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Uber’s Flying Cars Becoming A Reality

In 2016 the highly successful company, Uber, announced their desire to pursue project “Elevate,” flying cars. While the statement certainly raised some eyebrows. It was not until Tuesday, April 25th, before many in the technology industry world began to take the proposal seriously.

“It’s push a button and get a flight.” This is the vision Uber’s Chief Product Officer looks forward to. The company hopes to launch its first Vertical Take Off and Land (VTOL) airplane in 2020.

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The Elevator Pitch

“To do these things well, most lawyers must forget everything they ever learned in law school…” This is the advice that the award winning author, Bryan Garner, holder of three honorary degrees, gives on legal writing.

He urges lawyers to stop muddying the waters for Judges. Identify the main issue and give the Judge a quick and clear brief. Garner’s legal advice mirror the findings from a NYU psychological experiment on quick decision-making. Efficiency and concise argumentation bring success in many different vocations.

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Oxford, Number One University

Why has Oxford climbed to the top spot on some surveys of the worlds best Universities? There seem to be a couple of main reasons for the ranking. One is a renewed emphasis on the hard sciences at Oxford in recent years. Oxford’s tradition as a bastion of literary arts and philosophy remain but are giving way to the needs of the modern workplace which requires first rate math and science education…

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The Power of Sleep: Join the Revolution

Arianna Huffington’s widely popular book, The Sleep Revolution, came out this April. Already a New York Times best-seller, Huffington’s book argues for the importance of sleep, relaying staggering statistics on how lack of sleep decreases every aspect of our lives. Huffington and NBA star Andre Iguodala from the Golden State Warriors join forces to show why sleep is so important, and why we don’t get enough good hours of sleep…

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