Month: July 2021

British Columbia, Canada – PebblePad has today announced that it has been chosen by BCNET, a not-for-profit, shared services organization in British Columbia, Canada as a preferred learning technology provider for their education members across the province. This landmark partnership will mean that universities, colleges and institutes across British Columbia will have easy access to
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Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid; Credit: Bentley 2020 was an unprecedented year for many industries and the automotive industry, in particular, saw a 20% drop year-on-year but registration for electric and hybrid vehicles grew more than 137% as compared to 2019. In the realm of luxury cars, there is a trend that buyers are switching to
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(CNN) — Search the hashtag “pilots of Instagram” and you’ll be greeted by an endless amount of images of pilots in uniform posing it up. Pilots are hugely popular on the social media platform, with some garnering more followers than Hollywood stars. One of the most famous is Patrick Biedenkapp, or PilotPatrick, who has nearly
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Five large charities have launched an initiative designed to make payroll giving more accessible and encourage more people to take part.  The collaboration between Barnardo’s, Crisis, The Royal British Legion, RNIB and WaterAid will take the form of an independent business, called WeAreGoodGiving, which is wholly owned by the five charities.  Payroll giving enables workers to nominate
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Shares of publicly traded move chains fell sharply Monday while broader markets rose as Disney’s Black Widow helped drive the post (ish) pandemic box office to new highs but plenty of viewers siphoned off to Disney+, raising an alarm or  at least a lot of questions. AMC Entertainment, the biggest U.S. chain, saw its shares
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‘Hey baby, hey baby, hey!’ Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are hoping to expand their family now that they’re officially husband and wife. First comes love, then comes marriage! Blake Shelton, 45, and new wife Gwen Stefani, 51, recently married on July 4 in Oklahoma. And now that the newlyweds have made it official, they’re ready to expand their
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Play video content @ladymshawsters / Instagram “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide” star Lindsey Shaw is getting dragged for seemingly mocking Black creators on TikTok … so she’s tearfully quitting social media altogether. Lindsey was in full breakdown mode — tears streaming down her face — as she said the flood of hateful comments in her
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A London-based domestic violence charity has described allegations of racism made by current and former staff members as “defamatory and untrue” after they appeared on The Independent website.  Allegations of “institutional racism and gaslighting” and a “harmful culture” at Solace Women’s Aid were first made in an open letter, published on Twitter on Saturday, purportedly from
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Filmmaker Richard Donner, who helped create the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978’s Superman and mastered the buddy comedy with the Lethal Weapon franchise, has died. He was 91. Donner died Monday in Los Angeles, his family said through a spokesperson. Donner gained fame with his first feature, 1976’s The Omen. A then-unheard-of offer followed: $1 million
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Starting today, the New York Public Library will be giving away free summer book kits tailored to kids and teens. The kits will include books (for keeping, rather than borrowing), activity guides, bookmarks, and more. You can visit your local NYPL branch in order to claim a summer book kit. Availability is limited to one
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As Americans recover from the widespread economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, some are already looking ahead and putting “financial defenses” in place to head off the next period of uncertainty. More than half, 58%, of Americans say they’re in “financial recovery mode,” according to Northwestern Mutual’s recent 2021 Planning & Progress Study. The annual survey,
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According to reports, Zoe McLellan, a former star on NCIS: New Orleans, is wanted for kidnapping. The Sun reports that McLellan vanished with her son amid a custody battle with her ex-husband. Jean-Pierre Guy Gillian claims McLellan disappeared with their son, Sebastian, and he hasn’t seen her since April 2019. Per TMZ, McLellan is considered
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