Archive du mois : mars 2018

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Females of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta tell of existence beneath siege

Under shelling and mounds of rubble, Um Diab moves between underground shelters, where thousands of Syrians live to escape the constant bombardment in Eastern Ghouta. Um Diab embodies one of the many roles that women have embraced during the war in Syria. As she walks through the shelters, she helps the wounded and the sick.…

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Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus evaluate: Delicate, now not huge

Everything else In addition to camera-related upgrades, Samsung introduced a new audio setup this year. The S9 has stereo speakers — one firing down from the bottom edge and one forward from the screen. This boosts the S9’s volume, making it easier to hear what people are saying in your videos and games. It definitely…

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Amazon Knows Alexa Units Are Laughing Spontaneously And It be « Working To Fix It. »

« We are changing that phrase to be ‘Alexa, can you laugh?’ which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance ‘Alexa, laugh.’ We are also changing Alexa’s response from simply laughter to ‘Sure, I can laugh,’ followed by laughter, » the company said. OK, but what about when Alexa laughs…

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A case of ethical neglect: How journalists failed Yazidi women folk

Questions on journalism ethics and trauma have shadowed journalists’ coverage of wars and conflict for a long time. Where do we draw the line between ethical and unethical journalism practices, when interviewing people suffering from trauma, let alone interviewing women taken hostage, raped and tortured? While preparing for a course I’m teaching at City, University…

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Pyeongchang Paralympics bringing optimism to South Koreans

Pyeongchang, South Korea – Interest in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics, which start on Friday, is gaining momentum on the ground. Organisers have managed to sell more than 285,000 tickets, which is nearly 130 percent of their target of 220,000. These Games will be the largest in history, with 570 athletes from 49 countries taking part.…

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Components 1 testing – day three

Formula 1 testing – Vettel sets fastest time so far in testing – Live – BBC Sport ]]> ]]> Summary Third day of second F1 test 5 live F1 season preview tonight 20:30 GMT Get involved #bbcf1 McLaren broke down on days 1 & 2

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France threatens to acknowledge if Syria chemical assault proven staunch

WARNING: The above report contains images some may find distressing. France has said it would introduce « intervention measures » if claims of a Syrian government chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta late on Wednesday proved to be true.  « If the use of chemical weapons was found, verified, attributed and the use of the chemical weapon left people…

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Sri Lanka: Muslims horror extra assaults for the length of Friday prayers

Sri Lankan Muslims say they fear being attacked during Friday prayers by Sinhalese Buddhists amid accusations that security forces are failing to take action against marauding mobs. Despite a state of emergency and a curfew to curtail violence that broke out last weekend between Muslims and Buddhists in the central district of Kandy, concerns abound…

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How Two Photographers Unknowingly Shot the Same Millisecond in Time

On March 3rd, during a large East Coast winter storm, I headed to the ocean to capture some wave action. My travels eventually took me to Great Island Commons in New Castle, New Hampshire, where Whaleback Lighthouse is prominently featured .8 miles offshore. I was hoping to capture big waves crashing around the lighthouse, and…