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☆ Meta avoids showdown over news content in US after journalism bargaining bill shelved
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a key architect of the news media bill, has argued that the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is necessary to help small, local journalism outlets survive in the face of Google and Facebook’s advertising dominance. The News Media Alliance, a supporter of the JCPA, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Among those that signed the letter were the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Wikimedia Foundation and Public Knowledge. The tech industry launched its own offensive to keep the JCPA out of the defense bill, with groups including NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association announcing ad campaigns targeting the measure. Meta, meanwhile, turned to a familiar playbook in threatening to remove from the platform.

☆ Meta threatens to remove news content over US journalism bargaining bill
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN Business —Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers have added controversial legislation favoring news media to the annual defense authorization bill. The warning highlights the danger that Meta perceives to its business model in the face of the proposed bill, known as the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). CNN has not independently confirmed the change to the defense bill. Among those that signed the letter were the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Wikimedia Foundation and Public Knowledge. Digital Content Next, a trade association representing digital media companies, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Kids Online Safety Act may harm minors, civil society groups warn lawmakers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Ranking Member Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) speaks during a Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security hearing on Protecting Kids Online: Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube on October 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. Dozens of civil society groups urged lawmakers in a letter on Monday against passing a bill that aims to protect children from online harm, warning the bill itself could actually inflict further danger on kids and teens. The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future and Wikimedia Foundation were among the groups that wrote to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., opposing the Kids Online Safety Act. Sites would have to let their young users know when parental tools are in effect. The KOSA opponents warned that prescriptive parental controls could be harmful to kids in abusive situations.

☆ Russia fines Wikimedia Foundation over Ukraine war entries
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday fined Wikipedia owner Wikimedia Foundation 2 million rubles ($32,600) over articles relating to the Ukraine war, the head of the foundation in Russia told Reuters. Stanislav Kozlovsky said the penalty was imposed for not deleting entries that Russia has demanded be removed. The two articles, in Russian, were titled "Non-violent resistance of Ukraine's civilian population in the course of Russia's invasion" and "Evaluations of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine". Russia describes its war in Ukraine as a "special military operation". On April 26, a Russian court fined Wikimedia Foundation a total of 5 million roubles for similar offences.

Here are 10 hiring companies where you can work from anywhere in the world. It has compiled a list of companies that posted the most work-from-anywhere job listings between January and June. It said the three industries that posted the most work-from-anywhere jobs over that period were marketing, IT, and writing-or-editing services. The most popular work-from-anywhere job titles included copywriter, social-media manager, front-end developer, executive assistant, and recruiter, Flexjobs said. Here are the 10 companies that offered the most full- or part-time work-from-anywhere jobs in the six-month period.

☆ 10 companies that will let you work from anywhere and are hiring now
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-22 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Still, true work-from-anywhere jobs are hard to find. FlexJobs found that about 95% of remote jobs have geographic requirements, whether it's a specific region, country, state or city. All of the companies on the list offer full-time or part-time remote jobs that didn't have a location restriction and required no time in the office. "But as companies adopt more flexible arrangements, including location independence and remote work options, we anticipate people will have more opportunities than ever before to work remotely — and from anywhere in the world." Some of the most in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs included social media manager, executive assistant and front-end developer.

☆ „Jazz în parc”: În fiecare zi de miercuri, la Teatrul de Vară din capitală vor fi organizate concerte în aer liber
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: 1 min

Sursa foto: wikimedia.org„Jazz în parc”: În fiecare zi de miercuri, la Teatrul de Vară din capitală vor fi organizate concerte în aer liberÎncepând de astăzi, în fiecare zi de miercuri, la Teatrul de Vară din capitală se vor desfășura concerte în aer liber cu începere de la ora 18:00. Spectacolele de la Teatrul de Vară vor fi organizate la jumătate din capacitatea de locuri pentru spectatori și vor fi marcate pentru păstrarea distanței sociale și a măsurilor de siguranță recomandate de specialiști. Prețul biletelor este de 25 de lei, iar pensionarii, studenții și elevii vor putea achita jumătate de preț. Ideea aparţine Primăriei municipiului Chișinău și comunităţii muzicienilor de jazz. Teatrul de Vară este cel mai mare teatru în aer liber din Europa, edificat în 1957, cu o capacitate de 6.700 de locuri.

Locations: Chișinău, Europa

„Succesul ei a fost unul imediat. Pentru viitor, Jimmy Wales speră că Wikipedia va avea succes și în țările în curs de dezvoltare. Rămâne însă o anumită problemă de diversitate în domeniul surselor și a tematicilor abordate, existând și anumite „unghiuri moarte” legate de subiecte asociate unor țări în curs de dezvoltare. Cauza acestui fenomen constă în profilul contributorilor: cei mai mulți dintre ei sunt originari din Statele Unite și țările occidentale. „Wikipedia este totuși cel mai mare bun comun digital pe care ni l-a oferit internetul”, a adăugat el.

Persons: americanul Jimmy Wales, Jimmy Wales, Lionel Barbe Organizations: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Wikimedia France, Universitatea Oxford, Universitatea Locations: ., Universitatea Paris - Nanterre, Statele Unite

☆ (foto) Monumentele istorice demult uitate. Conacele Moldovei
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-20 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +42 min

Conacul din Bezeni, vechea denumire a localităţii, a fost o vreme şcoală după care, în 1976, a fost reorganizat în casă-muzeu. După obţinerea independenței, conacul a fost lăsat de izbelişte pînă în anul 2003, cînd a fost procurat de Vasile Barbăneagră. Foto: DiezConstrucția conacului a început sub conducerea fiului lui Manuc Bei, Murat (Ivan) după moartea acestuia și a fost terminată abia de către nepotul său, Grigore. Stare: După o restaurare de câțiva ani, conacul a a fost redeschis pentru vizitatori în 2015. După revoluţie anul 1917, mult timp conacul a fost închis, dar ca clădirea să nu se ruineze din cauza abandonării, a fost amenajată o şcoală.

Persons: - lea, Bei, Diez, Manuc Bei, Serghei Lazo, Donici, Donici ., Alexandru, Alecu Donici, A . Donici, Ioan Bogdan, Eugenia, Cazimir, Constantin Cazimir, Adam, Eva, Cristi, Vladimir Cristi, Dinu, Vasile Barbăneagră, Gonata, . N . Crăciunescu, Catargiu, Anastasia Janovski, Alexandru Bernardazzi, Gheorghe, Elena Lazo, Moldovei, Murat, Ivan, Grigore, Varlaam, Mimi, Constantin Mimi, Mimi ., Zamfirache, Aleksandr Pușkin, Boierul Zamfirache, Zamfir, Pușkin, Andronache Donici, Leonid Vartic, Aleinicov, Decebal, P . H . Petrino, moşia, . I . Biberi, Cantacuzino, Ion Creangă, Constantin Stamati, ., Hasnaş, C . Bogdan, Pavel, El, Leonard, Manolache Negruzzi, Constantin Negruzzi, - lea ., Victor Bogdanovici, . Bogdanovici, Rosetti, contesei Ecaterina Rosetti, Ecaterina K ., Ditman, Ion Ștefăniță, Vasile Stroiescu, V . Dombrovschi, I . Vladislavschi, Andrei Cojocaru, Vinogradski, Buznea, Andrei Pommer, Conacul Catargi, Boierul Katargi, Ecaterina a II -, Mihaela Organizations: China ., Facebook, Armatei Ruse, Muzeului, Lukoil, Europa Occidentală, german Schneider, parchetul, A Locations: Republica Moldova, Basarabiei, Crimeea, Siberia, China, Ivancea, Orhei, Basarabia, Turcia, Călărași, Criuleni, Bezeni, Ivănuș, Negrești, Strășeni, AIRMC, Saharna, Rezina, Tiraspol, Dubăsari, Milești, Nisporeni, expresul.md, Teleșeu, Paris, Păulești, Gonata, Zberoaia, Franţa, Ruso - Japonez, Izbiște, rus, ruso, turc, Gura, Anenii Noi, Rusia, francez, Hâncești, Moldova, unimedia.info, Bulboaca, Montpellier, Bender, Răspopeni, Șoldănești, Romănești, Micăuți, Strășeni Agenţia, Dolna, gubernia Basarabia, Chișinău, URSS, Republicii Moldova, Miclești, Aleinicov, Soroca, Rujnița, Ocnița, Bjozowskz, Soloneț, Edineț, Europa, german, Cernoleuca, Dondușeni, străinătate, moldovenii.md, Dombas, Sloveanca, Sângerei, Sofia, Drochia, Napadova, Florești, Cuhureștii, Sus, Corjeuți, Briceni, Pavlovca, Larga, Hotin, Guberniei Basarabia, Cubolta, Târnova, wikimedia.org, Telemeuți, America, Canada, Caucaz, Răzlăi, Lipcani, Brânzeni, Rediul, Iarova, Sankt Petersburg, Văscăuți, Iași, Stremiadi, Șofrâcani, Sofrâcani, Mândâc, Glodeni, Sud, Conacul, Moldovei, Imperiul Rus, Ucraineni, Leuntea, Căușeni

Круглый стол "Авторское право: От традиционных правил до специфики эпохи Интернета" Фото: wikimedia.orgНациональная библиотека Республики Молдова организует с 5 по 11 ноября 3-е Дни науки, приуроченные Всемирному дню науки за мир и развитие. Четверг: „круглый стол” под девизом: „Авторское право: От традиционных правил до специфики эпохи Интернета”, основной докладчик Ион Цыгэнаш, Адвокатское бюро Tiganas & Partners / НБРМ / 10.00 /. Представители ряда спортивных федераций проведут пресс-конференцию на тему: „Позиция спортсменов относительно нынешней ситуации в Республике Молдова” / Infotag / 10.00 /. Депутаты фракции Платформы DA Александр Слусарь и Дину Плынгэу проведут пресс-конференцию. Институт европейских политик и реформ организует десятую онлайн-видеоконференцию EU Debates Cafe на тему: „Продвижение зеленой мобильности: электромобили в Республике Молдова” / 13.00 /.

Persons: Ион Цыгэнаш, Дину Плынгэу Organizations: Tiganas, Partners, Национальная библиотека, Адвокатское бюро & / НБРМ, Платформа Александр Слусарь Locations: Республика Молдова

☆ Додон поздравил Ильхама Алиева с Днем независимости Азербайджана
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-18 | by ( ) moldovainform.md time to read: +1 min

Президент Республики Молдова Игорь Додон сегодня направил поздравительное послание Президенту Азербайджанской Республики Ильхаму Алиеву в связи с национальным праздником страны. Об этом сообщила пресс-служба главы молдавского государства. В своем поздравлении молдавский президент отметил:«Уважаемый Ильхам Гейдарович,Примите искренние поздравления и самые добрые пожелания по случаю Дня государственной независимости Азербайджанской Республики. Пользуясь представившейся приятной возможностью, выражаю уверенность в том, что традиционные дружба, взаимопонимание и доверие, которые связывают Молдову и Азербайджан, будут и в дальнейшем крепнуть и всесторонне развиваться на благо наших стран и народов. В этот праздничный день позвольте пожелать Вам, уважаемый господин Президент, и в Вашем лице всему азербайджанскому народу мира, добра и процветания и примите уверения в моем глубоком к Вам уважении».

Persons: Игорь Додон, Ильхам Алиев, Ильхам Гейдарович Organizations: Вашем лицо Locations: Республика Молдова, Азербайджанская Республика, Молдова, Азербайджан

☆ Михаил Веллер: «Суперлюди и сытые развратные вымирающие толпы будут населять Землю»
▼ + stars: | 2020-07-30 | by ( Ольга Вандышева | ) newsmd.md time to read: +45 min

Примеров такого бреда огромное количество.И вот когда начинается обрушивание цивилизации внутрь себя, то происходят вещи, еще 20 лет назад невообразимые. И вот эти суперлюди и сытые развратные вымирающие толпы через 100 лет и будут населять Землю. Так что мы увидим много-много интересного, и большая часть этого интересного нам сильно не понравится, как не нравится уже сейчас. Конечно, он не хочет сидеть в тюрьме.А сейчас демократы понимают¸ что население, которое что-то еще делает, работает, оно их ненавидит абсолютно. Были Баварская советская республика, Бременская советская республика, Эльзасская советская республика, Венгерская советская республика, Словацкая советская республика, в Ирландии в одном графстве была советская республика, в Италии в одной области была советская республика, в Персии была огромная советская республика на полстраны.

Persons: Обаме, Путин, Жак Аттали, Шпенглер, Мартин Иден, Иисус, Карл Линнею, Трамп, Джордж Флойд, Обама, Андрей Илларионов, Клинтон, Байден, Барак Обаме, Хиллари Клинтон, Барак Обамы, Джордж Сорос, Георг Шварц, Шариковым, Булгаков, Нельсон, Елизавета, Виктория, Линкольн, де Клер, Ленин, Баварская, Лев Давыдович Троцкий, Григорий Евсеевич Зиновьев, Коминтерна, Троцкий, Петенька, Коминтерн, Маркс, Грамши, Энгельс, Гитлер, Геббельс, Стругацких, Вага Колесо, Фото Стрингер, Черчилль, Виталий Белоусов, Лермонтов, Джордж Оруэлл, Йель, Павел Грудинин, Бондаренко, Валерий Рашкин, Тото, Говоривший, Платон, Ньютон, Жениться Organizations: БИЗНЕС, ВСЕ, ТЮРЕМНАЯ КАМЕРА, Фейсбук, МНОГО ЛЕТ НАЗАД ПРЕКРАСНОДУШНАЯ, Коминтерн, Коминтерна, Институт социальных исследований, Франкфуртская философская школа, Красные сотни, РИА «Новости, ПОЛГОДА, СОБР, ОМОН, ГКЧП Locations: АМЕРИКА, Америка, Западная Европа, Европа, Швеция, Земля, Россия, Иран, Китай, Соединенные Штаты, Север, Юг, Франция, Германия, Африка, Ближний Восток, Скандинавия, Австрия, Запад, ФРАНЦИЯ, Нант, Англия, Италия, Северная Африка, Бременская, Эльзасская советская республика, Венгерская советская республика, Словацкая советская республика, Ирландия, Персия, Крым, США, Советский Союз, Аляска, Франкфурт, Москва, Беларусь, Украина, Литовское, Средняя Азия, Япония, Северный Кавказ, Российская Федерация, Сочи, Кавказ, Гарвард

☆ Зинаида Гречаная встретилась с послом Азербайджана
▼ + stars: | 2020-03-02 | by ( ) moldovainform.md time to read: +1 min

28 февраля, Председатель парламента Республики Молдова Зинаида Гречаная встретилась сегодня с Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Азербайджанской Республики в РМ Гудси Дурсун оглы Османовым, передает moldpres.md. В ходе встречи было отмечено, что между Республикой Молдова и Азербайджанской Республикой сложились добрые отношения дружбы и сотрудничества, а также взаимной поддержки в международных организациях. Стороны высказались за дальнейшее расширение молдавско-азербайджанских взаимоотношений, выразив уверенность в том, что предстоящий визит председателя парламента Молдовы в Баку придаст новый импульс партнерству между нашими странами. По традиции, накануне 1 марта Зинаида Гречаная подарила Гудси Османову мэрцишор как символ наступления весны. Напомним, что дипломатические отношения между Республикой Молдова и Азербайджанской Республикой были установлены 18 мая 1992 года.

Persons: MOLDOVAinform, Зинаида Гречаная, Гудси Дурсун оглы Османовым, Гудси Османов Organizations: Чрезвычайный Locations: Республика Молдова, Азербайджанская Республика, РМ, Молдова, Баку

☆ 20 best German foods
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-09 | by ( Marcel Krueger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +30 min

Check out our list of 20 traditional German dishes that you need to try when you travel there. Germany National Tourism Board Azalea and Rhododendron Park Kromlau: This 200-acre English landscape park was built in the 19th century in Gablenz, Saxony. Germany National Tourism Board Maschsee Lake: This quiet and idyllic lake attracts families throughout the year in Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony. Germany National Tourism Board Berchtesgaden National Park: Alpine lakes and ice-topped mountains are just a few of the natural wonders that make Berchtesgaden such a breathtaking national park. It comes wrapped in bacon or heaped upon schnitzel; as asparagus soup, fried asparagus, pancakes with herbs and asparagus, asparagus with scrambled eggs or asparagus with young potatoes.

Persons: Königsberger klopse, capers, Maultaschen, Katharina Hild, labskaus, Bodo Schieren, Fried, rostbratwurst, currywurst, Herta Heuwer, Kadir Nurman, schnitzel, Helmut Meyer Zur Capellen, hasn’t, Jägerschnitzel, Käsespätzle Spätzle, Sauerbraten, Stijn Van, Ralph Lueger, Franz Martin Kühn, Jonathan Segal, Rainer Mirau Atta, Attendorner, Mary, Balthasar Neumann, Andreas Bestle, Wiesel, Duke Leopold III of Anhalt, Caspar Diederik Bastei, Monica Skolimowska, Johannes Simon, Patrick Seeger, Daniel Karmann, Armin Weigel, Thomas Lohnes, Martin Schutt, Schwerin, Sean Gallup, Augustus the Strong, Ole Spata, Prince, Bavaria Charles Albert, François Cuvilliés, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Federweisser, Saumagen, Helmut Kohl, Kohl, saumagen, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, haggis, pinky, schnapps, spargelzeit, John, Johannes Eisele, Frank Vincentz, Josef Hildenbrand, Reuben, jeffreyw, Inga Kjer, Alexander Hassenstein, Christof Stache, Schwarzwälder, Schwarzwälder kirsch, Josef Keller, there’s, Dario Fontanella, Dario, ” Organizations: CNN, German Democratic, European Union, North, West, Austrian, Lichtenstein, UNESCO, Wiesel Garden, Getty, Germany National Tourism Board, Germany National Tourism, Nymphenburg, Mirrors, British, Baptist, revelers, Bread, Wikimedia, Agner, Prussian Locations: Germany, East Prussian, Königsberg, Kaliningrad, Russia, German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Berlin, Brandenburg, Swabia, Baden, Bremen, Kiel, Hamburg, Fraconia, Thuringia, Cologne, Ruhr, Turkish, Berlin’s, East Berlin, Vienna, Bavaria, Munich, Franconia, Rhineland, Saarland, Silesia, Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Altstadt, Sanssouci, Potsdam, Swabian, Kassel, Blaubeuren, Berlin's River Havel, Altensteig Sylt, Sylt, Andreas, Saxony, Anhalt, Dessau, Central Germany, Europe, Germany's, Switzerland, Germany's Lake Constance, Mettlach, Cochem, Trier, Erfurt, Schwerin, Dresden, Gablenz, Lübeck, Hannover, Swabian Jura, Rothenburg, Tauber, Nymphenburg, Bavarian, Füssen, Germany National Tourism Board Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgaden, Palatinate, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, East Frisia, Friesland, Flensburg, Aachen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, St, AFP, Bonn, Austria, Mannheim

☆ The incredible true story of when WWI stopped for enemy armies to celebrate Christmas together
▼ + stars: | 2017-12-25 | by ( Ben Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The war was supposed to be over by Christmas of 1914, but by December the war was stuck in the gruesome trench warfare WWI is known for. On Christmas Eve and Day a spontaneous truce broke out on the Western Front against the orders of high command. British and German troops meeting in No-Man's Land during the unofficial truce, 1914. A century after the war began, German and British soldiers still get together to play soccer and celebrate Christmas. German and British troops participate in a football match to commemorate the Christmas Truce of 1914, at the ISAF Headquarters in Kabul December 24, 2014.

☆ 12 delivery drivers reveal the weirdest deliveries they've ever made
▼ + stars: | 2017-05-05 | by ( Caroline Praderio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Driving around food deliveries might not be the most glamorous job, but it does provide plenty of memorable moments. AdvertisementA recent AskReddit thread asked workers to share weird and wild tales from delivery shifts they'd worked in the past. Out of hundreds of responses, the following 12 anecdotes stood out as some of the absolute weirdest. - Redditor Perceptions89'A 10-year-old girl opened the door and told me that I interrupted her.' A 10-year-old girl opened the door and told me that I interrupted her.

Persons: they'd, timidly, lemonsmith, William Thomas Cain, Steamboat87, Young, They'd, Walter White, munch, Bethany, Willis, didn't, I've, I'm Organizations: Wikimedia, LSU Locations: Domino's, undies

☆ Here's the bizarre reason you're not supposed to use the bottom button on suits
▼ + stars: | 2017-03-31 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Men's suit designers often even tailor the fabric so suit jackets and waistcoats looks more flattering unbuttoned at the bottom. The story of King Edward VII (who ruled from 1901 to 1910) is often dismissed as a myth — but it's completely true. The Duke of Roxburghe at Buckingham Palace in 1910, after the death of King Edward VII. "Edward VII always left his bottom waistcoat button open because he was fat," Amies answered. In that case, follow Edward's advice in leaving the bottom button unbuttoned, but do button the top one.

Persons: King Edward VII, it's, Prince, —, Edward VII, Prince George, Robert Johnson, isn't, Sir Hardy Amies, Queen Elizabeth II, Savile, Sir Amies, Roxburghe, . Phillips, Phillips, Amies, Leo, Jerod Harris, Edward, Queen Elizabeth II's, Dylan Martinez, Reuters Edward Organizations: Buckingham Palace, Royal Society for, of Arts , Manufactures, Commerce, Getty, Geographic, Oxford, of, Reuters Locations: Wales, England, London, Buckingham, Britain, USA, Ludlow

☆ Christopher Columbus brought a host of terrible new diseases to the New World
▼ + stars: | 2015-10-12 | by ( Julia Calderone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Wikimedia CommonsWhen Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean and touched down in North America in 1492, he changed the world forever. He bridged the "old" world in Europe, Africa, and Asia with the "new" world in the Americas. Along with their own set of diseases at the time, Columbus' arrival created a devastating concoction of maladies. "But it also launched a clash of infectious diseases." AdvertisementOf the estimated 250,000 natives in Hispaniola, Columbus' first stop in the Americas in 1492, new infectious diseases wiped out a staggering 236,000 Indigenous people by 1517 — nearly 95% of their population.

Persons: Christopher Columbus, Stephen Prescott, — Organizations: Wikimedia, Stephen Prescott , Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Malaria Locations: West Indies, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Americas, Columbus, Stephen Prescott , Oklahoma, Hispaniola, Lyme

☆ The 10 most bizarre weapons of World War II
▼ + stars: | 2015-07-22 | by ( Alex Lockie | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

World War II brought many successful innovations in technology including weapons. From explosive rats to a 155-foot-long gun, here are some of the most bizarre weapons from WWII. During World War II, the world's major powers set their sights on advancing technology, medicine, and communications in order to be efficient and fearsome in battle. PanjandrumThe Panjandrum, a rocket-propelled explosive cart, was one of the more curious weapons to have come out of World War II. Explosive ratsDogs were not the only unfortunate animal victims of experimental war weapons.

☆ Library Of Congress Reveals The 88 'Books That Shaped America'
▼ + stars: | 2012-06-22 | by ( Michael B Kelley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

'Where The Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak Wikimedia CommonsThe Library of Congress has opened a "Books that Shaped America" exhibition that features the books that have "shaped Americans’ views of their world and the world’s views of America." AdvertisementThe initial list of 88 books spans from Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751) by Benjamin Franklin to The Words of César Chávez (2002) by César Chávez and presents old standbys in between (i.e. The exhibition, on view from June 25 through Sept. 29 in the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., is intended to "spark a national conversation on books written by Americans that have influenced our lives," according to Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. Related storiesThe Library of Congress is asking readers to take a survey about the books and nominate books that aren't on the list. Check out the full list below:AdvertisementSEE ALSO: Does Jon Stewart REALLY Read All The Books For Author Interviews?

Persons: Maurice Sendak, Benjamin Franklin, César Chávez, Thomas Jefferson, James H, Billington, Jon Stewart Organizations: Congress, Washington , D.C Locations: Washington ,

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