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The Last Kingdom recap: season one, episode five a battle for Wessex

The Last Kingdom: episode by episodeThe Last KingdomOur hero Uhtred attempts to save his marriage, while the rapidly advancing Odda the Younger is enjoyably loathsome in this fantastically well-paced episode Spoiler alert: this blog is for those who have watched the fourth episode of The Last Kingdom, showing on BBC2, Thursday nights in the UK; please refrain from posting any spoilers if you’ve seen more of the series. Read Sarah’s recap of episode four here.

The rightwing US textbooks that teach slavery as black immigration

Race in educationGuardian analysis finds that private schools, especially Christian schools, use textbooks that tell of a version of history that is racially biased and inaccurate One history textbook exclusively refers to immigrants as “aliens”. Another blames the Black Lives Matter movement for strife between communities and police officers. A third discusses the prevalence of “black supremacist” organizations during the civil rights movement, calling Malcolm X the most prominent “black supremacist” of the era.

Comedy Central Roast Of Rob Lowe

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Ex-Amazon managers say they were pressured to cut successful workers to meet attrition goals and

Redeem now Former Amazon managers say they were pressured to cut successful workers to meet attrition goals. When they resisted doing so, they faced retribution, according to Insider's reporting. An Amazon spokesperson said the anecdotes don't reflect reality for most of the company's workers. Amazon's annual performance reviews were approaching, and a programmer team lead was prepared. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.

Juan Manuel Marquez had the fist that knocked out Manny Pacquiao cast in plaster

Redeem now Juan Manuel Marquez, 48, was inducted into boxing's Hall of Fame over the weekend. The Mexican fighter is known mostly for his historic four-fight rivalry with Manny Pacquiao. Marquez KO'd Pacquiao in 2012 with his right hand — a hand which was cast in plaster on Saturday. CANASTOTA, N.Y. — Juan Manuel Marquez's fist that knocked out Manny Pacquiao in 2012 was cast this weekend in plaster to be enshrined forever at boxing's Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.