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Listen 32 min Why American individualism is perfectly suited to the doomsday prepper movement Photo by Shutterstock. When the pandemic hit last year, it didn’t take long for grocery stores to have their shelves wiped clean. Long lines sprung up as shoppers scrambled to stock up on canned goods, water, and toilet paper. For some, however, preparing for the apocalypse is a serious business. Doomsday preppers are more than just fringe survivalists. High-end luxury apocalypse shelters are increasingly popular among the mega-rich, and, fuel...

Broadband roundtable explores how Evers budget proposal will aid rural areas Broadband is a big focus of the Evers administration's budget proposal for the 2021-23 biennium, quadrupling the current investment in broadband infrastructure at $200,000. Even with all that money, experts in the field still have to figure out the best ways to invest it. A roundtable on the challenges rural areas face on lack of access to high-speed internet, or to a connection at all, was held in early April with several members of the agriculture industry in Wisconsin. Randy Romanski, secretary-designee of the Wis...

Published: April 27th, 2021 Toronto-based diversity & inclusion data and consulting company Diversio announced the inaugural cohort of over 80 Diversio-certified Canadian companies at a press conference co-hosted by City of Toronto Mayor John Tory this week.  The certification is the first AI-powered certification program that helps participating organizations “set the Canadian Standard for Diversity & Inclusion,” Diversio noted April 27. “Diversio Certification is a signal that an organization has made a meaningful commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. It is not a check-box ...

“We knew it was going to be a defining moment in the life of the band”: Taking Back Sunday relive the dramatic impact of Louder Now Taking Back Sunday’s Adam Lazzara and Mark O’Connell remember their game-changing album Louder Now as it celebrates its 15 th anniversary… Photos: Derrick Santini There’s one precise moment that sums up the surreal impact that Louder Now had on Taking Back Sunday. The band’s third album – their first on a major label – had been released at the end of April 2006, and singer Adam Lazzara was back in Los Angeles, where they’d recorded it the...

14 shops, restaurants and pubs that won't be back when lockdown ends While those in the hospitality and retail sector wait to be given the go-ahead to resume business, many iconic Irish pubs and stores will not be re-opening once restrictions are lifted after being forced to shut their doors forever A number of stores, pubs and restaurants have been unable to survive due to the Covid-19 pandemic (Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe w...