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The response of Senator Richard Blumenthal to my letter in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

The response of Senator Richard Blumenthal to my letter in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Ask yourselves how American labor can compete against Vietnamese workers earning on average $0.56 per hour. Continue reading



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Senator Bernie Sanders speaks out against the Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement to the United States Senate May 12 2015

The Senate considered H.R. 1314, the legislative vehicle for trade promotion authority reauthorization.?It would give the president broad fast-track authority when negotiating trade agreements and require Congress to consider treaties without an amendment process. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks out against this bill before the Senate on May 12, 2015. Continue reading



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College for ALL Act presented by Senator Bernie Sanders on May 19 2015

Read the text of Senator Bernie Sanders bill to make college tuition free for students and to be financed by a tax on Wall Street speculation. WASHINGTON, May 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to make 4-year public colleges and universities tuition free. “We live in a highly competitive global economy. If our economy is to be strong, we need the best educated work force in the world. That will not happen if every year hundreds of thousands of bright young people cannot afford to go to college and if millions more leave school deeply in debt,” Sanders said. Under the legislation, $70 billion a year in assistance – two-thirds from the federal government and one-third from states – would replace what public colleges and universities now charge in tuition and fees. The federal share of the cost would be offset by imposing a tax on Wall Street transactions by investment houses, hedge funds and other speculators. The legislation also would overhaul student loan programs so students and their parents could reduce crushing debt loads which now exceed Americans’ credit card debt. Federal profits on loans would be eliminated, work-study programs expanded and incentives offered for colleges and universities to keep costs down. “We once led the world in the percentage of our people with a college degree, now we are in 12th place.” Sanders said. “Countries like Germany, Denmark, Sweden and many more are providing free or inexpensive higher education for their young people. They understand how important it is to be investing in their youth. We should be doing the same,” he added. Tuition at 4-year public colleges and universities rose by 50 percent in the United States during the past decade. As state governments have cut support for higher education, the burden has shifted to students and their parents. With this spring’s college commencement season underway, the class of 2015 is the most indebted class in American history, according to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Edvisors, a website on college costs and financial aid. Continue reading



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Bernie Sanders does not have to win the Iowa Primary to set up his race

Bernie Sanders does not have to win the Iowa primary; however, if the gets 35%, 40%, or 45% of the vote, that would set him up nicely for the New Hampshire primary, next door to his state of Vermont. Continue reading




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Senator Bernie Sanders formally announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President

“Thank you all very much for being here and for all the support that you have given me over the years: as the mayor of this great city, as Vermont’s only congressman and now as a U.S. senator. Thanks also … Continue reading




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Bernie Sanders calls out Hillary Clinton to announce her position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement

Bernie Sanders calls out Hillary Clinton to announce her position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement; however, Hillary Clinton refuses to reveal her position, hoping that the agreement will be passed and she won't have to take a position. Continue reading




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Make an Offer that the IRS Can’t Refuse: How to calculate an offer in compromise acceptable to the”Don”

An Offer in Compromise is an agreement between the taxpayer and the government that settles a tax liability for payment of less than the full amount owed. The Internal Revenue Service will generally accept an Offer in Compromise when it … Continue reading



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Is the DNC Afraid of Democracy? Clinton WH Counselor Says Party a “Dead Carcass” for Stifling Debate

"This is supposed to be a political party. In a healthy society, there would be a democratic process in the Democratic Party, by which elected people would be overseeing these issues by making sure there wasn’t just nepotism and insider dealing," Curry says. "That the political party itself — which is supposed to be the progressive party — has become mortgaged to a small group of Washington insiders, who raise money from large corporate PACs, [and] has become just a dead carcass of what it once was, is the most important piece of information that this contretemps over the data files has emphasized. It’s time for progressives in this country to stand up and demand a genuinely democratic process." Continue reading




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Sanders Slams Trump for Attacks on Clintons

We need a mass movement of tens of millions of people prepared to say that we want national health care, that we want the millionaires and multi-national corporations who are not paying their fair share, to pay their fair share. Continue reading




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Glenn Greenwald on Democracy Now reports that Hillary Clinton Has Embraced Some of the Most Brutal Dictators in the World

With the Republican establishment attempting to stop real estate mogul Donald Trump from receiving the GOP nomination, a new anti-Trump ad produced by the Emergency Committee for Israel alleges that Trump supports dictators. But what about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s record on dictators? Earlier this week, Clinton addressed the annual AIPAC conference, seeking to cast herself as a stronger ally to Israel than Donald Trump. We examine her record on Israel and U.S. foreign relations at large with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept. Continue reading




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JAW-DROPPING Evidence Of Election Fraud & Media Blackout

The evidence is adding up that this election is a SHAM! Exit polls do not add up on the Democratic side and regularly predict better results for Bernie than the voting machines are telling us! The mainstream media won't even come close to touching this, and in fact they're even attacking Lee Camp for bringing it up. Don't miss this segment of Redacted Tonight! Continue reading




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Who Should Bernie Voters Support Now? Robert Reich vs. Chris Hedges on Tackling the Neoliberal Order

Chris Hedges speaks the truth about American politics while Robert Reich shows that he is still an establishment Democrat after all, like Bernie Sanders. Continue reading




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Julian Assange says that we must have political accountability–a general deterrence set to stop political organizations behaving in a corrupt manner.

we know how politics works in the United States. Whoever—whatever political party gets into government is going to merge with the bureaucracy pretty damn fast. It will be in a position where it has some levers in its hand. And so, as a result, corporate lobbyists will move in to help control those levers. So it doesn’t make much difference in the end. What does make a difference is political accountability, a general deterrence set to stop political organizations behaving in a corrupt manner. Continue reading




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Bernie Sanders was never a real candidate but was merely this election’s sheepdog for Hillary Clinton to herd progressives back into the corral of the Democratic Party.

Bernie Sanders and Jane Sanders are mere actors serving as pressure valves which release from time to time all excess heat emanating from failed policies, scandals, and the worsening economic conditions, so that a catastrophic systems’ collapse can be prevented. They are sheepdogs for Hillary Clinton, preventing progressives from supporting a third party progressive candidate and to herd them back into the corral of the Democratic Party. Continue reading




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Did companies and countries buy access to the State Department by donating to the Clinton Foundation?

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter James Grimaldi of The Wall Street Journal, who has covered the Clinton Foundation for years, looks at the relationship between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department during Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state, and what it would be if she became president. Newly released State Department emails include exchanges between top members of the Clinton Foundation and Clinton’s top State Department advisers, including Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills. The FBI reportedly wanted to investigate the Clinton Foundation earlier this year, but U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed back. Continue reading




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Hillary Clinton and the corporate Democrats lost because Donald Trump ran to their left and outflanked them so don’t blame Jill Stein or sexism or racism. Video and transcript.

There's got to be a reason for the Democrats to suppose to exist. And the reason the Democrats are supposed to exist is to be an opposition party to the Republicans. If you're in bed with the same people, taking money from the same people, you're no longer an opposition party. There's no reason for you to exist. And guess what? Don't be surprised that people don't vote for you. Continue reading




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Donald Trump sells out supporters by selecting executives from Goldman Sachs for key cabinet posts to regulate our economy

Donald Trump sold out his supporters and the 99% by selecting Wall Streeters and war mongers for his top cabinet positions. Continue reading




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Our intelligence agencies have issued disclaimers stating that their reports of Russian hacking of the election lack any proof of facts

Jimmy Dore: The intelligence agencies have been releasing the reports to convince us that we should be upset at Russia because they hacked our election. First of all, who gives a shit if they did? The United States tapped Angela Merkel’s … Continue reading




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The SEBAC agreement is the mother of all can-kicks a sweetheart deal protected by contract for a full decade

The sweetheart deal that Governor Malloy and his fellow Democrats in the General Assembly cut with state employee unions, the so-called SEBAC agreement, is protected by contract for a full decade —leaving meaningful reforms waaay down the road. The contract is the mother of all can-kicks. Continue reading




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Bob Stefanowski will make Sam Brownback look like a socialist in comparison by eliminating the income tax in Connecticut

NEWS 8 IS YOUR LOCAL ELECTION HEADQUARTERS…. AND TONIGHT…VOODOO ECONOMICS! CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MARK DAVIS TELLING US HOW REPEALING THE STATE INCOME TAX IS THE LATEST HEATED TOPIC BETWEEN THE CANIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.   DEMOCRAT NED LAMONT IS OPENING A … Continue reading




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desert tracks #7

Before I visited the desert near Dubai for the first time I had a rather romanticised idea about what I might find: rolling dunes, crystal clear skies, and maybe a camel or two. More than anything though, I expected a clean and pristine environment. That wasn't the case: there were motorcycle and dune buggy tracks all over the place - it looked like a carpark after a busy day, albeit a very sandy one. But every disappointment is its own opportunity and since that trip I've made a point of photographing the tracks in the sand whenever I see them. This particular set was shot in November 2013 during my Landscape Photography workshop for Gulf Photo Plus.




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Gay Pride Blackpool 2016 #1

Three portraits from yesterday's Blackpool Pride Festival in Blackpool, all of which were shot with the Fujifilm X-T1 and 90mm f/2 (my new favourite lens). As always, it was a great event, with lots of great characters.




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Gay Pride Blackpool 2016 #2

While pretty much everyone enjoyed the Blackpool Pride Festival there were a handful of slightly less cheerful folk.




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STEVE HACKETT выпустит автобиографию

В июле 2020 состоится релиз автобиографии гитарист GENESIS STEVE'a HACKETT'a, которая получила название "A Genesis In My Bed". Steve рассказывает в ней о своей жизни в детстве и юношестве, о времени в GENESIS и детально об отношении с остальными участниками команды, давай возможность узнать о том, каковы были отношения в одной из самых известных рок групп мира. #Steve_Hackett #SteveHackett #ProgressiveRock #Progressive_Rock #AvantgardeRock #Avantgarde_Rock




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ACE FREHLEY начал работу над оригинальным материалом

В недавнем разговоре ACE FREHLEY сообщил, что начал работу над оригинальным материалом:

«Из-за вируса всё отодвинулось. Релиз моей пластинки "Origins Vol. 2" перетёк на осень. Ну а я не хочу слишком долго вести праздный образ жизни, поэтому решил записать новую студийную пластинку. Да какого чёрта нет-то?»

По словам Ace'a, "Origins Vol. 2" был готов уже как «несколько месяцев», однако конкретной даты релиза пока нет:

«Мы говорили насчёт конца лета. Может, раньше выйдет какой-то сингл — как раз летом. Мы также обсуждали, что позднее сентября всё не выйдет. Но всё может поменяться. Не цитируйте меня и всё такое. Сначала наступит лето, потом оно закончится. Последнее, что я слышал, — называли сентябрь. Все беспокоятся о своём здоровье. Здоровье на первом месте, потому что без своего здоровья вы ничто». #Ace_Frehley #AceFrehley #HardRock #Hard_Rock #Hard 'n' Heavy #_Hard 'n' Heavy




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Tony Iommi не против концертов BLACK SABBATH

В новом интервью с SiriusXM "Trunk Nation" у легендарного гитариста Tony Iommi спросили, доволен ли он тем, как прошёл прощальный тур BLACK SABBATH "The End", на что он ответил:

«Было здорово иметь возможность отправиться в последний тур. Честно говоря, я чувствовал себя неважно [из-за] этого, потому что в основном это был мой выбор, моя вина, потому что турне для меня в некоторой степени было в физическом плане не самой лучшей идеей. Я имею в виду, что приходилось возвращаться в часа утра после концерта — ты отыграл концерт, а потом летишь обратно в отель — это было много возвращений поздними ночами. Я находился в таких же условиях, как когда мне было 20. Несмотря на то, что мы путешествовали [на] лучших [условиях] — у нас был собственный самолет, у нас были потрясающие отели, и нас разместили в Нью-Йорке или Лос-Анджелесе на 10 дней, или где-то ещё, это было вот так. Выходили из отеля, летели на самолёте, давали концерт, возвращались, но к тому времени, как мы заканчивали, возвращались в отель и ложились спать, уже было три-четыре часа. А для меня это было трудно, и мой доктор сказал мне попробовать немного успокоиться. И в то время это казалось правильным.

Особенно после всего, что случилось с Ронни [Джеймсом Дио], мне очень понравился тот период [с HEAVEN & HELL], когда мы были снова с Дио, мы очень сблизились с этой группой, и это была отличная группа. А потом мы решили заново собрать SABBATH с Ozz'ом [Ozzy Osbourne'ом], и это было круто для завершения карьеры. Но я думаю, что если бы Ронни был жив, я бы, наверное, делал что-нибудь с ним сейчас».

Iommi также ответил на вопрос, возможны ли разовые выступления группы:

«Думаю, это было бы неплохо, ну если мы сможем это сделать. Сложность в том, по крайней мере с SABBATH, что это всё серьёзное предприятие, ты не можешь просто взять и отыграть, так как нужны техники, полная линейка оборудования и всё такое. И это должен быть год или полтора тура... Я не против чего-то такого, я просто хотел бы всё сделать иначе». #Black_Sabbath #BlackSabbath #HardRock #Hard_Rock #HeavyMetal #Heavy_Metal




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ACCEPT почти завершили запись «тяжёлого и мрачного» альбома

В рамках беседы с "Rock On The Rise" вокалист ACCEPT Mark Tornillo рассказал о прогрессе в работе над новым альбомом:

«Когда эта тема с вирусом только началась, я ездил несколько раз в Нэшвилл — пару раз-то точно — чтобы поработать с Wolf'ом [Hoffmann'ом, гитаристом]. И когда узнал, что тур JUDAS PRIEST отменён, у Andy [Sneap'а, известного продюсера, играющего в JUDAS PRIEST] появилось свободное время, поэтому он тоже поехал в Нэшвилл. Так что я тоже туда вернулся, и мы близки, чёрт возьми, к записи альбома!»

На вопрос о том, сколько готово материала, Mark ответил:

«У нас есть девять песен. Но они ещё не полные... Мы сочиняем, я бы сказал, что планируем сделать песен 15 или 16, так что вот тогда и будем готовы к записи. На каких-то сделан ритм, где-то что-то ещё, но я не записывал вокал. И кое-что уже может быть полностью готово и, быть может, в настоящий момент Andy занят сведением. Пока в обсуждениях вариант выпуска сингла летом, а альбома — к Рождеству, если это будет возможно. Посмотрим, как пойдёт».

О том, каково направление нового материала, Tornillo сказал:

«О, тут будет знатная удивляющая хренотень, да... Они сейчас как мои дети, поэтому я могу всем только гордиться. Но посмотрим, как оно всё получится. Посмотрим, во что это всё вырастет... Тут будет самый разный материал — тяжёлый и мрачный».

Предстоящий альбом ACCEPT ознаменует собой первый релиз группы без основателя — басиста Peter'а Baltes'а, который покинул группу в ноябре 2018 года. Его заменил Martin Motnik.

Говоря об уходе Baltes'а из ACCEPT, Tornillo рассказал ведущему "Rock On The Rise" Justin'у Smulison'у следующее:

«Мы, можно сказать, знали, что так произойдёт. Он был недоволен, скажу я вам, пару лет — с "Blind Rage" [2014]. И на самом деле никто не мог понять, почему это и что происходит. Мы гастролировали, и он держался подальше от всех. Это было немного странно. Так что у нас было некое ощущение, что что-то случится. Я думаю, он, Wolf и Gaby [Hoffmann, давний менеджер ACCEPT и жена Wolf'а] могли на самом деле обсуждать всё это в то время, но никто не ожидал, что такое случится. Мы ослепли.

Это первый [альбом] без его игры на басу, и это также первый альбом без него как сочинителя. Так что бремя всего этого в значительной степени ложится на нас с Wolf'ом, мы будем полагаться на помощь других парней. А Gaby (также известная на протяжении 80-х по загадочному псевдониму "Deaffy") до сих пор иногда вставляет свои два цента, что она и делает. На данный момент я пишу все тексты, но я всё ещё полагаюсь на неё по поводу некоторых лирических идей, и она никогда не разочаровывает». #Accept #HeavyMetal #Heavy_Metal




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Барабанщик METALLICA: «RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE всё более и более актуальны»

В рамках интервью для Rolling Stone барабанщик METALLICA Lars Ulrich ответил на вопрос о том, какая музыка его зацепила за последнее время:

«Я бы назвал Fiona Apple — её пластинка ["Fetch the Bolt Cutters"] просто сногсшибательна. В тот день, когда альбом только вышел, я его слушал часа три-четыре подряд и читал тексты. Честно говоря, я был поражён тем, насколько это необычно и гениально, потому что это так нестандартно. Каждые несколько лет выходит пластинка с другим звучанием. Я думаю, что последние ARCTIC MONKEYS, выпущенные года два назад ["Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"], также имели схожий эффект, когда ты получаешь совсем не то, что ожидаешь, потом слушаешь это и просто говоришь: "Вау, это всё ещё возможно — сделать что-то музыкальное и не так, как у всех, ты ощущаешь уникальность, свежесть и неожиданность". Так что я бы сказал, что альбом Fiona Apple определённо из этой категории. Мне также нравится альбом Ed'a O'Brien'а. И его выступление на "Kimmel" — мы смотрели его достаточно часто.

В остальном, я думаю, вы заметили, что я больше обращаюсь ко многим своим старым друзьям [в музыкальном плане]. Пожалуй, музыка, которую я слушал больше всего за последние два-три месяца, — это RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. Неужели я единственный, кто думает, что их музыка с каждым днём становится всё более и более актуальной? Она всё больше и больше ассоциируется с тем, что происходит в мире. Просто такое ощущение, что все четыре этих альбома были записаны на прошлой неделе. И когда я делаю свои жалкие слабенькие упражнения, надеваю наушники и начинаю заниматься, я выдаю что-то типа: "Охренеть", когда просто слышу что-то в "Calm Like A Bomb", "Sleep Now In The Fire" или "Bombtrack", и думаю: "Не, ну правда, что ли? Какого хрена? Откуда это вообще взялось?" Так что RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE никогда не подведут!»

Ulrich также рассказал, что слушают члены его семьи:

«В доме довольно часто можно услышать Radiohead. Radiohead начали делать что-то вроде того, что делает Metallica, — они транслируют концерты, так что у нас дом фанатов Radiohead».

На вопрос о том, чем он заполняет своё время в период самоизоляции, Lars ответил:

«Я пытаюсь оставаться здоровым и здравомыслящим и быть как можно более продуктивным. Я пытаюсь быть более физически активным, чем несколько месяцев назад, занимаясь тренировками и играя, вместо того, чтобы валяться на диване. Это помогает чувствовать себя лучше в психологическом плане». #Metallica #ModernRock #Modern_Rock #AvantgardeRock #Avantgarde_Rock #HeavyMetal #Heavy_Metal #SymphonicMetal #Symphonic_Metal #ThrashMetal #Thrash_Metal




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Sheltering in place

We started Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories in 2006 as a “personal project blog”, to capture, organize, and share some of the things we do for fun. It has evolved over time to become a resource for our customers as well as a way for us to share interesting and educational information from a variety of … Continue reading Sheltering in place




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IBM Research Opens in South Africa; Cognitive Computing and the IoT help Track Diseases and Forecast Air Quality

IBM Research today opened its second research location on the African continent and announced several new project collaborations in the areas of data driven healthcare, digital urban ecosystems and astronomy.




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IBM Achieves Major Climate Protection Goals Four Years Early

Today, IBM announced that it achieved two major commitments four years ahead of schedule in its effort to help combat climate change.




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ThinkData Works and IBM Partner to Make Open Data More Accessible

IBM today announced it is now offering ThinkData Works’ open data solution on IBM’s platform-as-a-service, Bluemix, to give application developers access to clean, open data from all levels of government in Canada.




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PSA Peugeot Citroën and IBM Partner to Accelerate Time to Market of New Services Based on Connected Cars

PSA Peugeot Citroën and IBM today announced a partnership to help various industries within the Internet of Things economy to analyze data to deliver new services from connected vehicles.




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As Hurricane Season Approaches, IBM and The Weather Company Collaborate on Emergency Management for Cities

As the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway, communities in severe weather-prone regions are anxiously tracking pending storms and working to create effective disaster response plans. IBM, through its strategic alliance with The Weather Company and its global B2B division WSI, today announced a new emergency management solution that features sophisticated analytics and the use of real-time weather data to help communities predict and plan for natural disasters far more accurately and deploy the right resources in advance.




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The Weather Company, an IBM Business, to Integrate Global Flight Tracking Data from FlightAware

The Weather Company, an IBM Business announced today that it is enhancing its global flight operations solution WSI Fusion, with live flight tracking data from FlightAware. WSI Fusion provides early insight into changing flight, airport and airspace conditions, enabling aviation providers to carefully plan and track flights, optimize operations and reduce the impacts of disruptive events. With the addition of FlightAware’s data, including its private network of over 12,000 Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) ground stations in over 160 countries, WSI Fusion customers will have access to enhanced flight following capabilities worldwide.



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As Fifth Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy Approaches, U.S. Utility Companies Still Feel Underprepared for Weather-Related Outages

Each year, weather-related power outages cost the U.S. economy as much as $33 billion a year. Additionally, one severe weather event has the potential to impact the daily lives and routines of millions of people. As 2017 marks the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, The Weather Company, an IBM Business (NYSE: IBM) and Zpryme are releasing the results of a survey that found that U.S. utility companies still feel underprepared for weather-related outages and that their reactive approach to outage prediction leads to lost time and resources.




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IBM & Ponemon Institute: Cost of a Data Breach Dropped 10 Percent Globally in 2017 Study

IBM Security today announced the results of a global study exploring the implications and effects of data breaches on today’s businesses. Sponsored by IBM Security and conducted by Ponemon Institute, the study found that the average cost of a data breach is $3.62 million globally , a 10 percent decline from 2016 results. This is the first time since the global study was created that there has been an overall decrease in the cost. According to the study, these data breaches cost companies $141 per lost or stolen record on average




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IBM, Packet Clearing House and Global Cyber Alliance Collaborate to Protect Businesses and Consumers from Internet Threats

IBM Security, Packet Clearing House (PCH) and The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) today launched a free service designed to give consumers and businesses added privacy and security protection as they access the internet. The new Quad9 Domain Name System (DNS) service helps protect users from accessing millions of malicious internet sites known to steal personal information, infect users with ransomware and malware, or conduct fraudulent activity.




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Ep 12 - Stokes blackout

Kerry Stokes skips hotel quarantine for the comforts of home while Seven West Media skips covering the story.




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IBM and SAP to Offer New Co-Created Industry Solution for Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods Industries

IBM and SAP SE have teamed up to provide a co-innovated solution for the retail and consumer packaged goods industries to help both increase profitability and improve the consumer experience.




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IBM Pioneers New Approach to Simulate Chemistry with Quantum Computing

IBM scientists have developed a new approach to simulate molecules on a quantum computer that may one day help revolutionize chemistry and materials science. The scientists successfully used a seven-qubit quantum processor to address the molecular structure problem for beryllium hydride (BeH2) – the largest molecule simulated on a quantum computer to date. The results demonstrate a path of exploration for near-term quantum systems to enhance our understanding of complex chemical reactions that could lead to practical applications.




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IBM Announces Collaboration with Leading Fortune 500 Companies, Academic Institutions and National Research Labs to Accelerate Quantum Computing

IBM today announced the first clients to tap into its IBM Q™ early-access commercial quantum computing systems to explore practical applications important to business and science. They include: JPMorgan Chase, Daimler AG, Samsung, JSR Corporation, Barclays, Hitachi Metals, Honda, Nagase, Keio University, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oxford University and University of Melbourne.




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IBM Named a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions

IBM has been recognized as a storage software Leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions1. In its Magic Quadrants’, Gartner analysts evaluate technology and solutions with an ‘Ability to Execute’ and a ‘Completeness of Vision’.




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The Weather Company and PRISA Noticias Collaborate To Offer Comprehensive Weather News and Information across Spanish-Language Media

The Weather Company, an IBM Business, and PRISA Noticias, one of the world’s leading Spanish-language media groups and owner of EL PAÍS newspaper, announced today a collaboration to combine the most accurate forecasts with one of the Spanish-speaking world’s largest media groups. The Weather Company will provide in-depth weather data and forecasts, as well as tailored content across PRISA properties. In turn, PRISA Noticias will provide locally relevant articles, photos and video content within the Spanish versions of The Weather Channel app and website (weather.com). The collaboration will also enable local marketers to access advanced data-driven advertising solutions from IBM Watson Advertising (formerly The Weather Company’s ad sales business) across both companies’ properties.




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IBM and West Virginia University’s Center for Disability Inclusion Unveil Mobile Workplace Accommodation Case Management App

IBM and West Virginia University’s Center for Disability Inclusion (CDI) today announced they are developing a first generation mobile workplace accommodation case management app to help U.S. businesses create inclusive workplaces for employees with disabilities.




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Acrow Formwork & Scaffolding selects IBM Cloud and Mobile platforms for IT Refresh

IBM announced today that Acrow, one of Australia’s leading suppliers of scaffolding and formwork for the construction industry, has selected IBM and IT Easy , to implement a total infrastructure refresh built around IBM Cloud, mobile, and network technology.




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IBM Announces Planned Acquisition of Promontory to Transform Regulatory Compliance with Watson

IBM today announced plans to acquire Promontory Financial Group, a global market-leading risk management and regulatory compliance consulting firm. Upon close, the capabilities of Promontory combined with IBM's deep industry expertise and Watson’s cognitive capabilities will directly address the massive operational effort and manual cost of escalating regulation and risk management requirements.




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Not Just the End of IT, the End of IT Contractors

Earlier this week I predicted the demise of conventional IT caused by the wide adoption of SD-WAN and SASE, accelerated by the emergency demands of everyone working from home. Now that Congress has passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 bail-out, let’s throw-in the implications of that legislation to see what effect it is all likely to have on what used to be IT. The short version is to expect an even bigger bloodbath as IT employees at all levels are let go forever. Please understand that some version of this bloodbath was going to happen anyway. What matters right now is how we respond to it. While my previous column was generally about turning lower-level IT nerds into Uber drivers, this one goes a little further […]






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The Weather Channel Launches Bot For Facebook Messenger, Powered By IBM Watson

The Weather Company, an IBM Business announced today that The Weather Channel has launched a cognitive weather bot for Facebook Messenger – powered by IBM Watson. Around the world, Messenger is used to stay in touch with friends and family. Now with The Weather Channel bot, it offers a way to view and share personalized weather-related news content, current conditions, forecasts, severe weather notifications, and other relevant weather information.



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Chase the Total Solar Eclipse and Join Celestial Celebrations Across the Country with The Weather Channel and Twitter

Millions of consumers depend on The Weather Channel and weather.com for their daily forecasts, breaking weather news, and the latest in health and travel. And, on August 21, they will be able to experience a solar eclipse like never before. The Weather Channel digital properties and Twitter have teamed up for a live stream of this once-in-a lifetime celestial event, which will allow consumers to chase the total solar eclipse in real time as it moves from coast-to-coast.



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