Jarrett Hardy discovered his passion for designing spaces—what would end up being his career trajectory—when he was in the fourth grade. His father signed him up for a summer camp at Washington University in St. Louis, not far from his hometown, where master’s students taught children the basics of drawing and building models. The...
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Chair Rodgers Opening Remarks on Solutions to Lead a New Era of Energy Dominance, Security, and Environmental Stewardship
Washington D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee hearing titled “America’s Future: Leading a New Era of Energy Dominance, Security, and Environmental Stewardship.” “Last week, we examined America’s record as a global leader in environmental stewardship, from...
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Economic headwinds could impact veterinary practices, says economic futurist
In a post-COVID world, Economic Futurist Andrew Busch says the veterinary industry needs to adapt. For the past few years, the profession grew rapidly because people were staying home because of the pandemic and the government issued $14 trillion in stimulus funds. “That’s no longer the case now. You’re still well above where you were...
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Firefox On the Brink? – Slashdot
An anonymous reader shares a report: A somewhat obscure guideline for developers of U.S. government websites may be about to accelerate the long, sad decline of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. There already are plenty of large entities, both public and private, whose websites lack proper support for Firefox; and that will get only worse in the...
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Talent & Green Summit: Cultivating Digital Talent for Sustainable Development
[Dubai, UAE, December 5, 2023] The Talent & Green Summit was held today at the University of Dubai during the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28). The Summit brought together 36 participants in Huawei’s Seeds for the Future 2.0 talent program from 22 countries. Scholars from...
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England among highest performing western countries in education
Pupils in England have risen up the international rankings for maths, placing England as one of the top performing countries in the western world. A worldwide education study published today (5 December 2023) shows England has significantly outperformed the international average and risen from 17th for maths in 2018 to 11th, and from 27th in 2009. The Programme...
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The UK Tries, Once Again, To Age-Gate Pornography – Slashdot
Jon Porter reports via The Verge: UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has laid out how porn sites could verify users’ ages under the newly passed Online Safety Act. Although the law gives sites the choice of how they keep out underage users, the regulator is publishing a list of measures they’ll be able to use to...
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Research Finds That Renting Ages You Faster Than Smoking, Obesity – Slashdot
schwit1 shares a report from the New York Post: A landmark study out of the University of Adelaide and University of Essex has found that living in a private rental property accelerates the biological aging process by more than two weeks every year. The research found renting had worse effects on biological age than being...
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Spotify cuts more than 1,500 jobs amid rising costs in third round of lay-offs
It’s the world’s biggest music streaming service, but just one week on from dominating social media with its annual Wrapped campaign, Spotify has done some unwrapping of its own: laying off about 17 per cent of its workforce. Spotify is cutting more than 1,500 jobs in a bid to clamp down on rising costs. Daniel Ek,...
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Spotify cuts more than 1,500 jobs amid rising costs in third round of lay-offs
It’s the world’s biggest music streaming service, but just one week on from dominating social media with its annual Wrapped campaign, Spotify has done some unwrapping of its own: laying off about 17 per cent of its workforce. Spotify is cutting more than 1,500 jobs in a bid to clamp down on rising costs. Daniel Ek,...
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Middlesex Alumni Win Emmy for ESPN Sports Show
The team who edits ESPN’s SportsCenter earned an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Daily Studio Sports Show at the 44th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards earlier this year. Alumni from Connecticut State Community College Middlesex (formerly Middlesex Community College) worked as video editors for the show and credit their achievement to their learning experiences at the college...
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:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1824670580-5831c1a17b3e40ee86a8f802b47effb9.jpg "Markets News, Dec. 4, 2023: Stocks Fall as Gold Retreats From Record; Bitcoin Tops $41K")
Markets News, Dec. 4, 2023: Stocks Fall as Gold Retreats From Record; Bitcoin Tops $41K
Equity Indexes Wrap: Tech Mega Caps Weigh on S&P 500, Nasdaq; Cruise, Consumer Stocks Advance 1 hr 4 min ago The Dow Shares of 3M (MMM) rose 3.6% following an upgrade from analysts at Barclay’s. Health stock outperformed the broader market today, rising 0.2% as a sector. Merck & Co (MRK) gained 1.6%, Johnson &...