City council approves new netting for Edith Gay Park – Kelowna News – Castanet.net
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The one-liners were flying as readily as home runs and foul balls at Edith Gay Park on a cloudless summer afternoon. The topic was flying baseballs and the need...
Apple finally admits its products are difficult to repair – Salon
At the start of the year, the French government began requiring makers of smartphones and laptops to assign their products a "repairability" score based on how easy they are to fix...
A global bank where people can build long and successful careers – The Straits...
At the Bank of America, a steadfast focus on being a great place to work has never been more important and sets the firm apart. It is key to securing and...
Canada scraps export permits for drone technology to Turkey – Yahoo News UK
The TelegraphYoung NI rioters would have benefitted from Duke of Edinburgh Award, former Irish president saysNorthern Ireland riots would not have turned violent if the children involved had participated in the Duke...
Facial recognition systems are deciding your gender for you. Activists say that needs to...
If you rode the metro in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo in 2018, you might have come across a new kind of advertising. Glowing interactive doors featured content targeted at...
Artificial intelligence could “lead to serious harm” for LGBTQ+ community – Gay Times Magazine
Senior campaigns manager at All Out, Yuri Guaiana, has warned the AI software could lead to “malicious” consequences if used for the wrong reasons.
“With governments, police forces and corporations around the...
Orlando faces San Antonio on home skid – Associated Press
San Antonio Spurs (25-26, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (17-36, 14th in the Eastern Conference)Orlando; Monday, 8 p.m. EDTLINE: Spurs -6.5; over/under is 220.5BOTTOM LINE: Orlando looks to...
Why We’re Freaking Out About Substack – The New York Times
Isaac Saul, who told me his nonpartisan political newsletter Tangle brought in $190,000 in its first year, wrote recently that he came to Substack “specifically to avoid being associated with anyone...
Tech comedians poke fun at employers – CNBC
Alexis Gay quit her job in tech to pursue comedy full-time amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Images courtesy of Alexis GayWhen Alexis Gay had to present second quarter results to her team on...
The 50 best movies streaming free for Amazon Prime members (April 2021) – For...
A new month means more movies to devour from Amazon Prime’s extensive catalog, ranging from some old favorites to some new editions. We’ve sorted the best movies on the streaming service...
Marcia Gay Harden implies Judi Dench was a sore loser at 2001 Oscars –...
CBCMore than 200 isolating in Saint John after possible exposure to COVID-19 variant at churchMore than 200 people in Saint John are self-isolating because of possible exposure to a COVID-19 variant...
Winners of the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Announced – Book Riot
The winners of the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards were announced in their first-ever online ceremony since the Awards began 57 years ago. It was hosted by Kara Young and featured...
Ang Lee: Good actors can play any role – FOX 28 Spokane
Ang Lee believes that “good actors” should be prioritised for film roles.The 66-year-old director helmed the 2005 romantic drama ‘Brokeback Mountain’, which explored the relationship between male cowboys Ennis Del Mar...
Harvey Fierstein’s gay opus comes to The Studio Players with ‘Torch Song Trilogy’ –...
"Torch Song Trilogy" is likely a first for Collier County theater. Scott Lilly, artistic director of The Studio Players, concedes it may not be a welcome first to everyone. The three single-act evening...
Ang Lee: Good actors can play any role – The List
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Ang Lee Ang Lee thinks that "good actors" should be chosen for film roles and wouldn't feel bound to cast gay actors in the lead roles if...
Tugs most recognized vessel in workboat industry – WorkBoat
Almost any person unfamiliar with the workboat industry could identify a tugboat when he or she sees it.While there have been many technological changes over the decades, the basic shape of...
A Womb with a View – NEO.LIFE
When Ellen Delaney unexpectedly got pregnant with her daughter at age 41, it was a happy surprise. So many of her friends had faced emotionally taxing fertility treatments to get pregnant...
A $2 Billion Government Surveillance Lab Created Tech That Guesses Your Name By Simply...
Facial recognition technologies could be improved with computers that can guess a person's name by analyzing their facial characteristics, a government contractor claims. getty
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How Bill Gates’ company TerraPower is building next-generation nuclear power – CNBC
When Bill Gates started learning about nuclear power innovation, "I was skeptical, but also intrigued," he wrote on his Gates Notes blog in 2019.Like many people, Gates' opinion of nuclear power...
Why skills and not experience could land you your next job – CNBC
As companies adapt to a post-pandemic future, individuals' ability to demonstrate key skills could become more important than their previous experience or job titles.That's according to new insights from thought leaders...
Three SGTC students qualify for SkillsUSA National competitions – Americus Times-Recorder – Americus Times-Recorder
By Su Ann Bird AMERICUS – Five students from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) competed in the virtual state-level SkillsUSA competitions recently and three students received gold medals in their competitions. ...
In Mosaic’s darkly funny ‘Inherit the Windbag,’ an epic bickerfest (ep. 4) – DC...
Mosaic Theater Company’s web series Inherit the Windbag is a darkly funny revisitation of a debate between two larger-than-life figures. During the 1968 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, gay liberal writer...
Can We Have Difference As Well As Community? – Forbes
LGBTQ activists take part in the Pride Parade in Bangkok on November 7, 2020. (Photo by LILLIAN ... SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP...
Arabs talk sex and taboos on Clubhouse app, but for how long? – Devdiscourse
* U.S. audio chatroom app proves popular in the Middle East * Clubhouse provides a rare forum for open debate on taboo subjects
* Users, analysts wary of a wider crackdown by...
Apple finally admits its products are difficult to repair – Grist
At the start of the year, the French government began requiring makers of smartphones and laptops to assign their products a “repairability” score based on how easy they are to fix...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon: Fintech is an ‘enormous competitive’ threat to banks –...
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO, listed fintech as one of the "enormous competitive threats" to banks in his annual shareholder letter released Wednesday."Banks ... are facing extensive competition from...
Grades are dehumanising, but ‘ungrading’ is no simple solution – Times Higher Education (THE)
There is copious evidence that grades are not a good measure of learning, that they inhibit intrinsic motivation and that they create a competitive environment for students, and hostile relationships between...
Why No One’s Going to Break Up Big Tech – Foreign Policy
April 6, 2021, 11:11 AM U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar didn’t mince words about Mark Zuckerberg.
The Facebook founder was effectively a hypocrite, Klobuchar said in March, as she opened her...
How does science care for “unusual” relationships? – fingerlakes1.com
Studies of gay relationships are young. The first scientific work on the interaction of gays and lesbians with their partners during communication (facial expressions, the voice tone, manifestation of emotions, and...
Big Tech, Policymaking, and Leadership: An Interview With Journalist Kara Swisher – Harvard Political...
Kara Swisher is a contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times, the host of the podcast Sway, the co-host of the podcast Pivot with Scott Galloway, and an editor-at-large for...
St. Anthony: How a young female owner’s ‘vulnerability’ helped heating company through COVID-19 –...
Claire Ferrara, president of Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, is proof that Dunwoody College of Technology is not your grandfather's trade school. And Ferrara, 34, a Dunwoody graduate like her father,...
Indiana takes on San Antonio, seeks to halt 3-game slide – Associated Press
Indiana Pacers (21-26, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (24-22, eighth in the Western Conference)San Antonio; Saturday, 9 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Indiana comes into the matchup against San...
Md. Senate committee passes bill to ban LGBTQ panic defense – Washington Blade
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on April 26 that the city’s COVID-related public health restrictions are being eased one step further by the lifting of a ban on live entertainment at...
Pattaya’s gay scene does have a future after all – Pattaya Mail
Eggz, Mattress and their friends predict gay entertainment is coming back to Pattaya.
There is no shortage of prophets of doom concerning the future of gay bars and clubs. Worldwide about half...
GT lures LA life sciences lawyer ICLG News – ICLG.com
A Jones Day partner with more than 25 years’ life sciences experience and a deep understanding of...