All posts tagged: Rivals

Democrats excluded from USC governor debate urge rivals to boycott

Democrats excluded from USC governor debate urge rivals to boycott

Published by Sam Flores

Four Democrats running for governor called on their fellow candidates to boycott an upcoming debate at USC, reiterating concerns that the criteria used to determine who was invited to participate resulted in every prominent candidate of color being excluded from the forum. “We ask each and every candidate who is in this race to recognize that if we can’t have a fair process for a debate, then we should all not participate,” said Xavier Becerra, the former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. “We call on them to withdraw from this biased forum.” Becerra’s call was echoed by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, state Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and former state Controller Betty Yee during a Friday afternoon news conference. The candidate’s request comes a week after some of them raised concerns about the criteria for Tuesday’s debate, arguing that it was engineered to allow the inclusion of San José Mayor Matt Mahan, who entered the race in late January and quickly raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley executives. “The rules …

Paris mayoral race: Socialist frontrunner faces fierce attacks from rivals

Paris mayoral race: Socialist frontrunner faces fierce attacks from rivals

Published by Sam Flores

The Paris mayoral race narrowed on Monday as a former minister hoping to wrest control of the French capital from the left sealed a deal to join forces with a fellow right-winger for the second-round run-off. Her main rival is Socialist former deputy mayor Emmanuel Gregoire, who came out well ahead of her in the first round of voting on Sunday. FRANCE 24’s French Politics Editor Marc Perelman tells us more. Source link

Rivals of the Landscape | Jenny Uglow

Rivals of the Landscape | Jenny Uglow

Published by Jenni Sidey

J. M. W. Turner and John Constable were born fourteen months apart, Turner in April 1775, Constable in June 1776, and the exhibition “Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals” at Tate Britain celebrates their 250th birthdays. A friend who was wondering whether to go finally said, “I think I’ll give it a miss—I sort of feel I’ve seen them.” Many of us feel the same. To people growing up in Britain, Turner and Constable seemed to be everywhere: in history texts and guidebooks, on greeting cards, jigsaw puzzles, and biscuit tins, on the walls of pubs and dentists’ waiting rooms. We thought we knew them. But how wrong we were. Far from being familiar or reverential, the Tate show, curated by Amy Concannon, is a revelation. This is partly due to the cumulative power of the works. Dark streams of paint are hurled as rainstorms over mountains, whirling vortices pull the viewer in, sunsets blaze and rainbows arch, so that one almost feels the physical force of Constable’s scumbling brushwork and Turner’s swaths of color. At the …

Slow Progress Pushes Trump Admin To Talk With Westinghouse Rivals

Slow Progress Pushes Trump Admin To Talk With Westinghouse Rivals

Published by Jenni Sidey

In a stunning pivot that could upend Westinghouse’s monopoly-in-progress, the Trump administration’s Department of Energy is quietly shopping for alternatives to Westinghouse’s AP1000 flagship reactor. According to Canary Media, high-ranking DOE officials have held recent talks with executives from GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) and South Korean diplomats representing state-owned Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) about potential federal financing for gigawatt-scale reactors. In the last 2 months, China has started construction on another 8 nuclear reactors bringing the total to 38. The US meanwhile issues press releases and strongly worded LOIs https://t.co/TJ6BoMghNk pic.twitter.com/S7ETmszBSS — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 5, 2026 This comes as negotiations with Westinghouse’s majority owner, Brookfield Asset Management, drag on slowly, frustrating utilities who still crave cost-overrun insurance the government won’t fully provide. The AP1000 may be America’s “only construction-ready, gigawatt-scale” option that’s licensed and operating domestically, but the Trump team isn’t putting all its eggs in one basket anymore. Recall our coverage last year regarding the $80 billion deal between Cameco, Brookfield, and the U.S. government. That was the blockbuster: a …

Miniature magnet rivals magnetic behemoths in strength for the first time

Miniature magnet rivals magnetic behemoths in strength for the first time

Published by skeptic

Even small magnets can sometimes be exceptionally powerful ResonX /Jasmin Schoenzart A magnet small enough to fit in the palm of your hand can match the strength of some of the world’s most powerful magnets for the first time. Strong magnets play many roles across science and technology, with uses in everything from MRI imaging and particle accelerators to nuclear fusion efforts. The most powerful among them are made from superconductors, materials that conduct electricity with near-perfect efficiency. But superconducting magnets that produce strong magnetic fields are often bulky: smaller ones are typically the same size as the Star Wars robot R2D2, while the largest are comparable to a two-storey building, says Alexander Barnes at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. He and his colleagues have now built a superconducting magnet that is competitive with those large magnets in strength, but measures only 3.1 millimetres in diameter. They made it by coiling a thin tape of a ceramic material called REBCO, which superconducts when cooled to extremely low temperatures. These coils produce magnetic fields when electric currents …

Cadillac Has Earned Rivals’ Respect After Its First F1 Race in Australia

Cadillac Has Earned Rivals’ Respect After Its First F1 Race in Australia

Published by Sam Flores

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — After a strong Australian debut, Cadillac principal Graeme Lowdon says the team has earned its rivals’ respect and plans to build on a “really solid platform” for future success. General Motors brand Cadillac had a short run-up to the pinnacle of motor sport, and its 2026 debut at Melbourne’s Albert Park, having only gained its commercial deal with the sport in November 2024. Though preparations were well underway at its Silverstone Park base located next to the famous UK track. The American team didn’t set the time sheets alight at 2026’s first race, with Sergio Pérez finishing 16th, up from 18th on the grid; while teammate Valtteri Bottas failed to finish from 19th. But it can be proud it got two cars qualified and onto the grid at the world’s toughest motor racing competition, and looked properly turned out as an operation. “In terms of a first race for a new team. I’m really, really pleased with the way that the team’s done everything,” Lowdon told The Associated Press. “It would …

Mercedes are ominously fast, say rivals after Australian GP practice

Mercedes are ominously fast, say rivals after Australian GP practice

Published by Sam Flores

Mercedes are streets ahead of the pack going into Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, according to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Although it was McLaren’s Oscar Piastri who finished day one of practice top of the timesheets, just ahead of the Mercedes duo of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, Leclerc said it was obvious which team had the quickest car. That is good news for George Russell, the bookmakers’ favourite for the title. “I think Mercedes are slowly showing a bit more of what they have, and in FP2 we are starting to see where we are lacking compared to them,” said Leclerc. “They are clearly very strong, especially in terms of race pace. “I don’t know how much margin they still have on qualifying pace, but in the race pace they seem to be very strong compared to us.” Mercedes’ pace in FP2 was a reversal from the first session of the day when all four Mercedes-powered teams – Mercedes, McLaren, Alpine and Williams – struggled. A sign, perhaps, of just how sensitive and capricious these …

Marvel Rivals codes: Full list of extras and how to redeem them

Marvel Rivals codes: Full list of extras and how to redeem them

Published by Daniella Wilson

Marvel Rivals is still one of the biggest shooters on the market, and is still introducing more and more of the biggest comic book characters from the Marvel universe to the world of gaming. Now and then, developer NetEase sees fit to rewards us with some nice little rewards in the form of free Marvel Rivals codes. These codes will net you some free skins, but they don’t stick around for long, so you need to be quick to redeem them! It’s not the only game we have codes for – be sure to check them out for games like Raid: Shadow Legends, Monopoly Go, The Forge, Genshin Impact, Clash Royale So, let’s take a look at if there are any codes you can redeem right now in Marvel Rivals! Full list of Marvel Rivals codes Currently, there are no available codes for Marvel Rivals. Expired codes SNMRIronman – Iron Man Model 42 skin (Rerun) prt4qpdnxht – Doctor Strange Master of Black Magic skin NWARH4K3XQY — Iron Man: Armor Model 42 skin HEREISTHETHING – Free …

Walmart is likely to drop cheap Pokémon TCG Destined Rivals Booster Bundles today — how to buy

Walmart is likely to drop cheap Pokémon TCG Destined Rivals Booster Bundles today — how to buy

Published by skeptic

TL;DR: Walmart is expected to drop heavily discounted Pokémon TCG Scarlet and Violet Destined Rivals Booster Bundles at 10 a.m. ET on Feb. 26. You need to be signed up to Walmart+ to shop this exclusive deal. Credit: The Pokémon Company This week has been predictably tough on Pokémon TCG collectors. Walmart has been dropping exclusive Pokémon TCG collectibles all week in the lead up to Pokémon Day, but securing orders on these heavily discounted items has been tricky. It’s what we expected, but it’s still disappointing to see. There’s one day left to secure a significant saving on a best-selling Pokémon TCG collectible. We know it’s been a tough week, but this could be your moment. We still believe. Mashable Trend Report At 10 a.m. ET on Feb. 26, Walmart is expected to drop heavily discounted Pokémon TCG Scarlet and Violet Destined Rivals Booster Bundles. This isn’t confirmed just yet so we don’t have specifics on what price you can expect, but the offers have been genuinely good so far. Ascended Heroes ETBs, Mega …