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WikiNews -September 20 2016

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The news according to Wikipedia edits. This episode's notable edits include:

  1. "Dock Jumping is a dog sport in which dogs compete in jumping for distance or height from a dock into a body of water"
  2. "Citizenship-by-investment enables individuals to acquire an additional citizenship by making an exceptional economic contribution to another country.... The minimum investment required in Malta is US$870,000 and in Cyprus is US$2,875,000"
  3. "Neither Eric Trump nor any of his family members have contributed any of their personal money directly to the Eric Trump Foundation, although the foundation has made use of the Trump Organization's golf courses for fundraising events"Source: www.listen.hatnote.com
  4. [embed]https://www.mixcloud.com/cfurvolunteer/wikinews-sept-20-2016/[/embed]
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WikiNews -Sept. 13 2016

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The news according to Wikipedia edits. This episode's notable edits include:

  1. The year 2011 had no winner for the "Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting"
  2. "The name of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is coincidentally transliterated as Vladimir Poutine in French"
  3. Wikipedia's site for Simon Biles temporarily wrote that the gymnast was disqualified from winning her five medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics due to doping.

Source: www.listen.hatnote.com

[embed]https://www.mixcloud.com/cfurvolunteer/wikinews-sept-13-2016/[/embed]

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WikiNews -Sept. 8 2016

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Realtime news according to Wikipedia edits. This episode's notable edits include:

  •  Wikipedia's "List of Bus Routes in Singapore" explains how Singapore has fourteen different types of bus routes, including: Express, Fast Forward, Cross Border Services, and Peak Period Short Services
  • Hipster Sexism "involves the use of irony in a satirical manner to subjugate women. It is a form of self-aware sexism that is deemed acceptable given that perpetrators are conscious of the inherent sexism in whatever action or statement is carried out"
  • Red foxes are generally unsuitable as pets

Source: www.listen.hatnote.com

 

[embed]https://www.mixcloud.com/cfurvolunteer/wikinews-sept-8-2016/[/embed]

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WikiNews -Sept 1 2016

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Realtime news according to Wikipedia edits. This episode's notable edits include:1) Donald Trump is considered the presidential candidate to have provided the most misinformation of all American election campaigns 2) The judge for Lionel Messi's tax evasion case allegedly used to work for Real Madrid

Source: www.listen.hatnote.com

[embed]https://www.mixcloud.com/cfurvolunteer/wikinews-sept-1-2016/[/embed]

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WikiNews -August 24 2016

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Realtime news according to Wikipedia's most recent edits. This episode's notable edits include:1) The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum is scheduled to open in 2017 2) Wikipedia's website for "Racewalking" suffers from link rot, which occurs when a website has multiple dead links 3) Wikipedia's List of Nicknames Used in Basketball formerly listed Stephen Curry's nickname as "Disappears during the finals"

Source: www.listen.hatnote.com

[embed]https://www.mixcloud.com/cfurvolunteer/wikinews-august-24-2016/[/embed]

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WikiNews - August 18 2016

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Realtime news according to Wikipedia edits. This week's notable edits include: 1) "Mumblecore is a subgenre of independent film characterized by naturalistic acting and dialogue.... Mumblegore has been used for mixing mumblecore and horror genres," 2) On Wikipedia's list of Concerns and Controversies at the 2016 Olympic Games, "the Australian Olympic athletes were banned from Rio beaches after dark following USA swim star Ryan Lochte's alleged armed robbery," and 3) Wikipedia's list of Conspiracy Theories of the 2016 US Presidential Election alleges that "Donald Trump is racist".

Source: www.listen.hatnote.com

 

 

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Interview with Spencer Morphy, of The Velveteins - 20160816

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In August of 2016, we caught up with Spencer Morphy, of The Velveteins during breakfast and talked labels, surf, winter, and more. Check out their sound on bandcamp:

...and tune in to 88.7FM to catch them during the Barrage of Garage, Ether in the Attic, and soooo much more

Here's the interview:

[embed]https://www.mixcloud.com/cfurvolunteer/20160816-interview-with-spencer-morphy-of-the-velveteins/[/embed]

pic credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rssZ2AjA5F8

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WikiNews -August 11 2016

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Realtime news according to Wikipedia's most recent edits. This week's notable edits include: 1) International Youth Day is celebrated on August 12 but many countries, including South Africa, China, and Ukraine celebrate their own youth day, 2) After Manchester United hired a new general manager, Bastian Schweinsteiger "was demoted and sent to training with the U21 team," and 3) Catholic guilt "is a term used to identify the supposed excess guilt felt by Catholics and lapsed Catholics."

Source: www.listen.hatnote.com

https://www.mixcloud.com/cfurvolunteer/wikinews-august-11-2016/