired alertness and motor coordination and impaired vision also have been reported, according to the manufacturer.
Blackouts, where the person drove, had sex or ate while they thought they were asleep, can be associated with the drug, American Addiction Centers reports. The drug has been linked to amnesia in some case reports.
Pills of Sanofi-Aventis SA's Ambien, a top-selling insomnia drug in the U.S., are arranged in a Cambridge, Massachusetts pharmacy in this file photo.
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Hours after Roseanne Barr told her 784,000 Twitter followers that President Obama’s former adviser, Valerie Jarrett, looked like the by-product of the “Muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes” yesterday (May 29), ABC cancelled its newly rebooted series. Hours after that, Jarrett appeared on MSNBC’s “Everyday Racism in America” town hall — something that had already been coincidentally scheduled to take place.
During the the town hall, which was hosted by Joy Reid and Chris Hayes, Jarrett was asked about the TV star’s social commentary about her.
Unfazed by Roseanne’s tweet, the former White House adviser said, “First of all, I think we have to turn it into a teaching moment. I’m fine. I’m worried about all the people out there who don’t have a circle of friends or followers to come right to their defense.”

While Jarrett’s response recognizes this moment as a “teaching lesson” and highlights basic racism exhibited on a daily basis, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey, who is the company’s first Black president, said enough is enough. Disney CEO Bob Iger posted a message from her on Twitter. He also made sure to add a comment of his own.
From Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show."
There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. — Robert Iger (@RobertIger) May 29, 2018
Roseanne has since issued an apology to “her cast members and to African Americans,” but followed her redress by saying she was just “Ambien tweeting.” Her post about the powers of the famed sleeping pill has since been deleted, but Sanofi, the maker of the drug, was not receptive to her “excuse.” And for the first time in a long time — if ever — a pharmaceutical company responded to a social, racial and political issue by saying, “While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”


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Question: This televangelist is asking his followers to buy him a $54 million private jet

(CNN) A prosperity gospel televangelist from Louisiana says Jesus has asked him to buy a new private jet. And wouldn't you know it, Jesus has real nice taste in planes.
Jesse Duplantis, leader of Jesse Duplantis Ministries and the owner of three other private jets, is asking his followers to chip in so his ministry can purchase a brand new Dassault Falcon 7X , which runs about $54 million.
In a video recently published on his website , Duplantis says the planes get him closer to the Lord -- both literally and figuratively -- and he had a divine conversation in which Jesus asked for the new aircraft by name.
"It was one of the greatest statements the Lord ever told me, he said, 'Jesse do you want to come up where I'm at?'" the minister says. "'I want you to bleed me for a Falcon 7X.'"
By "bleed," Duplantis -- er, Jesus -- apparently meant "ask for donations."
Duplantis goes on to tell his followers that jets, especially nice ones with good fuel efficiency, allow him and his ministries to reach more people around the world. And no, it wouldn't technically be his, it would be the ministry's.
"All it's gonna do is it's going to touch people, it's going to reach people, it's going to change lives one soul at a time," Duplantis said of the aircraft.
"I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey," he added with a chuckle.
In the video, Duplantis also shows his followers a photo of him standing beside his other three jets: a Cessna Citation 500, an IAI Westwind II, and a Dassault Falcon 50. Under the portrait is a quote, which he proudly reiterates: "It's not about possessions, it's about priorities."
Duplantis shows his followers a photo of him standing with his other three jets.
CNN has reached out to Duplantis for comment.
On its website Dassault boasts that the Falcon 7X combines "fighter jet technology with an elegant, whisper-quiet executive cabin."
If this all seems a little spendy, you may not be familiar with the concepts behind prosperity theology. According to prosperity gospel preachers and believers, nice things like jets and cars and rent money are God's way of blessing people for a faithful life. And by their logic sharing your wealth with the church will make God bless you even more.
It's maybe no surprise then that big-name prosperity gospel preachers have a thing for jets. To them, such luxury is not at odds with Jesus' teachings of moderation and humility.
And Duplantis is not the only preacher claiming to be having conversations with the Almighty about mid-range business aircraft.
Earlier this year, prosperity preacher Kenneth Copeland acquired a Gulfstream V jet from director Tyler Perry , paid for by donations from his followers.
Copeland and Duplantis also discussed the necessity of private jets on a 2016 episode of Copeland's show , "Believer's Voice of Victory," during which Copeland described commercial air travel as being "in a long tube with a bunch of demons."
"The world is in such shape, we can't get [to followers] without [private jets]. We've got to have them," Copeland said.
Copeland noted that famed evangelical pastor Oral Roberts flew commercial, but the people on the planes "agitated his spirit" with their requests for prayers.
"You can't manage that today," he said.

Gore has been pimping this nonsense as he flies around the world leaving his enormously large carbon footprint everywhere.
One must wonder if he’s reduced his $22,000 a month electric bill.


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Question: These are the 23 highest-paying jobs at Apple

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Apple is known for being a challenging and demanding place to work – but working there has its rewards.
Using data from Glassdoor, we’ve compiled the highest-paying jobs at Apple, not including bonuses. In order to avoid extreme outliers, we’ve only included the Glassdoor listings that had five or more employee reviews. As such, very high-level executives like CEO Tim Cook and his executive team aren’t listed.
And just so you know: At Apple, as at many other tech companies, most job titles come with a numerical level, denoted here by a Roman numeral. Which is to say, a Software Engineer V at Apple would make more and have more responsibilities than a Software Engineer I.
Lisa Eadicicco contributed reporting to an earlier version of this post.
23. Hardware Design Engineer — ASIC microchips
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Salary: $157,780
A hardware design engineer creates is a specialist in drawing up designs for new devices and prototyping them. At Apple, the ASIC design engineers are the team responsible for designing the application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), or Apple’s device-specific microchips.
22. Senior Physical Design Engineer
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Salary: $162,988
Physical design engineers take over after the design is laid out. A senior physical design engineer at Apple would lead the team as they plan “prototype, construct, modify and evaluate” physical mock-ups of new devices so that they fit design specifications, according to the job description found on PayScale.
21. Software Engineering Manager
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Salary: $163,212
Software engineering managers oversee and direct the teams responsible for building out iOS and MacOS updates and creating applications. The role requires a bachelor’s degree, according to Salary.com.
20. Procurement Manager
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Salary: $164,998
Procurement managers, more commonly known as purchasing managers, work in the finance or logistics department managing requests from suppliers and create purchasing strategies to keep the team within budget.
19. Senior Product Marketing Manager
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Salary: $167,133
Part of the reason Apple became so successful is through its clever and innovative marketing campaigns. It’s clear that the company is willing to pay top dollar for a great marketing manager that understands Apple’s products.
18. Software Development Manager
Salary: $168,692
Apple employs a ton of developers to work on its various products, so its important to hire talented leaders to manage them. Senior positions in Apple’s software engineering departments usually require 10 years or more of experience.
17. Senior Finance Manager
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Salary: $170,053
A senior finance manager is responsible for capital-related decisions, and gathers information about assets and sales to communicates those numbers to executives. In the most basic sense, senior finance managers decide how the money will be spent, or – in a large company like Apple’s case – how their department’s portion of the money will be spent.
16. Senior Product Manager
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Salary: $170,000
Organizational efficiency and secrecy are important at Apple, so it needs product managers that respect those ideals. As a product manager, you’d have to create and manage product roadmaps, set milestones for your team, and communicate product initiatives to other departments across Apple, as well as stakeholders.
15. Applications Software Engineer V
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Salary: $175,307
Apple requires strong design and programming skills for its software engineering job candidates. The Roman numeral “V” indicates that this is a higher-level title for a more experienced engineer.
14. Senior Operations Manager
Salary: $179,211
A senior operations manager is responsible for ensuring that a company is running as one cohesive team. They create processes and procedures to ensure peak company productivity (e.g. onboarding, company guidelines for best practices, monitoring budgets) that help meet efficiency goals.
13. Engineering Manager
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Salary: $180,467
The job description varies depending on which department they’re working in, but engineering managers at Apple are expected to lead teams efficiently, develop user interfaces, and deliver front end application code using JS and CSS, as one Apple job description says.
12. Software Engineer V
Salary: $181,000
A person in this position typically writes, designs, develops, and modifies software, apps, and operating systems. This type of job usually requires between eight and 10 years of previous experience, according to a sample job description on career site Monster.
11. Industrial Designer
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Salary: $182,823
Industrial designers at Apple are tasked with making sure Apple’s products look and feel the way they do. Jony Ive was overseeing the company’s industrial design team before he was promoted to being Apple’s Chief Design Officer.
10. Senior Software Engineering Manager
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Salary: $194,786
Apple’s business model depends heavily on its the design and development of its software. In addition to Software Engineering Managers, Apple has senior software engineering managers to oversee logistics.
9. Engineering Manager II
Salary: $197,393
To be an engineering manager at Apple, “You must be a highly self-motivated individual who creates a dynamic and creative team environment in which problems are solved in new and innovative ways,” according to a job listing on LinkedIn. They must have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science and an understanding of system on chip (SoC) circuit design.
8. Manager III
Salary: $200,033
A manager is a fairly general term, but a third-level (III) manager at Apple probably has loads of responsibility in keeping teams on track – wherever in the larger organization those teams happen to fall.
7. Software Engineering Manager II
Salary: $201,512
Software engineers are the lifeblood of any tech company, so it’s no surprise that experienced engineering managers rank towards the top in terms of compensation.
6. Senior Engineering Manager
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Salary: $204,100
A top-tier job like this typically requires around 10 years of experience.
5. Creative Director
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Salary: $210,000
At a company like Apple, where design and execution are key, a creative director plays a huge role in setting products apart from the competition. A creative director at Apple leads the communications team in all things advertising, marketing, and promotion.
4. Senior Counsel
Salary: $213,579
This type of role would likely require between eight and 10 years of experience. At a big tech company like Apple, a lawyer in this role could tackle anything from real estate deals, to ethical violations, to trademark disputes.
3. Software Engineering Director
Salary: $230,551
At the higher levels of engineering leadership, the salary goes up commensurately.
2. Director
Salary: $254,000
At Apple, a “director” is an upper-echelon manager, in any of a variety of roles across the company.
1. Senior Director
Salary: $309,113
A senior director is a top leadership position, where you’ll be expected to bring loads of experience to the process of management.

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Question: They Let Their 15-Year-Old Son Smoke Pot to Stop His Seizures. Georgia Took Him Away.

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"['Represent the article to find a fitting news title', 'EXPAND Tiny homes will be a returning attraction at Earth Day Texas 2017. Jourdan Aldredge\nA film festival, a 36-hour hackathon and free scuba diving lessons in a 20-by-30 foot pool are just some of the attractions you can expect if you show up to to the free Earth Day celebrations at Fair Park this week. Earth Day Texas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental education and awareness, will hold its seventh annual EDTx exposition there from April 21-23.\nThe film festival, GreenxFilms, kicks off its inaugural year by screening 30 films and emerging media projects that explore environmental issues. EarthHack, copresented by EDTx and HackDFW, will involve 1,200 participants, roughly 40 percent of whom come from out of state. Also new to the 2017 expo is E-Capital Summit, an invitation-only event that will provide a platform for early startup companies to showcase their green technology solutions and connect with potential investors.\nRyan Brown, the CEO of Earth Day Texas, says events like the e-capital summit reflect the genesis of the organization’s mission, which is “to get business leaders in the same room as environmental leaders” and precipitate change. Several new conferences and special events were formed with this goal in mind, such as a legal symposium comprising 300 attorneys, an alternative fuel vehicle summit and a two-day smart Texas revolution conference, which Brown says is focused on making Texas “the smart cities leader in the country.”\nOn Friday evening, EDtx, EarthxFilms and Global Green USA will present the EarthxGlobal Gala, encompassing a “green carpet,” seated dinner, awards ceremony and silent auction to benefit Earth Day Texas’s year-round slate of educational programs and youth filmmaking workshops. Brown says that the Santa Monica-based organization Global Green helped bring some eco-celebrities to the event, “which is all focused around stewardship to the environment.”\nReturning highlights from the 2016 expo that are open to the public include sustainable food and beer gardens, live music, an interactive Lego Build the Change station and Tiny Houses, which Brown says will expand to three tiny house “villages” this year. Admission to the villages is $5 per person, and tiny house owners will be on-site to answer questions from “DIY-ers and serious buyers,” according to the website.\nBrown also notes that this year’s event will feature an expected 850 exhibitors and attract at least 150,000 attendees, up from 790 exhibitors and 130,000 visitors in 2016.\n“We are headed to becoming a destination event for this discussion,” Brown says. “We are the largest in the world doing it at the moment, and we’re going for a national and international reach.” He mentions Mayor Mike Rawlings’s letter in the event guide, which notes that EDTx is the second-largest hosted event in Dallas after the State Fair.\n“For Dallas, and for this community, I think it’s paramount for us to have an event like this,” Brown continues. “And it shows the rest of the world, and especially this nation, that if we can do it in Texas, we can do it anywhere.”\nEarth Day Texas, Fair Park, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday-Sunday, free, earthdaytx.org.']" == "['I found this news title. Can you represent it to find an explanatory news article?', "Everything's Bigger in Texas, Including Earth Day"]"

The pharmaceuticals weren’t working. The 15-year-old boy was having several seizures per day, and his parents were concerned his life was in danger.
So Suzeanna and Matthew Brill, of Macon, Ga., decided in February to let their son try smoking marijuana — and his seizures stopped for 71 days, they say.
But Georgia is not among the states that have legalized medical marijuana, and the Brills’ decision led to the boy, David, being taken away from his parents, who face possible fines and jail time after being charged with reckless conduct for giving him the drug.
David has now been in a group home for 30 days, and his seizures have returned. He is separated from the service dog that sniffed out his seizures, and he is able to communicate with his parents only during short visitations and phone calls.

This is fantastic !!! Everyone wanted to be a Toys R’ Us kid right?
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Question: Russian journalist reported killed in Ukraine shows up alive

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turned up at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Wednesday less than 24 hours after police reported he had been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment building. The country's security services said Babchenko's death was faked to foil a plot to take his life.
Ukrainian police said Tuesday that Babchenko, a strong critic of the Kremlin, was shot multiple times in the back Tuesday and found bleeding there by his wife. Authorities said they suspected he was killed because of his work.
Vasyl Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, announced at a news conference Wednesday that the security agency and the police had solved Babchenko's slaying. He then startled everyone there by inviting the 41-year-old reporter into the room.
To the applause and gasps of the press, Babchenko took the floor and apologized to the friends and family who mourned for him and were unaware of the plan.
"I'm still alive," he said.
Before ushering Babchenko into the room, Gritsak said investigators had identified a Ukrainian citizen who had been recruited and paid $40,000 by the Russian security service to organize and carry out the killing. The unidentified Ukrainian man in turn hired an acquaintance who had fought in the separatist war in eastern Ukraine as the gunman.
Babchenko, one of Russia's best-known war reporters, fled the country in February 2017 after receiving death threats. He spoke and wrote about leaving the country because of the threats against him and his family.. He said his home address was published online and the threats he received were made by phone, email and social media.
Ilya Ponomarev, a former Russian lawmaker who also moved to Ukraine, said Wednesday that Babchenko continued being threatened after he settled last fall in Kiev, where he worked as a host for the Crimean Tatar TV station. Babchenko did not take the intimidation too seriously, according to Ponomarev.
Moscow's annexation of Crimea and support for separatist insurgents in eastern Ukraine were topics on which the journalist was scathingly critical of the Kremlin.
Ayse Wieting in Istanbul and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report.

A video posted on Facebook hours after the New Year's attack that killed 39 people in Istanbul shows people celebrating and counting down to midnight at the popular Reina nightclub.
The video was posted by Ukrainian national Natalia Volnova, who said in her post that not all of her friends had survived the attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group today.
In her Facebook post, Volnova thanked the policemen who pulled her out from under a table where she was hiding and covered her, as well as a fellow Ukrainian woman who returned a jacket she lost in the chaos.
She also said in the post that she saw the attacker run close to her, but had not been shot herself.


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Question: This televangelist is asking his followers to buy him a $54 million private jet

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A prosperity gospel televangelist from Louisiana says Jesus has asked him to buy a new private jet. And wouldn't you know it, Jesus has real nice taste in planes.
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Jesse Duplantis, leader of Jesse Duplantis Ministries and the owner of three other private jets, is asking his followers to chip in so his ministry can purchase a brand new Dassault Falcon 7X, which runs about $54 million.
In a video recently published on his website, Duplantis says the planes get him closer to the Lord -- both literally and figuratively -- and he had a divine conversation in which Jesus asked for the new aircraft by name.
"It was one of the greatest statements the Lord ever told me, he said, 'Jesse do you want to come up where I'm at?'" the minister says. "'I want you to bleed me for a Falcon 7X.'"
By "bleed," Duplantis -- er, Jesus -- apparently meant "ask for donations."
Duplantis goes on to tell his followers that jets, especially nice ones with good fuel efficiency, allow him and his ministries to reach more people around the world. And no, it wouldn't technically be his, it would be the ministry's.
"All it's gonna do is it's going to touch people, it's going to reach people, it's going to change lives one soul at a time," Duplantis said of the aircraft.
"I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey," he added with a chuckle.
In the video, Duplantis also shows his followers a photo of him standing beside his other three jets: a Cessna Citation 500, an IAI Westwind II, and a Dassault Falcon 50. Under the portrait is a quote, which he proudly reiterates: "It's not about possessions, it's about priorities."
CNN has reached out to Duplantis for comment.
On its website Dassault boasts that the Falcon 7X combines "fighter jet technology with an elegant, whisper-quiet executive cabin."
If this all seems a little spendy, you may not be familiar with the concepts behind prosperity theology. According to prosperity gospel preachers and believers, nice things like jets and cars and rent money are God's way of blessing people for a faithful life. And by their logic sharing your wealth with the church will make God bless you even more.
It's maybe no surprise then that big-name prosperity gospel preachers have a thing for jets. To them, such luxury is not at odds with Jesus' teachings of moderation and humility.
And Duplantis is not the only preacher claiming to be having conversations with the Almighty about mid-range business aircraft.
In 2015, megapastor Creflo Dollar faced a backlash after asking his followers for $60 million for a Gulfstream G650.
Earlier this year, prosperity preacher Kenneth Copeland acquired a Gulfstream V jet from director Tyler Perry, paid for by donations from his followers.
Copeland and Duplantis also discussed the necessity of private jets on a 2016 episode of Copeland's show, "Believer's Voice of Victory," during which Copeland described commercial air travel as being "in a long tube with a bunch of demons."
"The world is in such shape, we can't get [to followers] without [private jets]. We've got to have them," Copeland said.
Copeland noted that famed evangelical pastor Oral Roberts flew commercial, but the people on the planes "agitated his spirit" with their requests for prayers.
"You can't manage that today," he said.


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Question: Russian journalist reported killed in Ukraine shows up alive

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turned up at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Wednesday less than 24 hours after police reported he had been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment building. The country’s security services said Babchenko’s death was faked to foil a plot to take his life.
Ukrainian police said Tuesday that Babchenko, a strong critic of the Kremlin, was shot multiple times in the back Tuesday and found bleeding there by his wife. Authorities said they suspected he was killed because of his work.
Vasyl Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, announced at a news conference Wednesday that the security agency and the police had solved Babchenko’s slaying. He then startled everyone there by inviting the 41-year-old reporter into the room.
To the applause and gasps of the press, Babchenko took the floor and apologized to the friends and family who mourned for him and were unaware of the plan.
“I’m still alive,” he said.
Before ushering Babchenko into the room, Gritsak said investigators had identified a Ukrainian citizen who had been recruited and paid $40,000 by the Russian security service to organize and carry out the killing. The unidentified Ukrainian man in turn hired an acquaintance who had fought in the separatist war in eastern Ukraine as the gunman.
Babchenko, one of Russia’s best-known war reporters, fled the country in February 2017 after receiving death threats. He spoke and wrote about leaving the country because of the threats against him and his family.. He said his home address was published online and the threats he received were made by phone, email and social media.
Ilya Ponomarev, a former Russian lawmaker who also moved to Ukraine, said Wednesday that Babchenko continued being threatened after he settled last fall in Kiev, where he worked as a host for the Crimean Tatar TV station. Babchenko did not take the intimidation too seriously, according to Ponomarev.
Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and support for separatist insurgents in eastern Ukraine were topics on which the journalist was scathingly critical of the Kremlin.
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Question: Clinton says she would like to run Facebook

Hillary Clinton didn't win the presidency in 2016, so is there another job she would like to have? The former Democratic Party nominee considered the question Friday at Harvard University and said she would like to run Facebook.
During an event at which she received the prestigious Radcliffe Medal for “transformative impact on society,” Clinton was asked which company she would like to lead as CEO.
Without any hesitation, Clinton named Facebook, noting that the social media giant has vast power and controls the flow of information.
“It’s the biggest news platform in the world … but most people in our country get their news, true or not, from Facebook,” she said.
The response drew mixed reactions on social media, though the attempt to put her name on the table may not be so out of the ordinary. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg openly endorsed Clinton’s candidacy while a co-founder of the social media giant, Dustin Moskovitz, led a nearly $30 million effort to defeat now-President Donald Trump.
Other Facebook employees contributed more money to Clinton's campaign -- some $114,000 -- than to those of any other candidate, according to Federal Election Commission data that takes into account only donations over $200, the Hill reported.
But the former U.S. secretary of state’s openness to run Facebook came at the time when the tech company is coping with a number of scandals, including alleged misuse of user data that allowed political campaigns, including possibly Clinton’s, to target potential voters after acquiring the data of millions of people.
Just this week, Facebook was accused of deceptive tactics to pressure people to accept its privacy policy. According to a complaint filed by the European Center for Digital Rights on behalf of an anonymous individual, the platform blocked users who didn’t consent to the new privacy policies and used “tricks” – including fake message notifications – to pressure them into agreeing with the policies.
“[Facebook] used additional ‘tricks’ to pressure the users: For example, the consent page included two fake red dots … that indicated that the user has new messages and notifications, which he/she cannot access without consenting — even if the user did not have such notifications or messages in reality,” the complaint reads, according to Australia's News.co.au.
CLINTON CAMPAIGN APP MAY HAVE HARVESTED FACEBOOK DATA OF MILLIONS
But similar to Cambridge Analytica, the company that was forced to shut down amid the data misuse scandal, the Clinton campaign itself may have harvested the data of potentially millions of users to get an edge over Trump.
In the midst of the election, Clinton's campaign launched a mobile application called “Hillary 2016” that allowed every user to pair their friends list on Facebook with their phone contacts – and give the campaign permission to access that info.
People who didn’t download the application - or weren’t even Clinton supporters – weren’t given an option to prohibit their Facebook friends from pairing their phone numbers with Facebook accounts and indicate their likelihood of voting for the Democratic candidate.

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Question: Sex with persons in custody now illegal for Louisiana law enforcement

A new Louisiana law makes it illegal for a law enforcement officer to have sex with someone that has been arrested or is otherwise in custody. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the measure, passed unanimously by the Legislature, this week. It went into effect immediately.
Sponsored by Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, the new law indicates that a person under arrest or in custody of the police is "deemed incapable" of giving consent to sexual acts with a police officer or other law enforcement official who knows they are under supervision. That would automatically make sex acts between a police officer or prison guard and a person who is being detained illegal.
An Orleans Parish sheriff's deputy was arrested in December on charges of sexual battery and other crimes after admitting she had a sexual relationship with an inmate, who was facing murder charges at the time. A jury also convicted former New Orleans police officer Henry Hollins of attempted aggravated rape and second-degree kidnapping of a woman he picked up while on patrol in 2011.
A prison guard for Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was recently charged with felony sexual malfeasance for having sex with an inmate at the maximum security prison.
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Julia O'Donoghue is a state politics reporter based in Baton Rouge. She can be reached at jodonoghue@nola.com or on Twitter at @jsodonoghue. Please consider following us on Facebook at NOLA.com.

In 2017, new laws across the US will go into effect. Here are some of the new, noteworthy, and impactful policies:
Guns: there may be more armed teenagers in Tennessee
A range of new gun legislation will go into effect, and while places such as California are working to restrict guns, Tennessee is opening up its gun laws. Starting in 2017, 18-year-olds who are on active duty in the military, are retired veterans or were honorably discharged will be able to receive handgun carry permits. The age remains 21 for everyone else. The bill passed unanimously in the state senate.
Other laws:
More assault weapons are off limits in California, including semiautomatic rifles
Californians will have to go through a background check to purchase not just guns but also ammunition
Babysitters and other guests will be permitted to use deadly force against intruders, as part of Missouri’s new concealed carry law
Minimum wage: many states to see minimum wage rise in 2017
Minimum wage increases remain a contentious political issue but in 2017, a record 20 states and the District of Columbia will see increased pay for low-wage workers. The fight for $15 is on in New York and California. New York is working toward a statewide $15-per-hour minimum wage but Governor Andrew Cuomo has different timelines, depending on each industry and location in the state. California’s minimum wage will go up to $10.50, with the hopes of reaching $15 by 2022. Ohio’s state legislature took steps to block Cleveland’s efforts to reach a $15 minimum wage by passing a law that forces local jurisdictions to maintain the same wage as the state rate, which will go up to $8.15 in 2017.
The following minimum wage increases go into effect 1 January:
Massachusetts: $10 to $11
Connecticut: $9.60 to $10.10
Arizona: $8.05 to $10
Colorado: $8.31 to $9.30
Arkansas: $8 to $8.50
Michigan: $8.50 to $8.90
Vermont: $9.60 to $10
Maine: $7.50 to $9
Hawaii: $8.50 to $9.25
Washington state: $9.47 to $11
Several other states will raise their minimum wages later in the year. The Economic Policy Institute tracks all the changes here.
Domestic violence and sexual assault: hairdressers to provide support to victims
Starting 1 January, cosmetologists, hairdressers and nail technicians in Illinois will be required to undergo one hour of training on how to provide support to victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. It will also be mandatory for establishments to hang posters with helpline details.
Several California laws passed this year will also go into effect, addressing the prosecution of sexual assault crimes:
Following the Brock Turner case, California implemented tougher sentencing guidelines for sexual assault cases
California removed the statute of limitations in some rape cases, meaning there is no time limit for filing charges against an alleged perpetrator. Some say the move was inspired by Bill Cosby’s case
The definition of rape has also been broadened to include “all forms of nonconsensual sexual assault”
Alcohol and pot: Californians can get tipsy at beauty parlors
A new law allows beauty parlors and salons to serve up to 12 ounces of complimentary alcohol without violating state liquor law requirements.
In other substance-related developments, on election day in 2016, four states approved ballot initiatives legalizing recreational marijuana. Recreational pot will become legal in Nevada on 1 January. Maine’s law should go partially into effect in late January.
In Connecticut, advanced practice registered nurses will now be allowed to certify a patient for medical marijuana use (except for glaucoma). New York announced a similar regulation in November.
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Health: doctors with religious objections will have to refer patients elsewhere
A new law amends Illinois’s Health Care Right of Conscience Act to require that providers, including doctors and clinics, who refuse services for moral or religious reasons ensure their choice does not endanger patient health. That means doctors must either refer patients elsewhere or at least provide information on alternatives.
The measure has proved controversial - a small number of clinics sued because they objected to giving referrals or information related to abortion. A judge recently issued a preliminary injunction temporarily preventing the state from enforcing the law against the clinics that sued, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Other new health-related laws:
More foam bans, more civics lessons
San Francisco will implement the country’s widest ban on plastic foam, which environmentalists say can take hundreds of years to degrade. The new law will ban the substance in food products such as meat trays, packing peanuts, ice chests, dock floats and mooring buoys, and even coffee cups.
In Tennessee, students will now be required to take a civics test before they graduate from high school. The questions will be similar to those on the US citizenship test, part of a movement to improve Americans’ engagement and understanding of the country’s democratic process.