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A fire in a south-end Halifax apartment building on Wednesday afternoon is being labelled as arson.

In a news release, Halifax Regional Police said fire crews and police were called to an apartment building on the 5500 block of Victoria Road at 4:23 p.m. after multiple callers said they saw smoke in the building. Fire crews quickly put out the fire.

Tenants were temporarily evacuated from the building, but have since returned.

No injuries have been reported.

Police are asking anyone with information about the fire to call police at 902-490-5016 or contact Crime Stoppers online or by phone at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Halifax police have launched an arson investigating following a structure fire in an apartment building.

Halifax Regional Police say several callers reported smoke in the Victoria Road apartment building on Wednesday afternoon.

No one was hurt and tenants were temporarily evacuated as firefighters extinguished the blaze. Police say fire investigators confirmed the fire was intentionally set and handed the probe over to officers.

The arson investigation is ongoing. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.

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From shuttering of a 27-year-old airline to repeated grounding of planes to ailing Air India, headwinds blew across the once-fastest growing domestic civil aviation space in 2019 while a spike in regional air connectivity served as a silver lining in relatively cloudy skies.

If Jet Airways going bankrupt left hundreds of people jobless and shattered decades-old supply chain network, frequent Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine woes for Airbus 320 neo aircraft continued to pose safety concerns even as aviation watchdog DGCA came out with stringent directions.

Global ban on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the wake of two fatal accidents came as a blow to many airlines worldwide, including SpiceJet, which has largely pinned hopes on these fuel-efficient planes for its ambitious expansion plans.

In 2020, the Centre expects sale of Air India and privatise more airports while AirAsia India is likely to get green nod for international flights. Besides, Vistara and IndiGo are anticipated to increase the number of overseas flights.

On the airlines side, differences between IndiGo's co-founders and co-promoters -- Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia -- came to the fore in July. The promoters' spat, which is far from over, also brought the alleged corporate governance lapses and other issues under the regulatory scanner.

After surging over 18 per cent in 2018, domestic air passenger growth sputtered to a five-year low in April 2019 before flying back into double-digit expansion of 11.86 per cent in November.

At the same time, domestic passenger traffic grew at the lowest in the last five years till October with April seeing 4.5 per cent degrowth.

On the contrary, when the domestic economy expanded by a healthy 7.15 per cent in the January- December period of 2018, the domestic air passenger volume surged a robust 18.60 per cent.

Under the regional air connectivity scheme or UDAN, as many as 134 routes commenced operations between January and October while some 335 routes were awarded during the year, covering 33 airports, comprising 20 un-served, three under-served and 10 water aerodromes.

Speaking at a business event in Mumbai in December, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said if the economy has to reach the USD 5-trillion mark, some sectors would have to grow in double digits and that aviation sector is the one which has the potential to grow.

His observations only seem more apt when one looks back into the performance of aviation sector in the year gone by vis--vis economic growth.

Jet Airways, whose closure left 20,000-odd unpaid employees in the lurch, also became the first domestic airline to undergo insolvency proceedings.

The demise of Jet Airways, which used to operate over 600 flights on national and international routes per day, resulted in around 20 per cent capacity deficit, resulting in skyrocketing fares.

The government also temporarily allotted hundreds of airport slots owned by it to other carriers, with an aim to contain soaring airfares in the peak holiday season. Even though SpiceJet and IndiGo started flights on many ex-Jet Airways' routes, it was not enough to meet domestic air passenger demand.

SpiceJet also took Boeing 737 planes that were earlier leased by Jet Airways.

In the wake of frequent glitches in P&W engine-powered A320 neos, IndiGo ordered CFM engines for its 280 A320/321 neo planes.

During the year, IndiGo also placed an order for 300 Airbus aircraft, its largest ever worth an estimated USD 33 billion to replace old planes in its fleet and operate non-stop flights to long-haul destinations such as London and Tokyo.

In March 2019, aviation regulators -- including the DGCA -- banned 737 MAX aircraft after two of these planes met with accidents within a span of five months, killing around 350 people, allegedly due to faulty software systems.

SpiceJet had to ground 13 737 MAX planes in March.

Nevertheless, competition among the airlines remained fierce, causing fares to remain comparatively low. IndiGo and SpiceJet, India's two biggest airlines, reported Rs 1,062 crore and Rs 463 crore in the second quarter of 2019-20.

With airfares remaining low even during the festive season around Diwali, 2019-20 is likely to remain a tough year for Indian airlines revenue-wise, according to market analysts.

AirAsia India -- a joint venture between Tatas and AirAsia Investment Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Malaysian airline group AirAsia Berhad -- is likely to get approval for flying overseas in 2020.

Vistara -- which connected Indian cities to international destinations such as Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok and Colombo in 2019 -- is also expected to start flights to distant destinations such as London and Tokyo once it starts getting deliveries of wide-body 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing in February 2020.

While disinvestment-bound Air India's net loss in 2018-19 was around Rs 8,556 crore, its current total debt is over Rs 60,000 crore.

The fate of the Maharaja continues to be uncertain with Minister of State for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri even saying that the airline would go out of business if it is not privatised.

The new year is also expected to see movement forward in construction of new airports at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra. The Airports Authority of India (AAI), in September, recommended privatisation of airports at Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Raipur and Trichy. Privatisation of these aerodromes is likely to be completed in 2020.

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In the Year Ahead, Taking Down the Democratic Party Is the Most Important Task

It is difficult to have optimism for the future when you live in the United States. A large section of the population is completely alienated from the truth about the unjust system that dictates their lives. Corporate media lies protect a class society which is dedicated to the impoverishment of over half of the planet. The violence of white supremacy, endless war, and economic catastrophe is coupled with the ongoing destruction of the natural world. Michelle Obama recently expressed deep unity with the "values" of George W. Bush and her husband followed suit by expressing that any woman, regardless of whether they sport a pro-war and pro-austerity agenda, is equipped to change the world for the better. U.S. imperial domination cannot be voted out of power, but it can undergo a facelift to become a more effective evil. That is the central mission of the ruling class at this time and a very dangerous one at that.

But for as much as there is to lament, the last year has also produced several reasons for the left to be hopeful. The Trump era has shown that much of the world is seeking an independent economic and political path from the U.S.' unipolar and imperialist development model. Trump's trade war with China and the U.S. ruling class' war provocations with Russia have only brought China and Russia closer together. Latin American nations such as Venezuela have relied upon aid from Russia and China to defend themselves from U.S.-backed coup attempts. Syria has shown interest in joining China's Belt and Road Initiative the global Silk Road project which plans to invest trillions of dollars' worth of infrastructure development in Global South nations under the leadership of the People's Republic of China.

Despite the myriad of contradictions that exist in China's hybrid model of socialism with capitalist characteristics, the Peoples Republic is front in center in the struggle against U.S. imperialism. China's entrance into the global capitalist economy in the 1970s has possessed a dual character. China is leading the way in addressing "climate change," a euphemism for capitalism's destruction of the environment. Massive displacement of communal peasants (i.e. "migrant workers") has been mitigated by China's focus on anti-poverty initiatives. The Communist Party has ensured that private profits have been distributed to workers and peasants in the form of subsidies and wage increases. China's population of billionaires has grown alongside the reduction of poverty for hundreds of millions of people. Economic growth has not been sacrificed for poverty reduction as the neoliberal ruling class often tells us is the case. China has in many ways eclipsed the U.S. and West as the world's economic superpower. This is not what the U.S. and the West intended when they supported China's decision to open its economy to the capitalist market beginning in 1978.

The story has been a lot different for workers and oppressed people who remain under the vice grip of U.S. imperialism. Economic conditions continued to worsen for over half of the planet. The Trump administration has enriched the few at the expense of the many with pro-Wall Street tax policy and a massive increase to the military budget. The people of Yemen continue to suffer from hunger, malnutrition, and disease due to the violent U.S.-backed war being waged by Saudi Arabia. U.S. sanctions on Zimbabwe, DPRK, Iran, Syria, and Venezuela have arrested economic development and prematurely taken the lives of tens of hundreds of thousands of people.

As Martin Luther King Jr. predicted, the coups, sanctions, and military invasions spearheaded by the U.S. abroad have caused a social explosion at home. Recent reductions in the overall prison population have done little to improve life in Black America. Local police departments are provided millions of military weapons from the Pentagon's 1033 program to terrorize Black communities. Three million undocumented migrants were deported under Obama, with the Trump administration doing its best to match or exceed that number should it receive another four years in 2020. To make matters worse, there has been little resistance to the U.S. police or surveillance state in the 21st century. The Black Lives Matter movement has faded into the background of mainstream politics and non-profit careerism. Mass surveillance appears not to bother many in the U.S. population who have been desensitized to their civil liberties being stripped from them under the fearmongering banner of the War on Terror.

The largest movement numerically in the U.S. is neither an anti-war movement nor a revolutionary socialist movement. Rather, millions of young workers, including many Black workers, have placed their hopes in Bernie Sanders and his 2020 presidential campaign. Sanders' campaign is an expression of the working class' growing thirst for social democratic reform. But the entire ruling class is opposed to everything Bernie Sanders stands for and sees his agenda as an existential threat to the future of capitalism itself. Profit maximization requires labor rationalization, white supremacy, and capital flight to nations devastated by U.S. wars of aggression. The Democratic Party and its corporate donors are wholly incapable of providing the masses Medicare for All, a living wage, or a rollback in the forty-plus year Race to the Bottom. A political crisis of legitimacy has emerged within the two-party corporate duopoly which threatens to elect Trump for a second term should the ruling elites disallow Sanders from the opportunity to govern.

Many questions remain unanswered as we look forward to the year ahead. How will young people and the working class generally react to Act Two of the repression of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign when the Vermont Senator is forced to confront the entire weight of the Democratic Party establishment in the upcoming Democratic National Convention in July? Will the Black struggle for self-determination and socialism regain its prominence in the U.S. as the most revolutionary movement within the imperialist world? Can the heroic resistance of the world's people prevent a global confrontation between the great powers, or will the U.S. make a decisive and humanity-ending move to wage a full military assault on Russia and China? These questions should be on the minds of anyone who calls themselves the left in the United States heading into the 2020 year.

Political questions never go unanswered for long. Either U.S. imperialism continues to shape the planet in its destructive interests, or the people fight back to build a new world all together. Progressive forces in the U.S. are currently not developed enough to meet the challenges of the new year. Austerity, war, state repression, and white racist reaction is guaranteed so long as the Democratic Party remains the vehicle from which the left chooses to fight the perils of late stage capitalism. The Democratic Party is entirely committed to fostering unity amongst the ruling class for the purposes of war and austerity and has deployed every weapon at the disposal of the U.S. state and civil society to censor not only the politics of Bernie Sanders but also the politics of Black liberation and class struggle that stand to the left of the social democrat.

Taking down the Democratic Party is the most important task of the new year. The Democratic Party and its corporate donors are the single largest impediment to transforming struggles to elect Bernie Sanders or strike against individual employers into a class conscious and internationalist mass movement. So-called "progressive," Democratic Party-linked non-profits and attractive individuals such as Greta Thunberg offer a moralistic vision of resistance that appeals to the emotional heart strings of the elites. However, the Democratic Party has told us time and again how they really feel about the poor and the downtrodden. There may be two political parties in the United States, but there is only one ruling class agenda. It is past time that we spend more time on exposing this agenda and less time flirting with the lies and the scapegoats that the Democratic Party creates to protect the interests of its corporate masters.

The Reds head into 2020 top of the league and top of the world. With Jürgen Klopp’s men threatening to dominate the coming decade there has never been a better time to be a Kopite. Melwood has been preparing for this coming period of dominance, we believe Curtis Jones will be the breakthrough star of 2020.

Jones has been at Anfield since he was a kid, first turning out for the club at under-nine level. He has rocketed through the ranks at Melwood, impressing at every level, often captaining his side.

The local lad made his first debut in January 2019, starting against Wolves in the FA Cup, he has since collected the man of the match award for his efforts against MK Dons in the League Cup, he scored the winning penalty against Arsenal in the next round.

Jones’ Premier League debut came during the Reds’ 3-0 win over Bournemouth at the start of December. We can expect more first team minutes for him in the near future.

Curtis Jones will surely be our breakthrough star of 2020 as it is the perfect time for him. The Reds have their strongest squad in modern history, there will be plenty of games where we are leading handsomely enough to bring on one of the youngsters.

As long as Jones continues to impress during the cameos we can expect him to win a few starts. The intense footballing style of Klopp’s Liverpool demands rotation, we need to keep our players refreshed in order to maintain our high press – Jones could benefit from this rotation.

Of course, Jones may also benefit from our vast lead at the top of the table, if the Reds were to win the league with time to spare, we may see the gaffer blood some young talent.

Realme has very confidently announced that they’ll be kicking off 2020 with a bang. And by bang, we mean more ads on your phone. Yikes.

It’s called “content recommendations” and Realme says it’s being done to give users a better ecosystem and to keep a sustainable business model, but it’s definitely something to keep an eye out for with your next phone.

The process is pretty simple, at least if you’re familiar with other Android device bloatware. You’ll randomly see promotions for apps and other commercial links on your device if you’re running ColorOS 6 and above, which could be anything from a popular game to a shopping site that’s paid Realme for the advertising space. It sounds a little more intrusive than most other ads on devices since they’ll just show up in places on your device, but there is an opt-out.

Realme has detailed how you can go into settings and remove these recommendations from your phone so you won’t have to keep dealing with them. Most people, however, probably won’t be doing that, and that’s the point. They see some ads, Realme makes some cash and gets to keep their phone costs low. I can understand the reasoning, but that doesn’t make it suck any less.

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ROME - Pope Francis wished for peace in the world at the start of the New Year. Thousands of people packed Saint Peter’s Square to hear his word on World Peace Day. The pope also used strong words during a morning mass in the Vatican Basilica to decry violence against women and called for an end to the exploitation of the female body.

Under a brilliant winter sun and blue sky, Pope Francis wished a huge crowd gathered in Saint Peter’s Square a happy new year of peace. The pope said it is not expected that our planet has begun a new circle around the sun and that humanity continues to live in it but rather it is always a miracle that surprises and that one should be thankful for.

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer as the Roman Catholic Church marks its World Day of Peace at the Vatican, Jan. 1, 2020.

On World Peace Day, instituted by Pope Paul VI, Pope Francis said that for 2020 the message is this: “Peace is a path of hope, a path on which one advances through dialogue, reconciliation and conversion.”

Earlier Pope Francis celebrated a solemn mass on New Year’s Day in Saint Peter’s Basilica. On January 1, the Church celebrates Mary, mother of Jesus.

In his first homily of 2020, the pope spoke against violence inflicted on women in modern society. He said all violence against women is a desecration of God. He also called for an end to the exploitation of the female body saying it “must be freed from consumerism” and it “must be respected and honored.”

He said “how often is a woman's body sacrificed on the profane altar of advertising, profit, pornography, exploited as a surface to be used.” He added that while women are “the sources of life,” they are continually offended, beaten, raped, forced into prostitution" or forced to have abortions.

Pope Francis said that our level of humanity is understood by the way we treat a woman's body. He also said that in order to make the world more united and at peace, women should become fully-associated with decision-making.

In his homily, the pope also addressed the issue of immigration and mothers who undertake difficult voyages to improve the lives of their children.

He said: “There are mothers, who risk perilous journeys to desperately try to give the fruit of the womb a better future and are judged to be redundant by people whose bellies are full of things, but whose hearts are empty of love."

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While the Democrats plotted to overthrow the President….

It’s tough to pick only 10 accomplishments from such an extraordinary year, but here are just a few of the biggest things President Donald J. Trump has gotten done for the American people in 2019:

Americans saw plenty of Washington at its worst this year, with one party in Congress obsessed with a partisan impeachment stunt and obstructing progress at every turn. But despite getting no help from the far left, America today is soaring to new heights.

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The biggest list of accomplishments by President Trump is complete!

The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard compiled the complete list of results by President Trump since his election.

Our top ten choices of accomplishments from 2019 follow Bedard’s 319 from all three years.

Enjoy!

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It’s difficult to choose only ten accomplishments by President Trump in 2019.

He had a very successful year in spite of the obstruction by Democrats and efforts to impeach him.

Exposing the Deep State would have to be the greatest accomplishment of his entire presidency, along with successfully using Twitter to reach Americans without using the fake news media.

The Trump 2020 campaign website has numerous accomplishments listed for each month in 2019, but, here are our top 10:

-The USMCA (US, Mexico, Canada Agreement) that is a big win for US farmers, workers and will create over 150,000 jobs.

-After imposing tariffs on China for unfair trade, phase one of a trade deal with China was agreed upon and will be signed in January of 2020.

-President Trump’s pro-growth policies have created over 7 million jobs since election day. More Americans are employed than ever before.

-Improvements in border security and continued border wall construction led to a 70% decrease in border apprehensions.

-Protected people with preexisting conditions and lowered prescription drug prices.

-The stock market has seen record gains all year and hit a record on the last Friday of 2019.

-Strengthening our military by giving them the biggest pay raise in a decade. Executive action to help prevent Veteran suicide and relieve student loan debt of Veterans.

-Wages for middle income and lower-income Americans have improved.

-Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans are at all-time lows.

-The Trump administration has appointed Supreme Court, Circuit Court, and District Court judges who will change the courts for decades to come.

Do you have any accomplishments to add? We’d like to know what you would add to the list!

Great job, Mr. President!

ISRO identifies four astronauts for Gaganyaan mission

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has identified four astronauts for India’s upcoming Gaganyaan mission. Many of Gaganyaan’s systems are yet to be tested, ISRO chief K Sivan said, adding, the crew training would be a major activity in 2020. He was interacting with reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Gaganyaan is a crewed orbital spacecraft that will send astronauts to space for at least seven days by 2022. It is a part of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. In December, a senior IAF officer said that the air force had shortlisted 12 persons as ‘Gagan Yatris’ (astronauts) for the Gaganyaan project, of which seven have gone to Russia for training. The rest of the selected people would be sent once the batch of seven returns from Russia, the officer had said.

Sivan also said India’s next moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, had been approved, and would mostly be launched next year.

“The land acquisition for a second space port has been initiated and the port will be in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu,” the ISRO chief said during a press conference.

“This is very different to that,” he warned. “This will be an active fire and a very challenging and complex environment for weeks and therefore we have to do things differently.” Aerial footage this morning revealed the extent of destruction in Mallacoota. Credit:ABC News Mr Andrews said 90 firefighters isolated in Mallacoota would be choppered out on Wednesday evening and replaced with fresh teams in a “shift change by the air”. “That's not something we've done before and it's one example of how complex and how challenging these East Gippsland fires are now,” he said.

Patchy communications and an active fireground made it difficult to account for the missing people. “We simply haven’t got into a number of areas,” Mr Andrews said. Thousands of people stranded in East Gippsland towns face an anxious wait with temperatures expected to soar again on Saturday. After a hot Friday, Mallacoota is facing a windy 43 on Saturday, with a late change. Mick Roberts died at his Buchan property. Credit:Nine News Dylan Wissell said his stepfather, Mr Roberts, was a larger than life character around Buchan with a wide circle of friends and a large, adoring family.

"He was tough on the exterior but he had a heart of gold," Mr Wissell said. "He was a good man. He was a bit of a rock to me, to be honest. He was always there if I needed a bit of a yack." Mr Wissell said he believed Mr Roberts had been painting his house with friends in the days leading up to the fires. "I rang him on Sunday and left a voicemail about my concerns about the weather coming up and he left me a message later that day saying not to worry, that the tanks were full and [they were] pretty right for a firefighting set-up, but obviously he wasn't as prepared as he would have hoped,” he said. Loading Replay Replay video Play video Play video "As as far as I know, they decided to head to the river and I think there was one or two other guys with Mick and they ran to river. And Mick, for whatever reason, turned back to the hay shed at first and then to the house.

"The other guys went down to the river and huddled there thinking they were going to die. Next thing, Mick is missing." A naval ship, HMAS Choules, which is capable of carrying 700 people and can deliver water, food, fuel and medical supplies, is expected to be off the coast of Mallacoota by mid-morning on Thursday. Is is unclear whether it will be used for evacuations. HMAS Choules will arrive in Victoria on Thursday. Credit:Steven Siewert However, five ADF helicopters, including two Black Hawks, will be used to conduct evacuations.

Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said authorities were considering evacuating Mallacoota residents by sea but said the ships arriving were not equipped to take thousands of people at once. Ambulance Victoria's acting director of emergency management, Justin Dunlop, said people in Mallacoota were being assessed to determine if anyone needed to be medically evacuated. He said some paramedics were continuing to assist the community despite not knowing if their own homes had survived. A second vessel, the MV Sycamore, which can carry a helicopter, is also expected to arrive off the coast of East Gippsland early on Thursday, a day earlier than originally expected. The boats and helicopters were bringing tonnes of water and food supplies that will last two weeks.

Authorities said 24 structures had been destroyed in Buchan, 19 in Sarsfield, 10 in Mallacoota, up to 15 in Corryong and up to 15 in Cudgewa. Mallacoota local Rachel Mounsey said a whole street and one half of another had been lost near her. “Half of the street has gone in my street. There’s probably eight gone. Stanley Avenue is basically wiped out. A whole street gone," Ms Mounsey said. Musician Justin Brady was able to save his instruments – including a violin, harmonica and mandolin – but his home on Karbeethong Hill did not survive. During the fire he took refuge for hours in a boat near a jetty where 50 people sheltered.

"It was apocalyptic," he said. "I lost everything pretty much.” Melburnian Bradyn Taglieri is one of 5000 people who were stranded in Mallacoota. He said that after a “very long day” on Tuesday taking shelter at the boat ramp, fires were still burning around the town and the power was still out. The local IGA supermarket remained open through the night with supplies. “We all had to make masks out of our clothing and wear sunglasses as the smoke was too much for the eyes,” he said.

“I’m not overly stressed about [leaving]. My only concern is about getting back to work, but I’m sure the boss would understand,” Mr Taglieri said. “Myself and a few others have put our hands up to go out and help clear some of the roads to speed the process up, but that’s all we can really do at the moment.” The people of Cann River – in between Orbost and Mallacoota and with a population of about 200 – are low on food, water and fuel and also feel their little East Gippsland town is a low priority. There was some good news for the town on Wednesday when the CFA downgraded the two out-of-control fires in the area from emergency status to "watch and act". But that hasn't reduced concern among locals, many of whom spent the past two nights seeking refuge in the local school and who are feeling the pinch as their town is running low on supplies because the Princes Highway remains closed.

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Kevin Bacon has paid tribute to a murdered man who shares his name.

The actor drew attention to the killing of a man in Michigan who had reportedly left home for a Grindr date on Christmas Eve, but who was found killed over the weekend.

“For obvious reasons I’m thinking this morning about the friends and family of this young person Kevin Bacon,” the Footloose star wrote on his Instagram page.

“His life was taken from him much too soon. His love was hair dressing. I bet he would have done a great job on this mess on my head. RIP KB.”

The victim’s father, Karl, said that he had chosen the name because he wanted his son to have the same initials, but wanted to avoid using the name Karl Jr. He said that the actor wasn’t as famous when the 25-year-old was born.

But the name also led to the attention from his namesake, who posted the tribute alongside a picture to his almost 1 million followers. It has since been liked more than 17,000 times and has drawn a vast number of comments.

The death also led to tributes from internet personality Jeffree Star, who shared a link to a crowdfunding page that has been established in the young man’s memory.

Bacon left home on Christmas Eve, telling friends he was planning to see a man he had met on a dating app. He was reported missing after not arriving for breakfast the following day, and his body was found on Saturday at a nearby home.

A man has been arrested in relation to the killing, according to local reports.

The Philadelphia Eagles signed former Georgia football great Elijah Holyfield on Tuesday, just before the start of the NFL Playoffs.

Roster Move: #Eagles have signed RB Elijah Holyfield and placed DE Daeshon Hall on Reserve/Injured. pic.twitter.com/wlVFFUB6ao — Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) December 31, 2019

Holyfield played with the Panthers in the preseason as an undrafted free agent, but did not make the 53-man roster and would sign with their practice squad.

Now, the former four-star out of Woodward Academy will compete for a Super Bowl ring with Philadelphia starting this weekend against the Seattle Seahawks after Carolina elected not to sign him to a futures contract.

The founder and General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr. Daniel Olukoya, has released 30 prophecies for the year 2020.

Olukoya, who tagged 2020 as the ‘year of Revival and New Glory, urged Nigerians to pray because the year would be messy and confusing.

According to him, many leaders would be shifted away.

Here are the prophecies below:

1. 2020 is a year where disobedience to God would yield terrible result that no deliverance can reverse.

2. More than any other year the enemy plans to bring the dog spirit (strange sexual perversions).

3. Year where round the clock prayers are needed against national restlessness.

4. This year impatience would lure many Into strange marriages.

5. A year not only to take back what the enemy has stolen but for you to occupy new territories.

6. Hot prayers are required in 2020.

7. This year would be messy and confusing.

8. Year when some many leaders would be shifted away.

9. A year where all things many have planted and watered in the past years would now begin to produce fruits.

10. Year where many who have endured season of darkness and delay would sing their song and dance their dance.

11. Year of returns of long time prodigals.

12. Year we must return to our accient landmark ( holiness and righteousness.

13. Year of perfection for vision.

14. Year of positive and negative harvest.

15. Extra ordinary and sacrificial giving would yield powerful result this year.

16. 2020 would be an up and down year.

17. Year that the Lord shall tear in pieces kingdom of those boasting against him.

18. Season where that which that has delayed the blessing of God’s children shall be dashed to pieces.

19. Resurrection power would bring back dry bones.

20. The lord would bring fresh start for a lot of people.

21. Year for rewriting negative family history.

22. Year of aggressive prayers against voices from foundation.

23. Year of unbelievable answers to prayers.

24. Year of it can only be God testimonies.

25. Year where many captives would divorce their chains.

26. Year for consistently deploying the blood of Jesus.

27. Year when the Lord shall dash to pieces kingdom of evil rulers.

28. Many families shall climb to a new height of victory.

29. Year when sins must be more sensitive to heaven frequencies.

30. Food supplies from the kingdom of herod shall be cut off.

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Just when the commotion caused by a top bundler for Pete Buttigieg was fading from political conversations, another problematic bundler has been exposed. This time it is Wendy Wanderman, an entertainment executive who specializes in film marketing and production. A taxpayer-funded initiative she proposed in 2009 has surfaced and is causing some heartburn for Buttigieg’s campaign. Her proposal, “Cash for Fatties” would pay people to lose weight.

Remember Cash for Clunkers, the Obama administration’s cash incentive program for drivers who traded in older automobiles to purchase newer fuel-efficient vehicles? This plan was along the same lines. She proposed that there be a program for the government to pay people to lose weight. She outlined her idea in a 279-word blog post published by HuffPost where she was a contributor at the time. The internet is forever and her old blog post is in the news.

To add to the problematic blog post, Wanderman took a shot at Republicans as she tsk-tsked overweight people in red states. Because, of course, she did. The five states with the highest percentage of overweight people were red states. She turned the obesity problem in America into a political argument. Her argument was that blue state Americans were paying for the health care of red-state Americans. She worked the preference of a single-payer health care system into her rationale. This is the report she references.

According to a recent report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Top 5 states that have the highest percentage of overweight people are all Republican red states. In fact in the Top 10 ranking of most overweight states, only Michigan (ranked 8) and Ohio (tied for 10th) are the only blue states among a field of red. Basically, people in the thinner and mostly bluer states are paying for the healthcare costs of all of the uninsured and Medicare covered individuals in these red states. It’s no secret that the more overweight a person is, the greater likelihood that his/her medical costs increase. Thus, the blue states in which we want a public option, are paying the costs of the red states where they oppose it.

Her proposal looks to be short-sighted, though. She doesn’t say who will determine if someone is “heavily overweight” but no doubt it would be some government bureaucrat in a cubicle in Washington, D.C. Wanderman suggests that weight loss programs are paid for by other taxpayers but that opens up a discussion about the effectiveness and legitimacy of weight loss programs. So, that would be another government-controlled decision. And, finally, she recommends that payment is made after the weight loss and again after six months or a year. What happens after that? Does the person get a government hand-out for the rest of his or her life if the weight loss is maintained?

Therefore, here’s what I propose. The government should institute a program in which people are paid to lose weight. You can only register for this program if it is determined that you are heavily overweight. If you enroll in a weight loss program like Weight Watchers, (the gov’t will pay for it whether you have health insurance or not) and lose a significant amount of weight, the gov’t will pay you a fee. If you keep the weight off after 6 months or a year, the gov’t will give you an additional payment.

Keep in mind, this woman isn’t a medical doctor or even a nutritionist. She’s an entertainment industry executive. Mayor Pete is using her to raise some big bucks for his campaign. She served on President Obama’s National Finance Committee. She has raised at least $25,000 for Buttigieg’s presidential campaign. In Buttigieg’s push to be more transparent, his campaign released a list of top bundlers. She is one of the 146 people listed.

This goes to Pete Buttigieg’s judgment. If you ask me, Wanderman is even more problematic than H.K. Park is to the campaign. Park offered up a traditional pay to play opportunity for donors – donate money and get access to the candidate. The campaign distanced itself from Park, of course, and acts as though he is some rogue fundraiser. It exposed Buttigieg as just another politician, not some young reformer out to change business as usual in Washington.

There is also the problem with political divisiveness in a story like this. Wanderman’s eagerness to pit red-state conservatives against blue state liberals over health care policy sounds like we what we came to expect from the Obama years. The notion that President Trump brought in something new in the political division between conservatives and liberals is laughable. That has been growing for several administrations in my lifetime alone. Clinton’s impeachment, the Bush-Gore election, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars during the Bush administration, and then Obama’s lurch to usher in socialism all divided conservatives and liberals. The divisions are stark during Trump’s administration because of the refusal of the left to accept his election. That began before he was even inaugurated. Our liberal betters simply don’t like conservatives. They look down on conservatives and the only Republicans they like are the ones willing to go along to get along.

Mayor Pete is from a red state. He loses the chance to appeal to moderate Republican voters with any message of unity if he continues to associate with the far left who want nanny state solutions to problems. Health complications from obesity add to medical costs but blaming it on red states is ridiculous. Also, a policy initiative like this would also target and shame poor people who do not have access to a better diet or money to afford a healthier way of eating.

I’ll end with one more little nugget on Buttigieg’s bundlers. Buttigieg’s “Medicare for All Who Want It” health care proposal pledges to ban a predatory practice known as “balance billing”. That is when patients are presented with high bills for receiving out of network care without knowing it. A top Buttigieg fundraiser, billionaire Hamilton James, is the executive vice-chairman of Blackstone which has been linked to deceptive billing practice schemes. And, when the Buttigieg campaign released its initial list of top fundraisers, over 20 high-level fundraisers were left off the list. Oops. It looks like the campaign needs a little better vetting of fundraisers and a better eye to details going forward.

CLUNKER: Buttigieg bundler pushed “Cash for Fatties” federal proposal.

Just when the commotion caused by a top bundler for Pete Buttigieg was fading from political conversations, another problematic bundler has been exposed. This time it is Wendy Wanderman, an entertainment executive who specializes in film marketing and production. A taxpayer-funded initiative she proposed in 2009 has surfaced and is causing some heartburn for Buttigieg’s campaign. Her proposal, “Cash for Fatties” would pay people to lose weight.

Remember Cash for Clunkers, the Obama administration’s cash incentive program for drivers who traded in older automobiles to purchase newer fuel-efficient vehicles? This plan was along the same lines. She proposed that there be a program for the government to pay people to lose weight. She outlined her idea in a 279-word blog post published by HuffPost where she was a contributor at the time. The internet is forever and her old blog post is in the news.

Seattle Seahawks vs. Philadelphia Eagles wild-card playoff preview: Can Russell Wilson win again on road?

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A preview of the NFC wild-card matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles

When: Sunday, Jan. 5, 4:40 p.m. ET

Where: Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia

Channel: NBC

Line: Seahawks by 1½

Injuries: Both teams are relatively banged up entering this one, with several key players who may or may not be able to play.

The Eagles recently lost starting right guard Brandon Brooks to a season-ending shoulder injury, while tight end Zach Ertz (ribs/back), running back Miles Sanders (ankle), wide receiver Nelson Agholor (knee) and right tackle Lane Johnson (ankle) missed all or part of the regular-season finale. Coach Doug Pederson said Monday the team would monitor their statuses throughout the week.

Seattle, meanwhile, had 14 players on its injury report entering last week's game against the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks will be without starting linebacker Mychal Kendricks, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees, but hope to get safety Quandre Diggs back for Sunday's game, according to coach Pete Carroll. They could also be thin at wide receiver with Jaron Brown (knee) out and Malik Turner questionable this week after suffering a concussion.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

1. Carries to be had: Few teams in the NFL embraced the run this season like the Seahawks and Eagles, who ranked third and seventh, respectively, in rushing attempts on the year. But injuries have put them in a similar predicament, trying to figure out who's going to get the carries. Philadelphia will hope for a healthy Sanders, lest they want to rely on Boston Scott for a second consecutive week. The Seahawks split carries between Marshawn Lynch (fresh out of retirement) and Travis Homer. With the cast of characters changing, it will be interesting to see if either team can establish consistent production on the ground.

2. What's home worth? The Eagles (9-7) earned home-field advantage in this game by virtue of winning the lowly NFC East, even though the Seahawks finished with a better record (11-5, including a 7-1 mark on the road) and have generally played like the better team this year. (They also beat the Eagles, in Philadelphia, in Week 12.) If the Eagles manage to pull off the upset and win this one, it would illustrate the value of home-field advantage in the playoffs — and help fuel critics who say playoff seeding should be determined by record, regardless of division.

3. All eyes on tight ends: One of the key matchups in this game will be Seattle's defense against Philadelphia's tight ends. The Seahawks ranked 31st in the NFL this year in catches (97) and receiving yards (1,099) surrendered to opposing tight ends, and Carson Wentz's top two targets are Ertz and Dallas Goedert. That pair combined for 146 catches, 1,523 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns during the regular season. All of this makes the health of Ertz that much more important in the days leading up to kickoff.

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This past year, especially the summer, has been a notable one for the Milwaukee-area visual arts scene, from the opening of downtown’s Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel and a new Mitchell Street gallery to a bronze statue commemorating a South Milwaukee legend to a nonprofit arts organization receiving a sizable grant.

Below are my choices for the Top 10 art news highlights of 2019:

Downtown boutique hotel Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel opened June 4 at 139 E. Kilbourn Ave. The hotel features several galleries, a performing arts theater, approximately two dozen pieces of artwork in each of its 219 rooms, a café, fast casual pizza restaurant, a champagne and wine bar, and live entertainment. One of South Milwaukee’s most famous residents, wrestling great Reggie Lisowski, aka “Da Crusher” was honored with a life-size bronze statue this summer. The statue was unveiled June 8 at 1101 Milwaukee Ave. in South Milwaukee during “Crusher Fest,” a two-day celebration featuring appearances by Lisowski’s wrestling contemporaries, food, beer, and plenty of polka. Sculpture Milwaukee, a four-month-long outdoor exhibition featuring the work of 22 artists, including Max Ernst, Red Grooms, Roxy Paine, and Richard Woods, returned to downtown Milwaukee for its third year. Works were displayed June through October. Jeff Redmon and his wife, Dana, opened Scout Gallery, a 5,800-square-foot space at 1104 W. Historic Mitchell St., in June. The gallery includes a retail space which sells work by local artists at many different price points. Earlier this year, the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend acquired a valuable painting by Wisconsin landscape artist Tom Uttech. The oil-on-linen painting, “NIN GASSINSIBINGWE”, is part of Uttech’s Migration series, which features birds and mammals migrating through Wisconsin’s North Woods and parts of Ontario, Canada. Uttech’s retrospective exhibit, Into the Woods, will be on display at the MOWA through January 12. In July, the Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) became the recipient of a $3,000,000 grant, courtesy of the Anonymous Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, allowing the organization to expand its programming and move into a new operating space. In October, MARN relocated to a 5,200-square-foot space, which includes a gallery, retail storefront, and events space, at Lofts on Broadway, 191 N. Broadway. RedLine Milwaukee, a nonprofit group and gallery space dedicated to supporting Milwaukee artists, closed its location, 1422 N. 4th St., in July, after a decade of operation. The East Tosa mural project, featuring six vibrant murals painted on North Avenue businesses in Wauwatosa, was completed in July. Wauwatosa alderman Joel Tilleson, who founded the project, said that the city will continue to focus on promoting public art. This summer, a Third Ward mural painted on the north side of the Dye House building, 230 E. Buffalo St., was a subject of controversy. Created by German muralist Andreas Von Chrzanowski (CASE Maclaim) the mural depicts a headless woman wearing a white utility apron with her hands folded. While some feel the mural honors working women in general, others argue the mural implies these workers are disposable. Under One Moon festival, an outdoor event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, was held in the Third Ward August 9 through 11. The event included lunar-themed music, dance and art, and showcased Museum of the Moon, British artist Luke Jerram’s 23-foot-wide inflatable art installation.

Art Events and Gallery Openings

Wednesday, 1:30 p.m.:

A “New Year’s Resolution Drop-In Tour” will be held at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM).

Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.:

The MAM will host its free First Thursday. Admission to the museum is free all day.

Thursday, noon:

A MAM expert will host an Express Talk on the museum’s current exhibit, A Modern Vision:European Masterworks in the Phillips Collection, in the Baker/Rowland Galleries.

Saturday

Chroma, an exhibit focused on brilliant colors and abstraction, opens at Tory Folliard Gallery, 233 N. Milwaukee St. The exhibit features paintings and sculptures by Shane McAdams, T.L. Solien, Derrick Buisch, Terrence Coffman, Ben Grant, Michael Hedges, Clarence Morgan, Jason Rohlf, Jeremy Popelka and Richard Taylor.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Jan 01 (ANI/NewsVoir): MTV Pantaloons Style Superstars Season 2 had a blockbuster finale on Friday with Prakhar Narayan from Lucknow bagging the coveted title of the second 'MTV Pantaloons Style Superstar'. The theme of this season was 'Style Transformation'.

The grand finale kick-started with the three finalists Prakhar Narayan, Srijita Ghosh and Ekanshi Singhal from Lucknow, Kolkata and Ahmedabad respectively, battling it out for the prestigious title of MTV Pantaloons Style Superstar.

The finale witnessed a gruelling competition as the contestants were asked to put together two unique looks based on future style trends under the mentorship of the ultimate style diva and VJ Anusha Dandekar.

This round was all about breaking barriers and stereotypes as they let their imagination soar. These up and coming trendsetters went beyond the basics and crafted impressive trend-challenging looks.

Anusha was joined by popular actresses Sana Saeed and Shenaz Treasurywala along with music artist Arjun Kanungo to judge the finale.

According to runner up, Srijita Ghosh from Kolkata, the styling inspired by anime and fictional characters from the gaming world would be a huge trend in the future. For her second ensemble, she showcased a ravishing look using five different tops and called out the print on print as a big fashion trend.

Ekanshi Singhal from Ahmedabad put together two spectacular ensembles to highlight her concept of 'casual is the new formal' and showcased how bright colours will never go out of vogue!It was delightful to watch the winner Prakhar Narayan's gender-fluid look as he also used garments from the women's section. Prakhar took everyone by surprise as he creatively used bobby pins and earrings as badges along with palazzos and showcased his outstanding style statement.

He also impressed the judges with his second look in which he used three different shirts to make one shirt and highlighted new ways of mix and match and layering.

"We are thrilled to announce Prakhar Narayan as the winner of MTV Pantaloons Style Superstars Season 2. The second edition of MTV Pantaloons Style Superstars focused on disruptive, ingenious and futuristic trends that would lead to fashion transformation. The finalists displayed tremendous potential under the able tutelage of style mentors as they doled out one fabulous look after another. We would like to thank our partner MTV for this collaboration and our viewers for the phenomenal response", said Ryan Fernandes, Head of MarketingE-Commerce, Pantaloons.

The previous episodes saw the finalists reaching the top as they engaged in tasks that had them create a unique capsule video representing their style, channelling their inner fashionista in an exciting after-party themed editorial shoot and upping their style game as they created five stunning looks in a minute.

It was a dream come true for them as leading models Urvi Shetty, Krissann Berreto and digital sensation Nidhi Singh turned style mentors, grooming them throughout the season and helping them push boundaries.

Watch the ultimate style transformation journey of the nine contestants on MTV this Friday at 10 PM. All the episodes of MTV Pantaloons Style Superstars are now live on the Voot app.

MTV Pantaloons Style Superstars provides a platform for young audiences to showcase their talent, flair for fashion and unique personalities. Staying true to the brand's mission of 'Style your Change', this year's property revolves around the theme of Style Transformation.

This story is provided by NewsVoir. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/NewsVoir)

Ottawa lifted its temporary ban on overnight street parking late Tuesday afternoon. The ban, backed up with the threat of parking tickets, had gone into effect Monday.

But the job of cleaning up continues.

“Please be patient and keep a safe distance behind working snow plows,” the city said in a release Tuesday. “Exercise caution when driving, cycling or walking, and allow extra time for your commute today.”

When it comes to winter storms, the first priority for road crews is keeping Highway 174, the Transitway and major/arterial roads clear. Plows get to residential roads as soon as possible, the city said.

Residents were asked to clear snow from fire hydrants and catch basins connected to their properties where safe to do so.

Updates on the city’s winter road maintenance can be found at ottawa.ca.

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Fans of astronomy will be in their element in 2020, as the sky transforms into nature's very own light display.

The Quadrantids meteor shower is the first of the decade, expected to light up our skies on January 3/4. The Lyrids shower takes place in April, with five other celestial events expected right up until November.

Put them in your calendar and hope for good weather, because these are magical astronomical events that you won't want to miss.

Quadrantids: January 3-4

As the first meteor shower of the year and the decade, stargazers should watch out for this event late on Friday, January 3 when it's at its peak.

Unlike other meteor showers that tend to stay at their peak for about two days, the peak period of the Quadrantids only lasts a few hours.

Lyrids: April 21-22

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The Lyrid meteor shower is usually active between April 16 and April 25 each year. This year it will peak, and be most visible, on April 21 after midnight and just before dawn on April 22.

The Lyrid is considered to be one of the oldest meteor showers known. It is named after the constellation Lyra.

It usually produces about 20 meteors an hour – these are made from dust particles left behind by the comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, which was discovered in 1861.

Eta Aquarid: May 5-6

This is one of two meteor showers created by debris from Halley's Comet. It is an above average shower that favours the Southern Hemisphere. Here, stargazers can see up to 60 meteors an hour when it’s at its peak.

It will reach half that amount at 30 meteors an hour in the Northern Hemisphere.

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The Eta Aquarid shower runs each year from April 19 to May 28. This year it will be late on May 5 and in the early morning of May 6 - the best time to see in the early morning right before dawn.

Halley's Comet is arguably the most famous comet known. It is named after its discoverer - English astronomer Edmond Halley.

He examined reports of a comet approaching Earth in 1531, 1607 and 1682. He concluded these comets were actually the same one returning over and over again.

Perseids: August 12-13

This is one of the main celestial events of the summer and is regarded as one of the best showers to observe. At its peak it can produce up to 60 bright meteors per hour.

The Perseid show is produced by the Swift-Tuttle comet – which is the largest solar system object to pass so close to Earth repeatedly.

Researchers once thought that Swift-Tuttle was likely to actually hit Earth in the year 2126, but the last time it passed Earth in 1992 astronomers took more precise measurements and found its next pass would not be so dangerous.

Draconids: October 8-9

The Draconid is the first of two meteor showers that will pass through our skies in October.

It owes its name to the constellation Draco, which is a derivative of the Latin term draconem, meaning huge serpent.

The meteor is created when the Earth passes through the dust debris left by the comet 21P/ Giacobini-Zinner - sometimes the Draconid is also known as the Giacobinids.

It’s an unusual shower because it’s best seen in the early evening instead of between midnight and dawn like most other showers.

Orionids: October 20-21

The Orionid arrives every year and is visible from October 2 to November 7 when the Earth passes through the debris left behind by Halley's Comet.

The shower is expected to peak just after midnight on October 20 and right before dawn on October 21. At its peak 20 meteors an hour can be seen in the sky.

It’s called the Orionid because the meteors seem to emerge or radiate from a constellation called Orion.

Leonids: November 16-17

November’s Leonid meteor shower happens every year between the 6th and the 30th. It occurs when Earth crosses the orbital path of Comet Tempel-Tuttl.

This year it will peak on the night of November, 16. The Leonid shower is unique because it has a cyclonic peak about every 33 years - this is where hundreds of meteors can be seen per hour.

The name attached to a meteor shower is usually tied to the constellation in the sky from which they seem to originate, known as their radiant. For instance, the Orionid meteor shower can be found in the sky when stargazers have a good view of the Orion constellation.

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How to Watch

The best way to see a meteor shower is to get to a location that has a clear view of the entire night sky. Ideally, that would be somewhere with dark skies, away from city lights and traffic. To maximize your chances of catching the show, look for a spot that offers a wide, unobstructed view.

Bits and pieces of meteor showers are visible for a certain period of time, but they really peak visibly from dusk to dawn on a given few days. Those days are when Earth’s orbit crosses through the thickest part of the cosmic stream. Meteor showers can vary in their peak times, with some reaching their maximums for only a few hours and others for several nights. The showers tend to be most visible after midnight and before dawn.

It is best to use your naked eye to spot a meteor shower. Binoculars or telescopes tend to limit your field of view. You might need to spend about half an hour in the dark to let your eyes get used to the reduced light. Stargazers should be warned that moonlight and the weather can obscure the shows. But if that happens, there are usually meteor livestreams like the ones hosted by NASA and by Slooh.

While the International Meteor Organization lists a variety of meteor showers that could be seen, below you’ll find the showers that are most likely to be visible in the sky this year.

What is a food desert? Imagine having to get all of your groceries from a gas station or local corner store bodega where you're forced to select bags of chips and frozen pizza as sustenance. This is the reality for the millions of citizens who live in food deserts in the United States. The United States lacks equal access to food across communities and food availability is scarce in portions of the country known as food deserts.

In 2014, the United States Department of Agriculture performed a food access study and defined a US food desert as an area where 33 percent of a city’s residents live more than one mile from a supermarket and 20 percent earn below the poverty line. Many residents of food desert locations do not have cars and lack access to public transportation, making them essentially unable to get to a grocery store. Food desert causes are mostly related to economics. Big chain supermarkets have a hard time turning a profit in impoverished areas, which results in places without food cropping up across the country. The effects are devastating. The obesity rates in these areas are generally higher, meaning life-threatening illnesses like diabetes and heart disease are on the rise. Luckily, new laws and various grassroots organizations are currently working to make healthy, affordable food available nationwide. On a local level, many cities have not just opened up food co-ops and food markets in impoverished areas. Local corner stores are also expanding their inventory. Instead of using all of their shelf space for junk food, they are providing more healthy fresh food options.

To learn more about the issue and what's being done, scan this list of the top food deserts in the United States.

PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PKO) was up 0.4% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $27.74 and last traded at $27.70, approximately 908 shares traded hands during trading. A decline of 98% from the average daily volume of 53,729 shares. The stock had previously closed at $27.60.

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $27.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $27.06.

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The business also recently disclosed a — dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th were given a dividend of $0.16 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th. This represents a yield of 8.2%.

In related news, insider Thibault Christian Stracke bought 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $27.48 per share, for a total transaction of $82,440.00.

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. IHT Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund by 148.2% in the 2nd quarter. IHT Wealth Management LLC now owns 35,592 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $964,000 after acquiring an additional 21,250 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC increased its holdings in PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund by 8.9% in the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 94,818 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,571,000 after purchasing an additional 7,718 shares during the last quarter. Cohen & Steers Inc. increased its holdings in PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Cohen & Steers Inc. now owns 559,481 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $15,168,000 after purchasing an additional 5,842 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund by 9.5% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 102,296 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,773,000 after purchasing an additional 8,893 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund by 2.0% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 68,961 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,870,000 after purchasing an additional 1,372 shares in the last quarter.

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The October 1 deadline for "Real ID" compliant identification at TSA checkpoints is delayed again, President Donald Trump said Monday.

All states but three have updated their ID cards to comply with the 14-year old law.

The new deadline will be October 2021, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.

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The October 1 deadline for Americans to obtain a "real ID" in order to pass through airport security checkpoints has been delayed yet again, President Donald Trump announced Monday evening.

"At a time when we're asking Americans to maintain social distancing, we do [not] want to require people to go with their local DMV.," he said. "We will be announcing the new deadline very soon. It's going to be announced in a very short moment."

On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said the new deadline would be October 2021, a year later then previously expected.

"Due to circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the national emergency declaration, the Department of Homeland Security, as directed by President Donald J. Trump, is extending the REAL ID enforcement deadline beyond the current October 1, 2020 deadline," acting secretary Chad Wolf said in a press release.

"I have determined that states require a twelve-month delay and that the new deadline for REAL ID enforcement is October 1, 2021. DHS will publish a notice of the new deadline in the Federal Register in the coming days."

Earlier in March, members of Congress urged the Department of Homeland Security to consider extending the deadline.

"For implementation to go smoothly, DHS would need tens of millions of Americans to get new identifications over the next several months," reps Peter DeFazio and Bennie Thompson said in a statement, per Bloomberg News. "Creating lines at Departments of Motor Vehicles would be foolish during a pandemic."

The Real ID Act was passed by Congress in 2005 as a way to establish federal standards for state identification cards. Nearly 15 years later, the complete implementation by the Department of Homeland Security has been pushed back yet again.

By October 1, all travelers were supposed to have compliant identification, either in the form of a state ID or drivers license, or passport, passport card, or military ID. That deadline followed other implementations, like accessing DHS headquarters, federal facilities, and nuclear power plants. The deadline for air travel had already been delayed at least once before, in 2017.

Some states, however, still do not have IDs that comply with the act. Oregon and Oklahoma have been granted extensions, according to DHS, with New Jersey's currently under review.

More than 69,000 Americans had been confirmed to be infected by the coronavirus Thursday, as testing accelerating throughout the country.

Sixteen of the 39 deceased flown to Hanoi, with the rest to be repatriated later, say officials and media

The first 16 bodies of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Britain have been repatriated to Vietnam, according to a local official and Vietnamese media.

“Sixteen bodies including five from Nghe An province have arrived in Vietnam,” said a senior official of the province. The bodies arrived at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi early on Wednesday, online newspaper VnExpress reported, and would be taken by ambulances to homes in Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces. The remaining bodies would be repatriated later, VnExpress said.

Vietnamese police have said the deceased came from six provinces: Haiphong, Hai Duong, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Hue. Their families were plagued by confusion and anguish over how to get the bodies home.

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The families would have to pay for the repatriation costing up to £2,208, according to a foreign ministry statement seen by Reuters. The statement, dated 14 November, said the Vietnamese government would advance the payment which families could repay later.

Though relatives were encouraged by authorities to opt for ashes “to ensure speed, low cost and sanitation safety”, many paid more for the bodies to carry out traditional burials. Cremation is rare in the Vietnam countryside, where many of the victims were from.

On Monday the Northern Irish driver of the truck, 25-year-old Maurice Robinson, pleaded guilty to conspiring to assist illegal immigration. He also admitted to acquiring cash that came from criminal conduct, but did not plead guilty to 41 other charges. Several other people have been arrested in the UK while Vietnam has held at least 10 people, though none have been formally charged.

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According to recent reports, Christian approval for President Donald Trump has waned, with predictions that Christian voters won’t come out in the 2020 election for Mr. Trump as they did in 2016. Which begs this question: Who will they vote for?

With none of the Democratic presidential hopefuls courting this voting bloc (yet), a definitive answer is unknown. Some (Christians) may not vote or may vote for President Trump regardless. But this is certain: Christians believe that the Almighty works through, not around, whoever is voted into office.

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Photos: San Antonio celebrates New Year's Eve at city's downtown party

Families and friends rang in the New Year at Celebrate SA, the city's official party, at La Villita and Hemisfair Tuesday night. Families and friends rang in the New Year at Celebrate SA, the city's official party, at La Villita and Hemisfair Tuesday night. Photo: B Kay Richter For MySA.com Photo: B Kay Richter For MySA.com Image 1 of / 53 Caption Close Photos: San Antonio celebrates New Year's Eve at city's downtown party 1 / 53 Back to Gallery

Locals, tourists—and thousands of Longhorns' fans—packed La Villita and Hemisfair Tuesday night to ring in 2020 at Celebrate SA, the city's official New Year's Eve party.

The event featured live music, carnival rides, games and a 15-minute fireworks show at midnight.

PHOTOS: UT, Utah fans cheer on teams at Rudy's Pep Rally in downtown San Antonio

Photos showed families and friends enjoying the night, wearing 2020 glasses, headbands and hats while at the free downtown celebration.

Click through the gallery above to see how San Antonio celebrated New Year's Eve.

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Visitors and locals to downtown San Antonio celebrated New Year’s Eve in style Tuesday night as fireworks displays and college football activities pervaded the area.

The official Celebrate SA event featured plenty of food trucks, carnival games and rides, 2020 swag, and music to dance the decade away.

Celebrate SA organizers expected about 70,000 people throughout the night, and the 60,147 attendees from the Valero Alamo Bowl, which featured the University of Texas Longhorns and Utah Utes, had something to do with it.

THANK YOU to the 60,147 fans in the Dome tonight! Only 30 minutes of football left this decade – you can catch it on @espn if you’re not here! 📺 | https://t.co/46kRRPNV8K pic.twitter.com/4qUmEkHEid — Valero Alamo Bowl (@valeroalamobowl) January 1, 2020

Dick Stewart just moved to the small town of Spring Branch about 35 miles north of San Antonio from Longview, and this is his first year celebrating in San Antonio.

On a typical New Year’s Eve Stewart would typically stay home in his East Texas home where large parties and fireworks are not the norm.

When asked if he was excited about the upcoming fireworks Stewart replied, “I’m beside myself, aren’t you?”

As crowds continue to grow, the color burnt orange seemed to be the theme of the evening, and spirits were high.

Data is like statistics, you can use the data points and periods to effectively track the returns and then use them to make investment decisions, to plan the goals and reach milestones.

In 2019, while the the 30-share S&P BSE Sensex has delivered around 14% returns, the broadmarkets could not match the benchmark’s performance. So, investment returns and the Sensex returns do not mirror. Can we know why?

The Sensex comprises 30 stocks. And the investment portfolio of the investor will be the universe of stocks which will be outside of the 30-stock Sensex. And moreover, a handful of stocks within the Sensex has delivered the returns.

In mid 2018, in order to streamline the Indian mutual fund industry, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had issued guidelines for scheme categorisation. This definitely made the existing schemes align with the guidelines issued by Sebi. For instance, it defined large-cap as the top 100 companies in terms of market capitalisation with similar guidelines for mid-cap and small-cap funds.

Category-wise returns

If one looks at the category-wise one-year return of a large cap mutual fund scheme, which is a more reflective return on account of the scheme categorisation, the returns for the top 20 schemes vary from 4.3%-18%. Within the scheme also there is a large divergence in the returns. So ultimately, it is the stock selection and the holding period, which has made a difference. This is true in all the cases. The returns in majority of the mid-cap and small-cap schemes have delivered a low single digit or negative returns, with only one or two schemes delivering outlier returns.

It is said that history repeats. So let us see what were the Sensex returns in the immediate past two years. In 2018, it was 5.9% (it definitely reflected on account of the re-organisation of the schemes as per the Sebi guidelines). In 2017, the returns were 27.9%. So the one-year returns for each of the past three years did not move secularly. What about the three-year rolling returns for each of the past years. In 2017, it was 8.28%. In 2018, it was 11.92% and in 2019,it is 15%.

So , the three-year rolling Sensex returns reflected a much healthier picture as compared to a one-year return. All of this is data and how do we as an investor use this to our advantage in our investment journey?

Short-term vs long-term returns

Data is our friend and as one can notice there is a huge divergence in the returns in the short time frame. And in a longer time frame, the returns get normalised.

From the beginning of the year 2010 till date, the Sensex has grown by 2.40 times. The annualised return is 9.1 % and this is after the Sensex return in the immediate following year 2011, delivered a negative return of 25%. When we compare data, point-to-point, what happens in the intervening period goes unobserved.

Data is like statistics, you can use the data points and periods to effectively track the returns and then use them to make investment decisions, to plan the goals and reach milestones.

Ultimately, it boils down to stock selection and the manner in which you have maintained your Emotional Quotient (EQ) in the investment journey. It is not incorrect to say that the temperament of the investor plays a bigger role in the investment journey. And adding to the temperament is the asset allocation which plays an important role and this is what the year 2019 has reinforced.

As an investor, if you are investing in equity as an asset class, you should brace for periods of suboptimal or even negative returns . Diversification among the mutual fund scheme categories in line with the goals and milestones is the approach. And more importantly, ‘time in the market’ rather than ‘timing the market’ must be your approach to investments.

The writer is managing partner,

BellWether Advisors LLP

How To Make Sense Of Foreign Protests, Conflicts And Uprisings Caitlin Johnstone Follow Aug 27 · 6 min read

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, our government-funded media outlet, has published an article titled “Australian expat living in Hong Kong throws off business suit to join protest movement”. The entire story is in the headline: some random guy, who ABC keeps anonymous but for the name “Daniel”, has joined the protests in Hong Kong. That’s it. That’s the whole entire bombshell newsworthy news story.

“In Australia we have proper democracy but in Hong Kong, democracy is being slowly eroded away and I’ll try to do whatever I can to try and help the cause,” the anonymous guy told ABC.

This sort of enthusiastic empty non-story cheerleading is typical for western media coverage of the Hong Kong protests so far, while these same media outlets consistently ignore or downplay protests against the government of France, Israel, Honduras, India, Indonesia and any other region that happens to fall within the US-centralized power alliance. It’s an amazingly reliable pattern: the entire western political/media class finds protests and uprisings endlessly fascinating when they are in opposition to governments which haven’t yet been absorbed into the imperial blob like China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, pre-collapse Libya, or then-Moscow-aligned Ukraine, but any protests or uprisings within that empire are ignored at best or demonized at worst.

If dissidents in the United States began donning yellow vests and holding aggressive demonstrations in the current media environment, you could safely bet your bottom dollar that they would be ignored for as long as possible and then smeared as fascists, antisemites and/or Russian pawns thereafter. This would happen with absolute certainty.

This very reliable trend in the western media is very interesting, because it also happens to be the known position of the US State Department.

In 2017 a memo was leaked to Politico in which the sniveling John Bolton lackey Brian Hook explained to DC neophyte Rex Tillerson how to perform his job as Secretary of State with regard to human rights violations. Hook explained that the US government must downplay and ignore the human rights violations of US allies like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Philippines while aggressively targeting unabsorbed governments like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea for any allegations of human rights violations on their part.

“In the case of US allies such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines, the Administration is fully justified in emphasizing good relations for a variety of important reasons, including counter-terrorism, and in honestly facing up to the difficult tradeoffs with regard to human rights,” Hook explained in the memo.

“One useful guideline for a realistic and successful foreign policy is that allies should be treated differently — and better — than adversaries,” Hook wrote. “Otherwise, we end up with more adversaries, and fewer allies. The classic dilemma of balancing ideals and interests is with regard to America’s allies. In relation to our competitors, there is far less of a dilemma. We do not look to bolster America’s adversaries overseas; we look to pressure, compete with, and outmaneuver them. For this reason, we should consider human rights as an important issue in regard to US relations with China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.”

This State Department memo is really all you need to understand what’s going on whenever there’s any kind of uprising or conflict in a foreign nation. Hell, it’s almost all you need to understand the dynamics of empire in general. And, combined with the consistent pattern we’ve seen in coverage of protests and uprisings against empire-absorbed governments versus unabsorbed ones, it certainly tells you all you need to know about the state of the western media.

In theory the US Department of State was meant to serve as a counterpart to what was then called the Department of War (later falsely re-titled the “Department of Defense”). In theory the State Department was meant to specialize in peace and diplomacy in the same way the War Department specialized in war. In practice the warmongers just got two war departments.

Understand this one basic concept and you can understand all the hot topic foreign policy issues of any given day: there is an alliance of nations, centralized around US military and economic power, which effectively functions as a single empire. This empire works tirelessly to either absorb unabsorbed governments into its blob, or at least to undermine and marginalize them so they can’t impede the empire’s growth. The goal of the empire is total global domination without causing a nuclear war and without the public noticing that they’re living in an empire. In this sense it’s essentially a silent, slow motion third world war.

I see some of my readers voicing confusion about the protests in Hong Kong, but if you understand the basic dynamic I just described you’ll see that this is really no different from the protests and uprisings we’ve seen in Venezuela, Iran, Syria, Libya and Ukraine: the western political/media class are backing an uprising which benefits the imperial blob and undermines an unabsorbed government. This doesn’t mean that the protesters don’t have grievances or that none of those grievances are legitimate, it just means that you’re being told to cheerlead for an agenda by empire narrative managers solely because your doing so benefits that empire.

So don’t. Refuse to be a pro bono CIA propagandist. This doesn’t mean you need to oppose the protesters in Hong Kong, Venezuela or anywhere else, it just means that the only people who benefit from westerners cheerleading a CIA-approved uprising against an unabsorbed government are your rulers, who work endlessly to manufacture support for pro-empire agendas.

People who don’t get this sometimes tell me that we should “support” the protesters in a given unabsorbed region, but they’re always very reluctant to say what they mean by “support”. Do they mean simply joining the western mass media in uncritically cheerleading for an uprising which benefits western power structures? Do they mean send them money? Weapons? An emotional thumbs-up? Prayers? Getting someone to say what they mean when they say we should “support” the Hong Kong protesters or whomever is like pulling teeth, because it would bring up a lot of cognitive dissonance to actually turn and examine what’s behind the impulse they’re following: narrative management. They’re promoting pro-empire narrative management, and nothing more. And they’re doing this because the empire narrative managers trained them to.

“Centrist” empire loyalists tend to ignore the protests in places like France while amplifying and cheerleading the protests in places like Hong Kong. Right-wing empire loyalists sometimes do it a little differently, actively conflating the Yellow Vests protests with protests in places like Hong Kong despite the very different forces that are at play in those two situations. But in both cases they’re effectively mirroring the same State Department posture that Brian Hook tried to educate into Rex Tillerson in 2017.

Don’t subject yourself to such indignities. If the political/media class is going to propagandize the masses into supporting the advancement of the agendas of the empire, at least make them do it without your help.

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Monday on MSNBC’s All In, Rep. Al Green admitted that the “genesis” of Donald Trump’s impeachment began well before he was elected President in 2016.

Green was asked to respond to the argument of the right that “the Democrats wanted to impeach Donald Trump from day one, they cast about looking for a set of facts they could plausibly use to do it, and all of it was pretextual and reverse-engineered to get to this point. Exhibit one is Al Green, who’s been calling for the man’s impeachment for two years now.”

“Well, the genesis of impeachment — to be very candid with you — was when the president was running for office and he had members of his own party to talk about his unfitness to hold office,” Green conceded. “The persons who were running against him, Mr. Romney spoke of his not being fit to hold office. Mr. Cruz made statements about it…”

And there you have it: Democrats intended from the beginning to impeach Trump, and years of fruitless investigations into purported Russian collusion and Ukrainian corruption were merely pretexts.

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During an August 23, 2018 appearance on Democracy Now!, Green said that President Trump could be impeached without having committed a crime: “I think it’s becoming increasingly clear that the president will have two options: One, he can resign from office, or, two, he can face impeachment. Impeachment is something that the Framers of the Constitution provided for a time such as this and a president such as Trump … [who] is alleged to have committed certain offenses that are onerous to the Constitution and that harm society.”

At a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation meeting in September 2018, Green revisited the theme of impeaching President Trump:

“The people who say, ‘What law did he break? What rule did he break?,’ they are perpetrating upon you a belief that is totally inaccurate. You decide that you are not going to be nice to suspects when you arrest them, you tell police, ‘You don’t have to be nice,’ … and ban children on the border of color, you produce a policy that separates them from their parents…. Now, this might be debatable, [but] for me, when I add all of this together, I find that I have a person who is placing his bigotry into policy that is harmful to our society, and for that, he ought to be impeached.”

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Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels posted a video via Instagram in which she wished her numerous fans and followers a happy new year from her sick bed.

Information Nigeria recalls the former child star has fallen ill and she will have to remain on her sickbed throughout the festivities of the new year.

In the video, Daniels also apologised to those she wronged in 2019 and she appreciated her family and fans for their continuous love and support.

The actress didn’t forget to thank her haters.

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Watch the video below:

View this post on Instagram Happy new year A post shared by Regina Daniels (@regina.daniels) on Dec 31, 2019 at 4:19pm PST

The post “I Am Sorry To Everyone I Offended” – Regina Daniels Sends Happy New Year Message To Her Fans (Video) appeared first on Information Nigeria.

GEORGE TOWN: Tales that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had raided his home were just rumours and were not true, says Penang Island City Council (MBPP) mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang.

Yew said that there was no such case and he denied he was summoned by the graftbuster.

He also said that he only learned that these rumours were going around from officials when he met them on New Year’s Eve yesterday (Dec 31).

Reporters have also been reaching out to various officials for confirmation, he added.

“There is no such investigation by the MACC, ” he said when attending City Walk 2020 at Beach Street on Wednesday (Jan 1).

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who was also present at the event, backed the mayor, saying, “I do not know of any such investigation by the MACC”.

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