Tuesday Tepefaction Terce

Why we need to teach the Bible in prisons.

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China Joining Russia In Syria Brings Risks Of World War

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Californians rejoice! Electric skate boards now legal on roads. 

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 So you wanna block ads?

Major European publishing house Axel Springer has instituted countermeasures against users who employ adblocking software on its Bild news outlet, which represents a daily publication with a print circulation of 2.5 million,. 

The website now presents readers with a request to either turn off the adblocking or pay a 2.99 euro monthly subscription fee.

 In a statement the company insist that online journalism must be funded by one of the 'two known revenue pillars' — advertising or sales.

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 Building a house is now a snap.

Your next house could snap together like a jigsaw puzzle without the use of any power tools.

 Clemson University students designed and built Indigo Pine, a carbon-neutral house that exists largely as a set of digital files that can be e-mailed to a wood shop anywhere in the world,

 CNC cut, and then assembled on-site in a matter of days.

 “Indigo Pine has global application,” says the Clemson team. 

“Because the house exists largely as a set of digital files, the plans can be sent anywhere in the world, constructed using local materials, adapted to the site, and influenced by local culture.”

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Australians soon to want nothing Apple?

 
Within 36-hours the price of Apple apps is set to increase in Australia, Sweden and Indonesia.

 It will bring the price of buying an app out of alignment with the value of the Australian dollar, and leave the country's Apple fans paying 50% more for their iOS software than their American counterparts. 

It's unfortunate timing, with the recent launch of the iPhone 6s and the upcoming fourth generation of Apple TV.

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The noose tightens ever so slowly...and no one hardly notices.

 
October 13 marks the day Australian ISPs are required by law to track all web site visits and emails of their users, but according to an article on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's news site the majority of ISPs are not ready to begin mandatory data retention. 

The article's author, Will Ockenden, had previously released his own metadata to readers in an experiment to see how effectively this kind of data reveals personal habits of online users. 

The majority of Australians appear unconcerned with this level of scrutiny of their lives, given the minimal reaction to this and proposed tougher legislation designed to deal with the threats of crime and terrorism.

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