The Irish Connection by Norma Jennings What’s it About? An Irish potato farmer flees the famine for Jamaica where he strives to abolish slavery. An Irish potato farmer flees the famine for Jamaica where he strives to abolish slavery The Irish Connection, latest historical fiction by award-winning novelist Norma Jennings, brings together two historic events of the mid-1800s—Ireland’s potato famine and Jamaica’s convoluted and brutal fight to abolish slavery—with a highly sympathetic protagonist, visceral storytelling, and a well-researched grounding in historical events and figures. Jennings does not spare the gritty details of life as a starving Irish tenant farmer or…
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Looking for a home-reno fix? Dying for a house-hunting extravaganza? HGTV has so many favorites to pick from, whether it is new episodes of Unsellable Houses, the final season of Good Bones, or following winners who are looking for My Lottery Dream Home. Scroll down for a peek at five picks worth watching. Unsellable Houses More twin wins! The sibling real-]estate team of Lyndsay Lamb and Leslie Lamb returns for a 13-episode fourth season of selling the unsellable. The Washington State natives help struggling homeowners across the Pacific Northwest get their languishing properties up-to-date and in the best condition to hit…
A new study has found that air pollution is preventing pollinators finding flowers because it degrades the scent. A research team comprising the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and the Universities of Birmingham, Reading, Surrey and Southern Queensland, found that ozone substantially changes the size and scent of floral odour plumes given off by flowers, and that it reduced honeybees’ ability to recognise odours by up to 90% from just a few metres away. Ground-level ozone typically forms when nitrogen oxide emissions from vehicles and industrial processes react with volatile organic compounds emitted from vegetation in the presence…
Major throwback. On Aug. 17, Jessica Alba stepped out in New York City wearing a show-stopping power suit constructed entirely out of medium-wash denim. The chic Canadian tuxedo included a corset style top and ultra high-waisted flare jeans that helped create a bodycon look. Alba added to the silhouette with a matching blazer featuring a colorful lining you might have missed at first glance, and exaggerated shoulder pads reminiscent of the ’80s. Styled by renowned celebrity stylist Erin Walsh, Alba looked effortlessly cool with a white bag, pointed-toe heels, and delicate butterfly ring from Jacquie Aiche. She completed her nostalgic…
Mismatched season 2 — out Friday — is the only Indian Netflix original scheduled for October, picking up after Dimple and Rishi’s dramatic fallout. TVF Tripling fame Akarsh Khurana returns to direct the coming-of-age series, tackling identity issues, bullying, mental health and other issues that plague the minds of young adults. The central theme, however, is relationships — be they romantic or platonic, all of which draw inspiration from Sandhya Menon’s 2017 novel, “When Dimple Met Rishi.” Of course, the San Francisco setting was swapped with the bustling locale of Jaipur in season 1, but it still retains the core…
Vince Clarke, the co-founder of Erasure and Depeche Mode, has announced his first solo album: Songs of Silence, which Clarke recorded in his home studio in New York, is out November 17 via Mute. Below, watch the Ebru Yildiz–directed music video for the LP’s “The Lamentations of Jeremiah.”Clarke co-founded Depeche Mode with Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and Andy “Fletch” Fletcher and played on the band’s 1981 debut, Speak & Spell. He went on to form Yazoo, the Assembly, and, eventually, Erasure with Andy Bell. In 2011, he reunited with Gore for VCMG, releasing an album, Ssss, the following year.Erasure most…
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World – first-look review – Little White Lies 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data…
Several key factors influence a person’s chances of survival if they fall from a great height. (Image credit: Shutterstock)The story of a 13-year-old boy from North Dakota who survived a nearly 100-foot fall from the Grand Canyon’s North Rim startled the world in summer 2023. His case, however, is not unique. Over the years, several people have made headlines for their odds-defying survival after falls. At the extreme end of the scale — and perhaps the most famous example — is the remarkable case of Vesna Vulović, a flight attendant who survived a 33,000-foot fall from a plane without a…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Ticket Out? I’ve been thinking about this story for over a decade, a murder mystery series where the main protagonist was a traffic warden on the streets of London in the 1960s. It had been in my head for so long, but when I watched the television series ENDEAVOUR, about a young Inspector Morse, which is set in the 1960s, it inspired me to stop thinking about the books and write them. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Ticket Out, what would they…
Fans have been singing hits from the Spice Girls since the iconic girl group formed in the early 1990s. Melanie C is set to appear on the upcoming season premiere of Celebrity Name That Tune, airing Tuesday, September 19, at 8 p.m. TV Fanatic scored an exclusive clip from the premiere, which finds her opening up about some of the band’s biggest fans. “We have some incredible fans, like Billie Eilish… Adele,” Melanie shares, before sharing a story about how Adele attended a Spice Girls concert and put on quite the show. “Adele actually came to our last show at…
THEY call it the “unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics”. Physicist Eugene Wigner coined the phrase in the 1960s to encapsulate the curious fact that merely by manipulating numbers we can describe and predict all manner of natural phenomena with astonishing clarity, from the movements of planets and the strange behaviour of fundamental particles to the consequences of a collision between two black holes billions of light years away. Now, some are wondering if maths can succeed where all else has failed, unravelling whatever it is that allows us to contemplate the laws of nature in the first place. It is a…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (local time) said that Singapore and UAE have shown interest to make the RuPay payment system acceptable in their countries. Sitharaman also said that India is holding consultations with different countries to make RuPay acceptable in their nations.”We are talking to different countries. Singapore and UAE have all come forward now to make RuPay acceptable in their countries,” Sitharaman said at the Brookings Institute think-tank during a fireside conversation with eminent economist Eshwar Prasad.”Not just that, the UPI (Unified Payments Interface), the BHIM app, and NCPI (the National Payments Corporation of India) are…
Motionless in White frontman Chris Motionless isn’t known for sticking to one hairstyle over the years, and after wearing hats for much of the last year, he’s now shared a “huge look transformation” on his social media. And… fans are, once again, freaking out.Earlier this year, Motionless in White fans grew restless on social media after the vocalist wore a beanie during the band’s ShipRocked performance in January. Dubbed “beaniegate,” many of his followers questioned what he was “hiding” underneath the hat. In turn, the singer trolled them by sharing a video taking off the beanie, only to reveal another beanie underneath.”No big…
Woman of the Hour – first-look review – Little White Lies 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try…
Tough and Confident: Leadership and Team Chemistry by Eugene Kranz We’re honored to have gotten a chance to talk with Eugene Kranz, former Director of Mission Operations at NASA and the man responsible for returning the Apollo 13 to safety. Check out what he has to say about his new book Tough and Confident: Leadership and Team Chemistry (Gatekeeper Press), which helps teach the leadership and teamwork principles that made the team at NASA work as one. NASA veteran Eugene “Gene” Kranz is best known as leader of the “Tiger Team” flight controllers who returned the damaged Apollo 13…
More than a month after Paul Reubens died at age 70, fans of the Pee-wee Herman actor now know his cause of death. Reubens died of acute hypoxic respiratory failure as he battled acute myelogenous leukemia and metastatic lung cancer, according to a death certificate obtained by The Blast. Hypoxic respiratory failure, also called hypoxemic respiratory failure, occurs when a person does not have enough oxygen in their blood, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Acute myelogenous leukemia, meanwhile, is a cancer in which one’s bone marrow creates immature white blood cells, which later become myeloblasts, per Healthline. Reubens — who…
COUNTLESS fad diets come and go, but these days there is one we never stop hearing about. Whether you call it low-carbing, Atkins, keto or paleo, the principle is the same: cutting down on starchy food and filling up on fat and protein. Low-carbohydrate diets are increasingly being endorsed by obesity and diabetes specialists, and a growing number of trials show that the approach helps people lose weight at least as much as traditional low-fat, low-calorie regimes. More and more people are eating this way, not to lose weight, but because they see it as healthier. Yet many doctors warn…
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Across a sterile white table in a windowless room, I’m introduced to a woman in her forties. She has a square jaw and blonde hair that has been pulled back from her face with a baby-blue scrunchie. “The girls call me Marmalade,” she says, inviting me to use her prison nickname. Early on a Wednesday morning, Marmalade is here, in a Finnish prison, to demonstrate a new type of prison labor.The table is bare except for a small plastic bottle of water and an HP laptop. During three-hour shifts, for which she’s paid €1.54 ($1.67) an hour, the laptop is…
Wes Anderson’s new short film, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, marks the second time the director has made an adaptation of a work by the celebrated author Roald Dahl. So, it’s no surprise that when he held a press conference at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere on Friday, September 1st, he was asked about his thoughts on the edits publishers made to Dahl’s books for a recently released collection meant for kids, which included rewrites intended to remove “offensive” language. “Certainly no one who is not an author should be modifying somebody’s book,” he said at the…
Harley Quinn Season 4 features some surprising Easter eggs, including a cameo from two memorable Batman Forever characters — Sugar and Spice. Who are Sugar and Spice from Batman Forever? Sugar and Spice — originally played by Drew Barrymore and Debi Mazar, respectively — were Two-Face’s wives in the 1995 film Batman Forever. In Harley Quinn Season 4, Episode 6, both women can be seen at the Legion of Doom’s party amidst other villains, as you can see in the Reddit post below: Batman Forever was released in 1995 and starred Val Kilmer in the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. Alongside…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Ashlie (she/her) is an educator, librarian, and writer. She is committed to diversifying the reading lives of her students and supporting fat acceptance as it intersects with other women’s issues. She’s also perpetually striving to learn more about how she can use her many privileges to support marginalized groups. Interests include learning how to roller skate with her local roller derby team, buying more books than she’ll ever read, hiking with her husband and sons, and making lists to avoid real work. You…
Ammonia is emerging as a promising energy source to achieve carbon neutrality due to its inherent carbon-free nature. A recent study, led by Professor Hankwon Lim in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering and the Graduate School of Carbon Neutrality at UNIST, has evaluated the feasibility of ammonia-based power generation through techno-economic and carbon footprint analyses. The research focuses on an integrated system combining ammonia decomposition and phosphoric acid fuel cells. The study, conducted using a commercial process simulator, unveils significant findings regarding the efficiency and economic viability of utilizing ammonia in power generation systems. Results indicate an impressive…
Is Intelligence about to lose one of its own when Chicago P.D. returns for its 11th season? That’s what the NBC drama left us wondering, with the Season 10 finale wrapping up Ruzek’s (Patrick John Flueger) undercover assignment. The white supremacists, including Richard Beck, were stopped, yes, but his grandson, shot Ruzek. Wanting to protect her son, the kid’s mother took him and fled, leaving the officer bleeding out. It took much too long for our comfort for Ruzek to finally reach Burgess (Marina Squerciati). He was alive when he was taken to the hospital, but it’s unclear what happened after he went…
The once strong-willed icon has become a proverbial punching bag on ‘And Just Like That…’. Can her style evolution save her? By Natalie Michie Date August 18, 2023 From the moment And Just Like That… entered the zeitgeist, fans have been mourning Miranda Hobbes. She didn’t pass away — but something about her felt lost. RELATED: What’s Up With Aidan and Carrie’s Outfits in And Just Like That…? Of all the Sex and the City women, Miranda — played by Cynthia Nixon — was once uniquely aspirational. Throughout the original show’s six-season run, she rejected expectations of femininity and looked…
House of the Dragon will take four full seasons to depict the Targaryen saga. On his personal blog, author George R.R. Martin wrote about the latest episode in the Game of Thrones prequel series, “The Lord of the Tides,” commending actor Paddy Considine’s portrayal of King Viserys, alongside the crew. Further down, he addressed the time jumps, noting co-showrunner Ryan J. Condal has handled it “very well,” and that it would take four seasons of 10 episodes each to complete the tale.“If House of the Dragon had 13 episodes per season, maybe we could have shown all the things we…
Credit: University of Tsukuba In the intense male–male competition for females, males often develop alternative reproductive tactics to achieve successful reproduction through unconventional means. These tactics often arise from their own condition and surroundings. However, if mothers can predict the situations their sons will encounter based on their own condition and the surrounding environment, maternal effects are likely to play a significant role in their sons’ reproductive tactics. These findings have been published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. In this study, researchers focused on the social environment, such as the sex ratio, as a predictor of the intensity…
Travis Scott is back and he’s bringing his “Utopia Presents Circus Maximus Tour” across North America this fall and winter, including two dates at the Kaseya Center in Miami this November. Originally, Scott was only going to be in Miami for one night, but now that the first date is sold-out, he’s added a second one (something he did for a handful of cities on the tour). Tickets are going fast, but this guide will give you all the info you need to secure your seats, stress-free. Read all the details below, and grab your tickets here. How Can I…
Pirates of the Caribbean is a massive film franchise, but it’s existed in a bit of a limbo for a while now. Hopefully a weird sequel is just what it needs.The last movie in the series, Dead Men Tell No Tales, was released in 2017. Amidst assorted tabloid scandals involving star Johnny Depp, another movie was not considered for a while. Back in 2022, when asked if Depp would appear in the next Pirates movie, producer Jerry Bruckheimer responded in the negative.For a while, the future of the series was unknown. Margot Robbie was brought on for a a while, and rumors…