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Thursday November 16th, 2017 day edition

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The official said they have new information from officials in Zimbabwe and Zambia to support reversing the ban to allow trophy hunting permits.

Savanna elephant populations declined by 30 percent across 18 countries in Africa from 2007 to 2014, according to the Great Elephant Census published last year, which put their remaining numbers at just over 350,000.

The elephant population declined 6 percent overall in Zimbabwe but dropped by 74 percent within one specific region.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has been talking with wildlife officials in Zimbabwe since the ban was announced in 2014.

Zambian officials also carry out anti-poaching efforts and manage elephant hunting through permits and quotas, according to the Federal Register notice.

In 2016, 30 elephants were allowed to be killed there as trophies but the government reported that only 12 males were killed, according to the notice. »

FCC Plans December Vote to Kill Net Neutrality Rules

Authored by bloomberg.com

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, chosen by President Donald Trump, in April proposed gutting the rules and asked for public reaction.

Pai plans to seek a vote in December, said two people who asked not to be identified because the matter hasn’t been made public.

That would remove the legal authority that underpins the net neutrality rules. »

Thomas Edison Gave His Friend Henry Ford an Intimate and Peculiar Gift: His Final Breath

Authored by slate.com
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The friendship that formed between Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, therefore, was genuinely special to both of them.

They even bought houses together in Florida, and when Edison was confined to a wheelchair in his later years, Henry Ford bought his own so they could race around their estates together.

Nowhere is this affection more clearly demonstrated than in unusual and deeply personal gift of Edison's Last Breath to his best friend Henry Ford. »

How Artificial Intelligence Puts Profit Ahead of Democracy

Authored by bigthink.com
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As long as AI is dedicated to economic goals and not societal concerns, its tunnel vision is a problem.

And as so often seems to be the case these days, the benefits will go to the already wealthy and powerful.

After all, as we’ve often been told, “You’re not the customer—you’re the product” meant to draw advertisers to the platform. »