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It’s a tricky thing to write a crotchety old person, and pretty soon the reader wonders what sort of redeeming qualities will make it desirable to spend time in Eugene’s presence. “Well, imagine being young,” he explains. Eugene begins the novel in self-confinement, hiding away in his room doing jigsaw puzzles, but Angel has a charm that slowly wins over the grouch. Angel gives him nicknames, like calling Eugene “homie,” “dog” and “Geno,” much to his chagrin; and he urges the old man to leave his bubble. Eventually Eugene’s reserve cracks, and he agrees to lunch at an outdoor picnic table, where he begins to tell Angel the story of his life.
Persons: Jonathan Evison, Jonathan Evison’s, , Eugene Miles, , Irma, gardenias, , Eugene, Angel, Eugene “ homie, “ Geno Locations: California, Eugene, Chicano
Yet in Europe, sterling came under pressure after data showed Britain's high inflation rate fell unexpectedly in August, prompting speculation that the Bank of England could pause its historic run of interest rate hikes as soon as Thursday. Two-year Treasury yields were down 3.5 basis points in London trade at 5.07%, having risen sharply on Tuesday, when five- and 10-year Treasury yields reached 16-year highs. World stock markets were edging higher ahead of the Fed rate decision. UK gilt yields fell sharply as investors slashed bets for a rate hike on Thursday, with two-year yields last down over 14 bps at 4.85% . "Combined with their recent dovish commentary, we now expect the MPC to keep Bank Rate unchanged tomorrow and lower our forecast for the terminal policy rate to 5.25%," Stehn and co. added.
Persons: DAX, Kai Pfaffenbach, Jerome Powell, Lee Hardman, Sterling underperformed, Goldman Sachs, Sven Jari Stehn, Stehn, Masato Kanda, Eugene Low, Dhara Ranasinghe, Samuel Indyk, Tom Westbrook, Toby Chopra, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, Sterling, U.S, Treasury, Federal Reserve, Bank of England, Brent, Federal, Fed, Japan's Nikkei, MPC, Monetary, Bank of, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, Europe, Saudi Arabia, Russia, U.S, London, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Britain, Japan, Asia, Pacific, Hong Kong, China, Singapore
But at $93.52 a barrel, prices remain up 30% in three months as Saudi Arabia and Russia reduce output. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields had hit their highest since 2007 at 4.371% overnight and were last at 4.36%. The yen is down 11% on the dollar this year as expectations firm for U.S. rates to stay high and Japanese rates to stay low. The yen hit a 10-month trough of 147.95 to the dollar late last week and it traded at 147.85 on Wednesday. Rising yields have kept a lid on gold prices, with spot gold last trading at $1,929 an ounce.
Persons: Brent, Stocks, Jerome, Sam Rines, Powell presser, Masato Kanda, Eugene Low, Miral Fahmy, Jamie Freed Organizations: Federal Reserve, Brent, FTSE, Japan's Nikkei, Bank of, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, Asia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Pacific, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Texas, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Britain, U.S, Singapore, Australia, Argentina
The sun as seen by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft in extreme ultraviolet light in this mosaic of 25 individual images taken on March 7, 2023, by the high resolution telescope of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument. New observations by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft may provide an answer. "Unlike the wind on Earth that circulates the globe, solar wind is ejected outward into interplanetary space," Chitta said. "Earth and the other planets in the solar system whiz through the solar wind as they orbit around the sun. "This finding is important as it sheds more light on the physical mechanism of the solar wind generation," said solar physicist and study co-author Andrei Zhukov of the Royal Observatory of Belgium.
Persons: Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta, Max Planck, Chitta, Andrei Zhukov, Eugene Parker, Zhukov, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Solar Orbiter, Solar, Max Planck Institute, Solar System Research, European Space Agency, NASA, Orbiter, Royal Observatory of, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, Germany, U.S, Royal Observatory of Belgium, American
Albert Einstein sent a letter in 1939 that helped convinced FDR to launch the Manhattan Project. But Einstein was not part of the secretive program run by J. Robert Oppenheimer to develop a nuclear weapon. The letter cited the Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard's work, and Szilard helped draft the letter, which Einstein signed. The Manhattan Project was officially created in August 1942, months after the US entered the war. The Manhattan Project is the center of a new biopic from director Christopher Nolan.
Persons: Albert Einstein, FDR, Einstein, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Einstein's, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Leo Szilard's, Szilard, Oppenheimer, Eugene Wigner, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy Organizations: Manhattan, Service, US Army Intelligence, American Museum of, . Intelligence, US, Newsweek, The New York Times Locations: Wall, Silicon, Hungarian, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Manhattan
Comparing airline prices, fees, and schedules on your own has become standard procedure. And they've introduced a complex system of additional fees, often hidden, for services that used to be included in the ticket price. In order to give that flight the appearance of being on-time, the airline might list the flight duration as three hours. This practice allows airlines to improve their on-time performance and reduce the risk of delays while ultimately boosting cost efficiency. Since everyone became their own travel agent and airlines began fiercely competing over price and on-time performance, airlines have shifted their focus.
Persons: They've, Itai, Eugene Orlov, it's, Orlov, Vinayak Deshpande, Mazhar Arıkan, Jan, Van Mieghem, Yuval Salant, Dennis J, Zhang, Louis, Gad Allon, Jerome Fisher Organizations: Google, Airline Industry, Tel Aviv University, Spirit Airlines, Ryanair, University of North, University of Kansas, Northwestern University, Washington University, Jerome Fisher Program, Management, Technology, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Ater, US, Ireland, University of North Carolina, St
The slower solar wind, located in the same plane of the solar system as Earth, flows at a calmer 249 miles per second (400 kilometers per second). This flip causes the coronal holes to appear across the sun’s surface and release bursts of solar wind directly toward Earth. JHU Applied Physics Laboratory/NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterUnderstanding the source of the solar wind can help scientists better predict space weather and solar storms that can affect Earth. Fortunately, Parker Solar Probe and a separate mission, Solar Orbiter, are perfectly poised to observe the sun’s powerful, dynamic forces at play. “There was some consternation at the beginning of the solar probe mission that we’re going to launch this thing right into the quietest, most dull part of the solar cycle,” Bale said.
Persons: Eugene Parker, Parker, , James Drake, “ That’s, Stuart D, Bale, ” Parker, ” Bale Organizations: CNN, Parker, Probe, JHU, Physics Laboratory, Space, University of Maryland, College Park, University of California, Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe Locations: Berkeley
Two previous candidates, Eugene V. Debs in 1920, and Lyndon LaRouche in 1992, both ran from prison. If Trump is convicted, it's possible he could run for president from behind bars. Socialist Eugene V. Debs ran from behind bars over 100 years agoThe socialist party 1904 Eugene V. Debs and Ben Hanford. HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesIn 1920, Socialist Eugene V. Debs ran for the Oval Office from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, where he was known as "prisoner 9653," according to Smithsonian Magazine. Alex Brandon/File/APWhile Debs and LaRouche were both unsuccessful in their campaigns, they both were still able to run for president while behind bars.
Wes Crill believes the stock market may have already bottomed, according to historical precedence. In the long term, he's bullish on value stocks once again taking the reigns as market leaders. "In fact, the average return for value stocks was a little bit higher in periods where the overall stock market was positive." Across Wall Street, Crill's not the only one with a longer-term overweight towards value stocks. Instead, he says investors should stick to what history dictates works best: value stocks over a long time horizon.
[1/4] Nigerian artist Eugene Komboye creates artworks using discarded plastic flip-flop sandals in his studio in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria, January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Seun SanniABEOKUTA, Nigeria, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Eugene Komboye, a Nigerian artist, is turning discarded plastic flip-flop sandals into colourful portraits in an effort to help clean up the environment in a country where plastic pollution is prevalent. Flip-flops are the footwear of choice for many Nigerians andKomboye, 30, sources his material mostly from dump sites, landfills and river banks. Some customers come to his studio with photographs which he will use to create a personalised portrait. Reporting by Seun Sanni, writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe, editing by Susan FentonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Democrat Val Hoyle is running against Republican Alek Skarlatos in Oregon's 4th Congressional District. Democrat Val Hoyle faces off against Republican Alek Skarlatos in Oregon's 4th Congressional District. Oregon's 4th Congressional District candidatesWith DeFazio vacating his seat, Oregon's 4th Congressional District will see a new face for the first time in nearly four decades. But DeFazio won by only 5 percentage points, the narrowest victory of his congressional congressional career. Voting history for Oregon's 4th Congressional DistrictOregon's 4th Congressional District covers a sprawling rural swath of the southwest corner of the state and includes the college towns of Eugene and Corvallis.
Sterling slippery, stocks stalling as BoE boost fades
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Tom Westbrook | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
S&P 500 futures fell 0.2%. European futures rose 0.6% and FTSE futures lifted 0.3%. The U.S. dollar index had its worst session in 2-1/2 years on Wednesday, recoiling from record highs. The Australian dollar fell 0.8% to $0.6470. Brent crude futures fell 0.8% to $88.62 a barrel.
Sursa foto: elpais.comAlte 182 de morminte anonime, descoperite în apropierea unui fost pensionat pentru copii autohtoni în Columbia BritanicăAlte 182 de morminte anonime au fost descoperite în apropierea unui fost penionat pentru copii autohtoni, St Eugene, la Cranbrook, în Columbia Britanică, în vestul Canadei, a treia descopeire de acest fel în decurs de o lună, a anunţat o comunitate autohtonă, relatează AFP. Această descoprire în Columbia Britanică, cea mai vestică provincie din Canada, a fost anunţată miercuri, într-un comunicat de către comunitatea autohtonă din Lower Kootenay. Anunţul are loc după descoperirea a 751 de morminte, săptămâna trecută, la Marieval, în Saskatchewan (vest), şi a rămăşiţelor a 215 de elevi, la Kamloops, în Columbia Britanică, la sfârşitul lui mai. ”Unele dintre rămăşiţe au fost îngropate în gropi de trei-patru picioare (90-120 de centrimetri) adâncime”, precizează comunitatea autohtonă din Lower Kootenay, care face parte din Prima Naţune Ktunaxa. Mulţi dintre aceşti copii au fost supuşi unor rele tratamente sau abuzuri sexuale, iar peste 4.000 au murit, potrivit unei comisii de anchetă care a constat un adevărat ”genocid cultural” al Canadei.
Persons: St Eugene, Canadei Organizations: Columbia Britanică Locations: Columbia, St, Columbia Britanică, Canadei, Canada, Lower Kootenay, Saskatchewan, Lower, canadian
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