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The Vardy Effect: Going to court to deny something a rock could see is true | Rebekah Vardy | The Guardian

The Vardy Effect: Going to court to deny something a rock could see is true | Rebekah Vardy | The Guardian : ued%20the%20Marquess%20of%20Queensberry%20for%20revealing%20his%20homosexuality%20%u2013%20Vardy%20went%20to%20court%20to%20deny%20something%20that%20a%20rock%20could%20see%20was%20true%3A%20she%u2019d%20passed%20on%20private%20stories%20about%20Rooney%20to%20the%20press
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Biden and Xi Conduct Marathon Call During Time of Rising Tensions - The New York Times

Biden and Xi Conduct Marathon Call During Time of Rising Tensions - The New York Times : The%20strong%20rhetoric%20was%20intended%20to%20dissuade%20Ms.%20Pelosi%20from%20making%20the%20trip%2C%20but%20it%20did%20not%20mean%20China%20would%20use%20force%2C%20said%20Shi%20Yinhong%2C%20a%20professor%20of%20international%20relations%20at%20Renmin%20University%20in%20Beijing.%20%u201CThe%20Chinese%20have%20made%20clear%20they%20want%20Pelosi%u2019s%20visit%20canceled%2C%20but%20Beijing%20surely%20does%20not%20want%20military%20conflict%20right%20now%2C%u201D%20he%20said.
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Opinion | Carbohydrates, not calories, may be blame for obesity - The Washington Post

Opinion | Carbohydrates, not calories, may be blame for obesity - The Washington Post : So%20what%20if%20the%20focus%20on%20calories%20and%20energy%20balance%20is%20simply%20wrong%2C%20reversing%20cause%20and%20effect%3F%20Writing%20in%20the%20European%20Journal%20of%20Clinical%20Nutrition%20this%20week%2C%20my%20co-authors%20%u2014%20researchers%2C%20physicians%2C%20public%20health%20experts%20%u2014%20and%20I%20argue%20that%20overeating%20isn%u2019t%20the%20primary%20cause%20of%20obesity.%20Instead%2C%20the%20process%20of%20gaining%20weight%20causes%20us%20to%20overeat.%0AThis%20is%20a%20different%20model%20of%20obesity%2C%20the%20carbohydrate-insulin%20model.%20This%20theory%20puts%20the%20blame%20for%20rising%20levels%20of%20obesity%20on%20the%20processed%2C%20fast-digesting%20carbs%20that%20flooded%20our%20diets%20during%20the%20low-fat%20diet%20craze%20%u2014%20white%20bread%2C%20white%20rice%2C%20prepared%20breakfast%20cereals%2C%20potato%20products%20and%20sugary%20foods.%20It%...
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Zooey%20Deschanel%3A%20%u2018Manic%20pixie%20dream%20girl%3F%20I%u2019m%20not%20a%20girl.%20I%u2019m%20a%20woman%u2019%20%7C%20Music%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : I%20don%u2019t%20feel%20it%u2019s%20accurate.%20I%u2019m%20not%20a%20girl.%20I%u2019m%20a%20woman.%20It%20doesn%u2019t%20hurt%20my%20feelings%2C%20but%20it%u2019s%20a%20way%20of%20making%20a%20woman%20one-dimensional%20and%20I%u2019m%20not%20one-dimensional.%0A%0A
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App outage locks hundreds of Tesla drivers out of cars | Tesla | The Guardian

App outage locks hundreds of Tesla drivers out of cars | Tesla | The Guardian : Elon%20Musk%2C%20Tesla%u2019s%20chief%20executive%2C%20said%20on%20Friday%20that%20the%20company%u2019s%20mobile%20application%20was%20coming%20back%20online%20after%20the%20app%20server%20outage.%20Musk%20was%20responding%20to%20a%20Tesla%20owner%u2019s%20tweet%2C%20who%20said%20that%20he%20was%20experiencing%20a%20%u201C500%20server%20error%u201D%20to%20connect%20his%20Model%203%20through%20the%20iOS%20app%20in%20Seoul%2C%20South%20Korea.%0A%0A
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Elon%20Musk%u2019s%20Ultimatum%20to%20Tesla%3A%20Fight%20the%20S.E.C.%2C%20or%20I%20Quit%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times : %u201CWhat%20it%20tells%20us%20is%20this%20board%2C%20as%20a%20strategic%20plan%2C%20must%20be%20using%20the%20Jim%20Jones-Jonestown%20suicide%20pact%2C%u201D%20Jeffrey%20Sonnenfeld%2C%20a%20professor%20at%20the%20Yale%20School%20of%20Management%2C%20said%20Friday%20on%20CNBC.%20%u201CThey%20are%20drinking%20the%20Kool-Aid%20of%20the%20founder.%20It%20is%20completely%20as%20self-destructive%20as%20Musk%20is.%u201D%0ABut%20Mr.%20Musk%20had%20given%20the%20board%20little%20choice%3A%20In%20a%20phone%20call%20with%20directors%20before%20their%20lawyers%20went%20back%20to%20federal%20regulators%20with%20a%20final%20decision%2C%20Mr.%20Musk%20threatened%20to%20resign%20on%20the%20spot%20if%20the%20board%20insisted%20that%20he%20and%20the%20company%20enter%20into%20the%20settlement.%20Not%20only%20that%2C%20he%20demanded%20the%20board%20publicly%20extol%20his%20integrity....
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James Caan: my lunches, fallouts and golf-shoe hunts with the Hollywood legend | James Caan | The Guardian

James Caan: my lunches, fallouts and golf-shoe hunts with the Hollywood legend | James Caan | The Guardian : e%20incredible%20directors%20he%u2019d%20worked%20with%2C%20but%20I%20just%20knew%2C%20in%20order%20to%20ensure%20he%20said%20yes%20to%20playing%20Tom%2C%20I%20mustn%u2019t%20seem%20in%20the%20least%20intimidated%20by%20any%20of%20this.
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ResultSource - Wikipedia

ResultSource - Wikipedia : ResultSource is a San Diego-based book marketing company that conducts "bestseller campaigns" on behalf of authors.[1] The company states "'We create campaigns that reach a specific goal, like: "On the bestsellers list," or "100,000 copies sold.'"[1] For example, for a negotiated fee ResultSource will guarantee that a book becomes a bestseller.[2] It does this through bulk book buying programs designed to manipulate the metrics used by Nielsen BookScan and the New York Times Best Seller list, among other strategies.[1] As a result of ResultSource's business practices, Amazon.com has stopped doing business with the company
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Shinzo Abe shooting: who are the Moonies and why are they in the spotlight? | Japan | The Guardian

Shinzo Abe shooting: who are the Moonies and why are they in the spotlight? | Japan | The Guardian : The%20organisation%u2019s%20official%20name%20is%20the%20Family%20Federation%20for%20World%20Peace%20and%20Unification%2C%20although%20it%20is%20better%20known%20as%20the%20Unification%20church.%20It%20was%20founded%20in%20South%20Korea%20in%201954%20by%20Sun%20Myung%20Moon%2C%20whose%20strident%20anti-communism%20would%20lead%20him%20to%20build%20ties%20with%20conservative%20politicians%20around%20the%20world%2C%20including%20in%20Japan.%0A%0AMoon%2C%20who%20died%20in%202012%2C%20said%20he%20had%20had%20a%20vision%20aged%2015%20in%20which%20he%20was%20told%20by%20Jesus%20to%20complete%20his%20unfulfilled%20mission%20to%20restore%20humanity%20to%20a%20state%20of%20%u201Csinless%u201D%20purity.%0A%0A
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The%20Uber%20whistleblower%3A%20I%u2019m%20exposing%20a%20system%20that%20sold%20people%20a%20lie%20%7C%20Uber%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : They%20include%20Travis%20Kalanick%2C%20Uber%u2019s%20combative%20co-founder%20and%20then%20chief%20executive%2C%20David%20Plouffe%2C%20a%20former%20Barack%20Obama%20campaign%20aide%20who%20became%20a%20senior%20vice-president%20at%20Uber%2C%20and%20Rachel%20Whetstone%2C%20a%20British%20PR%20executive%20who%20has%20also%20held%20senior%20roles%20at%20Google%2C%20Facebook%20and%20now%20Netflix.%0A%0A
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How Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn gets so much done

How Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn gets so much done : In%20the%20morning%2C%20I%20take%20five%20Duolingo%20lessons.%20I%20do%20three%20French%20lessons%2C%20one%20Portuguese%20lesson%2C%20and%2C%20of%20late%2C%20a%20Japanese%20lesson.%20It%u2019s%20mostly%20to%20test%20out%20the%20product%3A%20My%20teams%20get%20reports%20from%20me%20at%206%3A30%20a.m.%20every%20day%2C%20saying%2C%20%u201CYou%20should%20fix%20this%u201D%20or%20%u201CYou%20should%20improve%20this.%u201D%20Then%20I%20work%20out.%20I%20do%20some%20weight%20training%2C%20followed%20by%2016%20minutes%20of%20running%20as%20fast%20as%20I%20can%2C%20which%20is%20like%209%20miles%20an%20hour.%20When%20I%20do%20it%2C%20I%20look%20like%20I%u2019m%20having%20a%20heart%20attack.%20I%20do%20it%20to%20optimize%20my%20time%u2014I%20burn%20about%20360%20calories.%20I%20hate%20it%2C%20but%20it%u2019s%20over%20fast.%0A%0A
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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini Acquitted of Fraud in Swiss Trial - The New York Times

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini Acquitted of Fraud in Swiss Trial - The New York Times : Blatter%20may%20be%20headed%20back%20to%20court%2C%20too.%20He%20faces%20the%20potential%20of%20another%20trial%20after%20the%20Swiss%20authorities%20informed%20him%20in%20June%202020%20that%20he%20had%20been%20labeled%20an%20%u201Caccused%20person%u201D%20in%20case%20involving%20the%20suspected%20misuse%20of%20funds%20after%20loaning%20%241%20million%20to%20a%20soccer%20official%20in%20the%20Caribbean.%0A
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Women's Euros 2022: FA bite back at criticism of venues

Women's Euros 2022: FA bite back at criticism of venues : But in a Zoom interview with reporters, FA chief executive Mark Bullingham and FA Chair Debbie Hewitt both rejected the criticisms and said that efforts were made to take the tournament to the biggest clubs and stadiums in the country. "In terms of the venues, they were chosen in 2019," Bullingham said. "And the absolute truth of it is we did a tender process throughout every major ground and city in the country and there were very few that came forward in wanting to host the women's Euros. "We actually had to persuade a few clubs and cities to come forward so we are actually very happy with where we got to. "We think we have got some brilliant venues, but if you think people were knocking our door down to host matches, that was not the case. "Overall, I think we are really proud of the fact we have sold more than 430,000 tickets the record for women's Euros before was 240,000, we wo...
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A Declaration of Independence by a Princeton Professor

A Declaration of Independence by a Princeton Professor : But%20then%20there%20are%20dozens%20of%20proposals%20that%2C%20if%20implemented%2C%20would%20lead%20to%20civil%20war%20on%20campus%20and%20erode%20even%20further%20public%20confidence%20in%20how%20elite%20institutions%20of%20higher%20education%20operate.%20Some%20examples%3A%20%u201CReward%20the%20invisible%20work%20done%20by%20faculty%20of%20color%20with%20course%20relief%20and%20summer%20salary%u201D%20and%20%u201CFaculty%20of%20color%20hired%20at%20the%20junior%20level%20should%20be%20guaranteed%20one%20additional%20semester%20of%20sabbatical%u201D%20and%20%u201CProvide%20additional%20human%20resources%20for%20the%20support%20of%20junior%20faculty%20of%20color.%u201D%20Let%u2019s%20leave%20aside%20who%20qualifies%20as%20%u201Cof%20color%2C%u201D%20though%20this%20is%20not%20a%20trivial%20point.%20It%20boggles%20my%20mind%20that%20anyone%20would%20advocate%20giving%20people%u2014extraordinarily%20privileged%20people%20already%2...
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Wimbledon%20accused%20of%20sacking%20temporary%20staff%20for%20%u2018bizarre%u2019%20reasons%20%7C%20Wimbledon%202022%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201CPeople%20are%20being%20fired%20because%20they%u2019re%20overstaffed%20and%20they%u2019re%20using%20the%20fact%20that%20staff%20are%20watching%20tennis%20and%20drinking%20as%20an%20excuse.%u201D
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NYC's Eleven Madison Park Went Vegan. Then, Things Fell Apart.

NYC's Eleven Madison Park Went Vegan. Then, Things Fell Apart. : It%27s%20been%20one%20year%20since%20Eleven%20Madison%20Park%27s%20vegan%20relaunch.%20And%20while%20the%20reopening%20prompted%20a%2050%2C000-person%20waiting%20list%2C%20the%20online-reservation%20site%20Tock%20now%20shows%20open%20tables%20almost%20every%20night.%20It%20would%20be%20easy%20to%20blame%20waning%20interest%20on%20the%20pivot%20to%20veganism%20%u2014%20not%20everyone%20is%20willing%20to%20shell%20out%20hundreds%20of%20dollars%20for%20a%20dinner%20without%20the%20caviar%20and%20foie%20gras%20luxuries%20that%20typically%20appear%20on%20high-roller%20menus.%20But%20seven%20current%20and%20former%20employees%20who%20worked%20at%20EMP%20since%20the%20relaunch%20said%20the%20restaurant%20faced%20bigger%20problems.%20The%20past%20year%20has%20been%20packed%20with%20pressure%2C%20chaos%2C%20and%20understaffing.%20Some%20described%20Humm%20as%20more%20focused%20on%20his%20image%20as%20a%20celebrity%20thought%20...
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