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• Brasil / Portuguese

  • Básica Língua A Portuguese Language Program that offers intensive one-on-one, private and semi-private immersion programs in Salvador for individuals, couples and small groups.
  • Bing Translator Preferred machine translator. Not perfect, but better than others for Portuguese / English
  • Bridge Language School Dedicated to providing innovative services in language, education, and travel. Free assessment test of language for English, Spanish, Portuguese
  • CELPS – Ministry of Education Brasil O Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros (Celpe-Bras) é conferido aos estrangeiros com desempenho satisfatório em teste padronizado de português, desenvolvido pelo Ministério da Educação.
  • Corpus Portuguese Langauge / Corpus do português This website allows you to quickly and easily search more than 45 million words in almost 57,000 Portuguese texts. Este site permite que você rapidamente e facilmente buscar para mais do que 45 milhões de palavras em quase 57.000 textos do portugueses.
  • Diaro de Canoas O DC leva informações de segunda a sábado a leitores de Canoas e Nova Santa Rita, abrangendo notícias locais, economia, política, polícia e cultura, além de fatos importantes no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil e Mundo.
  • Fast Forward Language Institute Teaching Portuguese as a second language in Maceio and Sao Paulo
  • Portuguese Dictionary Portuguese to English dictionary
  • Semantica Portuguese Learning Services Simply, the best. Learning through video of real-life situations. Trusted with my money, time and energy.

• Investment Information

  • Bloomberg News Bloomberg connects influential decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Our strength – quickly and accurately delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology – is at the core of everything we do.
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis Data, and reports on US Economic Accounts
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics Data and reports of USA’s labor and consumer markets (all aspects of employment and prices)
  • ETF Database Committed to giving its audience, consisting of both active traders and buy-and-hold investors, information they believe is truthful and non-biased. Resources to make intelligent and informed decisions
  • International Monetary Fund An organization of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
  • MSCI Indexes A leading provider of investment decision support tools to clients worldwide, ranging from large pension plans to boutique hedge funds. Offers a range of products and services – including indexes.
  • Report Foriegn Holdings of US Treasury Securities Major Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities. Published (Dept of Treasury & Federal Reserve Board) monthly on or about the 17th of each month.
  • Reuters As they self describe themselves, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
  • Russell Indexes Index provider to financial professionals, ETF providers, hedge funds, and others.
  • Security and Exchange Commission US Securities and Exchange Commission. The mission — to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. All required filings available
  • USA – Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve The central bank of the United States of America—The provider of its monetary and financial system.
  • World Bank Research, data, and reports targeted to meeting their goals: end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity
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  • Pew Research Center A nonpartisan “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
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  • World Public Opinion Information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues from around the world.

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  • American Fact Finder Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about communities in the United States.
  • Barnes and Noble Retailer of books and entertainment
  • Census USA Census Bureau for the United States
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  • Exercise Perscription A free resource for the exercise professional, coach, or fitness enthusiast featuring comprehensive exercise libraries (>1500 exercises), fitness assessment calculators, and reference articles.
  • Harvard Health Publications Offered by the media and publishing division of the Harvard Medical School. Their goal is to bring people around the world the most current health information that is authoritative, trustworthy, and accessible.
  • Internal Revenue Service Tax Code, Regulations, and Official Guidance from the IRS
  • LinkedIn Business Networks and Connections
  • Merriam Webster The preferred dictionary and thesaurus for the English Language. Membership Required
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  • PAC 12 Website of the Pacific 12 Conference
  • Perceptual Edge Stephen Few founded Perceptual Edge in 2003, and is a leader in the fields of business intelligence and information design, and data visualization for sensemaking and communication
  • Purdue University OWL On-line Writing Lab of Purdue University. Resources for writing and teaching writing, research, grammar and mechanics, style guides, English as a second language and more.
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  • Sharp Brains An inde­pen­dent mar­ket research firm track­ing health and per­for­mance appli­ca­tions of neu­ro­science.
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  • Tax Foundation A leading tax policy research organization. Advocating principles for tax policy–Simplicity, Transparency, Neutrality, Stability, No Retroactivity, and Broad Base with Low Rates
  • Tax Policy Center The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. Independent, timely, accessible analyses of current and emerging tax policy issues
  • Time & Date Across the World World Clock, Time Zones, Weather, Sun & Moon
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  • Wolfram Mathworld The web’s most extensive mathematics resource

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  • CSS Style Welcome to the Complete CSS Guide, a reference to every aspect of cascading style sheets. If you need help learning CSS or if you’re looking for info about selectors, properties and all the other aspects of cascading style sheets, this is the place.
  • Curio Hands down the best software to help you think, achieve goals, and do what ever life sets in front of you.
  • Julia Language A high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments.
  • Julia Packages Searchable listing of all registered packages for the Julia programming language.
  • JuliaCon 2016 Videos of JuliaCon 2016
  • R Statistical Language R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, which provides a wide variety of statistical analysis, linear and nonlinear modeling tools, time-series analysis, and visualization tools. Among other things.
  • Sourceforge – Open Software An Open Source community resource dedicated to helping open source projects be as successful as possible. A premiere resource for open source software development and distribution.
  • The Wordpress Multilingual Plugin WPML makes it easy to build multilingual sites and run them. It’s powerful enough for corporate sites, yet simple for blogs.

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• NY Times – Business

  • Kavanaugh’s Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named
  • Walmart’s Veggie-Tracking B.L.T.: Blockchain Lettuce Technology
  • Buybacks Continued to Boom Last Quarter: DealBook’s Closing Bell
  • How to Stop Poaching and Protect Endangered Species? Forget the ‘Kingpins’
  • Trump’s Tariffs May Hurt, but Quitting China Is Hard to Do
  • Hotel Workers Fret Over a New Rival: Alexa at the Front Desk
  • Sears C.E.O. Lampert Sounds Alarm on Bankruptcy Risk

• Washington Post

  • White House grapples with dual crises over Kavanaugh and Rosenstein
  • White House grapples with dual crises over Kavanaugh and Rosenstein
  • ‘It’s the culture war on steroids.’ Kavanaugh fight takes on symbolism in divided era.
  • Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News interview transcript, annotated
  • Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News interview transcript, annotated
  • ‘I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone’: Brett Kavanaugh offers deeply personal defense in Fox News interview
  • Trump arrives at U.N. to promote foreign agenda but domestic turmoil reigns

• Review Journal

  • Review of Las Vegas officer’s manslaughter case criticized
  • Alaska man charged with murder in 10-year-old girl’s death
  • Car sought in connection with east Las Vegas fatal shooting
  • Man, 62, hit by car last week in central Las Vegas dies
  • Man in custody after attempted abduction of Las Vegas student
  • Tourist who sued David Copperfield rejected settlement offers
  • Las Vegas-based rescue team returns from Hurricane Florence duty
  • BLM spraying to kill invasive nonnative grasses in burn areas
  • Trump returns to United Nations, signs South Korea trade deal
  • LA Mayor Eric Garcetti goes on the attack in Las Vegas speech

• BBC World News

  • Instagram co-founders Systrom and Krieger leaving firm
  • Brett Kavanaugh: Embattled Trump nominee 'not going anywhere'
  • Iran nuclear deal: Plan put forward to dodge US sanctions
  • Brett Kavanaugh: 'I've never sexually assaulted anyone'
  • New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern's baby premieres among world leaders
  • Water shortages fuel ongoing protests in Basra, Iraq
  • US man, 74, found alive days after fire in Washington DC

• NPR News

  • New Scrabble Dictionary For A New Generation
  • 3D Gun Designer, Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault Of A Minor, Freed On Bail
  • Virginia Prisons Ban Visitors From Wearing Tampons, Citing Contraband Concerns
  • OPINION: As Florence Kills Pigs And Millions Of Chickens, We Must 'Open Our Hearts'
  • Surprise Victory Of Opposition In Maldives Elections, A Referendum On Democracy
  • 'Lion King' Puppet Technician Arrested After Allegedly Printing 3D Gun At Theater
  • Dallas Police Department Fires Amber Guyger, Officer Who Shot Man In His Own Home
  • How A Rising Star Of White Nationalism Broke Free From The Movement

• Roll Call

  • Vulnerable House Republicans Head Into Midterm Recess With Parting Gifts
  • In Minnesota Trump Country, Democrats Try to Hold On — Again
  • Road Ahead: McConnell and Kavanaugh Set the Tone for the Week
  • Don’t Call Mazie Hirono a Badass. Call Her a Leader.
  • Getting Stung Is All in a Day’s Work for This Senator
  • Trump Super PAC Goes After Michigan Democrat Challenging Bishop
  • Capitol Ink | Breaking News Distraction

• Real Clear Politics

  • Mueller's Long Game on Russia Probe Is Paying Off
  • The Hysterical Campus
  • Rod Rosenstein's Resistance
  • Worried About Google's Political Bias? Don't Use It
  • Right Reboots 'Nutty & Slutty' Counterattack
  • Believe the Facts, Not Necessarily the Women
  • Lesson for Dems on Kavanaugh: It's Always Worth a Fight
  • The Smearing Of Brett Kavanaugh Is Truly Evil
  • Tiger's Comeback a Lesson for Self-Pitying Snowflakes
  • How Nike Uses Liberal Multiculturalism to Hide Abuse

• The Hill – Top News

  • House Republican threatens to push for Rosenstein impeachment unless he testifies
  • Ford's lawyer: Hearing doesn't appear to be designed for 'fair', 'respectful' treatment
  • Judge suggests Trump’s tweet about Stormy Daniels was ‘hyperbole’ not defamation
  • GOP opens door to holding Kavanaugh committee vote this week
  • Former friend of Kavanaugh slams 'hurtful' insinuation about her in his yearbook
  • Rosenstein faces Trump showdown
  • Solicitor general could take over Mueller probe if Rosenstein exits

• Stanford Social Innovation Review

  • Solving Inequality Through Business that Benefits All (Blog)
  • Massive Aggregation: A New Form of New Power (Blog)
  • Helping the Oppressed Helps Us All: Insights From the 2018 Nonprofit Management Institute (Blog)
  • Mission Failure (Blog)
  • Resetting the Grantor-Grantee Relationship (Blog)
  • Paving the Way for Greater Impact Investing in Asia-Pacific (Blog)
  • The Collective Impact of Suspending Suspensions
  • Philanthropy Bets Big on Sustainable Development Goals
  • Management Education for Sustainable Development (Blog)
  • Solving Social Problems “One Coin Toss at a Time”

• Real Clear Sports

  • It's Time for Sean Payton to Go
  • Yankees Have Perfect Formula for October Run
  • Defensive Stud Has Jags Swinging for Fences
  • Hue Jackson's Latest QB Project Has Browns Hopeful
  • Reid Rebuilt Chiefs While Eagles Crumbled
  • Golden Boy Kliff Kingsbury Gets Defensive
  • Cam Newton Needs Success, Not Your Happiness
  • UCLA's Rosen Rises to Reach Hype
  • CFB Coaches Can Say Anything as Long as They Win
  • The Indians Are Even Better Than They Seem

• Curio Blog Feed

  • Curiota 3
  • Curio 12.1 and 12.2
  • Announcing Curio 12
  • 2017 review
  • Curio 11.4
  • Curio 11.3
  • Curio 11.2
  • Curio 11.1
  • ScreenCastsOnline Curio 11 Video
  • Happy 13th birthday Curio!

• Beatnik24

  • Eeerbody Ain’t Gonna Be Happy for You
  • Sandbox Rites (Rights)
  • Being Courageous About Fear
  • Rock On Black Girls!
  • BLACKHAUSTION: The Overwhelming Fatigue of Being Black in America
  • Damned if you do, Damned if you don’t! The Curious Case of Serena Williams
  • Drunk Aunt Randi Thinks We Done Got a Bit Stupid With Funerals
  • The devolution of modern Music “aka” What in the Hell happened to the Bass?
  • I’m Coming Out!
  • I’m a Black Woman & I Want My Life to Matter.

• Julia Bloggers

  • Intro to Sparse Data and Embeddings
  • Conversion of Movie-review data to one-hot encoding
  • A telegram bot in Julia
  • Data Extraction from TFrecord-files
  • How to make package and set up Travis for Julia 1.0
  • Julia for Probabilistic Metaprogramming
  • Newsletter – September 2018
  • Classifying Handwritten Digits with Neural Networks
  • Improving Neural Net Performance
  • Intro to Neural Nets

• Real Clear Politics

  • Mueller's Long Game on Russia Probe Is Paying Off
  • The Hysterical Campus
  • Rod Rosenstein's Resistance
  • Worried About Google's Political Bias? Don't Use It
  • Right Reboots 'Nutty & Slutty' Counterattack
  • Believe the Facts, Not Necessarily the Women
  • Lesson for Dems on Kavanaugh: It's Always Worth a Fight
  • The Smearing Of Brett Kavanaugh Is Truly Evil
  • Tiger's Comeback a Lesson for Self-Pitying Snowflakes
  • How Nike Uses Liberal Multiculturalism to Hide Abuse

• The New Republic

  • Brett Kavanaugh Has Already Disqualified Himself
  • How Not to Do Comic Noir
  • All the Rage
  • Whose Side Are Asian-Americans On?
  • Why Trump Can’t Believe Christine Blasey Ford
  • Going for Broke
  • The Senseless Legal Precedent That Enables Wrongful Convictions
  • Gary Shteyngart’s Empathy Experiment
  • A Paris Agreement for the Workers of the World
  • The Struggle for a New American Gospel

• Economia & Negócios

  • Não há folga fiscal para isenção maior no IR
  • Minas Gerais paga contrato de R$ 24 milhões de carros da GM
  • Alice
  • Pequenas indústrias têm dificuldade para obter crédito
  • ‘Golpe do motoboy’ é o crime da moda
  • Livro indica saídas para retomada da economia
  • O Brasil e a COP 24 na Polônia
  • Fraudes em cartão de crédito já passam de 920 mil no País desde o início do ano
  • Novata Gira recebe aporte para crescer em agro na América Latina
  • Debênture incentivada para projeto solar sertão I atrai demanda de 4 vezes

• OECD

  • Economy: Global growth is moderating as uncertainties intensify
  • Employment: Automation to hit some regions harder than others
  • Environment: Too few countries are pricing carbon high enough to meet climate targets
  • Economy: What have we learnt from the 2008 crisis?
  • Education: More effort needed to improve equity