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2021 Masters tee times, pairings: Complete field, groups, schedule for Round 1 at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The first-and second-round tee times are out for the 2021 Masters. As usual, Augusta National spread the wealth around proportionately with these threesomes. There will be intrigue off the first tee on the first of four long, wonderful spring days at the first major championship of 2021. The Masters’ return to April …
Technology really can be stranger than fiction at times
I’ve been reading and rereading novels of the great writer Ursula K Le Guin over the past year, and they have had me thinking about the difficulty of writing about technologies that will (or won’t) be in use in one’s imagined future worlds. Much has been written about the influence of science fiction on eventual …
How hotels are using technology to boost traveller confidence during COVID times
The Guardian Roaring crowds, roti and Rihanna: the view from a Delhi farm protest camp As rhetoric rises on both sides, Indian farmers at the Singhu camp say they are going nowhere Women shout protest slogans at the Singhu camp. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Puffing out his chest, his lime green turban luminescent in the morning …
Silicon Valley’s Safe Space – The New York Times
More than 7,500 people signed a petition urging The Times not to publish his name, including many prominent figures in the tech industry. “Putting his full name in The Times,” the petitioners said, “would meaningfully damage public discourse, by discouraging private citizens from sharing their thoughts in blog form.” On the internet, many in Silicon …
Pictures From Russia Protests – The New York Times
Tens of thousands of people turned out across Russia on Sunday for a second consecutive weekend rally in support of a jailed opposition leader, Aleksei A. Navalny. But where the protesters went, so did the police, meeting them in sometimes brutal clashes. The protests started in Russia’s far east and swept across the vast nation, …
Carpenter Technology sees tough times but brighter future | Berks Regional News
PHILADELPHIA – Cyclical companies, like Carpenter Technology, can go through some rough times when the U.S. economy is bad, like now. The company, which has several manufacturing facilities in Berks County, reported negative results Thursday for the second quarter of fiscal 2021 in most financial measurements, and the stock dropped close to 4% in mid-morning …
Taiwanese man fined $47K for violating home quarantine 7 times
(CNN) — A Taiwanese man has been fined $1 million New Taiwan Dollars ($35,000) for repeatedly breaking his home quarantine. The unnamed man, who lives in Taichung in central Taiwan, was doing a home quarantine in his apartment building after returning from a business trip to mainland China and violated it at least seven times, …
Breaking News Today LIVE | Global Times Deny Injuries To 20 PLA Soldiers During Skirmish In Naku La
Welcome to the ABP LIVE live blog for Monday, January 24, 2021: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will take part in a protest to be staged in Mumbai in support of the farmers agitating against Centre’s three new farm laws on the borders of New Delhi. Prime …
COA recognizes surgical technology grads – The Coastland Times
College of The Albemarle has recognized the surgical technology Class of 2020. Shown are, top, from left, Hannah Carver, Pasquotank; Jamesha Tripp, Perquimans; Taylor Hunter, Pasquotank; Donna Peterman, Currituck; bottom, from left, Arianna Sands, Currituck; Kristie Markham, Pasquotank; Karissa Gibbs, Pasquotank and Josie Hall, Pasquotank. The student graduates completed the program in December. READ ABOUT …
‘Good technologies’ to take world out of pandemic mess – The Manila Times
Last of two parts The Manila Times (TMT): How do you see the changes from this year impacting businesses in the coming year, and beyond? Melarkode: Let’s talk about the flip side of digitalization. There is a heightened awareness of aspects of digital dystopia, too. Various lockdowns have shown us that, ultimately, humans are more …
