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Mannen Het Ravijn niet van slag ondanks dramatische reeks

Tubantia 

NIJVERDAL – De 10-9 nederlaag tegen laagvlieger De Dam betekende alweer de vierde nederlaag op rij voor de waterpolomannen van Het Ravijn. Het loopt niet de laatste weken en dus is de ploeg van trainer Hans van Zeeland weggezakt op de ranglijst. Lars Gottemaker wil niet spreken van een panieksituatie. “Het vertrouwen is er nog steeds wel, maar er moet wel wat gebeuren om het tij te doen keren.”

Apple's iPhone may be mature, but it's still bearing fruit

AP.org 

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) -- The Apple of today hasn't yet shown much indication of emulating its co-founder Steve Jobs and his streak of world-changing products, but it's still proving to be a tough act to beat....

What science fiction like 'Westworld' and 'Black Mirror' tells us about our near future

BusinessInsider.com 

"Westworld"/HBO

From Humans to Westworld, from Her to Ex Machina, and from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D to Black Mirror — near future science fiction in recent years has given audiences some seriously unsettling and prophetic visions of the future. According to these alternative or imagined futures, we are facing a post-human reality where humans are either rebelled against or replaced by their own creations. These stories propose a future where our lives will be transformed by science and technology, redefining what it is to be human. Читать дальше...

Trump speech guests chosen to help highlight priorities

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is following the playbook for speeches to Congress and packing his guest box with individuals whose personal stories the administration hopes will put a face on the proposals he planned to highlight in Tuesday night's address, namely illegal immigration. The lives of three of the eight people the White House invited to join first lady Melania Trump in a guest box high above the House floor for Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress were affected... Читать дальше...

Hershey’s bitter news: Cutting more than 2,000 jobs

GantDaily.com 

It wasn’t a sweet day for Hershey workers. The candy maker said Tuesday that it’ll cut its global workforce by about 15%, which likely amounts to about 2,700 people. The company employs about 18,000 people worldwide, according to public filings last December. The cuts will be “driven primarily by its hourly headcount outside of the […]

Trump’s child care plan is gift to the rich, report says

GantDaily.com 

President Donald Trump has vowed to make child care in America cheaper. But Trump’s current proposal, which he is expected to tout during his prime-time address to Congress Tuesday evening, will do little to help the working families who need the most relief. That’s according to a new analysis from the non-partisan Tax Policy Center. […]

Why Pheasant Island is sometimes in France, sometimes in Spain

AOL.com 

Filed under: Lifestyle, Travel, Explore

On maps, international borders are two-dimensional: they can be traced out on a flat sheet of paper with latitude and longitude. In real life, terrain is three-dimensional, and borders can be as well—like Friedrichstrasse Station during the Cold War, where one could cross from West to East Berlin just by going up a flight of stairs. But there's only one four-dimensional border in the world, one that moves back and forth not in space, but in time.

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Audi, Porsche are tops in Consumer Reports’ annual rankings

TheRepublic.com 

DETROIT — Audi, Porsche, BMW and Lexus are the best-performing brands in Consumer Reports’ annual rankings, but lower-priced options aren’t far behind. Subaru, Kia, Mazda, Honda and Buick also made it into the organization’s top ten brands for 2017. Tesla was the highest-ranking U.S.-based brand, at number eight. The worst performers were Fiat, Jeep and

White Helmet rescue worker killed in Syria's Homs

Stars and Stripes 

The Syrian search-and-rescue group featured in an Oscar-winning documentary announced that one of its volunteers had been killed by government artillery fire in the city of Homs Tuesday, as pro-government forces reached the outskirts of Islamic State-held Palmyra in the center of the country.





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