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‘Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath’ Special To Premiere On A&E

A&E Network will premiere a new two-hour stand-alone special episode of the breakout limited series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.

The special, Merchants of Fear, will air Monday, May 29 from 9 to 11 PM ET/PT.

In the two-hour special, Leah Remini and Mike Rinder explore the historical relationship between the Church of Scientology and its often vocal critics.

A series of special guests candidly describe their personal experiences investigating controversial stories about the Church and how the Church has responded to their work.

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath follows Leah Remini, along with former Church members, as they delve into the stories those who have left the church and spoken publicly about their experiences.

The critically acclaimed series is cable’s No. 1 new unscripted series with A25-54 and total viewers in Live+7 for 2016.

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath is produced for A&E Network by The Intellectual Property Corporation. »

Wikipedia can pursue NSA surveillance lawsuit: U.S. appeals court

Authored by yahoo.com

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a Wikipedia lawsuit that challenges a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) program of mass online surveillance, and claims that the government unconstitutionally invades people's privacy rights.

Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia said the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, can pursue a challenge to the government's "Upstream" surveillance program.

The Wikipedia publisher can also pursue its First Amendment claim because it had "self-censored" some communications in response to the Upstream surveillance, Diaz said. »

Research suggests eating beans instead of beef would sharply reduce greenhouse gasses

Authored by news.llu.edu

The researchers explained that beef cattle are the most GHG-intensive food to produce and that the production of legumes (beans, peas, etc.) results in one-fortieth the amount of GHGs as beef.

The paper, titled “Substituting beans for beef as a contribution towards U.S. climate change targets,” can be found online.

The scale of the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions needed doesn’t allow us the luxury of ‘business as usual’ eating patterns.”. »

DJI will now handicap your drone until you register it with the company

Authored by theverge.com

Chinese company DJI made a pretty significant change to the process of buying and activating its drones over the weekend.

Going forward, DJI drones will be severely limited in functionality until buyers register them with the company.

Failure to register with DJI means the drone will have a height limit of 98 feet (30 meters), a radius of 164 feet (50 meters), and the live video feed will be disabled. »

A petition to call Australia’s currency ‘the Dollarydoo’ has 50,000 signatures

Authored by marketwatch.com

A petition to change the name of Australia’s currency from the Australian dollar to the “Dollarydoo” has received more than 50,000 signatures since it was posted late last week.

”Dollarydoos” is a reference to a 1995 episode of the show “The Simpsons.”

The petitioner, who identifies himself on Change.org as an Australian named Thomas Probst, argues that the new name would stimulate the economy by creating demand for the country’s currency. »