Spoken across some of the world’s northernmost territories, Yakut is an indigenous language with fewer than half a million people currently using it in their everyday life. Listed as one of the endangered languages, Yakut is risking disappearing off the face of the earth and taking a unique culture and original group identity with it. Thanks to the passion, dedication and enthusiasm of one single individual, as well as support from the Yandex team, two… Source link
Read More »The Congressman Who Doesn’t Use Google
“When I see something that I consider an injustice, I just don’t buy the product,” says Buck, sitting behind his desk in the Rayburn House Office Building. He wore a dark, lightly checked suit, his gray hair cropped close; he dipped into his oatmeal breakfast from the House carryout, a “Make America Great Again” hat on the shelf behind him. For the past nearly two years, Buck has been staging, or trying to stage, a one-person Capitol Hill boycott of a set of companies most of… Source link
Read More »‘Family Guy’ brings back McGruff the Crime Dog
Family Guy took a bite out of the past on Sunday, with its own updated spin on a classic McGruff the Crime Dog commercial, first made popular in the early ’80s. In the episode, titled “Christmas Crime,” Brian the dog found himself in a bit of trouble and while trying to convince Mayor Wild West that he was one of the good guys, Brain claimed that he was briefly McGruff’s sidekick. That’s when the show cut away — in typical Family Guy fashion — to a classic McGruff PSA with Brian… Source link
Read More »Tom Brady and Bucs shut out, stunned by Saints in Tampa
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE to see today’s piping-hot, fresh-outta-the-oven episode of THE RUSH with Liz Loza We’ll let you know everything you didn’t know you needed to know about sports. Other stuff too. But mostly sports. It’s Monday, December 20, 2021, and here’s what Liz is cookin’ up: The New Orleans Saints continue their regular season domination over the Buccaneers, shutting out Tom Brady’s squad in Tampa The Ravens lost on yet another controversial coaching decisions, leaving… Source link
Read More »Omicron Fears Ignite Market Selloff Just as Traders Clear Books
(Bloomberg) — Monday’s Asia trading session took on a decisively risk-off tone: U.S. stock index futures fell, Treasuries gained and risk-sensitive currencies slid as investors fretted over fresh lockdowns to slow the new variant. Most Read from Bloomberg Senator Joe Manchin’s rejection of the U.S. spending package at the heart of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda heaped fresh fuel to the fire with market liquidity starting to thin as Christmas nears. “Markets this week and next… Source link
Read More »Urban Meyer’s post firing interview reveals his flaws
There is one undeniable NFL coaching commandment: You cannot hide from your own shortcomings. You can deny them. You can ignore them. You can redirect them toward others or even lie about them. But eventually, the on-field product and the culture off it get chiseled into the epitaph hanging above your permanent record. And whatever you personally did to facilitate both will ultimately define your reputation. Urban Meyer might come to see that someday. That day is not today. That’s what… Source link
Read More »NFL working-class heroes come through
This weekly NFL wrap column is called Booms and Busts. Perhaps Busts and Busts would be a better title this week. All sorts of big-name players went poof in Week 15, or weren’t available for fantasy use. Ah, but it’s the holidays. It’s time for happiness, positivity, good cheer. So let’s shine a light on some of the lesser-known players you might have opted for in Week 15, your working-class heroes. A working-class hero is something to be. Bills secondary options come through Start with Source link
Read More »Cathie Wood Pours Money Into 3 “Strong Buy” Innovation Stocks
Stock picker and hedge manager Cathie Wood made some serious waves last year, when her ARK Innovation ETF outperformed the S&P 500 by an order of magnitude. From the pandemic trough in March to the end of 2020, the S&P gained 68%, while Wood’s flagship fund surged ahead by 153%. It was an astounding performance. Wood made smart choices last year, targeting tech companies, remote connections, and telehealth for investment. All of those segments saw big gains in business during the lockdown… Source link
Read More »Broncos QB Teddy Bridgewater carted off after scary injury
Teddy Bridgewater has been through so much already in his NFL career. Seeing him get carted off, strapped to a backboard, was a scary sight Sunday afternoon. Bridgewater suffered a head injury in the third quarter of the Denver Broncos‘ game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He was down for a while before being carted off in front of the quiet crowd. The Broncos lost 15-10 to severely damage their playoff hopes, but the concern was for the popular Bridgewater and his health. On the play he… Source link
Read More »One stat shows how hard it is to pick market-beating stocks
A version of this post was originally published on TKer.co. Picking stocks in an attempt to beat market averages is an incredibly challenging and sometimes money-losing effort. In fact, most professional stock pickers aren’t able to do this on a consistent basis.¹ One of the reasons for this is that most stocks don’t deliver above-average returns. According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, only 22% of the stocks in the S&P 500 outperformed the index itself from 2000 to 2020. “When a randomly… Source link
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