Despite seemingly enjoying the air above $19,000 (roughly Rs. 15.71 lakh), Bitcoin’s price hasn’t moved much as the stuttering global economy continues to spook investors. Since September 20, the top cryptocurrency has remained between $18,250 (roughly Rs. 15.09 lakh) and $20,370 (roughly Rs. 16.84 lakh), with volatility being further sapped in the past two weeks. As things stand, the value of Bitcoin is up by 0.86 percent in the last 24 hours with its price now around the $19,350 (roughly Rs. 15.98 lakh) mark across global exchanges while Indian exchanges like CoinDCX value BTC at $20,191 (roughly Rs. 16.67 lakh),…
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Meet Me @ the Altar Perform “Kool” on Kelly Clarkson: Watch 0){ var regexp = /pwtv=(.*?)(&|$)/g; var matches = regexp.exec(purl); if(matches.length >= 2 && matches[1].length > 0){ profileVersionId = ‘/’+matches[1]; } } var wtads = document.createElement(‘script’); wtads.async = true; wtads.type = ‘text/javascript’; wtads.src = url+profileVersionId+’/pwt.js’; var node = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; node.parentNode.insertBefore(wtads, node); })(); ]]> The Kelly Clarkson Show (1iota) March 3, 2023 | 5:21pm ET Pop punk trio Meet Me @ the Altar appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show this week, hitting the stage to perform their song “Kool.” Watch their performance below. The band turned the set of Kelly Clarkson into an…
[] The Plough – first-look review 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 { if (msgIsString) { json…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Torkal’s wars #1 : A besieged neighbor? The story started from the War of the Gauls by Caesar and a game of Small World (the board game) with my son. How would that story transfer to a fantasy setup? I chose the viewpoint of the master of scouts of the Legion (to be able to view more of the world than a centurion would), enhancing the role of scouts compared to the original roman structure. Then, the characters began to twist the story to their own end. And it’s…
People with a higher cumulative estrogen exposure throughout their life may have a lower risk of stroke, according to a new study published in the February 1, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The lower risk was found for both ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage. An ischemic stroke is caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain and is the most common type of stroke. An intracerebral hemorrhage is caused by bleeding in the brain. “Our study suggests that higher estrogen levels due to a number of reproductive factors, including…
NBC’s revamped Sunday schedule continued to disappoint with the season premiere of The Blacklist. The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 1 drew 2.3 million viewers and a gasp-worthy 0.2 rating in the demo. The series was down from last season’s premiere (3.1 million/0.4 rating) and average (3 million/0.3 rating). Magnum P.I. Season 5 Episode 3 managed 3.6 million viewers and a 0.3 rating. The series is not performing as well on NBC but was relatively stable week-to-week. CBS went with The Equalizer (6.3 million/0.4 rating), East New York (4.6 million/0.4 rating), and NCIS: LA (4.4 million/0.4 rating), all geting a boost…
Photography provided by Jenisse Minott It has taught me that getting older means embracing who I am and wearing what I want. By Jenisse Minott Date February 23, 2023 The first time I saw 13 Going On 30 and watched Jenna Rink skip 17 years of her life because of a bad birthday party, I had one thought: she’s so real for that. The fact is “thirty, flirty, and thriving” sounded good to me at ten, and now, two years shy of the mark, it’s even more iconic. But not everyone is as excited for the next decade as I…
OnePlus has begun rolling out yet another update to the OnePlus 10T 5G with the latest version introducing Jio 5G support, alongside the October 2022 Android security patch. The handset was launched in August and has already received as many as four updates bringing a host of fixes and improvements. To recap, 5G network services were launched in the country on October 1 at the 6th edition of India Mobile Congress. Currently, Jio and Airtel have rolled out their 5G networks in select cities across the country while Vodafone India and the rest are yet to announce a roll-out plan.Announcing…
“I MISS CLIFF!!!”That’s how James Hetfield opened the introduction of Back to the Front: A Fully Authorized Visual History of The Master of Puppets Album and Tour. For Metallica—and really, the world—there is no way to discuss Master of Puppets without lamenting the tragic loss of bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident while touring in support of the record months after its release.Beyond the bittersweet memories of Burton’s inimitable presence on Master of Puppets, though, Hetfield also acknowledged a clear, undeniable truth in that same introduction: “Master of Puppets was the turning point to hugeness for Metallica.”In so many ways, Metallica would never be the same…
[] Stoker at 10: Park Chan-wook’s Hitchcockian fairytale 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 { if (msgIsString)…
Last September, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft smashed into an asteroid, deliberately altering the rock’s trajectory through space in a first test of planetary defence. Now scientists have deconstructed the collision and its aftermath — and learnt just how successful humanity’s punch at the cosmos really was. DART, which was the size of a golf cart, collided with a Great Pyramid-sized asteroid called Dimorphos. The impact caused the asteroid’s orbit around another space rock to shrink — Dimorphos now completes an orbit 33 minutes faster than before the impact, researchers report today in Nature. This means that if a dangerous asteroid…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Starfall? As children we know that magic is real. We are born with the utter certainty of it: that the world is this great big magical place, full of wonder and possibility. By adulthood that knowing is lost. This story is about the in-between time, that age on the cusp where you still might meet a Star Wolf in a fire tower on top of a mountain even if your best friend spends all day on her phone. Starfall also began as a pandemic project. The isolation of COVID…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the office, meet what may be TV’s true boss from hell in the darkly comic thriller, The Consultant. He’s steel-eyed Regus Patoff (played with gusto by two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz), who walks into financially strapped Los Angeles gaming company CompWare and, after a shocking death, suddenly calls all the shots. (Credit: Prime Video) Lining up the staff to sniff them each because he senses someone doesn’t smell right? Calling a worker into the office…at 3am? That’s not in any employee handbook we know of. Trying to uncover the…
In 2020, amid the first pandemic lockdowns, a scientific conference scheduled to take place in India never happened. But a group of geologists who were already on site decided to make the most of their time and visited the Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, a series of caves with ancient cave art near Bhopal, India. There, they spotted the fossil of Dickinsonia¸ a flat, elongated and primitive animal from before complex animals evolved. It marked the first-ever discovery of Dickinsonia in India. The animal lived 550 million years ago, and the find seemed to settle once and for all the surprisingly controversial…
Actress Reese Witherspoon and talent agent Jim Toth started dating in 2010 and it wasn’t long before they were engaged—when you know, you know! In 2011, they were married and welcomed their son Tennessee in 2012. It’s now been over a decade of love and marriage for these two, and while they often share updates from their family life on social media, they do tend to keep their private business private. In fact, there doesn’t even seem to be any drama between Toth, Witherspoon, and her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, with whom she shares two children: Ava and Deacon. The former…
China’s chip imports fell 12.4 percent in September, according to official customs data published on Monday, continuing a decline amid tensions with the United States and an ongoing chip shortage.The country imported 47.6 billion chip units during the month, compared with 54.3 billion units in September 2021, according to the data, which had been due for release earlier this month but was delayed due to the Communist Party Congress.That maintains an ongoing downward trend for chip imports.In the first nine months of 2021, China imported 417.1 billion units of chips, down 12.8 percent year-on-year.Chip imports to China surged in 2021,…
Tom Sizemore, the intense and imposing character actor known for his roles in Saving Private Ryan and Heat, has died at 61, shortly after suffering a brain aneurysm. “It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore (“Tom Sizemore”) aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank,” Sizemore’s manager, Charles Lago, announced on Friday (March 3rd). Sizemore was hospitalized on February 18th after collapsing at his home in Los Angeles. Lago later confirmed that the actor suffered a brain aneurysm and was in a coma. On February…
Just in time to promote Scream VI, a masked person has been spotted wandering around an intersection in Sonoma, California. Said person was captured on video by NBC Bay Area wandering around a busy intersection downtown. Eventually, the costumed Ghostface impersonator unsettled so many local citizens that some began making 911 calls, just to make sure that the authorities were aware of the situation. (You never can be too careful with Ghostface.)The calls all noted the same thing. A man dressed in a black robe, with a long white mask underneath. The figure was near Sonoma Square, reportedly hanging out on various…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. In the high school library that I manage, I’ve been running Dungeons & Dragons for the past four years. It’s been a huge amount of fun, and it also brings with it a ton of mental health and literacy benefits. The students that I’ve worked with have, in my opinion, increased their public speaking skills, self confidence, and creative writing skills just to name a few. I also think that the D&D groups in the library have formed a unique friendship group that…
A team of researchers at the University of Houston is reporting the success of their new method for the early diagnosis and monitoring of lupus nephritis — at home. If you’ve taken an at-home COVID-19 or pregnancy test, then you’ve taken what is scientifically called a lateral flow assay (LFA) test, a diagnostic tool widely used because of its rapid results, low cost and ease of operation. The team applied that same technology to assessing lupus nephritis, or inflammation of the kidneys, one of the most severe complications for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus). The home test…
Prime Video is giving viewers their first close-up of Citadel. The streaming service today announced the highly anticipated action-spy thriller will launch on Friday, April 28. Two new episodes will be released on that date, followed by one episode a week through May 26. “Eight years ago, Citadel fell,” Prime Video teases. “The independent global spy agency — tasked to uphold the safety and security of all people — was destroyed by operatives of Manticore, a powerful syndicate manipulating the world from the shadows.” “With Citadel’s fall, elite agents Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) had…
The “Bennifer” reunion was the big headline of 2021, but now in early 2023, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are a settled married couple. It only took them 20 years and two engagements to get there.Their first round began in 2002, after they starred in that year’s romcom, Gigli. Affleck eventually proposed to J.Lo, but they broke things off in 2004. Since then, they both went on to marry other people, have kids, and get divorced. They’ve also both dated other people since those divorces. A month after she ended things with Alex Rodriguez, Lopez was linked romantically to Affleck…
Sadly, it took more than two months for Eufy’s parent company, Anker, to admit some fault and apologize. Early denials sparked deeper media scrutiny as the company tried to downplay Eufy’s security failings, shredding a hard-won reputation in the process. The multiple incidents, and the fact that Eufy was caught in a lie and forced to pedal back, make it tough to regain trust. Eufy’s failings feel especially egregious because the company generally ticks all the right boxes. Its cameras and doorbells strike the balance between quality and affordability. Anker is a respected brand in the accessory space. And Eufy offers…
Thursday’s Geoff Rickly is releasing his first fiction novel later this year. It’s titled Someone Who Isn’t Me and it’s out July 25 via Rose Books. The story follows a man seeking psychedelic ibogaine treatment for heroin addiction at a clinic in Mexico, and Rickly based it on his own experience doing the same.Last year, Rickly took up with his Thursday bandmates for a string of shows opening for the reunited My Chemical Romance. The group also marked the 20th anniversary of the 2001 LP Full Collapse with an expansive box set reissue. Thursday last released a new album in…
[] 20,000 Species of Bees – first-look review 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 { if (msgIsString)…
An artist’s interpretation of the marine life unearthed at the Waterloo Farm site in South Africa, including the giant fish Hyneria udlezinye. (Image credit: Gess, Ahlberg, 2023, PLOS One, (CC-BY 4.0)) (opens in new tab)About 350 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs stalked the planet, a gigantic fish with deadly fangs hunted river waters on the ancient southern supercontinent Gondwana, a new study finds. This fish, measuring up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) long, is the largest bony fish on record from the Late Devonian (383 million to 359 million years ago) and was predatory, prompting researchers to call it…
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton Wow! A MUST READ! Fiction that addresses the possible future in climate change by sharing the beautiful life story of Wanda, a true survivor. Dive in to The Light Pirate (Grand Central Publishing) and you will become enamored with this young girl who has a special connection to nature and learns to live off the land and thrive. Kirby Lowe works as an electrician in a small town in Florida. During yet another dangerous hurricane, his young sons go missing and he leaves his pregnant wife all alone while he is out searching for them in…
After 14 seasons, NCIS: Los Angeles will be ending in May, and when better to take a look at how the cast has changed (not that much, but RIP Dom!) over the years? Now, for the sake of this, we’re taking a look at those who are still on or were series regulars for at least half the series. So that means when looking at Season 1, Chris O’Donnell (G. Callen), LL Cool J (Sam Hanna), Linda Hunt (Hetty Lange), Daniela Ruah (Kensi Blye), and Barrett Foa (Eric Beale) qualify. Eric Christian Olsen (Marty Deeks) guest starred at the end…
While residents in California are still dealing with damage from last month’s floods — after years of devastating droughts — UBC Okanagan engineers are looking at better ways to manage the delivery of safe drinking water to homes. Things to consider include a changing climate, costs and sustainability. Dr. Haroon Mian, a Postdoctoral Research Associate with UBCO’s School of Engineering, says municipalities and water utilities all have drinking water management strategies to ensure the water they provide is safe and plentiful. However, a natural disaster, a breach in the supply or contamination at the treatment plant can put water supplies…
Photography by Getty Images In makeup artist Pati Dubroff’s process, we trust. By FASHION staff Date February 24, 2023 With high-profile clients like Margot Robbie, Kaia Gerber and Priyanka Chopra sharing a seat in her makeup chair, Pati Dubroff knows a thing or two about painting famous faces. The Chanel makeup artist finds a desirable balance between soft yet sultry in her artistry — favouring fresh skin with a smouldering eye and a subtle pop of colour on the lip — that makes us all wonder how she does it. So when our beauty director Natasha Boateng had the chance to…