The Daily Populous

Wednesday November 29th, 2017 day edition

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'Never Again': Memorials of terror Wannsee House The villa on Berlin's Wannsee lake was pivotal in planning the Holocaust.

In 1992, the villa where the Wannsee Conference was held was turned into a memorial and museum.

'Never Again': Memorials of terror Dachau The Nazi regime opened the first concentration camp in Dauchau not far from Munich.

'Never Again': Memorials of terror Memorial to the German Resistance The Bendlerblock building in Berlin was the headquarters of a military resistance group.

More than 45,000 "Stolpersteine" have been laid in 18 countries in Europe - it's the world's largest decentralized Holocaust memorial.

Haverbeck, from the German town of Vlotho near Bielefeld, has been sentenced for similar charges on five other occasions.

Haverbeck's lawyers intend to take the case to the Higher Regional Court in the town of Hamm, their last chance to challenge the sentence. »

Scientists call for ban on glitter, say it’s a global hazard

Authored by valleynewslive.com

Scientists now say the sticky decorations are an ecological hazard that needs to be banned across the globe.

Environmental scientists are arguing that the risk of pollution, specifically to the oceans, is too great to ignore and the tiny plastic particles need to be outlawed.

“I think all glitter should be banned, because it’s microplastic,” Dr. Trisia Farrelly of New Zealand’s Massey University said. »

Comcast Wants You to Think It Supports Net Neutrality While It Pushes for Net Neutrality to Be Destroyed

Authored by slate.com

Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon stand to make billions next year whether the U.S. ditches the rules mandating network neutrality or not.

Which is one reason why Comcast has been so supportive of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to undo net neutrality, which could be enacted as early as January.

That Comcast’s language is changing is one reason to distrust its promises regarding net neutrality, but its track record is an even bigger one. »

EA's day of reckoning is here after 'Star Wars' game uproar, $3 billion in stock value wiped out

Authored by cnbc.com

The company's profitable business model is now at risk after angry gamers revolted over its aggressive in-game moneymaking strategy in "Star Wars Battlefront II.".

EA's stock is down 8.5 percent month to date through Tuesday compared with the S&P 500's 2 percent gain, wiping out $3.1 billion of shareholder value.

Its competitors Take-Two and Activision Blizzard shares are up 5 percent and 0.7 percent respectively during the same time period. »

Money For Nothing by Dire Straits Songfacts

Authored by songfacts.com

Mark Knopfler wrote it after overhearing delivery men in a New York department store complain about their jobs while watching MTV.

He wrote the song in the store sitting at a kitchen display they had set up.

They claimed it sounded very similar to a song Sting wrote for The Police: " Don't Stand So Close To Me .". »