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Song Premiere: Hear Guitar Goddess Orianthi Shred on 'Transmogrify'

Yahoo Music 

Although rock history certainly has its share of male guitar gods, the instrument is by no means the sole domain of the dudes. The set is produced by author and former Guitar World editor Brad Tolinski with iconic guitarist Steve Vai as executive producer, and showcases 11 female guitarists, including Orianthi, Lita Ford, Sarah Longfield, and more.

Song Premiere: Hear Guitar Goddess Orianthi Shred on 'Transmogrify'

Yahoo Music 

Although rock history certainly has its share of male guitar gods, the instrument is by no means the sole domain of the dudes. The set is produced by author and former Guitar World editor Brad Tolinski with iconic guitarist Steve Vai as executive producer, and showcases 11 female guitarists, including Orianthi, Lita Ford, Sarah Longfield, and more.

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A mystery buyer just paid nearly $66 million for a penthouse in New York's tallest condo building

BusinessInsider.com 

Facebook/432 Park Avenue

A mystery buyer just scooped up one of 432 Park Avenue’s priciest penthouses for $65.6 million — the second-highest price paid to date for a pad at the luxury tower.

The buyer of Unit 85 — identified as Parklight LLC — went into contract on the full-floor spread in April 2013, according to public records. Haroon Hamid was an "authorized" signatory on the deed.

Since closings began in late 2015, the Rafael Vinoly-designed tower, developed by Macklowe Properties and CIM Group... Читать дальше...

Rights group criticizes Turkey over post-coup clampdown

TheRepublic.com 

BASEL, Switzerland — Turkish government has used last year’s failed military coup to launch an expansive crackdown that has swept up peaceful critics and undermined democracy, a human rights group said Thursday. Human Rights Watch’s report said the July 15 botched coup was no excuse for the scale of the government’s moves against critics and



Snags Multiply in India's Digital ID Rollout

WSJ.com 

The rollout of India’s new Aadhaar digital ID system has come up against problems from unreadable fingerprints to shoddy internet, affecting millions of people.

CAE USA to assist Army helicopter pilot training

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Richard Tomkins
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- CAE USA is to provide support services for U.S. Army helicopter flight training instructors under a contract with a potential value of $450 million.

How to lose quarterbacks and alienate people

The Economist 

THE playoffs in America’s National Football League (NFL), which kicked off on January 8th, are a pretty dull affair for fans of the Buffalo Bills. Like the team’s post-industrial hometown, the once-proud Bills—the only team to ever reach the Super Bowl championship game in four consecutive years—have fallen on hard times.

Pro-choice Activists Call on Gardner to Reject "Horrifically Anti-Woman" Nominee

The Huffington Post 

NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado called on Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner Monday to oppose the confirmation of anti-choice U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is Trump's nominee for attorney general.

Sessions "couldn't be more at odds with Colorado's pro-choice values," said Karen Middleton, Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado in a statement, adding that Sessions views "women as second-class citizens when it comes to our rights and our health care."

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Don Draper and 'Mad Men' archive land at University of Texas

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

The last America saw of Don Draper, he was meditating on a Pacific hillside, imagining one of the most iconic ads in television history. What's left of the flawed protagonist of "Mad Men" has now gone to Texas. Show creator Matthew Weiner and ...

U.K. PM Theresa May to deliver major Brexit speech Tuesday

MarketWatch.com 

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to give a landmark speech Tuesday on her country's plans for negotiating an exit from the European Union, according to multiple media reports. Critics have accused her of being unclear and not providing details on Brexit efforts. May denied that the government's approach to Brexit is "muddled" in a Sunday interview with Sky News.

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