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It’s not 10 seconds into Lent and a devilish French chef is thrusting a cream-topped finger into a cooing mademoiselle’s mouth. There’s not a lot about this series that’s subtle. But delightful, yes. Especially if you maintain a leave attitude toward facts, even while watching a show based on a historical figure. Lent highlights the banquet halls and boudoirs conquered by Marie-Antoine Carême, frequently cited as one of the founders of high kitchenas well as “the first celebrity chef.” (That moniker is in the title of Ian Kelly’s 2004 nonfiction book Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Carême, the…

+139K vs +126K Bloomberg consensus; private NFP +140K vs +110K. Manufacturing employment down 8K vs -1K consensus. But durable manufacturing production workers down -12K. Overall, business cycle indicators followed by the NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee seem fairly solid Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll incl benchmark revision employment from CES (bold blue), civilian employment using smoothed population controls (orange), industrial production (red), personal income excluding current transfers in Ch.2017$ (bold light green), manufacturing and trade sales in Ch.2017$ (black), consumption in Ch.2017$ (light blue), and monthly GDP in Ch.2017$ (pink), GDP (blue bars), all log normalized to 2021M11=0. 2025Q1 GDP is…

David Beckham is reportedly set to be knighted in the upcoming King’s Birthday Honours.The commendation would mark a new milestone in recognition of both his legendary football career and extensive charitable work.The 50-year-old, who captained England and earned 115 international caps, was initially made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003. More than two decades later, he is now expected to receive one of the UK’s highest accolades.Beckham’s professional journey spanned some of the world’s top clubs, including Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and AC Milan. He hung up his boots in…

Introducing the 2025 SLAM HS Girls All-Americans. This year’s high school seniors are a unique group of bucket-getters, versatile standouts and shifty scorers that represent the future of women’s hoops. One of the most versatile players in the class of 2025, Jazzy Davidson makes things happen on both ends of the floor: she can get to the rim with her quickness and shifty handles, knock down shots, play off of her teammates and block the best person on the floor. Jazzy will be taking her flashy game to USC in the fall. Grace Knox is a 6-2 wing with major…

Thanks to continually improving tools like regularly upgraded forecast models, weather forecasting has advanced significantly. The National Hurricane Center, for instance, constantly analyzes these models — now integrating artificial intelligence — to produce the most accurate hurricane forecasts.MIAMI – This year’s hurricane season marks a significant turning point in weather forecasting with artificial intelligence models being integrated into the analytical toolkit of forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. While not yet part of the official consensus models, AI is poised to dramatically enhance the accuracy and efficiency of hurricane predictions, ushering in a new era of meteorological technology.”This is going…

The 2024 State of the Sector Survey is currently circulating throughout British Columbia!This survey is a check in on organizations in the non-profit sector, to capture trends and to distinguish those trends between non-profits of different geographies, demographics served, sizes, etc., and also probes deeper into the underlying challenges brought up most in the last report.The survey is open until March 1 and will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.We encourage everyone in the non-profit sector to fill out the survey and to circulate it to all non-profits across BC to ensure organizations of all types are reflected in the…

President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk celebrated their efforts to slash federal spending before Musk stepped away from his White House work. Musk wore a black DOGE hat over a bruised right eye that he blamed on his young son’s punch. That was May 30 in the Oval Office. Days later, the two billionaires were punching at each other on social media platforms they own. Their fight began over federal tax and spending legislation, with Musk calling a Trump-backed bill “a disgusting abomination” and Trump saying he was “very disappointed” with Musk. Soon, Musk claimed credit for Trump and…

by Calculated Risk on 6/05/2025 08:08:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Friday:• At 8:30 AM ET, Employment Report for May.   The consensus is for 130,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 4.2%.

World Cup – Qualification South America11:00 PMJune 5, 2025Group Stage – 15Monumental Stadium Banco PichinchaReferee: Piero Maza, Chile Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Statistics will be available after the match is finishedLineup data will be available 1 hour before the kickoff DasFootball

The Oklahoma City Thunder were defeated by the Indiana Pacers 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. The Thunder blew a 15-point lead before Tyrese Haliburton hit a game winner with 0.3 seconds left. “We’ve lost Game 1 before,” said Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after the game. “On the other side of that, we came out a better team. That’s our goal.” Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 38 points, the third-most for a NBA Finals debut. The Thunder previously lost Game 1 at home in their series against the Nuggets earlier in the playoffs. “The playoffs take you to the…