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The parade started early in the morning, before the heat could set in. The humidity in Taiwan was formidable, and heatstroke-addled marchers made for poor celebrants. The bustling streets of Taipei had been half-cordoned off; aggrieved drivers inched along single file. I waited on the sidewalk, craning my neck over the crowd, trying to catch a glimpse of the floats. First, the loud music of brasses. Instead of gangly high schoolers, I spied a troupe of grannies huffing into their horns and banging on their drums, wearing uniforms best described as somewhere between majorette and cheerleader, with short, pleated skirts…
1 The 1984 Neustadt Prize banquet honored Finnish writer Paavo Haavikko. Left to right: Astrid Ivask, Ritva Rainio, Paavo Haavikko, Dolores Neustadt, Doris Westheimer Neustadt, and Walter Neustadt Jr. 2 Dolores Neustadt and juror Shirley Geok-Lin Lim at the 1998 Neustadt Prize banquet honoring Nuruddin Farah. 3. Dolores Neustadt at her ninetieth birthday celebration in April 2018 | Courtesy of Nancy Barcelo. 4. Dolores Neustadt at her ninetieth birthday celebration in April 2018 | Courtesy of Nancy Barcelo. 5. Dolores Neustadt and her daughters—Nancy Barcelo, Susan Neustadt Schwartz, and Kathy Neustadt—at the University of Oklahoma in 2014 | Photo by Jen Blair. 6. Dolores and Walter…
Blinken’s trip to Beijing over the last two days — the secretary’s first under the Biden administration — marked a resumption of high-level U.S.-China government meetings after a tense four-plus months.Aly Song | ReutersBEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday he failed to revive military-to-military talks with China, despite earlier hopes of reopening that communication channel.Blinken’s trip to Beijing over the last two days — the secretary’s first under the Biden administration — marked a resumption of high-level U.S.-China government meetings after a tense four-plus months.Military communication had dropped off during that time.China’s Defense Ministry declined a…
Access denied: previously the public was able to freely drive or cycle around Fermilab’s ground to watch its herd of bison or fish in its ponds (courtesy: Ryan Postel, Fermilab) Located on prairie land near Batavia, Illinois, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has long been renowned as a place that’s friendly to users and visitors alike. It has welcomed not just visiting scientists and contractors but friends and relatives of employees and members of the local community too. Once inside, they could attend lectures, visit experiments, or drive or cycle around the lab’s 27 km2 grounds to watch its herd…
TAMPA, Fla. — Indonesia’s Satria-1 broadband satellite deployed its solar panels after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 to geosynchronous transfer orbit over the weekend, manufacturer Thales Alenia Space said June 19. It will take about five months for Indonesia’s first very high throughput (VHTS) satellite to reach its 146 degrees East orbital slot via onboard electric propulsion, Thales Alenia Space spokesperson Sandrine Bielecki said. Once it reaches its geostationary orbital slot late this year, Thales Alenia Space will need to conduct about three weeks of tests before Satria-1 (also known as Nusantara 3) can enter commercial service. The $545…
The European Union last year finalised a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets, headphones, and cameras. Now, it has revised EU rules on batteries sold in the region, including making them replaceable. The new law passed by the EU parliament mandates designing portable batteries in appliances in such a way that consumers can easily remove and replace them themselves. The rules cover all rechargeable batteries used in electric vehicles and mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and others sold within the EU region.Last week, with a majority of 587 votes to nine, the EU Parliament approved a revision of the…
A person receives a COVID-19 vaccination dose, during a free distribution of COVID-19 rapid test kits for those who received vaccination shots or booster shots, at Union Station on January 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s independent panel of advisors raised doubts about the need to “periodically” update Covid vaccines, noting that it’s unclear if the virus is seasonal like the flu.Advisors on Thursday unanimously voted that new jabs for the fall should be monovalent — meaning they are designed against one variant of Covid — and target one of the…
Morgan Wallen’s son Indigo took a dog bite to the face … and now the boy’s mother is looking to rehome the pooch. Play video content Instagram / @jombo_imkt The country music star’s ex-girlfriend, KT Smith, says her Great Pyrenees bit the two-year-old child she shares with Morgan, and the kid needed stitches. Morgan’s ex says the dog, Logan, is a rescue … and she doesn’t want to put the dog down, as some are suggesting. KT, who lives in the Nashville area, says she is instead looking to rehome Logan with a family that has a lot of land…
In this articleAMZNFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTSix years ago, Amazon kicked off a sweepstakes-style contest in search of where to build a second headquarters. The competition drew bids from 238 states, provinces and cities vying to be the next anchor for the nation’s dominant online retailer and second-largest private employer.This week, Amazon formally opened the doors of the first part of its new East Coast headquarters, dubbed HQ2, in northern Virginia. The first phase, called Metropolitan Park, includes two 22-story office towers, which can accommodate 14,000 of the 25,000 employees Amazon plans to bring on in Arlington. About 2,900…
Bob Lee Swagger remains one of the most badass television characters ever. The USA Network series, Shooter, was one of the finest, coming at a time when the cable network ran supreme with endless content for everyone’s viewing. With slick action sequences, subterfuge, and adrenaline-pumping thrills, the series, more often than not, was a must-see summer show for three seasons until its unfortunate cancellation. TV Fanatic followed along with the journey from beginning to end with full coverage in our Shooter Reviews. It is still a perfectly binge-able series that you can stream on Netflix, at least until June 21,…
Headwear might not be the first thing you search for when summer rolls around – swim shorts, Cuban collars and sunglasses probably all come first. But, as an alternative form of sun protection – and a potentially stylish wardrobe addition – a summer hat is a fine investment for the right head.To save you from reaching for that trusty battered beanie, we’ve pulled together a comprehensive guide on hats for men that work specifically in the summer months. So, from the most important hat styles to how to find the one that suits you, here’s how to get headwear right…
A Fresh Start in a City Ruled by History Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya Share article Excerpt from The Holy Days of Gregorio Pasos by Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya I stayed in a hostel for a week, in Adams Morgan, by all the bars and clubs and hookah lounges. The hostel was quite nice. The desk people were kind enough to let me pay night by night while I looked for a more permanent living situation. I received a keycard, a sleep mask, shampoo, a toothbrush, toothpaste, a towel, and a lock and key for my valuables. I was assigned a bottom bunk…
PIMCO headquarters building in Newport Beach, Calif.Scott Mlyn | CNBCThe Securities and Exchange Commission said investment adviser Pacific Investment Management Company will pay $9 million to settle two enforcement actions related to disclosure and procedure violations.”We are pleased to resolve these matters relating to issues which occurred in two funds more than five years ago, and which PIMCO had fully addressed prior to the SEC’s investigations,” a PIMCO spokesperson said. The SEC alleged in a statement Friday that PIMCO failed to give investors essential information about PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income Fund’s (PGP) use of interest rate swaps and the…
In the past few years, electric bicycles have grown in popularity across the United States. They’ve become a common sight in many cities and sales show no signs of slowing down. However, this rapid growth raises questions about the need for closer regulation. Some worry that e-bikes are too fast. Others cite the danger they pose to those on regular bicycles and pedestrians, especially the elderly and children. And of course, there’s the danger to e-bike riders themselves. States and municipalities face a conundrum; they want to encourage e-bike riding as an eco-friendly alternative to drivingbut more electric bikes…
Asteroid City delivered a massive jolt to the arthouse and specialty world this weekend as the Wes Anderson film presented by Focus Features blew past records with an estimated $790k three-day gross and $890k estimated for the four-day weekend in just six theaters. That’s a per-theater average of $132,211 for the three days, and $148,901 for the four, repping the biggest PTA of year, and since Covid, and for some years before. This helmer can energize the specialty box office like no other. His Grand Budapest Hotel in 2014 opened at $800k on four screens, for a PSA of $200k —…
by Trevor Kimball, June 16, 2023(Photo by: Greg Gayne/NBC) This comedy has run out of gas. NBC has cancelled American Auto, so there won’t be a third season. The second season of 13 episodes finished airing in April. A workplace comedy series, the American Auto TV show stars Ana Gasteyer, Harriet Dyer, Jon Barinholtz, Humphrey Ker, Michael B. Washington, Tye White, and X Mayo. Set in Detroit, the story finds the corporate executives of Payne Motors at a crossroads — adapt to the changing times or be sent to the junkyard. Shaking things up is the new CEO, Katherine Hastings…
SAN FRANCISCO – Finland’s Kuva Space won a 5 million euro ($5.47 million) European Commission contract to supply hyperspectral data to the Copernicus Contributing Mission program. Under the five-year contract announced June 19, Kuva Space will provide data for monitoring farms, forests, methane emissions, harmful algal blooms and other applications. “We are building a novel approach to spaceborne hyperspectral imaging and service delivery,” Tuomas Tikka, Kuva Space co-founder and chief technology officer, told SpaceNews by email. “We’re looking forward to evaluating our data and service capabilities together with the European Space Agency and Copernicus program experts in order to bring…