The Saturn Herald – Page 134

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Joe Biden in his first speech as president-elect at Delawaret said it is “Time to heal”, vowing “not to divide but to unify” the country. “Let’s give each other a chance” he said addressing those who did not vote for him. Although Mr Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump who has yet to concede and…

Joe Biden now has 279 electoral votes

Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States pending the outcome of any legal challenges, after his victory in Pennsylvania took his over the winning line of 270. President elect Biden now has 279 electoral college votes, taking him past the 270 needed to win. Donald Trump is stuck at 214.…

The potential beauty in succinctness

Dublin-born Brian Dillon has been collecting sentences and describes as “affinity” a scrupulous but perplexing attachment to the written expression with a full stop. In Suppose a Sentence, Dillon makes these mementos into the 27 one-liners, a literary hitchhikers pickup over the course of his research. A series of essays prompted by a single sentence…

Boom and Bust –Exchange Alley

In 1719 London, the year began well enough for London’s stock traders, working from their corner of the city, a narrow passage called Exchange Alley, buying and selling shares-dealing not in things but in numbers – was still new to the city. There was no fixed marketplace for traders in the paper. So those who…

Cladding firm workers told to do the right thing at Grenfell inquiry

Four Arconic, former employees three French nationals and one German were urged to do the right thing after they refused to give evidence to Grenfell public enquiry into the fatal fire. The French cladding employees have said they will not engage with the judge-led investigation, claiming they fear breaking a French Law against evidence being…

Takeover bid hit Christmas early in London

While Covid-19 lockdown is going on there is a boom in London’s takeovers as a £7bn bid for insurance giant RSA was followed by deals in property, food and tech sectors, which drove up shares in Aviva and Hiscox. Wellcome Trust’s investment arm snapped up property group Urban and Civic for £506m and Mr Kipling…

Bentley to make electric cars

Volkswagen-owned Bentley plans to go fully electric by 2030 and would offer a range of plug-in hybrid or battery electric cars by 2026, as the company aims to be completely carbon neutral across its manufacturing within a decade. Adrian Hallmark, Bentley’s CEO said “ Within a decade, Bentley will transform from a 100-year-old luxury car…

National Stress Awareness Day

As everyone has stress, some good for us as it helps us to respond to changes in life. Stress is mechanism by which our body’s natrual way of protecting itself from harm, but our health can also be affected by external stresses such as physical abuse, stressful work environments, financial stress and other family health…

Our Own

Review of “Our Own” (Les Notres) Raindance 28th Film Festival 2020 (Slykid and Skykid) 86 minutes. This film premiered at The Rendez Vous Quebec Cinema on February 26, 2020. It is French Canadian with subtitles. https://cinema.raindance.org “How to help young people by spelling out the facts of unprotected encounters with the opposite sex”? I feel…

Elephant awaiting extra-long tusk trimming

An elephant Vallabhan purchased from Palakkad in2002 by local residents and gifted to Malayinkeezhy Sreekrishnaswamy temple in Kerala, south India, neither able to take food nor hold his head high literally after the tusks grew heavier and 1.5m extra-long. He is awaiting tusk trimming. The 26-year-old elephant while lying down, the tusks rub against the…