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Nova Scotia reimburses court fees, fine paid by civil rights icon Viola Desmond
Global News – Posted February 3, 2021 2:46 pm – Updated February 3, 2021 5:06 pm (https://globalnews.ca/news/7617070/nova-scotia-reimburses-court-fees-fine-viola-desmond/) Viola Desmond became a civil rights icon in Nova Scotia after she refused to leave the “whites only” section in a New Glasgow theatre in the 1940s. Desmond was dragged from the theatre and ultimately charged for not paying the one-cent difference in tax between the ticket she bought and the cost for the “white” seats. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail or a $26 fine. So she paid the fine. Now, more than seven decades after the incident, Nova Scotia is reimbursing the fine. “I appreciate this, you know, I’m almost speechless,” said Wanda Robson, Desmond’s sister. The issue of the fine was brought to light by...
Artificial Intelligence Apocalypse | More Myth Than Reality – newworldai
Artificial Intelligence, Steven Pinker Steven Pinker believes there’s some interesting gender psychology at play when it comes to the robopocalypse. Could artificial intelligence become evil or are alpha male scientists just projecting? “I think that the arguments that once we have super-intelligent computers and robots they will inevitably want to take over and do away with us comes from Prometheus and Pandora myths. It’s based on confusing the idea of high intelligence with megalomaniacal goals. Now, I think it’s a projection of alpha male’s psychology onto the very concept of intelligence. Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, to achieve goals under uncertainty. It doesn’t tell you what are those goals are. And there’s no reason to think that just the concentrated analytic abil...
Would you MARRY a Robot? – newworldai
Artificial intelligence will allow people to find lasting love with machines, expert claims..Robots could soon become intimate companions for humans and some people may even seek to marry them as they become more human-like. While there are fears robots may rise up to take over the world if artificial intelligence progresses too quickly, some of us may find ourselves simply marrying machines in the future. A leading computer scientist has predicted that as robots become more human-like, people may start turning to them for companionship. His predictions mirror the plot of the hit TV series Humans, where people formed emotional attachments to robots brought in to help out around the home. Unlike other technology, such as mobile phones and computers, robots will have the ability to in...
Hackers break into Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine data in Europe-France24
Pfizer and BioNTech said they did not believe any personal data of trial participants had been compromised © Nicolas Asfouri, AFP/File Issued on: 09/12/2020 – 23:39 Text by: NEWS WIRES Documents related to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine were illegally accessed during a cyberattack at the EU regulator, the company said Wednesday, as Germany and other northern hemisphere countries grappled with a winter surge in the pandemic. The Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) reported the cyberattack as European countries eagerly await a vaccine, including Germany where Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for tougher action against a second wave of Covid-19 that is proving deadlier than the first there. While the EMA did not give details on the attack, Pfizer and BioNTech said docume...
PSG, Basaksehir players walk off field after alleged racial slur in Champions League game-CBC
Alleged slur interrupted Tuesday’s game between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir 15 minutes in The Associated Press · Posted: Dec 08, 2020 4:12 PM ET | Last Updated: December 8 Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan (in yellow) talks to Istanbul Basaksehir’s staff and players during a match against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. (Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images) The Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir was postponed until Wednesday when players walked off the field on Tuesday after alleging that fourth official Sebastian Coltescu of Romania used a racial term when identifying an assistant coach. Players from the Turkish team were furious after assistant coach Pierre Webo was shown a red card by referee Ovidiu Hategan of Romania at Parc...
Economic Hit Man” John Perkins Reveals the Truth About US Imperialism
In his best-selling book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," John Perkins detailed the seedy, corrupt and often brutally violent underbelly of US foreign policy and how he personally worked with major financial institutions like the World Bank and IMF to bribe world leaders, bankrupt third world countries and use Mafia-like tactics to force impoverished nations to do the bidding of multinational corporations and the US military. In this interview with The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur, Malcolm Fleschner and Steve Oh, Perkins explains how today economic hit men doing the US's bidding continue to apply the same pressures to governments in places like Venezuela, Nicaragua and Iran.
Vaccination cards will be issued to everyone getting Covid-19 vaccine, health officials say-CNN
(CNN) – The Department of Defense released the first images of a Covid-19 vaccination record card and vaccination kits Wednesday. Vaccination cards will be used as the “simplest” way to keep track of Covid-19 shots, said Dr. Kelly Moore, associate director of the Immunization Action Coalition, which is supporting frontline workers who will administer Covid-19 vaccinations. A Department of Health and Human Services employee holds a Covid-19 vaccine record card November 13 in Washington, DC. “Everyone will be issued a written card that they can put in their wallet that will tell them what they had and when their next dose is due,” Moore said. “Let’s do the simple, easy thing first. Everyone’s going to get that.” Vaccination clinics will a...
Ronald Bernard, revelations by an insider Part 1 (NL/ENG/FR/FIN/ES)
Ronald Bernard is an entrepreneur. His references are economics, psychology, architecture and theology. He has worked for over 25 years in the European Union in various sectors of industry. He has also served as a financial intermediary in trading and asset management in the currency market. His testimony reveals the true dark nature of the world we all believe we live in: corruption, fraud, wars, manipulation, deception, Satanism and child crime.
17 unique signs you have a deep and complex personality-Hackspirit
Do you ever get the feeling that you see the world differently to others? Like you notice things that other people don’t? It’s not that you’re “weird.” It’s just that you see the world more “deeply” than others. You have a deep personality. After all, you’re curious, intelligent and sophisticated, and in the age of technology and automated sensationalized newsfeeds, these traits aren’t exactly common. Rather than fitting into the limited box society has created for you, you’ve decided to think for yourself and create your path. While there are many benefits to this, it also means that most people find it hard to handle you. In my experience, these kinds of people are pretty special and unique. Here are 17 traits of what I believe comprise a unique and complex personality that you might rel...
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