An Edinburgh baker has seen his new online business soar after turning his hobby into a successful online company. Scott Anderson, 37, from Southside, decided to launch Bigd0gbakes, after trying his baked goods out on family and friends, and now he’s proving so popular he’s expanded where he delivers. Bigd0gbakes is located in Gilmerton, where…
The University of Guam said it is now accepting applications for the National Science Foundation’s SEAS Islands Alliance Undergraduate Fellowship program, which provides undergraduate students with a chance to conduct cutting-edge research, gain valuable research experience, and contribute to Micronesia’s sustainable development.In a press release, UOG said the SEAS Islands Alliance Undergraduate Fellowship program offers a comprehensive experience that includes:Mentorship: Students will be paired with experienced faculty mentors who will guide them through their research projects.Research opportunities: Fellows will have the opportunity to work on a variety of research projects related to environmental, social and marine sciences.Monthly stipend: Fellows will receive $500 a month as a stipend during their term.Professional development: Fellows will receive training in professional skills, such as communication, teamwork, and leadership, and may have travel opportunities.“We are looking forward to a great program year with our faculty mentors,” explained co-principal investigator of the program Cheryl Sangueza, PhD. “The research themes this year include environmental science, marine biology, engineering, botany, ecology, social science, and sustainability.”All undergraduate students from UOG or Guam Community College are encouraged to apply for this opportunity.
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“We welcome all students pursuing their undergraduate degrees to join us for this great experience,” said SEAS Islands Alliance Guam Program Associate Marie Librando. “We have had a great history of students who participate in our program going on to great things and we cannot wait to welcome our next cohort.”Applications are being accepted until midnight on Oct. 31, with notification of selection to be delivered in November.The year-long fellowship will be from January to December 2025.For more information and to apply for the fellowship, students can visit seagrant.uog.edu/seas or follow @SeasAllianceGuam on Instagram and Facebook. They can also contact [email protected] via email.
Guwahati, Oct 27: Both the governments in the state and at the centre allegedly have a lackadaisical attitude towards the credible sufferings of people under the impacts of the changes rapidly taking place in global climate. The responses of both governments towards the plea to announce the second version of the State Action Plan (SAP) for mitigating adverse impacts of climate change are there as proof, said the Assam State Coordination Committee of the All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN).The AIPSN State Coordination Committee is a conglomeration of the Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Assam; CRU (NER); and Ellora Vigyan Mancha.Since 2022, the AIPSN Coordination Committee has been making pleas to the state government to announce the SAP-2. The SAP-2 was scheduled to be ready in 2020. But there occurred a time lapse due to the Covid-related crises. Since by 2022 the Covid-related situation improved, it was expected that the SAP-2 would soon be readied.Strengthening this hope, the state’s Minister for Science and Technology Department made a statement on the floor of the State Assembly on September 16, 2022, in reply to a question (No-69) from MLA Mrinal Saikia on the impacts of climate change on the state. The minister presented a very grim picture. He stated that according to climate change-related projections, the mean average temperature in Assam is likely to shoot up by 1.7 degrees Celsius to 2.2 degrees Celsius by mid- 21st century if the AD 1971-AD 2000 mean average temperature is taken as the base line.The state’s extreme rainfall events are also likely to go up in the range of 5% to 38%. Again, barring its southern districts, prospects of drought are going to rise in the state by over 75%, and there are 25% more possibilities of flood prevalence during this time.Again, a 2019 Department of Science and Technology (DST) evaluation had ranked Assam as the fifth vulnerable state of the country with regard to climate change adverse impacts.The above statement of the Minister gave rise to the belief that the State Government was serious in its approach towards mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change. In addition, the Science and Technology Department had set up a climate change cell under the Assam Science, Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC) too.But there was no response from the department to the coordination committee queries on the SAP update. This baffled the Coordination Committee, said its core committee member, Khanindra Talukdar. Therefore, since October 2022, it started writing to both the state’s Science and Technology Department as well as the environment and forest department seeking information on SAP updates.The Environment and Forest Department became open only after receiving an RTI application. The state’s Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) and Head of Forest Force (HOFF) informed Talukdar on December 12, 2023, in reply to his RTI queries that the State Cabinet had approved the SAP-2 meant for the 2021–2030 period. But he maintained that it was waiting for the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change’s (MoEFCC’s) approval.Significantly, this top Forest Department official provided only negligible information on its consultation with 30 state government departments and 12 NGOs for the SAP-2 preparation. The department made the Coordination Committee also to make another communication on July 29, 2024, to get the information on the MoEFCC approval to the SAP-2, only to tell on August 16 that the Union Ministry had approved the SAP-2 on February 16 this year.Thus, a delay of four years is allowed to occur in getting the SAP version 2 ready. This perhaps explains the level of sincerity of the state as well as the central governments on this crucial matter, said Talukdar.By-Ajit Patowary
Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. In 2022 and 2023, GivingTuesday raised $3.1 billion for charitable organizations, according to estimates from GivingTuesday. This year, GivingTuesday is on December 3. How did GivingTuesday…
Democrats swept a school board election in Bucks County after Republicans instituted book bans and other changes. But the right-wing “parental rights” movement has left an indelible mark.For two years, the Republican Pennridge School Board, north of Philadelphia, governed with a burst of ideological energy. It instituted book bans and curriculum rewrites — the sort of politics pushed nationwide by Moms for Liberty, the conservative advocacy group allied with Donald J. Trump.But in this closely divided community, the board’s moves created a backlash.A slate of Democrats swept school board elections. They promised to put “Pennridge over politics” and end an era of drama and division for this community.Still, a year later, the legacy of the district’s Moms for Liberty moment has not at all been undone.Some removed books have been restored to library shelves, but others have not. Transgender students can use some bathrooms that align to their gender identities — but not all of them.At least for now, teachers remain barred from displaying identity markers like rainbow flags. There has been no move to reinstate the diversity, equity and inclusion trainings and reading assignments that were canceled by the previous board.Adrienne King, a parent activist, says her trust in the school district has been broken.Rachel Wisniewski for The New York TimesWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Since her death, Didion has become a literary subject as popular for her image and writing as for the fascination she inspired for almost half a century.It’s still bright afternoon when the writer Lili Anolik slips into the dim recesses of the Odeon restaurant. Here, at New York’s timeless destination for downtown cool, she prefers to sit in the same place every time, a small booth by the host’s stand.Anolik orders an Earl Grey tea but furtively sips from a Pepsi she pulls from her purse. On the table: galleys of her new book, “Didion and Babitz,” out in November.Despite the split billing in Anolik’s title, the conversation quickly turns to Joan Didion.“She’s so opaque,” Anolik said. “I felt like I’ve been trying to understand her for years, but I’ve been standing outside a locked door.”Anolik isn’t the only one trying to crack open that door. “Didion and Babitz” is one of four books featuring Didion written since her death in 2021, with at least two more scheduled in the years to come. The published books include a memoir from Didion’s nephew Griffin Dunne about his family in Los Angeles; Cory Leadbeater’s memoir of his time working for Didion at the end of her life; and Evelyn McDonnell’s meditative tribute, “The World According to Joan Didion.” Next year, The New York Times’s movie critic Alissa Wilkinson’s depiction of Didion in Hollywood will be published in March.These writers, of course, bring their own gaze and interpretation of Didion, a figure whose distinctive blend of opacity and confession seems to invite dissection, speculation and projection perhaps more than any other contemporary writer. It’s not only Didion herself that these books grapple with, but the fascination she inspired and the enduring patina of cool she held onto for nearly 50 years.Lynn Nesbit, Didion’s longtime agent and now one of her three literary executors, expressed a lack of enthusiasm for the trend. “It makes me somewhat uncomfortable that so many writers are trying to understand their own lives through the prism of examining Joan’s life and her work,” Nesbit said. “Their books become so much about them, and not about her.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
MENLO PARK, CA – Meta, aka Facebook, simply cannot help itself. Four years after Meta head Mark Zuckerberg dumped tens of millions of dollars helping to get Joe Biden elected while throttling information helpful to the Trump campaign, the social media company appears to be at it again.
In a post on X, Brendan Carr, a Republican commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission, wrote that Facebook is censoring the fact that the Biden-Harris administration has failed to connect anyone to the internet despite US taxpayers dropping $42 billion on the effort.
Facebook is censoring that as “false information,” not because anyone has actually been connected but because the government is spending money to attempt to get people connected. Get it? Moreover, what is the source of Facebook’s “misinformation” claim? Biden-Harris administration officials, hardly “third-party” fact checkers.
In August, ABC News reported that Zuckerberg told the House Judiciary Committee that he regretted the company’s caving to Biden administration pressure to censor some COVID-19 posts during the pandemic.
In 2021, Kamala Harris promised broadband services would be brought to “rural America today” through the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, a significant and pricey government initiative. Despite that, and 1,000 days later, not one person has been connected to the government’s broadband, which is the point being made on X.
Facebook’s fact-checker is USA Today, a media outlet that has become a parody of itself with its “fact checkers” and is clearly intervening on behalf of the Biden-Harris administration. This raises serious questions about the independence and objectivity of Facebook’s fact-checking process.
In another post on X, Carr wrote that nobody has been connected to the Internet through the BEAD program, no shovels of dirt have been turned, and no money has been spent on building out Internet infrastructure yet.
Carr confirmed with USA Today that their “fact checkers” were members of the Biden-Harris administration.
Carr wrote, “This ‘fact check’ has other problems too. While it purports to check the claim that no dollars have been spent on Internet access, it instead focuses on whether funds have lawfully been spent on planning to connect people.
Carr also found that USA Today had violated its own policies on “fact-checking” by failing to use “unbiased sources,” “gather[ing] a variety of perspectives,” and “seek official, nonpartisan sources.”
In a later post, Carr wrote that Facebook had removed the censorship screen from the post about Internet connectivity but noted that “systemic issues” with Facebook’s “fact-checking” remain.
A Meta spokesperson said in a statement, “Meta publishes clear rating guidelines for third-party fact checkers who independently review and rate content. In this instance, the rating fell outside of those guidelines, and we have removed it.”
If anyone wonders why many have lost faith in mainstream media and social media, this is proof positive of why.
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Exhibitions, music, architecture, books, festivals… this is Belga English’s pick of cultural activities in Flanders and Brussels, published every Sunday.Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds will make their highly anticipated return to Antwerp’s Sportpaleis on 30 and 31 October, after a seven-year hiatus. This time, they bring with them their latest album Wild God, a powerful collection of songs exploring themes of loss, romance and darkness. Known for their intense and captivating live performances, the band promise to deliver another unforgettable show.Originally envisioned as an ode to joy, Wild God has evolved into something much deeper, shaped by Cave’s ongoing confrontation with grief. “I hope the album has the effect on listeners that it’s had on me. It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It’s a complicated record, but it’s also deeply and joyously infectious,” he said.Cave, who has long been a fixture in Belgium’s art and music scene, showcased his visual art at the Xavier Hufkens Gallery in Brussels earlier this year. In his exhibition The Devil: A Life, he cataloged the life of the Devil growing from innocence to experience in 17 porcelain figures.© NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDSPriest, poet and journalist Guido Gezelle died 125 years ago on 27 November 1899. While his literary legacy is well-known, his female correspondents, who wrote more than 600 letters, have largely remained in the shadows. The project Women of Paper seeks to change that by highlighting the voices of 200 women who exchanged letters with Gezelle.The correspondents ranged from baronesses to chambermaids, nuns and English immigrants in Bruges. They often confided in Gezelle, seeking his advice on personal matters. Helena Walton, a woman in an abusive marriage, asked Gezelle whether it was appropriate to sleep apart from her husband. Many of the letters came from English women who had moved to Belgium to provide their children with a Catholic education and valued Gezelle as a confessor.Through an exhibition, magazine, podcast, city walks and workshops, Women of Paper touches on topics as relevant today as they were then: migration, social relations, the position of women, mental health, faith and politics.Twenty artists, authors and poets have drawn inspiration from the letters, blending historical insights with contemporary art. This project not only sheds light on the lives of these women but also reveals a more modern side of Gezelle, showing him as a compassionate man who understood the complexities of women’s lives. The exhibition is free and can be visited on two floors of the Biekorf Library in Bruges until 4 January.© PHOTO HOOFDBIBLIOTHEK BIEKOPFAs part of the thematic year dedicated to Guido Gezelle, the travelling exhibition METGEZELLEN offers a unique way to engage with his poetry. The project Het pakt! crosses West Flanders with a mobile studio, inviting residents of streets named after Gezelle to record themselves reading one of his poems. Along with these recordings, participants’ portraits are taken in an oval shape, reminiscent of historical portraiture.The final aim is to create a virtual choir, where the synchronised voices of residents recite Gezelle’s poems together. This audiovisual installation will be showcased at the Sint-Michielskerk in Kortrijk, using light and sound to bring Gezelle’s words to life. The exhibition runs until 10 November.© GEZELLEJAAR2024Boektopia, Kortrijk’s book festival, kicked off on Saturday at Kortrijk Xpo, with a week of readings, performances and signings. Now in its third year, Boektopia has expanded with an additional hall to accommodate the growing audience. The event will feature prominent national and international authors.Director Patrick Boeykens highlights the festival’s focus on quality and diversity, showcasing literary talent alongside musical performances. Broadcasting live from the event, Radio 1 and MNM will host authors and musicians for discussions and live podcast recordings. Boektopia will also tour Antwerp, Leuven, Genk and Hasselt on weekends throughout November.© BOEKTOPIADutch artist Mark Manders, based in Belgium, expands his ongoing project Self-Portrait as a Building with new rooms in his debut exhibition at the Xavier Hufkens Gallery in Brussels. The exhibition features installations of domestic spaces, such as a bathroom, bedroom and studio, alongside painted bronzes, sculptures and mixed-media works.For nearly 40 years, Manders has developed Self-Portrait as a Building, using rooms to symbolise different aspects of his identity. Each space represents a part of his character or life experience, blending the boundaries between the real Manders and his fictional persona. The building itself is never finished, continually expanding. “Nothing is what it seems, and Manders is a master of illusion,” the gallery says.Manders’ work incorporates echoes of art history, while his sculptures often feel like archaeological finds or modernist designs, creating a sense of timelessness. The exhibition runs until 21 December.”Composition with Four Yellow Verticals” © PHOTO SIMON BULTYNCKThe Too Mad to Be True conference will take place on 30 and 31 October at the Dr Guislain Museum in Ghent. Titled The Paradoxes of Madness, it will explore the complexities of psychosis, addressing the contradictions and paradoxes inherent in mad experiences. Through philosophical, psychological and psychiatric lenses, topics such as selfhood, reality, freedom and care will be examined.The programme features five keynote speakers and around 60 presentations. Notable speakers include Lorna Collins, Sofia Jeppsson and Sebastjan Vörös, who will discuss madness from philosophical, artistic and personal perspectives. Tickets are available for both in-person and online attendance.The event aims to challenge traditional perceptions of madness and encourage philosophical sensitivity toward its paradoxical nature.The Dr Guislain Museum in Ghent © PHOTO SIMON MONTGOMERY Additional cultural coverage from Belga this week: Coudenberg Palace in Brussels again accessible with Under-Ground tour, Immersive Smurf Experience returns to Brussels, Leuven, Molenbeek and Namur nominated for European Capital of Culture 2030, More than 100 works by Magritte travel to Australia for major retrospective and Rare signed copy of Tintin in America fetches 190,000 euros at auction.Ongoing events(Last chance) To Antarctica, The Polar Pioneers of the Belgica, MASWhats the Story? KMSKA
Silo Season 2 OTT Release: The upcoming Science Fiction Drama will be available for streaming on Apple TV on 15th November 2024. The TV series is based on the Silo Triology of Novels by the author Hugh Howey. The fresh episodes will be aired every friday till January 17th.
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Plot of the film
The story of the dystopian drama series follows the life of a woman named Juliette who decides to discover the truth about the toxic world outside the underground Silo where the 10,000 people on earth once lived.
The woman goes on a mission to explore the hidden truth of the toxic world. On the other hand she is unaware of the fact that Silo’s head of IT Bernard had told the residents that Juliette died as a hero.
The Streaming platform shared the trailer of the show, it begins with a background voice-over which says what would happen if you believe whatever you thought was true in front of you is just a lie.
The Silo’s head of IT Bernard is seen addressing people where he is telling them everyone who has been outside is killed by the toxic world. He also tells them that Juliette decided to go out and she died.
Bernard called her a fighter. Meanwhile on the other hand, Juliette is seen struggling for oxygen.
The Principal of the Photography began in August 2021 and the first 10 episodes began streaming from May 5th 2023.The series received positive response from the critics.
It was renewed for a fresh season in June 2023 which is all set to premiere on November 15, 2024. The show is created by Graham Yost and the cast features Rebecca Fergusan, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo in pivotal roles.
Every request to leave the silo must be granted.#Silo Season 2 — November 15 pic.twitter.com/SxQ9B3PGVP
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) October 25, 2024
Here is the official trailer for #Silo Season 2 starring Rebecca Ferguson.
Returns November 15, on #AppleTV+ pic.twitter.com/aZpXBoUK6q
— TV+Updates (@TVPlusUpdates) October 14, 2024
Sidharth Malhotra’s union with Janhvi Kapoor for a film has stirred excitement among fans. The actors have reportedly collaborated for the first time on a project. According to media reports, Sidharh and Janhvi will be seen sharing screen space in a cross-cultural love story, Param Sundari. The movie, which is to be directed by Tushar Jalota, will reportedly go on floors in December. Before the film takes off, details about Sidharth and Janhvi’s characters have surfaced online.Sidharth Malhotra to play a business tycoon?According to Mid-Day, Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor’s romantic comedy film is a classic story of opposites attract. While Sidharth’s character hails from Delhi, Janhvi’s character is from Kerala. The report suggests Sidharth will play a sophisticated and rich business tycoon in the Tushar Jalota directorial.Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor.A source spilled beans about Janhvi’s character: “Janhvi plays a modern artist with strong views and value system. Her character is a South Indian woman from Kerala. The film chronicles how the two fall in love despite having such contrasting personalities.”The first schedule of their movie will begin with Sidharth in Delhi. It will followed by a stint in Kerala. And later, the remaining shoot will take place at a Mumbai studio. Two elaborate sets will be built at the studio. While one set will be of sprawling house, the other will reflect the earthy interiors of traditional Kerala homes.More about Param SundariSharing more details about Param Sundari, the source continued, “If things go as planned, filming will wrap up by February 2025. Sheetal Sharma, who recently worked on Munjya and Stree 2, is serving as the costume designer on this project. The look tests of both actors were conducted recently.”Meanwhile, are you excited about watching Sidharth and Janhvi in Param Sundari? Tweet @ottplayapp on X and share your thoughts. And keep following this space for more updates from the world of streaming and movies!