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‘Aga’ Review: A Little Yurt in a Big World
The snowy landscape in “Aga” stretches on forever, like an ocean of white. For the movie’s old man and woman, the snow is at once their backyard and their universe. They live alone with a handsome dog in a little yurt on a big plateau in an austere land where few other creatures roam. Every …
Make-up’s Big Palm Oil Secret
Emmy Burbidge is a make-up artist who runs her own beauty salon in Somerset, and wants to know where palm oil comes from and how it’s made. Palm oil is used in 70% of cosmetic products, and Emmy says that her customers are increasingly asking whether it’s in the products she’s using. 20% of palm …
WR’s big night helps Arlington Bowie defeat FM Marcus
Click here to view the box score ARLINGTON — Explosive junior receiver Jimmy Valsin turned a pair of intermediate passes into long-distance touchdowns to propel Arlington Bowie to a 28-14 victory over Flower Mound Marcus Thursday night at Wilemon Stadium. “People might not think we can throw, but we are showing we can,” said Valsin, …
Kudlow can’t promise China trade deal by November 2020, but says big announcement coming
In the midst of brewing economic escalation, White House adviser Larry Kudlow said he couldn’t promise a finalized trade deal with China by the 2020 election, but claimed a major trade announcement was coming, during an interview with CNN. “I can’t make any promises. I don’t want to make any forecasts,” he said Sunday, on “State of the Union.” “I …
Bitcoin Poised To Break Out Big
With the equity markets roiling of late, Bitcoin’s been surprisingly quiet. But the cryptocurrency looks ripe for a breakout soon – one that could vault it toward the all-time highs – or sending it tumbling down to long-term support. Since late June, Bitcoin’s meandered between the recent peak around $13,850 and recent low around $9,150 and trading …
Keeping up with the big guys – how ADAPT is reimagining digital technology
WITHIN A FEW hundred metres of Andy Way’s office on the second floor of the computing building on Dublin City University’s Glasnevin Campus, there are 70 people working away on machine translation. “Even in Google, they wouldn’t have 70 people working on MT (machine translation),” Way, the deputy director of ADAPT and a professor in …
“Little People, Big World” alums Jeremy and Audrey are having a boy
CLOSE “Little People, Big World” alums Jeremy and Audrey Roloff have announced they’re having a boy. He’ll join 23-month-old daughter Ember. (Photo: Tibrina Hobson, Getty Images) The world of Jeremy and Audrey Roloff is about to get bigger as they await the arrival of a son. The “Little People, Big World” alums’ son will join their …
Can big investors save the world?
Image copyright Google Image caption While young people have been demonstrating against climate change, big financial players are putting on pressure from a different direction While young people throng the streets demanding action on man-made climate change, an older, more sober group of activists is fighting a green campaign: big investors. The men and women …
Extinction: Humans played big role in demise of the cave bear
Image copyright R. Kowalczyk Image caption Cave bear skull from the Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Serbia The arrival of human ancestors in Europe some 40,000 years ago coincided with the downfall of the cave bear, scientists have revealed. New evidence suggests humans hunted the bear and drove it from caves, putting it on the …
The Technology 202: Big Tech under pressure to limit spread of 8chan and other extremist content
A memorial in Dayton, Ohio (Photo by Megan JELINGER / AFP)MEGAN JELINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Ctrl + N Social media companies are facing greater pressure to limit the spread of content from 8chan and other sites known to foster violent extremism, after this weekend’s shooting in El Paso became the third this year to apparently begin with the …
