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Well, I guess you can’t be a Trump lickspittle, current or former or future, without having a major humiliation fetish: Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey who was eclipsed by Donald J. Trump in the 2016 presidential primaries, announced on Tuesday that he would seek the 2024 Republican nomination, setting up a rematch with the former president and expanding the field of G.O.P. candidates. In making a second …

I haven’t been able to edit pictures from my camera yet, but I’ve loved what I’ve seen of Athens so far . The post Athens appeared first on @Kevuhnn.

Lace Up and Go: An Energizing Guide to Global Running Day On your marks, get set, go! June 7 is Global Running Day, and it’s time to celebrate the joy of running. In this post, we’ll explore the origins of the holiday, share fascinating facts, and offer tips celebrating. So, put on your running shoes and let’s hit the pavement! Sprinting Through Time: The Origins of Global Running Day Global …

Italian brand Nemo Lighting recently unveiled a previously unseen lighting design by architect Le Corbusier and lamps by architect Charlotte Perriand, which are on display at 3 Days of Design. Le Corbusier's Lampe Cabanon and the Lampe de Bureau collection by Perriand were on show in Nemo Lighting's Copenhagen showroom, which opened during the annual 3 Days of Design festival. Le Corbusier's light was designed for and is named after …

When I was young and credulous I took the postwar generation of American novelists rather seriously, even Mailer and Vidal. Along with them came another highly touted name, William Styron. I suspect his books are seldom much read anymore but I owe him an oblique debt for his first novel, Lie Down in Darkness (1951). Styron took his title from a passage in Sir Thomas Browne’s Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial (1658): …

After hours of passionate public comment and councilmember speeches, the City Council voted this evening to reject a proposal to match city law with the new state law regarding drug possession. The vote was 4 yes, 5 no. Voting yes were Council President Debora Juarez and Councilmembers Sara Nelson, Alex Pedersen, and Dan Strauss. The “no” votes included West Seattle/South Park Councilmember Lisa Herbold, who noted that the mayor and …

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Looks like we're going to have ourselves a Legal Situation here in the biopharma industry. Last year you'll recall (if you follow US politics) a huge bill called the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law. This was one of those budget-reconciliation piñatas full of all kinds of stuff, including a great many sections addressing US energy policy and some important ones regarding prescription drugs. Its impact on inflation, well. …

Part way thorough the flight of locks at Hatton, and handy for the excellent cafe, is this dry-dock for narrow boats. The short arm can be dammed, and then drained to allow access to the bottom of the boat for barnacle scraping and re-blacking, both horrible jobs for the boat owner, or anyone they can pay to do the work!Being outside, with no cover whatsoever, must limit the work that …

Autonomous Microscopy powered by Aivia enables scientists to discover more by extracting the most relevant data from their experiments. 06 June 2023, Wetzlar, Germany - Leica Microsystems, a leader in microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has launched Autonomous Microscopy powered by Aivia. This new AI-based detection workflow for confocal microscopy automates the detection of rare events. It follows what the user has defined as the objects of interest that will trigger …

I enjoyed his new book How Westminster Works…And Why It Doesn’t. Here is one short excerpt: The continued use of Downing Street is an act of pathological national sentimentality, the product of a country that has come to value tradition over function and its past over its future. Various attempts have been made to reform it, but they all came to nothing. Powell tried to convince Blair to swap it …

The Quest's - Shadows In The Night (1966)Another storming slice of unorthodox Michigan garage. The Quest's hailed from Grand Rapids MI. They released three singles on the legendary Fenton label. While we get some supreme fuzz and manic surf drummage, it's the high pitched hook laden vocals that set this tune apart. Good fun spooky stuff. Is it spooky? I've never been able to comprehend exactly what he's on about.....

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Employee called in sick on a day I knew she didn’t want to work I manage a department which operates 24/7. To be honest, the job is low pay and the work is challenging and stressful and under strenuous conditions. This leads to high turnover, plenty of …

A 15th century altar panel stolen on November 13, 1979, from the York Art Gallery has been returned after turning up at auction. It was Duke’s Auctions’ experts who spotted the possible connection to the long-lost York panel and pulled it from the auction. They asked the Art Loss Register to look into its history, and they concluded that it was indeed the panel stolen 44 years ago. Duke’s had …