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New president named at Fremont Street Experience

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Patrick Hughes, the general manager of the Cannery hotel-casino in North Las Vegas, is the new president and CEO of the Fremont Street Experience, the organization’s board announced today. Hughes ...

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«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

UW-Madison researchers to study Zika virus in monkeys — MADISON — Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison plan to use monkeys to study the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The studies sta…

5 Lies My Grandma Told Me

The Huffington Post 

Photo Credit: Tiago Camargo

1) "Time heals all wounds."

Also known as, "This, too, shall pass." While it's true that after a personal tragedy, things do eventually seem to get better, life can be hard as hell before the good comes. But the idea that time is the healer is not totally true. When I think about the hurt and shame that was allowed to fester after my childhood abuse, time didn't heal that. Time allowed the wound to grow larger, the infection to spread, and if a doctor... Читать дальше...

NY Fashion Week: Kanye West wows crowd, BCBG goes Bowie

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press is all over New York Fashion Week, from the runway designs to the celebrity-filled front rows. Here are some highlights from Thursday's opening day:

NY Fashion Week: Kanye West wows crowd, BCBG goes Bowie

«The Bismarck Tribune» (bismarcktribune.com) 

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press is all over New York Fashion Week, from the runway designs to the celebrity-filled front rows. Here are some highlights from Thursday's opening day:

The End of the Third World

WSJ.com 

The rapid rise of China seems to contradict the author’s assertion that democracy is better than autocracy at facilitating rapid economic growth.



Kansas Senate defeats call to extend weapons prohibition

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — The Kansas Senate has defeated a measure aimed at keeping concealed weapons off college campuses a few more years. In 2013, the Legislature blocked prohibitions against concealed weapons in government buildings, but exempted colleges and universities for four years.

TN govt did not respond to our offer: EESL head

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Saurabh Kumar, managing director of Energy Efficiency Services Limited tells Christin Mathew Philip about the advantages of energy-saving programme

Suriye'de bilanço çok daha ağır çıktı

Sabah 

Suriye savaşının yeni bilançosuna göre, 470 bin kişi öldü, 1.9 milyon kişi yaralandı. Ölümler ve göçler nedeniyle ülke nüfusu yüzde 21 azaldı. 13.8 milyon Suriyeli ise geçim kaynağını tamamen kaybettiDevamı için tıklayınız

Slavery book author says she had concerns

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

NEW YORK — The author of a children’s book pulled last month because of its smiling depiction of slaves says she herself objected to the illustrations and had expressed early concerns with the publisher, Scholastic. “The public does not know that the authors (of picture stories) are not in full control of their books,” she said. The Washington book was published Jan. 5 and set off a wave of criticism from reviewers, and on social media and Amazon.com, where 270 out of 371 reader reviews were one star as of Thursday morning. Читать дальше...

Corpn ignores free central LED scheme, opts to spend Rs 145cr

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Greater Chennai Corporation has sanctioned Rs 145.67 crore for a project to in stall 30,000 LED street lights across the city after declining an offer from the Centre which would have entailed virtually no initial expense for the civic body.

What 'Star Wars' Can Tell Us About Political Risk

The Huffington Post 

Global Risk Insights recently spoke with Dr. ​Zachary Feinstein at the Washington University in St. Louis about the connection between science fiction and political risk.

The human race has never known any limits to the imagination. From energy exploration on the moon to the space act signed last November by the Obama administration, space and science fiction mixes seamlessly into the possibilities of innovation and future opportunities. What lessons does this genre hold for analysts and researchers of international affairs... Читать дальше...





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