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However fanciful your story is, it means nothing to Kamaru Usman once that cage door closes. Call him “methodical.” Call him “boring.” Call him “The Ultimate Buzzkill.” At the end of the day, the UFC’s reigning welterweight champion will take any narrative that’s been driven into the ground and make sure that it’s buried six […]
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And suddenly it is summer. Normally I spend weeks standing on the shoreline of the hottest season, reluctant to change my clothes, habits or the arrangement of things. And then, when I do, I am the person shuffling in, a bare toe here or shaved leg there, wiping six months of dust from the outside […]
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Engie (ENGIE.PA) will designate a new chief executive officer in September as the former French gas monopoly pushes ahead with a transformation towards renewable energies and client solutions, executives told Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper. Earlier this year, Engie’s board of directors decided not to renew the mandate of CEO Isabelle Kocher, at the time […]
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A nationwide apartment search website called RENTCafe surveyed 4,750 adults and found that people spent an average of one full workday per week playing video games during the two-and-a-half-month shutdown. Respondents put in more than 110 hours of gaming while stuck at home.Without a doubt, gamers spent more time playing games during the coronavirus lockdown. […]
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A little boy in Britain has raised over $1 million for the National Health Service hospital to thank them for saving his life when he was a baby. For the fundraiser, 5-year-old Tony Hudgell propelled himself around the local park on his prosthetic legs using crutches. Originally meant to drum up a modest £500 ($550), […]
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After a hard-fought and moderately controversial split decision over Max Holloway, Alexander Volkanovski is moving on to the next-toughest contenders in the featherweight division. That means ex-champ Henry Cejudo can make as much noise as he wants, but unless the UFC makes it worthwhile, Volkanovski not interested. “He’s done great things in his divisions,” Volkanovski […]
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The recipeAn uncomplicated curry. You’ll need your favourite blend of curry spices. Warm 3 tbsp of groundnut or vegetable oil in a straight-sided, shallow pan. Season a best end of lamb fillet (weighing 350g of thereabouts) with a little black pepper, then let it sizzle in the oil for about 5 minutes, turning it every […]
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WeWork Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure said the office-sharing company was on course to have positive cash flow in 2021, a year earlier than a target the company set in February, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Claure, in an interview with the newspaper, said WeWork has seen strong demand for its office spaces since the […]
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A decade ago, filmmaker Ridley Scott invited YouTube users around the world to submit video from a single day in their life – July 24, 2010 – for inclusion in a crowdsourced documentary. Some 80,000 clips poured in and after whittling down the submissions, a 95-minute feature film called Life in a Day was produced. […]
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Todd Burkemper has worked hard since graduating college in 2011—and luck has followed him throughout his career as an app designer and senior software developer at Buildium. But while golden job opportunities propelled him forward, he never stopped looking back, watching over his younger brother. Todd had a home built in Wentzville, Missouri, two years […]
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