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6 Words: 'My Name Is Jamaal ... I'm White'npr.org
Jamaal Allan is a high school teacher in Des Moines, Iowa. People make assumptions based on his name alone, and that's taken him on a lifelong odyssey of racial encounters. -
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The Hezbollah Connectionnytimes.com
Ten years ago, a truck bomber assassinated the former and likely next prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri. Can a trial in The Hague deliver any justice for the nation — or the Middle East? -
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First Look at the Rift, Shipping Q1 2016oculus.com
Since the earliest days of the Oculus Kickstarter, the Rift has been shaped by gamers, backers, developers, and enthusiasts around the world. Today, we’re incredibly excited to announce that the Oculus Rift will be shipping to consumers in Q1 2016, wit... -
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Seeing Through Policenplusonemag.com
One knows to walk toward where police are standing, where they mark the significance of something else: a parade, a concert, a demonstration, or an arrest, an abuse, an accident. One can go to enjoy them — to watch their offer of theater and ritual to ... -
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Watch Live: SpaceX to launch dummy in key testlatimes.com
Entrepreneur Elon Musk ’s SpaceX is scheduled to attempt a crucial test of its plan to carry humans to orbit early Wednesday morning. -
Introducing Makesto for iPadblog.makesto.com
My 7 year old son, wife and I spend a lot of our time together making stories with various props like cars, superhero toys, kitchen utensils and well, almost anything. This is a hugely satisfying... -
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Zenefits Just Raised $500 Million At A $4.5 Billion Valuationtechcrunch.com
Zenefits today said it has raised $500 million in a round led by Fidelity and TPG at a whopping $4.5 billion valuation. The company, which allows small-.. -
cloud.google.com
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How to create a seamless panorama video from multiple cameras | KurzweilAIkurzweilai.net
A crop from a 20 megapixel panorama created from a highly unstructured array consisting of 14 cameras (credit: F. Perazzi et al/Eurographics -
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blog.sandstorm.io
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Why Scientific American's Predictions from 10 Years Ago Were So Wronggizmodo.com
Recently, we did an experiment: We took an outdated issue of a respected popular science magazine, Scientific American, and researched exactly what happened to the highly-touted breakthroughs of the era that would supposedly change everything. What we ...