Margaret Atwood Reads Mavis Gallant, Live
The author joins Deborah Treisman live at the Hot Docs podcast festival to read and discuss the story “Varieties of Exile,” which was published in a 1976 issue of The New Yorker.
The author joins Deborah Treisman live at the Hot Docs podcast festival to read and discuss the story “Varieties of Exile,” which was published in a 1976 issue of The New Yorker.
Before the action gets going this month, consider these 2023 Big Ten basketball predictions, Purdue odds, Illinois best bets and other conference picks.
Self-checkout stations show little signs of slowing their expansion across retail, yet critics only appear to be getting louder. Do the benefits of self-checkout outweigh the drawbacks for both shoppers and retailers?
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The holidays will be here before you know it. Need a budget-friendly computer to manage your gift list, do your online shopping, or even give to someone special (aka your Apple-obsessed loved one)? This pre-loved 13.3-inch MacBook Pro may be ideal since it’s now only $235.97 (reg. $349) through November 9th!
The 13.3” MacBook Pro is a perfect option for anyone who needs a portable computer for home use, travel, or practically anything else. It features an Intel Core i5 processor for smoother performance... Читать дальше...
Third grade students read a book during an English language arts class at their temporary school site in early October before campuses in Lāhainā re-opened. | AP/Mengshin Lin
Hawai‘i education officials want to return to normal. But some parents want more time to heal.
Читать дальше...Growth, AI and the economy were all big buzzing topics at the ANA Masters of Marketing conference, which just wrapped up its annual October run at the Rosen Shingle Creek resort in Orlando. The event is one of the biggest gatherings of brands, marketers and agencies of the year, and its four days of presentations,...
For his first international speech as speaker of the House, Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson opted for a short video address to the London kick-off of a new-ish British group called the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC). Johnson, who sits on ARC’s advisory board, said society faces a “civilizational moment.”
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Palestinians should never forgive Hamas for the calamity unfolding in Gaza. Palestinian and international anger about the appalling suffering being visited upon the innocent 2.1 million residents of Gaza is understandably focused on Israel. Israel is indeed responsible for its own misconduct, such as cutting off all necessities of life for everyone in Gaza and disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks that have killed thousands of Palestinians in just a few weeks, most of them civilians. Yet... Читать дальше...
Looking back, labor unions were strangely central to a lot of the earliest hits of HBO’s prestige era. Corrupt union politics and all those “no show” construction jobs serve as an ambient background for many of The Sopranos’ plotlines; The Wire devoted its entire second season to the Shakespearean tragedy of Frank Sobotka and the International Brotherhood of Stevedores; Deadwood’s microcosmic American origin story was haunted, through its entire run, by the looming threat of brutal, strike-breaking Pinkertons... Читать дальше...
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Last week, I worked with my colleague Antonio Regalado, our senior editor for biomedicine, to break a truly inspiring and honestly kind of wild story: Chinese scientists used gene therapy to restore…
Technology is all about solving big thorny problems. Yet one of the hardest things about solving hard problems is knowing where to focus our efforts. There are so many urgent issues facing the world. Where should we even begin? So we asked dozens of people to identify what problem at the intersection of technology and…
For all of history we’ve turned to technology, again and again, to help us solve our hardest problems. Technology gave us warmth and light when it was cold and dark. It helped us pull fish from the sea and crops from the earth so we would not be hungry. It enabled us to cross over…
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November could not come soon enough for the Penguins and Pens Points is here to usher in the new month with all the news and headlines from Tuesday.
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Via Chemical and Engineering News (article by Sara Cottle):
Dorothy J. Phillips, retired from the role of director of strategic marketing at Waters, has been elected the American Chemical Society 2024 president-elect by members of ACS. Phillips will serve as society president in 2025 and immediate past president in 2026. The appointment also includes serving on the board of directors from 2024 through 2026.
Читать дальше...The 60-piece collection includes everything from luxury watches to vintage clothing.
Ambulances were also seen entering the besieged enclave, with more than 80 wounded Palestinians set to be transferred for treatment in Egypt.
Taiwan is investigating suspected bribes connected to Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou’s presidential campaign, as the billionaire submits signatures to run in next year’s election.
Shares of Estee Lauder Companies EL tumbled 12.3% toward a six-year low beauty products company reported a surprise fiscal first-quarter profit but provided a second-quarter outlook that was well below expectations. The company reported net income for the quarter to Sept. 30 that fell to $31 million, or 9 cents a share, from $489 million, or $1.35 a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding nonrecurring items, adjusted earnings per share came to 11 cents, compared with the FactSet consensus for a per-share loss of 21 cents. Читать дальше...
Mortgage applications fell 2.1% in the latest week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. The average rate for a 30-year mortgage is 7.86%.
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This ‘crucial milestone’ that signifies financial stability will be lost on new homeowners for more than a decade.
"You’ll get higher wages, but then you have to pay enough in extra housing costs," says Berkeley's Jesse Rothstein. "You lose all of those extra earnings that you get."
Comedian Rhod Gilbert was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last year and has recently returned to our TV screens for a Stand Up To Cancer documentary.
The race to raise the most money for Central Texas Food Bank is back on for 2023. Join KXAN meteorologists David Yeomans and Kristen Currie as they go head-to-head for three weeks in November — all for a great cause.