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Nuclear Disarmament

The Greenham Common campaigner getting a purple plaque

Image copyright Family photo Image caption Eunice Stallard "embodies the essence" of the purple plaques For 30 years she campaigned for peace and nuclear disarmament, and now one of the original Greenham Common protesters is to be honoured.When cruise missiles were delivered to the US air base in Berkshire in…

bubmagMarch 6, 2020

Hydrogen

Electric cars are coming: but where will you recharge?

Image copyright Tiffany Snowden Image caption The Snowdens can't always charge their car outside their house They've got the only electric car in the village. Tiffany Snowden and her husband bought their second-hand Nissan Leaf a few weeks ago and love it. It's smooth to drive and, she says, "It's…

bubmagMarch 6, 2020

Palantir

Palantir Awarded Contract to Support U.S. Navy NOBLE System

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Palantir today announced that they have been awarded a contract to support follow-on production work under the US Navy’s Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE) Family of Systems (FoS). Under this contract, Palantir will deliver its commercial software to serve as NOBLE’s Integrated Data Environment (IDE) - providing an…

bubmagMarch 6, 2020

Economic Bubble

In choppy market, advisers tell investors in or near retirement to stand pat

“People get really panicked in times like these,” said Lis Zimmerman, partner at O’Brien Wealth Partners in Boston, noting that many retirees today can expect to live for a long time. “It’s important not to give in to fear, not to let the emotion get the better of you. If…

bubmagMarch 6, 2020

WEF

Corporate diversity: If you don’t measure it, it won’t get done

In this episode of the Inside the Strategy Room podcast, senior partners Celia Huber and Vivian Hunt discuss McKinsey’s latest research on diversity in the workplace. This is an edited transcript. For more conversations on the strategy issues that matter, subscribe to the series on Apple Podcasts or Google Play.…

bubmagMarch 6, 2020

Michelle Obama

‘Exit West’: Russo Brothers and Obamas to Produce Netflix Film Starring Riz Ahmed

Barack and Michelle Obama have reportedly found their next producing project. The duo will team up with Anthony and Joe Russo (Avengers: Endgame) to produce Exit West, a feature film adaptation of author Mohsin Hamid’s bestselling novel, and Riz Ahmed (The Night Of, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Nightcrawler) is currently attached…

bubmagMarch 6, 2020

Nuclear Weapons

AMD’s top supercomputer wins are a big moment in ‘heated competition’

Advanced Micro Devices executives argued Thursday at the company’s investor day that the chip maker is gaining ground on its competition, starting with two major wins for top supercomputer chip deals. Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer at Advanced Micro Devices, said that AMD beat out “heated competition” for the Lawrence…

bubmagMarch 6, 2020

Gundam

Important Toy News: Terrifying Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark masks and (more) Mandalorian toys

Welcome back to Important Toy News, the SYFY WIRE column that shows you all the best and coolest happenings in the world of amazing toys and collectibles for the week. And now, in panoramic high-def wherever available, we will also give you a behind-the-curtain vague peek-a-boo at all that's going…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Cuba Boxing

42-year-old Yoel Romero reveals key to his longevity: ‘Talent alone is not enough’

LAS VEGAS — Yoel Romero has a habit of answering a question with a question, but on this one, all he could do was grin broadly.Romero, who is six weeks away from his 43rd birthday, will challenge Israel Adesanya for the middleweight championship Saturday in the main event of UFC…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Pikachu

Fossilized Skulls of Cartoon Characters

For his Cartoon Fossils series, Filip Hodas used 3D modelling software to create fossilized skulls of cartoon characters like Scrooge McDuck, Tweetie Bird, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy. These remind me of Michael Paulus’s Character Studies, drawings of the skeletons of the likes of Lucy from Peanuts, Betty Boop, Marvin the…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

The Greenham Common campaigner getting a purple plaque

Electric cars are coming: but where will you recharge?

Palantir Awarded Contract to Support U.S. Navy NOBLE System

In choppy market, advisers tell investors in or near retirement to stand pat

Corporate diversity: If you don’t measure it, it won’t get done

‘Exit West’: Russo Brothers and Obamas to Produce Netflix Film Starring Riz Ahmed

AMD’s top supercomputer wins are a big moment in ‘heated competition’

Important Toy News: Terrifying Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark masks and (more) Mandalorian toys

42-year-old Yoel Romero reveals key to his longevity: ‘Talent alone is not enough’

Fossilized Skulls of Cartoon Characters

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