Meanwhile, several Latin American countries pulled back from promises to join a multinational invasion team. Argentina last week warned it might not be part of a first wave of troops. And Jamaica said it would not participate at all.
title: “A Microsoft Owned Discord Could Be Bad Experts Say” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-23” author: “Catherine Price” Reports that Discord is exploring a $10 billion-plus sale have been cropping up recently, leading to a report from Bloomberg suggesting Microsoft is in discussions to purchase the online messaging app. This news has led many to lament the possible acquisition, since Microsoft hasn’t had the best history when it comes to acquiring new communication services....
As well as suggesting the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ)—that rings the center of the Milky Way—is somehow blocking cosmic rays, the findings could indicate the presence of a massive high-energy natural particle accelerator at the heart of our galaxy. The research, published in the journal Nature Communications, could help researchers explain the origins of cosmic rays, high-energy particles that originate outside the solar system and bombard Earth causing high-energy particle collisions in the upper atmosphere....
FRBs are bright pulses of radio emissions—lasting milliseconds, or fractions of a millisecond—which appear to originate from far beyond our galaxy. To date, researchers have uncovered more than 100 FRBs since they were first identified in 2007. However, the origin of these extremely energetic radio bursts remains unknown. Most FRB sources emit a single one-off burst. But a minority—around 10—have been shown to repeat, although the bursts appear to be sporadic without a regular pattern....
With crime surging in the Big Apple and cities across America, both men stressed their opposition to the idea of defunding the police. In fact, Adams ran on a tough law and order message last spring to win a crowded Democratic primary, and Biden went out of his way to express a similar sentiment. Acknowledging the seriousness of the problem that is destroying families and communities is a positive start....
All three studies tackled the same basic question. To see if healthy people harbor the amyloid protein, teams based in Boston, Cleveland and San Francisco tested a range of cells and body fluids with newly developed molecular probes. To their surprise, they found the molecule everywhere they looked-in plasma, in spinal fluid, even in fetal neurons. No one knows what natural function the amyloid protein performs. Nor is it clear that the brain deposits associated with Alzheimer’s disease result directly from a bodywide amyloid overload....
Let’s go through the simple properties and how to use them in your database. But for all the beginners out there, let’s go back to the basics first. What Are Database Properties in Notion? Once you create a Notion database, you’ll notice that there are several different properties available. What exactly do they mean? Properties define what type of information a column in your database contains and are a great tool to keep your information organized....
This can then be hooped around a pole to secure the bike in place via the seat. Chilean inventors Cristóbal Cabello, Juan José Monsalve, and Andrés Roi Eggers set about conceptualising, designing and bringing the existence of the bicycle to fruition after Eggers suffered multiple bike thefts while a student at university. The friends raised money for their invention via a crowdfunding venture, and following the success of this they are set to release 300 bikes after production....
While good monetary policy and crisis management have helped global equity markets bounce back from 9-11, we’re only just beginning to see the negative effects of the attacks on trade flows, global productivity levels and global economic growth. Six months after the disaster, the S&P 500 was actually up 15 percent from levels immediately after the attacks. Global tourism is also recovering, and despite the fact that 9-11 was the biggest single event ever for the insurance industry, no major insurance firm has gone into bankruptcy....
PATEL: Why did you start writing? HAMID: As a kid, I was a dreamer. I “read” atlases and almanacs, copied out maps and wrote imaginary histories. Later, in the States, I wrote because I missed home. Why is there so much history in “Moth Smoke”? A reference to Mughal history is integral to my plot, and it offers enjoyment at a deeper level. In 17th-century India, the Emperor Shahjahan’s eldest son, Darashikoh, a cosmopolitan, wine-drinking poet, was heir to the throne....
Wall Street is notoriously short-term oriented, so it’s appropriate that investors ho-hummed the cloning news. After all, it will likely be five to 10 years, a lifetime for Wall Street, before any practical, or profitable, applications spring out of the development. To be sure, the stock of tiny PPL Therapeutics rose 65 percent, but most other biotech stocks barely budged. Yet the Scottish advance adds tantalizing promise to the race to engineer animals that could produce drugs for an array of human health problems....
No kidding. The former Boise State running back who scored a two-point conversion on the iconic Statue of Liberty play in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma has never watched the game. MORE: The most unforgettable games of 2016 He might see the game on a television when he walks into a store this time of year. That legendary 43-42 victory against the Sooners on Jan. 1, 2007, which capped a 13-0 season for the Broncos means something else to him 10 years later....
Chan Marshall, 31, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and pretty much sole member of Cat Power, may be the most effective anti-performer around. Her quiet, plain-Jane alto is always fading to a whisper, her instrumental skills are beginner-level functional, her song structures are simple, her tempos dirgelike. She won a cult following in the mid-’90s with her postpunk debut album, “Dear Sir,” released on Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley’s label; a less small cult following with the minimalist 1998 “Moonpix” and the equally spare and moody “The Covers” in 2000–with well-chosen songs by Dylan, the Stones and the regrettably obscure Michael Hurley....
The tourists did expose the batting worries Australia had heading into the series, but England’s concerns are far greater. After the hosts took a 1-0 series lead, we take a look at the views from both nations. Dejan Kalinic with the view from Australia: Winning the opening Test of an Ashes series by 10 wickets is just about the perfect start. That was the case for Australia and, while the result may have flattered the hosts, it was just the start they needed at their Gabba fortress....
This is part of an ongoing shift in religious awareness, “a greening of faith,” that has been underway for some time. Christians’ understanding of the Biblical term “dominion” has evolved from our God-given right to dominate and exploit the Earth to our God-given responsibility to care for creation. Climate awareness now also suffuses the Hebrew shalom, the right order that allows all to flourish, and tikkun olam, repair of the world....
My father was listening to the conversation from a distance. “Boris Becker,” he said. “The youngest player to win the Wimbledon at the age of 17. 1985 belonged to the man,” he added with a glance at the television. “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” the famous quote promptly filled my mind with an eagerness to watch the greatest of all time. Roger Federer was in readiness to battle Marin Cilic in what was expected to be an intense encounter....
But I really go for deeper reasons: there is an annual tryst with the world that I must make, a reunion with Nature after the astonishing rebirth of the winter landscape. In addition to mushroom hunting, I go to enjoy the parkway, to see whether the shadbush is blooming, to find out whether the bloodroot has appeared and to note when the first trilhum lifts its white petals. I almost hold my breath for the rare sight of a showy pink orchid....
Bachelet has “suffered” from that personal loss, she says. But she insists she harbors no ill will toward the armed forces that she now heads. She took the job, she told NEWSWEEK, because “I felt I could serve as a bridge between the military and civil society.” That the top brass voiced no objection to her appointment reflects, in part, her impressive qualifications. Bachelet gained a thorough grounding in national-security issues in the 1990s as a standout student at military academies in Santiago and Washington, and later served as a policy adviser to the Defense Ministry under Lagos’s predecessor, Eduardo Frei....
It has been almost 3 weeks now since we started watching great hockey action everyday. The level of hockey being played is truly world class and all the teams except Mumbai Magicians have been able to play up to their potential. The tournament is peaking at the right time and so are the teams. All of us have seen how young Indian players are performing on the world stage. Although Sandeep Singh is the top scorer of the tournament as of now, I’ve become a die- hard fan of Mandeep Singh from Ranchi Rhinos....
