Ticket to Paradise review – A trifle unworthy of its stars 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…
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Researchers around the world are working to develop efficient materials to convert CO2 into usable chemical substances — work that is particularly pressing in view of global warming. A team from the University of Göttingen, Germany, and the Ulsan National Institute for Science, South Korea, has discovered a new and promising approach: catalytically active molecules are nanoconfined — meaning they are put into an environment that leaves very little space for the single molecules — on a surface that serves as a conductive electron supplier. These molecules promote specific chemical reactions. Such hybrid systems make use of both the properties…
In education there’s a distinct jargon used. Acronyms and idioms and particular turns of phrase. This isn’t unique to education, but ubiquitous in most occupations. While we do the best we can to reflect on our teaching processes and make corrections where necessary, sometimes we don’t even think about a term that needs to be examined because we’ve been using it for so long. This is not an excuse; it’s an explanation. “Reluctant reader” is one of those terms. It’s still in use for a few reasons. One, it does describe people who are hesitant to read, and specifically, books…
Jesse Lee Soffer may no longer be on Chicago P.D., but the star will still have a presence behind-the-scenes. Variety revealed this week that Soffer will step behind the camera to direct Chicago P.D. Season 10 Episode 16, set to air on NBC in 2023. Despite learning of Soffer’s imminent departure in the summer, fans were left with many questions following Halstead’s last stand on Chicago P.D. Season 10 Episode 3. If you watch Chicago P.D. online, you know Halstead left Chicago behind for an army job outside of the U.S. The development came after he resigned from his Intelligence…
Take a quick stroll through the streets of Austin, Texas and you’re guaranteed to find the city’s slogan “Keep Austin Weird” plastered just about everywhere. While the saying was coined by the Austin Independent Business Alliance to promote small businesses, it’s become a full-blown lifestyle for natives and visitors alike. Of course, Austin is weird in the best possible way, with an eclectic mix of bars and restaurants, kitschy stores, and a renowned live music scene. Although it is a walking city, ELLE.com got the chance to tour the Texas capital in Honda’s brand-new 2023 HR-V—equipped with high-tech features like…
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it has begun mass producing chips with advanced 3nm technology, the first to do so globally, as it seeks new clients to catch far bigger rival TSMC in contract chip manufacturing.Compared with conventional 5nm chips, the newly developed first-gen 3nm process can reduce power consumption by up to 45 percent, improve performance by 23 percent, and reduce area by 16 percent, Samsung said in a statement.The South Korean firm did not name clients for its latest foundry technology, which supplies made-to-order chips like mobile processors and high-performance computing chips, and analysts said Samsung itself…
Irrigating more land could help feed 1.4 billion people, but over half of new irrigation projects are in places that are already at risk of running dry Environment 18 August 2022 By James Dinneen A drip-irrigated vegetable farm in Panchgani, Maharashtra, India. Between 2000 and 2015, India saw the second largest increase in irrigated land.Shutterstock/Hari Mahidhar The world’s irrigated land has grown by more than 300,000 square kilometres since 2000. More than half of that increase occurred in places that lack enough water to irrigate without eventually running dry. Around 90 per cent of all fresh water used by people…
Floating Points is back with another new song. “Problems” is the third solo single from the producer this year, following “Grammar” and “Vocoder.” Watch the visual for the new track below.The “Problems” music video features dancers voguing beneath elaborate lighting effects. Directed and produced by Hamill Industries, the clip makes use of a video processing technique called vector rescanning, which allowed dancers Hannah Ekholm and Jal Joshua to create sound from their choreography that was mixed in with the music as they shot the video.“‘Problems’ is meant to agitate every single room that its ecstatic sound waves reach,” Hamill Industries…
One of the most popular series for the fall season is Chainsaw Man. The manga was already incredibly popular among fans. Now, they can’t wait to see the violence, gore, and dark humor animated. Here are all the details for Chainsaw Man Episode 1.When Chainsaw Man Episode 1 ReleasesChainsaw Man Episode 1’s release date is on Tuesday, October 11. The episode will air in Japan on Wednesday, October 12, at midnight JST.Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series. As of writing, there are no updates from Crunchyroll regarding the official airtime on their platform. The episode with English subtitles will be available…
It was only a matter of time before the “Don’t Say Gay” bill of Florida and the wave of similar anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed throughout the country made its way to the federal level. Congressman Mike Johnson (Louisiana) introduced the “Stop the Sexualization of Children” Act into the House this week. The bill would “prohibit the use of Federal funds to develop, implement, facilitate, or fund any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for children under the age of 10, and for other purposes.” The bill would disallow funding for any organization — from libraries to schools to medical facilities and more…
Ever wanted to see Yellowstone‘s sprawling landscape on the big screen? Now you can. AMC Theatres is partnering with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios to bring the Yellowstone Season 5 premiere to fans two weeks before its November 13 debut on Paramount Network. The Tulsa King series premiere will play immediately after Yellowstone, the whole experience clocking in at 2.5 hours. The double-feature event will be available in 100 AMC locations on Saturday, October 29. Tickets are $15 and are available now on AMCTheatres.com and the AMC Mobile App. Given it’s Halloween weekend, fans are also encouraged to dress…
Cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer’s itch or clam-digger’s itch, is caused by the larvae of blood flukes that are parasites of birds or mammals. When these larvae, called cercariae, penetrate human skin, they trigger an allergic reaction within 10-15 hours that takes about a week to heal. Unable to mature into adults, the larvae then die on the skin. The gravity of an outbreak depends on how humans and birds or mammals come in contract with the aquatic environment, but people engaged in water activities, such as farmers, fishermen, and agricultural workers, are most likely to be affected. Between…
Is it weird for me to say that I miss wearing jeans? I’ve spent the best part of the last four months working my way through my collection of summer dresses, which, back in April, I couldn’t wear to wear again. Now, though, the tables have turned, and I can’t wait to resume the comfortable and reliable relationship I have with my jeans come autumn. I don’t know about you, but jeans are the bedrock of all of my favourite autumn outfits. I wear them with everything from crisp white shirts and loafers to a blazer layered over a bra top…
Botometer is a supervised machine learning tool, which means it has been taught to separate bots from humans on its own. Yang says Botometer differentiates bots from humans by looking at more than 1,000 details associated with a single Twitter account—such as its name, profile picture, followers, and ratio of tweets to retweets—before giving it a score between zero and five. “The higher the score means it’s more likely to be a bot, the lower score means it’s more likely to be a human,” says Yang. “If an account has a score of 4.5, it means it’s really likely to…
The 1975 are back with another new song from their upcoming album Being Funny in a Foreign Language. Check out the Samuel Bradley–directed visual for “All I Need to Hear” below.Being Funny in a Foreign Language is out October 14 via Dirty Hit. The new single follows “I’m in Love With You,” “Happiness,” and “Part of the Band.” The 1975 will kick off a North American tour behind the record in November.Read Pitchfork’s Cover Story “The 1975’s Matty Healy Turns On, Tunes In, and Logs Off.”ContentThis content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Read The Full…
Everyone is so focused on the big reveal of the new Black Panther at the end of the latest Wakanda Forever trailer that they may have missed a glimpse of another Black Panther earlier in the clip.The key word here is may. You can see the evidence for yourself below. Slow down the trailer and freeze frame it at 1:29. You’re looking for the shot of Namor slamming his weapon into the ground. In the background of the frame, all the way to the right, is a Black Panther…Here is a freeze-frame (admittedly, a sort of blurry one):A Twitter user noticed this Panther by slowing…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Skull’s Vengeance? The legacy of warrior queens in ancient Britain and in Irish mythology inspired the primary protagonist, Catrin, in the Curse of Clansmen and Kings series. I was fascinated with the historical account of Boudicca, a Celtic warrior queen who united the Britons in a rebellion against the Romans in AD 61 and almost expelled them. Roman historians describe her as a powerful druidess who sacrificed some of her victims to the war goddess, Andraste. I was also fascinated with the legacy of Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) who…
Rhododendron meadows cover China’s Hengduan mountains. Credit: Qin Li A big part of evolution is competition— when there are limited resources to go around, plants and animals have to duke it out for nutrients, mates, and places to live. That means that the flower-covered meadows of China’s Hengduan mountains were an evolutionary mystery— there are dozens of species of closely-relatedrhododendrons that all live in harmony. To figure out why, scientists spent a summer carefully documenting the flowering patterns of 34 Rhododendron species, and they discovered the reason why the plants were able to coexist: they burst into bloom at different…
Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas begins this weekend, and Kristoffer Polaha answered the call. He’ll be starring in We Wish You a Married Christmas with Marisol Nichols, and we caught up with him to chat about it. Since he’s more than a one-trick pony, we also talked about his latest book release, and stick around until the end to see how you might be able to see him if you happen to be in the Nevada area this weekend. We Wish You a Married Christmas follows a couple on the brink of divorce. It’s not very jolly from an outside perspective,…
Coat, $6,225, pants, $1,850, and key chain, $1,450, Versace. Necklace (top), $11,800, necklace (middle), $9,200, and necklace (bottom), $17,000, Tiffany & Co. Photography by Nino Muñoz Law Roach is best known as Zendaya’s longtime stylist. Now, the fashionable friends are flipping the script as she dresses him in some of fall’s top looks. By Annika Lautens Date October 6, 2022 “Gorgeous!” yells Zendaya from Law Roach’s phone. She’s video-calling her longtime stylist from Budapest while he’s on-set in downtown L.A. for his FASHION cover shoot. Positioned directly in the sunlight on a 30ºC day in August, he’s dressed in a…
iQoo 10 Pro is expected to be unveiled in China next month. Now, ahead of the official debut, a tipster has leaked the specifications of the unannounced iQoo 10 series smartphone. The iQoo 10 Pro is tipped to feature a triple rear camera unit led by a 50-megapixel primary sensor. It could be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC coupled with up to 16GB of RAM and a maximum of 512GB of storage. The handset is said to offer 200W fast charging support as well.Tipster Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) leaked alleged specifications of the iQoo 10 Pro on…
Diplo has won a ruling in a case against a woman he says harassed him after a sexual relationship that ended in 2020, TMZ reports and Pitchfork can confirm. Diplo had demanded an arbitration hearing against the woman, accusing her of violating a dual restraining order agreement that the pair signed in January 2021. In the new ruling, an arbitrator who considered both sets of arguments sided with Diplo, recommending that the Los Angeles Superior Court award him more than $1.2 million in fees, damages, costs, and expenses.Back in November 2020, the woman secured a temporary restraining order against Diplo;…
Barbarian review – Strong fundamentals in service of a simple idea 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…
Whether you’re working on the backend of stunning website or building the next hit video game, our list of the best laptops for coding and programming is here to help you find the right tool for the job.We’ve considered every factor needed in a top-tier notebook. On the inside, any work machine needs to have a powerful processor for coding, compiling and running virtual machines, and you’ll need at least 16GB of memory – and 32GB is even better.Beyond that, we’ve found notebooks with fast, large SSDs and reliable internet connectivity. And, as a coding laptop needs to be portable,…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Tethered To Him? Ava is a second generation character, her story was very loosely inspired by own story. She’s instantly besotted with a soldier she meets who’s a couple years older than her. Ava is finishing her last year of high school when your soldier gets deployed and her whole world turns upside down. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Tethered To Him, what would they be? Would you wait for me by Brett Young What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it…
It was another night of mixed returns for the broadcast networks, and some of the veteran drams are starting to show their age. Grey’s Anatomy hit an all-time low in the demo, netting a 0.4 rating. It did perk up in audience to 3.5 million viewers, but the best days are definitely behind the ABC series. Granted, the show has always been a strong performer in delayed viewing. Station 19 also ticked down to 3.8 million/0.4 rating, while Alaska Daily dipped to 2.9 million viewers and a 0.2 rating. ABC revealed some early numbers for the Hilary Swank drama this…
Photography by Julien Hekimian/Getty Images The girls that get it, get it. By Natalie Michie Date October 6, 2022 When it comes to makeup, Doja Cat is a woman of the world. She had her E-girl phase. She long embraced an alien aesthetic. Now, after shaving her head and eyebrows, she has entered an “I’ll try anything” era. And we’re all better for it. Amid the shocking, viral runways of Fashion Month, Doja Cat has emerged as a boundary-breaking beauty icon — no catwalk necessary. With the help of her makeup artist Laurel Charleston, the Planet Her singer set out…
There are three basic, vital coffee brewing tips I’ll impart.Find good, fresh beans: Great coffee starts with high-quality beans. Quality beans can make even cheap brewing equipment shine. High quality means fresh. Find a local coffee roaster in your area. For testing, I used beans from Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company in Athens, Georgia, specifically the Wake-n-Bake blend. (Disclosure: I worked for Jittery Joe’s for many years, it’s a favorite of mine.)If you don’t have a coffee roaster nearby, you can order beans online from reputable sellers like Blue Bottle Coffee or try a wide variety through a coffee subscription service…
A two-pronged approach to imaging breast density in mice, developed by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, resulted in better detection of changes in breast tissue, including spotting early signs of cancer. The researchers hope that this approach will be translated from mice and improve breast imaging for people; it may also help with prognosis of disease as density can be linked to specific patterns of mammary gland growth, including signs of cancer development. The findings appeared Sept. 14, 2022 in the American Journal of Pathology. “Having a means to accurately assess mammary gland density in mice, just as…
The Essential Foo Fighters, the first Essential collection from the Dave Grohl-led rock band, finds Foo Fighters joining other Sony Music artists venerated through Legacy Recordings’ The Essential series of compilation albums. The Essential Foo Fighters was announced by Legacy this week (Sept. 14).Foo Fighters previously released another Greatest Hits album in 2009. The Essential Foo Fighters includes several songs from that compilation plus more recent hits from the group. Other Sony rock artists with Essential collections include Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Journey, Electric Light Orchestra, Heart, Roy Orbison and many more.Down toward the bottom of this post, see the track listing for The Essential Foo Fighters, which comes out on…