Reuters/Lucas Jackson More and more investors are calling for central banks to remove their inflation targets. However, this would be a mistake, according to Jeremy Lawson, chief economist at Aberdeen Standard Investments. Doing so would make it harder for central banks to navigate downturns. There are growing calls for central banks to reduce their emphasis […]
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Priest urges church to abandon Christmas, ‘hijacked’ by Santa
Published time: 19 Nov, 2017 00:11 A Catholic priest has urged the church to abandon the word “Christmas” because it has been “hijacked by Santa and reindeer.” Dublin-based priest Father Desmond O’Donnell said believers should now use the word “Nativity” instead of “Christmas,” because the latter has lost all its meaning to commercialization. “We’ve lost […]
Disney is just the first of many to abandon Netflix
TripAdvisor/Adventure_Traveler85 Last month, Disney announced its intention to take its films off Netflix in 2019 and start its own streaming service. I wrote that Disney could be just the first of many media companies with differentiated content to pull their deals with Netflix and offer their own streaming packages. Indeed, we’re already seeing it happen. 21st Century Fox’s FX now offers commercial-free streaming […]
New Star Trek series will abandon Gene Roddenberry’s cardinal rule
Enlarge / Sonequa Martin-Green plays protagonist Michael Burnham, first officer of the U.S.S. Shenzhou, on new CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery. (credit: CBS) Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry had a lot of strict rules for writers on his shows. Some, like the requirement that both female and male officers be called “sir,” were […]
Cree health officials urge hunters to switch to steel shot, abandon lead
As many Quebec Cree are out celebrating one of the most important holidays of the year — the annual spring goose hunt — public health officials are spreading an important message: change your shot from lead to steel. CBC | Health News
Cree health officials urge hunters to switch to steel bullets, abandon lead
As many Quebec Cree are out celebrating one of the most important holidays of the year — the annual spring goose hunt — public health officials are spreading an important message: change your bullets from lead to steel. CBC | Health News
How to Abandon Android and Switch to iOS
Image: Gizmodo Maybe you like the curves of the iPhone 7, maybe you just don’t trust Google with your data any more, or maybe someone just gave you an iPhone as a birthday present. Whatever the reason, here’s how to get your entire digital life from Android to iOS with as little head-scratching as possible. […]
‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Trailer: Time To Abandon Your Humanity
The war between man and ape is in full swing, and it doesn’t look pretty. Director Matt Reeves‘ War for the Planet of the Apes looks like the biggest, perhaps most intense addition to the series yet, but it also looks to continue the series’ tradition of thoughtful science-fiction. Talk of war and abandoning humanity to save humanity […]
