How to Get Away with Spying for the Enemy
How does someone get away with helping a foreign adversary? Writer Sarah Laskow digs into the gonzo story of an American acquitted of spying for the Soviets—even after he confessed to it.
Hasnain says:
"Only Rewald and Smith claimed they had been on America’s side the whole time and had a lawyer with the bluster to try to sell that story. However flimsy that defense might have sounded to counterintelligence pros, to someone outside that world, Smith’s story might not seem entirely preposterous. The choice comes down to whose statements you trust more—people who work for the government, who make a living from keeping secrets or guy who, if he’s telling the truth, was betrayed by his own government. That betrayal seemed all too possible."
Posted on 2018-04-21T17:00:40+0000
The Giant, Under Attack
One of America’s biggest rehab companies built an empire. But after a patient named Gary Benefield died, its enemies — investors and business rivals alike — struck hard.
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This was a sad story.
"From his first phone call to his death, Mr. Benefield’s relationship with A Better Tomorrow lasted a mere two days. Compressed into those 48 hours is a case study in how financial pressures and business motivations can collide with the needs and expectations of the fragile patients who represent the industry’s bread and butter."
Posted on 2018-04-21T05:30:04+0000
Why Teens Aren’t Partying Anymore | Backchannel
Teens now have so many ways to connect and communicate that there’s no need to gather in person. The party is constant, and it’s on Snapchat.
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Posted on 2018-04-21T05:17:57+0000
As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel the Sting
Colleges have cut programs amid a drop in international enrollment tied to several factors, including more restrictive immigration policies.
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"For years, American colleges had been staking their futures on continued growth in foreign students, and after the recession a decade ago, those students were a lifeline for colleges that had poured money into new buildings and amenities. In just the past six months, the University of Akron opened an international center in an existing building and hired 10 employees to work in international programming. The president, Matthew Wilson, said that students from India were reporting increased scrutiny of their visa applications, one of the reasons for a drop of about 200 international students.'
Posted on 2018-04-21T04:52:59+0000
Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?
The period for making B.F.F.’s, the way you did in your teens or early 20s, is pretty much over. It’s time to resign yourself to situational adult friends.
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Posted on 2018-04-21T04:43:01+0000
Food Stall Serves Up A Social Experiment: White Customers Asked To Pay More
To highlight racial income disparity, a chef in New Orleans opened a food stall at which he asked whites to pay $30 and people of color to pay $12 for the same meal. How did it play out?
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Posted on 2018-04-21T04:40:00+0000
Toxic management cost an award-winning game studio its best developers
A shocking window into the $36 billion video game industry and how it can burn out its most valuable employees.
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Posted on 2018-04-21T04:38:29+0000
Quantitative Trading Summary – Headlands Technologies LLC Blog
Posted on August 3, 2017August 4, 2017 by Max Dama, Quantitative ResearcherQuantitative Trading Summary This summary is an attempt to shed some light on modern quantitative trading since there is limited information available for people who are not already in the industry. Hopefully this is useful f...
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"This summary is an attempt to shed some light on modern quantitative trading since there is limited information available for people who are not already in the industry"
Posted on 2018-04-19T04:53:28+0000
You thought quantum mechanics was weird: check out entangled time – Elise Crull | Aeon Ideas
In the summer of 1935, the physicists Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger engaged in a rich, multifaceted and sometimes fretful correspondence about the implications of the new theory of quantum mechanics. The focus of their worry was what Schrö...
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" ‘One has the feeling that it is precisely the most important statements of the new theory that can really be squeezed into these Spanish boots – but only with difficulty.’"
Posted on 2018-04-19T04:45:45+0000
How poverty changes your mind-set
Understanding psychology may be key to addressing the problem
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Posted on 2018-04-19T04:34:25+0000