Now it’s poised to. A privately funded Lao movie, the first in 33 years, is scheduled to hit the big screen in Thailand and Laos in April. Codirected by Laotian moviemaker Anousone Sirisackda and Thailand’s Sakchai Deenan, “Good Morning Luang Prabang” is a romantic road movie about a young journalist who grows up in Australia and falls in love with a beautiful Lao girl during a visit to his father’s hometown, Luang Prabang....
Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin is heard addressing the meeting briefly, telling his fellow House members about the “beauty” of the “mahogany boxes” that will carry the electoral votes signed in each state from the Senate to its chamber for certification. The speaker then closes out the call, telling House members that “this it is,” and says the chamber needs to be ready to tally the votes “in a timely fashion....
The GOP still appears on track to take control of the House and the party has won 207 seats so far, while Democrats hold 189 seats with several key races yet to be called. A total of 218 seats is needed to form a majority and like in the 100-seat Senate, the House majority will almost certainly come down to just a handful of the remaining contests. Republicans need to win several more competitive races in order to secure a majority and potentially make Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy the next Speaker of the House....
Plain and simple, they saved the best for last. After all kinds of ridiculousness (remember the UFO question, anyone?) the last two Democrats standing sat down tonight for a substantive–dare we say wonktastic?–discussion of serious issues ranging from health care (16 minutes!) and NAFTA to Israel and Iraq. It’s a cliche to say this, but I think the voters of Ohio and Texas were the “winners” tonight; while pundits and political junkies know much of this material already, I suspect that people in Cleveland and San Antonio and elsewhere actually learned something about where the candidates stand on the issues....
Tonight’s choices are simple: Syracuse or Virginia; Notre Dame or North Carolina. MORE: Buddy Hield’s excuse | Pitt’s ludicrous hire | ‘Nova wins for traditions Already in the field at Houston: Oklahoma and Villanova. So the field will be relatively devote of Cinderella teams (unless you include ‘Nova or ‘Cuse in that category). The Final Four takes place April 2 at NRG Stadium in Houston; the championship game, April 4....
The competition was started in 2015 by co-founders Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam. Joynson-Hicks started the competition after he realized humorous wildlife photos were a unique way to raise awareness for the conservation of these funny animals. Now, the global competition accepts thousands of funny images from around the world and engages a conversation around wildlife conservation. Joynson-Hicks said there was an overwhelming turnout for this year’s competition. “We were overwhelmed with the number of quality entries we received this year with well over 7,000 photos submitted from every corner of the globe,” Joynson-Hicks said....
But now the Internal Revenue Service is cracking down on people who use IRAs as cash machines and miss that 60-day deadline. The agency had been letting many people miss deadlines because of errors like mail delays. But recently it denied the same grace to one jobless filer who lived on his IRA when he was unemployed and tried to pay it back, months later, after finding a job. He could end up paying taxes on the whole distribution as well as a 10 percent penalty....
Globally there are 1.7 billion adults who do not have a bank account. One in four U.S. households are either unbanked or underbanked. Access to finance, for both the rich and poor, is increasingly viewed as a human right because without it, it is almost impossible to improve one’s standard of living. By expanding central bank regulation and embracing a new generation of digital banks, wealth can be opened up to all....
Tight end, maybe more than any other position, is synonymous with inconsistency. Doesn’t it always seem that you get a TE TD when you don’t even “need” it, but when you’re in a close matchup, your tight end has two catches for 18 yards? You can call it “bad luck” if you want, but fantasy owners deal with enough bad luck in the form of injuries or weather conditions. You don’t need to roll the dice even further with inconsistent players....
Much of the world dismisses Paul as a libertarian crank. But mainstream candidates from Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney have good reason to watch him. That reason’s called the New Hampshire primary. Always unpredictable—there’s not even a date set for it yet—the primary is more mysterious now because a record 44 percent of voters have registered “undeclared.” Suspicious of established politics, with an antiwar sentiment stretching back to Vietnam, they decide at the last minute....
Crews arrived at the Würzburg FedEx depot, in southern Germany, after they were alerted that a radioactive package had been discovered at the site on Tuesday morning. According to German media, the 15-inch by 24-inch package with a hazardous substances warning was found by an employee, who quickly told senior bosses. Once firefighters arrived, they cordoned off the area and carried out a search of nearby shipping items. Dresden-based Tag24 said four employees had come in direct contact with the package....
Hundreds of sailors stood in the hanger deck of the aircraft carrier shouting, applauding and cheering for their C.O. after he was relieved of command by Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly. “That’s how you send out one of the greatest captains you ever had,” the video maker narrates as you watch sailors crowded together cheering, “… the man for the people.” The official cause for Captain Crozier’s firing is showing “extremely poor judgment” in bringing attention to the spread of coronavirus amongst his crew....
And who's behind this movement to change the ideal of amateurism and right all wrongs of the past, you ask? Why, it's the National College Players Association -- a group of former players who for years have pushed the idea of pay for play. Only now, after their argument has fallen into the same pay-for-play black hole as like arguments of the past, they've changed the narrative. Suddenly, it's All Players United for -- wait for it -- health issues facing current and former players....
Now look: the player nearly everyone thought couldn’t avoid failure on the field because of his nonsense off it is playing better than ever. Better than the redshirt freshman in 2012 who won the Heisman Trophy. MORE: Best moments of BCS era | Top 10 rivalries Better than the hell-bent, wildly successful ball of energy and excitement that made every play an adventure—and lifted the profile of a team that finished third in its own division to heights it couldn’t imagine a season earlier....
Up until now, palaeontologists have faced a major problem. This being that all that remains of the ancient species are a few teeth, jawbone, and a pinky bone. But researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem writing in the journal Cell have side-stepped this problem by analyzing methylation in their DNA. The result is the first ever reconstruction of a Denisovan. “We provide the first reconstruction of the skeletal anatomy of Denisovans,” said author Liran Carmel, from the Department of Genetics at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel....
“I am extremely excited,” Meir said in an interview with WCSH. “This is something I’ve been dreaming about my whole life.” The 41-year-old Caribou native will be co-piloting the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft as it makes its way to the ISS. The launch is scheduled to take place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:45 a.m. EDT. NASA says the journey should take six hours and four orbits. Joining her on the flight will be Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos in Russia and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates....
The Well of Hell—officially called the Well of Barhout—is located in Yemen’s eastern province of Al-Mahra, Phys.org reported. The well is 100-feet wide and approximately 367-feet deep. Recently, the Oman Cave Exploration Team (OCET) fully descended into its depths to see what they could find. According to local myth, the well was made to imprison demonic spirits, said AFP. Some also say that jinn inhabit the well. “Jinn are shape-shifting spirits made of fire and air with origins in pre-Islamic Arabia,” Vice reported in 2018....
Here’s a look at key stat splits, pitcher rankings, saves sleepers and weather warnings. Today’s action gets underway at 1:05 p.m. ET in Washington with the Marlins-Nationals, and it’s highlighted by a doubleheader in Denver between the Diamondbacks and Rockies. READ MORE: Today’s MLB DFS Playbook | Sporting News Fantasy SPLITS TO KNOW Victor Martinez is 15-for-32 (.469) with three homers and three doubles against Chris Sale. Kyle Seager is just 3-for-36 (....
