Wednesday, December 26, 2018

TECH Dozens 2018

Last update: Monday 12/31/18 @ 6:30 pm
This year's cover = Climate change ... Other top stories = Russia's extensive use of social media to influence U.S. politics ... Facebook's astounding greed and incompetence ... Top universities launch undergraduate degree programs in data science/AI

DLL Editor's note -- This annual edition of TECH Dozens does not include the "best tweets" or the "most important tweets" of 2018 ... It merely includes my personal selections of a few dozen tweets that might make it easier to understand the tech-related events that will occur during 2019 ... :-)



The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how leaders in Black higher education at HBCUs and other colleges and universities are promoting the skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in #EdTech and the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the year 2018


A. IBHE | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 20172016




Cover Story ... Climate change +++++++++
... Jan-Feb-Mar ... 
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    The loss of sea ice is a bellwether of global warming, suggesting that climate change is not just something to worry about far off in the future: It is here. ... https://t.co/a3dd0sMob6 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Vox, Science Daily, NASA
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. Antarctica's ice melt is increasing rapidly, study finds, raising sea levels and threatening coastal communities worldwide ... https://t.co/vxWijakGrO ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wired, Business Insider, The Atlantic, National Geographic ... and Nature
... Jul-Aug-Sep ....
  1. As California burns, climate goals may go up in smoke—even after the flames are out
... Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. “Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” ⬅️ Read press release on special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on ... DLL Editor's note -- UN report also covered by NY Times, Washington Post, Wired, The Economist, Ars Technica, New Yorker, The Atlantic, Vox
  1. This month we are highlighting the Summary Findings from . These findings represent a high-level synthesis of the material in the underlying report. Learn more and see them all here: ... DLL Editor's note -- The NCA4 summary discussed by NY Times, Wired, Wall Street Journal
  1. Want the science behind how is affecting the U.S.? Read Volume I of , the Climate Science Special Report. It's also free to download:
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A. Issues in Black Higher Ed (IBHE) ... Dozen + 1
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...

  1. 24% of African American bachelor's degrees are awarded by more than 100 HBCUs.

  1. Next fall, an expanded residency will immerse 100 students from HBCUs in a nine-month computer science program at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters.
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. The Data Science Center provides a platform for Meharry to lead in big data science, with the long-term goal of addressing health outcomes & equity. To learn more visit the site! ... https://t.co/l3gvMmh4Eu
  1. Georgia State, Leading U.S. in Black Graduates, Is Engine of Social Mobility ... via  ... https://t.co/Eb56gRLKCZ
  1. ACE determines that propel students up the economic ladder at two to three times the rates of non-MSIs – despite fewer resources:       ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Ed
... Jul-Aug-Sep ...

  1. Offered 100% online, our Cybersecurity Engineering Technology master’s degree is designed to prepare graduates with the technical knowledge & skills needed to conduct operations that protect & defend information & information systems.
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    Google, expanding on its recent HBCU pilot at , launches "Tech Exchange" program to boost diversity in the tech industry. ... https://t.co/WVf4dh9z8j ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Black Engineer, HBCU Digest, The Grio, The Undefeated ... and Howard University ... and Google
... Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1.   
    MSM researchers from the National Center for Primary Care, & develop first-ever forecast of Alzheimer’s disease by race & ethnicity. Estimates in relevant for strategic planning & interventions for patients and caregivers.
  1. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded the initial phase of a three-year, $2.3-million project led by Morgan State University (MSU), in which undergraduates and teachers will be trained in technologies to revolutionize U.S. cities. ... https://t.co/N1ewG715Iz
  1. As enrollment in programs continues to grow, 's $10K Degree Pathway aims to be a low-cost, high-quality alternative to for-profit education providers, and to extend education to otherwise underserved student populations. by

... Harvard's affirmative action trial ...
  1. Harvard defended its race-conscious admissions policy in a crowded courtroom in Boston on Monday, the first day of the trial: ... Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ... DLL Editor's note -- The first week of the trial also covered by NY Times, Inside Higher (1), Inside Higher (2), Washington Post,
  1. Mortara asked if the university’s student body should better reflect the socioeconomic makeup of the United States. ... Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ... Plaintiff's statistical model ... DLL Editor's note -- The second week of Harvard's trial also discussed by NY Times
  1. “A lot of students are hesitant about supporting the case because that might mean not acknowledging that Harvard might be discriminating against Asian-Americans.” ... Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ... DLL Editor's note -- The third week of Harvard's trial also covered by NY Times, Inside Higher Ed, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN
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B. Ed Tech  ... Dozen + 3
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1.  

    Why Aren’t Tech-Enhanced Learning Strategies More Widely Used?
  1. A growing number of academics are working with Facebook to build new products, but few want to talk about it ... https://t.co/jG41l9Jqgk
.. Oct-Nov-Dec ... 
  1. "Professional practice" doctoral category expands Carnegie system to acknowledge growing role of non-research-oriented doctoral work ....https://t.co/sZnpxC5b1w
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... Jan-Feb-Mar ...
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      Online Program Management: Spring 2018 view of the market landscape

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Analytics -- higher ed applications ... 
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...

  1. Improving and Completion Through Data and Predictive Analytics
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. "Our data pinpoint four ways that institutions are strategically using advising technologies to identify students who need support and intervene accordingly."
  1. Making Analytics the Campus Modus Operandi
... Jul-Aug-Sep ...
  1. Bringing together qualitative and quantitative data, analyzing it in context and sharing it with powerful visualizations is critical to creating a culture of data-driven management in a postsecondary environment.
.. Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. Colleges have plenty of data about their students. For those looking to experiment with learning analytics, the problem is that the data is messy and fragmented. A new effort hopes to address that. ... https://t.co/beyLA2R95M
Online and blended ...
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...
  1.  4 hours ago
    The big MOOC providers now have developed products and services that range in price from free to millions of dollars. I have identified six different tiers that MOOC providers monetize on. ... https://t.co/qSJ9QibBetAssign To


  1. Grade Increase: Tracking Distance Education in the United States is the 14th annual report of the state of online learning in U.S. Higher education. The Survey, conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group with co-sponsors ... https://t.co/B5Vj1xzWmI
... Jul-Aug-Sep ...

  1. Georgia Tech will offer online master's degree in cybersecurity for less than $10,000 DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Atlanta Business
.. Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. UPenn is offering an online master's degree in computer science that prepares students for a successful career in tech — for one-third of the on-campus cost ... https://t.co/RMZd5TguNC
  1. As a revenue-neutral administrative unit, University College’s Center for Online and Digital Learning provides a low-risk alternative to OPMs for launching niche online programs across the institution.
C. Info Tech  ... Dozen + 8
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...
  1. There are small beautiful things in the world, full of wonder. Like bees ... via @VoxDotCom ... https://t.co/rmHpxd5XZy ... DLL Editor's note -- This study that showed that bees can learn the concept of zero was also covered by Science, NPR, Smithsonian Magazine, Gizmodo, Vox
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. Don’t have time to watch Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends report from DLL Editor's note -- The video of her presentation and its transcript are HERE ...The Kleiner Perkins PDF of her slides is HERE ... Comments on/summaries of Meeker's slides posted by TechCrunch, Fortune, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Fast Company, TechRepublic, Axios
... Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. BREAKING NEWS The 2018 in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.” ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Nature, NY Times, Gizmodo, The Verge, FastCompany, NPR ... and the The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet
  1. BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the in Physics 2018 “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics” with one half to Arthur Ashkin and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland. ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Nature, NY Times, Wired, Washington Post ... and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  1. BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the in Chemistry 2018 with one half to Frances H. Arnold and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter. ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Nature, NY Times, Inside Higher Ed, Scientific American, ... and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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... Jan-Feb-Mar ...
  1. Beijing to build $2 billion research park as China races to world dominance in AI
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. Microsoft is buying GitHub for $7.5 billion: ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wired, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Fortune, VentureBeat, Harvard Business Review, ZDNet, GeekWire, Ars Technica ... and Microsoft
.. Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. IBM buys Linux giant Red Hat to thrive in the cloud ... https://t.co/CZZHg33u42 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wired, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, ZDNet
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Climate change, emissions, solar, wind, nuclear, etc ...
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...

  1. The US could supply 80 percent of its energy with wind and solar: ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by M.I.T. Tech Review, Digital Trends, Science Daily
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. It would cost trillions of dollars to use Carbon Engineering's system to scrub 8bn-10bn tonnes of CO2 per year ... https://t.co/c2WT60zqYI ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Atlantic, M.I.T. Technology Review, Nature, National Geographic, Harvard
Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, bots, robotics ...
.. Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. Microsoft announced Friday that it plans to sell artificial intelligence technologies to the military. ... https://t.co/MQHRAzEKfq ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg ... and Microsoft
  1. Google AI claims 99% accuracy in metastatic breast cancer detection ... https://t.co/rK0xEqYpoM ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Business Insider ... and Google
Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...
Top Story #1 ... Russia hacks U.S. social media +++++++++
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1.  Twitter alerts nearly 680,000 users they may have been duped by Russian accounts ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Recode, ZDNet, Engadget, Bloomberg, CNET, Mashable
  1. By the numbers: Russian Facebook ads focused overwhelmingly on race ... https://t.co/8mCiVOxb0M ... DLL Editor's note -- These ads also covered by PC Mag
... Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. With just three weeks to go until the midterm elections, the DOJ announced today that Russian trolls continue to attack the US with “information influence operations” aimed at spreading distrust in our political system and exploiting partisan discord ... https://t.co/bjU01oAjBq ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Gizmodo, MIT Tech Review, Wall Street Journal
  1. While most media attention has focused on Facebook pages appealing to the political right, the Russian effort aimed at black Americans was actually larger, reports found ,,, https://t.co/sH9NaQ9fTy ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Wired, Washington Post, LA Times, The New Yorker, CNET, TechCrunch, Ars Technica
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Top Story #2 ... Facebook = greed + incompetence +++++++++
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. Zuckerberg about Cambridge Analytica during today's conference call ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, LA Times, Wired, Axios, GeekWire, Motherboard, FastCompany, ZDNet, TechRepublic



  1. Whistleblower says Bannon used Cambridge Analytica to suppress black voters  ... DLL Editor's note -- Senate testimony also covered by The RootWiredNPRForbesSalonTechCrunch
  1. Facebook is notifying 14 million people about a bug that set posts to be shared publicly ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Wired, NY Times, Recode, Axios, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Gizmodo
... Oct-Nov-Dec ...

Tweets

  1. As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants ... via @NYTimes ... https://t.co/q6OJgqoqQi ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Wired
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... Jan-Feb-Mar ...

  1. GitHub hit with massive 1.35 Tbps DDoS attack, could be world's largest ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Wired, TechCrunch, Engadget, ZDNet, The Hill, PCPMag

  1. How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions ... https://t.co/Og2VCZx7J7 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Bloomberg, Wired, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Recode, CNN, The Hill, The Guardian, Vox, ZDNet, Engadget
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. Europe, not the U.S., is now the most powerful regulator of Silicon Valley ... https://t.co/CyamJfqV7x ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wired, Bloomberg, Recode, New Yorker, CNET, Forbes, ZDNet, Fortune, Axios, Fast Company, Digital Trends, The Verge
  1. Police use of Amazon’s face-recognition service draws privacy warnings by ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NYTimes, HuffingtonPost (Black Voices), WashingtonPost, TheVerge, Fortune, Wired, Engadget, Ars Technica
... Jul-Aug-Sep ...
  1. Google’s project, known internally as Dragonfly, was developed in secret, prompting outrage among employees who worried they had been unwittingly working on technology that would help China withhold information from its citizens. ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Axios, CNET, Business Insider
  1. Google secretly bought your banking data, and that's not even the bad news ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Bloomberg, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, The Verge
D. Hackers  ... Dozen +  4
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...

  1. 6 hours ago
    "We’re building a movement of scientists and activists to break the silo of these groups to help make the world a better place for communities of color." Thank you Yeshimabeit Milner (, ) for your passion + commitment.
... Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. Our Tech Exploration Lab at NYC is here! This is a space dedicated to bringing girls closer to innovative technologies through workshops, after-school & summer programs! We are also thrilled to announce our new Board of Directors!
Diversity In Tech ... stats & strategies
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...
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    Today, former Google engineer James Damore filed a lawsuit against Google for discriminating against whites, males, and conservatives ... https://t.co/Y0HYn9R0UZ ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Washington Post, LA Times, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Blavity, The Verge, Ars Technica, Recode ... and the DLL Editor's op ed posted right after Damore was fired last summer
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. Google’s annual diversity report shows the company is still struggling to make incremental change when it comes to diversifying its ranks of Black, Latinx, and female employees ... DLL Editor's note -- This study also covered by Washington Post, The Verge, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Fortune, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal
Founders, techs, and execs
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. ICYMI: You may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren’t alone. But almost everything in your life has been affected by his work. Dr. Mark Dean is a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in the National Inventors Hall... https://t.co/TP5GFIr7Sc
  1. Robert F. Smith says he became Goldman Sachs' first technology M&A banker in San Francisco, which set him on his lucrative path to private equity ...
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Coding, courses, tutorials, & jobs
Top Story  #3... Top universities launch undergrad data science, AI programs ++++++++
... Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. MIT announces groundbreaking $1B commitment to the study of computing and AI; establishes the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing to serve as a hub focusing on world-changing breakthroughs and their ethical application ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, InsideHigherEd, Bloomberg, Chronicle of Higher Ed, CNET, TechCrunch
  1. The program shift is once in a generation, Berkeley says — the largest since its creation in the 1980s of a new division centered on biotech. ... https://t.co/3vsiZFTu0g ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Inside Higher Ed, Wall Street Journal, Education Dive ... and UC Berkeley
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... Jan-Feb-Mar ...

  1. Data science notebooks get real: JupyterLab releases to users by ... https://t.co/5R39f5AiAr

  1. We're excited to announce a new Datasets feature–you can now create Datasets privately and share them with specific users on Kaggle. We hope this will lead to exciting collaborations. Learn more here:
  1.  
      “Ten Machine Learning Algorithms You Should Know to Become a Data Scientist” by Shashank Gupta ✨
... Apr-May-Jun ...
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    Featuring academics, data scientists, dev advocates, and more, here are 7 folks to follow in the community:
... Jul-Aug-Sep ...
  1. The ultimate peer-to-peer guide on getting started with our competitions, written by Kaggler, . ... https://t.co/6R4INgkQLd
  1. ICYMI: “Beyond the MOOC: A Bookworm’s Guide to Data Science” by Nick Lind 📖 ... https://t.co/xHbRf8fasu
  1. Finally! A way for researchers to find the datasets they need, wherever they’re hosted! Learn more about 's NEW Dataset Search: Of course, all public Kaggle Datasets are searchable here, too! ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Verge, TheNextWeb ... and Google
  1. “Data Science 101: Is Python better than R?” ✒️ by Enoch Kan
E. Views -- Comments and Opinions  ... Dozen - 4
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. Perspective: Members of Congress can’t possibly regulate Facebook. They don’t understand it. ... https://t.co/WM1ohCzcMX
... Jul-Aug-Sep ...

  1. Partnering with a provider allows non-traditional divisions to create new access for traditionally underserved communities to that leads to high-quality jobs and careers.
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Long form ... good reads ... :-)
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...
  1. "On the blockchain” is basically the new “Uber, but for.” Which means if you haven't learned what it is yet, now's the time. Presenting the WIRED Guide to the blockchain ... https://t.co/DIvS6GYTKz
  1.   AI can be a boon for the human race. But there’s also reason for caution. This is the WIRED Guide to artificial intelligence ... https://t.co/ISsyez2zze
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. You might have thought the ability to edit our genes was something of the far-away future. Here's your guide to that future, because it's already here ... https://t.co/H0dsy0bdLd
... Jul-Aug-Sep ...

  1. Facebook and Google made billions mining your personal data, fighting off anyone who tried to stop them. Then came a challenge from an unlikely activist. ... https://t.co/2BA5Xl5aba
  1. What is quantum computing? We put together everything you ever wanted to know about qbits, superpositioning, and spooky action at a distance. 
F. Chuckles, Shame, and/or Fake News  ... Dozen + 4
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...
  1. Exclusive: Trump attacks protections for immigrants from "shithole" countries in Oval Office meeting ... https://t.co/R1aOB8EAGB

  1. President Trump accused Democrats who did not clap during his State of the Union address of being un-American and even treasonous ... https://t.co/UEm2QKzhd6Assign T

  1. In one clause, has distilled the presidency of : “Mr. Trump watched television, reacted to what he saw on television and then reacted to the reaction.”
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. The $25 million Trump University settlement has been finalized
  1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel shares a picture that says a thousand words. ==> https://t.co/qvh9P18E5W
... Jul-Aug-Sep ...
  1. Remember when the Puerto Rico government said Hurricane Maria killed just 64 people? Yeah, they're finally updating that number—to 2,975 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by https://t.co/V5CQrZpXVB
... Oct-Nov-Dec ...
  1. President Trump has sold himself as a self-made billionaire but a Times investigation found that he received more than $400 million from his father’s empire, much of it through dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud. ... https://t.co/CciVkq5mDU
  1. A year of unprecedented deception: Trump averaged 15 false claims a day in 2018 ... https://t.co/NtgkwgC9xC
  1. Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2018: You thought 2016 and 2017 were bad? Let’s look back at this past year. ... https://t.co/iISJ1H11jf

@POTUS45 in his own words ... until #2020 
... Jan-Feb-Mar ...
  1. North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!Assign T
  1. The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it. Parts will be, of necessity, see through and it was never intended to be built in areas where there is natural protection such as mountains, wastelands or tough rivers or water.....
  1. ....The Wall will be paid for, directly or indirectly, or through longer term reimbursement, by Mexico, which has a ridiculous $71 billion dollar trade surplus with the U.S. The $20 billion dollar Wall is “peanuts” compared to what Mexico makes from the U.S. NAFTA is a bad joke!
  1. We must protect our country and our workers. Our steel industry is in bad shape. IF YOU DON’T HAVE STEEL, YOU DON’T HAVE A COUNTRY!
... Apr-May-Jun ...
  1. America is blessed with extraordinary energy abundance, including more than 250 years worth of beautiful clean coal. We have ended the war on coal, and will continue to work to promote American energy dominance!
  1. Here is the video, “A Story of Opportunity” that I shared with Kim Jong-un at the ➡️
  1. Before taking office people were assuming that we were going to War with North Korea. President Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer - sleep well tonight!
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