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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

One Very Specific Reason Rami Malek Deserved His 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Oscar

It has to do with how the actor playing Freddie Mercury managed those prosthetic teeth.

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Why We Need Brain Scan Data Guidelines

Opinion: Aided by AI, brain scans know your past and future as well as your DNA. Determining their ethical implications is vital to scientific integrity.

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Woman caught on sex tape with Kevin Hart sues comedian for $60 million

Kevin Hart may be on the mend, but his legal problems haven’t ended.

Kevin Hart is reportedly walking and on the road to recovery after horrific car crash

Hart, who is undergoing rehab for a horrific car accident, has been slapped with a $60 million lawsuit from Montia Sabbag, the woman he got caught on camera having an extramarital affair with, PEOPLE reports.

In 2017, that sexual encounter went public when TMZ dropped the sex tape online.

Outlets reported that Hart’s close friend allegedly set him up and was arrested for putting up a camera in Hart’s hotel room and recording the comedian’s rendezvous with Sabbag.

At the time, Hart was framed in the scandal as somewhat of a victim having been double-crossed by a close friend in his inner circle who reportedly tried to extort millions from him.

However, Sabbag is calling bull, saying that Hart and his friend Jonathan Todd colluded to set the whole thing up for personal gain. She is suing for a whopping $60 million in damages, which includes claims of alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and invasion of privacy, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

Sabbag claims in the court docs that Hart allowed Jackson to access the room to set up the video to record their encounter without her knowledge. And, she said it was all done to help “promote [Hart’s] Irresponsible Tour, which was a record-breaking comedy and to increase his overall pop culture status,” according to the documents.

Sabbag also wants a jury to decide Hart’s fate.

When the whole embarrassing ordeal went down, Hart took to social media to publicly apologize to his wife, Eniko who was pregnant at the time.

“I’m guilty [of infidelity], regardless of how it happened and what was involved, the s– that I can’t talk about, I’m guilty. I’m wrong,” Hart said in an interview with the Power 105.1 FM show The Breakfast Club in December 2017. “It’s beyond irresponsible. There’s no way around it. That’s Kevin Hart in his dumbest moment. That’s not the finest hour of my life. With that being said, you make your bed you lay in it.”

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Sabbag was first looked at as a suspect, but came out publicly to say that she was a victim.

“I am not an extortionist. I had nothing to do with these recordings.”

Hart continues to recover as he undergoes rehabilitation after a car accident resulted in him fracturing his spine when his friend drove him off the road in Calabasas.

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Financial Guru Dr. Lynn Richardson Shares Money Tips for Generational Wealth

If you’re interested in creating generational wealth, you’ve probably heard of Dr. Lynn Richardson. She’s a financial guru, ordained minister, and best-selling author of financial self-help books.

 

Richardson has also been featured on The Steve Harvey Show as a celebrity financial expert where she’s provided advice to thousands of Americans who are trying to break the paycheck to paycheck cycle. 

 

But her own personal wealth-building journey didn’t happen overnight. She gained experience as a licensed financial professional, real estate broker, certified loan officer, and mortgage expert who helped create the Mortgage Approval Plan. Richardson’s well-rounded professional background and network provides her with a unique perspective on how to successfully manage one’s finances and build generational wealth.

 

Richardson packages all the information she has received and shares it with others to break the cycle of poverty. Her Hip Hop Sisters Foundation with business partner MC Lyte has presented over $1,000,000 in scholarships for young women.
In Richardson’s latest book, The Symphony: A Guide to Creating and Balancing Multiple Streams of Income, she shares her secrets on how to monetize all of your gifts to create a beautiful symphony of income streams.

 

Black Enterprise caught up with Dr. Lynn Richardson to discuss these 3 money strategies that will help you start building wealth right now!

Spend Less Money  

One way to start to get control of your money is to spend less of it. So, if you get a thousand dollars, you live by the “10-10-30-50” rule. The first 10% you tithe, the next 10% you save, 30% is cash in your pocket for incidentals (food, groceries, hair, etc.), and the remaining 50% saved in your checking account for your bills. If you don’t have enough money for your bills, you need to eliminate something.

Get More Money 

Multiple streams of income are important and this is what I discuss in my latest book,” she says. “You have to go get more money if you want to build wealth. There are many options out there. You can pick up an extra job, become an Uber driver, do extra shifts at your job, find a way to consult. Continue to stay out there trying to get extra work.” 

Get Your Money Back 

Get a home-based business. You don’t have to get an L.L.C., corporation, or S corporation. It’s not that serious. As a matter of fact, many of the deductions related to a home-based business you can only get if you file a schedule C on your personal 1040 tax returns. “If I spend money, I always ask myself if I can get it back,” Richardson says. “I write off my cell phone, my gas, my insurance, and travel. My number one business is always business.”



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The First Hurricane Relief Drone Was Ready to Fly—Then Dorian Hit

A drone company on Great Abaco, in the Bahamas, was prepared to deliver emergency supplies if the hurricane struck. Dorian had other plans.

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Will Smith to read bedtime story to help fight homelessness

Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren will read a bedtime story during a one-night fundraising event to help fight global homelessness.

Smith and Mirren will each tell their story from different locations during the World’s Big Sleep Out on Dec. 7. The campaign will encourage people in 50 cities globally to sleep outside for a night in hopes of raising $50 million for the charity.

Smith’s reading will take place in Times Square in New York City. Mirren will appear in Trafalgar Square in London.

Each location is expected to feature live performances. The sleep out will also be held in other major cities including Chicago, Amsterdam, Madrid and Los Angeles.

All the proceeds raised will go toward registered charities helping homeless and displaced people.

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The Air Force Will Let Hackers Try to Hijack an Orbiting Satellite

At the Defcon hacking conference next year, the Air Force will bring a satellite for fun and glory.

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The Shift to Electric Vehicles Propels a Strike Against GM

Like other automakers, General Motors is preparing for a mostly electric future. The catch is that building those cars requires a lot fewer workers.

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Marketers Wanted a New Generation to Target, Hence Alphas

Members of the latest age group to emerge are barely out of diapers, and the internet is already serving them ads.

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James Cameron, Victor Vescovo, and the Saga of the Deepest* Solo Dive Ever

Vescovo says he dove deeper than Cameron. Cameron says not so fast. Perhaps only Poseidon knows for sure.

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Recycling old tyres to make sandals in Ethiopia

The popular footwear enables artisans in Ethiopia to recycle and earn a living at the same time.

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Apple iPhone 11 Review: The iPhone for Nearly Everybody

It’s not the best iPhone you can buy, but it’s an excellent phone for the price.

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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect

Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn't see anything. But her Fitbit did.

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Apple iPhone 11 Pro Review: It's All About the Camera

This year's highest-priced iPhone models use premium materials and have a brighter screen. But the real benefit is that three-lens camera.

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South Africa apologises to Nigeria over xenophobic attacks

An envoy expresses the country's "sincerest apologies" following a wave of violence targeting foreigners.

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Francois Zahoui quits after four years in charge of Niger

Ivorian coach Francois Zahoui has left his post as coach of the Niger after four years.

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Brazil confirm friendlies with Nigeria and Senegal

Brazil confirmed they will play Senegal and Nigeria in Singapore in October.

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Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham: Arthur Masuaku sent off as visitors earn point

Aston Villa move out of the relegation zone by drawing with a West Ham side who finish with 10 men after Arthur Masuaku's red card.

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Monday, September 16, 2019

3Q: Scientists shave estimate of neutrino’s mass in half

An international team of scientists, including researchers at MIT, has come closer to pinning down the mass of the elusive neutrino. These ghost-like particles permeate the universe and yet are thought to be nearly massless, streaming by the millions through our bodies while leaving barely any physical trace.

The researchers have determined that the mass of the neutrino should be no more than 1 electron volt. Scientists previously estimated the upper limit of the neutrino’s mass to be around 2 electron volts, so this new estimate shaves down the neutrino’s mass range by more than half.

The new estimate was determined based on data taken by KATRIN, the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment, at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, and reported at the 2019 Conference on Astroparticle and Underground Physics last week. The experiment triggers tritium gas to decay, which in turn releases neutrinos, along with electrons. While the neutrinos  are quick to dissipate, KATRIN’s sequence of magnets directs tritium’s electrons into the the heart of the experiment — a giant 200-ton spectrometer, where the electrons’ mass and energy can be measured, and from there, researchers can calculate the mass of the corresponding neutrinos.

Joseph Formaggio, professor of physics at MIT, is a leading member of the KATRIN experimental group, and spoke with MIT News about the new estimate and the road ahead in the neutrino search.

Q: The neutrino, based on KATRIN’s findings, can’t be more massive than 1 electron volt. Put this context for us: How light is this, and how big a deal is it that the neutrino’s maximum mass could be half of what people previously thought?

A: Well, that’s somewhat of a difficult question, since people (myself included) don’t really have an intuitive sense of what the mass is of any particle, but let’s try. Consider something very small, like a virus. Each virus is made up of roughly 10 million protons. Each proton weighs about 2,000 times more than each electron inside that virus. And what our results showed is that the neutrino has a mass less than 1/ 500,000 of a single electron!

Let me put it another way. In each cubic centimeter of space around you, there are about 300 neutrinos zipping through. These are remnants of the early universe, just after the Big Bang. If you added up all the neutrinos residing inside the sun, you’d get about a kilogram or less. So, yeah, it’s small.

Q: What went into determining this new mass limit for the neutrino, and what was MIT’s role in the search?

A: This new mass limit comes from studying the radioactive decay of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen. When tritium decays, it produces a helium-3 ion, an electron, and an antineutrino. We actually never see the antineutrino, however; the electron carries information about the neutrino’s mass. By studying the energy distribution of the electrons ejected at the highest energies allowed, we can deduce the mass of the neutrino, thanks to Einstein’s equation, E=mc2.

However, studying those high-energy electrons is very difficult. For one thing, all the information about the neutrino is embedded in a tiny fraction of the spectrum — less than 1 billionth of decays are of use for this measurement. So, we need a lot of tritium inventory. We also need to measure the energy of those electrons very, very precisely. This is why the KATRIN experiment is so tricky to build. Our very first measurement presented today is the culmination of almost two decades of hard work and planning.

MIT joined the KATRIN experiment when I came to Boston in 2005. Our group helped develop the simulation tools to understand the response of our detector to high precision. More recently, we have been involved in developing tools to analyze the data collected by the experiment.

Q: Why does the mass of a neutrino matter, and what will it take to zero in on its exact mass?

A: The fact that neutrinos have any mass at all was a surprise to many physicists. Our earlier models predicted that the neutrino should have exactly zero mass, an assumption dispelled by the discovery that neutrinos oscillate between different types. That means we do not really understand the mechanism responsible for neutrino masses, and it is likely to be very different than how other particles attain mass. Also, our universe is filled with primordial neutrinos from the Big Bang. Even a tiny mass has a significant impact on the structure and evolution of the universe because they are so aplenty.

This measurement represents just the beginning of KATRIN’s measurement. With just about one month of data, we were able to improve previous experimental limits by a factor of two. Over the next few years, these limits will steadily improve, hopefully resulting in a positive signal (rather than just a limit). There are also a number of other direct neutrino mass experiments on the horizon that are also competing to reach greater sensitivity, and with it, discovery!



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Missing Kenyan boy featured in Roma social media campaign found

A Kenyan boy who featured in a 'missing child' social media campaign launched by Roma has been found and returned to his family.

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