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Sen. Rand Paul Uncovers $70,000 NSF Study Investigating the Gender of Wikipedia’s Contributors (Rand Paul)
Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
Paul uncovers the National Science Foundation (NSF) spending $70,000 taxpayer dollars to fund a New York University study investigating the gender gap among contributors to the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia ... Have a question? Often Wikipedia has an answer. But if your question is, 'Why is the federal government spending $70k to study gender disparity among Wikipedia contributors,' you might get back, 'results not found....
Ministries update online info
Edit Arabnews 10 May 2016
Author. . ARAB NEWS. Tue, 2016-05-10. ID. . 1462831305217883700. JEDDAH. The Kingdom’s revamped ministries have updated their new functions online in record time in Arabic and English, according to a local publication on Monday ... The publication reported that 45 percent of the updates took place within two hours on Saturday, including on Wikipedia, and on the websites and social media accounts of the various ministries ... ....
'Turn: Washington's Spies' recap: Benedict Arnold flirts with treason
Edit The Los Angeles Times 10 May 2016Sinking Solomon Islands and climate link 'exaggerated', admits study's author
Edit The Examiner 10 May 2016the Champs Elysees
Edit Topix 10 May 2016
Wikipedia image. Started in Bogota, Colombia in the 1970s but raised to the level of global prominence in the 21st century by former Mayor Enrique Penalosa who resuscitated the program in the mid-1990s, and after leaving office promoted it and other innovations through a wide range of global speaking events , Ciclovia is a program where streets are closed every Sunday in favor of walking, biking, and other community activities ... ....
Crazy Face: Misfits creator lands new E4 and Netflix drama about ‘angst and exorcism’
Edit The Independent 10 May 2016
When people die most go quietly into the night. But some have unfinished business. scores to settle ... Amy (Theobold) is one of those few ... Enter Raquel (Wokoma), armed with Wikipedia and a baton she bought on eBay, Raquel's a self-made demon hunter with a whole lot of baggage and an impressive lack of social skills.’....
Labour actually beat the Tories in the local elections and the media aren't telling you about it
Edit Business Insider 10 May 2016
Here is a great example of how the British media underplays the surprising strength of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party. Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware that Labour had a terrible local election day last week, especially after it was pushed into third place by the Conservative party in Scotland. The media narrative was that Labour lost ... But here is a clue, from Wikipedia's opinion poll tracker ... ....
Vintage Condom Find Goes Viral (Photos)
Edit Opposing Views 10 May 2016
Reddit user dawoooo found 60-year-old condoms in his basement and shared the discovery on the social networking site on May 9. The post quickly went viral with 5,650 points and 890 comments within 17 hours of being posted in the subreddit, r/mildlyinteresting ... Abstinence was mostly encouraged for African American soldiers and women, resulting in higher rates of STDs in the Black community, according to Wikipedia ... ....
Researchers part of prestigious Simons Foundation projects (Brandeis University)
Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
(Source. Brandeis University). The two scientists will investigate some of the biggest mysteries in math and physics. wikipedia. A representation of a qubit, a fundamental measurement of quantum information. By Lawrence Goodman and Michael DettelbachMay 4, 2016. Wrap your brain around this.. Do black holes have interiors? Does the universe exist outside our horizon? ... He will be serving as deputy director of the entire initiative. Bong H....
Can Viv help where Siri flounders?
Edit BBC News 10 May 2016
I'll be upfront. I've got a pretty low opinion of Siri, Apple's virtual assistant. It may be that it doesn't quite make out my accent - which is a mixture of Cambridgeshire and Londoner - while Google's software manages just fine. It may be that asking it "What is the Cambridge United score?" resulted in search results for the University of Cambridge's Wikipedia page ... Something better. That product, unveiled today in New York, is Viv ... ....
Big Thinking in Small Pieces: Computer Guides Humans in Crowdsourced Research (Carnegie Mellon University)
Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
(Source. Carnegie Mellon University). Monday, May 9, 2016. The Knowledge Accelerator, uses a machine-learning program to sort and organize information ... But Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown it actually works pretty well - if a computer guides the process ... It poses a major challenge for Wikipedia, which has been losing core editors faster than it can replace them, he added ... student in HCII, and Joseph Chang, a Ph.D ... Share.....
Boaty McBoatface and the history of internet naming fiascos
Edit Vox 10 May 2016
Despite the internet's best efforts, Boaty McBoatface has sunk — or rather, the name Boaty McBoatface has sunk. The moniker, which overwhelmingly won an online poll hosted by the UK's science ministry to choose a name for a polar research vessel, has been passed over in favor of christening the ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough, after the beloved nature-loving broadcaster ... Related Boaty McBoatFace, explained ... (NERC) ... Mr ... (Wikipedia) ... ....
When State Institutions Fail To Function
Edit Modern Ghana 10 May 2016
By Ghanaian Chronicle. It Is All In The Name Of Aiding The NDC. Ebo Quansah in Accra ... Mr ... According to Mr ... MOTIVE ... PARTY LINE SECURITY ... Prof ... Two years later, in 2008, Parliament promulgated the National Identity Register Act 2008 (Act 750) giving the authorisation “for the collection of personal and biometric data, and to ensure the protection of privacy and personal information of enrollees,” according to Wikipedia, the world-wide web ... ....
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