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The 11 Little Words That Matter Most in a Convention Speech

Edit Bloomberg 21 Jul 2016
“She thinks it’s all about her,” goes Trump’s rejoinder ... Another study found that patients perceive medical advice as less expert and trustworthy when it's handed out with more “me” words ... This time around, it's entirely up to Clinton and Trump what message—and which pronouns—they share with the nation. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal....

Why Can’t We Remember Our Early Childhood?

Edit IFL Science 21 Jul 2016
And when we do try to think back to our earliest memories, it is often unclear whether they are the real thing or just recollections based on photos or stories told to us by others. The phenomenon, known as “childhood amnesia”, has been puzzling psychologists for more than a century – and we still don’t fully understand it. At first glance, it may ......

What Republican Mayors Can Do for Cities

Edit CityLab 21 Jul 2016
I think, if you look at Oklahoma City as a model, you see it’s a city that’s done a lot without raising its taxes ... But our citizens have voted to continue taxation initiatives over and over again, and I think they like the idea that there’s a length of time on it ... MAPS is on its third iteration, and there’s a lot of discussion about a fourth iteration ... It’s changed everything ... It’s not them that’s building these projects, it’s us....

Insurance commissioner says she has no conflict in merger

Edit Springfield News-Sun 20 Jul 2016
and Bloomfield-based Cigna ... Wade is a former Cigna vice president ... ___. This story has been corrected to show the proper pronoun for Wade's lawyer is she, not he. ....

Transgender student accuses school of 'stigmatizing' treatment

Edit CNN 20 Jul 2016
1 Board of Education and its superintendent of discrimination in several "stigmatizing" acts through the end of the school year and continuing into summer when he went to band camp ... The district and its legal counsel are reviewing the claims, spokeswoman Tanya Ruder said ... In sophomore year he came out to teachers and classmates and began requesting that they use male pronouns and a new name....

Intersex Navy vet who was denied a passport sues US government

Edit Stars and Stripes 20 Jul 2016
Dana Zzyym needed a U.S. passport, but the application offered only two gender choices. male or female. For Zzyym, neither was accurate. Zzyym was born with ambiguous genitalia and identifies as intersex, neither male nor female. Zzyym — who uses the gender-neutral pronouns “they” and “them” — was denied a passport after the State Department declined to let Zzyym use the gender marker “X.” ... The suit names Secretary of State John F ... ——— ... ....

Intersex person who was denied a passport over gender designation sues US government

Edit The Miami Herald 20 Jul 2016
Dana Zzyym needed a U.S. passport, but the application offered only two gender choices. male or female. For Zzyym, neither was accurate. Zzyym was born with ambiguous genitalia and identifies as intersex, neither male nor female. Zzyym - who uses the gender-neutral pronouns "they" and "them" - was denied a passport after the State Department declined to let Zzyym use the gender marker "X." ... Brooke Jackson ... ....

Unaudited Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended 30th June 2016 (Hindustan Zinc Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Jul 2016
We have reviewed the accompanyi ng statement of u naudited financial resu lts of H industan Zinc Lim ited ('the Company') for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 (the "Statement"), bei ng subm itted by the Company pu rsuant to the requirements of Regulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing Obl igations and Disclosu re Req u irements) Regu lations, 20 1 5....

Pokemon, ghosting and woke: Dictionary adds 300 new words

Edit The Miami Herald 19 Jul 2016
... experienced by an individual”), lumbersexual (“a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack”) and misgender (“to refer to or address a person, especially one who is transgender, with a pronoun, noun, or adjective that inaccurately represents the person’s gender or gender identity”)....

5 Quick Ways to Self-Promote without being boastful

Edit Modern Ghana 19 Jul 2016
I believe you will agree with me that we all know one or two people who are so great at what they do, but are not known, or do not get the traction for their expertise as it should be, right? ... It requires that you promote yourself to the right audience, by letting them know what you do excellently. The challenge is that most people find it quite difficult to do this ... Ensure that you have your details, endorsements, and expertise on it....

>5 Quick Ways to Self-Promote without being boastful

Edit Modern Ghana 19 Jul 2016
I believe you will agree with me that we all know one or two people who are so great at what they do, but are not known, or do not get the traction for their expertise as it should be, right? ... It requires that you promote yourself to the right audience, by letting them know what you do excellently. The challenge is that most people find it quite difficult to do this ... Ensure that you have your details, endorsements, and expertise on it....

From A to Z: New Words Added to Dictionary.com Include Al Desko, Zika, and More (IAC/InterActiveCorp)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Jul 2016
OAKLAND, Calif., July 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile English-language resource, today announced its latest word additions ... It's no surprise that political words are coming to the fore as we head into the final stretch of the Presidential election ... This is the third consecutive update from Dictionary.com that has expanded its definitions around words related to gender and sexual identity....

Inside story of how Ghostbot handles texting creepers

Edit Venture Beat 19 Jul 2016
Chris Messina was also kind enough to post it to Product Hunt, calling it “the first bot-as-personal-firewall” he had seen ... When Burner first approached us with the idea, I was skeptical that it was even possible ... From that point on, it would need to respond to incoming texters by brushing off their advances ... Initially, it seemed Ghostbot would be expected to pass the Turing test thousands of times a day ... It was a good fit....
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