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There’s old-fashioned entertainment value in this tough, if faintly preposterous Nordic western, a muscular, brash and well photographed piece of work from Danish director Nikolaj Arcel, co-written with Anders Thomas Jensen. It’s adapted from the 2020 bestseller The Captain and Ann Barbara by Ida Jessen, which is itself loosely inspired by a true story from Denmark’s history about the retired 18th-century army captain turned farmer Ludwig von Kahlen.Kahlen got royal permission to cultivate the lawless and desolate Jutland…

Mammootty is a big name in the Malayalam film industry. The 72-year-old Malayalam actor is known for his roles, dressing style, and the cars he owns. Along with his son Dulquer Salman, Mammootty owns a slew of luxury and exotic cars. Their garage is popularly known as the 369 garage among fans and enthusiasts. One such car in Megastar Mammootty’s collection is a previous generation Land Rover Defender SUV. The actor was recently seen arriving in this classic SUV for an event. View this post on…

In King Lear, confronted with the figure of his cruelly blinded father, Edgar wonders whether matters are as bad as they imaginably could be. He concludes, however, that “the worst is not/So long as we can say “This is the worst.”’ The very fact that he has language, and the capacity for judgment, is itself proof that he has more to lose. Edgar’s words, in this most archaic of Shakespeare’s plays, feel horribly prophetic of the slaughter bench of modern history, as if the events of the 20th century were designed to test…

Donald Trump is considering endorsing Lara Trump — his daughter-in-law and an aspiring singer-songwriter who recently released a cringe-worthy cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” — to co-chair the Republican National Committee, The New York Times reported on Monday. The Times reported last week that Ronna McDaniel, the RNC’s current chairwoman, told Trump that she plans to step down from the position she’s held since 2017 after the South Carolina primary later this month. Trump is now expected to support…

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, ending a private three-week mission to the International Space Station.The trio were accompanied by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the chartered flight. The crew returned in a SpaceX capsule that parachuted into the Atlantic off the Florida coast.Turkey celebrated Alper Gezeravci’s launch from Cape Canaveral last month. A former fighter pilot and captain for Turkish Airlines, he became the…

A group of researchers are giving hands-on experience to members of Indigenous communities to teach them how to monitor remediation efforts of oil and gas companies on their traditional lands. NAIT's Centre for Boreal Research based out of Peace River teaches communities about forest ecology, seed identification, and peatland restoration — all as a way to reclaim their lands."The initial activities … were to train the community members to be what we call the guardians, to understand how land reclamation works, to be able…

Master Data science and Secure Your Dream Job – A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners to Professionals Data science is, in the modern world, a very gratifying and in-demand career. It entails the application of many techniques and technologies to collect, examine, and extrapolate important insights from large and complex data sets. Data science applies to a wide range of fields and businesses, including social media, e-commerce, healthcare, and finance. If you are just starting and thinking about a career in…

Details about SpaceX’s proposed land swap deal with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) keep getting uglier. After an overwhelming majority voted against the land exchange, the decision was delayed to March. Recent reports, however, suggest that the acres in question were already set aside for preservation and that an oil billionaire in Texas is helping Elon Musk seal the deal.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsTPWC is considering a land swap deal with SpaceX, acquiring around 477 acres near the…

Jaguar Land Rover is pushing back the launch of two key electric models amid “surprising” demand for its plug-in hybrids. The announcement comes as the company is seeing strong interest in the first electric Range Rover after orders opened in December. Jaguar Land Rover delays two new EVs After reporting strong third-quarter fiscal sales, JLR revealed it was now aiming to launch four new EVs over the next two years. Land Rover initially said in 2021 that it would launch six all-electric…

A protein transition can free up land to tap vast energy and negative emission potentials. Credit: One Earth/Rueda et al. Researchers report that replacing 50% of animal products with alternative proteins by 2050 could free up enough agricultural land to generate renewable energy equivalent in volume to today's coal-generated power while simultaneously removing substantial CO2 from the atmosphere. …