WHEN you meet Peter Chalouhy it is hard to imagine the bubbly little boy may not make it to his 14th birthday. A stem cell gene therapy trial is his only hope but funds are needed to bring it here.

De Nederlandse fractievoorzitter met de meeste Twitter-volgers is Geert Wilders. Volgens Twitteraudit is de helft van die volgers echter nep. Toch is Wilders dan alsnog de meest gevolgde fractievoorzitter.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band took the stage at Ryman Auditorium for their first of two ALL THE GOOD TIMES: The Farewell Tour shows

MerleFest, presented by Window World, has announced the initial lineup ahead of the annual event, taking place April 24-27, 2025

"As former governors, we support the Colorado River District’s purchase of Xcel's water rights for $99 million." -- former Govs. Roy Romer and Bill Ritter

Tune in at 8pm to hear Giacomo Puccini's Il Trittico (3 one act operas) staring Renata Scotto in Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica and Tito Gobbi in Gianni Schicchi.

Metro Denver's housing market heated up instead of cooling down last month as buyers defied expectations they would take a wait-and-see approach until the election was over.

Keke's makeup artist explains.

Tony Rock: Twitter Evangelist.

Bids for the Main Street Apartments complex will start at $6.2 million and be accepted until Nov. 15.

When a rich widow falls victim to a charming young scammer, her suspicions lead her on a search for the truth, but when his desperation for cash reaches a fatal point, she fears she may be too late.

Being Mary Jane returns to your screen on July 18th 10/9c!

Does she have what it takes?

An email containing a racist trope had already leaked.

Jack Harvey and his Penn State men’s swimming and diving teammates welcomed the Pittsburgh Panthers back for a second day of competition for their home opener, Pittsburgh started the day with a 91 – 76 lead over Penn State, but at the conclusion of the meet Penn State claimed the victory 211 – 142. Harvey […]

A Bermuda-born man has been cleared of planning a terrorist attack in the United Kingdom following a trial held at the Old Bailey, while his cousin, also born in Bermuda, was cleared of failing to disclose a plot to authorities. A BBC story said, “A former chicken shop worker has been cleared of planning a […]

Baseball player Adam Hall extended his hitting streak to ten games for Biloxi Shuckers who beat Chattanooga Lookouts 11-2 at AT&T Field in the Double A Southern League yesterday [July 10]. Hall [1-for-4] recorded a second-inning single to help the Shuckers win their fifth successive game. The 25-year-old was promoted to the Shuckers from the […]

The Government has issued a public notice that convicted sex offender Brittonie Lloyd Taylor will be released from prison on October 9th. A government spokesperson said, “The Minister of Legal Affairs, the Hon. Kathy Lynn Simmons, JP, MP today issued a public notice of the impending release, of sex offender Brittonie Lloyd Taylor, who will […]

The Bermuda Netball Association’s 2023/24 season resumed at Bernard’s Park with the playing of the Merle Parfitt Hustle tournament for the Under-11, Under-14, and Under-17, and then the Fast5 tournament, for the Seniors got underway. In the Under 11 Division, Kenzie McCrary from the Phoenix Sparks was the Overall Hustler, with Sairiah Grant from the […]

Jovan Jordan-Whitter has been appointed as the head coach of the future men’s and women’s tennis teams at the University of New England, which will begin varsity competition in the 2025-26 academic year. Heather Davis, the University of New England director of athletics, said: “After a comprehensive national search, we are so pleased to have […]

Bermuda’s Najee Pitt-Clarke made her debut for the Reading University women’s rugby team which plays in the Women’s South Eastern Tier 3A division. Pitt-Clarke wasted no time making an impact, scoring a try in her debut game which the Reading University women’s rugby team won 44 – 0 over Royal Holloway University of London. Related Stories […]

Joan Williams is celebrating 40 years of working at the Little Venice Group, with her colleagues hosting a special lunch to mark the milestone. A spokesperson said, “Not all shining stars are on the front lines! Joan Williams has been steadily working behind the scenes counting the numbers in the accounts department for the Little Venice […]

Barritt’s is celebrating 150 years of its iconic ginger beer with the launch of a new mixer line and a brand refresh. A statement from the company said, “Barritt’s Ginger Beer, from Barritt’s Beverages International Ltd, a proudly family-owned business for five generations hailing from Bermuda, celebrates 150 years of its iconic ginger beer with […]

Deloitte Bermuda announces the addition of two partners to its team, pending approval from the Department of Immigration; Lewis Lo, Partner in Audit & Assurance, and Marcin Czarnocki, Partner in Financial Advisory. Mr Lo has been a Deloitte professional for over 13 years. He serves clients in the Investment Management and [Re]insurance industries, including investment […]

“All Overseas Territories with financial centres are committed to global tax transparency standards,” Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon said. During the British Parliament’s session on June 10th, Liberal Democrat Lord Jones of Cheltenham asked “what progress they have made on reforming procedures in the UK’s Overseas Territories to eliminate [1] tax avoidance, and [2] money laundering.” […]

The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] is set to feature the 2023 comedy/mystery ‘Wicked Little Letters,’ directed by Thea Sharrock, as part of its ongoing ‘Films at BUEI’ series. A spokesperson said, “‘Films at BUEI’ continues at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] with the screening of the 2023 Comedy/Mystery, ‘Wicked Little Letters’ on Saturday, […]

A 33-year-old woman was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after her motorcycle collided with debris on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish, causing two hours of traffic diversions. A police spokesperson said, “At last check, a female rider hurt in a reported single vehicle Hamilton parish collision around 8:55am Monday, 30th September 2024, received treatment at […]

I first arrived in Silicon Valley in 1977 — 45 years ago. I was 24 years old and had accepted a Stanford fellowship paying $2,575 for the academic year. My on-campus apartment rent was $175 per month and a year later I’d buy my first Palo Alto house for $57,000 (sold 21 years later for $990,000). It was an exciting time to be living and working in Silicon Valley. And it still is. We’re right now in a period of economic confusion and reflection when many of the loudest voices have little to no sense of history. Well my old brain is crammed with history and I’m here to tell you that the current situation — despite the news coverage — is no big deal. […]

When lighting with small subjects, a speedlight is generally all you’ll ever need. Further, because of the scale and distances involved, even with a small flash you’ll be working at low power settings.

For these photos of some of the resident animals at the Howard County Conservancy, we used a single speedlight generally at one-eighth power, and let the environment of the impromptu studio to the rest of the heavy lifting for light modification.
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I have been assigned the task of researching and compiling our forthcoming map of Cuba. During the early stages of my research, I hit the cartographic jackpot—the possibility of two new provinces forming in 2011. Not only were we going to be publishing a map of Cuba for the first time since 1906, we were also going to be among the first to showcase its new administrative structure. This is considered an exciting event for cartographers here at the National Geographic. Why? Because before any element is mapped, we need to assure that it portrays the most up-to-date information.

My first stop was Cuba’s official government website. Unfortunately, it was a bit difficult to navigate, especially since the English version of the site was “under construction.” My next stop was the Cuban Embassy—well, not exactly since Cuba and the U.S. have not had formal diplomatic relations since 1961. But there is the Cuban Interests Section embedded within the Embassy of Switzerland here in Washington. It was there that I was able to obtain the official document (Gaceta Oficial de la Republica de Cuba, No. 023) spelling out the upcoming changes to Cuba’s new administrative divisions—Artemisa and Mayabeque provinces.

As Cuba is organized administratively by province and municipality, we were able to delineate the new provincial boundaries pretty easily by using a map of municipalities contained in the most recent Nuevo Atlas Nacional de Cuba. In the latter stages of my research I was able to reconfirm the delineation of these boundaries with the Cuban statistics office, La Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas, as they were now providing statistics for these two new provinces.

Now I have to keep abreast of the deepwater oil exploration off the northern coast of Cuba. If possible, we would like our map to also showcase the location of such prospective oil fields.

—Julie A. Ibinson
Map Researcher & Editor
National Geographic Maps

Йозеф Бирбихлер (род. 1948) – немецкий актер театра и кино, писатель, журналист. Снимался у Вернера Херцога («Стеклянное сердце»), Михаэля Ханеке («Белая лента»), Тома Тыквера. Бирбихлер часто работает в жанре аудиоспектакля. Он озвучил, среди прочего, произведения Генриха фон Клейста, Хуго Балля, Роберта Музиля, Джеймса Джойса.
Роман «Mittelreich» (2013) – семейная сага в лучших традициях жанра. История семьи, управляющей усадьбой на озере в Баварии, неразрывно связана с историей Германии XX века. Эпическое повествование о судьбах трех поколений оборачивается рассуждением о судьбе страны, о войне и разрушении, старой власти и новых хозяевах жизни.

[This is a guest post by Denis Mair]      Cai Xutie was a Taiwanese woman who ran a family farm with her husband in a village near Jiayi in central Taiwan. She was a rice farmer and had never attended a public school. After her husband died in middle age, she sold some of the land, […]

Today's Pizza a Day Diet pizza is technically not a pizza.  It's a flatbread. NB: All pizzas are flatbreads but not all flatbreads are pizzas (A flatbread has an unleavened crust).

I happened to be up north during rush hour so I decided to find the closest Italian place and see what they had that resembled a pizza. :-). This happened to be the Maggiano's in the Domain.  The place has sort of a Disney-fied feel of a downtown Italian restaurant, which is not surprising since the first Maggiano's was founded in Chicago by the Lettuce Entertain You chain whose specialty is theme restaurants. 

Anyway, I took a table in the bar and ordered a Caesar salad and the sausage flatbread.  The sausage was removed from the casing but still distributed in large chunks and had that good Italian-sausage flavor.  The cheese was also abundant and flavorful.  And the crust? Nice and crispy at first and then steamed through. 

Here are a couple pics:

This week we look forward to launches, gaze at glowing auroras, and get creative with glitter.