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Flightradar24 finds not just planespotters flocking to its website

May 18, 2015 creative city-committee, computer-screen, homes, homes-known, march-french, plane-tracking, rain-shower, the-information, victoria-bryan

By Victoria Bryan and Peter Maushagen BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Within 40 minutes of Germanwings flight 4U9525 crashing in the Alps in March French accident investigators from the BEA authority were on the phone to plane tracking website Flightradar24. “BEA called us and we of course passed the information over to them right away,” the website operator's chief executive Fredrik Lindahl said

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Fitness studios keep clients on track with photos, social media

May 18, 2015 creative california, fitness, friendly-nudge, gregory-chertok, homes-known, nudge-on-their, plane-tracking, rain-shower, sarajevo, sports

Boutique fitness studios are keeping track of clients' progress with methods ranging from videotaping their workouts to measuring their fat, to posting a friendly nudge on their Facebook pages. Gregory Chertok, a sports psychology consultant with the American College of Sports Medicine, said research has shown that even small amounts of social support can produce large and lasting gains in physical activity.

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Thailand worried by blast of anti-migrant vitriol on social media

May 18, 2015 publisher asylum, bangladeshis, california, friendly-nudge, homes-known, myanmar, plane-tracking, rain-shower, rickety-boats, sarajevo, sawitta, sawitta-lefevre, sports, state-john

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand expressed concern on Monday at a wave of anti-migrant vitriol on social media, which the government said underlined why it cannot accept any more of the asylum seekers who have been arriving by boat on its shores.