Archive du mois : décembre 2017 
    	
    
          
            
  
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Before we get on to what might happen in 2018, take a quick look back at my 2017 predictions, written this time a year ago. As ever, I’ve ended up with plenty of egg on my face. No, Francois Fillon did not become the president of France, and Theresa May did call an early general…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Inhalt circle_plus circle_minus 01 Ich habe mich getarnt 02 « Das ist schwierig zu beschreiben. Denn das ist ein Gefühl » Auf einer Seite lesen Erst der Streit über Pegida machte unserer Autorin klar, wie wenig sie eigentlich über ihre Eltern weiß. Dann endlich fragte sie nach. Vor ein paar Monaten las ich, wie viele andere, Didier…
		 
		
	 
             
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			The final tax reform bill still calls for seven tax brackets, but there are changes to the rates are well as the income levels associated with each bracket. Taxpayers may find themselves in a lower bracket come next year. For example, a married couple with a combined income of $80,000 will be in a 22…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Oops. Something went wrong. Please try again later Looks like we are having a problem on the server. Do you actually decorate cute cookies? Of course! It’s not the holidays until I decorate at least one cookie. I did when I was younger, but not so much now. Nope, and I don’t think I ever…
		 
		
	 
             
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency, extended its decline over the long holiday weekend, failing to reverse a selloff that began after an unprecedented rally fell short of breaching $20,000. The drop brings more end-of-year weakness to a market that last week had its worst four-day tumble since 2015. “The West is what’s causing this selloff,” said…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			An Israeli member of parliament has verbally harassed Palestinian families hailing from the Gaza Strip on their journey to visit their imprisoned relatives in an Israeli prison, calling their sons « dogs » and « terrorists ». Oren Hazan, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, boarded a bus carrying the families of prisoners on Monday about to…
		 
		
	 
             
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Dhaka, Bangladesh – An academic who went missing for over a month has returned home, saying « unidentified abductors » scooped him up in the middle of a busy road in Dhaka last month. Mubashar Hasan, an assistant professor of political science at North South University in Dhaka, was abducted on November 7. « If you look back,…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			It seemed like magic at the time (which is good, because that’s also the extent of my programming skills). That’s sort of where the automotive AI world is in 2017. Artificial intelligence is on the cusp of bringing to life the sort of futuristic computer that can identify, parse and react to real-world driving scenarios.…
		 
		
	 
             
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Jon Wade and James MoorePart of our fascination with cold-and-dry Mars is its warm-and-wet past. What was Mars like when it had liquid water? Did any life swim in it? And where did the water go? The most obvious explanation for that last question is that Mars’ water slowly diffused into outer space. Because Mars…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Brexit has already damaged the UK’s “global brand”, according to the head of the world’s largest advertising conglomerate. Writing exclusively for The Independent, Sir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive of WPP, suggests the xenophobic tone of the 2016 referendum campaign did serious harm that needs to be repaired and that Theresa May’s Brussels deal on 8…
		 
		
	 
        
           
            
          
	
	
         
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