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The NHL trade deadline (March 8) is only a month-and-a-half away which means teams are going to start positioning themselves as buyers and sellers. Contenders are looking for the final piece of their championship puzzle, rebuilding teams are looking for future assets, and the bubble teams on the fringe might try to do a combination of both kind of like the Washington Capitals did during the 2022-23 season when they sold some veterans but also added a potential long-term piece in Rasmus Sandin. No matter where a team is in the standings, it has options. So let’s take a look…
Please repeat after me. Building a project car is a never-ending process. If you buy with that in mind, you'll be less miserable at the end of the day. If your bank account is the same as your phone number, the process will be easier. 15 photosPhoto: Officially gassed – OG Think of it this way. Automakers spend tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars developing new models. Finding the right settings can take years and require multiple teams. With that in mind, let me get to the point. The tuning industry has experienced explosive growth over the past…
downward angle icon An icon in the shape of a downward facing corner. Sofia Vergara plays Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco in the Netflix series Griselda. Netflix, Izabela Vosmykova/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photobank/NBCUniversal (via Getty Images) Sofia Vergara stars in the Netflix series Griselda, about Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco.To play the role, Vergara underwent physical changes, including wearing an artificial nose.She also had her teeth yellowed and her hair flattened to achieve that look. When you think of Sofia Vergara, you might think of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, the glamorous firecracker from the long-running sitcom Modern Family.But in “Griselda,” released Thursday on Netflix,…
New Zealand Law Party leader David Seymour is on a mission to persuade coalition partners to make a flatter, simpler tax system a centerpiece of this year's budget, arguing it “could make everyone's life better”. are doing. Finance Minister Nicola Willis promised tax cuts in May's budget, but has yet to provide details on how this will be achieved. National had been campaigning for proposals to adjust the existing tax base, but as part of coalition negotiations with Act last year, it announced that Act's tax policy would be “provided that earners are no longer disadvantaged”. They agreed to consider…
There is a tendency to frame cases like this as part of an age-old conflict between religion and modernity. Between the demands of faith and the demands of public life in secular societies. But it’s a misleading characterisation. The aggressive imposition of Muslim cultural practices on to education has very little to do with Islam and everything to do with decades of multicultural policymaking. That is what we’re seeing right now in the cases of Michaela and Barclay. Not quiet displays of faith, but loud, all-too-visible assertions of Muslim identitarianism. The rise of Muslim identity politics Not so long ago,…
Even though I was traveling to Panama last November, I didn't travel very far. Protests erupted, roads were blocked, supply chains were delayed, travel plans were canceled and the entire country came to a virtual standstill. reason? Citizens express dissatisfaction with the government's renewal of a contract with First Quantum, a Canadian mining company that extracts copper from an environmentally sensitive region of the Caribbean coast. Some were concerned about revenue going to foreign corporations, while others cited encroachment on indigenous land. But the main reason Panamanians took to the streets was out of concern about the negative impact the…
Ironmace is seeking an injunction from former publisher Nexon following the publisher's claims that Dark and Darker was written with code stolen from a game the team was developing for Nexon. said that it was rejected. The Ironmace developer, known as SDF, said in a statement to players on its Discord server that the court had rejected Nexon's injunction against “trade secret and copyright infringement” and that “therefore, Dark & Darker is a Nexon company. Violation of secrecy and copyright.” The court also reportedly ruled that Dark and Darker's service “should not be suspended based solely on Nexon's claims and…
Who or what will your NHL team be saying goodbye to before the league’s March 8 trade deadline? This week, The Athletic asked its NHL staff for their expert picks and analysis on all 32 teams. In response, we heard about veteran role players, expiring contracts, valuable picks and stars. Here are our writers’ picks for the most likely assets to be dealt. GO DEEPERNHL trade board 3.0: The latest on Zegras, Tarasenko and big new names from Chris Johnston Adam Henrique: There might be bigger names that could fill a contender’s need for an upgrade on their second or…
Photo by Simon Kadula on UnsplashThe humming symphony of the modern factory resonates with data, whispering stories of efficiency, quality, and innovation. But tapping into this hidden orchestra remains a mechanical mystery, locked in siled databases and disparate formats. Fear not, data artisans. Because the digital knight of data virtualization has arrived, turning factories into data-driven havens.Imagine a transparent veil woven by algorithms that can be easily spread across SCADA systems, PLCs, and enterprise databases. This layer of magic, the data virtualization engine, transcends physical boundaries and language barriers and unifies diverse data formats within a single virtual landscape. Gone…
Jonathan Reynolds admitted the investment may not take place until “later in the next parliament” as the pledge continues to come under scrutiny from within and outside the Labor Party. by Alexandra Rogers, political reporter @journoamrogers Sunday 28 January 2024 16:56, UK Labor said it remained “committed” to the “level of ambition” outlined in its £28bn green investment pledge, amid uncertainty over whether it will be further watered down or scrapped. Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the party aims to deliver on its initial commitments in 2021, but acknowledged investment may not be delivered until “later in the next…