2019

Royal Shakespeare Company ends BP partnership after student protest

Image copyright Sam Allard/RSC Image caption The RSC, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, said the decision had “not been taken lightly” The Royal Shakespeare Company is to end its partnership with BP at the end of the year following criticism of its links to the international oil giant. The RSC said it “could not ignore” the “strength […]

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ACC schools see benefit in adding ex-coaches as advisers

Some of the most experienced head coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference aren’t exactly coaches anymore. Three schools — North Carolina, Florida State and Virginia Tech — have hired former head coaches to advisory or analytical positions in the past 10 months, providing an additional voice of experience for the programs while giving the ex-coaches

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Stocks extend slide on increasing economic growth concerns

U.S. stocks extended their losses into morning trading on Wednesday as investors headed for safer holdings amid worrying economic data and lingering trade disputes. Investors are still hunkering down following a dismal manufacturing report on Tuesday that sent the market to its sharpest loss in five weeks. The report increased fears that a trade war-induced

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Vintage Photo Of Elizabeth Warren In Jeans Is The Fashion Inspo We Need

Author Summer Brennan posted the candid black-and-white snap, which pictures Warren in what appears to be a button-front shirt tucked into the kind of high-waisted denim one scours vintage store racks for hours trying to find. “I’m so sorry I know this is so irrelevant and probably counterproductive but can we discuss the bangin’ denim

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New Music Video Is A ‘Wild’ Look At The Shifting Landscape Of Love

What happens when you combine the emerging talents of pop and theater songwriter Joey Contreras, actor-singer Antonio Cipriano, and dancers Tyler McKenzie and Jeff Sykes? Apparently, a soaring pop anthem and an angsty pas de deux.  On Monday, Contreras gifted fans with a new single, “Wild,” which Cipriano performs as a solo. The video accompanying the

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TripAdvisor Ends Ticket Sales to Attractions That Breed or Buy Dolphins and Whales

TripAdvisor will no longer sell tickets to attractions that breed, import or capture whales, dolphins, porpoises and other cetaceans for public display, the company announced on Wednesday. The move will ban sales to attractions and events at parks and aquariums worldwide, including SeaWorld, which has locations in Florida and California, Loro Parque in Spain and

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From Your Mouth to Your Screen, Transcribing Takes the Next Step

The Rev system allows the customer to choose whether they want more accuracy or a quicker turnaround at lower cost, said Jason Chicola, the company’s founder and chief executive. Increasingly, his customers will correct machine-generated texts rather than transcribing from scratch. He said that while Rev had 40,000 human transcribers, he did not believe that

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