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Ghislaine Maxwell: What the trial means for Prince Andrew - BBC News

Ghislaine Maxwell: What the trial means for Prince Andrew - BBC News : If Ghislaine Maxwell had been acquitted, that could have immediately undermined Virginia Roberts Giuffre's claims, because she alleges in court papers that the British socialite "spent years overseeing and managing Epstein's sex trafficking network, and actively recruited underage girls, including [herself]".
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The Soaring Price of EpiPen | RN.com

The Soaring Price of EpiPen | RN.com : iPen%20is%20stocked%20as%20the%20mandatory%20product%20for%20use%20in%20public%20schools%20in%20at%20least%2011%20states%20after%20Congress%20passed%20a%20law%20recommending%20its%20use.%20Thus%2C%20competitor%20products%20are%20not%20approved%20for%20use%20in%20U.S.%20schools%20in%20several%20states%2C%20effectively%20creating%20a%20monopoly%20and%20the%20potential%20for%20dramatic%20price%20increases.%20Mylan%20does%20offer%20a%20voucher%20card%20program%20for%20eligible%20patients%2C%20resulting%20in%20a%20%24300%20savings%20for%20each%20EpiPen%202-Pak%20carton%20per%20prescription%20refill.%20%A0%0A%0AOne%20solution%20to%20the%20problem%20of%20rising%20prices%20would%20be%20to%20produce%20generic%20alternatives.%20Unfortunately%2C%20production%20of%20generic%20EpiPen%20is%20complicated%20by%20the%20difficulty%20in%20replicating%20the%20administration%20technique%20of%20the%20correct%20dose%20via%20the%20auto-injector%20system.%20Mylan%20has%20
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The Shallowness of Google Translate - The Atlantic

The Shallowness of Google Translate - The Atlantic : Such a development would cause a soul-shattering upheaval in my mental life. Although I fully understand the fascination of trying to get machines to translate well, I am not in the least eager to see human translators replaced by inanimate machines.
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Oscar%20Wilde%u2019s%20former%20street%20named%20the%20most%20expensive%20in%20England%20%7C%20House%20prices%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : It was once home to literary and artistic greats including Oscar Wilde, but now Tite Street in west London has a new claim to fame after Halifax named it the most expensive street in England and Wales, with an average house price of �28.9m.
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European roundup: Sevilla draw with Bar�a as Milan clubs reveal new stadium | European club football | The Guardian

European roundup: Sevilla draw with Bar�a as Milan clubs reveal new stadium | European club football | The Guardian : Milan%u2019s%20most%20famous%20buildings%2C%20the%20Duomo%20di%20Milano%20and%20Galleria%20Vittorio%20Emanuele%20II%2C%20the%20new%20stadium%20will%20be%20set%20in%20a%20pedestrian-only%20area%20with%20more%20than%20110%2C000%20square%20metres%20of%20green%20areas.%0A%0A
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Ruler of Dubai ordered to pay divorce settlement that could exceed �500m | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum | The Guardian

Ruler of Dubai ordered to pay divorce settlement that could exceed �500m | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum | The Guardian : His%20agents%20attempted%20to%20buy%20a%20%A330m%20estate%20next%20door%20to%20Haya%u2019s%20Berkshire%20home%20in%20a%20%u201Cvery%20significant%20threat%20to%20her%20security%u201D.%0A
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MAGA Fans Boo Trump After He Reveals He Got Vax Booster

MAGA Fans Boo Trump After He Reveals He Got Vax Booster : And%20in%20a%20September%20interview%20with%20The%20Wall%20Street%20Journal%2C%20the%2075-year-old%20ex-president%20suggested%20that%20he%20would%20not%20get%20a%20booster%20shot%2C%20saying%20%u201Cit%u2019s%20probably%20not%20for%20me%u201D%20and%20that%20he%20was%20%u201Cin%20good%20shape%20from%20that%20standpoint.%u201D%0A%0A
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%27There%27s%20More%20Work%20to%20Do%27%20%u2014%2011%20Years%20Ago%2C%20Satoshi%20Nakamoto%20Sent%20a%20Final%20Message%20to%20the%20Bitcoin%20Community%20%u2013%20Featured%20Bitcoin%20News : What do you think about the final message Satoshi Nakamoto wrote to the public on bitcointalk.org 11 years ago today? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
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Trevor Noah Sues New York City Hospital, Doctor in Malpractice Suit

Trevor Noah Sues New York City Hospital, Doctor in Malpractice Suit : "HSS received a complaint filed on behalf of Mr. Trevor Noah. We have shared with Mr. Noah's attorney a detailed rebuttal to the claims, which are meritless. Due to HIPAA we are restricted by law from addressing publicly specific aspects of the treatment of any patient. HSS is committed to excellence in the care we provide to each of the more than 150,000 patients we treat each year. This commitment has made HSS the world's leading academic medical center specialized in musculoskeletal health, consistently ranked #1 in orthopedics globally and nationally."
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The 50 best albums of 2021 | Music | The Guardian

The 50 best albums of 2021 | Music | The Guardian : the ultimate act of defiance against those who once compelled her to diminish her desires and shrink her personality. After nearly two years of cooping up big emotions in restricted spaces, the bold, brash and beautiful Prioritise Pleasure hit like sweet relief
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A Q&A with author and metaverse inventor Neal Stephenson

A Q&A with author and metaverse inventor Neal Stephenson : There%u2019s%20also%20a%20very%20strong%20climate%20change%20aspect%20to%20the%20concept%20of%20a%20metaverse.%20As%20the%20physical%20world%20gets%20more%20inhospitable%2C%20it%20makes%20sense%20for%20people%20to%20move%20into%20virtual%20space.%20%u201CTermination%20Shock%u201D%20prominently%20features%20AR%20technology%2C%20but%20VR%20doesn%u2019t%20come%20up.%20Was%20this%20an%20intentional%20choice%3F%20Why%20not%20explore%20the%20idea%20of%20virtual%20worlds%20as%20an%20escape%20from%20climate%20change%3F%0A%0A
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What Is the Metaverse, Exactly? | WIRED

What Is the Metaverse, Exactly? | WIRED : Mentally%20replace%20the%20phrase%20%u201Cthe%20metaverse%u201D%20in%20a%20sentence%20with%20%u201Ccyberspace.%u201D%20Ninety%20percent%20of%20the%20time%2C%20the%20meaning%20won%27t%20substantially%20change.
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A Log4J Vulnerability Has Set the Internet 'On Fire' | WIRED

A Log4J Vulnerability Has Set the Internet 'On Fire' | WIRED : %u201CIt%27s%20a%20design%20failure%20of%20catastrophic%20proportions%2C%u201D%20says%20Free%20Wortley%2C%20CEO%20of%20the%20open%20source%20data%20security%20platform%20LunaSec.%20Researchers%20at%20the%20company%20published%20a%20warning%20and%20initial%20assessment%20of%20the%20Log4j%20vulnerability%20on%20Thursday.%A0%0A%0AMinecraft%20screenshots%20circulating%20on%20forums%20appear%20to%20show%20players%20exploiting%20the%20vulnerability%20from%20the%20Minecraft%20chat%20function.%20On%20Friday%2C%20some%20Twitter%20users%20began%20changing%20their%20display%20names%20to%20code%20strings%20that%20could%20trigger%20the%20exploit.%20Another%20user%20changed%20his%20iPhone%20name%20to%20do%20the%20same%20and%20submitted%20the%20finding%20to%20Apple.%20Researchers%20told%20WIRED%20that%20the%20approach%20could%20also%20potentially%20work%20using%20email.
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What is Structured Content? | GraphCMS

What is Structured Content? | GraphCMS : Structured content is information or content that is organized in a predictable way and is usually classified with metadata. XML, CSV, and JSON are some of the most commonly used formats of Structured Content.
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Global Knowledge Management Market Will Reach USD 1,232,000

Global Knowledge Management Market Will Reach USD 1,232,000 : The global�knowledge management market�was valued around USD 206,900 million in 2016 and it is expected to reach over USD 1,232,000 million by 2025. The global knowledge management market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 22% between 2017 and 2025.
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Global Fashion Industry Statistics

Global Fashion Industry Statistics : rcent%20of%20the%20world%u2019s%20Gross%20Domestic%20Product%20%28GDP%29%0ARetail%20value%20of%20luxury%20goods%20market%3A Value of the global fashion industry: 3,000 billion dollars (3 trillion dollars), 2 percent of the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Retail value of luxury goods market: 339.4 billion dollars Value of of the menswear industry: 402 billion dollars Value of the womenswear industry: 621 billion dollars Bridal Wear market: 57 billion dollars Childrenswear market: 186 billion dollars Sports footwear market: 90.4 billion dollars Fashion Companies To cater to the large, 3,000 billion, textile and garment industry new companies are entering the market daily. Most of these companies remain rather unknown to the consumer audience, better known are the individual brands that are part of these global fashion companies. LVMH, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, a French luxury conglomerate is currently the largest fashion company worldwide. LVM
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Global Note-Taking Management Software Market Report

Global Note-Taking Management Software Market Report : According to Verified Market Research, the Global Note-Taking Management Software Market was valued at USD 897.7 Million in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 1.35 Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 5.32% from 2019 to 2026.
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DIKW pyramid - Wikipedia

DIKW pyramid - Wikipedia : In 1955, English-American economist and educator Kenneth Boulding presented a variation on the hierarchy consisting of "signals, messages, information, and knowledge".[9][12] However, "[t]he first author to distinguish among data, information, and knowledge and to also employ the term 'knowledge management' may have been American educator Nicholas L. Henry",[9] in a 1974 journal article.[13]
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The Problem with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy

The Problem with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy : The%20real%20problem%20with%20the%20DIKW%20pyramid%20is%20that%20it%u2019s%20a%20pyramid.%20The%20image%20that%20knowledge%20%28much%20less%20wisdom%29%20results%20from%20applying%20finer-grained%20filters%20at%20each%20level%2C%20paints%20the%20wrong%20picture.%20That%20view%20is%20natural%20to%20the%20Information%20Age%20which%20has%20been%20all%20about%20filtering%20noise%2C%20reducing%20the%20flow%20to%20what%20is%20clean%2C%20clear%20and%20manageable.%20Knowledge%20is%20more%20creative%2C%20messier%2C%20harder%20won%2C%20and%20far%20more%20discontinuous.%0A%0A
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Clifford Stoll's curmudgeonly 'Why the Internet Will Fail' essay, 1995 | Boing Boing

Clifford Stoll's curmudgeonly 'Why the Internet Will Fail' essay, 1995 | Boing Boing : The%20truth%20is%20no%20online%20database%20will%20replace%20your%20daily%20newspaper%2C%20no%20CD-ROM%20can%20take%20the%20place%20of%20a%20competent%20teacher%20and%20no%20computer%20network%20will%20change%20the%20way%20government%20works%20%u2026%0A%0AWhat%20the%20Internet%20hucksters%20won%27t%20tell%20you%20is%20that%20the%20Internet%20is%20one%20big%20ocean%20of%20unedited%20data%2C%20without%20any%20pretense%20of%20completeness.%20Lacking%20editors%2C%20reviewers%20or%20critics%2C%20the%20Internet%20has%20become%20a%20wasteland%20of%20unfiltered%20data.%20You%20don%27t%20know%20what%20to%20ignore%20and%20what%27s%20worth%20reading.%20Logged%20onto%20the%20World%20Wide%20Web%2C%20I%20hunt%20for%20the%20date%20of%20the%20Battle%20of%20Trafalgar.%20Hundreds%20of%20files%20show%20up%2C%20and%20it%20takes%2015%20minutes%20to%20unravel%20them%u2014one%27s%20a%20biography%20written%20by%
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Self-Described Bitcoin Creator Must Pay $100 Million in Suit - Bloomberg

Self-Described Bitcoin Creator Must Pay $100 Million in Suit - Bloomberg : %u201CThe%20truth%20has%20gravitational%20pull%2C%u201D%20Andres%20Rivero%2C%20Wright%u2019s%20lawyer%2C%20told%20the%20jury%2C%20noting%20that%20there%20wasn%u2019t%20a%20single%20communication%20with%20his%20client%20that%20mentioned%20a%20Bitcoin%20partnership%20while%20Kleiman%20was%20still%20living.%0A%0A
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The%20Defining%20Artworks%20of%202021%20%u2013%20ARTnews.com

The%20Defining%20Artworks%20of%202021%20%u2013%20ARTnews.com : A%20painting%20done%20in%20the%20same%20minimalist%20mode%20that%20guides%20his%20better-known%20works%2C%20Felix%20Gonzalez-Torres%u2019s%A0Forbidden%20Colors%20%281988%29%20is%20composed%20of%20just%20a%20few%20solid%20blocks%20of%20color%u2014white%2C%20green%2C%20red%2C%20and%20black.%20The%20%u201Cforbidden%u201D%20quality%20referenced%20in%20the%20title%20refers%20to%20these%20hues%u2019%20source%20material%3A%20the%20flag%20of%20Palestine%2C%20a%20nation%20whose%20citizens%2C%20many%20have%20claimed%2C%20are%20suffering%20human%20rights%20abuses%20at%20the%20hands%20of%20Israel.%20%28Between%201967%20and%201993%2C%20displaying%20those%20colors%20side%20by%20side%20in%20Israeli-occupied%20territory%20could%20lead%20to%20one%u2019s%20arrest.%29%20Within%20the%20art%20world%2C%20discussing%20the%20Israeli-Palestinian%20conflict%20openly%20has%A0long%A0been%20considered%20a%20taboo.%20Yet%20this%20past%20May%2C%20the%20w
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