Five iconic sculptures by Constantin Brancusi that are located in the Romanian town of Targu Jiu have joined UNESCO‘s World Heritage list, a distinction that will afford them legal protection going forward. The list, which also includes sites such as Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, and Chichén Itzá, is intended to recognize places of cultural importance….
Morningstar’s 3×3 “style box” for stock mutual funds has always been a useful tool for showing what portion of the fund is allocated to each category of stocks (e.g., large-cap growth, small-cap value, etc.). When the style box was originally created, the allocation of the overall stock market was by definition one-third growth, one-third blend,…
The landslides left behind destruction in Kerala, where some people worked to clear a pile of uprooted trees as muddy waters flowed around a village. Source link
Olympics, Day 4 live updates: Men’s hockey team lose to India; Doyle and Lynch cruise into double sculls final The Irish Times Live: Paris 2024: Olympic Games Day 4 updates RTÉ News Olympics 2024, Day 4: Irish in action and best of the rest as Daniel Wiffen aims for historic win The Irish Times LIVE: Team Ireland at…
The first Sweet Valley High book I ever took out from the library was part of a bargain. I would be allowed to read Double Love (Sweet Valley High #1) — in which blonde twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield duke it out over dreamy but incredibly dull basketball player Todd Wilkins — so long as…