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Flipping off Putin, breaking out the fishnets and 10 more chaotic moments from the 2022 Spirit Awards
Back-up host Sarah Silverman in an air-tight box for the 2022 Spirit AwardsScreenshot: IFC If the Spirit Awards went by Friends naming conventions, then this show might’ve gone down in history as “The One That Killed Sarah Silverman.” Mullaly and Offerman opened the show with a backstage sketch about meeting “back-up host” Sarah Silverman. A …
United Airlines aims to revive Concorde spirit with supersonic planes | United Airlines
United Airlines has bought 15 planes capable of travelling at twice the speed of modern airliners as it aims to bring back supersonic travel 18 years after Concorde’s final flight. The airline agreed to purchase the Overture aircraft from Boom Supersonic, with the planes able to fly at Mach 1.7 (1,300mph), potentially halving the transatlantic …
Rombauer Wins the 2021 Preakness, Surging Past Medina Spirit
BALTIMORE — Medina Spirit was running against more than the nine rivals on the track on Saturday. He was taking on an ex-president who had called him “a junkie,” late night comics and a public skeptical of his natural talent after he won the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago but failed a drug test afterward. …
Loki’s show is coming out two days earlier, in the spirit of the trickster god
Loki, the upcoming Disney Plus show about the trickster god and brother of Thor, will be coming out slightly earlier than originally planned: the premiere date has moved to June 9th, from the 11th. The show will also air on a new day of the week, with new episodes airing on Wednesdays instead of Fridays. …
Medina Spirit wins 147th Kentucky Derby
Medina Spirit has won the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby, kicking off the 2021 race for the Triple Crown. Medina Spirit, ridden by jockey John R. Velazquez, came into the race at 12-1 odds. Trainer Bob Baffert has now won a record-breaking seventh Kentucky Derby. Essential Quality, which came into the race undefeated at …
Celebrating Our Spirit: Situation leads to technology enhancements
LIMA — Using technology to continue working beyond the office cubicle has been one benefit of the COVID-19 pandemic in keeping local businesses operating safely. For Nutrien Lima it was something they embraced. “So I think for us it was a combination of having as much of our workforce that could work remotely do so …
Holy Spirit Empowerment Global Church: Using technology to save souls | Religion
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic,Holy Spirit Empowerment Global Church went from a telephone conference line ministry to a full scale cyber church. “Being that we are a cyber church we were kind of well prepared before the pandemic began,” said the Rev. Donia Walsh, pastor of Holy Spirit Empowerment Global Church. Walsh established Holy Spirit Empowerment …
SPIRIT MATTERS: Mystical union in the age of technology
The last few weeks, I, and I suspect most people with access to it, have been spending considerably more time on social media, trying in some way to stay connected to the outside world. I notice on Facebook, in particular, there are many memes making light of the situation we all find ourselves in. Here …
School spirit contest offers technology prize | Local News
A social media bracket challenge coordinated by Bluegrass Cellular will award a $5,000 technology prize to one area school. Nominations are being accepted for the 2019 Battles in the Bluegrass school spirit program. High schools in Bluegrass Cellular’s coverage area compete to collect Facebook “likes” and “loves.” The company, which is headquartered in Elizabethtown, randomly …
