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Checking in with Taylor Swift and the Kitty Committee

To see more from Taylor, follow @taylorswift on Instagram.

On the day of her latest album release, “reputation,” Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) spent some time in New York City with her cats, Meredith and Olivia, and rehearsed for her upcoming performance on “Saturday Night Live.” Tune in to our story, or, as Taylor says, “Come hang with me at SNL rehearsals and check in with the kitty committee!”

This week, I has been mostly reading ... #qualityindies #indiereads #books

This week, I has been mostly reading … #qualityindies #indiereads #books

The Dark Lord’s Handbook, by Paul Dale. The Dark Lord’s Handbook, Part 1 To start with, let’s do the the blurb: To become a Dark Lord is no easy thing. The simple ambition to hold dominion over the world and bend all to your will sounds straightforward but it’s not. There’s armies to raise, fortresses to build, heroes to defeat, battles to be fought, hours of endless soliloquy in front of the…

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Explore the deep blue sea, one Tiger Shark at time. 

Shark Week

Thank Goodness, it’s Flipboard!

TGIF! Every Friday we post a roundup of our blogs and staff picks.

On the blogs:

How to write Flipboard headlines that people want to click

Spotlight: Natalie Parrish at the Hoover Institution

Flip for the Holidays: Your 2016 Sourcebook Is Here

Brands Can Engage Like Publishers, Too

In The Weekend: Fantastic Beasts debut, Bruno Mars’ funk & more !

Flipboard Picks:

The Best Movies To Watch While Traveling on a Plane

Pictures of the Week 11.17.16

2 Roads to Gooey, Stretchy, Extra-Cheesy Baked Mac and Cheese

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DACC - Decentralized Accessible Content Chain

DACC is distributing some free tokens, refer to their tweet (via https://twitter.com/DACCblockchain/status/1045974864694321152 ) 

🤑Attention🤑 to all our dear DACC community members!! VK Bounty Event is here! Simply complete the following tasks and WIN 100DACC!!

Event Time: Sept 27 - Oct 07

1. Follow DACC VK’s official page:https://t.co/zza2y2CkjP

2. Share DACC’s latest post：https://t.co/gRryXGmfbX

— DACC (@DACCblockchain) September 29, 2018

DACC exhcange wallets are available at Kucoin  or HiBtc and many other sites. ;

(via https://twitter.com/DACCblockchain/status/1045875178142453760 )

Exciting news!!!🥳DACC will list on 【HiBTC Exchange Trading】! Come and gain 4 Million DACC Token! 🥳Event Time: Sep 30th 12:00AM (UTC+9) ~ Oct 10th🥳12:00Am (UTC+9) pic.twitter.com/AoeJ0Sn6TX

— DACC (@DACCblockchain) September 29, 2018

About DACC:

(Content courtesy: dacc.co)

Decentralized Accessible Content Chain

DACC is the world’s first content-based blockchain that features identity and access management (IAM) at the infrastructure level.

DACC In The News

The #1 blockchain startup to watch in Q2 2018David Wither, Influencive (March 2018)

“With a community this massive and a heavily experienced team,I am most excited to see this project go to market in Q2.” - Influencive

“DACC provide[s] platforms … for those that are interested in the global, decentralized incentivizations for doing things they love” - Forbes

“DACC could help small media companies and creators better and more efficiently distribute and profit from their content.” - Inc.

“DACC Blockchain Is Bigger Than the Beatles And Better For Music Streaming” - TechBullion

“DACC Blockchain Will Bring You Closer to the Music Artists You Love” - Hackernoon

“Meet DACC: The Blockchain Solution That Could Solve Music Piracy” - TGDaily

DACC Will Revolutionize The Digital Content Industry.

The First IAM Based Distributed File System. 

DACC users will have full control and protections with respect to:

Content Creation

Copyright information is time-stamped into DACC blockchain. Algorithms are used to detect copyright theft.

Content Access

IAM permission maps let users decide who gets to access and monetize their data/content/IP.

Content Storage

Decentralized storage with partitions and permission maps to prevent piracy and data theft. 

Block Structure Designed With IAM. 

Permissions As A Transaction

Access to creative IP and personal social data is treated as a transaction. Immutably stored and monetized by rightful owners.

Merkle Roots

Allows for faster transaction verification and scalability.

Smart(er) Contracts

Full flexibility to define rules for token exchanges in relation to any permission transaction.

Use DACC To Develop Any Content-Based Platform.

All content platforms need strong IAM. DACC is the ideal blockchain technology for developing content-based DAPP’s.

Standard Libraries

Further define IAM services and transactions for your DAPP.

DACC Wallet

Full stack solutions for token payments, transfers, and storage.

DACC Chain Services

Modular design to integrate with third party platforms, API’s, and Layer 2 protocols.

DACC x Vinci Smart Headphones Audio Content DAPP

DACC will partner with Vinci Smart Headphones to develop the first DAPP on DACC - a decentralized audio content platform.

Proof of Recommendations

DAPP token economy consensus algorithm built using DACC developer tools.

Get Paid To Create & Curate

Creators earn rewards for positive ratings on high quality content. Consumers earn rewards for providing ratings and reviews.

Copyright Protections

All content ownership information time-stamped immutably into the DACC blockchain.

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5 Ways Studying Water Will Help Us Better Understand Earth

Studying our home planet is just as powerful as exploring what’s beyond it.

Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) is a joint mission developed by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency and the UK Space Agency. It will track water on more than 90% of Earth’s surface and help communities, scientists, and researchers better understand this finite and vital resource. And it’s launching this month!

So how will SWOT help us better understand Earth? Here are 5 ways.

SWOT will address some of the most pressing climate change questions of our time.

An important part of predicting our future climate is determining at what point Earth’s ocean water slows down its absorption of the excess heat in the atmosphere and starts releasing that heat back into the air, where it could accelerate global warming. SWOT will provide crucial information about this global heat exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere, enabling researchers to test and improve future climate forecasts.

The satellite will also offer insights to improve computer models for sea level rise projections and coastal flood forecasting.

Data from SWOT will additionally help scientists, engineers, water managers, and others better monitor drought conditions in lakes and reservoirs and improve flood forecasts for rivers.

SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on the planet’s surface.

SWOT will measure the height of water in Earth’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean, giving scientists the ability to track the movement of water around the world.

SWOT’s eye in the sky will provide a truly global view of the water on more than 90% of Earth’s surface, enriching humankind’s understanding of how the ocean reacts to and influences climate change along with what potential hazards – including floods – lie ahead in different regions of the world.

SWOT will see Earth’s water in higher definition than ever before.

Because everything is better in HD 😉, SWOT will view Earth’s ocean and freshwater bodies with unprecedented clarity compared to other satellites, much like a high-definition television delivers a picture far more detailed than older models. This means that SWOT will be able to “see” ocean features – like fronts and eddies – that are too small for current space-based instruments to detect. Those measurements will help improve researchers’ understanding of the ocean’s role in climate change.

Not only will the satellite show where – and how fast – sea level is rising, it will also reveal how coastlines around the world are changing. It will provide similar high-definition clarity for Earth’s lakes, rivers, and reservoirs, many of which remain a mystery to researchers, who aren’t able to outfit every water body with monitoring instruments.

SWOT data will be used to help make decisions about our daily lives and livelihoods.

As climate change accelerates the water cycle, more communities around the world will be inundated with water while others won’t have enough. SWOT data will be used to monitor drought conditions and improve flood forecasts, providing essential information to water management agencies, disaster preparedness agencies, universities, civil engineers, and others who need to track water in their local areas. SWOT data also will help industries, like shipping, by providing measurements of water levels along rivers, as well as ocean conditions, including tides, currents, and storm surges.

Finally … SWOT will pave the way for future Earth missions.

With its innovative technology and commitment to engaging a diverse community of people who plan to use data from the mission, SWOT is blazing a trail for future Earth-observing missions. SWOT’s data and the tools to support researchers in analyzing the information will be free and accessible. This will help to foster research and applications activities by a wide range of users, including scientists, resource managers, and others who in the past may not have had the opportunity to access this kind of information. Lessons learned from SWOT will lead to new questions and improvements for future missions, including our upcoming Earth System Observatory, a constellation of missions focused on studying key aspects of our home planet.

Keep track of the mission here. And make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

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Hyperloop One teases Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes

A day ahead of its November 8 launch, a YouTube video boasts that the rapid-fire transportation system can cut an hour train journey to a 12 minute straight shot.

Have you seen aliens

No.  But some of myco-workers look suspicious.