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Nearly 25 percent of graduates from early-college high schools earned a college degree (typically an associate degree) two years after graduation, compared with 5 percent of their peers in regular high schools, according to the latest report, issued Dec. 15 by the American Institutes for Research. Overall, AIR reports that 81 percent of early-college high school students enrolled in college, compared with 72 percent of students in a control group who did not attend early-college high schools.
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Although the researchers found that being admitted to an early-college high school had a positive effect on attending a two-year college, it had no apparent benefit in terms of attending a four-year institution. The authors noted that students in the study were between two and four years out of high school, so many would not have had time yet to complete a bachelor's degrees.
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With the early-college high school model, students can earn up to two years of college credit or an associate's degree through partnerships with nearby colleges and universities. The Gates initiative, which now includes 240 early-college high schools, started in 2002. It was designed to improve educational opportunities for underserved students. The hope was that by engaging students in a rigorous high school curriculum tied to earning college credit, that those students would be more motivated to attend college.
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This latest report updates findings from last June and is based on an additional year of postsecondary data for students who were in 9th grade during the academic years 2005 through 2008. Earlier evaluations only looked at students one year past high school graduation. The overall study sample included 2,458 students, analyzed through last summer and covering as far as four years past high school for the oldest students.
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The authors say that although the study's findings are applicable only to the 10 early-college high schools included in the study sample, they provide strong evidence for the benefits of such offerings.
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Tim Dunn is a strategist at Isobar U.S., helping clients make sense of the digital transformation by really understanding their customer, category and company.
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They made mistakes that made it difficult for their product to catch on with consumers.
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While this idea may sound apocalyptic, I'd suggest the traditional post of CMO may well be on the way out. Consider British Airways, traditionally a champion of big brand marketing, whose recent top-level marketing restructure has seen the end of the CMO role entirely and its incumbent moved to the new post of director of customer experience.
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A play about people facing personal battles during a time of great change in ‘80s Wales picked up four major awards.
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Caernarfon-based Theatr Bara Caws’ Garw was named Best Production in Welsh at the Wales Theatre Awards at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff on Saturday night.
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The Best Female Performance (Welsh) award was won by Eiry Thomas whilst Rhys Parry Jones won Best Male Performance (Welsh).
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Sion Eirian was named Best Playwright in Welsh for the drama.
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Theatr Bara Caws director Betsan Llwyd said Garw tells the story of Llew, an ex-miner and ex-boxer, whose life is changing.
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It was first performed at last year’s National Eisteddfod and later toured.
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“Winning the awards means a lot to us. It raises our profile to a national level bringing us to the attention of those who live beyond Gwynedd and those who do not speak Welsh,“ she said.
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Meanwhile Daniel Llewelyn-Williams was named Best Male (English Language) for Clwyd Theatr Cymru’s Not About Heroes while the Mold-based producing house – which received critical acclaim for its touring production of Under Milk Wood last year – took the Special Award, just weeks before Artistic Director Terry Hands leaves the company after 17 years at the helm.
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In the opera section, the Welsh National Opera won all three categories.
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In the English language categories, Hiraeth by Buddug James Jones was named Best Production and Matthew Bulgo was named Best Playwright for Last Christmas.
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Sara Lloyd-Gregory, who was shortlisted for Best Actress in both the Welsh and English language, won the latter category for role in gritty drama Contractions.
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Theatre critic Steve Stratford from Llandudno, said: “It was fantastic to see Welsh theatre, dance and opera recognised at the awards ceremony.
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“Theatr Bara Caws swept the board in the Welsh language categories and the atmosphere each time they won and went up for their awards was amazing.
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“The nominations for Theatr Bara Caws and Cwmni Fran Wen show that smaller companies can go toe to toe with the larger production companies in both quality and ambition.
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“It was particularly pleasing to see North Wales well represented in key categories and it is to Clwyd Theatr Cymru’s credit that it was awarded the Special Achievement prize for the fantastic work it does both inhouse at Mold and on tour across Wales.
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The Wales Theatre Awards were launched in 2013 as the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards by Young Critics Wales.
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Its members worked with professional critics throughout the country to reward the best in Welsh stage talent.
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THE only Japanese-born grand champion or “yokozuna” in sumo tearfully insisted he had “no regrets” as he announced his retirement on Wednesday after a disastrous run of form and injury.
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Kisenosato, the first Japanese-born wrestler to reach the heights of yokozuna since 1998, decided to throw in the towel after three straight losses in the New Year “basho” or tournament.
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“I feel I did everything I could,” he said, with tears running down his cheek. “I was supported by so many people . . . I have nothing but gratitude,” he said.
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With the retirement of the 32-year-old, there will only be two fighters left in the top rank of the ancient sport – Hakuho and Kakuryu, both Mongolians.
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“It’s sad,” he told reporters at a regular briefing. “I think he captivated many fans as the first Japanese-born yokozuna in 19 years,” he added.
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Kisenosato won promotion to yokozuna in March 2017, much to the delight of fans eager to see a home-grown champion.
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He had a promising start, winning his first basho as a yokozuna, but suffered a chest injury that forced him to miss eight consecutive tournaments.
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He managed to win the autumn tournament last year but was again forced to retire in the basho after that following four consecutive losses.
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This prompted officials to voice disappointment with his performance, sparking speculation that he needed good results in the New Year tournament to retain his top-ranked status.
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Local wrestlers have been unable to repel a flood of foreigners who have dominated in recent years.
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The overseas invasion began in earnest with Hawaiian behemoth Konishiki, who was nicknamed “Dump Truck” and tipped the scales at a whopping 285 kg (628 pounds), and other hulking Pacific islanders in the 1990s.
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The rise of the Mongolians has tormented sumo traditionalists in the absence of a Japanese challenge.
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Sumo has also been rocked by a series of scandals in recent years, including the 2017 resignation of Yokozuna Harumafuji after a brutal assault on a rival wrestler while out drinking.
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In 2018, the sport drew accusations of sexism over a long-standing prohibition on women entering the “dohyo” or dirt rings where sumo is practised.
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The rings are viewed as sacred in the Shinto faith and women – considered to be ritually unclean – are not allowed to enter them.
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The tradition came under the spotlight after women who rushed to help a mayor who collapsed in a ring were asked to leave as they offered medical assistance.
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Four community leaders who spend their public and private lives helping others will be the recipients of the 2012 OneJax Humanitarian Awards.
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OneJax is a Jacksonville nonprofit that works to overcome bias, bigotry, and racism through education, community building and advocacy initiatives.
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Since 1970, OneJax has annually spotlighted people who are committed to the improvement of human relations, through their work and nonprofit and volunteer work. This year's winners, who will be honored at a Thursday dinner, "embody the spirit of this commitment," said Tatiana Salvador, OneJax board chairman.
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- Sol G. Brotman, the first president of OneJax who has served on several boards, including the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission.
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- A. Hugh Greene, who has championed leadership, professional development, wellness and housing assistance programs.
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- Yazan Khatib, who has worked to prevent amputations in people afflicted with wounds and complications of diabetes.
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- Karen Wolfson, a retired educator who advocates for children and serves on several boards.
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Getting beyond the World Cup quarter-finals would have represented a major image problem for Spain. The whole country would have been required to change its mind-set, from might-have-been-if-it-hadn’t-been-for-the-refs to something else less complicated, less open to the historical shrug. There had been signs that the country had been preparing for this, the press beginning to break its self-imposed vow to keep all optimism and flag-waving to a minimum.
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After the Ireland match, people were beginning to believe that previously outrageous fortune was at last on their side. The heart-stopping penalty escapade had suddenly put a new perspective on things. During extra time, the Spanish hanging on with, effectively, nine men, the siege mentality stuff seemed to give the press a new hook for the squad. Whereas before there had been a rather false outbreak of “respect” for the Irish, the mood was now upbeat. On the streets the folks were praising them as fighters and the quarter-finals were in sight. South Korea? Plenty of spirit but not much idea. Anything but the Italians, the bestia negra (hoodoo side) of the Spanish for so many years.
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In the end, though, Spain were again hoist with their own petard by publicly announcing their relief at avoiding the Italians, and demonstrating a certain lack of sympathy for the circumstances in which they had lost. Before the quarter-final, the feeling was that Byron Moreno’s alleged errors in the Italy v South Korea game would work in Spain’s favour. Various journalists expressed the view that it could not happen again, and that the designated referee would be more than likely to favour our boys. Hardly anyone believed Korea could win, by either fair means or foul.
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But for the Spanish there is nothing like perceived injustice to bring together the disparate elements that make up the country. The team flew home to a rapturous reception – in marked contrast to previous World Cups. In fact this is the first time in most people’s memory that there has been such a welcome. You could see that the players appreciated it, and that their slightly bemused expressions suggested they had been unsure as to how the public had viewed the events.
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The squad has often felt unloved, at least outside of the heartlands of Madrid and Seville. Now that they’ve been subjected to an unusual national hug, who knows how they might respond? Even Camacho was smiling – a particularly rare event – and it is rumoured that various deodorant companies are queuing up for his services in their advertising campaigns. All he will be required to do will be to wave his arms around in exchange for a fat cheque – which is exactly what he was accused of by the Spanish press in the build-up to the World Cup. Now, however, he’s gutsy and clever, at least until September.
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A more neutral view of the whole episode is that Spain were one of the best sides left in the competition by the quarter-final stage. Yet in such a tournament, where for a while there was a curious outbreak of equality of opportunity, this is not as meaningful as it might appear. What seems to have got the world uniquely on Spain’s side were the circumstances surrounding the two famously disallowed goals, and the more indisputable fact that they had been playing attractive football for long periods.
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In the first half against Korea, where the hosts hardly got a touch, Spain looked masterful. They never quite managed to be so for an entire game, even against Slovenia, and the geriatric members of their defence were always open to panic when players ran at them, but in a sense this was all part of the attraction. In all of their games they came on to the pitch looking to run the show. Despite the general feeling that this was a highly entertaining tournament, there were few teams like Spain. And as soon it was clear that Joaquin of Real Betis was worth more than the occasional run-out, we had the unusual sight of a national team playing with two wingers – De Pedro doing some silky stuff over on the left.
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The downside to the Korean kerfuffle has been the casual racism with which the Spanish press has called for European referees to officiate in the later stages of a World Cup – although they are far from alone in this demand. The implications are, of course, that not only are “exotic” officials naturally incompetent but also more open to corruption. The great irony, entirely lost on the Spanish press, is that the worst referee by far in the tournament was their own López Nieto, now in the record books for flashing his cards like an out-of-control automaton in Germany v Cameroon.
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But he’s not part of the equation. The news is that they wuz robbed, and in 2004 they should be there to try to put the record straight. For a change, a lot of people are going to be on their side.
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Very few men could get away with giving their wives one single earring for Valentine's Day, but Ryan Reynolds is one of them.
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The 40-year-old actor gifted Blake Lively a stunning single earring in the shape of an arrow by Anita Ko, and she couldn't love it more.
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WATCH: Blake Lively Has a Galentine's Day With Mom and Sister -- See Her Heart-Shaped Hair!
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"This was my Valentine's Day gift, one of them, apparently," she told Elle.com at an event in New York on Monday, showing off the cute bling.
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"My husband was so excited about my Valentine's Day gift that he gave it to me early. But I love this because it's also like Valentine's Day, it's an arrow. The cupid got me very bad with him," she gushed. "I have it very, very bad for my husband, so it's a nice representation of that for me, that's why I loved it."
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Lively and Reynolds clearly can't get enough of each other, but whether the pair will add baby No. 3 to their family any time soon is still up in the air.
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"I don't know. We'll see," Reynolds told ET at the Golden Globes last month.
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December 31, 2018 On New Year's Day, Jair Bolsonaro will be sworn in as president. He's an admirer of Donald Trump, and his rise to power has created — and reflected — deep divisions among Brazilians.
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November 29, 2018 The incoming far-right president said he requested the change. Environmentalists are worried about how the Bolsonaro administration will handle environmental issues.
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October 29, 2018 The retired army captain has expressed admiration for the country's brutal 1964-1985 dictatorship; made incendiary remarks about women, minorities and LGBT people; and decried "fake news."
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October 26, 2018 Onetime targets of Brazil's dictatorship are worried that a candidate who openly admires the past military regime is expected to win Sunday's presidential election.
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October 7, 2018 Each year Chinese youth teams send members to a Brazilian academy for 10 months of soccer coupled with regular school lessons, including classes in Portuguese.
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October 5, 2018 Sunday's election in Brazil represents an important gauge of how far to the right voters in Latin America's largest nation are prepared to turn.
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September 8, 2018 Jair Bolsonaro was attacked while campaigning on Thursday. Experts say the hardliner may see his lead increase through television exposure and candidates who are pulling back attack ads.
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September 7, 2018 Jair Bolsonaro was attacked as he was being carried on the shoulders of supporters in southeastern Minas Gerais state. Doctors say it could take months for him to fully recover.
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September 3, 2018 The blaze started Sunday night, spreading through the 200-year-old building and engulfing some of its 20 million artifacts.
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August 4, 2018 "Churches are taking over the leadership role which was supposed to be in the hands of the political powers," says a Catholic youth group member in the Brazilian town of Central do Maranhão.
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August 2, 2018 University of Cambridge professor Caucher Birkar, who fled Iran for the U.K., was among four people who received a Fields Medal in Brazil. Shortly after, his golden prize was gone.
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July 30, 2018 NPR sat down with Jair Bolsonaro, who is in the lead ahead of other (eligible) candidates for the Brazilian presidency.
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July 20, 2018 The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico, India, and elsewhere are trying programs to bring that figure down.
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July 20, 2018 Denis Cesar Barros Furtado, known as "Dr. Bumbum" had been on the run for five days when police arrested him in Rio. A patient of his suddenly fell ill and died following a procedure on her buttocks.
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July 17, 2018 Marília Mendonça has reclaimed Brazil's traditional genre sertanejo and created "feminejo," providing women with a voice in a traditionally macho society.
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HSBC has predicted some of the future job titles of its staff as it transforms into a digital-first operation.
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With the bank currently recruiting more than 1,000 staff in roles supporting its digital plans, job titles such as “mixed-reality experience designer” and “conversational interface designer” might not be that far away.
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When businesses, government and academia allay fears of jobs losses as a result of the arrival of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, with claims that they will be replaced by new roles, there is generally scepticism. It is difficult to imagine new jobs being created at the same rate and often hard to pinpoint what these jobs will be.
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But according to a US Department of Labor report, 65% of schoolchildren will eventually do jobs that don’t yet exist.
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The positive effects of technology doing jobs previously done by humans is often lost amid fears. Tom Cheesewright, co-author of the report Applied futurist, said the role of humans and robots in tomorrow’s workforce has been debated the world over, with “the positive impacts of automation largely overlooked”.
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“While machines will continue to take on the more robotic processes, increased emphasis will be placed on our ‘most human’ resources; qualities like curiosity, creativity and empathy will continue to set us apart from machines,” he said.
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HSBC has predicted six roles of the future. For example, the mixed-reality experience designer will be tasked with making mixed-reality work to improve the application of mixed-reality technology in the workplace. Mixed reality technologies, such as Microsoft’s HoloLens, bring the virtual and real world together using holograms.
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The bank also described the skills the person taking such a role would possess. “Designing these complex three-dimensional interfaces and making them slick and intuitive will be a major new employment area for the future, requiring skills in aesthetic design, branding, user experience and 3D mechanics,” it said.
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Bottomley said employers have a huge role to play in helping people to continue their personal development, including working with existing staff to upskill them.
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The other jobs of the future identified were: algorithm mechanic, conversational interface designer, universal service advisor, digital process engineer, and partnership gateway enabler.
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Meanwhile, coexisting with robots at work may soon go beyond interacting with software, according to Chetan Dube, CEO at AI software maker IPSoft. He said that, by 2025, people will walk past an android in the corridor at work and believe it is human.
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In June, HSBC took the use of AI a step further with the introduction of a humanoid robot into its branch on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Pepper, as the robot is known, will help customers with banking services that are automated.
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An open letter signed by more than 12,000 technology experts calls for a ban on artificial intelligence (AI) to manage weapons “beyond meaningful human control”.
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GOP presidential candidates are endorsing torture, again.
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For anyone who cares deeply about being informed, watching Republican presidential debates can feel like a form of torture. But the program becomes more terrifying altogether when their ignorance is hitched to an endorsement of actual torture.
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At the latest GOP debate in New Hampshire, Donald Trump heartily endorsed waterboarding and other forms of torture, which he promised to reinstitute in national security interrogations if he wins the election. "I would bring back waterboarding, and I would bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding," Trump vowed.
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Trump's position was condemned immediately by Republican Senator John McCain, who knows a thing or two about torture. McCain, who was brutally beaten as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, accused his fellow Republicans of "sacrificing our respect for human dignity" with their "loose talk" about instituting human rights abuses.
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McCain reminded Trump -- and Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Carly Fiorina, who also seem to be enamored of torture -- that the torture techniques employed by the Bush administration after 9/11 were unreliable. They produced no actionable intelligence, disrupted no terrorist attacks, and saved no American lives.
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These conclusions were documented by investigators for the Senate Intelligence Committee, who examined raw CIA documents. In other words, they came directly from the horse's mouth.
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But torture isn't just bad policy. It's against the law.
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First, the federal Torture Act stipulates that if an American soldier, CIA officer, or anybody else acting on behalf of the government waterboards a prisoner, he risks up to 20 years imprisonment. The McCain-Feinstein Amendment Congress passed last year reiterated the ban on torture, including waterboarding.
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