“It’s part of Americana that we export to the world, those uniquely American values, that First Amendment, that freedom of speech,” National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver said in January during an appearance on TNT’s “Inside the NBA.” “I’m thrilled at the fact that players in this league are comfortable speaking out on issues that are important to them.”Is that so? If the past 48 hours were all you had to go on, that might seem like a startling assertion. Over the weekend, Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted and then deleted a brief statement of support for the pro democracy protesters in Hong Kong. He swiftly apologized, saying he was “merely voicing one thought, based on one interpretation, of one complicated event.” By Monday morning, the NBA released a statement saying that Morey’s remarks had “deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which is regrettable.
Scientists say that while people who remain obese from childhood into adulthood were most at risk of dying, modest weight gains throughout a lifespan can increase the “probability of survival”. Experts said individuals who put on weight in later life often lived longer than those who remained trim. The findings were made following a study based on two generations of Americans followed over nearly seven decades.
The system is significantly more draconian than the UK Government’s, under which only those arriving from 33 “red list” countries into England will have to isolate for 10 nights in hotels. Mr Matheson said six hotels have been block booked in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, with up to 1,300 rooms available. Credit: Wisconsin Department of Transportation via Whitewash fears over Salmond inquiry after pro independence MSPs block release of Sturgeon dossier.
The Soofas being installed at various locations around the city in the coming weeks won’t cost the city anything (Cisco picked up the tab, and has its logo is engraved on the panels accordingly), and the technology has a lot of potential beyond charging our phones. Solar panels now create more energy than is used to manufacture them, and we’re finding ways to make this process cheaper and easier all the time. And USB ports are getting more powerful (Gizmodo said they “could be the power outlets of the [very near] future”).
His funeral in August was attended by then Vice President Mike Pence, NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, and other boldface names. “In Ravi Zacharias, God gave us the greatest Christian apologist of this century,” Pence said at the funeral. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a “disaster” for both nations.