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Spy Mountain, the moniker for Mt. Avital, rises high on the Biblical Golan Heights. Surveillance antennas are conspicuous atop a heavily fortified installation. It’s Israel’s forward observation post peering into Syria; it’s also now the place from which Israel monitors Iran and its allies on the other side of the border. Roughly a kilometre away, on the […]

BARSQS: Batting Average with Runners in Scoring Quantum SuperpositionA runner is only in scoring position if he eventually scores. More precisely, he is both in scoring position and not, and in different universes he does and does not score. Therefore, your closer is exactly as reliable as anyone else. Adjusted Name of BaseballThis formula recognizes […]

Share 20th Sep 2019 The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are mere days away, and as a highlight of the Hollywood awards circuit thanks to the more relaxed feel than the palpable nominee nerves seen at the very formal Oscars, we’re counting down until the stars hit the red carpet for the ceremony on Sunday, September […]

P.E Nation’s Pip Edwards shares her nighttime routine with Vogue and Estée Lauder.116053 P.E Nation’s Pip Edwards shares her nighttime routine with Vogue and Estée Lauder. 20 Sep 2019 Share 20th Sep 2019 Pip Edwards is one half of the design team behind Australian fashion label P.E Nation and with the activewear brand’s focus on […]

Pictured above: Katie Holmes at the Fendi spring/summer 2020 show. Image credit: courtesy of Fendi When it comes to the ‘Big Four’ fashion weeks, Milan Fashion Week sets itself apart as one of the few fashion events that comes with heritage and craftsmanship heavily ingrained in its history. With industry powerhouses—including Prada, Gucci, Versace and […]

When I heard, a couple of years ago, that the director James Gray was working on a movie set in outer space, I was worried. Gray is a filmmaker whose work conveys a powerful sense of place; for him to be filming in a dark void or a closed capsule struck me as an obstacle […]

This past week, Tom Steyer visited the Hamburg Inn No. 2, a family diner in Iowa City that has drawn the likes of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, not to mention the fictional congressman Matt Santos, of Texas, on a surprisingly faithful episode of “The West Wing.” Inside the wood-panelled dining room, television […]

The Germany midfielder says he has found difficulties with the Italian club while reflecting on his time in England Emre Can says that he has found training with Juventus even more difficult than with Liverpool despite having joked about how hard training is under Jurgen Klopp. Can spent four seasons at Anfield after moving from Bayer Leverkusen […]

Not only has the Portuguese scored more tournament goals than anyone else, he’s also netted more in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals Real Madrid legend Guti recently admitted that if he had to choose between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, he would pick the Argentine. However, the Spaniard was at pains to point out that […]