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☆ Be warned: Flights are getting bumpier
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Michelle Mastro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Air turbulence is becoming more common and more intense. As the jet stream buckles a bit because it's not as strong as it was in the past, now you have all this energy associated with the jet stream up 30,000 feet or so. But changes to the atmosphere mean these corridors are getting bumpier, so avoiding them could result in smoother flights. But while we can get better at avoiding air turbulence, we won't be able to avoid it altogether. That's why some companies are going back to the drawing board to design airplanes that can better adjust to turbulent air.

Persons: I'd, Isabel Smith, Smith, Paul Williams, Williams, Bill Duncan, You've, John K, didn't, Duncan, Pierre Baqué, Alyson Smith, Michelle Mastro Organizations: University of Reading, Lufthansa, Northern, The Weather Company, Denver, Airbus, National Transportation Safety Locations: Denver, Indianapolis, England, Austin , Texas, Frankfurt, Germany, Washington, Rocky, Swiss, Delta

☆ Nicolas Cage is using ‘Dream Scenario’ to process his ‘memefication’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Now we have “Dream Scenario,” combining both Cage the celebrity whose fame stalks and distorts him, and Cage the self-described thespian. Paul Williams (Nicolas Cage), the academic who the world can't stop dreaming about, in Kristoffer Borgli's "Dream Scenario." Courtsey NEONNicolas Cage ("Nick Cage") contemplates his career in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" (2022). Nicolas Cage and Julianne Nicholson as husband and wife thrown into disarray with his newfound fame in "Dream Scenario." “Dream Scenario” is released in the UK and on limited release in the US on November 10, before going nationwide on November 22.

Persons: Nicolas Cage, He’s, ”, Cage’s, Renfield ”, Nicholas Hoult, Anne Bancroft, “, John Travolta, we’ve, ” “, Oscar, there’s, Paul Williams, Kristoffer Borgli's, Kristoffer Borgli’s, Paul, ’ ”, ” Paul, Nick Cage, Katalin Vermes, he’s, Paul bungle, Jordan Peterson, they’re, Carl Jung, Julianne Nicholson, “ I’m, James Dean, Eden ’, ” Cage Organizations: CNN, Lionsgate Locations: New York, Las Vegas, ‘

☆ They climbed mountains to escape Nazis. Now their great grandchildren are making the same journey
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Oliver Briscoe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Over the ridge of the mountain, across the border was the promised land, the neutral territory Spain – an escape, a second chance, a future. During World War II, a perilous route through the Pyrenees mountains provided a means for hundreds of thousands of resistance fighters, civilians, Jews, allied soldiers and escaped prisoners of war to evade Nazi pursuers. Sitting down with them, Tim reflected on how this human drama played out against the backdrop of America’s role in bringing an end to World War II. Born July 9, 1923, he made his escape over the Pyrenees in July of 1944. Although Franco was sympathetic to Germany, Spain remained neutral during World War II, largely because of its dependence on US imports.

Persons: ”, Paul Williams, Richard Christenson, Ruth, Marie Janiszewski, Oliver Briscoe Formally, Luke Janiszewski, “, ’, Kathryn, Marie, Luke, Jake, “ I’d, Tim, Christenson, Oliver Briscoe, Paul Broué, Broué, Guy Seris, ” Seris, Franco’s, Franco, Frank McNichol, Joseph McNichol, ” McNichol, ” Joseph McNichol, Joseph McNichol McNichol Organizations: CNN, SS, Freedom Trail Association, Joseph McNichol US Air Force, Floridian Locations: Spain, Nazi, France, Europe, France’s Ariege, Baltimore, England, French, Seix, Germany, Spanish, Isaba

☆ Bad news for nervous flyers: Turbulence is getting worse as the planet warms
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In addition, moderate turbulence jumped from 70.0 to 96.1 hours, while light turbulence hit 546.8 hours, up from 466.5. "[This] doesn't necessarily mean planes are encountering turbulence, clear air turbulence, 55% more often because, of course, planes try and avoid it and they've been getting very good at avoiding it," he said. "Although the radar on the flight deck can't see … clear air turbulence, there's a related technology called LIDAR that stands for light detection and ranging," Williams said. "By using that different wavelength of light, we can see invisible clear air turbulence ahead," he said. "Unfortunately it's very expensive and also comes in a big heavy box, which you don't want really to go on a plane to add weight onto the aircraft," Williams said.

Persons: Joe Giddens, Paul Williams, they've, Williams, Mark Prosser, Prosser, LIDAR, it's Organizations: Research, World Meteorological Organization, University of Reading, Atlantic, CAT, Aircraft, Istock, Getty, CNBC Locations: Northamptonshire, England, USA

☆ Housing prices have hit a 30-year high, but don't expect Congress to help anytime soon
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Joseph Zeballos-Roig | Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It seems unlikely that Congress will step in anytime soon to provide housing relief for Americans. But that was only a brief reprieve from a housing market crisis brewing in the US for decades. Soaring housing and rent prices made up a large portion of the increases in the latest inflation report released on Tuesday. "There's all this chaos in the housing market," Williams said. "The combination of higher mortgage rates and the slowdown in economic growth is weighing on the housing market," Sam Khater, Freddie Mac's chief economist, told Insider.

☆ Premiile Pulitzer 2021. Lista completă a câștigătorilor și câștigătoarelor din acest an
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Publicaţiile The New York Times, The Atlantic şi Star Tribune, precum şi agenţia de ştiri Reuters s-au numărat vineri printre câştigătorii premiilor Pulitzer, cele mai prestigioase distincţii din jurnalismul american. Au fost premiate articole despre pandemia de COVID-19 și despre inechităţi rasiale în acţiunile forţelor de ordine din Statele Unite, subiecte care au dominat ceremonia desfășurată online, scrie digi24.roPremiile Pulitzer, cele mai prestigioase distincţii din jurnalismul american, au fost create de ziaristul american de origine maghiara Joseph Pulitzer şi se acordă începând cu anul 1917. Câştigătorul fiecărei categorii primeşte 15 000 de dolari, cu excepţia laureatului pentru Public Service, care primeşte o medalie de aur. Pulitzer se acordă în 21 de categorii, dintre care 14 sunt dedicate jurnalismului, iar şapte recompensează realizări deosebite în domeniul artelor. Literatură, dramaturgie, muzică

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Aceştia au împărţit premiul pentru „Jurnalism explicativ” cu Ed Yong, de la The Atlantic, care a fost apreciat de comitetul Pulitzer pentru „o serie de articole lucide şi definitorii despre pandemia de Covid-19”. În categoria „Serviciu public”, a fost recompensată publicaţia The New York Times pentru relatarea „profetică şi extinsă” a pandemiei de coronavirus. Dineul dedicat câştigătorilor, care în mod tradiţional are loc imediat după ceremonia de decernare, şi este găzduit de Universitatea Columbia, a fost amânat pentru toamnă. Premiile Pulitzer, cele mai prestigioase distincţii din jurnalismul american, au fost create de ziaristul american de origine maghiara Joseph Pulitzer şi se acordă începând cu anul 1917. Pulitzer se acordă în 21 de categorii, dintre care 14 sunt dedicate jurnalismului, iar şapte recompensează realizări deosebite în domeniul artelor.

Persons: George Floyd, Reuters, Yong, Marques, Robert Greene, scriitoarei Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer, Matt Rocheleau, Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen, Brendan McCarthy, Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jackie Botts, Kathleen McGrory, Neil Bedi, Alison, Mitchell S . Jackson, Michael Paul Williams, Wesley Morris, Morenatti, Hagen, Chris Haxel, Graham Smith, Robert Little Organizations: Star, The, Associated Press, Comitetul, New York, Boston Globe, Universitatea Columbia, Public, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Tampa Bay Times, Marshall, Chicago Jurnalism, News, Magazine, Richmond Times, Los Angeles Times, Associated, National Public Locations: Atlantic, Agerpres, Los Angeles Times, New, New York Times, american, The New York, Minneapolis Jurnalism, Tampa, AL.com, Birmingham, IndyStar, Indianapolis, Chicago, New York, California, Los Angeles

☆ Partidul Conservator obține o victorie istorică în alegerile parțiale din Hartlepool, bastion laburist
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Partidul Conservator al prim-ministrului Boris Johnson a câştigat o victorie istorică în circumscripţia electorală Hartlepool, unde un candidat al său obţine mandatul de deputat pentru prima dată după mai bine de 50 de ani în acest bastion laburist din nord-estul Angliei, potrivit rezultatelor oficiale comunicate vineri, transmit AFP şi Reuters, potrivit Agerpres. Conform acestor rezultate, printre primele anunţate după alegerile locale şi regionale desfăşurate joi, conservatoarea Jill Mortimer a primit 15.529 de voturi la Hartlepool, aproape dublu faţă de scorul înregistrat de contracandidatul său laburist Paul Williams (8.589). Această victorie categorică îi oferă lui Boris Johnson o majoritate şi mai consistentă în Camera Comunelor şi va creşte presiunea asupra liderului laburist Keir Starmer, criticat deja pentru neîndeplinirea promisiunii de a revigora partidul după dezastrul electoral din 2019. „Este un rezultat istoric”, a declarat vineri Amanda Milling, copreşedinte al Partidului Conservator, după numărarea voturilor. Rezultatul de la Hartlepool continuă o tendinţă stabilită de Boris Johnson în alegerile generale din 2019, când a „spart” aşa-numitul „zid roşu” laburist din nordul şi centrul Angliei, obţinând o majoritate absolută în parlament.

Persons: Boris Johnson, conservatoarea Jill Mortimer, laburist Paul Williams, Keir Starmer, Amanda Milling Organizations: Partidul Conservator, Agerpres, Camera Comunelor, Partidului Conservator Locations: Angliei, Hartlepool, laburist, Regatului Unit, Scoţia, Anglia, Ţara Galilor, Downing Street

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