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How Jeff Bezos Became a Power Beyond Amazon

How Jeff Bezos Became a Power Beyond Amazon Amazon’s CEO has driven his company to all-consuming growth (and even, believe it or not, profits). Today, though, as he deepens his involvement in his media and space ventures, Bezos is becoming a power beyond Amazon. It has forced him to become an even better leader. March 26, 2016 at 01:07PM

This Guy Was Able To Cut Down A Big-Ass Tree With A Chainsaw And Some Rope

This Guy Was Able To Cut Down A Big-Ass Tree With A Chainsaw And Some Rope What else are you supposed to do when lighting strikes and kills a tree? March 26, 2016 at 05:19PM

Word of the day is paternoster : (Christianity) The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context. A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building, the arrangement resembling a rosary. The moving compartment is entered at one level and left when the desired level is reached. (architecture) A bead-like ornament in mouldings. […] (archaic) A string of beads used in counting prayers that are said; a rosary. (archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's prayer over it before selling it. In Western Christianity, Easter falls on this day.

Monastery of Saint Anthony, Egypt, Church of the cross and resurrection.

paternoster , n : (Christianity) The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context. A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building, the arrangement resembling a rosary. The moving compartment is entered at one level and left when the desired level is reached. (architecture) A bead-like ornament in mouldings. […] (archaic) A string of beads used in counting prayers that are said; a rosary. (archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's prayer over it before selling it. In Western Christianity, Easter falls on this day.

Brussels Anti-Terror Raids Continue: Police Make Arrests, Shoot Man at Tram Stop

The Article of the day for March 27, 2016 is Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 . Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, is an Easter chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Translated to "Christ lay in death's bonds" (pictured in an 18th-century Luther Bible), it is one of his earliest church cantatas, a genre to which Bach later contributed complete cantata cycles for all occasions of the liturgical year. The composition was probably intended for a performance in 1707, supporting his application for a post at a church in Mühlhausen. Both text and music are based on Martin Luther's Easter hymn of the same name. An opening sinfonia is followed by seven chorale variations per omnes versus: Bach used in each vocal movement the unchanged words and tune of a stanza of the chorale. The variations are arranged symmetrically: chorus–duet–solo–chorus–solo–duet–chorus, with the focus on the central fourth stanza about the battle between Life and Death. For his first Easter as Th...

Picture of the day on March 27, 2016: Monastery of Saint Anthony, Egypt, Church of the cross and resurrection

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Brussels Anti-Terror Raids Continue: Police Make Arrests, Shoot Man at Tram Stop Belgian authorities continue to detain individuals and scour the country’s capital in search of suspects as part of its anti-terror operations following Tuesday’s attacks at the Brussels airport and metro subway.

The Real Reason Why The Live Streams For Events Like March Madness Are So Glitchy

The Real Reason Why The Live Streams For Events Like March Madness Are So Glitchy More often, streaming services don’t plan enough for all the other things that can go wrong.

What Terrorists Want - and How to Stop Them Getting It

What Terrorists Want - and How to Stop Them Getting It Terrorism is neither a psychological illness nor a goal in itself. Terrorism is the kind of warfare that the weak wage against the strong. March 26, 2016 at 04:07PM

How The Internet Failed Jessi Slaughter The target of 4chan’s trolling became a viral video in 2010. Now 17, the person formerly known as Jessi Slaughter talks about life after viral infamy.

How The Internet Failed Jessi Slaughter

Recognizing Spring, Scientifically The New York Times turned to scientists and asked them to decode the seasonal changes all around us, and reveal some that might not be as easy to detect. March 25, 2016 at 06:14PM

Recognizing Spring, Scientifically

The names that break computer systems

The names that break computer systems The world’s people are incredibly diverse — and so are their names. But in an age of computers and databases, having an unusual moniker can sometimes lead to headaches. What happens if your name breaks the system? March 25, 2016 at 12:35PM

Why Belgium? Why has Belgium become such a focus of European jihad? And why has it been so difficult for Belgian authorities to contain the problem? Joost Hiltermann spoke to Didier Leroy, a leading terrorism researcher at the Royal Military Academy of Belgium and an adjunct at the Free University of Brussels. March 26, 2016 at 03:00AM

Why Belgium?

Top 10 Design Flaws in the Human Body

Top 10 Design Flaws in the Human Body From exposed testicles to meandering arteries, the human body has a lot of flaws. But don't worry. These flaws come with hack solutions. March 25, 2016 at 07:47PM

What Do The Reviews Say About The New iPhone SE?

What Do The Reviews Say About The New iPhone SE? ​The new iPhone SE — that's "Special Edition," apparently — is out March 31st, and the reviews are rolling in. And they're very positive! (Unless you hate small phones). March 25, 2016 at 08:59PM

Outfielder Refuses To Pick Up Baseball, Allows An Inside-The-Park Home Run In a preseason matchup with the Houston Astros, New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes tried to convince the officials that Tyler White's hit got stuck underneath the outfield wall. They were... not convinced. March 25, 2016 at 06:31PM

Outfielder Refuses To Pick Up Baseball, Allows An Inside-The-Park Home Run