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Sean Bean has revealed he used to dress up like David Bowie. |
Sean Bean may have made his name as a tough, gruff bit of northern rough - but he insists his true passions are poetry and horticulture. |
After two private universities in Greater Noida withheld admit cards of students with poor attendance, Dr Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) is also planning to tighten the noose on absentees ahead of its semester examinations. |
The university administration, based in Lucknow, has asked all affiliated institutes to upload a list of students with less than 75% attendance on the university’s website by May 6. The university will organise its semester exams from May 12 and colleges will provide admit cards to students on May 10. |
The university administration has decided not to give admit cards to students with less than the compulsory 75% attendance. |
“We are waiting for institutes to send their lists by Saturday evening, after which we will compile the list of students who will be debarred from appearing in the semester exams to begin from May 12. Till now, we have received names of 150 students who have attendance below the minimum required in institutes of Greate... |
Students whose attendance falls between 60% and 75% due to medical reasons will be allowed to appear in the exams. |
“In such cases, the director of the institute will have the authority to allot admit cards to students with attendance less than 75% if they are able to produce a medical prescription. However, under no circumstance will any student with attendance under 60% be allowed to appear in exams,” said Pandey. |
The recent order from AKTU administration comes after Sharda University and Galgotia University too did not allow students with less attendance to appear in semester exams. Students had created a ruckus in both the universities when they were denied admit cards. |
Exams are underway in Sharda University and Galgotia University will start its semester exams from May 12. While Sharda University allowed students to appear in exams after they signed an undertaking, Galgotia University is still adamant on not allowing absentees to appear in the exams. |
“It is unfair on the part of the university administration to debar us from appearing in exams. Many of us had genuine medical issues and family problems due to which we could not meet the attendance requirement,” said Rahul (name changed), a student of computer science at Galgotia University. |
Ian Wright has questioned Arsene Wenger's selection policy after Aaron Ramsey was injured in Arsenal's routine FA Cup fifth-round replay win over Hull last night. |
Ramsey came on midway through the second half on Humberside after both centre-backs, Per Mertesacker and Gabriel, went off injured. |
But the Wales midfielder lasted just 17 minutes before himself withdrawing with a thigh problem. |
It is not clear how many games Ramsey could now miss as Arsenal push for a first Premier League title since 2004. |
“I just came back from London, I have signed a five-year contract with Arsenal, ” Kelechi Nwakali told allnigeriasoccer.com. |
It is claimed Arsenal will pay Nwakali's nursery team £2million for the transfer. |
Arsenal are reportedly set to battle it out with Tottenham to sign Rennes striker Ousmane Dembele. |
That is according to website Get French Football News, who claim the Gunners have been tracking the Ligue 1 hit man for some time. |
Spurs want Dembele as part of a £30m double swoop this summer, claim website Football Insider. |
The White Hart Lane club are also said to be keen on West Brom forward Saido Berahino. |
But they may struggle to get both players, with Arsenal scouts reportedly at Rennes' 4-1 home win over rivals Nantes last weekend. |
When Jacquelyn's Dec. 1 death was initially reported, police said she lowered her car's front passenger side window to give $10 to a young woman who appeared to be holding a swaddled infant and a cardboard sign reading: "Please help me feed my baby." It was then that a man supposedly approached the car and struggled to... |
Hutcherson said that both players are competing at a high level and said that he is confident that Grapevine will reap the benefits. |
“London is one of the best athletes I’ve ever had the chance to coach, and Joe is one of the most level-headed kids as well as being very humble and hard-working,” Hutcherson said. |
Grapevine and Colleyville Heritage were tied for first place in the district standings heading into this week’s games and will square off at the end of April for what could determine the district championship. |
The Mustangs hosted Fort Worth Dunbar on Tuesday night and will travel to Dunbar at 7:30 p.m. Friday to play the Wildcats in the second game of the series. |
Donald Trump’s accession to the American presidency last month has left the soothsayers of electoral politics stunned. Their predictions proven wrong, the political pundits have come up with a series of explanations. |
Some have resorted to electoral psychology arguing that Trump had a ‘hidden support bank’ that felt stigmatised in making public their support for Mr. Trump but voted for him on the D-day. Others pointed out that Hillary might have successful in stitching together a support base of different minority groups – Afro-Amer... |
These, now commonplace explanations, are only superficial understanding of a deep sociological and political churning that is underway. Psephology merely scratches the surface. What is needed is a much deeper investigation of the new political ideology that is emerging and the social psyche that is taking roots in the ... |
In his victory address Trump said, “As I have said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign, but rather an incredible and great movement…” During his campaign, Trump had roped in Nigel Farage, the extreme right wing leader of UK Independence Party (UKIP), who had led the Brexit campaign in Britain. Like Trump, Farag... |
The tenets of this global movement are becoming clear as the day. It is a movement that espouses the far-right ideology, reasserts conservativism to combat globalism, propagates triumphalism of native culture to curb multiculturalism, advocates isolationism to restrain cosmopolitanism, propounds aggressive nationalism ... |
Green shoots of this ideology are seen sprouting not just in America but also on the other side of the Atlantic. Same ideological sentiments that raged high during the Trump campaign had earlier provoked the Brexit vote in the UK. |
Far right leaders like Marine Le Pen of France’s National Front and Geert Wilders of Netherlands have been mustering unprecedented support. Marine Le Pen’s chief strategist, Florian Philippot tweeted after Trump’s victory, “Their world is crumbling. Ours is building.” AfD, Germany’s far right and ultra-conservative par... |
There seems to be a growing ideological convergence in the global north. A belief seems to be emerging that it pays in the hustings to embrace extreme ideologies and hype the conservative and xenophobic sentiment of the people who are growing increasingly suspicious of the socio-cultural churning brought about by globa... |
Nigel Farage is justified in saying, “I’m not particularly surprised because the political class is reviled across much of the West, the polling industry is bankrupt, and the press just hasn’t woken up to what’s going on in the world” (Washington Post, 2016). Probably Farage is an alarmist but there is some truth when ... |
Alarmists argue that the liberal world order that had developed post world war-II largely under the stewardship of the US, is melting before our eyes. A new world order would soon emerge. But is it too soon to call it a day for democratic liberalism? Is the time ripe to coronate the extreme right-wing as the dominant g... |
In the first twenty-five years of the second world war, the dominant political ideologies in western democracies remained largely to the centre. After the oil crisis in the 1970s and economic turbulence that followed western politics took a rightward turn. Leaders like Ronald Raegan (Republican Party, US), Margaret Tha... |
However, the rightward lean lasted for about a decade and a half. The 1990s saw the ascendency of centre-left leaders like Tony Blair (Labour Party, UK), Clinton (Democrat, US) and Gerhard Schroeder (Social Democratic Party, Germany). Tony Blair retained No. 10, Downing street for two consecutive terms and the politica... |
Under Mr. Cameron, the Conservative Party had to reinvent itself by shunning away much of its liberal right ideological public image to make itself re-electable. |
Thus, within a couple of decades, we witnessed that a reformed left fought back and regained the electoral territory from the clasp of the right. This got further affirmed in 2012 when Socialist Francois Hollande entered the Elyse replacing the right-leaning President Chirac. |
Whether this resurgent liberalism will be able to take on the presently dominant extreme right depends on how it reinvents and reforms itself as a political force. The reforming process would fundamentally involve developing centre-left, liberal responses to hard policy questions on issues that cause the comedown of li... |
Every ideological thesis is met with its antithesis followed by a synthesis. History validates this dialectical movement in dominant global ideologies. Now global arena has been presented with a new ideological thesis of the ‘alt-right’ and we are already seeing an emergence of its anti-thesis. What is left to be seen ... |
*Suyash Saxena writes on international affairs and policy issues and has been a research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. His articles have been published in several Indian and international magazines and dailies. |
1. Arlie, Russell Hochschild (2016): Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, New York: The New Press. |
2. The Washington Post (2016): “Trump’s victory places U.S. at the front of a global right-wing surge”, Washington, 9 November. |
3. The Guardian (2016): “Tony Blair aims to fight resurgent populism with centre-ground campaign”, London, 21 November. |
4. The Hindu (2016): “The trail Trump’s blazing” 15 November. |
5. The Economist (2016): “The new nationalism”, San Francisco, 19 November. |
Alt-Right is pro White. What is wrong with that??? Alt-Right likes Russians because they are White Christians and we must have peace with them. What idiot wants nuclear war with them?? |
President Muhammadu Buhari, ormer Governor of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Bola Tinubu, and the party have felicitated with former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as he turns 70 on November 25, 2016. |
Also, Tinubu described Atiku as a man of faith, saying faith has kept him going and waxing strong. |
“I write to felicitate with you on the attainment of the proverbial age of three scores and ten, 70. |
“Your life has been a life of service to your people, your country and the causes you believe in. Nigeria has been well served by your stewardship and leadership. |
“Your steadfastness in walking the democratic path sets you apart as a leader with substance. |
“Your passion for education has seen you invest your time and resources in education, knowing full well that when you educate people, you educate a nation. |
“You are a man of faith. Your faith has kept you going and kept you strong. I urge you to accept that there is a tide in the affairs of men. |
You must continue to serve Nigeria well even as a private citizen. And a notable leader. |
“Do not relent because Nigeria needs you and others like you to continue to make life more meaningful. |
On its part, the APC praised the Atiku for his numerous contributions to the development of the country. |
The party in its birthday message to Atiku, said the history of Nigeria is incomplete without copious reference to his contributions to the economic development of Nigeria. |
In a letter signed by the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the former vice president was hailed for his solid contributions to the growth of the party and entrenching democracy in the country. |
The letter read: “Our great party, the APC celebrates with your excellency on the occasion of your 70th birthday. The history of Nigeria is incomplete without copious reference to your immense contributions to the social, political and economic development of the country. |
“Over the years, you have proven yourself as a democrat, detrabalised leader, elder statesman, successful businessman, political icon and philanthropist. |
“The party particularly laud your investment in the country’s education sector and other business ventures. These investments have touched lives positively and generated employment for many Nigerians. |
Since the autism diagnosis first appeared in 1943, the world has become a much more welcoming place for people with autism, but it's still not quite where it should be. |
John Donvan is co-author of In a Different Key: The Story of Autism, He is also a contributing correspondent to ABC News, where his career postings from the past thirty years have included: Chief White House Correspondent, Chief Moscow Correspondent, Amman Bureau Chief, Jerusalem Correspondent, London Correspondent, Ea... |
John Donvan: The world we live in today, in terms of autism, was really created over the last 50 or 60-70 years from the time that the diagnosis was first recognized, which goes back to 1943. And in those intervening years, families had to fight so very hard to change the world to make a place in it for their loved one... |
We’re in a world now where there are more people with an autism diagnosis than ever before. In a decade, 500,000 teenagers are going to turn into adults with autism and there really is no place for them. We’ve figured out what to do when people are kids with autism. We’ve made a lot of adjustments in terms of giving th... |
We don’t know what the root cause of autism is. And there have been a lot of ideas put forth over the years. People are familiar now with some of them because we lived through a period of time when it was a very popularly held idea that vaccines cause autism. There are still people who believe that firmly. But the scie... |
There are people who are very, very successful professionals, particularly in the sciences, you know. Professors at universities who are brilliant at math who nevertheless now are labeled autistic because the definition is so broad that it includes them. And that goes to the fact that they have strong, real social defi... |
The autism diagnosis first appeared in 1943. Since then, the world has become a much more hospitable, welcoming place for people with autism, thanks primarily to the efforts of family members and advocates who fought for acceptance of their loved ones. But, according to author and journalist John Donvan, the fight to b... |
"Going back 50 or 60 years ago, it was the absolute gold standard psychiatric opinion that autism was caused by mothers not loving their children enough." This is the world we came from. What kind of world are we heading toward? What opportunities will be made available to the 500,000 young adults with autism who are d... |
Finally, another obstacle to a better future comes in the form of autism's amorphous definition and imprecise grounds for diagnosis. Autism is not something you can just spot in DNA. It's almost wholly to do with behavior and whether the way someone acts corresponds to the parameters set for the diagnosis. But not enou... |
Mira Nair's The Namesake is based on Jhumpa Lahiri's prize-winning book and stars Tabu and Irrfan Khan. |
Indian director Mira Nair is getting set to give some of the world’s most famous movie makers a run for their money when she showcases her newest work at the first ever Rome Film Festival being held this year. |
Nair’s film The Namesake is the third major production in the premiere of the film festival that takes place from 13-21 October this year, reports the BBC. |
Starring Kal Penn, Irfan Khan and Tabu, the movie is based on Pulitzer prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri’s book by the same name. |
The film describes the difficulties faced by an Indian family when they move from Calcutta to New York. |
Other works being showcased at the festival will be Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman’s movie The Fur, and Italian star Monica Bellucci’s N: Napoleon and Me. |
I have a ton of hair, so blow-drying it is an exhausting task. I love the way my locks look after I give them a proper blowout, but that can often take over an hour for me. My mom also has a full head of hair, so when she recommended a blow dryer that totally changed her styling routine, I had to try it. Her hairstylis... |
When it arrived, I was in shock. It came in the most beautiful black and gold box — it felt like I was receiving a gift. The presentation pulled me in enough to give it a try ASAP. Beyond its pretty exterior, using the hair dryer was life-changing. Instead of my usual hour-long routine, it only took me about 20 minutes... |
This hair dryer also comes with a diffuser attachment that works well for curly hair. Overall, I was impressed with this device. I have even convinced some friends and coworkers to buy it for themselves. On top of the fast drying time, it also makes my hair insanely shiny and frizz-free. There isn't any undesirable fuz... |
Eating fish oil, rich in omega 3 fatty acids, can help reduce the risk of asthma by nearly 70 per cent, finds a study. |
Fish oil is known to be rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) or n-3 and contains omega fatty acids 3 and 6, which play a central role in the normal development and functioning of the brain and central nervous system. |
The study found that "certain types of n-3 (from marine oils) were significantly associated with a decreased risk of having asthma or asthma-like symptoms by up to 62 per cent, while high n-6 consumption (from vegetable oils) was associated with an increased risk by up to 67 per cent," said Andreas Lopata, Professor fr... |
Around 334 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, and about a quarter of a million people die from it every year. |
"Even if you factor in contaminants, such as mercury found in some fish populations, the benefits of fish and seafood intake far more outweighs the potential risks," Lopata said, in the paper published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. |
However, she stressed the need for further work to understand how the beneficial role of n-3 could be optimised and negative effects of n-6 be minimised. |
For the study, the team included 642 people who worked in a fish processing factory in a village in South Africa. |
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This week, in Parliament Selmayr’s appointment provokes more squawking, reacting to Russian poisoning, Theresa May is not baulking, and the world says goodbye to the amazing Stephen Hawking. |
The European Parliament was in Strasbourg this week, and the hottest topic of debate was Martin Selmayr’s unorthodox promotion last month – it’s the EU scandal that just keeps giving. |
As spoof account Martini Seltzermayr put it, one does not simply walk into the post of secretary general. |
Human Resources Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said all procedures for Selmayr’s promotion were followed. But several MEPs weren’t buying it. |
Jan Zahradhil said it must have been a personal favour to Jean-Claude Juncker so his political legacy can outlive his time in the Commission. |
Dutch MEP Sophie in‘t Veld eviscerated Oettinger, saying #SelmayrGate destroys the EU’s credibility as a champion of integrity and transparency. |
Guy Verhofstadt said if the Juncker Commission isn’t careful, it could end up like the Santer Commission, which was forced to resign en masse in 1999. |
But he also pointed out that Selmayr has done something no one has managed before: united the entire Parliament, left and right. |
"Your former head of cabinet yesterday has done something no one has done before in this parliament – to unite this whole parliament, the left and the right," @guyverhofstadt tells @JunckerEU on #Selmayrgate furore. |
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