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Month: January 2016

The Full History of Board Games

January 30, 2016 sean Uncategorized

The Full History of Board Games — The Startup — Medium https://medium.com/swlh/the-full-history-of-board-games-5e622811ce89?source=userActivityShare-848cb952d7a2-1454176443 Mesopotamian Four Sided Dice and Stick Dice Dice were eventually made from a

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Missing and Presumed Held by China – NYTimes.com

January 30, 2016 sean Uncategorized

Missing and Presumed Held by China – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/opinion/missing-and-presumed-held-by-china.html China has long had one of the world’s worst human rights records because of the way

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US authorities distorting tests to downplay lead content of water | Environment | The Guardian

January 29, 2016 sean Uncategorized

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/22/water-lead-content-tests-us-authorities-distorting-flint-crisis Water authorities across the US are systematically distorting water tests to downplay the amount of lead in samples, risking a dangerous spread of the

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The Need for a Tax on Financial Trading – NYTimes.com

January 28, 2016 sean Uncategorized

The Need for a Tax on Financial Trading – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/opinion/the-need-for-a-tax-on-financial-trading.html?_r=0 A financial transaction tax — a per-trade charge on the buying and selling of

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Challenger Explosion Warning

January 28, 2016 sean Uncategorized

Thirty years ago, as the nation mourned the loss of seven astronauts on the space shuttle Challenger, Bob Ebeling was steeped in his own deep

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Liberals Turn to Cities to Pass Laws and Spread Ideas – NYTimes.com

January 26, 2016 sean Uncategorized

Liberals Turn to Cities to Pass Laws and Spread Ideas – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/upshot/liberals-turn-to-cities-to-pass-laws-and-spread-ideas.html If Congress won’t focus on a new policy idea, and if state

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Air Force officials say human error to blame for damaged nuclear missile | Fox News

January 22, 2016 sean Uncategorized

Air Force officials say human error to blame for damaged nuclear missile | Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/23/air-force-officials-say-human-error-to-blame-for-damaged-nuclear-missile.html WASHINGTON –  Errors by three airmen troubleshooting a nuclear

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American troops in danger of an attack by Islamic State

January 21, 2016 sean Uncategorized

Some 700 American troops on a long-running deployment could be in danger of an attack by extremists affiliated with the Islamic State, the Pentagon worries,

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Flint water crisis reveals limits of running a state as a business (+video) – CSMonitor.com

January 21, 2016 sean Uncategorized

Flint water crisis reveals limits of running a state as a business (+video) – CSMonitor.com http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0120/Flint-water-crisis-reveals-limits-of-running-a-state-as-a-business-video Michigan’s governor did something highly unusual Tuesday night: He

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Nonfiction Book Review: Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World by Kevin Bales.

January 20, 2016 sean Uncategorized

http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8129-9576-3 Kevin Bales, Author DETAILS Some of the developed world’s conveniences and pleasures will seem less enjoyable after reading this exposé of the global economy’s

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