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Little Italy

Maggiano’s Hosts Wish Wednesday to Raise Money for its Eat-A-Dish for Make-A-Wish Campaign

On Wednesday, Aug. 7, Maggiano's will donate $1 from every pasta dish and every chef-featured dish ordered. Guests can choose from more than 15 classic or specialty pasta entrees, or chef-featured dishes such as: Banana Split Pancakes, Salmon with Crispy Cala…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Singapore

America’s Worst Lie-Flats: United’s “Dorm-Style” Business Class on the 777

TPG Rating 6 Ground Experience7 Cabin & Seat13 Amenities & IFE15 Food & Beverage22 Service PROs Decent IFE selection, functional Wi-Fi, at least the seat wasn't angle-flat. CONs No privacy…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Blockchain

A Crypto Conversation with Trevor Koverko, CEO of Polymath

August 5, 2019 11 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Questions about cryptocurrency and blockchain are some of the most common questions I get asked. So, in order to broaden my understanding of the market, I got in tou…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Slavery Abolition

The history professor who was ostracized for saying the Civil War was about slavery

Sometimes when were poking around in an archive, we come across century-old documents that are strangely relevant. Thats what the story of Enoch Marvin Banks became to me. An aging letter from 1911 that I found in the Columbia University archive revealed a st…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Elon Musk

SpaceX: Starship Update Presentation Announced for August 24 – Interesting Engineering

Starship updates are coming thick and fast as SpaceX prepares for a new presentation this month detailing their progress with the Mars-bound rocket ship. One of these came from an Elon Musk tweet in which he suggested the orbital flight version of Starship c…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

eSports

Fortnite star Ninja could help Microsoft’s live-streaming platform compete with Twitch

Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, the Fortnite gamer who rose to fame on Amazon's live-streaming platform Twitch, is moving exclusively to streaming on Microsoft's rival platform Mixer, per Bloomberg. Business Insider Intelligence The platform, which Microsoft acqu…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Global Warming

A Trillion Trees – How Hard Can It Be?

Data from 2016 pegs it as the hottest year since recording began way back in 1880. Carbon dioxide levels continue to sit at historical highs, and last year the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that humanity has just 12 years to limit warmin…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Blockchain

Ugh, this is what Bitcoin’s hash rate means and why it matters

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and info to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Earlier this year, Bitcoin BTC was setting records for 12-month price highs. Its also been demonstrating market dom…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Air Pollution

More than half a million Americans exposed to toxic air pollution face cancer risks above EPA guidelines

Neighbors used to barely notice the drab, low-slung industrial building across the river from downtown. The corporate name on the sign out front had changed a few times over the years. Truck traffic in and out of the loading docks ebbed and flowed. As far as…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Homeless

Stop blaming mental illness for mass shootings

A familiar pattern plays out after every mass shooting in the US. First, advocates of gun control point out, accurately, that taking guns off the streets and limiting who can buy them will save lives. Then opponents of gun control argue that there are no regulations that can stop a…

bubmagAugust 5, 2019

Maggiano’s Hosts Wish Wednesday to Raise Money for its Eat-A-Dish for Make-A-Wish Campaign

America’s Worst Lie-Flats: United’s “Dorm-Style” Business Class on the 777

A Crypto Conversation with Trevor Koverko, CEO of Polymath

The history professor who was ostracized for saying the Civil War was about slavery

SpaceX: Starship Update Presentation Announced for August 24 – Interesting Engineering

Fortnite star Ninja could help Microsoft’s live-streaming platform compete with Twitch

A Trillion Trees – How Hard Can It Be?

Ugh, this is what Bitcoin’s hash rate means and why it matters

More than half a million Americans exposed to toxic air pollution face cancer risks above EPA guidelines

Stop blaming mental illness for mass shootings

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