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Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango
There are not as many original works for flute as there are for violin or piano, but masterpieces can be hidden in unexpected places. Do you know the composer Astor Piazzolla (1921…
Open Data in Finance @ London Is on June 15!
Of FinTech’s 3 pillars, APIs are attracting attention as 1 of them. They have become an especially hot topic in Europe because the Payment Service Directive 2 requires banks…
Trump’s Victory Makes 100 Times More People Consider Moving to Canada? A Surge in Patients Claiming to Be Assassins from the Future?!
The crucial Super Tuesday presidential primaries (March 1) have now concluded. Hillary Clinton won as expected among the Democrats, while Donald Trump won an overwhelming Republica…
Pray for France—The Coordinated Paris Terrorist Attacks—What to Do During a Terrorist Attack
Something deeply tragic has happened again. More than 150 people have died in the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris . May they rest in peace. U.S. President Obama issued a sta…
NASA Announces the Presence of Liquid Water on Mars
At 0:30 Japan time, NASA announced that liquid water exists on Mars. Although this liquid water has a very high salt (perchlorate) concentration, NASA says it has found evidence of…
“Adult Privacy”: Customer and Credit Card Data from an Infidelity Website, Including Nude Photos and Sexual Fantasies, Released
On the evening of August 18 U.S. time, customer and credit card information stolen from the infidelity dating website “Ashley Madison” [1], reportedly covering 37 million people an…
President Obama Taps David Recordon as the White House’s “Director of Information Technology (?)”
This is somewhat old news. My colleagues and I had quite a lively discussion about it on Friday morning Japan time, but I had no time on Friday. Then I became ill and slept until j…
Philharmonie de Paris Opens with an All-French Program
The newly opened Philharmonie de Paris at the Cité de la musique in Paris, home to the Paris Conservatoire familiar from Nodame Cantabile, began operations on January 14, 2015 with…
On the Night Candidate Hiwatashi Lost the Saga Gubernatorial Election, I Am Writing Anyway about How Brilliant Seiya Ueno Is. But What Really Matters Is…
Candidate Hiwatashi, who attracted attention through an online campaign to defeat him and other controversy, lost the Saga gubernatorial election. It was an unexpected defeat despi…
Executive Order Issued to Improve the Security of Consumer Financial Transactions — Including the Adoption of Chip Cards for Credit Cards and Multi-Factor Authentication for Government Websites
On October 17, 2014, an Executive Order [1] was issued to improve the security of consumer financial transactions. Its 3 main provisions are as follows. Section 1. Securing Payment…
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