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Communities Are Bonding Together In Vermont To Meaningfully Challenge Telecom Monopolies

Techdirt 

We’ve long covered the trend of communities building their own broadband networks. It’s a movement directly created by decades of anger at telecom market failure, poor service, and monopolization. But since 2015, Vermont officials have taken things to an entirely different level. In 2015, the state legislature greenlit the creation of Communications Utilities Districts (CUDs). […]

Rain in Palawan, Bicol, Visayas, and Mindanao due to LPA off Davao City

Newsinfo.inquirer.net 

MANILA, Philippines — A low-pressure area located off Davao is expected to bring overcast skies with scattered rain showers in most parts of the country on Tuesday, state meteorologists said. The LPA was last spotted 280 kilometers southeast of Davao City, according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Obet Badrina. […]

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Man stabbed in the buttocks inside Manhattan McDonald's: NYPD

Pix11.com 

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) ---A man was stabbed in the buttocks while inside a Midtown Manhattan McDonald's on Monday afternoon, police said. The man was attacked in the Eighth Avenue eatery near 56th Street around 4:45 p.m., an NYPD spokesman said. A group fled from the McDonald's after the stabbing. The victim was taken to a [...]

Lagos projects jobs as Buhari opens rice mill, seaport

The Punch 

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has unveiled the $1.5bn Lekki deep seaport, and the Imota Rice Mill in Ikorodu, Lagos. The Lekki deep seaport has been described as one of the largest seaports in the country and one of the biggest in West Africa which its promoters have said would improve efficiency and

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ASX opens higher as tech shares boost Wall Street

Sydney Morning Herald 

The ASX has started the day in the green as Wall Street grows more convinced the Federal Reserve will turn the screws on the economy less aggressively and earnings reporting season ramps up.



Ooni seeks end to human trafficking

The Punch 

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Monday, canvassed reforms and an end to human trafficking, especially of the girl-child. Ogunwusi said this while speaking at a press briefing held to herald the #SayNoToSlavery campaign being championed by Damilola Falomo, a victim of human trafficking. Falomo, who was reportedly trafficked to Oman is leading

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Ex-poly student jailed for faking American lawyer

The Punch 

An Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos State, on Monday, sentenced a former student of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Francis Nduka, to two-year imprisonment for pretending to be an American lawyer. Nduka, an Internet fraudster, defrauded his victims of $3,700. Justice Ramon Oshodi handed down the verdict after the convict, who said he had been into

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Senate Democrats struggle with Kyrsten Sinema reelection dilemma

The Washington Times 

Mum's the word from the senators in charge of electing Democrats to the upper chamber as they contemplate whether to support Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat-turned-independent, or Democratic challenger Rep. Ruben Gallego.

Government warns Lagosians against pipeline vandalism

The Punch 

The Lagos State Government has called on residents of Ejigbo, Egbe-Idimu, Alimosho, Oshodi and their environs to promptly report suspicious moves or vandalism of petroleum pipelines to the government and other relevant authorities. The Head of the Department of Oil and Gas Department in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sesan Odukoya, made the

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Feudalism in America

Library of Economics and Liberty 

In my previous post, I discussed the fact that regulation was slowing the redevelopment of land in California. A recent paper by Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson, and Sebastian Vollmer (HRV) entitled “The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries” examines a related issue.  They find that in areas where religious monasteries were broken up and sold to entrepreneurs, economic growth accelerated.  They argued that the new owners implemented productivity improving changes, such as more efficient farming techniques. Читать дальше...

iPhone 14 left charging, spontaneously caught fire (VIDEO)

Royals Blue 

Although the Galaxy Note 7 is the best-known example, the phenomenon of “spontaneous combustion” of phones left on charge is still a topical one, with the iPhone 14 providing the latest example. Here’s why you should never leave your phone charging unattended. Generally associated with battery manufacturing defects, spontaneous combustion in mobile phones is a […]





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