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Report: Chelsea to Bank £5M from Unexpected Transfer Clause

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Chelsea’s Unexpected Windfall from Eden Hazard’s Transfer Chelsea are set to receive a surprising £5 million bonus from Eden Hazard’s transfer to Real Madrid, despite the Belgian star announcing his retirement seven months ago. This unexpected windfall comes as a result of the terms of his original transfer agreement, which included performance-based add-ons that remain […]

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How Anecdotes Sell Drugs: On the 30th Anniversary Edition of Peter Kramer’s “Listening to Prozac”

Los Angeles Review of Books 

THE STATISTICS ON antidepressant use in the United States are sobering. The proportion of those over age 12 taking antidepressants grew by an astonishing 400 percent between the periods 1988–94 and 2005–08. Women took antidepressants two and a half times as often as men, and 23 percent of women between the ages of 40 and […]

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Gets Global Screen Commitment From Imax

Variety 

Imax has committed screens around the world to show Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus “Megalopolis,” the company’s CEO Richard Gelfond confirmed at a Cannes Film Festival event on Thursday. The film’s trailer, which debuted on Tuesday, said that “Megalopolis” would be coming to Imax theaters this year — but it was not specified that the […]

Intel's Thunderbolt Share makes it easier to move large files between PCs - Engadget

Google.com 

  1. Intel's Thunderbolt Share makes it easier to move large files between PCs  Engadget
  2. Intel's Thunderbolt Share lets two PCs control each other over a USB cable  The Verge
  3. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Slips despite New USB Development - TipRanks.com  TipRanks
  4. Intel's Thunderbolt Share is the easiest way yet to link and share data between two PCs  PC Gamer
  5. Intel's Thunderbolt Share is a speedy sneakernet replacement and more  PCWorld

Putin hails growing friendship with China

Tass.com 

The Russian leader thinks that "we can rightfully be proud that as of now, Russian-Chinese ties have reached a high point, becoming a truly comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction"

Caribbean Matters: Flooding worsens amid predictions of severe hurricane season

Daily Kos 

A scary time of year is approaching as the Atlantic hurricane season is usually predicted to take place from June 1 through Nov. 30, and National Hurricane Preparedness Week took place last week here in the U.S. from May 5 to 11. I have frequently criticized our media for paying too little attention to Caribbean weather events. News organizations tend to focus on storms that may wind up hitting Florida or the Gulf Coast, ignoring mitigation efforts and the impact on island nations that sit on the front lines. Читать дальше...

Video of the Day: Giant billboard collapses in Mumbai, India

The Daily Universe: BYU Basketball 

A billboard killed at least 14 people in Mumbai, India on Monday, May 13. A storm pushed the giant advertisement onto multiple houses and a petrol station next to a busy road. Rescue teams retrieved multiple people trapped and injured from the incident. The Maharashtra state government is holding an official inquiry.