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CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report Issue no. 12 - February 2016 Foreign players in football teams Drs Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel and Roger Besson

  The proportion of foreign players in profes- sional football teams has increased steadily over the last thirty years. This progression has been particularly strong in Europe after the intertwining of legal and economic crite- ria. The 1995 “Bosman” ruling has strongly weakened the quota regime that was in force at the time, while the development of foot- ball as part of the entertainment industry, with the notable introduction of pay tele- vision, has allowed most clubs to increase their revenues and widen the scope of their recruitment. Up until 1985, the percentage of imported  players in squads of teams in the five ma - jor European leagues never exceeded 10%. From that date onwards, the proportion of players has grown continuously. The biggest increase was observed between 1995/96, the last season before the “Bosman” ruling came into force, and 2000/01: from 18.6% to 35.6%. This growth has continued to this day although at a lesser rate. What is the situation today in le...
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'A huge step forward': WSL announces record-breaking deal with BBC and Sky | Women's Super League | The Guardian

'A huge step forward': WSL announces record-breaking deal with BBC and Sky | Women's Super League | The Guardian : The%20managing%20director%20of%20Sky%20Sports%2C%20Robert%20Webster%2C%20said%20the%20company%20would%20%u201Cbe%20giving%20the%20Women%u2019s%20Super%20League%20the%20full%20Sky%20Sports%20treatment%20with%20lengthy%20buildups%20and%20reaction%20to%20all%20live%20matches%2C%20plus%20a%20daily%20narrative%20of%20the%20league%20across%20Sky%20Sports%20News%20and%20our%20digital%20platforms.%u201D%0A%0A
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Dollar Shave Club Lays Off MEL Staff, Source Says, and Seeks a Buyer

Dollar Shave Club Lays Off MEL Staff, Source Says, and Seeks a Buyer : Dollar%20Shave%20Club%20launched%20MEL%20amid%20a%20wave%20of%20brand-backed%20publications%20%u2014%20projects%20that%20often%20ended%20abruptly%2C%20like%20in%20the%20case%20of%20Casper%20and%20Airbnb.%20MEL%20published%20on%20Medium%20before%20becoming%20a%20stand-alone%20site%20in%202018.%20While%20the%20publication%20covered%20men%27s%20grooming%2C%20it%20maintained%20an%20editorial%20wall%20with%20Dollar%20Shave%20Club%20and%20was%20not%20a%20sponsored-content%20vehicle.%0A%0A
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Eric%20Cantona%20speech%3A%20humans%20%27will%20become%20eternal%27%20%u2013%20unless%20crime%20or%20war%20intervene%20%7C%20Eric%20Cantona%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201CWhen%20the%20seagulls%20follow%20the%20trawler%2C%20it%u2019s%20because%20they%20think%20sardines%20will%20be%20thrown%20into%20the%20sea.%u201D
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Michel Platini, four years on from his downfall, still stalks the stage | Michel Platini | The Guardian

Michel Platini, four years on from his downfall, still stalks the stage | Michel Platini | The Guardian : %u2018Chelsea%20and%20Arsenal%20played%20a%20Europa%20League%20final%2C%20as%20devised%20by%20Platini%2C%20to%20the%20strains%20of%20the%20Europa%20League%20anthem%2C%20composed%20by%20Platini%u2019s%20former%20son-in-law%2C%20and%20staged%20at%20the%20Olympic%20Stadium%20in%20Baku%2C%20which%20was%20opened%20by%20one%20M%20Platini.%u2019%20Illustration%3A%20Gary%20Neill/The%20Guardian%0A
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Driverless car users may not be liable in accidents | Auto Express

Driverless car users may not be liable in accidents | Auto Express : Users%20of%20future%20driverless%20cars%20may%20be%20absolved%20from%20blame%20in%20the%20event%20of%20an%20accident%20or%20offence%2C%20if%20recommendations%20from%20Government%20law%20experts%20are%20accepted.%0A%0AThe%20Law%20Commission%20of%20England%20and%20Wales%20and%20the%20Scottish%20Law%20Commission%20have%20conducted%20a%20consultation%2C%20the%20results%20of%20which%20propose%20any%20driverless%20cars%20that%20may%20emerge%20in%20coming%20years%20or%20decades%20should%20operate%20within%20a%20%u201Cno-blame%20culture%u201D%2C%20where%20drivers%20are%20renamed%20%u201Cusers%20in%20charge%u201D.%0A%0A
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Autonomous Vehicle Technology A Guide for Policymakers by James M. Anderson, Nidhi Kalra, Karlyn D. Stanley, Paul Sorensen, Constantine Samaras, Tobi A. Oluwatola

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR400/RR443-2/RAND_RR443-2.pdf Autonomous Vehicle Technology A Guide for Policymakers by  James M. Anderson ,  Nidhi Kalra ,  Karlyn D. Stanley ,  Paul Sorensen ,  Constantine Samaras ,  Tobi A. Oluwatola Key Findings Automated Vehicle Technology Offers Several Benefits Without driver error, fewer vehicle crashes will result. The mobility of the young, the elderly, and the disabled will be increased. Traffic flow could be more efficient and congestion decreased. Vehicle occupants could spend travel time engaged in other activities, so the costs of travel time and congestion are reduced. Fuel efficiency can be increased and alternative energy sources facilitated. Because such vehicles won't need proximate urban parking, space used for parking could be repurposed. There Are Possible Drawbacks Because the technology would decrease the cost of driving, congestion might increase, rather than decrease. O...
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How Google's Self-Driving Car Will Change Everything

How Google's Self-Driving Car Will Change Everything : KEY TAKEAWAYS The hype around driverless cars has grown rapidly over the past several years, with many big technology companies getting behind the concept. Google launched its Waymo division to develop and market consumer-ready driverless vehicles around the globe. The company, along with several others in the tech and auto industries, is betting that driverless cars will soon change the way we get around in a major way. Among the revolutionary changes will be safer roads, fewer fossil fuels, and lower transportation costs.
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2020 Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index

  2020 Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index Assessing the preparedness of 30 countries and jurisdictions in the race for autonomous vehicles KPMG International home.kpmg/avri https://assets.kpmg/content/dam/kpmg/xx/pdf/2020/07/2020-autonomous-vehicles-readiness-index.pdf
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Behind%20the%20Enigma%20by%20John%20Ferris%20review%20%u2013%20inside%20Britain%27s%20most%20secret%20intelligence%20agency%20%7C%20History%20books%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %0AUnder%20legal%20threat%20from%20David%20Cameron%u2019s%20government%2C%20the%20Guardian%20had%20agreed%20to%20destroy%20top%20secret%20documents%20provided%20by%20the%20whistleblower%20Edward%20Snowden.%20The%20exercise%20was%20part%20pantomime%2C%20part%20Stasi.%20Duplicate%20copies%20of%20the%20Snowden%20files%2C%20as%20the%20Guardian%u2019s%20then%20editor%20Alan%20Rusbridger%20told%20No%2010%2C%20sat%20on%20a%20server%20in%20New%20York.
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Fatal truth: how the suicide of Alex Reid exposed the hidden death toll of domestic violence | Domestic violence | The Guardian

Fatal truth: how the suicide of Alex Reid exposed the hidden death toll of domestic violence | Domestic violence | The Guardian : In%20the%20midst%20of%20explaining%20all%20this%20to%20the%20officers%2C%20Katy%u2019s%20phone%20rang.%20It%20was%20one%20of%20Alex%u2019s%20friends.%20She%20was%20screaming%2C%20hysterical%2C%20and%20told%20Katy%20that%20she%20had%20gone%20to%20Alex%u2019s%20house%20and%20looked%20through%20the%20letter%20box.%20She%20had%20seen%20Alex%u2019s%20body%20in%20the%20hallway.%20It%20was%20later%20established%20that%20Alex%20had%20killed%20herself.%0A%0A
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Mami%u0107%20nije%20jedini.%20Nogomet%20postoji%20zbog%20pranja%20novca%20-%20Index.hr

Mami%u0107%20nije%20jedini.%20Nogomet%20postoji%20zbog%20pranja%20novca%20-%20Index.hr : Jo%u0161%20nedodirljiviji%20je%20%u0161esti%20od%2025%20sinova%20saudijskog%20kralja%20Salmana%20bin%20Abdulaziz%20Al%20Sauda%2C%20koji%20je%20beskrupulozno%20presko%u010Dio%20petoricu%20starije%20bra%u0107e%20i%20probio%20se%20do%20trona%20kraljevske%20obitelji%20te%u0161ke%201.3%20trilijuna%20funti.%20Otac%20ima%20krunu%2C%20ali%20sin%20Mohammed%20dr%u017Ei%20najva%u017Enije%20saudijske%20resore%3A%20ekonomiju%2C%20obranu%2C%20religiju%20i%20naftu.%20On%20je%20stvarni%20vladar%20dr%u017Eave%20i%20najbogatije%20dinastije%20svijeta%2C%20isti%u010De%20upu%u0107eni%20Economist.%20%A0%0A%0A
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Cern experiment hints at new force of nature | Large Hadron Collider | The Guardian

Cern experiment hints at new force of nature | Large Hadron Collider | The Guardian : In physics parlance, the result has a significance of 3.1 sigma, meaning the chance of it being a fluke is about one in 1,000. While that may sound convincing evidence, particle physicists tend not to claim a new discovery until a result reaches a significance of five sigma, where the chance of it being a statistical quirk are reduced to one in a few million.
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Reusable packaging delivery service Loop is expanding to stores

Reusable packaging delivery service Loop is expanding to stores : ADVERTISEMENT%0A%0AYou%u2019ve%20reached%20your%20monthly%20limit%20of%20articles.%A0Upgrade%20for%20unlimited%20access%A0or%20Login%A0here.%0A02-10-20WORLD%20CHANGING%20IDEAS%0AGiant%20brands%20love%20Loop%u2019s%20zero-waste%20packaging%u2014and%20now%20it%u2019s%20coming%20to%20a%20store%20near%20you%0AA%20year%20after%20it%20launched%2C%20the%20delivery%20service%20that%20takes%20back%20its%20packaging%20to%20be%20reused%20is%20expanding%2C%20and%20you%u2019ll%20soon%20be%20able%20to%20find%20its%20innovative%20packaging%20designs%20at%20retail%20stores.%0A%0A%0A%5BPhotos%3A%20Loop%5D%0A%0AMORE%20LIKE%20THIS%0AAfter%20a%20year%20of%20lockdowns%2C%20billionaires%20are%20%241.3%20trillion%20richer%0AThis%20company%20wants%20to%20bring%20NASA%u2019s%20airless%20tires%20to%20your%20bike%0AHow%20Starbucks%20plans%20to%20make%20its%20coffee%20carbon%20neutral%0ABY%20ADELE%20PETERS8%20MINUTE%20READ%0AA%20year%20ago%2C%20a%2...
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Israel's data-for-vaccines deal with Pfizer raises privacy concerns | The Times of Israel

Israel's data-for-vaccines deal with Pfizer raises privacy concerns | The Times of Israel : Prime%20Minister%20Benjamin%20Netanyahu%20%u2014%20who%20is%20stumping%20ahead%20of%20the%20country%u2019s%20March%20elections%20as%20Israel%u2019s%20vaccinator-in-chief%20%u2014%20said%20earlier%20this%20month%20that%20he%20reached%20the%20deal%20with%20Pfizer%u2019s%20chief%20executive%20to%20speed%20up%20vaccine%20deliveries%20to%20Israel.
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The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything you need to know about NFTs - OpenSea blog

The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything you need to know about NFTs - OpenSea blog : Enjin%2C%20which%20raised%2075%2C041%20ETH%20in%20its%20ICO%20in%20late%202017%2C%20expanded%20its%20%u201Cmultiverse%u201D%20platform%2C%20an%20ecosystem%20of%20games%20building%20on%20the%20ERC1155%20standard.%20One%20of%20Enjin%u2019s%20core%20value%20propositions%20is%20the%20ability%20to%20easily%20bring%20items%20from%20one%20game%20into%20another.%20For%20example%2C%20the%20Enjin%20team%20released%20a%20%u201Cgeneric%u201D%20%28not%20for%20a%20specific%20game%29%20Oindrasdain%20Axe.%20Forgotten%20Artifacts%20added%20this%20axe%20as%20an%20equippable%20weapon%20inside%20their%20game%2C%20giving%20players%20who%20already%20owned%20it%20a%20reason%20to%20come%20try%20their%20game.%0A%0A
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McKinsey industry white paper - The new model for consumer goods | McKinsey

McKinsey industry white paper - The new model for consumer goods | McKinsey : COVID-19%20is%20amplifying%2012%20trends%20that%20have%20been%20disrupting%20consumer%20goods%20for%20the%20last%20decade.%20Leaders%20will%20adopt%20a%20new%20model%20for%20%u2018where%20to%20play%u2019%20and%20%u2018how%20to%20win%u2019%20that%20gets%20their%20evergreen%20brands%20on%20the%20right%20side%20of%20the%20trends%20and%20helps%20their%20small%20brands%20scale%20up%20more%20quickly.%20Together%20these%20changes%20will%20fuel%20the%20next%20generation%20of%20industry%20growth.
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Brand purpose is dead

Brand purpose is dead : %22My%20mother%20told%20me%20that%20she%20feels%20I%u2019m%20from%20out%20of%20this%20world%20or%20an%20alien...%20I%20take%20it%20as%20a%20positive%20thing%2C%22%20says%20Sakura%2C%2018%2C%20Tokyo*.%20Go%20figure%20%u2013%2070%25%20of%20Gen%20Zs%20in%20the%20US%20say%20their%20parents%20have%20a%20hard%20time%20giving%20them%20advice%20about%20the%20future%20because%20traditional%20systems%20have%20been%20so%20significantly%20disrupted.%20This%20is%20critical%20%u2013%20purpose%20is%20being%20driven%20by%20a%20worldview%20that%20is%2C%20dare%20I%20say%20it%2C%20outdated%20%u2013%20or%20will%20be%20shortly.%0A%0A
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Mark Ritson: A true brand purpose doesn't boost profit, it sacrifices it

Mark Ritson: A true brand purpose doesn't boost profit, it sacrifices it : I%20was%20at%20a%20conference%20in%20Stockholm%20this%20week.%20One%20of%20the%20attendees%20asked%20me%20over%20coffee%20about%20Verizon%u2019s%20new%20brand%20purpose%20and%20what%20the%20statement%20actually%20meant.%20I%20confessed%20my%20ignorance%20of%20Verizon%u2019s%20new%20brand%20work%20and%20then%20my%20surprise%20that%20a%20Swede%20needed%20any%20help%20with%20a%20translation.%20In%20my%20experience%20their%20English%20vocabulary%20invariably%20exceeds%20that%20of%20your%20average%20Brit.%0A%0A%u201CHumanability%2C%u201D%20the%20Swede%20said.%20%u201CExcuse%20me%3F%u201D%20I%20replied%20spluttering%20into%20my%20coffee.%0A%0A
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Zoom%20classes%20felt%20like%20teaching%20into%20a%20void%20%u2014%20until%20I%20told%20my%20students%20why%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post

Zoom%20classes%20felt%20like%20teaching%20into%20a%20void%20%u2014%20until%20I%20told%20my%20students%20why%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post : At%20least%20one%20teacher%20I%20deeply%20respect%20argues%20that%2C%20even%20without%20an%20official%20policy%2C%20exerting%20any%20kind%20of%20emotional%20pressure%20%u2014%20even%20the%20slightest%20bit%20%u2014%20on%20students%20to%20turn%20their%20cameras%20on%20is%20a%20bad%20practice.%20And%20there%u2019s%20a%20part%20of%20me%20that%20wants%20to%20be%20enough%20of%20a%20teaching%20saint%20to%20follow%20that%20advice.%20But%20I%u2019m%20also%20a%20person%3B%20isolation%20is%20taking%20its%20toll%20on%20me%2C%20too.%20And%20that%20toll%20rose%20when%20I%20tried%20to%20be%20a%20fully%20engaged%20teacher%20getting%20zero%20response%20from%20the%20other%20end.%0ASo%20this%20semester%2C%20on%20the%20first%20day%20of%20class%2C%20I%20gave%20honesty%20a%20shot.%20I%20told%20my%20students%20that%20I%20totally%20understood%20their%20privacy%20concerns...
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Where is NFT blockchain art actually stored? | Fortune

Where is NFT blockchain art actually stored? | Fortune : %u201CYou%20can%u2019t%20really%20have%20that%20kind%20of%20value%20accrual%20unless%20the%20blockchain%20underlying%20it%20is%20secure%2C%u201D%20according%20to%20Sam%20Kazemian%2C%20cofounder%20and%20President%20of%20Everipedia.%20The%20blockchain%20firm%20has%20branched%20out%20from%20its%20initial%20Wikipedia-like%20project%20to%20build%20what%20Kazemian%20calls%20%u201CAdobe%20for%20NFTs.%u201D%20The%20aim%20is%20to%20help%20companies%20and%20artists%20easily%20launch%20their%20own%20NFTs%2C%20and%20Kazemian%20recently%20helped%20the%20Associated%20Press%20get%20its%20feet%20wet%2C%20but%20Everipedia%20doesn%u2019t%20run%20its%20own%20blockchain.%0A%0AThe%20health%20of%20a%20blockchain%20is%20fundamental%20to%20the%20unique%20functionality%20of%20the%20NFTs%20on%20it.%20Just%20like%20cryptocurrencies%2C%20the%20real%20point%20of%20NFTs%20is%20that%20they%20offer%20a%20form%20of%20digital%20%u2018ownership%u2019%20that%20does...
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%2421%20trillion%20in%20U.S.%20intangible%20assets%20is%2084%25%20of%20S%26P%20500%20value%20%u2013%20IP%20rights%20and%20reputation%20included : insuring%20the%20wrong%20assets.%20No%20doubt%2C%20valuing%20intangibles%20and%20calculating%20the%20potential%20risk%20associated%20with%20them%20is%20a%20challenge.%20But%20ignoring%20these%20secular%20industry%20changes%20is%20not%20the%20answer%2C%20either.%0A%0A%u201C
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Russia accidentally shuts down state websites in Twitter slowdown | Russia | The Guardian

Russia accidentally shuts down state websites in Twitter slowdown | Russia | The Guardian : Russia%20took%20action%20on%20Tuesday%20to%20slow%20down%20the%20speed%20of%20Twitter%20in%20a%20move%20that%20also%20appeared%20to%20have%20accidentally%20shut%20down%20the%20Kremlin%u2019s%20own%20website%2C%20as%20well%20as%20other%20government%20agency%20sites.%0A%0AThe%20state%20communications%20regulator%2C%20Roskomnadzor%2C%20said%20it%20was%20retaliating%20for%20Twitter%u2019s%20alleged%20failure%20to%20remove%20banned%20content.%20It%20threatened%20a%20total%20block%20if%20the%20US%20platform%20did%20not%20comply%20with%20its%20deletion%20demands.%0A%0AThe%20punitive%20move%20was%20aimed%20at%20video%20content%20on%20Twitter%2C%20the%20regulator%20said%2C%20and%20would%20affect%20all%20mobile%20devices%20and%20half%20of%20non-mobile%20users.%20Twitter%u2019s%20text-based%20services%20were%20working%20normally%20on%20Wednesday.%0A%0ARussia%u2019s%20president%2C%20Vladimir%20Putin%2C%20ha...
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How dangerous is Jordan B Peterson, the rightwing professor who 'hit a hornets' nest'? | Psychology | The Guardian

How dangerous is Jordan B Peterson, the rightwing professor who 'hit a hornets' nest'? | Psychology | The Guardian : Starting%20from%20there%2C%20he%20railed%20against%20Marxism%2C%20human%20rights%20organisations%2C%20HR%20departments%20and%20%u201Can%20underground%20apparatus%20of%20radical%20left%20political%20motivations%u201D%20forcing%20gender-neutral%20pronouns%20on%20him
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The 50 Best Albums of 2020 | Pitchfork

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 | Pitchfork : Fifteen%20years%20ago%2C%20on%20the%20title%20track%20to%20Extraordinary%20Machine%2C%20Fiona%20Apple%20declared%2C%20%u201CI%20still%20only%20travel%20by%20foot%2C%20and%20by%20foot%2C%20it%u2019s%20a%20slow%20climb.%u201D%20She%20worked%20her%20way%20up%20to%20the%20clear%20heights%20of%20Fetch%20the%20Bolt%20Cutters%20over%20the%20course%20of%20the%20last%20half-decade%20or%20so%2C%20largely%20at%20her%20L.A.%20home%20alongside%20trusted%20bandmates%20and%20friends%20and%20a%20small%20shelter%u2019s%20worth%20of%20barking%20dogs.%20The%20result%20was%20her%20truest%2C%20wildest%20record%20to%20date%u2014the%20kind%20of%20album%20that%20borders%20on%20literature%20in%20its%20ability%20to%20convey%20nuances%20of%20the%20human%20condition.%20Equal%20parts%20meticulous%20and%20haphazard%2C%20the%20self-directed%20songs%20pick%20up%20on%20the%20percussive%20thread%20of%202012%u2019s%20The%20Idler%20Wheel%u2026%20with%20elemental%20rhythms%20formed...
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List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia : A person who has performed a favor for someone is more likely to do another favor for that person than they would be if they had received a favor from that person.[101]
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1962%20in%20Beatles%20History%3A%20Decca%20audition%2C%20George%20Martin%20signs%20The%20Beatles%2C%20Pete%20Best%20is%20%22sacked/%20dismissed%22%20from%20The%20Beatles%20%28the%20truth%20is%20revealed%29%20and%20Ringo%20Starr%20joins.%20The%20Fab%20Four%20is%20born%20and%20%u201CLove%20Me%20Do%u201D%2C%20their%20first%20single%2C%20is%20released.%20%7C : 1962%20in%20Beatles%20History%3A%20Decca%20audition%2C%20George%20Martin%20signs%20The%20Beatles%2C%20Pete%20Best%20is%20%u201Csacked/%20dismissed%u201D%20from%20The%20Beatles%20%28the%20truth%20is%20revealed%29%20and%20Ringo%20Starr%20joins.%20The%20Fab%20Four%20is%20born%20and%20%u201CLove%20Me%20Do%u201D%2C%20their%20first%20single%2C%20is%20released.%0A%0A
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Harry and Meghan stir public debate ahead of Oprah interview | Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex | The Guardian

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Amanda Gorman tells of being followed by security guard who said she looked 'suspicious' | Amanda Gorman | The Guardian

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Why%20Morrissey%u2019s%20downfall%20echoes%20the%20messy%20demise%20of%20The%20Smiths%20%7C%20The%20Independent%20%7C%20The%20Independent : The death knell was sounded by an NME cover on 1 August declaring that The Smiths were about to split. The story was largely cobbled together. But Morrissey was sure Marr had leaked it. Marr, in Los Angeles for a holiday and to explore future musical opportunities, likewise thought Moz was whispering in the ears of journalists.
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Scott Forstall told Pandora to jailbreak early iPhones to get a head start on development | AppleInsider

Scott Forstall told Pandora to jailbreak early iPhones to get a head start on development | AppleInsider : Long before he left Apple, and has proven hard to track down, Scott Forstall promoted the then forthcoming App Store to developers. Music service Pandora's chief technology officer, Tom Conrad, says around 2007, that included advising them to start work early using jailbroken iPhones. According to an interview in Vice, Conrad says that he and Pandora executive Tim Westergren were invited to lunch by then Apple senior vice president Scott Forstall. They met away from Apple, and reportedly talked for hours, before Conrad asked what Pandora should do next. "What, if anything, can we do at Pandora to get ready for the next generation of iPhone that includes an App Store and native APIs?" Conrad asked "Forstall said," reports Conrad, "[that] it wouldn't be a waste of your time to jailbreak some iPhones and use the kind of back door toolkits that were...
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